Article - Spirituality & Science: Sanskrit - A Divine Language?
Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in the World. The mundane understanding of sound and language is that it is only used for commun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language
Aramaic is a Semitic language with a 3,000-year history. It has been the language of administration of empires and the language of divine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith And Language Policy: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Faith And Language Policy - Source From Bahá'í Writings
Adopting a common auxiliary language is viewed as integral to world peace and prosperity. The sixth Ishráq [Splendour] is union and con...   » Read the article

Article - Dharma: Hinduism Dharma
Dharma Dharma is a very complicated word, for which there is no equivalent word in any other language, including English. Dharma actuall...   » Read the article

Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: The Spiritual Basis Of Creativity  
In the mid-1980's, while William was consulting on corporate creativity, he began to recognise a similarity in the language that peopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Div: Encyclopedia - Div
Div or DIV can mean DIV, the assembly language opcode for division on most microprocessors Div is a demon in Persian mythology. div, an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canto: Encyclopedia - Canto
Other related archivesArtemis Fowl, Bel canto, Byron, Canto General, Canto Inc, Canto Nuevo, Cantonese, Cantonese language, Cantopop, C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sign: Encyclopedia - Sign
Sign can denote any of the following: In astrology sign is often used to mean the Sun sign. In communication sign or signing refers to c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakti: Encyclopedia - Shakti
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Encyclopedia - Naga: Encyclopedia - Naga
Naga - Nagas in mythology. In India there is an ancient belief in a subterranean race of divine serpent people who dwell in a patalas o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagas: Encyclopedia - Nagas
In India there is an ancient belief in a subterranean race of divine serpent people who dwell in patalas or palaces in the underground c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shekhinah: Encyclopedia - Shekhinah
Shekhinah (שכינה - alternative transliterations Shekinah, Shechinah, Shekina, Shechina, Schechinah) is the English spelling of the H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl ("feathered snake", in Nahuatl: Ketsalkoatl, in Spanish: Quetzalcóatl) is the Nahuatl name for the Feathered-Serpent deity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dante Alighieri: Encyclopedia - Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, better known as Dante, (c. June 1, 1265 – September 13/14, 1321) was an Italian Florentine poet. His greatest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shamanism: Encyclopedia - Shamanism
Shamanism refers to the traditional healing and religious practices of Northern Asia (Siberia) and Mongolia. By extension, the concept of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wendy Doniger: Encyclopedia - Wendy Doniger
Wendy Doniger (born November 20, 1940) is a controversial scholar of Hinduism. She has been active in international religious studies in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religions Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia - Religions Of The Ancient Near East
The Religions of the Ancient Near East were mostly polytheistic, with some early examples of emerging Henotheism (Akhenaton, early Judais...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Runic Alphabet: Encyclopedia - Runic Alphabet
The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Sca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Divyasrotra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Divyasrotra
Divyasrotra (Sanskrit) (from divya divine + srotra ear)   The divine ear; in Buddhism the second of the abhijnas (powers attained...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flinders University: Encyclopedia Ii - Flinders University - Faculty Listing
Flinders University - Faculty of Education Humanities Law and Theology. School of Education School of Law School of Theology (with Ade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanishka: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanishka - Kanishka's Coinage
Kanishka's coins show Hindu, Buddhist, Greek, Persian and even Sumerian-Elamite images of gods. They are demonstrative of religious syncr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Divyasrotra: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Divyasrotra
Divyasrotra (Sanskrit). Lit., "celestial Ear" Or divine hearing. The second "Abhijna", or the faculty of understan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1974 Governor General's Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - 1974 Governor General's Awards - Winners
1974 Governor General's Awards - English Language. Fiction: Margaret Laurence, The Diviners. Poetry or Drama: Ralph Gustafson, Fire on...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ogham: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Ogham
OGHAM: a cipher language used by the Druids to communicate Occult or Hidden knowledge.  Consisted of a series of marks in relatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brigid: Encyclopedia Ii - Brigid - Was This Goddess The Celtic Minerva?
According to Proinsias Mac Cana, Minerva‘s closest parallel is the goddess Brigantis or Brigantia, who survives in Irish literature as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athanasian Creed: Encyclopedia Ii - Athanasian Creed - English-language Translations
Athanasian Creed - The ICET English Language Translation. The following translation was prepared by the International Consultation on E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Incantation: Encyclopedia Ii - Incantation - Structure
Incantations display several of the features of oral literature, including repetition, a strong reliance on performative language and for...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sruti: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sruti
Sruti (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root sru to hear]   What is heard; teachings handed down in traditional writing, distinguished ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Bergelson: Encyclopedia Ii - David Bergelson - Works
The following is a partial list of Bergelson's works. Arum Vokzal (At the Depot, novella, 1909) Departing (novella, 1913) Nokh Alemen; t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - E - Letter E: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On E - Letter E
E. - The fifth letter of the English alphabet. The he (soft) of the Hebrew alphabet becomes in the Ehevi system of reading that langua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia Ii - Quetzalcoatl - Antecedents
The name "Quetzalcoatl" literally means quetzal-bird snake or serpent with feathers (Amphitere) of the Quetzal (which implies something d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia Ii - Quetzalcoatl - Antecedents
The name "Quetzalcoatl" literally means quetzal-bird snake or serpent with feathers (Amphitere) of the Quetzal (which implies something d...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karshipta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Karshipta
Karshipta (Mazd.). The holy bird of Heaven in the Mazdean Scriptures, of which Ahura Mazda says to Zaratushta that "he recites th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - I - Letter I: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On I - Letter I
I - Letter I. - The ninth letter in the English, the tenth in the Hebrew alphabet. As a numeral it signifies in both languages one, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naga: Encyclopedia Ii - Naga - Nagas In Mythology
In India there is an ancient belief in a subterranean race of divine serpent people who dwell in a patalas or palaces in the underground ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodhisattva: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Bodhisattva
A Theosophical definition of Bodhisattva :   Bodhisattva (Sanskrit) A compound word: literally "he whose essence (sattva) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Origins
Tewahido is a Ge'ez word meaning "being made one"; it is related to the Arabic word توحيد tawhid, meaning "monotheism". This refers ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hermes: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Hermes
HERMES Since he connects all the others and serves as a link between human and divine reality, he is the greatest of the Gods. His cou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Semothees: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Semothees
Semothees [possible corruption of Greek hemitheos half-god, demigod]   Applied to the Druids of the Gauls (IU 1:18); like the tru...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Logos: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Logos
LOGOS In the original Greek sense, it doesn't just refer to any spoken or written word, but also to innate meaning or the thing itself...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wendy Doniger: Encyclopedia Ii - Wendy Doniger - Background
Doniger holds two doctorates, from Harvard and Oxford, in Sanskrit and Indian Studies. From 1978, she has taught at the University of Chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accommodation Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accommodation Religion - In The Bible And In Human Language
Throughout the history of the Christian church, it has been generally held that the Bible - both the Old Testament and the New Testament ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lares: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Lares
Lares (Latin). These were of three kinds: Lares familiares, the guardians and invisible presidents of the family circle; Lares parvi, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Predestination: Encyclopedia Ii - Predestination - Islamic Views
In Islam, "predestination" is the usual English language rendering of a belief that Muslims call al-qada wa al-qadar in Arabic. The phras...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A. Bartlett Giamatti: Encyclopedia Ii - A. Bartlett Giamatti - Personal Life
He grew up near Mount Holyoke College, in South Hadley, Massachusetts, where his father, Valentine Giamatti, founded the departments of I...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theosophy: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Theosophy
A Theosophical definition of Theosophy :   Theosophy A compound Greek word: theos, a "divine being," a "god"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese University Of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese University Of Hong Kong - Academic Units
At present, there are 8 main faculties, in which 73 schools, departments or academic programmes are accommodated, at the University offer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian - The Manifestos
If one abstracts from the symbolic associations of the rose and the cross, which have been visioned by many since ancient epochs, it is k...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Senzar: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Senzar
Senzar The name given to the ancient mystery-language unknown to modern philologists, that was known to all initiates of the inhabited...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Slavic Given Names: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Slavic Given Names - Names Used In Slovakia
The following names are present in the 2004 Slovak calendar. They represent only names common in Slovakia and Not names from other Slavi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Religion
Ancient Egyptian religion was a polytheistic system that saw the world as in conflict between forces of order and chaos. The Pharaoh, rep...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Archetype: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Archetype
ARCHETYPE – 1. Archetypes are universal symbols defined by Funk & Wagnall as a "standard pattern" or a "prot...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transubstantiation: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Transubstantiation
Transubstantiation The doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church that the bread and wine of the Eucharist or Communion are miraculously tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustus - Augustus's Legacy
Augustus was deified soon after his death, and both his borrowed surname, Caesar, and his title Augustus became the permanent titles of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Tzolk'in
Mayanists have bestowed the name tzolkin (or tzolk'in, in the revised orthography which is now preferred) on the Maya version of the Meso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamikaze: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamikaze - Origin Of The Word Kamikaze
In the Japanese language, Kamikaze (Japanese:神風), usually translated as "Divine wind" (kami is the word for "God", and kaze for "wind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religions Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Religions Of The Ancient Near East - Overview
There were many different cultures in the Ancient Near East with different languages, different cultures, different religions, and differ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Hell In Literature
Many of the great epics of European literature include episodes that occur in Hell. In the Roman poet Virgil's Latin epic, the Aeneid, Ae...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devanagari: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Devanagari
Devanagari (Sanskrit) "Divine city writing," the alphabetic script of Aryan India, in which the Sanskrit language is usually...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - The Temporal Order Of Quranic Verses
Belief in the Qur'an's direct, uncorrupted divine origin is considered fundamental to Islam by most Muslims. This of course entails belie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - 'created' Vs. 'uncreated' Qur'an
The most widespread varieties of Muslim theology consider the Qur'an to be eternal and uncreated. Given that Muslims believe that Biblica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - The Temporal Order Of Qur'anic Verses
Belief in the Qur'an's direct, uncorrupted divine origin is considered fundamental to Islam by most Muslims. This of course entails belie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - 'created' Vs. 'uncreated' Qur'an
The most widespread varieties of Muslim theology consider the Qur'an to be eternal and uncreated. Given that Muslims believe that Biblica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Culture
The Egyptian religions, embodied in Egyptian mythology, were the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt, until the coming of C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Religious Reforms And Games
Claudius, as the author of a treatise on Augustus' religious reforms, felt himself in a good position to institute some of his own. He ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - P
List of digital library projects - Patents. Canadian Patents Database [150] List of digital library projects - Philosophy. British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - Stylistic Attributes
The Qur'an mixes narrative, exhortation, and legal prescription. The suras frequently combine all these modes, not always in ways that se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - Stylistic Attributes
The Qur'an contains narrative, exhortation, and legal prescription. The suras frequently combine all these modes, not always in ways that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - Stylistic Attributes
The Qur'an mixes narrative, exhortation, and legal prescription. The suras frequently combine all these modes, not always in ways that se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Our Lady Of Guadalupe: Encyclopedia Ii - Our Lady Of Guadalupe - History And Legend
Our Lady of Guadalupe - Traditional Legend of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The Nican Mopohua is considered to be the "primordial account" o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - Origin And Development Of The Qur'an
This is a topic of some controversy, since Islamic scholars proceed with the assumption that the Qur'an is a divine and uncorrupted text,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - Origin And Development Of The Qur'an
This is a topic of some controversy, since Islamic scholars proceed with the assumption that the Qur'an is a divine and uncorrupted text,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Olympus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Olympus
Olympus (Greek) The abode of the great gods in Grecian mythology in Homer and Hesiod. Such heavenly abodes are usually associated with...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hamsa, Hansa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hamsa, Hansa
Hamsa, Hansa (Sanskrit) The mystic swan or goose; representing divine wisdom beyond the reach of men. Exoterically, a fabulous bird wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hammer Of Creation: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hammer Of Creation
Hamsa, Hansa (Sanskrit) The mystic swan or goose; representing divine wisdom beyond the reach of men. Exoterically, a fabulous bird wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dzyan: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dzyan
Dzyan (Senzar) Closely similar to the Tibetan dzin (learning, knowledge). Although Blavatsky states that dzyan is "a corruption o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Runic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Runic Alphabet - Background
The runes were introduced to, or invented by, the Germanic peoples in the 1st or 2nd century (The oldest known runic inscription dates to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meher Baba: Encyclopedia Ii - Meher Baba - Cosmology
His cosmology, which has echoes of Sufism and Vedanta, as well as Christian mysticism is summarized in the 1954 book, GOD SPEAKS, much of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirmanakaya: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Nirmanakaya
A Theosophical definition of Nirmanakaya :   Nirmanakaya (Sanskrit) A compound of two words: nirmana, a participle meaning &quo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Runic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Runic Alphabet - Background
The runes were introduced to, or invented by, the Germanic peoples in the 1st or 2nd century (The oldest known runic inscription dates to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holy Spirit: Encyclopedia Ii - Holy Spirit - The Powers Of The Holy Spirit
Some Christians claim the ability to tap into powers from the Holy Spirit, while others claim to be expressly granted powers by the deity...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neophyte: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Neophyte
Neophyte (Ancient Greek). A novice; a postulant or candidate for the Mysteries.   The methods of initiation varied. Neophytes ha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodhisattva: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva (Sanskrit) (from bodhi wisdom + sattva essence)   He whose essence has become intelligence; exoterically, one who in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Books Within The Harry Potter Series: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Books Within The Harry Potter Series - Magic
List of fictional books within the Harry Potter series - Magical cooking and housecare. Charm Your Own Cheese Chinese(Taiwan): 對你...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Occult Sciences: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Occult Sciences
Occult Sciences. The science of the secrets of nature - physical and psychic, mental and spiritual; called Hermetic and Esoteric Scien...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Upanishad: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Upanishad
Upanishad (Sanskrit) [from upa according to + ni down + the verbal root sad to sit]   Following or according to the teachings whi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Book Of Dzyan: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Book Of Dzyan
Book of Dzyan (probably from Sanskrit dhyana intense spiritual meditation, wisdom, divine knowledge)   An archaic work of enormou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vampire: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Vampire
VAMPIRE A demon, succubus, incubus, bat, zombie or night-thing between being and non-being who lives off the stolen "blood" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Books Within The Harry Potter Series: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Books Within The Harry Potter Series - Hogwarts Textbooks
List of fictional books within the Harry Potter series - Arithmancy. book of numerology List of fictional books within the Harry Potte...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rune, Runa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rune, Runa
Rune, Runa [from Swedish runa, Icelandic run]   Originally a mystery, equivalent to the Greek theo-sophia (divine wisdom), which ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Upanishad: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Upanishad
Upanishad (Sanskrit). Translated as "esoteric doctrine ", or interpretation of the Vedas by the Vedanta methods.   The...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zarathustra: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Zarathustra
Zarathustra (Zend). The great lawgiver, and the founder of the religion variously called Mazdaism, Magism, Parsee?sm, Fire-Worship, an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Name: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Name
NAME Nomen est numen. No name ever does justice to the person or thing designated by it and so, in the strictest sense, to call anythi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gilgamesh: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh The legendary king of the Sumerian city-state Uruk (biblical Erech) ca. 2650 BC Of the man and his actual achievements nothi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gilgamesh: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh The legendary king of the Sumerian city-state Uruk (biblical Erech) ca. 2650 BC Of the man and his actual achievements nothi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mystery Schools: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mystery Schools
Mystery Schools Adopted in theosophical literature from Classical writings, to designate centers which were consecrated to the teachin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cherubim: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Cherubim
Cherubim (Hebrew, Jewish) According to the Kabbalists, a group of angels, which they specially associated with the Sephira Jesod. in C...   » Read the article

Dictionary - G - Letter G: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On G - Letter G
G - Letter G - The seventh letter in the English alphabet. "In Greek, Chaldean, Syriac, Hebrew, Assyrian, Samaritan, Etrurian, Co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Right-hand Path: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Right-hand Path
A Theosophical definition of Right-hand Path :   Right-hand Path From time immemorial, in all countries of the earth, among all...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedas: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vedas
Vedas (Sanskrit). The "revelation". the scriptures of the Hindus, from the root vid, "to know ", or "divine k...   » Read the article