Dictionary - Esoteric Wisdom: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Esoteric Wisdom
Esoteric Wisdom Esoteric wisdom characteristically concerns little-known laws of nature, extraordinary psychic and spiritual abilities...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cthulhu Mythos Cults: Encyclopedia Ii - Cthulhu Mythos Cults - Church Of Starry Wisdom
The Church of Starry Wisdom, or Starry Wisdom Cult, is a cult that worships Nyarlathotep in his aspect as the Haunter of the Dark. The cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wisdom King: Encyclopedia Ii - Wisdom King - Doctrine
On a general level, the Wisdom Kings are viewed as the guardians of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. In particular, the Five Wisdom Kings ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Day Of Brahma: Encyclopedia - Day Of Brahma
In Hindu esoteric teachings, one day of Brahma consists of a thousand cycles of four yugas, or ages: Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vairocana: Encyclopedia - Vairocana
According to the Buddhist Trikaya doctrine, Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahavairocana; 大日如来 or 毘盧遮那佛 Chinese: Dàrì ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antoine Court De Gebelin: Encyclopedia - Antoine Court De Gebelin
Antoine Court who named himself Antoine Court de Gébelin ( ca.1719 – May 10, 1784) was the Swiss former Protestant pastor, born at Nim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Secret Doctrine: Encyclopedia - The Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Wise Ones: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Wise Ones
wise ones A common title signifying those trained in the wisdom of the esoteric   (See also: Wise ones , Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manjusri: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Manjusri
Manjusri (Tibet, Tibetan). The God of Wisdom. In Esoteric philosophy a certain Dhyan Chohan.   (See also: Manjusri , Theosophy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guhya-vidya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Guhya-vidya
Guhya-vidya (Sanskrit) (from guhya secret from the verbal root guh to conceal, keep secret + vidya knowledge, wisdom.)   Secret k...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guhya-adesa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Guhya-adesa
Guhya-vidya (Sanskrit) (from guhya secret from the verbal root guh to conceal, keep secret + vidya knowledge, wisdom.)   Secret k...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gupta-vidya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gupta-vidya
Gupta-vidya (Sanskrit) (from gupta from the verbal root gup to conceal, preserve + vidya knowledge, wisdom)   Secret knowledge, s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gupta-maya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gupta-maya
Gupta-vidya (Sanskrit) (from gupta from the verbal root gup to conceal, preserve + vidya knowledge, wisdom)   Secret knowledge, s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cthulhu Mythos Cults: Encyclopedia Ii - Cthulhu Mythos Cults - Brothers Of The Yellow Sign
The Brothers of the Yellow Sign (or Cult of the Yellow Sign) worship Hastur in his aspect as the King in Yellow. The cult is lead by a gr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Science: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Spiritual Science
spiritual science The evolution of high consciousness as it relates to the human being, to the Universe, and all creation, as taught ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anthroposophy: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy An esoteric spiritual science founded by German mystic Rudolf Steiner. The term literally means "wisdom of man. &qu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Esoteric Bodhism: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Esoteric Bodhism
Esoteric Bodhism. Secret wisdom or intelligence from the Greek esotericos "inner", and the Sanskrit Bodhi, "knowledge&q...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Budhaism, Budhism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Budhaism, Budhism
Budhaism or Budhism (from Sanskrit budha wisdom)   The anglicized form of the term for the teachings of divine philosophy, called...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahma-vidya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brahma-vidya
Brahma-vidya (Sanskrit) Brahma-knowledge, divine knowledge; equivalent to theosophia, the wisdom of the gods. The secret or esoteric s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nagarjuna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna (Sanskrit) A Buddhist arhat or sage born in Western India about 223 BC, generally recognized in Northern Buddhism as a bodhi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nadis: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Nadis
nadis Numerous points created by lines of energy crossing and criss-crossing in the etheric, or energy, non-physical body. In esoteri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Merodach: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Merodach
Merodach (Chald.). God of Babylon, the Bel of later times. He is the son of Davkina, goddess of the lower regions, or the earth, and o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sarasvati: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sarasvati
Sarasvati (Sanskrit). The same as Vach, wife and daughter of Brahma produced from one of the two halves of his body. She is the goddes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kabalah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Kabalah
Kabalah (Hebrew, Jewish). The hidden wisdom of the Hebrew Rabbis of the middle ages derived from the older secret doctrines concerning...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brihaspati: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Brihaspati
Brihaspati (Sanskrit) The name of a Deity, also of a Rishi. It is like wise the name of the planet Jupiter. He is the personified Guru...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Srama: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Srama
Srama (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root sram to toil, labor]   Exertion, labor, toil; often used for the different methods of ment...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rahasya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rahasya
Rahasya (Sanskrit) A secret doctrine or teaching; any subtle idea or recondite point of thought; mystical or esoteric teachings. Also ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahavidya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mahavidya
Mahavidya (Sanskrit) [from maha great + vidya knowledge]   The great knowledge, magic knowledge "now degenerated into Tantri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmajnana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brahmajnana
Brahmajnana (Sanskrit) (from Brahman cosmic spirit + jnana knowledge from the verbal root jna to know)   Divine, sacred, or esote...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anthroposophy: New Age Dictionary On Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy - N An esoteric cult founded by German mystic Rudolf Steiner. The term literally means "wisdom of man." It tea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmasrama: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brahmasrama
Brahmasrama (Sanskrit) (from Brahman the supreme principle + asrama sacred building, hermitage)   Mystically, an esoteric seat, a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhism: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Buddhism
A Theosophical definition of Buddhism :   Buddhism The teachings of Gautama the Buddha. Buddhism today is divided into two bran...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Saka
Saka (Sanskrit) Applied to intellect or cosmic wisdom in the Vishnu-Purana, mystically and philosophically identical with cosmic mahat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pot Amun: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pot Amun
Pot Amun (Coptic) A priest and hierophant of the early Ptolemaic dynasty. A term said by Diogenes Laertius to signify one consecrated ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gorsedd: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gorsedd
Gorsedd (Welsh) A throne, seat, chair; an assembly of the Bards; now, the Assembly of Bards that directs the National Eisteddfod. Acco...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aparavidya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aparavidya
Aparavidya (Sanskrit) (from a not + para supreme + vidya knowledge from the verbal root vid to see, know, percieve)   Nonsupreme ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gorilla: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gorilla
Gorsedd (Welsh) A throne, seat, chair; an assembly of the Bards; now, the Assembly of Bards that directs the National Eisteddfod. Acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cthulhu Mythos Cults: Encyclopedia Ii - Cthulhu Mythos Cults - Brotherhood Of The Black Pharaoh
The Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh serves Nyarlathotep in his aspect as the Black Pharaoh. Its leadership is primarily of Egyptian desc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adept: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Adept
A Theosophical definition of Adept :   Adept The word means one who is "skilled"; hence, even in our ordinary life, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Universal And Triumphant: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Universal And Triumphant - Theology
Gordon Melton lists the CUT as a religion of the Ancient Wisdom tradition akin to Theosophy and the I AM Movement. CUT theology is a sync...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tara, Taraka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tara, Taraka
Tara or Taraka Târâ, Târakâ (Sanskrit) The wife of Brihaspati (Jupiter). The Puranas relate that Soma, the moo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Re'shith: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Re'shith
Re'shith (Hebrew) [from rosh head, chief, principal, first, beginning]   Beginning, headship, the most excellent or highest of a ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodhyanga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bodhyanga
Bodhyanga (Sanskrit) (from bodhi wisdom + anga limb, portion, division)   Limb or division of essential wisdom; often used collec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samanta Bhadra: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Samanta Bhadra
Samanta Bhadra (Sanskrit). Lit., "Universal Sage ". The name of one of the four Bodhisattvas of the Yogacharya School, of th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hoang Ty: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Hoang Ty
Hoang Ty (Chin.). "The Great Spirit." His Sons are said to have acquired new wisdom, and imparted what they knew before to m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kaspar: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kaspar
Kaspar (from Hebrew (get) one who is like a scribe)   One of the three Magi or wise men in Christian legend. In Egypt the scribe ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Javanese Beliefs: Encyclopedia Ii - Javanese Beliefs - Kebatinan
Kebatinan is a metaphysical search for harmony within one's inner self, connection with the universe, and with an Almighty God. Javanese ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Merkabah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Merkabah
Merkabah (Hebrew) A chariot, vehicle; used in two senses: first, as a chariot, the Qabbalists saying that the Supreme forms and then u...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yajna-vidya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yajna-vidya
Yajna-vidya (Sanskrit) [from yajna sacrifice + vidya knowledge]   The knowledge or science of sacrificial rites. These religious ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Urvasi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Urvasi
Urvasi (Sanskrit) [from uru wide, broad + the verbal root as to pervade]   Widely extending; in the Rig-Veda a beautiful divine n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tarakamaya, Taramaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tarakamaya, Taramaya
Tarakamaya or Taramaya (Sanskrit) The war in heaven; the struggle between the gods and the asuras for the rescue of Tara or Taraka, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kumbhaka: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Kumbhaka
A Theosophical definition of Kumbhaka :   Kumbhaka (Sanskrit) An extremely dangerous practice belonging to the hatha yoga syste...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Babylon: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Babylon
Babylon (from Assyrian "gate of the gods")   An ancient, celebrated city on the Euphrates said to have been founded by ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Suffism: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Suffism
Suffism (Ancient Greek). From the root of Sophia, "Wisdom ". A mystical sect in Persia something like the Vedantins; though ...   » 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 - Treatise On The Mind Aspiring For Enlightenment: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Treatise On The Mind Aspiring For Enlightenment
Treatise on the Mind Aspiring for Enlightenment, The (Jpn.: Bodai-shin-ron; Chin.: P'u-t'i-hsin-lun)   A work attributed to Nagar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ethics: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Ethics
A Theosophical definition of Ethics :   Ethics The theosophical teachings are essentially and wholly ethical. It is impossible ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Orpheus: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Orpheus
Orpheus (Ancient Greek). Lit., the "tawny one". Mythology makes him the son of Eager and the muse Calliope. Esoteric traditi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vairochana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vairochana
Vairochana (Sanskrit). "All-enlightening".   A mystic symbol, or rather a generic personification of a class of spirit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magician: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Magician
Magician. This term, once a title of renown and distinction, has come to he wholly perverted from its true meaning.    Once ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jehovah-tzabaoth, -tsebaoth, Sabbaoth: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Jehovah-tzabaoth, -tsebaoth, Sabbaoth
Jehovah-Tzabaoth, -Tsebaoth, or -Sabbaoth The seventh Sephirah of the superior septenary, identified with Netsah (triumph), who "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Budha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Budha
Budha (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root budh to awake)   As an adjective, intelligent, wise, clever, fully awake; hence a wise or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bible: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bible
Bible The Judeo-Christian holy book. The Bible is neither the literal word of God translated into the various languages, nor a collect...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pythagoreans: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pythagoreans
Pythagoreans The school founded at Crotona, Italy in the 6th century BC by Pythagoras of Samos. Pythagoras was an initiate not only in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shin-sieu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Shin-sieu
Shin-sieu (Chinese) A sage and seer; the sixth Buddhist Patriarch of North China who taught the esoteric doctrine of bodhidharma, one ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manjusri: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Manjusri
Manjusri (Sanskrit) [from manju beautiful + sri an epithet of holiness, dignity, and reverence]   The holy beautiful one; a name ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kratudvish, Kratudvis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kratudvish, Kratudvis
Kratudvish kratudvis (Sanskrit) In Hindu mythology, an enemy of all ritualistic and ceremonial worship and exoteric sham; the spiritua...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pistis Sophia: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pistis Sophia
Pistis Sophia An important treatise on Gnostic teachings, discovered in a Coptic manuscript in the British Museum by the Orientalist S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian Fellowship: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian Fellowship - Origins & Foundation
In 1908 its founder, Max Heindel, was reported to have been chosen and prepared by the Elder Brothers of the Rosicrucian Order to reveal ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru-parampara: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Guru-parampara
A Theosophical definition of Guru-parampara :   Guru-parampara (Sanskrit) This is a compound formed of guru, meaning "teac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adept: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Adept
Adept An esoteric master. An individual highly experienced and skilled in occult wisdom or magickal craft, as a result of the study of...   » 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 - Pythagoras: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Pythagoras
Pythagoras (Ancient Greek). The most famous of mystic philosophers, born at Samos, about 586 B.C. He seems to have travelled all over ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asuras: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Asuras
Asuras (Sanskrit). Exoterically, elementals and evil, gods - considered maleficent; demons, and no gods. But esoterically - the revers...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Baphomet: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Baphomet
Baphomet (Ancient Greek). The androgyne goat of Mendes. (See Secret Doctrine, I. 253).   According to the Western, and especiall...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jahva Alhim: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Jahva Alhim
Jahva Alhim (Hebrew, Jewish). The name that in Genesis replaces "Alhim", or Elohim, the gods. It is used in chapter I., whil...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hermetic: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Hermetic
Hermetic. Any doctrine or writing connected with the esoteric teachings of Hermes, who, whether as the Egyptian Thoth or the Greek Her...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vidya: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Vidya
A Theosophical definition of Vidya :   Vidya (Sanskrit) The word (derived from the same verbal root vid from which comes the no...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Religion: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Religion
A Theosophical definition of Religion :   Religion An operation of the human spiritual mind in its endeavor to understand not o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Evolution: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Evolution
A Theosophical definition of Evolution :   Evolution As the word is used in theosophy it means the "unwrapping," &quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Upanishad: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Upanishad
A Theosophical definition of Upanishad :   Upanishad (Sanskrit) A compound, composed of upa "according to," "tog...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gematria: Spiritual Dictionary On Gematria
Gematria: Of all the ancient magickal languages, the mysticism surrounding biblical Hebrew is the best known in the West. The body of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Esoteric Movements: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Esoteric Movements
Esoteric Movements Religious and philosophical groups centered on knowledge or experience accessible only to those who have received a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Valentinus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Valentinus
Valentinus Famous 2nd century Gnostic who in many ways was the unacknowledged teacher of the Church Fathers Origen and Clement. His te...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vairochana, Vairocana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vairochana, Vairocana
Vairochana Vairocana (Sanskrit) A son of the sun (Virochana -- the spiritual sun); a generalizing term for some of the highest classes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trikaya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trikaya
Trikaya (Sanskrit) Lit., three bodies, or forms. This is a most abstruse teaching which, however, once understood, explains the myster...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Thoth: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Thoth
Thoth (Egypt, Egyptian). The most mysterious and the least understood of gods, whose personal character is entirely distinct from all ...   » 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

Dictionary - Sufi: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Sufi
SUFI ("Of wool.") Posers as "sheep?" Apparently not. Sufism is thought of as a "veil" because the studen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Haoma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Haoma
Haoma (Avestan) Hum (Pahlavi) Homa (Persian) The Tree of Life; there are two haomas: the yellow or golden earthly haoma, which when pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hanuman, Hanumat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hanuman, Hanumat
Haoma (Avestan) Hum (Pahlavi) Homa (Persian) The Tree of Life; there are two haomas: the yellow or golden earthly haoma, which when pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sarasvati, Saraswati: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sarasvati, Saraswati
Sarasvati, Saraswati (Sanskrit) The ethereal, the elegant one; the divine consort or wife of Brahma, his feminine alter ego, a later f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hermanubis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hermanubis
Hermanubis (Greek) Heru-em-Anpu (Egyptian) (Anubis in connection with Horus)   The aspect of Anubis (Anpu) connected with the wis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 'ob: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On 'ob
'Ob (Hebrew) Also aub. A necromancer, one who "calls up the dead" in order to learn from them future events; secondarily, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amrita-yana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Amrita-yana
Amrita-yana amrita-yana (Sanskrit) (from a not + mrita dead from the verbal root mrir to die + yana path, vehicle)   The path of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhutesa, Bhutesvara: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bhutesa, Bhutesvara
Bhutesa or Bhutesvara (Sanskrit) (from bhuta living being + isa, isvara lord)   Lord of beings, lord of manifested entities and t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Heresy Of Separateness: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Heresy Of Separateness
Hermanubis (Greek) Heru-em-Anpu (Egyptian) (Anubis in connection with Horus)   The aspect of Anubis (Anpu) connected with the wis...   » 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

Dictionary - Occultism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Occultism
Occultism [from Latin occultus hid]   The science of things behind the veils of nature both visible and invisible, things hidden ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sankaracharya, Sankaracarya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sankaracharya, Sankaracarya
Sankaracharya Sankaracarya (Sanskrit) [from Sankara a personal name + acarya teacher]   The beneficent teacher; one of the greate...   » Read the article