Article - Jainism: The Only True God Is Within Us
The word Jain originated from Jina , meaning victory, conqueror or liberator. The Jain philosophy centers round 'live and let live '. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Characters Within The Simpsons: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Characters Within The Simpsons - Happy Little Elves
The Happy Little Elves were an animated cartoon within the fictional Simpsons universe. They were crudely animated green elves in simplis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God-within: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On God-within
God-within The divine spark confined within matter which, in time, evolving disciples realize and honor with total allegiance  ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Characters Within The Simpsons: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Characters Within The Simpsons - Kang And Kodos
Kang and Kodos are two green, seven-foot tall, continually drooling octopus-like cyclopian aliens from Rigel 7, beyond Earth, who are bro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Characters Within The Simpsons: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Characters Within The Simpsons - Malibu Stacy
Malibu Stacy is a doll for young girls, comparable to (and a parody of) a Barbie doll. Waylon Smithers of the Springfield Nuclear Power P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Characters Within The Simpsons: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Characters Within The Simpsons - Poochie
When network executives decided that The Itchy and Scratchy Show needed an "update" to keep the interest of its audience, they devised Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible: Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible
Some religions believe that the Bible was inspired or received in singular events. Many historians who have analysed the Hebrew Bible and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Inconsistencies In The Bible - Between The New Testament And The Old
According to many commentators, several of them Christian, God in the Old Testament is often vengeful, taking abrupt and often merciless ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism
Celtic polytheism (also called Druidic polytheism) is the term for the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Celts. Celtic polyt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Inconsistencies In The Bible - Names Of God
Supporters of biblical inerrancy reply that the different names of God merely reflect different context [4] and point out that many ancie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Heaven: Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Heaven
The Kingdom of Heaven (or the Kingdom of God, Greek βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ basileia tou theou) is a key concept in both Judai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Church Of God: Encyclopedia - United Church Of God
The United Church of God (UCG) was formed after a doctrinal dispute within the Worldwide Church of God (originally incorporated as the Ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monad Gnosticism: Encyclopedia - Monad Gnosticism
In many Gnostic systems (and heresiologies), God is known as the Monad, the One, The Absolute Aion teleos (The Perfect Æon), Bythos (Dep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Invocation: Encyclopedia - Great Invocation
The Great Invocation is a prayer channelled in 1945 to English neo theosophist Alice A. Bailey, she claimed, from the spirit Master calle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Inconsistencies In The Bible - Within The Deuteronomic History
Within the Deuteronomic History, the Book of Joshua purports to present a campaign resulting in the complete conquest of Canaan. Judges i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Inconsistencies In The Bible - Difficulties In Evaluating Inconsistencies
Besides the major philosophical/theological differences brought about by different views of Biblical inerrancy and different religions, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Inconsistencies In The Bible - The Pauline Epistles
Several significant technical discrepancies arise in textual criticism of the Pauline Epistles. Questions concerning writing style, vocab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Inconsistencies In The Bible - Within The Torah
In several places in the Torah, there is what seems to be duplication, and in some cases triplication, of several passages and sometimes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Inconsistencies In The Bible - Chronicles And The Deuteronomic History
The Book of Chronicles and the Deuteronomic History both present an account of the same period of Israelite history, but contain what are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inconsistencies In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Inconsistencies In The Bible - Amongst The Gospels
The various censuses and genealogies in the Bible provide a large number of questions for those who seek to interpret the text completely...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - The Consecrated Life
Consecrated Life, referred to also as Religious Life, is a way of Christian living within the Catholic Church that, publicly professed, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Criticisms And Controversies
Over the centuries, the Catholic Church has encountered criticisms for numerous reasons. (Some particular controversies are discussed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Overview
The Roman Catholic Church traces its origins to Saint Peter, apostle to Rome. It rose to prominence with the Constantinian shift in the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Sacraments
The Roman Catholic Church, like other ancient Christian Churches such as the Eastern Orthodox Church, recognizes and administers seven sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Relations With Other Christians
The Catholic Church attributes very high authority to 21 Ecumenical Councils: Nicaea I (325), Constantinople I (381), Ephesus (431), Chal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Particular Churches Within The Single Catholic Church
Unlike "families" or "communions" of Churches that see themselves as distinct Churches, the Church of those who are in full communion wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Note On Liturgical Rites In Use Within The Latin Or Western Church
For many centuries there were as many or more liturgical rites in the Latin-Rite or Western Catholic Church, as in the East. In the after...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - The Hierarchical Constitution Of The Church
Roman Catholic Church - The Pope. What most obviously distinguishes the Catholic Church from other Christian bodies is the link between...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Terminology
Roman Catholic Church is a term that other Christian Churches often, though by no means exclusively, use for this Church. The Church itse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Beliefs
The Catholic Church is a Christian church, and therefore shares core beliefs with the majority of other trinitarian groups generally cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Liturgy
The Catholic Church sees the eucharistic liturgy, the celebration of the Mystery of Christ, in particular the Paschal Mystery of his deat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Kabbalistic Understanding Of God
Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) teaches that God is neither matter nor spirit. Rather God is the creator of both, but is himself neither. But...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - History
Islamic history begins in Arabia in the 7th century with the emergence of the prophet Muhammad. Within a century of his death, an Islamic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Comparison Between Mormonism And Judaism
Mormonism and Judaism - Nature of God. Although monotheism is a fundamental tenet of Judaism, the Jewish religion arose and was codifie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Criticisms
Kabbalah - Dualism. One of the most serious and sustained criticisms of Kabbalah is that it may lead away from monotheism, and instead ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Origin Of Jewish Mysticism
According to adherents of Kabbalah, the origin of Kabbalah begins with the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible). When read by a Kabbalist, the Torah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Mystic Doctrines In Talmudic Times
In Talmudic times the terms Ma'aseh Bereshit ("Works of Creation") and Ma'aseh Merkabah ("Works of the Divine Throne/Chariot") clearly in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormons And Jews
LDS assert peaceful coexistence with the Jewish people, whom they recognize as Israelites who simply never lost the knowledge that they a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Kabbalah In Non-jewish Society
Kabbalah eventually gained an audience outside of the Jewish community. Nominal-Christian versions of Kabbalah began to develop; by the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian Fellowship: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian Fellowship - Philosophy Teachings
Rosicrucian Fellowship - Life as a School: doctrine of Rebirth and Law of Cause and Consequence. These teachings advocate the dualistic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Debate About Kabbalah In Judaism
Although it was criticized by a small number of rabbis, Kabbalah has nevertheless been a fundamental part of most Jewish theology for man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Failure Of Sabbatian Mysticism
The spiritual and mystical yearnings of many Jews remained frustrated after the death of Rabbi Isaac Luria and his disciples and colleagu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Human Soul In Kabbalah
The Zohar posits that the human soul has three elements, the nefesh, ru'ach, and neshamah. The nefesh is found in all humans, and enters ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Foretelling The Future
A small number of Kabbalists have attempted to foretell events by the Kabbalah. The term has come to be used to refer to secret science i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Practical Applications
The Midrash and Talmud are replete with the use of Divine names and incantations that are claimed to effect supernatural or metaphysical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Textual Antiquity Of Esoteric Mysticism
Early forms of esoteric mysticism existed over 2,000 years ago. Ben Sira warns against it, saying: "You shall have no business with secre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Gnosticism And Kabbalah
Gnostic literature testifies to the antiquity of the Kabbalah. Gnosticism - systems of secret spiritual knowledge, or some sources say - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormon Claims Of House Of Israel Descent
Mormons consider themselves to be the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (who was also known as "Israel") or adopted into the House...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Jewish Symbolism In Mormonism
The LDS Church includes among its traditional symbols the Star of David, which has been in use among Jews since at least the 13th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormons And Israel
Mormons, as a whole, are largely pro-Israel. Mormons, as well as many Jews, are also in favor of coexistence in the Holy Land. The LDS pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Syncretism With Other Forms Of Polytheism
The locus classicus for the Celtic gods of Gaul is the passage in Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico (52–51 BC; The Gallic Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Cults Within Celtic Polytheism
The notion of the Celtic pantheon as merely a proliferation of local gods is contradicted by the several well-attested deities whose cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Cosmology And Eschatology
Little is known about the religious beliefs of the Celts of Gaul. They believed in a life after death, for they buried food, weapons, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Research
Three main types of sources provide information on Celtic polytheism: the minted coins of Gaul, the sculptural monuments associated with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Worship
According to Poseidonius and later classical authors Gaulish religion and culture were the concern of three professional classes—the dr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Religious Castes
Celtic polytheism - Druids. A Druid (often cited as being from the Celtic: "Knowing [or Finding] the Oak Tree") was a member of the lea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Festivals
Insular sources provide important information about Celtic religious festivals. In Ireland the year was divided into two periods of six m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Extent Of Celtic Polytheism
As the religion of the ancient Celts, the shifts in the fortunes of Celtic Polytheism coincided with those of its people. The Celts, like...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Society Of Mary Anglican: Encyclopedia Ii - Society Of Mary Anglican - Objectives
The stated objectives of the Society are: To love and honor Mary To spread devotion to her in reparation for past neglect and misunderst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Society Of Mary Anglican: Encyclopedia Ii - Society Of Mary Anglican - Devotional Societies Within Anglicanism
Since the time of the Oxford Movement (also known as the "Catholic Revival") in the Church of England (and her sister churches), there ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Heaven - The Kingdom In Christian Thought
The idea of God's Kingdom is found predominately in the New Testament, specifically the Synoptic Gospels. The Kingdom of God is a term us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Heaven - The Kingdom In Christian Thought
The idea of God's Kingdom is found predominantly in the New Testament, specifically the Synoptic Gospels. The kingdom is a spiritual king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Names Of God
The noun God is the proper English name used for the deity of monotheistic faiths. Different names for God exist within different religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Om
Om is an omnipotent, omnipresent (only within the boundaries of the Omnian church) god in the country of Omnia. His temple resides in Kom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Om
Om is an omnipotent, omnipresent (only within the boundaries of the Omnian church) god in the country of Omnia. His temple resides in Kom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Children Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Children Of God - History
Children of God - The Children of God 1968-1977. The founder of the movement was a former Christian Missionary Alliance pastor, David B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Children Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Children Of God - Beliefs
Theologians have placed the Family's basic theology within the historical Christian tradition, along with some unorthodox beliefs. To som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Plot
The novel tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull who is seized by a passion for flight. He pushes himself, learning ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Interpretation
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - The first part. Several early commentators, focusing mainly on the first part of the book, see it as part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Bach’s Authorship
Richard Bach has claimed that he is, in a sense, not the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. He has stated that the words came to him ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Derivative And Referencing Works
Bach’s Jonathan Livington Seagull has inspired the production of a motion picture of the same name, with a soundtrack by Neil Diamond. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turn The Other Cheek: Encyclopedia Ii - Turn The Other Cheek - Historical Origins
It is commonly assumed that this teaching originated with Jesus, but some hold that it is better conceived of as an exaggerated extrapola...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turn The Other Cheek: Encyclopedia Ii - Turn The Other Cheek - Interpretations
This phrase, as with much of the Sermon on the Mount, has been subjected to both literal and figurative interpretations. Turn the other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turn The Other Cheek: Encyclopedia Ii - Turn The Other Cheek - Criticism
Many Christians and non-Christians have criticised this teaching as unworkable in practice, and potentially immoral, as it rewards those ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - Etymology
For Gandhi, Truth was the sovereign principle; inclusive of many other spiritual principles and schools of thought. "...it is not my purp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - Etymology
For Gandhi, Truth was the sovereign principle; inclusive of many other spiritual principles and schools of thought. "...it is not my purp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - Overview
The Story of My Experiments with Truth - Spiritual angle. In his own words Gandhi takes us through some of the experiences in his life,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - First Publication And Later Editions
After its initiation, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" remained in the making for 4-5 years (including the time while Gandhi was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - About The Translator
Mahadev Desai (1892—1942), a journalist, was born in 1892 in the Surat district of Gujarat state in India. He graduated from the Bombay...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Worldwide Church Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Worldwide Church Of God - Current Organizational Structure
The Worldwide Church of God is established under a hierarchical, non-voting form of government. The chief ecclesiastical and chief corpor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - God And Gender - Christian Views Of God And Gender
In Christianity, one Person of the Trinity, the Son, is believed to have become incarnate as a human male. Most Christians believe that t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arguments For The Existence Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Arguments For The Existence Of God - The Theological Status Of The Arguments
The theological standing of arguments for the existence of God is also subject to some debate among believers. Within the Christian tradi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God Of War: Encyclopedia Ii - God Of War - Sequels
The game's creator, David Jaffe, has said on many occasions that God of War will be a series of games and that a number of sequels will b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muktananda: Encyclopedia Ii - Muktananda - Quotations
Swami Muktananda's main messages are: Honor your Self, Worship your Self, Meditate on your Self, God dwells within you as you. See God i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Nature Of God In Western Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - The Nature Of God In Western Theology - Questions About Traditional Definitions Of God
What follows is a typical definition of "God," which, perhaps with some adjustments, would be acceptable to many within the Jewish, Chris...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Demons Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Demons
Demons/Devil   Devil   Basic Meaning - A fear of those repressed contents of the unconscious that are, when acknowledged the...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  atma: A Spiritual Dictionary On  atma
 Atma: The real Self, one's Divinity. God, the substance of everything, the spark of God within. The Atma is unchanging, immorta...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On God
God The unchangeably perfect being who is the first and final cause of the universe, who ensouls the universe and within whom the uni...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On God
God The unchangeably perfect being who is the first and final cause of the universe, who ensouls the universe and within whom the uni...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Intrapsychic: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Intrapsychic
intrapsychic Gnostic term meaning presence of God within and out   (See also: Intrapsychic , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Universe: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Universe
Universe: from the Greek meaning "the whole thing" The entire physical reality. This includes the physical, the astral and t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Worship: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Worship
WORSHIP: in Paganism and Wicca, this means to become one with the gods during a group or personal rite and to endeavor to draw the ess...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atma: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Atma (aathma)
Atma: Atma (Aathma). The real Self, one's divinity, God, the substance of everything, the unseen basis, the spark of God within. Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Incarnation: Parapsychology Dictionary On Incarnation
Incarnation: Within non-dualistic branches of Hinduism, it is quite common to regard an enlightened individual as an incarnation of G...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Universal Law: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Universal Law
universal law An underlying principle found within everything necessary for the scheme of things, that cannot be altered, worn out, o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Imminent Diety: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Imminent Diety
IMMINENT DIETY - a God or goddess who is seen as living within humanity rather than outside it. (CMM)   (See also: IMMINENT DI...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Pantheism
Pantheism The belief that all that exists is God and all that exists is God. This God is an all-encompassing, impersonal principle or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Pantheism
Pantheism The belief that all that exists is God and all that exists is God. This God is an all-encompassing, impersonal principle or ...   » Read the article