Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia - Heaven
Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many religions or spiritual philosophies. Those who believe in heaven generally hold that it (or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Heaven - Conceptions
While there are abundant and varied sources for conceptions of Heaven, the typical believer's view appears to depend largely on his parti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Heaven - Heaven In Hinduism
In Hinduism, with it's emphasis on reincarnation, the concept of Heaven is not as prominent. While heaven is temporary (until the next bi...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Introduction To Buddhism
Introduction to Buddhism. Buddhism is a spiritual tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development and the attainment of a deep ...   » Read the article

Article - Buddha: The Life Of Gautama Buddha
Buddha was born approximately 560 B.C. in Northern India. Through his life, Buddha gave the concept of Nirvana unprecedented exposure to ...   » Read the article

Article - God: Bring God Into Your Living Room
Bring God into Your Living Room It is easier to visualise God in the starry heavens than in our own homes. The stars, so remote from our...   » 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 - All Under Heaven: Encyclopedia - All Under Heaven
All under heaven (Chinese: 天下; pinyin: tiān xià) is a concept in Chinese history. It was related to the Chinese conception of China...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Stormfield's Visit To Heaven: Encyclopedia - Captain Stormfield's Visit To Heaven
"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story follows Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Promised Land: Encyclopedia - Promised Land
According to the Bible, the Land of Israel (Hebrew: Eretz Yisrael) was promised to the descendants of Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Cosmology: Encyclopedia - Biblical Cosmology
The Bible says very little about cosmology, such as the position of the earth in the universe, the nature of the fixed stars and planets,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qi: Encyclopedia - Qi
Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i, chi or ki, is a fundamental concept of everyday Chinese culture, most often defined as "air" or "breath" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In China: Encyclopedia - Religion In China
Life in the People's Republic of China A wide variety of religions have been practiced in China since the beginning of its history. Templ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Devaloka: Encyclopedia - Devaloka
In Hinduism and Buddhism, a devaloka or deva loka is a plane of existence where gods and devas exist. The deva lokas are usually describe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Axis Mundi: Encyclopedia - Axis Mundi
The axis mundi (world axis), in religion or mythology, is the center of the world and/or the connection between heaven and earth. It is c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrological Sign: Encyclopedia - Astrological Sign
Western astrology employs the tropical zodiac which divides the ecliptic into twelve signs of equal length starting at the first point of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Reconciliation: Encyclopedia - Universal Reconciliation
In Christian theology, universal reconciliation or universal salvation, is the doctrine or belief that all will eventually find salvation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Astronomy: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Astronomy - Ancient Conception Of Astronomy
Biblical astronomy - In the Talmud. The study of the universe as a whole was, like all other sciences in olden times, held in closest c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity
The article Judaism and Christianity compares and contrasts two closely related Abrahamic religions that are in some ways parallel to eac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Astronomy: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Astronomy - Biblical Data
Biblical Astronomy, in the broad sense, includes the views taken in the books of the Bible of the position of the earth in the universe, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Astronomy: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Astronomy - In Post-talmudic Times
With the revival of Greek science which took place in Islam, Jews were intimately connected, and the Almagest is said to have been transl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Love
Love is a central value in both Judaism and Christianity. In Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, literary critic Harold Bloom argues that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Judgement
Both Christianity and Judaism believe in some form of judgement. The Christian view is very well defined - every human is a sinner, and n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - The Messiah
Jews believe that a descendant of King David will one day appear to restore the Kingdom of Israel. Jews refer to this person as Moshiach,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Evangelism
Judaism is not an evangelistic religion. Orthodox Judaism in fact deliberately makes it very difficult to convert and become a Jew, and r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Mutual Views
In addition to each having varied views on the other as a religion, there has also been a long and often painful history of conflict, per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Raison D'être Of The Religion
Each religion has a mythos, that is, an internal description of its raison d'être, its reason for being. Christianity's raison d'être i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - The Nature Of Religion: National Versus Universal
Judaism does not characterize itself as a religion so much as a way of life (although one can speak of the Jewish religion and religious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Concepts Of God
Both Jews and Christians believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for Jews the God of the Tanakh, for Christians the God of the Ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Understanding Of The Bible
Jews and Christians seek authority from many of the same basic books, but they conceive of these books in significantly different ways. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Faith Versus Good Deeds
Judaism teaches that the purpose of the Torah is to show that good deeds are considered in holiness as much or even more important than b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Abortion
Both Jews and Christians regard pregnancy as a gift from God, and hold children to be miracles. The only statements in the Tanakh (Hebrew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - War Violence And Pacifism
Jews and Christians accept as valid and binding many of the same moral principles taught in the Torah. There is a great deal of overlap b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Capital Punishment
Although the Jewish bible has many references to capital punishment, in fact very early on, the Jewish sages and rabbis used their author...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Heaven And Hell
Judaism is largely unconcerned with the problem of death or an afterlife; the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes states that death is final; t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Sin And Original Sin
In both religions, one's offenses against the will of God are called sin (in Christianity the full name is "actual sin"). These sins can ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All Under Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - All Under Heaven - Usage In The Film Hero
In the 2002 Chinese film Hero, all under heaven is the central concept of the film. The film tells the story of a nameless assassin who o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell - Details
Unlike that of Milton or Dante, Blake's conception of Hell is not as a place of punishment, but as a source of unrepressed, somewhat Dion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Immaculate Conception: Encyclopedia Ii - Immaculate Conception - Parallelisms In Other Religions
Anahita (or Nahid in Modern Persian), the mother of Mitra, whose name means "unstained" or "immaculate", was an ancient Persian deity. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Divine Right Of Kings: Encyclopedia Ii - Divine Right Of Kings - The Concept
The concept of Divine Right of Kings is only one manifestation of a much broader concept of "royal God-given rights", which simply says t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoroastrianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoroastrianism - Specific Zoroastrian Concepts
Zoroastrianism teaches many of the concepts found in the major Abrahamic faiths such as Heaven, Hell, Day of judgement, the concept of Sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September Six: Encyclopedia Ii - September Six - Short Biographies
September Six - Lynne Kanavel Whitesides. Lynne Kanavel Whitesides is a feminist noted for speaking on the "Mother in Heaven." Whitesid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Cosmology - Background
Much of what the Bible says concerning cosmology is couched in terminology whose definitions are uncertain and disputed by Hebrew scholar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Cosmology - Sky Sun Moon And Stars
The sky, the abode of the stars, is described as a "raqiya'" (rakia, Hebrew for a plate); that is, a rigid, broad, solid plate possessing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Cosmology - Stars As The Hosts Of Heaven
Several Biblical passages refer to “hosts” around God and in the heights above. This phrase is commonly taken to refer to angels or o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Cosmology - The Bible And The Big Bang
Current scientific views of the Big Bang basically say that the universe had a specific beginning, starting incredibly small and massivel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Cosmology - Modern Day Biblical Cosmologies
The Catholic Church after having rejected scientific cosmological endeavors during the Copernican revolution, has in the last century bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Cosmology - Sky, Sun, Moon And Stars
The sky, the abode of the stars, is described as a "raqiya'" (rakia, Hebrew for a plate); that is, a rigid, broad, solid plate possessing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Reunification: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Reunification - Development
The concept of "one China" has been part of the Chinese political orthodoxy since ancient times. Often, if one claimed to be the emperor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritualism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritualism - Background
Spiritualism in its modern incarnation started in the mid-19th century in the United States, a syncretic adjunct of largely Christian pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Omnipresence: Encyclopedia Ii - Omnipresence - Historic Origins
A common misconception is that the ancient Israelites believed they had an omnipresent deity. While in the Torah it is stated that, 'Heav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salvation: Encyclopedia Ii - Salvation - Christian Views Of Salvation
Salvation is arguably one of the most important Christian spiritual concepts, perhaps second only to the deity of Jesus Christ. Among Chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Purgatory: Encyclopedia Ii - Purgatory - Catholic Theology
In Roman Catholic theology, Purgatory is a process of purification of the soul after death, following the particular judgment and ordinar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Purgatory: Encyclopedia Ii - Purgatory - Protestant Theology
Protestant churches largely reject explicit belief in the Catholic view of Purgatory. However, most do embrace the doctrine of glorificat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hero Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Hero Film - Political Meaning
Although inspired in part by the success of films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the film failed to be as successful as its make...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Burial Rituals And Protocol: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Burial Rituals And Protocol - Why Did The Ancient Egyptians Mummify Their Dead?
Ancient Egyptians devoted their entire life to afterlife. However there was no concept of heaven or hell, instead one either existed amon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judeo-christian: Encyclopedia Ii - Judeo-christian - Source Of The Term
Christianity emerged from Judaism in the century after the death of Herod the Great. Christians brought from Judaism its scriptures; fund...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faction Paradox: Encyclopedia Ii - Faction Paradox - Overview
The Faction Paradox universe is heavily centered around the "War in Heaven", a history-spanning conflict between the "Great Houses" and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hero Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Hero Film - Political Meaning
Although inspired in part by the success of films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the film failed to be as successful as its make...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judeo-christian: Encyclopedia Ii - Judeo-christian - Source Of The Term
Christianity emerged from Judaism in the century after the death of Herod the Great. Christians brought from Judaism its scriptures; fund...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Killer7: Encyclopedia Ii - Killer7 - Gameplay
The gameplay in Killer7 is unconventional by normal standards. The game takes place on rails, and the player, using the A and B buttons (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Godhead Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - Godhead Mormonism - Conceptions Of The Godhead After The Death Of Joseph Smith
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints currently holds Joseph Smith's 1843 explanation of the Godhead as official doctrine, whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harrowing Of Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Harrowing Of Hell - Biblical Sources
Among Christians, descendit ad inferos is perhaps the most controversial part of the Apostles Creed; some believers are disturbed by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creationism: Encyclopedia Ii - Creationism - Christian God As Absolute Origin
Nearly all denominations of Christianity assert that God is the origin, the first cause. The Roman Catholic Church holds as an unchangeab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In China: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In China - Taoism
Main article: Taoism Taoism is the organized, indigenous religion of China and is traditionally dated to 142 C.E. with the founding of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Confucianism And Other Schools Of Thought
Inter-religious or inter-philosophical dialogue has occurred in the modern period between scholars of Confucianism and scholars of severa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arlington Street Church Boston: Encyclopedia Ii - Arlington Street Church Boston - Unitarianism
In the late 1700s, liberal and conservative wings emerged in the Congregational churches of New England, the liberals affirming the Unity...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gospel Of Barnabas: Encyclopedia Ii - Gospel Of Barnabas - Religious Themes
The Gospel of Barnabas was little known outside academic circles until recent times, when a number of Muslims have taken to publishing it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Five Elements Japanese Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Five Elements Japanese Philosophy - The Elements
The five elements are, in ascending order of power, 地 (chi) Earth, 水 (sui) Water, 火 (ka or hi) Fire, 風 (fuu) Wind, and 空 (kuu)....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Consciousness After Death
Belief in consciousness after death (e.g. afterlife, underworld, reincarnation, heaven, hell) is common and ancient. This point of view h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astral Weeks: Encyclopedia Ii - Astral Weeks - Songs
With varied rhythms and frenzied vocals, mixed with bizarre lyrics that evoke images instead of coherent ideas and narratives, Astral Wee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - New Age Ideas
New Age thought is strongly syncretic and based on a superficial but creative interpretation of previous spiritual and esoteric tradition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metal Gear Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Metal Gear Series - Tone And Themes
Although the series has a war setting and is of the action genre, and thus contains large amounts of (occasionally graphic) violence, it ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - T'ien: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On T'ien
T'ien: In Chinese tradition, this is translated as Heaven. T'ien is an important theme in Chinese religion, philosophy, and the Chines...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marichi, Marici: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Marichi, Marici
Marichi marici (Sanskrit) A ray of light; in the Puranas and the Laws of Manu, the chief of the maruts, one of the seven mind-born son...   » 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

Dictionary - Valhalla: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Valhalla
Valhalla In Norse mythology, the banquet hall where the principal god, Odin, played host to the Einherjar, the souls of warriors who h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pure Land: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Pure Land
Pure Land Generic term for the realms of the Buddhas.   In this text it denotes the Land of Ultimate Bliss or Western Land of A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ishtar: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ishtar
Ishtar (Chaldean) Ancient Babylonian deity, eldest of heaven and earth, daughter of Anu (the lord of the heavens). Her worship was fer...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marichi: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Marichi
Marichi (Sanskrit). One of the "mind-born" sons of Brahma in the Puranas. Brahmans make of him the personified light, the pa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ti: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ti
Ti (Chinese) In the I Ching, the name for the beneficent sustaining power or chief spirit of the universe. One of the minor deities is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Varuna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Varuna
Varuna (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root vri to surround, envelop]   The all-enveloping sky; originally Varuna represented the wat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ahamkara: Theosophy Dictionary On Ahamkara
Ahamkara (Sanskrit) (from aham ego, I + kara maker, doer from the verbal root kri to do)   I-maker; conception of egoity or I-am-...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devil: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Devil
Devil (from Greek diabolos slanderer, adversary; cf Italian diavolo, French diable)   The Devil of the New Testament and Christia...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Popol Vuh: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Popol Vuh
Popol Vuh (Quiche) An ancient scripture of the Mayas. The manuscript which has come down to our day was discovered by Ximenez, a Domin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Koran, Al-qur'an, Quran: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Koran, Al-qur'an, Quran
Koran al-Qur'an (Arabic) (from qara to read)   Book, reading; the holy scripture of Islam, regarded by Moslems as the word of God...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychological Astrology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Psychological Astrology
psychological astrology (astro-psychology): Combination of horoscopic astrology (see astrologic medicine) and Jungian psychology. psyc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chnouphis: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Chnouphis
Chnouphis (Ancient Greek). Nouf in Egyptian. Another aspect of Ammon, and the personification of his generative power in actu, as Knep...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mithraism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mithraism
Mithraism The worship of Mithras, a remarkable and highly mystical religion which existed long before Zoroaster as the Society of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Virgin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Virgin
Virgin In ancient mystic philosophy the feminine potency of nature as well as cosmic space which is often referred to as the immaculat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zeus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Zeus
Zeus (Greek) Chief of the manifested gods of the Greek pantheon, represented in poetic and mythologic story as throned in the heavens,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tuat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tuat
Tuat (Egyptian) Also Tiau, Tiaou. The region of the underworld or of the dead, though it was not situated under the earth, or answer t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Osiris: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Osiris
Osiris. (Egypt, Egyptian). The greatest God of Egypt, the Son of Seb (Saturn), celestial fire, and of Neith, primordial matter and inf...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramayana: Vedic Hindu Scriptures Dictionary On Ramayana
Ramayana "The most ancient Sanskrit epic poem, written by the sage Valmiki. It is estimated to have been composed about 500 B.C.,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Heaven - Heaven In Protestant Christianity
Historically, Christianity has been divided over how people gain entry into Heaven. From the 16th to the late 19th century, Christendom w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Heaven - Location
The idea of Heaven as a physical place has existed since the dawn of religion and human civilization. In some early religions (such as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Heaven - Heaven In Roman Catholicism
In Roman Catholicism Heaven is the Physical Realm of God, the Mother of God, the Angels, and the Saints. Upon dying, the soul goes to wha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Heaven - Heaven In The Bahá'í Faith
For Bahá'ís, entry into the next life has the potential to bring great joy. Bahá'u'lláh likened death to the process of birth. He exp...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - H
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - H . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article