Encyclopedia - Hylozoism: Encyclopedia - Hylozoism
Hylozoism is the philosophical doctrine that all material things possess life. The term was introduced by Ralph Cudworth in 1678. Some of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hylozoism: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Hylozoism
HYLOZOISM Parapsychism, the universe is alive:       (See also: HYLOZOISM , Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hylozoism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hylozoism
Hylozoism (from Greek hyle matter + zoe life)   A term used by Ralph Cudworth (1617-88); the doctrine that matter includes its ow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia - Animism
In religion, the term "Animism" is used in a number of ways. Animism (from animus, or anima, mind or soul), originally means the doctrin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panpsychism: Encyclopedia Ii - Panpsychism - Relation To Metaphysical Positions
Panpsychism does not necessarily imply idealism - the metaphysical view that mind is the fundamental constituent of reality (a view that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panpsychism: Encyclopedia Ii - Panpsychism - In The History Of Philosophy
The view of the world as a macrocosm in relation to man (which is a microcosm, respectively) was a staple theme in Greek philosophy. In t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hylozoism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hylozoism
Hyparxis (Greek) Essential nature; Neoplatonic term for the summit, beginning, or hierarch of a hierarchy:   "this army of b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panpsychism: Encyclopedia Ii - Panpsychism - Other Manifestations
Panpsychism and emergentism can be seen as alternative ways to bridge the more extreme positions of crude reductionism and crude holism. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Overview
In some animistic worldviews found in hunter-gatherer cultures, the human being is often regarded as on a roughly equal footing with anim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Origins
Early ideas on the subject of the soul, and at the same time the origin of them, can be illustrated by analysis of the terms applied to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Plant Souls
Just as human souls are assigned to animals, so too are trees and plants often credited with souls, both human and animal in form. All ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Object Souls
Some cultures do not make a distinction between animate and inanimate objects. Natural phenomenon, geographic features, everyday objects,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Animism And Death
In many parts of the world it is held that the human body is the seat of more than one soul. On the island of Nias four are distinguished...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Evil Spirits
Side by side with the doctrine of separable souls with which we have so far been concerned, exists the belief in a great host of unattach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Differences Between Animism And Religion
Animism is commonly described as the most primitive form of religion, but properly speaking it is not a religion at all. Animism is in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Animism And The Origin Of Religion
Two animistic theories of the origin of religion have been put forward. The one, often termed the "ghost theory," mainly associated with ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hylo-idealism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hylo-idealism
Hylozoism (from Greek hyle matter + zoe life)   A term used by Ralph Cudworth (1617-88); the doctrine that matter includes its ow...   » Read the article

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