Illusion Dictionary - Article Index

Dictionary - Illusion: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Illusion
Illusion. In Occultism everything finite (like the universe and all in it) is called illusion or maya.   (See also: Illusion ,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Illusion: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Illusion
Illusion Positive unreality, or that which is wholly and completely deceptive without basis in reality; as such some philosophers cons...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Illusion: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Illusion
ILLUSION We know that the Hindus and Buddhists teach that the entire world is Maya, or "illusion". Gurdjieff understood that...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fundamental Darkness: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Fundamental Darkness
Fundamental darkness (Jpn.: gampon-no-mumyo)   Also, fundamental ignorance or primal ignorance. The most deeply rooted illusion i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ahammana: Theosophy Dictionary On Ahammana
Ahammana (Sanskrit) (from aham ego + mana from the verbal root man to think, reflect upon)   Egoism, self-illusion; hence spiritu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Liberation: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Liberation
Liberation In theosophy, freedom from conditioned existence; in its strictest sense the state of a monad which has become the Brahman ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reality: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Reality
REALITY "Reality" is illusion only in the sense that there is more than one version. You can alter this aeon's reality, but ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Maya
Maya (Sanskrit). Illusion ; the cosmic power which renders phenomenal existence and the perceptions thereof possible. In Hindu philoso...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mayin: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Mayin
Mayin: One who controls the worlds of illusion, a magician or mystic.   (See also: Mayin , Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahamaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mahamaya
Mahamaya (Sanskrit) [from maha great + maya illusion]   The great illusion; the manifested universe in its totality. "Esoter...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kapilavastu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kapilavastu
Kapilavastu (Sanskrit) (from kapila yellow, golden + vastu substance)   Golden substance; the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, the c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aja: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aja
Aja (Sanskrit) (from a not + the verbal root jan to be born, produced)   Unborn; title given to many of the primordial gods. In t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Difference: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Difference
DIFFERENCE All things are one and separation is an illusion, but we are "separated" from reality for the purpose of maximizi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ego: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Ego
Ego: The individual or self; in Buddhism the ego is an illusion, which helps to perpetuate all illusion.    (See also: Eg...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit Dictionary: A Sanskrit Dictionary From Advaita To Yoga
Sanskrit dictionary. From Advaita to Yoga.   Please note that all words in grey, like "enlightenment" or "kundalini&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avidya: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Avidya
Avidya: In Hinduism this is one of the conditions involved in samsara and reincarnation, meaning ignorance. This is ignorance of spiri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Holoenergetic Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Holoenergetic Healing
Holoenergetic healing (Holoenergetics): Psychotherapeutic form of energy healing (see vibrational medicine) christened and advanced by...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Maya
maya: (Sanskrit) "Consisting of; made of," as in manomaya, "made of mind."   From the verb root ma, "to ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mary: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mary
Mary The Christian ecclesiastical teachings as to Mary's perpetual virginity, her absolute sinlessness, and the role of intercessor we...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mayasabha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mayasabha
Mayasabha (Sanskrit) [from maya illusion + sabha assembly]   An assemblage of illusions; one of the wonderful gifts given to the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Skrymir: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Skrymir
Skrymir (Icelandic, Scandinavian) A Norse giant, also called Utgarda-Loki (Loki of the outermost court), representing the worlds of il...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Now: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Now
Now A fundamental concept of the theosophical philosophy is the Eternal Now. The past lingers in the memory and the future is ever van...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Maya
Maya - illusion; that which is not; Sri Bhagavan’s external potency which influences the living entities to accept the false ego...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nidana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nidana
Nidana (Sanskrit). The 12 causes of existence, or a chain of causation, "a concatenation of cause and effect in the whole range o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dondampai-denpa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dondampai-denpa
Dondampai-denpa don dam pa'i bden pa (don-dam-pe den-pa) (Tibetan) Absolute or universal truth or reality, equivalent to the Sanskrit ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Maya
MAYA Sanskrit: illusion, i.e., the true nature of the world. Matter, according to HPB, as the "veiling spirit."    ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Time: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Time
Time Theosophy speaks of absolute undivided time or duration, and of manifested or divided time: the former as causal or noumenal, the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Maya
Maya: (1) Sanscrit for “illusion.” (2) A tribe of Central American Indians.   (See also: Maya , Pagan, Paganism, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Maya
Maya 1)    Unreality, illusion, prakriti 2)    The Hindu principle that all is an illusion and that ulti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yogamaya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Yogamaya (mahayoga)
Yogamaya (Mahayoga) The aspect of Krishna’s personal energy who enhances His loving pastimes with His devotees by putting the d...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Maya
maya: illusion, particularly the illusion of the transient, impermanent, phenomenal world   (See also: maya , Hinduism, Hindu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit Dictionary: Dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit Terms (l-o)
A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit terms. From Lac to Omkarasana.   Please note that all words in grey, like "yoga", ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Inclusion Of Buddhahood In The Nine Worlds: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Inclusion Of Buddhahood In The Nine Worlds
Inclusion of Buddhahood in the nine worlds (Jpn.: kukai-soku-bukkai or kukai-shogu-no-bukkai)   The principle that the world of B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kun-ttag, Kun-tag: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kun-ttag, Kun-tag
Kun-ttag, Kun-tag kun brtags (Tibetan) Imagined, projected; particularly applied to illusion. Equivalent to the Sanskrit parikalpita (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Noble Truths: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Four Noble Truths
Four Noble Truths: The central theme of Buddhism, and was first thing Buddha Gautama taught, in his Sermon at Deer Park.   The F...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Time: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Time
TIME Adeste, O Tempora Omnia! ("Be now, All Ye Times!") According to Merlin and others, mortals tend to face the opposite di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adisakti: Theosophy Dictionary On Adisakti
Adisakti (Sanskrit) (from adi first + sakti power, energy)   Primeval power; the divine force or direct energic emanation from mu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avidya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Avidya
Avidya - ignorance, spiritual ignorance, illusion. Ignorance is of four kinds: to mistake that which is impermanent to be permanent, t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abyss: Theosophy Dictionary On Abyss
Abyss (from Greek a not + byssos, bythos deep, depth)   Bottomless, unfathomable; chaos, space, the watery abyss which becomes th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Materialism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Materialism
Materialism In the rigid philosophical sense, any theory which considers the facts of the universe to be sufficiently explained by the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Simplicity: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Simplicity
simplicity Increased clarity, diminished distortion or illusion, realizing a state wherein absence of complication of understanding r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Perichoresis: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Perichoresis
PERICHORESIS The word is Greek, as you might imagine: peri "around" + choreio "dance." But for the Greeks "da...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magician: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Magician
MAGICIAN: used in reference to one following a system of Ceremonial or High Magick. To the public it often means the same as a Witch; ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reality: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Reality
Reality Words such as reality, truth, and good are understood in reference to their opposites; and the opposite of reality is appearan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Plastic Soul: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Plastic Soul
Plastic Soul. Used in Occultism in reference to the linga sharira or the astral body of the lower Quaternary. It is called "plast...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Maya
Maya: The illusive power of Brahman; the veiling and the projecting power of the universe, the power of Cosmic Illusion..   (Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tamasha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tamasha
Tamasha (East Indian) Used by Hindus and Anglo-Indians to signify show, representation, phenomenon, hence often illusion.   (Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Dictionary: Dictionary Of Spiritual Terms
A Dictionary of Spiritual Terms. From Acupuncture to Zoroaster.   Please note that all words in grey, like "yoga", "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manas: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Manas
Manas: The level of consciousness where illusion is generated, it is the subconscious.    (See also: Manas , Buddhism, Bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dream About Dead: Dream Dictionary - Dead, Dead People, Dead Father, Dead Mother, Dead Relative, Dead Relatives
  Dead, Dead People, Dead Father, Dead Mother, Dead Relative, Dead Relatives To dream of the dead, is usually a dream of warning...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nataraj: Siddha Yoga Dictionary On Nataraj
Nataraj: (lit., king of the dance) A name of Shiva, referring to the dancing Shiva. The object of his dance is to free all souls from...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aja: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Aja
Aja (Sanskrit). "Unborn", uncreated; an epithet belonging to many of the primordial gods, but especially to the first Logos ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Metod: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Beowulf
     Lord division of Self and World and the assumption that what is good  for the Self is all that matters. Good ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - A-samsari: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On A-samsari (-samsaari)
a-samsari: a-samsari (-samsaari). Not bound by worldly illusion.   (See also: a-samsari , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avidya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Avidya
Avidya (Sanskrit) (from a not + vidya knowledge, wisdom)   Nescience rather than ignorance; it implies absence of wisdom rather t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Maya
Maya: illusion   (See also: Maya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Immortality: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Immortality
IMMORTALITY The fourth and shallowest of ego desires. The difference between the initiate and the ordinary person is that the initiate...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avidya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Avidya
Avidya (Sanskrit). Opposed to Vidya, Knowledge. Ignorance which proceeds from, and is produced by the illusion of the Senses or Vipary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - A-vidya-maya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On A-vidya-maya (-vidhyaa-maayaa)
a-vidya-maya: a-vidya-maya (-vidhyaa-maayaa). Ignorance-based illusion.   (See also: a-vidya-maya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ginnungagap: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ginnungagap
Ginnungagap (Scandianvian Norse). The "cup of illusion" literally ; the abyss of the great deep, or the shoreless, beginning...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avidya: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Avidya
A Theosophical definition of Avidya :   Avidya (Sanskrit) A compound word: a, "not"; vidya, "knowledge"; he...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yogamaya: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Yogamaya
YOGAMAYA: the power of divine illusion   (See also: YOGAMAYA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guph, Guf, Guff: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Guph, Guf, Guff
Gupta-maya (Sanskrit) (from gupta secret + maya illusion)   Secret illusion; the art used by Hindu street "magicians" t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avidya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Avidya
avidya: ignorance. spiritual blindness. illusion.   (See also: avidya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soul: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Soul
SOUL The illusion of separation from spirit. It should be understood that the spirit is that which seeks manifestation and appears as ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Maya
maya: maya - illusion   (See also: maya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Avidya: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Avidya
Avidya: Avidya. Ignorance. Spiritual blindness. Illusion.   (See also: Avidya , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and So...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Misconception: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Misconception
misconception: A wrong idea or concept; misunderstanding, avidya. See: avidya, illusion. (See also: Misconception , Hinduism, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Holoenergetic Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Holoenergetic Healing
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Dictionary - Bhrantimatra: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Bhrantimatra
BHRANTIMATRA: mere illusion   (See also: BHRANTIMATRA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magick: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Magick
MAGICK - 1. the art and science of focusing your will and emotions to effect change in the world around and within you. It’s ne...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maha Maya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Maha Maya
Maha Maya (Sanskrit). The great illusion of manifestation. This universe, and all in it in their mutual relation, is called the great ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paramahamsa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Paramahamsa
paramahamsa “Perfect swan,” a completely pure devotee of the Supreme Lord, beyond any influence of material illusion. &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  maya: Sanskrit Dictionary On  maya
 Maya: illusion   (See also:  Maya , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Maya
maya The Supreme Lord’s inferior, material energy. She creates and controls the material world, keeping its inhabitants in count...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Maya
Maya: Name attributed to Gautama Siddharta's mother. More importantly, maya is translated as illusion, and is used to describe reality...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shiva: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Shiva
Shiva "Kindly", Hindu God of Illusion, Yoga, Animals, Ascetics; Lord of Dance, who lives on Mt. Kailas, Beneares, and sundr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita-vadis: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Advaita-vadis
Advaita-vadis Proponents of the impersonal philosophy of “oneness,” which claims that the Absolute Truth, one without a se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mayavi, Mayavin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mayavi, Mayavin
Mayavi, Mayavin (Sanskrit) [from maya illusion]   Illusory; frequently anglicized as mayavic.   (See also: Mayavi, Mayavi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Retrograde: Spiritual Dictionary On Retrograde
Retrograde: Actually an optical illusion, a planet is called retrograde when its course appears to turn backward. When a planet is in ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mejaz: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Mejaz
MEJAZ - illusion that which makes nothing appears as everything. (Arabic) (NAD)   (See also: MEJAZ , Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, P...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vidya-maya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Vidya-maya (vidhyaa-maayaa)
vidya-maya: vidya-maya (vidhyaa-maayaa). Knowledge-based illusion.   (See also: vidya-maya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Illusion: Parapsychology Dictionary On Illusion
Illusion: (a) An appearance that leads the person to draw mistaken conclusions.    (b) In conjuring, a perceptual trick. ...   » Read the article

Article - Mayan Calendar: The Classical Mayan Tzolkin Count And The Dreamspell
During the past decade interest in the Calendars of the Maya has dramatically increased world-wide. Ultimately, this increasing interest ...   » Read the article

Article - Relationships: Addictive Love Relationships
There are two fascinating qualities that can enter into our lives or the lives of those we care for at any moment: love and addiction. At...   » Read the article

Article - Life And Death: Illusion And Reality
Non-dualism is the highest Vedantic truth. Only Brahman exists. The pluralistic world as we experience it is merely a figment of the i...   » Read the article

Article - Oneness: Viveka And Vairagya Dispel Illusion  
Neither the body nor the senses are real - these are only instruments of varied expressions and actions associated with the temporal w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Dictionary: Hinduism Dictionary From J-r
A spiritual dictionary from J-R of the most common spiritual words in Hinduism. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenme...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Dictionary: Spiritual Hinduism Dictionary
A spiritual dictionary of the 280 most common words in Hinduism. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenment, Spiritual D...   » Read the article