Illusion Dictionary

avidya:

ignorance. spiritual blindness. illusion.

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SOUL

The illusion of separation from spirit. It should be understood that the spirit is that which seeks manifestation and appears as a soul/body. The soul is that which characterizes, shapes, informs, moves and operates the material flesh and action it its unique expression. Without the soul, the body is no more than an automaton or zombie without meaning or purpose. Without the body, the soul is a wraith and an unfinished blueprint -- electricity without a plug. The Psyche is that entire part of the soul that ranges from all the depths of the Unconscious as its roots merge with the physical body all the way up to Consciousness itself, which is the intended goal of the spirit, like the fruit or blossom of a plant. That ultimate product, consciousness, is what the Greeks called the nous and which we translate, somewhat innacurately, as "the mind". But theosophically and alchemically speaking, Mind is much larger. It is the field encompassing both being and non-being, in which the spirit dwells, a continuum or sphere of containment for the All (that is, unaccessable "omiscience"). In short, the spirit seeks to know itself by means of the soul's use of the body as a tool to create consciousness. When, however, the soul identifies too strongly with the body, it soon becomes corrupt, turning into a mere slave of the flesh and the spirit is checkmated and imprisoned.

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maya:

maya - illusion

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Avidya:

Avidya. Ignorance. Spiritual blindness. Illusion.

(See also: Avidya , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

misconception: A wrong idea or concept; misunderstanding, avidya.

See: avidya, illusion.

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2005-04-23

BHRANTIMATRA: mere illusion

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MAGICK -

1. the art and science of focusing your will and emotions to effect change in the world around and within you. It’s neither good or evil, positive nor negative. You determine the power and path it will take. (TRASB)

2. spelled with a “k” to differentiate it from the magic of stage illusion. The best definition of magick was probably invented by infamous ceremonial magician Aleister Crowley; “Magick is the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity to will.” Magick is work and work is forbidden of the Sabbats. (CMM)

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Maha Maya (Sanskrit). The great illusion of manifestation. This universe, and all in it in their mutual relation, is called the great Illusion or Mahamaya It is also the usual title given to Gautama the Buddha’s Immaculate Mother - Mayadevi, or the "Great Mystery", as she is called by the Mystics.

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paramahamsa

“Perfect swan,” a completely pure devotee of the Supreme Lord, beyond any influence of material illusion.

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 Maya:

illusion

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maya

The Supreme Lord’s inferior, material energy. She creates and controls the material world, keeping its inhabitants in countless varieties of illusion.

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Maya: Name attributed to Gautama Siddharta's mother. More importantly, maya is translated as illusion, and is used to describe reality.

 (See also: Maya , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Shiva

"Kindly", Hindu God of Illusion, Yoga, Animals, Ascetics; Lord of Dance, who lives on Mt. Kailas, Beneares, and sundry other places around the world

(See also: Shiva , Body Mind and Soul)

Advaita-vadis

Proponents of the impersonal philosophy of “oneness,” which claims that the Absolute Truth, one without a second, is ultimately formless and that whatever has name and form is an illusion falsely imposed on that impersonal Absolute Truth. See Mayavadis.

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Mayavi, Mayavin (Sanskrit) [from maya illusion]

Illusory; frequently anglicized as mayavic.

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Retrograde: Actually an optical illusion, a planet is called retrograde when its course appears to turn backward. When a planet is in retrograde motion at one’s birth, its energy is turned inward and must be developed from an inner awareness before it can be fully expressed externally.

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MEJAZ - illusion that which makes nothing appears as everything. (Arabic) (NAD)

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vidya-maya:

vidya-maya (vidhyaa-maayaa). Knowledge-based illusion.

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Illusion:

(a) An appearance that leads the person to draw mistaken conclusions.

 (b) In conjuring, a perceptual trick.

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