Encyclopedia - Magna Mater Deorum Idaea: Encyclopedia - Magna Mater Deorum Idaea
In Roman mythology, Magna Mater deorum Idaea ("great Idaean mother of the gods") was the name for the originally Phrygian goddess Cybele,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magna Mater: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Magna Mater
Magna Mater (Latin). "Great Mother". A title given in days of old, to all the chief goddesses of the nations, such as Diana ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magna Mater: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Magna Mater
Magna Mater (Latin) The Great Mother, the mother of the gods, a title given to many Asiatic goddesses at the time when the Romans were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia - Attalus I
Attalus I (Soter "Savior") (269 BCE–197 BCE)1 ruled Pergamon, a Greek city state in present-day Turkey, from 241 BCE to 197 BCE. He was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triple Goddess: Encyclopedia - Triple Goddess
Followers of the Wiccan, Dianic, and Neopagan religions, as well as some archeologists and mythographers, believe that long before the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaldean Oracles: Encyclopedia - Chaldean Oracles
The Chaldean Oracles that are embodied in fragmentary texts of the 2nd century AD consist mainly of Hellenistic commentary on a single my...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cybele: Encyclopedia - Cybele
Originally a Phrygian goddess, Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη, sometimes given the etymology "she of the hair" if her name is Greek, not Phry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - The Introduction Of The Cult Of The Magna Mater To Rome
In 205 BCE, after the "Peace of Phoenice", Rome turned to Attalus, as its only friend in Asia, for help concerning a religious matter. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Defeat Of The Galatians
According to Pausanias "the greatest of his achievements" was the defeat of the "Gauls"(Γαλάται)5. Pausanias was referring to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Early Life
Little is known about Attalus' early life. He was the son of Attalus, and Antiochis.4 The elder Attalus, was the son of a brother (also c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Conquests In Seleucid Asia Minor
Several years after the first victory over the Gauls, Pergamon was again attacked by the Gauls together with their ally Antiochus Hierax,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - First Macedonian War
Attalus, now thwarted in the east, turned his attention westward. Perhaps because of concern for the ambitions of Philip V of Macedon, At...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Macedonian Hostilities Of 201 Bce
Prevented by the treaty of Phoenice from expansion in the east, Philip set out to extend his power in the Aegean and in Asia Minor. In th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Second Macedonian War
In 200 BCE, Attalus became involved in the Second Macedonian War. Acarnanians with Macedonian support invaded Attica, causing Athens, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Wife And Sons
Attalus married Apollonis, from Cyzicus. They had four sons, Eumenes, Attalus, Philetaerus and Athenaeus (after Apollonis' father).47 Pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Goddess - Olympian Goddesses
In the Aegean, Anatolian, and ancient Near Eastern culture zones, a Mother Goddess was worshipped in the forms of Cybele (revered in Rome...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Great Mother: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Great Mother
Great Mother. See CYBELE; MAGNA MATER; RHEA   (See also: Great Mother , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Great Initiator: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Great Initiator
Great Mother. See CYBELE; MAGNA MATER; RHEA   (See also: Great Initiator , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occulti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alilat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Alilat
Alilat Goddess whom the Arabs symbolized by the two lunar horns, equivalent to the Assyrian Mylitta, Magna Mater, Adonaia (Venus), etc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sodales: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sodales
Sodales (Latin) Members or fellows of a fraternity, society, or recognized corporation, hence members of a mystic, secret, or occult f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Idaean Mysteries: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Idaean Mysteries
Idaean Mysteries Mysteries held in connection with the Magna Mater (Great Mother), Roman name for Rhea or Cybele, whose worship prevai...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rhea: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rhea
Rhea (Greek) Daughter of Ouranos and Gaia, sister and consort of Kronos, mother of Zeus and others of the principal divinities. Identi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Baubo: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Baubo
Baubo The Matron Baubo, the enchantress "before she succeeds in reconciling the soul -- Demeter, to its new position, finds herse...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cybele, Kybele: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cybele, Kybele
Cybele Kybele (Greek) A Phrygian goddess of caves and mountains, vines and agriculture, and town life, first worshiped at Pessinus; la...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Taurus  : Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Taurus  
Taurus The bull; second sign of the zodiac, a constellation containing the Pleiades. In astrology a fixed earthy sign, the night house...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia - Syncretism
Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. It is espec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess
A mother goddess is a goddess portrayed as the Earth Mother who serves as a general fertility deity, the bountiful embodiment of the eart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sibylline Books: Encyclopedia - Sibylline Books
The Sibylline Books or Sibyllae were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, purchased from a sibyl by the semi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cybele: Encyclopedia Ii - Cybele - Cult History
Cybele - Overview: Anatolia Greece and Rome. At Pessinos in Phrygia, an archaic version of Cybele had been venerated as Agdistis since ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Goddess - Matriarchy And Goddess History
Mother goddesses have been revered in many societies, though James Frazer (author of The Golden Bough) and those he influenced (like Robe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triple Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Triple Goddess - Maiden Mother And Crone
The three aspects of the goddess are The Maiden (Greek Persephone), pure and a representation of new beginnings; The Mother (Greek Demete...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hispania Tarraconensis: Encyclopedia Ii - Hispania Tarraconensis - History
The Imperial Roman province called Tarraconensis, supplanted Hispania Citerior, which had been ruled by a consul under the late Republic,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaia Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaia Mythology - In Greek Mythology
Hesiod's Theogony (116ff) tells how, after Chaos, arose broad-breasted Gaia the everlasting foundation of the gods of Olympus. She brough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaldean Oracles: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaldean Oracles - Origin
The origins of the text are suitably mysterious. The Chaldean Oracles in the form in which they survive were attributed to Julian the The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Social And Political Roles
Overt syncretism in folk belief is a sign of cultural acceptance of an alien or previous tradition, but the "other" cult may survive or i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triple Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Triple Goddess - Maiden, Mother And Crone
The three aspects of the goddess are The Maiden (Greek Persephone), pure and a representation of new beginnings; The Mother (Greek Demete...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Syncretism In Ancient Greece
Syncretism was an essential feature of Greek paganism. Hellenistic culture in the age that followed Alexander the Great was itself syncre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaia Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaia Mythology - Gaia In Neopaganism
Many modern Neopagans, particularly Hellenistic Neopagan sects in the United States, actively worship Gaia. Beliefs regarding Gaia vary, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaia Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaia Mythology - Interpretations
Some sources, such as authors Marijas Gimbutas and Barbara Walker, claim that Gaia as the Mother Earth is a later form of a pre-Indo-Euro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Origin Of The Word
The word Syncretism is first attested in English in 1618 and is derived from modern Latin syncretismus, drawing on Greek συγκρητι...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Goddess - Mother Goddess Worship In Catholicism
Some people consider Mary to be a "mother goddess", since she not only fulfills a maternal role but is often viewed as a protective force...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Goddess - Shaktism
This form of Hinduism, known as Shaktism, is strongly associated with Vedanta, Samkhya and Tantra Hindu philosophies and is ultimately mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Modern Syncretic Religions
Recently developed religious systems that exhibit marked syncretism include the New World religions Candomblé, Vodun, and Santería, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaldean Oracles: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaldean Oracles - Importance Of The Oracles
The essence of Hellenistic civilization was the fusion of a Hellenic core of religious belief and social organization with Persian-Babylo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaldean Oracles: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaldean Oracles - Metaphysics Of The Oracles
The metaphysical schema of the Chaldaean Oracles begins with an absolutely transcendent deity called Father, with whom resides Power, a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Syncretism In Rome
The Romans, identifying themselves as common heirs to a very similar civilization, identified Greek deities with similar figures in the E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Syncretism In Christianity
Nascent Christianity appears to have incorporated many European Pagan cultural elements, "baptizing" or "Christianizing" them to conform ...   » Read the article

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