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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Metempsychosis | | | |  Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrologyThe influence of the Medici made astrologers popular in France.
Richelieu, on whose council was Jacques Gaffarel (1601-1681), the last of the Kabbalists, did not despise astrology as an engine of government.
At the birth of Louis XIV a certain Morin de Villefranche was placed behind a curtain to cast the nativity of the future autocrat. A generation back the astrologer would not have been hidden behind a curtain, but have taken precedence over the doctor.
La Bruyère dares not pronounce against such beliefs, "fo ...
See also:History of astrology, History of astrology - Overview, History of astrology - History, History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins, History of astrology - The spread of astrology from Babylonia, History of astrology - Greek and Egyptian contributions to astrology, History of astrology - Medieval and Renaissance astrology, History of astrology - Astrology's 20th century expansion, History of astrology - Astrology in the Jewish community, History of astrology - Noted predictions, History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrology, History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology, History of astrology - Other miscellany Read more here: » History of astrology: Encyclopedia II - History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrology |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Druid - Social and religious influence The Druids' influence was as much social as religious. They not only performed roles similar to modern priests, but were often the philosophers, scientists, lore-masters, teachers, judges and counsellors to the kings. The Druids linked the Celtic peoples with their numerous gods, the lunar calendar and the sacred natural order. They were suppressed in Gaul and Britain after the Roman conquests, but retained their influence in Ireland until the coming of Christianity. The Druids' roles were then assumed by the bishop and the abbot, who were usually not the same individual, h ...
See also:Druid, Druid - Etymology, Druid - History, Druid - Roman sources, Druid - Early Druids in Britain and Ireland, Druid - Social and religious influence, Druid - Druidic sites, Druid - In Christian literature, Druid - Late Druidic survivals in Flanders, Druid - The Druidic Revival, Druid - Modern Druidism Read more here: » Druid: Encyclopedia II - Druid - Social and religious influence |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Druid - Druidic sites Sites associated with Druidry include:
The Isle of Ynys Mon
The Isle of Man
Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor
Newland's Corner in Surrey
Iona
The association of Druids with Stonehenge is entirely false. It was invented in the sixteenth century in attempts to explain the mysteries of Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument that was abandoned long before any Druids came to Britain. There is no evidence whatever that it was ever used by authentic Druids in ancient times. Nevertheless, it has become an important site for moder ...
See also:Druid, Druid - Etymology, Druid - History, Druid - Roman sources, Druid - Early Druids in Britain and Ireland, Druid - Social and religious influence, Druid - Druidic sites, Druid - In Christian literature, Druid - Late Druidic survivals in Flanders, Druid - The Druidic Revival, Druid - Modern Druidism Read more here: » Druid: Encyclopedia II - Druid - Druidic sites |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Cathar - Origins The beliefs came originally from Eastern Europe by way of trade routes. The name of Bulgarians (Bougres) was also applied to the Albigenses, and they maintained an association with the Bogomils of Thrace. Their doctrines have numerous resemblances to those of the Bogomils (and Paulicians). It is difficult to form any precise idea of the Cathar doctrines, as all the existing knowledge of them is derived from their opponents, and the few texts from the Cathars (the Rituel Cathare de Lyon and the Nouveau Testament en Provencal) co ...
See also:Cathar, Cathar - Origins, Cathar - Beliefs, Cathar - The human condition, Cathar - Eschatology, Cathar - Consolamentum, Cathar - Theology, Cathar - Social relationships, Cathar - Suppression, Cathar - Influences, Cathar - The Holy Grail, Cathar - Visigoths Read more here: » Cathar: Encyclopedia II - Cathar - Origins |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Tertullian - Moral Principles: Tertullian was a determined advocate of strict discipline and an austere code of practise, and like many of the African fathers, one of the leading representatives of the rigorist element in the early Church. These views may have led him to adopt Montanism with its ascetic rigor and its belief in chiliasm and the continuance of the prophetic gifts. In his writings on public amusements, the veiling of virgins, the conduct of women, a ...
See also:Tertullian, Tertullian - Life, Tertullian - Writings, Tertullian - General Character, Tertullian - Chronology and Contents, Tertullian - Theology, Tertullian - General character, Tertullian - Specific teachings, Tertullian - Moral Principles:, Tertullian - Footnotes Read more here: » Tertullian: Encyclopedia II - Tertullian - Moral Principles: |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Tertullian - Life Of his life very little is known, and that little is based upon passing references in his own writings, and upon Eusebius of Caesarea, Hist. eccl. II, ii. 4, and Jerome, De viris illustribus (On famous men) chapter 53.
His father held a position (centurio proconsularis, "aide-de-camp") in the Roman army in Africa. Roman Africa was notoriously the home of orators, and this influence can be seen in his style, with its archaisms or provincialisms, its glowing imagery, and its passionate temper. He was a scholar, havi ...
See also:Tertullian, Tertullian - Life, Tertullian - Writings, Tertullian - General Character, Tertullian - Chronology and Contents, Tertullian - Theology, Tertullian - General character, Tertullian - Specific teachings, Tertullian - Moral Principles:, Tertullian - Footnotes Read more here: » Tertullian: Encyclopedia II - Tertullian - Life |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Recent History It is alleged by some that during the regime of Saddam Hussein, however, they were considered to be Arabs and maneuvered to oppose the Kurds, in order to tilt the ethnic balance in northern Iraq, but this cannot be entirely substantiated. It is known, however, that the Yazidi's unique identity, despite being ethnically Kurdish, was in fact used by the Baathist regime to isolate one from the other. However, both groups fought heroically against Baathist troops, often in joint Peshmerga units. Since the 2003 occupation of Iraq, the Kurds want the Yazidi to be recognized as ethnic Kurds ...
See also:Yazidi, Yazidi - Origins, Yazidi - Religious Beliefs, Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism, Yazidi - Organization, Yazidi - Religious Practices, Yazidi - Prayers, Yazidi - Pilgrimage, Yazidi - Festivals, Yazidi - Purity and Taboos, Yazidi - Customs, Yazidi - Myths, Yazidi - Recent History, Yazidi - Views of outsiders fiction and stereotypes, Yazidi - Academic texts about Yazidis Read more here: » Yazidi: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Recent History |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology Lastly, we may mention a few distinguished men who ran counter to their age in denying stellar influences.
Aristarchus of Samos, Martianus Capella (the precursor of Copernicus), Cicero, Favorinus, Sextus Empiricus, Juvenal, and in a later age Savonarola and Pico della Mirandola, and La Fontaine, a contemporary of the neutral La Bruyère, were all pronounced opponents of astrology.
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See also:History of astrology, History of astrology - Overview, History of astrology - History, History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins, History of astrology - The spread of astrology from Babylonia, History of astrology - Greek and Egyptian contributions to astrology, History of astrology - Medieval and Renaissance astrology, History of astrology - Astrology's 20th century expansion, History of astrology - Astrology in the Jewish community, History of astrology - Noted predictions, History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrology, History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology, History of astrology - Other miscellany Read more here: » History of astrology: Encyclopedia II - History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Recent History It is alleged by some that during the regime of Saddam Hussein, Yazidis were considered to be Arabs and maneuvered to oppose the Kurds, in order to tilt the ethnic balance in northern Iraq, but this cannot be entirely substantiated. It is known, however, that the Yazidi's unique identity, despite being ethnically Kurdish, was in fact used by the Baathist regime to isolate one from the other. However, both groups fought against Baathist troops, often in joint Peshmerga units. Since the 2003 occupation of Iraq, the Kurds want the Yazidi to be recognized as ethnic Kurds ...
See also:Yazidi, Yazidi - Origins, Yazidi - Religious Beliefs, Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism, Yazidi - Organization, Yazidi - Religious Practices, Yazidi - Prayers, Yazidi - Pilgrimage, Yazidi - Festivals, Yazidi - Purity and Taboos, Yazidi - Customs, Yazidi - Myths, Yazidi - Recent History, Yazidi - Views of outsiders fiction and stereotypes, Yazidi - Academic texts about Yazidis Read more here: » Yazidi: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Recent History |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Druid - In Christian literature In the lives of saints and martyrs, the Druids are represented as magicians and diviners opposing the Christian missionaries. In Adamnan's vita of Columba, two of them act as tutors to the daughters of Lóegaire mac Néill, the High King, at the coming of Saint Patrick. They are represented as endeavouring to prevent the progress of Patrick and Saint Columba by raising clouds and mist. Before the battle of Culdremne (561) a Druid made an airbe drtiad (fence of protection?) round one of the armies, but what is precisely meant by ...
See also:Druid, Druid - Etymology, Druid - History, Druid - Roman sources, Druid - Early Druids in Britain and Ireland, Druid - Social and religious influence, Druid - Druidic sites, Druid - In Christian literature, Druid - Late Druidic survivals in Flanders, Druid - The Druidic Revival, Druid - Modern Druidism Read more here: » Druid: Encyclopedia II - Druid - In Christian literature |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Views of outsiders, fiction and stereotypes As the Yazidi hold religious beliefs that are mostly unfamiliar to outsiders, many non-Yazidi people have written about them and ascribed facts to their beliefs that have dubious historical validity. For example, horror writer H. P. Lovecraft made a reference to "... the Yezidi clan of devil-worshippers" in his short story "The Horror at Red Hook". The Yazidis have also been claimed as an influence on Aleister Crowley's Thelema. More notably, Anton Lavey drew upon the Yazidis for his own philosophy, LaVeyan Satanism, (e.g. The Law of the Tra ...
See also:Yazidi, Yazidi - Origins, Yazidi - Religious Beliefs, Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism, Yazidi - Religious Practices, Yazidi - Prayers, Yazidi - Pilgrimage, Yazidi - Festivals, Yazidi - Purity and Taboos, Yazidi - Customs, Yazidi - Myths, Yazidi - Recent History, Yazidi - Views of outsiders, fiction and stereotypes, Yazidi - Academic texts about Yazidis Read more here: » Yazidi: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Views of outsiders, fiction and stereotypes |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Tertullian - Writings
Tertullian - General Character.
Thirty-one works are extant, together with fragments of more. Some 15 works in Latin or Greek are lost, some as recently as the 9th century (De Paradiso, De superstitione saeculi, De carne et anima were all extant in the now damaged Codex Agobardinus in 814 AD). Tertullian's writings cover the whole theological field of the time-- apologetics against paganism and Judaism, polemics, polity, discipline, and morals, or the whole reorganization of human life on a Christian basis; they give a picture of the religious life and thought of the time which is of the gre ...
See also:Tertullian, Tertullian - Life, Tertullian - Writings, Tertullian - General Character, Tertullian - Chronology and Contents, Tertullian - Theology, Tertullian - General character, Tertullian - Specific teachings, Tertullian - Moral Principles:, Tertullian - Footnotes Read more here: » Tertullian: Encyclopedia II - Tertullian - Writings |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Origins The origins of Yazidism are ultimately shrouded in the mist of the ancient Middle East. Although the Yazidis speak Kurdish, their religion shows strong influence from archaic Levantine and Islamic religions. Their principle holy site is in Mosul, Iraq. The Yazidis own name for themselves is Êzidî or Êzîdî or, in some areas, Dasini (the last, strictly speaking a tribal name). Some scholars have derived the name Yazidi from Old Iranian yazata (divine being), though the current consensus among Western academics is a derivatio ...
See also:Yazidi, Yazidi - Origins, Yazidi - Religious Beliefs, Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism, Yazidi - Organization, Yazidi - Religious Practices, Yazidi - Prayers, Yazidi - Pilgrimage, Yazidi - Festivals, Yazidi - Purity and Taboos, Yazidi - Customs, Yazidi - Myths, Yazidi - Recent History, Yazidi - Views of outsiders fiction and stereotypes, Yazidi - Academic texts about Yazidis Read more here: » Yazidi: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Origins |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism There is an interesting belief about Prophet Zoroaster among Yazidis. They say that Zoroaster was a Yezidi who left them. When he returned they did not accept his religion. It is evident from Iranian history that Zoroaster came from the people who lived around Lake Urmia. He remained on Mt. Ararat for two years and then returned to his people as a prophet preaching a new religion. He spent ten years recruiting converts among the people around Urmia, but his efforts drew only one person to his beliefs. Finally, he went to the Persians, ...
See also:Yazidi, Yazidi - Origins, Yazidi - Religious Beliefs, Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism, Yazidi - Organization, Yazidi - Religious Practices, Yazidi - Prayers, Yazidi - Pilgrimage, Yazidi - Festivals, Yazidi - Purity and Taboos, Yazidi - Customs, Yazidi - Myths, Yazidi - Recent History, Yazidi - Views of outsiders fiction and stereotypes, Yazidi - Academic texts about Yazidis Read more here: » Yazidi: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Views of outsiders fiction and stereotypes As the Yazidi hold religious beliefs that are mostly unfamiliar to outsiders, many non-Yazidi people have written about them and ascribed facts to their beliefs that have dubious historical validity. For example, horror writer H. P. Lovecraft made a reference to "... the Yezidi clan of devil-worshippers" in his short story "The Horror at Red Hook". The Yazidis have also been claimed as an influence on Aleister Crowley's Thelema. More notably, Anton Lavey drew upon the Yazidis for his own philosophy, LaVeyan Satanism, (e.g. The Law of the Tra ...
See also:Yazidi, Yazidi - Origins, Yazidi - Religious Beliefs, Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism, Yazidi - Organization, Yazidi - Religious Practices, Yazidi - Prayers, Yazidi - Pilgrimage, Yazidi - Festivals, Yazidi - Purity and Taboos, Yazidi - Customs, Yazidi - Myths, Yazidi - Recent History, Yazidi - Views of outsiders fiction and stereotypes, Yazidi - Academic texts about Yazidis Read more here: » Yazidi: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Views of outsiders fiction and stereotypes |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - History of astrology - Other miscellany To astrological politics we owe the theory of heaven-sent rulers, instruments in the hands of Providence, and saviours of society.
Napoleon, as well as Wallenstein, believed in his star. Many passages in the older English poets are unintelligible without some knowledge of astrology.
Chaucer wrote a treatise on the astrolabe; Milton constantly refers to planetary influences; in Shakespeare's King Lear, Gloucester and ...
See also:History of astrology, History of astrology - Overview, History of astrology - History, History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins, History of astrology - The spread of astrology from Babylonia, History of astrology - Greek and Egyptian contributions to astrology, History of astrology - Medieval and Renaissance astrology, History of astrology - Astrology's 20th century expansion, History of astrology - Astrology in the Jewish community, History of astrology - Noted predictions, History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrology, History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology, History of astrology - Other miscellany Read more here: » History of astrology: Encyclopedia II - History of astrology - Other miscellany |
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| | | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Origins The origins of Yazidism are ultimately shrouded in the mist of the ancient Middle East. Although the Yazidis speak Kurdish, their religion shows strong influence from archaic Levantine and Islamic religions. Their principal holy site is in Mosul, Iraq. The Yazidis own name for themselves is Êzidî or Êzîdî or, in some areas, Dasini (the last, strictly speaking a tribal name). Some scholars have derived the name Yazidi from Old Iranian yazata (divine being), while others say it is a derivation from Umayyad Caliph Yazid I (Ya ...
See also:Yazidi, Yazidi - Origins, Yazidi - Religious Beliefs, Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism, Yazidi - Organization, Yazidi - Religious Practices, Yazidi - Prayers, Yazidi - Pilgrimage, Yazidi - Festivals, Yazidi - Purity and Taboos, Yazidi - Customs, Yazidi - Myths, Yazidi - Recent History, Yazidi - Views of outsiders fiction and stereotypes, Yazidi - Academic texts about Yazidis Read more here: » Yazidi: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Origins |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Cathar - Beliefs
Cathar - The human condition.
The Cathars proclaimed there existed within humankind a spark of divine light. This light, or spirit, had fallen into captivity within a realm of corruption - identified with the material world. This was a distinct feature of classical Gnosticism, of Manichaeism and of the theology of the Bogomils. This concept of the human condition within Catharism most probably was due to direct and indirect historical influences from these older (and sometimes also violently suppressed) Gnostic m ...
See also:Cathar, Cathar - Origins, Cathar - Beliefs, Cathar - The human condition, Cathar - Eschatology, Cathar - Consolamentum, Cathar - Theology, Cathar - Social relationships, Cathar - Suppression, Cathar - Influences, Cathar - The Holy Grail, Cathar - Visigoths Read more here: » Cathar: Encyclopedia II - Cathar - Beliefs |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Tertullian - Theology
Tertullian - General character.
Though thoroughly conversant with the Greek theology, Tertullian was independent of its metaphysical speculation. He had learned from the Greek apologies, and forms a direct contrast to Origen. Origen pushed his idealism in the direction of Gnostic spiritualism. Tertullian, the prince of realists and practical theologian, carried his realism to the verge of materialism. This is evident from his ascription to God of corporeity and his acceptance of the traducian theory of the origin ...
See also:Tertullian, Tertullian - Life, Tertullian - Writings, Tertullian - General Character, Tertullian - Chronology and Contents, Tertullian - Theology, Tertullian - General character, Tertullian - Specific teachings, Tertullian - Moral Principles:, Tertullian - Footnotes Read more here: » Tertullian: Encyclopedia II - Tertullian - Theology |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Religious Beliefs First and foremost, the Yazidi have a highy cryptic religion, and might in fact be crypto-pagans. That is, they have had to suppress and hide many aspects of their religion from the dominant Muslims around them. Thus, only the initiated actually know the full theology, even among the Yazidi. In 'going cryptic', they have adopted Arabic terminology, and thus refer to their leaders as 'sheiks', for example. They have also come under criticism by Muslims for not being a 'People of the Book', and in response to that have stated that they do, in ...
See also:Yazidi, Yazidi - Origins, Yazidi - Religious Beliefs, Yazidi - Yazidism and Zoroastrianism, Yazidi - Organization, Yazidi - Religious Practices, Yazidi - Prayers, Yazidi - Pilgrimage, Yazidi - Festivals, Yazidi - Purity and Taboos, Yazidi - Customs, Yazidi - Myths, Yazidi - Recent History, Yazidi - Views of outsiders fiction and stereotypes, Yazidi - Academic texts about Yazidis Read more here: » Yazidi: Encyclopedia II - Yazidi - Religious Beliefs |
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| | | | | Metempsychosis: Encyclopedia II - Druid - The Druidic Revival In the 18th century, England and Wales experienced a revival of interest in the Druids, inspired by, among others, John Aubrey, John Toland and William Stukely. The poet William Blake was involved in the revival and may have been an Archdruid; the Ancient Druid Order, which existed from 1717 until it split into two groups in 1964, never used the title "Archdruid" for any member but credited Blake as ha ...
See also:Druid, Druid - Etymology, Druid - History, Druid - Roman sources, Druid - Early Druids in Britain and Ireland, Druid - Social and religious influence, Druid - Druidic sites, Druid - In Christian literature, Druid - Late Druidic survivals in Flanders, Druid - The Druidic Revival, Druid - Modern Druidism Read more here: » Druid: Encyclopedia II - Druid - The Druidic Revival |
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