Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Self-transcending Self-discovery
The term Perennial Philosophy, coined by Leibniz and popularized by Aldous Huxley, relates to what some take to be the mystic's primary c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Delusional Self: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Delusional Self
DELUSIONAL SELF The ultimate confusion of psychedelic psychosis results in extreme terror because one becomes lost in an abyss of mean...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Self
A Theosophical definition of Self :   Self Man is a sheaf or bundle of forces or energies and material elements combined; and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia - Mysticism
Mysticism, from the Greek μυω (muo, "to conceal"), is the pursuit of achieving communion with or conscious awareness of ultimate reali...   » Read the article

Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: The Three Keys To Happiness
Life has a way of taking unexpected turns - of throwing surprises at us when we least expect them. In many ways, life does bring one d...   » Read the article

Article - Yellow Bamboo - Balinese White Magic
Yellow Bamboo is a Balinesian White Magic type of Martial Art and Spiritual practice that are becoming more wellknown in the West the las...   » Read the article

Article - Spirit Guides: A Guided Meditation From The Straw Guy For Communicatingwith Spirit Guides
 ..this time, a voice replies - from behind you. The voice says, "Hello." You are a little nervous as you realize that this must be you...   » Read the article

Article - Power Of Thought: Growing Energy Balls
 Most of the time, we take a longer and more involved "route" to fulfillment than we need to, because we tend to focus on ...   » Read the article

Article - Parenting: The Grandparent Connection
 Grandparents and grandchildren are often linked by a special affection for each other. There seems to be a natural bond between the...   » Read the article

Article - Spirit World: The Ghost In The Machine
Maggy Harsch-Fishbach began experimenting with EVP in 1984. Although her husband Jules was initially skeptical of the phenomenon, she gai...   » Read the article

Article - Serenity: The Serenity Prayer
 Serenity is the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composed. Serenity denotes the state of people who are calm and not easily...   » Read the article

Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Listen To The Voice Within
Every soul that is currently experiencing life on any level begins and ends as a whole. Our essence - the very core of our spiritual b...   » Read the article

Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Ten Ways To Heal A Broken Heart
A broken heart requires as much care as a broken bone or as any other physical ailment. However, with time and proper care, one can be...   » Read the article

Article - Personality Dissociation: The Problem Of The Subtle Sybil Effect
The underlying reason the big questions are so difficult to answer is ultimately personal - we are swamped in a plethora of identities, m...   » Read the article

Article - Group Mind: The Group Mind Principle I
In short, the group mind principle of Nature states that the resulting force generated from the combining of like minds is geometrically ...   » Read the article

Article - Group Mind: The Group Mind Principle Ii
The number of similarities between the function of a two-way radio and the human body are quite surprising. The body/mind constantly emit...   » Read the article

Article - Mediumship: How Psychic Mediums Contact The Spirit World And Communicate With Our Loved Ones
 If we accept that dying is not the end of our existence but simply the end of the body that carried our consciousness, and that our...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Universal Self: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Universal Self
A Theosophical definition of Universal Self :   Universal Self The universal self is the heart of the universe, for these two p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stuart Davis Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Stuart Davis Musician - Business And Success
With the formation of Dharma Pop in 1998 (previously known as Post-Apocalyptic Records), Stuart created a new business model for artists....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stuart Davis Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Stuart Davis Musician - Lyrics Music And Performances
Aurobindo Ghose Jean Gebser Haridas Chaudhuri Ervin László Michael Murphy Graves, Beck Ken Wilber AQAL, Evolution, Involution Integ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stuart Davis Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Stuart Davis Musician - Notable Albums And Songs
Stuart Davis musician - Idiot Express. This 1993 album contains "It's All Just Because", a still-popular request that lists humorous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stuart Davis Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Stuart Davis Musician - Miscellaneous
Davis has created an original language, called "IS", which uses a script that Davis also created. Characters from this script can be seen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spiritual Self
Spiritual Self Used for buddhi-manas, the spiritual monad.   (See also: Spiritual Self , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Personal Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Personal Self
Personal Self.   See PERSONAL EGO   (See also: Personal Self , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Thread-soul, Thread-self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Thread-soul, Thread-self
Thread-soul, Thread-self.   See SUTRATMAN   (See also: Thread-soul, Thread-self , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Permanent Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Permanent Self
Permanent Self Used by Blavatsky (Key, sec 8) for the incarnating ego, as contrasted with the earth vehicle, the personal self or ego;...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Supreme Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Supreme Self
Supreme Self Pramatman, the summit or hierarch of a cosmic hierarchy. To speak of one ultimate supreme self as infinite and eternal is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Higher Self
Higher Self The divine-spiritual essence or essential egoity overshadowing the human being, the atma-buddhi with the efflorescence of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fire-self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Fire-self
Fire-self Fire-self has several meanings, from the divine to the physical fire of vitality. When used alone, it signifies the divine-s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-existent: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self-existent
Self-existent (Atmabhu, Svayambhuva) Existing in and by itself alone; applied to any self-contained entity when considered apart from ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self
Self Theosophical literature distinguishes between self and ego: self is a purely spiritual unit, divine in essence, the same in every...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-consciousness: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self-consciousness
Self-consciousness Awareness of oneself as the experiencer, attribution of one's experiences to an ego, consciousness of being a separ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lower Nature, Lower Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Lower Nature, Lower Self
Lower Nature, Lower Self The dual human nature arises from the fact that manas (mind), the field and substance of human thought and re...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-born: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self-born
Self-born Parentless, in Sanskrit aupapaduka or aja -- terms used of the head of a hierarchy, such as the Logos, corresponding to the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-luminous Matter: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self-luminous Matter
Self-luminous Matter Matter which shines from itself and not by reflected light; the existence of such matter in interstellar space wa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-directed Evolution: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self-directed Evolution
Self-directed Evolution That all evolution is caused by, and consists in the self-expression of the svabhava (essential characteristic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Higher Self
Higher Triad In theosophical literature a distinction is often made between that part of human nature which is immortal and that which...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parasiva: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Parasiva
Parasiva: (Sanskrit) "Transcendent Siva."   The Self God, Siva in His first perfection, Absolute Reality. God Siva as ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhidina: Theosophy Dictionary On Abhidina
Abhidina (Sanskrit) (from abhi towards + dina flight from the verbal root di to fly)   One of the siddhis (occult powers) of a bu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Higher Self
Higher Self. The Supreme Divine Spirit overshadowing man. The crown of the upper spiritual Triad in man - Atman.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Keys: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Keys Of Magical Discovery And Participation
KEYS OF MAGICAL DISCOVERY AND PARTICIPATION Yoga: self-control Tarot: archetypes Astrology: time  patterns Ritual: participation ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self Realization: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Self Realization
Self Realization: Direct knowing of the Self God, Parasiva.   Self Realization is known in Sanskrit as nirvikalpa samadhi; "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ipse: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Ipse
IPSE The self as having authority, individuality. Ipsissimus is the highest self.     (See also: IPSE , Magick, Mysticism,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saratman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Saratman
Saratman (Sanskrit) [from sarva all + atman self]   The all-self; in the Vedas, the all-pervading spirit of the universe.  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dama: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dama
Dama (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root dam to subdue, conquer)   Self-restraint, self-control.   (See also: Dama , Mystici...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Antaratman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Antaratman
Antaratman (Sanskrit) (from antar interior, within + atman self)   Interior self; the inner self or primeval heart of an individu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atattva: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Atattva
atattva: (Sanskrit) "Noncategory; beyond existence." Atattva is the negation of the term tattva, and is used to describe the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transpersonal Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Transpersonal Psychology
transpersonal psychology (transpersonal counseling, transpersonal counseling psychology): Combination of Jungian psychology, psychosyn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atattva: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Atattva
atattva: (Sanskrit) "Noncategory; beyond existence." Atattva is the negation of the term tattva, and is used to describe the i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sutratma-buddhi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sutratma-buddhi
Sutratma-buddhi (Sanskrit) [from sutratma thread-self + buddhi human spiritual soul]   The buddhic monad passing from life to lif...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmasamyama Yoga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atmasamyama Yoga
Atmasamyama Yoga (Sanskrit) (from atma self + samyama restraint + yoga union)   The attaining of at-one-ment with the highest by ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmabhu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atmabhu
Atmabhu (Sanskrit) (from atman self + bhu to become)   Self-existent, self-becoming, hence self-born. Applied to each member of t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jehovah: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Hebrew
from IHVH, hayah, to be or ihoah, self-existent)   (See also: Jehovah , Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deathless Watcher: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Deathless Watcher
Deathless Watcher. See HIGHER SELF   (See also: Deathless Watcher , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sthiratman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sthiratman
Sthiratman (Sanskrit) [from sthira firm, constant + atman self]   Constant, eternal; applied to the spiritual self of the univers...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Svarochisha Svarocisa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Svarochisha Svarocisa
Svarochisha svarocisa (Sanskrit) [from sva self + ruchi light, splendor]   Self-shining, brilliantly shining from inner power; th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Svayambhuva: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Svayambhuva
Svayambhuva (Sanskrit) [from svayambhu, svayambhuva self-becoming]   The self-becoming one; a name of the first manu.   (S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aum: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Aum
AUM This is the holy word (OM) in its tripartite form, representing the Hindu Trinity. A = Vishnu (the self). U = Brahma (Not-Self). M...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatman: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatman
Adhyatman (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, above + atman self)   The supreme or original self, equivalent to paramatman (cf BG 7:29; 8...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatmika: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatmika
Adhyatmika (Sanskrit) (from adhi above + atman self)   Relating to the supreme self or atman; more abstractly, pertaining to orig...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four States Of Consciousness: Parapsychology Dictionary On Four States Of Consciousness
Four states of consciousness: Ordinary consciousness is characterized by three states:    1. The waking state   &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sva-samvedana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sva-samvedana
Sva-samvedana (Sanskrit) Self-examination, self-knowledge; mystically regarded as self-analyzing reflection. The highest and purest fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Khoda: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Khoda
Khoda (Persian) Khvataya, Khvatadha (Avestan) (from khvat self + aya come to be, or dhata creating, law)   Khvataya is similar to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmamatrasu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atmamatrasu
Atmamatrasu (Sanskrit) (from atman self + matra element)   In the elements of self, in the original elements or particles of self...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mind: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Mind
MIND Mind very much resembles matter, both in its degrees of density and in its peculiarity of design. That's not surprising since the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paramatman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Paramatman
Paramatman (Sanskrit) [from parama highest + atman self]   Supreme self; the self which is higher than the self of the human ego....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aham-atma: Theosophy Dictionary On Aham-atma
Aham-atma (Sanskrit) (from aham I + atman self)   I am self; meaning that every self is but a manifestation of the essential self...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nyingpo: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Nyingpo
NYINGPO Tibetan "Alaya" or the universal self or soul of all things.     (See also: NYINGPO , Magick, Mysticism,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alaya: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Alaya
ALAYA Universal soul or self of all things. Nyingpo amongst the Tibetans.     (See also: ALAYA , Magick, Mysticism, Mystic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hexor: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Hexor
HEXOR The demon of self-hatred (most human-looking).     (See also: HEXOR , Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Samadhi
samadhi: (Sanskrit) "Enstasy," which means "standing within one's Self." "Sameness; contemplation; union, who...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Evolution: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Evolution
EVOLUTION For the past hundred years or more a war has been going on in academic circles between the theory of evolution and the belie...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyagarbha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hiranyagarbha
Hiranyagarbha (Sanskrit) (from hiranya imperishable substance, golden + garbha womb, embryo, fetus, also the interior of anything, hen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hiranya
Hiranyagarbha (Sanskrit) (from hiranya imperishable substance, golden + garbha womb, embryo, fetus, also the interior of anything, hen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sun And Moon: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Sun And Moon
SUN AND MOON For the magician, the Self and the World are the same thing. When we try to separate them we get the errors of Science an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Svayambhu-sunyata: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Svayambhu-sunyata
Svayambhu-sunyata (Sanskrit) [from svayambhu self-becoming + sunyata void]   The self-becoming void of infinitude; in Hindu and B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pisces: Spiritual Dictionary On Pisces
Pisces: The Visionary   Key Phrase: I BELIEVE   The most sensitive sign of the zodiac, Pisces represents imagination, idea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On God
God 1.    (Judeo-Christianity) Creator and sustainer of the universe. 2.    (Theosophy) Transcendent a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shuddha Tattvas: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shuddha Tattvas
The shuddha tattvas: Actinic or spiritual energy. This is the superconscious realm, also known as shuddha (pure) maya or mahamaya. Bin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Samadhi
SAMADHI Yogic enlightenment; Union of Self with Not-Self. Final state before Nirvana. Contemplation of True Reality in state of even-m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meditation: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Meditation
MEDITATION A means of allowing the deepest self to speak. Meditation is really only deep thinking, concentrated and free from distract...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Manas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Higher Manas
Higher Self The divine-spiritual essence or essential egoity overshadowing the human being, the atma-buddhi with the efflorescence of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - I-am-ness: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On I-am-ness
I-am-ness Ahankara, self-hood, egoship; an evolution of consciousness centered in manas, by which manas becomes the field for the play...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Inner God: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Inner God
Inner God Used for the higher self or divine monad, the focus of divine-spiritual individuality in the human constitution, especially ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ameyatman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ameyatman
Ameyatman (Sanskrit) (from ameya immeasurable from a not + the verbal root ma to measure, mark off + atman self)   Immeasurable s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatma-jnana: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatma-jnana
Adhyatma-jnana (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, superior + atman self + jnana knowledge from the verbal root jna to know, understand)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatma-vidya: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatma-vidya
Adhyatma-vidya (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, above + atman self + vidya knowledge from the verbal root vid to know, perceive, learn) &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aupapaduka-bhuta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aupapaduka-bhuta
Aupapaduka-bhuta (Sanskrit) (from aupapaduka self-producing + bhuta element from the verbal root bhu to be, become)   The self-ge...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmabodha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atmabodha
Atmabodha (Sanskrit) (from atman self + bodha wisdom)   Wisdom of self; knowledge or wisdom of the hierarch or highest portion of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmanam Atmana Pasya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atmanam Atmana Pasya
Atmanam Atmana Pasya (Sanskrit) (from atman self + the verbal root pas to see)   See the self by the self; a favorite phrase used...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atma-jnanin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atma-jnanin
Atma-jnanin (Sanskrit) (from atman self + jnanin knower from the verbal root jna to know)   The knower of atman or the universal ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tsi-tsai: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tsi-tsai
Tsi-tsai (Chinese) The Self-existent, that which is the unknown darkness, the root of wu-liang-shih (the boundless age).   (See...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Wu Wei: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Wu Wei
WU WEI Taoist non-assertion of self. The path of non-action. The origin of the idea implicit in "going with the flow."  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adonai: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Adonai
ADONAI (Greek Adonis). Hebrew for "Lord", but in Thelemic practice it can stand for the HGA, the Augoeides or "Higher S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sankhya Yoga, Samkhya Yoga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sankhya Yoga, Samkhya Yoga
Sankhya Yoga, Samkhya Yoga (Sanskrit) The realization, union, or at-one-ment with the higher self by the methods of the Sankhya system...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rishi-yogis Rsi-yogins: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rishi-yogis Rsi-yogins
Rishi-yogis rsi-yogins (Sanskrit) Adepts in yoga; these adepts of the Puranas acquired divine powers through self-exertion.   (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Examples In Major Traditions
Examples of major traditions and philosophies with strong elements of mysticism are: Christian Gnosticism Christian mysticism Eastern Or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Mysticism And Syncretism
Mystics of different traditions report similar experiences of a world usually outside conventional perception, although not all forms of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Subjectivity And Mysticism
Theistic, pantheistic, and panentheistic classical pantheist/cosmotheist metaphysical systems most often understand mystical experience a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - On The Difficulty Of Defining Mysticism
Readers frequently encounter seemingly open-ended statements among studies of mysticism, throughout its history, for example in Taoist th...   » Read the article