Encyclopedia - Order Of The Solar Temple: Encyclopedia - Order Of The Solar Temple
The Order of the Solar Temple also known as Ordre du Temple Solaire (OTS) in French, and the International Chivalric Organization of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of The Solar Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of The Solar Temple - The Solar Temple In Quebec
In 1986 Jouret and Di Mambro moved to the Canadian province of Quebec, establishing a chapter of the Order of the Solar Temple near Montr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of The Solar Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of The Solar Temple - Origins Of The Solar Temple
Various contemporary groups perceive themselves as fulfilling the tradition of the Knights Templar — an ancient Christian Order of warr...   » Read the article

Article - Color Energy Therapy: A Newly Emerging, Ancient Healing Modality
Color Energy Therapy The color therapist sees the universe as a hologram, as a multi-faceted gem, and views the person he/she is workin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of The Solar Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of The Solar Temple - Founders Of The Solar Temple
It is stated that the OTS absorbed another neo-templar organization called Foundation Golden Way, which was led by Joseph Di Mambro (1926...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cult Suicide: Encyclopedia - Cult Suicide
Cult suicide is that phenomenon by which some religious groups, in this context often referred to as "cults", have led to their membershi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Templar: Encyclopedia - Knights Templar
The largest, and most powerful of the Christian military orders, the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, originally named ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalypticism: Encyclopedia - Apocalypticism
Apocalypticism is a worldview based on the idea that important matters are hidden from view and they will soon be revealed in a major con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angkor Wat: Encyclopedia - Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built for king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atenism: Encyclopedia - Atenism
Atenism (or the Amarna heresy) is the monotheistic religion associated above all with the eighteenth dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia - Samson
Samson or Shimshon (שִׁמְשׁוֹן "Of the sun" (perhaps proclaiming he was radiant and mighty) or "[One who] Serves [God]", Stand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar: Encyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar
The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הלוח העברי) or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the dates of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 10th Century: Encyclopedia - 10th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. 10th century - Overview. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apep: Encyclopedia - Apep
In Egyptian mythology, Apep (also spelled Apepi, and Aapep, or Apophis in Greek) was an evil demon, the deification of darkness and chaos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian Fellowship: Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian Fellowship
The Rosicrucian Fellowship was founded in 1909/11 by Max Heindel as herald of the Aquarian Age and with the aim of promulgating the Rosic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization
Archaeological evidence shows the Maya had started to build ceremonial architecture by approximately 1000 BCE. There is some disagreement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Gladio: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Gladio - The Order Of The Solar Temple Mystery
It has been alleged by various sources, among whom François-Xavier Verschave, a critic of French colonialism, that the "collective suici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Gladio: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Gladio - Parallel Stay-behind Operations In Non-nato Countries
Operation Gladio - Finland. In 1945, Interior Minister Leino exposes a secret stay-behind army which is closed down. In 1991, the media...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Gladio: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Gladio - Gladio Operations In Nato Countries
Operation Gladio - First discovered in Italy. Main article: Gladio in Italy In 2000, a Parliament Commission report from the "Gruppo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Gladio: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Gladio - A Nato Clandestine Structure Overseen By The Shape
After World War II, the UK and the US decided to create "stay-behind" paramilitary organizations, with the official aim of countering a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Gladio: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Gladio - Introduction
Gladio has effectively been accused of trying to influence policies through the means of "false flags" operations: a 2000 Parliament Comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Templar: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Templar - History
Their popular name alludes to their historical headquarters on the ruins of the Temple of Jerusalem on the Temple Mount, now, the Dome of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Templar: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Templar - Claims Of Descent And Revival
Some historians and authors have tried to draw a link from Freemasonry and its many branches to the Templars. This alleged link remains a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cult Suicide: Encyclopedia Ii - Cult Suicide - Known Cult Suicides
Cult suicide - Peoples Temple Jim Jones. In 1978, 914 American followers of Jim Jones died in a mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Templar: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Templar - Claims Of Descent And Revival
Some historians and authors have tried to draw a link from Freemasonry and its many branches to the Templars. This alleged link remains a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atash-bahram, Atash Behram: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atash-bahram, Atash Behram
Atash-Bahram, Atash Behram (Persian) Verethraghna (Avestan), Varhran, Varhram (Pahlavi) The sacred fire of the Parsis, kept perpetuall...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maharaja: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Maharaja
Maharaja (Sanskrit) [from maha great + raja king]   Great king; in Hindu literature four are spoken of as the mystical regents an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Templar: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Templar - Organization
The Templars were organized as a monastic order, following a rule created for them by Bernard of Clairvaux, a member of the Cistercian Or...   » Read the article

Dictionary - O.t.o.: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On O.t.o.
O.T.O. The Ordo Templi Orientis, an offshoot of Crowley's Golden Dawn, inherited by Karl Germer. Refers to the rising solar/phallic po...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Carnac: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Carnac
Carnac. A very ancient site in Brittany (France) of a temple of cyclopean structure, sacred to the Sun and the Dragon; and of the same...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Templar: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Templar - Legends
The rapid succession of the last direct Capetian kings of France between 1314 and 1328, the three sons of Philip IV the Fair, led many to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gorakhpur: Encyclopedia Ii - Gorakhpur - History
In ancient times the geographical area of Gorakhpur included the modern districts of Basti, Deoria, Azamgarh and parts of Nepal. The enti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian Fellowship: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian Fellowship - Origins & Foundation
In 1908 its founder, Max Heindel, was reported to have been chosen and prepared by the Elder Brothers of the Rosicrucian Order to reveal ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Initiation: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Initiation
Initiation. From the same root as the Latin initia, which means the basic or first principles of any Science. The practice of initiati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Stansfeld Jones: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Stansfeld Jones - Jones' Writings
After two of his pieces had been published in Crowley's journal The Equinox, Jones self-published his book Q.B.L., and then wrote several...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Templar: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Templar - Legends
The rapid succession of the last direct Capetian kings of France between 1314 and 1328, the three sons of Philip IV the Fair, led many to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Harmachus: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Harmachus
Harmachus (Ancient Greek) The Egyptian Sphinx, called Har-em-chu or "Horus (the Sun) in the Horizon", a form of Ra the sun-g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atenism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atenism - Contrast With Traditional Egyptian Religion
The impact of Akhenaten's religious reform, albeit introduced in steps, is hard to overstate; it is equivalent perhaps to a new Pope decl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chandra-vansa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Chandra-vansa
Chandra-vansa (Sanskrit) The "Lunar Race", in contradistinction to Suryavansa, the "Solar Race". Some Orientalists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - About-picard Law: Encyclopedia Ii - About-picard Law - Government And Religion In France
Freedom of religion and separation of church and state have been part of the French state idea since at least the French Revolution and i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Architecture
As unique and spectacular as any Greek or Roman architecture, Maya architecture spans many thousands of years; yet, often the most dramat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angkor Wat: Encyclopedia Ii - Angkor Wat - The Site
Angkor Wat is a unique combination of the temple mountain, the standard design for the empire's state temples, and the later plan of conc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Architecture - Imperial Architecture
There were certain architectural features that were reserved for the Emperor of China. The most noticeable were the yellow roof tiles; ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Wen Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Wen Of Han - Late Reign
Later in his reign, Emperor Wen became superstitious and started search for supernatural events. In 165 BC, at the instigation of the sor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chnoumis: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Chnoumis
Chnoumis (Ancient Greek) The same as Chnouphis and Kneph. A symbol of creative force ; Chnoumis or Kneph is "the unmade and etern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Purported Cults: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Purported Cults - Sources
Widest consensus: Major newspapers, encyclopedias, magazines, leading broadcasters, and major news websites. British Broadcasting Corpor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apep: Encyclopedia Ii - Apep - Battles With Ra
Tales of Apep's battles against Ra were elaborated during the New Kingdom. Since nearly everyone can see that the sun is not attacked by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of France - Celebrations
Most of France's population used to be Catholic, and this is reflected in the calendar of holidays, which mark several major Catholic cel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Biblical Story
Samson is said to have lived during the period when the Israelites were oppressed by the power of the Philistines. At this time an angel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Biblical Story
Samson is said to have lived during the period when the Israelites were oppressed by the power of the Philistines. At this time an angel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Judaism
In Judaism, the end of the world is called the acharit hayamim (end of days). Tumultuous events will overturn the old world order, creati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cult Suicide: Encyclopedia Ii - Cult Suicide - Suspected Cult Suicides
Cult suicide - Branch Davidians. The April 1993 deaths of the Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas was deemed to be a cult suicide by vari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Judaism
In Judaism, the end of the world is called the acharit hayamim (end of days). Tumultuous events will overturn the old world order, creati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prophecy Of Seventy Weeks: Encyclopedia Ii - Prophecy Of Seventy Weeks - Context
According to the Book of Daniel, the vision takes place soon after Darius (who may or may not be the same person as Cyrus II, the Persian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Architecture
As unique and spectacular as any Greek or Roman architecture, Maya architecture spans many thousands of years; yet, often the most dramat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Philosophy Science And Mathematics
Main article: Greek philosophy The tradition of philosophy in Ancient Greece also added to the literary works. Greek learning has had a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Philosophy, Science And Mathematics
Main article: Greek philosophy The tradition of philosophy in Ancient Greece also added to the literary works. Greek learning has had a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Religion
Main articles: Greek religion, Eastern Orthodoxy The relimala khanna ... See also:Culture of Greece, Culture of Greece - Art and archit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Music
There have been excellent composers and performers in all kinds of music but traditional Greek music is noted as a mixture of influences ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Cuisine
Main article: Greek cuisine Greeks are reputed for their healthy Mediterranean diet. The cuisine of Greece has influences from Italian, B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Religion
Main articles: Greek religion, Eastern Orthodoxy The Greek Orthodox Church, largely due to the importance of Byzantium in Greek History, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Music
Main article: Music of Greece There have been excellent composers and performers in all kinds of music but traditional Greek music is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of France - Sports And Hobbies
The most played sport in France is Pétanque. The leisured form of the sport of Pétanque is played by about 17 million people in France....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Hebrew Calendar - Modern Calendar
Hebrew calendar - Epoch. The epoch of the modern Hebrew calendar is 1 Tishri AM 1 (AM = anno mundi = in the year of the world), which i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secret Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Secret Society - List Of Secret Societies
Secret society - Business international or non-governmental organizations. While not self-styled as secret societies, these groups are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of France - Transportation
Main article: Transportation in France There are significant differences in lifestyles with respect to transportation between very urbani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Other Religions
Many Neopagans and Wiccans believe that the entire Universe continues in endless cycles of birth, death, and rebirth. Some have argued th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secret Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Secret Society - List Of Secret Societies
Secret society - Business international or non-governmental organizations. While not self-styled as secret societies, these groups are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Hinduism
Hindu traditional prophecies, as described in the Puranas and several other texts, say that the world shall fall into chaos and degradati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Islam
Mohammed Ali Ibn Zubair Ali's Signs of Qiyamah discuss the arrival of the Enlightened One, Imam Madhi, followed by natural disaster, "The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism eschatology is the oldest eschatology in recorded history. By 500 BC, Zoroastrians had fully developed a concept of the en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cult Suicide: Encyclopedia Ii - Cult Suicide - Questionable Cult Suicides
Cult suicide - The Family International. A less widespread suspicion indicates that The Family International, previously called The Chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shanghai: Encyclopedia Ii - Shanghai - History
Before the formation of Shanghai city, Shanghai was part of Songjiang county, governed by Suzhou prefecture. The county was formed around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shanghai: Encyclopedia Ii - Shanghai - History
Before the formation of Shanghai city, Shanghai was part of Songjiang county, governed by Suzhou prefecture. The county was formed around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mysterious Cities Of Gold: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mysterious Cities Of Gold - Plot Summary
The story is very loosely based on the children's novel, The King's Fifth, by Scott O'Dell. In the year 1532, a Spanish orphan named Este...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Earth Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Earth Ii - Wonders
Like its great predecessors, EE II has wonders of the world. Each wonder will give players a special benefit. Wonders are categorized by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Status Of Religious Freedom In France: Encyclopedia Ii - Status Of Religious Freedom In France - Attitudes With Respect To Minority Religions And Cults In France
Since the 1970s and 1980s an increasing number of new religious movements such as ISKON, Children of God, Scientology, Unification Church...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of France - Language
Main articles: French language, Languages of France, Language policy in France French culture is profoundly allied with the French langua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodosius I: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodosius I - Nicene Christianity Becomes The State Religion
In the 4th century, the Christian Church in the Roman Empire was wracked with controversy over the nature of the Trinity. In 325, the Cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodosius I: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodosius I - Nicene Christianity Becomes The State Religion
In the 4th century, the Christian Church in the Roman Empire was wracked with controversy over the nature of the Trinity. In 325, the Cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Political Structures
A typical Classic Maya polity was a small kingdom (ajawil, ajawlel, ajawlil) headed by a hereditary ruler – ajaw, later k’uhul ajaw. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Buddhism
At the time of the Buddha, he apparently predicted that his teachings would disappear after 500 years. According to the Sutta Pitaka, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atenism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atenism - Atenist Revolution
The Aten, the god of Atenism, first appears in texts dating to the 12th dynasty, in The Story of Sinuhe. However, he was considered a rel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osiris: Encyclopedia Ii - Osiris - Mystery Religion
By the hellenic era, Greek awareness of Osiris had grown, and attempts had been made to merge greek philosophy, such as Platonism, and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osiris: Encyclopedia Ii - Osiris - Mystery Religion
Osiris - The passion and resurrection. Plutarch and others have noted that the sacrifices to Osiris were “gloomy, solemn, and mournfu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Numa Pompilius: Encyclopedia Ii - Numa Pompilius - Administration
Numa next set his eyes on land distribution. It is very clear that it was this king who first prescribed bounds to the territory of Rome....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mysteries: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Mysteries
Mysteries. Greek teletai, or finishings, celebrations of initiation or the Mysteries.   They were observances, generally kept se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Christianity
Christians in the 1st century AD believed the end of the world would come during their lifetime. Jesus in Mark 13:8 compared the end of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Native American
Several Native American tribes have similar beliefs concerning the end times. Eschatology - Hopi. Tribal leaders of the Hopi tribe, suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Status Of Religious Freedom In France: Encyclopedia Ii - Status Of Religious Freedom In France - Background
Status of religious freedom in France - Use of language in French / English. There are several misleading false cognates between French...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle Kingdoms Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle Kingdoms Of India - Gupta And Harsha
The Classical Age refers to the period when most of North India was reunited under the Gupta Empire (ca. 320CE–550). Because of the rel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Literature
The trebecki works in Trillville literary tradition recorded in writing are the epic poems of Homer and Hesiod. Early Greek lyric poetry,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Sports
Greek culture was and is more than cerebral. The Panhellenic Games and especially the Olympic Games originated in Greece in ancient times...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cult Suicide: Encyclopedia Ii - Cult Suicide - Martyrdom
Some argue that martyrdom, as found in religions such as Christianity or Buddhism or Islam, is tantamount to suicide. This argument state...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Literature
Main article: Greek literature The trebecki works in Trillville literary tradition recorded in writing are the epic poems of Homer and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akhenaten: Encyclopedia Ii - Akhenaten - Atenist Revolution
Main article: Atenism A religious revolutionary, Amenhotep IV introduced Atenism in the first year of his reign, raising the previously o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hezekiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hezekiah - Life
The account of this king in the Hebrew Bible is contained in 2 Kings 18-20, Isaiah 36-39, and 2 Chronicles 29-32. These sources portray h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of The Solar Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of The Solar Temple - Mass Murders And Suicides: Leaving The Planet, Destination: Sirius
In October 1994 an infant, aged three months, was killed at the group's centre in Morin Heights, Quebec. The baby had been stabbed repeat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of The Solar Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of The Solar Temple - Mass Murders And Suicides: Leaving The Planet Destination: Sirius
In October 1994 an infant, aged three months, was killed at the group's centre in Morin Heights, Quebec. The baby had been stabbed repeat...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - O
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - O . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article