Nakshatras, Types of:

Vaira or Kshipram-Bharani, Makha, Pubba, Poorvashadha and Poorvabhadra. Theekshna or Ugram-Aridra, Jyeshta, Aslesha and Moola. Laghu-Aswini, Pushya and Hasta. Mrudu- Mrigasira, Chitta, Anuradha and Revati. Sthira-Rohini, Uttara, Uttarashadha and Uttarabhadra. Chara-Punarvasu, Swati. Sravana, Dhanishta and Satabhisha.

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Householder:

A layperson, as opposed to a monk.

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Déjà vu:

A person's feeling that current events have been experienced before.

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Angel:

An immortal spiritual being which functions as an intermediary between the realm of men and that of the Divine.

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Communication:

In mediumship, a message purported to be from a discarnate entity.

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Bilocation:

Being (or appearing to be) in two different places at the same time.

See also Autoscopy.

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Abnuaaya:

Also known as "Almas" and "Albasty", the Abnuaaya are the fabled 'wildmen' of the Caucusus Mountains and central Asia.

The creatures have a history of sightings dating back many centuries, perhaps even prior to 1420, and modern crypto zoologists believe that based off eyewitness accounts and descriptions, the Almases may be remnants of Neanderthal man or a species similar to the Yeti

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Extrasensory Perception, ESP:

Paranormal acquisition of information. Includes clairvoyance, telepathy and precognition.

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Brahmarandhra:

This is the tenth chakra through which kundalini may pass as it ascends. It is said to be located at the top of the cranium. When kundalini pierces the Brahmarandhra, the yogi experiences a supernal light. Beyond the Brahmarandhra, there are still two higher chakras.

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Krishna:

An incarnation of God. He was the friend and charioteer of Arjuna, a human in ancient India. While waiting on a battlefield prior to the initial battle of a ghastly civil war, Arjuna was overcome with despondency. During this time, Krishna offered his advice to Arjuna and it was while listening to Krishna's council that Arjuna became aware for the first time that his long-time friend was in fact God. Krishna's advice to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra was recorded in the Bhagavad Gita, one of the most cherished of Hindu scriptures.

The name of the Supreme Lord and subject of numerous stories in all the great Puranas and Vedas. Also refers to darkness or blackness in color, such as the dark half of the Moon's monthly cycle when it is returning from the position of being full to the position of being new or conjunct with the Sun. This is also called the waning phase of the Moon when it is getting smaller or darker or Krishna.

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Acutomancy:

A form of divination utilizing sharp or pointed objects, such as needles, which are dropped in customary lots of seven onto a table surface, where the resulting random pattern is interpreted to gain insights into future events.

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Bhukti:

This is the second level in the dasha system. It is the sub-period after the main period of the current dasha.

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Bhajans:

Songs in praise of God. Bhajans in Shri Swamiji's presence are sung in very lively tempos that allow him to induce varying levels of spiritual trance and bhava.

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False Awakening:

An experience in which a person believes he or she has woken up, but actually is still dreaming.

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Agent:

(a)         Psi term for a person who makes the attempt to communicate information to another (termed the "percipient") in a clinical ESP experiment

(b)         The subject in a controlled psychokinesis experiment.

(c)          The person who is the central focus of poltergeist activity.

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Bhakta:

A follower of the path of bhakti, divine love; a worshipper of the Personal God.

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Intuition:

The non-paranormal ability to grasp the elements of a situation or to draw conclusions about complex events in ways that go beyond a purely rational or intellectual analysis. Similar to clairsentience, empathy.

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Theosophy:

Religious and philosophical system of the Theosophical Society, founded in 1875 by Madame Blavatsky. Its paranormal claims were controversially and damningly reported upon by the Society for Psychical Research in 1885.

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Brahman:

A person who belongs to the first class or caste of human beings. A person who studies the vedas diligently and imbibes all the good qualities recommended therein. A person who knows the science of spirit, religion, liberation, astrology, literature, medicine, etc. - a first class human being. This is not something that can be inherited by birth. It must be earned individually and it is subject to reversal at any time by fall down from the brahminical qualities. The word also refers to spirit in general - the all-pervading aspect of Supreme Divinity that pervades every atom in all time and all space. A brahmana is a knower of brahman or spirit, which is also absolute truth.

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Sleep Paralysis:

An often frightening state of seeming to being awake but unable to move.

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Astrology:

The divinatory practice involving the study of the positions and aspects of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs.

Future events can be forecast by interpreting the movements and position of planets and stars against the celestial patterns of the "zodiac".

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Brahman:

The supreme Godhead, beyond all distinctions or forms; ultimate Reality [from 'brih' - that which expands]

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