Gayatri mantra:

Gayatri mantra (Gaayathree mantra). Ancient Vedic prayer to awaken the intelligence and lead to enlightenment.

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Kulasekhara:

Kulasekhara: a great devotee-king and author of Mukunda-mala-stotra, prayers to Lord Krishna.

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divine therapy: a combination of centering prayer, Lectio Divina, and Open Mind Open Heart. Centering prayer (the centering prayer method) is a theistic form of meditation that involves using a sacred word. Lectio divina (Lectio) is a method of reading sacred writings such as the Bible. (The expression lectio divina literally means divine reading.) Open Mind Open Heart (the open mind, open heart practice) is a means of opening oneself to God.

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Rosary

In the Western world, the rosary is generally though of as a Catholic prayer item. Catholics say the rosary by repetitive prayer and meditation, with the focus on the Blessed Mother or the Virgin Mary. However, most religions have their own prayer beads or rosary. A rosary consists of pearls or beads linked together by a thread. The Hindu rosary has 50 beads, Buddhist rosary 108 beads, and the Muslim rosary 99 beads and in Africa some groups have a rosary made out of human teeth. Prayers and specific meditations of each religion are different and there are theological reasons for the number of beads. Rosaries may come in different colors, sizes and designs. However, the central purpose, which is to pray repetitively and to meditate, is the same across all religions that use them as a prayer tool. If you are seeing rosary beads in your dream it suggests that prayer and meditation is needed in your daily life. The unconscious generally provides us with helpful images that are not always difficult to understand. Thus, if you are not a prayerful person, the rosary in your dreams may be encouraging you to begin a more introspective and meditative life. Think about the rosary in your dream and try to decipher what it means to you and how you may incorporate meditation and peaceful reflection into your conscious life.

Source: Dream Lover Incorporated, http://www.dreamloverinc.com

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Yajus (Sanskrit) A sacrificial prayer or formula, also particular mantras muttered in a special manner at a sacrifice, distinguished from the rich and saman verses also recited at sacrifices.

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Sumati (Sanskrit) Benevolent, kindness; devotion, prayer. As a proper noun, the name of many celebrated people, such as a son of Bharata who gave his name to Bharata-varsha (India).

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Tirtha-shrava

name of Vishnu meaning one who receives prayers offered at holy places.

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SPELL - the structured and focused direction of psychic energies toward the accomplishment of a goal. Sometimes uttered in rhyme or the form of a prayer to a specific diety.

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Yajna - a sacrifice in which a deity is propitiated by the chanting of prayers and mantras and the offering of ghee into the sacred fire.

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Integrated Kabbalistic Healing: a means of bringing the consciousness of the Shema (the prayer of oneness) into the tiniest cell. Its theory posits the divine.

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Haelan Work: Complementary healing therapy that blends centering prayer (see divine therapy), healing dialogue, Holotropic Breathwork, meditation, and Therapeutic Touch.

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Sandalphon (Hebrew) Qabbalistic term alleged to be the name of the chief of angels: "the Kabbalistic Prince of Angels, emblematically represented by one of the Cherubim of the Ark" (TG 289).

In the Zohar the name of the "supreme chief" of the seventh heaven who "introduces the prayer into the seven palaces, to wit, the Palaces of the King" (Sperling's trans 4:185); again Sandalphon is described as the "angel in charge of the prayers of Israel," who "takes up all those prayers and weaves out of them a crown for the Living One of the worlds" (ibid., 2:143).

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agarthi:

Cave complex under the himalayas from a ruined gobi desert civilization. Their traditions include: following the right hand path, being easy to understand, having a religious orthodoxy, being filled with superstitions, having a priestcraft and using prayers of dubious value. See: shambhala.

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Khordah-Avesta (Avestan) "Known as the 'Small Avesta.' It is the Second Portion of the Zend-Avesta, consisting mainly of prayers. It includes also various fragments, the most important of which is the Hadhokht Nask" (BCW 4:654 bib)

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Ajapa (Sanskrit) (from a not + the verbal root jap to speak in a low voice)

One who does not use orthodox prayers; a reciter of heterodox mantras or works. Ajapa is the form of mantra called hamsa, consisting of a series of inhalations and exhalations.

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Adbhuta-Brahmana (Sanskrit) (from adbhuta wonderful, marvelous + brahmana portion of the Vedas treating of ritual, prayer, sacrifices, and mantra)

One of the eight Brahmanas belonging to the Sama-Veda, dealing with omens, auguries, and extraordinary wonders.

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Brahma-Vaivarta-Purana (Sanskrit) The metamorphosis of Brahma; one of the 18 principal Hindu Puranas, dealing with Brahma in the form of the avatara Krishna and containing prayers and invocations addressed to Krishna, with narratives about his love for Radha, the gopis, etc.

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Bhur Bhuvah Svah (Sanskrit) The names of the first three of the seven lokas (worlds) of this kosmos, meaning literally earth, midworld or astral world, and heaven world; the three great vyahritis or mystical utterances pronounced after Om by every Brahmin in commencing his daily prayers.

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Assyrian Holy Scriptures. Orientalists show seven such books: the Books of Mamit, of Worship, of Interpretations, of Going to Hades; two Prayer Books (Kanmagarri and Kanmikri: Talbot)

and the Kantolite, the lost Assyrian Psalter.

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Airyana-ishejo (Zend). The name of a prayer to the "holy Airyamen", the divine aspect of Ahriman before the latter became a dark opposing power, a Satan. For Ahriman is of the same essence with Ahura Mazda, just as Typhon-Seth is of the same essence with Osiris (q.v.).

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INVOCATION - The ritual calling-in of an entity or energies higher than human, either for communication with the caller through a medium or by visible manifestation or else to enter into a human body as in the Drawing Down the Moon. In some traditions, a Prayer.

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MEDICINE WHEEL (Medicine Circle) -

1. Plains Indians way of life symbolizing a dynamic, spirallic understanding of the universe.

2. (l.c.) an ancient stone circle that has been used for thousands of years by Native people as a place for prayer, ceremony and self understanding. (Sun Bear) (NAD)

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