Gambanteinn, Gammanten (Icelandic) (from gamban repay + teinn staff; or from Swedish gamman joy + ten staff)

Used in the Icelandic Edda in Skirnismal to denote a magic rod with which the messenger of the god Frey, Skirner (radiance), sought to woo the giantess Gerd (a race of humanity) on the god's behalf. The tale appears to relate an avataric descent to the human world.

(See also: Gambanteinn, Gammanten, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

In 1987, SSI President Joel Billings acquired the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) license from TSR in a major deal that may have amounted to "betting the company" on the franchise. The development of the Gold Box engine and the original games was managed by SSI's Chuck Kroegel and George MacDonald. Later versions were led by Victor Penman and Ken Humphries. The first game produced in the series was Pool of Radiance, released in 1988. This was followed by Curse of the Azure Bonds (1989), Secret of the Silver ...

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Gold Box, Gold Box - History, Gold Box - Features, Gold Box - List of Gold Box Titles

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Many Christian Wiccans embrace Mary as a goddess-figure, and Jesus Christ as their god-figure. Sometimes this 'Mary' is not the Virgin Mary of the Bible, and Mother of Jesus, but Mary Magdalene--rumoured wife of Jesus. Other Christian Wiccans pray to God as Yahweh and to the Goddess as Elohim (a divine name that is a feminine word in Judaism). Some worship the holy goddess as Shekinah, or the radiance of God. Still others hail the holy goddess as Matronit, a name that has been sacred for many years. Matronit is seen as an all-powerful, all-k ...

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Christian Wicca, Christian Wicca - Principal Tenets, Christian Wicca - Prayer and Witchcraft, Christian Wicca - Comparison with Christianity, Christian Wicca - External link

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Definition and meaning of ocean color:

ocean color - a term that refers to the spectral dependence of the radiance leaving a water body

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Liquid oxygen finds use as an oxidizer in rocket propulsion. Oxygen is essential to respiration, so oxygen supplementation has found use in medicine (as oxygen therapy). People who climb mountains or fly in airplanes sometimes have supplemental oxygen supplies (as air). Oxygen is used in welding (such as the oxyacetylene torch), and in the making of steel and methanol. Oxygen presents two absorption bands centered in the wavelengths 687 and 760 nanometers. Some scientists have proposed to use the measurement of the radiance coming fro ...

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Oxygen, Oxygen - Characteristics, Oxygen - Applications, Oxygen - History, Oxygen - Occurrence, Oxygen - Compounds, Oxygen - Isotopes, Oxygen - Precautions

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Ze`eir 'Anpin (Chaldean) Ze`eir 'Appayim (Hebrew) [from ze`eir small, short + 'anpin face, countenance]

Short face, the less visage; its Greek equivalent is Mircoprosopus. A Qabbalistic term applied to the lower nine Sephiroth, emanating from the first Sephirah (Kether the Crown) or the Long Face ('Arich 'Anpin). The nine lower Sephiroth are not able to envisage or express the full Sephirothal Tree or scheme nor the full radiance of the Concealed of the Concealed. The Short Face is the union of the nine Sephiroth considered as a composite individual, corresponding to the Qabbalistic 'Adam Qadmon, the Heavenly Man or the manifest or Third Logos.

See also YESOD

(See also: Ze`eir 'Anpin, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)

Srichakra sricakra (Sanskrit) [from sri light, radiance + chakra wheel, mystical center or plexus]

A magical diagram or circle, exoterically supposed to represent the circle of the earth. When applied to man, an astrological division of the body representing the uterine or pubic region. Subba Row writes: "The Sreechakram referred to in 'Isis Unveiled' is not the real esoteric Sreechakram of the ancient adepts of Aryavarta"; to which Blavatsky adds: "Very true. But who would be allowed to give out the 'real esoteric one'?" (5 Years of Theosophy 156-7)

(See also: Srichakra, sricakra, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)

Transfiguration Most familiar in reference to the event described in Matthew 17 where Jesus is said to have taken three disciples onto a high mountain and is transfigured before them, so that his face shines as the sun and his raiment is as white as the light; and Moses and Elias appear with him. A church festival exists in commemoration of this event. The Greek word is metamorphosis (transformation). The phenomenon occurred at a certain stage in the initiation of a candidate in the Mysteries, when his personal self made contact with the god within him, the augoeides (the glorious) and caused his body to shine with radiance.

(See also: Transfiguration, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)

Julia Roberts made her film debut playing a supporting role opposite her brother, Eric, in Blood Red (she gets just two words dialog), which although completed in 1986 was not released until 1989. Rail-thin, long-legged, and sporting a thick, curly mane of auburn hair, she looked more coltish than elegant in the movie. Here, her large hazel eyes and huge mouth are capable of much expression, sometimes radiance, when she cuts loose with her trademark too ...

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Julia Roberts, Julia Roberts - Family background, Julia Roberts - Films, Julia Roberts - Personal life, Julia Roberts - Filmography, Julia Roberts - Awards, Julia Roberts - Awards won, Julia Roberts - Awards nominated

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There are a number of beliefs regarding fallen angels. Many focus on issues of free will, lust, pride, or the incomprehensibility of the acts of God. Fallen angel - The Different Facets of God. This hypothesis focuses on the concept that God has two opposite sides — a divine (or bright) side, and a shadow (or dark) side. It is believed that if mortals were to see God's bright side, His radiance would incinerate them instantly. Therefore, a dark ...

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Fallen angel, Fallen angel - Reasons for their fall, Fallen angel - The Different Facets of God, Fallen angel - Consequences of Free Will, Fallen angel - Bowing to mankind, Fallen angel - Fallen angels by rank, Fallen angel - First Sphere, Fallen angel - Second Sphere, Fallen angel - Third Sphere, Fallen angel - Others

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Reabsorption The return into the oneness of spirit, either of the cosmos or of man, at the end of the full cosmic cycle of evolution and involution.

Since in this state there is no differentiation of substance or matter as human beings understand it, individuality is not lost but only temporarily asleep in a spiritual laya-state, and only for the time during which this state lasts; when reemergence takes place, the individual characteristics of the entities which have been absorbed and are now re-evolved, reappear. "The thread of radiance which is imperishable and dissolves only in Nirvana, re-emerges from it in its integrity on the day when the Great Law calls all things back into action" (SD 2:80).

(See also: Reabsorption, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)

Phoebus (Greek) Pure, bright, radiant, beaming; the solar regent, and in Latin mystic mythology the sun god, offspring of Zeus and Latona: also known by the Greeks as Apollo or Phoebus-Apollo.

This deity represented both physical and spiritual purity and radiance to the Greeks; and to the Greek mind the solar divinity bore intimate relationships with mankind through his Oracle at Delphi, situated on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in Phocis, where a temple and oracular sanctuary were erected in his honor, to which consultants and suppliants thronged from all parts of the ancient world. Inscribed on the temple was the phrase associated with Socrates and Plato -- gnothi seauton (know yourself).

See also APOLLO; ORACLE

(See also: Phoebus, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Augoeides (from Greek auge bright light, radiance + eidos form, shape)

Bulwer-Lytton in Zanoni adopted the term from Marcus Aurelius (who says that the sphere of the soul is augoeides), using it to denote the radiant spiritual-divine human soul-ego. In Isis Unveiled it denotes the spiritual monad, atma-buddhi, and is collated with the Persian ferouer or feruer, the Platonic nous, etc. In a high degree of initiation the initiant comes face to face with this radiant presence, the luminous radiation streaming from the divine ego at the heart of the monad. When the Augoeides touches with its rays the inferior monads in the human constitution and awakens them to activity, these then becomes the various lower egos or manifested children of the divine ego.

(See also: Augoeides, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

The original version of Neverwinter Nights ran on AOL from 1991 through 1997, and was a co-development of SSI, TSR (acquired by Wizards of the Coast in 1997), AOL and Stormfront Studios. The Stormfront game design team was already working with SSI on Dungeons & Dragons games using the Gold Box engine that had debuted with Pool of Radiance in 1988. At the same time, they had been working with AOL on original online games since 1987 in both text-based and graphical formats. Graphics at the time were severely restricted by the need to support modem data transfer ...

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Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights - Description, Neverwinter Nights - Gameplay, Neverwinter Nights - Multiplayer, Neverwinter Nights - Custom content, Neverwinter Nights - Notable custom content teams, Neverwinter Nights - Expansions, Neverwinter Nights - Premium modules, Neverwinter Nights - History, Neverwinter Nights - Sequel, Neverwinter Nights - Legacy, Neverwinter Nights - DragonLance Adventures, Neverwinter Nights - The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights - Revolution

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Adopting a common auxiliary language is viewed as integral to world peace and prosperity. The sixth Ishráq [Splendour] is union and concord amongst the children of men. From the beginning of time the light of unity hath shed its divine radiance upon the world, and the greatest means for the promotion of that unity is for the peoples of the world to understand one another's writing and speech. In former Epistles We have enjoined upon the Trustees of the House of Justice either to choose one language from among those now exist ...

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Bahá'í Faith and language policy, Bahá'í Faith and language policy - Purpose, Bahá'í Faith and language policy - Source from Bahá'í writings, Bahá'í Faith and language policy - Language, Bahá'í Faith and language policy - Arabic, Bahá'í Faith and language policy - Esperanto, Bahá'í Faith and language policy - English, Bahá'í Faith and language policy - Unity in diversity, Bahá'í Faith and language policy - Current working languages

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MYSTICISM -

1. communication that God makes of his or her spiritual light of the depths of the human heart. (Dhu’n-Nun Misri)

2. absolute (Evelyn Underhill)

3. states characterized by ineffability, that of knowledge (William James)

4. feeling of union with all life.

5. awareness of a dazzling light that fills the mind and heart.

6. experience of being bathed in emotions of joy, awe, wonder.

7 intuitive flashes of awareness and understanding of the universe.

8. merging with the creation, creator, nature.

9. feeling of transcendental love and compassion for all living things.

10. renewed sense of energy and vitality and health.

11. sudden vanishing of suffering and fear of death.

12. enhanced appreciation of art and beauty and less attachment to material things.

13. appearance of ESP and enhanced intellect, gifts and powers.

14. renewed sense of purpose and mission in life.

15. Change in personality and inner radiance. (NAD)

(See also: MYSTICISM, Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

There are a number of beliefs regarding fallen angels. Many focus on issues of free will, lust, pride, or the incomprehensibility of the acts of God. Fallen angel - The different facets of God. This hypothesis focuses on the concept that God has two opposite sides — a divine (or bright) side, and a shadow (or dark) side. It is believed that if mortals were to see God's bright side, His radiance would incinerate them instantly. Therefore, a dark side was necessary for Him to communicate with mortals. As J ...

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Fallen angel, Fallen angel - Reasons for their fall, Fallen angel - The different facets of God, Fallen angel - Consequences of Free Will, Fallen angel - Bowing to mankind, Fallen angel - Fallen angels by rank, Fallen angel - First Sphere, Fallen angel - Second Sphere, Fallen angel - Third Sphere, Fallen angel - Others, Fallen angel - Bibliography

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Aureole (dim of Latin aureus golden)

Either a special spiritual radiance adorning the heads of saints and martyrs, or a golden halo surrounding the head or whole body of a holy man. The matter is clearly explained in The Mahatma Letters as: "a counterpart of what the astronomers call the red flames in the 'corona' may be seen in Reichenbach's crystals or in any other strongly magnetic body. The head of a man -- in a strong ecstatic condition, when all the electricity of his system is centered around the brain, will represent -- especially in darkness -- a perfect simile of the Sun during such periods (eclipses)

. The first artist who drew the aureoles about the heads of his Gods and Saints, was not inspired, but represented it on the authority of temple pictures and traditions of the sanctuary and the chambers of initiation where such phenomena took place" (p. 162).

(See also: Aureole, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Tsurah (Hebrew) Also Zure; pl tsuroth. Prototypal form; in the Qabbalah, the divine prototype considered as the highest principle "which remains above." "In Occultism it embraces Atma-Buddhi-Manas, the Highest Triad; the eternal divine Individual" (TG 349).

The Qabbalah likewise states that the tsurah produces as its reflection the neshamah, and that the latter is connected with its divine prototype by a vital thread of spiritual radiance, up which even the neshamah aspires to rise to perfect union with its prototype. The tsurah is the spiritual monad, including as it does the three highest principles, and because this monad is an emanative product from the all-encompassing cosmic divinity, it is the divine prototypal form or entity; next, the highest part of the tsurah or monad is the neshama or spirit, which clothes itself in ruah or buddhi-manas; which again clothes itself in the astral monad represented by nephesh; which in its turn incarnates in guph, or the material physical body. The Hebrew Qabbalah so frequently strives to clothe its thought from the vulgar vision by detailed -- although usually correct -- modification of essential ideas, that its real significant teaching is not always readily apparent.

(See also: Tsurah, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)

He was a man of magnetic personality, with an intense belief in the significance of his own career; and his character had strengths as well as weaknesses. As a poet he had inspiration and genuine power. Some of his short and earlier poems, in spite of a characteristic element of fierceness and intolerance in one or two cases, are described by R. H. Hutton as "unequalled for grandeur of outline, purity of taste and radiance of total effect"; while his latest and longest, The Dream of Gerontius, is generally recognized as the happiest e ...

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John Henry Cardinal Newman, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Family, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Education, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Anglican priest, John Henry Cardinal Newman - The Oxford Movement, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Mediterranean travels, John Henry Cardinal Newman - The Tracts for the Times, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Last years as an Anglican, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Going Over to Rome, John Henry Cardinal Newman - The Apologia, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Later years, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Influence, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Character, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Newman and Manning, John Henry Cardinal Newman - Cause for his canonization

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At the heart of the teachings of Shambhala Buddhism is the belief that "there is a natural source of radiance and brilliance in the world, which is the innate wakefulness of human beings. This is the basis, in myth and inspiration, of the Kingdom of Shambhala, an enlightened society of fearlessness, dignity and compassion."[1] The Shambhala Buddhist sangha continues its ties to contemporary Kagyu and Nyingma lineage holders, among them His Holiness the Karmapa, H.H. Penor Rinpoche, and other important lamas. Many prominent lamas come ...

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Shambhala Buddhism, Shambhala Buddhism - Distinguishing Characteristics of Shambhala Buddhism, Shambhala Buddhism - Shambhala Training, Shambhala Buddhism - Shambhala Terma, Shambhala Buddhism - The Kalachakra the Rigden Kings and Gesar of Ling, Shambhala Buddhism - Zen and Japanese arts, Shambhala Buddhism - Elements of Bön Taoism Confucianism and Shinto, Shambhala Buddhism - Dorje Kasung, Shambhala Buddhism - Maitri and Mudra, Shambhala Buddhism - Other Practices, Shambhala Buddhism - History of Shambhala Buddhism, Shambhala Buddhism - The Shambhala Buddhist community today, Shambhala Buddhism - Shambhala International, Shambhala Buddhism - Spiritual Teachers, Shambhala Buddhism - Shambhala Land Centers, Shambhala Buddhism - Larger Shambhala Mandala, Shambhala Buddhism - Related Publications

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Light Light ranges from the arcana of cosmic being to the physical light that turns the vanes of some scientific mill.

As the opposite of darkness, evil, ignorance, sleep, and death, it signifies wisdom, goodness, and life. In one sense it is a permutation of mulaprakriti, and as such is that root-substance which can never become objective to mortals in this race or round. It is objective only in relation to that Darkness which is absolute Light. Otherwise it includes both spirit and matter.

Three kinds are enumerated: the abstract and absolute, which is darkness; the light of the unmanifest-manifest or Second Logos; and the latter reflected in the dhyani-chohans, minor logoi, and thence shed upon the lower and more objective planes. In a high aspect, it is daiviprakriti or the light of the Logos, the synthesis of the seven cosmic forces; descending through the planes of manifestation, it condenses into forms; physical matter itself is a condensation of light. Through light everything is thus brought into being. Being a root of mental self, it also therefore is the root of physical self (SD 1:430).

Light does not necessarily imply heat, as heat is one of the effects produced by the action of light on matter. The term cool radiance has its physical application in the light of phosphorescence. Light becomes relative on manifested planes, its correlative being darkness, which to other beings may be light, while our light may be their darkness. Again, what is light to beings on a higher plane of perception, may be darkness to us, because it does not impress our senses.

(See also: Light, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)