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

Encyclopedia - Psychology Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology Of Religion - Other Studies
Psychology of religion - William James: Personal religious experience pragmatism. U.S. psychologist and philosopher William James (1842...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Logon: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Logon
Logon (Greek) Rational soul. (BCW 7:229)   (See also: Logon , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary...   » Read the article

Article - Kundalini: Ashtanga Yoga And Kundalini
Ashtanga Yoga mentions nothing about this Kundalini, but propounds a still subtle, higher path, philosophical and rational, and asks the ...   » Read the article

Article - Kundalini: Raja Yoga And Kundalini
Raja Yoga mentions nothing about this Kundalini, but propounds a still subtle, higher path, philosophical and rational, and asks the aspi...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Yoga: The Four Paths Of Hindu Yoga
The four main spiritual paths for God-realisation are Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga. Karma Yoga is suitable for a man...   » Read the article

Article - Quick
Links to archives related to mysticism: Tsedeq, Tsela`, Tselem, Tsien'sin, Tsien-Sin, Tsien-sin, Tsien-Tchan, Tsimtsum, tsippora...   » Read the article

Article - Osho: Sufi Path Of Love - Fragrant And Fresh  
Sufis tend to remain hidden in a mysterious world, revealing themselves only to chosen seekers of truth - who are receptive and devote...   » Read the article

Article - St Thomas Aquinas: Seeking Truth With Faith And Reason  
St Thomas Aquinas approach was both scientific and theological. He combined rigorous philosophical thinking with a quest for God. Aqui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transpersonal: Encyclopedia - Transpersonal
The term Transpersonal is often used to refer to psychological categories that transcend the normal features of ordinary ego-functioning....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consilience: Encyclopedia - Consilience
Consilience, or the unity of knowledge (literally a "jumping together" of knowledge), has its roots in the ancient Greek concept of an in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Philosophy: Encyclopedia - Jewish Philosophy
Jewish philosophy is not a universally agreed-upon term, but it does exist as a field of scholarship. It is therefore a subject that requ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counter-enlightenment: Encyclopedia - Counter-enlightenment
In the history of ideas, the Counter-Enlightenment is a name first given by Isaiah Berlin to describe currents of thought that opposed th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Chong: Encyclopedia - Wang Chong
Wang Chong - Life and thought. Unusually for a Chinese philosopher of the period, Wang Ch'ung spent much of his life in non-self-inflic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia - Logos
The Greek word λόγος or logos is a word with various meanings. It is often translated into English as "Word" but can also mean thoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manly Palmer Hall: Encyclopedia - Manly Palmer Hall
Manly Palmer Hall (March 18, 1901 - August 29, 1990) was a prolific American author and mystic. He is perhaps most famous for his work Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alogon: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Alogon
Alogon (Greek) Used by Pythagoras and Plato for the irrational soul in man, divided into the thymichon and epithymichon; the rational ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epistemology: Encyclopedia - Epistemology
Epistemology, from the Greek words episteme (knowledge) and logos (word/speech) is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Animus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Animus
Animus (Latin) The rational soul, as opposed to anima (the vital or animal soul); though both words were often loosely used by the Rom...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deist: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Deist
Deist Usually a believer in natural religion, who admits the existence of deity, but denies that the latter has revealed himself throu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology Of Religion - Psychoanalytical Studies
Psychology of religion - Sigmund Freud: Oedipus complex illusion. Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) gave explanations of the genesis of relig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology Of Religion - Religion And Drugs
Psychology of religion - Karl Marx: Religion as opium of the people. Karl Marx famously asserted religion to be "the opium of people" (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anselm Of Canterbury: Encyclopedia Ii - Anselm Of Canterbury - Writings
Anselm may, with some justice, be considered the first scholarly philosopher of Christian theology. His only great predecessor, Scotus Er...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maruts: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Maruts
Maruts (Sanskrit). With the Orientalists Storm-Gods, but in the Veda something very mystical. In the esoteric teachings as they incarn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Izanagi And Izanami: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Izanagi And Izanami
Izanagi and Izanami (Japanese) In Shintoism, the primordial male and female ancestors of humanity, who begot the first god of earth, T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anselm Of Canterbury: Encyclopedia Ii - Anselm Of Canterbury - Writings
Anselm may, with some justice, be considered the first scholarly philosopher and theologian. His only great predecessor, Scotus Erigena, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Epithumia: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Epithumia
Epithumia (Greek) In Greek metaphysics, equivalent in the human constitution to kama or the desire principle. Psyche or soul was a uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer In Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer In Christianity - Epistemological Issues
Geoffrey K. Mondello (see References below) believes that a mystical experience of God is real and provable, and is possible due to the c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ruah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ruah
Ruah (Hebrew) Also ruahh. Vital breath, wind, air, very much in the sense that the Greek pneuma means spirit, wind, air, and breath; a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Astrosophy: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Astrosophy
ASTROSOPHY Astrology has frequently been criticized for offering proofs of its validity on single examples, as though it were some sor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Philosophy - Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon (892-942) is considered one of the greatest of the early Jewish philosophers. His Emunoth ve-Deoth was originally called Kita...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marut, Maruts: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Marut, Maruts
Marut, Maruts (Sanskrit) A class of spiritual or highly ethereal beings, properly classed as belonging to the middle sphere between he...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Elements: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Elements
ELEMENTS The four principles of reality. They derive their nature from the phases of the Moon (Waxing, Full, Waning, Disappearing) and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aura Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Aura Therapy
AURA THERAPY   Every substance in the universe, both living and dead tissue, emits energy and has therefore a radiation pattern. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - The Emperor And The Star: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On The Emperor And The Star
THE EMPEROR AND THE STAR These are Crowley's two greatest mysteries. We need to study them in tandem, because Crowley insists that the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Belief: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Belief
BELIEF What KG calls a "primal obsession" and in Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God, he says, "Every magician must dis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Third Round: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Third Round
Third Round During the third cycling of the monadic hosts or life-waves around the globes of a planetary chain, the same general trend...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monad, Monas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monad, Monas
Monad, Monas [from Greek monas a unit, individual, atom]   A unit, a one; something nondivisible and which is therefore conceived...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Logos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Logos
Logos (Greek) plural logoi. Word; expressive cosmic intelligence manifested in every rational being. With Plato, that power of the min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saadia Gaon: Encyclopedia Ii - Saadia Gaon - Significance
Saadia Gaon was a pioneer in the fields in which he toiled. The foremost object of his work was the Bible; his importance is due primaril...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Angels As A Development Step Of The Soul
Some mystics believe, that a soul is growing in steps from minerals, plants and animals to men. When the human body dies, a soul could be...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magic: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Magic
MAGIC From Latin magi, pl. (Greek magoi, pl. of magos, a Magian, one of the Median tribe; also an enchanter, properly a wise-man who i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith And Rationality: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith And Rationality - Various Justifications And Criticisms
The justifications for faith as rational are based on semantic and epistemological strategies: 1. Less semantically precise definitions o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith And Rationality: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith And Rationality - Relationship Between Faith And Rationality
Rationalism makes no statement either way regarding the existence of God or the validity or value of religion, rejecting only belief base...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Authority - Example Of Evolving Authority: France
As an example of the development of legal-rational authority, consider the history of France. In medieval times a king ruled simply becau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism - Table Of Contents
Part 1. The Problem I. Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification Occupation; Religious Regulation; Work Ethic; Economic Ration...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epistemology: Encyclopedia Ii - Epistemology - Justification
Much of epistemology has been concerned with seeking ways to justify beliefs. Epistemology - Irrationalism. Some approaches to justifyi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epistemology: Encyclopedia Ii - Epistemology - Justification
Much of epistemology has been concerned with seeking ways to justify beliefs. Epistemology - Irrationalism. Some approaches to justifyi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Progress: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Progress - The Notion Of Freedom
This new idea implied a new concept of human freedom, i.e. people independently making their own lives using their own good judgement. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Bromyard: Encyclopedia Ii - John Bromyard - Working Methods
Bromyard was a pioneer or early adopter of new techniques in the organization of information. Each of his surviving works is provided wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Humanism
Humanism as a philosophy defines a socio-political doctrine the bounds of which are not constrained by those of locally developed culture...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanism - Related Topics
Humanism - List of Humanists. see the category Humanists below Humanism - Founding documents. Amsterdam Declaration 2002 Humanist Ma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agnoia: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Agnoia
Agnoia (Ancient Greek). "Divested of reason", lit., "irrationality", when speaking of the animal Soul. According t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manasa Dhyanis: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Manasa Dhyanis
Manasa Dhyanis (Sanskrit). The highest Pitris in the Puranas; the Agnishwatthas, or Solar Ancestors of Man, those who made of Man a ra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Denam: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Denam
Denam (Pahlavi) Lit., "Knowledge", the principle of understanding in man, rational Soul, or Manas, according to the Avesta. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia Ii - Logos - Similar Concepts
Within Eastern religions there are ideas with varying degrees of similarity to the philosophical and Christian uses. Two concepts with so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hans-jürgen Syberberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Hans-jürgen Syberberg - Life And Work
Born in Nossendorf, Vorpommern the son of an estate owner, he lived until 1945 in Rostock and Berlin. In 1952 and 1953 he created his fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neo-tech Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Neo-tech Philosophy - Neo-tech As Neo-objectivism
Neo-Tech can be classified as a brand of Neo-Objectivism. As a self-described "dynamic" form of objectivism, it departs from Randian Obje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neo-tech Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Neo-tech Philosophy - Neo-tech And Biological Immortality
Neo-Tech also shares some similarities with Extropianism, notably in regard to advocating technological progress toward achieving human b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gershom Scholem: Encyclopedia Ii - Gershom Scholem - Theories And Scholarship
Scholem directly contrasted his historiographical approach on the study of Jewish mysticism with the approach of the 19th-century school ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sociology Of Religion Book: Encyclopedia Ii - Sociology Of Religion Book - Table Of Contents
Sociology of Religion book - A ORIGINS OF RELIGION. 1) Primordial Notions Of Religion a) Viewpoint b) This-worldly Orientation c) Mag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Authority - Authority Topics
Authority - Divine authority. Understanding the expectations and desires of one who is understood to be divine, infinite, and omniscie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia Ii - Logos - Use In Ancient Philosophy
In ancient philosophy, Logos was used by Heraclitus, one of the more eminent Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, to describe human knowledge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanism - Other Forms Of Humanism
Humanism is also sometimes used to describe "humanities" scholars, (particularly scholars of the Greco-Roman classics). As mentioned abov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technocracy World Of Darkness: Encyclopedia Ii - Technocracy World Of Darkness - Principles
The Technocracy was founded on a central philosophy known as the Precepts of Damian. Though interpretation of the Precepts varies conside...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaak Markus Jost: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaak Markus Jost - As Historian
When Jost published his first historical work Jewish historiography was still in its infancy. Of older works, that of Basnage was the bes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Christ Emergent: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of Christ Emergent - Common Practices And Beliefs
The current conversation seems to be predicated upon a number of common beliefs and practices. Exploring long held beliefs within the 20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Chong: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Chong - Life And Thought
Unusually for a Chinese philosopher of the period, Wang Ch'ung spent much of his life in non-self-inflicted poverty; indeed, he was said ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanism - Aspects
Humanism - Religion. While humanism in some ways fulfills or supplements the role of religions in people's lives, and therefore qualifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Language
The faculty of speech may be a defining feature of humanity, probably predating phylogenetic separation of the modern population. (See Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Race And Ethnicity
Some categorize themselves and others humans in terms of race or ethnicity. Racial categories are usually based on biological qualities, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Personality: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Personality
Personality. In Occultism - which divides man into seven principles, considering him under the three aspects of the divine, the thinki...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yima: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Yima
Yima (Zend). In the Vendidad, the first man, and, from his aspect of spiritual progenitor of mankind, the same as Yama (q.v.).  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Demon: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Demon
Demon (Ancient Greek) In the original Hermetic works and ancient classics it has a meaning identical with that of "god", &qu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Scotus Eriugena: Encyclopedia Ii - Johannes Scotus Eriugena - Influence
Eriugena's work is distinguished by the freedom of his speculation, and the boldness with which he works out his logical or dialectical s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Philosophical Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Basic Philosophical Topics - The Isms Doctrines Schools And Principles Of Philosophy
absolutism -- accidentalism -- aestheticism -- agnosticism -- altruism -- anarchism -- animism -- anthropomorphism -- Aristotelianism -- ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Max Weber: Encyclopedia Ii - Max Weber - Attacks From Conservatives
Despite, or perhaps because of, Weber's influence on modern economics and sociology, aspects of his work have been criticised. During his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanism - History
Contemporary humanism can be traced back through the Renaissance to its ancient Greek roots. The evolution of the meaning of the word 'hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epistemology: Encyclopedia Ii - Epistemology - A Priori Versus A Posteriori Knowledge
Western philosophers for centuries have distinguished between two kinds of knowledge: a priori and a posteriori knowledge. A priori know...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Max Weber: Encyclopedia Ii - Max Weber - Achievements
Max Weber was – along with Karl Marx, Vilfredo Pareto and Émile Durkheim – one of the founders of modern sociology. Whereas Pareto a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy - Philosophy Compared To Science And Religion
In antiquity there was no distinction between philosophy and science. Early scientists, regardless of their field of study, called themse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanism - Modern Humanist Philosophies
There are many people who consider themselves humanists, and much variety in the exact type of humanism they believe in. There is some di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parmenides: Encyclopedia Ii - Parmenides - Teachings
The traditional interpretation of Parmenides' extremely obscure and esoteric work is that he argued that the every-day perception of real...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parmenides: Encyclopedia Ii - Parmenides - Teachings
The traditional interpretation of Parmenides' extremely obscure and esoteric work is that he argued that the every-day perception of real...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aqal: Encyclopedia Ii - Aqal - Levels Or Stages
The concept of levels follows closely on the concept of lines of development. The more highly developed you are in a particular line, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology And Astronomy: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrology And Astronomy - Historical Divergence
The primary goal of astronomy is to understand the physics of the universe. Astrologers use astronomical calculations for the positions o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Freemasonry: Encyclopedia Ii - Freemasonry - Principles And Activities
Freemasonry upholds the principles of "Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth" - otherwise related, as in France: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayn Rand: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayn Rand - Controversy
Rand's views are controversial. Religious and socially conservative thinkers have criticized her atheism. Many adherents and practitioner...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Philosophical Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Basic Philosophical Topics - Philosophical Movements
List of basic philosophical topics - Philosophical movements of the ancient world. Platonic realism Pythagoreanism Pyrrhonian skeptici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Freemasonry: Encyclopedia Ii - Freemasonry - Ritual And Symbols
The Freemasons rely heavily on the architectural symbolism of the medieval operative Masons who actually worked in stone. One of their pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Religion
Scientists and naturalist philosophers largely agree that humans consist of a body alone (roughly the physicalist or reductionist view); ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Wilber: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Wilber - Ideas
Ken Wilber - The neo-perennial philosophy. The Croatian esoteric philosopher Arvan Harvat has argued that attempting to integrate a th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ananda Marga: Encyclopedia Ii - Ananda Marga - Proclaimed Philosophy And Goals
The philosophy of Ananda Marga is one of universalism. It is a synthetic outlook, recognizing God as the one limitless supreme consciousn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia Ii - Logos - Use In Rhetoric
In rhetoric, logos is one of the three modes of persuasion (the other two are pathos, emotional appeal, and ethos, the qualification of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossolalia: Encyclopedia Ii - Glossolalia - Linguistic View
From a linguistic point of view, the syllables that make up instances of glossolalia typically appear to be unpatterned reorganizations o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unconscious Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Unconscious Mind - Controversy
Many modern philosophers and social scientists either dispute the concept of an unconscious, or argue that it is not something that can b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hazrat Inayat Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Hazrat Inayat Khan - Life
In the fulfillment of his quest for a spiritual teacher, Inayat Khan took his sufi initiation from Shaykh al-Mashaykh Sayed Muhammed Abu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fudosi: Encyclopedia Ii - Fudosi - The Nature Of Fudosi
In the following quote you can read more information about the nature of FUDOSI: "Some persons, whose minds have not as yet received suff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technocracy World Of Darkness: Encyclopedia Ii - Technocracy World Of Darkness - Overview
In place of mysticism, the Technocracy uses Enlightened Science as its way of describing magical phenomena. Its current tools are the adv...   » Read the article

Article - Alternative Health Sitemap I - R
This is a sitemap for Alternative Health - R . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article