Encyclopedia - Guild Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Guild Wars - Professions
There are currently six character professions available, each with their own attributes and unique skill sets, though it is not uncommon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Types Of Mummies
Mummy - Intentionally prepared ritualistic mummies. The best-known mummies are those that have been deliberately embalmed with the spec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guild Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Guild Wars - Overview
Though often referred to as an MMORPG, ArenaNet coined the term CORPG (Competitive Online Role-Playing Game) to describe Guild Wars. This...   » Read the article

Article - Sakta Agamas : The Sakta Agamas In The Hindu Scriptures
The Sakta Agamas: There is another group of scriptures known as the Tantras. They belong to the Sakta cult. They glorify Sakti as the Wor...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Branches: Tantra Yoga
Tantra Yoga Tantra Yoga is probably the most misconstrued of all yogas. Most people perceive it as purely sexual, and although sex is a ...   » Read the article

Article - Smritis: The Smritis In The Hindu Scriptures
The Smritis : Next in importance to the Sruti are the Smritis or secondary scriptures. These are the ancient sacred law-codes of the Hind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Dance: Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Dance
Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cynicism: Encyclopedia - Cynicism
Cynicism (Greek κυνισμός) was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes. P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Sacrifice: Encyclopedia - Child Sacrifice
Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please, propitiate or force supernatural beings in order to achieve a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Rite: Encyclopedia - Great Rite
In Wicca, the Great Rite is ritualistic sexual intercourse. The Great Rite can also be performed symbolically: the High Priest plunges th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Handfasting: Encyclopedia - Handfasting
Handfasting is a Neopagan (especially Wiccan) term for a wedding. In some cases, it symbolizes the beginning of trial marriage, typically...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vrata: Encyclopedia - Vrata
The Sanskrit word ‘vrata’ denotes ‘religious vow’. It is one of the most widely used words in the Hindu religious and ritualistic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chattampi Swamikal: Encyclopedia - Chattampi Swamikal
Chattampi Swamikal (b:1853 - d:1925) was one of Kerala’s famed social reform activists and learned men. Chattampi Swamikal worked in pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar
The Maya calendar is actually a system of distinct calendars and almanacs used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guild Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Guild Wars - Game Mechanics
Each player character in and of itself is composed of one primary profession and one secondary profession, with the six professions allow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guild Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Guild Wars - Guild Wars: Factions
Guild Wars: Factions was announced at the Guild Wars website on January 10, 2006.[2]. It is the first announced expansion pack to the Gui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guild Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Guild Wars - Criticism
While some Guild Wars players argue that the campaign and its plot are the weakest parts of Guild Wars, others complain that the four cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Mummies In Ancient Egypt
In Egypt, the dead were originally not mummified with the extensive process that happened during the first dynasty. The dead were origina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Mummies In Other Civilizations
A number of other civilizations are known to have practised the art of mummification. Aztecs Incas, (See Mummy Juanita). Also a practice...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Natural Mummies
Natural mummification is fairly rare, due to the requirement for certain specific conditions, but it has produced some of the oldest know...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Mummies In Recent Times
Mummies have been an object of intense interest in the West since archaeologists began finding them in large numbers. 19th-century aristo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Famous Mummies
Mummy - From Egypt. Tutankhamun Ramses I Nesperennub Amenophis III Thutmosis II Seti I Ramses II Yuya Mummy - Others. Ötzi the Ic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raskol: Encyclopedia Ii - Raskol - The Beginning
All of the members of an influential circle called the Zealots of Piety (Кружок ревнителей благочестия) stood ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Game - Definition
Although many animals play, only humans confirmably have games. Whether some animals are intelligent enough to game is debatable, though ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liberty Cap Mushroom: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberty Cap Mushroom - Traditional Use
Traditional uses of entheogenic mushrooms are recorded across the globe, yet there are no certain instances of the particular use of psil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tzompantli: Encyclopedia Ii - Tzompantli - Association And Meaning
Apart from their use to display the skulls of ritualistically-executed war captives, tzompantli often occur in the contexts of Mesoameric...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hirogen: Encyclopedia Ii - Hirogen - Voyager
The U.S.S. Voyager encountered the Hirogen sometime around 2373, and the Hirogen, sensing worthy prey, attacked in force. Voyager's weapo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Murder - Killing By Family Members Vs. Killing By Strangers
Most murderers of children are relatives, acquaintances or caretakers. Younger children are more likely to be murdered by a relative whil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cargo Cult: Encyclopedia Ii - Cargo Cult - References In Art And Design
Peter Marigold concieved a Cargo Cult for one of his recent projects at the Royal College of Art in London. In his narrative, "a more rec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Bough - Critical Analysis Of The Golden Bough
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein returned time and again to The Golden Bough, often enough that his commentaries have been compiled as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Magic: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Magic - Practice
This branch of magick takes many forms but always involves a preparation of a proper and sacred atmosphere (as with other magick), pre-cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rigveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Rigveda - More Recent Indian Views
Generally speaking, the Indian perception of the Rig-Veda has moved away from the original ritualistic content to a more symbolic or myst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Transition From Vedic To Vedantic Religion
While the traditional Vedic 'karma kanda', or ritualistic components of religion, continued to be practiced through the Brahmins as medit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fahrenheit Video Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Fahrenheit Video Game - Story
The game is set in the year 2009. The story begins on a cold New York night, when Lucas, in a possessed trance, stabs a man to death in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pai Gow: Encyclopedia Ii - Pai Gow - Rules
Pai Gow - The set-up. Tiles are randomized on the table, and are stacked into eight stacks of four tiles each. This assembly is known a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heimaey: Encyclopedia Ii - Heimaey - History
Heimaey - Oldest tales. In Landnáma it is said that when Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler in Iceland had spent a winter at Ingól...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guild Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Guild Wars - Professions
There are currently six character professions available, each with their own attributes and unique skill sets, though it is not uncommon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fahrenheit Video Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Fahrenheit Video Game - Story
The game is set in the year 2009. The story begins on a cold New York night, when Lucas, in a possessed trance, stabs a man to death in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Highland Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Highland Dance - History
It seems that forms of sword dancing were performed by warriors in many parts of Europe in the prehistoric period. Forms of sword dancing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Freemasonry: Encyclopedia Ii - Freemasonry - History Of Freemasonry
The origins of Freemasonry are unknown. The Masonic ritual claims that the fraternity was founded by the workmen who built King Solomon�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aztec Entheogenic Complex: Encyclopedia Ii - Aztec Entheogenic Complex - Sinicuichi
Not much is known of the use of sinicuichi (alternate spelling sinicuiche) among the Aztecs. R. Gordon Wasson identified the flower on th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sikhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sikhism - Observations
The founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, was born in 1469 to a Khatri family in central Punjab. After four epic journeys (north to Tibet, sout...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Magical Practices And Spells
The basic mechanism of magical practices is the spell, a spoken or written ritualistic formula that might be used in conjunction with a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Believers: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Believers - History
In 1652, Patriarch Nikon (1605–1681) of the Russian Orthodox Church introduced a number of ritualistic and textual innovations aimed at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Native American Music - Folk Song
Native American folk is usually religious in nature, and is used to communicate spiritually with the heavens and to pray for good luck. E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Haircut: Encyclopedia Ii - First Haircut - United States Babies
In the United States, the first haircut is considered a milestone for a baby which is often marked by saving the cut hair. The age at whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hunter-gatherer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hunter-gatherer - Symbolic Culture
Examples of the relatively few hunter-gatherer symbolic systems that have survived are ochre remains, Mousterian paired markings, the han...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Little Rascals Day Care Center: Encyclopedia Ii - Little Rascals Day Care Center - Trial
Little Rascals Day Care Center - Bob Kelly. Each defendant was tried separately with Bob Kelly the first to go to trial. Testimony last...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Freemasonry: Encyclopedia Ii - Freemasonry - History Of Freemasonry
Freemasonry - From Foundation to 1717. The Masonic ritualistic foundation myth, veiled in allegory, claims that the fraternity was foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary N-z: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary N-z - Yagudo
The Yagudo are a race of birdlike bipeds inhabiting the continent of Mindartia in the world Vana'diel depicting in Final Fantasy XI. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revolutionary Girl Utena: Encyclopedia Ii - Revolutionary Girl Utena - Visual Motifs
Repeated motifs feature strongly and powerfully in Utena. Many scenes are reused—exactly or almost so—in several episodes. This may h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Spread Of His Influence
The adherents of Sabbatai, probably with his consent, even planned to abolish to a great extent the ritualistic observances because, acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ultima Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Ultima Vii - Part One: The Black Gate
In Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992), two centuries have passed since the Gargoyle threat was solved and the Avatar is suddenly whisked i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Art - Performing Arts
In the performing arts, Korean storytelling is done in both ritualistic shamanistic ways, in the songs of yangban scholars, and the cross...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Magical Practices And Spells
The basic mechanism of magical practices is the spell, a spoken or written ritualistic formula that might be used in conjunction with a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Varieties Of Magical Practice
The best-known type of magical practice is the spell, a ritualistic formula intended to bring about a specific effect. Spells are often s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shamanism: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Shamanism
SHAMANISM: The practice of shamans, usually ritualistic or magickal in nature, sometimes religious.   (See also: SHAMANISM , P...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mimamsa: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Mimamsa
Mimamsa: ritualistic form of Vedic philosophy   (See also: Mimamsa , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmanas: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Brahmanas
Brahmanas: Vedic ritualistic texts   (See also: Brahmanas , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mimamsa: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Mimamsa
mimamsa: ritualistic form of vedic philosophy   (See also: mimamsa , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Danavas: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Danavas
Danavas (Sanskrit). Almost the same as Daityas; giants and demons, the opponents of the ritualistic gods.   (See also: Danavas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmanas: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Brahmanas
Brahmanas The shruti texts that explain the ritualistic sections of the original Vedas.   (See also: Brahmanas , Bhakti, Bhakt...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tantra: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Tantra
Tantra: medieval yogic and ritualistic Indian texts   (See also: Tantra , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhenuvratha: Sai Baba Dictionary On Dhenuvratha
Dhenuvratha: Dhenuvratha: Ritualistic vow of 'Cow Worship'. (RRV-2)   (See also: Dhenuvratha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmanas: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Brahmanas
brahmanas: vedic ritualistic texts or manuals of instruction on the vedas   (See also: brahmanas , Hinduism, Hinduism Diction...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tantra: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Tantra
tantra: medieval yogic and ritualistic indian texts; esoteric, mystical teachings   (See also: tantra , Hinduism, Hinduism Di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anthropomancy: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Anthropomancy
Anthropomancy A form of divination using the entrails of a human who has been ritualistically sacrificed.   (See also: Anthro...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Book Of The Dead: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Book Of The Dead
Book of the Dead. An ancient Egyptian ritualistic and occult work attributed to Thot-Hermes. Found in the coffins of ancient mummies, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nivrtti-marga: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Nivrtti-marga
Nivrtti-marga - the path of detachment or abstinence from material fruitive action and ritualistic religion.   (See also: Niv...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pravrtti-marga: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Pravrtti-marga
Pravrtti-marga - the path of fruitive action or ritualistic religion which yields material piety and the facility to enjoy this materi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purva Mimamsa: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Purva Mimamsa (puurva Meemaamsa)
purva mimamsa: purva mimamsa (puurva meemaamsa). Inquiry into or interpretation of the ritualistic action part of the Veda.  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - White Magick: Alternative Health Dictionary On White Magick
white magick (true magick, white magic): Well-intentioned magic. It includes healing rituals. The word magick refers to ritualistic ma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tara: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tara
Tara (Sanskrit). The wife of Brihaspati (Jupiter), carried away by King Soma, the Moon, an act which led to the war of the Gods with t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmanas: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Brahmanas
Brahmanas (Sanskrit) Hindu Sacred Books. Works composed by, and for Brahmans. Commentaries on those portions of the Vedas which were i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Samaya
Samaya (Sanskrit) [from sam together + the verbal root i (aya) to go]   A coming together, meeting together, a compact, treaty, a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Danu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Danu
Danu (Sanskrit) A daughter of Daksha; by Kasyapa, mother of the danavas, often called in Hindu story demons, giants, or titans because...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mo-tzu: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Mo-tzu
Mo-Tzu (480-390 BCE): Early Chinese philosopher and founder of Mohism who criticized Confucianism for being too ritualistic and social...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tarakajit: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tarakajit
Tarakajit (Sanskrit) Conqueror of Taraka, name given to the Hindu god of war, Karttikeya, because he conquered Taraka, a daitya whose ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kratudvish, Kratudvis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kratudvish, Kratudvis
Kratudvish kratudvis (Sanskrit) In Hindu mythology, an enemy of all ritualistic and ceremonial worship and exoteric sham; the spiritua...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tarakamaya, Taramaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tarakamaya, Taramaya
Tarakamaya or Taramaya (Sanskrit) The war in heaven; the struggle between the gods and the asuras for the rescue of Tara or Taraka, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mathers, Macgregor: Spiritual Dictionary On Mathers, Macgregor
Mathers, MacGregor: Samuel Liddell "MacGregor" Mathers (Jan. 8, 1854-Nov. 20, 1918) -- "The true magician of the Golden...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mimamsa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Mimamsa
Mimamsa - a philosophical doctrine which has two divisions: (1) purva or karma-mimamsa founded by Jaimini, which advocates that by ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sakti-kriya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sakti-kriya
Sakti-kriya (Sanskrit) [from sakti power + kriya action]   An inner power or force recognized and taught from immemorial time in ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lamp: Spiritual Dictionary On Lamp
Lamp: The spiritual focus of the circle is the flame of the lamp, which is always lit during rituals, and which resides in the middle ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neopythagoreans: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Neopythagoreans
Neopythagoreans The Pythagoreans of Alexandria and other cities on the Mediterranean coast in the 1st century with whom Apollonius of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aranyaka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aranyaka
Aranyaka (Sanskrit) (from aranya forest-like from aranya wilderness, forest)   Forest-born; a hermit or holy man who dwells in th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aeshma-daeva: Theosophy Dictionary On Aeshma-daeva
Aeshma-Daeva (Avestan) Eesham-Diev, Hesham-Diev (Pahlavi) (from aeshma wrath, ill wish, anger from the verbal root ish desire, passion...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tara, Taraka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tara, Taraka
Tara or Taraka Târâ, Târakâ (Sanskrit) The wife of Brihaspati (Jupiter). The Puranas relate that Soma, the moo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Daitya, Daityas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Daitya, Daityas
Daitya (Daityas), Daiteyas (Sanskrit) Descendants of Diti. If Aditi is understood as mulaprakriti, or virtually cosmic space, so Diti,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aten: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aten
Aten (Egyptian) The disk of the sun and its vivifying, light-giving beams. Extended during the 18th dynasty to become the basis of a n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dvija: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dvija
Dvija (Sanskrit) (from dvi two + the verbal root jan to be born)   Twice-born; nowadays in India used for any man of the first th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Daitya, Daityas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Daitya, Daityas
Daitya (Daityas), Daiteyas (Sanskrit) Descendants of Diti. If Aditi is understood as mulaprakriti, or virtually cosmic space, so Diti,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Veda (vedas): Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Veda (vedas)
A Theosophical definition of Veda (Vedas) :   Veda (Vedas) (Sanskrit) From a verbal root vid signifying "to know." Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Smartism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Smartism
Smartism: (Sanskrit) Sect based on the secondary scriptures (smriti).   The most liberal of the four major Hindu denominations, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Uraeus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Uraeus
Uraeus [from Greek ouraios of the tail]   Refers to the sacred serpent of Egypt (aar, aart, aartu in Egyptian); usually only the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Word Magic: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Word Magic, Magical Sentences
WORD MAGIC (or MAGICAL SENTENCES.) Magical words or phrases are social techniques that double as talismans or ritualistic paraphernali...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Circle: Spiritual Dictionary On Circle
Circle: The magic circle is drawn in the astral world about the Magus and the place where the ritual is worked. It forms a division be...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purva-mimamsa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Purva-mimamsa
Purva-mimamsa - the philosophy established by Maharsi Jaimini, also known as jaimini-darsana. To thoroughly examine a topic and arrive...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karma: Sanskrit Dictionary On Karma
Karma: Action in general; duty; ritualistic worship.   (See also: Karma , Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) A B C D ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asura: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Asura
Asura (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root as to breathe)   A title frequently given to the hierarch or supreme spirit of our univers...   » Read the article