Encyclopedia - Sacred Language: Encyclopedia - Sacred Language
A sacred language is a language, frequently a dead language, that is cultivated for religious reasons by people who speak another languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taboo: Encyclopedia - Taboo
A taboo is a strong social prohibition (or ban) relating to any area of human activity or social custom declared as sacred and forbidden;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Language: Encyclopedia - Classical Language
A classical language is a language with a literary tradition that can be judged as "classical". According to George L. Hart: [To] qualify...   » Read the article

Article - Spirituality & Science: Sanskrit - A Divine Language?
Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in the World. The mundane understanding of sound and language is that it is only used for commun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacred Geometry: Encyclopedia - Sacred Geometry
Sacred geometry is geometry that is sacred to the observer or discoverer of the geometry. This meaning is sometimes described as being th...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Mythology: Mythology Reveals Power Of Descent  
Studying the myths of various cultures leads to a better understanding of their social and religious underpinnings. By turning the myt...   » Read the article

Article - Christian Meditation: Christian Meditation - Death Of The Self  
The practice of Christian meditation dates back to the beginning of Christianity; its objective is to daily 'empty the self' to experi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avesta: Encyclopedia - Avesta
See Avesta Municipality for the Swedish town The Avesta is a collection of the sacred texts of ancient Persia belonging to the Zoroastria...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bumthang: Encyclopedia - Bumthang
Bumthang is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, the earliest sacred texts of India. The earliest of the Vedas, the Rigveda, was composed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blasphemy: Encyclopedia - Blasphemy
Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of God. These may include using sacred names as stress expletivies without intention to pray or s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amavasya: Encyclopedia - Amavasya
Amavasya is the Indic name for a new-moon. The word Amavasya is common to many Indian languages especially Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi and G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mrityunjaya Mantra: Encyclopedia - Mrityunjaya Mantra
Maha Mrutyunjaya Mantra is a Mantra that is a part of Taittiriya Upanishad. It can be quoted as (Language Sanskrit) "Om Tryambakam Yajaam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bethel: Encyclopedia - Bethel
Bethel is a Semitic word that aquired various meanings Bethel - Semitic root. A Semitic (Phoenician?) word meaning 'sacred stone/pillar"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quadriga: Encyclopedia - Quadriga
A quadriga (from the Latin language quadri-, four, and jungere, to yoke) is a four-horse chariot, raced in the Olympic Games and other sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kakure Kirishitan: Encyclopedia Ii - Kakure Kirishitan - History
Kakure Kirishitans are called the "hidden" Christians because they continued to practice Catholicism in secret. They worshipped in secret...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taboo: Encyclopedia Ii - Taboo - Taboo And Art
Many contemporary artists deal with taboo images and ideas including: Matthew Barney Maurizio Cattalan Damien Hirst Joel-Peter Witkin Bi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taboo: Encyclopedia Ii - Taboo - Taboo And Art
Many contemporary artists deal with taboo images and ideas including: Matthew Barney Maurizio Catalan Damien Hirst Lennie Lee Joel-Peter...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zend-avesta: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Zend-avesta
Zend-Avesta The sacred writings of Zoroaster that formed the basis of the religion that prevailed in Persia from the 6th century BC to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mantra: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Mantra
mantra A short expression in sacred language chanted to purify the mind and fulfill various aspirations.   (See also: mantra ,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Sanskrit
Sanskrit: The classical literary language of India. All the words relating to Yoga come from Sanskrit, the ancient Indo European langu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hieroglyphics: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Hieroglyphics
HIEROGLYPHICS (From Greek: "sacred carvings.") To the ancients all writing was magical or sacred, insofar as it could relate...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mystery Language: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Mystery Language
Mystery Language. The sacerdotal secret jargon employed by the initiated priests, and used only when discussing sacred things. Every n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pali Canon: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Pali Canon
Pali Canon: the oldest sacred collection of Buddhist writings from the 3rd-1st centuries BCE, written in the Pali language, and compri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdish Language - A Historical List Of The Kurdish Literature And Poets
Kurdish language - Religious. Mishefa Reş, The religious book of the Êzidî (Yezidi) Kurds. [7] (in French) It is held to have been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Religion
The Minoans worshipped goddesses, (see Rodney Castleden, Minoans, 1994; Goodison and Morris, Ancient Goddesses, 1998; Nanno Marinatos, Mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Culture
Minoan men wore loincloths and kilts. Women wore robes that were open to the navel and had short sleeves and flounced skirts. The pattern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Technology
The Minoan cities were connected with stone-paved roads, formed from blocks cut with bronze saws. Streets were drained and water and sewa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Geography And Climate
Crete is a mountainous island with natural harbors. There are signs of earthquake damage at Minoan sites. Homer recorded a tradition that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Agriculture
The Minoans raised cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, and grew wheat, barley, vetch, chickpeas, cultivated grapes, figs, olives, and grew poppie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Chronological History
The oldest signs of inhabitants on Crete are ceramic Neolithic remains that date to approximately 7000 BC. See History of Crete for detai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Politics
In Minoan art, women vastly outnumber men (see archaeologists Goodison and Morris, 1998, p. 115). Women are shown seated on thrones, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Theories Of Failure
There is evidence that the trade networks collapsed, and that Minoan cities perished by famine. The Minoans' grain supply is believed to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Palaces
The first palaces were constructed at the end of the Early Minoan period in the third millenum BC (Malia). While it was formerly believed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Art
The great collection of Minoan art is in the museum at Heraklion, near Knossos on the north shore of Crete. Minoan art, with other remain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Art
The great collection of Minoan art is in the museum at Heraklion, near Knossos on the north shore of Crete. Minoan art, with other remain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Warfare And The Minoan Peace
It is generally assumed there was little internal armed conflict on Minoan Crete. In the past, this condition was known as "Pax Minoica,"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natib Qadish: Encyclopedia Ii - Natib Qadish - Definition
Natib Qadish is a modern polytheistic religion based upon the religious practices of ancient Canaan and the veneration of the Canaanite D...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ogham: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Ogham
OGHAM: a cipher language used by the Druids to communicate Occult or Hidden knowledge.  Consisted of a series of marks in relatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grammatical Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Grammatical Gender - Noun Classes In Specific Linguistic Families
Grammatical gender - Algonquian languages. The Ojibwe language and other members of the Algonquian languages distinguish between anima...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rhutaliai: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rhutaliai
Rhutaliai Derived from the huge, highly civilized island called Ruta, which perished many millennia ago and which was one of the last ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toda People: Encyclopedia Ii - Toda People - Mythology
According to the Todas, the goddess Teikirshy and her brother first created the sacred buffalo and then the first Toda man. The first Tod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laurence Gardner: Encyclopedia Ii - Laurence Gardner - Writings
With Top-10 chart listings, translations into many languages, and publishers such as HarperCollins, Transworld, Barnes & Noble and Pe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avesta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Avesta
Avesta (Zend). Lit., "the Law". From the old Persian Abasta, "the law". The sacred Scriptures of the Zoroastrians....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Symbols: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Symbols - Nine Pointed Star
The most commonly used symbol is the 9 pointed star. No particular design is more desirable than others, as long as it has 9 points. The ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zend-avesta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Zend-avesta
Zend-Avesta (Pahli). The general name for the sacred books of the Parsis, fire or sun worshippers, as they are ignorantly called. &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pahlavi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pahlavi
Pahlavi (Persian) [from Old Persian parthawa Parthian]   Also Pehlevi. The language into which the Zoroastrian archaic sacred boo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Rediscovery Of The Pre-columbian Maya
The Spanish American Colonies were largely cut off from the outside world, and the ruins of the great ancient cities were little known ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Mathematics
The Maya used a base 20 numbering system (see Maya numerals). Also, they (or their Olmec predecessors) independently developed the concep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Agriculture
The ancient Maya had diverse and sophisticated methods of food production. It was formerly believed that slash and burn (swidden) agricul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - List Of Maya Sites
Maya civilization - Most important sites. Chichen Itza Coba Copán Kalakmul Palenque Tikal Uxmal Maya civilization - Other important...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rose: Encyclopedia Ii - Rose - Roses And Culture
Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses, and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bactria: Encyclopedia Ii - Bactria - History
Bactria was originally a province of the Persian Empire in Central Asia.(Cotterell, 59) It was in these regions, where the fertile soil o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Origins
Archaeological evidence shows the Maya had started to build ceremonial architecture by approximately 1000 BCE. There is some disagreement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Political Structures
A typical Classic Maya polity was a small kingdom (ajawil, ajawlel, ajawlil) headed by a hereditary ruler – ajaw, later k’uhul ajaw. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Religion
Like the Aztec and Inca who came to power later, the Maya believed in a cyclical nature of time. The rituals and ceremonies were very clo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Decline Of The Maya
In the 8th and 9th centuries CE, Classic Maya culture went into decline, with most of the cities of the central lowlands abandoned. Warfa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Writing And Literacy
Maya civilization - Writing system. Main article: Maya hieroglyphics The Maya writing system (often called hieroglyphics from a vague...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devanagari: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Devanagari
Devanagari (Sanskrit) "Divine city writing," the alphabetic script of Aryan India, in which the Sanskrit language is usually...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Civilization - Architecture
As unique and spectacular as any Greek or Roman architecture, Maya architecture spans many thousands of years; yet, often the most dramat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pali: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pali
Pali The language spoken in the north of India from and before the 7th century BC to about the 5th century AD. It is still the literar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bhutan: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bhutan - The Monastery
Monks join the monastery at six to nine years of age and are immediately placed under the discipleship of a headmaster. They learn to rea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Codex Nazaraeus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Codex Nazaraeus
Codex Nazaraeus or the Book of Adam (i.e., of man or humanity); the chief sacred scripture of the Nazarites and of the Mandaeans or Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gurung: Encyclopedia Ii - Gurung - Origin
The name, Gurung (Temü), is derived from the Tibetan word, Grong, which means farmers. The Gurung call themselves ‘Temü', which means...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liber Linteus: Encyclopedia Ii - Liber Linteus - Disuse And Disposal
As the Etruscan tongue slowly died out the meaning of the Liber Linteus would have been forgotten: first as a text, and then as a sacred ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Carnac: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Carnac
Carnac. A very ancient site in Brittany (France) of a temple of cyclopean structure, sacred to the Sun and the Dragon; and of the same...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wujal Wujal: Encyclopedia Ii - Wujal Wujal - Community
Wujal Wujal was formerly known as the Bloomfield River Mission and the people are Kuku Yalanji. The community has an estimated population...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Targum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Targum
Targum (Hebrew) [from the verbal root ragam to arrange, explain, interpret]   Interpretation; paraphrases of books of the Old Tes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shruti: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shruti
shruti: (Sanskrit) "That which is heard."   Hinduism's revealed scriptures, of supreme theological authority and spiri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - Literature
Main article: Indian literature Indian literature is generally acknowledged, but not wholly established, as the oldest in the world. Indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Guru - Etymology
The word guru means teacher in Sanskrit, as well as in other languages derived from Sanskrit, such as Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati. The wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Overview
In the late nineteenth century, Theosophists adopted "meditation" to refer to various spiritual practices drawn from Hinduism, Buddhism, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Hindu Sacred Texts
The overwhelming majority of Hindu sacred texts are composed in the Sanskrit language. Indeed, much of the morphology and linguistic phil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Evolution Of Brahminism
As the language of the Early Aryans has undergone continual processes of modification, dialectic division, and amalgamation with other na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Music - Hymns
Main article: Hymn The tradition of Christian hymns in the English language is closely tied to Protestantism. Protestant hymns can range ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sanskrit
Sanskrit [from Sanskrit sanskrita or samskrita]   The ancient sacred language of the Aryans, originally the sacred or secret lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bön: Encyclopedia Ii - Bön - Bön Spiritual Practices
New Bön, while essentially identical with other schools of Tibetan Buddhism, may be distinguished by certain characteristics: counter-c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dzyan: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Dzyan
DZYAN A corruption of Sanskrit Dhyana, "meditation" > Chinese Ch'an, Japanese Zen. The word, however, has entirely differ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Religious Traditions
The holiest work is the Torah -- Orit (i.e., oraita, "Tora" in Aramaic). All the holy writings, including the Torah, are handwritten on p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Religious Traditions
The holiest work is the Torah—Orit (i.e., oraita, "Tora" in Aramaic). All the holy writings, including the Torah, are handwritten on pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kermanshah Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Kermanshah Province - Attractions
At the foot of the hill there are three Parthian reliefs believed to be the oldest Parthian reliefs, badly damaged by ravages of time and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John G. Bennett: Encyclopedia Ii - John G. Bennett - Early Life Wwi Marriage
Bennett spent his early childhood in Italy, and learned to speak Italian before he spoke English. He would later display an extraordinary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Targum: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Targum
Targum (Chald.). Lit., "Interpretation", from the root targem to interpret. Paraphrases of Hebrew Scriptures.   Some o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sutra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sutra
Sutra (Sanskrit) [from siv to sew]   A string, thread; the sutras are strings of rules or aphorisms written in serve form, compos...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Platonic School: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Platonic School
Platonic School The philosophers of the Academy, who followed Plato and can be traced down to the days of Cicero, gradually undergoing...   » Read the article

Dictionary - G - Letter G: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On G - Letter G
G - Letter G - The seventh letter in the English alphabet. "In Greek, Chaldean, Syriac, Hebrew, Assyrian, Samaritan, Etrurian, Co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ten: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ten
Ten One of the most sacred fundamental numbers in occultism, for ten -- or more accurately perhaps twelve, as Plato pointed out -- is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - R
List of digital library projects - Religion. Theravada Buddhist Text Archives Internet Sacred Text Archive A Guide to Christian Litera...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neophyte: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Neophyte
Neophyte (Ancient Greek). A novice; a postulant or candidate for the Mysteries.   The methods of initiation varied. Neophytes ha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anahita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anahita
Anahita (Avestan) Nahid (Persian) (in full Aredvi-Sura-Anahita from ared to grow straight or high, expand + sura strong, powerful + an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Peepal Tree: Indian Hindu Dictionary Ii On Peepal Tree
Peepal tree Botanical name or the Latin name: Ficus religious Name in "Sanskrit" language: Ashvattha   The "Peepal...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Targum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Targum
Targum (Hebrew) [from the verbal root ragam to arrange, explain, interpret]   Interpretation; paraphrases of books of the Old Tes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Serpent: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Serpent
Serpent One of the most fundamental and prolific symbols of the mystery-language. Its most basic meaning is of the eternal, alternatin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bible: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bible
Bible The Judeo-Christian holy book. The Bible is neither the literal word of God translated into the various languages, nor a collect...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purification: Spiritual Dictionary On Purification
Purification: Once the lamp has been lit and the circle made, the interior of the circle is purged with the materials of purification,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedas: Vedic Hindu Scriptures Dictionary On Vedas
Vedas Veda is a generic name for the most ancient Indian sacred literature, i.e. the Rg-veda, Yajur-veda, Sama-veda and Atharva-veda. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Upanishad: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Upanishad
Upanishad (Sanskrit) [from upa according to + ni down + the verbal root sad to sit]   Following or according to the teachings whi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fifth Root-race: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Fifth Root-race
Fifth Root-race The human race at present on earth; the fifth root-race on this globe D in the fourth round originated from the seed-r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kanjur: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kanjur
Kanjur bka' 'gyur (kang-gyur, kan-jur) (Tibetan) (from bka' sacred word + 'gyur translation)   The portion of the Tibetan Buddhis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Book Of Dzyan: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Book Of Dzyan
Book of Dzyan (probably from Sanskrit dhyana intense spiritual meditation, wisdom, divine knowledge)   An archaic work of enormou...   » Read the article