Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Etymologies
The current English word "soul" may have originated from Old English sawol, documented in 970 AD, which has possible etymological links w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Etymologies
The current English word "soul" may have originated from Old English sawol, documented in 970 AD, which has possible etymological links w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Philosophical Views
The Ancient Greeks used the same word for 'alive' as for 'ensouled'. So the earliest surviving Western philosophical view might suggest t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia - Soul
The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — par...   » Read the article

Article - Vedas: Vedas As A Guide To Good Living  
The Vedas contain revelations of the eternal Truth. The culture of a community or a nation is derived from the values that people live...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia - Angel
An angel is an ethereal being found in many religions, whose duties are to assist and serve God or the gods. Angel - Etymology. The Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirit: Encyclopedia - Spirit
The English word "spirit" comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning breath. In religion and spirituality, the respiration of the human being...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zalmoxis: Encyclopedia - Zalmoxis
Zalmoxis (Greek Ζάλμοξις, also known as Salmoxis, Σάλμοξις, Zamolxis, Ζάμοξλις, or Samolxis Σάμοξλις) was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Óðr: Encyclopedia - Óðr
Óðr is the husband of Freyja in Norse mythology. Although the precise mythological meaning is uncertain, the word itself means "wit, so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paramatman: Encyclopedia - Paramatman
In Hindu theology, Paramatman is Absolute Atman or Supreme Soul or Supreme Spirit (also Supersoul, Oversoul) in the Vedanta and Yoga phil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samhain: Encyclopedia - Samhain
For information on the band, see Samhain (band). Samhain (IPA: /ˈsawənʲ/) is the word for November in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annwn: Encyclopedia - Annwn
Annwn or Annwfn, ( "under-world" or "un-world", sometimes inaccurately written Annwyn, Annwyfn or Annwfyn) was the Otherworld, the land o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asceticism: Encyclopedia - Asceticism
Asceticism denotes a life which is characterized by refraining from worldly pleasures (austerity). Those who practice ascetic lifestyles ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia - Religion
Religion (see etymology below) —sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horcrux: Encyclopedia Ii - Horcrux - Creation
Creating a Horcrux is an evil and violent act. The soul of the creator must be torn into at least two pieces to provide a portion of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horcrux: Encyclopedia Ii - Horcrux - Horcruxes Within The Harry Potter Novels
Lord Voldemort's creation of Horcruxes is central to the later storyline of the Harry Potter novels, as are the Horcruxes themselves. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horcrux: Encyclopedia Ii - Horcrux - Description
A Horcrux is a magical object created through the use of the Dark Arts by evil witches or wizards who wish to avoid death. To do so, they...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Latter-day Saint Views
Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism), and several of his associates, claimed that they were visited by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Islamic Views
The belief in angels is central to the religion of Islam, beginning with the belief that the Qur'an was dictated to the Prophet Muhammad ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Other Religions
Angels are also a part of Zoroastrianism (called Amesha Spentas, of whom six are extremely important) and New Age beliefs. Also, angel-li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Angels In The Tanakh
The Biblical name for angel, מלאך ('malakh"), obtained the further signification of "angel" only through the addition of God's name, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Jewish Views
Angels appear in several Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) stories, in addition to the ones previously mentioned above. These include the warn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Christian Views
In the New Testament angels appear frequently as the ministers of God and the agents of revelation (E.g. Matthew 1:20 (to Joseph), 4:11. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Other Religions
Angels are also a part of New Age beliefs. In Zoroastrianism, the Amesha Spentas have often been regarded as angels, but this is not stri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melungeon: Encyclopedia Ii - Melungeon - Etymology
There are many hypotheses about the etymology of the term "Melungeon". Kennedy (1994) speculates that it derives from the Turkish melun c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sufism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sufism - Etymology
A few etymologies for the word Sufi have been suggested. The first etymological theory states that the root word of Sufi is the Arabic wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sufism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sufism - Etymology
A few etymologies for the word Sufi have been suggested. One etymological theory states that the root word of Sufi is the Arabic word saa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Theological Attributes And More
Vishnu takes form as an all-inclusive deity, known as Purusha or Mahāpurusha, Paramātma [Supreme Soul], Antaryāmi [In-dwelle ... See a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zalmoxis: Encyclopedia Ii - Zalmoxis - The Man
Herodotus was told by the euhemeristic Pontic Greeks that Zalmoxis was really a man, formerly a slave (or disciple) of Pythagoras, who ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Recipe: Encyclopedia Ii - Recipe - Additional Facts Often Included In Recipes
Recipe writers often add additional facts about the recipe, and, depending upon who you are, they are considered redundant or essential. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Brahman And Atman
Philosopher mystics of the Upanishads identify Brahman, the world soul, with atman, the inner essence of the human being, or the human so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Theological Attributes And More
Vishnu takes form as an all-inclusive deity, known as Purusha or Mahāpurusha, Paramātma [Supreme Soul], Antaryāmi [In-dweller], and He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dandy - Quotations
"A Dandy is a clothes-wearing Man, a Man whose trade, office and existence consists in the wearing of Clothes. Every faculty of his soul,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Worship
It is not clearly known when or how the worship of Vishnu began. In the Vedas, and the information on Aryan beliefs, Vishnu is associated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitra - Mithra In The Persian World
The reform of Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) retained the multitudes of Persian deities, reducing them, in a complex hierarchy, to "Immortals" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warlock: Encyclopedia Ii - Warlock - Warlocks In Games
In the Shadowgate series, the Warlock Lord, Talimar, betrayed the Circle of Twelve and summoned the Behemoth, but was unable to control i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Hinduism
In some types of Hinduism, Saṃsāra is seen as ignorance of the True Self, Brahman, and thus the soul is led to believe in the reality ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Samsara In Surat Shabda Yoga
In Surat Shabda Yoga, the purpose is to realize the individual's True Self (Self-Realization), True Essence (Spirit-Realization) and True...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wodanaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Wodanaz - Odin And Mercury
Less is known about the role of Odin as receiver of the dead among the more southern Germanic tribes. The Roman historian Tacitus probabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Worship
It is not clearly known when or how the worship of Vishnu began. In the Vedas, and the information on Aryan beliefs, Vishnu is associated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To The Study Of Individual Religions
Religion - Methods of studying religion subjectively in relation to one's own beliefs. These include efforts to determine the meaning a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Development Of Religion
There are several models for understanding how religions develop. Models which view religion as untrue include: The "Dogma Selection Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To Relating To The Beliefs Of Others
Adherents of particular religions deal with the differing doctrines and practices espoused by other religions in a variety ways. All stra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Religion And Other Approaches To Forming Beliefs About The Nature Of The Universe
Humans have many different methods which attempt to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and our place in it (co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sin: Encyclopedia Ii - Sin - Muslim Views Of Sin
Islam sees sin (dhanb ذنب) as anything that goes against the will of Allah. Muslims believe that God is angered by sin and punishes so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samurai: Encyclopedia Ii - Samurai - Weapons
The samurai used various weapons. Bushido taught that a samurai's soul is in the katana that they carried. Sometimes a samurai is picture...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Odin And Mercury
Less is known about the role of Odin as receiver of the dead among the more southern Germanic tribes. The Roman historian Tacitus probabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakdancing: Encyclopedia Ii - Breakdancing - Music
Contrary to popular belief, b-boys do not only break to hip hop. It is very common to see b-boys breaking to funk and soul tracks. Whatev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu Sahasranama: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu Sahasranama - Benefits Of Chanting Vishnu Sahasranama
The following lines are from the Mahabharata and are quoted portions from the text. Believers believe that regular chanting of the hymn c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakdancing: Encyclopedia Ii - Breakdancing - Music
Contrary to popular belief, b-boys do not only break to hip hop. It is very common to see b-boys breaking to funk and soul tracks. Whatev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achewood: Encyclopedia Ii - Achewood - Characters
Achewood - Ray Quentin Smuckles. Ray's Blog Raymond Quentin Smuckles is a cat (more specifically, an American Curl) with expertise in s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Core Concepts
Hinduism - The Eternal Way. "Sanātana Dharma" (सनातन धर्म, The Eternal Values ), the traditional name of Hinduism, s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Etymology: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Etymology
etymology: The science of the origin of words and their development. The history of a word. See: Nirukta Vedanga, Sanskrit. (See als...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedangas: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Vedangas (vedhaangaa)
Vedangas: Vedangas (Vedhaangaa). Subsidiary treatises of the Vedas: six sciences of proper pronunciation, grammar, metre, etymology...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirukta Vedanga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nirukta Vedanga
Nirukta Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Etymology Veda-limb."   Auxiliary Vedic texts which discuss the origin and development of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tridandi: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tridandi
Tridandi (Sanskrit). The name generally given to a class or sect of Sanyasis who constantly keep in the hand a kind of club (danda) br...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Narayana: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Narayana
Narayana: A proper name of God-specifically of Vishnu. The term by etymology means a Being that supports all things, that is reached b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Set, Seth: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Set, Seth
SET/SETH Dark god of Egypt -- ruled the Redlands, or Desert, hence those things that were most fearful to the Egyptians. Sometimes ass...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Temperance: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Temperance
TEMPERANCE Arcanum xiv, "The Lower Self," lettered Samech, ruled by Sagittarius. Ouspensky called this "Time," bec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Salamander: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Salamander
SALAMANDER Fire elemental. A small salamander manages hearth and furnace and a larger one deals with volcanoes, earthly holocausts and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanga: Sai Baba Dictionary On Vedanga
Vedanga: Vedanga: Veda-limb. Six branches of post-Vedic studies revered as auxiliary to the Vedas. Four Vedangas govern correct cha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anusaya: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anusaya
anusaya (anusaya): Obsesssion; underlying tendency. (The etymology of this term means "lying down with"; in actual usage, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transformism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Transformism
Transformism Adopted from the French, it is the process of evolution as understood by Lamarck and Darwin, as distinguished from evolut...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Metempsychosis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Metempsychosis
Metempsychosis Commonly used for the entry of the soul into a new body or reimbodiment; but etymologically it means the clothing of a ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kadosh: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Kadosh
Kadosh (Hebrew, Jewish). Consecrated, holy; also written Kodesh. Something set apart for temple worship. But between the etymological ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mars: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Mars
MARS Planet of energy and courage. The ability to initiate and complete a task. The indicator of how we oppose and challenge the world...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neter: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Neter
NETER For those raised in the monotheistic tradition, the concept of many Gods is difficult to accept. We should understand, however, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Absolute: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Absolute
A Theosophical definition of Absolute :   Absolute A term which unfortunately is much abused and often misused even in theosoph...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pataphysics: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Pataphysics
PATAPHYSICS The invention of late 19th Century French humorist, Alfred Jarry, which he defined as follows:   "Pataphysics, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atom, Atomos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atom, Atomos
Atom atomos (Greek) Indivisible, individual, a unit; among the Greek Atomists what in theosophy is called a monad. Atomic theories of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pythagoreans: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pythagoreans
Pythagoreans The school founded at Crotona, Italy in the 6th century BC by Pythagoras of Samos. Pythagoras was an initiate not only in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Virgin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Virgin
Virgin In ancient mystic philosophy the feminine potency of nature as well as cosmic space which is often referred to as the immaculat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atom: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Atom
A Theosophical definition of Atom :   Atom This word comes to us from the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus, Leucippus, and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magic Word: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Magic Word
MAGIC WORD The root of all Magic is The Word. Ho Logos . In every culture, the shaman is the person with the largest vocabulary (altho...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aether, Ether: Theosophy Dictionary On Aether, Ether
Aether, Ether (Greek) (from aitho shining, fire)   The upper or purer air as opposed to aer, the lower air; the clear sky; the ab...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Taro, Tarot: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Taro, Tarot
TARO (TAROT) (See AZOTH.) The Great Wheel or "Book of Thoth." The letters form a magic square, thus:   ORAT ROTA ATOR T...   » 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 - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Religious Views
Soul - Bahá'í beliefs. The Bahá'í Faith affirm that "the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Science And The Soul
Western science and medicine do recognize the concept of soul or the idea of a soul entity, though many practitioners regard it as an ele...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Hinduism Sitemap I - E
This is a sitemap for topic pages related to Hinduism. Click on a link and you will find multiple articles related to the topic:  ...   » Read the article