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 - Abracadabra: Encyclopedia - Abracadabra
Abracadabra is a word used as an incantation, considered by some to be the phrase that is pronounced most universally in other languages ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hobbit Word: Encyclopedia Ii - Hobbit Word - The Denham Tracts
The only source known today that makes reference to hobbits in any sort of historical context is the Denham Tracts by Michael Aislabie De...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Heresy: Encyclopedia - Heresy
Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a "theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gay: Encyclopedia - Gay
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia - Genie
Genie is the English term for the Arabic "jinni | جن". In pre-Islamic Arabian mythology and in Islam, a jinni (also "djinni" or "djini"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wraith: Encyclopedia - Wraith
Wraith - Etymology and meaning. The word 'wraith,' marked by the OED as being 'of obscure origin,' is first attested in 1513, with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deva Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Deva Hinduism
Deva (देव in Devanagari script, pronounced as "dévə") is the Sanskrit word for "god, deity". It can be variously interpreted as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avalloc: Encyclopedia - Avalloc
In Welsh mythology, Avalloc was the father of Modron. He may have been the King of Avalon. Avalloc - Etymology. This theonym appears to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vernostonos: Encyclopedia - Vernostonos
Also Vernostonus. In ancient Celtic polytheism, the supposed deified male groaning spirit of alder-trees. Vernostonos - Centres of worsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viridios: Encyclopedia - Viridios
Viridios, or Viridius is the supposed deified masculine spirit of verdure, in ancient Celtic polytheism. Viridios - Centres of worship. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dea Matrona: Encyclopedia - Dea Matrona
In Celtic mythology, Dea Matrona ("divine mother goddess") was the goddess of the river Marne in Gaul. The Welsh goddess Modron, mother o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dôn: Encyclopedia - Dôn
Dôn was a Welsh mother goddess, equivalent of the Irish Danu. She was the consort of Beli Mawr and the mother of Arianrhod, Gwydion, Gil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toutatis: Encyclopedia - Toutatis
Toutatis can also refer to the asteroid, 4179 Toutatis. In ancient Celtic polytheism, the supposed deified spirit of male tribal unity. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brigid: Encyclopedia - Brigid
In Irish mythology, Brigit or Brighit ("exalted one") was the daughter of Dagda (and therefore one of the Tuatha Dé Danann) and wife of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia - God
God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being ascribed by many religions to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heterosexuality: Encyclopedia - Heterosexuality
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fairy: Encyclopedia - Fairy
A fairy is a spirit (supernatural being) found in the legends, folklore, and mythology of many cultures. They are generally humanoid in f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pentecost: Encyclopedia - Pentecost
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fat...   » 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 - Biblical Inspiration: Encyclopedia - Biblical Inspiration
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veteros: Encyclopedia - Veteros
Also Veterus Vitiris Vheterus Huetiris Hueterus. In ancient Celtic polytheism, the supposed deified masculine spirit of air-flow, the Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necromancy: Encyclopedia - Necromancy
Necromancy (Latin necromantia, Greek νεκρομαντία nekromantía) is the alleged divination by which a person raises the spirits ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church: Encyclopedia - Church
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cernunnos: Encyclopedia - Cernunnos
Cernunnos in Celtic polytheism is the deified spirit of horned male animals, especially of stags, a nature god associated with produce an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia - Brahman
Brahman (ब्रह्मन् in devanagari script) in the Vedantic (and subsequently Yogic) schools of Hinduism, is the signifying n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia - Demon
In religion, folklore, and mythology a demon or demoness is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcohol: Encyclopedia - Alcohol
In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-kukhul الكحول, al meaning 'the' and kukhul meaning 'spirit', the chemical) refers almost ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouija: Encyclopedia - Ouija
Ouija (pronounced wee-juh or wee-jee) refers to the belief that one can receive messages during a séance by the use of a Ouija board (al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witchcraft: Encyclopedia - Witchcraft
The term witchcraft (and witch) is a controversial one with a complicated history. Witchcraft is viewed differently in different cultures...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rapture: Encyclopedia - Rapture
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shamanism: Encyclopedia - Shamanism
Shamanism refers to the traditional healing and religious practices of Northern Asia (Siberia) and Mongolia. By extension, the concept of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christ: Encyclopedia - Christ
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hobbit Word: Encyclopedia Ii - Hobbit Word - Proposed Etymology
The Middle English word hobbe has manifested in many creatures of folklore as the prefix hob- (which incidentally would be its modern spe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia - Homosexuality
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hobbit Word: Encyclopedia Ii - Hobbit Word - Alleged Origins
There are a few alleged but as yet unproven earlier occurrences of the word "hobbit" in reference to a fantastical creature. On 16 Januar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abracadabra: Encyclopedia Ii - Abracadabra - Etymology
Theories about the source of the word are:- Abracadabra - I create as I speak. A possible source is Aramaic: אברא כדברא avra k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abracadabra: Encyclopedia Ii - Abracadabra - Thelema
The religion of Thelema spells the word "Abrahadabra", and considers it the magical formula of the current Aeon. The religion's founder, ...   » 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 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 - Heresy: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy - Etymology
The word "heresy" comes from the Greek αιρεσις, hairesis (from αιρεομαι, haireomai, "choose"), which means either a choice...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy - Religious Heresy
Heresy - Christianity. The use of the term heresy in the context of Christianity is less common today, with some notable exceptions: se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy - Contemporary Heresy
Today, heresy can be without a religious context as the holding of ideas that are in fundamental disagreement with the status quo in any ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genius: Encyclopedia Ii - Genius - Etymology
In Ancient Rome, the genius was the guiding or "tutelary" spirit of a person or indeed of an entire gens. A related term is genius loci, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berserker: Encyclopedia Ii - Berserker - Theories Regarding The Causes Of Berserker Behavior
Theories about what causes berserker behavior include spiritual possession, ingestion of materials with psychoactive properties, psycholo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warlock: Encyclopedia Ii - Warlock - Etymology
The normal etymology derives warlock from the Scottish wærloga meaning "oathbreaker"[1]. However, one source suggests that the word may ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gringo: Encyclopedia Ii - Gringo - Etymology And Meaning
Original meaning: Gringo is thought to comes from griego ("Greek"), since Greek was the proverbial example of an unintelligible language ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warlock: Encyclopedia Ii - Warlock - Etymology
The normal etymology derives warlock from the Old English wærloga meaning deceiver, or "oathbreaker"[1]. However, one source suggests th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Jewish Rabbinic Literature
Rabbinical demonology has three classes of, demons, though they are scarcely separable one from another. There were the shedim, the mazzi...   » 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

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 - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Etymology
Genie is an Anglicization of the original Arabic term jinn. However, it may not have come directly into English language but rather throu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Jinn In Pre-islamic Mythology
For the ancient Semites, jinn were spirits of vanished ancient peoples who acted during the night and disappeared with the first light of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berserker: Encyclopedia Ii - Berserker - Theories Regarding The Causes Of Berserker Behavior
Theories about what causes berserker behavior include spiritual possession, ingestion of materials with psychoactive properties, psycholo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eostre: Encyclopedia Ii - Eostre - Etymology Of Eostre
Many linguists agree that Eostre and Ostara are derived from the Old Teutonic root 'aew-s', 'illuminate, especially of daybreak' and clos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pentecost: Encyclopedia Ii - Pentecost - Traditions And Holidays
The name "Whit" does not come from use of white robes/garments worn at baptism. This tradition of wearing white started after Pentecost w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Conceptions Of God
God - Abrahamic conceptions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam see God as a being who created the world and rules over the universe. God ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Definition
God - Concept of God. In many Western religions, God is usually said to have a specific and clearly defined relationship to, and intere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Etymology
The word God continues Old English/Germanic god (guþ, gudis in Gothic, gud in modern Scandinavian and Gott in modern German), from Proto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Names Of God
The noun God is the proper English name used for the deity of monotheistic faiths. Different names for God exist within different religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - History Of Monotheism
See also monotheism, Abrahamic religion. The religions that are monotheistic today are often thought of as having been of relatively rece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Theology
Theologians attempt to explicate (and in some cases systematize) beliefs; some express their own experience of the divine. Theologians as...   » 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 - Cocktail: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocktail - History
The earliest known printed use of the word "cocktail" was in the May 13, 1806 edition of the Balance and Columbian Repository (A Hudson, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wraith: Encyclopedia Ii - Wraith - Etymology And Meaning
The word 'wraith,' marked by the OED as being 'of obscure origin,' is first attested in 1513, with the meaning of 'ghost' or 'spectre' (t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Womanist: Encyclopedia Ii - Womanist - Introduction
A womanist and the associated philosophy of womanism deal with Black feminism. What does the term Womanist mean? It was developed by auth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In The New Testament And Christianity
"Demon" has a number of meanings, all related to the idea of a spirit that inhabited a place, or that accompanied a person. Whether such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hermeneutics: Encyclopedia Ii - Hermeneutics - Medieval Hermeneutics
Medieval interpretations of text incorporated exegesis in a fourfold mode that emphasized the distinction between the letter and the spir...   » 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 - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Semantics And Pronunciation
In the earliest Vedic Sanskrit: The word stem (neuter gender) is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्, pronounced as /brəh mən/) and its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christ: Encyclopedia Ii - Christ - Full Etymology
The spelling Christ in English dates from the 17th century, when, in the spirit of the enlightenment, spellings of certain words were cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isa: Encyclopedia Ii - Isa - Isa Not The Son Of God
O People of the Book, commit no excesses in your religion; nor say of Allah anything but the truth. The Messiah Jesus son of Mary was (no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouija: Encyclopedia Ii - Ouija - Skeptical View
Few people who have investigated Ouija boards from a skeptical viewpoint accept that a piece of cardboard sold as a game can conjure spir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouija: Encyclopedia Ii - Ouija - Criticism Of Ouija Boards
Although Ouija boards are viewed by some as a positive spiritual device or a simple toy, there are people who believe they can be harmful...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouija: Encyclopedia Ii - Ouija - Literature
Talking boards appear in countless books and movies. Their role in such varies from being a benign object to an evil entity. This demonst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Community: Encyclopedia Ii - Community - The Context Of Community
From the days of the hunter-gatherer culture, individual humans have learned that there is strength in numbers and that sharing work and ...   » 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 - 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 - Hobbit: Encyclopedia Ii - Hobbit - Usage Outside Tolkien
"Hobbit" is a trademark owned by the Tolkien estate, as are most of the names, places and artifacts included in books by J. R. R. Tolkien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maponos: Encyclopedia Ii - Maponos - Later Versions Of Maponos
Maponos - Welsh Mythology. Maponos surfaces in the Middle Welsh narrative, the Mabinogion, as Mabon, son of Modron, who is herself the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exocortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Exocortex - Current Applicability
Exocortex - Cognitive Science Origin. In November 1998 the specific term exocortex was coined by researcher Ben Houston. Houston coined...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ring Finger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ring Finger - The Wedding Ring
In Western cultures a wedding ring is traditionally worn on the ring finger. According to tradition, the wedding ring is worn on the left...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pays De Bray: Encyclopedia Ii - Pays De Bray - Geography
The main towns of the Pays de Bray are Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Forges-les-Eaux and Gournay-en-Bray. But, primarily it is an agricultural reg...   » 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 - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo's Romantic Life And Children
Apollo - Heterosexual relationships. Apollo chased the nymph Daphne, daughter of Peneus, who had scorned him. His infatuation was caus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire: Encyclopedia Ii - Vampire - Vampires In Ancient Cultures
Tales of the dead craving blood are ancient in nearly every culture around the world. Vampire-like spirits called the Lilu are mentioned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euphemism: Encyclopedia Ii - Euphemism - Etymology
The word euphemism comes from the Greek word euphemos, meaning "auspicious/good/fortunate speech" which in turn is derived from the Greek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Islam
Islam recognized the existence of all the pagan demons, good and evil, protesting only against their being considered gods. Islam divides...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feudalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feudalism - History Of The Term Feudalism
In order to better understand what the term feudalism means, it is helpful to see how it was defined and how it has been used since its s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo's Romantic Life And Children
Apollo - Heterosexual relationships. Apollo chased the nymph Daphne, daughter of Peneus, who had scorned him. His infatuation was caus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wine: Encyclopedia Ii - Wine - List Of Other Wine-related Subjects
Wine - Wine-based drinks. List of cocktails with wine Brandy: A general term for distilled wine. Calimocho: A cheap alcoholic drink, c...   » 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 - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Etymology
The word capital has roots in the trade and ownership of animals. The Latin root of the word is capitalis, from the proto-Indo-European k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Capitalist Theory
Some emphasize the private ownership of capital as being the essence of capitalism, or emphasize the importance of a free market as a mec...   » 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 - Monas Monadum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monas Monadum
Monas Monadum In Leibniz' system of monads, the supreme monad, which is infinite and upon which there depend three classes of finite m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ephialtes: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ephialtes
Ephialtes (Greek) In Greek mythology a titan, son of Poseidon, who with his brother Otus makes war on Olympus and puts Ares in chains ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pneumatology: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pneumatology
Pneumatology The study of gases; the study of beings intermediate between God or other divinity and man, including in the lower ranges...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eridanus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Eridanus
Eridanus (Greek) In Greek mythology, a river into which Zeus cast Phaethon, a son of Helios (the sun), when he rashly tried to drive t...   » Read the article