Tri-bhuvana, or Tri-loka (Sanskrit). The three worlds - Swarga, Bhumi, Patala, or Heaven, Earth, and Hell in popular beliefs; esoterically, these are the Spiritual and Psychic (or Astral) regions, and the

Terrestrial sphere.

(See also: Tri-bhuvana, Tri-loka, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary, )

INCUBI & SUCCUMBI - the belief in the possibility of sexual intercourse between a spiritual being and a mortal person. (ABC)

(See also: INCUBI & SUCCUMBI, Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

HIGHER SELF - the belief that within each person there is a Divine Spark, a highly spiritual being whom we can listen to for guidance.

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KARMA: The belief that one's thoughts and deeds can either be counted against them or added to their spiritual path across several life times.

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Karma - The belief that ones thoghts and deeds can be either counted against them or added to their spiritual path during several life times.Follows the law of cause and effect.

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POLYTHEISM: Belief in the existence of many unrelated deities each with their own dominion and interests who have no spiritual or familial relationships to one another.

(See also: POLYTHEISM, Paganism, Pagan, Pagan Dictionary)

The belief that one's thoughts and deeds can be either counted
against them or added to their spiritual path during several life
times. Follows the laws of cause and effect

(See also: Karma, Magic, Shamanism, Pagan Dictionary)

Spiritual Counselor/Consultant

A practitioner who uses one or more spiritual and/or psychological techniques in rder to achieve holistic healing.

(See also: Spiritual Counselor/Consultant, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Dictionaries usually describe God as the Supreme Being. Since we cannot put God on a table for a thorough investigation, God and his nature is still seen by some as belonging to a belief system.

Scholars, who believe in the theory of evolution, naturally think that this system of belief must also have undergone its own evolution. They say that ' animism ' (a belief in souls) slowly developed into ' polytheism ' (the belief in many Gods) and from there developed into a belief of one God.

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Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship International

An organization formed by famed psychic Arthur Ford. Joseph Fitch and Martin Ebon, and Elizabeth Fenske are popular leaders in the movement. Affiliated with the Academy of Religion and Psychical Research.

(See also: Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship International, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Zombie

In Haitian and West African folk belief, a soulless corpse reanimated by a Voodoo preist, known as a bocor. A zombie moves listlessly in a trancelike state and does the bidding of the bocor. The term is apparently derived from Nzambi, a West African deity.

Most cultural anthropologists working in Haiti discount stories about zombies. Some researchers, however, claim that the stories are true and that a bocor's victims are administered a powder containing a powerful neurotoxin derived from the puffer fish. The powder is alleged to paralyze the victim into a deathlike state. The bocor later revives the victim. Pharmacologists who have tested samples of the alleged powder found little or no poison in them.

Zombie was originally a python god of certain West African tribes, and its worship was carried to the West Indies with the slave trade, and still somewhat survives in Voodoo ceremonies in Haiti and some of the southern states of the USA.

(See also: Zombie, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Sesha (Sanskrit) Ananta, the great Serpent of Eternity, the couch of Vishnu; the symbol of infinite Time in Space. In the exoteric beliefs Sesha is represented as a thousand-headed and seven-headed cobra; the former the king of the nether world, called Patala, the latter the carrier or support of Vishnu on the Ocean of Space.

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Spiritualism. In philosophy, the state or condition of mind opposed to materialism or a material conception of things. Theosophy, a doctrine which teaches that all which exists is animated or informed by the Universal Soul or Spirit, and that not an atom in our universe can be outside of this omnipresent Principle - is pure Spiritualism.

As to the belief that goes under that name, namely, belief in the constant communication of the living with the dead, whether through the mediumistic powers of oneself or a

so-called medium - it is no better than the materialisation of spirit, and the degradation of the human and the divine, souls. Believers in such communications are simply dishonouring the dead and performing constant sacrilege. It was well called "Necromancy" in days of old. But our modern Spiritualists take offence at being told this simple truth.

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Tachyon

A theoretical particle, or wave which travels faster than the speed of light. Tachyons exist in a theoretical world where objects have negative mass and time goes backwards.

Tachyon energy is used to scan "subspace", among other things, on the sci-fi fantasy program, Star Trek Voyager. So far, there is no empirical evidence for the existence of tachyons. "If they do exist, tachyons would be extremely difficult to utilize under our current understanding of physics," says NASA scientist Tom Bridgman.

Despite being theoretical and, if real, difficult to utilize, and if utilized, of unknown value, tachyons are the main ingredient in a feature line of New Age products that range from beads, belts and shoe inserts, to sweatbands, power pillows, massage oils and vials of tachyon water. A few enterprising New Agers claim that they know tachyons exist and they have harnessed its power.

(See also: Tachyon, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Native American Spirituality

The religious beliefs, practices, and rituals associated with Native Americans.

Early Native American beliefs, though diverse, often shared common religious ideas. Many believed in a ÒGreat Spirit,Ó that nature in all of its forms possesses spirits, and that all life is interconnected.

Seasons and moons often were viewed as marking times of evocation for spirits and prosperity.

Some New Age believers promote revival of Native American spirituality, seeing obvious parallels with their own views.

(See also: Native American Spirituality, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Spiritual Gifts

According to Christian doctrine, special abilities given by God to worthy believers. Every Christian has at least one

Following is a list of the gifts arranged in two groups.

• The first are gifts that require supernatural intervention and are possessed only by true Christians.
• The second are gifts that do not require supernatural intervention. Even non-Christians can have the second group of gifts.

A further issue is whether or not the gifts are still in use today. Some believe they ceased with the apostles and the completion of the writings of the Bible) and they are no longer needed for the building up of the body of Christ (Eph. 4: 12). Others believe the gifts are still in use but not in the pure apostolic sense. In other words, they are still in use but not in the same way possessed by the apostles. Instead, they are available to the believer if and when God decides it is beneficial to use them.

The first group of spiritual gifts are: Salvation, Word of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge, Faith, Healing, Miracles, Prophecy, Distinguishing of Spirits, Tongues, and Interpretation of Tongues.

The second group of spiritual gifts are: Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Giving, Leading, and Showing mercy.

(see Psychic Gifts)

(See also: Spiritual Gifts, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Yin/Yang

Taoist terms referring to the active and passive principles of the universe.

• Yin refers to the female or (in-active) negative force;
• Yang to the male or active force.

These two polar forces continually interplay with each other. Both are necessary and both must be harmonized for proper function. This Yin and Yang also flow through the human body so that a balance is required to maintain health.

(See also: Yin/Yang, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Zion

1)    a hill in Jerusalem (variously identified, but probably the Temple Mount). In the Bible, it is the place from which God rules the earth.

2)    the Jewish people as a group, or the Jewish homeland as a symbol of Judaism.

(See also: Zion, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Huldrych Zwingli

(1484-1531) Leader of the Swiss Christian Reformation. He is best known for his dispute (1525) with Martin Luther on the status of the Eucharist. Luther maintained the presence of the body of Christ; Zwingli argued for the Eucharist's symbolic nature.

These views are summarized in Zwingli's popular work On the Lord's Supper (1526).

(See also: Huldrych Zwingli, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Zygomancy

Divination by using weights.

(See also: Zygomancy, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Unicorn

A mythical horse-like creature with a twisted horn coming from his forehead. A mythical animal generally depicted as having the head and body of a horse, the hind legs of a stag, the tail of a lion, and having a long tapering horn growing from the middle of its forehead.

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