Expansion: user-friendly form of energy work designed (a) to effect a connection between one and one's spiritual 'source,' and (b) to align one with the energetic levels beyond. It encompasses channeling and psychic healing.

(See also: Expansion, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Control:

(a) In experimental parapsychology a procedure undertaken in order to ensure that the experiment is conducted in a standard fashion and so that results are not unduly influenced by extraneous factors.

See also Control Group , Artifact. (b) In spiritualism, a discarnate entity who communicates with a trance medium and who generally controls the trance state.

(See also: Control, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

transformation-oriented bodywork (transformational bodywork): Combination of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual processes related to energetic balancing (see energy balancing), psychotherapy, spiritual counseling, and touch therapy. Transformation-oriented bodywork descends from bioenergetics, massage, the personal/spiritual growth movement, and Reichian Therapy. its fundamental principles include the following. (a) Constricted muscles block energy in the body. (b) Constriction shows up as pettiness. (c) The Highest Ideal lies in the realm of Divinity, the Source of both life and meaning for humans and the earth.

(See also: Transformation-oriented bodywork, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Seicho-No-Ie (SNI): Supradenominational truth movement founded in 1930 in Japan by Dr. Masaharu Taniguchi (b. 1893), author of The Role of Mind in Cancer (1965) and The Truth of Life, a series of twenty books. Spiritual healing is a major component of Seicho-No-Ie, which combines Christianity and Buddhism.

In a nutshell, the principle of Seicho-No-Ie healing is that illness does not exist in Reality (the true spiritual world at the core of the phenomenal world) and that it is a false appearance. Seicho-No-Ie literally means House of Growth.

(See also: Seicho-No-Ie, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Aryan:

Aryan (Aaryan). (a) Literally noble. (b) Follower of Vedic or spiritual path. (c) Ancient dwellers of India who composed the Rig-veda; the chief tribe was that of the Bharathas.

(See also: Aryan, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Psychogenetics: Method founded by psycho-spiritual consultant Gayatri Rein Reich, author of Psychogenetics.

Psychogenetics:

(a)   cracks and reprograms genetic codes related to birth, aging, and death; and

(b)  (b) dissolves lineage chains.

Its theory posits a powerful program on one's psychogenetic computer that determines:

(a)   when one is born, marries, and gives birth;

(b)  the nature of one's relationships;

(c)   the state of one's career and finances; and (d) the quality of one's physical and mental health.

(See also: Psychogenetics, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

yoga:

yoga. (a) Union of the individual self or Atma with the Supreme Being or Universal Self; act of yoking. (b) A spiritual discipline or exercise aimed at control of the senses. (c) Science of divine communion. No single definition of the word yoga suffices. Patanjali's Yoga-sutras define yoga as a series of eight spiritual steps leading to union with God. This is different from the eight steps given in the section titled "The eightfold path of yoga" of Prasanthi Vahini.

(See also: yoga, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Nutripathy: A religious science of experiencing mental, financial, physical, social and spiritual health using specific universal laws, according to Nutripathy...The Key to Your Prosperity, Success and Spiritual Fulfillment (1984). Gary A. Martin, D.N., Ph.D., Th.D., D.Sc., originated the system in the late 1970s, thanks to divine influence. It includes hair analysis and a variation of Bach flower therapy. Its principles include the following. (a) God is in everyone. (b) One's True Self is God (Love). (c) Proper nutrition and realization of one's true identity together make for a perfect life.

(See also: Nutripathy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Weight No More (Body, Mind, and Spirit Diet; Weight No More approach to weight loss; Weight No More program): Theistic program based on the psychic readings of Edgar Cayce (see The Cayce Approach to Health and Healing). Its principles include the following. (a) Humans consist of three bodies: physical, mental, and spiritual. (b) Tapping into the life force in a positive way (allowing it to flow without hindrance through the body) is the key to correcting any physical problem.

(See also: Weight No More, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Directed Esoteric Toning: Form of Toning whose principle is that a combination of

(a)           vowel sounds and

(b)          prana-carrying breath can open specific regions of the body or consciousness. Its theory posits chakras, clairaudience, clairvoyance, kundalini, a spiritual self, and a correlation of specific vowel sounds and bodily parts, systems, and processes.

(See also: Directed Esoteric Toning, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

BÖN or BÖNPA

The aboriginal magicians of Tibet, prior to Buddhism, at first much opposed to the Lamas, but eventually joining them in their adoption of Tantric Buddhism. Like all major movements, Buddhism did not become popular until it learned how to take in and alter local beliefs. Dhyana (meditation) was used in Tibet before passing to Japan as Zen, though one cant be sure if its a non-stop link from Tibet to Japan. If it is, then why not Obon/Bon equivalence, as well? Bon was (is) very back-woodsy and little is known about it. Christmas Humphreys says it has roots in Asiatic (Mongol) Shamanism: nature worship, sex magic and psychic arts. Modern Bon are called black hats and are sorcerers of the Dug-pa sects of Bhutan and Ladak.

(See also: BÖN, BÖNPA, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

breathwork (Breath Work, conscious breathing): Multiform healing modality characterized by stylized breathing.

Its design is to effect physical, emotional, and spiritual change. Breathwork:

(a)           can dissolve limiting programs that are stored in the mind and body; and

(b)          increases one's ability to handle more energy.

Modes of breathwork include rebirthing, Essential Breathing, Middendorf, and Vivation.

(See also: Breathwork, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Siddhis:

Siddhis (8 perfections): anima: smallness, mahima: greatness, garima: weight, laghima: lightness, prapti: free access, prakamya: doing at wish, vasitva: control over the elements and isvara: lordship over all (SB 3:15-45)

Siddhis: spiritual accomplishments that can be a hindrance in ones selfrealization: the ability to identify with the smallest (anima), the biggest (mahima), the heaviest (garima) and the lightest (laghima) and that one acting in ones own way (Prakamaya) finding access everywhere (prapti) and controlling the elements (vashitva) is able to control everything (isatva), (see also and S.B. 5.6: 1 about their being limitations, or S.B.: 9.4: 24-25 for them being of no interest to the devotees).

(See also: Siddhis, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Dabar (Hebrew) plural debarim. Word, speech, frequently a cosmic spiritual conscious energy, thus equivalent to the Greek logos or cosmic spirit; also, an oracle or divine communication; cause, reason. In the Chaldean Qabbalah, equivalent to the Logos, "which Word, though it becomes in fact a plural number, or 'Words' -- D(a)B(a)RIM, when it reflects itself, or falls into the aspect of a Host (of angels, or Sephiroth, 'numbers') is still collectively One, and on the ideal plane a nought -- 0, a 'No-thing'" (SD 1:350).

(See also: Dabar, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Vedanta (Sanskrit). A mystic system of philosophy which has developed from the efforts of generations of sages to interpret the secret meaning of the Upanishads (q.v.). It is called in the Shad-Darshanas (six schools or systems of demonstration), Uttara Mimansa, attributed to Vyasa, the compiler of the Vedas, who is thus referred to as the founder of the Vedanta.

The orthodox Hindus call Vedanta_a term meaning literally the "end of all (Vedic) knowledge " - Brahma-jnana, or pure and spiritual knowledge of Brahma. Even if we accept the late dates assigned to various Sanskrit schools and treatises by our Orientalists, the Vedanta must be 3,300 years old, as Vyasa is said to have lived I,400 years B.C.

If, as Elphinstone has it in his History of India, the Brahmanas are the Talmud of the Hindus, and the Vedas the Mosaic books, then the Vedanta may be correctly called the Kabalah of India. But how vastly more grand! Sankaracharya, who was the popularizer of the Vedantic system, and the founder of the Adwaita philosophy, is sometimes called the founder of the modern schools of the Vedanta.

(See also: Vedanta, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary, )

psychic healing (psi healing, psychic therapy): Therapeutic technique that involves the channeling of psychic energy or spiritual power through the healer and into the patient. sources of such energy include oneself, God, and spirits. Common accompaniments to psychic healing include aura analysis, the laying on of hands, prayer, and massage.

The word psi refers to:

(a)   the ability to become directly (nonsensorially) aware of past, present, and/or future events outside the body;

(b)  psychokinesis; and

(c)   phenomena ascribed to such abilities.

(See also: Psychic healing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Cherokee healing (Cherokee Medicine): Traditional medicine of the Cherokees, a Native American people.

Its apparent principle is that, if one holds back the light in one's being, one causes:

(a)           occlusion of one's meridians and rivers of life and

(b)           suffering of mother Earth. Cherokee Medicine includes crystal healing, Eagle Medicine, Mental Medicine, the Natural Medicine Path, the Physical Medicine Path, and the Spiritual Medicine Path.

(See also: Cherokee healing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Norse magic: Western European magical tradition. It is a form of ritual magic that enlists:

(a)           the Aesir (Asa-Gods), whose mythical home is Asgard;

(b)           Light (helpful) elves;

(c)           good dwarves;

(d)           the rulers of the Elements; and (e) dead ancestors. Norse magic promotes mental, physical, and spiritual health.

(See also: Norse magic, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

HealthWatchers System: Specialized application of Biological Immunity Analysis to weight management. Its centerpiece is the HealthWatchers Analysis. HealthWatchers System, a mail-order house in Scottsdale, Arizona, defines: (a) Stress Pattern as the resistance created by People, Places, Circumstances and Events attracted to you because they are opposed to your Soul Pattern; (b) Soul Pattern as the pattern inherent in your Soul....the point-of-view from which you are able to see and express life when you are free from your Stress Pattern; and (c) Soul as the immortal, spiritual, moral or emotional nature of a human being.

(See also: HealthWatchers System, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

etheric touch: manual means of directing human and spiritual energies to initiate and boost self-healing. It is a form of chakra healing and channeling whose principle is that, through the hands, one can:

(a)           sense imbalances in the subtle energy fields of an individual; and

(b)           project healing vibrations (universal energy), which are augmentable with divine force. It does not require touch.

(See also: Etheric touch, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Dr. Lynch's Holistic Self-Health Program: Variation of self-healing developed by James P.B. Lynch, D.C. The primary tool of this program and lifestyle is the Holistic Triangle or Holistic triad, a philosophy that consists of:

(a)           a physical side, which encompasses acupressure, acupuncture, shiatsu, and chiropractic;

(b)          a chemical side, which encompasses food combining, herbalism, homeopathy, macrobiotics, scientific fasting, and vitamin therapy; and (

(c)           a mental/spiritual base, which encompasses biofeedback and self hypnosis.

(See also: Dr. Lynch's Holistic Self-Health Program, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Four Animals. The symbolical animals of the vision of Ezekiel (the Mercabah). " With the first Christians the celebration of the Mysteries of the Faith was accompanied by the burning of seven lights, with incense, the Trishagion, and the reading of the book of the gospels, upon which was wrought, both on covers and pages, the winged man, lion, bull, and eagle" (Qabbalah, by Isaac Myer, LL.B.).

To this day these animals are represented along with the four Evangelists and prefixing their respective gospels in the editions of the Greek Church.

 Each represents one of the four lower classes of worlds or planes, into the similitude of which each personality is cast. Thus the Eagle (associated with St. John) represents cosmic Spirit or Ether, the all-piercing Eye of the Seer; the Bull of St. Luke, the waters of Life, the all-generating element and cosmic strength ; the Lion of St. Mark, fierce energy, undaunted courage and cosmic fire; while the human Head or the Angel, which stands near St. Matthew is the synthesis of all three combined in the higher Intellect of man, and in cosmic Spirituality. All these symbols are Egyptian, Chaldean, and Indian.

The Eagle, Bull and Lion-headed gods are plentiful, and all represented the same idea, whether in the Egyptian, Chaldean, Indian or Jewish religions, but beginning with the Astral body they went no higher than the cosmic Spirit or the Higher Manas - Atma-Buddhi, or Absolute Spirit and Spiritual Soul its vehicle, being incapable of being symbolised by concrete images.

(See also: Four Animals, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary, )