Three Realms (Triple Realm, Three Worlds)

The realms of desire (our world), form (realms of the lesser deities) and formlessness (realms of the higher deities). The Western Pure Land is outside the Triple Realm, beyond samsara and retrogression. See also "Pure Land."

 (See also: Three Realms (Triple Realm, Three Worlds, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

superconscious

(psychosynthesis) Higher unconscious", realm of altruistic love, joy, intuition, inspiration, contemplative and spiritual energies

(See also: Superconscious, Body Mind and Soul)

The spiritual realm that is located in the air or above the earth. It is also referred to as the higher world. It is often the area where teachers, spiritual guides, and spiritual helpers are found in addition to being on earth.

(See also: upper world, Magic, Shamanism, Pagan Dictionary)

Blood of Christ - N

This is understood by some New Agers to refer to the "life-energy" of the Cosmic Christ. This "blood" supposedly flowed from the cross into the etheric (or spiritual) realms of the earth. From these realms, the Christ seeks to guide the spiritual evolution of mankind.

(See also: Blood of Christ, New Age, Body mind and Soul)

realm: A kingdom, region or area.

See: loka.

(See also: Realm, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Angel:

An immortal spiritual being which functions as an intermediary between the realm of men and that of the Divine.

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

The nineteenth century German philosophers inherited Kant’s overwhelmingly influential ontological framework, which had distinguished between things-as-they-appear (or phenomena) from things-as-they-truly-are (noumena). To this was added ideas about evolutionism which were beginning to be prevalent in different realms like science (Jean-Baptiste Lamarck) and literature (Goethe). The confluence of these ideas resuted in German Idealism—the phi ...

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Spiritual evolution, Spiritual evolution - Precursors to the Idea, Spiritual evolution - The Cyclic Cosmos, Spiritual evolution - Emanation, Spiritual evolution - Samkhya, Spiritual evolution - The Great Chain of Being, Spiritual evolution - German Idealism, Spiritual evolution - Occult Concepts of Spiritual Evolution, Spiritual evolution - Spiritualism, Spiritual evolution - Theosophical Conceptions, Spiritual evolution - Theurgy, Spiritual evolution - Evolution towards Godhead, Spiritual evolution - A Common Vision, Spiritual evolution - Teilhard de Chardin, Spiritual evolution - Sri Aurobindo, Spiritual evolution - Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, Spiritual evolution - Surat Shabda Yoga, Spiritual evolution - Dynamic Evolution through successive Kingdoms, Spiritual evolution - New Age ideas, Spiritual evolution - Integral Philosophy and Spiral Dynamics

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Shamanism: A shaman is one who helps people in their dealings with the other worlds. These other worlds are the realms above, beyond, and deep with the experiences of our lives. These are the realms of the spiritual, psychic vision and pure, natural Earth energies. In shamanism these worlds were traditionally represented as the upper world of the sky, or spirit levels, and the lower worlds of Earth and Nature.

(See also: Shamanism, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

Even before the rise of modern science, Thomas Aquinas and the Scholastics asserted the applicability of reason to the divine. They could thus be regarded as forerunners of Rudolf Steiner, who at the beginning of the twentieth century began to apply scientific methods of systematic investigation to his own spiritual experiences. Slightly later, Husserl attempted to include physical, psychological and spiritual phenomena in his phenomenological philosophy. Husserl emphasized that all our experience originates in the psychological realm; thus, ...

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Spiritual science, Spiritual science - Historical Foundations, Spiritual science - Present-Day Work, Spiritual science - Future Directions, Spiritual science - Publishers of literature on spiritual science

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Shamanism:

an ancient spiritual and medical tradition practiced in native cultures around the world. Using ritual, shamans often enter altered states of consciousness to promote the healing of their clients. Shamans regard themselves as conductors of healing energy or sources from the spiritual realm.

(See also: Shamanism, Alternative Medicine, Body Mind and Soul)

The spiritual realm that is located underground or below the earth. It is also referred to as the lower world. It is often the area where power animals are found in addition to being on earth.

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

SPIRITUAL HEALING, SHAMANIC HEALING

practitioners who regard themselves as conductors of healing energy or sources from the spiritual realm. Both may call upon spiritual helpers such as power animals, angels, inner teachers, the client’s Higher Self, or other spiritual forces. Both forms of healing can be used for a range of emotional and physical illnesses.

(See also: SHAMANIC HEALING, Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mind and Soul)

AKASHA:

1) the omnipresent fifth occult element and omnipresent spiritual power that permeates the universe. It is the energy out of which the Elements formed and which embraces the other four- earth, air, fire, and water; and from which they stem. This is the realm of pattern" or causality, from which the realm the normally thought of "five senses manifests. Some define it is the "other" of the "two worlds" that the witch or magician walks between.- the spiritual ether (or Aether)  

(See also: AKASHA, Witchcraft, Wicca, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

An interpretation of social and psychological development that could also be considered a theory of spiritual evolution is Spiral Dynamics, based on the work of Clare W. Graves. More recently the concept of spiritual evolution has been given a sort of respectability it has not had since the early 19th century through the tireless efforts of Ken Wilber, in whose writings both the cosmological and the personal dimensions are described. In this "Integral Philosophy", reality is said to consist of several realms or stages, including more ...

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Spiritual evolution, Spiritual evolution - Precursors to the Idea, Spiritual evolution - The Cyclic Cosmos, Spiritual evolution - Emanation, Spiritual evolution - Samkhya, Spiritual evolution - The Great Chain of Being, Spiritual evolution - German Idealism, Spiritual evolution - Occult Concepts of Spiritual Evolution, Spiritual evolution - Spiritualism, Spiritual evolution - Theosophical Conceptions, Spiritual evolution - Theurgy, Spiritual evolution - Evolution towards Godhead, Spiritual evolution - A Common Vision, Spiritual evolution - Teilhard de Chardin, Spiritual evolution - Sri Aurobindo, Spiritual evolution - Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, Spiritual evolution - Surat Shabda Yoga, Spiritual evolution - Dynamic Evolution through successive Kingdoms, Spiritual evolution - New Age ideas, Spiritual evolution - Integral Philosophy and Spiral Dynamics

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The notion of Estates of the realm also exists in Britain, where the closest analogue to the French First Estate would be the Lords Spiritual, corresponding to the highest reaches of the French higher clergy. This notion also applied in Sweden and Finland at one time. ...

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First Estate, First Estate - Use of this term outside of France, First Estate - The Estates General, First Estate - 1789: End of The Estates General

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soul retrieval: Form of spiritual healing promoted by Sandra Ingerman, M.A., and Christina Pratt. In soul retrieval, the shamanic healer journeys to other realms to retrieve the client's soul parts and restore the client's vital lifeforce.

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

Faerie

(archai-Middle English -fairie ,<Old French-faerie<Latin-Fata, the Fates)

1)    A fairy.

2)    The land or realm of the fairies.

3)    Of or like a fairy or fairies.

4)    Enchanted; visionary.

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

Astral World

The astral realm or astral sphere which overlaps the physical world. It is also called the fourth dimension and "the beyond. " It is the unconscious. From the Astral world physical life is regulated.

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

AKASHA (Akasba): Which embraces the other four- earth, air, fire, and water; and from which they stem. This is the realm of pattern" or causality, from which the realm the normally thought of "five senses" manifests. Some define it is the "other" of the "two worlds" that the witch or magician walks between.- the spiritual ether (or Aether); the omnipresent fifth occult element.

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

dimension

1.    A division of the universe. The psi concept envisions a physical world and an ethereal realm each of unknown number of strata. The evidence about the ethereal suggests many spiritual planes, which are referred to, at times, as dimensions, or levels.

2.    Measurement characteristics about the size of things, such as, the aura, the spirit body

(See also: Dimension, Body Mind and Soul)

Estates of the realm - United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, an analogous division exists to this day, although with attenuated significance, between Lords Temporal, Lords Spiritual, and Commons. Note one contrast between the French and British systems: the lower clergy in France were part of the First Estate, but in Britain they were commoners. See also:

Estates of the realm, Estates of the realm - In France, Estates of the realm - First Estate, Estates of the realm - Second Estate, Estates of the realm - Third Estate, Estates of the realm - The French Estates-General, Estates of the realm - End of Nobility in France, Estates of the realm - Outside France, Estates of the realm - United Kingdom, Estates of the realm - Sweden and Finland, Estates of the realm - External link

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