Encyclopedia - Spiritualism: Encyclopedia - Spiritualism
Spiritualism may refer to a variety of modern religious ideologies, primarily active in the United States and Europe. Central tenets of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritualism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritualism - Background
Spiritualism in its modern incarnation started in the mid-19th century in the United States, a syncretic adjunct of largely Christian pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Music - Historical Background
Spirituals are primarily expressions of religious faith, originated by African slaves in the United States. Slavery was introduced into t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David R. Hawkins: Encyclopedia - David R. Hawkins
David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. is an American author, mystic, spiritual teacher, and psychiatrist in Sedona, Arizona. He is a proponent of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans
The Cherokee Clans were the traditional social organization of ancient Cherokee or Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya society. Cherokee Clans - Background on...   » Read the article

Article - Venus Transit: Global Oneness - A Celebration Of Spiritual Unity June 6 � 8, 2004
A great background to the forthcoming Venus Transit. The author, Maya White has been a student and teacher of the metaphysical world for ...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Based Leadership: What You Don't Know... May Energise You!  
Some years ago, a corporate executive asked William to coach and do a 360-degree feedback with one of his human resource managers who ...   » Read the article

Article - Kundalini Faq: What Is Kundalini? (part I Of Iii) -
This FAQ gives a background on the phenomenon of kundalini. Part I of III.   In Part I: 1) What is kundalini?, 2) What is the diffe...   » Read the article

Article - Bahai - Bah�'�: Baha'u'llah And The New Faith
Baha'u'llah And the New Faith Echoing the suffering of all the messengers of God before him and the privations they suffered to fulfil t...   » Read the article

Article - Pilgrimage In India: Pilgrims' Progress And Donkey's Tale  
India has probably the most enduring pilgrimage tradition in the world. The greater the challenge of the path, the stronger its allure...   » Read the article

Article - Dhyana: Draw On The Energy That's Inside You  
All the pleasure and pain we experience from worldly matters disturb us. We become restless. To really enjoy life, we must learn to co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Scotland Act 1921: Encyclopedia - Church Of Scotland Act 1921
The Church of Scotland Act 1921 is an Act of the British Parliament, passed in 1921. The purpose of the Act was to settle centuries of di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deepak Chopra: Encyclopedia - Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra, M.D., (born 1947 in New Delhi, India) is a medical doctor and popular contemporary writer in the United States on spiritua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zugot: Encyclopedia - Zugot
תְּקוּפָה) הַזּוּגוֹת) ((təqūphāh) hazZūghôth) refers to a two-hundred year period during the time of the Second ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Music - Choral Arrangements Of The Spiritual
With the advent of Harry Burleigh (1866–1949), the spiritual began to develop into a sophisticated art form. Burleigh attended the cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'u'lláh: Encyclopedia - Bahá'u'lláh
The Báb · Abdu'l-Bahá Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Kitáb-i-Íqán The Hidden Words Administrative Order The Guardian Universal House of Justice ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David R. Hawkins: Encyclopedia Ii - David R. Hawkins - Background
His promoters claim he is unique in that he achieved a very advanced state of spiritual awareness and his scientific and clinical backgro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherokee Clans - Background On Cherokee Clans In Ancient History
There were seven clans in antiquity. There is a common misperception that the Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni or ancient Cherokee priesthood comprised an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David R. Hawkins: Encyclopedia Ii - David R. Hawkins - Spiritual Teaching
Hawkins has worked closely with the New Thought Movement and shares many similar beliefs. He is formally affiliated with the largest New ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherokee Clans - Spiritual Significance Of The Clans In Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni Rituals
In ancient times, the clan names represented to the Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni the balance between the spiritual forces that shaped and guided the hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherokee Clans - The Seven Cherokee Clans
Ah-ni-ga-to-ge-wi or Wild Potato Clan - Were known to be farmers and gatherers of the wild potato plants in swamps (hence the name gatoge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherokee Clans - Ancient Spiritual Symbolism Of The Cherokee Clans
Ah-ni-ga-to-ge-wi or Wild Potato Clan represented the material plane of earth or physical matter (earth). Ah-ni-gi-lo(la)-hi or Long Hair...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherokee Clans - Clan Customs Of The Cherokee Clans
Customs of the Cherokee clans have evolved since ancient times, however, tradtionalists still observe clan customs regarding marriage and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherokee Clans - Cherokee Marriage Customs Between The Clans
Cherokee Marriages were as much between the Grandmothers of a clan as between the couple themselves. It was not permitted to marry within...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherokee Clans - Clan Married Life
Once a couple had married, they lived with the wife's clan. Since any children born to the couple were of the same clan as the woman, her...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David R. Hawkins: Encyclopedia Ii - David R. Hawkins - Early Life And Professional Development
Born in Milwaukee on June 3, 1927, David Ramon Hawkins is the son of Ramon Nelson and Alice-Mary (McCutcheon) Hawkins. He grew up in rura...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David R. Hawkins: Encyclopedia Ii - David R. Hawkins - Professional Life
Soon after beginning professional life as a psychiatrist, Hawkins fell ill of "a progressive, fatal illness that did not respond to any t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David R. Hawkins: Encyclopedia Ii - David R. Hawkins - Calibration
One of Hawkins claims is that through AK, it is possible to muscle test and determine how in line with truth something is. He calls this ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David R. Hawkins: Encyclopedia Ii - David R. Hawkins - Calibration
One of Hawkins claims is that through AK, it is possible to muscle test and determine how in line with truth something is. He calls this ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherokee Clans - Clan Marriage Ceremonies Of The Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni
On the morning of the marriage ceremony, the groom was expected to leave before dawn and go to a spot near a river or other body of runni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - First Crusade - Chronological Sequence Of The Crusade
First Crusade - The Council of Clermont. Main article: Council of Clermont In March of 1095 Alexius I sent envoys to the Council of Pia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - First Crusade - Analysis Of The First Crusade
First Crusade - Aftermath. The success of the First Crusade was unprecedented. Newly achieved stability in the west left a warrior aris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - First Crusade - Background
The origins of the Crusades in general, and of the First Crusade in particular, stem from events earlier in the Middle Ages. The breakdow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion - Darwin's Religious Background
Charles Darwin was born during the Napoleonic Wars and grew up in their aftermath, a conservative time when Tory dominated government clo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion - Darwin's Loss Of Faith
See also Inception of Darwin's theory. In his later private autobiography, Darwin wrote of this time: "Whilst on board the Beagle (Octob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion - Religion As An Evolved Social Characteristic
In his 1871 book The Descent of Man Darwin clearly saw religion and "moral qualities" as being important evolved human social characteris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion - Enquiries About Religious Views
Fame and honours brought a stream of enquiries about Darwin's religious views, leading him to comment "Half the fools throughout Europe w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion - Posthumous Autobiography
Darwin decided to leave a posthumous memoir for his family, and on Sunday 28 May 1876 he began Recollections of the Development of my min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Views On Religion - The Lady Hope Story
See Lady Hope for details of this story and arguments refuting it. In his 1879 biography of his grandfather, Charles Darwin recounted how...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - Worms
Darwin again took up his work on worms. As ever, he corresponded widely, encouraging and helping fund research and collecting anecdotes. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - Background
In the aftermath of the publication of On the Origin of Species through Natural Selection in 1859, Charles Darwin's allies Charles Lyell,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - New Edition Of The Descent Of Man
Darwin tackled a new edition of the Descent of Man, and offered the self-financing Wallace the work of assisting him. Wallace quoted seve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - Variation Revised
Now Darwin turned to work on a new edition of The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication incorporating additions from the hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - Cross And Self Fertilisation
With Variation at the printers and with his old essay on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants due out in November 1875 with "illus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - Biography Of Erasmus Darwin
The German scientific periodical Kosmos featured, as a 70th birthday tribute to Charles Darwin, an essay by Ernst Krause on his grandfath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - Roots And Illness
Darwin, "quite set up", returned to his experiments on plant roots standing in an ammonia solution, preparing sections and looking for "p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - Death
Emma wanted a quiet Easter, so Laura and Henrietta left on 4 April, but on the 4th and 5th Darwin suffered attacks, noting "much pain". H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - Family Matters Eugenics
Darwin's sons George and Horace were ill and arrived home at Christmas 1872 for nursing. Darwin turned from his insectivorous plants to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms: Encyclopedia Ii - Darwin From Insectivorous Plants To Worms - Recollections
They visited Hensleigh and Fanny to celebrate the announcement that Frank's wife Amy was five months pregnant, and Charles and Emma would...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Odalism - Philosophy
Odalists consider all things that are unique to Germanic spheres of influence to be contributors to a greater definition of identity. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Javanese Beliefs: Encyclopedia Ii - Javanese Beliefs - Evolution
Javanese spiritualism entails a never ending search for wonder and surprise. It has some foreign influences. The Javanese mind is essenti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narcotics Anonymous: Encyclopedia Ii - Narcotics Anonymous - Spirituality
Narcotics Anonymous is a spiritual program, not a religious program. The literature suggests that members formulate their own personal un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith And The Unity Of Humanity: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Faith And The Unity Of Humanity - Biological Unity
The Bahá'í writings state that differences between various races, nations, and ethnic groups are either superficial (e.g. skin color) o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess Movement - Thealogy
Goddess Spirituality characteristically shows diversity: no central body defines its dogma. Yet there is evolving consensus on some issue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bnei Akiva: Encyclopedia Ii - Bnei Akiva - History
Bnei Akiva - Background. Bnei Akiva first came into existence in the late 1920's, following World War I. At that time, the League of Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malang: Encyclopedia Ii - Malang - Demographics
Malang - Population. There are roughly 700,000 people living in Malang. The population density is 5,000 – 12,000/km², with populatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karma: Encyclopedia Ii - Karma - Western Interpretation
An academic and religious definition was mentioned above. Millions of people believe in it and is a part of many cultures and the psyches...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Scotland Act 1921: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of Scotland Act 1921 - Current Position
This has created a new and revised relationship between the Church and the State. The Church of Scotland remains the National Church, but...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odyssean Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Odyssean Wicca - Origins And History
The Odyssean Tradition of Wicca was founded by Richard and Tamara James in 1979, along with other members of their coven. The name of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heart Of Darkness: Encyclopedia Ii - Heart Of Darkness - Themes
The theme of "darkness" from the title recurs throughout the book. It is used to reflect the unknown (as Africa at the time was often cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georges Ohsawa: Encyclopedia Ii - Georges Ohsawa - Background
He was born in a family whose father was descended directly from samurai. But this was the period of the Meiji Restoration and his family...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scott Shaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Scott Shaw - Film Career
In addition to be being a highly published author and instructor of the martial arts, meditation, and filmmaking, Scott Shaw is a prolifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanzeem-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanzeem-e-islami - The Basic Resolution Of Tanzeem-e-islami
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Ever Merciful Today, in the name of Allah, we resolve to establish an Islamic movement whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hanukkah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hanukkah - Commemoration
The word Hanukkah means "dedication." Spiritually, Hanukkah commemorates the Miracle of the Oil. At the re-dedication of the Temple in Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revivalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Revivalism - Definition Of Christian Revival
What is meant by the term revival? Other terms are renewal or awakenings. The following description is cobbled together from various bibl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gnosticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Gnosticism - Lifestyle
Most Gnostics practiced celibacy and asceticism, on the grounds that the pleasures of the flesh induced the subject to remain ignorant of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Materialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Materialism - Josemaria Escriva And Opus Dei
The most visible use of the term is found in the writings of Josemaría Escrivá, a Spanish Roman Catholic saint of the twentieth century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Luther Pierce: Encyclopedia Ii - William Luther Pierce - National Alliance
The National Alliance, which he founded, was to be the political vanguard and the spiritual priesthood of this program, which was designe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgundian School: Encyclopedia Ii - Burgundian School - Background
In late Medieval and early Renaissance Europe, cultural centers tended to move from one place to another due to changing political stabil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bar Kokhba's Revolt: Encyclopedia Ii - Bar Kokhba's Revolt - Background
After the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE as a result of the failed Great Jewish Revolt, the Sanhedrin at Yavne provided spiritual guid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avignon Papacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Avignon Papacy - Background
The Papacy in the late medieval ages had a major secular role in addition to its spiritual role. The conflict between the Pope and the Ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab Socialism - Ideology
To ‘Aflaq, Arab Socialism was a necessary consequence of the quest for Arab unity and freedom, as only a socialist system of property a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Idealism: Encyclopedia Ii - German Idealism - Schelling
With regard to the experience of objects, Schelling (1775 - 1854) claimed that the ideas or mental images in the mind are identical to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fudosi: Encyclopedia Ii - Fudosi - Position Of The Fudosi Towards Masonry
A document by FUDOSI titled "Rapport sur les ordres et sociétés initiatiques. 12/10/1941", written by FUDOSI Imperator Emille Dantinne,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcel Mauss: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcel Mauss - Theoretical Views
In his classic work the Gift, Mauss argued that gifts are never "free". Rather, human history is full of examples that gifts give rise to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coil Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Coil Band - Background
After leaving Psychic TV, John and Peter's first work together was under the name "Zos Kia", although that recording was not released unt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gnosticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Gnosticism - Lifestyle
Most Gnostics practiced celibacy and asceticism, on the grounds that the pleasures of the flesh induced the subject to remain ignorant of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pepe Remey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pepe Remey - Guardianship Claims
Pepe is accepted by the Bahá'ís Under the Provisions of the Covenant as the successor Guardian to Charles Mason Remey, Aghsan. Pepe put...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Michael Talbot: Encyclopedia Ii - John Michael Talbot - Biography
Born in 1954 into Methodist household in Oklahoma City of muscial background. He was playing the guitar by 10. At fifteen he dropped out ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neal Chase: Encyclopedia Ii - Neal Chase - Domain Name Dispute Over Uhj.net
In 2000 the National Spiritual Assembly (NSA) of the Bahá'ís of the United States filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Propert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1904-1905 Welsh Revival: Encyclopedia Ii - 1904-1905 Welsh Revival - Revival Begins
It cannot be said exactly where and when the Revival broke out, but perhaps these areas can be identified as crucial locations. 1904-190...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emanuel Swedenborg: Encyclopedia Ii - Emanuel Swedenborg - Biography
Emanuel Swedenborg - Early life. Swedenborg's father Jesper Swedberg (1653–1735) had a modest background, but after studying theology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frère Roger: Encyclopedia Ii - Frère Roger - Ecumenical Ideals
All his life, Roger devoted himself to reconciling the different Christian churches. He especially addressed Christian youths. Part of hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess Movement - Background
Inclusive spirituality in the West initially gained ground in 19th century, when North American first-wave feminists such as Matilda Josl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess Movement - Ethics
Although the Goddess movement has no Ten Commandments dictating a specific code of behavior, there are commonly held tenets and concepts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honor Oak Christian Fellowship Centre: Encyclopedia Ii - Honor Oak Christian Fellowship Centre - Conferences
From 1926, the new facility became a centre for long-weekend preaching conferences for the "deepening of the spiritual life". These confe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revivalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Revivalism - History Of Christian Revival
Many Christian revivals drew inspiration from the missionary work of early monks, from the Protestant Reformation (and Catholic Reformati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holland Michigan: Encyclopedia Ii - Holland Michigan - History
Holland was settled in 1847 by Dutch Calvinist separatists, under the leadership of Dr. Albertus van Raalte, who were escaping from perse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank E. Peretti: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank E. Peretti - Theological Criticisms
Peretti's fictional portrayal of spiritual warfare reflects in part his background in the Assemblies of God churches and the contemporary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Riel: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Riel - Execution
Prior to his execution, Riel was reconciled with the Catholic church, and assigned Father André as his spiritual advisor. He was also gi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Healing & Prayer: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Spiritual Healing & Prayer
SPIRITUAL HEALING & PRAYER: Religious belief and prayer bring comfort, hope, and relaxation to the faithful of all backgrounds. St...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spirit-hyle: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spirit-hyle
Spirit-hyle [from Greek hyle matter, stuff]   The Second Logos, Father-Mother, spirit-matter, Purusha-prakriti. Hyle was used by ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nature Spirits: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nature Spirits
Nature Spirits Those imperfectly evolved elementals or elemental spirits which in their unthinkably vast aggregate form the entire bac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Via Straminis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Via Straminis
Via Straminis (Latin) The way of straw, the wispy way; the Milky Way, the name evidently referring to the wisps of light with which th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brahman
Brahman (Sanskrit) (from brih to expand)   Sometimes Brahma or Brahm. The one reality, "the impersonal, supreme and uncogniz...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arjuna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Arjuna
Arjuna (Sanskrit) White, clear; third of the Pandu princes, son of the god Indra by Kunti, also known as Pritha. During the fratricida...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Daemon Est Deus Inversus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Daemon Est Deus Inversus
Daemon Est Deus Inversus (Latin) Daemon is divinity inverted; more commonly, the Devil is God inverted. An ancient Hermetic, and later...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Space: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Space
A Theosophical definition of Space :   Space Our universe, as popularly supposed, consists of space and matter and energy; but ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About Shopping: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Shopping
  Shopping For most of us shopping is not simply a necessity but a favorite pastime. It is a source of pain, pleasure, recreation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritualism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritualism - Meditation
Meditation is used to calm the "voices" of modern, hectic life so that the practitioner can better hear his or her guide. Meditation ofte...   » Read the article