Encyclopedia - Tammuz: Encyclopedia - Tammuz
Tammuz or Tamuz Arabic تمّوز Tammūz; Hebrew תַּמּוּז, Standard Hebrew Tammuz, Tiberian Hebrew Tammûz; Akkadian Duʾzu, Dū...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tammuz: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Tammuz
TAMMUZ Babylonian equivalent of Osiris, God of spring, whose wife, Ishtar, descended into Hades in order to bring him back to life. It...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tammuz: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tammuz
Tammuz (Syr.). A Syrian deity worshipped by idolatrous Hebrews as well as by Syrians. The women of Israel held annual lamentations ove...   » Read the article

Article - Venus Transit: Venus - Goddess Of The Morning Star
Venus is a planet rich in mythology from many different traditions; it is not without reason that the forthcoming Venus Transit as attrac...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Tammuz: Encyclopedia Ii - Tammuz - The Myth
In the Sumerian King List Dumuzid the Fisherman appears as "Dumuzi the Fisherman, whose city was Kua, reigned 100 years" the third king o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tammuz: Encyclopedia Ii - Tammuz - The Myth
In the Sumerian King List Dumuzid the Fisherman appears as "Dumuzi the Fisherman, whose city was Kua, reigned 100 years" the third king o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agasaya: Encyclopedia - Agasaya
Agasaya, "The Shrieker," was a Semitic war goddess who was merged into Ishtar in her identity as warrior of the sky. Other related archi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thammuz: Encyclopedia - Thammuz
In demonology Thammuz is a demon of low category, considered inventor of the Inquisition, fire guns, artillery, and the one that stimulat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adonis: Encyclopedia - Adonis
Adonis, an annual vegetation life-death-rebirth deity, imported from Syrian into Greek mythology, always retained aspects of his Semitic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irkalla: Encyclopedia - Irkalla
Gods Enlil and 7 who decree fate Ishtar and planet Venus Tiamat and Tablets of Destiny Annunaki and astronauts Marduk and Babylon Heroe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarpanit: Encyclopedia - Sarpanit
In Babylonian mythology, Sarpanit (alternately Zarpanit, Zarpandit, Zerpanitum, Zerbanitu, or Zirbanit) is a mother goddess and the conso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Mythology: Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Mythology
Gods Enlil and 7 who decree fate Ishtar and planet Venus Tiamat and Tablets of Destiny Annunaki and astronauts Marduk and Babylon Heroe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marduk: Encyclopedia - Marduk
Marduk Tiamat Agasaya Apsû Bel Kingu Mummu Nabu Namtar Nintu Sarpanit Tammuz Enûma Elish Atra-Hasis Marduk [mär'dook] (Sumerian s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enkidu: Encyclopedia - Enkidu
Enkidu appears in Sumerian mythology as a mythical wild-man raised by animals; his beast-like ways are finally tamed by a courtesan named...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apsû: Encyclopedia - Apsû
The apsû (also known as abzu or engur) was the name for the mythological underground freshwater ocean in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylonian Mythology: Encyclopedia - Babylonian Mythology
Babylonian mythology is a set of stories depicting the activities of Babylonian deities, heroes, and mythological creatures. While these ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Utnapishtim: Encyclopedia - Utnapishtim
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim (also known as the Sumerian character Ziusudra) is the wise king of the Sumerian city state of Shur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nabu: Encyclopedia - Nabu
Nabu is the Babylonian god of wisdom and writing, worshipped by Babylonians as the son of Marduk and his consort, Sarpanitum, and as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiamat: Encyclopedia - Tiamat
Tiamat is a primeval monster/goddess in Babylonian and Sumerian mythology, and a central figure in the Enûma Elish creation epic. John C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bel God: Encyclopedia - Bel God
Bel, signifying "lord" or "master", is a title rather than a genuine name, applied to various gods in Babylonian religion. The feminine f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belus Babylonian: Encyclopedia - Belus Babylonian
Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts (and later material based on them) in a Babylonian context refers to the Babyl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gilgamesh: Encyclopedia - Gilgamesh
According to the Sumerian king list, Gilgamesh was the fifth king of Uruk (Early Dynastic II, first dynasty of Uruk), the son of Lugalban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belus Assyrian: Encyclopedia - Belus Assyrian
Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts (and later material based on them) in a Assyrian context refers to one or anot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zalmoxis: Encyclopedia - Zalmoxis
Zalmoxis (Greek Ζάλμοξις, also known as Salmoxis, Σάλμοξις, Zamolxis, Ζάμοξλις, or Samolxis Σάμοξλις) was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller: Encyclopedia - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller
Yom-Tov Lipmann ben Nathan ben Moses ha-Levi Heller (b. Wallerstein, Bavaria, 1579; d. Kraków, September 7, 1654) was a Bohemian rabbi a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tammuz, Thammuz: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tammuz, Thammuz
Tammuz or Thammuz A Syrian and Phoenician deity corresponding to Adonis. In Babylonia, the Greek story of Venus and Adonis is repeated...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Thammuz: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Thammuz
Thammuz.   See TAMMUZ   (See also: Thammuz , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deluge Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Deluge Mythology - Flood Myths In Various Cultures
Gods Enlil Ishtar Tiamat and Tablets of Destiny Annunaki Marduk and Babylon Heroes Utnapishtim Tammuz Gilgamesh and Enkidu Monsters ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deluge Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Deluge Mythology - Flood Myths In Various Cultures
Gods Enlil and 7 who decree fate Ishtar and planet Venus Tiamat and Tablets of Destiny Annunaki and astronauts Marduk and Babylon Heroe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Resurrection: Encyclopedia Ii - Resurrection - Religious Examples
While the resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the foundational beliefs of Christianity, accounts of other resurrections also figure in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tamaz: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tamaz
Tamaz.   See TAMMUZ   (See also: Tamaz , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Athamaz: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Athamaz
Athamaz (Hebrew) Identical with Thammuz or Tammuz, a Syrian deity worshiped by both Syrians and Hebrews, equivalent to Adonis (the Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Mesopotamia: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Mesopotamia - Religious Music
Ea, ruler of the deep, was the patron god of music. The sound quality of the drum (Babylonian: balag), made from a bull hide, and pipe, m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pastophori: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Pastophori
Pastophori (Ancient Greek). A certain class of candidates for initiation, those who bore in public processions (and also in the temple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adonis: Encyclopedia Ii - Adonis - Origin Of The Cult
Adonis was certainly based in large part on Tammuz. His name is Semitic, a variation on the word meaning "lord" that was also used, as "A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adonis: Encyclopedia Ii - Adonis - Origin Of The Cult
Adonis was certainly based in large part on Tammuz. His name is Semitic, a variation on the word meaning "lord" that was also used, as "A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Water Of Life: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Water Of Life
Water of Life The Book of Dzyan says that light is cold flame, flame is fire, and fire produces heat, which yields the water of life i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osirak: Encyclopedia Ii - Osirak - Design And Construction
The MTR was a French design of a type called Osiris, named after the Egyptian god of the dead. The French named the reactor Osiraq, from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller: Encyclopedia Ii - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller - Imprisonment
On Tammuz 17, the Jewish fast-day, he was imprisoned together with common criminals. The Jews of Vienna, however, obtained his transfer t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Law Of Return: Encyclopedia Ii - Law Of Return - The Law
The Law of Return and the Law on Citizenship were enacted by the Knesset, Israel's Parliament in the summer of 1950 (on the Jewish calend...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva: Encyclopedia Ii - Yeshiva - Academic Year
The year is divided into three periods called zmanim ("times" or "semesters"). Elul zman starts from the beginning of the Hebrew month of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bacchus: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bacchus
Bacchus (Ancient Greek). Exoterically and superficially the god of wine and the vintage, and of licentiousness and joy; but the esoter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yisroel Ber Odesser: Encyclopedia Ii - Yisroel Ber Odesser - Discovering The Mantra
When he was 17 years old, Odesser came into possession of a document later known as The Letter from Heaven. He had felt so ill during the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller: Encyclopedia Ii - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller - Rabbi At Kraków
In the autumn of 1643 Heller received an invitation to the rabbinate of Kraków, which he gladly accepted. Joshua Heschel, the author of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Hebrew Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Hebrew Bible - Joseph In Rabbinical Literature
Joseph occupies a very important place in Rabbinical literature, and no patriarch was the subject of so many Midrashic traditional narrat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ishtar: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ishtar
Ishtar (Chald.). The Babylonian Venus, called "the eldest of heaven and earth", and daughter of Anu, the god of heaven. She ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - The Three Weeks And The Nine Days
The days between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av are days of mourning, on account of the collapse of Jerusalem during the Roman occu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Disk-worship: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Disk-worship
Disk-worship. This was very common in Egypt but not till later times, as it began with Amenoph III., a Dravidian, who brought it from ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Happy Fields: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Happy Fields
Happy Fields. The name given by the Assyrio-Chaldeans to their Elysian Fields, which were intermingled with their Hades. As Mr. Boscaw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enkidu: Encyclopedia Ii - Enkidu - First Tablet
Enkidu is the quintessential savage man in the beginning of the epic: "The whole of his body was hairy and his (uncut) locks were like a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adonis: Theosophy Dictionary On Adonis
Adonis (Hebrew) (from 'adon lord)   Title of the Babylonian god Tammuz, whose cult was imported into Asiatic Greece. A beautiful ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yggdrasil: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Yggdrasil
Yggdrasil (Scandianvian Norse). The "World Tree of the Norse Cosmogony; the ash Yggdrasil ; the tree of the Universe, of time and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadad: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadad - Hadad In Aram And Israel
In the second millennium BCE, the king of Aleppo, or Halab, received a statue of Ishtar from the king of Mari, as a sign of deference, to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enkidu: Encyclopedia Ii - Enkidu - Literary Analysis
Enkidu acts as a foil to Gilgamesh in the beginning of the story, and as a sidekick in the remainder. (The author expressly states to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epic Of Gilgamesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Epic Of Gilgamesh - History
The earliest Sumerian versions of the epic date from as early as the Third dynasty of Ur (2100 BC-2000 BC), or to about 400 years after t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - False Gods: A Christian Theological Dictionary On False Gods
A Christian theological definition of False Gods according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enkidu: Encyclopedia Ii - Enkidu - Themes Of Existentialism
Both characters suffer ennui — primarily Gilgamesh. He and Enkidu journey to prove that they are not just mere mortals, but god-men. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Na Nach Nachma: Encyclopedia Ii - Na Nach Nachma - History Of The Mantra
Although Na Nach Nachma is based on the name of Rebbe Nachman, he himself did not use it, and it was unknown in his day. However, he did ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apsû: Encyclopedia Ii - Apsû - As A Deity
Apsû is depicted as a deity only in the Babylonian creation epic, the Enûma Elish. In this story, he was a primal monster made of fresh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller: Encyclopedia Ii - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller - Chief Rabbi Of Prague
In 1627 Heller was called to the chief rabbinate of Prague. On account of the Thirty Years' War the government imposed heavy taxes on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zalmoxis: Encyclopedia Ii - Zalmoxis - The Man
Herodotus was told by the euhemeristic Pontic Greeks that Zalmoxis was really a man, formerly a slave (or disciple) of Pythagoras, who ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enkidu: Encyclopedia Ii - Enkidu - Historical Analysis
In many ways, Enkidu's transformation may represent the seductive power of the Mesopotamian city-states. His origins upon the steppe and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ezekiel: Encyclopedia Ii - Ezekiel - Ezekiel And Other Faiths
Some Muslims believe that Ezekiel may be Dhul-Kifl, a figure who is mentioned in the following Qur'anic verse: "And (remember) Ismail (Is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Mesopotamia: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Mesopotamia - Instrumentation
Instruments which originated in Ancient Mesopotamia include the bow harp, lyre or lute, and the reed pipe. These instruments spread north...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - Shemini Atzeret And Simchat Torah - Rejoicing With The Law
Simchat Torah (שמחת תורה) means "rejoicing with the Torah" and takes place on the holiday of Shemini Atzeret. This holiday immedi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - Pesach - Passover
Pesach (Passover) commemorates the liberation of the Israelite slaves from Egypt. The first seder is after the 14th of Nisan since in Jud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - Sefirah - Counting Of The Omer
Sefirah is the 49 day ("seven weeks") period between Pesach and Shavuot; it is defined by the Torah as the period during which special of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - Shavuot - Pentecost
Shavuot, The Feast of Weeks, is sometimes known by the Greek name "Pentecost." One of the three pilgrimage festivals (Shalosh regalim) or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - Shabbat - The Sabbath יום השבת
Jewish law accords the Sabbath the status of a holiday. Jews celebrate a Shabbat, a day of rest, on the seventh day of each week. Jewish ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epic Of Gilgamesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Epic Of Gilgamesh - History
The earliest Sumerian versions of the epic date from as early as the Third dynasty of Ur (2100 BC-2000 BC), or to about 400 years after t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - Variances In Observances
The denominations of Reconstructionist Judaism and Reform Judaism generally regard Jewish laws (halakha) relating to all these holidays a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - Yom Kippur - Day Of Atonement
Yom Kippur is considered by Jews to be the holiest and most solemn day of the year. Its central theme is atonement and reconciliation. Ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Two Babylons: Encyclopedia Ii - The Two Babylons - Brief Summary
Hislop identified the Biblical figure of Nimrod with the Mesopotamian ruler Ninus. Based on this supposed connection, and on selected rea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - Variances In Observances
The denominations of Reconstructionist Judaism and Reform Judaism generally regard Jewish laws (halakha) relating to all these holidays a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Holiday - Hanukkah - Festival Of Lights
The story of Hanukkah is preserved in the books of the First and Second Maccabees. These books are not part of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tisha B'av: Encyclopedia Ii - Tisha B'av - History Of The Observance
In the long period which is reflected in Talmudic literature the observance of the Ninth Day of Av assumed a character of constantly grow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Mythology - Roman Mythology: Faunus
In Roman mythology, Pan's counterpart Faunus was known as the father of Bona Dea (Fauna, his feminine side) and Latinus by the nymph Mari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sumerian King List: Encyclopedia Ii - Sumerian King List - Description
The list records the location of the "official" kingship and the rulers, with the lengths of their rule. The kingship was believed to be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesopotamian Mythology - The Three Sky Deities
Divine Relationships. The universe first appeared when Nammu, a presumably formless abyss, curled in upon herself, and in an act of sel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadad: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadad - Sanchuniathon
In Sanchuniathon's account Hadad is once called Adodos but mostly named Demarûs, a puzzling form, possibly a Greek corruption of Hadad R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enkidu: Encyclopedia Ii - Enkidu - Enkidu Later In The Epic Of Gilgamesh
Enkidu assists Gilgamesh in his fight against Humbaba, the guardian monster of the Cedar forest. Contrary to Enkidu's conscience, he coop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tisha B'av: Encyclopedia Ii - Tisha B'av - Background
Tisha B'Av - The destructions. The fast commemorates two of the saddest events in Jewish history -- the destruction of the First Temple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zalmoxis: Encyclopedia Ii - Zalmoxis - Etymology
A number of etymologies have been given for the name. Diogenes Laertius (3rd century-4th century ad) claimed that Zalmoxis meant "bear sk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - At Abydos Migdal Oz
After two months' imprisonment in Constantinople, Sabbatai was brought to the state prison in the castle of Abydos. Here he was treated v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marduk: Encyclopedia Ii - Marduk - Role Playing Games
The ten-part Traveler Saga in the Veluna region of Living Greyhawk dealt with Marduk's attempt to get revenge on former adventurers who h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enûma Elish: Encyclopedia Ii - Enûma Elish - Summary
The title means "When above." (Sumerian and Akkadian works were typically referred to by their first few words.) The epic names three pri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Disillusion
Sabbatai's conversion was extremely disheartening for the Jewish communities. Prominent rabbis who were believers in and followers of Sab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marduk: Encyclopedia Ii - Marduk - References In Popular Culture
Marduk is the name of a Black Metal band from Sweden. In the "Stimutacs" episode of Sealab 2021, Stormy claims to be inhabited by "Marduk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion - The Cult Of Anu
There are some reasons for believing that the oldest seat, and possibly the original seat, of the Anu cult was in Uruk, as that is where ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Two Babylons: Encyclopedia Ii - The Two Babylons - Criticism
The evangelical minister Ralph Woodrow made the case in his book "Babylon Mystery Religion" that Roman Catholicism was a syncretic religi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller: Encyclopedia Ii - Yom-tov Lipmann Heller - Education
Heller was brought up by his grandfather, Moses Heller, chief rabbi of the German communities. He was sent to Friedburg, where he studied...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Life-death-rebirth Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Life-death-rebirth Deity - The Internal Approach
By the Victorian era, the solar-phallic ideas of Payne Knight along with the less risqué work of scholars like Max Müller had taken str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mystery Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mystery Religion - Early Christians
In the language of the early Christians the mysteries were those religious teachings that were carefully guarded from the knowledge of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesopotamian Religion - The Cult Of Anu
There are some reasons for believing that the oldest seat, and possibly the original seat, of the Anu cult was in Uruk, as that is where ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Na Nach Nachma: Encyclopedia Ii - Na Nach Nachma - Pronuciation And Meaning Of The Phrase
During his lifetime, Rebbe Nachman spoke of a "Song of Redemption" that would be revealed before the coming of the Jewish Messiah. This s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semiramis: Encyclopedia Ii - Semiramis - Semiramis In Armenian Legend
One of the most popular legends in Armenian tradition involves Semiramis and an Armenian king, Ara the Beautiful. In the 20th century the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Na Nach Nachma: Encyclopedia Ii - Na Nach Nachma - Popularity Of The Mantra Today
Whatever the origins of this mantra, it is now very popular among some groups of Breslover Hasidim, and has been incorporated into both t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tammuz: Encyclopedia Ii - Tammuz - An Older Interpretation
Based on the texts first found, it was assumed that Ishtar/Inana's descent into Kur occurred after the death of Tammuz/Dumuzid rather tha...   » Read the article

Article - Theosophy Sitemap I - T
This is a sitemap for Theosophy - T . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article