What is spirituality

Astral Projection

An out-of-body experience often occurring during sleep or a meditative state during which the etheric body separates from the physical body and travels over great distances to another location as the result of an altered state of consciousness.

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An angel's art is his heart.

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ÓI knew I was being transformed that morning to hear a new song, to listen to a new melody that could not be heard with ears, but with the heart. Something about the air around me was different than the air of the day before, as if the room itself had been transported to a place in the heavens in a new world free from the limits of our mortal minds. I was in a place where the soul was free to travel at will, where thought was not bound with words or unknown feelings held captive by the rigidity of a spoken language.Ó

An excerpt from "Confessions of a Closed Male: A story of Spiritual Awakening"

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A personal reflektion on God By Iravati Harshe. ”God for me means love and light. I do believe in God but I’m not particularly orthodox in matters of religion. Certain habits which I imbibed from my mother, I'm grateful for and these remain a part of my life to date - rituals like lighting a diya every morning and reciting the shlokas . I remember as a child, I had a lot of fears and I believed God was my rescuer.”

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Aka

(Hawaiian) The cord between the astral body and the physical body. This concept is similar to the biblical reference to a "silver cord" connected the body and the soul.

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Circle of Being

In Druidic philosophy, both the macrocosm and microcosm are divided into three circles of being. The inner circle is abred, the middle is gweynfd and the outer most on is ceugant. The innermost circle is often represented by the magick circle where in all magick and ritual is performed.

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Acupuncture

An ancient Chinese medical system over 5000 years old, recently revived in China and becoming popular in the West.

It deals with subtle energy paths (chi) in the body related to the comic principles of Yin and Yang. The balance of these energies in the human body affects health and disease. Acupuncture therapy alters these energy flows by inserting fine needles at key pressure points, for varying periods of time. An¾sthesia for surgery can also be effected by acupuncture.

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Alignment

Synchronization of mental and spiritual vibrations with a god, goddess, or astronomical body. Often the complete balance and centering of the chakras is called an alignment.

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Afterlife

The life after death, the spirit world. the astral world. etc.

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Agni

(Sanskrit)1)Fire. deva raja

3)Symbol of the causal-mental world.

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Koorgan (Russ.). An artificial mound, generally an old tomb. Traditions of a supernatural or magical character are often attached to such mounds.

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Minas (Sanskrit). The same as Meenam, the Zodiacal sign Pisces or Fishes.

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Ruta (Sanskrit). The name of one of the last islands of Atlantis, which perished ages before Poseidonis, the "Atlantis" of Plato.

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Mensambulism (Latin). A word coined by some French Kabalists to denote the phenomenon of "table turning" from the Latin mensa, a table.

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Chiah (Hebrew, Jewish) Life; Vita, Revivificatio. In the Kabbala, the second highest essence of the human soul, corresponding to Chokmah (Wisdom).

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Santa (Sanskrit). Lit., "placidity ". The primeval quality of the latent, undifferentiated state of elementary matter.

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Varaha (Sanskrit). The boar-avatar of Vishnu; the third in number.

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Theocrasy. Lit., "mixing of gods". The worship of various gods, as that of Jehovah and the gods of the Gentiles in the case of the idolatrous Jews.

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Tarakamaya (Sanskrit). The first war in Heaven through Tara.

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Ancient Astronauts

Astronauts from other planets which allegedly visited Earth in spaceships in ancient times. This theory claims to explain Fortean mysteries and the evidence of ancient sophisticated technology, and primitive societies feats of engineering.

Ancient astronaut writers say also that Man did not evolve only from earthly beings like Adam and Eve. A misreading of Genesis leads one to believe that a second strain not from this world but from a 'heavenly source', was added to the human gene-pool (Genesis chapter

Devotees of this theory like to quote the myths and legends of ancient or primitive peoples in an attempt to justify their case. According to the folklore and mythology of many peoples, the gods gave fire and the skills of agriculture to mankind. However, this fact alone does not mean that the gods of the ancients were extraterrestrial beings, and that our ancestors were so simple minded that they could not have discovered these things by themselves.

In 1968 Erich von DŠniken published a book, Chariots of the Gods?, in which he argued the ancient astronauts theory, presenting supposedly 'proof' of his claims. Zecharia Sitchin is a more modern author who claims to translated ancient Sumerian manuscripts which tell the story of Ancient Astronauts.

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Dodona (Ancient Greek). An ancient city in Thessaly, famous for its Temple of Jupiter and its oracles. According to ancient legends, the town was founded by a dove.

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Abortion

Artificially terminating a pregnancy before delivery. For years this has been a keystone of fundamentalist activism, the Pro-Life Movement.

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