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Christian Theological Dictionary on Sacrament
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Christian theological definition of Sacrament according to CARM - The Christian
Apologetics & Research Ministry:
" Sacrament A visible manifestation of the word. The bread and wine in the Lord's Supper are considered sacraments in that they are visible manifestations of the covenant promise of our Lord: "In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.'" (Luke 22:20). God, in the OT, used visible signs along with His spoken word. These visible signs, then, were considered to have significance. "Among the OT sacraments the rites of circumcision and the Passover were stressed as being the OT counterparts of baptism (Col. 1:10-12) and the Lord's Supper (1 Cor. 5:7)." "
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Christian Theological Dictionary on Septuagint
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Christian theological definition of Septuagint according to CARM - The Christian
Apologetics & Research Ministry:
" Septuagint, The The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Old Testament. The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew. It was during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus (285-246 B.C.) that the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, were translated into Greek. Shortly afterwards the rest of the Old Testament was also translated. This translation was done by approximately 70 translators. Hence, the Septuagint is known by the letters LXX, the Roman numerals for seventy. "
See also: Septuagint , Christianity, Body Mind and Soul
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| | | |  Witness Dictionary: Dream Interpretation
- Violence
Violence In dreams, facets of personality that never get displayed in waking life can become quite animated. Nowhere is this more apparent than with violent behaviour. The violence may be justified or random, but it is often extremely graphic. It is so graphic, in fact, that you should understand that this is normal-albeit disturbing-and that its presence is almost always an exaggeration of another point. Violence can be an off-shoot of heroic behavior, especially in rescuing dreams. Terrorism in the news has made all of us aware that the enemies can be in our midst. Kidnapping dreams, escape dreams, and protecting dreams are other versions of this type of violence. Violence may come unexpectedly, as well (suddenly, you are just jumping on some poor bloke?s head with no apparent provocation). Often these dreams deal with repressed anger towards authority figures. While wanting to become physically aggressive toward others is a common desire, it should never be acted on in waking life, and it very rarely is. However, the dream releases the anger for you. If you have recurring dreams of this nature, you may want to consider a mediated session with the object of your anger; or re-arrange your circumstances. If you are the aggressor, does the violence frighten you or make you feel powerful? If you are the witness to violence, do you feel ambivalent to it or does it somehow affect you?
Source: iVillage, http://www.ivillage.co.uk
(See also: Dream
Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Violence , Meaning of Dreams about Violence ,
Dream Interpretation Violence )
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Parapsychology
Dictionary on Four states of consciousness
Four states of consciousness:
Ordinary consciousness is characterized by three states: 1. The waking state 2. The dreaming state 3. The state of deep sleep However mystics claim that there is a fourth state, called turîya, which permeates and transcends the three states of ordinary consciousness. It is said to witness everything that occurs during the ordinary states (cf. Song of Solomon 5:2: I slept but my heart was awake). While the subject of ordinary consciousness is the ego, the witness of the fourth state is said to be the Absolute Subject. When the fourth state is experienced, the yogi is filled with the Light of the Essential Self (cf. Matt. 6:22).
(See also: Four states of consciousness , Psychic, Psychic Dictionary,
Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)
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| | | |  Witness Dictionary: Dream Dictionary - Killing
Killing If you dreamed of killing someone, whether intentionally or by accident, it signifies a period of severe emotional stress during which you must make a heroic effort to control your temper. To dream of being a witness to a killing portends a change which will not be entirely to your liking. A dream of seeing others kill insects or animals prophesies help from friendly sources, but to dream of killing them yourself predicts that you will overcome your obstacles through your own efforts
Source: Swoon, http://www.swoon.com
(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream
Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Killing ,
Meaning of Dreams about Killing , Dream Interpretation
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Christian Theological Dictionary on Arianism
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Christian theological definition of Arianism according to CARM - The Christian
Apologetics & Research Ministry:
" Arianism An ancient theological error that appeared around the year 320. It taught that God could not appear on the earth, that Jesus was not eternal and could not be God. Additionally, it taught that there was only one person in the Godhead: the Father. Jesus, then, was a creation. It was condemned by the Council of Nicea in 325. The Jehovah's Witness cult is an equivalent, though not exactly, of this ancient error. Please see Heresies for more information. "
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Christian Theological Dictionary on Ark of the Covenant
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Christian theological definition of Ark of the Covenant according to CARM - The Christian
Apologetics & Research Ministry:
" Ark of the Covenant Also called the "Ark of the Testimony" (Ex. 30:6), "Ark of God" (1 Sam. 3:3), and the "Ark of the covenant of the Lord" (Deut. 10:8). The Ark of the Covenant was very sacred to the Ancient Jews. It was a rectangular box made of Acacia wood about 4 x 1.5 x 1.5 feet. It was covered with gold and was carried by poles that were inserted into rings located on the four corners. On top was a lid called "The Mercy Seat" which had two Cherubs with outstretched wings pointing towards each other. Inside of the Ark was the tablets of the Ten Commandments, a jar of manna, and Aaron's Rod that budded (Heb. 9:4). It served as the symbol of the very presence of God. The Ark of the Covenant was place in the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple. Once a year, the High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies and sprinkle blood on the Mercy Seat. This was symbolic of the forgiveness of the sins of the Jewish nation. "
See also: Ark of the Covenant , Christianity, Body Mind and Soul
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| | | |  Witness Dictionary: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Dream: I am naked or inappropriately dressed in public
Naked : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Dream: I am naked or inappropriately dressed in public
Dream: I am naked or inappropriately dressed in public Description: You are nude or only partly dressed in public, or you may appear in public inappropriately dressed, as in wearing pajamas to work. In another version, you may witness someone else doing the same. You may feel embarrassed, indifferent, and occasionally even proud and free. Frequency: This is a fairly common anxiety dream among all ages. Usual meanings: You feel exposed, vulnerable or awkward, or you may fear that you may have revealed too much of yourself in a waking situation. Rarely you may feel free and unencumbered. Many dreams about being inappropriately dressed occur when the person is involved in a wedding ceremony in waking life. Questions to ask yourself: If naked in your dream: - Where are you naked in your dream?
- Who notices you?
- What part of you is exposed?
- How do people react to you?
- How do you feel?
- What do you do?
If partially clothed: - What does the missing article of clothing do for you?
- What is good or useful about the missing article?
- What is bad or constricting about it?
- What does the missing article remind you of in waking life?
- How can you restore what is missing?
Source: http://health.discovery.com
(See also: Dream
Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation Naked , Dream Dictionary Naked )
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- Killing
Killing If you are killing someone in your dreams, you are probably expressing hostile feelings. Consider this an opportunity to look at your negative feelings and decide what would be the best and the least destructive way to address them. If you are a witness to a killing, you may be reflecting on changes going on around you that you don't particularly like. For more details See also: Meaning of Dreams about Blood, Attack, Anger, Shooting
Source: Dream Lover
Incorporated, http://www.dreamloverinc.com
(See also: Dream
Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Killing , Meaning of Dreams about Killing ,
Dream Interpretation Killing )
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| | | |  Witness Dictionary: Mystical Dimension Of
Jewish ThoughtKabbala: Mystical Dimension Of
Jewish Thought
The word Kabbala originally meant
Ôreception' and related to the oral Jewish tradition handed down by Rabbis from
generation to generation. The mainspring of the Kabbala is a deep rooted belief
in a perpetual inter-relationship between God as the infinite power and man in
the physical world as we know it.
Man can get close to God by subduing his own negative
inclinations and bring about spiritual regeneration of mankind, through
prayers, meditation and interpretation of the divine mysteries hidden in the
Torah. Kabbalists emphasise the importance of mystical formulas in the
recitation of prayers.
Read more here: » Kabbala: Mystical Dimension Of
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| | | |  Witness Dictionary: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Dream: I experience natural beauty or miracles
Beauty : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Dream: I experience natural beauty or miracles
Dream: I experience natural beauty or miracles Description: You are strolling through overwhelming natural or man-made beauty. The dream may involve abundant, lush flowers or vegetation and grand trees. You may bathe or swim in healing waters or be kissed by soft rain. Caressing winds may cool your face. You may be touched by warming sun rays or watch a spectacular sunset. Perhaps you will glide down ski slopes or across the ice, feeling invigorated and happy. All the glories of the natural world offer delight, often with musical background. Beautiful structures, including cathedrals, temples and marble halls, are sometimes the settings of these dreams. Classic courtyards with splashing fountains may invite you, feathered fans cool your brow. You may gaze into a glowing hearth or follow the light of a candle. You may engage in mystic dances or rituals or witness miracles. Frequency: Dreams of beauty are rare. You may have them when you follow a spiritual practice, or you may be gifted with one during a crisis. Usual meanings: You feel transported by the incredible scene before you. You may feel that life is amazing and that you are part of something exalted. Questions to ask yourself: - Where did your dream take place?
- Describe your surroundings, paying particular attention to colors, flowers and other sensual details.
- How did you feel when you awakened?
Source: http://health.discovery.com
(See also: Dream
Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation Beauty , Dream Dictionary Beauty )
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Spiritual Theosophical
Dictionary on
Chaos
Chaos (Ancient Greek) The Abyss, the "Great Deep". It was personified in Egypt by the Goddess Ne?th, anterior to all gods. As Deveria says, "the only God, without form and sex, who gave birth to itself, and without fecundation, is adored under the form of a Virgin Mother". She is the vulture-headed Goddess found in the oldest period of Abydos, who belongs, accordingly to Mariette Bey, to the first Dynasty, which would make her, even on the confession of the time-dwarfing Orientalists, about 7,000 years old. As Mr. Bonwick tells us in his excellent work on Egyptian belief - "Ne?th, Nut, Nepte, Nuk (her names as variously read !) is a philosophical conception worthy of the nineteenth century after the Christian era, rather than the thirty-ninth before it or earlier than that". And he adds: " Neith or Nout is neither more nor less than the Great Mother, a yet the Immaculate Virgin, or female God from whom all things proceeded". Ne?th is the "Father-mother" of the Stanzas of the Secret Doctrine, the Swabhavat of the Northern Buddhists, the immaculate Mother indeed, the prototype of the latest "Virgin" of all; for, as Sharpe says, "the Feast of Candlemas - in honour of the goddess Ne?th - is yet marked in our Almanacs as Candlemas day, or the Purification of the Virgin Mary"; and Beauregard tells us of "the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, who can henceforth, as well as the Egyptian Minerva, the mysterious Ne?th, boast of having come from herself, and of having given birth to God". He who would deny the working of cycles and the recurrence of events, let him read what Ne?th was years ago, in the conception of the Egyptian Initiates, trying to popularize a philosophy too abstract for the masses; and then remember the subjects of dispute at the Council of Ephesus in 431, when Mary was declared Mother of God; and her Immaculate Conception forced on the World as by command of God, by Pope and Council in 1858. Ne?th is Swabhdvat and also the Vedic Aditi and the Puranic Akasa, for "she is not only the celestial vault, or ether, but is made to appear in a tree, from which she gives the fruit of the Tree of Life (like another Eve) or pours upon her worshippers some of the divine water of life". Hence she gained the favourite appellation of "Lady of the Sycamore", an epithet applied to another Virgin (Bonwick). The resemblance becomes still more marked when Ne?th is found on old pictures represented as a Mother embracing the ram-headed god, the "Lamb". An ancient stele declares her to be "Neut, the luminous, who has engendered the gods" - the Sun included, for Aditi is the mother of the Marttanda, the Sun - an Aditya. She is Naus, the celestial ship ; hence we find her on the prow of the Egyptian vessels, like Dido on the prow of the ships of the Phœnician mariners, and forth with we have the Virgin Mary, from Mar, the "Sea", called the "Virgin of the Sea", and the "Lady Patroness" of all Roman Catholic seamen. The Rev. Sayce is quoted by Bonwick, explaining her as a principle in the Babylonian Bahu (Chaos, or confusion) i.e., "merely the Chaos of Genesis . . . and perhaps also Mot, the primitive substance that was the mother of all the gods". Nebuchadnezzar seems to have been in the mind of the learned professor, since he left the following witness in cuneiform language, "I built a temple to the Great Goddess, my Mother". We may close with the words of Mr. Bonwick with which we thoroughly agree "She (Ne?th) is the Zerouana of the Avesta, ‘time without limits’. She is the Nerfe of the Etruscans, half a woman and half a fish" (whence the connection of the Virgin Mary with the fish and pisces) ; of whom it is said: "From holy good Nerfe the navigation is happy. She is the Bythos of the Gnostics, the One of the Neoplatonists, the All of German metaphysicians, the Anaita of Assyria."
(See also: Chaos , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul,
Spiritual Dictionary,)
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Christian Theological Dictionary on Eternal Security
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Christian theological definition of Eternal Security according to CARM - The Christian
Apologetics & Research Ministry:
" Eternal Security The doctrine that salvation cannot be lost. Since it is not gained by anything we do, it cannot be lost by anything we do. This does not mean that we can sin all we want (Rom. 6:1-2) because we have been freed from sin and are set apart for holy use (1 Thess. 4:7). (See Antinomianism.) "
See also: Eternal Security , Christianity, Body Mind and Soul
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Hinduism Dictionary on Chaitanya
chaitanya: (Sanskrit) "Spirit, consciousness, especially higher consciousness; Supreme Being." A widely used term, often preceded by modifiers, e.g., sakshi chaitanya, "witness consciousness," or bhakti chaitanya, "devotional consciousness," or Sivachaitanya, "God consciousness." See: chitta, consciousness, mind (five states), Siva consciousness.
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also: Chaitanya ,
Hinduism,
Body Mind and Soul)
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Christian Theological Dictionary on Baptismal Regeneration
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Christian theological definition of Baptismal Regeneration according to CARM - The Christian
Apologetics & Research Ministry:
" Baptismal Regeneration The belief that baptism is essential to salvation, that it is the means where forgiveness of sins is made real to the believer. This is incorrect. Paul said that he came to preach the gospel, not to baptize (1 Cor. 1:14-17). If baptism were essential to salvation, then Paul would have included it in his standard practice and preaching of the salvation message of Jesus, but he did not. (See also Col. 2:10-11.) For more information on this see Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation? "
See also: Baptismal Regeneration , Christianity, Body Mind and Soul
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| | | |  Witness Dictionary: Vedic Philosophy - The PurushaThe Purusha or
the Self is beyond Prakriti. It is eternally separate from the latter. Purusha
is without beginning or end. It is without attributes and without qualities. It
is subtle and omnipresent. It is beyond mind, intellect and the senses. It is
beyond time, space and causality. It is the eternal seer. It is perfect and
immutable. It is pure consciousness (Chidrupa).
The Purusha is
not the doer. It is the witness.
Excerpt from
All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda
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Christian Theological Dictionary on
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Christian theological definition of according to CARM - The Christian
Apologetics & Research Ministry:
" Unitarianism A theological error that holds to the unity of God by denying the Trinity, the deity of Jesus, and the deity of the Holy Spirit. Unitarians teach the unity of God and hold to a common system of believing as you will about God, salvation, sin, etc. They often profess to have no dogma. Unitarians also hold to the universal redemption of all mankind. "
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| | | | |  Witness Dictionary: Indian Hindu Dictionary II on Yantra
Yantra Yantra is a type geometrical diagram or object, used Tantra (tantric worship). They are made of various metals (e.g., copper, silver, gold, astadhatu - an alloy of 8 different metals - etc.) or dried leaves of a special plant (bhoja patra). -origin is from Sanskrit, literally 'device for holding or fastening'. In tantric method of spiritualism (tantric sadhana) an "Yantra" often represents the body of the deity related to that sadhana. e.g., Shunya yantra, Bhubaneswari yantra, Bagalamukhi yantra It also literally means - A Machine.€€€
(See also: Yantra , Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)
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