Worship Dictionary - Article Index

Dictionary - Worship: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Worship
WORSHIP: in Paganism and Wicca, this means to become one with the gods during a group or personal rite and to endeavor to draw the ess...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ancestor Worship: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Ancestor Worship
ANCESTOR WORSHIP: The belief inherent in some religions, such as Shintoism, that asserts the continued existence of the deceased and t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sexual Worship: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sexual Worship
Sexual Worship.   See PHALLIC; LINGA   (See also: Sexual Worship , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Ancestor Worship: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ancestor Worship
Ancestor Worship A cult widely observed among peoples and usually defined as the cult of the spirits of parents and forefathers. It im...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bull-worship: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bull-worship
Bull-Worship (See "Apis" ). The worship of the Bull and the Ram was addressed to one and the same power, that of generative ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Twilight Worship: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Twilight Worship
Twilight Worship: Twilight Worship. Puja at dawn, midday, sunset and midnight.   (See also: Twilight Worship , Tantra, Tant...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bull, Bull Worship: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bull, Bull Worship
Bull, Bull Worship The bull has been worshiped as a symbol of generative creation in its celestial or cosmic aspect -- in contrast wit...   » 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 - Cow-worship: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Cow-worship
Cow-worship. The idea of any such "worship" is as erroneous as it is unjust.   No Egyptian worshipped the cow, nor doe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Temple: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Temple
temple: An edice in a consecrated place dedicated to the worship of God or the Gods. From the Latin templum, "temple, sanctuary; ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yajna: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Yajna
yajna: (Sanskrit) "Worship; sacrifice."   One of the most central Hindu concepts - sacrifice and surrender through act...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shaktism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shaktism
Shaktism (Shakta): (Sanskrit) "Doctrine of power."   The religion followed by those who worship the Supreme as the Div...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siddha Yoga Dictionary: Dictionary Of Siddha Yoga Terminology
A dictionary Of Siddha Yoga Terminology. From Abhanga to Yogini.   Please note that all words in grey, like "enlightenment&quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sun Worship: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sun Worship
Sun Worship All ancient pantheons contain a deity associated with the sun, so that the reverence and worship paid to the sun was ritua...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Disk Worship: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Disk Worship
Disk Worship Another form of sun worship; however, the ancients, especially whose who had been initiated in the Mystery schools, did n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hare-worship: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Hare-worship
Hare-Worship. The hare was sacred in many lands and especially among the Egyptians and Jews.   Though the latter consider it an ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Congregational Worship: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Congregational Worship
congregational worship: Worship done as a group, such as synchronized singing, community prayers or other participatory worship by ind...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ancestor Worship: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Ancestor Worship
ANCESTOR WORSHIP: ritualized propitiation and invocation of dead kin, based on the belief that spirits influence the fate of the livin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Internalized Worship: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Internalized Worship
internalized worship: Yoga. Worship or contact with God and Gods via meditation and contemplation rather than through external ritual....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kirtana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Kirtana
kirtana: (Sanskrit) "Praising."   Devotional singing and dancing in celebration of God, Gods and guru. An important fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Puja: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Puja
puja: (Sanskrit) "Worship, adoration."   An Agamic rite of worship performed in the home, temple or shrine, to the mur...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neo-paganism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Neo-paganism
Neo-Paganism The modern revival of paganism, emphasizing witchcraft (see Wicca), goddess worship, and nature worship.   (See a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shamanism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Shamanism
Shamanism Generally regarded as spirit worship, commonly and often unjustly classed with the religions of primitive peoples referring ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bel: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bel
Bel (Greek, Latin) Ba`al (Chaldean) (from Semitic ba`al chief, lord)   Lord, chief; one of the supreme gods of the Chaldeo- or As...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Puja: Siddha Yoga Dictionary On Puja
Puja: Worship; actions performed in worship; also, an altar with images of the Guru or deity and objects used in worship.   (S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yama-niyama: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Yama-niyama
yama-niyama: (Sanskrit) "Restraints-observances."   The first two of the eight limbs of raja yoga, constituting Hindui...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atash-bahram, Atash Behram: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atash-bahram, Atash Behram
Atash-Bahram, Atash Behram (Persian) Verethraghna (Avestan), Varhran, Varhram (Pahlavi) The sacred fire of the Parsis, kept perpetuall...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhakti Yoga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Bhakti Yoga
bhakti yoga: n (Sanskrit) "Union through devotion." Bhakti yoga is the practice of devotional disciplines, worship, prayer, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aten: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aten
Aten (Egyptian) The disk of the sun and its vivifying, light-giving beams. Extended during the 18th dynasty to become the basis of a n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siva, Shiva: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Siva, Shiva
Siva, Shiva (Sanskrit) The third god of the Hindu Trimurti (trinity): Brahma the evolver; Vishnu the preserver; and Siva the regenerat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Akhenaton: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Akhenaton
Akhenaton (Egyptian, "he who acts effectively for the invisible solar disk") Pharaoh of Egypt ca. 1350 to 1334 BC, often cal...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Religion: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Religion
RELIGION The word "religion" derives from the Latin prefix, re (an intensive) + ligio, "to tie, to bind," hence &q...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Star: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Star
Star Popularly, all points of light in the firmament; more accurately, the so-called fixed stars or suns, as distinct from planets. Al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God, Goddess: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On God, Goddess
God (Gods) and Goddess (Goddesses) A generalizing term signifying all self-conscious entities superior to humankind, most often restri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pada: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pada
pada: (Sanskrit) 1)    "A step, pace, stride; footstep, trace." 2)    "The foot (of men...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arcanam: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Arcanam
Arcanam - to worship the Deity in a temple with all different types of paraphernalia. When this worship is conducted internally, it is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sandhyavandana, Samdhyabandana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sandhyavandana, Samdhyabandana
Sandhyavandana or Samdhyabandana (Sanskrit) [from sandhya twilight, dawn + vandana salutation, worship, praise, prayer from the verbal...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paganism: Pagan Denominations Dictionary On Paganism
PAGANISM (Latin,  paganus, "a peasant, rustic"): Roman soldiers used the word in the pejorative sense of "hick, yo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Serapis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Serapis
Serapis [from Greek Sarapis from Egyptian Asar-Hapi Osiris-Apis]   The most important deity at Alexandria during the time of Ptol...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tantras: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tantras
Tantras (Sanskrit) Loom, the warp or threads in a loom; a rule or ritual for ceremonial rites. Religious treatises teaching mystical a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mithraism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mithraism
Mithraism The worship of Mithras, a remarkable and highly mystical religion which existed long before Zoroaster as the Society of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pagan, Neopagan: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Pagan, Neopagan
PAGAN/NEOPAGAN - 1. Nature based Religion. (TRASB) 2. movement devoted to nature, worship, polytheism, Goddess worship ancient triba...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Voodoo, Vodou: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Voodoo, Vodou
Voodoo, Vodou (African, "divine spirits", also Vodou, Vodoun, Vodun) African- Christian new religion born in Haiti, whose fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siddha Siddhanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Siddha Siddhanta
Siddha Siddhanta: (Sanskrit) Siddha Siddhanta, also called Gorakhnatha Saivism, is generally considered to have come in the lineage of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tantra(s): Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Tantra(s)
A Theosophical definition of Tantra(s) :   Tantra(s) (Sanskrit) A word literally meaning a "loom" or the warp or thre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brihaspati: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brihaspati
Brihaspati (Sanskrit) (from brih prayer + pati lord)   Sometimes Vrihaspati. A Vedic deity, corresponding to the planet Jupiter, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoni: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yoni
Yoni (Sanskrit) The womb; more generally, the female principle. In ancient India the yoni was the common female symbol of the universa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saivism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Saivism
Saivism (Saiva): (Sanskrit) The religion followed by those who worship Siva as supreme God. Oldest of the four sects of Hinduism. The ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Labarum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Labarum
Labarum (Latin) Labaron (Greek) The standard carried by armies under the Christian Roman emperors, consisting of a pike from whose cro...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sun: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sun
Sun The central focus of radiating energy, physical and spiritual, of any solar system. In our solar system the sun is one of several ...   » Read the article

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

Article - Hinduism: Do Hindus Worship Idols?
Hinduism: Do Hindus worship idols? No, Hindus are not idol worshippers in the sense implied. They are intelligent people, and intelligen...   » Read the article

Article - Ancient Celts: Celtic Marriage
  Celtic Marriage This article is not just for those interested in the traditions of Celtic Marriage, it is also a look into the c...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Buddhist Marriage Ceremony
Buddhism: Buddhist Marriage Ceremony Although wedding ceremonies have always been regarded as secular affairs in Buddhist countries, th...   » Read the article

Article - Sacred Sites: Temples As Places Of Deep Insight
Sacred Sites: Temples as Places Of Deep Insight Temples and other places of worship play a significant role in cultural reformation. ...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Worship: Worship In Buddhism
Buddhist Worship: Worship in Buddhism Buddhists can worship both at home or at a temple. It is not considered essential to go to a templ...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism And Polytheism: Why Do Hindus Worship So Many Gods And Goddesses?
Hinduism and Polytheism According to the tenets of Hinduism, God is one as well as many. He is to be found every where and in every thin...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Prayers: The Mantra On Lord Vishnu - A Hindu Prayer
The Mantra on Lord Vishnu - a Hindu Prayer.   From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.      » Read the article

Article - May Day: A Celebration Of May Day
A Celebration of MAY DAY There are four great festivals of the Pagan Celtic year and the modern Witch's calendar as well. The two greate...   » Read the article

Article - Kali: The Hindu Godess Mother Kali
MOTHER KALI The Destroyer of Demoniac Attributes It is unfortunate that Devi is ignorantly understood by many as a mere blood-thirsty H...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Worship: The Philosophy And Significance Of Idol-worship
There is no reference to worship of idols in the Vedas. The Puranas and the Agamas give descriptions of idol-worship both in the houses a...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Hinduism Lexicon On B
Hinduism Lexicon on B From backbiting to buddhi chitta.    » Read the article

Article - Vastu Shastra:
Effects of Evil Eye The power of an "Evil Eye" is so bad that it could inflict injury or bad luck by the look/glance of certa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Dictionary: Spiritual Hinduism Dictionary
A spiritual dictionary of the 280 most common words in Hinduism. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenment, Spiritual D...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hinduism Dictionary: Spiritual Dictionary On Hindusim From R-z
A Hinduism dictionary with the most common spiritual words from P-Z. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenment, Spiritu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hinduism Dictionary: Hinduism Dictionary From A-i
A dictionary from A-J of most common spiritual words in Hinduism. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenment, Spiritual ...   » Read the article