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ANGELS |
ANGELS-GENERAL DESCRIPTION
- (Latin angelus; Greek aggelos; from the Hebrew for "one going" or "one
sent"; messenger). The word is used in Hebrew to denote indifferently
either a divine or human messenger. The Septuagint renders it by aggelos
which also has both significations... ARCHANGELS - All Archangels end with the "el" suffix. "El" meaning "in God" and the
first half of the name meaning what each individual Angel specializes in.
Archangels are able to be in many places at one time...
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ANTHROPOSOPHY |
AFTER RUDOLF STEINER'S DEATH. INTERNAL DIFFERENCES. WORLD WAR. 1925-1945
- 1925 The manifold cultural initiatives continue after Rudolf Steiner’s
death and begin to spread internationally. Albert Steffen becomes
president of the General Anthroposophical Society, giving it his stamp
through his productivity as a writer until the early 1960s...
ANTHROPOSOPHY: EARLY
YEARS 1902-1912 - 1899/1900
Turn of the century in Berlin. Rudolf Steiner works as an author, lecturer
and editor in various circles. He is looking for society structures and
forms of collaboration that correspond to the spirit of the new century.
The increasingly pressing “social question” cannot be resolved by
conventions...
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COSMOLOGY |
ASTROLOGICAL GENERALITIES
- Astrology is defined as the study of heavenly cycles and cosmic events
as they are reflected in our earthly environment. And Astrology is as old
as measured time. For thousands of years man has recorded the
relationships and patterns between the planets and the earth...
ASTROLOGY
AND THE END OF THE MAYAN CALENDAR - The
End of the Mayan Calendar is scheduled for December 21, 2012 . The
possibilities of what this "end" might mean is an increasingly hot topic
on the Internet, in conferences, printed articles, and in discussions all
over the globe...
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EXOTERIC |
ESOTERIC AND EXOTERIC -
Esoteric means the "inner" (eso-), in the sense of the inner consciousness;
the contemplative, mystical or meditative transpersonal perspective. This
is something different from the ordinary everyday understanding of things,
and can only be understood by intuition or higher mental or spiritual
faculties...
SOME COMPARISONS BETWEEN EXOTERIC & ESOTERIC CHRISTIANITY -
Many great world religions have both inner and outer teachings. For
example, Judaism, as the outer teaching, has Kaballa as its inner teaching.
Islam as an outer teaching, has Sufism as its inner teaching...
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GNOSIS |
EARLY CHRISTIAN GNOSIS - The impact that the life of Jesus had upon history is evidently
significant. In his own time, he stirred up profound controversy and was
condemned by many religious leaders who believed he was a threat to their
traditions. Jesus challenged the common perceptions towards humanity and
divinity, inviting the ordinary person to extraordinary possibilities...
GNOSIS RE-EMERGES - Then, in the Egyptian region of Nag Hammadi, in 1945, two brothers were
gathering fertilizer for their fields, when they uncovered a large jar of
papyrus books. These papers were what later became known as the Nag
Hammadi Library...
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KARMA |
ALL ABOUT KARMA - Karma (Sanskrit kárman "act, action, performance"; Pāli kamma) is the
concept of "action" or "deed" in Dharmic religions understood as denoting
the entire cycle of cause and effect described in Hindu and Buddhist
philosophies... CAUSE AND EFFECT OF KARMA
- There is a word "Karma", passed on from the past, but nowadays it is
rare to find someone who knows correctly what Karma is. What do we call
Karma and what is Karma?...
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LIST OF BUDDHIST TOPICS |
Abhidharma - Abhidharma (Sanskrit)
or Abhidhamma (Pāli) is a category of Buddhist scriptures that attempts to
use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic...
Aggañña Sutta - Aggañña Sutta is the 27th Sutta of Digha Nikaya collections. The sutta
describes a discourse imparted from the Buddha to two Brahmins, Bharadvaja
and Vasettha, who left their family and caste to become monks....
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RELIGIOUS, ESOTERIC, METAPHYSICAL AND MYSTICAL SYMBOLISM |
Agnus Dei
- Agnus Dei is a
Latin term meaning Lamb of God, and was originally used to refer to Jesus
Christ in his role of the perfect sacrificial offering that atones for the
sins of man in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple
sacrifices...
Alchemical symbols
- Alchemical symbols, originally devised as part of the protoscience of
alchemy, were used to denote some elements and some compounds until the
18th century. Note that while notation like this was mostly standardized,
style and symbol varied between alchemists, so this page lists the most
common...
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MASONRY |
25 LANDMARKS OF
FREEMASONRY - 1. The Modes of recognition;
2. The division of Symbolic Masonry into three degrees;
3. The legend of the third degree....
25 LANDMARKS OF
FREEMASONRY (PART TWO) -
THE RIGHT OF EVERY FREEMASON TO VISIT and sit in every regular Lodge is an
unquestionable Landmark of the Order. This is called the right of
visitation. This right of visitation has always been recognized as an
inherent right, which inures to every Freemason as he travels through the
world...
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MERKABAH |
MERKABAH - The
Hebrew word Merkabah (מרכבה "chariot", derived from the consonantal root
r-k-b with general meaning "to ride") is used in Ezekiel (1:4-26) to refer
to the throne-chariot of God, the four-wheeled vehicle driven by four
chayot "living creatures"...
MERKABAH, CHRISTIANITY
AND NEW AGE -
In Christianity, the man, lion, ox, and eagle are used as symbols for the
four evangelists (or gospel-writers), and appear frequently in church
decorations (and also in the The World Tarot card)...
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MYSTERY RELIGIONS |
MYSTERY RELIGION: CANDOMBLÉ
- Candomblé is an
African religion practiced chiefly in Brazil but also in adjacent
countries. The religion came from Africa to Brazil, carried by African
priests and adherents who were brought as slaves between 1549 and 1850...
MYSTERY RELIGION: DRUZE - The
Druze (Arabic: درزي, derzī or durzī, plural دروز, durūz; Hebrew: דרוזים,
Druzim; also transliterated Druz or Druse) are a distinct religious
community based mostly in the Middle East who are an offshoot of Islam and
influenced by other religions and philosophies...
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NEW AGE |
NEW AGE - New
Age is a broad movement of late 20th century and contemporary Western
culture, characterised by an individual eclectic approach to spiritual
exploration. The New Age is a diverse movement of individuals including
many who graft new age beliefs onto a traditional religious affiliation...
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NUMEROLOGY |
ABOUT NUMEROLOGY - Numerology refers to any of many systems, traditions or beliefs in a
mystical or esoteric relationship between numbers and physical objects or
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THE OCCULT |
OCCULT: THE 'KNOWLEDGE
OF THE HIDDEN' - The word occult
comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to
'knowledge of the hidden' and often popularly meaning 'knowledge of the
supernatural', as opposed to 'knowledge of the measurable', usually
referred to as science... SEE
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ODIC FORCE |
WHAT IS "ODIC FORCE"? - The Odic force (also called Od [õd], Odyle, Önd, Odes or Odems) is the
name given in the mid-19th century to a hypothetical vital energy or life
force by Baron Carl von Reichenbach (1788-1869), an accomplished chemist (known
for his analysis of creosote, waxy paraffin, and phenol). Von Reichenbach
coined the name from that of the Norse god Odin in 1845...
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THE PLANES OF EXISTENCE |
THE PLANES OF EXISTENCE - In metaphysics and esoteric cosmology, a plane of existence (sometimes
called simply a plane, dimension, vibrating plane, or an inner, invisible,
spiritual, supraphysical world, or egg) is conceived as a subtle region of
space (and/or consciousness) beyond, but permeating, the known physical
universe (or a portion of the physical universe itself) and inhabited by
evolving spirit-life beings in different stages of consciousness...
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QIGONG |
QIGONG OR "ENERGY-CULTIVATION"
- Qigong (Simplified Chinese: 气功; Traditional Chinese: 氣功; pinyin: qìgōng;
Wade-Giles: ch'i4 kung1) or "Energy-Cultivation", is an aspect of Chinese
medicine involving the coordination of different breathing patterns with
various physical postures and motions of the body...
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REINCARNATION |
ABOUT REINCARNATION: CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENTS AND THINKERS -
In the Renaissance we find the doctrine in Giordano Bruno, and in the 17th
century in the theosophist van Helmont. During the classical period of
German literature metempsychosis attracted much attention: Goethe played
with the idea, and it was taken up more seriously by Lessing, who borrowed
it from Charles Bonnet, and by Herder. It has been mentioned with respect
by Hume and by Schopenhauer...
REINCARNATION AND
WESTERN RELIGIONS -
Some ancient Greek philosophers believed in reincarnation; see for example
Plato's Phaedo and The Republic. Pythagoras was probably the first Greek
philosopher to advance the idea...
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ROSICRUCIANISM |
ROSICRUCIAN - The Rosicrucian Order is a legendary esoteric Order publicly documented
in the early 17th century. This hermetic Order is viewed among earlier and
many modern Rosicrucianists as a "College of Invisibles" from the inner
worlds, composed of great Adepts, aiming to give assistance in humanity's
spiritual development...
ROSICRUCIANISM HISTORY - It is on the foundation of these teachings that Rosenkreuz conceived
the plan for simultaneous and universal religious, philosophic, scientific,
political, and artistic reform. To implement his plan, he united with
several disciples (seven at first, according to Fama Fraternitatis), to
whom he gave the name of Rose-Croix...
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PIRITUAL EVOLUTION |
OCCULT CONCEPTS
OF SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION - Theories of Spiritual Evolution are important in many Occult and
Esoteric teachings, which emphasise the progression and development of the
individual either after death (Spiritualism) or through successive
reincarnations (Theosophy, Hermeticism)...
WHAT IS "SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION"?
- Spiritual evolution is the philosophical, theological, esoteric or
spiritual idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve
along a predetermined cosmological pattern or ascent, or in accordance
with certain pre-determined potentials...
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THEOSOPHY |
THEOSOPHY: "WISDOM OF THE
DIVINE" - Theosophy, literally "wisdom of the divine" (in the Greek language),
designates several bodies of ideas. Philosophers such as Emanuel
Swedenborg and Jacob Boehme are commonly called theosophists...
WHAT MEAN THE SYMBOLS THAT COMPOSE THE EMBLEM OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY?
- The Emblem of the
Theosophical Society is composed of a number of symbols, all of which have
been used from very ancient times to express profound spiritual and
philosophical concepts about man and the universe...
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