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Glossary of Metaphysical Terms
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Absent Healing
Healing directed to a person distant from the healer. The healer delivers
the information about the person by thought.
Acupoint
Point on the body treated by acupuncture or acupressure.
Acupressure
(shiatsu, Japanese) Healing art based on massage, stimulating
and increasing flow of life energy throughout the physical body.
Acupuncture
Chinese healing art based on placing and inserting needles in various
parts of the body.
Adam Kadmon
The archetypal man, according to the Kabbalah. In the Christian tradition, "heavenly man" or the "mystical body of Christ wherein we are all one."
Adonai
Hebrew God.
Advaita Vedanta
Non-dualistic school of Hindu philosophy.
Aeon
Creation step or cycle. Used to measure maturity of souls, Keys of Enoch.
Affirmation
A positive statement affirming or asserting something to help manifest it in the physical world.
Afterlife
A spiritual state transcending physical death. The continuing existence of a soul, a spirit, an entity following the death of its physical body.
Age
Astrological epoch, one-twelfth of the Sun cycle or precession of the equinoxes lasting 2160 years.
Age-Regression
Disclosing a previous time, place and circumstance of a person.
Agnostic
One who believes nothing it is impossible to know if God exists.
Air Signs
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, associated with mental energy.
Ajna
The word Ajna means "command", in the sense of the Guru's
command (spiritual guidance). More recently in Western occult and New
Age thought the Ajna chakra has been identified with the "third
eye" (eye of psychic vision), and other such concepts not found
in the original Tantrika system.
Ajna Chakra
The sixth chakra, Ajna chakra, is located in the middle of the forehead,
in between the brows. It also bears the names The Third Eye
or Shiva's Eye and it represents the superior mental consciousness
that favors the direct perception over the invisible worlds, and the
direct perception of the subtle aspects of manifestation. In its harmonious
aspect, Ajna chakra gives great mental insight, self-control, clairvoyance,
superior intuition, and extrasensorial perception. On a physical level,
it coordinates the activity of the pituitary gland and of the small
brain. The hypophysis has a vital role in organism, in the sense that
together with the hypothalamus they act as the command system of all
other endocrine glands. Consequently, Ajna chakra has a vital role not
only in the spiritual awakening of a person, but also in the chemistry
of the body.
Ajna Healing
Ajna Healing originated in the Mystery Schools of Tibet and is only
taught to students who have passed rigorous mental, physical and emotional
tests. Ajna Healing incorporates hands on healing and the direction
of energy through the Ajna Chakra.
Akashic Records
Chronicles of all that occurs in one's life. Everything is inscribed
in the akasha, which is etheric energy vibrating at a frequency that
records all of the impressions of life, whether created in or out of
embodiment. Any individual can learn to access these records by developing
inner sight.
Alchemy
The chemistry of the Middle Ages, the chief aim of which was to change the baser elements into gold.
Allah
The God or Supreme Being of Islam.
Allopathy
Method of treating disease by use of agents; conventional medicine.
Alpha And Omega
First and last letters of the Greek alphabet signifying eternity and time.
Alpha Wave
Brain wave associated with relaxed, alert consciousness.
Altered States of Consciousness
A generic term used for sleep, dreams, trances, hallucinogenic experiences.
Alternative
Unconventional approach, treatment, remedy, medicine, or practice designed to promote physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health, happiness and well-being.
Altruism
Unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
Amish
Christian sect founded by Swiss Mennonite, Jacob Amman, who came to America in the 18th century, noted for a traditional, non-technological lifestyle.
Amulet
An object naturally producing certain effects.
Anahata
Sanskrit name for the heart chakra, symbolized by a 12-petal lotus.
Angels
Supernatural beings who have great intelligence and power. They are
guiding influences and spirits, such as the Guardian Angels, who watch
over each soul in embodiment. Angels are generally regarded as good,
innocent, powerful, and beautiful, and may intervene to protect us from
harm. There is a hierarchy within the angelic realms that constitutes
many levels of power: Angels, Archangels, Principalities, Powers, Virtues,
Dominions, Thrones, Cherubim & Seraphim.
Angular
On or close to the first, fourth, seventh, or tenth house cusps.
Animism
Belief that life is activated by spiritual force.
Anomoly
Something that doesn't fit science or the conventional view of reality.
Antipathy
The disharmony between two planets that rule or are exalted in opposite signs in astrology.
Applied Kinesiology
A technique using body muscles to test and evaluate the different nerve and energy patterns of the body, developed during the 1960s by George Goodheart, D.C.
Apport
An object or being that appears to manifest spontaneously from the air. Thought to be a gift from Spirit.
Apologist
One who defends or attempts to justify a doctrine or faith.
Aquarian Age
The era of coming peace, wisdom and universal group effort (2000-4100).
Aquarius
(Greek) "Waterbearer", 11th sign of the zodiac (approx. January
20 to February 20); ruler Uranus; the airy element; keywords: consecration,
originality, eccentric innovative energy. Recognized strengths: generous,
inventive, detached, progressive, tolerant, ingenuous, open-minded,
social, creative; problem-solver, humanitarian. Potential weaknesses:
unconventional, eccentric, changeable, independent to a fault, unsteady,
aloof.
Arcturians
Fifth-dimensional beings who claim they are from the star Arcturus in
the Bootes constellation.
Aries
The Ram; first zodiac sign (approximately March 20 to April 20); ruler Mars; of the fiery element; keywords: activity, intellectual energy. Recognized strengths: youthfully vital, warm, bright, dynamic, independent, assertive, courageous; initiator and leader. Potential weaknesses: impatient, head-strong, arrogant, intrusive, lacks perseverance, quick to over-react.
Aromatherapy
The art of healing and wellness using essential oils and oil blends. Depending on the remedy, application may be internal, external or as an inhalant.
Ascendant
Zodiacal degree on the eastern horizon at the minute of birth, signifying the personality self, especially as viewed by others.
Ascended Masters
Those who have mastered time and space and gained mastery of the self,
fulfilled their divine plan and ascended into the presence of God. There,
because of their great love, they receive new directions to teach in
many worlds.
Asceticism
(Greek) Science of self-knowledge through discipline of mind
and body.
Ashram
(ashrama) Spiritual commune, household or hermitage.
Asomatic
Out of the body, bodiless.
Astral
Of, from or like the stars.
Astral Body
A non-physical body which is a counterpart of a physical body and one of the seven layers of the Aura.
Astral Light
The auric or nonphysical light perceived as vibrations surrounding beings or objects.
Astral Projection
The act of separating the astral body from the physical body. Also known as Astral Travel.
Astrology
The study of the influence on humanity and planetary life of the vibratory radiation's of the Sun, the Moon, and other celestial bodies in their various positions and relationships.
Astronumerology
The science synthesizing astrology and numerology.
Athiest
One who believes there is no God.
Atlantis
A highly evolved ancient civilization which developed and used advanced
technologies such as those we are learning about today. The civilization
misused some of the technologies by not integrating spiritual practices
into their use and was destroyed by earthquakes and other cataclysms.
The continent of Atlantis sank into the Atlantic Ocean on three separate
occasions. Some Atlanteans escaped and went to such places as Greece,
Egypt and Central America.
Attunement
Aligning the individual with the natural energy in the environment.
Aum (OM)
(Sanskrit) A sound that vibrates the whole spiritual channel,
charges all the chakras, and harmonizes mind and body; traditional mantra.
Same as Om.
Aura
Electromagnetic field of energy surrounding all matter consisting of seven distinctive layers known as "bodies".
Aura Balancing
The technique for clearing, smoothing, or harmonizing the auric field around a person's head or body.
Autogenic Training (AT)
Various methods of meditation, visualization, or bio-feedback training used to modify behavior and consciousness.
Automatic Writing
Writing produced when a person goes into an altered state and a spirit entity takes over the person's writing arm and hand to communicate.
Autosuggestion
Sending mental messages to the unconscious, self-programming.
Avatar
(Hinduism) Incarnation of a God who comes to Earth in bodily
form (Krishna, Rama, Jesus).
Awareness
1. Spiritual or higher consciousness. 2. Not using the mind to look for reality.
B
Baha'i
A way of life originating in Persia during the 19th century, stressing
radical monotheism, prophets, and scriptures.
Band
Each person attracts spirit entities who may attend them according to
their needs and backgrounds. It is said bands may include: a master
teacher, American Indian(s), a healing doctor, a guide, a gatekeeper,
teachers, counselors, seers and others according to the personality
attraction of the subject. It is generally accepted the guide may have
the strongest relationship and may stay for the lifetime of the person.
Bardo
The after-life reality through which we travel as we process our life
review, confronting emotional situations and unfinished business to
see if we have sufficiently released seeds of karma to be freed from
their influence.
Barefoot Shiatsu
Macrobiotic massage developed by Shizuko Yamamoto as a response to the
Western condition requiring a more rigorous style of treatment.
Beings
A term used to denote the existence of Light beings, such as the Ascended
Masters, Arcturians or other species from different star systems. A
life form, just as humans are one of the life forms ensouled on Earth.
Beta Waves
Brain waves indicating normal waking state with consciousness directed
to the external environment.
Bewitching
To use a one's psychic abilities over another person for the purpose
of control and manipulation.
Bi-Quintile
Planets 144 degrees apart; minor favorable aspect.
Bibliomancy
Divination by reading the first words when a page of a book falls open
at random containing the reply to a question.
Bicorporeal Signs
Double-bodied astrology signs: Gemini, Pisces, Sagittarius.
Biofeedback
A science or learned technique for consciously controlling biological
processes such as listening to amplified brain waves through the use
of a monitoring device that feeds back information to the practitioner.
Bioluminescence
Invisible rays that surround an object or individual that can be picked
up by Kirlian photography.
Biophyschic
Relating to the biological, psychic and spiritual field influencing
or governing human beings and the environment.
Bioresonance
Theory that every living thing resonates at its own unique frequency
like a musical chord.
Biorhythm
Science studying changes in a person's emotional, mental, physical and
spiritual states based on 23-, 28-, and 33-day cycles calculated from
the date of birth; founded by Hermann Swoboda and Wilhelm Fleiss, early
20th century.
Biosignal
Extraterrestrial communication received electronically.
Biosociation
The creative act, thinking or functioning on more than one plane.
Biotelepathy
The supportive relation between two or more individuals at an unlimited
distance, e.g. resonance of twins.
Biotonic Therapy
Healing method involving color and spectro-biological methods, developed
by Marlu deChrapowick.
Birth Chart
Picture of the heavens at the place and moment of birth.
Birth Path Number
Number in numerology derived from month, date and year of birth.
Black Art
To use psychic energy for evil intent.
Black Magic
Sorcery which produces phenomena for abuse and self-gratification.
Blue Moon
In astrology, a second full Moon in any given Sun sign period, each
of which is approximately thirty days – an infrequent occurrence at
irregular intervals.
Blueprint
Life pattern imprinted in the psyche, which a person follows out on
the material earth-plane.
Bodhi
Sanskrit word for enlightenment and wisdom.
Bodhisattvas
Buddha's-to-be. Those who aspire to become Buddha's have to perfect
within themselves the following characteristics during several lifetimes:
morality, charity, renunciation, wisdom, patience, truth, effort, determination,
universal unconditional love and composure.
Boji
A stone used to remove pain by closing holes in the energy field of
the human body.
Book of Thoth
Tarot Cards.
Breathwork
Working with breath inhalation and exhalation patterns to achieve emotional,
mental, spiritual and material changes, e.g. rebirthing.
Brow Chakra
The 6th chakra, the third eye, found above and between the brows, in
the center of the forehead. The source of ecstasy, ESP, clairvoyance,
clairaudience, heightened intuition, and paranormal powers. It influences
the pituitary gland which is the master control center of the mind and
body affecting all the other endocrines. Its symbolic form is a six-pointed
star. Indigo, a pure mid-night blue, is the color of the brow chakra.
Buddha
"Awakened one". 1. Siddartha Gautama, chief personage of historic Buddhism,
also known as Sakyamuni or sage of the Sakya tribe, c.-623-543 2. Principle
of enlightment. 3. An enlightened being, in any realm.
Buddhism
A religion of Asia holding the belief that by the right living and the
right thinking one can reach Nirvana.
Bushido
(Japanese) Way of the warrior, samurai code.
C
Celestial
The Heavenly realms which are beyond third-dimensional sight. The home
of beings not incarnated.
Chakras
The ethereal body's sense organs, as defined by such Far Eastern organizations
as the Theosophical Society. Chakras resemble energy vortices, There
are several in the body, visible to those with insight. Of these, it
is advisable to use seven when aligning the spiritual body on a daily
basis. Each of these seven chakras vibrates at the frequency of one
of the seven colors in the rainbow, which combine to create white Light.
Children of Light
Humans progressing on their paths of spirituality who seek the Light
and are guided by it.
Clairaudience
Intuitive hearing; perceiving messages or information either as an inner
sound or an outer voice.
Clairsentience
Intuitive feeling or knowing; may include perceiving fragrances or odors,
tastes, emotional feelings, or tactile sensations.
Clairvoyance
Intuitive sight or vision. In simple forms, it involves perceiving images
through inner vision. In its more developed forms, the clairvoyant is
able to see spirit beings, non-physical energies, and auras.
Codes
The symbolism used by the Tribunal Council of the Galactic Command to
deliver the keys that contain the secrets to the power held by the Atlantean
Masters of over 10,000 years ago.
Commanders
Starseeds working for the Galactic Command to help carry out the plan
for assisting planet Earth and her inhabitants in the transition into
the Fifth Dimension.
Consciousness
The underlying framework of all; the pure order, organization, design,
pattern, intelligence, in all that exists. We are created of consciousness
and enveloped in it.
Cosmic Beings
Beings from other universes and galaxies.
D
Dharma
The cosmic law defining the natural and moral principles and order that
apply to everything in existence. Dharma defines the destiny of each
soul that comes into Earth embodiment.
Dimension
A plane of existence that can be subdivided into seven primary parts,
each comprising a specific agenda that makes up the curricula of that
plane.
E
Ego
The vehicle for the soul's journey in the physical dimension; the physical body and personality; the mind and analytical thought process.
Electromagnetic Gridline
An ancient Atlantean underground grid (developed by Hermes) for mental
and spiritual communication, which was energized by crystals, special
stones and objects. It is now being reconstructed around the world as
a crystalline web of Light, above the surface of the Earth, to be used
as a source of connection and communication among spiritual Light Workers
who believe in it's power and worth.
Energy Field
Area charged with electromagnetic energy that surrounds a being or object.
It may be positive, negative or both.
Etheric
The all-pervading essence of creation, filling all space and interpenetrating
all matters. The holder of all unseen events. All things exist first as
ideas or thought-forms in the etheric manifesting into the physical. Also
referred to as ethers.
Ethers
See etheric.
F
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G
Galactic Command
A fleet of starships composed of Masters and Celestial Beings from numerous
galaxies and rules by the Ascended Masters of the Great White Brotherhood
(White meaning white Light) who are helping Earth enter the Age of Aquarius.
These beings travel the universes and have the capability to influence
and direct God's plan for continued evolution. They are highly advanced
and do not necessarily appear in a third-dimensional form. They have assisted
Earth on her evolutionary path since the beginning.
Golden Age
Any age when Earth moves to a higher consciousness and the people on Earth
live in greater peace, harmony, love and abundance.
Golden Liquid Light
A phrase synonymous with God. It is the pool of electromagnetic energy
that is the creator of everything that exists. It is called liquid because
it moves continuously like a fluid and cannot be contained. See also Prana.
Great Central Sun
The center or core of white fire from which the spiritual/material universes
emanate. In the past, Sirius, the Dog Star, has been the focal point of
the Great Central Sun in our section of the universe. Over time however,
this position changes because of the precession of the equinoxes.
Guides
Those who walk beside our souls and assist our spiritual growth.
H
Higher Self
The Christ Self, the I AM presence, the exalted form of selfhood. The
Light body that surrounds our physical bodies and contains the power of
the God Force.
I
I Am Presence
Same as the Higher Self
J
Jainism
Indian religion stressing noninjury, nonviolence, active love founded by Mahavira, 6th century.
Jesus (Jeshua, Yeshua, Joshua)
Salvation of Yahweh, Prince of Peace, Son of Man, Jewish ethical teacher. Christianity is founded on his teachings.
Jouissance
Total joy that includes the physical, mental, sexual, and spiritual.
K
Kundalini
The life-force energy that is released from the root chakra and travels up the spine, awakening all the other chakras.
Karma
A universal law of cause and effect summarizing the totality of an individual's
actions in any single successive state of existence. Karma also is defined
as the physical, mental and spiritual lessons that return in any lifetime
to provide opportunities for the soul's growth. Loosely used, it means
fate. Karmic paths are the journeys humans take that teach many lessons.
Keys
The clues that unravel the mysteries of the secrets of the power of Atlantis
and ultimately creation.
L
Law of Attraction
This Universal Law demonstrates how we create the things, events and
people that come into our lives. Our thoughts, feelings, words and actions
produce energies which, in turn, attract like energies. Negative energies
attract negative energies and positive energies attract positive energies.
Law of Cause and Effect
This Universal Law states that nothing happens by chance or outside
the Universal Laws. Every action has a reaction or consequence and we
"reap what we have sown."
Law of Compensation
This Universal Law is the Law of Cause and Effect applied to blessings
and abundance that are provided for us. The visible effects of our deeds
are given to us in gifts, money, inheritances, friendships and blessings.
Law of Correspondence
This Universal Law states that the principles or laws of physics that
explain the physical world - energy, Light, vibration and motion - have
their corresponding principles in the etheric or universe. "As
above, so below."
Law of Gender
This Universal Law states that everything has it's masculine (yang)
and feminine (yin) principles and that these are the basis for all creation.
The spiritual Initiate must balance the masculine and feminine energies
within himself or herself to become a Master and a true co-creator with
God.
Law of Perpetual Transmutation
This Universal Law states that all persons have within them the power
to change the conditions in their lives. Higher vibrations consume and
transform lower ones; thus, each of us can change the energies in our
lives by understanding the Universal Laws and applying the principles
in such a way as to effect change.
Law of Polarity
This Universal Law states that everything is on a continuum and has
an opposite. We can suppress and transform undesirable thoughts by concentrating
on the opposite pole. It is the law of mental vibrations.
Law of Relativity
This Universal Law states that each person will receive a series of
problems (Tests of Initiation) for the purpose of strengthening the
Light within. We must consider each of these tests to be a challenge
and remain connected to our hearts when proceeding to solve the problems.
This law also teaches us to compare our problems to others' problems
and put everything into it's proper perspective. No matter how bad we
perceive our situation to be, these is always someone who is in a worse
position. It is all relative.
Law of Rhythm
This Universal Law states that everything vibrates and moves to certain
rhythms. These rhythms establish seasons, cycles, stages of development
and patterns. Each cycle reflects the regularity of God's universe.
Masters know how to rise above negative parts of a cycle by never getting
too excited or allowing negative things to penetrate their consciousness.
Law of Vibration
This Universal Law states that everything in the universe moves, vibrates
and travels in circular patterns. The same principles of vibration in
the physical world apply to our thoughts, feelings, desires and wills
in the etheric world. Each sound, thing and even thought has it's own
vibrational frequency, unique unto itself.
Light Body
The individual's electromagnetic body existing in the etheric. It is
the real body that provides the blueprint for the physical body and
allows inter-dimensional communications.
Light Workers
Spiritual believers who actively work to bring love and Light to Earth.
Lion of Judah
A name given to Jesus signifying that his teachings were Divine truths
emanating from the Tribe of Judah. The Prophet Daniel recorded the vision
of a winged lion rising out of the sea. An interpretation of this vision
is that, in the coming millennium, Divine wisdom and truth will rule
and a new spiritual world will be born.
Love
An electromagnetic force which encompasses the totality of the All.
Energy emanating from God that creates life.
M
Mandala
A circular pattern with concentric, geometric symbols and forms that
represent the universe. Although traditionally from the Hindu and Buddhist
religions, mandalas are used in many traditional practices for meditation
purposes.
Mantra
Mantras are words of power, used as objects of meditation. Mantra is
from the sanskrit root "man"- to think, and "tra"-
to liberate; thus, to liberate from thought. The sound of a mantra has
a vibration designed to produce a specific effect. By attuning to this
vibration when we meditate on a particular mantra, that effect is produced
in our lives. Although mantra is an Indian word, these words of power
have been used in the mystical practices of almost all cultures.
Masters
Men and women who have evolved spiritually, transcended their fellows,
and who assist in ruling the world. Adepts.
Meditation
Meditation is both an ancient spiritual practice and a contemporary
mind-body technique for relaxing the body and calming the mind. Most
meditative techniques have come to the West from Asian religious practices,
particularly India, China, and Japan, but similar techniques can be
found in many cultures around the world. Until recently, the primary
purpose of meditation has been religious, although it's health benefits
have long been recognized in these cultures where these methods originated.
Merkabah
Vehicle of Light structure encasing the Earth that is used as the means
of communication between the Ascended Masters and the members of the
Order of Melchizedek in embodiment. According to some, this structure
includes individual units situated over and around individual Light
Workers. Each unit is approximately fifty-five feet in diameter. These
units are tetrahedrons with the two halves spinning contrary to each
other, and must be activated to receive the maximum benefit of their
use. In other instances, these units of Light resemble teardrop diamond
cuts.
Metaphysics
The philosophy that applies the laws of physics to the spiritual world.
The belief that the world above and the world below are in correspondence.
Most Radiant One
The Ascended Master who is said to be Jesus the Christ or Sananda. The
Supreme Commander of the Celestials who oversee Earth's transition into
the millennium.
Mystic
One who seeks to have a constant awareness of Spirit throughout every
moment of daily life.
N
New Age
An age of spirituality and Oneness. Some refer to this age as the millennium
that is approaching in connection with the Second Coming of Christ.
New Jerusalem
The emerging title of the United States for the future. According to the
Ascended Masters, the people in the United States are responsible for
processing information and spiritually awakening people worldwide so that
collectively we may bring Earth into the Fifth Dimension.
O
OBE (Out-of-Body-Experience)
Awareness of the astral body detaching from the physical body, either voluntarily or involuntarily, awake or dreaming.
Objective Dream
A dream where the dream symbol means the same thing in a dream as it does in daytime living.
Objective Mind
The conscious mind.
Objective Senses
The five physical senses; beta senses.
Object Reading
Perceiving psychic information by holding an article in the palms of the hands; psychic can determine date regarding the article itself or data regarding the owner of the article.
Obsession
Beset by a power of external source, usually with some haunting, fixed idea. Older usage meant the taking over of a physical body by a spirit entity.
Occult
Hidden, secret.
Old Soul
One who has reincarnated many times.
Om (Aum)
(Sanskrit) Sacred syllable symbolizing the sum total of all energy;
first cause; omnipresent sound; lasting peace. Same as Aum.
Omen
An extraordinary event or physical activity using an etheric entity to predict an emotional event that would be impossible under the normal laws of physics occurring as a signal of an opportunity to be seized, a danger to be avoided, or news of an emotional event to happen.
One Infinity
Source of all life encompassing the beginningless beginning and the endless end; process of universal life, appearing and disappearing in the endless universe; the absolute world beyond space and time, yin and yang; God, the eternal, your real self.
Oneirology
The study of dreams.
Opposition
Planets 180 degrees or six houses apart in a chart; a major unfavorable aspect.
Orb
A spherical entity appearance on photographic material.
Oracle
Prophet, place, book, etc. relating the past, present or future.
Order
Principle or law governing nature, the universe, and all life.
Order of the Universe
1. The order whose heavenly nature holds from the center and spins all
else around it. 2. That which sustains, animates, destroys, and transmutes
everything, the visible and invisible, and is Absolute Justice. 3. The
eternal principles of change and harmony; the moving infinite creation
of Living God; the laws of yin and yang. See Universal Laws.
Organic Envelope
That physical body enveloping the spirit or astral body. The inner body is of tenuous substance and identical in form to the physical body.
Oriental Zodiac
Astrology system prevalent in the Far East, based on the order in which the animals arrived to pay tribute to the Buddha, the rat jumping off the ox's back to win.
Oscillation
The swinging of the bob of the pendulum in a straight line in one direction for the psychic impression, as opposed to swinging in a circle.
Other-Side
After-death realm.
Otherworld
Life after death.
Ouija
1. (French) "Yes, yes". 2. Board on which psychic messages are
spelled out.
Out Breath
Breathing out cycle.
Outer Band
Spirits in the astral world who assist humans in creative tasks and achievements.
P
Pagan
(Latin paganus meaning a "country dweller.") A practitioner of
an Earth religion.
Pallomancy
Use of a pendulum to answer questions or to measure radiations from a given object or person.
Palmistry
Science of interpreting the palms of the hands.
Panpsychic
Seeing consciousness everywhere.
Pantheism
The belief that God, nature, and the universe are the same.
Paradigm
1. Set of deep concepts on the nature of reality that shapes language, thought, perceptions, and system structures. 2. Unconscious dogmas and assumptions which make ordinary scientific practice possible.
Paradigm Shift
Spiritual or mental axis-shift; change in perception or world view such as the Copernican, Darwinian, Freudian, or New Age revolution.
Parakinesis
Physical psychic phenomenon in which there is no normal explanation for movement manifested.
Parallel
Distance of planets from the celestial equator.
Parallel Lives
Simultaneous multiple incarnation by same over-soul.
Paranormal
Faculties and phenomena beyond normally understood causal factors.
Paraphysics
The study of laws governing psychic phenomena.
Parapsychology
Science of measuring and investigating paranormal phenonema and behavior.
Pass
Movement of a healing practitioner's hands downward or upward in proximity to the patient's body intended to permit radiation forces to extend through the practitioner to the subject.
Past-Life Regression
Technique used to bring about an altered state of consciousness to guide us to review, study, and heal through recalling or re-experiencing past happenings in order to free us from present obstacles to growth and wholeness.
Past-Life Therapy
Method of searching for the roots of a person's current situations in previous lifetimes.
Path
A way, a walk, or journey, usually depicting the spiritual story of our advancement.
Patterning
Outward random results of psychic events providing mankind with clues that the material plane is orderly and patterned. For example, the fall of lots, dowsing rod pull, pendulum swing, lines on hands, I Ching, irridology, biorhythm charts, astrology and numerology.
Pendulum
Dowsing and radionics instrument consisting of a bob suspended by a short cord held in the fingers.
Pentacle
Any talisman used for psychic operations that hangs.
Pentacles
Tarot suit symbolic of fortune and enterprise.
Pentagram
Five-pointed star.
Percipient
One who can be aware of, intercept and intelligibly perceive and receive telepathic or psychic impressions.
Perciever
The direct receiver of telepathically or supernormally transmitted impressions either intended for him or for transmission through him to another person.
Phenomenology
Study of psychism by contemporary philosophy including awareness in experience and a construction as it appears in the mind along with extraordinary things and their relation to the mind.
Phenomenon
A happening that appears by physical law. Often attributed to the supernormal as though caused by impulse of astral origin.
Philology
The study of names and their vibratory rate.
Phone Voyance
Clairvoyance or clairsentiance experienced by a sensitive talking on a voice transmitter, as a telephone.
Photo-Medium
A spirit photographer having mediumistic abilities to serve him in the art of psychic photography.
Phrenology
The science of divining the skull and head so as to tell one's individuality and personality.
Physical Plane
The 1st plane of 3 dimensional matter, created by the soul-mind as a means for it to express itself and matter held together by thought energy both conscious and subconscious activity.
Physical Mediumship
Possession of psychic power to demonstrate ability in supporting apport, the movement of physical objects, or materializations, and other phenomena of physical types. Known also as "ectoplasmic mediumship".
Physical Psychic Phenomenon
Physical type manifestations are objective and usually can be witnessed by those present through the natural senses. Examples include rappings, table tilting, and materialization though the latter does not always register with everyone present.
Physical Vehicle
The body. The physical body is vehicle for less tangible elements of human lifesoul, spirit, mind, intellect. The spirit or astral body can separate from and return to the physical body with only the silver cord maintaining a contact between the two bodies.
Physiognomy
The ancient art of judging character and disposition from the features of the face or the form and lineaments of the body.
Pictograph
Various types of pictures used as symbols by etheric world entities to bring psychic information during automatic writing.
Pingala
(Sanskrit) Subtle nerve channel on the right side of the spine;
channel used for directing kundalini energy and chakra work.
Piscean Age
A cycle of time wherein the Earth received the influence of the constellation Pisces, acording to astronomy and astrology.
Pisces
Fishes; twelfth sign of the zodiac; of the watery element; ruler Neptune.
Key words; sympathy, compassion, gentle energy. Recognized strengths;
imaginative, sensitive, spiritual, sympathetic, compassionate, charming,
dramatic, humorous, impressionable, kind, gentle, graceful. Potential
weaknesses; depressive, addictive, evasive; low vitality, may lack will
power.
Pituitary Gland
Believed to be the endocrine gland into which the energy of the crown center flows; in effect, the point of contact for the soul wherein it is anchored into the physical, mechanical form.
Placemaking
Art of geomancy.
Planchette
(French) Ouija board pointer.
Plane
Level or realm of manifestation.
Planetary Awakening
Spreading awareness that we share a single planetary home and must be responsible for our environment.
Planetary Consciousness
Awareness and experiencing the Earth as a living entity.
Planetary Logos
The indwelling High Consciousness that has formed the planet as a physical body for the purpose of evolving consciousness, both its own and that of the little lives on it and in it.
Pleiades
"Seven Sisters" or "Weepers", constellation in Taurus; seven
daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
Plenary Trance
The deepest state of hypnosis available.
Pluralism
In metaphysical view, the phenomena of reality (including life) must have multiple explanation. For example, the body is physical matter, the soul or spirit is non-material, the spirit body is composed of matter not yet fully analyzed.
Pluto
This planet is the indicator of rejuvenation and power. Its location becomes a place of challenge for our use of will and personal power. The newest planet, Pluto often indicates where we could be secretive or less comfortable being direct about matters. Often seen as the planet of the underworld or subconscious. Ruler of Scorpio, it is considered Ray 1 in nature.
Point-Of-Focus
Any one thing that will hold the attention of an individual over a period of time.
Polarity
The positive or negative state in which a system or an entity reacts to a magnetic or electrical field.
Polarity Balancing (Polarity Therapy)
Wholistic system that balances the life energy through releasing blocks in the physical body.
Polysensory Incantation
To use the same term over and over again until it takes form and stabilizes in the mind.
Portent
The psychic indication that something is about to happen.
Position
Planet's place in the horoscope.
Positive Pole
Carrier of the incoming vibrations of psychic manifestations or energy. Sensitives operating in groups may create positive and negative poles. The positive carries the major burden of intake.
Positive Thought
A thought instigated by a person that is in accord with his or her good judgment, cultural values, ethical standards, self-worth or personal value system and is therefore felt to be correct for himself.
Possession
The taking control of the physical body of a person by a spirit entity. It is assumed the spirit element of the person is dispossessed or in temporary abandonment. There can be distinctive changes in the appearance and personal traits of a person, corresponding to traits of the possessing discarnate.
Postcognition
Memory or flashes usually from a past-life.
Power
Realm of higher consciousness; active, impersonal force interacting with human existence.
Power Object
Object with the ability to call in spirit forces.
Power Point (Psychic Vortex)
Spot or place along an Earth meridian with a capacity to amplify and transform energy, especially where two paths interconnect.
Practitioner
One who has completed foundation work and demonstrated integrity, earning the endorsement of the metaphysical/spiritual community.
Prana
The life support energy system of the universe. Also called the Golden
Liquid Light.
Prayer
The deliberate attempt to center ourselves in conversations with God or deity of choice; the concentration of heart and mind that brings that communion.
Prayer Position
Meditation with the thumbs on the sternum, finger tips touching lightly.
Psychokinesis (PK)
Influence of mind upon matter.
Precession of the Equinoxes
An astronomical effect of the gradual shift in the Earth's axis of rotation
which produces a westward movement and shifting of constellations around
the celestial sphere. Approximately 25,800 years are required to complete
the cycle. The Earth stays in each "age" (Pisces, Aquarius, etc.) for
over 2,000 years. The precession is caused by the sun's and moon's attraction
as a result of bulges around the Earth's equator.
Q
Qabalah
Jewish mysticism; this spelling refers to the magical/occult use of the Kabbalah starting the mid-1800s including Tarot and systems of correspondences.
Quartz
Mineral or rock crystal, hexagonal in form, used in healing, weather control, dematerialization, and protection from harmful electromagnetic energy.
Quetzalcoatl
"Most precious twin", compassionate culture-bearer of ancient
Mexico who could not kill animals or pick flowers; the feathered serpent;
the planet Venus.
R
Rational Mind
The intelligence in mankind making decisions and logically thinking things out.
Rebirthing
Process of releasing repressed attitudes and emotions gained by deep breathing techniques and a reenactment of the birth process.
Red
A primary color; first color the new baby sees; represents energy, aggressiveness, vitality. Color attributed to the root chakra.
Reflexology
A healing system based on the manipulation of reflex points on the feet or toes.
Regression
1. Backward chronological movement of behavior patterns from mature to less mature. 2. Reexperiencing past events including emotions, behavior, and general state of mind.
Reiki Therapy
(Japanese for "universal life energy") Rei describes the universal
part of the energy – the spirit, or soul, which is continually creating
– and ki is actually a part of that rei force, indicating the energy which
flows through all living things. The energy flows through the hands of
a trained practitioner when they are placed upon oneself, another person,
an animal, plant, or anything.
Reincarnation
The rebirth of the soul in a new body. This concept also incorporates the belief that the soul reappears in another form after death.
Religion
1. Way or ways that people orient themselves in the world with reference to both ordinary and extraordinary powers, meanings and values. 2. (Jung) Institution whose function is to protect us from an experience of God.
REM (Rapid Eye Movement)
Eye movement in correlation with dreaming sleep, occurring at 90 minute intervals for 2-60 minutes.
Remote Dowsing
To hold a pendulum over a map until it swings in a manner to indicate the area where the object is located.
Remote Viewing
Clairvoyant perception of a distant location.
Reproductive Trinity
Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius.
Responsibilty
We are charged to create a response to the experience of life – appropriate to our level of understanding and spirituality. We are empowered for the purpose of creating an appropriate response to the experience of life and the lessons it brings. Correlates to the energy and influence of the number 8.
Retrocognition
That which becomes known of event or circumstance of past happenings, to one who has had no possible access to the knowledge through any normal processes or the five senses.
Re-Vision
Recreating or reflecting on one's own past or experience.
Revolution
Annual path of a planet.
Rhapsodomancy
Divination by opening a book of poetry at random.
Rhythm, (Hermetic principle of)
"Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides; all things
rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure
of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhytjhm
compensates." The Kybalion.
Rider-Waite
Tarot deck designed by Pamela Colman Smith under Arthur Waite's direction.
Right Brained
Creative, intuitive, mystical.
Rising Sign
See Ascendant; sign on the eastern horizon
at time of birth signifying the personality as viewed by others.
Ritual
Ceremony to restore balance with nature and the world and bring back lost harmony and sacredness.
Ritual Magic
Processes and ceremonies used repeatedly to execute psychism, known only to the magician.
Rolfing
A stringent muscular realignment therapy used mainly for back and neck
problems developed by Ida Rolf.
Root Chakra
Lowest energy center, male sexuality center.
Rune
1. Letter in the old Scandinavian script. 2. Divinatory system utilizing rune stones inscribed with a letter from the Viking alphabet.
S
Seventh Heaven
The Seventh Dimension and home of highly spiritually evolved souls.
Shamballa
The etheric city, said to be over the Gobi Desert, that is the home
of the Ascended Masters.
Soul
An entity regarded as being the immortal or spiritual part of a person.
The moral or emotional nature of humans. Though it has neither physical
nor material reality, the soul is credited with the functions of thinking
and willing, and, hence, of determining all behavior. The vehicle that
transports the memories, lessons, and accomplishments of the individual.
The soul holds together the Light of our nine bodies; the physical body,
mind, emotions, and actions of an individual reflect the soul's evolutionary
progress.
Spirit
The all of the everything that is. It may also be called God, Source,
Love, the Universal Creative Force, the Great Mystery, Universal Wisdom,
or Higher Power.
Spirit Guide
A nonphysical entity that makes itself known to you in some way through
the intuitive mind. The guide's purpose is to help and protect you,
and to assist in your spiritual development and understanding of daily
life.
Spirituality
A sense of one's personal relationship with the divine, with God, with
Spirit, or the ultimate Creative Force of the Universe.
T
Tantra
The word "Tantra" comes from the root tan, to "extend",
"continue", multiply". "Tantra" means "what
extends knowledge"
Terra
Another name for Earth, sometimes used to describe Earth after the completion
of the planet's transformation into a star.
Third Eye
The "psychic" eye located in the middle of the forehead between the
eyebrows. Also, the location of the sixth chakra. A connection to spiritual
energy that can be activated by meditation and awareness to produce
second sight or extrasensory perception. The inner eye of God.
U
Universal Consciousness
The universal mind.
Universal Law
An underlying principle found within everything necessary for the scheme of things, that cannot be altered, worn out, or ended; often explained as God working within us.
Universal Mind
1. The collective intelligence of the universe. The ultimate and totally-inclusive supernormal intellect. 2. Sometimes used to mean "collective unconsciousness."
Universe
The manifestation of One Infinity alternately expanding and contracting at infinite speed.
Uranus
The planet of rapid change and great daring, the placement of Uranus in a horoscope suggests where we might be revolutionary or futuristic in our thinking or behavior. Here fredom is experienced, and creativity runs high. Ruler of the sign of Aquarius, it is considered Ray 7 in nature.
V
Vibrational Frequency
The rate at which the atoms and sub particles of a being or object vibrate.
The higher this vibrational frequency is, the closer it is to the frequency
of Light.
Vortex
A magnetic grid system entrance and exit point where magnetic and spiritual
energies flow back and forth at vibrational levels outside of Earth's
normal operations and physical time. Sensitive individuals, upon entering
these areas, feel the differences in their energy levels. Some experience
lightheadedness, loss of concentration, or other such sensations.
W
Wheel Of Life
Incessant wheel of karma whose twelve links are represented in Indian and Tibetan art.
White Light
Energy that balances and restores, natural and available to all living things. Emanations from the spiritual, the light of God.
Wicca
Witchcraft (Old English) Nature religion. Religion using simple
rituals to achieve communion with the natural forces around mother nature.
X
Xenoglossis
Speaking in tongues unknown to the speaker.
Xenography
Writing in tongues unknown to the writer.
Xylomancy
Divination by observing the position of twigs lying on the ground.
Y
Yin and Yang
The broad or universal expression of female (yin) and male (yang) energies.
The yin expression is creative thought, and is receptive, nurturing,
and intuitive. The yang expression is outer-directed, seeking, and questing,
and is the action that carries out creation.
Z
Zen
"Meditation", Historical Mahayana Buddhist movement, emphasizing sudden
enlightenment, often through spontaneous madcap behavior, meditation
upon paradoxical koans, or simplicity in daily life.
Zener Cards
Deck of cards designed by Karl Zener at Duke University, consisting of five cards of each of five different symbolsstar, circle, cross, square, and wavy lines; used to test ESP.
Zodiac
Twelve divisions of the sky along the eclipticAries, Mar. 21/Apr. 20; Taurus, Apr. 21/May 20; Gemini, May 21/Jun. 21; Cancer, Jun. 22/Jul. 22; Leo, Jul. 23/Aug. 23; Virgo, Aug. 24/Sep. 22; Libra, Sep. 23/Oct. 22; Scorpio, Oct. 23/Nov. 22; Sagittarius, Nov. 23/Dec. 21; Capricorn, Dec. 22/Jan. 20; Aquarius, Jan. 21/Feb. 19; Pisces, Feb. 20/Mar. 20.
Zodiacal Trinity
The three major astrological influences acting upon an individual, according
to the sign in which the Sun, Moon, and ascendant are positioned in the
natal chart. Establishes goals to be achieved for the growth of the personality
in this lifetime.
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