Occultism - Occultism Occultism is study of supposed occult or hidden wisdom. It has seen countless resurgences throughout history, possibly because most people seek for meaning in their lives. The most recent resurgence is in a large way due to movies like Necronomicon, and The Craft, and works from authors like Aleister Crowley, Robert Anton Wilson, Israel Regardie and Rudolf Steiner. It is a 'grey' area, perhaps larger than any other in the realm of religion. It can deal with subjects ranging from talismans, magic, and voudou, to ESP, numerology, and lucid dreams. It is all encompassing in that most everything that isn't claimed by any of the major religions is included in the realm of the occult. Even qabalah has been considered an occult study, perhaps of.
Immortals (disambiguation) - was kept in 10.000 men. Norwegian death metal band Immortal Immortals of occultism and fantasy literature. Religious deities, most of which are considered to be immortal. This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Video game controversy - as its sexuality, and in television coverage in the United States, when game animation was shown, parts of the screen were concealed with black rectangles in order to avoid showing nudity. This seems unnecessary from today's standpoint, because the graphics on the Atari 2600 were very crude and blocky, and one video game critic has described the naked woman as resembling "a hot dog made of Legos". Sierra's Leisure Suit Larry computer games were popular tongue-in-cheek adventure games for adults in which the protagonist constantly attempted, usually without success, to convince women to have sex with him. The games did not excite much controversy despite showing partial nudity with increasing graphical quality over the years. Eidos's Tomb Raider series of games were action-adventure games which featured a woman protagonist named Lara.
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - synthetization of these influences into a new school of thought is largely the merit of Mathers, who at times was teaching things he had discovered only days or hours before. The "Golden Dawn", as it is commonly referred to, was probably the single greatest influence on twentieth-century western occultism. While it existed, it was the focal point of the (re-)development of magical thinking in Europe. In it, most concepts of magic and ritual that have since become core elements of Wicca, Thelema, western mystery schools and other forms of magical spirituality were first formulated. Although the influence of chaos magic pursued by the magical order of the Illuminates of Thanateros is arguably challenging the predominance of Golden Dawn magic, the latter remains the spiritual core of nearly all of the more.
Hermes Trismegistus - in 1614 showed that the Greek texts betrayed a vocabulary too recent to be so old. Recent research suggests some of these texts may be of pharaonic Egyptian origin, although most of the "philosophical" Hermetica can be dated to around AD 300. During the Middle ages and the Renaissance, the hermetic scriptures enjoyed great credit and were popular among men of alchemy. The "hermetic tradition" therefore refers to alchemy, magic and the like. See Also Alchemy Hermetic Hermetica Hermeticism Occultism.
Gematria - that the missing final five letters of the numeral system match exactly with the five 'sofeet' forms of the Hebrew letters, which are alternate forms of particular letters only used when that letter is the last consonant in a hebrew word. Another use is that words which have the same numerical value, share the same qualities, and reveal still other aspects of the Divine. See also Occultism Kabbalah Esotericism Mysticism Metaphysics New Age Rosicrucianism Hermeticism Israel Hebrew language Jewish mysticism.
Goddess - Goddess and (currently admired) Nature any more than a recent myth, since ancient goddesses were usually the icons of civilisation and law that aimed to control nature. What we may see as gentle and beautiful Nature has been to struggling farmers a coldhearted, ungiving goddess. However, even if we stand back and debunk the romantic wing of Goddess Spirituality, it still shows considerable social influence, and its revaluing of an assertive compassion that recognises a world wide Web of Life (sic) can be welcome to the romantic heart and the scholarly brain alike. The connections between feminism and ecology are not new, and are well reflected in Goddess Spirituality (although it is only in some parts feminist and should not be assumed completely so). Men of the Goddess The position of.
Goetia - Goetia In occultism and demonology goetia (from Greek 'goeteia', witchcraft) is the art of invoking demons or other spirits and oblige them to do the conjurer's will without falling under their power. The Ars Goetia, first part of The Lesser Key of Solomon, is a good example of treatise on this subject, but it was already known and explained in earlier times, in the Key of Solomon and other mediaeval grimoires..
Eliphas Levi - title Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, and was translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite as Transcendental Magic. In 1861, he published a sequel, La Clef des Grandes Mystères (The Key to the Great Mysteries). Further magical works by Levi include Fables et Symboles (Stories and Images), 1862, and La Science des Esprits (The Science of Spirits), 1865. In 1868, he wrote Le Grand Arcane, ou l'Occultisme Dévoilé (The Great Secret, or Occultism Unveiled); this, however, was only published posthumously in 1898. Lévi's version of magic became a great success, especially after his death. His magical teachings were free from obvious fanaticisms, even if they remained rather murky; he had nothing to sell, and did not pretend to be the inititate of some ancient or fictitious secret society. He.
Enochian - consonant clusters; they are pronounced by inserting vowels, e.g. "nazpsad" is pronounced "nazepesad". Other words consist entirely of vowels. Most of the vocabulary consists of names of angels. Besides that, there are less than 1000 attested words. See also Occultism.
Enochian magick - to them directly by an angel. They created the Enochian script, and the table of correspondences that goes with it. It claims to embrace secrets contained within the apocryphal Book of Enoch. See Also Magick Occultism Mysticism.
Esotericism - main centre for many brotherhoods and secret societies of which many branches still exist today. Many groups or schools of thought embrace an esoteric tradition or philosophy: Freemasons Gnosticism Kabbalists Esoteric Buddhists Rosicrucians Magic Occultism G. I. Gurdjieff See Also esoteric knowledge occult mystery religion.
Aleister Crowley - "Western" and "Eastern" traditions. Its chief Western influences include the Golden Dawn, Kabbalah, and elements of Freemasonry; Eastern influences include yoga, Taoism, and Tantra. Science, Magick, and Sexuality Crowley claimed to use a scientific method to study what people at the time called "spiritual" experiences, making "The Method of Science, the Aim of Religion" the catchphrase of his magazine The Equinox. By this he meant that mystical experiences should not be taken at face value, but critiqued and experimented with in order to arrive at religious truth. In this he may be considered to foreshadow Dr. Timothy Leary, who at one point sought to apply the same method to psychedelic drug experiences. Yet like Leary's, Crowley's method fell short of objectivity and has received little "scientific" attention outside the circle of.
Anomalous phenomenon - anomalies for years. He, through his Sourcebook Project, has published a large body of reports collected in many of the scientific disciplines. Charles Fort, in his four works on anomalies, lambasted and ridiculed the scientists of his day for their short-sightedness. Some of the anomalies listed in his work have been explained and incorporated into modern science, while others continue to be unexplained. The Fortean Times, a British monthly magazine, continues in the spirit of Fort's work by publishing reports of anomalous phenomena and longer investigative articles. The Anomalist, edited by Patrick Huyghe and Dennis Stacy, is another magazine/journal devoted to the study of anomalies (which may be called anomalistics). Quotations If you see a two-headed pig, keep your mouth shut. --Irish proverb See also: occultism, UFOs, conspiracy theory, Society for.
Arthur Edward Waite - remain in print, the Book of Ceremonial Magic, The Holy Kabbalah, and New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry having seen reprints in recent years. Waite is best known as the co-creator of the popular and widely used Rider-Waite Tarot deck and author of its companion volume, the Pictorial Key to the Tarot. This was notable for being one of the first decks to illustrate all 78 cards fully, not just the 22 major arcana. Golden Dawn member Pamela Colman Smith illustrated the cards, and they were first published in 1910. See also Esotericism Occultism Tarot.
Astral projection - time she or he claims to be astrally projecting, but those who have describe it as a colored beam or shot or light darting around the room. Remote viewing, as studied in the Stargate Project and described by practitioners such as Joe McMoneagle, might be similar to astral projection insofar as it might involve the projection of consciousness to remote locations. Robert Monroe who founded the Monroe Institute published several accounts of his experiences of astral projection including "Far Journeys". See Also Remote Viewing Out of body experience Occultism Mysticism Esotericism New Age Metaphysics Subtle body Astral body.
Theosophy - Theosophy Theosophists trace the origin of Theosophy to the universal striving for divinity that existed in all ancient cultures. It is found in an unbroken chain in India but existed in ancient Greece also as in the writings of Plato (427-347 BC), Plotinus (204/5-270) and other neo-Platonists, and to Jakob Boehme (1575-1624). Some relevant quotes: "...we are imprisoned in the body, like an oyster in his shell." The Socrates of Plato, Phaedrus To the philosopher, the body is "a disturbing element, hindering the soul from the acquisition of knowledge..." "...what is purification but...the release of the soul from the chains of the body?" The Socrates of Plato, Phaedo Modern Theosophical esotericism, however, begins with Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891) usually known as Madame Blavatsky. One of the founders of the Theosophical Society.
Breatharian - 2 historical examples. The well-publicized deaths of Verity Linn and Lani Marcia Roslyn Morris whilst attempting to enter the breatharian "diet" have helped ensure hostility towards the movement. The breatharian movement also suffered a credibility blow some years ago when another of its leading lights, Wiley Brooks, was caught sneaking into a hotel and ordering a chicken pie. See also Qi Qigong Fruitarianism Liquidarianism Vegetarianism New Age Occultism Esotericism Mysticism Spirituality Religion Cults Diet External Links Skeptic's dictionary article about Breatharianism BBC story: Guru condemned as 'dangerous' BBC story: Woman 'starved herself to death' BBC story: Fasting fakir flummoxes physicians.
Collin de Plancy - French occultist, demonologist and writer; he published several works on occultism and demonology. In 1818 his most known work, Dictionnaire Infernal, was published for the first time in 1818, and in 1863 there were added some images that made famous the edition; this is a book on demonology, which contains some imaginative drawings concerning the appearance of certain demons. Collin de Plancy followed the tradition of many previous demonologists of cataloguing demons by name and title of nobility, as it happened with grimoires like Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, and The Lesser Key of Solomon among others..
Constant Chevillon - by Gestapo. He was opposed to Harvey Spencer Lewis, AMORC and FUDOSI. See also FUDOFSI Esotericism Mysticism Occultism.
