Is Gnosticism A Real Religion? By: Amy Long | - There are many references about the Gnostics within second century proto-orthodox writings. Gnosticism involves the teachings using Gnosis, which is defined as the knowledge of transcendence arrived at by way of an interior, intuitive means. Gnosticism is a philosophical and religious movement which began during pre-Christian times. It is pronounced using a silent "G" (NO-sis). Gnostics claimed for secret knowledge about God, humanity and the rest from the universe of which of the masses was un ... Tags:gnosticism, online seminary, universal life church, ulc, religion, seminary, spirituality
End Of The World 2012 - Dire 2012 Predictions By: lexorrod | - These days, people are becoming more aware of the possible outcome by the year 2012. Many scholars believe that in the year 2012, earth will suffer from a terrible destruction that will change the course of fate of mankind. Several scholars indicated that there will have a gigantic and immense earthquake that will shock the earths foundation. Others said that a very large asteroid will struck earth indirectly but the planets axis will be misaligned making way for people to suffer the most ... Tags:end of the world, dire 2012 predictions
Visit Bayazid Bastami Tomb Near Shahrud During Your Travel To Iran By: Rahman Mehraby | - Bayazid Bastami Tomb is located in Bastam which is in Semnan province of Iran. It is, in fact, a complex which has many other well-known burial structures. The tomb can be seen to the north of the mausoleum of Imamzadeh Mohammad in Bastam. The architectural style is very simple with a marble slab on the grave inscribed with sayings by Hazrat Ali.
London's West End Theatre Through The Ages By: Andrew Tomkins | - Theatrical performances in London depict the country's rich culture, history and politics. The playwrights and the poets always bring out the best in their creative talent and portray the quality life of the people in London. Theatre however, was not discovered in London. Theatres, shows and plays started in Ancient Egypt. Long musicals dominate the West End theatre culture. The classic quality that was there in the Elizabethan times however, is still present many years later.
New Age Christianity By: newagephilosopher | - Charles Filimore and Myrtle Filimore founded the Unity School of Christianity, based on New Age Philosophy.
Mark Prophet and Elizabeth Claire Prophet founded the Church Universal and Trimuphant, based on New Age beliefs.
One of the most popular and expanding Churches is the Church of Oprah, with more than 4 million adherents. Oprah Winfrey is hailed as a New Age philosopher.
Digitalnaturopath A Great Source Of Information About Online Diagnosis By: digitalnaturopath | - Digitalnaturopath performs online diagnosis by collecting information about your symptoms, diseases and health conditions. Your profile is then analyzed against a massive database of health information and a detailed, comprehensive report is produced with an evaluation of the seriousness of your medical conditions and treatment recommendations. A doctor then reviews your report and delivers it to the email address you specify.
Diagnosis, is a fancy name given to the process of identifyin ... Tags:Online diagnosis, Online medical diagnosis,
Miguel Unamuno's Tragic Sense Of Life - A Defense Of Christian Existentialism By: marciano guerrero | - Whenever doubt assails me, I turn to The Tragic Sense of Life and my faith is quickly restored. Faith, reason, the man of flesh and bone, and immortality of body and soul, are themes that Unamuno discusses with the ardent --fanatical I'd say-- hunger for God.
After such shoddy fiction as the DaVinci Code, and fake TV Documentaries (The Tomb of Jesus), I find solace, wisdom, respect for God, and much joy as I read pages upon pages of this beloved book--The Tragic Sense of Life. ... Tags:ayn rand, dostoesvky, existentialism, Miguel Unamuno, Trafic Sense of Life
Towards A Gnostic Science By: Dr. Edi Bilimoria | - With a foreword by Member Professor Peter Stewart, this magisterial work is a greatly extended version of the authors earlier book Mirages in Western Science Resolved by Occult Science. The breadth of coverage and depth of thought are truly remarkable as the work of a single scholar. Edi has studied the detail and relationships of many different disciplines and integrated them into an overarching view of the relationship between Western science and occult insight or gnosis. Network reade ... Tags:Religion and Spiritualities, Occult Science
The Philosopher's Stone is a catalyst that transmutes an object to its highest expression. With the application of the Stone, for instance, base metals are transformed into gold; men are changed into gods. The stone is a prime requisite in Alchemy and Hermeticism, without it the state of regeneration and resurrection are not attained.
Alchemy, according to esoteric writers, is said to be the invention of an ancient Egyptian sage called Hermes Trismegistus. The "Father of Alchemy" lived in an unknown age of Egyptian history, though he is thought by some Rosicrucian schools to have lived during the time of Moses and the Exodus of the Israelites. If true, being an Initiate of the mysteries of Isis and Osiris, Moses must have been tutored by Hermes himself, which later enabled him to carry out his ... Tags:alchemy, mystics, transmutation, magick, Hermes, occult, Rosy Cross, philosopher's stone, master
The Metaphysical View Of Death And Life After Death Part 4 By: Luxamore | - At times the soul undergoing transition is led across rivers with the aid of an escort. In Greek myths, Charon, the boatman, was assigned the task of guiding souls to the Otherside. Hermes, acting as psychopompos, led deserving souls to Olympus. The ushabtis, or statuettes buried with the dead among ancient Egyptians, could conceivably represent escorts or soul-bearers, aside from the usual interpretation of scholars of them being servants in the afterlife. In other religions, the escort of the ... Tags:Soul, spirit, death, angel, myths, astral travel, occult, microcosm, chakras, planes, oversoul, Light
Metaphysical Development & Disciplines Part 2 By: Luxamore | - One of the most important metaphysical state to acquire is tranquility. Without calmness and serenity it is impossible to carry out most of the other metaphysical exercises or to establish a bridge between the lower and higher aspects of the microcosm. Tranquility is developed through resting the mind, body and emotions in the meditative state. In Buddhism this form of meditation is called samatha. Another form of meditation often associated with samatha is vipassana, or insight meditation. This ... Tags:metaphysical, Hierarchy, Master, initiation, meditation, tantrayana, gnosis, gnosticism, Kriya, Mayan
In the spiritual, metaphysical path, various disciplines and exercises are conducted to aid the awakening and the unfoldment of the faculties and virtues of the divinity within. To attune with the Higher Self, one is required to undergo the process of purification and to carry-out meditative exercises. Meditation, concentration, visualizations, chanting, esoteric rituals, and other spiritual disciplines are utilized as aids on the path of spiritual and metaphys ... Tags:spirituality, Guru, esoteric, discipline, souls, chela, adept, Master, Path, New Age, yoga, occult
Mudras & Hand Symbolism: Mudras Of The Esoteric Christian Tradition Part 1 By: Luxamore | - All religions without exception have their roots in the Spiritual Hierarchy of the Great White Brotherhood (GWB), although some have strayed afar from the original teachings of their messengers and founders and the purposes of their establishment. Fortunately, in every religion there is an esoteric side perpetuated by the Initiates of the GWB. We will not discuss the Great White Brotherhood in detail here, those who are interested in acquiring more information may refer to the many metaphysical ... Tags:Esoteric, Christianity, mudras, spirituality, spiritual, GWB, deity, Truth, mysticism, Masters
Glimpses Of Esoteric Christianity Part 7 By: Luxamore | - The exoteric Church teaches that those who believe in the man Jesus would eventuate in the physical resurrection of their decaying flesh or bones at the day of reckoning. We would all inherit or rather enter into God's kingdom, if we would obey and give credence to the dogmas invented by the priesthood. It is a pity that man would believe in such fanciful ideas, especially when St. Paul himself declares that,
Glimpses Of Esoteric Christianity Part 5 By: Luxamore | - The comprehension of Karma as revealed to the masses by Jesus is an improvement of the old interpretation and understanding of the principle of a previous dispensation of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," as given to the Israelites by Moses. To illustrate this, the law does not cause blindness as a punishment to an individual if he had blinded someone in the past. It does, however, make him aware, in some manner, of the wrongness of his actions--even if it does take blinding him if other ... Tags:karma, Jesus, violet flame, light, gnostic, Pistis Sophia, gospels, yoga, mysticism, theosophy,
There are several versions and interpretations concerning Man's Fall to be found in the Western Tradition.This particular doctrine can be said to be the foundation from which all other doctrines and tenets of esotericism are built upon; for without a "fall," why would there be a "salvation"? Why should there be a striving towards perfection, wholeness and unity? Man in his present state of being finds himself isolated, alone, and fragmented. Man subconsciously feels a c ... Tags:esotericism, doctrines, Adam Kadmon, Logos, angels, heaven, mysteries, spirituality, gnosis, occult
Glimpses Of Esoteric Christianity Part 2 By: Luxamore | - He who attunes with the harmony of the Cosmos, with Tao, with the Divine I AM, feeds and expands the flame--like the Colombes tending the sacred fire in Vesta's temple--which results in a greater manifestation of God, the Shekinah, in man's expression in the world of Malkuth--Assiah, God's footstool. Glorified by the divinity of his God-presence, man manifests his full divine potential with the fruits of the Tree of Life in full development with the aspects of will/power, love/wisdom, intelligen ... Tags:jesus, christ, esoteric, Essenes, doctines, gnosis, gnostic, secrets, mysteries, reincarnation, mind
There is more to Truth and Reality than what elementary minds would want to pursue and consider. It often seems more comfortable to sit in the dark where we see nothing than to face the blinding light. Is the blindness the same in both cases? The former is blissful ignorance, the latter an initial shock--but one that eventually offers solace to the soul. It is the courageous individual that seeks Truth no matter how painful or shocking it may be. In this paper we do no ... Tags:religion, christianity, gnosis, gnosticism, mysticism, mystery, esoteric, esotericism, doctrine,
Metaphysical Reflections By: Luxamore | - Nature holds bountiful undiscovered-as-yet secrets for humanity. Normally, we seek to unveil them through scientific means--through our laboratory equipment, processes and methodologies; however, the conventional, material methods of probing into Nature's treasure storehouse may only take us to a certain point beyond which it is difficult for three-dimensional instruments to record, and the physical senses and mind to follow and apprehend. And yet, humanity unconsciously feel that it is possible ... Tags:metaphysics, theosophy, meditation, New Thought, New Age, spirituality, esoteric, psychic, Mystery
The 99 Beautiful Divine Names Of Allah By: Luxamore | - "And Allah's are the best Names, therefore call on Him thereby, and leave alone those who violate the sanctity of His Names; they shall be recompensed for what they did; God's alone are the attributes of perfection; invoke Him, then, by these, and stand aloof from all who distort the meaning of His attributes." Quran Al A'Raf 7:180
"Say: 'Call upon Allah or call upon the Beneficent God; whichever you call upon, He has the Best names.' Say: 'Invoke God, or invoke the Most Gracious: ... Tags:Divine, Allah, God, occult, angels, khodams, mystical, magick, invocation, evocation, genie, servitor
Courage: The Anti-drug For Small Business Start Ups By: Susan L Reid | - Perhaps you have heard of Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon. No? Well, I am sure you will remember him as soon as I tell you he was the one who penned the popular quote, "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." Does that ring a bell? I didn't know who Ambrose Redmoon was either until I did some research.
Mysticism from the Greek (mystikos) "an initiate" (of the Eleusinian Mysteries) (mysteria) meaning ("initiation") is the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an important source of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.
New Age - A Paradigm Shift to Divine Consciousness & a Universal Philosophy
The New Age Movement (NAM) is a revival of spiritual and divine values and can be called as a Divine Regeneration Movement. New Age Philosophy has conquered the West intellectually and Western culture is currently experiencing a phenomenal shift - sociological, spiritual & ideological. It's a secular, multi-cultural, multi-religious synthesis, of the Oriental mystic ... Tags:astrology, astronomy, vedic, astrology software, astrology consultancy, numerology software, gemology software
Despite cultural changes in the Western World in the last 30 years, few women are genetically programmed to be heroic. Their hormones program them to nurture.
Men, obviously, attempt heroic feats, almost from Day One. The choice of heroism, however, comes from beliefs in the subconscious mind. One man goes to war, leads his troops right into enemy fire. Another leads a crowd protesting war. Both are hard-wired to act heroical ... Tags:world-peace
