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  • incorporeal energy force that is present in all living things but distinct ... thereof, such as the Holy Spirit. (The study of the Holy Spirit in Christian ...
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  • Necromancy (Greek: νεκρομαντία, nekromantía) is a form ... Necromancy is communing with the spirits of the dead, rather than the evil ...
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  • In Kabbalah and European Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is a spirit of ... another opportunity to do so in the form of a dybbuk. Dybbuks seek out ...
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  • for dancers and stimulated a wave of creative experimentation in ... school and company, Denishawn, in 1915. One of her most famous pupils was ...
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  • Revolutionary War began, and is seen as one of the first examples of African ... to her personal circumstances or to issues of race. Rather her poems are ...
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  • [[Image:Glieseupdated.jpg|thumb|235px|right|Artist's impression ... Extraterrestrial life is the term used to define any form of life ...
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  • Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon ... Based on experiences with Earth, the environment of a planet can be ...
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  • people who originally lived in the valley of the Río Yaqui in the northern ... Spanish, defeating successive expeditions of conquistadores in battle. However ...
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  • Batu Khan (c. 1205 – 1255) was a Mongol ruler and the founder of ... use. Perhaps the most significant aspect of Batu Khan's legacy and ...
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  • She was involved in two of the most famous and well-received radio ... career were her two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ...
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  • who held that we live in the “best of all possible worlds,” which Voltaire ... of Leibniz that this is the best of all possible worlds, we may even oppose ...
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  • known as H. G. Wells, was an English author of science fiction novels such ... Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, producing ...
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  • designed for the observation and study of objects and phenomena in outer ... are hampered by the filtering and distortion of electromagnetic radiation by ...
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  • The Tree of Life is a universal symbol found in many religious traditions ... According to Genesis, partaking of the fruit of the Tree of Life would ...
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  • 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science ... district near Uppsala, Sweden, the son of Svante Gustav and Carolina ...
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  • and occultist. He is known for his system of mnemonics based on organized ... the Dominican priesthood and Italy in search of a stable academic position ...
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  • and until the 2003 Iraq war, almost all of them lived in Iraq.Nathaniel ... The 2003 Iraq War reduced the population of Iraqi Mandaeans to approximately ...
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  • In the physical sciences, the weight of an object is a measurement ... Recognition of the difference between weight and mass is a relatively ...
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  • The Count of Saint Germain (c. 1710–1784) was a mysterious gentleman ... music, and magic. He had no visible means of support, but no lack of resources ...
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  • “from later”) refer primarily to species of propositional knowledge. A ... The historical source for contemporary understanding of the a priori ...
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