Search results for "Spiritual possession" - New World Encyclopedia
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- # Something that one came into possession of. # Something that is received ... items or characteristics, there are also spiritual or religious aspects to ...3 KB (403 words) - 15:38, 2 August 2022
- While Jewish tradition regarding good and evil spiritual influences ... Testament, a famous instance of spirit possession is related in the story ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 17:25, 12 February 2024
- that are characterized by the possession of a segmented body, a ... The word antenna has also been used as a common metaphor, "spiritual ...6 KB (965 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- practice of evicting demons or other evil spiritual entities from a person ... The concept of possession by evil spirits and the practice of exorcism ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- consciousness: under hypnosis, spirit possession, and hysteria. He proposed ... quot; in hypnotism, hysteria, spirit possession, and mediumship. Janet ...12 KB (1,594 words) - 05:23, 24 November 2022
- the spirits of the dead exist in a "spiritual world" or afterlife ... would use various methods to contact the spiritual world. Raps on tables, ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- Reiter attempted to infuse their art with spiritual concerns. ... for the eternal (see his 1911 book On the Spiritual in Art). ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- reveal what many partakers believe to be a spiritual reality. ... Its value in the pursuit of spiritual enlightenment has been challenged ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 02:54, 24 November 2022
- that is differentiated from spiritual possession. Channeling is a voluntary ... One Of The Objective Forms Of Psychic Or Spiritual Phenomena. Kessinger Publishing ...13 KB (1,841 words) - 07:04, 23 August 2023
- for a famous case of alleged demon possession which occurred in Aix-en ... *Alexander, William Menzies. Demonic Possession in the New Testament: ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 10:24, 26 September 2023
- papacy. His papacy asserted the absolute spiritual authority of his office ... IV had promised to leave the Church in possession of Spoleto and Ancona and ...15 KB (2,410 words) - 19:30, 5 March 2024
- mental, and emotional growth, but also spiritual development. ... best-known psychiatrists, speakers, and spiritual teachers of his generation ...37 KB (5,607 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- their ecclesiastical counterparts as spiritual exemplars par excellence ... This cachet, based as it was on both spiritual and pecuniary exaltation ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- health, time, and emotional happiness or spiritual growth. In such views, ... originally an adjective to describe the possession of such qualities. Wealth ...21 KB (3,362 words) - 23:23, 3 May 2023
- own personal life, appears to have been spiritual renewal. Raised by his ... by robbers who steal his new prized possession. He goes to visit a "very ...15 KB (2,434 words) - 04:07, 15 November 2022
- latter described it as a place of awesome spiritual power (Gen. 28:17). Bethel ... altar in the territory of Dan—a spiritual center of his kingdom. ...13 KB (2,035 words) - 10:23, 4 March 2023
- A native of France, Ansgar devoted himself to a spiritual life while ... his formerly careless attitude toward spiritual matters quickly changed ...11 KB (1,722 words) - 05:16, 31 July 2023
- the entire interval from dawn to evening is given up by them to spiritual ... morning and evening is spent entirely in spiritual exercise. They read the ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 18:27, 30 April 2023
- He brought a more spiritual, as opposed to dogmatic, understanding ... #039;s awareness and experience of the spiritual was far beyond the ordinary ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- settling in Egypt. While searching for a spiritual teacher, he came under ... and lays down the principle that not the possession of riches but their misuse ...14 KB (2,240 words) - 11:08, 19 December 2023
- Indian philosophy conceives of man as spiritual in nature, and relates ... Indian philosophy has been intensely spiritual, conceiving of man as spiritual ...22 KB (3,133 words) - 22:02, 4 February 2023
- in Hong Kong, on January 25, 1841. Possession Street still exists to ... thus shared its fate as a foreign "possession." The Chinese of Macao ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- of organization of the pneuma was the possession of reason (logos), especially ... an “indifferent” (adiaphora). The possession of these indifferents was ...21 KB (3,500 words) - 00:46, 26 February 2023
- quot; or communicating with a spiritual entity. Mediumship involves ... at the age of fifty six he entered into a spiritual phase in which he experienced ...19 KB (2,785 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- 1) power which enables those in its possession, most often gods, to produce ... : This great magic-work (maya) of renowned spiritual Varuna will I ...13 KB (2,085 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- tantric rituals as part of a sadhana, or spiritual practice. The ganachakra ... normally performed indoors and without possession or dancing." ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 04:22, 18 April 2024
- tension between erotic desire and spiritual attainment, "a love ... to represent a sexual relationship or a spiritual one, using erotic language ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 06:12, 11 January 2024
- as well as private Song libraries came into Jin possession. ... * Ham Sok Hon. Queen of Suffering: A Spiritual History of Korea, Translated ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- While the term "animism" refers to a broad range of spiritual ... supposedly low level of technological and spiritual development. In this evolutionary ...26 KB (4,193 words) - 06:15, 28 July 2023
- a deep and abiding concern for the spiritual welfare of the community ... of (Bishop) Theophilus, Cyril came into possession of the episcopate, with ...17 KB (2,510 words) - 22:16, 16 November 2022
- some, they personally have not come into possession of this knowledge. Agnosticism ... the Greek word gnosis to describe "spiritual knowledge." Agnosticism ...18 KB (2,675 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- to the defense of mystic theurgic divine possession against the critiques of ... Porphyry was an advocate of vegetarianism on spiritual and ethical ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- as fraudulent, the possibility of such spiritual communication during séance ... beliefs: first, that there exists a "spiritual world," or afterlife ...22 KB (3,512 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- Native Americans believed strongly in the spiritual realm, as well as in the ... and life. Adults kept a feather in their possession rather than on their dreamcatcher ...11 KB (1,727 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- last third of his life was spent as the spiritual head of the Jewish people ... in all things, "Trust not in thy spiritual strength until the day ...16 KB (2,728 words) - 13:17, 22 January 2024
- and Arapaho tribes hold an annual Spiritual Healing Run at the Site ... that "We have substantially taken possession of the country and deprived ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- the death of Theophilus, Cyril came into possession of the episcopate, with ... with the pope on a matter affecting spiritual welfare of the empire. ...19 KB (2,930 words) - 07:26, 12 January 2024
- wakaní. This would make the boy very strong, and possession of several arútam wakaní would make the boy invincible. Shuar, however, believed that they ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 17:14, 27 October 2020
- of heaven and earth, it cannot understand spiritual beings (kuisin). But I ... it, for it is most powerful, most spiritual and most holy. ...18 KB (2,900 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- harmful belief leading to cases of spirit possession. The strongest ... the spirits with opportunities for spiritual growth beyond the grave ...49 KB (7,494 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- Early lacrosse was characterized by deep spiritual involvement, befitting ... until one player from the midfield takes possession of the ball. A face-off ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 22:41, 30 April 2023
- of the most significant religious and spiritual leaders in the history ... He described his spiritual quest as "a search to try to find ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 00:10, 13 February 2024
- limited the king's right to take possession of land and safeguarded ... through the pope, who then deputized spiritual authority to the bishops ...11 KB (1,739 words) - 23:29, 17 December 2022
- ; chastity (brahmacharya); and non-possession or non-possessiveness ... act in ways that respect and honor the spiritual nature of every living ...28 KB (4,275 words) - 12:42, 6 November 2021
- Many religious ethical systems are enforced in a spiritual realm, set apart from the realities of the everyday world. Confucian ethics and morality ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- a bodhisattva in the long course of his spiritual development. But the cognate ... :9. Bala paramita: spiritual power :10. Jñāna paramita: knowledge ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- according to their followers, achieved spiritual enlightenment. "Worldly ... Dharma), speaks to the idea that certain spiritual principles hold eternally ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- Territory (present-day Wisconsin) for possession of lands in the area. ... ceremonies, such as harvest feasts, spiritual and war dances, and equinox ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- #039; War, Henry V had left England in possession of considerable territories ... On gaining his majority, Henry VI proved to be a deeply spiritual ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 23:17, 8 February 2022
- but their effects often are. The possession of complexes does not in ... became identified with religious or spiritual development. ...23 KB (3,347 words) - 18:57, 26 July 2023
- an ignorance of God, also reveals the possession of human free will through ... was from humanity. True piety led to true spiritual worship; for external ceremony ...13 KB (1,975 words) - 05:20, 24 November 2022
- other areas but have lost their profound spiritual significance. There are ... which human beings lived, and the upper spiritual world. The lower world ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- God told him that he would also take possession of the land of Canaan. ... Rabbinical tradition is rich with marvelous tales and spiritual insights ...30 KB (4,873 words) - 16:27, 23 December 2022
- the sins of the guilty by the innocent, a spiritual principle which de Maistre ... the sins of the guilty by the innocent, a spiritual principle which he considered ...18 KB (2,651 words) - 05:02, 7 May 2024
- subject of a good deal of admiration as a spiritual teacher. The eighteenth ... notes are said to have come into the possession of the Empress Julia Domna ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 15:49, 11 August 2023
- act as media between the natural and the spiritual realms. The media are, ... description of the process of trance and possession in his book, Freedom in Exile. ...33 KB (4,676 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- * "to make [the initiand] open to spiritual values." ... A spiritual initiation rite normally implies a shepherding process ...23 KB (3,352 words) - 20:51, 17 June 2022
- a wealth of profound references to the spiritual work of the Holy Spirit ... His will. This spirit imbues them with spiritual power or wisdom, making ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
- when used for their religious or spiritual effects, whether or not ... often in a religious or "spiritual" manner. The word entheogen ...32 KB (4,699 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- *Non-possession/Non-attachment (Aparigraha)- complete detachment from ... to Jain principles. In the matters of spiritual advancement, as envisioned ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 05:27, 5 November 2022
- continues. Also, shamans and other spiritual advisors are consulted ... or mental illness that indicates "possession" by a spirit. Such ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- settled island of this group. Tuined (Possession Island) is noted for British ... explorer Captain James Cook visited Possession Island where he claimed ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 04:40, 1 May 2023
- monastery of Saint Pachomius after the possession of such banned writings ... an entire corpus of previously suppressed spiritual literature to the reading ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:06, 10 November 2022
- had succeeded in taking a key Byzantine possession in Crimea, Chersones. ... peace and stability so that culture and spiritual development could flourish. ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- The Ise Shrine has a national treasure in its possession. Purportedly ... Shrine of Ise. 1993. Jingū, Japan's spiritual home. Tokyo: Public Relations ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 03:00, 8 March 2024
- fears for Isaac's physical and spiritual safety (see below). ... her the land of Goshen as her hereditary possession. This was the reason the ...14 KB (2,282 words) - 19:23, 15 September 2022
- ] Retrieved May 9, 2008. which governs the possession and religious use of eagle feathers, was officially written to protect then dwindling eagle ...23 KB (3,411 words) - 22:42, 7 December 2022
- accompanied by constant intellectual and spiritual stimulation. The sciences ... the Château de Montaigne, taking possession of Château in 1570. Another ...14 KB (2,276 words) - 17:11, 9 November 2022
- where paranormal abilities are part of spiritual growth. While some religions ... by a higher power, often to benefit the spiritual lives of humanity. Such ...25 KB (3,499 words) - 11:26, 11 March 2023
- * Putting a ceiling (limit) on one's desires is sadhana (Spiritual ... * Japa and other sadhana (spiritual exercise) to foster devotion. ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- more or less complete secularization of spiritual institutions. The lay abbot ... appropriating to their own use the possession of all the lands, leaving ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 04:42, 14 June 2023
- regarding boundaries between the spiritual and the physical. Often ... though Cain was a murderer, he was God’s possession. One last precedent ...21 KB (3,372 words) - 18:00, 21 October 2022
- roles in relation to the community. In spiritual rituals, dance helps people ... and secular, religious and non-religious, spiritual or material. In many African ...41 KB (6,461 words) - 06:06, 16 June 2023
- responsible for causing individual, possession-like disruptions of the ... lower animal nature as well as the higher spiritual nature of humanity. ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- are often responsible in instances of possession. Instances of idol worship ... personifies the "death" of the spiritual life. He is a tempter, ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- sent throughout England, created a spiritual revolution. Intense persecution ... that St. Peter had united in his hands spiritual and temporal power, the ...43 KB (7,057 words) - 04:45, 3 May 2024
- in 1408. The town remained in the possession of the papacy, who governed ... May 7, 1251, Avignon was made a common possession of counts Charles of Anjou ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 07:17, 23 August 2023
- Asen IV co-emperor, perhaps to safeguard possession of the throne by his own ... of the Byzantine civil war to take possession of what is now Macedonia ...28 KB (4,067 words) - 06:32, 11 March 2024
- a notable parallel with his famed (spiritual) successor, Sir Isaac Newton ... to his supernatural pursuits. These "spiritual conferences" or "actions ...34 KB (5,268 words) - 02:25, 9 February 2023
- is based on a mythology of their origin, spiritual beliefs, and a cycle of ... instructed by the katsinam or kachinas (spiritual beings), and are a time ...33 KB (5,396 words) - 13:43, 2 February 2024
- court and the Salem colony regarding the possession of a piece of land (Marblehead ... * Experiments of Spiritual Life and Health, and their Preservatives ...17 KB (2,483 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- it was conceived that there were spiritual beings, called kami, behind ... The other is Animism, a religion with spiritual beings that have human ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- of existence after death, typically spiritual, experiential, or ghost ... in a physical body, it is raised in a spiritual body (1 Corinthians 15:42–44). ...65 KB (10,516 words) - 06:08, 16 June 2023
- a connection between the environment, the spiritual world, and the other tribes ... owned by powerful men. Even temporary possession brings prestige and status ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 17:43, 2 May 2023
- This master copy was initially in the possession of Guru Hargobind ... to live a life in peace, tranquility and spiritual enlightenment. Its main ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 06:37, 10 January 2024
- celebrates the triumph of Judaism's spiritual values as embodied in its ... to offer sacrifices to idols. The possession of a sacred book or the ...28 KB (4,314 words) - 19:38, 29 January 2022
- of the see, accept Anselm's spiritual counsel, and acknowledge ... to Rome and seek the counsel of his spiritual father. With great difficulty ...33 KB (5,289 words) - 05:15, 31 July 2023
- the Asiento, a term which refers to the possession of the initiate by an Orisha ... * Falola, Toyin and Ann Genova, eds. Orisa: Yoruba Gods and Spiritual ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 03:21, 23 December 2022
- #039; hallucinations and assigned spiritual meanings to them. Karen ... of spiritual distress related to spiritual possession or influences, with ...72 KB (9,918 words) - 21:54, 14 November 2023
- In 1347 the Franciscans gained possession of the Grotto of the Nativity ... is by all accounts a logical place for a spiritual leader with a small group ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 12:00, 9 May 2024
- though they offered no resistance. Spiritual traditions such as the ... that "We have substantially taken possession of the country and deprived ...31 KB (4,746 words) - 20:56, 9 December 2023
- From religion in that magic invokes spiritual powers without presuming ... topics including constipation, disease, possession by demons, and the glorification ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- the pure dharma. As such, he will be the spiritual successor of the historic ... In addition to his role as a spiritual leader, Maitreya was also styled ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- The evil forces could remain mere spiritual presences, as in Don’t ... * Mystic phenomena, especially possession * The emphasis on Christian ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 14:21, 7 February 2024
- to be vacant; and of these forcible possession was taken by his orders ... and the skill with which he handles spiritual experience and urges incentives ...18 KB (2,949 words) - 02:26, 1 August 2022
- God developed through virtues (dharma), spiritual wisdom (gnana) and detachment ... Swaminarayan Sanstha, The Vachanamrut: Spiritual Discourses Of Bhagwan Swaminarayan ...48 KB (6,849 words) - 14:17, 28 April 2023
- the actual practice of non-violence, non-possession and anekāntavāda. ... character formation and further moral and spiritual development. Mahatma Gandhi ...19 KB (2,999 words) - 00:56, 21 April 2023
- incapable of grasping higher levels of spiritual knowledge, he promoted ... signs.htm On the Signs of Divine Possession] - (partial translation ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 23:05, 30 November 2022
- superficial differences and focus on the spiritual elements which connect ... They believe this action leads to greater spiritual understanding - both by ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- The Ghost Dance, originally a peaceful spiritual movement, played ... for more troops, claiming that Hunkpapa spiritual leader Sitting Bull was ...34 KB (5,411 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
