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  • Yogic Terms

    Category:Yogic terms Important Terms in Yoga Summarize. Articles in category “Yogic terms” There are 2 articles in this category. S Y

  • Yoga

    Yoga *Part of the series.* Yoga, meaning *union* or *yoking* in Sanskrit, is the primary focus of Hinduism’s diverse religious activities. YOGA is a science of the body, the mind, the consciousness and the soul. Yoga is a teaching of wisdom and knowledge which has been transmitted to mankind from the great Yogis and Rishis…

  • 61

    61 — *Part of the series.* From Liber L vel Legis Sub figura XXXI: > “Nothing is a secret key of this law > >   one; Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it > >   eight, eighty, four hundred & eighteen.” Mathematical Formula This may be a transcription error: “61” instead of “60 *to*…

  • Egyptian Mythology

    Egyptian mythology Egyptian mythology (or Egyptian religion) is the name for the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt until the coming of and . The timespan involved is nearly three thousand years, and beliefs varied considerably over time. Table of Contents The gods The main early beliefs can be split into 5…

  • Liber Resh

    Liber Resh *Part of the series.* Liber Resh vel Helios, by , comprises four daily adorations to the , to be performed at dawn, noon, sunset, and midnight. The general object is to focus the conscious mind on the center of our solar system. Table of Contents Quotes “The object of this practice is firstly…

  • Thelemic Holidays

    Thelemic Holidays *Part of the series* The official holy days of are set forth in **, Chapter II, v. 36-41. *There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book…

  • Simon Magus

    Simon Magus Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Magician, Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, was a Samaritan (Proto-). The ancient Gnostic sect of Simonianism believed that he was God in human form. Almost all of the surviving sources for the life and thought of Simon Magus are contained in works, in the…

  • Ta Tenen

    Ptah The Ennead The Ogdoad / / / / Other Egyptian Gods Ptah In , Ptah (“creator”) (or Tanen or Ta-tenen or Tathenen or Peteh) is a creator god and patron deity of Memphis, Egypt, as well as craftsmen. Unlike Seker, another crafts god, Ptah was associated with stone-based crafts. was his oracle. Later, he…

  • Equinox (publication)

    Equinox (publication) — The Equinox is a four-volume set of hard-bound publications released in the early 1900s by and associates. Allegedly the masterpiece of modern Hermetic and Thelemic magick, it contains some of Crowley’s personal writings, many of the , various philosophical dissertations, certain Thelemic rituals appropriate for release to the general public, and other…

  • Cunning Folk

    Cunning folk In English folklore, the cunning woman or cunning man is a professional or semi-professional folk user up until the twentieth century . Such people were also frequently known as wizards, wise men, wise women, or conjurers. The term “white witch” was infrequently used for cunning folk until recent times, except in the county…