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| Metaphysical Definitions AKASHIC RECORDS – All that transpires in Matter is recorded in akasha – “etheric” energy vibrating at a certain frequency so as to absorb, or record, all of the impressions of life. These records can be read by those whose soul faculties are developed. ASTRAL PLANE — The plane on which the emotions of mankind register collectively. This plane is intended to be used for the amplification of the pure feelings of God; instead it has been polluted with the impure thoughts and feelings of mankind. CHERUBIM — An order of angelic beings devoted to the expansion and protection of the flame of love. Cherubim were the guardians of the east gate (the gate of the Christ consciousness). Throughout the cosmos, cherubim are found in manifold aspects of service to God and man. SERAPHIM — Seraphic hosts. The order of angels dedicated to the focusing of the flame of purity and the consciousness of purity in the Great Central Sun and throughout the cosmos in the planes of Spirit and Matter. They serve the ascension flame and the ascension temple. Serapis Bey the Hierarch of the Ascension Temple and Chohan of the 4th Ray, was originally of the order of the Seraphim. |
| Terminology of Spiritualism By Peggy Barnes Submitted by Rev. Kristine Fossatti Mediumship – The ability of human instruments to attune themselves to the vibration of the spirit people and through certain chemical properties of their physical bodies to produce the ectoplasm necessary for the manifectation of physical phenomena. Clairvoyance – Clear-seeing;lucidity; the ability to see with the spiritual eye those who have made the change called death and to see their names, messages and symbols written out in the either. Clairaudience – Clear-hearing or soul-hearing; the abitily to hear with the spirit ear the voices of those who have made the change called death. Clairsentience – Clear-sensing or soul-sensing; the ability to sense spirit people and to receive their impressions. Sometimes called impressional mediumship. Psychometry – Soul-measuring; the ability to read from vibrations emanating from an article held in the hand to give names and messages of spirit people connected with it. Ectoplasm – An outer layer of protoplasm; an emanation from the medium’s body; an etherealized substance which is sensitive to thoughts and exudes from the mucus membrane of the medium’s body. It is used as the basis of all manifestations of physical mediumship. Materialization – A phase of physical mediumship which consists of the production of an ectoplastic replica of the spirit entity’s former human body. Trumpet – A horn, usually of aluminum, which is used to intensify the spirit voices in a trumpet séance. It is also used as a cabinet into which the sound vibrations are drawn and in which the ectoplasmic vocal organs, necessary for articulation, are materialized. |
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| GREAT WHITE BROTHERIFOOD - fraternity of saints, sages, and ascended master's of all ages who, reunited with the Spirit of the living God and who comprise the heavenly hosts. The term 'white' refers to the halo of white light that surrounds their forms. The Great White Brotherhood also includes in its ranks certain unascended chelas of the ascended masters. CHELA - A term used generally to refer to a student of the ascended masters and their teachings. A student of more than ordinary self-discipline and devotion initiated by an ascended master and serving the cause of the Great White Brotherhood. ASCENDED MASTER - One who has mastered time and space and in the process gained the mastery of the self, balanced at least 51 percent of his karma, fulfilled his divine plan, and ascended into the Presence of the I AM THAT I AM: one who inhabits the planes of Spirit, or heaven. SPIRIT - the active light of God that dwells within each of us. KARMA - Sanskrit for action or deed. Karma is (1) energy in action; (2) the law of cause and effect and retribution. 'Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Gal. 6:7) Thus the law of karma decrees that from lifetime to lifetime man determines his fate by his actions, including his thoughts, feelings, words, and deeds. I AM PRESENCE - The I AM THAT I AM (Exod. 3:13-15); the individualized Presence of God focused for each individual soul. The God-identity of the individual; the Divine Monad; the individual Source. The origin of the soul focused in the planes of Spirit just above the physical form; the personification of the God flame for the individual. GOD FLAME - The flame of God; the sacred fire; the identity, being, and consciousness of God in and as the white-fire core of being. |
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| HIGHER SELF - Identified by some as the superconscious mind. Our spiritual self beyond the personality also called the overself. It is considered the voice of the conscience because it represents faith and higher reason. Through self-knowledge we learn to strengthen the link between the conscious self and the Higher Self, bringing the personality more in line with the Soul. SOUL - The condensed intelligence in every electron which is conscious of it’s intelligence, has knowledge of it’s function, has knowledge of All and can remember the frequencies it’s vibrated in. It is the principle IN life and the principle OF life and is Universally eternal and indestructible. SPIRIT - This is used generically to describe all non material states of being. It is used to represent the essence of the individual that never dies, and handles and manufactures the vital force. It is also the connecting principle between the spirit spark and the body. PLANES - Levels of states of consciousness. In almost all philosophies there are said to be seven, they are: Divine, Monadic, Spiritual, Intuitional, Mental (causal), Emotional (astral), and Physical (material). The so-called etheric isn’t a separate plane but is a subtle level of the physical. DIMENSIONS - A term used by Metaphysicians and psychics who have grouped the varying vibrational frequencies in to seven states of matter, each containing life forms, special functions and laws that interpenetrates the earth. They are considered necessary for and related to all of earth life. |
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| Definition: The Lotus flower is held sacred in the Hindu, Buddhist, and Egyptian religions. The Lotus is a type of water lily, which rises from muddy waters to blossom, making it a symbol of purity and resurrection. The Lotus is one of the eight auspicious signs of Buddhism- an eight petalled lotus used in Buddhist mandalas symbolizes cosmic harmony, a thousand petalled lotus, spiritual illumination. A bud symbolizes potential. The well known Buddhist mantra, "Om mane padme," refers to the "jewel in the lotus," enlightenment. In Egyptian mythology, the lotus was associated with the sun, because it bloomed by day, and closed by night. The lotus was even believed to have given birth to the sun. |
| SPIRITS All beings active in realms other than the physical plane. They can be those who’ve separated from the body at death or be non-humans such as elementals and angels. SPIRITUALISTS People who believe in communication between the physical and etheric worlds and endeavor to improve themselves in accordance to this communication. They don’t believe in reincarnation. REINCARNATION The belief that the Life Force of the body doesn’t die with the physical, but goes on living in the etheric for a period of time and then is reborn on earth continually until it is perfected. It is the lessons learned from this succession of lives that makes this perfection possible. INCARNATION Pertains to a life spent in the physical living on earth. The idea is that humans go through a repetitious pattern of living in the etheric and the physical many times. |
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