JINUSHIGAMI
“Landlord kami,” that is, the kami who is the tutelary deity of a particular area. Πkuninushi is the jinushigami of the Izumo area. Other kami…
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JIMMU TENNO
First emperor of Japan, great-grandson of Ninigi-no-mikoto, and great-greatgrandson of Amaterasu-π-mikami. He was the last son of Amatsuhiko-nomikoto, the son of Ho-ori-no-mikoto from his marriage…
ANGEL OF THE LORD
The Judeo-Christian Scriptures often mention the angel of the Lord. In the earliest passages in the Bible, this is often simply a phrase referring to…
YOUNG ITALY
One of many secret societies in Italy in the tumultuous decade of the 1830s, Young Italy (La Giovine Italia) was founded in 1831 by Giuseppe…
YORK RITE
One of the two major systems of Freemasonry, the York Rite derives its name and some of its rituals from the English city of York,…
YARKER, JOHN
English occultist and Freemason, 1833–1913. Born in the Westmoreland village of Swindale, he moved with his parents to Lancashire in 1840 and nine years later…
YALE SECRET SOCIETIES
Since the early nineteenth century, Yale University has been home to a number of secret student societies, exclusive organisations that serve many of the same purposes as fraternities…
ANCIENT ARABIC ORDER OF NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE [AAONMS]
The premier burlesque order in Freemasonry, the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine – the Shriners, for short – was founded in…
The Abbey of Thelema
The Abbey of Thelema is an independent initiatory magical group patterned after the Argenteum Astrum (AA, Order of the Silver Star) and following the magical…
Fort Mitchell Historic Site
Fort Mitchell is Alabama history. Built on a hill overlooking the Chattahoochee River, Fort Mitchell was constructed by the Georgia Militia as a stockade and…
