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Apples—Apples are probably the single most important food item associated with Halloween; they are featured in GAMES (primarily BOBBING FOR APPLES), FORTUNE-TELLING, FOODS ranging from…
Category: Miscellaneous
GNOSTICISM
Gnosticism embodies a complex of related sects and religious writings that together constituted a major movement in the early centuries of the Christian era. Although…
Aban
Aban (Aredvi Sura Anahita): Aban is a female yazata angel in Zoroastrianism. She lives in the starry regions of the sky and looks after the…
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Who Was Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite? Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite is the name given to an unknown Christian writer from the late 5th or early 6th…
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World – David Abram
How did Western civilization become so estranged from nonhuman nature that we condone the ongoing destruction of forests, rivers, valleys, species and ecosystems? Santa Fe…
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Lycantrophy
Lycanthropy is the clinical term for the delusion on the part of a person that he or she has turned into a wolf. In most…
Amnomancia
Técnica adivinatoria que estudia el amnios, o membrana que recubre la cabeza de algunos niños al nacer. Esta apariencia de buen augurio* presagiaba un futuro…
Amuleto
Del latín amuletum, este término designa un objeto que una persona lleva consigo con el propósito de alejar ciertas influencias o prevenir determinados peligros.Contrariamente al…
Analogía
Término que designa el parecido entre dos cosas. Razonando por medio de la analogía, la mente establece correspondencias* entre varios elementos. Fuente: Las ciencias ocultas…