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2 days ago · There was great uncertainty in distinguishing practices of superstition, occultism, and perfectly sound scholarly knowledge or pious ritual. The intellectual and spiritual tensions erupted in the Early Modern witch craze, further reinforced by the turmoil of the Protestant Reformation, especially in Germany, England, and Scotland. [136] [page ...
1 day ago · Karma (/ ˈ k ɑːr m ə /; Sanskrit: कर्म, romanized: karma, IPA: ⓘ; Pali: kamma) means action, work or deed; [75] it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect). [76]
1 day ago · During his stay in the jail, he had mystical and spiritual experiences, after which he moved to Pondicherry, leaving politics for spiritual work. At Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo developed a spiritual practice he called Integral Yoga. The central theme of his vision was the evolution of human life into a divine life in a divine body.
2 days ago · Anthroposophy is a spiritual [1] new religious movement [2] which was founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner [3] that postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world, accessible to human experience.
1 day ago · The word "Baháʼí" (بهائی) is used either as an adjective to refer to the Baháʼí Faith or as a term for a follower of Baháʼu'lláh.The proper name of the religion is the "Baháʼí Faith", not Baháʼí or Baha'ism (the latter, once common among academics, is regarded as derogatory by the Baháʼís).
1 day ago · The term karma (Sanskrit: कर्म; Pali: kamma) refers to both the executed 'deed, work, action, act' and the 'object, intent'. [3]Wilhelm Halbfass (2000) explains karma (karman) by contrasting it with the Sanskrit word kriya: [3] whereas kriya is the activity along with the steps and effort in action, karma is (1) the executed action as a consequence of that activity, as well as (2) the ...
1 day ago · Simone Adolphine Weil (/ ˈ v eɪ / VAY; [11] French: [simɔn adɔlfin vɛj]; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist.Since 1995, more than 5,000 scholarly works have been published about her, including close analyses and readings of her work.
