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Native Americans
believed that powerful beings, or spirits, were present in all natural things. Invisible but everywhere, this supernatural force of the spirit world touched people, animals, and plants.
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Buddhism
Saį¹sÄra means "wandering" or "world", with the connotation of
cyclic, circuitous change.[89][90] It refers to the theory of rebirth and "cyclicality of all life, matter, existence", a fundamental assumption of Buddhism, as with all major Indian religions.[90][91] Samsara in Buddhism is considered to be dukkha, unsatisfactory and painful,[92] perpetuated by desire and avidya (ignorance), and the resulting karma.[90][93][94] Liberation from this cycle of existence, nirvana, has been the foundation and the most important historical justification of Buddhism.[95][96]
Buddhist texts assert that rebirth can occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms (heavenly, demi-god, human) and three evil realms (animal, hungry ghosts, hellish).[note 10] Samsara ends if a person attains nirvana, the "blowing out" of the afflictions through insight into impermanence and "non-self" en.m.wikipedia.org/
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Hindu
a belief in many gods, which are seen as manifestations of a single unity. These deities are linked to universal and natural processes. a preference for one deity while not excluding or disbelieving others. a belief in the universal law of cause and effect (karma) and reincarnation.
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Paganism
Pagans believe that nature is sacred and that the natural cycles of birth, growth and death observed in the world around us carry profoundly spiritual meanings. Human beings are seen as part of nature, along with other animals, trees, stones, plants and everything else that is of this earth.
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Sep 30, 2019 ā While reports tell us that organized religion is going extinct in the United States, the rise in neo-paganā¦
Is Christmas really a pagan festival?
The celebration of Christmas is suffused with probable pre-Christian elements, from the Yule Log to the Lord of Misrule (an official appointed to oversee the festivities) but this should hardly surprise us
www.spectator.co.uk/...
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Occultism by definition
The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism and their varied spells. It can also refer to supernatural ideas like extra-sensory perception and parapsychology.
The term occult sciences was used in 16th-century Europe to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic. The term occultism emerged in 19th-century France,[1] amongst figures such as Antoine Court de GĆ©belin.[2][3] It came to be associated with various French esoteric groups connected to Ćliphas LĆ©vi and Papus, and in 1875 was introduced into the English language by the esotericist Helena Blavatsky.
Throughout the 20th century, the term was used idiosyncratically by a range of different authors, but by the 21st century was commonly employed ā including by academic scholars of esotericism ā to refer to a range of esoteric currents that developed in the mid-19th century and their descendants. Occultism is thus often used to categorise such esoteric traditions as Spiritualism, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and New Age.Use of the term as a nominalized adjective has developed especially since the late twentieth century. In that same period, occult and culture were combined to form the neologism occultureen.m.wikipedia.org/ā¦
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The idea of occult sciences developed in the sixteenth century.[12] The term usually encompassed three practices ā astrology, alchemy, and natural magic ā although sometimes various forms of divination were also included rather than being subsumed under natural magic.[12] These were grouped together because, according to the Dutch scholar of hermeticism Wouter Hanegraaff, "each one of them engaged in a systematic investigation of nature and natural processes, in the context of theoretical frameworks that relied heavily on a belief in occult qualities, virtues or forcesen.m.wikipedia.org/ā¦
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The idea of grouping a wide range of Western traditions and philosophies together under the term esotericism developed in Europe during the late seventeenth century. Various academics have debated various definitions of Western esotericism. One view adopts a definition from certain esotericist schools of thought themselves, treating "esotericism" as a perennial hidden inner tradition. A second perspective sees esotericism as a category of movements that embrace an "enchanted" worldview in the face of increasing disenchantment.en.m.wikipedia.org.
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The Society for Psychical Research (SPR)
is a nonprofit organisation in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal. It describes itself as the "first society to conduct organised scholarly research into human experiences that challenge contemporary scientific models." It does not, however, since its inception in 1882, hold any corporate opinions: SPR members assert a variety of beliefs with regard to the nature of the phenomena studied
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spr.ac.uk | Society for. Psychical Research. Founded in 1882, the SPR was the first organisation to conduct scholarly research into human....
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Named after "Complete illustrated book of the psychic sciences" Book by Walter B. Gibson. 1966
(a fun and interesting read) 'Occult and Psychical Sciences' on DK is a spooky group on DK.
The group will consist of stories about the spooky and scary, personal anecdotes, and general Paranormal, Philosophical,metaphysical,
Arcane, Esoteric,and Existential information,& conversation about the unexplained.
(People are encouraged to share their personal spooky experiences, and similar influences. Please contact me in kmail if you wish to join us).~A spookylink: psychicscience
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British folk music :
This setting was originally published as part of Folk Songs of the Four Seasons
And "Witch's Hat" (60s)
Holiday Traditions in the Forest Revive Spiritual Relationships with Nature, and Heal Planetary Wounds
Humans evolved strong spiritual connections to the natural world. New research shows exploring and nurturing them can help slow climate change and biodiversity loss, as well as improve our health.
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Nov 14, 2021 ā Examples are the belief in god, angels, daemons, reincarnation, ghosts, and mind-body dualism
The Ghosts of Imber
"This was my first visit to a so-called āghost village,ā inspired following a chat with a couple of ex-army friends who experienced first hand the āuncomfortableā atmosphere of Imber village. Their stories of night manoeuvres and their reluctance to leave the security of their vehicle struck me as amusing. Army types frightened of ghosts - surely not, but frightened they certain where. They both agreed that there was something about Imber that scared the pants off them. Especially in the area around the church and the abandoned Bell public house, a building that even today is said to exude a presence."
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Marcus Aurelius was not a morning person:
"According to Marcus Aurelius, self-improvement should start the moment you wake up. This was of course easier said than done. A night-owl in a society that went to bed at dusk and rose at the brink of dawn, the emperor often struggled to get out of bed in the morning."
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/marcus-aurelius-meditations-morning/
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In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago
CHRISTMAS CAROL
-CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
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Some Spooky stories at a distance:
The House on Cobb Street
by LYNDA E. RUCKER
PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2013 (ISSUE 9) | 6192 WORDS
Ā© 2013 by Lynda E. Rucker
Concerning the affair of the house on Cobb Street
walls that exhale with that lifeās breath that is just as sweet to the houseās groaning floorboards and arched doorways and soaring cupolas as her own breath is to her; she can hear it, heart beating and moaning and sighing and āsettling.ā That was what her mother used to call it, in the other old house they lived in way back when, her a skinny wild girl; and maybe āsettlingā was the right word for what that old house did, that old house that was never alive, never had a pulse and a mind andāmost of allāa desire, but āsettlingā was the least of what this old house did. Vivian knows that if she doesnāt know anything else at all.
The heart of the house is beating. She can hear it, vessels in the walls, the walls that exhale with that lifeās breath that is just as sweet to the houseās groaning floorboards and arched doorways
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Waiting for the Light
by ALISON LITTLEWOOD
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
PUBLISHED IN NOV. 2013 (ISSUE 14) | 4683 WORDS
Since the night heād first seen the woman on the bridge, heād often woken in the dark, batting the covers away from his face. He was never sure of what heād dreamedāhe only brought back a sense of stepping off the road, out of the stream and onto some lost shore, of being caught in a hiatus along the journey; of turning around and finding there was no way back, that the way had vanished, and only the dark and cold remained.
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She stood alone in its centre, still gazing down at the road. She did not look back at him and she did not move. āI dunno who it is,ā said Leon, scratching a match against the outside wall, trying to shelter his cigarette while he lit it.
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