Traditions are strictly observed in Santeria. They have been preserved for almost 500 years. Prerequisites to a deep involvement in the religion include full knowledge of the rites, songs, and language.
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Imbolc traditions center around light and purification. Candles may be lit in each room of a house to honor the returning sun, or in each window from sundown on Candlemas Eve (February 1st) until dawn.
Fetish traditions exist among the various North American Native tribes. Some fetishes are for the individual while others are collective serving a clan, secret society, village or tribe. A.G.H.
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In the traditions of the late medieval world, the magic of the Emperor can be contrasted with the magic of the Fool. The Fool, the lowest estate of man, is magical because he is outside the domain of conventional society.
esoteric traditions with Indian Tantra. Today, one need only browse the shelves of any New Age book store to find a range of magazines, videos and texts bearing titles like Tantra without Tears, Sex, Magic, Tantra and Tarot, ...
According to traditions, the left side of the body and nostrils, is equated with the passive, feminine, magnetic energy, while the right side and nostril, is equated with the active, masculine, electric energy.
There were two traditions in the Occult Kabbalah, an exoteric tradition perpetuated and an esoteric tradition wherein the Kabbalah was transmitted. The exoteric tradition is permeated with Kabbalism.
Tibetan Buddhism Traditions
If Nirvana is the goal, how is it attained? Tibetan Buddhism has four main traditions to achieve these goals: ...
SOME OF THE GYPSY TRADITIONS
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The 21st card, entitled the Universe or Time, is, in fact, the time of the temple and the temple of time.
Astrology Group of systems, traditions, and beliefs in which knowledge of the relative positions of celestial bodies and related information is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing knowledge about personality, ...
The Coinherence Symbol: eleven separate symbols related to at least thirteen major religious traditions
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proprieties, and perfectly to intellectualize them by the way of more secret Analogy; whosoever understandeth truly the Hymnes of Orpheus and the old Magicians, shall find that they differ not from the Cabalisticall secrets and Orthodox traditions; ...
that they cannot put themselves into the place of others, and that they have a tendency to think they are so immensely superior to others that whatever is good for them is good for everybody else; they fail to understand the traditions and the ...
Chivalric Traditions -- Chivalric Orders, Chivalry, and Heraldry
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The hoary pile contains much in its appearance, and in the traditions connected with it, impressive to the imagination.
Casual conversation revealed his profound understanding not only of Hermeticism but Eastern Mysticism as well, particularly Buddhist and Taoist traditions. His impeccable erudition remains matched by sincere humility and ardent practice.
It is, in reality, a conglomeration of religious, mystical, and magical traditions which gave, and continues to give, shape to the cultures of the Western world.
"What eventually may rise from the present wreckage of beliefs and traditions is a new-found determination on the part of individuals to school themselves, ...
In most Western traditions, these are the four natural elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water, plus the supernatural element, Spirit. The five points of the star inside a Pentagram represent the five elements.
Diving right in, most modern magical traditions assign elemental associations to the five points of the pentagram: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Most often these are in the lower left, upper right, lower right and upper left points respectively.
This view may have been derived from Babylonian traditions, which placed the Watery Deities Apsu and Tiamat at the beginning of all things.
Without doubt the doctrine of the crucifixion is based upon the secret traditions of the Ancient Wisdom; it is a constant reminder that the divine nature of man is perpetually crucified upon the animal organism.
It demonstrates a remarkable similarity with kabalistic and hermetic traditions. There is a unifying principle that is at the heart of all of these ways of thought, which can only be grasped by symbols, analogies and myths.
Most of today's Christmas traditions are Pagan in nature, derived from both old Yule and Solstice traditions, and include holly wreaths, decorated christmas trees, the Yule log, kissing under the mistletoe, and the jolly old man himself, Santa Claus.
To put into written form correct information upon the various ancient philosophies, traditions, and legends, and disseminate the same in such practicable ways as the translation and publication of original works of value, ...
Schools or methods of magic which place their emphasis upon long and complex rituals, especially of the Medieval and later European traditions; often degenerates into ritualism.
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Neo-Paganism: "A modern Earth Religion which adapts aspects of the pre-Christian Pagan religions; (most often from the ancient Norse traditions) and couples these practices with additions from contemporary religious thinkers.
Loss of control and chaos in one's personal life possibly due to personal flaws. Imbalance. Destruction. A warning against overwhelming ambition and high expectations. The continuation of outdated ideas and traditions.
 See also: Spirit, World, Ritual, Spiritual, Christ
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