Salamanders: Elemental spirits of Fire.
Sammasati: A form of Buddhist meditation that examines and cultivates the memory.
Self-realization: Complete development or fulfillment of one’s own spiritual and psychological potential.
Sephiroth: Hebrew word meaning “numbers, spheres, emanations.” Refers to ten divine states or god-energies depicted on the Qabalistic Tree of Life. The singular form is Sephirah.
Shaddai El Chai: Hebrew phrase meaning “Almighty Living God.” Divine name of Yesod used in the exercise of the Middle Pillar.
Shadow: The sum of all personal and collective elements which are rejected or refused expression in life and consequently unite into a somewhat independent splinter personality.
Siddhis: From a Sanskrit word which means “to succeed, accomplish.” Psychic powers and abilities that most people are unaware of having, but which develop as the student advances on the path of Yoga.
Solve et Coagula: Latin phrase meaning “dissolve and coagulate.” Alchemical axiom which points to the practice of reducing a solid to a liquid and back to a solid again. Used as a metaphor for the practice of psychotherapy and self-integration, or the magical processes of initiation and spiritual growth.
Sphere of Sensation: The aura.
Subtle Body: The psycho-physical circuitry of a human being through which the life force flows. Energy blue print for the physical body. Sometimes called the astral body, etheric double, or body of light.
Superconscious: According to Assagioli, the higher unconscious or transpersonal level of consciousness which contains higher intuitions, inspirations, latent psychic functions, and spiritual energies.
Super-ego: According to Freud, an unconscious part of the psyche which is created by the internalization of moral standards taken from parents and society.
Supernal: Celestial or heavenly. In Qabalah it refers to the three highest Sephiroth on the Tree of Life which are often called the Supernal Triad.
Sushumna: The primary nadi which starts at the base of the spine and runs to the top of the cranium.
Sushupti: The second world of consciousness according to Hindu tradition. The causal world.
Sutra: The Sanskrit word for “thread.” Buddhist or Hindu scriptures.
Svadisthana: Sanskrit word for “dwelling-place of the self.” Refers to the navel chakra.
Swapna: The third world of consciousness according to Hindu tradition. The astral world.
Sylphs: Elemental spirits of air.
Tabitom: Name of an Enochian governor.
Talihad: Angel associated with elemental water.
Talisman: An object which is charged or consecrated toward the achieving of a specific end. Usually intended to draw something to the magician.
Tao: Chinese for the “way.” The Absolute or noumenal reality.
Tattva (or Tattwa): Sanskrit word meaning “quality.” The five main tattvas, Tejas, Apas, Vayu, Prithivi, and Akasha, correspond to the five elements of fire, water, air, earth, and spirit.
Tejas: Sanskrit word meaning “sharp.” The Tattva associated with the element of fire. Its symbol is a red triangle.
Telesmatic: From the Greek word telesmata meaning “talismans.” Usually refers to a created or visualized image of a deity or angel, particularly images that have been built using Hebrew letter correspondences.
Tetragrammaton: A Greek word meaning “four-lettered name.” Refers to the highest divine Hebrew name of God, YHVH.
Thaumaturgy: Greek word meaning “miracle-working.” Magic used to create changes in the material world.
Theurgy: Greek word meaning “God-working.” Magic used for personal growth, spiritual evolution, and for becoming closer to the divine.
Theurgist: “God-worker.” A ceremonial magician.
Tiphareth: Hebrew word for “beauty,” referring to the sixth Sephirah on the Tree of Life.
Turya: The first and highest world of consciousness according to Hindu tradition. Described as conscious, meditative sleep.
Transconscious: A term used by William Stoltz to describe the psyche’s creative and intuitive imagination.
Transference: In psychoanalysis, the process by which emotions and desires originally associated with one person, such as a parent or sibling, are unconsciously shifted to another person, especially to the analyst.
Transpersonal: Transcending or reaching beyond the personal or individual.
Unconscious: In psychoanalytic theory, the division of the mind containing elements of psychic makeup, such as memories or repressed desires, that are not subject to conscious perception or control but that often affect conscious thoughts and behavior.
Undines: Elemental spirits of water.
Uniting Symbol: According to Jung, a symbol which portrays the union or successful integration of all parts of the psyche.
Uriel or Auriel: Hebrew archangel of elemental earth.
Vayu: Sanskrit word meaning “to blow.” The Tattva associated with the element of air. Its symbol is the blue circle.
Vegetotherapy: A Reichian method of therapy which uses deep massage to unlock muscular tension and release repressed material.
Vibratory Formula: A method by which divine names and words are intoned forcefully and with authority in a “vibration.”
Visuddha: Sanskrit word meaning “purity.” Refers to the throat chakra.
Yah: Divine Hebrew name associated with Chokmah.
Yang: In Chinese Taoism the positive, active, male principle.
Yechidah: In Qabalah, the highest part of the soul located in Kether and is described as the true divine self. The purest form of consciousness.
Yeheshuah: Hebrew name for Jesus. A divine name associated with the five elements of fire, water, air, earth, and spirit. Referred to as the Pentagrammaton.
Yesod: Hebrew word for “foundation,” referring to the ninth Sephirah on the Tree of Life.
Yetzirah: The Qabalistic world of formation, consisting of Chesed, Geburah, Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod. Attributed to the element of air.
YHVH: Four letters which stand for the highest Hebrew name for God, which is considered unknown and unpronounceable. Often referred to the Tetragrammaton.
YHVH Elohim: Divine Hebrew name of Binah, meaning “the Lord God.” Associated with Daath in the exercise of the Middle Pillar.
YHVH Eloah ve-Daath: Divine Hebrew name of Tiphareth meaning “Lord God of Knowledge.” Used in the exercise of the Middle Pillar.
YHVH Tzabaoth: Divine Hebrew name of Netzach, meaning “Lord of Armies.”
Yin: In Chinese Taoism the negative, passive, female principle.
Yoga: Sanskrit word meaning “union.” The Eastern science of physical, mental, and spiritual integration.
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INDEX
A
Adonai
Adonai ha-Aretz
Adonai Melekh
Agla
AHIH(see Eheieh)
Ajna
Akasha
Al(see El)
Anahata
Analysand
Analytical Psychology
Anima
Anima Mundi
Animus
Apas
Aral
Archetype
Asanas
Assiah
Atah(see Atoh)
Atoh (see Atah)
Atziluth
Augoeides
Aura
Auriel (see Uriel)
B
Binah
Bitom
Briah
C
Chakra
Chassan
Chesed
Chiah
Chokmah
Circulation
Circumambulate
Collective Unconscious
Comananu
Complex ,
Conscious
Conscious Self
D
Daath
Dharana
Divine Self
E
Ego
Eheieh
El (see Al)
Elexarpeh
Elohim
Elohim Gibor
Elohim Tzabaoth
Ens
Exarp
F
Field of Consciousness
Free Association
G
G’uph
Gabriel
Galgal
Geburah (see Gevurah)
Gedulah
Gematria
Gevurah(see Geburah)
Gnomes
Great Work
H
Hcoma
Heilsweg
Hermetic
HGA,
Higher Self
Higher Unconscious
Hod
Hypnosis
I
Id
Ida
Individuation
J
Jagrata
K
Kether
Kundalini
L
LBRP
Le-Olahm, Amen
Libido
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