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Adept   One who has knowledge of spiritual matters, one who is aware of this knowledge and bestows spiritual gifts consciously.

Affirmations and Positive Affirmations   A one line statement that declares positively an intention or condition for a desirable outlook and outcome. Affirmations are unlimited as each individual is an unlimited being. Affirmations are to be used on a conscious level and act as a recording over our subconscious or limited beliefs. Positive affirmations are a very powerful means of reprogramming self defeating thoughts and the subconscious mind. The following websites relating to Affirmations have been reviewed by the editorial staff at SelfGrowth.com for quality and caliber.

Age of Aquarius - See Aquarian and New Age.

Akashic Records  are considered by many believers to be a mystic, universal knowledge base that records and contains every occurring thought, word, and action that is, was or evermore shall be and thought to reside in the etheric worlds.  Derived from the Sankrit word for "sky, space, or aether".

Ankh  Egyptian symbol for Love. Female polarity.

Aquarian Of the Age (or sign) of Aquarius.  The Age of Aquarius is the age of light, air, communication and consciousness.

Ascending Currents  The time of the Gods in the early morning hours after midnight, usually around 4 a.m., used for clearer meditation because of the lack of negative vibrations and thought projections from unconscious people.

Astral Body Your energy body, attached by a silver cord to your solar plexus (stomach area) until death.

Astral Cipher  Elevating your understanding of something said or done (usually mundane) to a higher plane of consciousness.

Astral Travel  Traveling in the etheric worlds while your body remains on the earth.

Astrology  is the study of the positions and relationships of the sun, moon, stars, and planets in order to judge their influence on human actions and events.

Aura   is an electro-magnetic energy field, full of information, around everyone alive. Aura reading is useful for reading people deeper, healing, psychic and spiritual development.

Centers or Chakras  The seven energetic points located along the spine. There are seven male chakras in the back and six female (moon) charkas in the front =13 centers.

Channeling  is the process of receiving and relaying information from an outside entity (usually purported to be the spirits of the dead) while in an altered state of consciousness. The following websites relating to Channeling have been reviewed by the editorial staff at SelfGrowth.com for quality and caliber.

Christianity  Christianity is a religion based upon the life and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament. Encompassing a wide number of branches and sects, Christianity is the religion of an estimated 1.5 to 2.1 billion people worldwide.

Circumvent Force  The force field that you create with your energy.  Can be a protective shield for the innocent and be difficult for negative forces to penetrate.

Coming down  An expression used when wisdom is being accessed through the Akashic Record or “channeled”.

Cosmic Roots  Hair. Each hair is attached to a star and helps to channel the universal life energy directly into your brain, life blood and centers or chakras.

Course in Miracles  is considered by many of its students to be their "spiritual path," the book A Course in Miracles has sold over 1.6 million copies since its appearance in 1975. As its title suggests, its purpose is to train us to work miracles to accept and extend to others the shifts in perception that awaken us to God.

Crone  An older woman who has been crowned with the wisdom of the ages. She retains the innocence of her youth, the vigor of the maiden and the maturity and consciousness of the Mother ... as well as the wisdom of the Crone.  The Crone is the last stage of the Goddess: maiden, goddess, crone.

Dionysm / Dianism  Sacred ceremony directing sexual energy into a higher consciousness in which the man does not lose his seed.  Evolved from the teaching in the cult of Diana.

Dross  Matter that is insignificant for your spiritual growth.

Dweller  The fearsome entity self-created by all of your thought projections, whom you meet, and through whom you must pass, as you leave your body. The monster of your own making from all of your own negativity; usually called the Dweller on the Threshold.

Energy Healing and Energy Medicine involves exploring and applying subtle energies as they relate to the experience of consciousness, healing, and human potential.

Enlightenment  Human spiritual enlightenment occurs when your consciousness permanently expands beyond the limits of your body and your mind's self-created identity.  As an enlightened human, you take responsibility for co-creating your personal experience of reality. And you have zero judgment about what others are co-creating.

Essene  A religious sect before and after Christ who advocated wholesome diet, physical and spiritual purity and enrichment of the soul.

Etheric  The invisible and/or Spiritual worlds.

Faith  is possibly the most powerful force in the Universe.  It is the confident belief in anything.  Particularly the self or the truth, value or rightness of an idea or religious system, without resting on logical proof or material evidence.

Hierophant Staff  A staff carried as protection.  Comes from the Egyptian Tarot.

Horoscope   is an astrologer's description of the personality and future of a person based on the position of the planets in relation to the sign of the zodiac under which the person was born.

Hounds at the Barrier  If you are astral projecting and hear a bell, these are the hounds. Since they can only move in angles, you need to return to this dimension spiraling so they don’t capture you. If they do capture you, they can keep you 100 years. If you hear this bell it means you have crossed a boundary in the astral worlds which is not permitted. This is all part of the ancient school teachings.

IAO  The vowels of the Ancient and Sacred Name of God — which has been hidden for thousands of years.  It is encoded in every cell of our bodies waiting for activation.

Imagination  covers all the concepts, fantasies and mental images our mind creates. By developing our imagination, we can build a rich inner life.

Into the Light  A step before illumination. Reaching that rarefied space (other dimension) safely.  The rise of the Kundalini.

Illumined  All of your chakras are activated. Buddha and Jesus were illumined.

Intuition  is the power of understanding or realizing something without the use of rational processes.

Kundalini  The serpent power that lays dormant at the base of your spine. It can be activated safely when you open your chakras properly and are spiritually prepared. You can release this power by accident, and if not prepared, insanity or a nervous breakdown might occur because you can’t stand in its fire.  It is important to have your nerve force properly prepared for it.

Leaving the Body  The process of one’s soul ascending from the body after the Final Passage (death).

Life River  Everything you have done in your life is stored in your blood platelets and is viewed after one leaves the body as long as the blood remains in the body for three and one-half days.  You need this time to view your life in detail for your work on karma for your next life.

Maya  Anywhere outside of a powerful Spiritual circumvent force.

Meditation  is the practice of focusing and turning attention inward to the mind or to a specific thing upon which one meditates.  Meditation variously involves mental discipline and/or relaxation . . . and usually Soul Growth.

Mendes Staff   Egyptian Symbol for Wisdom, and Justice. Thoth, male force.

Miracles  are events that seem to defy the known laws of nature, and as such are believed to be the handiwork of higher, supernatural powers.

Moon Chakras  The 6 female chakras located on either side of the front of the body.  Two in the hollows below your shoulders, two at the nipples, and two in the ovary area.

Mysticism  is the pursuit of a direct communion with God. While the term has been used to encompass a wide spectrum of beliefs, most of those labeled mystics share these commonalities: a faith in a transcendent truth that overrides everyday reality, and a belief in a personal, one-on-one connection with this truth.

New Age  is the Aquarian Age – the next astrological age to follow the Piscean Age.  There are many different thoughts as to the timing but the Soul Growth founders believed that we began the transition into that age on September 17^th, 2001 and that it will be in full force in December of 2012.  New Age is often used as a general term to cover a wide variety of alternative spiritual and philosophical movements and beliefs often involving metaphysics and holistic approaches to personal health.  It has become a pejorative term among Christians.

Nous Atom  The atom that stays with you through all incarnations.

Numerology / The Sacred Science of Numbers  The study of the occult meanings and historical significance of numbers with reference to their mystical influence on human life and physical events.

One-Pointed  To be totally focused on meditation or on a project.

Palm Reading  Practiced in many cultures around the world, palm reading is the act of making predictions on a person’s future based on the study of their hand.

Positive Thinking  is a method of intention in which the person chooses to visualize positive outcomes and personal and Soul Growth.  See Thought Force Visualization.

Psychic Readings and Psychics  Psychic is a term indicating mental abilities or phenomena that are unexplainable by known natural laws. People who have these abilities or are able to produce these phenomena are often called "psychics".

Purpose of Life  is a fundamental philosophical and theoretical discussion of human existence that has resulted in a wide range of competing answers and arguments, from philosophical, to theological, and spiritual explanations.

Pyramid Mirror  A three-dimensional four-sided mirror with each mirror having the dimensions of 33” x 33” x 33” or just one mirror with the same dimensions.  We used them for mirror meditations.

Quodosh The most powerful ceremony of sacred sex magic. which is has always been hidden and is still unknown to most although it has begun to creep onto the internet – sometimes mis-stated.

Razor ’s Edge  Instability or fragile stability on the emotional and/or spiritual plane.  One step before temporary insanity.

Religion and Soul Growth  are both personal, spiritual paths which seek the improvement of the individual through faith, positive thinking and perhaps some ritual.

Remote Viewing  A term used today, spiritually and in the military to describe astral projection.

Sacred Herb  The herb commonly known as marijuana, the “Grass of the Arabs”, consciously transformed by use in a sacred ceremony to gain powerful spiritual insight, only in the ascending currents and inhaled on once, for six seconds. 

Sacred Shin: Sacred hash, only used in ceremony.

Self Realization  is the knowledge of the true self gained from personal experience, as opposed to book knowledge. Self realization can be achieved through many techniques, including meditation, and yoga and will – hopefully – result in Soul Growth.

Shew  An expression of astonishment or recognition of something awe-inspiring.  This expression is often used when wisdom is coming down from a powerful source, teacher or wherever:  SSHHHEEEWWWW !

Shew Bread  (pronounced “shoe”) Moses was told by God to make sure that the shew or unleavened bread was always on the altar in front of the ark in the sacred temple.

Shin  One of the mother letters of the Hebrew alphabet. It means fire in the middle. The pyramid also means fire in the middle and when you add the Hebrew shin to the name of God, Yod Heh Vau Heh it becomes Yod Heh Shin Vau Heh and is the name for Jesus.

Sixth Root Race  Five stages of planetary evolution; rock, mineral, plant, animal and man to God Man — the 6th root race, and the next evolution for mankind.

Solar Centers  The centers surrounding your pineal gland on top of your head. There are 12 centers around the one. They correspond to the zodiac.

Soul Growth / Spiritual Growth  involves the concept that one would consciously choose to seek a “Spiritual Path” which would (one would hope) lead to higher consciousness.  As in most things, this somewhat etheric concept only works if the one who is trying . . . is also able to manifest a very powerful degree of faith.

Spirituality is the state that is usually thought to involve a profoundly higher evolution of consciousness than that found in ordinary life.  In order to attain it, one is usually thought to need to spend years in diligent pursuit of her or his own soul growth . . . and is successful in the endeavor.  The literal definition of Spirituality is variously applied to most creeds of the world – the majority of which believe in one, supreme being of various descriptions.  Most belief systems have taught that the most direct route to consciousness expansion is through finding a powerful spiritual leader in whom one can put unlimited faith.  Obviously this works best if that leader is completely trustworthy.  In the last century the word Spirituality has come to be used connotatively, to denote “New Age” concepts, like meditation, a great deal of very transcendent music, astrology and certain lifestyles and faith-based movements and communes.  Many New Age groups have held that God is everywhere and everything and therefore we are a part of that “Being” or “Totality”.

Spiritual Guides / Soul Growth Mentors  are people who have attained a high level of spiritual awareness and use their knowledge to genuinely serve others on their own paths toward spiritual awakening.

Spiritual Healing  is the purification of the body to facilitate Soul Growth and also considered to be the use of spiritual or religious practices to help the healing process.

Tahuti Water  Sacred rainwater, usually caught in glass or sacred bowls used for ceremony or just to drink. Also used as a body and soul purification while standing naked in it.  Tahuti is the Aquarian name for Mercury.

Tarot   a deck of cards with mythical drawings which portray arcane scenes which offer mystical explanations for many of life’s mysteries.  This is an ancient practice and the cards were nearly lost – but for the Gypsies pretending that they were just playing cards.  The are used in many ritualistic ways and often considered to provide enlightening information to help with personal transformation and/or divination.

Tau  The last letter of the Hebrew alphabet meaning the end therefore the beginning. We often said Tau as away of eliminating something negative that was said or to put an end to it.

The Teachings  Spiritual Wisdom gathered over history from all sources, often used consciously to guide one in her or his soul’s growth.

Thymus Wand  A wand made out of different precious metals that aligns polarities and unblocked energy when used on the spine or other parts of the body.

Transmute  To transform and raise to a higher level of energy.

Van Allen Belt  Brain of this planet. It surrounds this plane of existence on the etheric level and monitors the spiritual energies.

Vehicle  The body one is given to reside in this lifetime.

Vernacular of the Time  To use the language that is commonly and currently spoken. One might “wax into the vernacular of the times” when channeling other cultures or eras.

Visualisation, Thought Force Visualization  is  the use of the mental force of thought – of Faith – to manifest on other planes, ie physical, emotional, etc.  An example might be “The Great Affirmation”:  I am positive to mind, energy and matter and control them all.  I am negative only to the absolute, which is the center of being and of which I am.

YAHOWHA  The essence of the name of God.

Yod Heh Vau Heh  The consonants behind which the Ancient and Sacred Name of God—was hidden for thousands of years.  It is encoded in every cell of our bodies waiting for activation.

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