Nun
The fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, נ symbolizes "a fish" (Aramaic). Nun is written with the following letters: Nun, Vav, Nun-Sophit, which mean: the Light above, the Shechinah of the three...
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(Hebrew נוכבי. In Aramaic, "female") A term in Kabbalah hidden behind many symbols and words in the scriptures, such as earth, land, body, bread, daughter, woman, bride, cup, throne, temple,...
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A spiritual atom located in the left ventricle of the heart. This atom is also called the Master Atom and is directly related with the Christ. "As we have already stated in our book entitled “The...
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(Greek νοῦς or νόος) Nous is a philosophical term for the faculty of perception of what is true or real. Nous is a type of intelligent intuition, a form of perception that sees and understands truth....
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(Hebrew נוגה) "Brightness, brilliance." In the Judeo-Christian scriptures, the name of one of David's sons. Esoterically, Nogah relates to: (1) the planet Venus, (2) the sephirah Hod (the Astral...
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(Hebrew נח. Literally, adj. resting, incumbent, quiescent; n. Noah (first name); adj. silent (grammar)) A Kabbalistic symbol with many important meanings. 1. Physiologically and spiritually: the...
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The second step of yoga, which consists of: Saucha (purity, elimination of desire) Santosha (contentment with what one has) Tapas (austerities, spiritual practices) Svadhyaya (study of scriptures)...
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A symbol used in the tradition of Alchemy. "The Nitrogen of alchemy is the sacred fire of the Kundalini. This Nitrogen is only achieved by working intensely with the Mercury of the secret philosophy....
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(Latin. Nisus: effort, striving, struggle. ) A term possibly introduced by Friedrich Casimir Medicus in the late 1700's (yet most known in relation with Blumenbach's Bildungstrieb) that was utilized by...
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(Sanskrit, literally "perfect" or "complete") Reality, actual existence, the natural state; a reference to the Absolute or Emptiness. Corresponds to the TIbetan word rdzogs, the ultimate nature of any...
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(Sanskrit, literally “changeless samadhi”) An ecstasy within the divine abode of the Gods. Originally a term from Vedanta, referring to the highest possible state of consciousness, a state of no-mind,...
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or Nirvanee (Sanskrit, locative of nirvana) Loosely, one who abides in nirvana, or who is "liberated" to some degree. The word Nirvani is used in Hinduism among various groups as a title of status....
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(Sanskrit निर्वाण, "extinction" or "cessation"; Tibetan: nyangde, literally "the state beyond sorrow") In general use, the word nirvana refers to the permanent cessation of suffering and its causes,...
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(Sanskrit) From निर्माण Nirmana, "creation, producing, formation, making, transformation," and काय kaya, "body." Also called “creation body” or “manifestation body.” In Buddhism, one of the "bodies" of...
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(Sanskrit) From nir (without) guna (quality). "The impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or ‘unknowable’ by Herbert Spencer, ‘will’ by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by...
View ArticleNinth Sphere
In Kabbalah, a reference to the sephirah Yesod of the Tree of Life (Kabbalah). When you place the Tree of Life over your body, you see that Yesod is related to your sexual organs. "The Ninth Sphere of...
View ArticleNicolaitans
“So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.” - Revelation 2:16 “Only absolute saintliness and chastity can convert us into Angels. The Nicolaitans spill the...
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While the term “neurasthenia” has a highly variable history and is no longer in use, it was generally used to refer to a condition of nervous weakness or exhaustion. Samael Aun Weor provides an...
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(Hebrew נצח means victory) The seventh sephirah of the Tree of Life; the Mental World; the Mental Body; corresponds to the Fifth Dimension. Netzach is the Mental World, the cosmic mind, the mind of the...
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(Hebrew נשמת or נשימה, literally "breath") In Kabbalah, one of the three souls of the human being, called the Spiritual Soul. “And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into...
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(Hebrew נפלים) Translated in the Bible as "giants," but actually derived from נפל, "abortion; fall; dud; to fail, to die, to be conquered." "There were giants [נפלים] in the earth in those days..." -...
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(Hebrew נפש חיה) Literally, "living soul." In Kabbalah, a soul (see Nephesh) who has acquired spiritual life (Chaiah), the soul. "And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between...
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(Hebrew נפש; alternatively, nefesh) In Kabbalah, one of the three souls of the human being. The animal soul. "And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils...
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(Greek, Νέμεσις) Literally "distribution" (of what is due), related to νέμειν [némein], meaning "to give what is due, distribute, allot, apportion one's due," from root *nem- "to divide, distribute,...
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(Egyptian) A prayer or testament found in the Egyptian Book of the Dead in which the Initiate describes in detail all of the sins he has not committed. See Chapter 48 of Cosmic Teachings of a Lama by...
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As described by H.P. Blavatsky: The same as the St. John christians; called the Mendaeans or Sabeans. They designate Christ “a false Messiah” and only recognize John the Baptist, whom they call the...
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(Sanskrit नास्तिक) Literally, "atheist, unbeliever, freethinker." In esotericism, this word is used to refer to the necessity to look beyond beliefs or physical things, such as a physical statue or...
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Or Naamah. (Hebrew נעמה) A symbol in Kabbalah related to lust, seduction, and the infernal worlds (Klipoth, hell). "...she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and...
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(Hebrew נחש) Literally, "serpent." A very deep and multifaceted symbol in the Judeo-Christian scriptures, whose meaning is revealed in Kabbalah. Nahasch, meaning “serpent” and “a shining one,” comes...
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(Sanskrit नाग. In Tibetan: klu) Generally, "serpent." Also, "serpent-demon, shark, not moving, one of the 5 airs of the human body, best or most excellent of any kind, number 7, cloud, tree, cruel man,...
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(Sanskrit; Tibetan tsa) Nerve channel for subtle energies. “The term Nadi comes from the root Nad which means motion. The body is filled with an uncountable number of Nadis. If they were revealed to...
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