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This Japanese compound kotodama combines koto 言 "word; speech" and tama 霊 "spirit; soul" (or 魂 "soul; spirit; ghost") voiced as dama in rendaku.In contrast, the unvoiced kototama pronunciation especially refers to kototamagaku (言霊学, "study of kotodama"), which was popularized by Onisaburo Deguchi in the Oomoto religion.
Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') [1] are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. [2] Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply to guide them.
Glossolalia: (from the Greek, "γλώσσα" (glossa), tongue and "λαλώ" (lalô), to speak) comprises the utterance of what appears (to the casual listener) either as an unknown foreign language (xenoglossia), meaningless syllables, or utterance of an unknown mystical language; the utterances sometimes occur as part of religious worship ...
Many devotees believe that spirit guides are chosen on "the other side" by those who are about to incarnate and wish assistance. Some early modern Spiritualists did not favor the idea of spirit guides. Spiritualist author and medium E.W. Wallis, writing in A Guide to Mediumship and Psychic Unfoldment, expressed the opinion that the notion of ...
Guardian spirit (disambiguation) Spiritual direction, the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in their personal spirituality; Totem, a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people
Konjin is associated with compass directions, and said to change position with the year, lunar month, and season. Kono-yo (この世, lit. ' this world ') – See busshitsukai. Konpaku – Every living human has both a kon and a haku. Kome (米, lit. ' Rice ') – Offerings of white rice made at Shinto shrines and a household's kamidana.
The spiritual guide aims to discern and understand what the Holy Spirit, through the situations of life, spiritual insights in the fruit of prayer, reading and meditation on the Bible, tells the person accompanied. The spiritual father or spiritual director may provide advice, give indications of life and prayer, resolving doubts in matters of ...
Some spiritualists follow "spirit guides"—specific spirits relied upon for spiritual direction. [2] [3] Emanuel Swedenborg has some claim to be the father of spiritualism. [4] The movement developed and reached its largest following from the 1840s to the 1920s, especially in English-speaking countries.