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For Schleiermacher, the lower self-consciousness is "the animal part of mankind", which includes basic sensations such as hunger, thirst, pain and pleasure, as well as basic drives and pleasures, and higher self-consciousness is, in the words of theologian Dawn DeVries, "the part of the human being that is capable of transcending animal ...
Les Maîtres du temps (lit. The Masters of Time, a.k.a. Time Masters; Herrscher der Zeit in German; Az idő urai in Hungarian) is a 1982 independent animated science fiction film directed by René Laloux and designed by Mœbius.
The history of humanity is divided up into four yugas (a.k.a. dharmic ages or world ages)— Kṛta-yuga (pronounced Krita-yuga; a.k.a. Satya-yuga), Tretā-yuga, Dvāpara-yuga and Kali-yuga—each with a 25% decline in dharmic practices and length, giving proportions (caraṇas; pronounced charanas) of 4:3:2:1 (e.g. Satya: 100% start; Kali: 25% ...
The continuum concept is an idea, coined by Jean Liedloff in her 1975 book The Continuum Concept, that human beings have an innate set of expectations (which Liedloff calls the continuum) that our evolution as a species has designed us to meet in order to achieve optimal physical, mental, and emotional development and adaptability.
The Bakongo Cosmogram. In traditional Bakongo religion, the four elements are incorporated into the Kongo cosmogram.This sacred wheel depicts the physical world (Nseke), the spiritual world of the ancestors (Mpémba), the Kalûnga line that runs between the two worlds, the sacred river (mbûngi) that began as a circular void and forms a circle around the two worlds, and the path of the sun.
Another key figure in Hermeticism, Robert Fludd, elaborated on the concept of the world soul in his extensive writings on cosmology and metaphysics. Fludd's works depict the world soul as the divine anima mundi that connects all levels of existence, from the highest spiritual realms to the material world. He emphasized the idea of cosmic ...
Hammer stated that "a belief in the existence of a core or true Self" is a "recurring theme" in New Age texts. [128] The concept of "personal growth" is also greatly emphasised among New Agers, [129] while Heelas noted that "for participants spirituality is life-itself". [130] New Age religiosity is typified by its eclecticism. [131]
There is, however, a difference between the Egyptian and Hebrew logos mythologies: in Genesis 1 the divine word of the Elohim is an act of "making into"; the word of Egyptian creator-god, by contrast, is an almost magical activation of something inherent in pre-creation: as such, it goes beyond the concept of fiat (divine act) to something more ...