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Pantokrator, the Greek word in the New Testament and Septuagint often translated in English as "almighty", actually means "all-holding" rather than almighty or omnipotent. Oord offers an alternative view of divine power he calls "amipotence," which is the maximal power of God's uncontrolling love. [22]
This leads to the second usage of the word divine (and less common usage of divinity): to refer to the operation of transcendent power in the world. In its most direct form, the operation of transcendent power implies some form of divine intervention. For monotheistic and polytheistic faiths this usually implies the direct action of one god or ...
The sage Markandeya asked Lord Narayana to show him a specimen of the divine power. Narayana flooded the entire world for a moment, during which only the Akshayavat could be seen above the water level. (Hindu mythology) Kalpavriksha (also Kalpataru, Kalpadruma or Kalpapādapa), a wish-fulfilling divine tree. (Hindu mythology)
Numen was also used in the imperial cult of ancient Rome, to refer to the guardian-spirit, 'godhead' or divine power of a living emperor—in other words, a means of worshiping a living emperor without literally calling him a god. [9] The cult of Augustus was promoted by Tiberius, who dedicated the Ara Numinis Augusti. [10]
The word eudaimon in Greek means having a good attendant spirit, and consequently being happy. It is composed of the words εὖ eu, which means "well" or "good" and δαίμων daimon, which means "divinity, spirit, divine power, fate, or god." [2] [3] [4] Sometimes eudaimon is taken to mean literally "good spirit". [2]
demonomancy / d ɪ ˈ m ɒ n oʊ m æ n s i /: by demons (Greek daimōn, ' divine power ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') dendromancy / ˈ d ɛ n d r oʊ m æ n s i /: by trees, especially oaks, yews, or mistletoe (Greek dendron, ' tree ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') deuteroscopy / ˌ dj uː t ə ˈ r ɒ s k oʊ p i /: by second glance or double take ...
Akashic Records: (Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning "sky", "space" or "aether") In the religion of theosophy and the philosophical school called anthroposophy, the Akashic records are a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life ...
The English word holy dates back to the Proto-Germanic word hailagaz from around 500 BCE, an adjective derived from hailaz ('whole'), which was used to mean 'uninjured, sound, healthy, entire, complete'. [9] In non-specialist contexts, the term holy refers to someone or something that is associated with a divine power, such as water used for ...