spiritual contemplation

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• Contemplation — • The idea of contemplation is connected with that of mystical theology Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. contemplation     Contemplation      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Spiritual intelligence — is a term used to discern a suite or set of propensities comprising: perceptions, intuitions, cognitions, etc., related to spirituality and/or religiosity. It has been discredited by its detractors as pseudoscientificFact|date=November 2007… …   Wikipedia

• Spiritual evolution — is the philosophical, theological, esoteric or spiritual idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve along a predetermined cosmological pattern or ascent, or in accordance with certain pre determined potentials.This… …   Wikipedia

• Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius — • A short work composed by St. Ignatius of Loyola and written originally in Spanish Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius     Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Spiritual materialism — or spiritual narcissism are terms used to describe mistakes spiritual seekers commit which turn the pursuit of spiritualism into an ego building and confusion creating endeavor.Ferrer (2001) p.35] This is based on the idea that ego development is …   Wikipedia

• contemplation — noun Date: 13th century 1. a. concentration on spiritual things as a form of private devotion b. a state of mystical awareness of God s being 2. an act of considering with attention ; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation — Pendle Hill is a Quaker study and retreat center located on a 23 acre campus in suburban Wallingford, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. It was named for the plateau in Lancashire, England, that the first Quaker preacher described as the site of… …   Wikipedia

• Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …   Universalium

• MEDITATION — (Heb. Hitbonenut), a term which first appears in kabbalistic literature, from the middle of the 13th century, referring to protracted concentration of thought on supernal lights of the divine world and of the spiritual worlds in general. Many… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ascetic — adj austere, *severe, stern Analogous words: disciplined, trained, schooled (see TEACH): self denying, self abnegating (see corresponding nouns at RENUNCIATION): abstaining or abstinent, forbearing (see corresponding verbs at REFRAIN): abstemious …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• PROPHETS AND PROPHECY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: in the bible classifications nature of prophecy origin and function dreams divination pre classical prophets terminology group prophecy ecstasy group life of prophets role in society… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism