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Ancient Beliefs

This section presents the ancient beliefs and practices, some dating from the earliest times. Some of the beliefs and activities still exist though not in their original form.

The following articles are presented:

Agathodaemons
Amduscias
Amy
Anamelech
Ancient Beliefs of Love Spells
Ancient Mysteries
Animal worship
Ankh
Ba
Cacodaemons
Egregore
Epilepsy
Epiphany
Fly
Focus
Jakin and Boas
Jinnistan
Ka
Keres
Khaib
Krampus
Manes
Nif
Orphic Literature
Orphism
Palengenesis
Preanimism
Shayba
Sheol
Simulacra
The Emerald Tablet

Ancient Beliefs

Simulacra

Simulacra, in ancient Egypt, were paintings and statuettes of slaves, persons, animals, and sometimes other beings that were placed in tombs. The simulacra accompanied their masters ...

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Ancient Beliefs

Sheol

Definition Sheol, Hebrew "Pit," is a term symbolizing a cavern, womb, or underworld. It is related to the uterine paradise-garden called Shal-Mariin Tibet and Shalimar in India. Originally ...

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Ancient Beliefs

Shayba

Shayba, the Arabic-Aramaean title of the Great Goddess, was the "Old Woman" whose spirit dwelt in the sacred stone of the Kaaba or Mecca. Shayba was the land-name and the Goddess-name ...

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Ancient Beliefs

Preanimism

Preanimism is thought to be the first feeling of fear, of awe, of wonder instigated by supernatural events. Also, it embodies the earliest beliefs that all objects are alive with life, ...

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Ancient Beliefs

Palengenesis

Palengenesisis an ancient Greek term meaning, "becoming again," as the seed of an oak tree recreates its parental oak. This identical life in cyclical recurring phases is the essential ...

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