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Mahatma. A sanskrit word meaning "great soul". |
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Manas. A sanskrit word meaning feeling, mind. |
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Mandala. A sanskrit word meaning "section". A symmetrical design used for meditational, or spiritual purposes. Tibetan Buddhists are known for the mandalas they take months to make from colored grains of sand. When complete, they blow the mandala away to demonstrate the impermanence of all things. |
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Mandir. A sanskrit word meaning "temple". |
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Mantra. A word or phrase which has a sacred meaning, and is often repeated over and over with a view to achieving greater spiritual understanding and growth. Often a mantra will be a phrase in Sanskrit, or the name of a Hindu deity such as Krishna or Shiva. An example of a mantra is:" Om Namaha Shivaya".. |
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Mars. The Roman God of war. Son of Jupiter. (Greek God Ares). |
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Matha. A sanskrit word meaning Mother. |
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Maya. A sanskrit word meaning "worldly illusion". Mistaking the transient for the real. Non-awareness what is true, what is real. |
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Mercury. Mercury, the messenger of the Gods, was the Roman God of business, science and thievery. Mercury was represented as a beardless youth with winged shoes fastened to his ankles, and a winged cap on his head. He could fly. He carried a staff with two snakes winding around it. Greek God Hermes. |
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Metatron. The Archangel at the head of the Archangelic hierarchy. |
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Minerva. The Roman Goddess of wisdom. A virgin goddess, gentle, fair and thoughtful, Minerva was the Goddess of wisdom, skill, and contemplation. She was also the Goddess of storms and the thunderbolt, spinning and weaving, of horticulture and agriculture. Her symbol was the owl. Greek Goddess Athena. |
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Miasm. Astral glamours and illusions and whole patterns of misperception that cloud the auric field. |
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Monad. The One created by the Logos. At the Monadic level of consciousness one is fully aware of the oneness of all things, but is not yet receiving Logoic light directly. |
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Mukthi. A sanskrit word meaning liberation. The final emancipation from the cycle of birth and death. |
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Muni. A sanskrit word meaning "sage". |
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Dictionary of Spiritual Terms |
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A dictionary of spirituality, religions including Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism. sanskrit terms, Hindu Gods, Greek gods, roman gods, Egyptian gods, angels, and much more. |
