Ramacharaka’s Raja Yoga exposition
Affirmation in Raja Yoga
Lesson-ending first-person statements restate the book's teachings as declarations of intention and identity.
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Ramacharaka’s Raja Yoga exposition
Lesson-ending first-person statements restate the book's teachings as declarations of intention and identity.
Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
The meditation on embracing all humanity and drawing it toward an ideal described in Thought-Forms.
Western Tarot symbolism
Ten dealt positions form a cross and a four-card staff around a separately chosen representative card.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
Trigrams, counting rods and sacred preparation in Davis’s historical survey.
Ramacharaka’s Raja Yoga exposition
The perception lesson advocates sustained observation of details before drawing conclusions.
Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
The quality of attention during worship that Thought-Forms contrasts with distraction and represents through blue forms.
Welsh customs as described by Wirt Sikes
The charitable distribution of bread and cheese across a coffin before burial, described and illustrated by Sikes.
Western Tarot symbolism
The alternative method repeatedly regroups cards before forming six rows of seven.
Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
The practice of directing supportive thought toward another person, as described and illustrated in Thought-Forms.
Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
The corkscrew-like form assigned to a listener’s determination to understand.
Theosophical astral cosmology
Repeated sound interpreted as a source of occult action.
Theosophical astral cosmology
Séance communication treated as interaction with several possible kinds of agent.
Egyptian funerary religion
The deceased’s declarations before forty-two assessors, denying wrongs involving violence, falsehood, theft and misuse of shared resources.
Egyptian funerary religion
Funerary rites intended to restore the deceased person’s capacities.
Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
The flower-like form that Besant and Leadbeater associate with an act of selfless devotion.
Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
The meditation on extending love and sympathy in all directions represented in Thought-Forms.
Western Tarot symbolism
The supplied handbook assigns separate meanings to repeated ranks and to their reversed counterparts.
Western Tarot symbolism
A selected card represents the person or matter of inquiry and can change in a repeated reading.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
Tea drinking as a formal practice and occasion for peaceful attention in Davis.
L. Newton Hayes, The Chinese Dragon
Hayes describes a carved dragon ramp as a route reserved for the spirit honoured at a shrine.
Egyptian funerary religion
The funerary judgment scene that balances the heart against truth.