Research area vi of vi

Scriptures & Mysticism

Religion, worship, priesthood, the world’s reformers, the Bhagavad Gita and the practice of yoga and samadhi.

Chapters
10
Plates
0
Essays
0
Terms
3
Cosmic Diagram No. 5A, drawn by M. N. Behera
Cosmic Diagram No. 5A, drawn by M. N. Behera

Chapters in this area

Drawn from every book in the library

Volume I · Topic 5 PrayerA crutch, a habit, or something else: the author decides in five paragraphs. Read → Volume I · Topic 10 ReligionA priest and a politician: the author says there is little difference. Decide for yourself. Read → Volume I · Topic 12 SalvationWhat does Nirvana literally mean? The root changes the whole idea. Read → Volume I · Topic 13 SpiritIf the spirit is transferable, what did the Upanishads mean by migration? Read → Volume I · Topic 15 EntertainmentsOM, SWAH, ALLAH: the author’s theory of the first songs. Read → Volume I · Topic 16 IdolatryWhy, in the author’s telling, is a married sister worshipped between two brothers at Puri? Read → Volume I · Topic 17 PriestcraftThe author’s reading of why Shiva drank the poison. Read → Volume I · Topic 23 The Reformation HikeThe author’s last candidate for ending human wickedness is not a prophet. Read → Volume I · Topic 26 RestorativesThe author’s one-line summary of the Gita. Read → Volume I · Topic 27 Hypnotic FeatsWhat the author believes a yogi actually sees in Samadhi. Read →
Volume IIChapters from Volume II (title to come) take their place here when it is added.

Essays

Essays for this area are being written. The first will draw on the chapters above.

Key terms

Necrolater
One who worships an image or statue of a dead person.
Necrolatry
Worship of images, statues or idols of dead persons.
Samadhi
A hypnotic state of the brain. A type of swoon.