Anima Mundi: “The Soul of the World.”
Animus: An archetypal “soul image” which is the embodiment of the creative masculine nature of woman’s subconscious.
Apas: Derived from a Sanskrit word meaning “water.” The Tattva associated with the element of water. Its symbol is the silver crescent.
Aral: A ruling spirit traditionally associated with fire, though in modern times associated with air.
Archetype: Often referred to in Jungian psychology to mean a pre-existent idea, mode of thought, or godform that manifests through the collective unconscious of humanity.
Asanas: Various positions used in hatha yoga.
Assiah: The Qabalistic world of action and matter attributed to Malkuth and the element of earth.
Atah: See Atoh. Hebrew word meaning “Thou art.” Used in the Qabalistic Cross.
Atoh: See Atah.
Atziluth: The Qabalistic world of archetypes attributed to Kether and the element of fire.
Aura: A shell or layer of astral substance which surrounds and permeates the physical body. Also called the Sphere of Sensation. See Subtle Body.
Auriel: See Uriel.
Binah: Hebrew word for “understanding” referring to the third Sephirah on the Tree of Life.
Bitom: Enochian word associated with the element of fire.
Briah: The Qabalistic world of creation consisting of Chokmah and Binah and attributed to the element of water.
Chakra: Sanskrit word meaning “wheels” or “lotus flowers.” Refers to energy centers within the aura that correspond to certain glands or organs within the body.
Chassan: Hebrew angel associated with the element of air.
Chesed: Hebrew word for “mercy,” referring to the fourth Sephirah on the Tree of Life. Also called Gedulah which means “greatness, magnificence.”
Chiah: In Qabalah the part of the soul located in Chokmah which is described as the life force, divine will, and source of action.
Circulation: Movement in a circle or circuit. In the Middle Pillar exercise, light or energy is circulated around and through the body.
Circumambulate: To “walk around,” especially as part of a ritual.
Chokmah: Hebrew word for “wisdom,” referring to the second Sephirah on the Tree of Life.
Collective Unconscious: In Jungian psychology, those mental patterns and primordial images that are shared by all of humanity.
Comananu: The name of an Enochian governor.
Complex: A group of related, often repressed ideas and impulses that compel characteristic or habitual patterns of thought, feelings, and behavior. An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear.
Conscious: The component of waking awareness. The state of being awake and perceptive.
Consciousness: One’s personal or collective identity consisting of many levels of conscious and unconscious realities. To expand one’s consciousness implies gaining access and/or awareness of these various levels.
Conscious Self: The ego or point of self-awareness.
Daath: Hebrew word for “knowledge.” The so-called “Invisible Sephirah” on the Tree of Life, Daath is not really a Sephirah, but rather a conjunction of the energies of Chokmah and Binah. It can be likened to a passageway across the abyss.
Divine Self: Our true, pure, transcendent self which contains a spark of divinity.
Dharana: Sanskrit word meaning “holding.” Refers to the yogic discipline of concentration on an object or symbol.
Ego: That portion of the psyche which is conscious, most directly governs thought and behavior, and is most concerned with outer reality. Also called the conscious self.
Eheieh: Hebrew word meaning “I am.” Divine name associated with Kether and employed in the exercise of the Middle Pillar.
El: (or A1) Hebrew word meaning “god.” Divine name associated with Chesed.
Elexarpeh: Name of an Enochian governor.
Elohim: Hebrew word meaning “god(s).”
Elohim Gibor: Hebrew phrase meaning “Almighty God.” Divine name associated with Geburah.
Elohim Tzabaoth: Hebrew phrase meaning “God of Armies.” Divine name associated with Hod.
Ens: “The One” or “the Essense.”
Exarp: Enochian word associated with the element of air.
Field of Consciousness: The incessant flow of observable images, feeling, thoughts, sensations, and impulses.
Free association: A spontaneous, logically unconstrained and undirected association of ideas, emotions, and feelings. A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient’s articulation of free associations is encouraged in order to reveal unconscious thoughts and emotions, such as traumatic experiences that have been repressed.
Gabriel: Hebrew archangel of elemental water.
Galgal: Hebrew word meaning “whirling.” The plural form is galgalim, referring to the Sephiroth as they exist within the human aura or sphere of sensation.
Geburah: Hebrew word for “power” or “severity,” referring to the fifth Sephirah on the Tree of Life. The phrase ve-Geburah, meaning “and the power” is used in the Qabalistic Cross.
Gedulah: Hebrew word for “greatness, magnificence.” A title of Chesed. The phrase ve-Gedulah, meaning “and the glory,” is used in the Qabalistic Cross.
Gematria: A form of Hebrew numerology that uses the numerical values of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Gevurah: See Geburah.
Gnomes: Elemental spirits of earth.
Great Work: A term borrowed from alchemy’s magnum opus. Refers to the path of human spiritual evolution, growth, and illumination.
G’uph: The lowest part of the soul, centered in Malkuth. A low level of subconscious intelligence which is closely tied to the physical body.
Hcoma: Enochian word associated with the element of water.
Heilsweg: A German word which means “sacred way.” It was a term used by Jung to describe a method for psychological healing and individuation.
Hermetic: Of or relating to Hermes Trismegistus or the works ascribed to him. Having to do with the occult sciences, especially alchemy, astrology, and magic deriving from Western sources (Hebrew, Egyptian, and Greek).
HGA: Holy Guardian Angel. See Higher Self.
Higher Self: A personification of the transcendent spiritual self that is said to reside in Tiphareth and mediate between the divine self and the lower personality. Sometimes referred to as the Holy Guardian Angel, the Lower Genius, and the Augoeides.
Higher Unconscious: See Superconscious.
Hod: Hebrew word for “splendor,” referring to the eighth Sephirah on the Tree of Life.
Hypnosis: A sleeplike state usually induced by another person in which the subject may experience forgotten or suppressed memories, hallucinations, and heightened suggestibility.
Id: According to Freud, an unconscious division of the psyche which functions as the origin of instinctual impulses and demands for instant gratification of primal needs. See Nephesh.
Ida: A primary nadi which starts at left nostril, goes to the crown of the head, crosses back and forth through the chakras, and terminates at the base of the spine on the left side.
Individuation: The process by which a person becomes self-realized or differentiated as a separate indivisible unity or “whole” which contains all aspects of the self.
Jagrata: The fourth and lowest world of consciousness according to Hindu tradition. The physical world.
Kether: Hebrew word for “crown,” referring to the first Sephirah on the Tree of Life.
Kundalini: Sanskrit word meaning “serpent power.” A fiery transformative power that resides in the base chakra. The yogic practice known as “Raising the Kundalini” to connect with all the chakras is said to unleash a great amount of energy.
LBRP: Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.
Le-Olahm, Amen: Hebrew phrase meaning roughly “the World forever, unto the Ages.” See Amen.
Libido: According to Freud, it is the sexual urge
, but according to Jung it is total of all psychic energy and vitality, and its expression is through instinct, desire, and function.
Logos: A Greek word meaning “word.” To the Gnostics this was the term for deity manifest in the universe. The creative principle and underlying law of the universe.
Lower Unconscious: An unconscious part of the psyche which contains fundamental drives, primitive urges and complexes. See Id, Nephesh.
Magic: The art of causing change to occur in one’s environment and one’s consciousness. Willpower, imagination, intention, and the use of symbols and correspondences play a major role in this art. See Theurgy.
Mana: “Great power.” A polynesian term for the magical force in nature. Comparable to prana or ch’i.
Mana Personality: A term Jung used to describe an archetypal figure of a person’s psyche.
Manipura: Sanskrit word meaning “diamond” or “city of precious stone.” Refers to the solar plexus chakra.
Malkuth: Hebrew word for “kingdom,” referring to the tenth Sephirah on the Tree of Life.
Metaphysics: The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value. Speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific observation, analysis, or experiment.
Michael: Hebrew archangel of elemental fire.
Middle Unconscious: An inner region similar and accessible to that of the waking consciousness. The unconscious blueprint of the conscious mind.
Monad: From Greek monos, meaning “alone, single, sole.” One indivisible. Sometimes used to describe Kether.
Muladhara: Sanskrit word meaning “basic.” In Hindu mysticism it refers to the root chakra.
Nadis: (singular nadi) Sanskrit word meaning “motion.” In Hindu mysticism it refers to a series of minute conduits which carry the vital life force known as prana.
Nanta: Enochian word associated with the element of earth.
Nephesh: In Qabalah, the part of the soul located in Yesod which is described as the lower self or lower unconscious. Contains primal instincts, fundamental drives and animal vitality. See Id.
Neshamah: In Qabalah, the highest part of the soul. The Greater Neshamah encompasses Kether, Chokmah, and Binah (to which are attributed the Yechidah, Chiah, and Neshamah [proper]). The highest aspirations of the soul (see Superconscious). The Neshamah proper, or intuitive soul, is found in Binah.
Netzach: Hebrew word for “victory,” referring to the seventh Sephirah on the Tree of Life.
Neurosis: Any of various mental or emotional disorders arising from no apparent organic lesion or change and involving symptoms such as insecurity, anxiety, depression, and irrational fears. Not as detrimental as psychosis, a person with a particular neurosis can otherwise function normally.
Notariqon: A Qabalistic method for obtaining the hidden meanings of Hebrew words by viewing them as acronyms of phrases, or vice versa.
Oedipus complex: An unconscious sexual desire in a child, especially a boy, for the parent of the opposite sex, that is usually combined with hostility to the parent of the same sex. This complex, if unresolved, may result in neurosis and an inability to form normal sexual relationships in adulthood.
Orgone: According to Reich, a vital life force which permeates all living things.
Pentagram: A geometric figure based upon the pentangle, which has five lines and five “points.” Figures based on the pentangle include the pentagram and the pentagon. The pentagram, or five-pointed star, is also called the figure of the microcosm, the pentalpha, and the wizard’s foot.
Pentagrammaton: A Greek word which means “five-lettered name.” Refers to the Hebrew name of Yeheshuah.
Pentalpha: Another name for the pentagram.
Persona: A mask of the personality created by the conscious mind and presented to others as the “real” self.
Phorlakh: Angel associated with elemental earth.
Pingala: A primary nadi which starts at right nostril, goes to the crown of the head, crosses back and forth through the chakras, and terminates at the base of the spine on the right side.
Prana: In yoga, the vital life force which courses through the nadis of the human body.
Pranayama: Sanskrit word for “the breath way.” Yogic techniques for breath control and vital energy manipulation.
Prithivi: The Tattva associated with the element of earth. Its symbol is the yellow square.
Projecting Sign: Also called the “Attacking Sign,” and the “Sign of Horus.” One of the Neophtye Signs of the Golden Dawn.
Protecting Sign: Also called the “Sign of Silence” and the “Sign of Harpocrates.” One of the Neophtye Signs of the Golden Dawn.
Psyche: The Greek word for “soul.” The mind functioning as the center of thought, emotion, and behavior and consciously or unconsciously adjusting or mediating the body’s responses to the social and physical environment.
Psychiatry: The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.
Psychoanalysis: A term coined by Freud to describe his method of psychotherapy.
Psychology: The study of the mind, mental processes, and human behavior.
Psychopomp: Greek word meaning “guide of souls.”
Psychosis: A severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage, characterized by derangement of personality and loss of contact with reality and causing deterioration of normal social functioning.
Psychosomatic: From the Greek words psyche or “soul” and soma or “body.” Of or relating to a disorder having physical symptoms but originating from mental or emotional causes.
Psychosynthesis: A term used by Assagioli to describe his method of psychotherapy which includes the use of symbolism and allegory, and which accepts the idea of the soul, the libido, and the imagination as essential aspects of the human being.
Psychotherapy: The healing of the psyche. The treatment of mental disorders with methods that revolve around the interpersonal relationship between therapist and client. Freud’s psychoanalysis and Jung’s analytical psychology are two forms of psychotherapy.
Qabalah: Hebrew word meaning “tradition.”
Quintessence: The “fifth essence.” Refers to spirit.
Raphael: Hebrew archangel of elemental air.
Repression: The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.
Ruach: Hebrew word for “breath,” “air,” and “spirit.” The Middle part of the Qabalistic soul, representing the mind and reasoning powers.
Ruach Elohim: Hebrew for “Spirit of God.”
Sahasrara: Sanskrit word for “thousand-petalled lotus.” In yoga it refers to the crown chakra. Some authorities do not consider it to be an actual chakra, although most modern practitioners do.
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