Glossary

of terms used in Angela's Inner Symposium

Word	Definition	Transcript	Video
Archetype	According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
Antinomian	Rejecting higher moral or legal authority.	Q&A Livestream - October 2022	Q&A Livestream - October 2022
Apollonian	The Apollonian belongs to the image world of dreams, ruled by illusion and deception. It’s also cosmos, order, language, symmetry.	Q&A Livestream - October 2022	Q&A Livestream - October 2022
Autochthonous	From the land	What Exactly is Shamanism? with Dr Angela Puca – Seekers of Unity	FOLK MAGIC in the Republic of MOLDOVA
Deixis (deictic)	To refer to something that must be identified from the wider context	Trance, Altered States and Connected Consciousness in Italian Shamanism	Trance, Altered States and Connected Consciousness in Italian Shamanism
Dionysian	The creative-destructive world of rapture. The Dionysian is sexuality, animal instincts, and all the wild impetus which pre-dates any form of control	NIETZSCHE and ESOTERICISM	NIETZSCHE and ESOTERICISM
Emic (Also see Etic)	Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture	Q&A Livestream – August 2022	Q&A Livestream – August 2022
Entheogen	A psychoactive substance used for the purpose of inducing a mystical or spiritual experience.	Q&A Livestream – August 2022	Q&A Livestream – August 2022
Etic (Also see Emic)	Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures	Q&A Livestream – August 2022	Q&A Livestream – August 2022
Floating signifier	a word that points to no actual object and has no agreed upon meaning	History of CONCEPT the of MAGIC with Dr Bernd-Christian Otto	History of CONCEPT the of MAGIC with Dr Bernd-Christian Otto
Hard Polytheism	"Hard" polytheism is the belief that gods are distinct, separate, real divine beings, rather than psychological archetypes or personifications of natural forces. See Soft Polythiesm	Gods in Paganism - Hard vs Soft Polytheism	History of CONCEPT the of MAGIC with Dr Bernd-Christian Otto
Monad	An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.	God, Universe, Human Monad in Theosophy	God, Universe, Human Monad in Theosophy
Immanence	Everything is imbued with divine essence	Paganism, Wicca & Ostara	Paganism, Wicca, Wheel of the Year, Spring Equinox
Monism	The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.	NEOPLATONISM in Magic	NEOPLATONISM in Magic
Ontology	The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.	WORLDVIEWS in Magic and Occult Practices	WORLDVIEWS in Magic and Occult Practices
Perennialism	To refer to something that must be identified from the wider context	What Exactly is Shamanism?	What Exactly is Shamanism?
Samhain	A holiday, falling on the night of October 31 to November 1, celebrated by the ancient Celts and by modern neo-pagans as the beginning of winter and the new year, and a time during which the spirits of the dead could return to the earth.	What Exactly is Shamanism?	What Exactly is Shamanism?
Scientism	The belief that all truth is exclusively discovered through science	PARAPSYCHOLOGY with Dr Jeffrey Mishlove	WORLDVIEWS in Magic and Occult Practices
Soft Polytheism	"Soft" polytheism is the belief that different gods may either be psychological archetypes personifications of natural forces, or as being one essential god interpreted though the lenses of different cultures. See Hard Poloytheism	Gods in Paganism - Hard vs Soft Polytheism	Gods in Paganism - Hard vs Soft Polytheism
Symbola	symbols, tokens	Plotinus & Iamblichus on Magic and Theurgy	Plotinus & Iamblichus on Magic and Theurgy
Theurgy	A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.	Plotinus & Iamblichus on Magic and Theurgy	Plotinus & Iamblichus on Magic and Theurgy
Transcendence	The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity	What Exactly is Shamanism?	NEOPLATONISM in Magic Esotericism Witchcraft Occult

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