SpiritNetwork Glossary
faith healingfar-memoryThe desire and expectation of the patient are necessary factors in faith healing. This desire of the patient allows the chosen treatment to change their body chemistry so the body can heal itself. This desire is "faith" or the automatic knowing that one will be cured.
fearRecall of earlier incarnation.
feeder1. An unpleasangt emotion caused by expectation oor awareness of danger. 2. Profound reverence especially toward God. 3. A serious obstacle to spiritual growth. Fear indicates lack of trust and a lack of belief in the goodness of the higher Plan.
feminine signsA participant during a psychic manifestation from whom is drawn supply of extra energy to strengthen the demonstration. Such withdrawal may lower the person's awareness to comatose state.
Feng ShuiTaurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces.
field of consciousnessKnown as the Art of Placement, this classic Chinese form of geomancy demonstrates overt and obscure ways the physical ambience -- home and workplace, environment and landscape – can spark and nurture the natural potential to be more alive, receptive, and focused. This technique concerns itself with the moving energy called chi, directing it to affect the environment by balancing yin/yang into a harmonious flow according to the purpose to which a space is dedicated.
Fifth Epochal RevelationIn ESP experiences there are many potential combinations of seeing, hearing, sensing. When the medium is under a proper self-disciplined conscious control, he can be aware of the major thought-flow focus and simultaneously know of fringe or marginal awareness and impressions impinging into the periphery of consciousness.
fifth houseThe URANTIA Book is the first one tenth of the Fifth Epochal Revelation to the evolving races of Urantia. Continuing Fifth Epochal Revelation (the other nine tenths) is now in progress through the Audio Fusion Material Complement, Gabriel of Sedona. The Fifth Epochal Revelation is revealed in the lives of those men and women who have aligned with the divine government of the Planetary Prince, Machiventa Melchizedek, under the mandate of the Bright and Morning Star of Salvington, and are trying to walk in the perfect will of God on a moment-to-moment basis. (The URANTIA Book, The Cosmic Family Volume I)
Fifth kingdomSegment of the horoscope ruling love, children, speculation.
Findhorn(of Souls) A new state of collective consciousness not yet manifested, although the model has been created as a divine potential by the Masters. When enough humans can sustain the collective energy the initiation will be granted and a leap forward in consciousness will be gained by many now in preparation. (The other four kingdoms are the mineral, the plant, the animal, the human.)
fireSpiritual community in northern Scotland noted for fabulous gardens.
fire signsSymbol of consciousness, truth, spirit, passion to seek, and purification.
firewalkingAries, Leo, Sagittarius.
First Point of AriesWalking on hot coals. Used as mind discipline and awareness training.
first principle(s)Beginning degree of the zodiac.
fixed signsChoice should be made on the earth plane of the fundamentals to serve as the major influences and stabilizing factors that will lead to higher spiritual awareness. Conscious utilization of higher standards, love, health, etc., during the physical period leads more effectively to spiritual contact than does trial and error, learning through the failures, and misadventures of a physical lifetime.
flame billetsTaurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius signifying conserving energy.
flotation tankUsing the flame, smoke and ashes of a candle or fire to serve as a means to perceive psychic information. A paper containing the name and question of the person asking the question is slowly passed over the flame; the shape and density of the blaze, smoke, and ashes are used as a point of focus for the psychic.
flower essence therapyWater chamber isolated from all outside distractions, often containing epsom salts.
flow-throughThe use of extracts from flowering plants as a healing method.
fohatPassage of externally-generated message from a spirit control through the receiving and delivering apparatus of a medium without conscious intervention or alteration by the latter.
Fool(Sanskrit for subtlest fiery energy of creation) Called by science atomic energy. The fiery spirit called "Father" would be fohat, which corresponds to Chokmah on the kabbalistic Tree of Life.
forceTarot #0 or unnumbered signifying folly, inspiration, enlightenment, the beginning and end of the path.
Ford, ArthurForm of power, radiesthesia or energy, having the capability of operating on matter, on intellect, form, thought, behavior. An electric-like power source of the energy that carries communication and other phenomena between planes, i.e. life and afterlife.
formTrance medium; 1896-1971.
fortune tellerThe figure and structure of a thing, its outline, excluding shape, color and texture. Everything in the universe, of physical and ethereal spheres, regardless of its formative substance possesses form. The nature of the substance which compounds a thing appears to be the cause for the existence or non-existence of shape in the form of a thing.
Four Noble TruthsOne who attempts to predict for another events that will happen in the future.
fourth dimensionPart of the principal teachings of Lord Guatama, the Buddha, who lived about 500 years before Jesus, the Christ. The Four Noble Truths are: all life is suffering; the cause of sorrow is desire (addictions); escape from sorrow comes when all selfish thought ceases; and the way to escape sorrow is obedience to the Eight-Fold Path.
fourth houseNext higher frequency vibration range into which Earth is being transmuted.
Fox SistersSegment of the horoscope ruling home and parents, property and savings.
free associationLeah, Kate, and Margaaret; sisters in Hydesville, N.Y. who started modern American Spiritualism in 1848.
FreemasonryTechnique of evoking spontaneous references or ideas to words or symbols, especially in dream interpretation (Freud).
free soulFraternal and occult movement originating in England, 18th century.
frequencyThe human soul may advance toward a state of complete freedom. The advancement effort should begin during earth life. The essence of awareness, different from earth's realization, becomes evident following one's expansion of readiness for unfoldment of meaning at the next higher level.
Friends, Society ofVibrational range of energy expressing as matter.
full Moon(Quakers) Spiritual movement founded by George Fox in England based on the doctrine of the Inner Light, silent meditation, peace, 1668-.
fundamentalismThe phase of the Moon when fully illuminated, reflecting most powerfully the light of the Sun.
A term used to describe the philosophy of those who affirm the fundamental truths of a religious approach. However, the term has come to denote a literal translation, not the true meaning.