SpiritNetwork Glossary
SabbatSabbathA neo-pagan and Wiccan seasonal festival.
Sabian symbols(Judaism) Sacred day requiring complete cessation from all work.
sacredA set of 360 symbols associated with a specific degree of astrological designation.
sacred geometry"Holy" That which belongs to God.
SagittariusThe way the essential creative mystery of God is rendered visible – the most cogent expression of the divine Plan known to humanity.
Sai BabaArcher; ninth sign of the zodiac (approx. November 20 to December 20); of the fiery elementruler Jupiterinsight, restless energy. Recognized strengthsquick-witted, analytical, philosophical, straightforward, friendly, optimistic, honest, independent, fun, enthusiastic, direct; loves travel and freedom. Potential weaknessesfickle, sharp-tongued or blunt, truthful to a fault; can be shattered.
samadhiA saint of India of the highest spiritual eminence who it is believed has reincarnated twice in this century.
Sanat Kumara(Sanskrit) "Concentration, meditation" State of awakened mind beyond all dualist thought; eighth step of the Eightfold Path.
sand paintingLord of the world who came from Venus 80 million years ago and dwells in Shambhala. Current leader of the Great White Brotherhood.
SanskritNavajo ritual drawing at which the gods appear to transmit healing energy.
Santeria"Polished, protected", Classical language of India, related to Greek and Latin; rarely spoken today, though the foundation of Hindi, Bengali and other Indic tongues.
SatanAfro-Caribbean or Brazilian ceremony.
satori"The Adversary" Supreme spirit of evil; an enemy of both God and mankind.
SaturnMerging the Oneness through meditation.
scarab1. Roman God of Time. 2. Planet ruling experience, discipline, fate; limiting energy. The planet of discipline, structure, and responsibility. Saturn's placement indicates areas of restriction, self-induced or otherwise. Known as the teacher, or angel of discipline, Saturn conveys the lessons of life; here we make progress as we earn it – usually slowly. Ruler of Capricorn, it is considered Ray 3 in nature.
scientific prayer(Egyptian) Sacred beetle.
ScientologyTo speak affirmative words stating the Truth of one's innate potential accompanied by the desire and faith to bring it into manifestation (as opposed to the begging, beseeching, or bargaining types of verbiage).
ScorpioA religion based on the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, universe and other life; thru its drills and studies one may find the truth for oneself; not expounded as something to believe, but something to do. Founded by L. Ron Hubbard.
scriptureEagle or scorpion; eighth sign of the zodiac (approx. October 20 to November 20); of the watery element; ruler Pluto; keywordsoriginality, regenerative energy. Recognized strengthsenduring, intense, sexually alluring, introspective, practical, never superficial; admirable recuperative powers. Potential weaknessessecretive, vindictive, purposefully mysterious, sexually excessive, lacking in self-understanding.
scryingWritings regarded as sacred.
seanceCrystal gazing.
second houseSitting by a small group to produce physical phenomenon, usually with a medium.
seeingSegment of the horoscope ruling income.
SelfEnlightenment; The ability to observe, paying attention to something beyond one's own subjectivity and introspection.
self-actualization1. One Infinity, Tao, our large mind. 2. Delusional mind, ignorance, attachment, stagnation, arrogance; our small mind. 3. (Jung) The potential controlling and organizing force of the personality transcending conscious and unconscious strata; dwelling at midpoint between ego and shadow; realized through the process of individualization.
self-hypnosisProcess of realizing one's full potential.
self-reflectionTo allow one's self to reach a hypnotic state.
sematologyUsing our higher consciousness to observe, review, examine and judge our thoughts and behavior and contemplate the larger order of nature; listening to the voice of our large self; not accusing others but realizing that I am always the cause of my own destiny and I have to change myself.
seminarReceiving information from the etheric world intelligence in a séance room by the manner of the movements of the material object being used.
semioticianA meeting of a group of students who are interested in further research or study of advanced material in the particular subject being offered.
semitranceOne who interprets the meaning of signs and symbols.
senderA neutral, dreamy, relaxed state of consciousness acquired by the synchronization of the medium and the etheric world intelligence for certain types of physical psychism.
sensate cultureThe participant in psychic transfer who is the source originating the sending or transfer of a psychic phenomenon. Perhaps used more in telepathy than in ESP.
sensitiveThe behavior patterns of a culture that has systematically eliminated all traces of ESP and created its social mores and behavior upon the physical sensory powers and sciences.
sensory perceptionOne possessing limited, emerging or developing ability toward mediumship. Perceptible variable ability to perceive with that extrasensitivity supporting communication with other-world entities. A medium is a sensitive, but a sensitive is not necessarily unfolded to full mediumship stature.
sentience1. Reception through the powers of physical awareness, hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch, and comprehensible upon transfer to intellect. 2. Intelligible when apprehended by the intellect alone. 3. Understanding by intellect when an ESP perceiving is transmitted and conscious mind becomes aware.
sephiroth (sephirah, singular)Receptivity of impression through feeling or sensing. The sentience receptivity operates in an advanced medium somewhat as though a spirit operator utilizes the consciousness merely as a message center.
seraphinThe ten sephiroth of the Tree of Life from the Kabbalah areKether, crown; Chokmah, wisdom; Binah, intelligence, "Superior Mother"; Chesed, mercy; Geburah, severity and judgment; Tiphareth, beauty; Netzach, victory; Hod, splendor (of the mind); Yesod, foundation; Malkuth, kingdom.
serial time (dreams)Cosmic powers governing love.
serving TrinityMultidimensional time indicated by images from past, present and future, flowing at the same frequency during sleep.
sesquiquadrateCapricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.
Seth materialsPlanets 135 degrees apart in a chart; major unfavorable aspect.
Seven SistersJane Roberts (1929-84), a modern-day amanuensis, received material for several books from an entity, Seth, who taught through her.
Seven RaysConstallation of Pleiades in Taurus; seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
seven(Theosophy) Lines of activity emanating from higher planes and guided by a specific master.
seventh house1. Symbolic of "completion". 2. Symbolic of pursuit, marked individuality, and philosophical thought; planetary link is Uranus.
shadowSegment of the horoscope ruling partnerships, law, marriage.
Shakers(Jung) Inferior part of the personality, splinter self.
shamanVisionary movement that lived communally, non-sexually, ascetically, led by Mother Ann, 18-19th century.
shared dreams1. Spiritual guide and healer in primitive society (Siberian). 2. A person who enters an altered state of consciousness at will to contact and utilize an ordinary hidden reality in order to acquire knowledge, power and to help other persons; having at least one and usually more spirits in their personal service.
shiatsu1. Identical dreamstuff dreamt by two people the same night. 2. Visions of one another seen by two people dreaming at the same time.
Shi'ites(Japanese) "Finger pressure", Acupressure massage.
ShintoFollowers of Islam who believe spirituality passed only thru the Prophet's family, beginning with Ali, his son-in-law.
Shiva(Japanese) "Way of the Gods", Way of life, devoted to nature and ancestral spirits.
shusta cards"Kindly", Hindu God of Illusion, Yoga, Animals, Ascetics; Lord of Dance, who lives on Mt. Kailas, Beneares, and sundry other places around the world.
siderealDeck of cards based on the ancient knowledge of the mystery teachings; used to predict the future and to bring guidance to the recipient; contains five suits of 14-pages, cards are spread and studied for the subjective meaning.
sidereal dayStars, constellations, or apparent motion of fixed stars.
sidereal month23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.09 seconds.
sighting27.322 days.
signAn area or spot on earth where a person saw what was felt to be UFO life or a UFO construct which could contain life.
significatorApparent location of the Sun through the zodiac each month.
SikhPlanet or chart factor of special significance.
Silva, Jose"Disciple", Spiritual community centered in the Punjab, emphasizing monotheism and unity, founded by Guru Nanak, 15th century.
silver cordEngineer, founder of Silva Mind Control; 1914-.
simbiotic closenessThe cord of consciousness – invisible to physical reality – which allows us to leave the physical body, yet remain linked to the physical body while in astral travel or projection. Often noted in the OBE or NDE as a silver cord, it looks like an umbilical cord and is attached at the solar plexus, heart, or top of head.
simile pictureSpontaneous, psychic contact from a discarnate entity.
similimumPsychic visions using symbols to relay the message which could not be brought in any other way.
simplicity(homeopathy) Perfect remedy for a patient in the perfect potency.
sinIncreased clarity, diminished distortion or illusion, realizing a state wherein absence of complication of understanding results because more integration of Self has ocurred.
singTransgression that exists only in the mind in dualistic consciousness.
sinkNavajo healing ceremony.
Siri Guru GranthIn T'ai Chi to relax completely and concentrate all one's energy in the sole of the foot so that the Ch'i will sink deeply to the intestinal center and one's movements will become light and nimble.
sitSikh scriptures assembled by Guru Arjan from the writings of Guru Nanak and other teachers.
sittingTo meditate or go within for ESP or etherial contact.
sixth houseMeditation session or session with a medium.
Segment of the horoscope ruling health, service, daily life.
sixth sense
skin writing (dermography)A faculty, possessed by everyone, but more developed in some people than others, enabling the acquisition of awareness and knowledge not explainable within the capabilities of the five physical senses. It is the psychic faculty.
skotographPsychic-origin writing on the skin of a sensitive. It may remain visible from minutes to a few hours.
skryingA psychic photograph obtained by holding sealed plates in the hand without use of camera or lens.
Small YangTo travel into the etheric world or to project a part of the body into other planes, by will (do not confuse with scrying).
Small YinOne yang line atop one yin line representing Spring in the I Ching.
smudgingOne Yin line atop one yang line representing Fall in the I Ching.
solar chartBurning a special plant in an area before a Native American ceremony. Resulting smoke is fanned throughout the room or area from each cardinal point, which cleanses the atmosphere of any negativity.
Solar LogosHoroscope with the Sun on the first house cusp in the natural degree of the native's birth.
solar plexus chakraThe third chakra, located just above the navel, is the center of intuition, emotion and power. This chakra influences the adrenal glands profoundly affecting the sympathetic nervous system, muscular energy, circulation, heartbeat, digestion, and mood. Excessive use and over-abuse of adrenaline due to constant stress produces various physical and psychological symptoms including ulcers, nervous disorders and chronic fatigue. The symbolic form of this center is a circle and its color is yellow.(Theosophy) Ruler of the solar system; personal God.
solsticesomato-psychicWhen the Sun is the most distant from the equator – southernmost of northernmost – the longest and the shortest days of the year occur in the respective hemispheres.
somnambulesThe flow of body-mind movement in T'ai Chi bringing a balanced state in the individual whereby psychic information can flow.
somnambulistic mediumMediums that can slide into deep trance easily and work phenomena while in a trance state.
sorceryDeep trance medium.
sortilegeThe selfish use of transformational knowledge, often called black magic, for personal gain, money, or fame. The abuse is the use of spiritual powers for the benefit of ego or to the disadvantage of another.
soulA method of foretelling the future by drawing lots.
soulmateImmortal essence of all beings. The expanding spark of divinity within life.
Soul TravelOne with whom an individual has had close and favorable association in more than one lifetime.
Spirit(Eckankar) Movement of the inner consciousness through the lower states through ascent into the ecstatic state.
spiritThe energy forces in nature, both the identified and the unidentified.
spirit agency1. The animating force within living beings; one's intangible being; the will; the essential and activating principle of an entity whether within or separated from the physical body; the active, indestructible life essence continuing through life, death and eternity in whichever body it endures. Spirit is accepted as being qualitative, as the human mind, rather than quantitative like the human body. Spirit is a generating force of will. Spirit and will are soul; all three may be, in the ultimate sense, the sub-conscious. 2. A discarnate, an entity of the spirit world.
spirit counsellorA principle, a means or a manner of an intermediary function serving for a fulfillment of a spiritual purpose, action or objective.
spirit doctorEthereal entity who cooperates in producing a needed, often specialized, service on earth plane.
spirit entityThe spirit doctor, or spirit healer is the ethereal general health practitioner of each person. He or she assumes a responsibility for the relationship of physical and mental health with a sensitive's fitness for mediumistic development.
spirit guideA being of the spirit realm who at one time resided on earthplane. Not an angel.
spirit healingA spirit entity who attaches to a person to help and to influence earthly existence.
spirit helperRestoration of a condition needing to be healed in a mortal by an agency or power other than corporeally human.
spirit photographyAny discarnate who gives assistance to a mortal.
SpiritismA reproduction of a spiritual materialization or psychokinetic manifestation by film exposure.
spiritual(France) Early form of spiritualism taught by Allan Kardec; doctrine reincarnation of souls, life after death, and communication between the earth and the etheric world.
spiritual healingHaving to do with the evolving soul. Distinguished from "religious" dogmas and teachings by following the promptings and personal teachings of the spirit within self.
SpiritualismThe art and science of working with the subtle energies, in a spiritual setting, for the purpose of improving or harmonizing the level of self to facilitate health or healing.
spiritualize(American) Religion teaching life-after-death and spirit communication begun by Kate and Margaretta Fox in Hydesville, N.Y., mid 19th century.
spiritual scienceTo energize, activate the chakras and consciousness.
spiritual teacherThe evolution of high consciousness as it relates to the human being, to the Universe, and all creation, as taught by the ageless wisdom, esoteric studies, and theosophy.
spleen chakraOne who shares with others what he or she has realized in order to give comfort and assurance as to goals, to mark the route of spiritual conquest for others.
spontaneous projectionThe second center, located halfway between the pubis and the navel, the center of feminine sexual activity. It is the center for cleansing, purification and health. Its endocrine function is connected with the liver, pancreas and spleen, influencing metabolism, digestion, the detoxification of poisons, immunity to disease and the balance of blood sugar. The symbolic form of the spleen chakra is a pyramid with the capstone removed and its color is orange.
squareTo move one's astral body out of the physical body, unexpectedly, when in a highly emotional state of consciousness.
star1. (Quadrate) Planets 90 degrees or three houses apart in a chart; a major unfavorable aspect. 2. Square-like mark on the palm indicating support, protection. 3. Symbol of the material, the Earth.
star people1. Starlike mark on the palm. 2. Tarot #17, Hope.
Steiner, RudolfPeople born on Earth who have spent past lives on other more evolved planets and who have come to help guide us into a planetary age; may have unusual abilities and yearn for another home world.
stigmataBorn Austria, 1861, died 1925. Mystic, clairvoyant, and founder of the Anthroposophical Society, which drew of Rosicrucian, theosophical, and Christian traditions that expressed belief in a spiritual world available to those possessing the highest faculties of intellect, thought accessible through training to all.
still, small voicePsychic appearance of wounds.
StrengthIntuitive feeling that one should do a particular thing, change one's plan, or be careful when proceeding; one's inner guidance.
stress monitorTarot #8, justice.
striationBiofeedback instrument that helps one to quiet one's emotions, mind and body by registering levels of consciousness and feeding this information back to the subject who is hooked-up to it.
subconsciousA line or gradation in the aura that shows up in Kirlian photography.
subjectve interpretationLower or unconscious mind that registers every perception, experience, reaction, and feeling and sensory stimuli like a computer and makes it available to the conscious mind. Some feel it is what is called the soul.
subjective mindUsed when the scenes and the theme of a dream cannot be taken literally but must be allegorically compared with the dreamer's character, desires, or feelings.
subliminialA permanent intellect that contains knowledge of birth, dying, involuntary functions, instinctual functions, automation, etc; includes the feeling nature with the thinking process.
subplaneBeneath the threshold of consciousness.
subtle bodyMinor division within a plane of manifestation.
succedent housesOne of the nonphysical sheathes of the soul, usually-the astral.
SufismSecond, fifth, eighth and eleventh houses in astrology, signifying procrastinating tendencies.
Sun(Ma'rufu'l-karkhi) Islamic mysticism; apprehension of divine realities and the reuniciation of human possessions, 9th century.
superconscious1. Earth's star, nucleus of the solar system, source of life and energy. 2. Symbol of divine illumination. The major focus of the personal horoscope representing our life force, will, and iner life. Its location indicates the character being developed and refined, as well as the life thrust. The Sun governs the physical heart and personal stamina. The Sun rules the sign of Leo and is considered Ray 2 in nature. 3. Tarot #19marriage, happiness. 4. Wind, the gentleone of the eight I Ching trigrams.
superego(psychosynthesis) Higher unconscious", realm of altruistic love, joy, intuition, inspiration, contemplative and spiritual energies.
supernaturalConscience, controlling mechanism (Freud).
supernormalNot of natural forces, but rather of an existence attributable to sphere beyond the natural world and its controls.
supraconsciousAn experiencing of faculty or phenomenon which transcends or exceeds greatly the expected quality of the ordinary experience. Currently preferred to "supernatural" because it does not infer or imply the involvement of anything beyond nature or anything extraordinary in natural law.
supraliminal(psychosynthesis) Autonomous realm from which higher impulses originate.
sushumna1. Level of the psyche that responds to psychic information and data. 2. Consciousness above the normal mental threshold, especially of artistic or musical genius.
sutraEthereal and physical, tiny, hollow nerve acting as a tube in the spinal column which is filled with vital life force. It runs from the base of the spine through the medulla oblongata to the crown chakra.
svadhisthana1. Sermon delivered by the Buddha. 2. (Sanskrit) First division of the Buddhist Tripitaka.
Swami(Sanskrit) Abdominal chakra.
Sweat Lodge(Sanskrit) Lord, master, spiritual teacher, title of a monk or nun.
Swedenborg, EmmanuelNative American steam or bath house associated with purification rites and ceremonies.
Swedish MassageSwedish mystic and prophet (1688-1772).
symbolsThe manipulation of body tissues kby the hands for therapeutic effect.
symbolicA device or object used as a sign to represent an idea.
sympathetic magicStyle used by the psyche to communicate its messages; language of the psyche.
sympathetic nervous systemTo simulate a likeness of, a condition, object, or event in smaller form to cause a parallel in the condition, object, or event.
synchronicity1. Nervous system influenced by soul mind in charge of instinct, automation, involuntary functions and the memory bank of past incarnations. 2. Controller of the fight-or flight system and the activity of the sweat glands that shows the individuals degree of excitement or calmness by activating chemicals and processes in the fight-or-flight system.
synergistMeaningful coincidence.
synesthesiaHealing agent that increases the effectiveness of another agent when combined with it.
synodic periodTransference of the data of one sense perception into the language of another, e.g. hearing colors.
syzygyTime between one conjunction of two bodies and the next.
1. Connection, combination, or partnership of two factors. 2. Astronomical conjunction or opposition.