Diamond Sutra: A Mahayana Buddhist scriptural text that expounds the doctrine of the Perfection of Wisdom. The Diamond Sutra was written in India in Sanskrit and then carried into East Asia, where it was translated into Chinese (ca. 400) and became one of the most revered summaries of the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism.  

Digestive System: A series of connected organs whose purpose is to break down, or digest, the food we eat. Food is made up of large, complex molecules, which the digestive system breaks down into smaller, simple molecules that can be absorbed into the bloodstream. The simple molecules travel through the bloodstream to all of the body's cells, which use them for growth, repair and energy.  

Divination: Method of inquiring into a situation through tools, some examples of divination are scrying, tarot and runes. See dowsing below.  

Dowsing: (divining, questing, water witching): The skill of divining for underground sources of water or other practical and spiritual matters by means of a divining rod or variety of other means, such as the pendulum, or even by device less techniques. Used to locate people, objects, or substances, and to diagnose illnesses.  

Dream Changing: Form of visual therapy. Dream Changing is a technique that involves attempting to turn unsatisfactory dreams into satisfying daydreams.  

Dreamwork: Any systematic inquiry into or use of dreams with the purpose of healing or self-development.  

Druidism: An ancient Celtic religion which has undergone a modern revival.  

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Electro acupuncture (electric acupuncture, electric acupuncture therapy, electrical acupuncture): Application of electricity to acupoints , with or without needles. 

5 Elements: The 5 major elements in nature and magic. Earth, water, fire, air, and spirit that encompasses all of the other elements and is not visible.  

Embodiment : Form of aura balancing and chakra healing that combines inner child work, sacred touch (a variation of CranioSacral Therapy), Toning, and other methods.  

Empowerment: An individual's assertion of personal power, energy, force, and strength in all fields: spiritual, physical, mental and magical. See also Reiki Attunement.  

Energy Healing/Balancing: Healing technique that involves working in the body's energy field to promote mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual healing.  

Esoteric: Hidden or deeper knowledge or teachings that are possessed or understood only by a few.  

ESP: Acronym for Extra Sensory Perception. It encompasses most paranormal abilities such as telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance.  

Eternal life: 1. To be immortal, 2. To live with God (Eternal being one of God's names).  

Etheric Body: A term sometimes used to refer to the Astral Body, but which actually refers to that vehicle or body whose density lies between that of the astral and physical bodies.  

Exorcism : Any method to expel from an individual or place: 1. Satan, 2. some other demon, 3. multiple evil spirits, or 4. an offensive ghost (discarnate human). Exorcism may include commanding the alleged offender, attempts at persuasion, rituals, special prayers, spells, or symbolism. 

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Fallen Angels: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim legends concerning the rebellion of Satan/Lucifer/Ibis and his band against God, usually prompted by the creation of the first human being in the divine image and the command that the angels give it homage. In punishment, they are expelled from heaven.  

Faith healing (spiritual healing): 1. Any method wherein one makes an appeal to God or a spirit to participate in healing others, typically a combination of prayer, meditation, and utilization of faith in God. 2. An ill-defined group of methods that encompasses absent healing, Christian Science, the laying on of hands, mesmerism, and shamanism.  

Fate: The destined result of life after a sequence of fated events. Kismet, Karma, destiny are other names.  

Feng Shui [pronounced: foong shway or fung shway]: Ancient Chinese art of orienting objects and towns to promote a healthy flow of chi. Its postulate is that all areas, large and small, have a distinctive energy that is guidable by rearranging objects (e.g., removing an ornament from an apartment, or adding one to a particular corner of a room). To be avoided is: clutter, dark corners, gloomy colors, low ceilings, and sharp, pointed objects. Feng Shui literally means "wind and water" and is translatable as "vital energy" or "geomancy".  

Foot Reflexology : A cousin of acupuncture. It involves pressing reflex areas on the feet. These areas correspond to organs and systems of the body. Foot Reflexology cleanses the mind and body and revitalizes energy. A common theory of reflexology holds that massaging certain areas of the feet restores health by breaking up and dispersing "crystals". (Sometimes also called Zone Therapy.)  

Fire walking: A ritual means of demonstrating an individual's possession of extraordinary powers by appearing unharmed after walking barefoot over a series of fires or across a bed of hot coals. Fire walking serves as a religious ordeal or test. 

Flower Essences: A modality that uses extracts from flowering plants in homeopathic proportions as catalysts for healing. Each liquid preparation carries the imprint of a specific plant that speaks a subtle language that works on the root causes of disease. See also Bach Flower Therapy.  

Fortune telling: A form of divination in which a person attempts to predict the future using paranormal powers  

Four Noble Truths: The essential teaching of early Buddhism. According to tradition, after attaining enlightenment, the Buddha proclaimed his liberating insight into the nature of existence in his first sermon through the topic of the Four Noble Truths:  

• 1. Suffering, declares the nature of all phenomena comprising ordinary unenlightened experience as suffering, impermanent, and lacking in any enduring or substantial self or essence.  
• 2. the Origin of Suffering , states that suffering has a cause, namely, craving.  
• 3. the Cessation of Suffering, asserts that despite the fact of universal suffering in a totally conditioned universe proclaimed by the first two truths, there is liberation through the Cessation of Suffering, which is the nirvana, experienced by the Buddha.  
• 4. the Path leading to the Cessation of Suffering , proclaims that this liberation is accessible to all who follow the way set forth by the Buddha.  

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Gall bladder: Muscular organ that serves as a reservoir for bile. It is a pear-shaped membranous sac on the under surface of the right lobe of the liver just below the lower ribs. The function of the gallbladder is to store bile, secreted by the liver. The gallbladder, when functioning normally, empties into the duodenum to aid digestion.

Gassho (Japanese): A Mudra (hand posture) seen in Bodhisattvas or lesser Buddhist personages. The Gassho Mudra is formed by placing the palms and fingers of the hands together in a prayer like position in front of the mouth - with the fingertips at a point just short of the bottom of the nose. Used in saying the Usui Reiki Principles.  

Gem therapy : The wearing of precious and semiprecious stones for healing, for example, bloodstones for hemorrhages and rubies for chills.  

Gemstone-Reiki Therapy : Variation of Reiki. One of the postulates of Gemstone-Reiki Therapy is that gemstones concentrate "light-filled powers" and "color vibrations" into chakras.  

Geomancy: Divination by the earth. A widespread system of divination either by means of designs drawn randomly on the ground with sand, pollen, or other similar powders or by detecting, through calculations and signs, the hidden forces present in the landscape. See also Feng Shui  

Grounding: Sending excess energy generated during a ritual into the earth back to the God or the Goddess from which it came.

Guardian Angel: A supernatural being that acts as a guide and protector for individuals or nations.   

Guardian Spirit: A supernatural helper.  

Guru: Literally a teacher or spiritual advisor. However, in India and Tibet it means one at a very high level of consciousness. In fact, worship of Guru is done to develop devotion or adoration, because the teacher is the highest expression of God we know on Earth in our personal experience.  

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Halo: Light, usually in the shape of a circle, around head of a supernatural being or holy person. It a ring that forms around the brow chakra as it exits the back of the head.