Glossary

Here is a list of 100 spiritual terms and their meaning,it’s important to note that some terms are specific to certain spiritual or religious traditions:

Here is a basic glossary of some common spiritual terminology:

1. Aura: An energy field said to surround and emanate from all living things. It is often described as a colorful halo.
2. Chakra: In Eastern spiritual traditions, chakras are considered the energy centers in the body. There are typically seven, each associated with a specific location on the body and a set of spiritual and physical characteristics.
3. Enlightenment: A state of profound understanding or insight, often associated with spiritual knowledge or awakening. The term is used in various religious and philosophical traditions with varying meanings.
4. Karma: In Hinduism, Buddhism, and other Eastern religions, karma refers to the principle of cause and effect, where a person’s actions in this life will somehow affect their fate in a future life.
5. Meditation: A practice of quieting the mind to achieve a state of deep relaxation, mental clarity, or spiritual insight. Methods and goals can vary widely among different cultures and spiritual traditions.
6. Nirvana: In Buddhism, the ultimate goal of spiritual practice. Nirvana is a state of liberation from suffering and the cycle of birth and death (reincarnation).
7. Prana: In Hindu philosophy, prana is the life force or vital energy that permeates everything in the universe. It’s similar to the concept of “chi” or “qi” in Chinese traditions.
8. Reincarnation: The belief that an individual’s soul is reborn in a new body after death. This concept is found in various forms in many religious traditions, including Hinduism and Buddhism.
9. Satori: In Zen Buddhism, a sudden flash of insight or individual enlightenment that is considered the first step toward nirvana.
10. Soul: The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, often regarded as immortal. Concepts of the soul vary widely among different religions and belief systems.
11. Spiritual Awakening: A shift in consciousness where an individual becomes more aware of their spiritual path or journey.
12. Yoga: A spiritual discipline originating in ancient India, involving specific body postures, breath control, and meditation, with the goal of achieving spiritual insight and tranquility.
13. Zen: A school of Buddhism that emphasizes meditation and personal experience of enlightenment, rather than religious study or reliance on religious texts.

14. Mantra: A word, phrase, or sound that’s repeated during meditation to help concentration.
15. Nirvikalpa Samadhi: In Hindu philosophy, it’s the highest state of meditation in which a person experiences oneness with the universe.
16. Samsara: The cycle of death and rebirth in Hinduism, Buddhism, and other Indian religions.
17. Tantra: Spiritual practices in Hinduism and Buddhism that weave together different types of yogic practices and rituals to cultivate personal growth and spiritual liberation.
18. Qi (Chi): Vital energy or life force in Chinese philosophy and medicine.
19. Tao: The underlying natural order of the universe in Taoism.
20. Dharma: Ethical duty in Hinduism and Buddhism, or the teachings of the Buddha.
21. Bodhisattva: In Mahayana Buddhism, a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others.
22. Moksha: Liberation from the cycle of birth and death in Hinduism.
23. Jnana: Knowledge or wisdom, often in a spiritual sense, in Hinduism.
24. Bhakti: Devotional worship directed to one supreme deity, usually Vishnu (especially in his incarnations as Rama and Krishna) or Shiva by followers of Vaishnavism and Shaivism, two of the most popular Hindu religious sects.
25. Yogi: A person who’s proficient in yoga.
26. Kundalini: The spiritual energy within a person, often visualized as a coiled snake.
27. Atman: The spiritual life principle of the universe, especially when regarded as inherent in the real self of the individual, in Hinduism.
28. Brahman: The ultimate reality underlying all phenomena in Hindu philosophy.
29. Mandala: A geometric figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism.
30. Sutra: A rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature, or a set of these on a technical subject.
31. Merkaba: In Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah), it refers to a divine light vehicle allegedly used by ascended masters to connect with and reach those in tune with the higher realms.
32. Third Eye: The gate that leads to inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness in mysticism and Hinduism.
33. Akashic Records: The compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life forms.
34. Ascended Master: In the Ascended Master Teachings, ascended masters are believed to be spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans but have undergone a series of spiritual transformations.
35. Aura Reading: A technique that allows people to see and/or sense the aura around them.
36. Automatic Writing: Writing purportedly produced by a spiritual or subconscious agency rather than by the conscious intention of the writer.
37. Chanting: The rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones.
38. Clairaudience: The supposed faculty of perceiving, as if by hearing, what is inaudible.
39. Clairsentience: The ability to feel or perceive, usually by a medium.
40. Clairvoyance: The supposed faculty of perceiving things or events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.
41. Empath: A person with the paranormal ability to apprehend the mental or emotional state of another individual.
42. Mediumship: The practice of purportedly mediating communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings.
43. Mysticism: The pursuit of communion with, identity with, or conscious awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, instinct or insight.
44. New Age: A broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture, with an interest in spirituality, mysticism, holism, and environmentalism.
45. Out-of-Body Experience (OBE): An experience that typically involves a feeling of floating outside one’s body and, in some cases, the feeling of perceiving one’s physical body from a place outside one’s body.
46. Paganism: A term first used in the fourth century by early Christianity for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism or ethnic religions other than Judaism. In the time of the Roman empire, it was the accepted term for non-Christians.
47. Past Life Regression: A technique that uses hypnosis to recover what practitioners believe are memories of past lives or incarnations.
48. Pendulum Reading: The use of a weighted object at the end of a string or chain that, when suspended, can swing back and forth as a form of divination.
49. Psychic: A person considered or claiming to have psychic abilities; a medium.
50. Reiki: A healing technique based on the principle that the therapist can channel energy into the patient by means of touch, to activate the natural healing processes of the patient’s body and restore physical and emotional well-being.
51. Ritual: A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.
52. Séance: A meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, especially through the agency of a medium.
53. Shaman: A person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing.
54. Spirit Animal: In certain spiritual traditions or cultures, spirit animal refers to a spirit which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies.
55. Spirit Guide: A supernatural being that is thought to assist an individual in various ways.
56. Tarot Reading: A type of cartomancy (fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards), and the practice of using cards to gain insight into the past, present or future by formulating a question, then drawing and interpreting cards.
57. Theosophy: A collection of mystical and occultist philosophies concerning, or seeking direct knowledge of, the presumed mysteries of life and nature, particularly of the nature of divinity and the origin and purpose of the universe.
58. Totem: A spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe.
59. Transcendental Meditation (TM): A form of silent mantra meditation.
60. Vortex: A place, usually on or near an interesting rock formation, where people have reported feeling inspired by a beneficial source of energy.
61. White Light Protection: A practice used to protect yourself and your energy field by visualizing a white light surrounding your body.
62. Witchcraft: The practice of magical skills and abilities.
63. Yin and Yang: A concept of dualism in ancient Chinese philosophy, describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent.
64. Zodiac: The circle of twelve 30° divisions of celestial longitude employed by western astrology.
65. Affirmations: Positive statements that can help you to challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts.
66. Astral Projection: A term used in esotericism to describe an intentional out-of-body experience that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness called an “astral body” that is separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it.
67. Crystal Healing: A pseudoscientific alternative medicine technique that uses semiprecious stones and crystals.
68. Divination: The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.
69. Feng Shui: A Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment.
70. Holistic Healing: Healing that considers the whole person — body, mind, spirit, and emotions — in the quest for optimal health and wellness.
71. I Ching: An ancient Chinese divination text and among the oldest of the Chinese classics.
72. Law of Attraction: The belief that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person’s life.
73. Lucid Dreaming: The ability to be aware while you’re dreaming — to consciously wake up inside the dream world and control your dreams.
74. Numerology: Any belief in the divine or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events.
75. Sacred Geometry: Ascribes symbolic and sacred meanings to certain geometric shapes and certain geometric proportions.
76. Sound Healing: An ancient meditative practice that uses different aspects of music to improve health and well-being.
77. Spiritual Bypassing: A tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks.
78. Synchronicity: Events are “meaningful coincidences” if they occur with no causal relationship yet seem to be meaningfully related.
79. Vision Quest: A rite of passage in some Native American cultures.
80. Akasha: In Hinduism, Akasha means ‘sky’, ‘space’, or ‘aether’, and is considered the first and most fundamental of the five elements.
81. Anahata: The heart chakra, one of the seven primary chakras according to Hindu tantrism.
82. Asana: A body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose, and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of pose or position.
83. Bodhi: It is a term in Buddhism to signify the awakening experience, by which a person perceives the nature of reality directly and understands the changes of life, the meaning of life, and the ultimate truth that lies behind the worldly illusion.
84. Guru: A spiritual teacher, guide, or mentor in Hinduism.
85. Karma Yoga: The path of unselfish action in Hinduism.
86. Mudra: A symbolic hand gesture used in Hindu and Buddhist ceremonies and statuary, and in Indian dance.
87. Nada Yoga: An ancient Indian metaphysical system. It is both a philosophical system, a medicine, and a form of yoga.
88. Pranayama: The practice of breath control in yoga.
89. Sadhana: A means of accomplishing something or spiritual practice.
90. Sankalpa: A term in Indian and yogic philosophy that refers to a heartfelt desire, a solemn vow, or a deep resolution that is formed by the heart and mind.
91. Satya: Truth or honesty, one of the yamas in yoga philosophy.
92. Shakti: The primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism.
93. Vairagya: Dispassion, detachment, or renunciation, notably considered either as a virtue, or a state of mind and body towards materialistic affairs.
94. Vedanta: One of the six classical systems of Indian philosophy.
95. Yantra: A geometric diagram, chart or geometric pattern which represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically.
96. Yoga Nidra: A state of consciousness between waking and sleeping, like the “going-to-sleep” stage, typically induced by a guided meditation.
97. Zazen: A type of meditation unique to Zen Buddhism.
98. Zenith: The time at which something is most powerful or successful.
99. Zazen: The meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition.
100. Zenith: The time at which something (or someone) is most powerful or successful.