Results for "discipline"
16 entries found.
🇮🇳 IndiaHindu astrologyज्योतिष
A traditional Hindu system of astrology and timekeeping rooted in the VedasTradition · Seeing and foretelling · Luck and prosperity Living
🇯🇵 JapanShugendō修験道
A Japanese mountain ascetic path blending Esoteric Buddhism, Shinto, and folk ritualsTradition · Protection · Healing Living
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreUpanayanaउपनयन
A Hindu rite of passage marking a student's initiation into formal education and spiritual discipline.Rite · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreHanumanहनुमान्
A divine vanara deity of devotion and strength in HinduismBeing · Protection · Power and authority Living
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreAnthroposophy
A spiritual movement founded by Rudolf Steiner to explore the intellectual side of the unseen worldTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇮🇷 Iran and 4 moreAstrology in the medieval Islamic worldعلم النجوم (Ilm an-Nujūm)
The study of celestial influences on earthly affairs within the medieval Islamic traditionTradition · Seeing and foretelling · Power and authority Historical
🇮🇹 ItalyArcheosofica
A school of esoteric Christianity founded in Rome that teaches ascetic disciplines and magical theory.Tradition · Power and authority · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 IndiaVedic astrologyJyotiṣa
A traditional Hindu system of astrology rooted in Vedic study and timekeepingTradition · Seeing and foretelling · Luck and prosperity Living
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreFalun Gong法轮功
A Chinese cultivation practice blending meditative exercises with moral principlesTradition · Healing · Protection Living
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreCompanions of Saint Nicholas
Dark figures who accompany the gift-bringer to discipline children across Central EuropeFigure · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Living
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreIlluminates of Thanateros
An international group dedicated to practical chaos magic and experimental ritual workTradition · Power and authority · Change and initiation Living
🇮🇳 IndiaA Treatise on White Magic
An esoteric textbook by Alice Bailey outlining fifteen rules for spiritual service and initiation.Text · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Historical
🇬🇷 GreeceAstrology and astronomy
Two disciplines that shared a history before splitting into science and divinationTradition · Seeing and foretelling · Power and authority Historical
🇮🇳 IndiaChillaچله
A forty-day solitary retreat of fasting and meditation in Sufi traditionRite · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇱🇾 Libya and 2 moreLamiaΛάμια
A child-snatching monster and night phantom from ancient Greek mythBeing · Cursing and harm · Seeing and foretelling Legendary
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreSack Man
A man carrying a sack who frightens misbehaving children into obedience.Being · Cursing and harm Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lamia: John William Waterhouse, Public domain, source
- Sack Man: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Upanayana: vinodbahal, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hanuman: Niranjan Arminius, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Anthroposophy: Wladyslaw, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shugendō: 唐山健志郎 (Kenshiro Karayama), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Companions of Saint Nicholas: unknown, unreadable signature on bottom right hand side, Public domain, source
- Vedic astrology: Freedomji, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Archeosofica: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Astrology and astronomy: anonymous, Public domain, source
- Chilla: Indischer Maler um 1630, Public domain, source
- Falun Gong: longtrekhome, CC BY 3.0, source
- Hindu astrology: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source