Religions & Beliefs

	Religions & Beliefs

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See also: calendars, mythology & folklore, world cultures
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Major Religions

Major Religions of the World - ranked by number of adherents; other useful information
Enlighten™ - a new board game which educates while it entertains, encourages tolerance and fosters understanding of the World’s many Faith traditions. Players are literally traveling around the globe, learning about different cultures and religions. Enlighten™ is thoroughly non-denominational, including facts and rituals from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam, as well as Sikhism, Taoism, and Native American traditions. The Greek and Roman, Norse and Egyptian gods get mention, as well as truly ancient (shamanism) and new religious movements.

Beliefs & Practices

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African Religions
Afro-Caribbean Religions
Bahá'í Faith
Celticism
cyberculture religions
Divination
Ethical Culture
faery
Hare Krishna
Humanism
Jainism
Meditation
Messianic Judaism
Mysticism <-- includes the occult, Paganism, Pantheism, witchcraft and more
Native American
New Age
Shamanism
Sikhism
Taoism
Theosophy
Zoroastrianism (Parsee)

Aboriginal Dreamtime

Aboriginal - Koori Women's Spirituality - Aboriginal teachings, art and poetry.
Aboriginal Dreaming: The Rainbow Serpent
Aboriginal Perspective on Storytelling - features an interview with Pauline McLeod.
Australian Dreamtime - is that part of aboriginal culture which explains the origins and culture of the land and its people.
Elders of Aboriginal Australia - article and interview from an Aboriginal spiritual elder courtesy of Wisdomkeepers.
Gundungurra Dreaming - offers a story of the creation of the Blue Mountains, Jenolan Caves, and other places.
In the Beginning was the Dreaming - features the origins of the dreamtime and a collection of stories.
Stories of the Dreaming - stories from the cultures of indigenous Australians, collected from all over the country in a choice of text, audio, and video.

Animism

Bön

Cao Dai

Deism

Fourth Way

Schools
- Balanced Life: A Contemporary Fourth Way School - school in northern Kentucky, teaching principles based on the esoteric teachings of G.I.Gurdjieff, P.D. Ouspenksy, and Maurice Nicoll
- Cosmos - an Esoteric Fourth Way School based on the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff, P.D. Ouspensky, and Rodney Collin
- Fourth Way Gurdjieff Ouspensky School - education concerning the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff, P.D. Ouspensky, Maurice Nicoll, MD, and others
- Kesdjan School - follows the teachings of Gurdjieff for the development of the human being
- Metamorphosis: A Fourth Way School - promotes teachings based on the esoteric teachings of G.I.Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspenksy
- Summa Foundaton for Mindful Living - teachings for mindful living based on Gurdjieff - Ouspensky Fourth Way methods
Fourth Way
Fourth Way, The
Harmony on the Way
Self-Remembering: The Fourth Way
Sojourner Institute Inc
Usenet - alt.consciousness.4th-way

Free Daism

Gnosis

Organizations
- Church of Gnostic Luminism
- Gnostic Online - research center offering online workshops
- Hermetic Observatory, The
- Home Temple Priesthood - home study program for ordination as Deacon, Preist, Bishop in valid Apostolic Succession of the Master Jesus
- Institute for Gnostic Studies
Sufism - see mysticism
Apostolic Gnosis
Gnosis
Gnosis Archive
Gnostic Friends Network, The
Gnostic Gospels of Thmas and Eve
Gnostic Temple of Gamen
Gnosticism: Origins, Beliefs and Modern Tendencies
J.R. Ritman Library Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica
Usenet - alt.religion.gnostic
Usenet - soc.religion.gnosis

Mithraism

Monasticism

Rastafarian

Birthday of Haile Selassie 1 - July 23
Ethiopian New Year's Day - September 11
Anniversary of the Crowning of Haile Selassie 1 - November 2

Santería

Seich-No-le

Shinto

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Clean Films

Spiritism

Spiritualism

Bathgate Christian Spiritualist Church (est 1946) - in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK; at Acredale House, Mid Street; demonstration of clairvoyance by top National and International Mediums every Sunday at 6:30 pm; all services followed by healings by registered healers from The Scottish Association of Spiritual healers (SASH) and this is followed by an open circle conducted by qualified mediums
Central Spiritualist Church
Dunedin Spiritualist Church
First Spiritual Temple
Gateway Spiritualist Church
National Spiritualist Association of Churches
Spiritech UK
Spiritualist Religion
Universal Spiritualist Association and Institute
Wonewoc Spiritualist Camp

Tenrikyo

Toltec

The Toltec Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz

Umbanda

Aumbhaandan: Brotherhood of the Crossed Circle - researches the esoteric relations inserted in the oral tradition and religious rites of the Afro-Indian cults practiced in Brazil.
Passy, Yoav - black and white photographic essay
Umbanda - explains the history of the Umbanda movement

Unitarian-Universalism

Universal Life Church

Vedism

Yahoo! Education
Yahoo! Texts
Yahoo! Vedas
Yahoo! Vedic Astrology
Vaidik Vishwa: The Scientific Knowledgeable World
Veda and Dharma
Vedavid

Yaohushua

resources

directories

Adherents.com - statistics about church membership and religious adherents of different faith groups
Interfaith Calendar - includes sacred times and events for major world religions
New Religious Movements - profiles, links, and bibliographies
Religious Holidays in the Public Schools: Questions and Answers
Web Directory: Religious Holidays and Celebrations - annotated list links to sites with information about major religious holidays
PBS Teachers has videos of religious holidays

sociology of religion

<A Reason To Celebrate
Sociology of Religion
Spirituality in Education - includes chats and online seminars to complement The Naropa Institute's Spirituality in Education Conference

atheists

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