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Across 2. God's unmerited favor. It's given to all, freely 4. Earth, water, fire, air, and akasha (or spirit) 7. a medium or channeler, one through whom the departed or the other inhabitants of the spirit world speak through 10. targeted to the whole person - mind, body, and spirit 12. A meeting in which participants attempt to receive messages from spirits of the dead. 16. This is the belief that upon death the physical body the soul is eventually born again into another body. 17. The moving or altering of some object solely by use of concentration of thought 18. The supernatural phenomenon involving suspending a body in midair without any physical help or support 19. A person who acts as a spiritual itermediary between the living and the dead 21. A magical formula that was used by the Gnostics to invoke the aid of spirits to ward off disease and illness 22. Meaningful coincidences, 'designed' to alert one's attention and/or suggest a course of action. 25. Filled with the sense of the presence of divinity. It can also mean the spiritual force of a place, object or being. 26. A real or imaginary society / place / state considered to be perfect or ideal. 27. A belief in which the soul goes from one body to another, until either time ends or the soul is made pure or complete 30. This is a western term for the religious beliefs and practices of innumerable sects to which the majority of the people of India belong 32. The modern media often use the word to mean the same thing as 'spiritual'. 35. The religious beliefs and practices and the way of life of the Jewish people 36. Philosophy founded in India in the 6th century B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama 38. The word cosmic refers to the whole of the universe 39. The belief in one God 40. Common to Hinduism and Buddhism. A word or syllable, usually sacred. It is used as an object of concentration and repeated constanly whilst in a meditative state. It is believed to embody some aspect of spiritual power and bring into being the reality it represents. Use of such mantras usually requires initiation by a guru, or spiritual teacher. 41. From God or God like. In other words something heavenly. 42. A name for the Divine Being. 44. A mental process, usually in the form of a series of imagined events occuring during certain phases of sleep. 46. A confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, an idea, or a thing. 47. the study of human and animal behavior and mental processes. 48. Muslims believe that God revealed the contents of the _________. 49. Someone who adheres to a belief system outside of that which is considered orthodox. Orthodox belief systems are that of Judaism, Islam, or Christianity 50. Christian love as contrasted to erotic love. It can also mean charity 52. A Hindu or Sikh religious teacher or leader giving personal spiritual guidance to his disciples 53. similar to and comes from the same Hebrew root word for 'believe'. The translation of this word might best be expressed as 'let it be so', or 'I believe'.

Down 1. the English form of the Greek name Biblia, meaning "books," the name which in the fifth century began to be given to the entire collection of sacred books, the "Library of Divine Revelation." 2. The spirit of a dead person that has remained on the earthly plane, often unaware of the fact that death has occured. Often responsible for 'hauntings' of physical locations 3. The communication between people of thoughts or feelings by way of the mind or in a way that modern science cannot yet explain 5. The Hindu entity who is the union of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva 6. A natural, impersonal law of moral cause and effect 8. The doctrines and religious groups based on the teachings of Jesus 9. The place of the everlasting blessedness of the righteous; 11. Involves "seeing" over distances, with the mind's eye 12. An entity which is free of a physical body 13. Anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered "Messiah" (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament 14. In Buddhism it is the awakening to the ultimate truth and therefore liberated from the cycle of reincarnation. In Hinduism it is a state of divine experience which is represented by Vishnu. It is regarded as the goal of all religion 15. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another. The mental acceptance and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something 20. (551-479 BC). for more than 2,000 years the Chinese people have been guided by the ideals of ------------. 23. Part of the spark of God that is you 24. the biblical idea of love. 28. A form of divination by gazing into something, usually a reflective surface 29. The psychic eye, not physically visible, but mental. Located in the middle of the forehead 31. "May the Divine Essence in me embrace the divine essence in you as a divine essence of one." 32. discipline in which the mind is focused on a single point of reference 33. A person through which otherworldly entities can be communicated with, similar to channeling. 34. the study of Gods nature and purpose as taught by the christian church 37. comes from the sanskrit and means rhythym 38. A Chinese term for the all-encompassing universal life force 41. The permanent end of physical life. 43. Polytheistic religion derived from worship of gods in African and the beliefs of Catholicism. Practiced mainly by the West Indians 45. The spark of god within each person 47. A situation where two facts/situations are opposite or contradictory, yet both appear to be (and sometimes are) true 49. perfect 51. A generic term to describe heavenly beings / messengers from beyond the material realm