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INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

           archaeoastronomy
                      see also interdisciplinary studies: sundials and astro-calendrical devices
           iconography and sacred art
           labyrinths
                      see also interdisciplinary studies: symbolic landscaping
           ley lines
                      see also interdisciplinary studies: symbolic landscaping
           sacred architecture
                      ecclesiastical sites (churches, shrines, and temples)
                      funerary sites
                      vernacular sacred sites (personal and public shrines)
                      see also religion: for the iconography of each one
           sacred geometry
                      golden ratio (phi)
                      latent geometrical order in the biological world
                      pythagorean geometric theory
                                 see also occultism: hermeticism
                                 see also societies: freemasonic
                      relationships between geometry and music
                      squaring the circle (planetary canon of proportion)
           sacred numbers and numbering systems
                      magic number squares (kamea)
                                 see also occultism: divination: astrology
                                 see also occultism: magic: ceremonial
                      number 108 in various cultures
                                 see also religion: buddhism
                                 see also religion: hinduism
                      number 666
                                 see also religion: christianity
                      see also occultism: divination: numerology
                      see also religion: judaism: kabbalah: gematria
                      sexigesimal (babylonian)
                                 see also occultism: divination: astrology
           sacred sites
                      natural (undeveloped) sacred sites
                      sacred site tourism
                      see also interdisciplinary studies: sacred architecture
           sundials and astro-calendrical devices
           symbolic landscaping
                      feng shui
                      garden grottoes and garden follies
                      see also interdisciplinary studies: labyrinths

MYSTICISM (generally individual, personal, and non-religious)

           asceticism
           initiation
           mediation
                      automatic writing
                      channeling
                      dialogue with deities and other disincarnate entities
                      trance induction and trance possession
           meditation
           psychoactive substances
           psychology of consciousness
           sex
                      anseiratic mysteries
                      karezza
                      see also occultism: magic: red (love and sex)
           see also religion: for mysticism in various religious contexts

OCCULTISM

           alchemy and transubstantiation
                      arabic
                      european
                      see also religion: taoism: alchemy
           divination, augury,and fortune-telling
                      astrology
                                 babylonian / european / american / western
                                            see also religion: judaism: kabbalah
                                 chinese
                                 vedic
                                            see also religion: hinduism
                      geomancy
                                 see also interdisciplinary studies: symbolic landscaping: feng shui
                      i ching -- theclassic of change
                                 see also religion:taoism
                      necromancy (divination via the dead)
                                 see also religion: spiritualism
                      numerology
                                 see also religion: judaism: kabbalah
                      palmistry
                      runes
                                 see also religion:asatru: neo-asatru
                      tarot and cartomancy
           hermeticism
                      legends and pseudo-histories
                                 atlantis
                                 orientalism (egyptophilia, templarism, etal)
                                 see also religion: thelema
                                 see also religion: theosophy
                                 see also societies: rosicrucianism
                      see also occultism: alchemy
                      see also religion: gnosticism
                      see also religion: judaism: kabbalah
           magic
                      amulets, charms, and talismans
                      ceremonial ("dress-up"; European- or Judaic-based)
                                 crowley
                                            see also religion: thelema
                                 enochian
                                            see also occultism: hermeticism
                                 golden dawn
                                            see also occultism: hermeticism: neo-hermeticism
                                 neo-pagan
                                            see also religion: wicca
                                 solomonic
                                            see also magic: spells and spell-casting
                      chaos (eclectic, urban, syncretic, post-modern)
                      folk (no "dress-up"; world folk-culture based)
                                 asian folk magic
                                 evil eye
                                 herbal magic: the magical properties of herbs
                                 hoodoo: african-american conjure and rootwork
                                 latin american folk magic
                                            see also occultism: magic: spells and spell-casting
                      mage's guide to the internet
                      magical books (grimoires, magical records, books of shadows)
                      spells and spell-casting

RELIGION (including religious philiosophy and mysticism)

           american indigenous
                      hopi
                      maya
                      quechua and aymara
           anthroposophy
           asatru
                      neo-asatru (neo-pagan aesir-worship)
           bon
                      see also religion: buddhism: tibetan
           buddhism
                      nichiren shoshu
                      shingon
                      tibetan (also sometimes called 'vajrayana')
                                 see also religion: bon
                                 see also religion: hinduism: yoga: tantra
                      zen
                                 rinzai
                                 soto
           christianity
                      anabaptist
                      catholicism
                                 eastern orthodox
                                 roman
                                            see also religion: santeria
                      mormon
                                 see also societies and fraternal orders: freemasonic
                      mysticism (general christian, monasticism, etc.)
                                 see also religion: judaism: kabbalah
                      protestantism (general; see also the rest of religion: christianity)
                      quakerism
                      theology (general christian)
           druidry
                      neo-druidry (neo-pagan revival of druidry)
           egyptian (ancient)
                      see also occultism: hermeticism: orientalism (egyptophilia)
           gnosticism
           greek (ancient)
                      see also occultism: hermeticism: atlantis
           hinduism
                      saivism
                      shaktiism
                                 kali
                                            see also religion: neo-paganism
                      vaisnavism
                                 krishna consciousness movement
                      vedanta
                      yoga
                                 hatha
                                 jnana
                                 kundalini
                                 tantra
                                            neo-tantra (new age tantra)
                                 see also mysticism: sexual
                                 see also religion: buddhism: shingon:
                                 see also religion: buddhism: tibetan:
                                 see also religion: taoism: sexual alchemy
           islam
                      ismaili
                      sufism
                                 neo-sufism
                      sunni
           gnosticism
                      see also religion: christianity
           judaism
                      hasidism
                      kabbalah
                                 christian "cabala"
                                 gematria
                                 hermetic "qabalah"
                                 thelemic "qaballa" (primarily gematria)
                                 see also occultism: hermeticism
                                 see also occultism: numerology
                                 see also societies: freemasonic
                      orthodox
                      reformed
           neo-paganism (generally European-based neo-religions)
                      see also the root-religions for their respective neo-religions
           neo-shamanism (generally indigenous american based neo-religions)
                      see also religion: american for some root-religions
           santeria
                      see also occultism: magic: folk: hoodoo
                      see also religion: christianity: catholicism: roman
           satanism
                      church of satan (COS)
                      temple of set (TOS)
                      the ordur of kaos under satan (TOKUS)
                                 see also religion: thelema
                                 see also TOKUS web page
                      see also occultism: magic: spells and spell-casting: black
           shinto and kami worship
           spiritualism
                      see also religion: theosophy
           taoism
                      alchemy
                                 chemical/medical
                                 sexual
                                            see also religion: hinduism: yoga: tantra
                                 see also occultism: alchemy
                      see also occultism: divination: i ching
           thelema
                      aleister crowley
                                 articles about crowley
                                 writings by crowley
                      gnostic catholic church (EGC)
                      philosophy
                                 ethics
                                 metaphysics
                                 see also religion: judaism: kabbalah
                      see also societies and fraternal orders: thelemic
           theosophy
           voodoo
                      see also occultism: magic: folk: hoodoo
           wicca (European pagan-based neo-religion)
                      see also religion: neo-paganism
                      see also societies and fraternal orders

SOCIETIES AND FRATERNAL ORDERS

           freemasonic
                      american federation of human rights (AFHR)
                      (ancient) free and accepted masons (AF&AM, F&AM)
                      grand orient de france (GOF)
                      knights templar (KT)
                      ledroit humain (DH)
                      prince hall affiliated masonry (PHA)
                      scottish rite (SR)
           golden dawn
                      hermetic order of the golden dawn (HOGD)
                      newreformed order of the golden dawn (NROOGD)
           rosicrucian
                      ancient mystical order of the rosy cross (AMORC)
           thelemic
                      astrum argenteum (AA)
                      ordo templi orientis (OTO)
                      societe ordo templi orientis (SOTO)
                      thelema kaaba
                      typhonian ordo templi orientis (TOTO)