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Glossary of terms used on this site
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Microcosmos |
(Greek) Micro means “small, little, trivial, slight.” Cosmos means “order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement).” In Universal Gnosticism, the term microcosmos refers to the human being, who is a universe in minature. |
| Mictlan |
The Nahuatl or Aztec underworld. According to Aztec legend, there were nine levels of the Mictlan. Quetzalcoatl accompanied by Xolotl had to descend there to find the bones of humanity. See: Klipoth and Xibalba. |
| Mind |
(Sanskrit, Manas) Superior Manas (Tiphereth) and Inferior Manas (Netzach). "In the name of truth we must state that in synthesis we have three minds. The first one we can and must call the Sensual Mind. The second we shall christen with the name of Intermediate Mind. The third we shall call the Inner Mind." - Samael Aun Weor, The Great Rebellion |
| Mindfulness |
In the context of self-observation and meditation, mindfulness is the continuous consciousness of what one is doing. In Tibetan, this is called “trenpa” (dran-pa) or “memory.” In Sanskrit, it is called “smrti.” This is the seventh element of the Eightfold Path. |
| Minerva |
Also known as Athena. A Greek and Roman representation of the Divine Feminine. "Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, was the daughter of Jupiter. She was said to have leaped forth from his brain, mature, and in complete armour. She presided over the useful and ornamental arts, both those of men- such as agriculture and navigation- and those of women,- spinning, weaving, and needlework. She was also a warlike divinity; but it was defensive war only that she patronized, and she had no sympathy with Mars's savage love of violence and bloodshed. Athens was her chosen seat, her own city, awarded to her as the prize of a contest with Neptune, who also aspired to it, The tale ran that in the reign of Cecrops, the first king of Athens, the two deities contended for the possession of the city. The gods decreed that it should be awarded to that one who produced the gift most useful to mortals. Neptune gave the horse; Minerva produced the olive. The gods gave judgment that the olive was the more useful of the two, and awarded the city to the goddess; and it was named after her, Athens, her name in Greek being Athene." - Bullfinch's Mythology |
| Misterium Magnum |
(Latin) “The Great Mystery” |
| Molecular World |
A level of nature that corresponds to the fifth dimension or Astral World (the sephirah Hod in Kabbalah). "The Temple of Anubis is found in the Molecular World, called the Astral World by many people." - Samael Aun Weor, The Treatise of Esoteric Astrology |
| Monad |
(Latin) From monas, “unity; a unit, monad.” The Monad is the Being, the Innermost, our own inner Spirit. In Kabbalah, the Monad is represented by the sephiroth Chesed, Geburah, and Tiphereth. In Sanskrit, this corresponds to Atman-Buddhi-Manas. "We must distinguish between Monads and Souls. A Monad, in other words, a Spirit, is; a Soul is acquired. Distinguish between the Monad of a world and the Soul of a world; between the Monad of a human and the Soul of a human; between the Monad of an ant and the Soul of an ant. The human organism, in final synthesis, is constituted by billions and trillions of infinitesimal Monads. There are several types and orders of primary elements of all existence, of every organism, in the manner of germs of all the phenomena of nature; we can call the latter Monads, employing the term of Leibnitz, in the absence of a more descriptive term to indicate the simplicity of the simplest existence. An atom, as a vehicle of action, corresponds to each of these genii or Monads. The Monads attract each other, combine, transform themselves, giving form to every organism, world, micro-organism, etc. Hierarchies exist among the Monads; the Inferior Monads must obey the Superior ones that is the Law. Inferior Monads belong to the Superior ones. All the trillions of Monads that animate the human organism have to obey the owner, the chief, the Principal Monad. The regulating Monad, the Primordial Monad permits the activity of all of its subordinates inside the human organism, until the time indicated by the Law of Karma." - Samael Aun Weor, The Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology “(The number) one is the Monad, the Unity, Iod-Heve or Jehovah, the Father who is in secret. It is the Divine Triad that is not incarnated within a Master who has not killed the ego. He is Osiris, the same God, the Word.” - Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah “When spoken of, the Monad is referred to as Osiris. He is the one that has to Self-realize Himself... Our own particular Monad needs us and we need it. Once, while speaking with my Monad, my Monad told me, ‘I am self-realizing Thee; what I am doing, I am doing for Thee.’ Otherwise, why are we living? The Monad wants to Self-realize and that is why we are here. This is our objective.” - Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah "The Monads or Vital Genii are not exclusive to the physical organism; within the atoms of the Internal Bodies there are found imprisoned many orders and categories of living Monads. The existence of any physical or suprasensible, Angelic or Diabolical, Solar or Lunar body, has billions and trillions of Monads as their foundation." - Samael Aun Weor, The Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology |
| Moon |
Ruled by Gabriel. Related to the Moon: "Journeys, manual arts, novelists, liquid-related businesses, matters related with maternity, agriculture, illnesses of the stomach and of the brain, etc." - Manual of Practical Magic. |
| Morals |
"Conventional morals serve no purpose; morality is a slave to custom, time and place. What was moral in ages past is now immoral; what was moral in the Middle Ages, in these modem times, can be immoral; that which is considered moral in one country is immoral in another, etc... Unquestionably, the Christ, manifested though hidden in the heart of the real human, once he takes charge of our diverse psychological states, is actually labeled as cruel, immoral and perverse because people do not know him. It is paradoxical that although people worship the Christ, they classify him with such appalling labels. Obviously, people who are unconscious and asleep only want an anthropomorphic, historic Christ of statues and unbreakable dogmas in whom they can easily fit all their clumsy, stale moral codes and all their prejudices and conditions." - Samael Aun Weor, The Great Rebellion |
| Moses |
(Hebrew) Actually Moshe משה; the letters Mem, "water," Shin "fire," and Hei "womb" literally mean "born of water and fire" - in other words, Moses was "born of the water and the Spirit (fire)" just as Jesus explained the Second Birth to Nicodemus. Moses is a Twice-born Master.
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| Mrityuloka |
(Sanskrit) The world of death: the physical world. |
| Mudra |
(Tibetan, phyag rgya) Literally “mystic seal.” This term implies a wide variety of meanings. 1. Commonly, this term is used by Hatha Yoga enthusiasts to refer to a system of postures or positions. 2. The Buddhist "Mahamudra" means Great Seal and refers to the realization acquired through the Mahayana and Vajrayana paths. 3. In Vajrayana Buddhism, the mudra is the female consort or partner in the practice of Karmamudra (sexual magic). 4. Asian art depicts gods and goddesses displaying a variety of hand positions, called mudras. 5. In the five "M's" of the Pancatattva Ritual (also called panchamakara), mudra refers to grain. |
| Mukti |
(Sanskrit) Liberation. |
| Mulaprakriti |
(Sanskrit) Literally, the “root or origin of nature.” The abstract deific feminine principle. Undifferentiated substance. "In the books of genesis (from all religious literature), the primordial matter (Mulaprakriti) is represented by the waters." - Samael Aun Weor, Endocrinology & Criminology "The Chaos is the raw matter of the Great Work. The Chaos is the Mulaprakriti, the primordial matter. Mulaprakriti is christonic semen, from which the universe emerged. We have Mulaprakriti in our sexual organs, and from it springs up life." - Samael Aun Weor, The Mysteries of the Fire |
| Mutant |
"Mutation is removal, change, alteration, variation. The foundation, base, support, and groundwork of the mutant is sex." - Samael Aun Weor, The Cosmic Teachings of a Lama Mutations are changed that result from the procreative energies in nature. Gnosticism analyzes two forms of mutation:
Both result from the use and application of sexual energy. A favorable mutant is a person who - by positive utilization of energy - has become radically different and beneficial for others: Buddha, Jesus, Moses, etc. An unfavorable mutant is a person who has become more degenerated and harmful to themselves and others. This is always a result (whether conscious or unconsicous) of an improper use of energy. |
| Mystical Death |
The annihilation of the ego, symbolized in scores of religious and mythological stories, notably in the crucifixion and the martyrdom of saints. This death frees the consciousness from its prison, resulting in a new spiritual birth. "The annihilation of the psychic aggregates can be made possible only by radically comprehending our errors through meditation and by the evident Self-reflection of the Being." - Samael Aun Weor, The Pistis Sophia Unveiled "Indeed, the ‘I’ can only be annihilated by means of a rigorous creative comprehension. We need to perform a self-dissection to the ‘I’ with the scalpel of the self-criticism. Instead of criticizing others, we must criticize ourselves. Practical life is a full-length mirror where we can see our selves just as we really are. When the mind is found in a state of alert-perception while coexisting with the neighbor, we can then easily discover our defects because these spontaneously arise. It is astounding the manner in which our defects emerge while in relation with the neighbors, with our friends, with our fellow workers, with our spouse, with our children, with our acquaintances, etc., thus, if we are alert and vigilant as the watchmen in the time of war, it is then clearly logical that we can see our defects as they really are. Self-discovery exists while coexisting with others, if we are in the state of alert-perception. Any discovered defect must be intellectually analyzed; nonetheless, the intellect is not everything; the intellect is only a fraction of the mind. We need to delve; we need to explore the subconsciousness more deeply in order to discover the inner roots of our defects. Yes, only through a very deep meditation can we really explore the subconsciousness. Thus, when we have completely comprehended a defect, the energetic ‘I’ that personifies it can be disintegrated. Thus, this is how we die from moment to moment." - Samael Aun Weor, Cosmic Ships "We annihilate the “I” based on alchemical operations only."- Samael Aun Weor, Endocrinology and Criminology |
