agnostic		A societal arrangement in which women live with more than one husband at the same time.
spiritual		An adherent of humanism including an outlook or system of thought that views humankind, rather than spirituality or religion, as the source of all value or meaning.
Ancestor worship		Any one of the numerous ceremonial events existing in all historically known societies that marks the passage of an individual from one social or religious status to another.
religious impulse		The journey to seek spiritual guidance undertaken as a rite of passage by some Native American cultures.
devil		The psychic force that eminates from a person or object inhabited by a spirit or life force.
sacred		Actions or practices forbidden by one's society or religion.
Dalai Lama		A broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture, particularily in relation to spirituality, mysticism, holism, etc.
tarot cards		An early form of human being who lived in Eueope during the ice age.
assimilation		A positive attitude toward the existence of many faiths in one society.
ritual		The supreme spirit of evil in Jewish and Christian belief.
divination		A city in Saudi Arabia, it is the most important Muslim pilgimage site.
di manes		The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or an animal.
indigenous		Any of a variety of religious beliefs and practices concerned with the spirits of dead persons regarded as relatives.
augury		A person who believes that evolution explains the origin of the species.
smudge ceremony		Of many faiths.
Makkah		The art or practice of predicting the future especially by using signs or omens.
polygamous		The feeling shared by a specific group for a particular territory with a political and social structure.
Animisn		The art or practice that seeks to fortell future events or discover hidden knowledge, usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers.
symbol		A religious leader who calls upon the supernatural in order to treat disease. They may also intercede with the supernatural at the request of an individual.
rite of passage		The "Three Wise Men" who attended the birth of Jesus Christ. It is believed that they may have been Zoroastrian priests.
multifaith		A person through whom a deity is believed to speak.
credo		A set of playing cards used in fortune telling that depicts vices, virtues and elemental forces.
nationalism		The study of religion, especially religions with a belief in God.
religious		Concerned with or belonging to the material world.
wicca		Of, or pertaining to, the local region or area.
evolutionary		A person who holds that no god exists.
humanist		A system of morals or rules for human conduct.
Colonialism		A societal arrangement in which the group goes outside its membership for suitable marriage candidates.
aura		The ruler and spiritual leader of Tibet. Translated it means Teacher of the great ocean.
Athiest		Concerned with sacred or religious things and related to the human spirit or soul.
New Age		A mark, character, or other object that serves to represent an idea, process, or function.
pagan		A person who doubts that humankind can know he existence of a possible god and the possible existence of anything beyond this life.
secular		The policy or practice by whch a nation maintains or extends its political and economic control over foreign dependencies.
ethics		The universal urge to believe in something beyond ourselves.
nativity		The belief that one can influence others by natural means, such as by piercing a doll that looks like, or analogizes, the intended.
Taboo		A prescribed religious procedure or performance.
soul		The result whereby differing societies become nearly identical with one another because the larger or more dominant society absorbs the culture, identity, religion and ethnicity of the smaller society.
exogamous		Devoted to religion.
theology		A person holding religious beliefs other than those of any of the other main religions of the world. In the past this term was sometimes used by Christians to describe non-Christian faiths.
shaman		The first five books the the Hebrew Bible.
Torah		A pagan nature religion having roots in pre-Christian western Europe.
Totem		A societal arrangement in which men live with more than one wife at the same time.
oracle		A spiritual cleansing ritual performed by members of Aboriginal religions.
vision quest		The birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity.
Analogical causation		A Jewish place of worship.
synagogue		The religious belief that natural objects, natural phenomena and the universe itself posessess souls with consciousness.
Magi		From Roman mythology, the ancestral gods of the underworld with whom the living join after death.
religious pluralism		A type of guardian angel or spirit, usually represented in the form of an animal or plant, who caies important mystical, social and ritualistic associations for people. A totem usually guides, teaches, or protects its followers.
polyandrous		Connected with religion.
Neanderthal		A philosophy or a set of beliefs.