Macrobiotics: hhhhh

Magic:

Magic, White: or "Beneficent Magic," so called, is divine magic, devoid of selfishness, love of power, of ambition or material gain, and bent only on doing good to the world in general and one's neighbor in particular. The smallest attempt to use one's abnormal powers for the gratification of self makes of these powers sorcery or Black Magic.

Magnus, Alberto: hhhhh

Malphas: Grand president of the infernal regions, where he appears under the shape of a crow. When he appears in human form he has a very raucous voice. He builds impregnable citadels and towers, overthrows the ramparts of his enemies, finds good workmen, gives familiar spirits, receives sacrifices, and deceives the sacrificers. Forty legions are under his command.

Mahatma: (Sans.) Lit., "Great Soul." An adept of the highest order. An exalted being, who having attained to the mastery over his lower principles, is therefore living unimpeded by the "man of flesh." Mahatmas are in possession of knowledge and power commensurate with the stage they have reached in their spiritual evolution. Called in Pali Rahats and Arahats.

Mandala: hhhh

Mantras: (Sans.) Verses from the Vedic works, used as incantations and charms. By Mantras are meant all those portions of the Vedas which are distinct from the Brâhmanas, or their interpretation.

Manu: is a grade in the theosophical hierarchy below the Planetary Logoi or Rulers of the Seven Chain. The charge given to manus is that of foming the different races of humanity and guiding its evolution. Each race has its own Manu who represents the racial type.

Malleus Maleficarum: A large volume published in Germany at the end of the fifteenth century, written by two inquisitors under the papal bull against witchcraft of 1484,— Jacob Sprenger and Henricus Institor. First published in 1487, the book is notorious for its use in the witchhunt craze of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. Says Wright concerning it: " In this celebrated work, the doctrine of witchcraft was first reduced to a regular system, and it was the model and groundwork of all that was written on the subject long after the date which saw its first appearance. Its writers enter largely into the much-disputed question of the nature of demons; set forth the causes which lead them to seduce men in 'this manner; and show why women are most prone to listen to their proposals, by reasons which prox'e that the inquisitors had but a mean estimate of the softer sex.

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Malphas: Grand president of the infernal regions, where he appears under the shape of a crow. When he appears in human form he has a very raucous voice. He builds impregnable citadels and towers, overthrows the ramparts of his enemies, finds good workmen, gives familiar spirits, receives sacrifices, and deceives the sacrificers. Forty legions are under his command.

Mandragoras: Familiar demons who appear in the figures of little men without beards.

Margaritomancy: Divination by pearls. A pearl was covered with a vase, and placed near the fire, and the names of suspected persons pronounced. When the name of the guilty one was uttered the pearl was supposed to bound upwards and pierce the bottom of the vase.

Mars, Face on:  kkkkkkkk

Masieh: The angel whom the Jews believed ruled the Zodiac.

Massage: ("muh-SAHJ") therapists manipulate muscle and connective tissue to enhance function of those tissues and promote relaxation and well-being.

Masters:  

Mastiphal: The name given to the prince of demons in an apocryphal book entitled Little Genesis, which is quoted by Cedrenus.

Materialization: A term denoting the formation by a spirit of a temporary physical organisation, visible and palpable, by means of which it can come into touch with material objects. Materialisation is the most important of the physical phenomena of spiritualism, and in its earlier stages was confined to the materialising of heads and hands, or vague luminous figures. In common with much of the physical phenomena, it had its origin in America, where it was known at a comparatively early period in the history of the movement.

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Mather, Cotton, and Increase: Father and son, two eminent divines of Boston, notorious for their crusade against persons suspected of witchcraft. (See America, U.S. of.)

Maya: (Sans.) Illusion; the cosmic power which renders phenomenal existence and the perceptions thereof possible. In Hindu philosophy that alone which is changeless and eternal is called reality: all that which is subject to change through decay and differentiation, and which has, therefore, a beginning and an end, is regarded as Maya -illusion.

Mayavi-rupa: is the invisible part of the physical body. Its appearance is exactly similar to that of the physical body. (See Seven Principles, Rupa, Theosophy)

Medea: An enchantress, daughter of the king of Colchis, who fell in love with Jason when he came to that country, and enabled him to slay the sleepless dragon that guarded the golden fleece. She fled from Colchis with Jason who made her his wife, and from whom she exacted a pledge never to love another woman. Her young brother, having been found on board the ship they sailed in, she tore him in pieces and flung him into the sea. She accompanied Jason to Greece, where she was looked on as a barbarian, but having conciliated King Peleus who was now a very old man, she induced him to try to regain youth by bathing in a magic cauldron of which she was to prepare the contents. So great was his faith in her powers, that the old man unhesitatingly plunged into her cauldron and was boiled alive. Her reason for this frightful act of cruelty was to hasten the succession to the throne of Jason, who in due course would have succeeded Peleus ; but now the Greeks would have none of either him or Medea, and he was forced to leave lolcos. Growing tired of the formidable enchantress to whom he had bound himself, Jason •sought to contract an alliance with Glauce, a young princess. Dissembling her real intentions, Medea feigned friendship with the bride-elect and sent her as a wedding present a garment, which as soon as Glauce put it on, caused her to die in the greatest agony. She—Medea— parted from Jason; having murdered her two children by him, she fled from Corinth in her car drawn by dragons, to Athens, where she married Argeus, by whom she had a son, Medus. But the discovery of an attempt on the life of Theseus, forced her to leave Athens. Accompanied by her son, she returned to Colchis, and restored her father to the throne, of which he had been deprived by his own brother Perses. A great amount of literature has been written around Medea : Euripides, Ennius, Aeschylus, and later, Thomas Corneille having made her the theme of tragedies. (See Greece.)

Medieval Magic: In the belief of the medieval professors of the science of magic, it conferred upon the adept power over angels, demons, elementary spirits and the souls of the dead, the possession of esoteric wisdom, and actual knowledge of the discovery and use of the latent forces and undeveloped energies resident in man. This was supposed to be accomplished by a combination of will and aspiration, which by sheer force germinate a new intellectual faculty of psychological perception, enabling the adept to view the wonders of a new world and communicate with its inhabitants. To accomplish this the ordinary faculties were almost invariably heightened by artificial means. The grandeur of the magical ritual overwhelmed the neophyte, and wondrously quickened his senses.

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Meditation: Meditation can generally be defined as the self-regulation of attention to suspend the normal stream of consciousness. A common goal of meditation is to reach a state of "thoughtless awareness," during which a person is passively aware of sensations at the present moment. It is this goal that distinguishes meditation from relaxation. Various types of meditation may use different techniques. Techniques that include constant repetition of sounds or images without striving for a state of thoughtless awareness are sometimes called "quasi-meditative."

• Mindfulness — This involves focusing on a physical sensation. When thoughts intrude, the meditating individual returns to the focus.
   
• Breath mediation — This involves focusing on the process of breathing. Breathing exercises taught in childbirth classes are based on this technique.
   
• Visualization — This involves focusing on specific places or situations.
   
• Analytical meditation — This involves an attempt to comprehend the deeper meaning of an object of focus.
   
• Walking meditation — This Zen Buddhist form of meditation called kinhin involves focusing on the sensation of the feet against the ground.
   
• Transcendental meditation — This involves focusing on a mantra (a sound, word or phrase that is repeated over and over, either aloud, as a chant or silently). Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced transcendental medication to the West in the late 1950s, and this practice was well publicized because of its famous followers such as the Beatles. A goal of transcendental meditation is to reach a state of relaxed awareness. Intruding thoughts may be noticed passively before returning to the mantra. The claimed health benefits are controversial, such as improved IQ and reduced violent tendencies. It has been debated as to whether transcendental meditation should be classified as a religion, because some people assert that transcendental meditation constitutes a cult or a religious sect.

Medium: A person supposed to be qualified in some special manner to form a link between the dead and the living. Mediumship, like all the central doctrines of spiritualism, dates back to very early times.

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Mental World: Formerly known as the Manas Plane -- is in the theosophic scheme of things, the third lowest of the seven worlds. It is the world of thought into which man passes on the death of the astral body and it is composed of the seven divisions of matter in common with the other worlds. It is observed that the mental world is the world of thought, but it is necessary to realize that it is the world of good thoughts only, for the base have all been purged away during the soul's stay in the astral world. According as these thoughts are, is the power to perceive the mental world. Perfected man would be free of the whole of it, but the ordinary man has in his past imperfect experience. gathered only a comparatively small amount of thought and he is, therefore, unable to perceive more than a small part of the surroundings. It follows from this that though his bliss is inconceivably great, his sphere of action is very limited -- this limitation, however, becoming less and less with his abode there after each fresh incarnation. In the Heaven world-division into which he awakes dying in the astral world, he finds vast, unthought-of means of pursuing what has seemed to him good art, science, philosophy, and so forth. Here, all these com to a glorious fruition of which we can have no conception, and at last te time arrives when he casts aide his mental body and awakens in his causal body to the still greater bliss of the higher division of the mental world. At this stage he has done with the bodies which form his mortal personality, and which form his home in successive incarnations, and he is now truly himself, a spirit, immortal and unchangeable except for increasing development and evolution. Into his casual body is worked all that he has experienced in his physical, astral, and mental bodies, and when he still finds that experience insufficient for his needs, he descends again into grosser matter in order that he may learn yet more and more.

Messages From Michael: An extraordinary book by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro that laid the foundation for the channeled philosophy known as the Michael teachings. 

Metagnomy:, knowledge acquired through cryptesthesia, i.e., without the use of our five senses.

Metaphysics: From the Greek meta, beyond, and physica, the things of the external material world. It is to forget the spirit and hold to the dead letter, to translate it beyond nature or supernatural, as it is rather beyond the natural, visible, or concrete. Metaphysics, in ontology and philosophy is the term to designate that science which treats of the real and permanent being as contrasted with the unreal, illusionary, or phenomenal being.

Michael Teachings, The:  A channeled philosophy of the mid-causal plane entity Michael (not the Archangel Michael), that was popularized in the book, "Messages from Michael" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.

The Michael teachings provide a set of tools that help chart the spiritual progress of the soul as it moves from first incarnation to last.  Diligent application of the overleaves system teaches how to validate the overall development occurring in the reincarnational cycle. It shows where the soul is on it's spiritual path, what lessons it will encounter, why it is here, and what is yet to come.  It also reveals the unique qualities each soul brings to the world, and why people and societies are the way they are. 

The Microcosm: Or the pentagram, a little world -- a five pointed star, which represents man and the summation of the occult forces. It was believed by Paracelsus that this sign had a marvelous magical power over spirits; and that all magic figures and kabbalistic signs could be reduced to two -- The Microcosm and the Macrocosm.

The Microprosopus: One of the four magical elements in the Kabbala; and probably representing one of the four simple elements -- air, water, earth, or fire. The word means "creator of the little world." 

Mind Reading: see Telepathy.

Monad: is a theosophical term which literally means a unit. The Monad is frequently described as a "Divine Spark," and this impression is particularly apt, for it is a part of the Logos, the Divine Fire. The Logos has three aspects, Will, Wisdom, and Activity, and, since the Monad is part of the Logos, it also has these three aspects. It abides continually in its appropriate world, the monadic, but, that the divine evolutionary purposes may be carried out, its ray is born downwards through the various spheres of matter when the outpouring of the third life wave takes place. It first passes into the Spiritual Sphere by clothing itself with an atom of spiritual matter and thus manifests itself in anatomic body, as a spirit possessing three aspects. When it passes into the next sphere, the Intuitional, it leaves its aspect of Will behind and in the Intuitional Sphere, appears in an Intuitional body as a sprit possessing the aspects of Wisdom and Activity. On passing in turn, from this sphere to the next the higher mental, it leaves the aspect of Wisdom behind and appears in a casual body as a spirit possessing the aspect of activity. To put this somewhat abstruse doctrine in another form, the Monad has, at this stage, manifested itself in three spheres. In the spiritual it has transfused spirit with Will, in the Intuitional it has transfused spirit with Wisdom. and in the higher Mental it has transfused spirit with Activity or Intellect. and it is now a human ego, corresponding approximately to the common term "soul," an ego which, despite all changes, remains the same until eventually the evolutionary purpose is fulfilled and it is received back again into the Logos. From the higher mental sphere the Monad descends to the lower mental sphere and appears in a mental body as possessing mind, then betakes itself to the astral sphere and appears in the astral body as possessing emotions, and finally to the physical sphere and appears in a physical body as possessing vitality. These three lower bodies, the mental, the astral, and the physical, constitute the human personality which dies at death and is renewed when the Monad, in fulfillment of the process of reincarnation, again manifests itself in these bodies. (See Theosophy, Evolution, Sphere, Life Waves, Logos)

Monen: A Kabbalist term covering that branch of magic which deals with the reading of the future by the computation of time and observance of the heavenly bodies. It thus includes astrology.

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Moses, (William Stainton): (1839-92) remarkable English medium, religious teacher and author. He was ordained as a Minister of the Church of England by Bishop Wilberforce. Moses was one of the best known mediums connected with 19th century spiritualism, and probably, after Home, one of the most successful. He was born in 1839, at Donington, in Lincolnshire, the son of a schoolmaster, and was educated at Bedford Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford. He made good progress at the University, but before his final examination his health broke down, and he was forced to go abroad. On his return he graduated Master of Arts, and in 1863 was ordained. From that time until 1870 he was a curate, first in the Isle of Man and afterwards in Dorsetshire. Again his health gave way, and he was obliged to abandon parish work, and seek a change of occupation. In 1870 he became tutor to the son of Dr. and Mrs. Stanhope Speer, with whom he resided, and who were henceforth among his staunchest supporters. A year or two later he was appointed English master in University College School, but increasing ill-health compelled him to retire" in 1899. Towards the close of his life Mr. Moses suffered greatly from depression and kindred nervous disorders. His life as a clergyman and as a schoolmaster was beyond reproach, and his duties were discharged in a way that won respect alike for his intelligence and efficiency.
His attention was first directed to spiritualism by the reading of R. Dale Owen's book on The Debatable Land, in 1872. He attended numerous seances, held by such mediums as Home, and soon afterwards he himself developed powerful mediumistic tendencies, and gave seances to the Speers and a few select friends.

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Moss-Woman The: The Moss or Wood Folk, dwelt in the forests of Southern Germany. Their stature was small and their form strange and uncouth, bearing a strong resemblance to certain trees with which they flourished and decayed. They were a simple, timid, and inoffensive-race, and had little intercourse with mankind; approaching only at rare intervals the lonely cabin of the wood-man or forester, to borrow some article of domestic use, or to beg a little of the food which the good wife was preparing for the family meal. They would also for similar purposes appear to labourers in the fields which lay on the outskirts of the forests. A loan or gift to the Moss-people was always repaid manifold. But the most highly-prized and eagerly-coveted of all mortal gifts was a draught from the maternal breast to their own little ones ; for this they held to be a sovereign remedy for all the ills to which their natures were subject. Yet was it only in the extremity of danger that they could so overcome their natural diffidence and timidity as to ask this boon—for they knew that mortal mothers turned from such nurslings with disgust and fear. It would appear that the Moss or Wood folk also lived in some parts of Scandinavia. Thus we are told that in the churchyard of Store Hedding, in Zealand, there are the-remains of an oak wood which were trees by day and warriors by night.