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Napellus
A plant with narcotic properties, with which Van Helmont experimented. He says that, having on one occasion roughly prepared the root, he…
Nastrond
The Scandinavian and Icelandic Hell, said to be of an icy temperature. It lies in the lowest depths of Niflheim; it is a "dark abode far…
Nat
An evil spirit. (See Burma.) N Naylor theological principles of its votaries were concerned, but strongly united in its general principles…
Natsaw
Burmese wizards. (See Burma.) Nature Spirits or Elementals, according to theosophy, have bodies composed of the finer kinds of matter…
Necromancy
Or divination by means of the spirits of the dead, from the Greek words nekros, dead; and manteia, divination. It is through its Italian…
Neoplatonism
A mystical philosophic system initiated by Plotinus of Alexandria A.D. 233, which combined the philosophy of ancient Greece with more…
Nervengeist
(See Psychic Body and Spiritualism.) Neuhusens, Henrichus: (See Rosicrucians.) Nevill, William: (See England.) New Existence of Man upon…
New Thought
A present-day religion which in some of its tenets is akin to Christian Science, or faith-healing. Unlike Christian Science, however, it…
New Zealand
Maori superstitions. Amidst the mythological personages of New Zealand "the spirits of the dead " ever play a very prominent part, and our…
Nganga
Members of the Ndembo Secret Society of the Lower Congo. Nganga-literally "the knowing ones"is a term applied to those who have passed…
Nichusch
Prophetic indication. In accordance with the Kabalistic view that all events and natural happenings have a secret connection, and interact…
Nifelheim
(See Hell.) Night, Mystical, of the Suſis: It was believed by the Sufis that to attain to the coveted state of mystical contemplation, it…
Nightmare
(Old English night and mara, a spectre). A disorder of the digestive functions during sleep, inducing the temporary belief that some animal…
Nagualism – Nif
(See Mexico.) Names, Magical: (See Egypt.) (See Astrology.)