Index of Cults and Religions. By the Staff of Watchman Fellowship, Inc. Introduction. This Index contains brief definitions, descriptions or cross references on over 1,2. Christianity and related doctrines. Watchman Fellowship is a Christian apologetics and discernment ministry thus, many references Jesus, Gospel, Christianity, etc. Watchmans staff. While Watchman Fellowship does not hold to the beliefs of non Christian religions and doctrines, we also attempt to describe these beliefs factually, fairly and accurately. Readers are asked to assist in this effort by suggesting corrections or improvements. This is by no means a complete list of cults and religions. Watchman Fellowship maintains over 1. The absence of a religious movement from this index does not mean that Watchman Fellowship endorses the organization. D D The Standing Stone Pdf. How To Use This Index. Begin your search by clicking on the highlighted letter below that is the first letter of the term for which you are searching or, if your browser will do so, perform a word search for the term. If the term is listed, it will be followed by a brief definition. Most of these definitions contain highlighted words that are linked to the definitions for those words clicking on the highlighted word will take you directly to that definition. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZSome Definitions. By using the terms cult, occult, and New Age, Watchman Fellowship is in no way implying that the followers or leaders are necessarily evil or immoral people. It simply means that such groups seem to promote doctrine or practices which may be considered outside the realm of historic Christianity. Cult. By its primary dictionary definition, the term cult just means a system of religious beliefs or rituals. It is based on a farming term in Latin meaning cultivation. Sociologists and anthropologists sometimes use the term cult to describe religious structure or belief patterns with meanings usually non pejorative unique to their disciplines. In modern usage, the term cult is often used by the general public to describe any religious group they view as strange or dangerous. Thus, cult can describe religious leaders or organizations that employ abusive, manipulative, or illegal control over their followers lives. In addition to these usages, Christians generally have a doctrinal component to their use of the word. Cult in this sense, is a counterfeit or serious deviation from the doctrines of classical Christianity. Watchman Fellowship usually uses the term cult with a Christian or doctrinal definition in mind. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. NZD New Zealand Dollar Latest News, Analysis and Forex. 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Research material and Profile are available. Occult. The term, occult comes from the Latin occultus or hidden. Generally the word is used of secret or mysterious supernatural powers or magical, religious rituals. The word occult in this publication is used to describe any attempt to gain supernatural power or knowledge apart from the God of the Bible. Generally it refers to witchcraft, satanism, neo paganism, or various forms of Psychic discernment astrology, seances, palm reading, etc. Research material available. New Age. New Age is a recent and developing belief system in North America encompassing thousands of autonomous and sometime contradictory beliefs, organizations, and events. Generally the New Age borrows its theology from pantheistic Eastern religions and its practices from 1. Western occultism. The term New Age is used herein as an umbrella term to describe organizations which seem to exhibit one or more of the following beliefs 1 All is one, all reality is part of the whole 2 Everything is God and God is everything 3 Man is God or a part of God 4 Man never dies, but continues to live through reincarnation 5 Man can create his own reality andor values through transformed consciousness or altered states of consciousness. Research material and Profile are available. Index of Cults and Religions. A3. H0 See Healthy, Happy, and Holy. Habits of Highly Effective People A book by Stephen Covey. Aaronic Order, Maurice Glendenning, Murry, UT Splinter group from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints LDS, founded in 1. Glendenning after he was excommunicated by the LDS Church for receiving and publishing revelations later known as the Levitical Writings. Abaddon Hebrew for The Destroyer in Greek, Apollyon A demon described in the Bible as the angel of the bottomless pit Revelation 9 1. Abbey of Thelema, Old Greenwich, CT Esotericmagic, teachings of Aleister Crowley. Abode of the Message, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, New Lebanon, NY Sufism, alchemy, dowsing, meditation to lead to inner attunement, Native American spirituality, sweat lodge. Academy for Guided Imagery, Martin L. Rossman David E. Bresler, Mill Valley, CA Healing by altered states of consciousness, imagery training i. Academy of Religion and Psychical Research, Evanston, IL Organization founded in 1. Christian churches. See Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship, Spiritualism, Divination. Actualism New Age teaching based on panentheism, according to which all human beings possess the divine Christ consciousness and are united with the Mother Father Creator God. Acupressure See Acupuncture. Acupuncture Chinese system of healing using needles or hand pressure acupressure applied to certain points on the body, traditionally believed to balance the yin and yang energies in the body by opening blocked meridians apexes in the pathways. Once the chakras key points or intersections are open, the chi, or energy, supposedly can then flow through the body bringing all things into harmony. While some limited physical effects mostly anesthetic can be attributed to this practice, these effects have scientific, physiological explanations totally unrelated to the mystical explanation, which derives from Taoism. See Holistic Health. Profile available. Adams, Dennis, Mt. Yashica 109 Program Camera. Shasta, CA New Age, man is God. Adelphi Organization, Dallas, TX New Age teachings on Atlantis, karma, seven planes of existence. See Stelle Group. Adeptco, Chuck Mc. Donald, Omaha, NE Yoga, crystals, reincarnation, karma and Kabbalah teachings. Advanced Organization of Los Angeles AOLA Promotes. Scientology philosophy. Advanced Systems, Inc. See Zen Master Rama. Santi Academy Is Rar more. Adventism Widespread trans denominational movement inspired by William Millers prediction that Jesus advent return would take place in 1. Even after the Great Disappointment the dates failure, many people in the movement continued to believe. Some suggested revised chronologies and new dates, eventually forming groups such as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Others, notably Hiram Edson and Ellen G. White, suggested that the 1. Their teachings became the basis of Seventh day Adventism, which eventually spawned its own offshoots, including Armstrongism and the Branch Davidians. Aesthetic Realism Foundation, Eli Seigel, New York Happiness can be achieved through the harmony of opposites, e. Taoism. Educators have criticized the Foundation after public school teachers in New York introduced the philosophy into high school English, biology, and art courses.