Dictionary of Spiritual Terms

  • adaequatio rei et intellectus

    (Language: Latin)

    the intellect (of the knower) must be adequate to the thing (known); (more)

  • anicca

    (Language: Pali)

    impermanence (more)

  • asvarga

    (Language: Sanskrit)

    literally, “non-heavenly”; worldly (more)

  • circa factibilia

    (Language: Latin)

    about things made (more)

  • Cogito ergo Est

    (Language: Latin)

    “I think, therefore Thou (God) art” (more)

  • Cogito ergo sum

    (Language: Latin)

    I think therefore I am; (more)

  • correction du savoir-penser

    (Language: French)

    correctness of thinking (more)

  • crede ut intelligas

    (Language: Latin)

    believe in order to understand (more)

  • Deus absconditus

    (Language: Latin)

    the hidden or transcendent God (more)

  • Deus ex machina

    (Language: Latin)

    god from a machine (more)

  • dharma

    (Language: Sanskrit)

    Truth, Reality, cosmic law, righteousness, virtue (more)

  • docere, delectare, flectere

    (Language: Latin)

    to teach, to delight, and to move (more)

  • docta ignorantia

    (Language: Latin)

    learned ignorance (more)

  • dukkha

    (Language: Sanskrit)

    desire, thirst, craving (more)

  • duo sunt in homine

    (Language: Latin)

    “there are two (natures) in man,” (more)

  • entasis

    (Language: Latin)

    a slight convexity in an upright shaft (more)

  • ex nihilo fit

    (Language: Latin)

    made or created out of nothing (more)

  • factibile

    (Language: Latin)

    a work of art, i.e., what the artist creates (more)

  • Fons vitae

    (Language: Latin)

    the fountain of Life (more)

  • forma humanitatis

    (Language: Latin)

    literally, the “form of humanity”; complete human nature (more)

  • integritas sive perfectio

    (Language: Latin)

    integrity (accuracy) and perfection (more)

  • intellige ut credas

    (Language: Latin)

    understand in order to believe (more)

  • karma-yogin

    (Language: Sanskrit)

    poet, seer, sage (more)

  • kavi

    (Language: Sanskrit)

    poet, seer, sage (more)

  • krama-mukti

    (Language: Sanskrit)

    gradual, or deferred, liberation (more)

  • laborare est orare

    (Language: Latin)

    work is prayer (more)

  • le symbolisme qui cherche

    (Language: French)

    a symbolism that is seeking (more)

  • le symbolisme qui sait

    (Language: French)

    a symbolism that knows (more)

  • Lex aeterna

    (Language: Latin)

    Eternal law; cf. dharma. (more)

  • lex naturalis

    (Language: Latin)

    natural law (more)

  • Maya in divinis

    (Language: Sanskrit)

    Literally, “illusion (from the Sanskrit māyā) within or among divine things (from the Latin in divinis” (more)

  • moksha

    (Language: Sanskrit)

    liberation from the round of birth and death (samsāra) (more)

  • mors janua vitae

    (Language: Latin)

    death is the gate to life (more)

  • Mutatis mutandis

    (Language: Latin)

    more or less literally, “with necessary changes being made” or “with necessary changes being taken into consideration” (more)

  • ouk on Theos

    (Language: Greek)

    the God who is not (more)

  • per artem et ex voluntate

    (Language: Latin)

    by his craft (skill) and his will (more)

  • probare, delectare, movere

    (Language: Latin)

    to recommend, to love, to move (more)

  • rationem artis

    (Language: Latin)

    the meaning of art (more)

  • secundum rectam rationem artis

    (Language: Latin)

    according to the correct understanding of art (more)

  • secundum rem

    (Language: Latin)

    according to the thing itself (more)

  • sophia perennis

    (Language: Greek)

    “Perennial Wisdom”; the eternal, non-formal Truth at the heart of all orthodox religious traditions (more)

  • splendor Veritatis

    (Language: Latin)

    splendor of the True (more)

  • sub rationem dicendi sive intelligendi

    (Language: Latin)

    according to the reasons (understanding) taught and understood (more)

  • sub specie aeternitatis

    (Language: Latin)

    under the aspect of eternity (more)

  • Summum Bonum

    (Language: Latin)

    the Highest or Supreme Good (more)

  • vox populi vox Dei

    (Language: Latin)

    the voice of the people is the voice of God (more)

  • werden was du bist

    (Language: German)

    become what you are (more)