Outline of spirituality

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to spirituality:

Spirituality – can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality;[1] an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.”[2] Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual's inner life; spiritual experience includes that of connectedness with a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self; with other individuals or the human community; with nature or the cosmos; or with the divine realm.[3]

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Introductory topics [edit]

Eastern [edit]

Esotericism and mysticism [edit]

Shabd paths [edit]

Other topics [edit]

Philosophy and religion [edit]

Paths [edit]

Inner path [edit]

"Inner path", as a spiritual or religious concept, is referred to in:

Left-hand path [edit]

Magic and occult [edit]

Martial arts [edit]

New Age and alternative medicine [edit]

People [edit]

Spiritual and occult practices [edit]

Concentration [edit]

Divination [edit]

Other [edit]

Western [edit]

Esotericism and mysticism [edit]

Organizations [edit]

People [edit]

Rosicrucianism [edit]

Miscellaneous [edit]

Occultism and practical mysticism [edit]

Neopaganism [edit]

Christianity [edit]

Esoteric Christianity [edit]

Egyptian mythology [edit]

Islam [edit]

Sufism [edit]

Judaism [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Ewert Cousins, preface to Antoine Faivre and Jacob Needleman, Modern Esoteric Spirituality, Crossroad Publishing 1992.
  2. ^ Philip Sheldrake, A Brief History of Spirituality, Wiley-Blackwell 2007 p. 1-2
  3. ^ Margaret A. Burkhardt and Mary Gail Nagai-Jacobson, Spirituality: living our connectedness, Delmar Cengage Learning, p. xiii

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