| 单词 | spiritual being |
| 例句 | It’s a church in which people believe they are immortal spiritual beings.” ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2, Episode 4: Your Roaring Twenties 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z “We used to really think that we were spiritual beings,” he once said of the Ferus artists in his typically unfiltered fashion. Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z My physical, emotional, and spiritual beings were completely blending with the sur- roundings. "You never forget spotting your first mushroom in a Finnish forest": My day with the Mushroom Queen 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z In Christian art, literature, and spirituality, beliefs in evil spiritual beings have informed, and been informed by, xenophobia and antipathy toward particular groups. Lil Nas X’s dance with the devil evokes tradition of resisting, mocking religious demonization 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z As the only earthly creature, besides chiefs, to convene with the gods, honeycreepers and honeyeaters were by default spiritual beings, and their feathers were coveted finds. De Young Museum reveals a precious resource in 'Royal Hawaiian Featherwork' 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Now in the Four Quartets, Eliot was centring his spiritual being in his ancestral village of East Coker where the ghosts of the related dead were timelessly present. Adam Foulds salutes Romantic Moderns, winner of the Guardian first book award 2010-12-02T14:09:00Z Scientology teaches followers they're immortal spiritual beings who live on after death. Niece of Scientology leader plans tell-all book 2012-09-25T02:16:04Z They aren’t fully emotional or spiritual beings, but walking problems, as metaphorical as Ivan’s falcons and, like this movie, much tamer than they look. Review: ‘Aloft’ Trains an Eagle Eye on Human Misery 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z And Reichs weaves in a quotation from the French priest-philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” ‘Speaking in Bones’ review: A forensics expert on the trail of a missing teen 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z How reliant we are on the physical aspects of our spiritual being. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘The Mind of God’ 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z There is also eerie poignancy in the way spiritual beings hover around Boonmee as they sense his impending transition to another world. Thai Cannes winner steeped in spiritualism 2010-05-24T01:42:00Z I think we are spiritual beings and I think we do during our lives experience multiple calls, which is a deeper voice speaking to us. "As a Woman" author Paula Stone Williams: I was "unaware of my male privilege" until transition 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z In a voice that resounds like a prophet’s, Caldwell’s Ester leads Citizen back in time to the bottom of the sea and from there to the root of his spiritual being. 'Gem of the Ocean' at South Coast Rep: August Wilson provides ritual healing in a devastating revival 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z I consider myself a spiritual being first, a human being second, a woman third, and fourth is pretty ... or ugly! Erykah Badu 'I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist' 2010-03-24T11:48:00Z Without Scientology, you are gonna degrade into a mindless slug of a spiritual being. HGTV: Winning the war for gay marriage 2012-05-17T16:00:00Z We may be spiritual beings, but we suffer the conditions of material reality. Bill Viola’s New Video Project Is a Rebirth of Sorts 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Long ago the islanders considered puppets to be spiritual beings with magic powers to vanquish bad fortune. Distinguished Japanese puppet theater to visit Seattle 2013-08-14T19:32:33Z The movie paints a future in which robots are sentient, emotional and even spiritual beings who’ve been integrated into human society as co-workers, assistants, civil servants and romantic partners. An AI nukes Hollywood in 'The Creator.' The movie's director has thoughts about that 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z She considers it an integral part of her spiritual being and her connection to the river. New Zealand river’s personhood status offers hope to Māori 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z The totem poles often are said to be a “spiritual being” and are considered sacred symbols of a tribe, clan or a family tradition. Lummi Nation totem pole arrives in D.C. after journey to sacred lands across U.S. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z The totem poles often are said to be a “spiritual being” and are considered sacred symbols of a tribe, clan or a family tradition, experts said. Native Americans are transporting a 5,000-pound totem pole to D.C. from the Pacific Northwest 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z From a health perspective, fasting must be done properly to keep the physical being in shape while the spiritual being sacrifices, reflects and seeks closer proximity to God. Kentucky Muslims suggest foods for after Ramadan fasts 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z “We’re taught he’s a spiritual being — he can see through you, he knows all your sins, he can absolve you of your sins,” said Duran, 25. Alleged groomer of teen victims in La Luz del Mundo sex abuse case says she was victim too 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z He is a very spiritual being, and I felt he was the right one to help me do this. Tori Amos: 'Once the wig was on, I allowed the character to take over. I think my husband quite liked it' 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z There was no way the Golf Gods, Greek Gods or any other spiritual being was going to keep Tiger Woods from winning a fourth consecutive major. 23 things you might not remember from the final round of the 2001 Masters - Golf Digest 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Manipulating the molecules in our bodies perturbs the ways we relate to one another as social and spiritual beings, reshaping our sense of what lives are worthy of care. Should We Alter the Human Genome? Let Democracy Decide 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z She said: “I believe very much that each of us is a spiritual being, and that’s how I see the world.” Evangelist sought prayer for yoga-practicing Oregon governor 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z She added, “It’s so beautiful that it’s here amidst all these buildings of commerce. Because I think we all need to remember sometimes we are spiritual beings, we’re not just business people.” NYC’s historic Trinity Church to partially close for 2 years 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z We are spiritual beings on a human journey. Bodies Remodeled for a Life at Sea 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Looking back, she said, he presented himself as a messiah to whom she surrendered her “spiritual being.” This Manson family member is the longest-serving woman in California prisons. Will she get parole? 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z “It’s just planet Earth that has spiritual beings in need of redemption,” said Hugh Ross, an astrophysicist who founded Reasons to Believe, a ministry that seeks to show that science supports Christian scripture. Could Aliens Have Souls That Need Saving? 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The American Heritage Dictionary defines Satan as “a powerful spiritual being” in Abrahamic religions, “the tempter and persecutor of humanity, sometimes considered as an angel who rebelled against God and became the Devil.” Alaska editorials 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z "It became part of our spiritual being. We want to return the buffalo." Descendants of a bison herd captured and sent to Canada more than 140 years ago will be relocated to a Montana American Indian reservation next month 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Bears are powerful spiritual beings that, in mythology, interact with everyone from the most powerful shamans to the most defenceless orphans. The polar bears are coming to town - BBC News 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The same holds true for other culturally sensitive sites nearby, such as a place called Devil’s Canyon “where the spiritual beings that represent healing live,” Grant says. Planned Arizona copper mine would put a hole in Apache archaeology 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z But it’s worth remembering that Zehaf-Bibeau talked not just about an external battle but an internal struggle with demons, spiritual beings he felt had a real existence. The Line Between Terrorism and Mental Illness 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z None of the volunteers in his study actually reported seeing Jesus or any other spiritual being, Lee said. Ig Nobel prizes provide fun fodder online 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z They’re legal constructs, not spiritual beings, nor even, for that matter, atheists. The conservative case against Hobby Lobby 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z “God not only cares about our spiritual being, he cares about our physical being as well.” Racing to Deadline, White House Plays to Young in Health Care Push 2014-03-19T16:41:35Z By searching for ways to create your own personal mantra or find existing mantras that resonate with your spiritual being, you increase your positive energy before you even speak them. Positive Energy: the Most Valuable Currency You Have 2013-10-31T15:05:00Z Some masons are atheists, he says, although they have to sign up to meetings which pray to a spiritual being, which seems a bit odd. The freemasons who allow women to join 2013-04-30T06:59:01Z But apart from physiological reasons there seems to be a more fundamental component to giving, one that lifts us from mere survivors to the realization of us as connected and spiritual beings. How Giving Brings You To The Top Of The Pyramid 2012-05-31T13:37:30Z The old Roman catalogue of spiritual beings, abstractions as they were, who guarded life in minute detail, is a long one. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Never before, do we believe, since the advent of Christianity, did any king or conqueror profess such a barefaced contempt for the deepest feelings of a Christian soul—the freedom of his spiritual being! The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Surely it does not seem probable that any spiritual being would take part in such performances. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z I never believed spiritual beings to be omnipotent, omnipresent, nor omniscient. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z The ether or spirit world is not within our immediate view; and it is probable that the material world is far away from purely spiritual beings. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z “The natural man,” says Hegel92, “sees in the woman flesh of his flesh: the moral and spiritual man sees spirit of his spirit in the moral and spiritual being and by its means.” Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z With exquisite choice of gesture, and disposition of folds of drapery, this mode of treatment gives perhaps the best idea of spiritual beings which the human mind is capable of forming. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Not as a demand of sentiment, not as a right under liberty, not as a conclusion from American institutions, but as the spiritual prerogative of the spiritual being. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z And there are equally primitive myths in which mankind is created out of the trees or the earth by an external agent, varying in importance from a grasshopper to a more or less spiritual being. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z It would seem from this that they are not simply spiritual beings, but organized on a physical basis. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z The school thus does much to change the pupil from a natural being to a spiritual being. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z And there is no account and no evidence of any invisible or spiritual being ever presenting itself to him but an angel or spirit. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z To a heathen reading the Gospel, the words, “Do this in commemoration of Me,” might be an enigma; while to a Christian they carried the power of which his whole spiritual being was the growth. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z The dominion of a spiritual being constitutes him God; true dominion, true God; supreme dominion, supreme God; imaginary dominion, imaginary God. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z It is so with the inner world of man's spiritual being, which has its facts as well as the outer and material. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z He was in earnest; and though his prayer was not spoken, it moved his soul down to the depths of his spiritual being. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z God was, to him, a spiritual being, alive, vital, flowing in every mode. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Of this the main parts were the discipline and direction of the whole spiritual being which the sacraments embraced. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z The theologian knows, then, a true moral universe, with a unity which is that of the close personal, mutual relations of like-minded spiritual beings. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z The result upon his spiritual being when he learned of it had been no less disastrous. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z As to reconciliation proper,—in the heavens, meaning by that, among spiritual beings who dwell in that realm, it is clear there can be no question of it. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z He was not a little anxious to know who the new-comer was—whether a human or spiritual being, for if the latter, he had a curiosity to inspect it. No title 2011-08-23T02:00:29.833Z I know by an instinct infallible that I am a spiritual being, separate from this material. The Key to Success 2011-08-13T02:00:28.033Z This last fortnight has shaken to its very foundation the whole fabric of my spiritual being,—thank God! not to displace a single fibre of the fabric. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z The parable would not apply to spiritual beings, if we could conceive such, whose qualities and character were unalterable. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z It occurs, too, at a period of life whose chief business is the transformation of a thing of nature into a spiritual being. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z You have sucked all my spiritual being with its concomitants out of me, and cannot put it back again. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He then recounts what he thinks may have occurred to Hallam, when translated through various stages of spiritual being; and he repeats his sorrowful regrets for his loss. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z The devil is the author of this bodily creation; whatsoever is material comes from him; while God, the good god, is purely spiritual and does not create anything but spiritual beings. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z He recalls them from what is worldly and ephemeral, from gradations of precedence and authority, to what constitutes the real greatness of a spiritual being, his favour in God's sight. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z "Streams of influence imply spiritual beings, and movements of thought must come from thinkers." Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z But the true challenge for the dance shoe, much like that of the spiritual being seeking enlightenment, is the expansion of the sole. Dining and Dancing 2011-06-09T11:45:02.453Z Revelation proclaims God is a spirit and man is a spirit, and after death man in his spiritual being shall live on forever. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Obviously, spiritual beings, of whatever quality, are generally dependent, for any manifestation to the outer world, on one or more of a class of mortals possessing special properties or susceptibilities. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Kelley was a person of considerable fancy, which sometimes approached to a poetical imagination; the masquerade of his spiritual beings is remarkable for its fanciful minuteness. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It is sufficient for my purpose to sum up the result in the expressions which I have already used; that man is an intellectual, moral, religious, and spiritual being. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z The Jewish god, Jahveh, it must be understood, was not a spiritual being, although it is sometimes pretended that he was. Nature and the Gods From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:33.907Z And then He added the third, the oracles of Divine truth, to instruct His spiritual atom, man, in the essential truths of life, spiritual being and moral perfection. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z It has been the reporters, and not the utterers, of descriptive accounts of spiritual beings who have made use of the terms “devil,” “satan,” and the like. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z All this warped the girl's spiritual being and imperiled the beauty of her countenance, for at times it mingled the lettering of its presence with the charms of her face. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z You can therefore see in the myriad ages of future time with this law, all the while actively working, how inexpressibly refined and sublimated will become spiritual beings and spiritual essences. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z Hence moral certainty can exist only where the harmony of the spiritual being is preserved. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z We are conscious that we think, feel, will; and as consciousness is a mental or spiritual perception, man must be a spiritual being. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The personal observers of spiritual beings have never been accustomed to designate them by bad names. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The serpent being regarded as a superior being, the word denotes a special kind of spiritual beings; a sage, a man of spiritual insight; any superior personality. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z It would be quite as difficult for the mind to comprehend spiritual being, if without this consciousness, as for the blind to understand the beauties of light. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Thus, the essence of God, the essence of a purely spiritual being, the essence of the human soul, are physically simple; the essence of man, the essences of all corporeal beings, are physically composite. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z It is possible to discover at least four definite orders of spiritual beings who have crystallized out from the amorphous mass of animistic Deities. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z There is no absolute isolation or independency possible for a spiritual being. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z Some change as cataclysmic as his experience of the night before above the Dog Star itself took place in his spiritual being. Palos of the Dog Star Pack 2011-03-20T02:00:36.067Z The permanent condition of a spiritual being after separation from the physical form must be that of the most perfect and delicately sensitive. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z For instance, simple spiritual beings, like the human soul, have no material cause, nor any formal cause or constitutive principle distinct from their essence. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z Her whole spiritual being was absorbed in it: earth did not signify: she did not and could not understand why it was not always the same with her little boy. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Possibly, with respect to the coming day, man understands as little as did the spiritual beings with respect to present day conditions. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z Yet his rest became presently broken into by spiritual beings hovering around in the grove, anxious to point out his future. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z It is after this great event that the spiritual being, formed from attenuated substance, far beyond the horizon of the most ethereal known to the senses, is free from the environments of the physical body. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z It is only in a wider and improper sense that these terms are sometimes applied to activity of whatsoever kind, even of spiritual beings. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z Not a moment must be lost, for he felt through every sense of his mortal and spiritual being that Agnes was calling him. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z It is one of the rewards of intelligent development, that we may be to other spiritual beings, what our God has been to us. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z Some people experience rich narratives in which they meet spiritual beings and are given messages. "Skin cell gun" regenerates cells in days 2011-02-05T01:05:00Z The second explanation is that of the interference of spiritual beings, who impress their thoughts on the mind of the Captain in the same manner. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z As the finite sense of Deity, based on material conceptions of spiritual being, yields its grosser elements, we shall learn what God is, and what God does. The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity 2011-01-28T03:00:24.470Z They are regarded as representing real spiritual beings, saints and angels. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z Gods and fairies are spiritual beings; hence only the spiritual part of man can be delivered over to them. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The mind-set it gave me has dominated my physical and spiritual being. Ruth Park, Australian Realist Author, Dies at 93 2011-01-01T21:30:23Z The nervous system, in its two-fold relation to the physical and spiritual being, is inconceivably more finely organized than the most perfect musical instrument, and is possessed of finer sensitiveness. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Her whole physical and spiritual being were with the sick baby, and Joe swallowed hard. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z The established form, then, in which, from the beginning, spiritual beings have visibly appeared, was conformable to that assigned to the human race; insomuch that such beings were never otherwise discernible to the human eye. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z It was the opinion that the Tylwyth Teg were a real race of invisible or spiritual beings living in an invisible world of their own. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z "We are spiritual beings looking for human experiences." In death, the ultimate gift to others 2010-09-16T04:01:00Z Manichaeans, again, holding their spiritual being to be unaffected by the action of matter, regarded carnal sins as being, at worst, forms of bodily disease. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" His whole mental and spiritual being rose and fell on the billows of indecision. The Cottage of Delight A Novel But she knew that Martin had impregnated her spiritual being with the germ of life as truly as she felt her book to be his child. Cinderella Jane Though this be the true explanation of the phenomenon itself, it only proves the attribution of cause to be wrong, and not the underlying animistic conception of spiritual beings. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z There are therefore intermediate spiritual beings, who, as the ministers of God, created and control the world. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy We have now to examine a singular form of the myth, in which the strange bride is not a fairy, or spiritual being, but an animal. Custom and Myth New Edition It is the tone which spiritualizes and quickens the thought; and it is the main object in reading, to spiritualize and quicken thought, to bring it into relation with the spiritual being of the hearer. The Voice and Spiritual Education An aim which is to ride dominant over every call, an aim for which all hindrances are to be cast aside, must needs have a spiritual nature, if it is to satisfy a spiritual being. What a Man Wills My brother, a physician, had been equally sceptical until he saw, near our home at Listowel, similar lights containing spiritual beings and was obliged to admit the genuineness of the phenomena. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The animals are peaceful and satisfied to browse, and eat, and lie down and sleep; they are in their rightful environment, but we as spiritual beings are wandering adrift. A Question of Marriage This battle, let me remark, is described in the literature of both countries, and in both descriptions there are omens and spiritual beings such as signalise the epic of Homer. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde Will the persons who peruse, and are amused, perhaps fascinated, by them, become more noble, more exalted, more spiritual beings, than they were before? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Judaism, on the contrary, asserts that God is beyond comparison with mankind; He is a purely spiritual being without form or image, and therefore utterly unlike man. Jewish Theology But ever since that night I have frequently seen, both in Ireland and in England, similar lights with spiritual beings in them.’ The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z No. Just as truly as a man's bodily forces are drawn from sources outside himself, so his spiritual being depends on sources and motives beyond himself. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition Referring in terms of emphatic condemnation to Simps as an individual, and assigning his spiritual being to a warmer climate, he ordered him to "draw up his bowels." The Story of the Raising and Organization of a Regiment of Volunteers in 1862 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the District of Columbia, War Papers 46 But above all, he trained and educated to an admirable degree the higher moral sentiments of his spiritual being. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin You never will be able to understand the hidden mystery of your own spiritual life and spiritual being until you use the Word of God to help you to solve the mystery. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul The djinns, on the contrary, are described as tall spiritual beings possessing great power. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z What you ascribe to the effect of these licentious images of the poet, is nothing but an impulse towards an union with a spiritual being of another region, which results from your happily constituted organisation. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors The question still remains; are there no spiritual beings but men? St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition But to the possessor the something more, it may be said, is the fact that it is not merely an "inanimate" but also a spirit, or the habitation of a spiritual being. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion The mesmerist told us that, in this highest grade, the subject was a wholly spiritual being, had completely stripped off the body, and was utterly insensible to physical pain. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. These races, through a natural anthropomorphic process, came to be identified with the spirits of the dead and with other spiritual beings to whom the monuments were dedicated and at which they were worshipped. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z How can the religious conception of the world justify itself and maintain its freedom in face of such views of spirit and spiritual being? Naturalism And Religion Only as he becomes a spiritual being through mystical union with Christ can he escape death and enjoy eternal life in the spiritual realm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The simple fact is that he who is to receive a name—whether he be a human being or a spiritual being—must be there in order to be named. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion It was the power or gift of receiving and understanding revelation, which finally culminated in the direct unveiled vision of God and the transformation of the whole man into spiritual being by contact with Him. The Gnôsis of the Light A rise in culture often results in an increase in the number of spiritual beings with whom man surrounds himself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" It has been universal to all tribes, for even the lowest have some form of religious belief—at least, a belief in spiritual beings. History of Human Society But communications with spiritual beings rest on no better foundation than communication with Satan. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development From this period on, man was no longer a possible spiritual being, but a “natural” man. Christ, Christianity and the Bible The help that such great spiritual beings have given mankind is incalculable and altogether beyond what we are able to comprehend. Elementary Theosophy The incubus and succubus of the middle ages are sometimes regarded as spiritual beings; but they were held to give very real proof of their bodily existence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" While recognizing that there is no complete definition of religion, he holds that "belief in spiritual beings" is a minimum definition which will apply to all religions, and, indeed, about the only one that will. History of Human Society Or, to return to Tylor's definition of religion, seeing that the belief in spiritual beings has persisted in every generation, upon what kind of evidence has this belief been nourished? Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development He did not like to talk about spiritual beings. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion For a spiritual being as such is one who can only save his life by losing it in a wider life, one who must die to himself in order that he may live. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 We are living in an age of earnest inquiry and enhanced knowledge in respect to ourselves as spiritual beings, and that great and wonderful Universe of Spirit to which we are inseparably allied. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex In matter it is the consistency of bodies, the harmony of sounds;—with spiritual beings, it is their love, happiness, and life in God. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The supreme necessity of the soul before being filled with love is to maintain the will of the whole spiritual being in conformity with the Will of God. The Prodigal Returns That no certain rule on this point can be given, nor any demonstrative argument formed, for want of knowing perfectly the nature and extent of the power of the spiritual beings in question. 5th. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. To their minds all the powers of nature, especially those that are mysterious and terrible, were conceived of as living and spiritual beings. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial This theory supposes that the works of Jesus were performed by the aid of spiritual beings. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The Protestant considers God as a spiritual being, and, as such, incomprehensible, the only object of worship, the only p. 103fountain of grace and pardon. Roman Catholicism in Spain If we are spiritual beings, it is impossible that we should hold ourselves neutral and stand apart from those forces that are in conflict. Heart Talks The heathen nations around recognized also the hosts both of the stars and of spiritual beings, but the first they took as the manifestations of the second, whom they counted as divinities. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture But the man must look upon the woman as a spiritual being and not think of her only for what her material form stands for. A California Girl If there be any dwarfed condition of the spiritual being in any part it will be less sensible to God's touch. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity We see that Progress is the essential and therefore eternal form of life and spiritual being, which endows it everywhere with worth and substance. Progress and History I felt as though I conversed with some spiritual being—some superior mind, who comprehended all. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West But their special function is to treat man as a spiritual being having immediate personal relations with the deity. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV In short because they are spiritual beings like men. A California Girl At the same time it will also entertain the other more natural desire of a spiritual substance to join the other spiritual beings in the other world. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Man is essentially a spiritual being, and, even in this life, he has many of the spiritual capacities which are to be unfolded in the higher life. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 This larger self is in all probability a perfect and eternal spiritual being integral to the being of God. The New Theology She cannot rise any higher in man as an intelligent animal, so she rises in higher form in man as a spiritual being, capable of spiritual appreciation and of spiritual communion with her. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Compelled by I know not what fatal astral attraction, perhaps the subtle affinity of the creature for the creator, the spectral shells, moved by some mysterious mechanics of spiritual being, pursued me with fatuous fury. Humorous Ghost Stories An unmoved mover cannot be corporeal, hence he is the spiritual being whom we call God. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Meantime, the soul of man, a spiritual being dwelling in a material body on the physical plane, is seeking real knowledge of spiritual things. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology He looks at man always as a spiritual being. Pascal As an authority says: "In time, the soul sees that a spiritual being cannot be nourished on inferior food, and that any joy short of union with the Divine must be illusionary." Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect It carries to the mind of the philosopher the evidence, absolute, that it is the "material man," and the dwelling place his of spiritual being. Philosophy of Osteopathy Surely my memory, my irresistible conviction of personal identity with my past makes it abundantly clear that "I" am a mysterious unchanging spiritual being behind this ever changing brain. The Gospel of the Hereafter When in its natural brightness, the spiritual being of man reflects that glory as in a mirror. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 This opening of the spiritual being to spiritual influences is what you call mediumship. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers But the Romanticists, who followed close upon Fichte, were dissatisfied with so hard and exclusive a conception of spiritual being. The Approach to Philosophy First the material body, second the spiritual being, third a being of mind which is far superior to all vital motions and material forms, whose duty is to wisely manage this great engine of life. Philosophy of Osteopathy That in five thousand years that spiritual being looking out from behind the mask of your face to-day will be living still, and feeling still, and thinking still. The Gospel of the Hereafter She seemed some pure, spiritual being, which had left its ethereal home and come to earth to make the world brighter and better by its presence. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The trend of thought to-day is to show man a spiritual being in a spiritual universe, that death is merely transition. War and the Weird The immediate effect of Christianity was to introduce into philosophy as one of its cardinal doctrines the theory of a spiritual being, constituting the true self of the individual, and separable from the body. The Approach to Philosophy The truth is that the spiritual being has no past. The Atonement and the Modern Mind They wanted to worship God by and through the workings of His spirit and power in their spiritual beings. An Interpretation of Friends Worship Indeed we see that the daimons, i.e., spiritual beings, and the gods themselves, needed explaining. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity In that soul is some fine Marconi-like instrument which registers impressions, and from time to time receives spiritual warnings and perceives spiritual beings. War and the Weird In fact, if these relations were withdrawn, if we could attain to perfect indifference to our fellows, our life as human and spiritual beings would that instant cease. Practical Ethics Many things may be had more precious and fine than the body, but all of them have no proportion to a spiritual being. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning What formerly was a separated and contrary part, becomes the instrument of expression of the resurrected spiritual being. An Interpretation of Friends Worship This is the fundamental principle of healing—this recognition of spiritual being and spiritual law. The Right Knock A Story He is the man who has felt the touch of spiritual beings, the call of Heavenly things, and we have to explain him. War and the Weird We must not make the mistake of imagining we become spiritual beings only by death. The Life Radiant It is hard to draw any hard-and-fast line, and say: "This is due to powers within our own being, and this is due to external spiritual beings!" The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal For spiritual beings we do take with singular heartiness to the soil and spoils of this present world. A Circuit Rider's Wife The moment a person realizes his oneness with the Infinite Spirit he recognizes himself as a spiritual being, and no longer as a mere physical, material being. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty The appearances of spiritual beings give but scant opportunity for examination but serious investigation has now taken the place of cheap sneering. War and the Weird We are spiritual beings now and here, and our real life is, even in the present, in the spiritual world, and carried on by means of spiritual forces. The Life Radiant In this realm, as in that of the intellect, the process of education consists in developing a spiritual being out of a natural being. The Education of American Girls For, after all, man is a spiritual being, and not a mere living money-bag jumping from profit to profit, and breaking the backbone of human races in its financial leapfrog. Creative Unity I then as spirit, I a spiritual being, can in my own real nature admit of no disease. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty The old Greeks and Latins were acute thinkers, yet they believed in spiritual beings and their appearances. War and the Weird Man is primarily and permanently a spiritual being, and only incidentally and temporarily a physical being. The Life Radiant B. That man is a soul, a spiritual being. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The highest mission of education is to help us to realise the inner principle of the unity of all knowledge and all the activities of our social and spiritual being. Creative Unity The highest end of God, as moral and spiritual, is fulfilled by the constitution and education of spiritual beings like Himself, and in laying down the conditions which are necessary for their existence and perfecting. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics It is that higher endowment by which man is a spiritual being, and therefore has an affinity to God. The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate State Now the spiritual being who is released from the physical body is infinitely more sensitive to impression, more responsive to mental call, than was possible in conditions here. The Life Radiant The so-called spiritual beings are as definitely embodied as man. Milton He was imbued with Eastern mysticism, and held that the air is full of spiritual beings who send dreams to men, and health or disease to mankind and to the lower animals. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine Upon this foundation our spiritual being is built; upon this foundation our social welfare rests. Education and the Higher Life But when we turn in upon ourselves we meet a universe ten thousand times more wonderful and glorious, yet wrapt in the deep mystery of spiritual being. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. It is to realize one's self as a spiritual being, here and now, and an inhabitant of the spiritual world. The Life Radiant The ghosts are the substantial creations of the popular fancy, which no longer nourished itself upon a genuine faith in a more lofty order of spiritual beings. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) The deity, no longer identified with nature, becomes a personal, spiritual being, the creator of mankind; and the end of the world's development is conceived as the triumph of the good. A Comparative View of Religions However, ghosts of the dead are not the only spiritual beings with whom these people are acquainted. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia We are spiritual beings, and made for spiritual exercises. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. He has but to assert his own pre-eminence as a spiritual being with spiritual powers. The Life Radiant Goethe's homage to Personality, to the full spiritual being of man, is of this degree, and is a soul of eloquence in his book. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 This renewal of the sources which water the roots of his spiritual being becomes an imperative necessity to a man when he has exhausted the sources which tradition supplies. Essays on Scandinavian Literature An instance of the manner in which Milton endows spiritual beings with personality without making them too distinct. Milton's Comus But the flesh, that is the human nature created by God, appears depreciated, because it was reckoned as something unsuitable for Christ, and foreign to him as a spiritual being. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Principles and laws fixed for man as a spiritual being, 197-m. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry He is a spiritual being, but he is not a spirit. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology And if a human life, with its spiritual being, were limited to this earthly span, then what would be the harvest of creation? Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá But in his spiritual being and intelligence man dominates and controls nature, the ruler of his physical being. The Promulgation of Universal Peace Christ, the divine spiritual being, is sent by the Father from heaven to earth, and of his own free will he obediently takes this mission upon himself. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) And he has likewise fixed and certain laws and principles as a spiritual being. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry When the Lord Christ came He spread the light of the Holy Spirit on all around Him, and His disciples and all who received His illumination became enlightened, spiritual beings. Paris Talks My whole spiritual being seemed exalted to the clouds, yet restrained by some galling chain from the heaven it sought to enter. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Thus the rainbow is personified; a waterfall is supposed to be haunted by spiritual beings; a volcano with fiery crater is seen as a Cyclops with one flaming eye in the centre of his forehead. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life In the case of all spiritual beings, life in the body or flesh is at bottom an inadequate and unsuitable condition, for the spirit is eternal, the flesh perishable. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) All spiritual beings are the same in kind with the Supreme Spirit…. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Man is, in reality, a spiritual being, and only when he lives in the spirit is he truly happy. Paris Talks The bread "is the great truth of spiritual being, healing the sick" and the breaking of it the "explaining" it to others. Modern Religious Cults and Movements As with the early Saracens, it is often some one great idea or principle which—for the time at least—determines the whole current of a nation's mental and spiritual being. Platform Monologues In the case of those Christologies which start with Christ as the heavenly spiritual being, it is found in the belief in an actual incarnation. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) He knew to-night that his whole spiritual being was made simply of two elements: of love, which is a white flame in a man like Drennen; of jealousy, which is a black shadow. Wolf Breed In religion there was a pantheon of gods established and worshipped from the earliest ages, but these gods were more like epitomes of Greek ideals than spiritual beings. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Do not allow the modern conception of religion as gloom and denial to keep you from that which is your right as a spiritual being, the strength, joy and beauty of the divine life. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals Only a simple and spiritual being, the rational soul, can form ideas. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence A docetic thought, however, lies in the assertion that the spiritual being Christ only assumed human flesh, however much the reality of the flesh may be emphasised. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) There was thus added to man's world of things a second world of spiritual beings who animated and swayed the things. Nature Mysticism This is peculiar to the spiritual world; for there all are spiritual beings. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence The child thereby becomes a spiritual being instead of a mere pig. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners It is in this way that much of our knowledge of various objects and scenes in nature, of historical events and characters, and of spiritual beings is obtained. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education Because you are a moral and spiritual being, God’s Spirit exercises over you a moral power which He does not exercise over the plants and animals. Westminster Sermons with a Preface He discussed in tones problems of man's life and destiny, ever displaying sublime faith that Fate, however cruel, is powerless to crush the spiritual being, the real individuality. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music For his mind, which in itself is spiritual, cannot be anywhere but among spiritual beings, of whom he becomes one after death. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence There exists no means of causing to proceed from nature, or from matter, the attributes of the spiritual being. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism He becomes, as it were, a spiritual being. China and the Chinese His way of knowing his people was by learning their outward as well as their inner lives, their physical and also their spiritual being. The Harbor Master Do we find more probabilities for believing in a spiritual being than for believing in the existence of a stick without two ends? Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense It needs one day free from the life that tears its members apart, free from the toil that engrosses thought, free for its members to live together as spiritual beings. Religious Education in the Family Gentlemen, Man is not a simple product of nature; in vain does he labor to degrade himself by desiring to find the explanation of his spiritual being in matter brought gradually to perfection. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism And still further, scarcely any one at this day knows what the spiritual is, and still less that spiritual beings, as all spirits and angels are, have any human form. Heaven and its Wonders and Hell But the free, spiritual being which alone is true, alone powerful, alone eternal, was already awake in Nekhludoff. The Awakening The Resurrection This was the beginning of a courtship, not the less sweet because it had been postponed for so long; not the less real, from the fact that the man and the woman were spiritual beings. Added Upon A Story Are we moral and spiritual beings, or are we not? Is Life Worth Living? Nature is made for the spiritual beings to which it offers the condition of their life and development; spiritual beings are made for felicity. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism We are not spiritual beings only, we are animals, and whatever nature has done for other animals we may expect it to have done and to be doing for us. The Relations Between Religion and Science Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 However great the difference between that which he was and that which he wished to be, for the awakened spiritual being everything was possible. The Awakening The Resurrection A group of spiritual beings was eagerly engaged in conversation, and from out that group he heard the voice of one answering Marie's question. Added Upon A Story The persecution and pain they inflicted on these holy and spiritual beings were regarded by them as means unto salvation, prosperity, and everlasting success. The Kitáb-i-Íqán Confucius said, 'respect spiritual beings but keep them at a distance.' Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 For the early English farmer, the world around was full of spiritual beings, half divine, half devilish. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain His true self he then considered his spiritual being; now, his healthy, vigorous, animal self was his true ego. The Awakening The Resurrection The powers of night and moon and desert sand married with points in the fluid stream of his inmost spiritual being that knew and welcomed them. Four Weird Tales According to their views the spiritual being can never attain the perfection of which he is susceptible so long as he remains connected with his present corporeal organization. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Moreover, Divine love is felt as fire by spiritual beings. Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom But all are not conscious of themselves as spiritual beings and children of eternity, and many come slowly to that consciousness. The Ascent of the Soul There were tears in his eyes when he said these things—tears of joy—on the awakening within him of that spiritual being, and tears of emotion over his own virtue. The Awakening The Resurrection "The subjects on which the Master did not talk were ... disorder and spiritual beings." Preaching and Paganism Man, as a spiritual being, incarnate in an animal body, takes this great law of sex which we have seen running through the animated creation, and lifts it into the moral and the spiritual. The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis Therefore the spiritual sun by its heat vivifies spiritual beings and renews spiritual objects. Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom Is not the presence of one spiritual being a demonstration of a greater Spirit somewhere? The Ascent of the Soul For the doing of God's will there must be spiritual beings, like ourselves. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII What method have we yet to serve the spontaneous or spiritual being? what culture, art, society, worship, in which his need and power are so much as recognized? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 He saw in Christianity, rightly conceived, at once the true explanation of our spiritual being and the remedy for its disorder. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant He said that "To give one's self to the duties due to men and while respecting spiritual beings to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji Possibly we may be, individually, under the care of spiritual beings who are appointed for that service. The Ascent of the Soul There might, he thought, be Page 89something on the other side of life, for he admitted the existence of spiritual beings. Myths and Legends of China Civilised man is not only an animal, but an intellectual and spiritual being, and it is as natural for him to clothe himself as for a cow to eat grass. The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition But if there had never existed any but spiritual beings, you will see that there would never have been material beings. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) "In accordance with the symbolism of the palette the outer colour would represent the material creature, and the lining colour the spiritual being." The Cathedral Then the object of his worship is lifted from something material to a spiritual being. The Ascent of the Soul How can we serve spiritual beings while we do not know how to serve men? Myths and Legends of China "Oh," think they, "if the dream might only be completed, that would be the consummation of a divinely spiritual being!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 Man remains a spiritual being only on condition that he resolutely and vigilantly purposes to be so. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Accordingly, the gods of these tribes were from the first generally, if not universally, heavenly and spiritual beings. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Given the spiritual being, what are the stages through which he will pass on his way to the goal toward which he is surely pressing? The Ascent of the Soul Consequently he is one of the spiritual beings honoured by the literati. Myths and Legends of China I don't believe he had even roughly considered what kind of an individuality he had, still less enquired into the state of his spiritual being. Jaffery Bright spiritual beings like Pippa shed their souls innocently and unwittingly about like a spilth of "X-rays," and the irradiation penetrates instantly the dense opposing integuments of passion, cupidity, and worldliness. Robert Browning It was after the return from Babylon that the Devil and demons, in conflict with man, became a part of the company of spiritual beings in the Jewish mythology. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology He also holds that the sun and stars are spiritual beings. Christian Mysticism His love now dominated his spiritual being and filled his life. Children of the Mist Buddha, as we have said, does not deny the existence of spiritual beings; he denies only their power to affect the perfect man and their controlling part in the universe. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow A moral, that is, a human, a spiritual being, must either be God, or one with God. Hope of the Gospel He has traced the progress of the spiritual life, and has given us ultimately a bold vindication of human personality and of the freedom of the spiritual being. Rudolph Eucken : a philosophy of life He argues in another place that all other species of spiritual beings must have had their Incarnations of Christ; a doctrine which was afterwards condemned, but which seems to follow necessarily from the Logos doctrine. Christian Mysticism It was a profound uneasiness, that uprooted every settled habit of his spiritual being. Judith of the Godless Valley It is not the aim of religion to deprive the young of any real enjoyment—any recreation proper to their age or their nature, as intellectual, moral, and spiritual beings. Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness The separation between the personal self, and the spiritual being that we are, is so fine as to be like a cob-web veil, and yet how few penetrate it. Cosmic Consciousness In answer to a question, he gave the following definition of wisdom: "To cultivate earnestly our duty towards our neighbour, and to reverence spiritual beings while maintaining always a due reserve." The Problem of China The shaman combines the double function of priest and doctor, ministering to the physical and spiritual being at the same time. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Superadded to the homage rendered him as a temporal prince, Media was there worshiped as a spiritual being. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Life is a process, and every part of a spiritual being is in living motion and continuous action in a given direction. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) "By absence of all self indulgence at this point, also, the seeds of bondage of sorrow are destroyed, and pure spiritual being is attained." Cosmic Consciousness But reverence for spiritual beings was not an active part of Confucianism, except in the form of ancestor-worship, which was part of filial piety, and thus merged in duty towards one's neighbour. The Problem of China While the scriptural statements imply a belief in the existence of spiritual beings intermediate between God and men, it is probable that many of the details may be regarded merely as symbolic imagery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Thus, both from the side of morality and from that of religion, we are brought to recognize the unity of God with man as a spiritual being. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher By the necessities of the case it is confined to the purified, because it corresponds to their inward spiritual being. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Such knowledge, the crown of his whole spiritual being, the life of his life, let him keep and sacredly walk by. Past and Present His whole spiritual being was still bruised and martyred from it, like that sufferer of old whom the evil spirit "tore" in departing. Lady Connie I judged of her spiritual being from her lovely face and lovely figure, and every word, every smile of Ariadne's bewitched me, conquered me and forced me to believe in the loftiness of her soul. The Darling and Other Stories But, if the ideal of man as a spiritual being is conceived as perfect, then it follows not only that its attainment is possible, but that it is necessary. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher Man, entire, consists of an outer physical being and an inner spiritual being. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians A diseased patient may be likened to a medium who is possessed by a spiritual being of low order. Strange Visitors In the name of Truth, is the teaching, that man is a spiritual being, inconsistent with the teachings of Christ and the records of the Scripture? Mystic Christianity The great fact of life is that we are spiritual beings. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment For it implies a kinship between him, as a spiritual being, and the whole of existence. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher Vagrant thoughts dull the finer sensibilities of the spiritual being, thereby rendering it less capable of impression by the Holy Ghost. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians I will tell you why: a concentration of the spiritual nature of men throughout Christendom necessarily creates a magnetic atmosphere through which spiritual beings can approach. Strange Visitors Under Them in turn come vast hosts or orders of spiritual beings, whom we call angels or devas. A Textbook of Theosophy A spiritual being, higher than the angels, therefore, in a way, part and parcel of the Godhead though not yet equal to God. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story Worshipping first the departed souls of his kindred, man later extended the doctrine of spiritual beings in many directions. The Making of Religion The physical being is the transient home of the spiritual being, and is, therefore, called an earthly house. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians It was the soul fighting its way into birth as a spiritual being, like a child fighting its way out of its mother's womb. Strange Visitors What you are that you are Here in my spiritual being. Poems New and Old Those proverbs, those sayings, which are familiar to all, crystallize the world's experience that human beings are spiritual beings. Sex and Common-Sense We can only theorise and make more or less plausible conjectures as to the first rudiments of human faith in God and in spiritual beings. The Making of Religion If there be any dwarfed condition of the spiritual being in any part, it will be less sensible to God's touch. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians I saw tears gathering in her eyes, her breast heaved as if her whole spiritual being went out to me with open arms saying: "Come to me; you have suffered enough and deserve some happiness." Without Dogma But even if this be not so, still man remains man--a spiritual being, capable of knowing, loving, and glorifying God. The Teaching of Jesus This doubtless natural disposition seems to have been developed, and perhaps permanently fixed, as the law of his intellectual and spiritual being, by the peculiarities of his early religious training. Famous Reviews Given Animism, then, or the belief in spiritual beings, as the earliest form and minimum of religious faith, what is the origin of Animism? The Making of Religion As we improve the health and strength of our physical being by proper food and exercise, so we improve the strength and beauty of our spiritual being by proper meditation and prayer. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Both of these agree with Berkeley that spiritual beings alone are active, and active beings alone real, and that the being of the inactive consists in their being perceived. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time Ghosts, goblins, wraiths, kelpies, and a whole host of spiritual beings, were familiar to the dwellers by the misty glens of the Highlands and the romantic streams of the Lowlands. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 The Gnostics thought the stars spiritual beings governed by angels, and appointed not to cause earthly events but to indicate them. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom He thinks the whole topic of spiritual being only important as bearing on hopes of a future life. The Making of Religion Purity! who can repeat this word and not feel and hear a sweet rythm reverberating through all the avenues of his spiritual being? Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians All beings are spiritual, and only spiritual beings possess true reality. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time We do not know, we cannot know, what the conditions of our spiritual being are. Tracks of a Rolling Stone By means of them, the sufferer's conscience had been kept in an irritated state, the tendency of which was, not to cure by wholesome pain, but to disorganize and corrupt his spiritual being. The Scarlet Letter Dr. Codrington says, 'the conception can hardly be that of a purely spiritual being, yet, by whatever name the natives call them, they are such as in English must be called spirits.' The Making of Religion When the soul tastes of God there is experienced a sweetness in the spiritual being. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians While bodies are not capable of originating motion, but only of communicating motion received, we notice in ourselves, as spiritual beings, the capacity of originating actions and motions. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time But in Fechner's universe there is room for every grade of spiritual being between man and God. The Centaur I would like to have moulded your spiritual being, and brought you to the highest, but it is not for me, perhaps, in this life—another will come. The Price of Things Here it is taken for granted that the Heavenly Ruler was from the first envisaged as a 'spiritual being'—which is just the difficulty. The Making of Religion Man receives the divine presence into his spiritual being when he is quickened by the Spirit. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Her child was the child not only of her material, but of her spiritual being, and the two were closely knit as the years passed, in mutual affection and confidence, in tastes and aspirations. A Wreath of Virginia Bay Leaves Poems of James Barron Hope A truly evolved spiritual being will have great knowledge of all things, for all things are spiritual in nature. Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz As it was natural for the people to take the wood and use it, so it was natural for the spirits of his ancestors, and spiritual beings generally, to bless king Wan. The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 If it be hard to explain how Adam fell; how much more hard to solve how purely spiritual beings could fall? The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge They held that the Good God had two wives, Colla and Coliba, from whom he had many generations of spiritual beings. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc The love for her mate will flower in beauty of deeds that are pure because they are the natural expression of her physical, mental and spiritual being. Woman and the New Race To overcome a true spiritual being requires eons of time spent in studying and searching for the true answers to Nature's function. Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz Kû Hsî expands the lines thus:--'Such is the beauty of her robes and appearance, that beholders are struck with awe, as if she were a spiritual being.' The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 There are spirits which are mere animations, occasional spirits, associated with objects crossing the interests of men, but not constant enough to attain a definite, independent life as spiritual beings. Buddhism and Buddhists in China "Angel" literally means "messenger" or "envoy," and is usually used to refer to spiritual beings who normally are invisible to us, but can also appear as exceedingly strong creatures or as humans. The World English Bible (WEB): Who shall say what millions of spiritual beings glide invisibly among scenes apparently the most deserted? The Pilgrims of the Rhine He hammered at the portals of Joan's spiritual being with admirable pertinacity; and at length he had his reward. Lying Prophets She has come down from heaven I She is a spiritual being!' The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 In addition to these practical benefits, Buddhism proclaimed a new spiritual universe far more real and extensive than any of which the Chinese had dreamed, and peopled with spiritual beings having characteristics entirely novel. Buddhism and Buddhists in China In the heart, the inmost spiritual being of every man, eternity, in this sense of the word, does dwell. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Its disciples claim for it the dignity of a new and positive revelation,—a revelation to sense of spiritual being. Confessions and Criticisms God comes to man in the attitude, of The Supreme Spiritual Being, approaching a spiritual being who is of priceless value. Studies in the Life of the Christian This line and the following show the power and value of the cultivation of friendship in affecting spiritual beings. The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 Do we find greater probability for believing the existence of a spiritual being, than the existence of a stick without two ends? Good Sense But if, on the contrary, he thinks and believes that he is a spiritual being, then he finds that he possesses all the powers of a spiritual being. Within You is the Power Now, the entire universe may be described as a revelation to sense of spiritual being—for those who happen to believe a priori, or from spontaneous inward conviction, in spiritual being. Confessions and Criticisms The right standpoint from which to consider the many questions about man, as he appears upon this earth, is that of a personal spiritual being with a physical body. Studies in the Life of the Christian For him to whom all spiritual beings are equal to the highest there can be no room for deception or grief. A Letter to a Hindu This is November-eve, when, as tradition asserts, the dead arise and walk about, and fairies, goblins, and spiritual beings of all kinds have more freedom and power than on any other day of the year. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales He must learn to think after the Spirit, i.e., as a spiritual being, instead of after the flesh, i.e., as a material creature. Within You is the Power To a Materialist indeed, or to those who deny all knowledges not resolvable into notices from the five senses, these terms as applied to spiritual beings must appear inexplicable or senseless. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. The Christian Thought of Man recognizes him as a personal spiritual being with a physical body; he has large responsibilities, and a great destiny to attain—if he so wills. Studies in the Life of the Christian But that there are degrees of spiritual beings between us and the great God, who is there, that, by his own search and ability, can come to know? An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 They parcel out themselves, their judgment, their conscience, and whatsoever pertains to their spiritual being, among the customs, traditions, institutions, etiquettes of their time, and renounce all claim to a free existence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 This little work does not teach reincarnation, but its teaching is based on a belief that man, in reality, is a spiritual being, a Divine Spark from the Sacred Fire. Within You is the Power In the kindergarten, the physical, mental, and spiritual being is consciously addressed at one and the same time. Children's Rights A book of nursery logic Strange occurrences, exploits of strength, deeds of lawlessness, references to spiritual beings—such-like matters the Master avoided in conversation. Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han If we could be born again, would we not be born a more spiritual being? The Warriors Day after day we can be built up into stronger spiritual beings. How to Live a Holy Life As for his spirit, it was always arousing mine, or any one's, and acting towards one's spiritual being invisibly and silently, but with gentle earnestness. Memories of Hawthorne But the independence of the spiritual being in the state of suffering can manifest itself in two ways. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller Therefore one has a right to seek, in this infinitely great world of ours, for such things as will best educate his natural and spiritual being. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory So thought pierces matter and the spiritual being penetrates the terrestrial being and is unchanged. Via Crucis This virus of sloth inoculates the entire spiritual being, poisoning the will and making spiritual activity most disagreeable. How to Live a Holy Life Plainly, then, praise and blame are attributable exclusively to spiritual beings. The Nature of Goodness Amidst all this deep, serene beauty to the imagination, by how much deeper a tone do these pictures speak to the inner spiritual being of the soul! Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 A spiritual being, a man, lives in a city as in a state of siege among his own kind. A Prisoner in Fairyland In the working of outer forces he saw a manifestation of spiritual beings, just as in himself he experienced force as a manifestation of his own spiritual being. Man or Matter Castillon concludes after five hundred pages of reasoning that matter is contingent, movement not inherent in it, and that purely spiritual beings exist in independence of it. Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France Unlike spiritual beings, natural objects are under alien control; have not the power of development, and when brought into close conjunction with others are liable to disruption. The Nature of Goodness Nothing to prove it except this sudden terrible demoralization of his physical and spiritual being! The Rainbow Trail A thrill of fiery shame seemed to dart through my spiritual being as I heard this, and I made no answer. A Romance of Two Worlds The faster, the spiritual being running the body, may have become bored and want some action, but the faster"s body hasn"t finished. How and When to Be Your Own Doctor The truth of man's spiritual being dawned on my consciousness. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures The Master said, 'To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.' The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) Secondly, Along with the worship of God there existed in China, from the earliest historical times, the worship of other spiritual beings,-- especially, and to every individual, the worship of departed ancestors. The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 And as every delicate fibre of my spiritual being repelled evil by the necessity of the pure light in which I dwelt serene. A Romance of Two Worlds Master and slave are equal before God; there can be no such relation, therefore, except by doing violence to a personality, to a spiritual being. An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm There, is but one way - namely, God and His idea - which leads to spiritual being. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were— extraordinary things, feats of strength, disorder, and spiritual beings. The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) We know that all spiritual being is in man. Essays — First Series As "a minimum definition of religion," Mr. Tylor has suggested "the belief in spiritual beings". Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Egotism is but the perversion of spiritual being. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man It was the great truth of spiritual being, healing the sick and casting out error. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures From of old until now the people have constantly seen and heard spiritual beings; how then can you say they do not exist? Religions of Ancient China Another strange notion is, that in eating a dead enemy they consume his spiritual being, and so inherit his soul, his strength and his bravery, which they hold are specially lodged in the brain. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant Almost certainly, no race in this stage of belief in nothing but unconditioned but not expressly spiritual beings is extant. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 The fourth stage is the realization of one's spiritual being, as enkindled by this meditation. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man Science; spiritual being under- stood; haste towards harmony. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures After him followed the Emperor Ti K'u, B.C. 2436-2366, who dabbled in astronomy, and "came to a knowledge of spiritual beings, which he respectfully worshipped." Religions of Ancient China The spectators, it may be, imagined that she was about to take flight into that invisible sphere, and to the society of those purely spiritual beings with whom they reckoned her so near akin. The Blithedale Romance But I would suggest that, as spiritual beings, we bear even a closer relation to the departed. The Crown of Thorns : a token for the sorrowing By absence of all self-indulgence at this point, when the seeds of bondage to sorrow are destroyed, pure spiritual being is attained. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man Enormous though the distance was between what he wished to be and what he was, nothing appeared insurmountable to the newly-awakened spiritual being. Resurrection Since those days, the number of spiritual beings who receive worship from the Chinese, some in one part of the empire, some in another, has increased enormously. Religions of Ancient China "We may say," said Ayrault, "that they see in our bodies a type of the source from which come all the spiritual beings that are here." A journey in other worlds A romance of the future It regards man as a spiritual being, thrown upon the theatre of this mortal life not merely for enjoyment, but for training,—for the development of spiritual affinities, and the attainment of spiritual ends. The Crown of Thorns : a token for the sorrowing The right use of the will is the steady, effort to stand in spiritual being. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man But the free spiritual being, which alone is true, alone powerful, alone eternal, had already awakened in Nekhludoff, and he could not but believe it. Resurrection Thus they expressed their reverence for spiritual beings. Religions of Ancient China The stars, to the ancients, were not material bodies like the earth, but spiritual beings. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought The great fact, then, which I would impress upon you is, that, essentially as spiritual beings, we are alone. The Crown of Thorns : a token for the sorrowing It applies further to the poise of the soul, that fine balance and stability which nothing can shake, where the consciousness rests on the firm foundation of spiritual being. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man Some spiritual being seemed to come and bend over me, smiling pityingly. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! Religions of Ancient China Indeed, it seems likely that not only this, but most other amulets, like talismans proper—as will appear below,—were originally designed as appeals to gods and other powerful spiritual beings. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought For wise and good reasons, our senses may so constrain us that we cannot perceive these spiritual beings. The Crown of Thorns : a token for the sorrowing He seems to mean that spiritual beings, brute matter, and the intermediate part of the creation, which participates both of spirit and matter, were produced at once. v. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete |
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