religion

In what year did the failed return occur

1843

what year was theosophy founded in

1875

World Parliament of Religion

1893, hosted in Chicago, a lot of religious leaders from a lot of different branches of religion congregated

How many dynamics in scientology?

8 drive to exist as a self, drive to live through sexual activity, through identification with progressively select groups of human beings like tribe or nation, humankind, the larger animal kingdom, the physical universe. 7th dynamic finds the self in the purely spiritual realm and includes the urge toward immortality. the8th dynamic is the urge to exist as infinity or to find expression in the light of the suprem being. only when the 7th dynamic is reached can the 8th dynamic be encompassed

Who is Noble Drew Ali? What was the name of the group he founded? Which was a precursor to the Nation of Islam?

A North Carolianian who in 1913 established the Moorish Science Temple in Newark, New Jersey, but was not successful

What small 7th day adventist sub sect was at the center of the Wacco tragedy?

Branch Davidians

Where did Elijah Muhammad locate the movement's headquarters?

Chicago

In what Florida city does scientology operate a major training center?

Clearwater, FL

what larger exposition was the parliament associated with

Colombian exposition

What was Mary Baker Eddy's religion before C.S.?

Congregational church

Who was Krishnamurti and what was his relationship with theosophy

HE was a young Indian boy that Besant beloved was destined to be the next vehicle of the World Teacher of Christ. He was brought up with extreme care by the theosophists. Thought he was the vehicle for the manifestation of Maitreya, the avatar of the new age which many theosophists fell was soon to dawn. But in 1929 when he was expected to fully enter his mission , he publicly denounced any special claims and disassociated from the religion. denied everything left and became guru

Government agencies that investigated Scientology?

IRS, FDA, FBI

William Miller and 7th Day Adventism

Miller read Book of Daniel and Book of Revelation in Bible and had a dream that Jesus would come between 1843-1844 in the "second advent" the evil would be punished and the good would go to heaven. He preached about it and gained followers called millerites. God didn't come. called great disappointment. Ellen g white had more detailed dreams and said Jesus is not coming but instead is cleaning in heaven and making room for all good people

where did theosophy originate

NYC

2 communal forms of theosophy

Point Loma (Tingly(American Branch)), Krotona (Theosophical Society)

who is Quimby and what is his relationship Mary Baker Eddy

Quimby was a mental healer doctor who MBE went to go visit in Maine because she was constantly getting sick. She experienced relief which she accredited to Quimby and became his student. one day her sicknesses came back and She was wary of his teachings because she got sick again and they conflicted with the Bible. When she fell on the ice, she was told the "biblical truth". She quickly saw the conflicted between the new Truth and quimbys teachings so she abandoned them. she realized god was the only life and that life was the only reality of being. there was no healing agent as quimby taught only unity with god with no room for disease.

Vedanta Societies in the USA are linked with the ___________ Order in India

Ramakrishna

2 figures most responsible for development of Vedanta society

Ramakrishna and Vivikanada

where did the magus of theosophy come from

Russia

When is the 7th day adventist sabbath ?

Saturday

What book was central to Mary Baker Eddy's discovery/healing?

Science and Health with key to the scriptures

the primary textbook in Christian Science

Science and Health with key to the scriptures

Founder of ISKCON? How does he differ from other founder figures we have studied?

Swami Prabhupada, he was young

Who founded vedanta

Swami Vivikananda

What is the term used in millerite tradition to refer to the failed prediction of Jesus return?

The Great Disappointment

Scientology's view of psychiatry

The Scientology objection to psychiatry does not stem from any desire to deny the insane treatment. Rather, the Church objects to the mistreatment of the insane, which is psychiatry's historical hallmark. That is why the Church supports the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, which works to expose and eradicate the brutalization of patients in the name of "mental health." Over the years, the Citizens Commission has investigated and exposed thousands upon thousands of cases of psychiatric negligence, abuse and brutality. Nor do Scientologists believe people should be stigmatized with labels and "treated" with "cures" that have no basis in science and are brutal in the extreme. Through its long and tragic history psychiatry has invented numerous "cures" which eventually proved destructive in the extreme.

what was the original Silk Road?

The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West. It was central to cultural interaction between the regions for many centuries. ... The Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in silk carried out along its length, beginning in the Han dynasty (207 BCE-220 CE).

What is auditing?

a process in which an auditor, a spiritual counselor and teacher, who leads the member through a series of excursus to erase the effects of the reactive mind. The auditing sessions confront individuals with counter survival aspects fo their lives and allow them to be more free and responsible. When the reactive mind is eliminated and not longer exerts involuntary control over life, people are said to be clear. Further work in scientology is devoted to exercising the abilities of the operating theta, particularly the ability to exteriorize.

the reactive mind

a stimulus response mechanism created by the true self, the then, that records impressions on an unconscious level. the reactive mind provides programmed responses to specific repeated stimuli. The reactive mind carries images of pain, destructive moments, and injuries. The action of the reactive mind, though on an unconscious level, blocks the thetan from realizing its true potentials and functioning properly. The individual through ignorance and automatic acts of the reactive mind is led to destructive counter survival actions

Engrams

experiences of shock cause engrams or sensory impressions of the event to be recorded in the reactive mind. These records produce mental and psychosomatic troubles until they are dislodged through auditing. Reenactment of the event, Many engrams it seems were produced by attempted abortion

Isis Unveiled

first, summarized her own views on western occult philosophy, including her disagreements with spiritualism, the dominant psychic movement in America at the time

what are masters in theosophy

great mediating figures who represent individuals much more highly evolved than the ordinary person. they live both in east and west and are heirs to the wisdom of Egypt, India, and other ancient cultures. just as they unite east and west in the mind of the theosophist, so the masters are one unifying experience in theosophy itself. their appearance and the individuals contact with them Is a marvel. their message is deep wisdom

Why was Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali) important to the rise of the Nation of Islam?

he was a famous boxer, made the religion more popular, conscientious objector got his title stripped bc he said fighting in war was against religion and refused to fight in war

Who were the first converts to ISKCON?

hippies

Vedanta is best classified as a ________ religion

import/harmonial

Seventh Day Adventism can be traced to the revelation of a woman by the name of

ellen white

The founder's most famous book and the text that paved the way to the formation of Scientology as a religion is?

Dianetics: The original thesis or Dianetics: The modern science of mental health

What is the name of the spiritual device or tool that is used in Scientology rituals?

E-meter

What teaching of the Nation of Islam makes it a good example of a Golden Age movement?

Elijah Muhammed created a myth of the origin of the white race> According to this myth, all humans derive originally from the black race. the white man coming into existence as the result of a genetic experiment by a black scientist which went wrong, resulting unfortunately in blue eyed devils without true humanity. This implies we used to live in a perfect world now were living in hell and we are waiting to be perfect again

what other major nrm developed from the work of a former student of Mary Baker Eddy's & is properly cited as directly derived from Christian Science

Emma curtis hopkins theosophy

What other major new revelation sect is derived from the Millerite phenomenon?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Founder of Christian Science

Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910)

Malcolm X's journey to ________ led to a conversion to traditional (Sunni) Islam.

Mecca

The best known work of literature to come out of NOI was written by a convert to the religion. What is the title of this major work of American Literature?

Message to the black man in America Elijah Muhammed

Who was the magus and founder of Scientology? What was his major profession before founding Scientology?

L Ron Hubbard successful career as a writer, wrote true adventure and juvenile fiction but was best known for writing science fiction. Was a member of the explorers club for his service in the navy

As the AMM developed a New Revelation Sect emerged in opposition to the AMM. This sect reaffirmed the original teachings and worldview of the Nation of Islam and was founded by and continues to be led by _______

Louis Farrakhan

where did christian science start

Lynn, Massucusetts in 1875

what does "the fall on ice" have to do with Christian Science

MBE fell on ice 2 weeks after Quimby's death. Three days later she said the "biblical truth" was imparted to her and immediately her health was restored

Who was Tingley? Where did she establish her alternative community ?

Tingley was Judge's wife. She took after the Theosophical Society in America. Brought a background of spiritualism and social work. Reorganized it as the Universal Brotherhood Organization and Theosophical Society. Created society in Point Loma with isis temple, art, music, drama, greek theater, and hotel sanatorium

Vedanta means the "end" or fulfillment of the ______

Vedas

what was Annie besant ? Esoteric section?

an atheist and leader in British free though movement, converted to theosophy, leading public spokesperson for atheism. Succeeded Blavatsky as head of the Esoteric Section, an inner group of society members that experimented with magic and occultism. Became president after olcott died,j

what is a practitioner in Christian Science

an individual who prays for others according to the teachings of Christian Science. ... According to the church, Christian Science practitioners address physical conditions, as well as relationship or financial difficulties and any other problem or crisis.

what is a lodge in theosophy

an old plain building with pictures on the walls. large lending library and bookstore. stage with a podium and flowers. lectures on theosophical books. lodge acts as a forum where speculative spiritual ideas can be freely presented by all sorts of speakers

The Millerites expected a return of Jesus in the near future, this makes them

apocalyptic

Know the changes that occurred when the Nation of Islam became the American Muslim Mission

decultification, change to American Muslim Mission, open membership to all races, shift to traditional islam, last prophet was Muhammed. Muslims who happen to be black, The World Community of AL Islam in the west before AMM.

Louis Farrakhan- his relationship to NOI and AMM?

disagreed with AMM decertification. Splintered off from AMM and created NOI. His group represents continuity with the Islam and ideology of Elijah Muhammed

Part of the mythology of the Nation of Islam in its formative period is a narrative about a scientist who's failed experiment resulted in the creation of _______

blue eyed devils

The initial goal in the religious development of the Scientologist is the achievement of a state of heightened spiritual awareness and control of ones own existence, What is the term given to this state?

clear

who was A.A Bailey?

creator of full moon meditation groups, when she was 15 she saw a vision of a man in a turban who she thought was her master but at the time was very evangelical. After leaving her bad marriage, she joined theosophy. She was working as a manager for the vegetarian cafeteria at krotona in Hollywood. One afternoon as she was walking in the hills surrounding the community, she felt she was being contacted by a Master called "The Tibetan" who wished her to serve as his amanuensis. She produced a long series of books. This and her charges that the theosophical society was controlled by members of the esoteric section led her to withdraw. In 1923 her and her fiancé established the Arcane School in New York

what is a reader in Christian Science

in a Christian Science church is a member of the congregation who has been elected to serve in one of two positions responsible for church services. Each week's sermon in Christian Science churches is outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly, prepared months in advance, and is the same in all Christian Science churches, worldwide. A lay church, the congregation elects readers from the congregation and the serve as readers for a period of time (they are considered clergy); the sermons consist of passages from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, are studied as lessons during the week and are read aloud to the congregation on the Sunday following.

How did humans (spirit beings_ get trapped in the material/physical world?

in the beginning were the thetans, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient beings--- who became bored with their static immortality. In order to make things more interesting they began to play games, which included creating various kinds of curious worlds. Ultimately, they became so engrossed in ytheir games that they forgot they were just playing and gradually attributed reality to what they had created out of MEST. Indeed, they became hopelessly ensnared in the material universe, forgetting their true nature as immortal, omnipotent thetans

sexual controversies in theosophy

the new head of the American section, Alexander Fullerton, was a homosexual who had seduced a minor. arrested and sent to mental institution. 1906, Besant's major associate Reverend Charles Leadbeater, found out on eve of beasts becoming president, was teaching youths how to masturbate as a means to control their emerging sex drives.

What elements of traditional Islam did Elijah Muhammed include in the teachings of the Nation of Islam?

the performance of the traditional ice daily prayers facing Mecca, the use of the Islamic greeting As-salam alaikum, no alcohol, no pork

many NRMs of direct or indirect South Asian origin are typified by a central charismatic figure

magus viviekandanda

three founders and magus of theosophy

magus: Helen Blavatsky, Henry Olcott, William Judge

MEST

matter energy space time

Who was Wali Fard, where did he do his work, how does he relate to the Nation of Islam?

mysterious peddler who appeared in ghetto Detroit in 1930. Claimed to be an arab from the holy city of Mecca come to America to reveal to American Blacks that they are members of the "lost-found" tribe of Shabazz and that their original religion is Islam, not the "slave" religion of the white man.

best typological classification for Christian Science

new revelation

typological classification for 7th day adventism

new revelation

What is Advaita Vedanta?

non-dualism. Based on the Upanishads. Two main branches Radical, taught by Shankara, and Qualified, taught by Ramanuja.

Was Islam present in America before the rise of the Nation of Islam?

not really. there had been earlier attempts, notably the effort of Noble Drew Ali, A North Carolianian who in 1913 established the Moorish Science Temple in Newark, New Jersey, but they were not successful

The terminal goal of Scientology is to achieve the status of an ______

operating theta

The Secret Doctrine

second, absorbed Eastern esoteric ideas into a more comprehensive and unique theosophical system

best typological classification for theosophy

spirit movement

What is the title of leaders/teachers of Vedanta?

swami

With the rise of AMM, local centers associated with he movement ceased to be called ___________ and were instead referred to as __________

temple; mosque

three fundamental truth of vedanta

that the real nature of men and women is divine; that the aim of human life on earth is to unfold and manifest this Godhead, eternally existent within, but hidden; that truth is universal.

What happened in 1866? (related to Christian Science)

the National Christian Scientists Association was formed for the Christian Science practitioners who had not been trained personally by her

What was the Great Migration?

the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North

in scientology what is the name of the true identity of humans

thetans

what is C.s view of sin, poverty, evil sickness?

they believe in the "illness of God" meaning things like death and poverty and sickness are only as real as we believe them to be. They are not real if we don't believe

Who was Elijah Muhammed and what is his significance to the Nation of Islam?

took leadership of NOI in 1934 after Fard's mysterious disappearance

Know at least two major areas of doctrine in which the early expressions of NOI differed from traditional Islam

traditional Islam: the one god Allah who created all things, including humans, is a compassionate and merciful god who gives guidance to erring and straying human beings so they will know how to live in this world and prepare for the next learning all the while how to relate to one another and their creator NOI: claimed that Allah is the supreme black man sharing his divinity with all black men, obviously violating the strict islamic monotheism. traditional islam: Allah has given his guidance through a series of messengers, of whom Muhammed in the seventh century was the last NOI: Elijah Muhammed claimed to be the messenger and prophet of Card.

7th day adventism advocated vegetarianism but dairy products can be consumed

true

7th day adventists are pacifists

true

J.H. Kellogg the inventor of corn flakes was a 7th day adventist

true

The first and ,most influential type of hinduism to be established in the usa was the philosophic type

true

of all the foundational nrms 7th day adventism is the largest

true

what is Prasad in vedanta? ISKCON?

vedanta: food offered during worship

What is a mantra in Vedanta? ISKON?

vedanta: receiving this is imitation for diksha to participate in the hindu ritualistic worship.

What is puja in Vedanta? ISKCON?

vedanta: special worship. then long ritual worship

What is the hajj and how to does it relate to the emergence of AMM? Who went on the hajj, was transformed by the pilgrimage, and returned with a. call for reform?

visit the holy city of Mecca, seven circuits around the kana, drink water from well of zem zem. run seven times back and forth between the hills of mt. al-safa and al-marwah. pray in ancient city of Mina. pray on Mt. Arafat MALCOLM X

does scientology believe that this spiritual essence is reborn into new bodies after old ones die?

yes

Do members of the Vedanta Society celebrate Christmas?

yes, with a puja