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Grand Spiritual Lodge No. 1 (Spanish: Gran Logia Espiritual Número 1), also known as Casa de las Almas ('house of the souls'), is a historic building and Spiritualist meeting hall located in Santurce in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. [1] It was designed by Luis F. Delgado and Juan Rivera Paris using a simple but elegant Neoclassical style.
[7] In other cases, the goals and methods of the Espiritista are less obviously in the realm of magic and might be considered a form of folk medicine or alternative medicine. Whatever the desired effect, the equipment and materials used for Espiritismo may often be purchased at a botánica within the practitioners' community. [8]
Santo Daime, sometimes called simply the 'Doctrine of Mestre Irineu', [2] is the name given to the religious practice originally begun in the 1920s [3] in the far western Brazilian state (then territory) of Acre by Raimundo Irineu Serra, a migrant from Maranhão in Brazil's northeast region, and grandson of slaves.
The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality is referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.
Icon (image) is the same word used in the Bible in Genesis 1:27, Colossians 1:15. Inner peace : (or peace of mind) A colloquialism that refers to a state of being mentally or spiritually at peace , with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress .
Several types of batá drum, which are used in the toque de santo ritual. Santería's main public ritual is a drumming ceremony called the toque de santo, [289] or tambor. [290] Lasting for up to several hours, [291] this is usually seen as an offering to the oricha, performed to gain their favor. [112]
A custodian or family of custodians of a santo is a camarero (female: camarera, plural camareros, which in modern Spanish means 'waiting staff'). The most well-known santos in the Philippines are often Marian titles, such Our Lady of Manaoag and Our Lady of La Naval de Manila, while those of Jesus Christ are the Santo Niño de Cebu and the ...
They introduced him to the Ejercitatoria de la vida espiritual of Garcias de Cisneros, based in large part on the teachings of the Brothers of the Common Life, promoters of the "devotio moderna." From there, he spent ten months at Manresa , where he discovered The Imitation of Christ of Thomas à Kempis . [ 4 ]