Kabbalah: Also Qabalah.The word 'Kabbalah' is derived from the Hebrew root kbl ' to receive, to accept' an in many cases is used synonymously with 'tradition.Kabbalah is the Jewish mystical tradition, especially the system of esoteric mystical speculation and practice that developed during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.Kabbalistic interest, at first confined to a select few, became the preoccupation of large numbers of Jews following ' their explusion from Spain (1492) an Portugal (1495).Like every other Jewish religion expression, Kabbalah was based on the Old Testament revelation but was enormously developed and expanded. The revealed text was interpreted with the aid of various hermeneutic techniques.Of the many methods available, the Kabbalists most frequent used three forms of letter and number symbolism: Gematria, Notarikon and Temurah

The Kabbalah is very old, dating back to at least the first century AD, and much of its knowledge was passed on orally within the priesthood or within groups of the priesthood.The major written texts date from the 12th & 13th centuries.The classic document of the Kabbalistic tradition - the Zohar (Book of Light), was compiled by Moses de Leon about 1290.The doctrine of creation was build on a theory of emanations and asserted that the world derived from transcendent and unknowable God through a series of increasingly material manifestations (Sephirot)

The Sephirot form the central image of Kabbalistic meditation, the Sephirothic Tree of Life, which describes the path of descent from the divine to the material realm and the path of ascent to the highest level of attainment in knowledge, corresponding to energy centres in the body, and is also divided into four interlocking sections or 'Worlds' which constitute the cosmos: Emanation (Atziluth), Creation (Briah), Formation (Yetzirah) and Action or Making (Assiyah).Through contemplation and meditation, similar to Eastern yogic disciplines, the Kabbalist ascends the Tree of Life

The Serhirot, also comprise the sacred, unknowable and unspeakable personal name of God: YHVH (Yahweh), the Tetragrammaton. So Sacred is the Tetragrammaton that other names, such as Elohim, Jehovah, are substituted in its place in scripture. A more systematic presentation of the basic doctrine is contained in Moses Cordovero's Pardes rimmonim (Gardern of Pomegranates -1548). Kabbalah, was a major influence in the development of Hasidism and still has adherents among Hasidic Jews. The Kabbalah, with its amulets, incantions, demonolgy, seals and letters and number mysticism, had a profound influence on Western magical tradition. The Tetragrammaton especially was held in great awe for its power over all things in the Universe, including demons

Kabir (1440-1518): An Indian mystic, born in 1440, who developed a philosophy combining Hinduism an Sufism.During his lifetime he was strongly influenced by Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikhs. Kabir, who is credited with the performance of serveral miracles, rejected the caste system completely, holding that mystical truth should be open to all. He died in 1518

Kahuna: Literally, Keeper of the Secrets. A traditional Hawaiian doctor-priest-teacher, a practitioner of the Huna magico-religious system, who has mastered the various arts of healing and prophecy

Kali (Hindu,Indian Deity): Also known as Black Mother,Kali-Ma, Raksha-Kali.Kali is a Hindu aspect of Devi, who is the ultimate goddess. Kali is the goddess of the endings of cycles, the death & transformation energy that lets go of the old and brings in the new. Some are threatened by Kali's seemingly destructive power, however, Kali is actually a loving energy that helps free us of fear.She only destroys that which could keep us in bondage, or which could slow or divert our Divine mission, in the same way that a loving mother would take away danergous items from her children.Kali has the personality of a high-energy,supercharged woman on a clear mission.She has an impatient artist's temperament, like a stage mom who knows what needs to be done and doesn't have time to argue.She is poerful & unwavering.Helps with Courage,Determination,Direction,Focus,Motivation,Protection & Tenacity

Kali Yuga: In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, the Dark Age which marks the ultimate degeneration of the human species.By the end of the Kali Yuga, it is believed that fire, drought and famine will ravage the Earth, piety will be dead and even the holy Brahmins will have come to neglect their devotions

At this point, the final disaster will strike. A century of death will be the prelude to a drying up of all moisture, followed by a conflagration that will not only destroy the remnants of humanity,but the entire known universe

What is left, according to Oriental theory, is Brahman, the uncreated unmanifest background from which all else springs. Following the universal destruction, the timeless cycle begins again with the emergence of a new Golden Age, the Krita Yuga

Karezza: Sexual intercourse in which orgasm is deliberatley suppressed, sometimes as a form of birth control, but more often for mystical or magical purposes

Karma: Oriental doctrine of cause & effect & related to reincarnation - which teaches essentially that every thought and ded must eventually create its own effects, which must then be endured or enjoyed by the individual concerned.Unresolved situations from past lives that can carry over into the current life

Karma is a A term, derived from the Sanskrit for 'deed' which describes the fundamental concept in Hinduism and Buddhism that thoughts and deeds determine the consequences of one's life and rebirth. Karma may therefore loosely be described as the Law of Consequences. In a popular sense, Karma is sometimes regarded as the Eastern equivalent of the Western 'destiny' or 'fate', but this is an erroneous view. Karma is properly regarded as the Fruit of Actions in a previous lifetime, which determines the conditions of a live in a subsequent incarnation, this is quite different from the Western concept of destiny, which is not necessarily connected with deeds of a previous existence. Karma can be either good or bad, with relative consequences, and is generally viewed as inescapable, although various techniques and chanting exist to try to mitigate it

In its more elaborate form, the doctrine refers to the 'Lords Of Karma' - divine beings responsible for maintaining the Balance of Cosmic Debt, but Western notions of judgement are actually quite foreign to the though processes which produced Karmic theory. On the personal level, an indvidual typically generates a 'burden of Karma' - which can be good or bad - carried from one life to the next and worked out (repaid) over aeons of time until - particularly in Buddhist thought, enlightenment permits a situation on which no furher Karma, of any sort , is generated and the reserve is dissipated

Kelley, Edward: Partner of Dr. John Dee, in numerous magical and alchemical experiments. Kelley, who had his ears cropped for coining, seems to have been a mixture of psychic and charlatan. He died a pauper and later reincarnated as Aleister Crowley - or so Crowley believed

Keyes, Ken: Inspite of having polio, Keyes became a successful businessman, but he decided he wanted to discover the Laws of Happiness. He developed the Living Love Method of personal growth to help people achieve fulfilment and happiness.His 'Handbook to Higher Consciousness-Living Love Publications 1985'- has become a classic

Kinesthetic: Sense of touch or feeling

King, George: The founder of the Aetherius Society, is a British occultist guided, on his own claim, by the spirits of several notable historical figures, including the psychical researcher, Sir Oliver Lodge.In 1954, at the age of 35, he was visited by a Yoga Adept, who told him he had been selected by the 'Hidden Masters' to represent spirit in its coming battle with materialism. A basic tenet of the Aetherius Society, which he founded shortly afterwards, is that the Masters, including Jesus Christ, periodically visit humanity in flying saucers

Kings' Evil: Up to the early 18th century, it was believed that the touch of the king's hand could cure the disease 'scrofula' Tuberculosis of the Lymphatic glands.It is recorded that durning his reign King Chalrs II touched over 92,000 of his subjects

Kirk, Robert (c.1644-1692): The Scottish clergyman is author of a strange book 'The Secret Commonwealth' in 1691.It is an account of his dealings with the kingdom of the fairies and also those of other people from his parish of Aberfoyle, where many seemed gifted with 'second sight'

Kirlian Photohgraphy: Russian Professor of Engineering, Semyon Kirlian and his wife Valentina were the first persons to photograph the human Aura through the use of high-frequency current. It was the start of something very interesting indeed.The Kirlians used their new method of high-frequency electronic photography to make a great many pictures. Those which involved living tissue - even plant tissue - like a leaf,showed sparks and flares of energy in patterns as dramatic as they were beautiful. A dead leaf showed nothing of these patterns. Eerily when a portion of a leaf was torn or cut away, Kirlian photography clearly showed a ghostly image of the missing piece. What all this meant was anybody's guess and those doing the guessing were for almost 40 years, all Soviets

Then two American travel writers , Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder, published a best selling book entitled 'Psychic Discoveries behind the Iron Curtain-Sphere 1973' which described the discovery and suddenly everybody in the West, wanted to know more about Kirlian Photography. Everybody, except the scientific establishment, which pointed out that similar effects had been recognized since the early years of the twentieth century. If a roll of film is connected to electricity lines, it will show distinctive tree-like patterns, if there is a sudden surge in voltage - the patterns are known as Lichtenburg figures after their discovery, Jiri Lichtenburg. Closer to the actual Kirlian technique, it was argued that since the voltage in any high-frequency condenser is far from constnt, the ionization it causes is bound to show up as strange spots and flares on any photograph

This was all very well except that more adventurous and open-minded research projects using Kirlian photographs of human volunteers soon showed that the Aura effect varied in relation to the subject's mood and were influenced by personality interactions. Careful analysis of Kirlian photographs of the human showed flares at precisely those points used for thousands of years in the practise of Chinese acupuncture

From there it was a short step to the discovery of a relationship between the strenght of the Kirlian 'field' and health. Illness showed up as a weakening in the Aura, sometimes before physical symptoms manifested. In the Neuropsychiatric Institiute at UCLA California, the scientific team of Thelma Moss and Ken Johnson constructed Kirlian apparatus which showed energy flares emitted by the fingertips of faith healers as they exercised their art. Work with Kirlian photography continues with indications that it may yet add substantially to our knowledge of such subjects of New Age interest as the Etheric Body, Life after death and healing

Knight, Gareth: Pen-name of Basil Wilby, one of the better-known contemporary British Qabalists. Knight was, with W.E.Butler, instumental in creating the Helios Course in Practical Qabalah, which was the foundation of the flourishing esoteric school, the Servants of the Light, and wrote several of the early lessons of the course

As his personal development deiverged from the path taken by SOL, he broke from the organization to establish his own esoteric school with emphasis on a more Christianized version of the Qabalah.He is the author of several books and numerous articles, but his masterwork undoubtedly remains his two-volume 'Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism-Helios 1966'

Knight, J.Z: The name of a former housewife & Channel for the spirit Entity Ramtha, now living in Tacoma,Washinton State. She claimed that the spirit entity Ramtha, appeared to her in a vision in her suburban kitchen. Many people have flocked to hear her talk. Mrs Knight goes into a deep trance, claiming to leave her body so that Ramtha can enter.Ramtha proclaims himself to be a 35,000 year old warrior from Atlantis

Knights of St John of Jerusalem: Founded in 1070 as part of the Crusading Movement, the Knights Hospitallers (Knights of St John of Jerusalem) were a brotherhood who maintained the lodging for pilgrams at Jerusalem while it was not occupied by the Moors and also ran a hospital.They were also at later dates granted the islands of Rhodes and then Malta.As a brotherhood, they had their rites and secrets, many of the latter concerned with the methods of Eastern Medicine they had learned from Arabs & Indians

Koan: One of the best known and least understood tools of Zen Buddhism, the essential 'koan' is a brief statement in the form of a question or puzzle, the answer to which can only be discovered by direct perception rather than common sense or logical deduction e.g. Should a tree fall in the forest with no-one and nothing to hear it, what noise does it make?

Koestler, Arthur: The late Arthur Koestler was one of the most original political and scientific thinkers of the New Age. His books and numerous newspaper articles profoundly influenced intellectual opinion and were instumental in popularizing what was essentially a mystical viewpoint.Some of his essays were 'The Yogi and the Commissar' & his novel 'Darkness at Noon' was translated into 32 languages and possibly ranks with Orwell's 1984 as the most widely-read political novel of the century. Alongside his work as a popularizer of science, Koestler became in later years porfoundly interested in psychical research and anomalous phenomena, as testified by workks like his 'Roots of Coincidence' and the fact that on his death he endowed a - Koestler Foundation established to encourage investigation of these areas

Krishna (Hindu,Indian Deity): Also known as The Divine One.The Hindu Trinity includes Brahma, Shiva & Vishnu, the three gods who create, protect and oversee the life cycles on Earth.The god Vishnu incarnates whenever he's needed in physical form to overcome inhumane practices. Krishna is the eighth incarnation - also called an avatar - of Vishnu.Krishna incarnated at midnight on the eighth day of the season of Bhadrapada (Hindu world for late summer) sometime between 3200 and 3100B.C. He delivered the Hindu spiriutal text, the Bhagavad Gita.Today Krishna is one of India's most popular deities. Krishna's legends portray him as a romatic figure, and many paintings show him and his partner, Radha - one of the goddess Lakshimi's incaranations- exhibiting beautiful romantic love.Some Feng Shui experts recommend placing a pucture of Krishan and Radha in the *romance corner* of your home to manifest a soulmate realtionship. Krishna is a deliverer of joy and happiness.When you call upon him, you'll likely feel a swelling of warm, loving energy in your heart & belly 'He says, never underestimate the healing power of love. Its depths are further than the reaches of any ocean, and there is no barrier that it cannot overcome.Use this power within your mind that is everlasting, with no need to hold back, as it's a constantly renewable resource to use again and again. Pour love over every situation, and watch the rewards you will reap.He helps with Blessings,Food-purifying and spiritualizing,Gardening-crops and flowers, Joy, Relationships, Romatic love, Spiritual awakening,Vegetarianism

Krishna, Gopi: In the winter of 1937, while meditating on his 'Crown Chakra' in a small room of a little house on the outskirts of Jammu, Kashmir's winter capital, Gopi Krishna suddenly experienced a strange, intense and pleasant sensation at the base of his spine. The sensation crept erratically upwards, disappearing when his attention went towards it, reappearing when he concentrated on the 'Chakra above his head'. "Then suddenly 'with a roar like that of a waterfall, I felt a stream of liquid light entering my brain through the spinal cord" Although he did not know it at the time, Gopi Krishn had awakened kundalini. Everything Krishna discoveed about the phenomenon was based on personal experience so that his book 'Kundalini" The Evolutionary Energy in Man' is one of the most useful,not to say fascinating, accounts of Kundalini in the New Age

Krishnamurti (1910-1985): In 1910, Jiddu Krishnamurti, the 15year old son of Brahmin parents, was in Adyar, India, when the strength of his Aura caught the psychic eye of C.W.Leadbeaer, the noted Theosophist.Leadbeater was so impressed that he persuaded his friend and colleague Annie Besant to join with him in adopting the boy

In England Jiddu Krishnamurti was intensively groomed as the next incarnation of Lord Maitreya, the New World Teacher. His own mystical organization, hhe Order of the Star of the East, was established for him and as a teenage guru, he quickly attracted thousands of followers

The lifestyle did not agree with him and in 1929 he threw his hat at the whole sorry business - dissolved the Order and told his followers to find another guru since he had no Spiritual authority whatsoever. In his way, this move was a genuine vindication of Besant and Leadbeater's conviction that they had found a most remarkable personality. Having repudiated Theosophy, Krishnamurti went forth with the message that all beliefs are mental and spiritua lstrait-jackets and all religions a convenient way to offload responsibility for one's personal state. The road to freedom and enlightenment was simply self-observation and the only difficulty to be overcome was the age-old problem of actually getting down to it. He died in 1985 at 91

Krita Yuga: The Golden Age that emerges after the the Kali Yuga that in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, is the Dark Age - which marks the ultimate degeneration of the human species.By the end of the Kali Yuga, it is believed that fire, drought and famine will ravage the Earth, piety will be dead and even the holy Brahmins will have come to neglect their devotions

At this point, the final disaster will strike. A century of death will be the prelude to a drying up of all moisture, followed by a conflagration that will not only destroy the remnants of humanity,but the entire known universe

What is left, according to Oriental theory, is Brahman, the uncreated unmanifest background from which all else springs. Following the universal destruction, the timeless cycle begins again witt the emergence of a new Golden Age, the Krita Yuga

Kuan Ti (Chinese Deity): Also known as Kuan Jung,Kuan Yu.Kuan It is the Chinese warrior god who acts to prevent war, He's a prophet who predicts the future, and he protects people from lower spirits.In his human incarnation, Kuan Ti was a Chinese war hereo and Han dynasty general, well known for his warriorlike skills and intelligent decisionsss. When he passed away, he was elevated to the status of god.He works arm-in-arm wiht Archangel Michael on matter of justice within government systems.He helps with Justice & Freedom for falsely accused prisoners & prisoners-of-war,Legal matters-Prophecies about world events, Psychic abilities-increasing accuracy and details of , Space clearing ,Spirit releasemnt, Wa-preventing and ending

Kuan Yin ( Asian Deitiy): Also known as Kwan Yin, Quan Yin, Guanyin, Quan'Am, Kannon, Kanin, Kwannon. Kuan Yin is one of the most beloved and popular Eastern divinities.A physically & spiritually beautiful Chinese goddess of mercy, compassion and protection, her name means 'she who hers prayers' Kuan Yin is both a goddess an a bodhisattva, which means 'enlightened being'. Bodhisattvas can become Buddhas, howeer, Kuan Yin has such a deep love for humanity that after she attained enlighten= ment, instead of ascending to Buddhahood, she chose to remain in human form until every one of us becomes enlightened.She's devoted to helping us fully open up to our spiritual gifts, attain profound knowledge and enlightenment, and reduce world suffering.It is said that the mere uttering of her name, affords guarranteed protection from harm

Kuan Yin is often called 'the Mother Mary of the East', because she represents feminine divinity and goddess energy in the Buddhist religion, in the same way that Mary radiates sweet loving femininity with in Christianity.Kuan Yin teaches us to practice a life of harmlessness using great care to ease suffering in the world and not add to it in any way.You may see the colour red when she's around, such as red sparkles of light or a red mist that appears from out of nowhere. She heps with Clairvoyance, Compasion, Feminine grace-beauty and power, Kindness-gentleness, and sweetness, toward self and others,Love-receiving & giving,Mercy,Musical abilities, developing - especially singing,Protection-especially for women & children,Spiritual enlightenment and gifts

Kundalini: The term is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning 'serpent energy /power' and the awakening of this serpent fire is arduous and filled with danger.This energy of consciousness normally lies dormant near the 'Root Chakra' at the base of the spine, unless released naturally or through spiritual meditation or Yoga techniques to elevate consciousness or provide mystical illumination. Kundalini is likened in Esoteric Yoga to a serpent coiled at the base of the spine. The power of Kundalini is claimed to be awesoome and beyond description.The energy is aroused to travel upwards along the spine and 'strike' again like a serpent, into the brain. What happens when the 'serpent' strikes depends on how Kundalini has been aroused. If the properly prescribed exercises have been followed and the energy has travelled through the correct spinal channel, the enlightenment results. Clairvoyants vision sees the activated Kundalini as a kind of liquid fire rushing in a sort of Spiral through the Chakras of the body * also see Krishna, Gopi*

Kuthumi (Sikh,Theosophy & New Age Deity): Also known as Mahatma Kuthimi mal Singh, Koot Hoomi, Sirdar Thakar Singh Sadhanwalia, K.H. Kuthumi is a pseudonym for a Sikh spiritual leader who lived in the 1800's named Sirdar Thakar Singh Sadhanwali, according to Theosophical reserchers - icluding author K.Paul Johnson .Madame Blatvatsky met Singh during her extensive travels in India. This is also when she met and studied under the Eastern Indian Spiritual teachers, who would be the basis for Djwhal Khul, Master Hillarion, & El Morya, whom she referred to as 'the Mahatmas'. Blavatsky promoted these men's spiritual teaching s in North America, protecting their true identities with pseudonyums.She would produce letters from Singh and the other Mahatmas, sometimes claiming that the letters materialized from the ethers When the men passed over, Blavatsky and her followers - Alice Bailey & Elizabeth Clare Prophet - began channeling messages from them.This was the first usage of teh term 'ascended maters'.According to the 'new' Theosophists, Kuthumi's past lives include Saint Francis and Pythagoras.Helps wiht Dedication to life purpose & Focus

Main info sources:

The Aquarian Guide to the New Age - Eileen Campbell & J.H.Brennan

Dictionary of the Occult-Geddes & Grosset

Archangels & Ascended Masters -Doreen Virtue,Ph.D