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For a more comprehensive list, see.Messiah (: משיח; mashiah, moshiah, mashiach, or moshiach, ('anointed one') is a term used in the to describe priests and kings, who were traditionally. For example, the, is referred to as 'God's anointed' (Messiah) in the Bible.In Jewish messianic tradition and, the term came to refer to a future Jewish from the, who will be 'anointed' with and rule the Jewish people during the. In Standard Hebrew, the messiah is often referred to as Melech HaMeshiach ( מלך המשיח, literally 'the Anointed King.' And current hold that the messiah will be an anointed one, descended from his father through the Davidic line of, who will gather the Jews back into the and usher in an era of peace.Orthodox Jewish messianic movements have occasionally emerged throughout the centuries among Jewish communities worldwide. These surround various messiah claimants. However, the claimants failed to deliver the promises of redemption, and generally remained with only a handful of followers. The most popular messiah claimants were in 2nd century, in the 7th century, in the 17th century Ottoman Empire (precursor to ), in 18th century Europe, and in 19th century Ottoman Yemen.

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There are those who currently identify the 20th century (the ) as the ).Other denominations, such as, believe in a Messianic Age when the world will be at peace, but do not agree that there will be a messiah as the leader of this era.Christianity. Main articles:, andMaitreya is a who in the tradition is to appear on Earth, achieve complete, and teach the pure.

According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor of the historic, the founder of Buddhism. The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical literature of all Buddhist sects (, ) and is accepted by most Buddhists as a statement about an actual event that will take place in the distant future.Although Maitreya Buddha appears in the canonical literature shared by many sects of Buddhism, Buddhists in different historical contexts have conceived of Maitreya Buddha in different ways. In early medieval, for example, Taoist and Buddhist ideas combined to produce a particular emphasis on the messianic role of a Bodhisattva called 'Prince Moonlight.' Furthermore, the Chinese Maitreyan traditions were themselves marked by considerable diversity.

Has argued that a certain 'canonical' Maitreyan cult from the fourth to sixth centuries believed Maitreya to inhabit the heaven where Buddhists might be reborn in the very distant future. Another rival tradition, however, believed that Maitreya would appear in the imminent future in this world to provide salvation during a time of misery and decline. This latter form of Maitreyan belief was generally censored and condemned as heretical to the point that few manuscripts survive written by Buddhists sympathetic to this tradition.Maitreya Buddha continued to be an important figure in millenarian rebellions throughout Chinese history such as in the rebellions associated with the so-called Society.Cargo cults. Main articles: andAccording to philosophy, redacted in the,at the end of thy tenth hundredth winter. the sun is more unseen and more spotted; the year, month, and day are shorter; and the earth is more barren; and the crop will not yield the seed; and men. become more deceitful and more given to vile practices.

They have no gratitude.Honorable wealth will all proceed to those of perverted faith. and a dark cloud makes the whole sky night. and it will rain more noxious creatures than winter., the Man of Peace, battles the forces of evil. The events of are described in the (30.1ff): 'In the final battle with evil, the and will 'melt the metal in the hills and mountains, and it will be upon the earth like a river' ( 34.18), but the righteous ( ) will not be harmed.' Eventually, will triumph, and his agent Saoshyant will resurrect the dead, whose bodies will be restored to eternal perfection, and whose souls will be cleansed and reunited with God. Time will then end, and truth/righteousness ( ) and immortality will thereafter be everlasting.Wicca, Stregheria, Neopaganism and Witchcraft.

Main article:is one of the principal figures in the American folklorist 's 1899 work, which he believed to be a genuine religious text used by a group of in, a claim that has subsequently been disputed by other folklorists and historians. In Leland's Gospel, Aradia is portrayed as a who was sent to Earth in order to teach the oppressed peasants how to perform witchcraft to use against the and the upper classes.Since the publication of Leland's Gospel, Aradia has become 'arguably one of the central figures of the modern pagan witchcraft revival' and as such has featured in various forms of, including and, as an actual deity., founder of the Wiccan-inspired tradition of Stregheria, claims that Aradia was a historical figure named Aradia di Toscano, who led a group of 'Diana-worshipping witches' in 14th-century Tuscany. Sebastianism. Main articles:, andSebastianism (: Sebastianismo) is a Portuguese messianic myth, based on the belief that King, disappeared in the, will return to save. The belief gained momentum after an interpretation by priest of and the that foreshadowed a Portuguese.

In the most important manifestation of Sebastianism took place in the context of the, when movements emerged that defended a return to the monarchy. It is categorised as an example of the folk motif, typified by people waiting for a hero to return to save them. The Portuguese author wrote about such a hero in his epic Mensagem ( The Message).Nazi messianism. Main articles: andThere has been significant literature on the potential. Suggests that Hitler and the Nazi leadership planned to replace Christianity in Germany with a new religion in which Hitler would be considered a.

In his book on the connection between and Hitler, Daim published a reprint of an alleged document of a session on 'the unconditional abolishment of all religious commitments (Religionsbekenntnisse) after the final victory (Endsieg). With a simultaneous proclamation of Adolf Hitler as the new messiah.' This session report came from a private collection.See also.Notes.

To answer this it is necessary to study carefully the differencebetween the Islamic concept of spirituality and that of other religions andideologies. Without a clear understanding of this difference it often happensthat, when talking about the spirituality in Islam, many of the vague notionsassociated with the word ‘spiritual’ unconsciously come to mind; it thenbecomes difficult for one to comprehend that this spirituality of Islam notonly transcends the dualism of spirit and matter but is the nucleus of itsintegrated and unified concept of life. Body-Soul ConflictThe idea which has influenced most the climate ofphilosophical and religious thought is that body and soul are mutuallyantagonistic, and can develop only at each other’s expense. For the soul, thebody is a prison and the activities of daily life are the shackles which keepit in bondage and arrest its growth. This has inevitably led to the universebeing divided into the spiritual and the secular.Those who chose the secular path were convinced thatthey could not meet the demands of spirituality, and thus they led highlymaterial and hedonistic lives. All spheres of worldly activity, whether social,political, economic or cultural, were deprived of the light of spirituality;injustice and tyranny were the result.Conversely, those who wanted to tread the path ofspiritual excellence came to see themselves as ‘noble outcasts’ from the world.They believed that it was impossible for spiritual growth to be compatible witha ‘normal’ life. In their view physical self-denial and mortification of theflesh were necessary for the development and perfection of the spirit.

Theyinvented spiritual exercises and ascetic practices which killed physicaldesires and dulled the body’s senses. They regarded forests, mountains andother solitary places as ideal for spiritual development because the hustle andbustle of life would interfere with their meditations. They could not conceiveof spiritual development except through withdrawal from the world.This conflict of body and soul resulted in the evolutionof two different ideals for the perfection of man. One was that man should besurrounded by all possible material comforts and regards himself as nothing butan animal. Men learnt to fly like birds, swim like fish, run like horses andeven terrorize and destroy like wolves but they did not learn how to live likenoble human beings. The other was that the senses should be not only subduedand conquered but extra-sensory powers awakened and the limitations of thesensory world done away with. With these new conquests men would be able tohear distant voices like powerful wireless sets, see remote objects as one doeswith a telescope, and develop powers through which the mere touch of their handor a passing glance would heal the un-healable.The Islamic viewpoint differs radically from theseapproaches.

According to Islam, God has appointed the human soul as HisKhalifah (vicegerent) in this world. He has invested it with a certainauthority, and given it certain responsibilities and obligations for thefulfillment of which He has endowed it with the best and most suitable physicalframe. The body has been created with the sole object of allowing the soul touse it in the exercise of its authority and the fulfillment of its duties andresponsibilities.

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The body is not a prison for the soul, but its workshop orfactory; and if the soul is to grow and develop, it is only through thisworkshop. Consequently, this world is not a place of punishment in which thehuman soul unfortunately finds itself, but a field in which God has sent it towork and do its duty towards Him.Therefore spiritual development should not take the formof a man turning away from this workshop and retreating into a corner. Rather,man should live and work in it, and give the best account of himself that hecan. It is in the nature of an examination for him; every aspect and sphere oflife is, as it were, a question paper: the home, the family, the neighborhood,the society, the market-place, the office, the factory, the school, the lawcourts, the police station, the parliament, the peace conference and thebattlefield, all represent question papers which man has been called upon toanswer. If he leaves most of the answer-book blank, he is bound to fail theexamination. Success and development are only possible if man devotes his wholelife to this examination and attempts to answer all the question papers he can.Islam rejects and condemns the ascetic view of life, andproposes a set of methods and processes for the spiritual development of man,not outside this world but inside it. The real place for the growth of thespirit is in the midst of life and not in solitary places of spiritualhibernation.

Criterion of Spiritual DevelopmentWe shall now discuss how Islam judges the development ordecay of the soul. In his capacity as the vicegerent (Khalifah) of God, man isanswerable to Him for all his activities. It is his duty to use all the powerswhich he has been given in accordance with the Divine will. He should utilizeto the fullest extent all the faculties and potentialities bestowed upon himfor seeking God’s approval. In his dealings with other people he should behavein such a way as to try to please God.

In brief, all his energies should bedirected towards regulating the affairs of this world in the way in which Godwants them to be regulated. The better a man does this, with a sense ofresponsibility, obedience and humility, and with the object of seeking thepleasure of the Lord, the nearer will he be to God. In Islam, spiritualdevelopment is synonymous with nearness to God. Similarly, he will not be ableto get near to God if he is lazy and disobedient. And distance from Godsignifies, in Islam, the spiritual fall and decay of man.From the Islamic point of view, therefore, the sphere ofactivity of the religious man and the secular man is the same.

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Not only willboth work in the same spheres; the religious man will work with greaterenthusiasm than the secular man. The man of religion will be as active as theman of the world indeed, more active in his domestic and social life, whichextends from the confines of the household to the market square, and even tointernational conferences.What will distinguish their actions will be the natureof their relationship with God and the aims behind their actions. Whatever areligious man does, will be done with the feeling that he is answerable to God,that he must try to secure Divine pleasure, that his actions must be inaccordance with God’s laws. A secular person will be indifferent towards Godand will be guided in his actions only by his personal motives. This differencemakes the whole of the material life of a man of religion a totally spiritualventure, and the whole of the life of a secular person an existence devoid ofthe spark of spirituality. RegistrationWhy register? This web site has several customizations made specifically for you, such as: your favorites, your history, marking articles you have previously viewed, listing articles published since your last visit,changing font size, and more.

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