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Baganda tribes
emerged from mana level of prayer
91:0.5
(994;5)
balance.
See also
symmetry
in Judaism, philosophy and aesthetics entirely submerged in religion and morality
97:10.5
(1076;2)
,
98:2.7-9
(1079;4)
lack of balance between intellectual and spiritual growth hazardous
98:1.6
(1078;4)
lack of balance in Greece, where personal religious experience failed to keep pace with intellect
98:2.7-9
(1079;4)
philosophy, religion, and science welded together by wisdom, faith, and experience
98:2.12
(1080;2)
sense of proportion necessary in exercise of virtue
16:7.7
(193;6)
spiritual growth greatest when physical, mental, and spiritual powers in
b.
110:6.4
(1209;4)
unification of mathematic logic, mind-reason, and spirit-faith in personality
16:6.10
(192;6)
balances of power
world peace cannot be maintained by
134:6.9
(1491;3)
Balkans
Andonites entered Europe via
80:9.6
(898;1)
Baltic
Andite invasion route to Europe
80:4.1-2
(892;4)
Baluchistan
Andite infiltration into
79:1.1
(878;2)
,
79:2.4
(880;2)
bank (moral)
has vast spiritual resources
195:6.1
(2076;6)
banking.
See also
money-changers
;
usury
ancient interest rate was 100%
69:5.6
(776;4)
commercial credit first practiced at Dalamatia
66:5.12
(747;2)
courts determine interest rates in continental nation
72:5.4
(813;5)
early banker was valorous man of tribe
69:5.2
(775;10)
early creditors controlled body after death
69:5.8
(776;6)
extensive system in Jerusalem temple
173:1.3-4
(1889;1)
honest wealth entitled to interest
132:5.9
(1464;3)
Judas deposited funds
147:2.1
(1648;3)
,
163:2.11
(1803;2)
,
172:2.3
(1880;4)
Moses said his people would lend but not borrow
96:5.4
(1058;2)
negligent servant should have obtained interest
171:8.6
(1876;3)
,
176:3.4
(1916;4)
banner of Michael.
See
concentric circles, three
banquets
Jewish custom against women sitting at
172:1.2
(1878;5)
Jewish custom that interested persons linger
138:3.5
(1540;8)
,
147:5.2
(1651;6)
primitives gave pretentious feasts to dispel dishonor
69:5.12
(776;10)
sometimes invite poor, maimed, and blind
140:8.12
(1580;7)
,
167:1.5
(1834;3)
banshees
evolving monotheists keep subordinate gods as
96:1.14
(1054;4)
baptism
b.
of Jesus.
See
Jesus
: events in life
b.
of the spirit.
See
spiritual rebirth
evolution of ceremony
87:6.5
(964;4)
in early Christian church
194:4.9
(2067;4)
Jesus never opposed rite of
170:5.13
(1865;3)
John baptized for remission of sins
135:6.4
(1502;2)
Mithraic rite
98:5.4
(1082;5)
,
98:6.4
(1083;4)
of gentile proselytes into fellowship of outer court
135:6.4
(1502;2)
price apostles paid to gain followers of John
144:7.1
(1626;2)
public profession of entrance into kingdom
144:6.7
(1625;4)
,
144:8.5
(1627;2)
religious ceremonial in Babylon
85:4.1
(946;8)
Barabbas
Jesus crucified in place of
B.
; mob cheered
185:8.2
(1996;6)
,
187:0.2
(2004;2)
political agitator; murderous robber; son of priest
185:5.3-11
(1993;3)
thief on cross had looked upon
B.
as hero
187:4.5
(2009;4)
Barak
defeated Sisera at Taanach
126:1.2
(1387;2)
barbers
first matchmakers were
83:2.1
(923;1)
bark
early people wrote on
66:5.9
(746;7)
barley
improved in Garden of Eden
81:1.7
(901;2)
Barnabas
able Greek believer in Jerusalem
194:4.11
(2068;1)
barnacles
59:4.3
(678;4)
barns
foolish rich man pulled down
165:4.2
(1821;2)
barrenness.
See also
fertility
among ancients,
b.
attributed to spirit machinations
83:4.4
(924;7)
ancients always blamed
b.
on wife
83:7.2
(928;3)
doll first employed as talisman against
88:6.4
(972;4)
barter
early practices of silent
b.
; fetish stood guard
69:4.1-4
(775;1)
in sex slaves
69:5.10
(776;8)
Bartholomew
father of Nathaniel
139:6.9
(1559;4)
Bartimeus
Jesus restored sight to
171:5sec
(1873;1)
basalt
earth's crust stabilized by molten sea of
58:5.3-4
(668;5)
form of lava heavier than granite
58:5.6
(668;8)
Palisades of Hudson formed by extrusion of
60:1.3
(685;5)
Bashan
brutal Hebrew raid upon king of
69:8.3
(779;2)
basket weaving
origination of idea
81:2.13-14
(902;7)
Basques.
See also
white race
: divisions: southern
blue race admixed with Saharans
80:9.11
(898;6)
Batanea
138:2.4
(1539;7)
,
154:7.4
(1723;7)
,
155:0.1
(1725;1)
bathing
belief deformed babies were result of careless
b.
84:1.4
(932;1)
Greeks practiced ritual of
85:4.1
(946;8)
Jesus refused to go to public baths
132:4.5
(1461;3)
,
133:3.6
(1472;5)
religious ceremonial before Prince's arrival
66:5.21
(748;2)
,
87:6.5
(964;4)
Bathsheba
Mary mother of Jesus a descendant of
122:1.2
(1345;1)
wife of Uriah the Hittite; King David married; mother of Solomon
97:9.10,15
(1072;8)
bats
diminutive mammals, air navigators
49:2.10
(562;1)
,
65:2.12
(733;2)
Bautan
imparted traditions of Salem to Gautama
94:7.5
(1035;5)
Bay of Bengal
Dravidian shipping to
79:3.7
(881;7)
beads
string of
b.
was once a battery of charms
88:1.2
(967;4)
beam
foolish carpenter spent time squaring rotting timber
156:5.2
(1738;1)
in one's own eye
140:3.17
(1571;4)
bears
61:4.3
(698;5)
,
61:7.13
(702;3)
,
62:5.2
(707;8)
beatitudes
strengthen moral character, create happiness
140:5.6-24
(1573;8)
beautiful gate
in Jerusalem temple
162:4.3
(1794;2)
beauty.
See also
art
;
truth, beauty, and goodness
always triumphs over ugliness
156:5.5
(1738;4)
ancients believed b. aroused envy of spirits
87:5.7
(963;2)
base life on highest consciousness of
110:3.7
(1206;5)
concept not inherent in physics
195:6.11
(2077;7)
defined as
discernment of goodness in truth
2:7.8
(43;1)
finite maximum of experience
117:1.7
(1279;5)
harmonious relations, rhythms of creation
56:10.9-11
(646;10)
man's effort to discern God in matter
56:10.2
(646;3)
reflection of Paradise in material creation
56:10.17
(647;8)
revelation of Deity
0:1.17
(3;4)
,
56:10.9
(646;10)
spirit of Father
155:6.11
(1732;4)
unification of contrasts, of Creator and creature
56:10.3-4
(646;4)
value-realization of God-consciousness
111:3.7
(1219;6)
discernment of b. is integration of reality
2:7.8
(43;1)
leads to worship, especially with children
167:6.5-6
(1840;4)
man's understanding of
b.
only relatively true
115:1.2
(1260;3)
most religious when simple and naturelike
167:6.6
(1840;5)
never satisfying if ununified
44:7.3
(507;4)
pleasing surroundings contribute to happiness
140:4.10
(1573;1)
service of
b.
no substitute for religious experience
196:3.20
(2095;7)
sincere pursuit of
b.
leads to God
195:6.17
(2078;3)
truth, fact, and relationship inseparable from
44:7.2
(507;3)
variety essential to
56:10.3-4
(646;4)
beavers
61:2.7
(695;5)
,
61:5.7
(699;8)
Indian tribes believed they originated from
74:8.5
(837;4)
Bedouins.
See also
Arabs
believed nature spirit produced sand whirls
85:4.2
(947;1)
beeches
60:3.19
(690;10)
Beelzebub
Jesus accused of doing miracles by power of
153:4.2-3
(1714;1)
,
169:0.7
(1850;7)
Jesus warned apostles would be called associates of
150:4.2
(1681;9)
leader of apostate secondary midwayers
53:1.5
(602;2)
,
77:7.4
(863;5)
Beeroth
134:7.5
(1492;5)
Beersheba
134:7.4
(1492;4)
,
190:1.8
(2031;2)
beggar of Naples
lacked ability to respond to spirit leading
130:8.4
(1440;4)
begging
almost unknown among ancient tribes
69:9.1
(780;4)
beginning of reality.
See
reality
: genesis of reality
behavior.
See
action
being
vs. doing
140:10.1
(1584;4)
beings.
See
creatures
;
personality
Beirut
156:3.1
(1736;6)
Beit Adis
Jesus lived in rock cavern near
136:4.12
(1515;6)
Beit Jenn
Jesus' headquarters while on Mount Hermon
134:8.1
(1492;8)
Bel
Babylonian god; Mesopotamian god of earth
95:1.4
(1042;5)
,
97:6.2
(1067;5)
Bel-Marduk
Mesopotamians reduced their gods to concept of
96:0.1
(1052;1)
temples in Babylon
95:1.10
(1043;5)
Belgium
61:4.2
(698;4)
most northerly Danubian settlement at Liege in
80:8.4
(897;2)
belief.
See also
faith
acceptance of teaching as true
101:8.1
(1114;5)
always limits and binds
101:8.2
(1114;6)
and faith
102:6sec
(1124;3)
b.
rather than knowledge determines conduct
99:4.5
(1090;1)
education increases respect for others' opinions
25:3.12
(278;3)
hard to shake once part of one's religion
153:3.6
(1713;1)
may not be able to resist doubt and withstand fear
102:6.7
(1125;2)
religions of authority require uniformity in
155:6.9
(1732;2)
time required to effect radical change in fundamental
152:6.1
(1705;1)
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