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Earthmother Therapy Center	New Age astrology, aura readings, chakra, channelling, homeopathy, iridology, numerology, palmistry, past life regression, and reflexology.
Eckankar	New Age mixture of pantheism, mysticism, astral projection, and reincarnation.
Ecstasy	('displaced') Frenzied or excited 'out-of-body' condition shamans access the underworld.
Eight Fold Path	Fourth of the Buddhist noble truths: 'Middle Way'.
Eight Immortals	Taoism - Beings who live in Realm of the Great Purity.
Elohim	('gods') Jewish divine name used over 2500 times in Tanach.
Emotional	personality element of expressed, suppressed, and impassioned affect.
Empowerment	divinely appropriated strength to handle life.
Enlightenment	Buddhistic release from Samsara and Dukkha into Nirvana.
Environmental	relational behavior with nature and the non human world.
Envy	Begrudging admiration, or desire for the advantages, possessions, or attainments of others.
Epics	Lengthy poetic narratives which may be acted, recited, or chanted.
Esalen Institute	One of original New Age groups promoting and developing Eastern Mysticism.
EST	Personal Transformation seminar teaching subjective truth and other New Age themes.
Eternity	Spiritual condition without beginning or end
Eupsychia	Teaching of TM and Native American spirituality.
Eustress	positive physical response to past, present or future GO.
Event	an occurrence in a certain place during a particular interval of time.
Evil	The anti-sacred; intent or purpose that is counter deity; source varies among religions.
Examination	a studied review of causes, conditions, and circumstances.
Exclusionism	A religious belief that one religion contains the full revelation and truth of God.
Exhaustion	State of extreme weakness or fatigue.
Existentialism	Belief that there is no purpose in hostile world; truths are revealed in crisis.
Exorcism	Removal of evil spirits from a person, place. or object by prayer or ritual.
Experience	Knowledge or practical wisdom gained from observing, encountering, or undergoing happenings and environments.
Expressed	emotional demonstration of feeling, affect, or sentiment.