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Nabi	('prophet') Islamic prophets working within religious tradition; as opposed to rasul.
Nafs	('self') Islamic term for the lower passionate soul as compared to Ruh.
Naropa Institute	New Age Philosophy promoting ancient ritual and mystical powers of man.
Native American Spirituality	Polytheistic belief in primal traditions and worship of nature gods.
Natural Religions	Religiousness that rises from natural human insight and explanation.
Nature Spirits	Spirits of trees, hills, rivers, plants, and animals given homage and offerings .
Neo-paganism	The modern term for the new witchcraft and sorcery seen in New Age cults.
New Age Spirituality	Term for various religious movements characterized by a sense of a new age of spiritual awareness. Modern physics and cosmology are used to modernize, redefine and revive primal religions; emphasizes healing, self-awareness, human potential, ecology, equal rights, balance of the intuitive and the rational and an earth force as the source of energy.
Night Journey	Muhammad's journey, along with the archangel Gabriel, from Mecca to Jerusalem on a winged horse. Where he met Abraham Moses, and Jesus. He then ascended up a ladder of light into the presence of Allah. He returned with instruction for his disciples.
Nirvana / Nibbana	('extinguishment') In Buddhism, state when dukkha ceases due to flames of desire dying.; state of non-awareness of known or imagined existence; dissipation of atman into the universe.
Nitnem	Sikh daily rule of prayer observed three times.
Noble Eight-fold Path	Method of extinguishing dukkha and become free from Samsara.
Numerology	The notion that there is a mystical meaning in numbers.
Nun	A female monk given to sexual abstinence and moral purity.