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GABRIEL:
 
GAIA:
 
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth (1908-):
 
GALEN Claudius (130-200):
 
GALILEO, Galilei (1564-1642):
 
GALLICANISM:
 
GANDHABBAS (Pali) GANDHARVAS (Sanskrit):
 
GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948):
 
GANEA:
 
GARBHAGHA:
 
GARDNER, Gerald Brousseau (1884-1964):
 
GARDNERIAN WITCHCRAFT:
 
GTHS:
 
GYA:
 
GEERTZ, Clifford (1926-):
 
GEHENNA:
 
GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN:
 
GENESIS:
 
GENEVA:
 
GENEVA BIBLE:
 
GENKU (12th century):
 
GENSHIN (942-1017):
 
GENTILE:
 
GENUFLECTION:
 
GENUS:
 
GENUS AND SPECIES:
 
GHETTO:
 
GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794):
 
GILGAMESH, EPIC OF:
 
GILSON, Etienne Henry (1884-1978):
 
GIOTTO di Bondone (1267-1337):
 
GLADSTONE, William, Ewart (1809-1898):
 
GLASTONBURY:
 
GLOCK, Charles Y. (1924-):
 
GLOSSOLALIA:
 
GNOSTICISM:
 
GOBIND SINGH (1666-1708):
 
GOBINEAU, Joseph Arthur, Comte de (1816-1882):
 
GOD:
 
GOD PARENTS:
 
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832):
 
GOG AND MAGOG:
 
GOLDEN AGE:
 
GOLDEN CALF:
 
GOLDEN RULE:
 
GOOD:
 
GOOD FRIDAY:
 
GORE, Charles (1853-1932):
 
GRACE:
 
GRAHAM, William, Franklin, "Billy" (1918-):
 
GRAIL, THE HOLY:
 
GRAMSCI, Antonio (1891-1937):
 
GREAT AWAKENING:
 
GREAT MOTHER:
 
GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD:
 
GREBEL, Conrad (1498-1526):
 
GREEK:
 
GREEN, T. H. (1836-1882):
 
GREENPEACE:
 
GREGORIAN CHANTS:
 
GREGORY OF NYSSA (330-395):
 
GREGORY OF TOURS, (538-594):
 
GREGORY THE GREAT (540-604):
 
GREGORY VII (1021-1085):
 
GHA SUTRA:
 
GRID:
 
GROEN VAN PRINSTERER, Guillaume (1801-1876):
 
GROTIUS, Hugo (1583-1645):
 
GROUND MOTIVE:
 
GROUP:
 
GROUP-GRID ANALYSIS:
 
GURDWARA:
 
GURU:
 
GUYARD, Marie (1599-1672):
 
GUYON, Madame [Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mothe] (1648-1717):
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GOLDEN AGE:

the idea that in the long distant past there was a time of peace and prosperity which was lost through some human act. The idea features in many RELIGIONS and is often linked with the related notion of the DECLINE OF THE AGES.

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