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Hadad, in ancient Middle Eastern religions
(Encyclopedia) HadadHadadhāˈdăd [key] or AdadHadadāˈdăd [key], ancient weather god of Semitic origin, worshiped in Babylonia and Assyria. Important throughout the Middle East, he was worshiped under…Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli
(Encyclopedia) Radhakrishnan, SarvepalliRadhakrishnan, Sarvepallisŭrˌvəpŭlˈlē räˈdəkrĭshˌən [key], 1888–1975, Indian philosopher, president of India (1962–67). The main part of his life was spent as…monotheism
(Encyclopedia) monotheismmonotheismmŏnˈəthēĭzəm [key] [Gr.,=belief in one God], in religion, a belief in one personal god. In practice, monotheistic religion tends to stress the existence of one…beat generation
(Encyclopedia) beat generation, term applied to certain American artists and writers who were popular during the 1950s. Essentially anarchic, members of the beat generation rejected traditional…Oliveros, Pauline
(Encyclopedia) Oliveros, Pauline, 1932–2016, American composer and musician, b. Houston, Tex., studied Univ. of Houston, San Francisco State College (B.A., 1957). She began playing the accordion as a…soul
(Encyclopedia) soul, the vital, immaterial, life principle, generally conceived as existing within humans and sometimes within all living things, inanimate objects, and the universe as a whole.…Babylonia
(Encyclopedia) BabyloniaBabyloniabăbĭlōˈnēə [key], ancient empire of Mesopotamia. The name is sometimes given to the whole civilization of S Mesopotamia, including the states established by the city…Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley was an English writer whose most famous work is the 1932 novel Brave New World. Born into a family of distinguished intellectuals on both sides of the family, he graduated from Oxford…Helena Blavatsky
Name at birth: Helena Petrovna BlavatskyHelena Blavatsky called herself Madame Blavatsky, and she enjoyed about a decade of celebrity in the 1870s as a mysterious psychic and a co-founder the…J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, the top-secret World War II program which developed the world's first atomic bomb. Oppenheimer was an unusual personality…Trending
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