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The first letter in all the world‐alphabets save a few, such for instance as the Mongolian, the Japanese, the Tibetan, the Ethiopian, etc. It is a letter of great mystic power and “magic virtue” with those who have adopted it, and with whom its numerical value is one. It is the ''Aleph ''of the Hebrews, symbolized by the Ox or Bull; the ''Alpha ''of the Greeks, the one and the first the ''Az ''of the Slavonians, signifying the pronoun “I” (referring to the “I am that I am”). Even in Astrology, Taurus (the Ox or Bull or the ''Aleph'') is the first of the Zodiacal signs, its colour being white and yellow. The sacred ''Aleph ''acquires a still more marked sanctity with the Christian Kabalists when they learn that this letter typifies the Trinity in Unity, as it is composed of two Yods, one upright, the other reversed with a slanting bar or nexus, thus— a. Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie states that “the St. Andrew cross is occultly connected therewith”. The divine name, the first in the series corresponding with ''Aleph'', is AêHêIêH or ''Ahih ''when vowelless, and this is a Sanskrit root. [[Category: TG terms]] (TG). +

A Compendious History of the Goths, Swedes and Vandals +

An English translation of Olaus Magnus’s work on the northern peoples, published at London in 1653. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Christmas Then and Christmas Now|BCW 2:167]]) +

A General History of Free-masonry in Europe +

English translation by J. Fletcher of E. Rebold's ''Histoire générale de la Francmaçonnerie'' (Paris, 1851), published in Cincinnati in 1861. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#523|3:523]][[SMW::on]]). +

A Greek-English Lexicon +

Greek-English dictionary by H. G. Liddell and Robert Scott, listed in Oxford editions (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#463|8:463]][[SMW::on]]). +

A Historical Retrospect of The Theosophical Society, 1875-1896 +

[[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]]’s historical survey, published at Madras in 1896. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxxi|BCW 4:xxxi]]) +

A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature +

[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] checks numerous quotations against the 1859 London edition published by Williams and Norgate, distinguishing the original italics from emphasis added by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (1)#272|BCW 5:272-274]]) +

A Lecture on the Peculiarities of Hindu Literature +

A lecture attributed in the appendix to C. T. Winfred. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#670|4:670]][[SMW::on]]). +

A Satana +

[[Carducci, Giosuè|G. Carducci]]’s hymn is the source of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s Italian verse quotation about Satan. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Masons and Jesuits#58|BCW 4:58]]) +

A Short History of The Theosophical Society +

A history compiled by J. Ransom, with a preface by G. S. Arundale; Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938, xii and 591 pages. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxxii|BCW 4:xxxii]]) +

A Treatise on Sufism +

A paper on Muslim mysticism written in 1811. Its assertion that the Sufi has no religion was commented on by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Footnote to A Treatise on Sufism#162|BCW 4:162]]) +

A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy +

N. C. Paul’s medical treatise on yogic practices, reissued at Calcutta in 1883 and Bombay in 1888. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] annotated its serial publication, distinguishing occult explanations from the author’s physiological hypotheses. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Comments on A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy|BCW 2:453-473]]) An early Benares edition printed at the Recorder Press is dated 1851. ([https://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/N.C.-Paul-_-A-Treatise-_PDF_-on-the-Yoga-Philosophy-__.pdf N.C. Paul: title page, Benares, Recorder Press, 1851]; [https://search.worldcat.org/title/14956632 WorldCat: Benares edition, 1851]) +

Aahla +

One of the divisions of the ''Kerneter'' or infernal regions, or [[Amenti]] ; the word means the “Field of Peace”. +

Aanroo +

The second division of [[Amenti]]. The celestial field of Aanroo is encircled by an iron wall. The field is covered with wheat, and the “Defunct” are represented gleaning it, for the “Master of Eternity”; some stalks being three, others five, and the highest seven cubits high. Those who reached the last two numbers entered the state of bliss (which is called in Theosophy [[Devachan]]) ; the disembodied spirits whose harvest was but three cubits high went into lower regions (''Kâmaloka''). Wheat was with the Egyptians the symbol of the ''Law of retribution ''or ''Karma''. The cubits had reference to the seven, five and three human “principles [[Category: TG terms]] (TG). +

Aaron +

The elder brother of Moses and the ''first Initiate'' of the Hebrew Lawgiver. The name means the ''Illuminated'', or the ''Enlightened''. Aaron thus heads the line, or Hierarchy, of the initiated ''Nabim'', or Seers. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG) +

Ab +

The eleventh month of the Hebrew civil year; the fifth of the sacred year beginning in July. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Abaddon +

An angel of Hell, corresponding to the Greek Apollyon. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Abatur +

In the Nazarene system the “Ancient of Days”, ''Antiquus Altus'', the Father of the Demiurgus of the Universe, is called the ''Third Life ''or “Abatur”. He corresponds to the ''Third ''“Logos” in the ''Secret Doctrine''. (See ''Codex Nazaræus'') [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Abba Amona +

''Lit.'', “Father‐Mother”; the occult names of the two higher Sephiroth, ''Chokmah ''and ''Binah'', of the upper triad, the apex of which is Sephira or Kether. From this triad issues the lower septenary of the Sephirothal Tree. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Abdul Ghafur +

Religious leader of Swat ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Akhund of Swat#369|BCW 1:369]]). +

Abei‐Zivo +

The Metatron or anointed spirit with the Nazarene Gnostics; the same as the angel Gabriel. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +