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Aaron, prophet in Exodus, 200
Abraham:
Sanskrit epithet, 169(179) sacrifices Isaac, 169(179) and Hagar, 267 fn.
Abraxas, solar cock of, 374
Absolute:
anthropomorphizing, the, 232 succinct teachings about, 234 abyss between, and the infinite, 342
Thought is inscrutable, 411 Light & its “south pole,” Life, 629
Acervulus cerebri, of Pineal gland, 618
Acts, 348
on Simon Magus, 552
Adam-Kadmon, or Jahve, androgynous, 313
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719), Cato, q. 444
Adept (s):
and Bodhisattvas, 31
would not precipitate himself before sending letter, 32
Right or Left Path, 191
may attain status of Deva, 202 self-styled, of profane world, 315 and candidates for adeptship, 316
—mystics scattered in Himalayas and India, 345 fn.
of Gupta-Vidya, 346
rarity of, 451
training for a White, 491
motive in seeking powers of, 491
“becomes” & is not made, 496 sometimes desert their bodies, 684
and projection of mayávi-rüpa, 707
Adeptship:
must be achieved before becoming
a Mahatma, 634
attainment of, 691, 696
Adhemar, Countess Gaston d’, manager of Revue Théosophi- que, 300
Adi-buddha, primeval Wisdom, 537
“Admirable Crichtones,” of today, 42
Adonay, 534-35
Adultery, Jesus on, 385
Advaita:
interpreted by Samkaráchárya, 344 fn.
influenced by Budhism, 345 manuscripts of, 345 fn.
Adyar Library:
founded by Col. Olcott, 300
palm leaf MSS. in, 300
holdings of, 300
prediction on the, 301
Aeons:
of Simon Magus, 552
our Dhyani-Chohans, 553
similar to Devas, 570
Agastya, Rishi, & immigration to
Chaldea, 169(179)
{{Page aside|788}}
Age(s):
each, has its martyrs, saints, heroes, 22
of human race, 28
Miocene, 28
hypocrisy and social corruption of our, 34, 40, 242
gold is god of our “uncivilized,” 44
“Divine,” concept of Aryan races, 50
current, not conductive to moral courage, 139, 242, 310
our, inferior in Wisdom, 310 ff moral cruelty of our, 310 process related to a bacillus, 389
cure for old-, 389
Agliato, Marquis, betrayed Cagli- ostro, 81
Agnishvattas, or Solar Lhas, 644 & fn.
Agnostic, “Saladin” on Church attitude to women, 269
Agnostics, in T.S., 341 fn.
Ahamkara:
the personal “I-creating” faculty, 631, 633
and Chitta, 633 fn.
as related to Antaskarana, 634 must be crushed out, 634
Ahriman, and hosts of Darkness, 49
Ahura-Mazdha, or Universal Light, 49
Aitareya Brahmana, 169(178)
Ajigarta (or Rishika):
Holy Man of Pushkara Lake, 172(182)
father of Sunahsepa, 172(182)
Ajmere:
pilgrimage to, 173(183) fn., 176(1861
Lake Pushkara in, 176(186) sacred crocodiles of, 176(186)
Àkâsa :
sound is substratum of, 361
permeable & interpenetrating, 408
lowest form of, is Ether of
Space, 408
not “hypothetical agent” of Science, 408
sound as the only attribute of, 611
nature of, outlined, 611
astral vision cutting rays of, 678
Àkâsa-tattva:
or vital essence, 215
the one chief agent in mesmerism, 215
Akkadians, and symbolism of Khargak-Kurra, 543
Alaya:
“World-Soul,” 55
great Self, as eternal Harmony, 114
Universal Soul, 630, 635
and Mahat, 635
Alaya-Mahat:
as Universal Soul, 313, 371
Intelligence of the Universe, 313 reflected in the personal mind, 371
Albertini, Dr., on color blindness, 90
Alchemist:
symbolic expressions of, 52-55, 85-86
occult meaning of transmutation, 53
stone of, 53
and spiritual help of women, 533
Alchemy:
“three sisters” symbolism in, 85-86
occult chemistry in, 86
Alcohol, reason why forbidden to students of occultism, 698
Aletheia, Truth of the Mysteries, 570
All-Being, or Svabhavat, 543
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Althotas, Hermetic Sage and Cagliostro, 79-80
Altruism, will one day rule if Brotherhood of T.S. accepted, 302
Amazon, circle dance of Mysteries, 278
Ambarisha:
King of Ayodhya, 169(179), 172(182) fn.
disconsolate over lack of heirs, 170(180)
Ambrosia, and the gods, 187 fn.
Amen, and Amen, numerical value of, 534
America:
religious decay in, 90 forerunners of new sub-race appearing in, 154
American:
self-proclaimed Christs, 78 social life, 90
audacity in criticizing Russia, 279-81
treatment of Red-Indians, 28586
on freedom of speech & press in, 388
American Free Methodist Church, Firebrand, q. 55-56
Amerindians, dying of exposure and starvation in America, 281, 286
Amitabha, and Padmapani, 518, 519.
Analytical:
method of exact science, 359 decomposition of chemical elements 359
Ancient(s):
Mysteries and Hierophants, 1516
accused of fetishism, 16
Races, 382
“Ancient, The,” of Job, 313
or the “first-born,” 313 called Sophia, Buddhi-Manas or
Christos, 313
light from the, 320
Anderson, Dr. Jerome (18471903),
on spiritual monad, 58 ------Remarks, etc., 557 fn.
Androgyne, or Hermaphrodite
Humanity, 700, 702.
Angel(s):
and archangel, 50-52
Spirits and, 190, 200, 210 between the living & the dead, 190
Fall of, 192
“men of a superior kind,” 200 Angilini, Luigi, on death of Cagliostro, 87-88.
Anima Mundi:
Universal Soul or Mind, 413
Life originates in, 413
one of the “four faces of Brahma,” 413
Animal(s):
why do they suffer, 238
and transmigration, 238
Karma and undeserved suffering
of, 238
almost immediately reincarnated, 239
origin of red-blooded & coldblooded, 708
Animalism, not same as “animism,” 351 fn.
Animalists:
will not prevail, 2, 141
apostles of negation, 141
invade realm of Occultists, 351-52
Animism:
as applied to Lower Races, 351 fn.
and other related terms, 351 fn. Animus, and animism, 351 fn. Answers to Correspondence, on doubles & ex-doubles, 712-13
Antaskarana:
meaning, 54, 710 destruction of, causes lunacy, 408 {{Page aside|790}}link between personal & Divine Man, 623, 632-34
between Ego and human intelligence, 624
as bridge between divine & human Egos, 631
during sleep & after death, 633
called “Path,” 633
on atrophy of, 633-634
exoteric version of, in RajaYoga, 633 fn.
premature destruction of, in exoteric Vedanta, 634
slain after Divine warrior
reaches Absolute Oneness, 634
and Lokas, 672
Manas, 697
and fate of incarnation, 710
Antichrist, idealist branded as, 48. Anu, or atom in the Kosmic trinity of Hindus, 149.
Allen, Grant (1848-1899):
on age of human race, 28-29; founded a “Christo-Theosophical Society,” 131 and “the girl of the future,” 249-55
denies women the intellect of men, 250-51
on women, 251, 254, 255-56
favored eugenics, 252 contrasted to Plato & Comte, 253-54
Anupapadaka, def. 672 fn.
Apas, and violet, color of the Astral Body, 622.
Aphorisms, Oriental, 427-76
Apollonius of Tyana (fl. 1st c.
A.D.), delivers young friend from succubus, 197
Apophis:
Dragon in Egyptian Ritual, 626 Dragon of second death over soulless men, 635 repelled by sacred name, 639
Apostate, Emperor Julian called, 47-48.
Apostles, modern, & missionaries, 256
Aranyakas:
holy men of the forests, 172
(182)
included Titans or Daityas, 172
(182) . . .
as antediluvian yogins, 172
(182)
Arhan, on becoming an, 505
Archangel:
Fall of, 50
of Victor Hugo the closest to reality,
50
Archons, of Athens, 16
Arhat(s) :
on secret teachings Buddha
taught his, 345
noble injunction of, 419
Aristophanes (448?-340? B.C.), describes mesmeric cure, 222
Aristotle (384-322 B.c.), never initiated, 599
Arjuna, as Nara, victor over Devas, 202
Arnold, Sir Edwin (1832-1904), biography, 718-23
–The Light of Asia, q. 426, 436, 461
–The Secret of Death, q. 428, 440, 453, 469
–The Song Celestial, q. 449
Arnould, Arthur, Pres, of T.S., Paris, 300
Artephius (ca. 1130 a.d.), Clavis
alchymiae, q. 53
Artificial, fecundation, 254
Arundale, Francesca (18?-1924), and “cyclostyled” copy of Ma- ha-Chohan’s letter, 240-41 fn.
Aryan:
mythology, 50
women compared to modern, 270
our, ancestors foresaw moral state of present, 386
Aryan Press (New York), organization of, & printing of E. S. Instructions, xxiii, 499.
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Aryan Theosophical Society: headquarters for movement in America, 300 tract-mailing scheme of, 300 brings suit against Sun for E. Coues charges, 375-76 new library inaugurated, 376
Aryasahga:
secret schools of, 584
on the seven worlds of man, 625
Aryashtanga Marga, or path to Buddhahood, 505
Aryavarta:
H.P.B.’s Open Letter to, 157-67 ideal of Masters reawakening in, 158
H.P.B. promises to return to, 162
elevation of women in ancient, 270
Asclepieia, healing temple of Aesculapius, 214.
Asiatic:
and testimony about T.S. revival of literature, 307 mystics, 349
Asoka (ca. 272-232 B.C.), noble injunction of King, 419.
Aspects, three, and four basic principles, 607.
Asramas:
secret, in India, have existed for thousands of years, 345 fn.
Assyrians, exoteric teaching of, about planets & their correspondences, 544 (table).
Astral:
plane, distorted, 372 entity & its formation, 609-10 vision & rays of Akasa, 678 atomic quality of, doubles, 712
Astral Body:
and projection, 328
and the Apas Tattva, 622
Astral Doubles. See Linga-sarira.
Astral Light:
not ’’thought substance” of Universe, 58, 371
reflects every event & thought, 58, 407
lowest element of Ether, 371 impregnates terrestrial mind of medium, 371
odic and magnetic currents of, 373
dual powers at work in, 374 imperishable waves of, 407 as linga-sarira of earth, 613 reverse reflections in, 613, 680 and Ray of Higher Ego, 710
Astrologers, mistaken, 537, 544
Astrology:
difference of exoteric, from genuine Esoteric Philosophy, 548-49 & fn. (table)
errors of Kabalistic, 550 Western, preserved knowledge of Secret Wisdom, 551
Astruc, E. A. (1831-1905), art. in Les Archives Israélites on Judaism and major religions, 27374, 723-24.
Asuras, of Purânic myths, 49.
Atavism, intensifies karmic heritage of Ego, 17.
Àtma-Buddhi :
all principles in man merge into, 54
and microbes, 660, 679
general fountain of, 679
Atman:
has no Will of its own, 32 unconditioned, 32 as Higher Self, 32 God of Man (Ego), 83 as Kosmic Soul, 149 eternal motion or breath, 356 no individual principle, 526 three Hypostases of, Diagram I and Triad, 520-521
as sphere above Buddhi, 623
Antaskarana to, 634
Vedânta & Râja-Yoga teachings on, 634
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Atom(s):
Edison on intelligence of, 134
every, a miniature universe, 134
Leibnitz on, 134
Universal Life composed of, 134, 409-413
Science on verge of comprehending, 134
as emanations from Brahma, 149
or Anu, endowed with consciousness, 149
as “supersensible beings,” 365 each, an independent entity, 365
group to form cells, 365, 368, 412
Occultism on, 365, 398 & in. 410
as related to term for Brahma, 365 fn.
psycho-spiritual units, 368 correlation of, in auric fluid, 396
ethereal element interpenetrates, 406
and Universal mind, 409, 412 as inner principles of molecules and cells, 410, 412
are not matter, 412
an immutable Entity, 412
and geometrical molecular combinations, 412
“crystallized point of divine Energy and Ideation,” 413
as manifested spiritual sparks, 413
every, concretion of crystallized Spirit, 619
physical, controlled by Adepts, 684
and molecules in their occult interrelation, 703-704
Atomic:
origin of electric and magnetic fluids, 398-99
energy & molecular motion, 39899, 412-13
Augoeides, and Hiranyagarbha, 526.
Aum (or Om) :
results of pronouncing it, 534
Pranava as synonym of, 615 protection of mysterious Name, 638-39
a sound rather than a word, 638 found in old papyri, 638 fn. misused by Brothers of Shadow, 639
meaning of its sacred letters, 639
Aura(s) :
or Od, 210, 396
coruscations of, familiar to sensitives, 210
denotes state of the gunas, 396 individual, & its seventh aspect, 526, 528
a “god” visible only by its, to Chelas, 560
H.P.B. studying, of applicants, 583
psychic, & colors, 621 example about seer seeing stars in, 678
Aurelianus, Caelius (1st or 2nd c. a.d.), 222
Auric:
fluid in hypnotism, 395 fluid distinguished from light, 396
light or Od oí Reichenbach, 396 emanation of the gunas, 396 fluid & vampirism, 396
not recognized by science, 398
Auric Body:
nature of, 527-28
envelope as emanation of physical
man, 528, 563
as basic principle, 607 tanhic elementáis & gestation, 649 et seq.
envelope same as Prana, 694
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Auric Egg: functions of, defined, 608, 646-47
Microcosm within Macrocosm, 623
and Paramätman, 623
Authority, so-called, of modernday wisdom, 317-19
Authors :
new race of, springing up, 3-4 as fearless apostles of Truth, 7-8
Avatâra, Samkarâchârya as an, 346
Avichi :
no similitude to Christian hell, 622
rf. 625 fn., 626
as annihilation of personal “soul,” 633, 637 earth is, 635, 037 fn.
Myalba, a state of, 637 in terrestrial aura, 637 counterpart of Devachan, 637 fn.
avoiding declivity to , 639-40
Avidyä :
absence of knowledge, 115 and Mäyä hide true Self, 115 matrix of, 503, 640
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Baal, prophets of, 278
Babbitt, Dr.
and innate ideas, 602 BahurupaBrdhmana, 169(178) fn.
Bailly, Jean-Sylvain (1736-1793), biogr., 724-25 proclaimed mesmerism a delusion, 219, 221
Bain, Alexander (1818-1903),
Mind and Body, on plurality of souls, 351 fn.
Balsamo, Giuseppe. See Cagliostro
Baphomet, of Templars related to brazen serpent, 373-74
Barbarian, banquet compared to Parisian, 96-97(103-04)
Basilides, sources of information about, 570, 579-80
Baudelaire, Pierre Charles (18211867), on prostitutes, 248
Beal, Samuel (1825-1889), Catena of Chinese Buddhism, 201
“Behold the truth before you, etc.,” 591
Being, as related to mind and substance of brain, 358
Bernard, Claude (1813-1878), on living matter and life, 413
Bert, Paul (1833-1886), biogr. 725 ------ Catechisme laique (1883),
56
–Manual of Civic Ethics, 55 Bertillon, Alphonse (1853-1914), biogr. 725-20
—7— Les Races sauvages, on extermination of Tasmanians, 287-88
Besant, Annie (1847-1933):
elected President of Blavatsky
Lodge, xxiv
opposed to inviting fashionable people to T.S. meetings, 59 fn.
H.P.B. welcomes support of, 152 becomes exponent of Theosophy, 152
on Advisory Council, 264
as Secretary of “Inner Group”, 485
as joint Head of E.S., 501 fn.
Beswick, on Cagliostro, 84 fn.
Bethel, stone of Hebrews, 94(101)
Bethlehem, Star of, 273-74
Bhagavad-Gita:
T.S. re-actified interest in, 307
text of the Pauranika eclectic school, 343 fn.
publication of Judge edition, 376
on fixing mind on Self, 671 fn.
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Bhâgavata-Purâna, Sunahsepa story & its variants, 169 fn.
(178 fn.) ; 726
Bhâshyâcharya, Pundit N. (18351889), on Buddhist literature in Adyar Library, 300, 301 fn.
Bhüta(s) :
of the Srâddha ceremony, 170 (181.) fn.
and Pisâchas, 201
distinguished from Pitris, 201 fn.
as elements, 667
Bhutâtman, one of Vishnu’s titles, 149
Bichat, Marie François Xavier (1771-1802), biogr., 726
–Traité, etc., on pineal gland, 618
Bigelow, Dr., and Shin-gon Buddhist sect, 301
Bigots, iconoclasts & Grundy-wor- shippers of Theosophy, 320
Binet, Alfred (1857-1911), on forces, 226
Birthday, precepts & axioms, 425-76
Black Magic:
and sexual worship, 520 and innate ideas, 602 and magicians deserting their bodies, 684
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna (18311891):
assumes position of Pres, of European Section, xxv
H.P.B. Press installed, xxv
Coues letter to, 26 false accusations of, 29-30 questions Masters,on semi-social events, 59-63
appoints Olcott for Asian E.S., 89
on compassion, 114
message to American T.S., 151156
welcomes Annie Besant & Herbert Burrows to T.S., 152
Archival letter to Indian T.S. members, 156
N.D. Khandalavala’s statement on, letter to India, 156-157 never took money for Work, 161
kept alive by Master’s help, 161 on Russian Spy theory, 161-162, 163
accused of starting “rival society,” 162
and Dugpa Chela slander, 162 ingratitude towards, 163-164 asked to renounce rights at Adyar, 163-164
founding of Lucifer, 164
founds E.S., 165
comments on “Spirits” of Lava- ter, 208-211
calls spiritualistic communications “flapdoodle,” 212
knew Gen. Yermoloff’s son at Tiflis, 231
esoteric work of, not directed at profane masses, 235
quoted from Maha-Chohan’s letter, 241 fn.
becomes President for T.S. in Europe, 263, 329-330
invented neither Adept-fraternities nor “elementáis,” 301 prediction concerning gravity, 327 fn.
files suit against N.Y. Sun, 333 Russian Review and, 334-335 pen name “Radda-Bai,” 335 accused of inventing Tibetan
Brotherhood, 337 lawsuit against, withdrawn, 377(380)
remained silent under attacks of S.P.R., 378(380)
as sower of seeds, 501, 583 receives two letters of reproof from Masters, 582 et seq.
pledged irrevocably, 586 {{Page aside|795}}and the Coulombs, 587-588 and “papal authority,” 588 explains clauses of pledge, 589 et seq.
spirited defense of Judge, 593 et seq.
strikes Keynote of esoteric truths, 601
–Collected Writings:
ref., 240, 479, 567, 570, 621 fn. 622, 631 fn., 638 fn., 639 fn. ------ From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostán, on our chief Rajput teacher, 337
–Isis Unveiled:
ref., 219, 326 fn., 337, 401, 622 fn.
on 10 Zodiacal signs, 533 fn.
on soulless men, 625 fn.
on mysterious word in old papyri, 638 fn.
–The Key to Theosophy:
ref., 64, 307, 609 fn., 626 fn.
on Solovyov’s review of, 334349
called “Catechism of NeoBuddhism,” 339
misquoted, 340
not written for Russia, 348
intended for pseudo-Christian countries, 348-349
corrects misconceptions about Theosophy and Asian mystics, 349
–The Secret Doctrine:
a scientist’s accord with, 28
on ozone, 110
great demand for, 129
cited, 139 fn., 201 fn., 202 & 203 fn.
lunar ancestors in, 203
criticism of, countered, 234-237 not intended to dovetail modern Science, 234
too premature for profane masses, 235
indexed by “Two Students of the E.S.,” 235
on Neptune, 292
on Motion as Great Breath, 355 and Isis half-conceal mysteries of occult philosophy, 622
on Vedantic exoteric enumeration, 5261 fn.
on physical senses and sacred planets, 532 fn.
on Third Eye, 545 fn.
on Esoteric school’s two departments, 546 fn.
on Angels, 558 fn.
on the seven transformations of globes, 576 fn.
on Diagram No. 3, 611 fn.
on 12 classes of “creators,” 643
on Silent Watcher, 659
–The Voice of the Silence: on Nirmanakayas, 31 written at Fontainebleau, 64 quoted, 237, 505, 633 terminology in, 633 fn., 638
fn., 640
on Pratyeka-Buddha, 659
on Turiya state, 711
Blavatsky Lodge, London: builds meeting hall, 153 rapid expansion of, 59 et seq. three hundred members in, 298
Blavatsky Theosophical Society (Washington, D.C.) : abolished color line, 23 founded by Prof. Anthony Higgins, 23
legally chartered, 26
H.P.B. defends its officers, 117-19
Blinds:
of ancient writings, 158, 664 true Raja-Yoga employs, 621-22
Blood:
inoculation of animal matter into, 227
Kama is essence of, 699 nature and function of, 699-700 red and white corpuscles of, 700
Boborikin, N., publ. of Russkoye Obozreniye, 335
{{Page aside|796}}
Bodhisattvas:
renounce Nirvana, 31
real spirits or, help humanity invisibly, 31
and Vitala, 665
Body:
physical, called “grave” in Occultism, 55
covering of inner “principles,” 368
cell as, of immaterial atoms, 368 temple of Holy Grail, 369
as Aeolian harp, 369
the Adytum, 369
human, as a vast sounding board, 370
physical, sometimes deserted by Adepts, 684
automatism of, desire and thought, 692 et seq.
and Kamic direction of molecules, 693
has its seven aspects, 694 not a Principle, but an upadhi, 694
Bohme, Jacob (1575-1624): de Saint-Martin on, 83 extremely pure mystic, 371-72
–Seven Forms of Nature, 83 ------ Three Principles, 83 fn.
Book of Discipline, on the rules & precepts of discipline, 590 et seq.
Book of Rules, writing of the, and role of W. Q. Judge, 482, 484
Book of the Dead, and trial of soul after death, 626
Book of the Discipline and Rules, on admission to E.S., 583
Book of the Golden Precepts, q. 591, 625
Books, of far greater importance than any man, 3
Bottini, Lorenzo Prospero: correspondence with Pietro Cal- andrini, 84-85
questions Cagliostro’s actual death, 88
Bourdois de la Motte, Edme-
Joachim (1754-1835): biogr., 726 supports mesmeric phenomena,
224
Bradlaugh, Charles (1833-1891), iconoclastic school of, 296
Brahma:
chamber of, 54 swan symbol of, 105 creator in Hindu trinity, 149,
411
or anu emanates consciousness, 149
term defined, 149 fn.
identical with Mahat, 411 anima mundi as one of the “four faces” of, 413
age of, 629-30
Brahmadanda:
as Sushumna, 616
as spinal column, 701
Brahma-Jnana, also known as Vedanta, 344
Brahma-vidya:
means “Theosophy,” 344 fn., 537
one of the Veda’s names, 344 fn.
Brahman (s) :
mystic drink of, 203
full-moon ceremonies of, 203204
cleanliness of, 276
village, and their gariwalas, 291 and Upanishads, 345 fn.
sought teachings of great Kshatriya kings, 346
future, as prophesied in Pu· ranas, 387
Brahmanas:
initiation of, 701
bamboo rod carried by, 701, 702
thread of, 387
Brahmanas:
supplement Vedas, 346 ceremonialism of, 346 the “Talmud” of Hindus, 346 {{Page aside|797}}Samhitas and Upanishads, 346 fn.
Braid method, mechanical inducement of hypnotic condition, 395
Brain(s) :
molecular action of, 355, 357358
Mind not limited to, 365, 411
front door of human mansion, 371
and “brain-tablets,” 406 organ of thought for Universe, 410-411
to be replaced by finer organism, 412
not the only seat of the “sensing” principle, 414
and its glandular bodies, 617 et seq.
shrinks into pasty condition at death, 617
as vehicle of Manas, 624, 635
location of, not confined to the skull, 624 fn.
as vampire of senseless halfconscious soul, 637
thought and desire, 692 the seven, 694, 697 vehicle of Lower Manas enthroned
in Kama-Rupa, 697, 699
filled with Akasa, 697, 699 ventricles and function of the, discussed, 697-98
Breath(s) :
as living, 356
of Life, 356 fn.
several meanings of term, 615
practice of the Five, results in deadly injury, 622
Bridge, John Ransome, defends alchemists, 52
Bright, Jacob, probes child abuse, 287
Britain:
pagan customs in modern, 71-72
slow to adopt spiritualism, 123
British Museum [now British Library], and originals of the
Mahatma Letters, 240 fn.
“Brothers of the Shadow:” humanity under sway of, 601 reveal sometime secrets to unworthy persons, 602 impeded by the “Guardian
Wall,” 602-03
Brotherhood:
silent, scattered over world, 125 of the Elect of Thought, 125 Universal, first principle of
true Theosophy, 152, 302, 306, 332, 418
held in no Utopian sense, 302, 306
and the T.S. in India, 305 innermost dream of Adept Reformers, 418
Brown-Sequard, Charles Edward (1817-1894): method of, 227 “elixir of life” of, 389 biogr. 727
Bruce, Gainsford, urges investigation of child abuse, 286
Brück, on wave of individual life and aging, 391
Bruno, Giordano (1548?-1600): martyr, 30 monument to, unveiled, 41
Büchner’s School, of atheism, 404
Buckle, H. T. (1821-1802) on
Egyptian women, 270
Buddba. See Gautama Buddha
Buddhahood, not achieved in one life-time, 505
Buddhi:
or Spirit, 53
vehicle of Ätma, 417
Manas and the brain, 618 vehicle of Universal Spirit, 623 and Manas, as primordial rays of the One Flame, 629 as upädhi or vähana, 629 can only function on this plane
with Manas, 630 {{Page aside|798}}compared to the divine Root- Essence, 630
49 “cognitions” of, 667
Buddhi-Manas:
divine soul, 18
Higher Self or noetic principle, 313
the “Ancient” of Job, 313
is alone eternal, 313
the “first-born” of Alaya-Ma- hat, 313
or Christos, 313
or Spirit, 630-31, 634
Antaskarana to, 634
rapport with Atman, 634
as incarnating Divine Son, 635 gives salvation to smallest men it informs, 635
Buddhism:
as considered by a Jew, 274 defended, 274-75
in Adyar Library, 300-01
Jodo sect presentation, 300-01 purified, in Ceylon, 305
H.P.B.’s unpubl. art, on, 334
Lamaist—, 337
and Budhism, 339
not a school of Indian philosophy, 343
Anatole France’s view on, 393
Buddhist(s):
literature in Adyar Library, 300
Japanese, give Olcott Chinese version of Tripitakas, 300-01
schools in Ceylon, 305
response to T.S. in India, 305
Lamaist—, or Khe-Iangs, 337 India has few, 343 pessimism, 391
Budh (or Budhi), and Mercurios, Hermes or Thoth, govern January 4th, 76
Budhism:
secret teaching of the Buddha, 345
universal system, 345 Buffoon, court, 190-91
Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron (1803- 73), q. 67, 214
–Zanoni, 214
Burke, Edmund (1729-97), on manner & civilization, 41
Burq, V. B. (1823-1884), vindicated by Charcot, but discredited by Shiff, 398
Butler, Hiram, 602
Butler, Samuel (1835-1902), on
A. R. Wallace, 317
–“The Deadlock of Darwinism,” 316 fn.
Byron, Lord George (1788-1824), on dreams, 133
–Manfred, Satan in, 48-49
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Caduceus, double serpent of, 373 Caesar, Gaius Julius (100-44
B.C.), disguised the gods of Gaul, 95(101)
Cagliostro, Alexander, Count de (17437-1795?): name evoked both wonder & contempt, 78 et seq.
posthumous reputation as “Charlatan,” 79
Sicilian who studied under an adept, 79
patronymic, not “Balsamo,” 79-80
accused of spying for Jesuits, 80-81
persecuted and condemned by Jesuits, 81-82
relations with Masonic Lodge of Philalethes, 82-83
Vatican debates, seizure, trial and incarceration of, 85 accused as “Illuminati,” an “Enchanter,” 86
family relics and books burned, 86
Pope alters death sentence of, 87 {{Page aside|799}}in San Leo Castle of imprisonment, 87
rusty nail phenomena concerning, 87
burial uncertain, 87-88 biographical data, 727-730 ------Maçonnerie Égyptienne, MS.
burned by inquisition, 86 fn.
Cagliostro, Countess Lorenza:
tool of jesuits, 80
charged of heresy, 85, 87
Cain:
as incarnate protest of downtrodden individuality, 49
and Abel as applied to nations, 385
Calandrini, Pietro, correspondence on Cagliostro, 84-85
Calcutta, “Black Hole” of, 281
Calendar :
Julian, 75
ancient & Christian, 536 Caligula, Gaius Caesar, Emperor (12-14 A.D.), received gifts on
New Year’s Day, 93(100) Campbell, Lord, and profane discussion in public, 250
Campbell, R. Allen, Phallic Worship, 520, 737
Candler, Ida Garrison, accompanied
H.P.B. to France, 64 Cannibals, less cruel than slave holders, 286
Cant:
among hypocrites & pharisees, 35
our age of, 242, 387-88
new form of hypocrisy, 277, 349, 387-88
Capital Punishment:
Dr. F. Hartmann on, 237 juryman becomes accessory in a new murder, 237-38 relic of barbarity, 238 Capricornus, the mysterious Makara, and the incarnation of
Kumâras, 76
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881): q. 33, 120, 383 perpetuated falsehood about
Cagliostro, 79 on progress, 268 on the “lexicon” of eternity, 320
Carrington, “Departure of the Fairies,” 199
Castiglione, “Good Brotherhood of,” and Cagliostro, 80
Casuists, medieval, 351
Catholicism :
and its martyrs, 30
and Cagliostro, 80-87
Roman, and women, 268
Celibacy, essential for study of practical occultism, 702
Cell(s): consciousness in, 134, 141-142, 144-145, 148, 415-416 infinitesimal “monads,” 148 lymphatic, and nymphs of
Greek mythology, 148-149 nerve-, related to consciousness, 355, 357
each, endowed with consciousness, 365, 368
composition of, 368 respond to physical & spiritual impulses, 369, 410
ever-changing in brain tissues, 406
partakes in the divine organism, 410
as receivers and conveyors of past impressions, 416
every, and organ has seven components, 693
Cerebellum, corresponds with
Kama, 698, 699
Cerebral:
cortex & the Real Being, 357 and cardial centers relating to mental experience, 367 activity in memory, 368, 407 “reflectors,” 407
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Cerebrum, and cerebellum & groups of faculties, 550
Ceremony (ies), and dead-letter
ritualism of Bràhmanas, 346 Ceres-Demeter, transformation of, patroness of Eleusinia, 214
Ceylon [Lankà] :
T.S. Branches in, 299
T.S. purifies Buddhism in, 305 and Buddha’s birthday as holiday, 305
Sinhalese Buddhists in, 306 Chakras, and plexuses, 619-20 Change:
Tennyson on sweep of, 266
wear & tear of, 538
Chapman, Rev. Hugh B., on cheap religious talk, 112
Charcot, Jean Martin (1825-1893), and Richet vs. illusions of Indian jugglers, 326
Charcotism :
or animal magnetism, 214
Rev. Haweis on, 219
and experiments of Charcot at
the Salpêtrière, 295
Charlatanry, unscientific, 265
Chastity :
Tolstoy on marital, 245
mental & physical, 245
highest ideal of, ridiculed by society, 245
Chela, holds only part of knowledge gained, 618, 696
“Chela’s Daily Life Ledger,” 604 Chenrezi, 518
Chhâyâs :
earliest races of men had ethereal, or “shadows,” 130
Aeonian Evolution of, in poem of The Ring, 130
astral bodies & liiiga-sarira discussed, 705 et seq.
Chicago Tribune·.
on Indian fakirism, 321 et seq.
forgery in, 594
Child, and the incarnating Monad, 619
China:
use of chopsticks in, 276-77
elementals known in, 301 Chiromancy, character analysis by,
57
Chohans. See Dhyâni-Chohans & Mahâ-Chohan
Christ, as viewed by Theosophists, 349
Christian College Magazine (Madras), slanders H.P.B., 29
Christian Science:
Mind cure & metaphysical healing, 155
rapid growth of, 155
Christianity:
vs. Churchianity, 27-28
“Kilkenny,” 27, 28
martyrs of, 30
hollow mockery of popular, 35
true, 41
mock-civilization and mock-, 44
Pagan customs in, 71-72
decay of, in American villages, 90
accepting Theosophical ideas under veiled nomenclature, 129
boasts progress of civilization, 266, 314
feudal legislation of, 267
Judean, and women, 268
and Church have oppressed
women, 271
brotherhood not practiced by, 294
has become unadulterated Pharisaism, 385
Christmas :
Pagan origin of exchanging
gifts, etc., 71
use of fruit on, trees, 94(101)
Christos :
Higher Self, 53, 211
man becomes a, 54
or Buddhi-Manas, 635 Christo-Theosophical Society, and
Christianity, 131-32
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Church :
Roman, 16, 205, 210
“Age of the, is past” . . . 20
“Christlike,” impossible in
Christian States today, 20
“grandmother,” 30
State and Society, 34-36
as un-Christian now as ever, 41 teaches that man is sinful, 46-47 regards former “gods” as “demons,” 48
Cagliostro refused to divulge occults secrets to, 80
persecution of Gnostics, 215 uncompromising conservatism of, 268
a dead body, 268
women as chief supporter of, 268, 270
on Serpent-Satan, 270 ungrateful to womanhood, 270 mistreatment of women, 271 of England and Sermon on the
Mount, 316, 317
Churchianity :
Theosophy has no sympathy for, 28
deadliest enemy of Christ’s ethics, 268
has degraded women, 269-70 Chwol’sohn, D. A. (1819-1911),
Nabathean Agriculture, on Qu- ta-my evoking lunar Wisdom of Pitris, 204
Cicero, Marcus (106-43 B.C.).
Tusculan Disputations, q. 133
Cienkowsky, L., Beitriige, etc., experiments with amoebas, 141-42 Cipher (or nought), symbol of absolute Deity, 77 fn.
Civilization :
and man, 34, 239-240, 393-394 “Christian,” 41, 394
progress of science and, 41, 239, 241 fn.
moral condition of, 239-240, 393 progress and, 266
laws of Christian, 266
Christianity and, 267
“Dead Sea” fruit of Christian, 278
and barbarism are relative terms, 278
ancient and modern practices of, 278
rapid, has doomed the starving masses, 311
Clairaudience, and abnormal seership, 372
Clairvoyance:
natural, of Tyndall, 32
how projected in sleep, 328
and mediumship, 372
and the Pineal Gland, 616-18, 698
psychic, and solar plexus, 701
Clean life, as first step of golden stairs, 596
Clement Alexandrinus (150?-
220?):
on nature of woman, 269
and allegories of Bible, 342
on Simon Magus, 571
Clementine Literature, on Simon Magus, 572-73
Clerk-Maxwell, James (18311879), and retinal effect of color, 569
Collins, Mabel (1851-1927), Light on the Path, on self-righteousness, 510
Colossians, 625 fn.
Color(s) :
blindness accompanied by corresponding deafness, 90
sound and numbers, 519, 535
esoteric nature of, and their correspondences, 548-549 fn.
direct emanations from the seven Hierarchies of Being, 549
and Sounds reveal types of lower gods and spirits, 560
geometrical figures and principles, 563-564
and Hierarchies, 567
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roots of, and Sound, 568 we see are not the true ones, 569
inaudible sound, as perceptible, 620-621
of Auric Egg, 672, 686
and senses discussed, 686
Compassion, the Law of Laws
stemming from Alaya, 114
Comte, Auguste (1798-1857):
his “woman of the future,” 253 ------ Catéchisme positiviste, on artificial fecundation, 253-54
Concentration, and meditation, 603-604, 702-03
Conjuring:
by jugglers and fakirs, 321-24 and real mesmerism, 326
Consciousness :
Science on eve of discovery,
135, 138-141
is Universal, 135
Dr. Pirogoff’s investigations of, 135-136, 406-16
phenomena of, in space and
time, 140
mechanical theory of, 140-141, 354-355
German physiologists on, in the
Amoebas, 141-142
in unicellular organisms, 145 vs. molecular theories of “psycho-physiologists,” 353-355
cannot be defined by Materialists, 365
super-, 367
states of, 370, 532, 657, et seq. sensuous, of the lower mind, 407
or “senses internum,” can act through other organs than brain, 414
registers everything, 415-416
seven states of, 532
sense-, its differentiation, 691
Spiritual, and the heart, 694 et seq.
Conservation:
of energy in science & Occultism 355-57
Constantine I, Emperor (288?- 337), mother of, and women’s
Karmic heritage, 268
Constantine Nikolayevich, Grand
Duke (1827-1892), and Lava- ter’s Letters, 207-08
Contemporary Review, q. 268-69
Conway, Moncure D. (18321907),
on progress of Christian civilized women, 271
Cooper-Oakley, Isabel (18541914):
and T.S. program, 59 fn.
on proposed “Inner Group” Committee, 479
biogr., 730-33
I Corinthians, q. 16, 202, 312, 341, 348
Corpora quadrigemina, corresponds with Kama-Manas, 698, 699
Corpuscles, nature of red & white, in blood, 699-700
Correspondences:
and affinities in theurgy, 216
of sound, color & numbers, 519, 520
and progress of student, 520 true nature of, explained, 54445
of Tattvas & principles, etc., 614
Coryn, Dr. Herbert A. W. (18631927),
appointed to Advisory Council, 264
Cosmos, and Kosmos, 655-56, 677
Coues, Elliott (1842-1899):
Pres., Gnostic Theos. Society, 24
disputes formal expulsion from T.S., 24-26
scandalous article of, against Aryan T.S., xxv, 375-76
expelled from T.S., 378(381)
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Coulombs, Emma & Alexis: conspiracy of, intended to sow strife in T.S., 160
why Adepts did not interfere in the conspiracy of, 160-61
and Master’s letter about them, 587-88
Courmes, Dominique Albert (18431914), biogr., 734-36
Cowl, does not make a monk, 277
Crabbe, George (1754-1832),
Tales, etc., on genius, 13
Creation, dates in Jewish, 72-73
Cremation, why Catholic Church opposes, 74
Crime, produced by hypnotic suggestion, 227
Cremieux, F. (1800-1878), biogr. 736
influenced by Talmudic fanaticism, 273
Crocodiles, of Lake Pushkara, 176
(186)
Crookes, Sir William (1832-1919), on truth & accuracy, 196
Crowds, best protection against magnetism of, 535
Crystals, as talismans, 382
Crystalline, life, 134
Cult:
admixture of truth in each, 296
of Freethinkers, 296
Culture(s):
Christian civilization and, 26679
real, is spiritual, 272, 273
dances of various, 278
Custody, of Infants Bill, 283
Cybele:
personified vital essence, 214
daughter of Caelus & Terra. 214
preserved on a mountain, 214
breath of, 215, 219
Cycle(s) :
close of present, 1
of 46 & 49 Fires, 54
life—, 58
swan symbol of avataric, 105, 106
of Spiritualism in 19th century, 122, 128-29
occult working of the, 125
mysticism and present, 129
small dark, overlaps the great (1897), 602
and appearance of messengers, 120
and pioneers of modern Theosophy, 123
and spiritual “flood,” 124-25
Czar, H.P.B. gave up allegiance to, 334
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Dactyls, Phrygian priests & magnetic healers, 214
Daityas race of giants & demons, 172(182)
Damien, Father (1840-1889), Sister Rose Gertrude compared to, 112, 114
Dance:
ancient, of Bacchantes compared to modern ballroom, 278
circle, of modern priestesses of Terpsichore, 278
Daniel, on Jahva, 313
Danse macabre, in travesty of life, 75-76
Darsanas, Schools of Indian philosophy, 343 fn.
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882):
biology of, 219
knell of, 316
Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802),
Zoonomia, definition of idea in, 352 fn.
Davidson, Joshua:
persecuted Communard, 35
Christ-like sketch from real life, 35-36
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Days, division of, in four parts, 535-36
Deafness, related to color blindness, 90
Death:
fear of, and Theosophy, 70
Christian & Jewish approach to, 73
secret of, 428
of selfishness & sin, 599
resulting from Pranayama, 622 real, a limited perception of life, 625
St. Paul on, 625
and immortality, 625
second, soulless men, 625-26, 628
Deism, taught by Dvaita, 344 fn.
Deity, pseudo-science & extra-cosmic, 124
Deleuze, J. P. F. (1753-1835), and mesmerism, 223
Demonology, ancient statutes of
European, 191 fn.
Demons, commerce with, 190-91
Desire:
subsequent to thought, 692
and Will essentially the same, 702
Deslon, Charles ( ? -1786), attests to mesmerism, 218
Deus est daemon inversus, 003
Devachan:
cycle of, 54
Egos of living men may ascend to, 125 fn.
and the Ego, 608-609
as spiritual gestation, 609
mental state, 627
highest bliss in, 627
Christian “Paradise” borrowed from the Egyptian Mysteries, 627
“eclipsed” soul cannot enter, 632
Ego in state of, may be localized anywhere, 678
still an illusion, 691
Devachanls:
cannot descend to our plane, 31
Egos ascend to, in genuine Spiritualistic phenomena, 125 fn.
Devakcha, Divine Eye or Pineal Gland, 619
Devas:
gods & men, 202
Arjuna & Deva-yonis, 202
great varieties of, 203
not our lunar ancestors, 203
“years of the,” 386
Deva-yonis, lower elementáis, 202 Devil:
is matter informed by Kama bereft of soul, 637
as doomed Lower Ego, 637
Devotion, to truth, 236
Devourers, white corpuscles in blood, 700
Dhyani-Buddhas, and Atala, 665
Dhyani-Chohans:
angels or “Living Ones,” 200
“men of a superior kind,” 200 from preceding Manvantaras, 204-05
modus operandi of, 209
same as Aeons, 553
and our principles, 561
classes of, 643 et seq.
Hierarchies of, & Talas, 667
Diagram I, on relation of Macrocosm to Microcosm, explained, 526, 542, 600
Diagram II:
on relation of planets, weekdays, colors & metals, 536-37
explained, 543, 550, 562
Diagram III, on colors & principles, 568
Diagram IV, on states of consciousness, defined & discussed, 657 et seq.
Diagram V:
explanation of, 668 et seq., 680 et seq.
no contradictions in, 681-82
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Diagrams, plates & figures must not be materialized, 600, 678
Dialectical Society (London), gave “M. A. Oxon.” idea for an S.P.R. Society, 294 fn.
Diaus:
god of day & light, 92(98)
became Dianus (Diana), 92
(99)
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): born a century too early or late, 6
on Paris & village folk, 272
Differentiation, planes of, 629
Diocesan Conference, on uncharitableness, 27
Diodorus Siculus (fl. 1st c. B.c.), on therapeutic cures in Egypt, 222
Dion Cassius (ca 155-?a.d.), on names of week-days, 535
Disciple(s):
see Teacher as parent, 502, 503
and co-discipleship, 502 true, defends Theosophy, etc., 502-03
Golden Stairs of, 503
Discipline, Esoteric & H.P.B.’s failure at demanding it, 568 et seq.
Discrimination, in unicellular organisms, 145, 146
Diseases:
faith-healing and, 402-03 most, as fruit of our imagination, 403
Disraeli, Isaac (1766-1848), biogr. 737
----- Curiosities of Literature, on
Queen Bess’ wardrobe, 72
Distiller, Tolstoy’s story about, 10
Divine:
genius as manifestation of, Ego, 15
wisdom not for the unworthy, 15, 314
soul or Buddhi-Manas, 18, 313
Ego and early Christian era, 314
Wisdom or Sapientia, 315
as witness, 640
Dogma :
disdain of, 272
as mental and moral slavery, 272
Dolma, the two virgins & Padma- pâni, 518
Donaldson :
Principal of Univ, of St. Andrews, 268
on degradation of woman by Church, 268-69
Dostoyevsky, F. M. (1821-1881): world needs a, 6-7 awakened true spirit of society, 7
Doubles, and ex-doubles, 712-13 Draper, Wm. (1811-1882), Intellectual Development of Europe, q. 271
Dravya, as eternal substance, 631
Dreams:
ascent to Devachanic plane in, 125 fn.
lower Manas asleep in sense, 693
and spiritual consciousness, 696 Drink:
demon of, afflicting Russia, 1013
universal incubus, 10
Drugs :
use of, prohibited by E.S., 496, 685
pernicious action on brain, 496
Druids, and pagan customs in Britain, 72
Dryden, John (1631-1700),
Fables, etc., quoting Ovid, 457
Dugpa:
renounces sexual intercourse, 191 fn.
new moon rites of, 204
Dumas, Alexander (1802-1870), Mémoires d’un Médecin, 84
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Dupotet, Baron J. (1796-1881): founded Journal du Magnétisme, 220 fn.
scientific reputation of, 222 most illustrious disciple of Mesmer, 223
Honorary Fellow of the T.S., 223 fn.
adept of Mesmerism in H.P.B.’s time, 224 fn.
French court admits clairvoyant tracking of murderer via, 224
French academy finally admits phenomena of, 224 last years of, 224-225 describes magnetic healing, 225
Dvaita :
dualism sect founded by Mà- dhavâchàrya, 343-44 fn.
teaches pure Deism, 344 fn. not pantheistic, 344 fn.
“Dweller on the Threshold,” as Kâma-Mânasic spook, 636
Dzyan, antediluvian spirit of, 27
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Earth, the worst Avichi possible, 635
East, spiritual hunger for the, 308 Eastern School of Theosophy. See Esoteric Section.
Edge, Dr. Henry Travers (18671946), personal pupil of H.P.B., 499; biogr., 738-46
Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) : a Theosophist, 130 believed atoms possess intelligence, 130
criticized as dreamer, 133 Edkins, Joseph (1823-1905), on secret schools in Orient, 345-46
Effluvia, spook-creating, 61
Effort, no, ever lost, 60
Egg, mundane, 521. See Auric Egg-
Eglinton, William (1857-1933), and emerging Chhaya, 705
Ego(s): .
All, same in essence, 15 performing artist on physical man, 15
divine, or celestial exile, 17 antecedent experiences of, 17 or Manas, 58
Dr. Pirogoff’s belief in, as “embodiment of a common Universal Mind,” 137, 414415
Reincarnating, 156, 414-415 terra incognita to science, 227, 232
omniscience of the Immortal, 232
Higher, see entire life-span of personality, 232
“personal” and “impersonal,” 353
the voluntary “sacrificial victim,” 358 fn., 635
lower, & its electro-vital field, 370
shares immortality if united to divine parent, 374
Divine, cut off in lunacy, 408
Duality of man’s 415
Spiritual, and Aum, 520 as Manasaputra, 607 fn. and Devachan, 608-609 divine, 623-624 & fn., 629-630 as a “pure flame,” 624 fn., 629 inexhaustible essence of, 624 & fn.
as Christos and Atman (God), 625
Higher, and its Alter Egos, 627, 630
metaphysical death of Higher, 628
Divine, purified by suffering, 630
as Tree of Life, 630
as fifth principle, 630
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also seventh, as non-human principle, 630
re-become one in Devachan, 631
Eastern parable of the divine, 632
Divine, and Apophis, 635
seeking refuge in Alaya, 630
Nirvanic interlude of the Divine, 636
reimbodying, and its ray-point, 651-652
relation of Higher & Lower, 709 et seq.
sometimes affected by Astral double of former incarnation, 712-713
Egoism, of personal “I-creating” faculty, 631
Egyptian:
Aryan and, woman compared to modern, 270
ancient Ritual, 626
Egyptian Rite, and Cagliostro, 8283
Eidolon, 610
Eiffel Tower, and pyramid of
Ghizeh, 310
Eight:
dreaded ogdoad, 68 & fn.
postulates equality among men, 68
symbolism of, 68 & fn.
and Cabiri, 68 fn.
principles of Egyptians & Phoenicians, 68 fn.
symbol of Lower Self, 68 Eighteen hundred eighty-nine, events of, recapitulated, 70 Eighteen hundred ninety:
prospects for, 67 et seq., 91(97)
meaning of number combination of, 68-69
occult future of, 69, 77
fatal year of, 77
compared to Roman Empire age, 95-97(102-04)
cyclic swan of, 106
mephitic passing of, 383 et seq.
Eighteen hundred ninety-seven, closing cycle of, 1
Eighth Sphere, and moon in Esoteric Buddhism as blinds, 622
Eitel, Ernest J. (1838-1908), on secret schools in Orient, 34546
Elect:
“Heart” alone can transmute the, 236
the “World’s,” 317-19 rIpptriP ·
“lighting craze,” 77, 111
and magnetic fluids, 398
Electricity:
not energy but ether, 265
Lodge’s text on, appropriates occult ideas, 265
heat, light and, as illusions, 359 and magnetism, 398-99
energy of, can transfer to another plane of action, 399
work of mental, upon surrounding matter, 619
Electrobiology, ignorant of Fohat, 146
Electrometer, cannot show fluids of higher plane, 399
Elementals:
on those who “beard” the, 61
kyriology of these semi-divine creatures, 187
appellations in the Puranas, 187
Neo-Platonic & Pagan belief in, 187
Church Fathers on, 188
the “spirits” of “Summerland,” 188, 190-197
satirized, 189
Sylphs, Undines, Gnomes & Salamanders, 190
commerce with, 190-191, 197198, 203
the Deva-yonis of the Hindus, 202
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known in Orient for centuries, 301
and crowds, 535
or Demons in Gnosis, 560
Täntric, 609-10, 649 el seq., 704, 708
highest, and Rasätala, 666, 684 and präkritic consciousness, 679 some, are dangerous to man, 684, 685
present pictures in meditation, 693
Element(s) :
atomic structure of, endowed with consciousness, 149
as emanations of superior deity in Hinduism, 149
Elementaries, genii, demons, lares confused with “spirits,” 197
Elephant, worship of, in India, 382
Eleusinian Mysteries, Ceres-Demeter as patroness of, 214
“Elixir of Life”:
as real ozone, 110
as Cyelë, 214
and Brown-Séquard, 389
as ultimate essence of everything, 603
Elliotson, Dr. John (1791-1868): founder of Mesmeric Hospital, 224
denounced for oration on mesmerism, 224
Ellmore, Fred. S., report of, on
Indian fakirs, etc., 321-26
Elpay:
“Scientific Letters” of, 358
on physico-biologists & psychic reality, 361
Elphinstone, Mountstuart (17791859), biogr., 746
------ The History of India·.
on Vedanta, 344 fn.
on spirit of Upanishads, 346 fn.
Emanations:
every crowd has. 61
in Simon Magus’ teachings, 553 et seq.
from the one identical principle, 570
Embryology:
and the seven parts of embryo; 522-23
human, compared to cosmic process, 523-24
and foetal circulation, 557 fn.
Empedocles (fl, ca. 444 b.c.), influence of Eastern philosophy in 347
Empiricism, of science, 414
Enchantment, fascination & glamor in hypnotism, 395-96
En-Dor, “wise woman” of, 312
Endosmosis:
transmission of vital aura in healing, 396
physiologist quoted on, 144-45, 146
shows discrimination of cells, 145-46
chemical laws cannot explain, 146
Energy, conservation of, & psychic activity, 355
Engelmann, Th. W. (1843-1909): experiments on Arcellae, 142-43 admits some “psychic process” in protoplasm, 143
------ Beitrage, etc., 142 fn., 143
England:
export of slaves from, 267 fn. hypocritical cant of, 279-88, 290
T.S. in, 298
cost of justice in, 387
on freedom of speech & press in, 387
reluctant to recognize foreign merit, 405
Enthusiasm, can lead to credulity, 196
Entity: man a double-faced, 369 as divine propeller, 369 the “sensing principle” as an, 414
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Epidemics, history & dispersal of, 107-08
Epinoia, or Divine Thought, 55859, 570
Epiphanius, St. (ca. 315-402), on Simon Magus, 572
Epiphany, Christian celebration of, 72
Epoch(s). See Age(s)
Epoptai, and Mystai, 532
Esoteric.:
teachings not meant for world at large, 235
Sciences, 311
“so-called,” 350 & fn.
cosmogony, anthropology, metaphysics,
etc., 350
nothing published is really, 542 discipline, defined and discussed
at length, 584 et seq.
Keynote of, truths, 601 unveiled, truths will never be given out in public print, 604 Esoteric Catechism, on That, 525 Esoteric Science:
first requisites of, 519 as knowledge of our relations
with & in divine magic, 551
Esoteric Section (or Eastern School of Theosophy) :
Col. Olcott is T.S. repr. of, in
Asia, 89
London activities of, 89 requirements for admission, 89 H.P.B. founded the, 165 Pledge, 166
preliminary papers drawn up in
London, 479
Circular “By Master’s Direction,” 480 fn.
The Book of Rules, 482, 484, 494-98
no official connection with T.S., 481, 485
probationary degree, 488
real Head of the, 488 concerns study of Râja-Yoga, 488
as attempt to redeem the T.S., 491
not for purpose of learning “magic arts,” 491
not concerned with psychic progress, business or personal affairs, 495
outer form of an Inner School, 511
two departments of, 546
treachery in, 581 et seq.
motto of, 599
Suggestion and Aids, 485 fn.
Esotericism, sun-orb of, 308
Esotericists. shortcomings & weaknesses of, 597-98
Essence:
or arcana of things & practical Initiate, 602
Universal, one and the same everywhere, 603
omnipresent in countless differentiations, 629
Buddhi as vehicle of, 629
Eternal, within we are, 156
Ether, of Space & Akasa, 408
Ethereal:
“Powers” in Milton’s poem, 350
element recognized by Pirogov, 406
impervious to organic changes, 406
Eternity, lexicon of, 320
Europe:
T.S. work in, 306, 329-32
emigration from, foreseen, 387
European Section, T.S.:
H.P.B. accepts presidency of, 263, 329
Col. Olcott’s letter to, 330
Organizations of, 330-31
Eusebius, P. (ca. 260-ca. 340),
Hist. Eccles., on Menander, 559 Eve, if, had not listened to serpent, 270
Events, forcing the current of, 60
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Evil:
root of, 6
good and, & angel “Liberty,” 50
“sublime paternity” of, 50
Buddha & Christ on, 393 coeval with matter rent from spirit, 637
spiritual, 638
■“Evil eye,” unconscious greeting of an, 67
Evolution, zoological, 56
Exodus:
quoted, 199-200 fn.
on seeing the Voices, 545
Exosmosic, and endosmosi.c processes, 396
Exoteric, and Esoteric requirements of Theosophy, 235
Eye:
vital functions of, unknown to physiology, 147
Doctrine, 236
most occult organ of all, 395
direct gaze of, in hypnosis, 397 Third, deep sleep & the heart, 696
Eyraeneus Philaletha Cosmopolita (fl. ca. 1660), biogr., 746-47
-—■—· Secrets Revealed, etc., q. 52
------Commentary, etc., 53
Ezekiel’s Wheel, 568
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Fa, as keynote & Nädis, 616
Fact, tribunal of, 221
Fairies, disarm science through spiritualism, 199
Faith:
healing & imagination, 403
Paracelsus on, in magic, 403
and intuition, 407
Fakirs:
Ellmore on Indian, 321-22
phenomena, 322-24 not jugglers, 325
are Yogis or Moslem devotees, 325
“Father,” in Heaven & personal God idea, 533-34
Fatigue, reason for, 703-04
Fauns, and Satyrs of “Summerland,” 194 fn.
Fecundation, Grant Allen on artificial, 250-54
Feliciani, Lorenza. See Cagliostro, Countess
Félix, Father, Le Mystère et la Science, challenging science, 135
Feltham, Owen (1602-1668), q. 383; biogr. 747
Fénelon, François de Salignac (1651-1715), as “Swan of Cambrai,” 105
Fielding, Henry (1707-1754), q. 22
Figuaniere, Vicomte de: on Unmanifested Being, 119 on gravitation & will, 119
Fire(s) :
Heavenly, 54
cycle of 46 & 49, symbolical, 54
of Alaya, 55
in Simon Magus, 552-53
as Principle of everything, 554 the 49, 613, 693
Firmament, and crystalline, 544
Five Years of Theosophy: “Elixir of Life” article, 202 fn. story of Nahusa in, 202 fn. on Mineral Monad, 567 fn.
Flowers, and minerals can pass through solids, 328
Fludd, Robert (1574-1637), healed with magnets, 216
Fluids:
“electric,” discredited, 398 molecular motion and, 398 magnetic or electric, & atomic energy, 398-99
Fohat:
and its too active progeny, 111 explains electrobiology, 146
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sons of, & personified forces, 020
and Saktis, 620
energy of, in blood, 700
Fontainebleau, H.P.B. in, 64 Fools, or buffoons, 190-91, 2(f2 Force(s) :
Nature’s Finer, 356-60 correlation of, 360, 413 psychic, & faculties, 360-62 psycho-molecular, 368 noëtic, or spiritual-dynamical, 368
Life—, 410, 412-13 creative, at work, 550 seven, in nature, 610 the 49, 620 and states of consciousness, 657 et seq.
Foresight, faculty denied in this dark cycle, 69-70
Forgiveness, Luke on, 392
Fork, as “weapon” adopted in
Europe, 277
Fouquier, P.-É. (1776-7850), attests to mesmerism, 224;
biogr. 747
Framji Cowasji Institute, first
Bombay T.S. Convention at, 305 F rance :
swept by spiritual tide from America, 123
table manners in Bourbon, 275 hypnotism investigation in, 295
France, Anatole (1844-1924), on Buddhism, 393
Franck, A. (1809-1893), wrote to
Les Archives Israélites, 273 Frankenstein, monster & “Dweller on the Threshold,” 637
Franklin, Alfred (1830-1917), La
Vie privée, etc., on French etiquette, and cutlery, 275-77 ; biogr. 747
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), investigates mesmerism, 218-19
F reedom :
restoring reign of, 52
as angel “Liberty,” 52
of speech in England & America, 388
Freethinkers, Col. Ingersoll, Chas. Bradlaugh & Annie
Besant, 296
Free Will:
Science on, 357-02
necessitates a “Free-Wilier,”
362
of cells, 365
French Academy:
skepticism in, 120
denounces mesmerism, 217-19
acknowledges mesmerism, 224
Future:
rises from the past, 70
womb of the, 77
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Galatians, 342
Galen (ca. 130-200 a.d.), mentions hypnotic cures in ancient
Memphis, 222
Galton, Francis (1822-1911), eugenic practices of, 252; biogr.
748
------ Nature and Nurture, on color & sound, 549, 621
Gandha-Devas, and Patala, 666
Gardener, Helen H.:
on women in N.T., 269
on pagan law on wife’s equality, 271
Gariwala, bullock cart drivers, 290-91
Gaul, gods of, & Caesar, 95(101102)
Gautama Buddha:
symbolism of his lotus seat, 168
(178)
and Christ uttered truths, 39293
on harmlessness, 392
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and Western temperament, 393 how led to Buddhaship, 389-90 and Buddhahood, 505
Gems, and crystals as amulets, 382
Generative Organs:
navel, liver & stomach, 699
none at end of Sixth & Seventh Races, 700
spinal cord puts into communication the brain and the, 702
Genesis:
on stone “Bethel,” 94(101), 391
full of allegories, 342
on nephesh, 364
Old Serpent of, 373
on “breath of life,” 545
first three ch. occult, 556
Genius:
appearance of, and cause, 13-14 neither Divine gift nor accident, 14
as tutelar deity, 14
Egos of, compared to idiots or fools, 15
the light of the real, Inner man, 15
and Karma, 15
as blooming of Ego, 17
sui generis, 17-18
fate of artificial, 18
light of Manasaputras, 18
true, cannot die, 19
rare in our historical cycle, 20 every man a vehicle for, 21 proves immortal Ego, 22
Geometrical, figures, colors & principles (table), 563-64
Gerzen, A. A. See Herzen.
Gestation, functions of auric egg in, 649 et seq.
Gihier, Dr. Paul, on inertness of matter, 413
Gichtel, John G. (1638-1710), occult phraseology of, 83; biogr.
748
Girton, and paedopoietics, 250 Glamor:
in conjurers’ illusions, 326
not supernatural, 326-27
influences hypnotism, 395-96
Gnomes:
and Salamanders, 190, 192
ceased to be mortal if exposed to humans, 192
Gnosis:
in the Book of the Dead, 626
and Tree of Life, 630
Gnostic Theosophical Society, false claims exposed, 25-26
Gnosticism:
spiritualism & revival of occult, 123
persecution of, 215
influenced by Eastern philosophy, 347 fn.
Hyle of, 374
God:
denial of, & materialism, 124
mental slavery to personal, 124 as petty tailor, 200 & fn.
exZra-Kosmic, is absurd, 200
incorporeal principle, 200
personal, as a term, 534
no personal, in esotericism, 569
Goddess, of Moisture & ancient
nymphs, 149
Gods:
allowed gifts from mortals, 94 (100-101)
and goddesses of Hindus, Greeks and Latins compared, 149
“superstitions” related to, 149
elements as emanations from
minor, and goddesses, 149
Monads and Atoms, 200-201
key to Hindu, 201
Devas and men, 202
mystic gems or “tears of the,” 382
and the one Divinity, 569
various classes of, 643 et seq.
Goethe, Johann (1749-1832):
Mephisto of, 48-49, 405
“The Great Kophta” of, 79
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Golden Legend, gods of Julian as saints in, 102
Golden Stairs, of discipleship, 503, 591
Good:
“sublime paternity” of, & evil, 50 ...
deeds as well as bad intensified in pledged disciples, 503 Goonib :
last stronghold of Circassians, 230 fn.
and Yermolov’s monument, 230 fn.
Gougenot des Mousseaux, H. R. (1805-1878), Les Hauts Phénomènes, etc., 135 fn.
------ Moeurs et pratiques des demons, 270 fn.
Grabianca, Count, and Cagliostro, 84 fn.
Gossip, and slander, 494
Gravitation :
and will, 119
other force than, suspected, 327 fn.
“Great Breath,” or Universal
Deity, 139
“Great Tone,” or Kung, 550
Grébaut, Eugène (1846-1915),
Papyrus Orbinay, 570, 748
Greding, J. E. (1718-1775), Adversaria, etc., on pineal gland, 619, 748-49
Greek, philosophy & Plotinus, 347
Green, Thomas, on Mead’s revision of E.S. material, 500
Gregory, Pope, transformed pagan gods into saints, 95(102)
Gregory Thaumaturgus(ca. 213-ca. 270), on purity of women, 269
Grundy, Mrs., 241, 320
“Guardian Wall,” human stones of, 603
Guersant, Paul-Louis-Benoit (1800-1869), supports French Academy on mesmerism, 224; biog., 749
Gunas : auric light shows state of the, 396 discussed, 540-41
Günz, J. G. (1714-1754), Pro- lusio, etc., on pineal gland, 619, 749
Gupta Mâyâ:
secret illusion & fakirs, 321 practiced by conjurers in India, 320
Gupta-Vidyâ:
or esoteric knowledge, 149 unravels mysteries of superstitions, 149
secret science, 346
compared to scientific guesswork, 351
Guru:
as adjuster, 496
as chela’s benefactor, 593
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Haeckel, Ernst (1834-1919), and Haeckelians, 219
Hall, Fitzedward (1825-1901), and Vishnu-Purana, 386-87
Hallam,’H. H. (1777-1859), View of the State, etc., 267 fn.
Hamilton, Sir Wm. (1788-1856), on term “empirical,” 414
Hargrove, E. T. ( ? -1939): and Judge’s draft of Book of
Rules, 483
on Mead’s explanation of revision, 500
Harischandra, in legend, 169(179)
Harmonic Societies, and therapeutic magnetism, 223
Harmony:
essence of eternal, 49
in motion, 119
nature of Divine, 409
the law of life, 450
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Harper s Magazine·.
q. Edison on atom, 130
Mrs. Parsons Lathrop’s account, 133
Harris, Thomas Lake (1823-
1906):
community of spiritualists, 194
poem on “Womanhood” by, 259-60
“affinity” theories of, 260
biogr., 749-50
Hartmann, Dr. Franz (1838-
1912), on capital punishment, 237
Hate:
cannot smother divine love, 50
of Spirit creates soulless humanity, 124
Hatha-Yoga:
practices of, warned against, 604 fn., 613
difference between, and Raja-
Yoga, 615, 616
and celibacy, 702
Haweis, Rev.:
on Charcot, 219
on Mesmer, etc., 221-22
on scientific ingratitude, 221-22
on rediscovery of occult sciences, 222-23
Head(s) :
as symbol, 69
and “Heart” involved in capital punishment, 237-38
psycho-intellectual man dwells in 694, 695
Healing:
misuse to gain livelihood, 155
when becomes black magic, 155 faith, 402-03
imagination in, 403
Heart:
chamber of Brahma, 54
Doctrine, 236
organ for Higher Ego, 370
organ of spiritual consciousness, 694 et seq.
represent Higher Triad, 694 the only manifested God, 695 Purusha in the, 696
Heat, light & electricity, 359
Heathenism, 40, 314
Heaven :
conventional, & Hell, 70
of a Theosophist, 71 doorkeeper of, 77(93)
Helena:
of Simon Magus, occult meaning of, 557
as Sakti of inner man, 559
Hell, no other, than earth-life, 637 fn.
Helmont, Jean B. van (1577- 1644), on the hand in disease, 223: biogr., 750-51
Heretics, diabolical cruelty to, 75
Hermaphrodite, or androgyne humanity at end of 5th Round, 545, 700
Hermes, included in Roman Catholic calendar, 76 fn.
Hermes Trismegistus, Books of, 15, 345
“Hermès,” T.S. of Paris, 300
Hero worship, 16, 17
Herschel, Sir John F. W. (1792- 1871), on truth, 196, 293
Herzen, A. A. (1839-1906), General physiology of the Soul, on psychic action vs. free will, 354, 357-60; biogr., 751
Hierarchies:
of Beings, 410
and origin of human principles, 549
and sevenfold gradation of Rays, 567
seven, & their sub-divisions, 568- 569 (table)
Hierophants, all ancient nations had, 15, 215
Higgins, Anthony, founded Blavatsky Theos. Society, 23
Higher Ego, the immortal entity, 409
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Higher Manas:
corresponds to indigo color, 53
soul, 53
mind of Ego, 367
Higher Self:
Christos or Krishna, 53
Atma-Buddhi, the, 54
radiance of, in Man, 54, 313
the “God” dwelling in man, 82, 313
real pledge is to, 166
and the Mahatmic aspect, 166
and its Astral Prophet, 233
an integral part of Universe, 313, 367
as the noetic Principle at one with Buddhi, 313
or Ego, cannot act directly on the body, 366-367
essence and omniscience of the, 367
as divine Witness to pledge, 503 harmony with the, 505 invocation to the, 506-507 betrayal of the, 507
connected with the Monad, 507
is “Aum,” 639
cannot be invoked with impunity, 640
association with the, intensifies both good & evil, 640
Hillel, acknowledged allegories in Bible, 342
Hindu (s) :
festival of Siva by, Yogis, 94
(101)
accused of personifying bodily organs, 143-144
superstitions compared to modern scientific “facts,” 144, 145
Trinity, meaning, 149 & fn.
Pantheon, 149
customs and cleanliness, 276
six systems of philosophy, or Darsanas, 343
Pantheistic speculation of, and Eastern philosophy, 347 fn. endow cells with consciousness, 365
Hippolitus Romanus (3rd c. a.d.), biogr., 751
------ PhUosophumena:
on Simon Magus, 552 et seq.
data about, 573
Hiranyagarbha:
“golden egg” of Brahma, or celestial lotus, 168(177), 521, 607
as luminous egg, 526 & fn.
and Augoeides, 526
Hirsh, August (1817-1894), on influenza, 108
Hofmeister, F. (1808-1878), Un- tersuhungen, etc., on cellular absorption, 146; biogr., 751
Hokhmâh, Hebrew equivalent to wisdom, 311
Holden, Prof., and matter of nebulae, 327 fn.
Hope, without action is barren, 383
Houen, vitality of the ghost, 201 fn.
Hubilkhans, and Hutuktus, as “incarnations,” 337
Hue, Abbé É. R. (1813-1860),337
Huen, Chinese female spirit, 192 fn.
Hugo, Victor (1802-1885), on mysteries of the world, 116 ------ La Fin de Satan, quoted & discussed, 46-50
Humanity : aspirations of poor, suffering, 4-5
the last terrestrial offspring of the “First-Born,” 49
Asuras hurled to earth when defeated by the Gods, 49 Love for, is Satan’s divine spark, 51
every man a component of, 60 “soulless,” 124
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H.P.B. urges work for, 156 the “Great Orphan,” 308 hermaphrodite at end of Fifth
Round, 700
Hume, Allan Octavian (18291912), unfounded pride in science, 241 fn.
Humility, taught by Buddha & Christ, 392
Hutuktus, and Hubilkhans, as “incarnations,” 337
Hyle, of Gnostics, 374
Hymn to Amon-Ra, 510
Hypathia (killed 415 a.d.), 30
Hyper-physics, 542
Hypnotism:
modern term for animal and Therapeutic magnetism, 214, 219-220, 222
Ben. Franklin investigates, 218 et seq
physicians and, 219, 222 branch of mesmerism, 219-220, 395
explanation of, 220, 394-396, 397-403
“Psychopathic Massage” appropriated from Mesmer, 221222
paralyzes free will of subject, 222, 400-401
Investigations in Paris, 295 difference of mesmerism and, ■ 326, 394-3961 scientific explanation lacking for, 394, 399
as form of “fascination” and “enchantment,” 394, 395396, 399
Braid method of inducing, 395 when induced by “suggestion,” 395-396
use of “will-vibrations” in, 395396
black magic in, 397
and metallotherapy generate rapid molecular oscillations, 399
nervous system in, 399-400 cerebral and nervous centers involved
in, 400-401 difference between direct & mechanically induced, 400 two conditions requisite in, 400401
motion & will in, 400-01
the operator’s will in, 401, 402
on curing diseases by, 401 motive of operator in, 402 key to, and magnetism, 568 why opposed, 685
Hypocrites, 280 et seq.
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lamblichus (225?-ca. 333 a.d.), De mysteriis, etc., on Magic &
Theurgy, 559-60, 751
Ida, Sushumna & Pingala, 616, ’ 701-02
Idealism, Carlyle quoted on, 33
Ideals:
decay of, 34-43
spirtual regenerators of, 43 perfection of, as man progresses, prophetic vision of departing,
48
world—■ will never die out, 122
Ideas, innate, as vibrations of
primitive truths, 602
Ideation, Divine, as Word, 611
Idiots:
not soulless, 364
consciousness of, on astral instinctual
plane, 662, 679
Ilangakoon, Mrs. Dias, donated Pali version of Tripitakas to
Adyar Library, 300
Illusion:
or Maya, 58
of the “I” and “not I,” 411
Imagination:
“scientific,” 133, 134
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places man above brutes, 133-34 faith and, 403
involved in magic & healing, 403
Immortality:
proved in spiritualism, 122, 124-25
personal, is conditional, 622, 632
of gods during Mahámanvan- tara, 629
Impersonality, positive strength needed for, 508
Impressions, physical, psychic or mental, 370
Inanimate, nature, 139, 140
Incantations, through simulacrum is black magic, 32
Incarnations, or Kumáras under Sign of Capricornus or Makara, 76
Incubus:
and succubus, 194 & fn.
on corporeity of, 194 fn.
dark, of iniquity, 204
from dark side of moon, 204
India:
on H.P.B.’s Open Letter to, 156157
Bertram Keightley carries
H.P.B.’s Open Letter to, 157 or Áryávarta compared to West, 157-158
lacking courage to avow its belief in Masters, 158
Master’s influence seen in, 159
and “elementáis,” 301
golden web of brotherhood in, 305
fakirs at Gaya, 321-324
Simla, etc., 321-324
Buddhism not regarded as a school in, 343
secret Asramas of, 345 fn.
Indian(s):
revolting treatment of native, by whites, 285
literary centers of, 306 six systems of, philosophy, 343 See also Amerindians
Indian National Congress: and patriotism related to advent of T.S., 304
modelled upon T.S. lines, 305
Individuality:
vs. personality, 353, 357, 366, 415
man as manasic & not psychic. 357
divine ego, 415
Inertia, Figuaniere on, 119
Indriyas, centers of sensation, 661
Infant(s) :
Custody Bill, 283
and fakir’s illusion, 323
Infinity, abyss between, & the absolute, 342
Influenza:
levels European royalty, 106
causes of, unknown, 107, 10809, 110
Zedekauer on its tie with cholera, 107
epidemic nature of, 109
cosmical source of, 109 ozone in relation to, 109-10
Ingersoll, Col. Robert Green (1833-1899), iconoclastic influence of, 296
Ingratitude, crime in occultism, 593
Initiate(s) :
ancient nations had, 15
Paul as an, 15-16 secret language of, 16 practical, & arcana of things, 602
“Inner Group:”
petition of London Lodge, 479 attempt through Subba Row & Damodar, 479
appeal of W. Q. Judge for an, 479
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Inoculation, Brown-Sequard method of, 227
Inquisition :
and modern civilization, 41
abolished, 41, 75
burning of heretics, 73-74
Vatican archives on, 74 on predestination and “damned,”74-75
Instruction No. 111·.
Keightley on revision of, 500501
and restored omissions, 501
Preliminary Memorandum to, 501-11
Instructions, Compiler’s Note on later, 653
Intellectuality, not genius, 19-20
Intelligible, of Plato, 553
Intra-Mercurial, planet became invisible at close of 3rd RootRace,
549 fn.
Intuition:
divine, 407
compared to faith, 407 developing faculty of, 492-93, 495
Ireland, and slave-trade, 267 fn.
Irenaeus (1307-202?), biogr., 752
------ A ¿versus Haereses:
on Menander,557
on Simon Magus, 571
Isis:
patroness of Lutetia, 75, 96
(103) (
baptized “Geneviève” by Christendom, 75
Egyptian virgin-mother, 96
(103)
Islamism, compared with Judaism, 274
Itard, Jean-Marie-Gaspard (17751858), affirmed belief in mesmerism, 224; biogr. 752
Iyer, S. Ramaswami, to receive “Inner Group” teachings for London Lodge, 479
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Jacob:
bargained with God, 94(100) life of pilgrimage of, 391
Jacolliot, Louis (1837-1890), on Jewish origins in So. India, 167-70(179-80)
Jádüwálá, Indian sorcerer, 325
Jáh-Haváh, meaning of, 534 fn.
Jahve, androgynous Adam-Kad- mon, 313
James:
on wisdom & mercy, 312, 320, 339
applied to Theosophists, 339, 364
Jánaka, great Kshatriya king, 346 fn.
January:
sacred to Janus, 75, 92(98) 4th of, as Esoteric New Year,76
under Makara or Capricorn, 76
Janus:
double-faced, 76, 77, 91(98)
door-keeper to Heaven, 77, 93 (99)
became St. Peter, 77, 93(99)
sainted patron of Naples, 92
(98)
called Diana in “youth,” 92 (98)
Japan, Buddhism in, & belief in elementáis, 301
Jehovah:
jealous god, 200
anthropomorphic, of Church, 313
Jennings, Hargrave (1817?-1890), -----Phallicism, 520
Jeremiah, q. 556
Jerome, St. (3407-420), on Simon
Magus, 572
Jersey Island, H.P.B.’s visit to, 64
Jesuits:
modern “Synagogue” of, 44
and Cagliostro, 80
chapter of Clermont, France, 81
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Jesus:
“Man of Sorrow,” 30
moral teachings of, & Buddha, 392
Jewish:
Scriptures & Christian chronology, 72
Rosh-ha-Shanah, 72
Talmudic calendar, 72 chronology of creation of world, 72-73
Jews:
ancient Chandalas, 169(179) immigrated to Chaldea from India 169(179)
Jacolliot on, 170(179)
French, 273
Astruc on the, 273-74 religious tolerance of, 340-41 devout, among Theosophists, 341
Jinarajadasa, C. (1875-1953), Letters from the Masters, etc., Ma- ha-Chohan’s letter in, 240-41 fn.
Jinns, commerce with, & demons, 190-91
Jiva, and Prana, 607 fn., 672, 707-08
Jivanmukta:
cannot hold communications with world, 159
on becoming a, 634
Jnana, different modes of acquiring, 634
Jnanendriyas, organs of sense, 667
Joan of Arc (1412-1431), martyr, 30
Job:
quoted, 30, 313
allegory of initiation, 312
pre-Mosaic meaning, 313
Jodo, Japanese Buddhist sect, 300-01
John, quoted, 38, 46, 53, 348
John Chrysostom, St. (345-407), on woman, 269
Joshua, son of Sirah, on life as a wave of sorrow, 391
Journal du magnétisme (Paris), on hypnotic suggestion, 220 fn.
Jolies, Adolf (1864- ? ), on influenza, 107
Judean, Christianity & women, 268
Judge, William Quan (185118961) : attacked by Dr. Coues, 26 excerpted Mahâ-Chohan’s letter in Path magazine, 241 fn.
as publisher, 300
charges against, in N.Y. Sun, libel suit against Elliott Coues by, and Aryan T.S., 375-376
Oriental Department of, 419 appeal of, to H.P.B. for E.S. quoted, 479
helps draw up rules for E.S., 480
visits Dublin Lodge, 480 as a founder pledged directly to
Masters, 480
H.P.B.’s sole representative for E.S. in America, 481 a chela of “thirteen years’ standing,” 482
his handwriting draft of E.S. Rules in Pasadena T.S. Archives, 482
The Book of Rules written by, under Master M. and H.P.B., 482, 484
the Aryan Press and, 499 spirited defense of, by H.P.B., 499-500
attacked by enemies, 582, 594 one of the three founders of
T.S., 593
Resuscitator of Theosophy in the U.S., 594
defended by Master, 594 & fn.
refused to defend himself, 595
Judgement: Way or “Yom ha- Din,” 73 refraining from, 349
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Julian, Emperor (ca. 331-363): gentle pagan, 94-95(101-02) called “Apostate,” 47, 95(10102)
New Year’s celebration of, compared to present one, 96 . (102) .
Jupiter, avataric cycle of, 105
Jussieu, Dr. Antoine Laurent de (1748-1836): defends mesmerism, 218 carried on Mesmer’s work, 223 biogr., 752
Justice, and wealth, 387
Justin Martyr (100?-165), on Simon Magus, 571
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Kabalism:
and Elementarles, 189 no matter for jest, 190 and occult statutes on women, 191 fn.
beliefs of ancient, 192
on Elementáis, 192
on term “ancient,” 313
Kabalists:
Jewish & the Nergal, 192 fn. elementarles of the, 189, 194 discredit “spirits,” 198 meaning of Logos (Dabar), 313
Kabalah, Kabbalah: and unity of mankind, 340 needs a key, 341 of the Tannanims, 345 source of, 347 fn.
Adam-Kadmon in, 410
Kali-Yuga: and the Theos. Movement, 158 on close of first 5,000 years of, 384, 418
the “Black Age,” 384 and divine years, 386 fn.
sub-rycles in, 386 fn.
Epvntian darkness in, 418
restrictions of, 492
first, cycle (1897) & Brothers of Shadow, 602
Kama:
love born from Lakshmi, 168 (178)
exoteric representation of, 623 animal desire & egoism, 631 and molecules of body, 693,
707-08
corresponds with liver & stomach, 698, 708
relation of, to Kama-rupa, 70809
sexual instinct as acme of, 708 should be directed by Manasic will, 709
Kama-Ioka:
soulless corpses move in, 372-73 deceives spiritualists & mediums, 373
Kama-rupa disintegrates in, 374
as portrayed in Book of the
Dead, 626, 027
dragon of flesh in, 627
on immediate rebirth from, 632
normal length of period in, 708 Kama-Manas:
psychic element, 353
common to both animal & man, 353
influenced by matter, 366
and the Tanmatras, 631
bereft of soul is reborn in Myal- ba, 637
nature & function of, outlined, 709 et seq.
Kama-rupa:
corresponds to red colour, 54, 54-55
consumed in Kama-Loka, 374 as starting-point on our plane, 562
not the fifth principle, 608 fn. materializes in seances, 609 fn. survival of, and Skandhas, 609 fn.
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and Kama, relations between them, 708-709
as vehicle of the Lower Manas, 629 fn.
the “remains” of Antaskarana after death, 663
mistaken for “Spirits of the Departed,” 633
gradually annihilated in “second death,” 635
remains of, go into animals, 708 Kames, Lord Henry Home (16961782), on genius, 19; biogr., 752
Kamic:
organs, 367, 369
principle transfused into thinking principle, 630
Kanada, atomic system of, 343 fn.
Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804), years needed to study philosophy of, 235
Kapila, and his pantheistic school, 343 fn., 605
Karma:
of genius, 15
in world of maya, 30
“King,” 71
occult law of, & Nidanas, 161, 385
no Adept will interfere with, 161
greatest of Yogis cannot divert, 161
of new diseases from misuse of hypnotism, 226-227
of undeserved suffering in animals, 238
of remorse from inflicting pain, 239
law of ethical causation, 302 double-edged sword, 385 racial, national and family, 385 of disease, and hypnotism, 401 divine justice of, 503 squaring the account of, 503 and the “Matrix of Avidya,” 503
affects even Manvantaric life of Divine Beings, 629
Karmëndriyas, organs of action, 661, 667
Karmic:
Seal, 125
retribution for public exhibition
of hypnotism, 226
life as just schoolmaster, 314
Kärya-rüpa, finite nature of Manas when linked with Kâma, 631
Kate Field’s Washington, on Tols- stoy’s works, 243
Kathopanishad :
metaphor of charioteer, 363
quoted, 428, 440, 453, 469
Keely, John W. (1837-1898), and innate ideas, 602
Keightley, Dr. Archibald (18591930):
visits Dublin Lodge with Judge, 480
attest to Judge’s draft of Preliminary Memorandum & Rules, 482-84
on Mead’s revision of E.S.T. material, 500-01
on “The Meaning of a Pledge,” 506-11
Keightley, Bertram (1860-1945) :
carries H.P.B.’s Open Letter to India, 157
elected Gen. Sec’y, Indian Section, 157
appointed H.P.B.’s representative in India & Ceylon, 309
Kennan, George (1845-1923), criticizes Russian oppression, 281 ; biogr., 753
Khandalavala, N. D., on H.P.B.’s letter to Indian Members, 15657
Khargak-kurra, World-Mountain, 543
Khe-langs, Mongolian Lamaist- Buddhists, 337
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Kingsland, William (1855-1936), on H.P.B.’s Advisory Council, 264
Kislingbury, Emily, appointed treasurer of European Section, 331
Knowledge:
Tree of, is One, 234
ways of acquiring, 236
Secret, of Esoteric Sciences, 311
blind faith and, 311
true, is of Spirit, 537
Kobo-dai-shi, adept-founder of
Shin-gon sect, 301
Koch, Dr. Robert (1843-1910), on aging process, 388-89; biogr., 753
Koldun, Russian term for sorcerer, 192 fn.
Koot-Humi (or Koot Hoomi) : precipitates letter in Olcott’s hand, 240 fn.
forwarded Maha-Chohan’s letter to Sinnett, 240 fn.
purpose in writing “The Mahatma Letters,” 241 fn.
on meditation & knowledge of
Higher Self, 696
Korf, Baron Modest Andreyevich (1800-76), discovered Lavater’s letters to Empress Mariya Fyodorovna, 205
Kosas, 526
Kosmos:
and Kosmic motion, 355
an Entity, 410
or Adam-Kadmon, 410
Universal, 542
produced geometrically, 547 and Cosmos, 655-56, 677
Krishna, as Higher Self, 53
Kriyasakti:
or creative will, 57
Third Root-Race created by, 533
and emanations, 554
power of producing forms on objective plane, 556
adepts produce pictures by, 672 and projection of Máyávi-rüpa, 706-07
Kronos, sun-dial of Father—, 383
Kshatriya(s) :
higher than Brahmans in their knowledge of Upanishads, 346 fn.
kings were teachers, 346 fn.
Kshetra, and Kshetrajña, 329
Kshetrajña:
Higher Ego or embodied Spirit, 329, 358 fn.
informs our Kshetra, 329
as “Silent Spectator,” 358 fn.
occult axiom on, 363
Kshirábdhi-tanayá, daughter of the Ocean of Milk, 168(178)
Kullüka-Bhatta, the historian, 169 (178) fn.’
Kumaras:
incarnated under 10th Zodiacal Sign or Makara, 76
appear as Avataras at the beginning of every human Race, 600-01
not human egos, 608
defined, 045
Kundalini:
vital, & electric fluid, 620 illumines brain glands, 697, 699
Kung, or “Great Tone,” 550
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Lactantius (ca. 260-ca. 340), on wisdom, 311
Ladd, George T. (1842-1921), Elements of Physiological Psychology, quoted on various subjects, 350, 353, 357-58, 361, 365, 308-69; biogr., 753
Lakshmi, compared to VenusAphrodite, 168(178)
Lane, M. A., treachery of, 582
Lanoo, or disciple, 505
Larva, or spook as káma-rüpa, 609 fn.
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Lavater, J. C. (1741-1801):
on genius, 19
opposed to Swiss Revolution, 206
discovery of letters by, 206-07 spiritualistic tendencies of, 20708
carried Mesmer’s system to Germany, 223
----- Physiognomische Fragmente, 206; biogr., 753
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (17431794), opposed to mesmerism, 219
Law(s):
abuses of, 34, 36-38, 43
modern higher courts of, 43
Christian, based on Mosaic Code, 266
of the Inquisition, 266 property, in Russia & England, 283
immutable, of the occult, 515-16 of the Mayavic world, 537
Lawrence, Sir William (17831867):
eminent surgeon, 359 criticizes psycho-physiology, 360
biogr., 753-54
----- Lectures, etc., q. 359
Laws of Manu:
on Sunahsepa, 169(178), 173
(183) fn.
elevation of women in, 270
Laya, esoteric axiom on, state, 133
Leadbeater, Charles W. (18541934),
held copy of Maha-Cho- han’s letter, 240-41 fn.
Lecky, William E. H. (18381903):
on pagan woman status, 267
on feudal legislation, 267
on Roman women, 271
Lee, Anne (1736-1784), upheld ideal of purity, 257, 754
Leibnitz, Gottfried W. (16461716), on monad, 134
Leicester, Diocesan Conference, 27 Lenclos, Ninon de (1615-1705), 389
Le Piongeon, Alice D., art. on “Ancient Races” noted, 382
Lermontoff, M. Y. (1814-1841), “Sonnet to A. O. Smirnova,” 287
Lessing, George, and Ellmore on fakir phenomena, 321-26
Levi, Eliphas (1810-1875),
Dogme et Rituel, etc., on magnetic currents of Astral Light, 373-74
------ “Letters on Magic,” and H.P.B.’s footnotes to, 622 & fn.
Leviticus, Code of, in Protestant countries, 267
Lhas, solar, 644
Liberation, longing for, 505
Liberty, a cunning synonym, 52
Lick Observatory, and nebulous matter beyond force of gravity, 327 fn.
Life:
Jewish view of, and death, 73 gloomy masquerade, 75-76 phenomena of, unfathomable by mechanical theory, 141, 413
riddle of, 147
and activity, the key to problems of science, 147 fn., 354, 355, 413
or Be-ness, 355
—wave, 355-356
for most, is undesirable, 391 series of hard trials for the Soul, 391
the “One,” 409
—Force, 410, 413
not a property of matter, 413 and death, as illusions, 625
Light, heat & electricity as illusions, 359
Light (Washington, D.C.), on reincarnation & karma, 194-95
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Lihga-Sarira:
corresponds to violet colour, 52 may become extinct, 629 born in realm of illusion, 629 molecular, like the body, 694 curled up in spleen, 699 vehicle of Prana, 699
nature’s function of, described, 704-705
and sharp instruments, 706 survives sometimes and affects next incarnation, 712-713
Linton, Mrs. Eliza Lynn (18221898), 34
Lister, Joseph, First Baron (18271912), anaesthetic use of mesmerism, 224
Literature, Theosophical, needed, 6
Liver:
passional organ, 367
cells subservient to our “personal” mind, 370
Livermore, Mary A., q. 269
Lodge, Sir Oliver J. (1851-1940), Nature Series, teaches doctrine once scorned by scientists, 265
Logos (Logoi):
Word acc. to Kabalists, 313
or triple manifested Deity, 409 manifested & un-manifested, 526
seven rays of the, & chakras, 620
Lokas:
Talas & states of consciousness, 664 et seq.
divine & infernal, 668 (table), 670-72, 680 et seq.
London:
squalid population in, 278
Trafalgar Square floggings, 281 fn.
London Lodge T.S., and petition to Masters for an “Inner
Group,” 479
Longfellow, Henry W. (18071882), Santa Filomena, 1
Lotus:
as symbol of universe, 167 (177)
Celestial, 168(177)
Buddha seated upon, 168(178)
Vedic legend of, retold, 170-76 (180-86)
Lotus Bleu, Le (Paris), aim of journal, 170(186), 300
Love:
free, advocates, 255, 257-59
free, is slavery, 259
and “affinity” theories of T. L.
Harris, 259-60
Lucijer (London), quoted and appraised, 152, 235, 268, 299, 319, 319-20, 602 fn.
Luke, q. 392
Liimholtz, Carl Sofus (18511922),
Au pays des Cannibales, on atrocities of colonists in Tasmania, etc., 289-90; biogr., 754-55
Lunacy:
Pirogoff on, 407
paralysis of man in his animal portion, 408
Kamic mind functions on astral plane in, 408
Lust, can never be satisfied, 392
Lymphatic:
cells, 145, 148
inoculation to prevent aging, 389
Lytton, Edward George Bulwer— (1803-1873), Zanoni, idea of “Dweller on the Threshold,” 636
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“M. A. Oxon.” See W. Stainton Moses
Machell, Reginald Willoughby (1854-1927), biography of, 756-57
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MacKenzie, Kenneth R. H. ( ? - 1886), Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia :
on occult fraternities, 79
on Cagliostro, 80 et seq.
Macrocosm :
and Microcosm, 410
Diagram I, 656-57
Mâdhavâchârya (XIV century) : worshipper of Vishnu, 343 founder of Dvaita sect, 343
------ Sarvadarsana-samgraha, includes Buddhism, 343
Magendie, François (1783-1855), Physiologie Humaine, q. 219;
biogr., 757
Magi, Zoroastrian, 72
Magia, as a term, 551 fn.
Magic:
spell and fascination in gaze of
Indian conjurer, 326
black, in vampirism, 396 motive determines whether hypnotism is black, 397
co-equal with 3rd Root-Race, 533
true nature of, 551 et seq.
same as Theosophia, 557 and Theurgy, 559-560 main difference between white
& black, 604
terrible Karmic results of the dabbler in, 606
terrestrial mysteries of white & black, 626
Magicians, Pharaoh’s 311
Magnetism :
animal, in theurgic mysteries, 214, 395
applied in sleep, 214
now called Hypnotism, 214, 395
Jussieu & Deslon support, 219 “therapeutic,” 222, 395 key to, & hypnotism, 568
Mahabharata, victory of Arjuna over Devas in, 202
Mahâbhütic, faculty of the finite Self, 631
Maha-Buddhi:
Universal Soul & Mahat, 413 as Divine Ideation, 62p
Maha-Chohan:
Superior to Masters, 239, 240 fn.
Letter from, quoted, 239, 241 fn.
Mahamanvantara, life-cycle of the, 629-30
Mahamaya, or Guptamaya, and Indian mesmerizers, 326
Mahapralaya, period of rest, 58
Maharajas, the Four, 546
Mahat:
Alaya-akasa or, 371
Universal Cosmic Mind, 411, 413
identical with Brahma, 411
or Divine Ideation, 629
Universal Intelligent Soul, 629, 630
Mahatma(s) :
compared to Jivanmuktas, 159, 634
concern for civilized races, 239 and our spiritual objectives, 241 and Mongolian Khe-langs, 337
Mahayogin, 346
Maheshwara, the Great Power, 356 fn.
Maimonides, and Biblical allegories, 342
Maine, Sir Henry (1822-1888), Ancient Law, quoted on Roman laws protecting women, 271; biogr., 757-58
Makara, or Capricornus & the incarnation of Kumaras, 76
Malkhuth, or lower Prakriti, 516
Malmesbury, William of (1095?- 1143?), accuses Anglo-Saxon nobility of slave-trade, 267 fn.
Mammon, Temple of, 386 Mammoth, worship in America, 382
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Man (men) :
divine nature and future, 4, 410 life of, inseparable from Mankind, 5, 46
genius depends on ensouling ego, 15
ever changes, 46
vehicle of a dual spirit, 46
transformation in Alchemy, 5255
Spiritual, the heavenly Power, 55
outwardly a creature of but a day, 156
hypocrisy, 241, 247-249, 317320
interbreeding of, 251-253
Carlyle on the wisest, 320
Milton’s Paradise Lost on, 350 as seer, 367 the Microcosm of the Macrocosm, 410 as oval sphere, 521
as incarnation of his God, 533 possesses potentially all the attributes of higher Aeons, 555-56
spiritual, free during sleep, 565 as perfect number Ten, 578 as complete unit, 607 androgynous as far as his head is concerned, 698
on the irrevocably materialistic, 625
Manas:
upper, in alchemy, is indigo, 53, 54
lower, or “philosophical vine” of alchemy, 54
green represents the lower or Animal Soul, 54
higher, purifies the lower, 54 as “individual” Ego, 58 in sleep and clairvoyance, 328-329
dual aspect of, 353 et seq.
Kama-, 353, 358, 371
is both psychic and manasic, 353, 358, 364, 371
term preferred to Nous, 353 fn. higher, or “Ego,” 358 fn., 406411
and the phrenic terrestrial element, 371
personal “Ego” or lower, 407, 411
relation of Astral light to, 407
lower, ever gravitating to Kama- Rupa, 598
Buddhi and the brain, 618
lower and Vayu, 622
Higher, incarnates in human at seven years, 623
upper and lower, bound within Spiritual Ego, 623-624
its agent is the physical brain, 623-624
duality of, 624, 628, 631
Animal Soul or Lower, 628
as vehicle of Mahat, 629
Higher, and its reflection, 630 Spiritual Self-Consciousness, 630
Divine when united with Buddhi, 630
and the winning of independent existence, 631
both eternal and non-eternal, 631
future of lower after “second death,” 636
impulse of animal life on lower, 636
specialized, for each man, 679 lower, leads flesh into temptation, 692
asleep in sense dreams, 693
relation of Higher & lower explained, 709 et seq.
Higher, a Kumara, 709 Manas-Manu, the Divine Man, alone reincarnates, 623
Manasaputra(s) :
Sons of Wisdom, 18
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genius as direct light from, 1819
rays of the Universal Mind, 365, 411
Sons of Mahat, 411 as our Egos, 607 fn. defined, 644-45 & jn.
Mânasasarovara, Yogis assemble at Lake, 701
Mânasic :
as well as Kâmic organs in man, 369
inner constitution of man is, 371
Ray & its mission, 371
Manchester Guardian, q. 286
Mankind:
collective life of, to be studied to know individual life, 4
Book of Life of, 5
to rebecome a race of gods, 46
Manteia, or Samadhi, 560 Manu. See Laws of Manu. Manu. See Manas-Manu.
Mânushya-Buddhas, and Sutala, 665
Manvantara(s) :
period between two, 54
Spiritual Monad lasts one, 58
Mara, armies of, 392
Marey, E. J. (1830-1904),' La Machine animale, q. on motion, 356; biogr., 758
Mariya Fyodorovna (1847-1928), Empress of Russia & Lavater’s
Letters, 205
Marriage:
Tolstoy on evil of, 244 continence and, 244 as licensed vice, 244-46 and property, 283, 284 H. Spencer on, 284
Martinists, described, 82 fn.
Martyrs, for truth vilified, 30
Mary Magdalene, Karma of women and, 268
Marylebone, Hospital, founded by Elliotson, 224
Maskelyne & Cook, Western jugglers, 325
Masonry :
Cagliostro on true, 83
on lost documents of Savalette de Lange, 84 fn.
and the E.S., 497
Masons :
and Cagliostro, 79-80, 82-84 persecuted by Vatican, 80 rite of Loge des Amis Réunis, 82, 84 fn.
Masses :
resurrection of human spirit in the, 3-41, 121-22
sense intuitionally a “great soul,” 20
profane, & occult teachings, 235, 320
wretchedness of starving, 311 Master(s) :
and receptions for fashionable society, 60-63
require only that we work unitedly, 154
conviction in, strong in Europe and America, 158
H.P.B.’s oath concerning, 158 learned in Gupta-Vidyà, 158 on Siddhis of the, 158 H.P.B. a Chela to, 158 fanciful ideas of Hindus on, 159 Mahatmas and Jivanmuktas, 159
their chief desire, 159
their name alone has done much for India, 159-61
Karma, not the, punishes the guilty, 161
will not interfere with Karma, 161
Col. Olcott maintained belief in, despite S.P.R. charges, 163 “banished from Adyar,” 164 K.H. precipitates letter in Olcott’s hand, 240 fn.
counteract intellectual grasp of Sinnett & Hume, 241 fn.
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of the Eastern wisdom, 308 do not communicate directly on this plane, 492 reverence for the, 492 we must rise to them, 492 letters purport from, 494 doubt in the existence of, 496 letters of reproof from, received by 582 et seq.
See also Koot-Hoomi.
Materialism:
brutal foot of, 1-2
age of crass, passing away, 2, 121-22
and mediumistic phenomena, 122
vs. spiritualism, 124-25 of science, 133-35, 144-45 breakdown of, 140-41, 146, 148
Materialism, Agnosticism and Theosophy, on Prof. Holden & nebulae, 327 fn.
Materializations, nature and types of, 706
Mathas (monasteries), of Vedan- tists, 345 fn.
Mathematicians, on dimensions of space, 411
Matter:
chasm between mind and, 409, 413
Claude Bernard on, 413 life is not a property of, 413 as substance is eternal, 556
Matthew, q. 210, 279, 291, 393
Mavalankar,DamodarK.(1857-?):
called by Masters, 158
has prospect of Adeptship, 15960
on weakening of Masters’ influence at Adyar, 163
urges H.P.B. to return to India, 163
and London “Inner Group,” 479
Maya:
or Sea of Illusion, 58
and Avidya hide true Self, 11415
“Doctrine of the Eye” is, 236 of physical suffering, 239 how to transcend world of, 538
Máyávi-Rüpa:
nature of, 526, 608, 705 projection of, 706-07 a Manasic body, 707
Mead, G. R. S., (1863-1933): translated Pistis-Sophia, 150 on H.P.B.’s Advisory Council, 264
appointed Sec’y European Section, 331
and “Preliminary Explanations,”499-500
Medical, abuse of Hypocratic oath, 226
Meditation:
for E.S. members, 496
and concentration as opposed to “sitting for yoga,” 603-04
and mediumship, 612
and pictures presented by elementáis, 693
and the heart, 696
and picture of Master as a living man within us, 696
and concentration, 702-03
Medium (s):
“spirit” wives and husbands, 193-194
Fauns, Satyrs, Incubi and Succubi of, 194 & fn.
disintegration of, body denied, 328
what is a, 372-73
unable to discern true from false waves of astral plane, 372
are self-deceived victims, 373374
infected by “Old Terrestrial Serpent,” 373, 374
attracted by central and eternal fire of the Astral Light, 374
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see three categories of entities, 560-61
and nature of materialization, 706
Mediumship:
contrasted to seership, 371-72 as abnormal nervous disease, 372
defined, 372 dangers of, 372-73 terrestrial elements absorbed in, 374
Medula oblongata·.
and the Nadis, 616
and Trideni, 700
Memory:
labyrinth of our, 227 in every bodily organ, 365, 368, 414
two sources of, 366
of the nervous system, 368 and the “brain-tablets,” 406-07 impressed on Astral Light, 407, 415
and the Skandhic record, 415 cells are only conveyors of, 416 loss of, 416
Menander (early 2nd cent, a.d.) : great magician, 557, 576 on the emanations of Ennoia, 559
------Monosticha, on dying young, 390
Mental:
faculties, 358, 364-68 behavior, 358
guided by Manas when free of Kama, 358
superconscious experiences, 367
Mercury-Budha, January 4th is sacred to, 76
Mercy:
God of, in Jewish theology, 73 divine, of Jesus is Buddha-like, 385
Mesmer, Franz Anton (17331815):
and magnetism, 82, 216-17
was a Mason, 84 fn.
hooted from scientific arena, 121, 216-19, 221, 223-24
applied magnets to cure disease, 216
alchemical doctrine of, 216 theories of, appropriated by science, 222
eventually acknowledged by French Academy, 224
Mesmerism:
mysteries of antediluvian, 215 denied by scientists of French Academy, 218-219, 221-222 now known as hypnotism, 219, 221-222, 395
ancient cures of, 222 “harmonic societies” of, in
France, 223
finally acknowledged by French Academy, 224
Hospital of Dr. Elliotson devoted to practice of, 224 used as anaesthetic, 224 replaced by electro-biology, therapeutic magnetism and hypnotism, 224, 395 differences in hypnotism and, 394-395
Messalina, 255
Messiah (s) :
rash of pseudo—, 256, 257, 260, 262, 348
true, never dream of posing as such, 262
Metal, rings or talismans, 382
Metals, and their correspondences with planets, colors, etc., Diagram II
Metallotherapy: influence on nervous system, 398
experiments discredited by Shiff, 398
Dr. V. B. Burq, as discoverer of, 398
Metamorphosis, of pagan divinities into gods of Church, 95(102)
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Methodist Times:
accuses H.P.B., 29
compared to The Theosophist, 117
Microbes, and Atma-Buddhi, 600, 679
Microcosm:
Man as a, 410
and Macrocosm, 600, 656-57
Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873),
Logic, on E. Darwin’s materialism, 351-52 fn.
Miller, Mrs. F. Fenwick:
address to National Liberal
Club, 282 & fn.
on unjust laws against women, 284
Milton, John (1608-1674), anthropomorphized
Satan, 48
------Paradise Lost, q. 350
Mimamsa, Schools of & Vedanta, 344
Mind:
Universal, 136-137, 365, 409412
as a real being, 350, 362-63
is both psychic and noetic, 353, 364
personal as well as impersonal, 353
evolving in relation to the brain, 362, 410
psychic·, as transformer, 362
or pneuma, distinct from soul, 364
not limited to brain, 365, 410412
Divine, or Nous, 366
as Higher Manas, 366-367
Kamic aspect of, 366
-Ego of Prof. Ladd, 368
Universal, and its human reflection,
371, 409-412
absolute or “No-Mind,” 412
“Mind Curers,” & Christian Scientists
on the wrong track, 603
Minerals, and plants can pass
through “solids,” 328
Minerva-Athene, January 3rd consecrated to, & Isis, 75
Miocene, period as source of human race, 28
Miracle, Masters laugh at word, 558
Mirville, Eudes de (1802-1873), devil of, 374
Missionary, movement of modern day, 256
Mistletoe, and holly, once used at New Year, 72
Mitford, Godolphin (pseud, as
Murad Ali Beg), “The Elixir of Life,” 202 fn.
Mitra, Peary Chand, on supremacy of women in Aryavarta, 270 Mlechchha Yavana, as outcast foreigner, 176 (186)
Moksha, must be won by own merit, 161
Molecular:
motion, 355-57, 359
vibrations analyzed, 359, 39596, 398-400
Molecule(s):
a figment of illusion in occult philosophy, 412
atom informs the, 412 geometrical combinations with, 412
every, as mirror of universe, 412, 699, 703
occult interrelations of, & atoms, 703-04
and Kama, 707-08
Moleschott, Jacob (1822-1893), 137
Moliere (Jean Baptiste
Poquelin, 1622-1673), comedy on hypocrisy, 281
Monad (s) :
Spiritual, persistence of, 58
of Leibnitz, 201
as Jiva connected with each man’s Higher Self, 507
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and principles tabulated, 531 interacting, in man, 647-648 generic term for Egos before incarnation, 629
Divine Beings or Gods, compared to our terrestrial Egos, 629
immortal throughout this Maha- manvantara, 629
the triune, 630
manifested by the incarnating Ego, 630
“Tree of Life Eternal,” 632
become duads and triads on differentiated planes, 634
Monasticism:
favored by Tolstoy, 244
not just a matter of “cowl,” 277 Monotheism:
rests on abstraction, 199
compared with Polytheism, 199-200, 201
Christian, just as idolatrous as Pagan & Oriental, 201
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem (1533- 1592), Essais, on biting his
fingers, 277
Moon:
Soma in Sanskrit, 203
energy from bright side of, 203 influences earth in both helpful
& lethal ways, 203-04 ceremonials of sorcerers at new,
204
dark side of, 204
astral substitute for an invisible planet, 546
effect on man is chiefly Kama- Manasic, 711
Moral(s):
regeneration of cultured but degraded classes, 5-6
of today compared with those of older days, 42-43
torture of higher courts of law, 43
fluctuation of, 45-46
Morgagni, Giovanni Battista (1682-1771), De sedibus, etc., on Pineal Gland, 619; biogr., 758
Morning Post·.
on electricity disasters in early period, 111
on Sister Rose Gertrude, 112
Moses:
and Pharaoh, 200
our laws based on those of, 266, 267
laws of, & Talmudic laws, 272 brazen serpent of, 373
Moses, William Stainton (1839- 1892):
as founder of S.P.R., 294 fn.
Editor of Light & T.S. member, 294 fn.
Motion:
vibratory, 139
as viewed by science & Occultism, 130-140, 355, 356
as “Great Breath,” 355-56 fn.
Kosmic, 355
everything subject to, 356 space, time and, 414
Mülaprakriti:
as vehicle of Parabrahman in Vedänta, 630
manvantaric aspect of, & Parabrahman, 710 (table)
Müller, F. Max_ (1823-1900): on common Aryan ancestry of
Indian & Englishman, 294 praised T.S. for translation of
Sanskrit works, 299
Muses, or Greek nymphs of the poets, 148-149
“Music of the Spheres,” or Harmony, 55
Musical Notes: correspondences of, with colors, metals, etc., Diagram II; also 562 (table) chromatic scale, 621
Myalba, state of Avichi on earth, 637, 638
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Mystai, and Epoptai, 532
Mysteries, impenetrable, unapproached by science, 135
Mysticism:
in death struggle with materialism, 2
mystics & Theosophy, 303
Oriental, & First Object of T.S., 304
and lore of gems & crystals, 382
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Nädis:
and medula oblongata, acc. to Täntrikas & Trans-Himälayan Schools, 616
and spinal column, 701
Naljor, or sinless man, 634
Napoleon I:
ablutions of, 276
downfall as event in fate of nations, 384-85
Narayana, undifferentiated Space, 555 '
Narcotics, and drugs prevent function of third eye, 496
Nationalist Movement, an application of Theosophy, 155-156
Nations, altered by small as large events, 384-385
Natural Selection, Grant Allen on, 251
Nature:
ever struggling towards perfectibility, 583
co-workers with, for destruction, 638
Navel:
centre of Kämic consciousness, 695
and generative organs, 699
Neander, Johann A. W. (17891850),
on woman, 271
Nebulae, show forces other than gravity at work, 327 fn.
Necromancy, and unconscious black magic, 32
Negroes, oppression of, in the U.S., 281
Neo-Platonism, compared with Pantheistic speculations, 347 fn.
Nephesh, 353 fn., 364, 374
Neptune, mayavic link of, with our solar system, 292
Nergal, female companion to Ka- balistic practice, 192 fn.
Nerves:
anesthesized under hypnosis, 220
and nervous centers, 355 psychic activity produced through, 355
fibers & cells, 357
involved in hypnotism, 394-95, 399-400
Nervous System, and sound, 621
New Testament:
on angels, 202
degradation of women in, 269
New Year:
warnings on, 67 et seq.
pagan festival, 71, 91-92(98) and Christ’s circumcision, 72 Jewish, compared to Pagan, 7273
sacrifices of old, 94(101) compared to time of Julian, 96 (102)
New York Herald, reviews Tolstoy, 243
New York Sun, libel suit against, 332-34
Newman, Cardinal John Henry (1801-1890), among world’s “Elect,” 317
Nicastro, Ottavio, and Cagliostro, 81
Nidana:
occult aspect of an attitude, 63 Concatenation of causes & effects, 385 & fn.
Niemand, Jasper (Mrs. Archibald Keightley ( ? -1915) Letters, etc., H.P.B. on Judge in Master’s letter, 594 fn.
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Nine:
digit dreaded by ancients, 68 symbol of cosmic & social change, 68
as corporisation acc. to Pythagoras, 68
natural depravity of, 69 sacred to the spheres, 69
Nineteen Avenue Road (London), inaugurated, xxiv
Nineteenth Century: compared to ancient times, 42 “royal lions” of, 42 fatal, now in decline, 69 artificiality of, 95-97 (102-04)
Nirmanakäyas:
Bodhisattvas or “late” Adepts, 31
can save a man’s life only if useful to Humanity, 31 modus operandi of, 209 defined, 560
Humanity guarded by, 601
Nirvana, on reaching, 407
Nizida, The Astral Light, 58
Noetic:
psychic and, aspect of mind, 353 et seq.
seership, 371 action of the Double-Faced God, 374
Mind or Reincarnating Ego, 411
Nomenclature, problems of, 655656, 677
“Nonagous envelope,” of the Pythagoreans, 68 fn.
North-American Review (New York), 348 fn.
Notation, reversed, 561-562
Nous:
in Greek terminology, 353 fn.
Divine mind or, 366
Novoye Vremya (St. Petersburg) : quoted, 110, 274-75 on Dr. Pirogov, 136 & fn.
defence of Buddhism in, 274
reviews Liimholtz’s work, 289
Numbers, occult combination of, 67
Nyaya, 343 fn.
Nymph (s):
or inferior goddess, 148
term lympha derived from, 148
inspire poets & seers, 149
immortalizing Sylphs and, 19293
0
Occult:
science re-affirmed today, 222 psychology an important branch of ancient science, 225
forces & their abuse, 225-26
phenomena cannot be proved, in court, 333
teaching about memory, 368
selflessness as prerequisite for, training, 491
two main divisions of, students, 537-38
philosophy based on ubiquitous presence of Absolute Deity, 569
Occult Aphorisms, on nature of linga-sarira, 712
Occult Primer, on eternal truths, 601
Occultism:
on Universal Life and Deity, 134, 139, 407-411
scientific discoveries verge into, 139-140, 222, 410
sine qua non of practical, 191
rediscovery of ancient, 222
omniscience and timelessness of
Immortal Ego taught in, 232
candidates for, 315
admits no miracles, 328
disintegration of living creatures
denied in, 328
will remain despite attacks, 333
opposed to promiscuous hypnotic
suggestion, 402
on atoms, 406, 408
Noetic Mind of, 411
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proceeds from Universals to Particulars, 599
practical, and celibacy, 702
Occultists:
and Theosophists revere the unknown mysteries, 115-116
134
go beyond the five senses, 115, 139, 315
on “ancient,” in East, 313
true, conceal rather than reveal their knowledge, 314-315
fewer each century, 315
know power of “Gupta-Maya,” 321
and legitimate science, 351, 354 411
postulate a seven-dimensional universe, 411
should avoid crowds, 535
Od, the aura of Reichenbach’s investigations, 210
Ogdoad, meaning of the gnostic, 68 fn.
Olcott, Col. Henry S.( 1832-1907): South Place Institute lecture of, 27
appointed by H.P.B. to represent E.S. in Asia, 89, 484
British Section and, 116 lectures in England and Ireland, 153
beloved colleague and “President-Founder,” 153, 263
H.P.B. implored, to permit her return to Adyar, 163
K.H. precipitates letter in hand of, 240 fn.
H.P.B. on scope of his presidential powers, 263-264
turns over presidency of European section to H.P.B., 330, 378(381)
expelled Dr. Coues from T.S., 378(381)
letters to Francesca Arundale on London “Inner Group,” 479 fn.
issues statement on autonomy of E,S. within the corporate T.S., 481
last visit with H.P.B., 484
and Master “K.H.”, 594
------Old Diary Leaves, on appointment of, as confidential
agent for E.S. in Asia, 484
Old, Walter R. wrote Preface to
Gems from the East, 427
Old Testament, reverence for, 341
Oliphant, Laurence (1829-1888), on Churchianity, 28; biogr., 758
------ Scientific Religion, and Genesis, 258
Olympus, Gods of, and Parnassus, 95(102)
Om Mani Padme Hum:
nature & potentialities of, 51718, 519, 561
relation of, to numbers, 517 seven results upon intonation, 517
and Aum, 520
geometrical equivalent of, 567
One Life:
and Second World of Simon
Magus, 554
as Root of All, 611 fn.
Oneida Community:
“mystic coupling” of the, 253
spiritualistic dangers in, 258
Opinion, public and popular prejudices, 317-318
Orbiney, Papyrus, on Ani, 570, 759
Orders, direct, are rare, 63
Organ (s) :
every human, has its own memory, 368
Manasic and Kamic, 369
desires of the, issue as electrovital sparks, 370
every, has its distinct thinking apparatus, 624 fn.
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Oriental:
literature in Adyar Library, 300-01
T.S. revived, literature in India,
Ceylon, etc., 306
Sanskrit pandit-schools, 306
centres, 306
Department proposed by Judge, 419-20
Orifices:
the ten, of human body, Diagram I; also 532-33
and hermaphrodite man, 532
Origen (1857-254?):
and allegories of Bible, 342
on Simon Magus, 572
----- Contra Celsum, on planetary rulers, 546 fn.
Oscillations, molecules, involved in hypnotism, 400
Ouida (pseud, of Louise de la
Ramee, 1839-1908), 248
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.),Metamorphoses,
q. 457
Owen, R. D. (1801-1877), on the brain, 617
Oxygen, from Hermetic, occult standpoint, 110
Ozone:
exuberance in air can cause influenza, 109-10
and nervous system, 110
and “Elixir of Life,” 110
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Padmapani, real nature of, 518, 520, 578-579
Padma-yoni, “bosom of the lotus,” 168(177)
Pagan(s):
rites of ancient, 16-17, 278
deities of, 71, 95, 149, 200
festivals of, & Christianity, 7172, 91-92(98-99)
plurality of, gods, 200-01
loved virtue, 240
meaning of, Circle Dances, 278
etiquette of, 270-71, 276-77, 278
Pall Mall Gazette (London), 27 Pantheism, 148, 344 fn., 347 fn. Parabrahman:
universal divinity, 344, 624
and Mulaprakriti, 630
Manvantaric aspect of Mulaprakriti, 710 (table)
Paracelsus (1493-1541):
principium vitae of, scoffed at, 139
greatest alchemist of the age, 215
and magnets for healing, 215-16 considered a quack, 215
had secret of magnetism, 223
on Faith & Imagination, 403
Paradise, abode of Christ-Sun, 93(99)
Para-manu-rupa, atomic nature of Manas, 631
Paramatman:
the “Supreme,” 149
a title of Vishnu, 149
Spiritual Sun, 623
beyond the Auric Egg, 623
cause of every principle, 623 the only eternal, living reality, 624
the ever-existing Root-Essence, 624
and Parabrahman, 624
Paramitas:
for all who would enter the
“Path,” 598, 603
Masters alone have perfected the, 504
Voice of the Silence on, 505
transcendental virtues, 505 fn.
Parent Brotherhood, and esoteric truths, 601
Paris:
patroness of, 96(103)
T.S. Lodge “1’Hermies” in, 300
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Parker, Theodore (1810-1860), Autobiography, q. 104; biogr., 759-60 '
Passions:
must be “burnt out,” 31 and passional organs, 367 as sole bond in sexual union, 386
on destroying, 392
Past, sorrows of, and “Promethean Vultures,” 70
Patanjali:
T.S. helped revive interest in, 307
Yoga School of, 343 fn.
Pater Aether, 619
Path:
not engineered for comfort, 236 real esoteric, 236
easier to poor & single of heart, 596
Path, The (New York) : Mahä-Chohan’s Letter, q. 241 fn.
and libel against N.Y. Sun, 332-33
ought to be supported, 596 “Patterson Correspondence,” and
H.P.B., 29-30
“Pelican Club,” vicarious prizefights of the, 36-39
Paul, St.:
an Initiate, 15-16, 312 quoted, 16, 202, 312 and eternal gnosis, 312 on Biblical allegories, 342 Paul Petrovich, Grand Duke
travelled incognito (as Count
Severni) to Ziirich, 207 Pauränika, eclectic school, 343 fn. Pentacle, of black magician, 623 Pentateuch, full of allegories, 342 People’s Advocate (Washington,
D.C.), non-sectarian journal & the Blavatsky T.S., 23
Perception:
and self-observation, 147
and will, 147
Perfection, ideal human, is no dream, 46
Personal:
vs. individual consciousness, 353, 357, 366
Mind as temporary “principle”, 371
Mind as ray from the “Son of Universal Mind,” 371
Personality:
exiled God within the, 16
provides experiences for Ego, or real man, 17, 353
should be neither exalted nor neglected, 62
vs. Individuality, 353, 366, 415, 626
deals with passional organs, 367
after death is Kama-rupa, 374 lower, is the animal man, 415 grafted to triune Monad becomes immortal, 630
as tabernacle of the “ParentSpirit,” 636
new, of incarnating Ego, and former astral Double, 712-13 Peter, as symbol of link between
Soul & Spirit, 210-11
Peterborough, Bishop of: quoted, 27, 28, 349 fn. and Joshua Davidson, 35-36
Phallicism, 519-520
Pharisees, denounced Jesus, 30
Phenomena:
unfathomable by current physiology, 141, 148, 351-352
vital, goes beyond external senses, 147-148
cannot see essence of, 148 morphology, anatomy & histology can never unriddle, 148, 352
the essence of “supernatural,” 215
of mesmerism affirmed by French Academy, 224 various classes of, 307, 322-329 photographic testing of, 327
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scientific meddling into mental and Occult, 351-352
every, has its genesis in motion, 354-355
molecular nature of psychic, 354-357
of human consciousness, 357 mental, 357-358
Philalethes, Lodge of: based on Martinism, 82 grievance with Cagliostro, 82-83 and Count Grabianca, 84
Philanthropy, true, expresses aspirations of trampled masses, 4-5
Philastrius (Bishop of Brixia or
Brescia, later part of 4th century), on Simon Magus, 572
Philo Judaeus (20 or 10 B.C.-45 a.d.), knew Bible to be allegorical, 342
Philosophical “Vine,” meaning in alchemy, 54
Philosophy:
ancient esoteric, a vital necessity to the West, 295, 308
deductive or metaphysical, 308 unshakable foundation of religious,
308, 347
India, 343, 347 fn.
Eastern, & Pantheistic speculation, 347 fn., 407
Physiology:
progress of, 138
and vitalism, 139
destined handmaiden of Occult
truths, 139
overstepping its limits, 351-53
Pineal Gland:
pernicious action of drugs upon, 496
nature & function of, 616 et seq., 695-90, 697
corresponds with uterus, 698 and Kundalini, 699
Pingala, Ida & Sushumna, 616, 701-02 '
Pinto, and Cagliostro, 80
“Pipelets,” Great army of, 93 (100 fn.)
Pirogov, Dr. N. I. (1810-1881): surgeon and pathologist, 135, 403
held alchemical belief in Vital Force and Life-Principle, 135-136, 404
believed in Universal Mind, 135-137, 404
on the non-material nature of the ego, 137
his Memoirs imbued with scientific mysticism & Theosophy, 138, 405
had been regarded as an “Agnostic” by ex-colleagues, 404
at University of Dorpat, 405
a follower of Goethe in his
youth, 405
Mephisto influences, 405 declines to intimate beliefs in
God, 405
Diary shows opposition only to ritualism, not religious ideals, 405
foot operation named for him, 405 fn.
biogr. of, 760
------ Memoirs·.
quoted, 136-37, 138 selections
of, to appear in Lucijer, 404
on lower self, 406
belief in subtle ethereal element,
406
on existence, 407
speculations on lunacy, 407
on atoms, 408
on nature and composition of Universe, 409-411
discussed possibility of fifth dimension, 411
on space, time and motion, 414 “empiricism” as used by, 414 on consciousness and brain, 414 profoundly intuitional nature
of, 415
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Pisâcha, or bhuta, 170(181) fn., 201
Pitris:
Lunar, not equated with “spirits,” 203
collective wisdom of, 203, 204
invoked by Qu-ta-my, 204 influence bright side of moon, 204
Pituitary Body, nature & function of, 616 et seq. 697
Pius VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi,
1717-1799; as Pope: 177599),
commutes Cagliostro’s death sentence, 81, 87
Plane(s) :
seven sub—, on every plane, 399
our, one of reflection, reverses notations, 561
and sub-planes of consciousness, 657 et seq.
segregated by mind & consciousness 679
lower, of consciousness & striving up higher, 687
Planetary Spirits, mission of, to strike keynote of Truth, 601
Planet (s) :
influence talismans, 382
seven sacred, & our senses, 532
and week-days, 535 order of, & correspondences, Diagram II ; also 536-37
Assyrian correspondences of, metals & week-days, 544 (table)
the seven physical, as lower Sephîrôth, 546
and their correspondences, 548 (table)
and colors, 548-49 fn.
intra-Mercurial, became invisible at close of 3rd Root-Race, 549 fn.
exoteric order of, 551
Plants, have nerves, sensation & instinct, 134
Plate I, colored, described, 529, 546-47
Plate II, colors & geometrical figures of, 563
Plate III, colored, prismatic circles & source of principles, 56768
Plato (4277-347 b.c.) :
selective breeding as old as, 253 on women, 254
age of, contrasted to current age, 310
------ Phaedrus, compared to Upanishads, 347 fn.
------Republic, on marriage & race improvement, 254
Pledge:
taken by H.P.B. never to reveal whole truth about Masters, 158
of Esoteric Section, 166
real, is to Higher Self, 166 withdrawing, to E.S., 488, 50405
no interference with family duties, 488
binding nature of, 501
aim of, not adeptship, 501
of Probationers, 506 meaning of, 500-11
and faith in Higher Self, 583 certain clauses of, discussed, 589-90
awful sacredness of, 601 Pledge-fever, 586, 588 fn. Pleroma, as Space of occult philosophy, 570
Plexuses:
and Nadis, acc. to Hatha-Yoga, 616 '
and Chakras, 619-20
Solar, of sympathetic system, 701
Plotinus (205-270 a.d.), aimed to emancipate Greek philosophy from Oriental influences, 347 fn.
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Poisons, dual nature of, 602, 603
Pollok, Robert (1798-1827), on hypocrisy, 40; biogr., 760
Polygamy, practiced by Mormons, 257
Polytheism:
vindicated by belief in “spirits,” 199
vs. Monotheism, 199-202
Poor:
regeneration of the, classes, 5-6 need help while the rich need pity, 61
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Moral Essays, q. 390
Porphyry (233-305?), and his Tree, 546 fn.
Positivism:
Comte’s ideas on, 253, 254
kind of insane mysticism, 254
Potto, V. A. (1836-1912), The War in Caucasus, on last years of Yermolov, 228-30
Powell, Charles F., death of, & tribute to by H.P.B., 153 “Pozdnisheff,” character invented by Tolstoy to satirize morals of society, 243-47
Pradhana, Diagram I
Pradhanatman, title of Vishnu, 149
Prakrita, as order of creation, 187
Prakritic Plane:
sub-planes of, 661 et seq.
objective, consciousness, 6(J1- 62, 679
astral, consciousness, 662-63
Prakritis, seven & their correspondence to Tattvas, 605
Pralaya, and exhaustion of Karma before, 629
Prana:
lower use of in so-called mind cures, 155
and Jiva, 607 fn., 672, 694, 707-08
macrocosmic pentacle of Life, 623
dual representation in Auric
Egg diagram explained, 623
Pranava, synonym of Aum, 615
Pranayama, dangers of, 615, 622
Prayer, and command, 535
Predestination, doctrine of, 74
Prejudices, pandering to popular, 318
Preliminary Memorandum, 485, 488 et seq., 501-11
Present: the eternal, 70
Prestidigitation, of so-called “juggler,” 324
Principle(s) :
are intermediary spiritual
beings in true Masonry, 83
of astro-Spiritual Man, 83
“three sisters” in Alchemy, 8586
inner, of cells are “atoms,” 410 man’s “Higher,” 411-412
the seven, Diagram I
and Esoteric Buddhism, 526, 562
two ways of tabulating, 530-531 and colors, Plate I
elude enumeration, 543, 546547, 672
exoteric and esoteric enumeration of, 546. 547
originate in Hierarchies, 549, 561
colors & geometric figures, 563564, 567-68
Four basic, and Three aspects, 607, 645 et seq.
which reincarnates, 607 fn.
at death, 645 et seq.
every, has seven aspects, 693 correspondence of, with parts
of Body (table), 699 every, a differentiation of Jiva,
707
life-motion in each, is Prâna, 707
Prithivi, or earth, & taste, 685, 686
Probationary Degrees, 654
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Probationers, subject to immutable law in the occult, 515-16
Progress:
and Christian civilization, 26677
“living movement” of Carlyle, 268
Projection, of Astral bodies, should not be attempted, 706, 707
Prophecy:
mystic, 1
fallen off in grace, 385
about Kali-Yuga, 386-87
Protests, against Russian oppressors, 279-88
Protestantism, and women, 268
Pryse, James Morgan (18591942):
printer at Aryan and H.P.B. Presses, 499
and revision of text of “Preliminary Explanations,” 500 biography, 761-65
Psyche, distinguished from Mind (pneuma), 364
Psychic:
and spiritual changes in man, 1
and noetic aspects of mind, 353 el seq.
activity, motion & free will, 355, 357-59
individuality, 357
planes & psychometer, 360
mind transforms energy of the “unit-being,” 362
on pretended possession of, powers, 495
vision, 698
Psychics, see colors of aura, 621
Psychological, tricks vs. conjuring, 321-327
Psychology:
once called “animal magnetism,” 214
ancient, 225
dawn of modern, 308
basis of, 352
and psychism, 364
synonym of psychiatry to some, 364
physiological, 365-66
cannot dictate to metaphysics, 366
Psychometry:
demonstrates conservation of energy, 360
acts on psychic planes as well, 360
Psycho-physiologists:
challenged to define consciousness, 353
cannot solve mystery of mind’s duality, 353-54
repudiate free will, 354, 357
criticism of, 360 et seq.
Ptolemaic, Geocentric system, 544
Puranas:
Asuras of the, 49
prophesied moral decay of present era, 386-87
Puritans, Roundheads & Vandals, 4
Purity, bodily, essential, 597
Purucker, Dr. Gottfried de (18741942), biography, 765-70
------ Fountain-Source of Occultism:
on human senses, present & future, 538-41
on gunas, 540-41
on Gnosticism, Simon’s Aeons & evolutionary stages of planetary chain, 574-75
on 12 classes of beings, 643 et seq.
on principles, morals, etc., 645-48
on process of reincarnation, 649 et seq.
on sound, color & number, 57778
on color of stars, 578
on Svabhavas, 579
------Occult Glossary, on Kumaras, 645 fn.
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Purva Mimamsd, 343 fn.
Pushkara Lake:
favorite locale for Lakshnri- padma, 173(183) fn.
carpeted with white lotus, 173 (183) fn.
Puysegur, Armand M. J. de Chas- tenet, Marquis de (1752-1825): healed with magnets, 216 scientific reputation, 222, 224 spread Mesmer’s system in
Provence, 223
Pyramid, of Ghizeh vs. Eiffel Tower, 310
Pythagoras (6th cent, b.c.) : on corporisation of 3 x 3, 68 & fn.
on matter & elements, 68 fn.
magnetic cures of, 222
era of Plato and, 312 influence of Eastern philosophy seen in, 347 fn.
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Quadrangle, reduced to Circle, 53
Quaternary:
purification of lower, 53 lower, & Higher Triad, 692-93 liver & spleen represent the, 694
Quilter, Harry (1851-1907), Editor of Universal Review, shows fervor for oppressed, 281
Qu-ta-my, invokes esoterically the lunar Wisdom of Pitris, 204
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Rabbis, fanaticism of bigoted, 273 274
“Radda-Bai” (or Radha-Bai), H.P.B.’s pen name, 335
Ragon de Bettignies, Jean-B.-M. (1781-1862), on Gnostic og- doad and cubic stone, 68 fn.
-----Notice, etc., 536 fn., 771
Raja-Yoga:
true science of, 559
difference between, and Hatha-
Yoga, 615, 616
what makes it possible, 694
no principle can be ignored in, 634
Raja-Yogins, Brahmanas & Himalayan ascetics, 337
Rajputs, belong to Kshatriya caste, 337
Rama Prasad, Nature’s Finer
Forces:
on svara, 356
discussed, 604 et seq., 611, 61213, 621
on Tattvas & Svara, 615 Ransom, Josephine (1879- ? ), A Slwrt History of the T.S., 479 fn.
Raskolniki, Tolstoy visited, 127
Ray(s):
seven, of Logos & Chakras, 620 emitted by Higher Ego, 709-10 of Higher Ego clothes itself in Astral Light, 710
Reade, Amye, Ruby, etc., q. 286
Reality:
of mind & atom, 409
the One, eternal, 412
Rebirth, needed to arrive at final wisdom, 314
Red, corresponds to Sol of musical scale, 90
Reformer(s) :
true, holds to no crown or sceptre, 261
and Theosophy, 261
practical, 262
do not alter human nature, 394 Reichenbach, Baron K. von (17881819), and Odic fluid, 210, 396, 526 fn.
Reincarnation:
web of, on loom of time, 15
beginning to be accepted among liberal Christians, 130
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will one day be generally accepted, 130
lessons of, 314
process of, & function of auric egg, 649 et seq.
and occasional survival of astral double, 712-13
Religion:
spirit of, in European age, 41
Brotherhood of, in India, 305
Theosophy as a, of reason, 347
Wisdom—, 347
once united entire human race, 347
no, higher than truth, 419, 428 Religio-Philosophical Journal
(Chicago) :
and W. E. Coleman’s comments on H.P.B.’s Open Letter, 157 publishes private material, 592 Renan, Ernest (1823-1892), on
women & Judean Christianity, 268
Reproduction, nine as symbol of, 68, 69
Resistance, passive, recommended, 591
Resurrection, of the Dead in Catholic theology, 74
Revelation:
primitive by Kumaras transmitted by Adepts, 601
as innate ideas, 602
Revelation, on death & hell, 74
Review of Reviews (London) :
on Edison, 133
on Russian & English convict systems, 282
Revue Theosophique (Paris), 300
Rig-Veda:
sacred mantras of, compelled the gods, 174(184)
freedom of thought in, 346 fn. Ripley, Sir George (middle of 15th
cent.), Compound of Alchymy, etc., 53; biogr., 771
Rod, bamboo, of Brâhmanas, 701 Rohan, Louis René Édouard, Cardinal de (Prince de Rohan-
Guéménée—1734-1803), favored Cagliostro, 80
Rohel, on futurity, 70
Rohita, surnamed Devarâta, 171 (181), 175(185), 176(186)
Roman Empire:
New Year celebrations in, 91 (97), 93(100)
false noses of divinities in, 9495(101)
decadence of, no worse than today, 240
laws, of, on freedom of married women, 271
Root-Races, evolution of physical body corresponds to, 700-01
Rose Gertrude, Sister, a “spiritual mystery,” 113-14
Rosecroix, mediaeval, concealed his knowledge, 314
Rosny, Léon Louis Lucien Prunel de (1837-1914), lectures reviewed, 393
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (18281882), q. 114
Roundheads, modern, 4
Royal Asiatic Society, theological predilections of, 294
Royal College of Physicians: and world opinion, 221 deny both magnetism and hypnotism, 225
Russell, George William (18671935), biography, 771 et seq.
Russia:
drinking in, 10
H.P.B. accused of spying for, 161
British condemnation of, 27988
and Key to Theosophy, 348 Christ ideal still preserved in, 348
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Russkoye Obozreniye (Russian Review) :
edited in Moscow by Prince Tserteleff, 335
H.P.B. was associated with, 335 and Vlad. S. Solovyov, 335 et seq.
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Sabaean, festivals, 278
Sabbath, and lunar division of week, 536
Sacrifice, of individual to the whole, 450
Saints:
as beatified pagan Roman divinities, 95(102)
true status of, 261
St. Anthony (ca. 250-350 a.d.), quoted, 269
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (10901153), on women, 269
St. Bonaventura (John of Fidouza, 1221-1274), on women, 269
St. Cyprian, called Thascius (ca. 200-258), on women as devil’s instrument, 269
Saint-Germain, Count'de, belonged to Lodge of the Philalethes, 84 fn.
St. Gregory the Great (ca. 540604), quoted about women, 270 St. Jerome (or Hieronymus, ca.
340-420), on women, 194, 269
St. John Damascene (d. before 754), on women, 269 Saint-Martin, Louis Claude de (1743-1803): disciple of Jacob Bohme, 120 thought Cagliostro to be a charlatan, 120
St. Nicanor, derivation of the term, 76 fn.
St. Peter, as double-faced Janus, 92-93 (98-99)
Sainte Geneviève, as rebaptized
Isis, 96(103)
Saivâgama :
Tantric in nature, 604 fn., 605, 615
and Tattvas, 611 fn.
Saktis, synonymous with “Sons of
Fohat,” 620
Sala, George Augustus Henry (1828-1895), on Promethean
Vultures, 70; biogr., 778
Salamanders:
fire elementals, 190
alliance with man needed for immortality, 192
Salpêtrière, experiments of Charcot in, 295
Salvation Army, 348
Samadhi :
or Manteia, 560
and life-currents of Jiva, 616
Samkarâchârya :
as Teacher, 344
not founder of Vedanta, 344 & fn.
interpreter of Upanishads, 344 fn., 346
nicknamed “disguised Buddhist.” 345
considered an incarnation of Siva, 346
Sand, of Pineal Gland, 618-619
Sanhedrin, 35, 385
Samhilâs, and Brâhmanas compared to Upanishads, 346 fn.
Sânkhya, 343 fn.
San Leo, Castle of, & Cagliostro, 87
Sant’ Angelo, Castle, & Cagliostro, 88
Sanskrit, literature pandit-schools, 306
Sapta Dvipas, or Seven Sacred Islands, 173(183) fn.
Saptaparna, and the seven brains, 694
Saracens, and slave trade, 266-67 & fn.
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Satan:
rebellious angel, 47
both, & God in man himself, 47 grandiose, of Milton, Byron & Victor Hugo, 47 et seq.
anthropomorphized by Milton, 48
as “adversary,” 48, 49
called the “Great Disinherited” by Michelet, 48
“The Mephisto” of Goethe & Ahriman of Byron, 48-49
as Chaotic matter, 49
as Cosmic Anarchist, 50 salvation of, in his abyss of despair, 50
the ideal synthesis of discord, 51
divine spark in, 51
incarnate Protest, 51
Host of, according to Roman Church, 205
“Horns” of, in Kabalistic symbolism, 623
“immortal in,” meaning, 637 coalescing with, 639-640
Sattva, Rajas, Tamas, Diagram I Saturday Review, and maltreatment of circus children, 286
Saturninus (end of 1st cent.), 570 579
Satyrs, and Fauns of “Summerland,” 194 fn.
Savages, sparks of truth in fetishism of, 347
Savalette de Lange (d. 1788): treasurer of Lodge of Philale- thes, 82
left MSS. to Masons, 84 fn.
biogr., 778
Saviours, never dream of posing as Messiahs, 262
Schiller, J. C. Friedrich von (1759-1805), admired Caglios- tro, 79
Schweinfurt, Rev. Missionary, 348
Science:
progress of, 29, 41, 115, 217219, 315-316, 388
Natural, on God & Universe, 56-57, 352
truths accepted by, 56, 124, 350
the Didymi of, 111, 354
conceit of exact, 111, 217-219, 352, 359, 388
self-doomed by acceptance of only five senses, 115, 135
dogmatism of, 123, 133
true vs. pseudo, 124
Materialistic, and Spiritualism, 124-125, 198
needs more “scientific imagination,” 133
rejects idea of life-principle, 134, 355, 410
ignorant of how matter is formed, 135, 354-358
and superstitions of the Hindus, 143-144
“Wand of,” 199
uses theurgic magic under new names, 214
considers Paracelsus a “quack,” 215
French Academy of, condemns Mesmerism, 218
charlatanry in modern, 219
and The Secret Doctrine, 234, 265
on electricity, light & heat, 265 marriage of, and religion, 307 Theosophy and modern, 350 et
seq.
overstepping its legitimate realm, 350-351
analytical method of, 359-360
pre-Christian compared to modern, 390
research of applied, 390
on atoms, 410
Scientific:
charlatans, 219, 225-26, 265
abuse of Nature’s forces, 226
claims, 317
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speculations on fakirs, 321-27 and gravity, 327 fn.
Scot’s Observer, on Tolstoy, 243, 245, 249
Secrecy, why required, 600 et seq.
Secret knowledge, Eastern, and
XXth century, 596
Secularism, and Annie Besant, 296
Sedecla, witch or wise-woman, 312
Seer(s):
Higher Ego is the, 367
noëtic & terrestrial, 371
how to become a true, 371-72 seeing stars in aura, 678
Seeress of Prevorst (act. Friederike Hauffe, 1801-1829),
visions of the, 372
Seership:
not mediumship, 371
condition of true, 371-72
Self:
personal I or, 47, 367
sacrifice of one’s, for others, 61-62, 450
as Master of the body, 62
Alaya’s, 114
permanence of the Higher, 296, 365
lower, imagines itself the only, 366
Higher, & its alter ego, 367
—knowledge, 450
Self-consciousness :
as embodiment of universal mind, 137, 365
no physical basis for, 353
Ladd on unifying actus of, 353 proceeds from higher Manas, 353
and will, 357
or Vikära, 630
Selfishness :
a conventional conspiracy, 34
rebel against Nature, 68
cause of all sin & sorrow, 538
Semiramis, hanging gardens of, 310
Senses:
limitations of, 115, 135, 139 vibratory motions of, 139, 399 sixth & seventh to be developed, 412, 618
consciousness is independent of, 414
spiritual, 528
seven physical, & their correspondences, 532
every, pervades every other, 672
and colors discussed, 686
differentiation of, 691
Sensible, of Plato, 553
Separateness, heresy of, 366, 407
Sephiroth:
as Voices, 545
the seven physical planets as lower, 546
Sermon on the Mount:
talk & theory, 294
practical application of, 316
a Utopia, 349
Serpent:
—Satan as Church dogma, 270 and Adept’s will, 373-74 brazen, of Moses, 373
as dual current of earth’s astral fire, 373-74
of caduceus & tau, 373
as generative lihga, 374
Seven:
mysterious number, 68
and sphere of fixed stars, 68 sacred islands, 173(183) fn.
Sevenfold, classification of colors and rays, 567
Sevigne, Marie, born de Rebutin-
Chantal, Marquise de (16261696), mediumistic authoress, 193
Sexual:
Grant Allen on, selection, 25155
selection essential bestial, 254 exaltation is man’s ruin, 258
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freedom & spiritualistic affinities, 258
serfdom, 282-83
worship as degradation of ancient symbolism, 519-20 organs evolved to perform sex functions, 520
creative power not natural, 700 action & celibacy, 702
Sforza, Count Giovanni (18461922), published fragments about last years of Cagliostro, 84 & fn. ; biogr., 778
el-Shaddai, the Almighty, 73
Shad-Darsana, the six schools of Indian philosophy, 343 fn.
Shakespeare, William (15641616), Henry VI, on genius, 14
-—— Macbeth, on life’s emptiness, 391
Shamil, and Gen. Yermolov’s actions, 228, 230 & fn.
Shelley, Percy B. (1792-1822), Queen Mab, q. 465
Sheol, in Jewish theology, 73
Shiloh, daughters of, 278
Shin-gon, sect of Japanese Buddhism, 301
Siberia, political prisoners in, 279, 281 fn.
Siddhis, of Yogi, 325
Side, light and dark, in everything, 603
Sight-Devas, and Rasâtala, 666, 684
Silent Watcher, 659
Simon Magus: teachings of, examined, 552 et seq.
available sources concerning (Compiler’s Note), 571-73
------ The Great Revelation, q.
554 et seq., 573
Simonin, A. E. (1822- ? ), Solution du problème de la suggestion, etc;, on hypnotism & magnetism, 220 & fn.
Sinistrari, Father, 194 fn.
Sinnett, Alfred Percy (18401921):
intellectual grasp of teachings, 241 fn.
on H.P.B.’s Advisory Council, 264
Pres. London Lodge, 264
------ Esoteric Buddhism :
and the seven principles, 526, 546
incomplete hypotheses in, 622 should be compared to E.S. Instructions for clarification, 622
rf., 28, 633 fn.
------ The Mahatma Letters·.
originals in British Library, 240 fn.
Mahâ-Chohan’s Letter not included in, 240 fn.
on London “Inner Group,” 479 fn.
on light & sound, 578 fn.
------ The Occult World, rf. 633
Siva:
exoteric rite borrowed by Israelites, 94(101)
God of destruction, 94(101), 149
term defined, 149 fn.
and Hindu Trinity, 149-50
as Mahâyogin of India, 346
Samkarâchârya as avatâra of, 346
“Eye” of, 496
Skandhas :
nothing can be lost from record of the, 415
and survival of Kâma-rüpa, 609 fn.
Skepticism :
compared to superstition, 21
swept 18th century, 120
Slaves, Slavery:
not peculiar to Venice, 267 fn. exportation to Ireland, 267 fn.
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of wives to husbands, 283-85 of blacks to whites, 286 to things & social vices, 311
Smith, Adolphe, on exiles, 281
Smith, Joseph (1805-1844), zeal of, 257
Smith, Sydney (1771-1845), Popish ritualism described by, 319
Smollett, Tobias (1721-71), quoted, 78
Société Théosophique (Paris), conspirators amidst, 377-79 (379-81)
Society :
abasement & corruption of, 3443
code of our pharisaical, 384
Society for Psychical Research (London): false charges of, & their impact, 163
treachery of, 294
sycophancy of, to science, 294 attacks H.P.B., 378(380)
Socrates (469?-399 B.c.) :
as a martyr, 30
and concealed wisdom, 314
Sol, or sun, 54
Solomon, depicts life as trial, 391
Solovyov, Vladimir S. (18531900):
reviews The Key, 334 distorts Theosophy, 335-49 on Vedânta, 344
Solovyov, Vsevolod S. (18491903):
attacks H.P.B.’s character, 33435
Soma, Soma-drinker & the moon, 203
Soma pneumatikon, spiritual body, 202
Soma psychikon, astral body, 202
Sommering, S. T. von (17551830), De acervulo cerebri, on pineal gland, 618, 779
Soothsayers, are no longer believed in, 385-386
Sophia:
applied both to abstract & concrete things, 311
noetic, 312
divine, vs. modern science, 320
Sophists, of modern era, 312
Sophocles (ca. 496-406 B.c.),
Oedipus at Colonus, on man’s fate, 390
Sorcerers:
and female jinni of Mussulman, 192 fn.
new moon rites of, 204
amateur hypnotists becoming, 222, 225
Sorcery, ancient psychology on, 225
Soul(s):
“tidal wave of deeper,” 1
must rise above passion, 31-32 immortality of, witnessed by Spiritualists, 124-125
and modern physiologists, 351352
cannot be discovered in dissecting room, 359
Mind distinguished from, 364 and nephesh or sentient life, 364
idiot is not. less, 364
Higher noetic, of man, 365
Dynamics, 374
alone perceives itself, 453
possibility of loosing one’s, 599
the “awful doctrine” of annihilation of, 622
“second death” of the, 625-626, 628
“harvest of life” impressed on higher Ego after death, 626 triumphs over Dragon of Flesh, 627
term applies either to Human or “Animal.” 628, 629
Universal Intelligence or Mahat, 629
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“—eclipse”, 632-633
Jiva or Lingadeha in exoteric Raja-Yoga, 633 in.
Soulless :
immediate incarnation for the debauched, 635
men & women, 606 definition of term, 628-33 and mind as half-animal principle, 637
two kinds of, beings, 638
last appeal of the, 638
avoiding the path of the, 639-41
Sound:
substratum of Kosmic Motion, 355
and Universal Àkâsa, 361 color & number & Tetraktys, 519
in visible world awakens sound in invisible realms, 535
roots of, & color, 568
the only attribute of Akâsa, 611 audible, as subjective color, 620-21
Southcote, Joanna (1750-1814), hallucination of, 257 ; biogr., 779
Space :
time & motion as extensions of consciousness, 140-41
absolute, 168(177)
limitless, time & motion, 414
same as Plërôma, 570 plastic, though invisible, sound & color, 620
Sparsa-Devas, and Karatala, 665
Speech :
right, a condition of Practical Theosophy, 213
freedom of, 388
Spell, cast or transmitted in hypnotism, 395-396
Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903) : on public whipping of women, 284
the Unknowable of, 295
scientific philosophy of, 351
Spinal column, and symbolism of knotted Brahman rods, 701
Spinal Cord(s) :
and memory, 368
spiritual ideas & brain action, 369
two, in next Round, 700
two merge into one in 7th RootRace, 700
puts into connection the brain & generative organs, 702 Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677), requires years of study, 235
Spirit :
awakening in man, 1-4, 121-22
long-exiled, 4, 16, 122
genius lit by, 14
divine, imprisoned, 16, 54
regeneration of, in alchemy, 53-54
vs. matter, 122
Spirits:
earthly affinities of, 193-94
empty, senseless shells, 195 fn.
so-called wisdom of, 195-96
and spiritists, 196, 208
real holy, do not visit séances, 198, 307
and spirit letters, 208-11
Spiritual:
change in century’s closing cycle, 1-3
monad, 58
Hosts of intra-Kosmic beings, 200
faculties of the soul, 364
twelve classes of, beings in solar system, 643, et seq.
consciousness & the heart, 694 et seq.
Spiritualism:
vs. materialism, 122
revival of, in 19th century, 123
as revival of Demonology & witchcraft, 197
unwritten history of, 258
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Spiritualists:
higher classes become ardent, 122
rebellion of, against science, 123
eminent men who were, 124 fn.
Roman Church and, 205, 210 mistake Kama-Rupa for “spirits of the departed,” 633
Spleen:
cells of, subservient to the “personal” mind, 370
related to lihga-sarira, 693, 699 and liver represent Quaternary, 694
liver & stomach, 699 medium & vehicle of Prana, 699
Sraddha, ceremony of, described, 170(180) fn.
Srotapanna, must avoid premature slaying of Antaskarana, 634
Stallo, John Bernhard (18231900), Concepts of Modern
Science, 411
Stanton, Mrs., on priesthood and women, 269
Stars:
as “tears of the gods,” 382
seen by seers in aura, 678
States:
interblending, & occult facts, 677
higher, should be striven for, 687
Stead, William Thomas (18491912), q. 281
Stevenson, Robert Louis (18501894), Strange Case, etc., as allegory of the “Dweller,” 636
Stewart, Dugald (1753-1828), on imagination, 133-134
Sthula-sarira, nature of, 694, 703704
Stomach:
passional organ, 367
memory of the, 370
liver & spleen, 699
Stone :
allegorical in alchemy, 54
of Siva, 101
phallic ceremony pouring oil on, 94(101)
“Bethel,” of Hebrews, 94(101) talismans made of, 382
Strabo (63? B.c.-after 21 a.d.) : on therapeutic cures of Serapis, 222
Sturdy, Edward Toronto (18601957), selected for H.P.B.’s Advisory Council, 264
Subba Row, T. (1856-1890): criticism by, & its meaning, 526 took advantage of H.P.B.’s enforced silence, 605
proposed Committee to transmit È.S. teachings to London
Lodge, 479
Substance, inconceivable without force, 413
Succubus :
and incubus, 194 & fn., 197
Apollonius delivers friend from a, 197 ’
Sue, Marie Joseph, called Eugène (1804-1857), Mystères de
Paris, on the habits of the French portier, 100 fn.
Süfïism, source of Mohammedan, 347 fn.
Suggestion :
once termed animal magnetism, 214
experiments in, 227 spoken, contrasted to thought, 402
dangers of, 402
applied to bad habits, 402
Sun:
central Spiritual, 45 transcendent red of the, 53 day of the “conquering” ?6 fn. Janus as janitor to the, 93(99)
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dances misconstrued as phallic, 278
and Neptune, 292
heliocentric system of, &
Lactantius, 311
as astrological substitute for intra-Mercurial planet, 546 triple physical, whose reflection
only we see, 546 true color of, is blue, 548 fn. corresponds to Higher Ego, 709 effect of, on man connected with Kama-Prana, 711 Sunahsepa:
legends about, 169(178) et seq. reborn into Solar Race of Ayodhya, 176(186)
Superconscious, mental experience, 367
Supersensible, worlds of man’s spiritual and rational faculties, 364
Superstition:
discussed, 21-22
and skepticism, 22
soothsaying now considered, 385
Surya, the Sun, 175(185) Suryavansa, descendant of Solar
Race, 170(180)
Sushumna, Ida and Pingala, 616, 701-702 ’
Suspicion, dangerous guest to harbour, 510
Svabhavas, as solar forces, 579 Svabhavat, as All-Being on manifested plane, 543
Swami Bhaskara Hand Sarasvati, “Some Customs of Aryavarta,” 419
Swans:
great men compared to, 105
symbol of Brahm & cycles, 10506
Svara:
Hindu occult dictum on, 355
is spirit itself, 355
current of the life-wave is, 356
Râma Prasad on, 356 & fn.
or Maheshwara, 356 fn.
defined, 615
Svizzero, Father, monk condemned as conspirator with Cagliostro, 85, 87
Swedenborg, Emmanuel (16881772), visions tainted by theological conceptions, 211
Sylphs, become immortal if wedded to a sage, 192-93
Sympathetic System: discussed, 700-01 played on by Tântrikas, 701
Syzygies, of Simon Magus, 553
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Tad (That), as Rootless Root, 524-25
Talas:
Lokas & states of consciousness, 664 et seq., 670-72,680 etseq.
and human senses, 666-67
Talismans, possessing virtues of ruling planets, 382
Talmud:
calendar of, and Roman calendar, 72
month of Tishri in, 72
Judaism & fanaticism, 273 ritualism of, 274-75
Tânhim, Elementals, 609-10, 649
et seq., 704, 708
Tanmâtras:
rudimentary atoms, 631 & fn.
lower manas must paralyze the, 631
Tannaims, initiates, 345, 534
Tântras:
and Râma Prasad’s book, 604
should be read esoterically, 605 606
dangerous when used selfishly, 606
Tântrikas, mystic beliefs of, &
Yogis, 144, 145 , 616
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