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Taraka-Raja-Yogins:
and lost Upanishads, 345 in.
and Nadis, 701
Tattvas:
physical senses and, 19 seven, & correspondences to the seven Prakritis, 605
doctrine of seven, forgotten in India, 605
H.P.B. ordered to teach doctrine of seven, exoterically, 605
correlation & nature of, discussed, 611 et seq.
esoteric Tantric table of, 614, 621
Teacher:
office of, defined, 593
mission of esoteric, 601
Tejas, only Tattva colored correctly in Tantric studies, 622
Telepathic, impact of the S.P.R., 324
Templars, Baphomet of the, 374
Temple, Sir Richard (1826-1902), probing child abuse, 287
Temptations, role of Lower Manas in, 692
Tennyson, Alfred Lord (18091892), Theosophical inspiration in poems of, .130-31
------ Demeter, etc., quoting from The Ring, 130
-----In Memoriam, q. 432, 473
------ Locksley Hall, q. 120, 266
Tertullian, Quintus S. F. (160?- 230?) denounces women, 269 on Simon Magus, 571
Teste, Dr. A., on compromising truth, 226
Tetraktys:
and musical scale, 519
and Aum, 520
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863), born between two tidal waves of human thought, 6
Theodoretus, Bishop of Cyrrhus (ca. 386-453 a.d.), on Simon
Magus, 572
Theophany, obliterated by Church persecution, 215
Theosophia, or Wisdom, 320
Theosophical Forum, The (Point
Loma, Calif.), art. by J. H.
Fussell on later E.S. Instructions, 653
Theosophical Movement: open to all classes, 60 sacrifice for the, 61 and Spiritualism, 128 forces impeding the, 158 a necessity of the age, 295
Theosophical Publishing Society (London), 299
Theosophical Siftings, art. by Dr.
F. Hartmann, 237
Theosophical Society:
advent of, an imperious necessity, 33
motto at Headquarters, 61, 351
British Section, convention greetings, 116
ushered in by Spiritualistic movement, 127
the “Christo—”, 131-132 H.P.B. urges unity & solidarity in, 154
work is for Humanity, 156 strife & intrigue against H.P.B.
by Adyar, 158-164 founded in New York & transplanted
to India, 160, 303 not in vain, 159-160, 293, 299 formation of Esoteric Section in, 165
rules of the European Headquarters, 212-213, 331
H.P.B. proclaimed president of European, 263, 330-331
scope of Presidential functions in, 263-264
on the three objects of, 293-294, 302-308
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Irving Place coterie of founders, 293
called the Royal Asiatic Soc.
plus philanthropy, 294 denunciation of, by Spiritualists, 297
chartered branches in the U.S., 297 fn.
growth is worldwide, despite
S.P.R. attacks, 298
Publication Fund, 299
Stockholm branch, 299
Madras headquarters, 299 annual convention of 1882, 305 National Congress (India)
modelled upon, conventions, 305
influence in Ceylon, 305 revitalized interest in Sam-
karacharya, 307
British Section, 330 contributions remain voluntary, 331
vindication for founders of the, 375-376
letter to members in French, 377-79(379-81)
placing, on safe side of spiritual current, 418
in France, 377-79(379-81)
and the E.S., 479-480
Preliminary Memorandums for the E.S., 488-511
has failed to achieve “Universal Brotherhood,” 489
a call on the “elect,” to restore the, to original lines, 490
no earthly forces can destroy the, 587-588
results of possible fall of, in America, 596
Theosophist(s) :
definition of a, 28, '303, 319320, 508
does not hate Christianity, 28, 385
nicknamed “sevening lunatics,” 75
and search for truths, 90, 115, 235, 261, 303, 317, 319 compared to Scientist, 115, 317, 350
Silent Brotherhood of truth seekers and, 125-126
H.P.B. urges, to support President-Founder, 167
Neo-Platonic & medieval, attest to Elementáis, 197
earnest, devoted to unveiling the “Secret” teachings, 235
becomes the most humble, silent and guarded of men, 262
seeks after divine wisdom, 303304, 312
cannot be bigots, 304, 317 values freedom of thought, 317-319
and glamour phenomena, 326327
H.P.B.’s letter to European, 329-330
misrepresented as “Atheists” and “Neo-Buddhists,” 336 defended by H.P.B., 338-341, 348
may be Christians, Jews, Brahmans, Buddhists, Parsis, Mussulmans, even Atheists, 341, 349
on, who favor subservience to Science, 350
should refuse to pander to physical science, 351
Judases amidst, 379(381) called infidels and “wretched atheists,” 385
true, must be an altruist, 417, 508
duties of a, 418
Theosophist, The (Adyar):
on H.P.B.’s appointment of H.
S. Olcott as Asian E.S. representative, 89
harsh aspersions protested, 117119
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founder-editor clarifies delegation of Col. Olcott’s authority for, 117-119
“The Elixir of Life,” in, 202 fn.
on Adyar library, 301 fn.
referred to, 604 & fn., 607 fn., 615 fn., 622 fn.
“Fragments of Occult Truth” in, 622 fn., 639
“The Real and the Unreal,” 631 fn.
on Occult Doctrine of the “Dweller,” 637-638
Notes on Éliphas Lévi’s “Death and Satan” in, 638 fn.
Theosophy :
esoteric interpretation of, 21
on the “race track,” 23
and Christianity, 27-28, 295296
living power, 28
divine teaching of all ages, 39
fear of death and, 71
ideals of, distorted, 77, 339
revival of pre-historic, 123
renaissance of ancient Spiritualism, 123
provided rationale of medium- istic phenomena, 127-128
accused of adoring monsters and chimaeras, 128
ethics of, more valuable than psychism, 156
Rules of Practical, 213
explains Yermoloff’s vision, 232-233
true reformer and deliverer of our time, 261
declares Christ within, 261 not an ephemeron, 292-293, 298-299
travesties and triumphs of, 293 interest in, shows despair of
Christendom, 295
aims at uniting religious quest for Higher Self, 296
“the blood of the martyrs is the seed of,” 299
literary growth of, 299 universal solvent, 308 goal of, 308
cannot be uprooted, 320
is not “Neo-Buddhism,” 339 has no man-made dogmas, 341 fn.
as Wisdom-Religion, 347
Pledge to actively engage in, 506, 510-511
permits no aggressive defense, 595
demands active interest in welfare of a brother, 595 popularization of, by cheap publications, 596
as Divine Science, 599 Theurgy:
of archaic tradition, 214-15 and antediluvian mesmerism, 215, 216
mesmerism as a secret of, 21617
and magic, 559-60 Third Eye:
or “Eye of Siva,” 496 nature of, 545
Thory, C. A. (1757-1827), Acta
Latomorum, etc., 82
Thoth-Hermes, January 4th sacred to, 76
Thought:
“substance,” not the Astral
Light, 58 supersensuous, 367 every, recorded, 415 arises before desire, 692 Time:
spacial extension and, 140-41 abstract motion in, 414
Tindall, A. F., occult investigator on Adepts, 31
Tishri:
historical data about, 72-73 Day of Judgement on, 73
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Tobacco: moderate use not prohibited in
E.S. 496, 685
Throwing, outward of everything latent in the Probationer, 515
Tols, pandit-schools of Sanskrit literature, 306
Tolstoy, Count Leo (1828-1910): no foreign translator can do justice to, 9
religious mysticism of his tales, 9-10
a “sign of the times,” 126 psycho-spiritual evolution of, 126-127
satirized Spiritualism, 127
a mystic rather than Orthodox Christian, 127
visited Raskolniki (dissenters) and religious hermitages, 127
denounced by English and American press, 243, 244 greatest psychologist of this century, 243
criticized for views on marriage, 245-246
-—— Wherein is Love, etc., 9 ----- God is in Right, etc., 9-10 ------ How a Devil’s Imp Redeemed his loaf, etc., trans., 10-13
------Cossacks & Family Happiness, 126-127
------Anna Karenina, 126-127, 243
------Confessions, 126-127
------ The Kreutzer Sonata·.
called a purient book, 243, 255 quoted, 243, 245, 246, 247, 387
-----Death of Ivan llyitch, 243 Tract Mailing Scheme, praised by
H.P.B., 152
Trance:
Gen. Yermolov’s, 231-33 condition & colors, 565
difference between self-induced & hypnotic state, 565
Trans-Himalayan School, and the Nadis, 616
Transmigration, no reason for cruelty to animals, 238
Transmission, of auric fluid in hypnotism, 395-96
Tree:
of Knowledge is One, 234
of Life as the eternal Monad, 630
symbolism of, 702
Triad:
in the Book of the Dead, 626
Higher, & lower Quaternary, 691-92
Tridandas, triple-knotted bamboo rod,’ 701
Tri deni, medula oblongata, Ida and Pingala, 700
Trimurti:
as a symbol of material Universe, 149-50
creative aspect of, 411
Tripitakas, 341
Truth(s):
tempered by enthusiasm, 196 as Tree of Knowledge, 234 source of early religions, 234 contempt for, in our age, 310 no religion higher than, 419, 428
pursuit of, for its own sake, 315, 316
Universal, 247
enemies to be defeated by, alone, 595
Tserteleff, Prince D. N., 335
“Try,” as the battle-cry, 505
Tukaram Tatya, priceless work of, 159, 299
Turiya, state, def., 711
Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett (18321917), on animism, 351 fn., biogr., 780
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Tyndall, John (1820-1893): and scientific imagination, 134 confused about metaphysics, 134
and the “Unknowable,” 295,409 on chasm between mind &
matter, 409
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“Umbilical Cord, has nothing to do with soul, 328
Unconscious, cerebration, 416
Undines:
and elementáis, 190
immortality of, through man, 192
“Unitarianism,” of the Adwaita school, 344 fn.
Unity, and solidarity can carry Theosophy into next century, 154
Universal:
Mind needs no organ of transmission, 137, 414-15
Deity or Divine Ideation, 137
Mind, or Atman, 149
Brotherhood & practice thereof, 152, 332, 418-19
Theosophy is, 156
Soul, or Alaya-Mahat, 313
pure ray of, principle, 347
Ego, the only real “I,” 407
Mind, returns to its parentsource, 415
memory, 415-16
Brotherhood, the innermost goal of T.S., 418-19
Universal Review:
quoted, 249, 250-51, 252, 254, 255, 316 fn.
circular to M.P.’s, 282
Universal Spirit, the shadow of Paramatman, 623
Universe:
no separate “I” in, 407, 409-11 atomic composition of, 409
negative & positive poles of, 409
or Macrocosm, 410
as illusion, 411
University of Jena, and Letters of
Lavater, 207
Upadhi, def., 692 & fn.
U panishads:
and Darsanas preserved in spite of assaults, 159
need a key for understanding, 341, 342, 345
and Samkaracharya, 344 & fn.
esoteric doctrine of, 345
once numbered one-hundred & fifty, 345 fn.
concealed by Brahmanas, 345 fn.
Vedanta provides key to, 345 fn.
lead to spiritual liberation, 346
compared to Kabbalah, 346
no Brahmanical exclusiveness in, 346 fn.
all the secret sciences are within, 347
compared to Phaedrus, 347 fn.
exact science in the, 363
Uranus, discovery of Neptune related to, 292
Urdhvasrotas, variety of beings stemming from the third creation, 187 & fn.
Uterus:
and universal matrix, 521-24
potent object in Black Magic, 524 fn.
Utopia, cannot occur under our modern Levites, 52
Uttara Mimamsa, School of Vyasa later became Vedanta, 343 & fn.
343 fn.
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Vahan, The (London), meaning & scope, 417
Vaikrita, or Padma creation, 187
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Vairajas, fiery Egos from other manvantaras, 672
Vaiseshika, 343 fn.
Vaivasvata, of Solar Race, founder of Ayodhya, 170(180)
Vakya Sudha, term in Raja Yoga, 54
Valentinus, and sources of information about, 570, 580
Vampire:
—bride, or succubus, 197 may be conscious or not of being a, 396
Vampirism:
and auric fluid, 396
blind & mechanical process, 396 as black magic, 396-97
Vandals, Roundheads & Puritans, 4
Vanity Fair, considered Tolstoy an extremist, 243-44
Varuna:
meaning of & comparison with Greek Ouranos and Zeus, 170(180) fn.
and Ambarisha, 171(181) cannot harm an Aranyaka, 172 (182)
and Varuni, 173(184) & fn.
Vatican, the non-possumus of, 221
Vates, soothsayer & theurgy, 559
Vayu, corresponds to Lower Manas, 622
Vedanta:
gives key to Upanishads, 342, 344, 345 fn.
Dvaita dualistic school of, 343 and Madhavacharya, 343 stems from Uttara Mimamsa misrepresented by Solovyov, 343-44
definition of, 344
hidden MSS, in asramas of India, 345 fn.
on Absolute Mind & its rays as Universal Mind, 412
teaching of, on Parabrahman, 630
compared to Râja-Yoga, 634 Vedas ;
gods of, 201-02
key to the crores of gods in, 202 same eternal truths as in Bible, 341
and Vedânta, 344
derivation of term, 344 fn.
Rig—, ascribed to a god, 344 fn.
Vegetarian, diet and occultism, 496
Venice, slave trade in, 267 & fn.
Ventura di Raulica, Cardinal
Gioacchino (1792-1861), on Serpent-Satan dogma of Church, 270
Venus, doves of, 95(101)
Vibrations:
of molecules analyzed, 359, 399-400
harmony of, 360, 399
effects of operator’s in hypnotism, 395-400
and enduced hypnosis, 400 rate of, in metals, woods, crystals, etc., 400
cerebral molecules change their rate in hypnotism, 400-401
“sensitive flame” experiment in, 401
shattering of glass via tonal, 401
septenary and limited gradations, 563
as wave-lengths of various colors,566 (table)
Vikâra, or Self-Consciousness, 630 Villars, Abbé Nicolas P. H.
de Montfaucon de (1635-1673), Le Comte de Gabalis, etc.·, satirized elementáis & asserted existence of rational creatures besides men, 189 et seq., 190-91, 711, 780
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Virgil (70-19 b.c.), Aeneid, q. 197 & in.
Virtue:
for virtue’s sake, 240
of mental & moral chastity, 245
of purity in all Messiahs, 260
Visishtadwaita, sect of Vedanta, 344' fn.
Vishnu:
term defined, 749 fn.
part of Hindu Trinity, 149-50, 168
five fundamental titles of, 14950
during Nights of Brahma, 168 (177)
worshipped by Madhavacharya, 343
Vishnu-Parana:
version of “The Blue Lotus” legend in, 169(178) fn.
on the ambrosia of the Gods, 187 fn.
on future moral decay, 386 describes evils of Kali-Yuga, 386 fn.
on women becoming mere objects, 387
on Meru, 521
on Prakritis, 605
Visions:
Higher Ego as Seer of, 367
noetic compared to psychic, 371 mystic, through yogic state, 372 due to extreme exhaustion, 372 in astral light often deceptive, 528
Visvamitra, and Sunahsepa, 17375(184-86)
Vivisection:
soulless, of both animals & men, 222
sorcery of, & hypnotism, 225
Vitality:
drawn by osmosis in vampirism, 396
of operator in mesmerism, 396, 397
too much, can kill, 397
Voices, as Sephïrôth, 545
Voodoo, sexual restrictions of, 191 fn.
Vyâsa (ca. 1400 B.C.), the Vedas
& the Vedanta, 343 fn., 344 fn.
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Wachtmeister, Countess Constance (1838-1910):
programs arranged by, 59-63 and the Theosophical Publishing Society, 59 fn.
Wallace, Alfred Russel (18231913).
predicts the knell of Darwinism, 316-317
Ward, Artemas (1727-1800), on public tastes & prejudices, 318
Warning, about strange law in occultism, 515-16
Wealth, alone confers rank today, 386, 387
Watts, Isaac (1674-1748), on censorious nature of the dogmatist, 272
Week, days of, & rulership of planets, 535, 536-37, Diagram
II
Weichselbaum, Anton (18451920), and influenza, 107
Weismann, August (1834-1914), not far from truth, 704
Wengel, Dr., on pineal gland sand, 619
Western:
culture compared with Eastern, 266-79
and Aryan esoteric doctrines, 295
Orientalists, 303
Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner (1797-1875), on status of Egyp- tain women, 270
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Will:
no exterior, recognized in outside “Being,” 32
manifested and latent, 119 observation of our, by inner sense, 147, 352
key to consciousness, 147, 352
wrong to compel another’s, 210 free, and conservation of energy, 357-358
on “illusion of free will,” 361362
and the invisible Free-Wilier, 362
animalistic to view, as an hallucination, 363
—vibrations in hypnotism, 395 use of, in healing compared to vampirism, 396
and desire, 451, 452, 702
and Astral Body, 617, 619
Manasic, and Kama, 709
behind consciousness, 712
Wilson, H. H., See Vishnu- Purdna.
Wine, prohibited for esotericist, 496
Wisdom:
Divine, or Amun, 15-16, 315, 369
hidden,, 16, 315
“Religion” of early mankind, 234
of antiquity, not inferior to today’s, 309-320
Hokhmah or Sophia equivalents to, 311
both divine and terrestrial, 311, 314, 319
Western world accepts only psychic, 314
profane and sacred, 314-315 and truth are synonymous, 316 “terrestrial, psychic, devilish,”
317, 339, 366, 369
vs. worldly policy, 317-318 light of the “ancient,” 320 or Theosophia, 320
Bodhi and Sophia are synonymous, 339 dual aspects of, 364-369 alone satisfies man, 392
Witches:
sexual renunciation of, 191 fn. burning of, 266
Witchcraft, and Demonology revived by modern Spiritualism, 197
Wittgenstein, Prince Emile (18241878), New York Sun libels, & H.P.B., 333
Wizards:
renounce marital rights, 191 fn.
of the North compared with Indian jugglers, 325
Woman, role of, in alchemy & ancient Egypt, 533, See also
Women.
Woman’s Franchise League: and women’s rights, 268, 272, 282
Womb:
of woman & of nature & their correspondences, 523-24
symbolically interpreted by Simon Magus, 557
and foetal circulation, 557 fn.
Women(’s):
carnal commerce with, renounced by sages, 191
views of Tolstoy on fallen, 247 transformation of, a fashion, 248
freedom of choice for, 248-249 protest against breeding of, 253, 255
Positivism on artificial fecundation of, 254
disability laws in England, 267
Christian compared to “heathen,” 267
Karma in our era, 268 priest-ridden and church-going, 268
degradation of, from pulpit, 268, 271
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of Ancient Egypt, 270
rights of, in ancient Greece
and Rome, 271 enfranchisement of, 282 property and child custody laws
in Russia, 283
treated as goods and chattels in
England, 284-285, 378
prophecy from Puranas about, 387
Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (18381927), opposed to woman’s enthrallment,
257; biogr., 781
Word:
made flesh, 366
and Divine Ideation, 611 Wordsworth, Wm. (1770-1850), -----“Toussaint,” 262 Working-Women’s Club, founded
by T.S. in London, 306
World:
—faiths & their kinship, 296 Elect of, 317-19
hypocritical, 320
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Yamabushi, fraternity, 301
Yermolov,Gen. Alexey Petrovich (1772-1861) : last years of, 228-33 obituary notice q., 228-29 prediction about his life & death, 229-30
monumental tomb at Orel, 230
H.P.B. knew family of, 231 not approached by a “disembodied spirit,” 231-32 explanation of apparition & death prophecy, 231-33
Yoga:
of Patanjali, 343 fn.
“sitting for,” 604, 612-13
Yogi(s):
Hindu & Tantrikas, 144, 145
Eastern, to be vindicated, 148
cannot arrest Karma, 161 antediluvian, 172(182) or saintly devotees, 306, 325 jugglers imitate Siddhis of, 325 powers of, not hypnotism, 32627
and Samkaracharya, 344-45 contemporary, & Asramas, 345 seven-knotted wand of, 701
Young, Brigham (1801-1877), zeal & martyrdom of, 257
Young, Edward (1683-1765), on angels as “men of a superior kind,” 200
Yugas, the Puranas on the, 386 fn.
Zend-Avesta, 341
Zhelihovsky, Vera Petrovna de
(1835-1896), and H.P.B.’s article
for Russian Review, 334 Zodiac:
Twelve Signs of, & their correspondences with the ten orifices of the human body, 532
why ten Signs only, 533
Zohar:
and Shimon ben-Yohai, 345 Bibliography of, 782-83
Zola, Emile (1840-1902): castigates vices of lower classes, 8, 242
works of, banned from England, 242
biogr., 784
------ Nana, 242
------ La Bete Humaine, 242
------ La Terre, 242
Zoological, evolution explained, 56
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