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To avoid uncertainty with regard to the way in which entries are listed in this Index, the following explanation should be helpful.
Where extensive sub-entries occur they are arranged alphabetically under various chief headings. Articles, the word “and,” as well as several minor prepositions are disregarded in any alphabetical sequence.
The following abbreviations are used: C. for century; ca. for circa, meaning approximately or about; fl. for flourished; r. for reigned or ruled.
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Aaron’s death as a legendary cloak, 177
Abba (the Father), and Aima (the Mother), 213, 214
Abarbanel. See Abrabanel.
Abel, Eugenius (1858-1889), Orphica, q. 65 fn.
Abel: as convertible numerical symbol, 44 fn.
Jesus &: Cain-Vulcain, 151 piercing of, by Cain, 151 permutation of, 188
Abhidharma:
inner divinity in, idea, 55
Abhijnas, rf. to supernatural powers, 434
Abrabanel, Isaac (1437-1508), reason for Messiah’s symbol, 153 See Bio-Bibliography.
Abiff, Hiram (the Widow’s Son). See under Hiram Abiff.
Abraham [Abram] (fl. 1600? B.C.): Abrahm, resembles Brahma,
91 fn., 92 fn.
Bunsen on antiquity of, 93 fn. invented Astronomy, 93 fn.
Kabeirian-like name, 94 language of, not Hebrew, 176
name means no-brahman, 90-91, 94
prototype in Hindu Pantheon, 92 & fn.
as sun-measure, 93
in wisdom book allegory, 175
Abraxas (the Supreme Unkown): a Gnostic Mystery name, 112-13
as placed in hierarchy of Basilides, 112
the Sun in Egyptian Symbology, 113 fn.
Absolute: and Infinite of Church, 51 first premise of Secret
Doctrine, 185
Deity not builder of
Universe, 210, 216-17 no relation to anything, 212-13,216 not the highest, 375
Acts:
on Simon the Magician, 52-53, 109
cp. to Aprocryphal Gospels, 109
on miracles of Simon, 109 first use of term “Christians”, 121
Acts of the Apostles, written by Seleucus, 150
Adalbert, Bishop of Magdeburg
(fl. 8th C.):
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sentenced by 2nd Roman Concilium, 105
--------Alberti Parvi Lucii Libellus de Mirabilibus Naturae Arcanis, condemned as sorcery, 105
Adam(s):
accounts on, garbled, 198-99 Arab & Sufi tradition in, 175 daughters & pyramid measures, 65 Egyptian Atum same as, 204 Fall is soul’s descent into matter, 204
in Genesis allegory, 298 given mystery book before Fall, 175
Kabalist narrative on secret books & successors of, 175 meaning of name, 298 and primal pair, 203 and sevenfold (Sevekh), 203 and solar dragon, 203 sons of Elohim and, 201 on the “Third Race” of, 188, 204 fn.
as two creations of man, 199
Adam-Kadmon:
in Kabalistic numerology, 44 fn., 98
as upright pillar, 98
the Divine Androgyne, 146, 198-99
Brahma-the original of, 185 as the seventh creation, 199 a vehicle for manifestation, 218 born sans parents, 289 macrocosm of Pythagoras, 301-02
Adams, J.C. (1819-1892), discoverer of Neptune, 227
Adams Peak, sacred footprint on, 119
Adept(s):
allegory of Initiation of, 160-61, 260-65
assimilate Deity, 255 fn., 383
astral body solidifies at death, 53,383
biographies, 139, 140, 429
Black, in Catholic clergy, 28-29
Chinese Emperor and, 18
common mortals animated by, 383 criterion of an, 135 fn.
degrees of, 371-75, 377
Delphic injunction and, 55 duty of, 252-53 as Dvijas, 140, 271 fn.
Eastern & Western, 444
ever in communication, 306 elementáis used for tasks by, 118 & fn.
few, in days of Aristotle, 270, 294
as Guardians, 33
Jews had learned, 181
know “Gods” as 1st principles, 50
known by words & deeds, 137
language of, 101
Left & Right Hand, 34, 101 lives of all, similar, 139-40, 141
as martyrs, 28, 31, 141, 373 fn.
& mystic Brotherhoods, 28, 139, 296, 298
the Nagas or wise ones, 285
one living truth in, heart, 55
pass through 7 & 12 trials, 140 Paul declares himself an, 123 Personal Ego can live independently, 383
Peter, Simon, Paul & Apollonius, 108-09
Pitris revealed to superior, 277
Pre- & Post-Christian, 107, 135, 296-98
prefer their incognito, 28, 33, 298,430
Principality after death, 166 fn.
Purified Ego & astral of, 384, 386
Reborn consciously, 373 & fn., 377, 383, 406 fn.
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recall of Divine state, 52 renounce Nirvapa to help humanity, 53-54, 139, 373, 386-87, 396-97, 406 fn.
Shamballa of, 447-48 8c fn.
sign or mark of, 253
Sons of Will & Yoga resist left-hand, 251
are “Sons of God”, 271 fn.
Spiritual Ego of, 383
statue of Mexican, 24
subject to Karma, 406 fn. thaumaturgical powers of,
107, 118 & fn., 119, 134
& fn.,135, 300,429 transfers memory of past life, 377
true, never punish anyone, 31 fn.
“Western paradise” of, 448 8c fn. as “Word” himself, 271 fn.
worship all-pervasive Essence, 50
Yoga-power creates, 261
AdhTshtatha, agent at work in Prakriti, 393
Adi, generic name for first men, 175
Adi-Buddha:
primeval wisdom, 371, 425, 426,458
and Avataras, 373-74
the Wisdom-Principle, 391, 425-26
is Absolute, 391
Eternal 8c conditionless, 392
is Vajradhara, 392
triad emanates from, 394
or Anima Mundi, 401, 425
Impersonal Idea of, 426 & fn.
Aditi:
compared to Sephira, 87, 190-91, 418 fn.
Bohu 8c Vach, 156 fn.
-Vach, as female, 157
Primordial Water of Space, 191, 241
Tibetan “Space,” cp. with, 411 & fn.
Rig-Veda on, 411 fn.
Adonai, Adon 8c Adam, 204
Adrian. See Hadrian.
Adultery, a death threat for
Egyptian neophyte, 289
Aelian, Claudius (ca. 170-235 A.D.), on wisdom book given to the
Egyptians, 175
Aeons:
Basilides on the Seven, 112
8c their respective Heavens, 112
as world builders or Dhyani- Chohans, 151, 162
Stellar Spirits, 162
have lost caste as Archangels, 162
Christ an, 372 fn.
Aesculapius, on dialogue with Hermes, 294
Age(s):
arrogance of modern, 5 astronomical cycles of Hindus, 357, 365-68
on close of Iron, 355, 356-57 knowledge during the Golden, 249
mystic lore even in dark, 45 piety & materialism of our, 1 Satya-Yuga, of purity, 249, 356-57
Sibylline prophecy of Golden, 355-57
as translated in N.T., 58 & fn.
Agrippa, H. Cornelius (1486-1535): Kabalistic works, rf. 95 & fn. on “time” 8c “Chance,” 98-99 Kabalah’s lore known to, 167 slandered, 278
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Ahrens, Frans H. (1809-1881):
on Hebrew letters as musical notes, 196
See Bio-Bibliography.
Ahriman, “God of this World,” 219,340
Aima (the Great Mother), in Apocalypse symbolism, 214
Ain-Soph:
Semitic Parabrahman, 87, 184 185,197
an Impersonal First Cause, 184, 185, 234
outside human thought, 186
resembles “Sat,” 188-89
not Biblical Jehovah, 197
the boundless, 425
Air:
Principle & ancient ideas on atoms, 420-21
and ether, 421
Akasa:
and Nirvana, 411
as Aditi trs. as Space, 411
& Anima Mundi as Root of Life, 412
Akasic, “shell” 8c light, 53
Alabaster, H. (d. 1884), trs.
The Wheel of the Law, 449
Alaya:
Vijnana is hidden knowledge, 423
alone is eternal, 439
has absolute knowledge, 439
root of all, 439
Albath:
and algath, 95
letter arrangements, 98
Albumazar (805-885), on Virgin constellation, 292 fn.
Alchemist(s):
some wks. of, dangerous, 60
on Deity & circle, 62
the Chemist of today, 63 mediaeval, used Esoteric
blinds, 167-68
Democritus of Abdera, 298 Moses & Solomon proficient in, 298
Alchemy:
as old as man, 298
Egyptian priests taught, 298
of Chaldaeans & Chinese, 298-99 Spiritual, has physical
counterpart, 299
Aleph:
as bull symbol, 207
in Hebrew, 208
Alesia:
ancient city renowned for
its Mysteries, 294
the Thebes of the Kelts, 294
last Druids perished at, 311
Alexander Polyhistor (ca. 35 B.C.), on Abraham’s birth, 93 fn.
Alexander the Great (365-323 B.C.): swept away vestiges of Asia’s
once pure Religion, 294
& Napoleon as earthly heroes, 381
Alexander Severus (205-235): rf„ 133
revered Apollonius, 135
a Neo-Platonist, 312
Alhim. See Elohim.
Al-om-jah, title of highest
Egyptian Hierophant, 288-89
Alphabet(s):
in Kabalistic symbols, 95, 102 Temura permutation, 95 fn. originate with the Gods, 97 philosophical formation of, 98 Hebrew, as an emanation, 102 of Thoth, and Tarot, 106 numerical values of letters, 181
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Hebrew, & Genesis, 206-07
Amasis II (560? - 526 B.C.), destroyed Egypt’s priestly lineage, 297
Amazons, “circle dance” of the, 316
Ambrose, Saint (340-397): on Eastern door, 318 saw Christ as angel of the
Sun, 321
renounced yet influenced Christianity, 13 & fn. 305 fn.
school dated from Hermes, 131, 307
T.S. compared to school of, 305 Wilder on, 12, 35, 305-07 works attributed to, 13 fn.-14 fn. wrote nothing, 11 fn., 13 & fn., 312
Amida Sutra, tr. by Kumarajiva, 448
See Bio-Bibliography.
Amita-Buddha:
Amida or Amitabha, 425 ff., 448
Senzar meaning, 425
Chinese trs.,of term, 425-26 applied to Sakyamuni, 425 Ain-Soph & Anima Mundi, 425 cp. with Tib. Od-pag-med, 426 & Adi-Buddhi, 426 & fn. as boundless light, 409 & fn. Western Paradise of, 448 & fn.
Ammianus, Marcellinus (330?-395): Roman History on Hindu hermits, 22
on Zoroaster & magic, 23 & fn. See Bio-Bibliography.
Ammonius Saccas (ca. 175-242): on Books of Thoth, 39 about Christ’s mission, 306-07 founder of Neo-Platonism, 11 fn., 12, 300, 305
called “god-taught,” 12, 13, 305, 308
influenced Judaism, 308
“Lover of truth,” 13 & fn., 305, 306
moral disciplines of, 307
Plotinus taught by, 13 fn.
reconciled systems into one, 306-07, 308
Amrita, as Elixir of life, 403
Amru [ Amr ibn-al-As] (ca. 594-664), burned Alexandrian library, 295
Amshaspends:
seven, cp. with the Elohim, 198 fn., 321
church disfigured, 321-22
Amun:
as Divine Wisdom, 301
founder of Eclectic system, 305-06
Egyptian Priest Pot-, 306
God of Wisdom, 306
Anael, regent of Venus, 315
Anagamin:
Initiation rite of, 261-62
defined & cp. with Sakridagamin, 434 fn.
Anakim, as Divine Race, 94, 314
Anandamayakosa, 262
Anastasi Papyri:
proves antiquity of Zodiac, 347-48
St. Paul’s invocation & discourse of the, 348
Anastasius the Sinaite (fl. 7th C.), Patrologie Grecque, on magic of Simon Magus, 119
See Bio-Bibliography.
Anaxagoras (500-428 B.C.), persecuted by mob, 35
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“Ancient of Days,” the, 217
Ancient Wisdom:
object of this book to vindicate, 2-4
Ancients, never worshipped stars or planets, 334
Androgyne, the heavenly, 187
Angel (s):
astrologically & esoterically, 315 fn., 328-29, 338, ’ 339-40
Basilides described orders of, 209
Builders of St. Denys, 209, 210 fn.
Christ as, of Sun, 321, 338 in Christian Kabalism, 315 fn. or Dhyani-Chohans, 58 fn., 210, 328-29, 379, 381 double sets, invented by
Latinists, 72, 327
Elect, & Planetary Spirits, 89, 189, 203-05, 210, 328-29
Elohim are lower, 212
and Enoch, 39
in Enoch’s visions, 77, 79
Guardian, 48, 113, 200, 328, 344, 380 fn.
Hosts of, 112 & 13, 189, 200, 202-03, 209-10, 215-16, 314, 328-29, 336, 339-40
as Initiates, 83
of Kabalists & Gnostics, 340, 402-03
Lucifer &: the fallen, 314, 317
& fn., 327
Mikael, 338, 402
Mystic Tau and, 152
Pagans “plagarized” Christian, 72, 337-40
Planetary, are divine Beings, 314-15, 327-36, 338, 344
Raziel, Azazel & Adam, 175 St. Augustine on, 210 fn.
Saturn as an, 113, 338, 339 Seven, of the Presence, 209,
210 fn.,_314, 329, 336, 379 seven Sephiroth, as, 189, 190, 210
Terrestrial, & Jesus, 160-61
Vajradhara, Metatron & El-Shaddai, 403
Anima Mundi:
Universal Archaeus, 10 fn.
or Adi-Buddha, 401, 425
Akasa & Astral Light, 412 World-Soul as reflection of
Deity, 413
Annihilation:
Does Buddhism teach? 415-421 ancients on, 418 &: fn.
Absolute, unthinkable, 418 fn. as dispersion of matter, 420 of forms, not Spirit, 420
Annunciation, trinitarian symbolism, 100
Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham H. (1731-1805)= on Ferouer as pure soul, 71 fn. on Persian Dev, 71 fn.
-------Zend-Avesta, ouvrage de Zoroastre........., 71 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
d’Anselme, (n.d.), rf. 316
Anthimes, Bishop of Antioch (3rd C.), rf. 167
Anthony, Saint (ca. 250-350), mark of Tau borne by, 152
Anthropomorphism: by the multitude, 50 Epicurus on, of the Gods, 50 fn.
in Bible, 67, 205, 208-09
of Kabalah, 211-12
of the “Water of Life,” 241-42
Anthropos, 205
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Antichrist:
De Mirville on Pagan, 71-72 ff., 321
Apollo viewed as, 318, 321
Apocalypse on the, 321
or Vice-Verbum, 321
Antiochus IV (? - 163 B.C.), never traveled sans an astrologer, 351
Anugraha, the 8th creation, in the Puranas, 199
Anupapadakas (the Parentless): the first born of Space, 202 ic fn.
the Kabiri of Hi, 202
found in all religions, 289
Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi: meaning of, 409 fn. result of unity with, 409 heart of Perfect Ones, 409 fn.
Apion (fl. 1st C.), cited, 8
Apocalypse. See Revelation.
Apocrypha:
cp. to New Testament, 109 are crude tradition, 109 Anglican church article on, 319 fn.
Apollo:
As Ferouer of Christ, 71 fn.
a cosmic verity, 72 fn.
Cyprian vowed to, 163-64 initiated Orpheus, his son, 269 lyre of, 269, 271 fn.
killed the Python, 287
Christ identified with, 318, 343 viewed as Antichrist, 318 invoked on day of sun, 350
Apollonius of Tyana (fl. 1st C.): allegorical account of, is Hermetic, 127, 128
and Adept who rivalled Jesus, 133, 253
on aristocratic associations, 130, 253
astral spirit freed by, 131,300
not an Avatara, 49 fn.,
Church viewed, as Wizard, 107, 129, 130, 132, 135 fn., 137 ff.
De Mirville’s account denigrates, 135
details of, & age at death unknown,129,135
disappeared at death, 135 discoursed with Brahmans
& Menippus, 127 a divine incarnation, 49 fn. duplicated miracles at Ephesus, 133
enshrined by emperors, philosophers & historians, 135-36
exorcised demons & plague, 134 foresaw future, 300 founded new school, 130 had Innate knowledge of languages, 134
Jesuits called, “medium of Satan,” 132, 137
as King-Initiate, 253 life veiled in mystery, 128-31, 138
miracles attested by History, 130, 131-36
name related to sun, 138 narrative based on Zodiacal signs, 128, 138
opposed bigotry, cant &: hypocrisy, 130
revered by Caracalla & Alexander Severus, 135
saved Tyana posthumously, 135-36 fn.
Tortures of, 278
an unrivalled Theurgist, 128, 130, 132, 133-35, 300
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Apostle(s):
borrowed conceptions from Enoch, 78, 79
Paul knew Jesus’ teachings best, 122
Oriental Church faithful to, 125
horrified by crucifix, 153
Jesus taught, after death, 161 so-called “divine” inspiration of, 317-18 fn.
Apuleius, Lucius (fl. 2nd C.), initiated at Cenchreae, 123
’Aquiba, Rabbi (ca. 50-132 A.D.): on seraphim etc., 98 and initiation dangers, 309
Aquinas, St. Thomas (1225?-1274): on primary &: secondary creation, 209
on divine thought of angels, 209
Gnostic ideas of, 209 confuses celestial hierarchy
of Bible, 215 interpreted Christian Astrolatry, 319,330
--------Summa Theologica:
God works through angels, 314, 330 & fn.
on celestial influences, 346
Arab(s):
ancient, & Syriac dialects, 196 number system came from
India, 360
Arago, D.F.J. (1786-1853):
--------Oeuvres d’Arago, Quotes Babinet on aerolites, 231
--------Annuaire, on sidereal influences, 345
See Bio-Bibliography.
Archaeology, Palaeography, and the church, 70
Archangel (s):
are the first “creation,” 111, 215-17
create and sustain universe, 111-12
the seven Aeons of Basilides, 112
finite, therefore imperfect, 217
Mikael cp. with Narada, 286
Michael cp. with Aryan Kumaras, 322-23, 329 identical with Pagan Gods, 335 Mikael as regent of several planets, 338 & fn.
Archetype(s):
each mortal has his immortal, 51
Architects, the Divine, or imperfect Kosmos-Builders, 217 fn.
Archon (s):
Initiate Paul on, 114, 322, 340
Basileus, of Athens, 114 magistrates supervising
Eleusinian mysteries, 114
Archon tes:
dual classes of, 322
paradigms of material evolution, 344
Arelim:
father aspect of Jehovah, 189
angelic name of Jehovah, 190
Argonauts, attributed to Onamacritus, 293
Arhat(s):
began tradition of Lamaic succession, 370, 425-29 as candidates for Arhatship, 370, 434 fn.
“elect” of Buddha’s disciples, 370, 409
enter Nirvana at will, 434
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failures in West, 431 Indian, forced to emigrate, 429
or Lohans in China, 428-29 order of Tsong-kha-pa to, 431 See also Adepts.
Arhatship, possible in Kali-Yuga, 430-31
Arians: defense, 144-45 on consubstantiality of Jesus
Christ, 145
Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533), Orlando Furioso, valley of the
Moon allegory, 45
Aristeas, rf. 179
Aristobulus (? - ca. 160 B.C.): founded School, 11 fn. on Plato &: Mosaic Books, 11 fn. Valckenaer on, 11 fn. on Aristotle’s ethics, 306
Aristophanes (448? - ca. 380
B.C.), rf. 257
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.): few adepts in time of, 270 Alexander the Great, his pupil, 294
--------Metaphysics, on Gods as first principles, 50
Arithmetic:
origins of, 360-61 decimal system existed ages ago, 361
Algebra and, 361
Arius (ca. 256-336): exiled, 144 nearly split Catholic Union, 144-45
Ark of Covenant, measurements cp. to Gt. Pyramid, 183 fn.
Arles (ancient city in Gaul):
founded 2,000 B.C., 296
sack of its Druidic temples by Caesar, 296
restored by Constantine, 296
Arnaldus de Villa Nova (ca. 12351313?), Rosarius Philosophorum, 95 fn.
Arnobius the Elder (fl. 295 ?), Adversus Gentes, on Zoroaster, 23 & fn.
Arnold, Sir Edwin (1832-1904): sublime poet but not an initiate, 223 fn.
--------Light of Asia, twice touches
Initiate heights, 223 fn., rf. 452 fn.
Arnolphinus, F. L. (fl. 16th C.), Tractat de lapide, 95 fn.
Arrian Flavius (fl. 2nd C.): on similarity of Theban & Hindu Hercules, 248 on Sandracottus, 248
Artaxerxes I (? -425 B.C.), rf. 178
Arupa:
Buddha partially revealed, world, 388
Arhat rises into first three, worlds, 409, 436 & fn.
Aryabhatta (476- ?), exoteric figure given by, 359 See Bio-Bibliography.
Arya Samaj, address to, by Mr. Lane-Fox, 117 fn.
Aryan (s):
and the Mysteries, 36, 62, 83, 155, 157 & fn.
on primitive, 83, 250, 259
theories of creation among ancient, 87, 157 fn.
Bible, 94
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Scriptures & symbology, 193 fn., 196 & fn.
unscrupulous priests amidst, 250 & fn.
Aryasanga (ca. 410-500):
Buddhist Ritual of, 161 founder of Yogacharya School of Buddhism, 434-35, 451 fn.
degeneration of, Yoga-charyas, 434
reunited with oldest Lodge of Brothers, 435
legend of, 451 fn.
--------Descent of Buddhas, & source of their lineage, 396 fn. See Bio-Bibliography.
ArySvarta, ancient, wisdom center, 310 See also India.
Ashmole, Elias (1617-1692), tried to remodel Masonry, 279 See Bio-Bibliography.
Asiah, the 4th world in Kabalah, 302
Asiatic:
cycles &: the Naros, 360 most, Adepts follow Buddha, 411
Asiatic Researches: rf. to Colebrooke article, 359 fn.
q. S.A. Mackey’s theory on Hindu Yugas, 365-68
Asoka, King (? - 232 B.C.): descendant of Baladeva, 248 Buddhist missionaries of, 263 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Assyrian tablets, and cuneiform literature, 4, 172, 198
Asterisms:
yield age of Vedas, 362
in Hindu astronomical cycles, 363-65
Astra:
weapons known in Mahabharata, 104 & fn.
cp. to dynamite, 104
magical bow 8c arrow, 104 fn.
Astral:
Adept conquers the, 103
Apollonius freed his, spirit, 131
body and heavenly prototype, 51, 209 fn.
of Adept at death, 53, 384 & fn.
during Initiation, 262 or etheric body after
death, 161 8c fn., 209 fn., 384 fn.
of Jesus, 384
Light 8c Vaidic Aditi, 191
Light as Magic Agent, 103
Light, as Root of Life, 412-13 Proclus on aerial body, 384 fn. second death of, 384 fn. sublimated matter, 419 Tau and the, soul, 152
Astrolatry: condemned by Church, yet used, 319 8c fn.-320 8c fn., 335-40 of Jews, 326
approved by Pope Pius V, 336 Jesuits used, to dominate, 341 a noble 8c base form of, 344 leads to Black Magic, 344-45 See also Sabaeanism.
Astrologer(s):
accused of devilry by Church, 349 fn.
charlatanry of later Chaldaen, 344
Daniel, chief of, 350 death penalty for remiss, 349 fn.
Diodorus 8c judiciary, 351
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first, under Ramses II, 344
Great, admit man’s free will, 346
Juvenal on, 349 fn.
Kasdim & Gazzim, 350
N. Figulus & F. Tarutius, 351
recent prominent, 334
Pythagoras & Archaic, 347
Astrology:
antiquity of, 347-48, 351
astronomy preceded & informed by, 138 fn., 320 fn., 326, 334-35, 347-48
Coleridge on, 320 fn. correspondences, Law of, 347, 349
decline of Occult, traced, 350-51
defense & rationale of, q. 346 degraded by Chaldaean quacks, 344
destiny written in stars, 138, 320
divine, for Initiates, 344-45 exoteric, became Black Magic, 345
Judiciary, used by Kabalists, 352 key to ceremonial, lost, 352 and Labarum, 151
Messiah’s coming &, 153 modern, from time of Diodorus, 351
Occult forces of constellations, 224, 349
Parent-monad in true, 349
Primitive, superior to modern, 348, 349,
principle of moral freedom in, 346
science of, exact, 138 fn., 320 fn.
scientists don’t all scoff, 352
studied by “Soul-eye”, 138 fn., 349
tabooed by Churches, 335, 349 white & black, 346-47 writers of antiquity believed, 349 fn.
Astronomus:
Chief Hierophant’s title, 326 & fn.
only, could contact Divine Hierophant, 332
Astronomy:
ends in astrology, 320 fn.
claims no fixed stars in nature, 228
Hindu, 201, 332, 357-59, 361-68
Initiate’s lives and, 141
modern, on ogdoad of Ancients, 227
narrative of Jesus and, 155-56
on Neptune, 227-28
Occult vs. Theological, 227
Rock observatories and secret cycles, 353, 357, 358 ff.
and Seven Rishis, 202 & fn. taught in ancient temples, 330-32,357
Atheism:
a reaction to high metaphysics, 41
Sadducees did not follow, 182 fn.
and Nirvana, 415
rejects Creation theory, 415
Athena, Wisdom personified, 46 fn.
Athenagoras (fl. 2nd C.):
Ammonius influenced, 13, 305,308
knew unity of Platonic & Oriental systems, 16, 306
Athena Promachos, 14
Atlantean (s):
Mysteries traced to, 36, 68, 246
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Sorcery of the, 68 universal language esoteric since submersion, 181 giants of 3rd & 4th Races, 248
ancestors of 5th Race Aryans, 259, 302
of Asiah, 302
Atlantis:
punishment & loss of, 84, 259 became land of vice, 246
Atma(n):
the Self, the “Asmi,” 48
a beam of the infinite Ocean of Light, 49
no entity, 49
Atma-Buddhi:
as Over-soul, 48
as personal God, 49
Atom(s):
no dead, for Occultist, 415 rf. to “Transmigration of
Life-,” 415
Atonement:
dogma of, traced to ancient rite, 262 fn.
Draper attributes to Gnostics, 262 fn.
“Baptism of Blood,” 263 fn. true meaning & origin, 263 fn. not for fall in Eden, 263 fn. of Buddha, 398-99
Atroscope, in ancient astronomy, 366
Atum, or Adam of the Egyptians, 204
Augustine, Saint (354-430): ignorant of heliocentric system, 43
on divine thought of angles, 209
not an Initiate, 211 fn.
--------De Genesis ad Litteram:
on Angelic creation, 210 fn.
on astrologers, 349 fn.
Augustus, Emperor (63 B.C. -
14 A.D.):
an Initiate, 222 fn.
reason for banishing Ovid, 222 fn.
horoscope done by Theagenes, 351
AUM:
sacred syllable as found among Greeks Sc Romans, 88
Brahmatmas alone can explain, 430
and the “Lost Word,” 430
Aurelian, Emperor (212 ? - 275):
rf. 133
built shrine to Apollonius, 135
beheld apparition of Apollonius, 134-36 Sc fns.
Authority, curse of humanity,
117
Automatic writing, by air divinities in ancient China, 20
Avatamsaka Sutra;
guarded by Nagas (Adepts), 285
q. on secret knowledge beyond the “Snowy Range,” 423
Sec Bio-Bibliography.
Avatara(s):
Apollonius not an, 49 fn.
Bija, the cause of, 371
Christos contains the Seed of an, 160
Church judgement on, 73
direct descent Sc line of, 372-73
Gautama not an, of Vishnu, 52 fn., 370-71
an Illusion by Divine
_ Incarnation, 373 & 74 Jivanmukta compared to, 374
Karma-less, 374
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Samkara, as an, 390, 391, 393
Seven Virtues qualify, 380 & fn.
Theophania not a case of, 382-83
Visvakarman as Vithoba, 261
Avesta. See Zend-Avesta
Azara:
Chaldaean priest of Fire, 177
restored Jewish books, 177
may be Ezra, 177
Aziluth, Kabalistic world of, 302
Azriel ben Manahem (1160-1238),
Commentary of the Ten Sephiroth, 67
See Bio-Bibliography.
Aztec (s):
magic of highest degree among, 25
civilization cp. with Egyptian, 25
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Baal, worship, 192 ff., 282, 316
Babel:
myth related to lost Mysterylanguage, 181
Babinet, Jacques (1794-1872): on the ogdoad of the
ancients, 227
opposed to levitation, 231
on immense aerolite, 231
Babylon (ian):
St. Peter died of old age at, 126
allegories of Genesis on tiles of, 170
Captivity not known to “Black Jews,” 174
and book of Xisuthros, 175
national history of Jews dates from, 176
O.T. based on, Magical texts, 197
man created on 7th day in, system, 198
texts on fall & creation, 204
Bacchus:
identity of Jehovah with, 272-73
as Dionysos, 273 & fn.
Zagreus, highest of Gods, 273
Osiris cp. with, 273 origin of rites of, 451-52 fn.
Bacon, Roger (1214? - 1294), modern Science and, 5
Bactria, caves of, 35
Bahti, guard prehistoric Gobi treasures, 21
Bailly, J.S. (1736-1793): on astrology as mother of astronomy, 345
--------Histoire de L’astronomie ancienne . . . , q. on Judiciary Astrology, 345
Baladeva (Balarâma): the prototype of Hercules, 246
and Krishna, 246, 248 descendants of, 248
Ballanche, Pierre (1776-1847): on Destruction as God of the
World, 263 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Baptism:
infant, not effective, 146 an example of Church dogma, 146
and cross, 148
mystic rite of, 151-52, 161 as inspiration by Christos-
Sophia, 160-61
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of Blood is origin of atonement, 262-63 fns.
Baronins, Cardinal Cesare (1538-1607):
on practices of Carpocrates, 70
--------Preface to St. Matthew’s Gospel, rf. 129 fn.
Barthelemy St. Hilaire, Jules (1805-1895), rf. 446 See Bio-Bibliography.
Baruch:
on stars as vessels of glorious beings, 319
exiled from Protestant Bible, 319 fn.
Basileus:
an Archon of Athens, 114
a chief Eleusinian mystae, 114
Basilides (2nd. C. A.D.): reasons stigmatised by Latin
Church, 70
Egyptian Gnostic, 112 on the Seven Aeons, 112, 209 on Abraxes & his 365 Dwellings, 112
Gnostic innovator, 162
not a heretic, 162
on Angels as Builders, 209 Jesus’ body an illusion, 372 fn. See Bio-Bibliography.
Beal, Samuel (1825-1889), tr., rf. to Si-Yu-Ki, Buddhist
Records of the Western World, travels of a pilgrim, 20 fn.
Bede, St. (673-735), ignorant of spherical earth, 43
Being(s):
Yhvh yields mysteries of, 188-89
Sat is absolute, 189 Divine, of Kabalah, 301-02
a Ray of, within everyone, 310
Dharmakaya is formless, 392 & fn.
Space the abode of invisible, 412
Bel:
as Ferouer of Christ &: Angels, 71 fn.
in cuneiform legend, 198
-Jupiter, 283
& Mylitta as sidereal rulers, 348
Bentley, John (n.d.):
Indian antiquities researched by, 364
--------. . . Hindu Astronomy:
Fall of Angels deals with time-periods, 201
on the Lunar asterisms, 364 antiquity of, shown by four ecliptical points, 364
See Bio-Bibliography.
Bergen, Carl F.V. von (1838-1897), Lectures in Sweden, says no trinity in Bible, 354 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Bergier, N.S. (1718-1790), God worshipped in Sun, 325
Beriah, a lower order world in Kabalah, 302
Berosus (fl. 3rd C. B.C.): narrative based on antediluvian history of Xisuthros, 175 sidereal rule of Bel & Mylitta, 348
Besant, Annie (1847-1933): Reports 1st. Draft of S.D.
at Ady ar in 1922, xxviii on her S.D. 3rd. Vol.
arrangement, xxx & fn.
Mr. Mulliss interviews, xxxi-ii &: G.R.S. Mead agree on 3rd. vol. MSS.’ problems, xxxviii, xl
{{Page aside|597}}
as editor of H.P.B.’s posthumous work, xliii. - iv.
Bethlehem, Star of, is sacred Pentagram, 240
Bhagavad-Gita:
rf. 431, 459 fn.
inner God idea in, 55
attempts to discredit its antiquity, 240
proof of precession known at time of, 364
over 20,000 yrs. old, 364-65
on Krishna & divine births as an Avatara, 372
Bhagava ta-Pu rana:
rf. 248 fn.
on Hindu chronology, 364
over 20,000 yrs. old, 365
Bhante:
Aryan Brahmans amidst Himalayan, 423
the Brothers, 423 fn.
Bhavani, patroness of the
Thugs, rf. in comparative mythology, 452
Bhavaviveka (4th C.), founder of Svatantrika Madhyamika School, 438
Bhikshus (mendicants), varied levels of Nirvana for, 394 fn.
Bhons. See Bons.
Bhumi (Earth), double revolution in the Rasa Mandala, 332
Bhuvana, the luminous Essence of Indian allegory, 261
Bible:
alone can’t reveal Occult secrets, 67, 84, 193-96, 208 & fn.
anthropomorphism in, 67, 208-09
biographies in, have 3 aspects, 91
Book of Enoch cp. to, 78-79
borrows considerably, 75-76, 92-93, 172 fn., 195-96
chronology of Enoch, 80-82
on claim of Divine inspiration, 199, 201
commentaries on, 67
cp. to other sacred texts, 84,
92, 170, 175-76, 182-83, 193 ff„ 262-63 fn.
Creation & its chronology, 188 fn.
Douay version, rf. 60 fns.
earth’s chronology in, 176,
191,193
Eastern interpreter needed for, 75-76
on Elohistic portions of, 195, 208 fn.
first words of, 67, 206-07, 210-11
foundation square of, 157 & fn.
glyphs in, 157, 195
Hebrew exists no more, 193-94
Initiates called “Perfect” in,
56 fn., 81
Jesus not the One God says, 159
and Kabalistic Book of Numbers, 191
key geometric figure & Moses, 95-96
a masterpiece Esoterically, 76, 84
misread and misrepresented, 121, 146-60, 182-83, 191, 193-94, 210-11, 242 fn., 501-02
Mosaic, unknown to West, 191,193
Neo-Platonic language in, 55, 148
not expressive of Highest Divinity, 185
numerical symbolism in, 44 & fn., 45, 61-62, 63,65,
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67, 73-74, 92 fn., 146, 157-59, 181, 192, 193, 195
Occult & sacred at core, 84 parable & mystery in, 40, 45, 58 & fn., 73-74, 76, 146-60 personages from India, 92, 176 Phallicism in, 61-62, 177, 195, 207-08
Protestant interpretation of Solar tabernacle, 324
Revision & falsification in, 146-48, 149-50, 154, 156, 172, 173, 174, 182-83 fn., 191, 193-94, 197 fn., 210-11, 216, 262-63 fn.
Sabaeanism in Vulgate, 324
Septiform theogony & chronology of, 201 on Spirituality of, 193 & fn., 195,208
Triune foundation of, 45
Old Testament:
compared with N.T., 16
Esoteric symbology of, 36, 92 & fn., 137, 158-59, 176, 195-96, 272 fn.
Wisdom books of, 46 fn., 61, 167-72, 193-96
doctrines from Enoch, 82 sources in Kabalah, 92-93, 168-70, 172-78
versions of Pentateuch, 172-74, 177
original, not in Bible, 174, 177 accuracy depends on Septuagint, 178-79
as “communication” from God, 193
on compilers of, 194, 195-96, 197
copied from Babylonian Magical Texts, 197
allegorical basis of Masonic rite, 264
New Testament:
Gospels are Platonic, 16
Christian fathers on, 36 disfigured Christ, 43, 146, 148, 156, 158-60
compared with Apocrypha, 109 symbolical & allegorical, 121, 137,154
in a “heathen” language, 179 completed 300 yrs. after apostles, 263 fn.
Bibractis (ancient Gaul city): sacred college of Druids in, 295 rival of Thebes, Athens &
Rome, 295
colossal city described by Ragon, 295
has few remaining relics, 296
last of Druids perished at, 311
Bigandet, Bishop (1813-1894), mistaken about term Adi-
Buddha, 391 fn.
Bija:
seed of Avatarism, 160 fn., 371
Vidya in the “Black
Age,” 430-31
Binah:
the Mother, 189
among 1st three Sephiroth, 189, 218 fn.
passive Intelligence, 190, 213 divine name of Jehovah, 190 Kether & Ho km ah emanate
seven Sephiroth, 190, 216 fn. corresponds to Jehovah
manifest, 218 fn.
Biography (ies):
of Initiates both mystic &: public, 137 ff.
spiritual, based on Zodiac, 140
Adepts, are all legends, 140 no, of Jesus, 155
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Bismarck, Prince Otto (1815-1898): knew aims of Jesuits, 267 q. Nuncio on Church fostering of Revolution, 267
See Bio-Bibliography.
“Black Jews,” came to India before 600 B.C., 174
Black Magic: anathemas of Church against, 17,105
antipode of Raja-Yoga, 60 fn. astrolatry often leads to, 344-45 Catholic clergy adepts in, 28-29, 105-06, 342
Catholics used, to convert others, 30-31
has counterpart, 17, 32 difference from White, 106 of Fourth Race, 68 Left Path of, 105
Mediaeval books on, 105 unconscious use of, 30, 32 use of will in, 30
Black Magician(s): a conscious sorcerer, 30 Dugpas of Sikkim & Bhutan, 30,105
cp. to European experimenter in Magnetism, 30
misuses of astral currents, 31 as enemies of Initiates, 31 Karma of, 31 fn.
practitioners of the Left
Path, 105
Blavatsky, H.P. (1831-1891): on modem science, 2 martyred for sake of S.D., 470 on Spiritualism, 470, 479-83, 488-92
Masters advise, going to America, 488
on Butlerov article, 497-99
--------Blavatsky Collected Writings;
References: xxvff., xlii, 2 fn., 4 fn., 32 fn., 60 fn., 67 fn., 118 fn., 127 fn., 129 fn., 146 fn., 148 fn., 149 fn., 196 fn., 245, 269 fn., 278 fn., 342 fn., 385 fn., 405 fn., 415 fn., 423 fn., 431 fn., 487 fn.
on continental bridges, 279-80 on inner Buddhas, 394 fn.
“Tibetan Teachings” article in, rf. 423 fn., 427 & fn.
— Isis Unveiled:
Rf.: 6, 44 fn., 54, 65 fn., 81 fn., 88 fn., 129 fn., 205 fn., 206 fn., 269, 273, 276, 302 fn., 314, 395 fn., 421 on antiquity of magic, 311 on Apollonius of Tyana, 130-31 Buddha taught rebirth, 449 on Celestial Virgin, 292 fn. on Chrestos, 282
David & Jehovah-worship, 317 on Democritus, 25 & fn. on Dionysos, 273 fn.
q. on Divine Instructors, 47-48 divine prototypes exist through ages, 382
doctrine of Pitris very Esoteric, 277
on dogma of atonement, 262-63 fns.
Egyptian division of Man, 381 Essenes were Christians, 282 on Etheric body in Nirvana, 161 & fn.
on the invisible Master, 278 on Jesuits, rf. 342 on Josephus, 93-94 on Kabalah, 38 on Magic, 18-21, 22 Masters help in writing, 494-95
most ancient books for Initiated, 127
on Mystic Brotherhoods, 28, 114
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Neophytes’ risks foretold, 310
Paul & the Archons, 114
Paul, founder of Christianity, 121
on Paul as Initiate, 122-24
Peter, rf. to 125, 126 fn., 127
& fn.
Plato & Mysteries, 7-8, 274 on Pyramids, 24 fn. rebirth teaching in, 381 on sacred numbers of
Pythagoras, 63
Schopenhauer on Will & Thought, 413-14
secrecy of Heliocentric System, 47
on Space and Maya, 419, 420-21 story of Initiation dangers,
309 fn.
on true Gospel of Matthew, 149-50
on Universe, 412-13
on veneration of Isis by sages, 274
on “Word” in books, 443
--------Lucifer (London): rf. vi, xii, xv, xxvi etc.,
2 fn., 423 fn., 431 fn.
on silly Kabalistic predictions, 501-02
--------The Secret Doctrine:
rf. 205 fn., 244 fn., 245, 248 fn. definitive edition now
available, xxv fn.
on authenticity of 1897
3rd. Vol., xxv-xliv
3rd volume of, never found, 1 fn. convertible Kabalistic symbols
in, 44 fn.
on Trinity, 186
on sex separation in 3rd Race, 204 fn.
on Monadic Emanations, 380 Intro, to 1st Draft, 457-69
1st Draft outline of, contents, xxvii ff„ 463-65, 471-72
--------Uoice of the Silence, rf. v, rf. 392 fn.
Blind man, parable of, 58
Bliss, one Path leads to, 438-39
Bney ha-E16him, the
“Sons of God,” 302
Bochart, Samuel (1599-1667), rf. 180
Bodhi, defined, 458-59 & fn.
Bodhidharma (fl. 460-534): brought truth seal of
Buddhism into China, 447,449
established esoteric branches, 447-49
completed patriarchal lineage, 447
See Bio-Bibliography.
Bodhisattva(s): rf. 55, 394, 434 astral Ego of Manushya-Buddha 391,392
astral principles remain in our sphere, 383, 390
continues Buddha’s work, 391,394
in Devachanic regions, 401 fn.
emanated the 1st Initiates, 289
everyone, has a, 394-95 formed Samkara’s middle
principles, 394, 404 as hypostasis of a Buddha, 390-91
Jesus a, 396 fn.
are men, not disembodied Beings, 435
a mind-born son, 391
mystery of Buddha’s repeated “Reincarnations”, 404-05
Phra, became Gautama, 392 replaces Karana Sarira of a
Buddha, 391
Sanat-Kumara, 383
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signs of a, 427 & fn., 435 sprang from the “parentless,” 289
super-sensuous realm of a, 390 the three bodies and, 392 fn., 436 fn., 437
Tiani-Tsang, Tsong-kha-pa and Dezhin-Shegpa, 405 a willing sacrificial victim, 404
Bodhism:
misconceived by readers of Esoteric Buddhism, 2
Bodleian Library:
Bruce gave Enoch MS. to, 77 unwilling to publish Ethiopian text of Enoch, 79
Enoch text cp. to one in Paris, 83-84 fn.
Body:
image of Soul, 10 fn.
of Macrocosm, 10 fn.
Astral, of high Adept solidifies , at death, 53
Samkara occupied, of dead
Raja, 54
etheric, & Initiation, 161 and Astral double, 209 fn.
Elohim build astral &: physical, 212
transference of self to new, 377
threefold, of high Adept, 436 fn.
Bodyul. See Tibet.
Bohu (Void):
mother of the Gods, 156
Biblical cosmogony of, cp. to Phoenician, Gnostic etc., 156-57
B6n(s):
pre-Lamaic religion, 19, 427 sorceries of the, 19-20, 427
Book of Commentaries (Buddhist): rf. 400, 405; q. 401,405
on Parinirvani, 401
on Karma of suicide, 404
on Karma of Gautama, 404-05, 405-06
on Being & Non-Being, 408
on three eternal things in the Universe, 408
signs of an Arhat, 408
unpublished Discourse of the Buddha in the, 408-10
its secret law preached to select Arhats, 409
Book ofDzyan:
Stanzas are basis of the S.D. Vols., xxv on Darkness, 186 source of old alphabets, 206 derivation of “Dzyan,” 422 1st vol. of Kiu-te Commentaries, 422
one of 14 vols. based on archaic folio, 422
based on ... . Secret Wisdom of the World, 422
in charge of Teshu-Lama, 422 subject matter of, 467
Book of Enoch: rf. 403
Abraham’s relation to, 93-94 on Angels as Initiates, 39, 89 antiquity & sacred keys in, 89-90, 93
“Biblical prophecies” not in, 82 chapter missing from original
MSS., 83
compiled by great Seer, 80-81, 88-89
declared apocryphal, 74, 76, 79, 82
or Eno’ichion, 60 fn., 81
exalted the “Elect Root,” 68, 89 foreshadows the Trinity, q. 79 Initiation ritual found in,
74 & fn. -75 fn., 83 & 84 Jesus acquainted with, 74, 77 Jews disavowed, 76, 82
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a Kabalistic, Occult work, 74, 83 & 84, 89
Laurence trsl., cited, 39 fn., 76
5 Manvantaric Races covered in, 82, 83
Massey on 7 transgressing stars in, 200
Merkabah compared with, 76
a narrative of past, 80
New Testament cp. with, 74,
76, 79, 82
on Noah, 39
pre-existence of Messiah in, 78-79
prophecies of Races & SubRaces in, 80-83, 86
& pseudo-Enoch, 76
a revelation by Jude, 82-83
as revelation of Christianity, 79, 82-83
Skinner’s numerical speculation on, 93
on “Son of man” as Enoch, 86, 188 fn.
symbolical throughout, 83, 89, 93, 403
Taro of, 89-90, 93
a transcript from far older texts, 78, 82, 83 fn., 89-90
visions & incantations in, 7 7-80, 82, q. 200
“Wheel” of, found in China, 93
Book of Joshua, old Samaritan work, 182 fn.
Book of the Dead:
rf. 125
full of symbolism, 65
on separation of female
sex, 198
seven sons of Ra in, 202
on ceremony of judgment, 288
Book of the Law of Moses, secret of Sadducees, 182 8c fn.
Book of Numbers:
referred to by ancients, 95 fn.
on unity and number ten, 97 real Kabalah found in
Chaldaean, 174, 191
Persian Sufis now possess, 174
Shekhina, feminine in, 187 fn.
needed as key to Kabalah, 191 only two or three copies now exist, 191 fn.
Sepher-Yetzirah in, 206 fn.
Book of Splendour, The.
See Zohar.
Books, most ancient, are for Initiated, 127
Books of Hermes. See Hermes Trismegistus.
Books of Kiu-te. See Kiu-te.
Books of Moses:
Pentateuch, not the original, 172-73 8c fn., 174 '
disfigured by Talmudists, 174
“black Jews” of India have secreted their own, 174 real, unknown to West, 191, 350
Hilkiah rediscovered, 350
Bons:
practiced necromancy in Tibet, 427
opposed reformed Lamaism of Tsong-kha-pa, 427
still powerful in Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal etc., 427, 433 and red-capped Dugpas, 433
Borrichius, Olaus (1626-1690), on antiquity of Alchemy, 298 See Bio-Bibliography.
Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601), Kepler, and Regiomontanus were astrologers, 334
Brahma(s):
and “Abraham”, 91, 92 fn., 94
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as “Archetypal Man,” 241-42
and Atman, 259-60
and Brahman, 185, 259
Brahmans worshipped, collectively, 190 fn., 259-60 and Buddhi, 157 on 7 Creations of, 198 destined to survive Church, 72 fn.
as Ferouer of Christ, 71 fn.
head has seven rays, 337
the heavenly Androgyne, 187, 188
Jehovah cp, with, 241
-Loka, or 7 th higher world, 375
the Lotus-born, 247 (
as male, is lower than Siva, 190 fn.
manifests visible Universe, 241, 259
means “increase” or growth, 237 fn., 259
“Mind-bom Sons” of, 380 fn.
not Absolute, Infinite Deity, 241-42
in Puranic allegory, 185, 190’fn., 241, 247-48
and 4th Race, 94
and seven Svargas, 337
as Sien-Chan or Nam-Kha, 408 & fn.
sprang from Vishnu’s navel, 241 fn.
transformations of, 94, 185, 188, 237, 241
Universe of, as illusion, 408
-Viraj, 188 ,
Vishnu and Siva, 65, 188, 190 fn.
Brahman (s):
Brahma ignored by, 190 fn.
Buddha a tempter of, 395
caste hereditary, not won thru merit, 250 fn.
claim descent from Rishis, 22 fn.
experts in philosophy & sciences, inc. magic, 312 fn.
Himalayan asramas of Aryan, 423, 435
Initiates among, 429-30
kept aloof from world, 312 & fn., 423
Nirvana of, differs from Buddhist, 392
& rite of passage, 83
secret schools had reconciled
with Esoteric Buddhism, 435 sinned by persecuting Buddha’s teachings, 398
temple, were not priests, 252
Tirthika-, view of Nirvana, 416 unscrupulous, took advantage of people, 250
Brahmavias:
based on septenary principle, 45 mention the Astra, 104
part of Vedas, 23 7 fn.
over 20,000 years old, 361 observes astronomical
cycles, 362
Brahmanical:
Buddhist Arhats persecuted by, 429
Buddhist metaphysics cp. to, 389 ,
Gods & their Saktis, 65
laws & perfect Yogis, 122 literature dated, 170, 361 ff. rights of blood replaced those of merit, 250 fn.
rites derived from primitive Buddhist Philosophy, 123 fn.
secresy, 429-30
secret school, parent of all others, 435
teachings in Pythagoras, 16
writings allegorical, 45, 389
Brahma Siddhanta:
ancient Astronomical treatise, rf. 363 fn.
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Brahmatma(s):
Chief of Brahman Initiates, 152,430
and crossed keys, 152
Brain, enemy of spiritual memory, 52
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, on the all-embracing Self, 260
Brihaspati (Jupiter):
cycle based on 60 yr. conjunctions, 357
Hindu sidereal cycles related to, 358
British Museum, Chaldaean rhombs, of real Tarot to be seen
in, 106
Broth erhood(s):
secret, still flourishes, 27
secret, mentioned in Royal
Masonic Cyclopaedia, 27-28 selfish, of Catholic clergy, 28-29
our Guardians & Protectors, 63, 81
try to save humanity, 139, 252-53
most of Asian, follow Buddha or Samkara, 411
Bruce, James (1730-1794), discovered Book of Enoch
MS., 77
Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600), rf. 165 fn.
Bstan-hgyur, is part of Buddhist canon of Tibetans, 424 fn.
Buddha(s):
Amida-, not a myth, 425
Amitabha, “the boundless light”, 409 & fn., 425-26
Bodhisattva aspect continues after death of, 391, 394
Bodhisattva principle left to continue work, 391
born in each Yuga, 370, 388
Celestial, or Dhyani-Chohans, 427
Dhyani, overshadows human, 373, 394, 396 fn.
disembodied consciousness of a, 387
generic use of term, 403 & fn., 458-59
Maitreya as, of 6th Race, 451 fn.
Reincarnations, 427
Seven, in every, 394 fn.
source of, 396 fn.
three bodies of a, 390-92
& fn., 394
Tsong-kha-pa’s relation to, 427
the Tulku of a, 401
Buddha, Gautama
(6437-543 B.C.):
rf. 139, 140
acquired powers anew at each rebirth, 400
allegorical manner of death of, 85 fn., 404-06 fn., 416
Arhats modified teachings, 435
Arhats refused no one, 370, 432 atone for sin of His enemies, 398-99
Avalokitesvara was, Dhyani- Buddha, 394
not Avatara of Vishnu, 52 fn., 370-71, 395
Avatara or Jivanmukta? 374-75
Brahmanical mysteries divulged by, 85 fn., 285, 388
Brahmanical view of, 395
Brahmans cp. with, 389, 435
Brahmans persecuted, 398, 429, 435,450
cannot escape Karma, 388, 406 & fn.
cave shadow of, 20
dead recalled to life by, 253
on destruction of passions, 419
discourse on Law, Nirvana & Space, 408-09
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doctrines in Udyana, 19 dual inner personality, 407 dual role of public & private teacher, 400, 442
ethics & philosophy same as all other Initiates, 130-31
an exceptional Incarnation, 398 exclusion of Brahmans caused hatred of, 398
footprint of, in Ceylon, 119 gave Heart Seal to Kasyapa, 444-45
Great Sacrifice of, 384, 397-98, 405-07
and Hindu precepts cp., 289
an Historical Giant, 381
Hiuen-Tsang’s vision of, 20, 450 fn.
Initiations required for, 400-01
Injunction against miracles, 19 on Inner Buddhas of, 394 fn. invited Pariahs to king’s table, 398
Jesus compared with, 395-96 Jesus had spirit of, 396 fn. lineage of, 447-49 lived for 100 years, 395-96, 405 fn.
Maitreya to be sent by, 161 Manushya- and, compared, 389-90, 391, 394 fn.
“Merciful & Blessed One,” 398, 405-06
& Nagarjuna school, 435, 449 on Nirvana, 416
Nirvana won thru own merit, 374
Occultists attitude towards, 108,374
overshadows Bodhisattvas, 161, 396 fn., 400-01, 403-06
a perfect Adept, 52, 55
Prajfta-Paramita learned by, from Indian sages, 435
preached for 1st time at Benares, 388 ,
provided Upadhi of Samkara, 393-94, 404
purity & detachment, 432 reappearance was Karmic, 406 fn.
reason emphasized above Faith by, 417,
reborn as Samkara, 389 ff., 393,404-07
reborn to veil mysteries, 405, 442
refused full Nirvana, 389-90, , 401 fn., 406-07
Sakti is soul-power of, 400 fn., 407
Secret Doctrine taught by, 285,442,445
seven Buddhas in every, 394 fn. seven gifts described, 400 fn. seven Paths to Nirvana, 388 subtle body enshrines the Initiates, 390, 394 fn.
succession of “Living,” 403 & fn., 431, 448-49
Sudras taught by, out of Mercy, 405-06
taught Avatamsaka to Nagas, 285 & fn.
Tib. name for, was Sang- gyas-Panchen, 450
Tradition of Twin Doctrines, 370, 388, 443-53
Vedas revelation accepted by,398
writing “unknown” at time of? 4, 269 & fn.
Buddhahood:
Path to, 400-01 misconceptions regarding, 450-53
Buddhapalita (4th C.), founder of Prasariga School, 438
Buddhi:
Divine Soul, 49, 373, 387
-Manas, culls best of each incarnation, 50
Brahma & Purusha as names of, 157
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vehicle of Atman, 209 fn.
emanates from divine Flame, 373,387 _
can reflect itself in Nirvâni, _ 387
Âdi-, and Budha, 425 &: fn., 458 & fn., 459
Buddhism:
accepts nothing on faith alone, 417
and Bon sorceries, 19, 433, 442
compared to Brâhmanical writings, 45, 416, 429
dating of, in Tibet, 442 degeneration of Esoteric sects, 434,442,450-53
Esoteric & Exoteric Schools of, dated, 442 et seq.
Gelugpa, a genuine source, 433, 442 & fn.
Heart Doctrine School, 442, 450-53
is not Budhism, 458-59 keynote is life-eternal, 432 knew celestial rotation, 331 fn. Mahayana, on triple worlds, 390-92
merging of, with oldest Lodge, 435
Prasanga Mâdhyamika, 392 rejects avatar status for
Gautama, 52 fn.
rejects final annhilation, 416-17, 432
scorn for, 2, 4, 450
scriptures of, based on septenary principle, 45
Secret Law of, 419 fn.
Southern, rejects doctrine on Àrupa World, 388
texts injurious to, cited, 424 three Eternals of, 408, 411 Tibetan, began in 7th C., 19, 433,442
traditions Sc dogmas, 417 et seq.
unsettled orthodox Brahmans, 388,429
Vajradhara is Logos of, 401-02
Western misconceptions concerning, 432-442, 444-53
Buddhist (s):
accused of Nihilism, 410, 415-17
arhats persecuted, 429, 442 asceticism, 419 & fn., 434 Burmese, view of Jesus, 396 fn.
catechism, 417
celestial machines in, temples, 331 fn.
on converts from, 450 Initiation rite, 261-62 missionaries brought Latin cross, 152
missionaries convert Essenes, 263 fn.
monastery as early as 137
B.C., 442
Nirvana differs from Brahmans’, 392
Pantheon &: Nàgas, 284-85 primitive, Philosophy & Vedic rites, 123 fn.
redeemer is Maitreya Buddha, 161
relic in Ceylon, 119
revered Jesus Sc Buddha, 108
Ritual of Aryâsanga, 161 says matter dispersed, not annihilated, 420
schisms & sectarianism, 434-35, 442, 450-51
schools in ancient India, 447 Tibetan, canon, 424 fn., 442, 450
tradition about living Buddha, 370, 403-07
Tsong-kha-pa as founder of, sect, 425
Builders, Divine, 26, 46, 209,
210
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Bull(s):
in Occult Symbology, 207 & fn.
as solar God, is generative, 207 fn.
Bulstrode, Whitelocke
(1650-1724), An Essay on Transmigration, a defence of Pythagoras, 420
See Bio-Bibliography.
Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron (1803-1873), on source of his
Vril, 105
Bunsen, C.CJ. Baron von (1791-1860): rf. 288
--------Egypt’s place in Universal
History:
on 3 millenniums of
Abraham, 93 fn., 176
on archaic hieroglyphics, 125, 126
tribe-recollections of Abraham, 176
dates the Gt. Pyramid, 297
Bunyan, John (1628-1688), on religion, 41
Burder, Samuel (1773-1837),
The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, lost Books of Jews, 182 fn.
Burnouf, Eugene (1801-1852):
on impermanency in Eastern psychology, 409
q. by Victor Cousin, 409
mistaken view of Hinduism, 446
Butler, Charles (1750-1832), on different Pentateuchs, 173 fn.
Butlerov, Alexander M.
(1828-1886):
encourages scientific investigation of spiritualistic 499-500
Buto, Aramean term for Bohu or void, 156, 157
Bythos, veiled goddess or
“primitive woman”, 157
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Caesar, Gaius Julius
(100-44 B.C.):
destroyed Mystery centers in Gaul & Alexandria, 295-96
a “barbarian worthy of
Rome,” 296
Commentaries, on Druids, 311 fn. rf.
believed in Chaldaean Astrology, 351
Cagliostro, Count Alessandro di (1743? - 1795?), not forsaked during Inquisition, 278 Sc fn.
Cain:
Sc Abel as sacrificing couple, 290
-Adam pyramid circle, 159
an androgyne, 44 fn., 188
astronomical Sc biblical
relations, 158-59
as Jehovah, 44 Sc fn., 158, 188, 290
Kabalistic interpretation of,
44 Sc fn., 157, 158
Magicians in race of, 17
also Melchizadik, 157
as Third Race Man, 188
a transformed Elohim, 44 fn.
Viraj cp. with, 188
Callistus I, Pope (? - 222), is “slandered” by Hippolytus, 118
See Bio-Bibliography.
Calumny, and lies revert to sender, 33
Calvin, John (1509-1564), confused
Mikael and Christ, 338
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Candlestick (s):
cp. with Solar symbols, 320-21 and fns.
Christ in symbolism, 320-22, 329 & 330
Jewish symbolic, later repr. Jehovah, 323
“Seven Golden” of St. John, 329
seven-branched, 329, 337
Caracalla, Emperor (188-217 A.D.), revered Apollonius, 135
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881), view of countrymen, 27
Camac, Catholic sorcery in crypts at, 29
Carpocrates (fl. 2nd C. A.D.):
a Gnostic, 70
Baronius on, 70
See Bio-Bibliography.
Cassels, Walter (1826-1907): rf. to Supernatural Religion, 72, 150
says Apostle Paul was Simon Magus, 114
See Bio-Bibliography.
Cassianus, Johannes (360?-435?), rf. 298
Cataclysm (s):
Elect saved from, 81
at close of every Root-Race, 81 fn.
of third Root-Race, 81 fn.
Catechism of Lanoos, on early evolution of lower kingdoms, 164 fn.
Catholic Church. See Roman Church.
Catholicism:
defence by de Mirville, 71 et seq.
Pagan deities may replace fictional God of, 71-72 fn. and Solar worship, 220-24 Kama-Ioka, Tohu-vah-bohu, and purgatory of, 238 fn.
Pagan 8c Kabalistic learning known to, 335-36 fn.
Causal body, or Karana-sarira, rf. 49 fn.
Cause:
One Universal, 10 fn., 185, 234, 249, 250 remains hidden, 249 secondary Powers divorced from the One, 250
Cazotte, Jacques (1719-1792), perished on the guillotine, 278
Cedrenus, George (fl. 11th C.): on angels’ sceptres, 327 on celestial machines, 331
Celestial:
worlds & systems, 330
seven, Rectors, 330 wheels in the Initiation Adyta, 331 & fn.
machines in Japanese temples, 331 fn. *
man’s inner link with, Beings, 395
Buddhas in human form, 427
Central America, Spaniards destroyed Mysteries of, 280
Cerinthus (1st. or 2nd. C. A.D.): stigmatised by Latin Church, 70 God of Jews not supreme God, 112
and Cerinthian belief in Aeons, 150-51
said Christ was an Aeon, 372 fn. See Bio-Bibliography.
Chagpa-Thog-med, Tib. name of Aryasanga, 451 fn.
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Chaitanya (1485-1527), legend of, rf. 140
Chaldaean(s):
Ain-Soph of, copies Parabrahman, 184 astronomy, 332
Book of Numbers, q. 97
Celestial Virgin symbols, 292
Charlatanry of, during late
Roman era, 344
Creation system of the, 210 divine dynasties, cycle of, 245 on divisions of Ether, 165 & fn.
Kabalah and Jews, 172-74 language differs greatly from
Hebrew, 179-80 letters traced in sky, 97 Matthew originally in, language, 149 fn.
Mysteries from Aryans, 36 sphere, 292 tiles pre-dated Christian era, 170
Champai-chos-nga, Tib. Buddhist texts said to have been given
Aryasanga by Maitreya, 451 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Champollion-Figeac, Jacques J. (1778-1867):
See also Bio-Biblio. of his brother, also an Egyptologist.
--------EgyPte ancienne: on God & his agents, q. 218 on transformation of Gods by
Judaism, q. 218
--------Egypte moderne: q. on Hermetic fall of Man, 332-33
Roman school of Astrology, rf. 351 & fn.
Chandrakirti (6th C. A.D.): taught Prasanga system, 438-39 on 2 Paths to Nirvana, 438-39
infallibility alone in the Dharmakaya state, 439
See Bio-Bibliography.
Chaos:
its division in world cosmogonies, 198
or water, the female Power, 207, 241,243
Isis, Aditi, etc. formed in, 241 primordial germs created in, 241, 243
Waters of, 241, 242
is Theos, 243
the Tohu-vah-bohu or “Space,” 243-44
Kabalistic view of Biblical, 244 & fn.
as female principle, 272 fn.
Charcot, Dr. Jean M. (1825-1893), experiments with hypnotism, 31
Charlemagne (742-814): given sorcerer’s talisman by
Pope Leo III, 105-06 killed enemies with sorcery, 106
Charvaka, a nihilistic school of India, 438
Chela(s):
take vow of poverty, 56 fn. pledged to secrecy, 60, 278 Christians on secrecy of
Eastern, 75 used fruit diet, 164 & fn. visions induced during trials of, 165 fn., 276-77 on the just initiated, 278 few see their loving Master, 278 Indian, has two Guru’s, 278 hardships of, & risk, 309 no danger to unselfish, 309
Chelaship:
Indian, 276-78 hardships & risks of, 309 & fn.
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Chemnu, the “lovely spectre,” 32
Chidakasa, field of consciousness, 393
Chi-kai (538-597), rf. to his biography, 428 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
China:
Missionary reports on, 17-18, 447-49
supermen & Emperor of, 18 ghosts & mt. spirits of, 18 Buddhist Lohans in, 18, 428 Gautama’s Word still known in, 443, 448-49
Chinese:
adepts or Lohans, 18, 428 448 & fn., 449
symbolic language, 101
legend of Fang-Kwang, 428 fn. secret monasteries retain
Buddhism, 443, 447-48 & fn.
Ch ing-fa-yin- Tsang:
meaning in China, 444
really connotes Heart Seal, 445
Chitra-Sikhandin, “the bright- crested,” 334
Chiun (or Khiyun), as Saturn and later “Jehovah,” 326
Chod, secret rite pertaining to high Initiation, 406 fn.
Cho-Ku (Tib.), the Nirvanic body, 392 fn.
See also Dharmakaya.
Chosroes II, King of Persia, (? - 628), on his immense celestial machine, 331
Chrestians, true followers of Jesus, 83, 84, 282 & fn.
Chrestos:
a “man of sorrow,” 84, 284 as revealer of mysteries, 84-85, 284
Clement on the anointed, 88 and Christos, 88 &: fn., 122, 282 and Christ glorified, 88 fn. modelled on male principle of wisdom, 262-63 fn.
universally adopted rite of the, 284
Christ:
an Aeon incarnated in Jesus, 372 fn.
ancient Wisdom reinstated by, 307
and Apollo compared, 318, 343 birth & Avataric cycle, 353 candlestick repr., 321 & fn.
or Chrestos glorified, 88 & fn., 122
controversial nature of, 144-45 crucified by followers, 59, 385 on crucifixion & resurrection of, 137-38
Ideal of divinity in man, 122 as Mikael, 322, 402
Nazarenes were true to, 83
N.T. writers disfigured, 43, 147-48, 321
not “Lord of the Sheep,” 83-84, 343
Oriental Church faithful to Apostles of, 125
Pagan Initiate’s words used by, 147-48
reincarnation taught by 57-59, 384
return not recognized by John, 384
“of the seed of man,” 151 the “Sun adored,” 321 as “Sun of Righteousness,”318 true followers of, 83, 84, 282 & fn.
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Christian (s):
Apollonius biog. &, 128
Astrolatry halted by, 319 baptism not among early, 57 fn.
& Chrestians, 83
crucify their Savior daily, 59 dishonest practices of, 121 early, cp. to our modern, 37, 83,452
emblems & their origins, 151-54 & fn.
first, called Nazarenes, 121
God of, created in their own image, 146, 325
hated Philosophy, 325
Heb. MS. hidden from, 127
heliolatry of early, 343
“Heresiarchs” cp. with Buddhist Arhats, 429, 452
Holy Ghost female acc. to, 187 fn.
Islamic Prophet regarded as false by, 108
Karma of, theology, 323
on learning as sin, 43
might follow Brahmans example, 190 fn.
de Mirville fabricates, Theogony, 71, 319 missionaries on Genii, 18 mob destroyed Alexandrian library, 295 fn., 313
mob murdered Hypatia, 312
mortifications, 452
Neo-Platonism &, Theology, 305 rely on phonograph of dead language, 172
Saviour taught reincarnation, 57-59
suspicions of some, mystics, 197
symbolism cp. to Pagan, 71-72, 318-19, 321-22
Theology repells some, 59
Western, not followers of
Christ, 83
Christianity:
Ammonius influenced, 13, 305-08
Anti-Gnostic, 168, 305 and Avataric cycles, 353-56 “blind-man” parable in, 58-59 Book of Enoch and, 76 ff. and Buddhism cp., 452 changed mind on Christ’s nature, 144-45
and Christolatry, 283
clergy uses Black Magic, 27, 28-29, 30-31, 105-06, 116-17
confused about celestial Hierarchy, 215 contradictory dogmas of, 144-46
destroyed Esoteric interpretations, 12, 37, 447-52 dogmas & rituals taken from
Pagans, 72-73, 147-48, 264, 271, 283, 305-06, 335-41, 397
early days of, 37, 42, 83, 124-26, 283, 304
Ebionites 1st & purest form of, 150
& Esoteric numeral systems, 97 “Father in Heaven” in, 56 fn. feared original Matthew, 149-50 Gnostics most philosophical, 212
had her Seers & prophets, 271
& heliocentric system of Pagans, 43
influenced by Eclectic system, 304 ff.
meaning of “born again,” to, 57 & fn.
de Mirville’s defence of Revelation in, 72 ff.
modern cp. to early, 83 most anthropomorphic religion, 446
Oriental, purer than Roman, 125
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Pagan identity with, 72-75, 221,305
Paul, not Jesus is founder of, 121, 304
Rig-Veda source for sacrificial lamb of, 397
Roman, successor to Peter, not Christ, 124-26
veiled Jesus’truths, 257, 305
Christie, Violet (early
Theosophist):
on her H.P.B. articles in The Theosophist, 474-75, 488, 496 fn.
q. Fauvety on St. Simonists, 496 fn.
Christolatry, preceded by worship of true Chrestos, 283
Christos:
and Chrestos, 88 & fn., 122, 282
Christ glorified, acc. to Kabalah, 88 fn.
the perfect, 160
and Sophia inspire Jesus, 160-61
contains seed of Avatarism, 160 fn.
and Christolatry, 283
Chromatius (?-410), Jerome addresses, 149
Chronology:
Bible, found in Enoch, 80-83
septiform 200
Hindu, 357-68
Chrysostom, St.John (345? -
407 A.D.):
says Simon Magus a rival of St. Paul, 124 fn.
sunlight veils true Sun, according to, 221
--------De Incomprehensibili
Natura Dei, on celestial orders, 340
Church. See under Protestant, Oriental, Roman etc.
Church Councils:
conflict over consubstantiality
& Trinity, 144-46
Antioch, on Christ’s Divinity, 144
Nicaea, & Arius, 144
Milan, reaffirms Arianism, 144-45
Sirmium & Ancyra, decrees against consubstantiality, 145
Saragossa, on Holy Trinity, 145
Constantinople, & Eutyches, 145
create God in their own image, 146
condemned Christian Astrolatry, 319
Church Fathers:
destroyed Porphyry’s & others treatises, 313
borrowed Egyptian gods, 319
adopted Pagan angeology, 340
used Pagan secret cycles, 353
Chwohlsohn, D.A. (1819-1911), Nabathean Agriculture, rf. 65 fn.
Cicero, Marcus (106 - 43 B.C.):
rf. 257, 349 fn., 351
--------De Officiis, on virtues of
Initiates, 251
Circle (s):
habitat of Deity, 62, 186
Sephiroth as, 98
symbol of Unmanifested, 113 fn.
Deity in hieroglyphic, 207 fn.
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Elohim & the celestial, 208 fn. and value of pi, 208 fn.
Primordial, 208 fn. squaring of the, 208 fn.
Seven Heavenly, 314 “dance” of the planets, 316
Clairvoyance:
divine, in Mysteries, 123, 142 Spiritual, derived from Sun, 142-43
to become a common faculty, 356 fn.
Cleather, Alice L. (1846-1938): Notes on H.P.B.’s Inner
Group, xxvi, xxxviii See Bio-Bibliography.
Clement of Alexandria (150?-220?): rf. 43, 44, 323 accepted Enoch as revelation, 82-83
Ammonius influenced, 13, 308
Christian Neo-Platonist, 11 fn., 306, 323 fn.
Eleusinian Initiate on Bible, 36 On Gnostics &: Basilides, 162
on identity of Jewish & Greek Mysteries, 36
an Initiate, 43, 46, 274-75 knew secret of heliocentric system, 323, 330, 332
knew unity of Platonic and Oriental systems, 16, 306 on Mysteries, 37, 46, 162, 256, 274, 320
planetary candelabrum of, 320, 323
on 7 stars & the Sun, 320 wrote about Alchemy, 298
--------Homolies, on the Mysteries of Jesus, 162 & fn.
--------Pedagogus, on emblem of Jesus, 154
--------Stromateis:
rf. 330 fn.
on Mysteries, 36-38, 46, 69, 406 fn.
on other sects, 88
Jewish Scriptural restoration, 178
Clementine Homilies. See also
under Ebion.
Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.), rf. 351
Clergy:
crafty & ambitious in every age, 63, 139, 250
degraded ideals & Divine Beings, 63, 130, 139, 159-60, 162-63
envy & jealousy of, 115, 123-24 authority is curse of humanity, 117 & fn.
some, dishonest, 121, 129 fn., 149 fn., 250
tried to wipe out memory of Apollonius, 128-29, 133
stratagem of Jesuits, 131-32
builds paradoxical dogmas, 146
concocted human mysteries, 160
Coats, John (1906-1979), gave
MS. to de Zirkoff, 457
Codex Nazaraeus. See Liber Adami, and the Bio-Bibliography.
Colebrooke, H.T. (1765-1837):
on Plato’s Epistles, q. 16
--------. . . “Sacred Writings of the
Hindus,” Vedic cycle in Jyotisha, 359
--------Sankya Karik, trs. with commentary, 329 fn.
Coleridge, S.T. (1772-1834), on astrology as a science, 320 fn.
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Collective Life, happier than individual, 432
Collins, Mabel (1851-1927), Through the Gates of Gold, on “creation”, 243 fn.
Commodus, Emperor (161-192), killed a postulant in Mysteries, 279
Compassion:
of Adepts, 386-87
of Gautama Siddhartha, 398-99
Confucius (551-478 B.C.): refused to explain his “Great Extreme,” 34 “golden rule” of, 256
Consciousness:
causal, 379, 387 represented by double triangle, 379
twice-seven modes of, 380 of a Buddha or Jivanmukta, 387
disembodied, a cause, not effect, 387
a sentient spiritual principle, 387
Constant, Alphonse Louis, See Levi, Eliphas.
Constantine [Flavius Constantinus] (ca. 274-337):
died a heathen, 13 fn., 148 founded secular church, 138 decreed Sun-day for worship of Christ, 138
worshipped Mars, 151
blood deluge under, 192
Constellation (s):
leading stars of seven, 202
Gt. & Lesser Bear & the
Polar Dragon, 202
in Akkadian Hymns & Revelation, 202
Occult forces of, & Magic, 224
Rishis and Great Bear, 334
Contemplation:
merges Self in Universal Self, 400-01
develops powers, 401
leads to Dhyani-Buddhahood, 401
Copernicus, Nicholas (1473-1543), reincarnation of Nicholas de Cusa, 377-78
Coptic Legends of the Crucifixion, rf. 153
I & II Corinthians: rf. 397 & fn. on secret teachings, 48 on “temple of God,” 48, 55-56
& fn.
on divine & worldly wisdom, 114
Christ as spirit of man, 122 Master-builder indicates Adept, 123
plurality of “Gods” in, 348 fn.
Correspondences, Occult Science of, 61, 347
Cory, Isaac Preston (1802-1842), Ancient Fragments, on Plato’s secrecy, 7 fn.
Cosmocratores:
known by St. Paul, 322 seven series of, 322 paradigms of Nature-Spirits, 344
Cosmogony (ies): backbone of Occult, 8 and causality, 10 based on numerals & figures, 62-63
Genesiacal, 69, 210-15
Indian, source of Jewish, 87 Jewish symbols & mysteries of, 156-57
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and Great Pyramid, 157 & fn.
Cousin, Voctor (1792-1867): influenced by Burnouf, 409
--------. . . History of Modem
Philosophy, proclaims Buddhists as Nihilists, 409 & fn., 410
See Bio-Bibliography.
Cow, or virgin heifer in sacrificial rites, 290 & fn.
Cowl, “does not make the friar,” 252
Cowper, William (1731-1800), on
Bible, 75
“Cows”:
as early Races, 83, 156 & fn.
in Hindu mythology, 156 fn.
Grata Repoa . . . , on Egyptian Initiation ceremony, 288-9
Creation:
allegory, sources, 197-99, 201-205
Angelic, of material world, 209, 210-11 fn.
cannot evolve from nothing, 243 fn., 415
Catholic interpretation of, 209 the Fatherhood in second Heb., 205
in Genesis, 206-08
Gnostic, 205, 209
Kabalistic interp., 210-18 ff.
Occultism rejects, 415 not evolution, 239 fn., 243 fn. Space is great storehouse of, 243
Creator(s):
Wisdom as associate of, 46 fn. Who are the true? 216-17 & fns. the Logos is not, 216 fn.-17
&: fns.
One Unconditioned Principle is not, 217
must have material for “creation,” 243 fn.
Occultism recognizes no, 415
Credner, C.A. (1797-1857), Zur Gesch. des Kanons, shows
Nicephorus accepting Heb.
Matthew, 150 fn.
Creuzer, G.F. (1771-1858),
Symbolik und Mythologie . . . on the Kabiri as 7 planets, 315-16
Criticism:
What is? 14
Art and, 14
Crookes, Sir Wm.
(1832-1919),
Royal Society of London ostracized, 498
See Bio-Bibliography.
Cross:
symbolic of Kosmic Man, 140
a purification during Initiation, 148
a secret sign among Adepts and Neophytes, 148-49
hallowed by the Pagans, 151
Egyptian or Tau, 152-53, 326 fn.
real meaning of the, 152
found in Buddhist temples and zodiacs, 152
origin not Christian, 152, 192-93
and the t’phillin, 192
baptised in gore, 192
Crucifix:
called “Tree of Infamy,” 153
unknown by Semites, 153
later adopted as Christian symbol, 153
symbolism of a Hindu, 287
Crucifixion:
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all Hierophants met with, 84-85 & fn.
of Christ during solar eclipse, 137
Vernal Equinox true date of, 137
real meaning of, 140-42, 148-49, 151-53
of Vithoba, as the Victim-Man, 286-87
Basilides on, 372 fn.
Csomo de Körös (1798? - 1842):
rf. 433, 436 fn., 437 fn., 440
mystic powers as Buddha’s “wives”, ,407
mislocates Sambhala, 440-41
Cube, the mystic, of Kabalah, 187,190
Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688), Intellectual System of the
Universe, on Platonic Trinity, 186 & fn.
Cusa, Cardinal Nicolaus de (1401-1464):
devotee of Kabalah, 377, 379 adept reappearing as Copernicus, 377-78
Louis Moreri on, 378 fn.
Hermes &: Pythagoras influenced, 378 fn. sought safety in monastic order, 379
--------De Docta Ignorantia: discoveries of Copernicus
forecast in, 378 opposes Geocentric system, 378 fn.
on world as vast machine, 378 fn. on extra-terrestrials, 378 fn.
See Bio-Bibliog. under Khrypffs.
Cycle(s):
and Christianity, 353-56
of emanation & dissolution, 257
of emanations & numbers, 63, 216 fn., 243-45, 359-60
evolution & involution in, 290, 302-03
grafting during 2nd Round, 164 fn.
Hindu astronomical, 357-58, 361-68
Hindu, and Roman Lustrum, 358
incarnation, of Egos, 49, 302-03
of motion transference, 239 fn.
Mysteries disappear at close of, 294
Naros and other secret, 359-60
Necessity, 216, 303
Occultism & Saturn, 27, 176 of One Element, 210, 233-34 prove antiquity of Vedas, 361-63 & fn.
quinquennial, 361-62 seventh decade, etc., 360 sidereal, related to Jupiter, 358 Solstices 8c Equinoctial, 362-64 Vriddhagarga, treatise on, 357 Yearly, and zodiacal, 360
Cyprianus of Antioch, St.
(ca. 200-258 A.D.):
a self-confessed black magician, 163
promoted to Bishop by Church, 163
“Confession” of, 163-66 claims had witnessed mysteries of Ceres, 164
describes so-called demoniacal initiation, 164-66
de Mirville alters words of, 164-66 & fns.
an accomplished magician, 166 converted by Justine, 166-67 martyrdom & burial at Rome, 167
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See Bio-Bibliography.
Cyril, Bishop (376-444), responsible for Hypatia’s murder, 312
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Daemons. See Daimon.
Daevas (or devils):
transformed Devas, 322
of Christ & Mikael, 323
Dag (Dagon, man-fish):
inherited from Chaldees, 153
Messiah designated as, 153
why the emblem of Jesus, 154 worship, 192 ff.
Dagoba (Buddhist shrine), contained cross, 152
Daimon:
death of Socrates & 35 fn.
is Spirit, not demon, 165 fn., 307 & fn., 322-23
govern world, 307, 315, 348 fn.
as Seventh Principle, 307 & fn.
Church distorted, into demons, 307 fn., 315, 322
of St. Paul, 348 fn.
Daiviprakriti, “Light of the Logos”, 187 fn.
Daksha, fathered sons to people the Earth, 286
Dalai-Lama(s):
honors Dhyani-Buddhas, 337
better known than Teshu Lamas, 427 fn.
Tsong-kha-pa and, 427-28 relation to Teshu (Tashi) Lamas, 427 fn. - 28 fn.
Dalton, John (1766-1844), vindicated Democritus, 352
See Bio-Bibliography.
Damascius (ca. 480-?): on cosmocratores, 322 Primitive Principles, on Magi “first cause”, 202
Damis (fl. 1st C.):
and narrative of Apollonius, 128 with Apollonius on travels, 133
Dance:
“circle”, of planets cp. to King David’s, 316 & fn.
Sabaean worship as, 316 Rasa Mandala, 316 & fn.
Dang-ma (purified soul), in Tibetan commentary, 408 8c fn., 411
Daniel (fl. 600 B.C.):
versed in Occult astronomy, 138 8c fn., 350
foretold martyrdom of Meshiac, 138
an Initiate, 138 fn., 350
chief of Magi & Astrologers, 350
Daniel, original in Hebrew-Aramaic, 180
Dan-Scorpio, as death-life symbol, 151
Dante (1265-1321):
Inferno: new Johannine Apocalypse, 45 '
Occult Revelation of, 45-46
Darkness:
is eternal Light, 241
assumes aspect of “Chaos”, 241
David, King (?-ca. 960 B.C.): sacred hexagon of, 103 Psalms of, rf. 134 introduced Jehovah worship, 316-17
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Dead:
Festival of the, 99 raising of, 253 &: fn..
Death:
three paths for Adept after, 53-54, 377
and resurrection, 58, 253 fn.
De Consensu Moysis et Jesu, falsely attributed to Ammonius, 13 fn.
Deity:
abstract Space is, 234 belief in, within, needed, 54 the Changeless Unity, 212
Circle is secret habitat of, 62 concealed, acc. to Levi, 237 Egyptian, a God among Gods, 218
feminine form of, denied by Bible translators, 213
forces of nature as, 184, 249 gave birth to Heavenly Man, 23 7 gave geometric key to Moses, 95-96
geometrizes, 62, 66
Hermetic & Kabalistic, 301-02 inexhaustible fountain of life, 310
known only thru effects, 249 limited, of Protestants, 51 man cannot be as perfect as, 56 fn.
names of, 87-88, 99, 310
Occultists must not destroy man’s, 64, 459-60
One Universal, 42, 67, 87, 210, 237, 249, 310, 325 fn.
of Orphic Mysteries, 269 ff.
or Over-soul, 48 personal, within no fiction, 54-55
Plato’s def. of, 9, 48, 62, 66, 413
reached by personal merit, 51-52 in sacred letters of all nations, 99
on selfish prayer to, 42 solar, & Catholicism, 220-24, 314-33
Sun best emblem of, 142, 221-23
symbolized by triangle, 99, 186
Universe woven from substance of, 67, 87 & fn., 184, 185-86, 210, 234, 237
of Zohar, 186
Dekad, of Pythagoras, 412-13
Delaplace, Bishop, Annales de la Propagation de la Foi, rf. 18 fn. See Bio-Bibliography.
Delphic Injunction:
heeded, produced Adepts, 55, 430
part of most religions, 56, 430 for the few, 430
Delrio, Martin A. (1551-1608), Disquisitionum magicarum, rf. 349 fn.
Delta (Greek letter), symbolism, 99
Deluge:
Archaeologists tracing, 46 no rf. to, in Enoch, 81, 82, 84 last, at close of 4th Root-Race, 81
Enoch MS. escaped the, 90
not Universal, 90
Demeter, Sophia based on, 262-63 fn.
Demiourgos(i):
real Creator of worlds, 218, 340 the Unmanifested Logos, 218, 260
Champollion on, 218
Jehovah one of, 223
Rig-Veda on the, 260 commissioned 7 celestial
Rectors, 330
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governs mysterious wheels, 330-31
Democritus (ca. 460-? B.C.): rf. 133
studied magic with Magi, 25 & fn.
Petronius on experiments of, 25 metaphysics in Orphic tradition, 254
an Alchemist, 298
on Deity as Sun, 324
vindicated by Dalton, 352 See Bio-Bibliography.
Demon(s):
Cyprianus on various, 164-65
daimon mistranslated as, 165 fn., 307 fn.
Denys, St. (fl. 3rd C.): contemporary (?) of St. Paul, 210 fn., 418
God rules thru intermediaries, 330
seven Rectors as spheres in motion, 330-31, 332
Ain-Soph as non-Being, 418 See also Dionysius, Pseudo.
Desatir, The, on resplendent spheroid deity, 277
Destiny, thread of, cast by syzygy, 320
Deuteronomy, God of, related to Zohar, 184
Deva(s): _
Angels or Elohim, 81, 340 fn., 348 fn.
dying Wisdom of, 81 of Paropamisus, 90 fn. language of the, Sanskrit, 96-97
impersonal “Creators”, 217 transformed into devils, 322 Hindu choirs of 340 fn.
Devachan (Tib. realm of bliss): Initiate may rest in, 262 “ruled” by Amita Buddha, 426 & fn.
Sukhavati in Sanskrit, 426 & fn.
one Path leads to, 439
Devadatta (6th. C. B.C.), a hostile relative of Buddha, 396 fn.
Devanagari. See Sanskrit.
Devanika, mountains of the Pamir, 90 fn.
Dev:
Persian, Genius of Evil, 71 fn. obsesses soul of defunct, 71 fn.
Devil (s):
“parodied” Church rites, 71
& 73
the Curati of de Mirville, 73 Church changed “Spirit” to, 307 fn.
Dezhin Shegpa:
a work on Buddha’s “reincarnations”, 400 meaning of, 400 fn., 405 See also Tathagata.
Dhammapada, Buddha taught rebirth in, 449
Dharani, Skt. for a mystic word or mantra, 401
Dharma:
in Tib. Bas-pa or Doctrine, 408, 450
explains Being & Non-Being, 408 on secret, or heart teaching, 443-53
why hidden, 450-52
Dharmakaya:
a Nirvani “without remains”, 376,’399, 436, 440
Spiritual Ego can’t return from, 376, 384, 392, 401 fn.
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cp. with Nirmänakaya, 376, 384, 392, 436-37,'439
personal Ego has no Käma-Loka, 384
ideal formless Being, 392
Cho-Ku in Tibetan, 392 fn., 436
and Nirvänic body, 392 fn., 436 fn.’
state endures until new Manvantara, 401 fn.
Bodhisattva infallible only in, 439
a passionless sate, 439, 440
Dhritaräshtra, rf. 383
Dhyäna:
is meditation or omnipotent devotion, 391
creates mind-bom Bodhisattvas, 391
Buddha enlightened by, 394 can develop spiritual powers, 400-01
is Sam-tan in Tibetan, 400
Dhyani-Bodhisattva, unlimited numbers of, 403
Dhyani-Buddha(s):
the Anupapadaka, 289 assimilated thru meditation, 394-95
contemplation leads to becoming, 401
creates mind-born Bodhisattvas, 391
the Dharmakayas of preceding Manvantaras, 397
and divine flame in man, 373
in every person, 394-95
are Karmaless, 397
prevail throughout Maha-Kalpa, 391
Spirit of the Buddha, 391, 392, 394
unlimited numbers of, 403
as Vajrasattva, 392
Dhyani-Chohans: beyond sex differences, 58 fn. as celestial men, 203, 216-17, 379,427
conditioned & imperfect, 217 cp. with Seven Spirits of
Catholics, 46 fn., 328, 379 Devas, Dhyani-Buddhas or
Planetary Angels, 381 emanation of Primeval Light, 46 fn., 51, 210, 217, 371, 380 as emanations, 210, 217, 328, 379,380 fountainhead of humanity, 379,380
identical with Gnostic Aeons, 162, 340 & fn.
instructed Third Race, 359 “Lord of Lords”, 380 & fn. “Mind-Born” &, 92, 328, 380 Sc fn.
prototypes of Gods Sc men, 51, 58 fn., 92, 203, 217, 380 Sc fn., 381
and Rebirth theory, 379 related to 7th Principle, 307 fn. related to 7 Rishis, 203, 380
fn.
seven primeval Builders, 402 seven Sons of Light, 371, 380 are “Sons of the Flame”, 248
Tsong-kha-pa gave signs of, 427
Dhyani-Pitarah, the Father-Gods, 92
Diana Astarte, model for Virgin Mary, 336 fn.
Diatessaron:
spurious Sc not esoteric, 13 fn.- 14 fn.
or “Harmony of the Gospels”, 14 fn.
Diaz del Castillo, B. (ca. 1492-1581):
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implied rf., Historia ... de la Nueva España, on Aztec civilization, 25
Dictionnaire Encyclopédique de
France, on Astrology, 346
Diels, H. (1848-1922), The
Pre-Socratic Philosophers, rf. 10 fn.
Digha-Nikaya:
collection of Buddhist Sutras, 431
says world need never lack Arhats, 431
Dinakara (day-maker), the sun in “gate of death” rite, 279
Diocletian, Emperor (245-313):
St. Cyprianus martyred under, 167
burned alchemical books, 298
Diodorus Siculus (fl. 1st C.
B.C.):
rf. 257, 274
on five elements & God Pan, 100 fn.
on Indian origin of Hercules, 246
on rebirth, 258
-------Bibliotheca histórica:
on meaning of Dionysos, 273 fn. modern Astrology began with, 351
Diodorus of Tarsus (fl. 5th C.), murdered St. Flavian, 145
Diogenes Laertius (3rd C. A.D.):
rf. 139
Epicurus on Gods, 50 fn.
on founding of Eclectic system, 305-06
air full of souls says, 420
Dion Cassius (150?-235?), Roman History, rf. 135 fn.
Dionysus (or sos):
and Demeter cp. with Christos and Sophia, 263 fn.
Diodorus on, 273 fn.
Dionysius Areopagita. See Dionysius, pseudo.
Dionysius, Pseudo-(fl. 6th C.): saw eclipse as portent of crucifixion, 137
on temple door facing East, 318
-------Hierarchy:
on “Angels” as builders, 209, 211 fn.
on God’s co-operators, 210 fn. seven Spirits of the Presence, 210-11 fns.
--------De divinis Nom., on 7 lamps of sanctuary, 337
See Bio-Bibliography.
Dionysus-Zagreus, fable based on Lama succession, 451 fn.- 52 fn.
Diseases:
proceed from Moon, 143 and the Ether, 165 fn. attributed to Satan, 165 fn.
Divine:
Apollonius a, incarnation, 49 fn., 300
Being & its many names, 310 clairvoyance in Mysteries, 123 clergy degraded, Beings, 63, 159-60
efflux, 310
Essence unknown, 185-86, 234
Flame of man, 373 forces grafted on, 164 fn. as Heavenly Man, 185, 310 Ideal shared by all Initiates, 130-31, 301-02 incarnations, 373 in Initiation, 259-61, 310 light shut out by Jehovah, 160-61, 185
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mediators, 300
Moses met, Self on Mt. Sinai, 69 no, “miracles”, 116
Power differs from Jehovah, 197
Revelation defended, 72-73 rules for samadhi in, 310 Science abused, 103 seven prototypes of, Beings, 51 seven, reflections in man, 50
Simon the Magician a, incarnation, 52-53
Soul is Buddhi, 49
Spirit moves over “Waters”, 241
state reached by personal merit, 51-52
Substance & mystic Cube, 187 unity &: homogeneity of,
Element, 235, 310
Wisdom emanated the Universe, 301-02
within, 48, 52 fn., 234, 300-01, 310, 394-95
Doctrine:
of “continuous existence”, 53-54
ancient, of triple hypostasis, 185-86
of Astrology imparted at Initiation, 345
of Eye vs. Heart, 444-45, 447
See Heart Doctrine.
Dogma(s):
of N.T. disfigured Christ, 43, 146, 148, 156, 158-60
and authority, curse of humanity, 117
Church, paradoxical, 146
infant baptism, false, 146
Kabalists source of Church, 341 fn.
Dogmatism: of anthropomorphism, 55
of Church, 116-17
Domitian, Emperor (51-96 A.D.): Apollonius’ vision of, 134 fn. consulted prophets, 351 See Bio-Bibliography.
Dorjechang. See Vajradhara.
Dorjesempa. See Vajrasattva.
Dostoievsky, F.M. (1821-1881), “The Grand Inquisitor” q. on Christ’s return, 385 fn.
Douglas, Bishop (1721-1807), defamed Apollonius, 130
Dowson, John (1820-1881), Hindu Classical Dictionary, rf. 126 fn., 458
Drach, David P.L.B. (1791-1865): rf. 260
a Rabbi converted to Catholicism, 220 fostered worship of physical Sun, 223-24
tried to reconcile Judaism & Christianity, 224
--------Harmonie: rf. 260 on Zohar, 220, 224 equates Christ with Sun, 220-21 on Kabalistic Sun, 221, 224 See Bio-Bibliography.
Dragon:
Adam & the solar, 203
Church considers, Satanic, 163-64
St. Cyprianus denounces, 163-64 Ea, the Sevenfold, 203 of Egypt as crocodile, 202-03 exiled from heaven, 403 lao Chnubis etc., 203 Polar, red with 7 heads, 202-03 Rahu, devours sun & moon during eclipses, 403
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Saturn as, of Life, 203
steals Elixir of Life, 403
Draper, Prof. J.W. (1811-1882),
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science:
on origin of Atonement dogma, 262 fn.
on burning of Arabic MSS. by Cardinal Jimenez, 313
Druid(s) :
rites of Nature magic, 32
scientists & religion of, 134
fire sacred to, 258
cp. to Magi & Zoroastrians, 258
“Morning-Star” greeting of, 258 believed in reincarnation, 258 solar rite in Masonry, 281 slaughter of, at Alesia, 295, 311 varied magic rites of, 311
Drummond, Sir Wm. (1770?-1828), Oedipus Judaicus, on ancient unity of science &: religion, 291
Duad:
held to be evil, 99
Monad vibrates to form, 213
is co-etemal, 213
and Triad, 213
Dugpa(s):
use of will in sorcery, 30, 105
a conscious sorcerer, 30 poisoning of astral current, 31 Sikkim, & “Red-caps” of Tibet, 105
descendants of antediluvian sorcerers, 105
Du Halde, J.B. (1674-1743),
Description ... de la Chine, implied rf. on magic & automatic writing, 20
Dunlap. S.F. (1825-1905), The Son of Man, on Chrêstos &
Christos, rf. 88 fn., 149 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Dupuis, C.F. (1742-1809), rf. 324
Dus-Kyi-Khorlo. See
Kala-Chakra Tantra.
Dvaraka:
in Puranic legend, 247-48
word origin cp. to Thebes, 248
Dvija (or Dwija), or “twice-born” as Initiate, 140, 271 fn., 274
Dzog-pa’i-Ku, Tib. for body of bliss, 392 fn.
See also Sambhogakaya.
Dzyan:
Path of, won by merit, 400 meaning, 400
Buddha attained in previous lives, 400
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Earth:
and Isis, 155, 243, 265
envisioned by Chela on trial, 165 fn.
divided into 7 zones, 359
7x7 divisions of sublunary, 165 fn.
and its presiding planets, 201, 332
& water needed for procreation, 243
& water an illusive emanation, 243
higher aspects of, 277
in Rasa Mandala, 332
every Mayavic condition on, 386
East(ern):
influences Western philosophy, 15-16,444
teachings of the, allegorical, 45, 46, 444
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Secret Wisdom of the, 46 fn., 443-53
religion on reincarnation, 56
Sadducees at one with, Esotericism, 181-82 all temple portals faced, 222 Esotericism in, Sacred Books, 444 ff.
Easter:
original event on vernal equinox, 137
& other cardinal sacred events, 137
Ebion:
Epiphanius on, 151
felt Christ was a man, 151
--------Clementine Homilies:
rf. to author of, 150
on Secret Doctrine of Jesus, 162
Ebionites:
on the Evangel of the, 149 & 150 fn.
followers of the Nazarenes, 150
earliest Christians, 150 & fn.
belief in Jesus as a man, 150 fn.
Epiphanius laments upon, 151
Ecclesiastes:
on search with wisdom, 242
cp. with Ecclesiasticus, 319 & fn.
Ecclesiasticism, Latin, &: the Reformation Protestants, 70
Ecclesiasticus:
rf. 46 fn.; q. 61 & fn.
on sun as spirit, 319
on Mirville’s sources, 319 & fn.
Eclectic System:
Philalethians of the, 27, 308-09 on spiritual mediators, 300
main features, 300, 309
Theurgy of, 300, 309
on Planetary Spirits, 300 Neo-Platonic ecstasis of, 300-01 prototype of T.S., 305, 308 developed about 300 B.C.,305-06 penalties for breaking vows
of Initiation in, 309
Eden:
traditions based on Himalaya, 90
Garden of, & pyramid, 208
Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, on teachings of Ammonius, 307
Edkins, Rev. J. (1823-1905), Chinese Buddhism:
on Amida-Buddha, q. 425
Kwan-yin legend, 426
Amitabha Yoshi Fo, 426 fn.
Gods as ideas in, 426 fns.
on “Esoteric Schools” in, 445, 447-49
Western Paradise of, 448 & fn.
on Metempsychosis in,
448 & fn., 449
mistaken ideas in, 445 et seq., 449-52
on Aphorisms of Lin-tse, q. 452
Egg:
“Mundane,” septenary, 198
“Mundane,” & Brahma’s creation, 241
Ego(s):
incarnation cycle of, 49, 382 ecstasy reached in Self-control of, 54
lower, as Chrestos, 88 fn.
of Nirvani disappears, 376-77 & fn.
dowry from former births, 382 Spiritual & purified personal, 383
Adept’s purified can remain, 384,386
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Perfect, is Non-, 436
Egypt(ians):
alphabet cp, with Devanagari, 97
antiquity of, papyri, 170, 348
Astrologers were Initiates, 344,349
burial places, 288-89
Cheops & decline of priestcraft, 297
correlations of Gods & Goddesses, 155-56
cubit & Masonic inch, 67, 91-92, 195 fn.
degeneration, 350
descent of Healer/Kings, 253
Esotericism, 68, 125, 251-52, 294
Essenes formed by wandering Scribes of, 294, 306, 307
Ethiopian invasion of, 297 funeral ritual, 33 7 hieroglyphics, 207 fn., 344 hierophants & ascetics of India, 22
hierophants & sacred numbers, 63, 195 & 96, 344
inherit Atlantean Initiate system, 252
Initiation Rite, 279, 288-89
Isis of, Initiates, 292
Jesus as Initiate of, Mysteries, 294
Jews borrowed from 170, 172 fn., 195 fn., 197, 207 meaning & origin of, cross, 151-53, 207
Moses & Hierophants of, 172, 195 fn., 196
Mysteries known since Menes, 269
Mysteries traced, 36, 68, 125, 170, 186, 251-54, 269, 294, 297-98, 306
papyrus on Sun, 270-71
priests as sages, 252, 306
profaned her Mysteries, 294 secret speech of the, 97, 125, 294
source of, religion, 175, 350
symbolic carving of, 148
taught septenary Man, 380-81
Therapeutae, 306
Theurgy, 300
Trinity derived from Indians, 186,381
Egyptologists:
challenge church, 72
discoveries of pre-Mosaic relics, 72
Baron Bunsen, on antiquities, 125 & fn., 297
on dethroning of ancient theocracy, 297
Eheyêh (I am), and Sephirah, 189 & fn.
Eidolon, Unity creates an Eikon or, 213
Eirenaeus Philalethes (1622?- 1665), as Mediaeval Kabalist, 167
Eleazar, Rabbi (2nd C. A.D.):
rf. 179
helped complete wk. of his father, 169
“Elect Root”:
guarded sacred Science, 68
saved from conflagration, 81
dispersed, 82
refers to Initiates, not the Jews, 82
Electricity:
one of “Three Mothers,” 64-65
the Universal Force, 225
Solar storehouse of, 225
Element(s) :
three, of Creation, Preservation
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& Destruction, 100 and 4 German numbers, 100 fn. five, of Ancient world, 100 fn. four, subjective & objective, 157 & fn., 187
four, and INRI, 158
in Kabalistic Quaternary, 187
One, 210, 235
in Esoteric religious symbology, 243
Elementáis:
used by Adepts in Magic, 118
& fn., 311
Cyprianus on, 165
Nature-Spirits & the Cosmocra- tores, 344
produce physical phenomena, 478-79
control of, 479
H.P.B. taught difference between, and shells, 480
Elementarles: impersonate departed souls, 482-83
danger of possession by, 487-88, 489-92
limited to locale of death, 490-91
Eleusinian Mysteries:
Clement initiated into, 36, 274-75
& Jewish Mysteries, 36, 274
Paul and the, 114, 123
on the magistrates of the, 114 and Brahmanical Vedic rites, 123 fn.
influenced Neo-Platonism, 300 use of mirror in, 451 fn.
Indian origins of, 451 fn.-52 fn.
Ellenborough, Lady (ca. 1807-1881), presented with “Messianic” amulet, 153
Elijah, hears “small voice” in cave of Horeb, 131
Elohim:
Aphrodite cp. to, 214
and the Archangels, 111-12, 200-02, 210
Cain a transformed, 44 fn.
on “conformation” of, 211
Cosmogonies cp. with, 197-98 fn., 202, 204
erroneously rendered “God,” 201-02, 210-11, 213
as Forces of Nature, 184, 204
Gematria &: Mystical word division, 214-15
generating Powers, 239 of Genesis, 198, 200, 201-02 Gnostic cp. to Hebrew, 212 as Heavenly time-keepers, 202 a Host of Creative powers, 215, 217, 218
Jehovah one of, 215
Kabalah on, 211-15
Kabalistic meaning of, 43, 65, 67, 197 fn., 202, 208 & fn., 210-11, 214-15, 235, 239, 302
Kronus cp. with, 202
Man is seven-fold image of, 204-05,
involved material Creation only, 212
“Mother of Formation” as, 214-15
Mythical dragon astronomically, 202-03
numerical key to, 87 fn., 200-02, 208 & fn., 214-15, 235
Occult Theogony of, 188 & fn., 202
One God behind diverse, 218 the Parentless of the S.D., 202 & fn., 204
in Phoenician mythology, 202
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plurality of, 111, 197-98 fns., 204, 210-11, 213-15, 235
preceded Heavenly Father, 204 not Purusha or Prakriti, 212
Sepher Yetzirah on, 214
as 7 inferior Planetary Angels, 210^212
seven Pitris identical with, 202, 204
seven Primordial powers, 202, 204, 210
“Sons” of, astronomical terms, 65, 201-02
symbolizes conjunction of
Abba & Aima, 213, 214
or Third Race, 302
as transgressors, 200-01, 204
Triad in relation to, 213
unites Masculine & Feminine, 211, 213-14
Word-form yields pi, 208 fn. word God substituted for, 242 & fn.
Elohists:
were Seers, 183
cp. with Jehovists, 183-84 identified Deity with Nature, 184 _
made man the divine Elohim’s image, 184
Elymas (fl. 1st C.), foe of St.
Paul, 132
Emanation(s): according to Basilides, 112 acc. to the Zohar, 189 cycle of, & numbers, 63, 186-87, 243-44
and dissolution, acc. to Seneca, 257
doctrine, 111, 184-85, 236-37, 301-02,413
of the Elohim, 237, 302 and “immanations,” 216 fn.
Kabalistic system of, 301-02
Manu on, 412
one source of all, 310
Simon as first & second, 111
ten, are Form of God, 185, 212
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (18031882), rf. 300
Empedocles (4907-430? B.C.), rf., 133
Emperors, and Kings, once healers, 253
Empuses, dreaded in N. Europe for use by demonologists, 134
Enlightenment:
degrees of recall of, 52
of a Buddha as enshrining his disciples, 390, 394 fn.
& Initiation of Buddha, 400-01 of Kasyapa at death of Buddha, 444-45
Ennemoser, Joseph (1787-1854): rf. 297
———History of Magic, on loss of recorded Mysteries, 298
Enoch (the Prophet):
stands for “Solar” year, 79 fn., 86, 93, 113 fn.
on numerology of name, 86
as “Son of Man,” personified, 86, 113 fn., 188 fn.
as Gt. grandfather of Noah, 86
three distinct Enochs in Bible, 86 fn.
provides key to Sacred Word, 89
“Wheel of,” an archaic invention, 93-94
passed on Adam’s mystery book from Seth, 175
Enoch, Book of. See Book of Enoch.
Enoi’chion, means “internal eye” or Seer, 81
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Enos:
Son of Seth, or Man, 113 fn. symbol of solar year, 113 fn. permutation of Cain & Abel, 188
Envputements, described by Eliphas Levi, 31
Ephesians:
on lords of darkness, 304 on principalities, 348 fn.
Ephesians, honored Apollonius with golden statue, 136
Epicurus (341-270 B.C.): on infidels & atheists, 50 quoted on the Gods, 50 fn.
Epictetus (fl. 1st C.): rf. 257
revered Apollonius, 136
Epiphanius (ca. 315-402):
on Simon Magus, 110 reputation for untruth, 121
--------Contra Ebionitas, on humanity of Christ, 151
--------Panarion, on 1st Christian belief concerning Jesus, 150 fn. See Biobiblio. in B.C.W. XII.
Epistles (Pauline):
symbolical & allegorical, 121, 218,304
used Gnostic term “Pleroma,” 162 fn.
show knowledge of Kabalah, 218
only condemn false Gnosis, 218-19
reflect Eclectic system, 304 on Lucifer as the “daystar,” 317 &: fn.
Epoptae. See Epopteia.
Epopteia (Gk.):
meaning of term, 123, 275
Paul one of the, 123 revelation in the Mysteries, 123,275
and Sanskrit rites cp., 123 fn.
or final apocalypse, 275
Planetary Spirits revealed in, 276
Equinox (es):
Vernal, as true Easter, 137 precession in ancient Hindu cycles, 362-65
Erasmus, D. (1465?-1536), rf.
177
Eratosthenes (ca. 276-196 B.C.), identified Virgin with Isis, 292 fn.
Eros, a primordial principle, 255 fn.
Esdras. See Ezra.
Esoteric:
allegory & symbolism, 3, 69, 444
canon & initiation, 12, 445
Catechism & biog. of Apollonius, 217
Doctrine based on truth & fact, 199, 459-61
& exoteric “blinds,” 3, 43-45, 69, 180-81, 445-46
figure & Moses, 95-96 meaning of Theophania, 48-49, 276-77
numerical systems, 97, 181, 192
Plato &, Philosophy, 15-16
Religion of the elect, 41, 46-49, 67, 443, 445
Science of Pythagoras, 35, 47 teaching on reincarnation,
56,383 __
teachings of Desatir 8c Greeks, 277
and Western Taro compared, 94
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Esotericism:
ancient, 15, 65, 442, 444 ff.
of Bible, questioned, 44-45, 146 ff., 172 ff.
Eastern & Western sources of, 15-16, 44, 182-83, 444 ff.
Hebrew, not primary, 182-83 of mystic literature, 54, 67 reasons for, 47-49, 68, 249 required by man’s iniquity, 41,46,47, 180-81
Roman Church rejects pure, 51 seven keys to, 183 of Third Race, 68 in Tibet, 425, 442
Essence, One Universal & Eternal, 185, 210
Essenes:
acquainted with Mysteries, 263 fn., 306
descendants of Egyptian hierophants, 263 fn., 294, 306
converted to Buddhistic monasticism, 263 fn.
amalgamated with earliest Christians, 263 fn.
Eternity:
Aeonic, 51
of Universal Essence, 185, 210
and mystic Cube, 187
Manvantaras issue out of, 244 every event an indelible record in, 303
fathomless nature of, 372-73
Ether:
or spiritus, 100 fn.
Jesus’ inner body of, 161
Chaldean divisions of, 165 &: fn. “Pater Aether” as Satan, 165 fn. is incorruptible, 420-21
Ethics:
all Initiates share same, 130-31, 256, 289
cultured by Mysteries, 256 Initiation requires noble, 309 & fn., 310, 380 & fn.
most sublime code of, 388
Ethiopic:
origins of Book of Enoch, 77 fn., 78
text withheld by Bodleian librarians, 79
Enoch text tampered with, 80
invasion of Egypt, 297
Eucharist, Sacrament &
Jesus, 144
Euclid (fl. 300 B.C.), Pythagoras invented 47th proposition of, 95
Eudocia, Empress (4017-460?), warranted Cyprian’s confession, 163
See Bio-Bibliography.
Eudoxus (fl. 4th C. B.C.), learned math from Egyptian priests, 254 & fn.
Eugenius IV, Pope (1383-1447), awed by De
Cusa’s learning, 378-79
Euripides (480-406 B.C.): rf„ 257, 271
--------The Madness of Herakles, q. 141
--------Orestes, rf., 315
Eurydice, lost Soul of Orpheus, 141
Eusebians, on Jesus Christ, 145
Eusebius of Dorylaeum
(?—ca. 452):
condemned Eutyches, 145
deposed at Ephesus, 145
revised Egyptian synchronistic tables, 169
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Eusebius Pamphili (ca. 264-ca. 340):
& “spurious” wks. of
Ammonius, 11 fn., 13 fn. most unscrupulous forger, 13 fn. reputation for untruth, 121 did not denounce Heb. Matthew, 150 fn.
on identity of Christians & Therapeutae, 306
--------Historia Ecclesiastica, 13 fn., 150 fn.
--------Praeparatio evangelica: on Sun as Archangel, 271 invocation of Apollo, q. 350
Eutyches (ca. 375-ca. 454): excommunicated by Flavius, 145
reinstated at Council of
Ephesus, 145 See Bio-Bibliography.
Evangelium of the Hebrews, on sex of Holy Ghost, 115
Eve: zodiacal rendering of, 155 as Vach etc., 155 fn. or Venus-Naamah, 156 as the primitive woman, 157, , 188 fn.
Sata-rupa, the Hindu, 188 the male Serpent and, 188 fn.
Evil:
Powers of, 141, 217 fn. origin of, 217 fn.
first men created no, 249
Evolution:
Plato’s allegory on, cited, 7 subjective & objective, 157 or “Cycle of Necessity,” 216, 303
Le’vi’s spheres of, cp. with Occult, 236-37
cannot be “creation,” 239 fn.
& involution are cyclic, 290, 303-04
& purification of Mankind, 303-04
law of spiritual gravity in, 303
Evolution, The (New York), Wilder q. on early Christians, 121
Exodus:
Face of Moses veiled, 69 key universal figure given to Moses, 95-96 & fn.
“Lord”, allegorical rf. to, 189 fn., 402
meaning of Moses’ altar, 273
Eye:
Eternal, found in Annunciation painting, 100 fn.
spiritual, & eternal truths, 249
Doctrine, 443 et. seq., 450-51
Ezra [or Esdras] (fl. 458 B.C.?): may have been Chaldaean
Azara, 177 restored lost Jewish books, 177, 178, 182 fn.
work finished by Judas Maccabeus, 182 fn.
“Sacred text” of, 197
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Faber, G.S. (1773-1854), Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Cabiri, on one religion as source of all, 258-59 fn.
Fabre d’Olivet, A. (1767-1825), neither Kabalist nor Occultist, 191
Faculté de Médecine, accepts hypnotism, 31
Fadeyev, Nadyezhda A., (1829-1919):
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“a lady of unimpeachable veracity,” 483
received letter from
Mahatma K.H., 483
Fa-hsiang-Tsung, Chinese School of Contemplation, 450 & fn.
Faith (s):
blind, can lead to sorcery, 30-31 blind, or reason reveals Jesus?
143-44
Wisdom-Religion source of all, 305
Buddha’s criteria for, 417
Fakir, Vatu-, one just initiated, 278
Fall, The:
of Mankind legends, 200, 204
of the 7 Watchers, 200
in The Book of Enoch, 200
literalized the astronomical allegory, 204
as angelic conversion & descent into matter, 204
Father:
and “Son” in biblical allegory, 55, 205
Esoteric meaning of, “in
heaven,” 56 fn., 205
is Boundless Time, 244
as the “Causal Soul,” 373
Fearlessness, needed for
Initiation, 310
Female divinities, listed, 46 fn.
Ferouer(s):
“Satanic” copies of de Mirville, 71 & fn. - 72
defined by Jacobi, 71 fn. - 72 fn. the Nous of the Greeks, 71 fn.
Persian Dev the antithesis, 71 fn.
Fire:
universal symbol of immortality, 100 fn., 324
use in Magic, 118-19
in Kabalistic enumeration, 215 destruction of 5th Race by, 258, 333
in Egyptian rite of Initiation, 279
is the Sun, 324, 332-33
Baptism by, 333
Five Years of Theosophy: rf. 53 fn., 181 fn., 269 fn., 280, 389, 405 fn.
on continental bridges, 279-80 def. of Nirvana in, 393 on Inner Buddhas, 394 fn.
Flame:
One Eternal Spirit as, 386 limitless, of consciousness, 387
Flammarion, Camille (1842-1925), on Jesuit revival of heliolatry, 335-36 fns.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Flavian, Saint (390-449 A.D.): excommunicated Eutyches, 145 deposed at Council of Ephesus, 145
assaulted by Bishop Diodorus, 145
Flavius, St. See Flavian, Saint.
Flood, the Great:
those who escaped, 68
not Universal, 90
Fludd, Robert (1574-1637): Mediaeval Kabalist and
Rosicrucian Alchemist, 167
Fohat:
the informing divine energy, 211 fn.
Fontenelle, Bernard (1657-1757), rf., 134
See Bio-Bibliography.
Force(s):
of Nature &: three Saktis, 64-65
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so-called “imponderable,” 226 as atomistic agents of will, 226
problem of “self-generated,” 229-30
“blind,” 231-32 and matter, 413-14 of gravitation & WILL, 414
Foucher, Abbe’ Paul (1704-?): contradicts de Mirville, 71 fn.
--------Mémoires de L ’Academie des Inscriptions, on Sabaeanism in Vulgate Bible, 324
Francis I (1494-1547), cured “King’s Evil,” 253 fn.
Franck, Adolphe (1809-1893):
--------La Kabbale:
rf. 60, 88 fn.
quoted on Talmud’s garden of delight, 309 fn.
Freemasonry. See Masonry.
Freethinkers:
conversion of, 17 and magic, 33
Freppel, Abbé Charles Emile (1827-1891):
--------Les Apologistes Chretiens au Deuxieme Siede,
on diary of Apollonius, 132 fn., 133
Fruit, diet of Chelas, 164 fn.
Fuller, Thomas (1608-1661), Gnomologia, on Religion, 41 & fn.
Fürst, Julius (1805-1873): See Bio-Bibliography.
--------A Hebrew & Chaldee Lexicon
. . .:
of Bohu (void) in various Cosmogonies, 156-57
on Kabiri, 329
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Gabalis, Comte de. See Villars.
Gabhastiman, in solar rite, 260
Gabriel, is Mercury personified, 335
Gaffarel, J. (1601-1681), on Taro & Teraphim, 93
Galatians, allegory of Abraham in, 37
Galileo (1564-1642):
& his heliocentric system, 43 & fn.
de Mirville on, 43 fn.
Gamaliel I (ca. 1st C. A.D.), on true & false doctrine, 33 See Bio-Bibliography.
Gaon, Haya (d. 1038): _ his theory of the Sephiroth, 171
named Kabalistic texts, 171
“Garden of delights”, Kabalistic interpretation, 309 fn.
“Gates of Death,” rite, in Egypt and India, 279, 288-89
Gaudapadacharya (fl. 500 B.C.), Sankhya-Bhashya, rf. 329 & fn.
Gaul:
a Keltic Thebes in, 294 & fn. downfall of the Mysteries in, 294-95
last city of Bibractis described in, 295
revolt led by Sacrovir, 295
Gautama Buddha. See Buddha.
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Gemara, on Mysteries in the Merkabah, 38
Gematria:
used in Zohar calculation, 95 & fn.
arithmetical by def., 97-98
first division of literal
Kabalah, 214
Genesis:
rf. 79, 93 fn., 180, 197 fn., 204, 238-39, 244
age of Enoch assigned by, 86
as Akamauth, or Wisdom, 46 fn.
on Angelic hosts, 216, 328
its astronomical keys, 203, 208
& fn., 244
confusion in text of, 184, 197 fn. 208, 211, 216
cosmogony related to Pyramid, 69, 208
on Creation, 146, 197-99, 201-02, 206-209 fn., 210
dual nature of personages in, 157, 187, 198-99
Enochs of, are three, 86 fn.
First 14 letters of, 207 generative potencies described in, 239, 244
Giants of, &: Nimrod, 94, 315
Great pyramid contains whole of, 208
meaning of Bereshith, 239
meaning of 1st words & verses,
67, 87, 197 fn., 203, 206-08, 210-11, 244
not originally in Hebrew, 172 numerical symbolism used in, 65 fn., 69, 172, 206-08, 211, 244
permutation of names in, 187, 188, 197 fn.
recorded on Babylonian tiles, etc., 170
on “Sons of God” in, 298
as synopsis of Pentateuch, 65
written by Moses, 172
Genethliac tables, prove age
of Egyptian Zodiac, 348
Genius, and law of rebirth, 381-82
Geo-centric system, why West clung to, 211 fn.
Geometry:
backbone of Occult, 8, 62-63
ideas, numbers and, 10 fn., 62, 99
and body, 10 fn.
in biblical symbology, 43-44
& fn., 62, 87 fn., 92
Kabalistic interpretations, 87 fn.
fundamental figure & Moses, 95-96
of Pythagoras, 99
magical power of hexagon, 102-03
Key to Universal Knowledge and Language, 181, 192
Geometry in Religion, quoted on Mosaic Law, 172 & fn.
Gill, Charles (1824 - ?) Editor:
--------Book of Enoch:
Laurence trs., 77
on plagiarisms of Enoch by early Christians, 77-79, 82
on celestial visions of Enoch, 77, 78
supernatural nature of, 77
called author of, a Semitic Mil ton, 78
superiority to O.T., 78-79 considered an antediluvian
patriarch, 79
on prophecies of human races in, 80
confesses arbitrary transposing of Enoch verses, 82
--------Evolution of Christianity, rf. 74
See Bio-Bibliography.
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Ginsburg, C.D. (1831-1914): tr. Zohar under pen-name, 184 fn.
--------The Kabbalah . . . , on death of Shimon ben Yohai, 89 fn. on Mirandola’s challenge to scholars, 169 fn.
The Essenes and, 185 fn.
--------Zohar, rf. to his essay on ‘The Cabbalah ’. . . , 185 fn.
Gnomes, guard Gobi treasures, 21
Gnosis:
still has many votaries, 27
is Mathematics of Pythagoras, 35, 46
profession of the “false,” 304, 341 & fn.
science of Higher Self, 304
St. Paul’s regard for, 340 Sc 341 fn.
on Church plagiarism of, 341 church accepts false, 341 fn.
Gnostic(s):
Aeons echoed Eastern Avataras, 372 fn.
Aeons emanated from Unknown, 162
Allegory of Jesus, 160-61
Angels as Builders, 209, 212
Anti-, Christians distort Kabalah, 168
Ebionitic, were pupils of Nazarenes, 150
Egyptian, teachings of, 112, rf. 199, 263 fn.
Elohim Sc their creation, 205, 211-12
Essenian ideas of, 262-63 fn.
not heretics, 70, 162
Holy Ghost female with, 187 fn. lao-Chnubis with 7 rays, 203 Mystery of the 7 Aeons, 112-13 origins of Atonement, 262 Sc 263 fns.
were Ozarim, or Initiates, 263 fn.
most philosophical Early Christians, 212, 304
reasons stigmatized, 70, 304
on soulless races or Gods, 205
Gnosticism:
Oriental, in Pythagoras Sc Plato, 15,46
cp. with Latin Sc Gk. Orthodox, 70
Ebionitic, 150-51
on man’s creation, 199
in Paul’s Epistles, 218-19, 304
dating of, 262-63 fn.
Essenian influences on, 262-63 fn.
opposed by Paul, 304
and the Gnosis, 304
Jesus a false Messiah acc. to, 395
Gobi Desert:
buried secrets in, 18-19, 21
Spirits in, 20-21
great treasures under, 21
cyclic revelation of its
guarded secrets, 21
God:
Abraxas as, 112
and Angelic Host, 215, 217
in Anthropomorphic religions, 242
Biblical allegories of, 57-59, 185
Clergy isolated, 250
Created in Man’s image, 146
Sc Divine Androgyne, 146, 185, 187
Elohim are not, 212
geometrizes, 62, 99, 185
Hebrew YHVH, 188
Hermetic Sc Kabalistic, 301-02, 314-15
an Immortal Entity, 54-55, 56 fn.
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of Immutable Law, 42 -“Incarnate”, not recognized, 353-54
Jesus a mortal, not, 45 known by personal merit, 51-52 & fn.
Kabalah on “Garment” of, 185
Man’s essence is, 213
and Monad compared, 49, 212
Monotheistic, oiN.T., 354 fn.
of Mysteries, 269 ff., 276
&: numbers one 8c ten, 97, 112 fn.
Over-soul, 48
personal, is Atma-Buddhi, 49 of Philosopher, 8
Plato’s definition, 9-10, 412 8c fn., 413
Presence, or Theophania, 48, 52 on propitiation by prayer of, 42
rules through intermediaries, 330
Solus, the one, 99
on temple of, 55-56 8c fn., 58
as Universal Mind, 7, 301, 413 within every heart, 48, 54-55, 56 8c fn.
of Zohar, 184-86
Goddess (es):
Pagan, called “demons” by Church, 64
“Mother,” of Light, Heat & Electricity, 64-65
Sarasvati inventress of
Sanskrit, 96
Muth, Venus 8c Isis, 155-56
Vach-Viraj, 156 fn.
Bohu as mother of Gods, 156-57
Sarasvati, 157
Seven Elohim as, 211-14
Gods:
abstract forces, not physical potencies, 242
Adepts revere, not worship, 50
angelic host in Christianity, 215-17,319-25
8c angels as Pagan precursors, 72-73, 321-23
clergy isolated, from One Cause, 250
created ancient languages, 96-97, 196 fn.
dual-sexed images of, 291 as Elohim of Genesis, 67, 184, 197-98 & fn., 201-02, 206, 208 & fn., 210, 215
Epicurus on, 8c infidels, 50 & fn.
foresee future, 300-01
and God’s “militia,” 215 humanity once lived among, 68, 196 fn., 256
are imperfect, 217
Indian, & Jewish Patriarchs, 91 fn., 202, 381
Initiates become, 141, 246, 249, 256, 300
Invocation of, 350
Jehovah only one of, 223 Jewish & Christian names for, 348 fn.
Logos cp. with, 218 & fns. as “Lords of Beings,” 380 fn. the “Mind-Bom Sons,” 380 fn. moral influence of, 345 mother of, 156, 214-15 needed still by World, 64 and numbers, 99
Pagan, as Christian prototypes, 71 fn.-72
Pagan, denounced by Church, 64, 71
Pagan, superior to Angels, 71 fn. - 72 fn.
as Planetary Spirits, 276, 314, 334,344
as Planets. 326
prayed to by Kings, 351 r,evealed in Initiation, 276 Saktis of Brahmanical, 65 on self-created, 218
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seven conscious “principles,” 50-51, 198, 209, 380
seven mansions of, 198, 202, 209, 380
sidereal proof needed, 231
Socrates on, 42, 256
subordinate to unknown Deity, 325
“Theophania” with, 48 three aspects in mythology of, 91
of Wisdom, 46 fn.
Godwin, William (1756-1836),
Lives of the Necromancers, on 1st authentic record of alchemy, 298
Golden Age:
had a common faith, 305
not yet arrived, 355
or Satya-Yuga, 357
See also Ages; Yugas.
Gomes, Michael:
Coulomb Case, The, rf. 473
Fragments, edited from
H.P.B.’s “Mystical
History”, 476-96
Gon-pa, Lamasery with Tsong-
Kha-Pa’s records, 427
Gospel(s):
Oriental elements are in, 16
parallel passages from Enoch compared to, 77-82
made up legend, 109
N.T. cp. with Apocryphal, 109
Kabalistical reading of, 151-59
Synoptical, characters, 353
Gospel According to the Hebrews: for 400 yrs. the true Gospel
of Matthew, 150
Jerome knew not heretical, 150, 159
approved in a synod, 150
Justin Martyr used only, 150 fn. reveals Jesus in true light, 159
Gougenot des Mousseaux, H.R. (1805-1878):
--------La Magie au XIXme Siecle, Abbe Hue q. on lunar image in
Tibetan temple, 331
--------Les Mediateurs ... on
Mercury, 148
Grace, and “miracles” only Magic, 116
Graetz, Heinrich (1817-1891), rf., 138
Graha-Raja (King of the Constellations), in initiatory rite, 260
Gravitation:
on presumably Universal law of, 228-232
science says infallible, 228-29 a self-generated Blind law, 229,231
no cosmic intervention allowed by Science, 229-30
Greek (s):
ancient, canon of proportion, 14
the mysterious Yavanas, 21
Pagan Mysteries traced, 36, 46-48
Ferouer is Nous of, 71 fn.
version of Matthew false, 149-50
Philosophers & Desatir, 277
numerical system, 360
Greek Orthodox Church:
cp. to Latin, 70
purer than Roman, 70
transformed idea of Aeons, 162 changed “Pleroma” of Gnostics, to Heavenly Host, 162
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Gregory Nazianzen, Saint (325 ?
- 389?), letter to St. Jerome quoted on clergy manipulation, 160
Group(s):
seven, of Souls, 349
-life, full of endless bliss, 432
Guardian Angel. See under Angel(s) or Watcher(s).
Guinness, H. Grattan (1835-1910):
-------Approaching End of the
Age:
professes to solve Bible chronology, 199
on Bible as divine revelation, 199-200
Mr. Massey’s arguments against theories of, q. 200
-------Light for the Last Days, 200 fn.
Gupta-Vidya:
found in early Kabalah, 167 Mediaeval Christology masked, Occult Records of the, 172
Guru(s):
few Chelas see their, 278
dares all & keeps silent, 278
and the Pi tris, 278
Nirvana mystery conveyed by, 374
ultimate source of truth, 376
Gyatsho, Tenzin (XIVth Dalai Lama) (1935- ):
--------Opening of the Wisdom Eye, rf. 442 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography under Tenzin.
Gymnosophists:
ascetics of ancient India, 22
founders of magic? 22
Gyut. See Kiu-te.
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Hades:
symbolism, 148, 284
or Kama-Ioka, 209
or Sheol, 284
Hadrian, Emperor (76-138 A.D.):
Antium library of, rf. 135, 307 used Mantras to heal, 253 astrology used by, 351 See Bio-Bibliography.
Hai Gaon (Hai ben Sherira), (939-1038): _
perfected theory of Sephiroth, 171
See Bio-Bibliography.
Hair:
Samson’s, 261
7 locks Sc 7 sins, 261 & fn.
Hakamim, lower class of Magicians, 350
Hall of Spirits, 289
Halleluiah, used for conjuration, 77
Haller, Albrecht Von (1708-1777), Uber den Ursprung des Ubels, on glorious Spirits in stars, 232 & fn.
Hardy, Spence (d. 1868), A Manual of Buddhism, rf. 437 & fn.
Hari, the Preserver, 186
Hari-ashvas:
5,000 sons begotten to people earth, 286
Initiates as incarnations of the, 286
Hartmann, Franz (1838-1912), trs.
Magicon, 62 fn.
Hartmann, K. von (1842-1906), rf. 413
Hatha-Yoga, degeneration of Aryasangas into, 434
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Haug, M. (1827-1876), rf. to Aitareya Brahmanam, II, 22 fn.
Haya Gaon. See Hai Gaon.
Hay ah:
and Hayah, 188 as passive existence, 189 Hayah, not, as Prana, 189 resembles Jivatman, 189
Healers:
all Initiates are, 252-53 some kings were, 253 & fn.
Heart Doctrine, of Buddhism: 419 & fn.
or Heart’s Seal, 443 difference between “Eye” and, 443 ff.
Heat, one of “Three Mothers,” 64-65
Heathen Pantheon, as seen by Church, 73
Heaven(s): linguistic sources for term, 90
in Gnostic hierarchy, 112 “War in,” 201, 403 Kabalistic, is double, 206 great army of, 215, 403 “Hosts” of, 286 “western” paradise of Lohans, 448 & fn.
Heber & Gheber, the “Giants” of Genesis, rf. 314-15
Hebrew: antiquity of, alphabet denied,
Bible exists no more, 193
cp. to Sanskrit, 96, 180, 196 & fn. 206
derived from Palmyrene, 172 an “emanation,” 102 of Genesis, 206-07
holds hidden meanings, 102, 155-57, 206-07
172-73, 179-80, 183 & fn., 196 fn.
“Letters of the Angels,” 97, 102, 196 fn.
Matthew changed by Jerome, 129 fn., 149 fn., 150
a monosyllabic language, 196 fn.
names in Magic, 118
not language of God, 195
Scriptures have 2 schools, 183 scource of measures, 158-59, 195 & fn.
symbolic & numerical letters, 207-08, 244
Hebrew Scriptures. See Jewish Scriptures.
Hebron, Mysteries of the
Kabiri, 314, 315
Helen of Troy, glorified by legendary Simon Magus, 110
Heliocentric system:
Galileo vs. church on, 43
& fn.
Pythagoras taught, secretly, 47, 332
Jewish candelabrum represented, 320,323
taught ages before Copernicus, 323
Heliodorus (fl. 400 A.D.), Jerome addresses, 149
Heliolatry:
as Sabaeanism, 316, 318, 319 strong element in Roman
Church, 319
Universal, not star worship, 334
Jesuits and, 335-36 & fns., 343
Heliopolis (City of the Sun):
Plato worshipped at Shrine of, 254
Egyptian name of, 257 & fn.
Helios, meaning “Most High,” 271
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Hell, as Kingdom of Temptation, 141
Heracles. See Hercules.
Heraclius, Emperor (575?-641), rf„ 331
Hercules:
Baladeva of the race of
Heri, 246 q., 248
Diodorus on legend of, 246
Egyptian worship of, 246, 247
Euripides on, 141 incarnations of, 247-48 Indian origin of, 246, 248 as Krishna’s brother, 247
Purânic allegory of, 247-48 as “Soter” or Initiate, 141 twelve labors of, 140
Hermaphrodite : mystery of, 83 self-sacrifice of Divine, 290-91
Hermes-Trismegistus : rf„ 331 on four worlds of, 46 cosmogony of, 86, 198, 301, 332-33
or Thoth as Moses (numerically), 93
and school of Ammonius, 131 on decline of Egyptian
mysteries, 294
on thread of destiny, 320 on agents of Sun, 332-33
Hermes-Trismegistus, Books of:
Ammonius accepted, 301 ancient works, 95-96 fn.
Astrolatry of Khaldi, 344 brought wisdom from India, 131,301
cosmogony veiled in, 86, 95-96, 198, 223
divine Theogony of, 347 doctrine of, 301 on the formless, 86-87
Holy Ghost in, 115 number ten in, 97 oldest numerology in, 97
Pantheistic axiom in, 97
Planetary rulers acc. to, 314 prehistoric revelation in, 65, 223
saying on Ptah, 65 fn.
Three Mothers symbolism in, 64-65
world of infinite sphere, 379
--------Minerva Mundi, on Solar Logos, 223
--------Poimandres, on heavenly divisions, 198
--------Tabula Smaragdina and
Tractatus . . . metallorum, rf., 95 fn.-96 fns.
Hermetic (al):
alphabet & numerals, 95, 96 ff.
Axiom, 97, 337 doctrines, 86-89 meaning of “Tres Matres,” 64-65
Philosophy in Apollonius’ biography, 127, 300-01
Philosophy on 7th Key, 103 teachings considered speculative, 232 fn.
“thread of destiny,” 320 works dangerous to unfit, 60
Herod, King (ca. 73-4 B.C.), as evil power, 141
Herodotus (484-425 B.C.): on pyramids, 24 fn.
never mentions Jews or Solomon, 177-78 fns.
on Hercules’ non-Greek origin, 246
says Orpheus brought Mysteries from India, 270, 293
on antiquity of the Mysteries, 274, 293, 451-52 fn.
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Herschel, Sir John (1792-1871), On the Study of Natural
Philosophy, q. Newton on unstable world, 230
Herschel, Sir Wm. (1738-1822): on so-called fixed stars, 228 fn. telescopic relativity shown
by, 228 fn.
Hexagon:
as seventh key, 102 magical power of, 102-03 symbol of creation or generation, 103
seal of Solomon, etc., 103 universally revered symbol, 103 Absolute key in Magic, 103
Hierarchies:
divine 7, in man, 50, 112, 391
celestial, in Vedas, 92
numerical values, 92 fn., 112 fn.
Basilides on evolution of, 112 not two heavenly, 327 linked to man, 394-95
Hieroglyphics:
rf., 125, 151-53, 207 & fn., 254 & fn.
and primitive philosophy, 254-55
Hieronymus, St. See Jerome.
Hierophant(s):
as Astrologers, 344-45
became wanderers, 294, 306, 307
on becoming a, 275-76, 326 fn.
a conqueror of Death, 286, 288-89
on decline of, 296-98
disappearance of, once WORD passed on, 263
Egyptian, 22, 32, 47, 63, 83, 84, 262, 288, 296-98, 326 & fn., 344
and Esoteric canon, 12, 46-47, 148
feigned murder of, 263-64 function in Initiation rite, 261-62
guided soul to nether kingdoms, 262
“Head” of the, 84, 332
“Heart’s blood” given to neophyte, 262, 264
hidden Divine, 332
highest Egyptian, 288, 326, 332
historical, are martyrs, 84-85, 261, 263
kept watch over neophyte, 262
knew all Sciences, 8
many, still in pre-Christian era, 148, 296-97
Mexican Priest-, 24
passes on Occult Powers, 175 fn.
policy of secrecy, 47 ff., 263, 297-98
as Solar potencies, 264, 332
Victim or “Lord of the Sheep,” 83-84
Higgins, Godfrey (1773-1833), The Celtic Druids, rf. to
Stonehenge as an orrery, 358-59
Higher Self:
communion with, 48, 51-52, 111
but a refracted Beam, 50, 111
and the Gods, 50
reached by personal merit, 52 purity needed to recall fully, 52
is “God” or divine prototype, 52 fn., Ill, 260
and doctrine of Emanation, 111
of an Adept, 386-87
Hilkiah:
helped rewrite Mosaic Books, 178
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rediscovered Bks. of Moses, 350
Himalaya(n):
origin of Book of Enoch, 90
locale of Eden, 90, 422 fn. - 23 fn.
Himmel (heaven) derived from, 90 fn.
on great Teachers of the, 423 & fn.
Asramas scattered over Trans-, or Cis-, slopes, 423
Bhante (or Brothers), 423 & fn.
Hinayana:
“Little Vehicle” of Buddhism, 434
exoteric views of Buddhaship, 435
Hindu(s):
astronomy, 332, 358-59, 361-68 and biblical analogy, 188 ancient magic & learning preserved
by, 22
chronology, & Yugas, 358-68 divided earth into 7 zones, 359 knew Zodiacal cycle, 366 medical knowledge unsurpassed, 22
meditation practice, 241
music & Sanskrit Ollas, 196 pantheons revealed, 91, 92 fn. revere “Waters of Life” in sacred streams, 242
secret cycles, 353-54, 356-57, 358 ff.
so-called “idolatrous,” 142
Trinity & divine hypostases of Egyptians & Greeks, 185 & 186
Hippolytus, Saint, (d. 240?):
rf. 120
Ms. brands Simon as priest of Satan, 116
Papists call, an “unknown heretic,” 117
--------Philosophumena:
on Simon Magus, 116, 118, 119
B.C.W. XII, rf. on, 118 fn.
Hiram Abiff:
rf., 192
architect &: founder of metals, 265
astronomical rite only? 268
companions typify last months of year, 264
cp. to hierophant of the
Saptarshi, 268
cp. with Osiris, 264, 265, 279
hero of Masonry, 264, 279
Indian “Loka-chakshu,” 279
Jesuits replace, with their
own rituals, 265
rite of, described, 279
Roman Church never received
true mystery of, 268
a Sun-God, 264-65
used secretly to this day, 268
Hiranyagarbha, Creator in manifested
triad, 186
History, legend is true, 466
Hiuen-Tsang (596-664):
on magic in Udyana, 19 & fn.
pious courage of, 19
biog. rf. to, 19 fn.
vision of Buddha’s shadow, 20
--------Maha-Prajfia-Paramita, tr.445
--------Si-yu-ki, on prayer &
visions, 20
See Bio-Bibliography.
Hlun-Chub, highest degree of seership, 406 & fn.
Hokmah:
one of first three Sephiroth, 189-90, 213-14, 216 fn.
or Wisdom, 190, 213
an active potency, 190
emanated the passive Intelligence, 190
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Kether, and Binah emanted the 7 Sephiroth, 190, 216 fn.
Holy Ghost:
Kabalistic teaching on, 61
Simon accused of blasphemy against, 115
on female sex of, 115, 187 fn., 213-14
Paraclete applied to, 163 fn.
said to dictate N.T. in Gk., 179 scribes “aided” by, 194 Christian idea of the, 213, 214
Holy Spirit:
rendered as dove, 159 fn.
John as, 159 & fn.
permits “adaptation” of Scripture, 194
Holy Trinity:
Church Councils wrought dogma of, 145
echoed Avataric doctrine, 145, 186, 189 & fn.
murders over dogmas of, 145 forms a unity in Kabalistic, 213 _ _
Kether, Hokmah & Binah, q. 213, 216 fn.
Homer (fl. 1000 B.C.):
rf., 271
Plato on, 8
on language of Gods & men, 196
Hopahme. See Od-pag-med.
Hopkins, Jeffrey, rf. to Meditation on Emptiness, 439 fn.
Home, Thomas H. (1780-1862), An Introduction to the . . .
Holy Scriptures, quoted by Kenealy on O.T. compilers, 194, 195
See Bio-Bibliography.
Homer, LB. (n.d.), tr.,
Milinda’s Questions, 374 fn.
Homs:
the free Mason, 265
Initiate of terrestrial lodge, 265
Hosea, Kabalistic “prediction” of, 501-02
Host(s):
Angelic, 215-16, 322, 328, 335-36
Mikael is Chief of the, 338
Hue, Abbé E.R. (1813-1860), quoted on lunar landscape in Tibetan lamasery, 331 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Hui Neng (638-713), rf. to his
Platform Sutra, 392 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Humanity :
abuse sacred truth, 61
Adepts renounce Nirvana to help, 53-54
after 7th Round & 7th Race, 58
cross typifies kosmic origin of, 140
dogma & authority, curse of, 117
Egos of, 8c incarnations, 49, 302-03
evolutionary task of, 303, 379
1st races of, semi-Divine,
2, 40, 68, 249, 289-90 gross minds of present, 290 Initiates sent to save, 139, 287
intellect of, at expense of wisdom, 333
not ready for truth, 46, 64 now Sons of Evil, not God, 287
once had universal language, 180-81
pure spirits once, 68, 287, 289
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reflections of 7 Hierarchies in, 50, 379
reform of, 251
Rig-Veda Bible of, 240
Selfishness of, 41 7 prototypes of, 51, still must cling to its Gods, 64
Third Root-Race, acc. to Enoch, 80
unfit to use Esoteric scriptures, 45
Hutchinson, Anne (1591-1643), Holy Ghost wrote in
Greek according to, 179
Hypatia (? - 415):
teacher of Bishop Synesius, 312 a Neo-Platonist, 312
Christian mob murdered, 312
Hypnotism:
lesser branch of magic, 22-23, 29
genuine sorcery, 29
combined with Black Magic by priests, 30-31
Dr. Charcot 8c French experiments in, 31
large scale, of Simon Magus, 118 & fn.
Hyponoia (iwÖPOta), 50
Hypostasis, ancient theory of triple, 185-86, 224
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laldabaoth:
the Jewish Jehovah, 160, 161, 205 fn.
chief of lower terrestrial
Angels, 160, 205
hides Divine light, 160, 198 fn.
in Gnostic Allegory, 161, 202, 205
lamblichus (255? - 333):
rf„ 46, 139, 348
on Sun as divine Wisdom, 271, 324
venerated the Mysteries, 274, 331
introduced Eclectics to Theurgy, 300
a Thaumaturgist, 304
on celestial gods & spirits, 322
dual system of Archontes, 322
--------De Mysteriis, on Katharsis
of the Mystic rites, 275
--------Life of Pythagoras, on powers of, 274 8c fn.
lao:
identified with Jupiter, Jehovah
& Sun, 272
Phoenician’s idea of God, 272 fn.
Mystery-name given highest neophytes, 289
the One Supreme Being, 310
or Samaritan labe, 310
lao-Chnubis:
Gnostic god of number seven, 203
wears seven rays, 203
larchas, King, oracle of
Amphiaraus, 127, 128
Idea(s):
geometry, numbers and,
10 fn., 62
in “Mathematics of Truth,”
62
creative, in mystic Cube, 187
Triune, 8c Positive Duad, 213
proceed from Space, 243
Idolatry:
false charges of, 50
worship of Divine Essence
not, 50
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IE, of Jah, conceptive power of 1st divine Emanation, 301
Ignorance, fostered by Jesuits, 341
Illusion:
a primitive Substance beyond, 419
Buddhist ascetic conquers, 419 See also Maya, 419 & fn.
Illusionists, 182
Immaculate:
origin of all adepts, 139-40
purification rites, 275-78, 288
Immortality:
realized during Initiation, 276-77, 279, 288-89
Incarnation(s):
divine, or Avataras, 373 a special illusion, 373-74 uninterrupted, of high
Adept, 377
See also Avataras.
India(n):
Adepts or Mahatmas, 447 fn., 449
ancient land of Aryas, 21
ascetic life compared to
Egyptian, 22
gods of, & Jewish Patriarchs, 91 fn., 92-93
Hebrew use of numbers came from, 245
Hercules is of, origin, 246-48
Holy Trinity idea from, 18586
Initiates & adepts, 444 ff.
obscurity of its Occult
Science, 22, 444, 447 fn.
Mathematics born in, 360
once focus of Divine Wisdom, 310
Pantheon dramatized in her religious Mysteries, 260-62
Prakriti & Purusha of, Philosophy, 211-12 “Primordial Circle” &: temples of, 208 fn.
sages and reformers, 46, 449 secret cycles, 353, 354, 35657, 358 ff.
source of Arts &: Sciences, 21
System needs occult key, 444
Infinite:
a paradox in Christianity, 51 cycle of Emanations and, 63, 185-87
Unity is Ain-Soph, 186
Initiate(s):
ancient books written for, 127
Astrologers were, 344
Atlantean iniquities resisted by, 251
Atlanteans first, 16, 250-52 “Atonement,” known to, 263 fn.
Brahmátmá, chief of Hindu, 152,430
Buddhist &: Hindu, 277, 285, 429-31
causes “remains” to stay in world, 377
classical writers on, 251-52, 274-78
commit nothing to writing, 33-34,
degrees & trials of, 140-41, 249, 251-53, 261-62, 277-79 dialogue of ancient, 74 fn.-
75 fn., 288
Egyptian, 24, 252, 253, 263 fn., 279, 284, 344
in Era of Jesus, 148, 253
few see living, 278
first Hierophants of Humanity, 81 & fn., 251-53, 269-70
full, beyond Brahmanical laws, 122,430
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full, can recall divine state, 52 Gautama as a King-, 253, 374 are Glorified “Gods,” or Angels, 141, 147-48, 246, 249, 253, 256, 276-78, 384 fn.
Gnostic, Ozarim, 263 fn.
Guardians & Protectors, 63, 81, 139, 251, 278
Guru transfers Wisdom to, 161, 175 fn., 275-77, 376,430
as healers & Naturopaths, 252-53
Heirlooms in stone observatories, 359
hold key to Universal Symbology, 23, 46, 101, 139, 344,430
Inner Deity is Initiator, 54, 288
of Interior Mysteries, few, 114, 253, 277
Jesus, Buddha, Apollonius & Krishna, of same school, 139, 253
Jesus a Nazar, 123
Job an Arabian, 26
as Kings, 253
known as “Perfect,”
56 fn., 81, 251
Masonry originated by, 250-51
Mexicans had, 24, 280
mystery of “Sun-”, 88, 139-40, 142, 148, 223, 260, 264-65, 281, 284
numbers yield secrets to, 62-63, 95-97
only, safely use Esoteric scriptures, 45, 101, 149, 250, 309 fn., 429-30
original, were among men, 246, 249, 250-51
penalized for revelations, 85 & fn., 309 fn., 430
persecutions of, 278, 429-31 Plato on god-like nature of, 256, 276
prefer their incognito, 28, 33, 278, 429-30
preliminary trial of neophytes, 288-89
Priestcraft and, 250-53 purity & chastity of, 289, 309 fn.
pyramids and, 24, 280, 288-89 raising of dead criteria for, 253, 279
real, cannot be crushed, 267-68, 278
rebirth of genuine, 3 73 & fn., 374-76,400
receiving the “Word,” 271 fn., 289,430
responsibility of, 252-53 revive comatose, 253 sacrifices physical to Spiritual
Self, 142, 277
St. Paul an, 122
secrecy of, 33, 39, 41, 46, 149, 250-51, 268, 270, 309 fn., 359, 429-30
as “Son of Man,” 81, 287 soul-power tested, 32, 140-42, 251, 275-76, 278, 288
Tau laid on breast of, 151 thanksgiving prayer of, 148 Theophany of, 276 transmitted their knowledge to kings, 252-53
try to save Humanity, 139, 246,251, 262,468
two types of Gurus in India, 278
universal language among, 101,127
unknown communities of, 28 268, 278
Initiation(s):
Alchemy imparted at, 299
Archaic records of, 358 Astrqlogy given in, 345 astronomical foundation
of, 141, 142, 148, 151 & fn., 264, 332
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awful sanctity of its rites, 275, 279, 289
Buddhists & Hindus practice ancient, rites, 277
crypts in Mexico, India & central Asia, 24, 262 danger before supreme, 34,
309 & fa., 310
degrees of Egyptian, 288-89
Egyptian & Indian Mysteries of, 254, 260-65, 279
and Esoteric canon, 12, 45, 168, 246, 249
ethics worldwide, 256
failure in, 255-56, 262, 309
& fn.
“Gate of Death,” rite, 279, 288-89, 290
Gnostic Allegory of Jesus’, 160-61
Herculean labors 8c zodiacal signs, 140
Hierophant may die in, 260, 261, 262-65
Jesus used words of Pagan, 147-48
Karma of illegal revealer, 34 fn., 39-40, 309 & fn.
Keynote of greatest Mystery of, 142, 255
lodges of Central & South America, 280
and “lyre of Apollo,” 269, 271 fn.
Masonic rites of, 168, 250-51, 264-65
Mithraic, adopted in Church rites, 319 fn. - 320 fn.
and Mystic birth, 139-40, 141, 148, 271 fn.
Mystic Tau in, 152
Neo-Platonic, 310
not needed for ecstacy, 54
oldest ritual of, 74 & fn. -
75 fn., 277
outline of, rite, 261-62
outwardly a school, inwardly
Religion, 255
pledge and oaths of, 165-66 purification rites before, 275-76, 279, 288
in pyramids, 24 & fn., 262, 280
rapid Path to, 439
revelation 8c Theophania, 48, 274-76
rites of, same everywhere, 141, 148-49, 262, 274-75, 277, 279
Sabazius 8c Eleusis, 114
Science of Science, 255 secrecy imposed in, 308-09 fn.
secret observatories 8c Halls of, 332
self-sacrifice in, as Spiritual death, 290
Seven Planets and, 88, 142
Sevenfold, taught by Orpheus, 269
shedding of Wisdom, 264 stone tablets used in, 126, 246, 252
“Sun” of, 221, 260-65 symbolic carving of Egyptian, 148
towers of, 281-82
trials of, 253, 260, 261-65, 274-76, 288-89
“Twelve Tortures,” of, 288-89, 319 fn.
veiled in Dark Ages, 45, 165-66, 168
why, originated, 249, 276
Initiator(s):
Book of Enoch on, 39, 84
Celestial, 54, 75 fn., 81, 83-84, 140
Chaldean of St. Cyprianus, 166
Emperor Commodus as, killed postulant, 279
the First, and sacred prophecy, 39
Hierophant is the Supreme,
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84, 166 & fn., 260, 261, 262-65
is Inner Deity, 54
may die, but is not killed, 263-64, 290
Vis'vakarman & Vikartana as, 260-61, 264
Inquisition:
Holy, abolished by Napoleon, 104
IN RI:
translation of, 158
Square of, biblically, 158
and four elements, 158
astronomical relations of, 158
monograph of Jesus Chrestos on cross, 158
as pyramid-base numbers, 158
Intellect, has paralysed spiritual perception, 333
Invisibility, achieved by mesmerism, 134
Invocation:
used to free astral spirit, 131
of gods, 350
Involution:
cyclic law of, 290, 303
on ascending arc of spirituality, 303-04
Ireland (Irene):
round towers of, 222, 281
sacred fires of Druids in, 258
Irenaeus (130? - 202?):
rf. 202, [Biog. in B.C.W., XII] reputation for untruth, 121 cunning use of name ‘Peter,’ 124 on Eve as “primitive woman,”
157
--------Contra Haereses:
(or Adversus Haereses)
on Simon Magus, 110
on the Ebionites, 150 fn.
on Gnostic creation, 199
on Ogdoad of Moses, etc., q„ 199
Iron Age. See Ages; Yugas.
Isaiah:
rf., 314 fn., 338 fn., 402
on Lucifer, 315
Isis:
Egyptian goddess of the earth, 155, 243, 265, 292 dual nature of, 155-56
Homs of, 156 fn.
“Lodge” in Masonry, 265
Rose as symbol of, 292
Islam:
prophet of, as viewed by Christians, 108
huge serpent lived in temple of, 164 fn.
tradition of Adam & Angel, 175
Isocrates (436-338 B.C.), rf., 257
Israelites. See Jews.
Issa, boy lessus or Christ in Greek, 292 fn.
Isvara, the “Lord” of Hindus, 373
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Jacob(’s):
12 sons cp. to Brahmanical Rishis, 22 fn.
pillow of, 158
Jacob, Major G.A. (Translator), Vedanta-sara, rf.
410 fn.; q., 437
A Manual of Hindu Pantheism, view of spiritual goal, 410
Jaina, cross or Svastika, 207
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James (Apostle):
hated Paul, 123
in transfiguration scene, 159 '
Jam-yang-shay-ba (1648-1721),
Great Exposition of the Tenets, rf. 439 & fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Jana-Loka, State of Sanat- Kumara, 383
Jang-Chhub (Tib.), are living Bodhisattvas, 423 fn.
Japan’s, secret subterranean temple devices, 331 fn.
Jehovah:
Adam-Kadmon, Cain, Able, Seth, as, 43-44 fn.
and Arelim, 189, 190
in astronomical interpretation, 158, 316, 323
also Bacchus, 272, 273
Biblical, not the Divine
Power, 197, 208, 218
-Binah, 188 fn., 189, 190
Brahma of Jews, 190 & fn.
compound name as bi-sexual humanity, 187, 189
confused Christian Celestial Hierarchy, 215, 218, 323
as Dionysos, 273 & fn.
dual role as Metatron, 402
Egyptian God Neith cp. to, 218
Elohim synthesized in, 335
“fathered” Third Race, 188
in Gnostic allegory on
Jesus, 160-61
God, not highest, 190, 215, 272
“Heavenly Man,” 218, 283
Hebrew Yod, 99
Highest Lord of Israel, 217-18, 272
lao of the Phoenicians, 272
and Jehovites, 42, 184
of Jews is laldabaoth, 160-61 Kabalistic Binah, 218 fn.
Kabalistic interpretations of, 43-44 fn., 87 fn., 158, 184-85, 187
Kabiri and, 272, 317
and Moses, 208
name veils the unpronounceable, 42, 43-44
numerical key to, 87 fn., 112-113 fns., 158
one of Demiurgi, 223
one of the Elohim, 215, 335 “One God,” 337-38
a personal deity, 188, 190, 283 phallic symbol, 184
a Planetary Spirit, 272, 316
is Saturn, 113, 316, 326
shuts out Divine Light, 160-61
is the Sun, 324
Third Sephiroth, 168, 189 & fn. - 90, 218 fn.
is Viraj manifested, 218 fn.
Jehovists:
were nominal prophets, 183 altered Mosaic texts, 183 fn. as Exotericists, 183 anthropomorphized Jehovah, 184,185
view of man, 184
David originated, 316
Jellinek, Adolf (1821-1893), rf. 171
Jennings, Rev. D. (16911762), Jewish Antiquities, rf. 183 fn.
Jennings, Hargrave (1817?- 1890): ‘
best authority on Rosicru- cianism, 291
--------Phallicism . .
on mysticism as soul of religion, 120-21
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on modern science as superstition, 121
on Rose & Cross, 291-92
Jeremiah, rf. on threat to Israel in, 173
Jerome, Saint (ca. 340-420 A.D.): rf., 323 called Mt. gospel heretical, 129 fn.
on candlestick symbol, 330 a fanatic, 13 fn.
feared Gospel would destroy Church, 150
on Keys to scripture, 102 knew Hebrew Matthew was not heretical, 150
perverted Biblical texts, 129 fn., 149-50, 159-60 St. Gregory Nazianzen’s letter to, q. 160
on St. John vs. Apollonius, 129 & fn.
on works attributed to Ammonius, 11 fn., 13 fn.
--------Commentary to Matthew, on genuine Hebrew, 149
--------De Ciris illustribus liber: on author of true Matthew, 129 fn.
Nazarenes permitted tr. of Matthew, 149
--------Dialogi contra Pelagianos, on Chaldaic origin of Matthew, 149 fn.
--------Ep ad Paulinam, on learning of Apollonius, 136
-------Opera Omnia, admits Hebrew Matthew is Esoteric, 149
Jesuit(s): astrolatry perverted Gnosis, 341 Black Magic used by, 342 casuistry used against
Pagans, 72-73
condemns Occultism, 342 crimes of, 342-43
heliolatry of, 335-36 & fns.
infiltrated Masonry, 265-66
Knights Templars predecessors of, 341
Military Ecclesiastics, 341 & fn.
organized pseudo-Rosicrucian societies, 266
parasite on Roman Church, 341
plottings of, 265-67
seek Universal dominion, 341
stigmatized Apollonius, 132
Jesus:
Aderenosa as virgin mother, 292 fn.
Ammonius on mission of, 307
Apostles spurned reappearance of, 385
Apostles urged to preserve silence, 34, 35, 162,308
Bardesanian view of, 395
no biography of, 155, 388
a Buddhist can honor, 108, 395
came to fulfill the law, 122
Christ an Aeon who Incarnated in, 372 fn.
Church veiled, truths, 257 conflicts in Roman Church over, 144-46
crucified daily by disciples, 59,385
crucified during eclipse of Sun,137
descent into kingdom of Satan, 142
dictate on prayer, 307 fn.
disciples of, and Paul, 121
Eucharist and, 134 evidence of, adeptship, 146-48, 154
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in eyes of Occultist, 154, 159, 160, 283, 384, 388, 394, 396
followers mangled truths of, 396
Gnostic allegory of, 160-61
Gt. master, on “perfection,” 56 fn.
Hebrew name means Sun, 138 or lessus, 292 fn.
ignored Jehovah, 207 fn.
incarnation of Devadatta, 396 fn.
initiate of Egyptian Mysteries, 283-84
inspired by Mercury, 395
John’s failure to recognize, 384
John gives clue to birth of, 137
knowledge of, Aetheric body, 161
learned mission after baptism, 160
“Man of Sorrows,” 34, 146, 385 meekness & charity personified, 174
monogram of INRI, 158-59 narrative based on Zodiac, 155, 335-36 fn.
Nazar Initiate, 123, 148, 149, 154, 160, 162
not unique, 143-44, 159
Occultists defend the man, 74, 108, 143, 154, 160
only a man, 150 & fn., 160, 388, 396 fn.
opposed public worship, 207 fn., 307 fn.
Paul knew teachings of, best, 122
Paul not, founder of Christianity, 121-22 personification of, suffering, 138, 159, 161
predecessor of Apollonius, 130, 137-38
presented as a God, 45, 107-08, 143, 144, 162
promise of miracles, 396
Reason not Faith reveals, 14344
regarded as Prophet by Moslems, 108
rendering parables of, 33, 34, 74, 76, 108, 160
represented by Fish, 153-54, 159
resurrection on Vernal Equinox, 137
revelation concerning, last words, 146-48, 159
Roman Church not sucessor to, 124-26
sectarians oppose, 395
similarity with Gautama, 395-96 Skinner on, as Astronomical figure, 138, 155-56, 158 & fn., 158-59
some repelled by theological, 59, 143
“Son of God,” 160
Son of his deeds, not God, 143-44, 396 fn.
Sophia-Christos entered, 160
spirit of Buddha in, 396 fn.
Spiritual giant, 381
Talmud claims, was lapidated, 153 fn.
taught Apostles after resurrection, 161
taught Rebirth, 57-59
taught a Secret Doctrine, 149, 162, 308
teachings found in Enoch, 74, 77-79
Theosophy respects, 143, 160 transfiguration scene, 159 true Christos of Initiation,
83, 122, 147, 148, 160
Jethro, Midian priest, 175 fn.
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Jews:
Ain-Soph copies Parabrahman, 184-85
ancient Mystery language and, 169
Astrolatry of, 272, 326
“Black”, have their own scriptures, 174
borrowed revelation of older nations, 205, 323, 359
deified organs of generation, 62
have distorted echo of Kabalah, 174
Divine Spirit of, 157 fn.
early phonetic languages of, 176
given anthropomorphic God, 69
God of, not Supreme God, 112, 113, 190, 272
laldabaoth was Jehovah of, 160-61
India & cosmogony of, 87, 188-89, 323
Kabalistic oral tradition dated, 170
Karaim, of Crimea, 174
Learned Adepts of, 181, 195
Merkabah of, 47
Monotheism of, 170, 207 fn.
Mosaic, as Sabaeans, 323 most phallic religion of, 205 mutilated Moses’ teachings, 174
national history of, 176 national Karma of, 193 fn. no twelve tribes of, 178 fn.
not the “Elect” Root of
Enoch, 82
numbers from India, 245, 359, 360-61
origin of Abraham, 90-92,
93 fn., 176
preserved most phallic God, 207 fn.
rely on dead language, 172 sacred numerations of, 359, 360
Samson an Initiate of, 272 fn. selfish prayers of, 42 symbolic records of, 170 symbolism of encampment, 158
Teraphim & Taro, 93 theory of angels from Persia, 323
“Three Mothers” & Saktis, 65
Unspiritual people, 157 fn.
Jewish Scriptures:
Astronomical keys in, 65-66
Bible exists no more, 193-94 compared with Gospels, 16, 74, 77-79
copied from Egyptian & Chaldaean, 170, 172
creative auxiliary in, 46 fn.
& 47
on death of Jesus, 153 fn.
degraded Wisdom Religion, 176-77, 195, 205
enigmas due to Moses, 69, 17274, 183 fn.
Keys to, 102, 157-59, 176, 183, 195
Mysteries of, 36, 69, 87-89, 170, 172-74
not archaic Esoteric System, 195
Rabbi Wise on, 39
restored by Ezra, 178, 194
revelation in, 205
rewritten, 178, 193-94, 195
Samaritans repudiated canonical, 174
tampered with, 177, 193-94 two schools of, 183 written Kabalistic lore of, dated, 170
Zohar not merely Jewish wisdom, 93, 169-70
Jimenez, Cardinal (1436-1517), burned thousands of Arabic
Ms., 313
Jinarajadasa, C. (1875-1953):
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rf. XV, xxviii
on WMS., 457 fn., 462 fn., 470
on H.P.B.’s link with
Masters, 474
Jiva:
and Vijfianamaya Kosa, 49
or Prana & its vehicle, 209 fn.
Jivanmukta(s):
state, 52 & fn., 122, 374, 376, 387, 439 fn.
cp. to Avatara, 374
obtains Nirvana by own merits, 374
consciousness when in Nirmana- Kaya state, 387
the “Perfect Ones,” 409 fn., 439 fn.
during Samadhi, 439
Jivatman:
Universal life or Soul, 189
resembles Hayah, 189
Job:
on morning stars, 26
Jerome perverted text in, 129 fn.
on “gates of death”, 288
a poem of Initiation, 289
Job, an Arabian Initiate, 26
John:
“Blind Man” parable in, 58-59
on divinity of humanity, 48
on Elias, 57
inner Deity idea in, 55
on Kingdom of God, 57 meaning of “born again” in, 57 & fn.
passage X, 8: too cruel for
Jesus, 74
plagiarized “Prophecies” in, 74, 78
reincarnation in, 384
on the “way”, 396 fn.
written by a Platonist, not John, 124 fn.
John, Saint (the Apostle):
of the Apocalypse, 115 Apocrypha proclaimed doubtful, 129 & fn.
on Apollonius of Tyana, 129, 133
called “Son of Thunder,” 129 & fn.
“competition of miracles,” 129, 133
failed to recognize Christ in new form, 384
Gospel of, not written by, 124 fn.
hated Pagan Mysteries, 123
as holy Spirit, 159
a Kabalist, 123
miracles at Ephesus, 133
“Seven Golden Candlesticks” of, 329
Simon ignored “authority” of, 116
slanders Nicolaitans, 117
John the Baptist:
birth of related to Christ, 137,384
quoted in relation to solar cycle, 137 & 138
Jones, Sir Wm. (1746-1794): Orientalist on Persian languages, 180
publ. Laws of Manu, 311 fn.
puzzled over antediluvian names of week days, 350
rf. on Hindu archaic records, 358
confused Budha & Gautama Buddha, 395
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Jordan river, in Gnostic allegory, 160,161
Joseph (1745-1635 B.C.), an Initiate, 257
Josephus, Flavius (37-100 A.D.): on Plato’s allegories, 8
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on Abraham, 35
on Divine Mathematics, 66-67
view on Zohar, 93-94
never initiated, 94
witness of Septuagint transl., 178-79
said Moses spoke figuratively in Genesis, 306
--------Contra Apionem, on “one
God” of Greeks, 8
--------Genuine Works of, q. on plundering of sacred wks.,
182 fn.
Joshua (ca. 1537-ca. 1427 B.C.), initiated by Moses, 264
Jowett, Prof. Benjamin (1817-1893):
denies esotericism in Plato &
Neo-Platonism, 4, 8 ff., 15
on Plato, 9
thinks Timaeus “confused,” 10
on absurdities of Neo-Platon-
ists, 11, 12, 14-15
lacks key to Occult, 12, 14-15
holds contempt for Ancients, 14 See Bio-Bibliography.
Judah ha-Levi (10857-1140?), rf. to his Khozari, 171
Judaism:
Ammonius influenced, 13, 308
annihilates all gods but
Jehovah, 218
God of, not Supreme, 112, 218
Kabalah, & Bible, 167 ff.
keys to, 157-59, 176, 183, 205
Mysteries of, 170, 172-74
most phallic religion, 205
Saturn as God of, 113
Judas Maccabeus (? - 160 B.C.), finished Bible of Ezra,
178,
182 fn.
Jude (Apostle), referred to
Enoch as revelation, 82
Jude, Epistle of, rf. 78
Judge, William Q. (1851-1896):
The Path, rf. to H.P.B.’s letter on evils of Spiritualism, 492 fn.
Judges:
rf. to Samson’s hair, 261 fn., 272 fn.
rf. to dance of Shiloh, 316
Julian, Emperor (331-363): last Theophany of, 64 last of Solar Priests, 222 divulged the Solar mystery, 222 fn., 223
cp. with Socrates, 222 fn. acquainted with heliocentric system, 223 & fn.
embraced Neo-Platonism, 312 would not become an Apostate, 351
prayed to Planetary “Gods”, 351
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Julien, Stanislas A. (1797-1873), Voyages des Pelerins
Bouddhistes, Hiuen-Tsang on Magic, 19
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Jupiter:
as “Pater Aether” or Satan, 165 fn.
as Parabrahman, 257
-Logos, 271-72
lao or Jehovah, 272, 310 as omnipotency personified, 335
Mikael as spirit of, 338 fn.
See also Brihaspati.
Justin Martyr (100? - 165 A.D.): rf. 83, 128
used Heb. version of Matthew, 150 fn.
charged with Sun worship, 324
Justinian, Emperor (483-565),
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closed Neo-Platonic school, 312
Juvenal (ca. 60-140 A.D.), Satires, on astrologers, 349 fn.
Jyotisha:
one of the Vedangas, 359 Sesha, on seasonal points, 362
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Kabalah:
borrowed from Magi, 301-02
Chaldean Bk. of Numbers is
real, 174, 191, 206
Chaldean sources of Jewish, 172, 191
danger in, numerals, 60 dating of, 262-63 fn.
distorted interpretations
of, 168-69, 170-72, 174,
179,
191, 197 & fn., 208 ff., 236-40
divides Kosmos into 7 worlds, 209-10
doctrine on Deity, 212
on Elohim, 211-15
on Emanations, 185, 187, 301-02
essence of Masonry, 66, 168 Franck’s, rf. 60, 309 fn.
Fundamental figure of, 95-96
Gematria, 1st division of, 214
Genesis and, 197-98 &: fns.
Gupta Vidyd cp. with, 167 ff., 180-91, 212-13
Humanity’s once Universal Language, 169, 170, 180 ff.
Keys to Sacred Lore, 102,
167-78, 191, 197 & fn., 214, 309 fn.
means oral tradition, 171-72
and Merkabah, 38
Messiah called “Interpreter” in, 153
methods of deciphering, 98, 191, 206-07, 212, 214
Metrology one aspect of,
66, 169, 214
Nebular theory cp. to, 87
N.T. writers skilled in,
156 fn.
on nihilism, 416-17
not to be taken verbatim,
38, 43-44 & fn., 60-62, 66-67, 95-96, 102, 167-68, 169-70, 191, 214
numerals & Bible Personages, 44 fn., 61-62, 65 fn., 66, 187, 212, 501-02
original, unknown to West, 191, 240
penalties incurred in revealing, 309 & fn.
on pre-existing Matter, 87
Quaternary of, 187
on Sephiroth, 189-91, 212, 214
Seven Worlds of, 209-10
on Spiritually generated
Race, 66-67, 188, 197-98
Three chief divisions of, 225
a Transcendental System, 95, 169-90, 185, 197-99, 212
Vedantin teaching cp. with, 301 & fn.
worthless on Creation, 191, 207 fn., 210-12
Kabalist (s):
angelology of, criticized, 340 associate ideas, persons &
numbers, 10 fn., 62, 214
astral light of, 191
Christology masked ancient
Kabalah, 168, 191, 315
& fn.
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diagram corrected, 236 elements symbolized by, 243 on Eliphas Levi as, 233-40
Eliphas Levi on sorcery, 31
hated Pagan Mysteries, 123
Jewish or Chaldaean, on
Kabiri, 315 & fn.
John of Revelation a, 123
as Judiciary Astrologers, 351-52
on Kabalistic “Lord”, 66
know biog. of Apollonius
is symbolic, 127
language once Universal,
169, 170, 180 ff.
limitations of Western,
191, 192, 233
modem, confused by Mediaeval blinds, 168, 182
prototype of Creation, 87
Rosicrucians & Alchemists were, 167, 169
St. Peter a, 127
Shimeon ben-Shetah, 98
Simon considered an Adept
by,113
some in Catholic clergy, 28-29, 169
story of Adam’s book, 175
Tannaim a school of, 115
theory on non-Hebrew origins, 169-70, 171-74, 182-84
used Gematria, 214
worlds enumerated, 302
Zaliwsky’s theory mirrored
theory of, 225
Kabiri (Kabeir, etc.):
cp. with 7 Elohim, 202 distorted by Church Fathers, 315, 339-40, 341
Jehovah is one of the, 272,
317, 329, 337
Jupiter-Saturn is chief, 337 and Kabirim, 314-15
the Kingly Race, 94, 314
meaning of Kabir in, 202, 315
mediating Angels, 314, 329
Mystery Gods, 94, 314, 337
Planetary Spirits, 314, 339
related to Venus, 314 represent host of heaven, 315
sons of Ptah in Egypt, 315 fn.
as “Virgin Gods,” 329
Kailasa, father of Greek Heaven, 90 fn.
Kala-Chakra Tantra:
“Wheel of Time,” 391 fn.
secret portions of, are
Esoteric Buddhism, 391 fn. Dus-Kyi-Khorlo in Tibetan, 391 fn., 440 fn.
on three Buddhic bodies, 392
in Gyut division of the
Kanjur, 402
ancient system of, 441
re-written by Tsong-kha-pa, 441 See Bio-Bibliography.
Kalama Sutta, on criteria for belief, 417
Kaliyanaga, the Black Serpent slain by Krishna, 288
Kali-Yuga:
or Black Age, began our historical era, 248 prophecy concerning close of, 355-56
an astronomical fact, 363, 365-68
in Mackey’s theory of Hindu Yugas, 365-68
on Arhatship in, 430-31
Kalki-Avatara:
Messiah awaited in Asia,
354 ,
issues from Sambhala at end of a Kalpa, 354
brings back Golden Age, 354
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Kalpa:
divine Ego remains till end of, 57 fn.
or 4,320,000 year cycle, 354 Kalki-Avatara comes at end of, 354
Kama-Ioka:
not imperative for Adept, 53 or Hades, 209
is Tohu-vah-bohu, 238 fn.
Kama-rupa, as vehicle of Manas, 209 fn.
Kamsa, or opposing power in Initiation rites, 141
Kanjur (Tib. frKah-hgyur): has section on mystic knowledge, 402 Kala-Chakra Tantra most important work in the, 402 part of Buddhist canon of Tibetans, 424 fn. on legend of mysterious casket, 441 fn.
Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804), on unknown inner substance, 414
Kapila, Sankhya-Sutras attributed to, 55
Karaim Jews:
reject Torah Sc Pentateuch, 174
have own Books of Moses, 174
Karana-sarira:
“causal” body, 49 fn.
Ego principle, 391
Karanatman (Causal Soul): rf.' 49 the overshadowing Principle, 57 fn.
Isvara of the Hindus, 373 called “God” by Christians, 373
Kardec, Allen. See Rivail, Hippolyte.
Karma:
and Adept, 31 fn., 373 fn.
Avatara has no, 374
in Bible, 59-60
of Executioners, 31
Gods or Adepts cannot escape, 404, 406 fn. indelible record, not prophecy, 303
and Karmasakshin, 260
as Lord of Sheep, 84
Mystery of, and Samkara, 404
national, of Jews, 193 fn.
only personal merit of, reveals Divine, 51-52
& repetition of events, 303
of revealing mysteries,
34 & fn., 404-05
shared, of Jesus Sc Apollonius, 130
Supreme Initiator, 84, 260
Karmasakshin, witness of Karma of men, 260 Sc fn.
Karta. See Purusha.
Kashmir:
Lohans go to China, 428 evidence of Buddhism in the
Punjab, 428 fn.
Kasyapa (6th. C. B.C.):
given secrets of Buddha’s system before His death, 444
Katharsis:
trials of purification, 275
mystic rites Sc gradation, 275
Kefa, or Sophia, of Egypt, 199
Keightley, A. (1859-1930): rf. xxxiv
Keightley, Bertram (1860-1945):
rf. xxxiv-xxxvi
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Kenealy, Edward V.H. (18191880):
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-------Book of God, (Series): rf. 172 fn., 174 fn., 176 fn., 177 fn.
q. Maimonides, 36 fn.
on Hebrew alphabet & phonographs, 172,178,179,180, 194
on Solomon’s non-existence, 177-78 fns.
q. on today’s version of O.T., 178
Hebrew scriptural interpretation, 180, 194-95
on Home & Hebrew scribes, 194,195
q. Seneca on world’s end, 257 on similarity of Gaelic & Chaldaic rite, 258 fn.
Kennedy, Col. Vans (1784-1846), Researches into . . . Mythology, on Babylonian & Sk. lit., 92
Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630): thought planets have souls, 334 an astrologer, 334-35
Kether (the Crown), Hokmah and Binah, 189, 190, 213-14, 216
Khartumim Asaphim, ancient title for Theologians, 350
Khnumu, the Egyptian, cp. with the Elohim, 198
Khryppfs, Cardinal Nicholas de Cusa. See Cusa, Nicholas de (1401-1464). See Bio-Bibliog.
Khufu, King (r. 2590-2568 B.C.), did not build Gt. Pyramid, 297
King(s):
and divine dynasties, 252-53
of 5th Race were healers, 253
of Hungary, Spain 8c France, and England, 253 fn.
Francis the First, 253 fn.
“evil” cured by, 253 fn.
Slave-, of ancient Egypt, 297
King, Charles W. (1818-1888):
--------The Gnostics & Their Remains, rf. 153 fn.
numerical value of Abram
8c Brahma, 92 fn.
on cross symbolism, 151-52
on Tau as mystic seal, 152 allegory on Jesus’life, 160-61 Basilides not a heretic, 162 See Bio-Bibliography.
Kingdom (s):
on attaining, of Heaven, 55 grafting on lower, 164 fn.
I & II Kings: rf. 272 fn.
Elijah hears small voice, 131
Solomon’s “Pyramid” 8c Masonry, 264
rf. to leaping prophets, 316
Kircher, Father Athanasius (1602-1680):
restored Jews’s encampment, 158
--------Oedipus Aegypticus:
q. Albumazar on Virgin imagery, 292 fn.
on the Sephiroth, 418
Ain-Soph as def. by Kabalists, 418
Kischuph:
Roman Church on followers of, 104
have only Fragments of the, 104
Kiu-te (Tib. rGyud-sde;
Skt. Tantra):
Books of, rf. 402 fn.
Kala-Chakra Tantra, most important wk. in, 402
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35 vols. in Tib. Buddhist monasteries, 422
--------Book of the Secret Wisdom of the World:
a digest of all Occult Sciences, 422
Commentaries:
kept by Teshu-Lama, 422 only fragments of, preserved, 422
some older than Kiu-te itself, 422
Book of Dzyan, on 7 folios of Kiu-te, 422
are only key to the volumes we have, 424 &: fn.
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Klaproth, Heinrich Julius von (1783-1835):
great Orientalist, 172 8c fn.
on Hebrew alphabet, 172
Klippoth, inhabitants of
Kabalistic 4th world, 302
Knight, R.P. (1750-1824), rf. 44 fn.
Knights Templars, predecessors
of the Jesuits, 341
Knowledge:
1st step to, & power, 1, 40
of parts has little value, 9
Initiates & transcendental, 16
a double-edged weapon, 41
of Mysteries based on Math., 63
modem, superstitious, 121
universal, esoteric since
Atlantis, 181
key to universal, 181
seven keys to secret, 183
Koilon, Gk. Heaven, rf.
90 fn.
Korshid:
rector of the Sun, 322
Fravashi of Ormuzd, 322
Kosas (sheaths):
Vedantic classifies five, 386
and the Septenary man, 386
Kosmos:
Scientific arrogance on, 5 knowledge of, & Math, 62-63 emanates from Quaternary, 186-87
as Number, 187
eternal, is divided like man, 209
in Chaldaean Kabalah, 209 -Builders, 216-217 fn.
sublime symbolism of, 290
Krebs (also Krypffs), Nicolaus.
See Cusa, Cardinal Nicolaus de (1401-1464).
Krishna(’s):
the Avatara appears in every yuga, 372
birthplace, 248 crucifixion of, depicted, 286-87
crushed “serpent’s head,” 287 dance of Gopis around, symbolical, 316 fn. & 317
a “good Shepherd”, 286-87 Kurukshetra rite, 75 fn.
& legend of other adepts, 139, 140
meaning of gt. battle of, 75 fn. Puranic allegory of, 247-48 rescue of 6 brothers allegory, 141-42
as Sun-God, 317
Krittika (also Karttika), cycle of, and Vernal
Equinox, 362-63
Kronos (or Kronus):
as cp. with Elohim, 200, 202
Kronidae . . . etc. 7 auxiliaries of, 202
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or Seven Kabiri, 202
Kuei, Genii of the mts., 18
Kukarmadesa (or land of vice), Atlantean, 246
Kuku-ma, of the Bhutani, 105
Kumara(s):
angels of Catholics are, 328-29
Builders or Dhyani-Chohans, 328
exoteric & secret names of, 329 & fn.
1st sons of Brahma, 203, 328
not Planetary, but Starregents, 329
refused to procreate, 203, 204
sentenced to rebirth, 204
Vishnu-Purana on period of, 204 fn.
Western mangling of, 205 & fn.
“Virgin Warrior”, cp. to St. Michael, 329 8c fn.
Kumarajiva (344-413), tr. of
Amida Sutra, 448
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Kurukshetra rite:
a most ancient initiation, 74-75 fn.
performed in Nepal, 75 fn.
originated with Krishna, 75 fn.
Ku-sum:
triple form of Nirvanic state, 401 fn.
the cycle of Non-Being, 401 fn.
last 7 Rounds for Nirvani, 401 fn.
trikaya in Sanskrit, 401 fn.
Kwan-yin:
holy voice of Self, 408 fn.
as Voice-Deity of Brahmans, 408 fn.
the Kwan-shai-yin-Bodhisat, 409 fn.
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Labarum:
standard of Constantine, 148
symbolism of, 148-49, 151, 154-55
Lacour, P. (1778-1859):
rf. 112
on celestial hosts, 326
Lactantius (ca. 260-ca. 340), earth’s rotundity unknown to, 43
Lagrange, Joseph L. (1736-1813): on narrowing planetary orbits, 230
See Bio-Bibliography.
Lake Manasasarovara, Rig Veda written there, 94
Lama(s):
Pltha is seat of initiating, 126
and early Bhon sects, 427
split after Tsong-kha-pa, 427 Reform of Tibetan, 427-28 tonsure knife allegory 8c use, 451 & fn.
succession legends, 452
Lamb:
in Christian symbolism, 321, 397
sacrifice of, cp. with Purusha’s disappearance in matter, 397
Lamedh:
an ox-goad symbol, 207 numerical Bible symbol in word “El”, 208
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Lampridius (fl. 3rd C.), rf. to Alexander Severus, 135 See also Scrip tores . . .
Lane-Fox, St. George: q. on authority of inner truth, 117 fn.
address to Arya Samaj, T.S. etc., rf. 117 fn.
Language (s):
Alchemists, a blind, 168
Alphabets & numerals in
Occult, 95-102, 181, 192 ancient, invented by gods, 96-97, 196 & fn.
Esoteric interpretation of Sanskrit, 181, 196 & fn.
Esoteric, & Tower of Babel myth, 181
Hebrew, not ancient, 180, 196 & fn.
Jews 8c Christians rely on dead, 172
keys to Universal, 181, 192 Knowing all, without study, 134 8c fn.
monosyllabic, 196 fn.
Once a Universal, 169, 181, 183, 192, 196 fn.
Sanskrit the most perfect, 196 fn.
similarity of Chaldaic & Gaelic, 258 fn.
Lahkavatdra Sutra: refutation of nihilism in, 41 fn.
debates Nirvana, 416 8c fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Lapide, Cornelius a (1567-1637): master of all Biblical commentators, 216
on 7 “Golden Candlesticks,” 329
------Cornelius a Lapide’s Gt. Comm., on Angels as stars, 216, 319, 328
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Laplace, P.S. de (1749-1827), Exposition du systeme du monde, on celestial change, 230
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Lao-Tzu (6th C. B.C.), invocation of, figure, 20
Lassen, C. (1800-1876), rf. to Alterthumskunde, 442 fn.
Latin Church. See Roman Church.
Laurence, Richard (1760-1838): tr. of Book of Enoch, rf. 39 fn., 74, 84
onjohannine parables, 74 on author of Enoch MS., 78, 84 fn.
on “mistakes of the transcriber,” 84 fn.
--------Book of Enoch: a Semitic romance? 77 shows origins of Christianity, 77-86
Gill’s Intro, to, q. 77-80
Angels 8c magical incantations in, 77
Bruce found Ethiopic MS. in Abyssinia, 77 fn.
Messiah’s pre-existence shown in, 78-79
2 texts compared, 79, 83-84 fn.
Laurens, J.L. (19th C.):
Essais . . . sur la Franc- Maconnerie, on priests of Egypt, 252 See Bio-Bibliography.
Law(s):
radical, of Biblical 8c Vaidic structures, 63
purest expression of, 63 of spiritual gravity, 303
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of correspondence, 347
Secret, of Buddha, 419
Laws of Manu. See Manu, Laws of.
Le Bas, Phillipe (1794-1860): article on Astrology, q.
345-46
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Le Couturier, Charles Henri
(1819 - ?), Musee des Sciences: on famous scientists who were astrologers, 334-35 celestial influences evidenced by,352
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Leo, conception in ancient astrology, 155
Leo III, Pope (750? - 816), Enchiridon Leonis Papae: volume on sorcery, 105 invoked to kill Charlemagne’s enemies, 106
Lepsius, K.R. (1810-1884), Konigsbuch on Osiris &
Chrestos, 283
Letronne, J.A. (1787-1848), rf. 348
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Leverrier, U.J.J. (18111877),
discoverer of Neptune, 227
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Levi, Eliphas (1810-1875):
on Ain Soph, 234
anthropomorphizes creation, 237
axiom on Secret Science, 89 biog. sketch, rf. 32 fn.
Catholic slant of, 239, 240 on Chaos &: primordial matter, 233, 237-38
deals only with Occult Geology, not Cosmogony, 234
diagram corrected by H.P.B., 236
Deity masculine by, 235-36
H.P.B. on the “Abbe-Kabalist,” 31, 233, 240
inclined to be Jesuitical, 61
Judiciary Astrology of, 352
Kabalistic interp. of Genesis, 238-39
Kabalistic MS. q. on Taro, 89-90, 93
on King larchus & Hiram, 128
K. MacKenzie’s praise of, 233 reconciles Church with Jewish magic, 238
teaches an extra-cosmic God, 234
on Tohu-vah-bohu, 233-35, 23 7-38
unpublished MSS. cp. with Eastern Occultism, 233-40
on “Wheel of Enoch,” 93
-------Dogme et Rituel . . . rf. 99 on deleterious power of spells,
31
on executioners of martyrs, 31
on Absolute unity, q. 61
on sign of the cross, 148-49
on martyrdom of Initiates, 278 symbolism of Jupiter & Saturn, 339
--------Histoire de la Magie, praises Christianity, 239, 240
Levitation:
of Simon Magus, 119
of some mediums, 120
Levites, text replaced Mosaic, 183 fn.
Leviticus, on loving neighbor as yourself, 256
Lha(s):
Tibetan ascetics called, 18 an Arhat or freed spirit, 408 fn.
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Liber Adami:
inner God mentioned in, 55 & fn.
on Holy Spirit & Holy Ghost, 115
Liberius, Pope (? - 366), agreed that “Son only similar to
Father,” 145
Life:
a Root-principle of Man, 209 fn., 217
space the Root of, 412
collective, full of endless bliss, 432
Light(s):
bright shadow of Buddha, 20 primordial, 46 fn., 236-37, 241
Ocean of, & personal God, 49
Gods are 7 Primary, 51
Àkâs’ic, &: Adepts, 53
as our immortal God, 55
one of “Three Mothers,” 64-65 divine, shut out by Jehovah, 160-61
& Darkness of One Element, 210, 241
in Kabalah, 236, 237
Lilly, William (1602-1681), much laughed at, 320
Lin-chi, I-hsüan of, (d. 867), rf. to his Recorded Sayings
. . . , 452 & fn.
Linga:
Siva as the, 190 fn.
has spiritual meaning, 282
same as biblical pillars, 282
Linga-Sarira:
vehicle of Prana, 209 fn.
can’t leave body till death, 209 fn.
“Little Albert”:
a half-esoteric literary relic, 105
and the “Red Dragon,” 105
a vulgar imitation, 105
Livy, Titus (59 B.c. - 17 A.D.), rf. 298
Locke, John (1632-1704), quoted on Bible, 75
Logos (oi):
or “First-Born”, is perfect, 216 & fn., 217
a co-eternal Energy, 216 fn.
only vivifies, does not create, 216-17
the Unmanifested, 218 & fn.
Ormazd, Ahura-Mazda, Vit-nam- Ahmi, etc., 218 fns.
the Self-created, 218 & fns.
Allegory of the Solar, 223, 260-61
related to Solar Trinity, 22223,260
Visvakarman of the Rig-Veda, 260-61
Vajradhara is, of Buddhism, 401-02
Lohans:
or solitary Adepts of China, 18
“sweet-voiced” disciples of Buddha, 428 & fn.
“Loka-chakshu,” Eye of the
World, 279
Loka-palas, personified points of compass, 92 fn.
Lokottaradharma (Sk.), highest world of causes, 401
Longinus (fl. 3rd. C.), taught by Ammonius, 313
Lord:
of Splendour & Light, rf. 55
of the “Sheep” in Enoch,
83 & 84
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Lost Word, greater than aum, 430
Lotus:
symbol of Trimurti, 100
sacred to Isis, 100
Christians replace with water-lily, 100
Love, C.E. (Fr. railway engineer) : on eternal &: substantial nature of causal forces, 226
system on Occult lines, 226
--------Essai . ... de la lumière, on Electricity as Intelligence, 226
Lowth, Robert Bishop (1710-1787), rf. 180
Lucanus (39-65 A.D.), Pharsalia, belief on rebirth, 258
Lucian (ca. 125-190): See Bio-Bibliography.
--------Peri tes astrologies:
on source of Gk. Astrology, 350
on Ancient respect for Astrology, 351
--------Philopseudes, on Democritus, 25
Lucifer:
Church view on, & fallen
Angels, 314-15, 317, 327
connected with Venus, 315
as Morning Star, 315, 317 fns., 321
Biblical rfs. to, 317 & fns.
and Satan’s host, 327
Luke:
suggest reincarnation, 58 & fn.
Esoteric meaning in, 58 fn., 137, 384 fn. '
on John’s resurrection, 137
two divine Potencies in, 214
on Lucifer & the Sun, 317
&: fn.
Lully, Raymond (1235? - 1315): bloody death of, 278
--------De Angelis opus divinum
. . . . , 96 fn.
Lumazi, of the Assyrians:
cp. with Elohim, 202
lead flocks of stars, 202
Lundy, Dr. John P. (1823-1892): a protestant divine, 317 See Bio-Bibliography.
--------Monumental Christianity . . .
(& A Miracle in Stone), explains pre-Christian rites & symbols, as found in Church, 72, 286
on “Krishna’s” crucifixion, 286-87'
Hindu crucifix symbolism, 287
Lustrum, time cycle of the Romans, 358
Luther, Martin (1483-1546):
rf. 266
alleged confession of, 166 fn.
Lycanthrophy, of Simon Magus, 119
Lycurgus (fl. 9th C. B.C.): disappeared at death, 135 an admirable leader, 254
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Mackenzie, Kenneth (?-1886): Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia: rf. 27-28, 265 on reasons Gnostics stigmatised, 70 on science of numbers, 96 praises Eliphas Levi, 233
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on Jesuit destruction of Masonry, 266 on Sun symbol in Masonry, 281 on worship of Chrestos, 283 See Bio-Bibliography.
Mackey, S.A. (1765-1843), astronomer’s theory on Hindu Yugas, 365-68
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Macrobius (fl. 5th C.), Saturnalia, on the Kabiri, 315
Macrocosm:
immortal Soul &, 10 fn.
of Paracelsus, 51
the Esse of Universe, 185
the eternal kosmos, 209 3 principles & 4 vehicles, 209 drama of, & microcosm, 303, 393
Macroprosopus, symbolical “Ancient of Days”, rf. 168
Maddina Nag, planet Venus, 258 fn.
Madhava-Vidyaranya (fl. 14th C.), rf. Sankara-Dig-Vijaya, 399 fn.
Madhyamika:
view in Buddhism, 390-92
& fn., 438
two divisions of, 438
Madhyantika, celebrated Lohan and sculptor of 100 ft. Buddha, 428 fn.
Magi:
say space &: time source of all, 202
and Star of Bethlehem, 240
Magians:
rites reformed by Zoroaster, 23
initiated at Bactria, 35 of Persia 8c Babylon, 46-47
Magic:
anterior to age of Odin, 23
Black, in Catholic clergy, 28-29, 30-31, 105-06
Black, infers White, 17, 32, 10102
Black & Sorcery, 29, 59, 60, 105, 106, 163, 264
blended with all Religions, 23, 32, 105
in Book of Enoch, 77
Brahmans knew science of, 312 fn.
not Charlatanry, 22, 24, 32 Church, 17, 27, 32, 116-17 Democritus on, 25
Divine or White, 32, 106, 311 and “Divine Miracles,” 116-17 a dual power, 59, 103, 105, , 163,311
Eliphas Levi on, 31
fine division between White 8c
Black, 106
not founded by Zoroaster, 23
Hexagon as absolute key in, 103 Hypnotism a lesser branch of, ' 22-23
Isis could only give hints on, 22
Mikael patron of 7th work of, 339
motive determines effects of, 106
or Natural Philosophy, 25 numerals morally dangerous, 60-61
8c Occult forces of constellations, 224
as old as man, 22-23, 24, 311 secrets revealed in true, 311 of Simon 8c disciples, 118-19 Spiritual, differs from
natural, 47-48, 54, 163-64, 311
still in full sway, 32, 105 symbolized by Litera
Pythagorae, 101
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true student keeps silent on, 33, 60
two branches of, 27, 32, 101, 105,106
in Udyana, 19
Magician (s):
ancient strongholds of, 19-22
Apollonius a great, 128 confession of St. Cyprianus the, 163-64
exposed by Masters, 27 gain power over elementals, 311
Hindu, the greatest, 22 many unconscious, 32-33 need no artificial lighting, 311 Neo-Platonic, 304 Padmasambhava a master, 19 perils await unfit, 60-61 requires long training, 54, 116, 311
Simon a, 118-19
source of Church dogma, 341 fn. true, pities sorcerers, 33 Zoroaster reformer of, rites, 23
Magicon oder das geheime System, etc., on true vs. common mathematics, 62
description by F. Hartmann, rf. 62 fn.
Mah, mystical Kabalistic name, 215
Mahabharata:
has history of Hercula, 246 on Narada’s chastity, 286 over 20,000 yrs. old, 365
Maha-Ch ohan:
Chief of the Brothers, 422 fn. - 23 fn.
sacred residence of, 423 fn.
Maha-Kalpa:
100 yrs. of Brahma, 375 fn. arvipa spheres during,
375 fn.
Maha-Prajna-Paramita Sutra:
on Chinese trs. of Hiuen Tsang, 445
on Ananda’s mission, 445
Mahatma Letters, rf. 385 fn.
Mahatmas:
existence of, 3 fn., 28
Brahm-Atma Chief of all, 430
Maha- Vishnu, power containing Seed of Avatarism, 160 fn., 371
Mahayana:
on 3 aspects of a Buddha, 390-92 & fn.
on “Buddhic” bodies, 391-92
and Hinayana schisms, 434
on the 3 bodies & Nirvana, 436 fn.
Mahayuga, duration of, 243-44, 357
Maimonides (1135-1204):
on true sense of Genesis, 36 recommends silence, 36
--------Guide of the Perplexed, rf.
36 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Maitreya Buddha:
old world destroyed after, 161
future world savior of 6th Race, 354,436, 451
teacher of Aryasanga, 451 fn.
--------Champai-chos-nga, five books of, 451 fn.
Malachi:
Kabalistic key needed for, 318
“prophecy” of Christ’s coming, 318
Malakhim, Biblical angels, 338
Malech, or Melech and Moloch, 338
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Malhandreni, H., Ritual of Initiations, some rules for neophytes, 289
Man(’s):
Adamic, or fleshly, 199, 204, 289-90, 302 ’
allegorical fall of, 81, 175, 188 fn., 200, 204, 289-90, 302-03, 332-33
Anthröpos, 205
Buddha within every, 394-95 Christian creates God in, own image, 146
Cross typifies Kosmic origin of, 140
danger in metaphysics for, 41, 45,47-48
Divine, rules Sun, 332
as Divine Builder, 26
Divinity through personal merit alone, 51-52
“Double,” 209 fn.
Essence is the Absolute, 213, 310
in Gnostic creation, 205
“God” or divine prototype within, 52 fn., 55, 301, 310
Heavenly, of Kabalah, 185, 197 fn., 301-02, 332
Hierarchial scale of, 379 history of “First,” 175, 204-05, 289
and human nature, 110, 251 as image of Elohim, 184,
188 fn., 197 fn.-98, 204-05, 212,302
iniquity of, 41, 57, 302
Jehovists see, as, 184, 188 “Know Thyself,” 48, 55, 56 lived among Gods, 68, 92, 205 must be freed from superstition 8c priestcraft, 251
as Nebuchadnezzar, 81
Nicodemus’ view of, 57 Numerical value acc. Gnostics, 92 fn.
& Occult Truths, 26, 40-41 Pre-Adamite, 205, 289 procreation of, in Third RootRace,
80-81, 175, 188 & fn., 204, 289-90, 302-03 prototypes of, or 7 Divine reflections, 50, 51, 197 fn., 198 & fn., 199, 204-05, 379,391
septenary division, 386 ff.
is seventh creation, 197 fn.-
98 & fn., 204-05, 379
Son of, the ideal Messiah of
Enoch, 78-79, 81
Soul & Spirit, 209 fn.
Spiritual perception paralysed, 333,462
superior to gods, 205, 213 tabernacle, 58
task of evolution, 303 three Upadhis in, 386 two creations of, 199, 204-05
Manas : “half-terrestrial”, 49 is Jiva in Vedanta, 49 conscious Ego, 59 & fn. 5th principle & struggle of
5th Race, 302 rapid development of, 333 grows at expense of wisdom,
333
Mânasaputras, incarnation of, in humanity, 205
Manava-Dharma-Sastra. See Manu.
Maridukyopanishad, on Taijasa, 52 fn.
Manes (Manichaeus) (2167-276?): knew Christian mysteries, 116 Seleucus disciple of, 150 why called the “Paraclete”, 163 & fn.
Church accuses, of sorcery, 163 cp. to St. Cyprianus, 163 disciple of Terebinthus, 163 fn.
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Manes:
expiations to, 99
reason for worship, 134-35
Manifestation:
differs from creation, 208-18
of Universe, 236-37
Kabalistic teaching on, 237
Mani Kah-‘bum, oldest historical Scripture in Tibet, 426
Mankind:
actors touring Earth, 303
Adepts renounce Nirvana to help, 43-54
changes little, 110
differences amidst, 57
dogma & authority curse of, 117 earliest races soulless, 205 “fall into matter”, 289-90,
302-03, 332-33
few appreciate Occult truths, 26,41
“Gods” of, must not be destroyed, 64
gross minds of present, 290
hates to think, 17, 57, 64
a herd of sheep, 16, 57
iniquity of, acc. to Enoch, 81
Initiates help, 252-53
linked with heavenly bodies, 349
must have ideals, 41
must know basic truths of religion, 63-64
once had universal language, 180-81
originally parentless, 289, 302-03
Races of, predicted in
Enoch, 80-83
resents entering a new path, 17 of Satya-Yuga God like, 249 science & origin of, 23 sevenfold Elohim &,
204-05
a Son of Evil now, not God, 287
unprepared for primeval truths, 45, 46, 47-48
and Yugas, 68
Manoah, and son Samson, 272
Mantra:
part of Trinity, 187
“Word” Universe sprang from, 237
is older part of Vedas, 23 7 fn.
used in healing, 253
sacred, of Lohans, 428 & fn.
not a prayer, 428 fn.
Atharva-Veda gives magic formula of, 428 fn.
Manu:
born of Brahma, 188
-Vaivasvata in creation alleogry, 188
reign of a, 366-67
--------Laws of Manu:
among oldest works, 311 allowed magic, 311 & fn.
above caste, 377 fn.
on emanation of Universe, 412 Manava-Dharma-Sastra in Skt., 412 fn.
Manushi(s):
and sacred words of Initiation, 39
first human school of, 81
Manushya-Buddhas:
or earthly Initiates, 289 originally parentless, 289 trinitarian form of, 389 transference to Nirmanakaya state, 389
or Bodhisattvas, 392
Manu-Smriti, on Uedas’source,
92
Manvantara(s):
Enoch a narrative of 1st 5 Races of, 80, 82
space generates, 244
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cycle & birth of Avatâras, 353 related to Hindu astronomy, 366-67
a Manu reigned in each, 366
Manvantaric Guardians, 63, 81, 353. 379-81
Manzoli, Pier Angelo (1503-1543), Zodiacus vitae, 46 & fn.
Mara, King, rf. 141
Marcellinus, Ammianus, on Zoroaster, 23
Marcion (2nd C. A.D.): stigmatised by Latin Church, 70
on God of the Jews, 113
intermediate Being of, 113
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor (121-180), rf. 257
Mariette-Bey, A.
(1821-1881):
Mémoire sur la mere d’Apis: on God &: Gods, 218 on Sun as Son of God, 270-71
See Bio-Bibliography.
Mark, on parables for profane, 34
Markham, Clements R. (1830-1916), ed.
Narratives . . . of Tibet, on Tibetan Buddhism, 422 fn.- 23 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Mars:
Constantine bore standard of, 151
symbolism & glyph of, 151 personified strength, 335 as St. Michael, 335
Martinists, Magicon attributed to, 62 fn.
Martyrs:
Levi on execution of, 31 revealers of mysteries as, 84-85
Mashalim. See Proverbs.
Masonic Review (Cinn. Ohio), 66
Masonry:
based on Kabalah, 66, 123, 168
great hero of, is Hiram, 264-65, 279
Initiation modelled on Lesser Mysteries, 279
Jesuits have destroyed, 265, 266-67
and Masonic inch, 67
the “master-builder”, 123, 168
now a mere Benefit Club, 266
Occult, 168-69, 192, 279
rites of Initiation, 264-65, 279 rite of Osiris described, 279 Scottish, not real, 279 speculative & archaic, 192 the Sun in, 281
triple degrees of, 279
triple Tau tradition in, 152
Masons:
of the “Grant Orient”, 40 fn., 279, 296 fn.
and Kabalists cp. 192 wrong about phallicism of archaic symbolism, 192
Egyptian origins forgotten by, 294,279
cajoling of, by Jesuits, 266
triple duty of, 279
know little of their symbols, 281
Ragon a chief writer for, 296 fn.
Masorah:
changed meaning in Genesis, 67, 182 fn.
in altered Hebrew alphabet, 182 fn.
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scheme a modern blind, 206 fn.
Masoretic Points:
and retrenchment of Hebrew alphabet, 180, 182 fn.
altered Sepher-Yetzirah, 206 fn.
Masses:
spiritual limitations of, 249 superstition of, 249-50, 251 reform of, 251 enslavement of, 251
Massey, Gerald (1828-1907): traced Jewish revelations to origins, 199
-------Lectures:
on “The Hebrew & Other Creations”, 199
fall of the 7 Rebel Angels, 200
Seven Watchers as transgressing stars, 200
Elohim of Genesis, 201-02 gives key to Genesis, 203 on septenary division, 204-05 See Bio-Bibliography.
Master(s):
and Esoteric canon, 12, 85 may visit Europe, 27 on crucifixion of, 85 Occult law Sc revelation by, 85 & fn.
try to help humanity, 139, 252-53
rarely found in Lamaseries, 423
residence of, Chief, 423 fn.
M. outlines S.D. for H.P.B., 470
advise H.P.B. to go to America, 488
Materialism, our century of, 352
Materiality:
fall into, 40, 289-90 of present mankind, 290
Mathematics:
backbone of Occult cosmogony, 8, 62-63
Bible displays pure, 193 Central Point symbolises the
One, 241 fn.
Divine, synonym for Magic, 66-67
of Hindu secret cycles, 353-54, 356-57, 358 ff.
means Gnosis or Esoteric Science, 35, 66
precision of, glorified, 227 in Pythagorean code, 35, 62 Soul and, 10 fn.
and squaring of circle, 208 fn. of systems of measurement, 67, 91-92
“True” vs. common, 62-63 Western religion based on, 92, 137-38, 157-59
Mathers, S.L. MacGregor (1854-1918): on Genesis, 210 on the Elohim, 210, 214 on the Sepher Yetzirah, 214-15
Matter:
an aggregation of forces, 413-14 co-etemalized with Spirit, 415 on “dead”, of Science, 414-15 eternal, 217, 233-34 Fire Sc Motion, 87
Jehovah rules, 160-61 as manifestation of Will, 414 is Mulaprakriti Sc Svabhavat, 234
never annihilated only dispersed, 420
numerical demonstrations of, Sc Spirit, 63, 97, 99 represented by duad, 99
Matter, Prof. A. Jacques (1791-1864),
Histoire Critque du Gnosticisme, Oriental influence on Plato and Pythagoras, 15 & fn.
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Matthew:
rf. 34, 108
on casting pearls before swine, 35
on perfection of Christians, 56 fn.
original, perverted by Jerome, 129 fn., 149-50 & fns.
Greek & Hebrew MSS cp., 146, 149 fn., 150
final words of Jesus distorted, 146-48, 159
Jesus’ words from Pagan rites, 148
Church fears original, 159-60
Matthew:
wished to keep his evangel secret, 149
Apostle, wrote in Hebrew, 149 fn.
true Gospel of, unknown to world, 149
Jerome distrusted Gospel of, 159-60
Maurice, Thomas (1754-1824), Indian Antiquities, on astronomical monuments, 359
See Bio-Bibliography.
Maury, L.F.A. (1817-1892):
rf. 112
La Terre et l’Homme, on Neptune’s rotary motion, 228 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Mâyâ:
or illusion shown by duad, 99, 420
Avatâra is a special, 373
allegory of Universal, 408
& fn.
motion relating to. 419, 420 Buddhist trinity of, 419 & fn. Spirit only is no, 420
Nirvani annihilates, 420
May avi-Rupa, of Adept, 375, 377
Mazdeans:
had triple Sun, 322
borrowed from Indian religions, 323
Mead, G.R.S. (1863-1933):
On contents of Vol. HI (1897 ed.) of the S.D., xxxvii-xl, claims to have edited most of H.P.B.’s work, xxxix
Mediatores, of Cyprianus not mediums, 165 & fn.
Meditation, develops spiritual powers, 400-01
Mela, Pomponius (fl. 1st C.),
De situ orbis, on Druids of Gaul, 311 & fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Melchizedek, sons are 7 Elohim, 202
Memoires ... de L’ Academie
Royal des Inscriptions, q. 71 fn.
Memory:
brain is enemy of spiritual, 52 can be transferred to new body, 377
Menander (2nd C. A.D.), reason Latin Church stigmatised, 70
Mendeleyev, D.I. (1834-1907) rf., 498
Menes (fl. 3100 B.C.):
Egyptian Mysteries known since, 269
Hierophant &: founder of Thebes, 296
Menippus of Corinth (fl. 2nd C.
B.C.), in biography of Apollonius, 127
Men thu-hetep, Queen (ca. 2782 b.C.): tomb pre-dates Biblical creation, 125
coffin inscription has Mystery Word, 125
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Mercury:
God of Secret Wisdom, 35 fn.
ibis-headed psychopomp, 148 God of Death, 151 & fn.
personified omniscience, 335
is Nebo & Budha, 395, 425 fn., 458 fn.
Jesus inspired by Genius of, 395
Mercy, of Adept, 386-87,
398-99
Merkabah:
initiation into, 38
vehicle of higher knowledge,
47
known by author of Zohar, 88 See Bio-Bibliography.
Mesmerism:
miscalled “hypnotism”, 22-23 invisibility is power of, 134
Messiah (s):
called “Interpreter”, 153
comes at conjunction in Pisces, 153
concerning the two, 283-84
designated “Fish”, 153
the Elect One & “angels of power”, 79
King, or the Sun, 336
or Lion of Judah, 283
Manes the second, 163 fn.
and Messianic Mystery, 353
pre-existence of, in
Enoch, 78-79
prophecy of, in Vishnu Purana, 356
religions all expect a, 436
Messianic:
amulet described, 153 cycle relates to Root Races, 353
Metatron, angel of the Jews, 340, 402-03
Metcalfe, Samuel L. (1798-1856), “sunforce” theory, 225
See Bio-Bibliography.
Metrodorus of Chios, (4th C.
B.C.),
on Tetraktys, 50
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Metrology:
in Bible acc. to Skinner, 65-66
of Kabalah questioned, 66
British & Roman, 67
Meurs, Johannes van (1579-1639), Denarius Pythagoricus, rf.
97 fn.
Mexico:
had Adepts & Initiates, 24, 279-80
pyramids of, 25, 280
Spanish invaders of, 280
Michael Angelo (1475-1564), designed Church
for star-worship, 33 7
Michael, Archangel. See Mikael.
Michelet, J. (1798-1874), rf. 46 7
Microcosm:
form 3 principles &: 4 vehicles, 209
root-principles, exoteric and esoteric, 209 fn.
drama of, Sc macrocosm, 303
mirrors the macrocosmical, 393
Mikados, celestial machines in temple of, 331 fn.
Mikael:
alleged conqueror of Solar Gods, 321
Angel of the Face of God, 402
as Archangel Michael, 286, 322-23, 329
and Christ cp. with Mithra Sc Ormuzd, 322-23
cp. with Kumaras, 329
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dragon slayer & “guardian of the planets”, 338 & fn., 403
dual role cp. with Vajradhara’s, 402
feats & names of, 338
the “invisible virgin combatant”, 329,338
is Jehovah, 338, 402
Mars called, 335
regent of Saturn, Sun, Venus and Jupiter, 338 8c fn.
-Sabbathiel, 338
Midrash, rf. 67, 170 ff.
Milton, John (1608-1674), q.
Paradise Regained, 26
Mind:
God as Universal, 7, 9
Universal, reveals objects, 10
public, not ready for occult truths, 64
gross, of present mankind, 290
Mind-Born, Races received primeval truths, 46, 66-67
Minerva, or Divine Wisdom, 111
Minerva Mundi, on divinity within the Sun, 223 & fn.
Miracles:
how Occultist regards, 108 post-Christian, and Adepts, 109, 133
“true” & “false”, 109, 133
and “grace” are only Magic, 116
causes of “divine”, same as Sorcery, 117
patristic writers on, protected by de Mirville, 133
Mirror:
in Buddhist allegory, 451-52 use in Eleusinian Mysteries, 451
Mirville, J. Eudes de (1802-1873): on Occultists, 43, 71, 343 rationalized Catholicism, 70 ff. on “epidemic” of Spiritualism, 71
disfigures Pagan symbolism, 71-72, 74-75, 166 fn., 339-43
on Taro of Enoch, 90
on divining wheels, 106
works authorized by Holy See, 132,343
quotes from texts rejected by Protestants, 319
-------Des Esprits:
rf. 163 fn., 218 fn., 221 fn., 223 fn., 225-28 fns., 272, 314, 317, 345-46, 347, 348, 352
on Angelology of St. Paul, 340 & fn.
on Anges des Planetes, 336
on Apollonius “defeat”, 129 fn.
Aurelian in vision of Apollonius, 135-36 fn.
Babinet on ogdoad, 227
Bailly & Lebas q. by, 345-46 casuistry of Jesuits in, 72-73, 336,343
cps. Pagan rituals & Christian dogma, 73, 74-75, 317-19, 321-22, 336, 338
confession of St. Cyprianus, 163-66
Cedrenus on celestial machines, 331
Cedrenus & Selden on angels and planets, 327
Cornelius on 7 branched candlestick, 329
Damis’ narrative, 133
describes Mikael, 338
on early Astrology, 348, 349
on forces in space, 225
on Galileo 8c Urban 8th, 43 fn. on heathen deities as Ferouers, 71-72, 321
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Hermes on Fall of Man, 332-33 invented double sets of Angels, 72, 321, 338
rf. Jerome’s perversion of scriptures, 129 fn.
Lacour on heavenly host, 326
Le Couturier on Astrology, 352 on magic of Simon, 118-19 “Memoirs of Satan” in, 132, 317 mission of Angels acc. to, 111-12, 215-16, 335-36
Pentemenoph Papyrus q., 347 Pius 5th favors Astrolatry, 336 pontiffs’ worship stars, 33 7 reviles Nabathean Saturn, 338,339
on Solar Theology, 319 fn., 321-22
strategem to protect Church, 133-34, 343
Suetonius q. in, 119
on “Sun” & Eastern doorway, 317, 318
on Theurgic powers of Apollonius, 132-33
a tool of Jesuits, 343
Mishnah Hagigah, on Merkabah, 38
Mishnah Sanhedrin, rf. 153 fn.
Missionaries:
report on Chinese mt. spirits, 18
unfairly judge Hindu phallicism, 291
ridicule Buddhist works, 424 fn.
Mitford, Godolphin (d. 1883?), rf. “Elixir of Life”, 53 fn.
Mithra:
cp. with Archangel Mikael, 322
Ahura Mazda on, 322
Mithraic, rites & symbolism, 319-20 fn., 321-22
Mitla, “abode of the dead” in Mezo-America, 280
Moderatus (ca. 50-100), on symbols of Pythagoras, 95
Moksha:
unified with Nirvana, 411
only real to a pure soul, 411
rooted in non-being, 415, 416
Molitor, Franz J. (1779-1860): learned Hebraist, 102 on Kabalah, 102
--------Philosophie der Geschichte.., on Hebrew alphabet, 102 on power of Tetragrammaton, 102
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Moloch, worship, 192 ff.
Monad(s):
Adept’s Will to unite with, 53
Changeless Deity of Kabalah, 212
as countless rays, 380
as divine Ego, 57 fn., 382
Duad, Tetrad & Dekad, 412-13 ever-concealed, of Platonic doctrine, 186, 413
our “Father in Heaven”, 382 first manifestation on objective plane, 213
furnished by the “Seven Breaths”, 380
manas the vehicle of, 59 fn.
prototype, 49, 380, 382
remains till end of Kalpa, 57 fn., 386
reservoir of human, 49, 380, 386 spirit of a star, 349
Mongolia:
secrets of Gobi Desert, 18-19, 21 rf. Ssanang-Sstzen’s chronicles of, 21 fn.
Monier-Williams, Sir (1819-1899): denied esotericism of Buddha’s teachings, 4
See Bio-Bibliography.
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Monotheism:
cp. to Polytheism, 51, 207 fn., 373
of Jews, 170, 207 fn.
of Jesus opposed Moses, 207 fn.
Montesquieu, C.L. (1689-1755),
Lettres Persannes on madness, 467
Moon:
Socrates on, 35 fn.-36 fn.
fourth principle of Planetary
System, 142
reflects Earth’s passions, 142
influences of, 143
lunacy & diseases from, 143 orbit is narrowing, 230
light in Druidic practices, 311 “living” painting of, 331 fn.
Moor, E. (1771-1848), rf.
Hindoo Pantheon, 286
Morality:
esoteric knowledge disasterous without, 45, 309 & fn., 310 affected by magic numerals,
60-61
Mysteries cultured, 250 fn., 256, 274, 276
first principle of strong, 251
Secret Doctrine unified by, 289 planetary Gods source of, 345
Moreri, Louis (1643-1680), on de Cusa, 378 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Mortification, in moral sense, 307 fn.
Mosaic Lau>:
from Egyptian sources, 172 fn., 197
few scrolls of, remain, 182 true, kept secret, 182 or Bible unknown to West, 191,193
not to be taken literally, 197
false claims on date of, 240
Moses (fl. 12th C. B.C.):
angels mentioned by, 328
based Genesiacal cosmogony on Great Pyramid, 69, 157-58, 195 fn.
Books of, 11 fn., 172-75
Books of, need occult key, 12, 42, 65 fn.
and “children of men”, 121 died after initiating Joshua, 263-64
said earth & water make a
Soul, 242
exile & solitary death of, 278
Genesis written by, 172 given key geometric figure, 95-96
on God of the living, 58
no Hebrew in days of, 172
an Initiate, 68, 69, 172, 175 fn., 182 fn., 193, 195 fn., 242
initiated by Jethro, 175 fn.
initiated 70 Elders, 42
and Jehovah the same, 208 meaning of Genesis in days of, 67, 157, 172, 328
met Divine Self on Mt. Sinai, 69
numerical symbolism used by, 65 fn., 69, 172
Pentateuch during time of, 172, 177
pre-Mosaic relics tell legend of, 72
Promised Land never reached, 193 fn.
“records” his own death, 177 and square of INRI, 158 veiled his Pentateuch, 69, 172, 177
Moses, ben Shem-Tob de Leon (1250-1305):
editor, not forger of Zohar,
171
interpolation made by, 171
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influenced by Syrian & Chaldean scribes, 171
Mosheim, J.L. von ( 1684?-1755): describes many “heresies”, 112
--------Institutes of Eccles. History: on Simon Magus, 109-10 on Cerinthus, 112 on Ammonius, 306-07 See Bio-Bibliography.
Moslems, say Jesus a Prophet, 108
Mother:
all Initiates born of virgin, 139, 140
symbolized by Space, 202, 205, 243-44
Egyptian first, origin of Eve, 203
in Gnostic teaching, 205
Motion:
perpetual acc. to Science, 229 in gravitational theory, 229-30 perpetual, or Breath, 236-37, 419
of celestial spheres, 330-31
Motive, danger of impure, 309 & fn.
Mountain:
spirits of China, 18 of Light image, 20
Mousseaux. See Gougenot.
Movers, F.C. (1806-1856), on light of laô, 272 fn.
Mula-Kurumbas, sorcerers of Nilgiri, 29, 105
Mulaprakriti:
cp. to Shekhinah, 87 eternal root of all, 234
Muller, F. Max (1823-1900): no esotericism in Sanskrit literature, 3-4, 6, 446
quinquennial age q. from
Satapatha Brahmana, 362 inconsistent view on Nirvana, 416 fn.
mistaken views of, 446
--------Chips from a German
Workshop: on prayer, 20 on Brahman & divine Self, 259-60 fn.
India is birthplace of math, 360
rf. “Our Figures”, 360
--------History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, on exaltation of
“Ka”, 446
--------Sacred Books of the East, ed. q. Shankara on Parabrahman, 393 fn.
Muller, George (1805-1898), rf. 116 See Bio-Bibliography.
Muller, John (1436-1476), valued astrology, 334
Mulliss, William M. (1877-1932): interview with Annie Besant, xxxi-ii
See Bio-Bibliography.
Mummy, burial, 288
Munk, Salomon (1803-1867): on authorship of Zohar, 171 on Vulgate Genesis, 216 See Bio-Bibliography.
Miinter, Friedrich (1761-1830), On the Most Ancient Religion . . , on rites of Norse Valas, 23 & fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Le Musee des sciences (Paris), rf. 352 fn.
Music, Sanskrit is, notations, 196 & fn.
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Muth:
Egyptian cognomen of Venus, 155
as Isis, 155
glyph has double meaning, 156
Mycenae, and treasures of ancients exposed to popular cupidity, 21
Myer, Isaac (1836-1902):
Qabbalah:
q. Zohar, 38
account of sources, 171
Mystae, Epilogue for the, 304
Mysteries, The:
of Adept’s body, 53
Alesia, last European stronghold of, 294-95
all, derived from 7 planets &
Sun,142, 332
anastasis, or last Act of, 304 on antiquity of, 246, 249-56,
259, 269, 270, 274, 279
appreciated rarely, 26, 250
Aryan, foundation of Great Pyramid, 157 fn.
both sexes partook in, 275
carried by Atlanteans into
Americas, 279-80
chief object of, 276
Christian, influenced by,
268,308
Christian, Simon & Manes, 116
circle dance of, 316 codified all civilizations, 250 fn., 269
of “continuous existence”, 53-54
cross and, 151-52
cultured altruism, 256
of Demeter & Ceres, rf. 164 & fn.
disappearance coincided with
Alexander, 294
disdained by modern science, 5 earliest in Samothrace, 274
of Eastern Scriptures, 45, 74 fn.-75 fn., 167-68, 260-62
of Eleusinia & Agrae, 270, 274
Eleusinian, & Paul, 114, 123
of ever-concealed Deity, 249-50 forstalled brutality in men, 250-51
Fourth Root-Race profaned, 86, 246, 251
gradation of, 275-76
gradual fall from, 40-41, 81, 84, 246, 249-51, 270, 279, 294-99, 304
greater secrets of, 7, 13-16, 40, 84, 123, 142, 249-51, 254-56, 270, 290, 294
Grecian derived from Indian, 123 fn., 254, 256, 269-70, 308
of Hermaphrodite, 83, 290
of Initiation are allegorical, 142, 249, 260 ff„ 304
of Initiation experienced by all Adepts, 139
Inner, &: Esoteric canon, 12, 257
as Interior communion, 276
Jesus 8c Pagan, 147-48
Jesus taught, 162
Jews veiled, 62
Of Kabalah, 37-38, 74, 167-68, 220-45
Katharsis of, 275
Keys to the Hebrew-Egyptian, 40 & fn., 102, 157-59, 168
King Initiates established, among Atlanteans, 246, 250 fn.
of Kurukshetra rite, 74 fn.-
75 fn.
last Theophany of, 276 location of Lesser & Greater, 274,279
Masonic rite confused chronology of, 274
Masonry reestablished Temple, 168, 250-51, 264
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Mithraic, & “Star Rites,” 319 fn.- 20 fn.
Mystae and, 277, 304
No, in Satya Yuga, 248-49, 290, 294
Numbers & geometry as Key to, 62-63, 112 & fn.
once most sacred institution,
12, 36, 250 & fn., 251-57
on Orphic, 308
Pagan acc. to Jowett, 15
Paul & Clement initiated into, 43, 114, 274-75
performed in Pyramids, 24 fn., 297
Plato on, 7, 15-16, 256, 276
Proclus on, 277, 308
profanation of, 294-99, 300
punishment of those who transgress, 84-85, 222 & fn.
of Rasa Mandala, 315 & fn., 332
reasons for, 47 ff., 83-84, 246, 249-52, 254-57, 276
recollection of, depends on purity, 52, 249
resisted left-hand Adepts, 251
revelation did not die with, 269
& sacred Egyptian formulary, 125
sacred rites of the Epopteia, 123, 276-77
secret annals of Occult, 36 & fn., 84, 142, 251, 290-91
Selfishness led to need for, 249-51
Seven Planets, of, 88, 142, 316
Solar, 142, 221, 260-65 ff., 319-20 & fns., 332-33
of Spiritual rebirth, 57 & fn., 304
superhuman origins of, 256, 269 symbol of animals in, 83-84
of Syrians & Phoenicians, 274
of transferences, 371
true, never publicized, 270 use of stone tablets during,
124, 126
Wisdom Religion based on, 143
of Yava-Aleim, 181
Mystic(s) :
on achieving state of the, 51-52 allegorically one with Trinity, 111 can become Adept, 55
characters of Kabalah dangerous, 60
how Ecstasy obtained by, 54
1st, taught by Divine Instructors, 47
life of all Initiates similar, 139-40, 142
literature on God within, 54 mediaeval, & Kabalah, 168, 169 Pythagoras & Plato, 15, 63 reason for secretiveness, 6 same, philosophy of all Adepts,
130-31, 139
Simon Magus a, 110
suspicions of some Christian, 197
Today’s, cp. to Middle Ages,63
Mysticism:
is not criticism, 14
Oriental, influenced Plato and Pythagoras, 15
Jowett on “Pagan”, 15
Mythology:
Vedic influence on Chaldean, 91 & fn., 200-01
three aspects of Heroic, 91 foundation-stones of
religions, 241
My ths:
as personifications of cosmic Powers, 241
Rig-Veda & origins of, 241
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Nabang-lob-Sang (1617-1682), Fifth Dalai Lama, 428 fn. See Bio-Bibliography.
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Nabuchadrezzar II (d. 562 B.C.), Jewish Scriptures perished in times of, 178
Nachmanides, Moses (1194-1270), on passage in Genesis, 67
Naga(s):
or Vasuki, in Hindu Pantheon, 284
and Initiation legend, 284, 435
Sesha-, as Vishnu’s couch, 284 or Anata as Eternity symbol, 284
Church degrades, to tempter, 284
of Buddhists are superior beings, 285
veiled name for Initiates, 435
Nâgârjuna (ca. 120 B.C. ): received Sutras from Adepts, 285
driven from India by Brahmans, 285
an Initiate, 285, 435
Mahayana school of, 434, 435, 449
taught same secret doctrine as Gautama, 435
Chinese allegorical account of, 435-36
authored contemplative works, 449
See Bio-Bibliography.
Nagasena (fl. 2nd C. B.C.), defines
Nirvana, 374, 416
Nagy, Joseph (1804-1849), Mémoire sur le système solaire, q. on light, 226
Naljor-chod-pa, rf.to Yogacharya school of Buddhism, 450
Naljor-ngonsum, meditation by self-perception, 438-39
Name(s):
ancient, of Sun, 270-71
Biblical, closer to Physiology than Religion, 61-62
of Biblical God, 188
of Creators, 217 & fn.
for days of week, 350
of highest Egyptian
Hierophant, 288
Ineffable, in every heart, 131
of Mikael & Michael, 338
of the One, 310
of 7 angels, 315 fn.
of 7 Elohim, 202
of 7 Kumaras, 329 fn.
seven, of Sephirah, 189
of 7 worlds of Kosmos, 209
Napoleon, Bonaparte (1769-1821): abolished Inquisition, 104 world at “armed peace” since, 356
earthly hero, 381
Nara:
the Great Deep, 244
and Nara, Supreme Spirit, 244
Narada:
son of Brahma, 285 & 86
Rishi & Vaidic author, 285
an Initiate, 285-86
q. on Patala, 285
one of the 7 Rishis, 286
a founder of the Mysteries, 286
refused marriage in Krishna’s time, 286
prototype for Christian Archangel Mikael, 286
and the Hari-ashvas, 286
Narayana:
sexless “mover on the waters,” 79, 187 fn., 241, 317
the Self-created Logos, 218 fructifies Mundane Egg, 241 a form of Vishnu, 317
Naros:
first secret cycle, 359 transformations of the, 359-60
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Nature:
Aryan & Jewish veils of, 62 brain is organ of sensuous, 52 celestial Host creators of visible, 216
concrete & abstract, 10 fn.
divine Beings do exist in, 63 divine forces grafted on, 164 fn. does not arise from a void, 243 fn.
dual, 17
Elohim are forces of, 184 endowed with living Intelligences, 226
and God, 97
greatest mystery of, 142
magic is Philosophy of, 25 monotheism & polytheism, both in, 373
Occult Science and, 64, 226 personified as Virgin, 292 & fn. Science “powerless” vs., 10 fn. some secrets of, murderous, 104-05,
unbiased study of, reveals truth, 249, 466
Naz arenes:
true followers of Christ, 83, 121
Paul as one of the, 123
a class of Chaldaean Theurgists, 123
St. Peter, of the, 127
were Kabalistic Gnostics, 150 allegory of Jesus’life, 160-61
Nebular theory, found in Archaic cosmogony, 87
Necepso (fl. 13th. C. B.C.), an Egyptian astrologer, 344
Necropolis, world becoming a vast, 462
Neith (mother of Ra):
as Jehovah or Aditi, 218 & fn.
called “Heavenly Virgin,” 351
Neophyte(s):
must take vow of poverty, 56 fn. 8c trials of initiation, 74-75 fn., 83-84, 261-62, 288-89
must expect to be crucified, 85 must have “heart of a lion,” 85 transformed into Hierophant, 286
secrecy imposed upon, 308
Neo-Platonic School:
founded by Ammonius, 11 fn., 12, 300, 305, 308
prototype for the T.S., 308 taught Theurgy & Magic, 308 Orpheus & Pythagoras influenced, 308, 310
on Initiations 8c failures in, 310
chief aim, 310
Indian influences, 310
Hypatia an Ornament of the, 312
cp. with Brahmanical, 312
Neo-Platonists:
absurdities of, 6, 12
Ammonius and the, 300 ff.
chief aim of, Initiation, 310
Christian theology influenced by,305,308
cp. with Vedantins, 301, 309 concerning Theophania, 52 confused with Philo, 11 fn.
Eleusinian Mysteries and, 300 impressed the aristocracy, 312 Jowett on interpretations of, 11, 12
last era of Wisdom teaching, 467-68
mixed freely with world, 312 vow of secrecy, 7, 48-49, 308 Wilder on, 301-02, 310,
312-13
Neptune:
not of this system, 227
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validity of discovery, 227-28 occult theory on, 228
Nero (37-68 A.D.), as an “Icarus”, 119
Neter Khari, hieratic alphabet of the Egyptians, 97
Neteru, the Egyptian term for the Elohim, 218
New Testament. See Bible and individual books.
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727), rf. 177 was concerned about moon’s narrowing orbit, 230
Ngo-vo-nyid-med par Mraba, Tibetan sect of, 438
Nicephorus (ca. 758-829), Stichometry, inc. Hebrew
Matthew, 150 fn.
Nicholas V, Pope (? - 1455), and de Cusa, 378-79
Nicodemus, a Master in name only, 57 & fn.
Nidanas:
12 causes of existence, 432 & fn. based on the “Four Truths”, 432 fn.
Tibetan word for, 432 fn.
Niebuhr, B.G. (1776-1831), rf. 466 See Bio-Bibliography.
Nihil:
“Infinite All” of ancients, 418
Absolute Deity, 418
term degraded by Materialists and Monotheism, 418
Nirmanakaya(s):
Apollonius, 49 fn.
astral Ego of Adept, 161, 384 cp. with Dharmakaya, 376, 384, 397,439 & fn.
cp. with Manushya-Buddha, 389 conscious incarnations, 375 on “consciousness” of the, 387 Higher Principles may be in
Nirvana, 375, 384, 387, 389-90, 396-97
linked to Gt. Sacrifice, 397 one of three Buddhic bodies, 392 fn., 436 fn.
primeval Sacrifice, 397
Samkara’s spirit used, of
Buddha, 393
state, not infallible, 439
stay to help humanity, 373, 376, 384, 392 & fn., 397,437
Tul-pa’i-Ku in Tibetan, 392 fn., 436 fn.
two kinds of, 376, 389
Nirukta (glossary):
rf. 269 fn.
on Visvakarman, 261
Nirvana:
as an Absolute condition, 375, 376
an actionless state, 374, 420-21 Adepts renounce, to help
Humanity, 53-54, 161 & fn., 373, 386-87, 396-97,406 fn.
of a Buddha, 371 fn., 373-74, 387-93
cannot really be entered, 375 on content of, 375-76, 393 defined, 421
Devachan is, of Initiate, 262, 371 & fn., 375
differs among lesser adepts, 371 fn., 375, 376
is eternal, 374, 416, 432-33 extinction not, 415-19, 420-21 Higher Principles of Adept may remain in, 375, 376, 389-92 immoral inferences to, 437 as Impersonal life-eternal, 432 Invisible & imponderable, 421 Jaina text on Buddha’s ascent into, 416
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as Moksha, is a state, 58 fn., 411, 415, 421
Mukti is freedom or, 459 fn.
Occult Metaphysics based on, 415
one of three Eternals, 408, 411
Parabrahman identical with, 376 as re-absorption, 416, 433 result of link with inner Deity, 55,375
rooted in non-being, 416
Samadhi is not real, 53, 371 fn.
Seven Paths to, 388, 436 fn.
six keys to, 392 fn.
a state of “no return”? 375 fn., 389-92, 406 fn., 420, 437
temptations leading to, 262 threshold of Parinirvana, 392 as totality of Spiritual
Wisdom, 371
two kinds of, 436 fn.
of the Vedantins, 392-93, 415-16
Nirvani:
steps to attain state of, 375, 400-01, 420-21
cannot return? 375 fn.
illusory incarnation of, 375 fn.
with & without “remains”, 376, 384,436
can reflect its Buddhi in former astral body, 387
immortality not inconsistent with, 449
Nissi, & Jehovah, & Passover month of Nisan, 273
Noah:
kept secrets of initiation, 39 his Deluge taken seriously, 46 period in terms of pyramid measures, 65, 195 fn.
personified mankind of the Fifth Root Race, 86
Ark, & sacred cubit-value, 195 fn.
Nofre, means Chrestos, 283
North Pole:
changes of noted, 366-67
or Meru, 367
Notaricon, used in Zohar calculation, 95 & fn.
Numa Pompilius (715-673
B.C.):
tomb of, 105
and Collegia Fabrorum, 192
books of, destroyed, 298
Number(s):
Arabic system of, from
India, 360-61
as emanations, 243-45
432 in Cosmic evolution, 353-54, 357
of Great Kabalah dangerous, 60-61
in Hindu chronology, 361-68
ideas, figures and, 10 fn.,
62-63, 95-99, 359
and Kabalah, 212-15
of Kabalistic “Tohu-vah-bohu”, 244 & fn.
keys to scriptures, 43-44 & fn., 61-63, 65 fn., 95-102, 112, 157-59, 207-08, 359
keys to universal knowledge, 181, 192, 243-44
lucky &: unlucky, 99
of man, 112
manifestations of Time, 244
mental magic and, 96
Naros related to, 6, 359-60 the perfect, 112 fn.
Philolaus on, 10 fn.
Roman, & Alphabet, 360 sacred, reconcile spirit & matter, 63, 112 fn.
secret cycles and, 357-59 symbolism of Brahma &
Abram, 92 fn.
Nurho de Manhar.
See Ginsburg, C.D.
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Nying-po. See Alaya.
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Occult:
Alphabet system, 99, 100-02, 172, 181, 206-08
Arch-Druid lore, 32
astronomy on Electricity, 225 fate of English, Societies, 267 few fit for, Science, 54, 64 Fundamental principle of,
Philosophy, 235
lore alone doesn’t reveal
Nature, 192
Natural Magic, 32
Mysteries 8c its martyrs, 26
mystic lore even in dark ages, 45 powers of initiated, 175 8c fn. Science of Correspondences, 61, 64, 157
Science in India, 22 Symbolism in Aryan light, 192, 207, 208 8c fn.
Symbology of the Jews, 157, 188, 206, 207, 208 & fn.
Theogony, 188 8c fn.
truth satirized, 46
truths revealed gradually, 64
Unity, real basis of, Science, 61
Occultism:
All great Avataras recognized by, 240, 372
Apollonius Biog. reveals
secrets of, 127
axiomatic truth of, 61
backbone of, 8, 63
based on Nature’s facts, 64,101
Church dogmas 8c rituals
taken from, 339
common key to, 3, 12, 61, 181,192
dangerous to average mind, 54, 59-60, 64
demonstrated by reason, 372
Eastern cp. with Western, 232 & fn., 233-40, 444
Jesuits opposition to, 267 magic figure of Eastern, 236 priceless works saved for, 296 reasons for secrecy in, 47-49, 59-60, 181, 232 fn.
rejects Creator 8c Creation, 415 student of, non-sectarian, 107-08, 240
teaches union with Higher Self, 51
theoretical, is harmless, 59 triumph of, by 21st C., 27 two branches of, 27, 101
Occultist(s):
Accepts man’s need for religion, 41
advanced, are sworn Initiates, 60 fn., 85
Aryan light imperative key for, 192
Christians borrow from, 341 compared to clergy, 160, 267 continental, as Kabalists, 167 don’t reject original Bible, 84 epigraph of Eastern, 61 on genuine Eastern, 232 fn., 233, 444 ff.
honors Martyrs of all religions, 108
know “Gods” are 1st principles, 50
know Jesus as Initiate, 160 de Mirville’s view of, 43 Matter always alive, 414-15 must be fearless yet forgiving, 85-86
must not destroy “Gods” of Mankind, 64, 107-08
never seeks revenge, 86 respects every creed and faith, 107-08
reunites Ideas to Numbers, 62-63, 95-99
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vindicated, 27, 43, 64, 267
Odin, magic rites anterior to age of, 23
Od-pad-med:
means Infinite Light, 422 fn. Chief Bodhisattva, 422-23 fns.
is Amitabh a, 4 26
derived from Adi-Buddhi, 426 & fn.
Mani Kah-’bum personifies, 426 See Also Amitabha.
Ogdoad:
Gods of the Gnostics, 218 the eight superior powers, 315-16
Olcott, Henry S. (1832-1907):
rf. 483
See Introductory survey, xxviii, xxxix
on plan for S.D., 470
--------A Buddhist Catechism, q. from the Kalama Sutta, 417
Old Testament. See under Bible and individual books.
Ollas, sacred, of Sanskrit letters, 196
Olshausen, H. (1796-1839), Nachweis der Echtheit... on
Gk. & Heb. Matthew, 149 fn.
One:
Absolute, is relationless, 212-13, 216
cannot create, 216-17
Deity, inaccessible, 249
Eternal Substance or Essence, 210, 233-34
heavenly Androgyne, 187
Kabalah anthropomorphises the, 211
Logos as Energy of the, 216 fn.
Number, is Ten when manifested, 187 & fn., 212, 412-13
Numberless names for the, 310
Unity & homogeneity of, 235
Onnofre, a title of Osiris, 283
Onomacritus (530-480 B.C.), compiler of Orphic literature, 293
Ophanim:
or cosmic Wheels, 190, 217
“Auxiliaries” who participate in wk. of creation, 217 & fn.
Ophites, allegory of Jesus’ Life, 160-61
Oriental:
Mysticism in Plato, 15-16
Secret Doctrine source, 26 scriptures profound, 45
Oriental Church:
older & purer than Roman, 125
didn’t secede from Apostolic, 125
Councils contradictory, 144-46.
See also Church Councils.
Orientalists (Western): should study Zohar, 38 & fn. misinterpreted Buddhism, 409-10, 432-33, 446-47
Bons & Dugpas influenced, 433 records of true Esoteric
Schools unknown to, 447 fn., 450-53
Origen (185? - 254?):
cited, 36
and Ammonius, 313
--------Adversum Celsum, on
Simon Magus, rf. 109
--------Commentary in Job, rf. 115 fn.
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--------De Principiis:
on Garden of Eden, 37, 313 & fn.
--------Homilia In Leviticum, shows Bible is symbolic, 37
Ormuzd (also Ormazd):
as Ferouer of Christ, 71 fn., 321
as cosmic verity, 72 fn.
of unmanifested Logoi, 218 fn.
--Ahriman, 282
as Anti-Christ, 321-22
Mithra and, 322
Orpheus (fl. 1400 B.C. ?): rf. 331
brought mysteries from India, 269, 270, 293, 308, 350 dating of, 293
founder of Mysteries, 273, 293, 308, 350
“murder” of, 278
on nature as creative mother, 65 fn.
Orphic Hymns, 293 popularized Indian metaphysics, 186, 254
seven-stringed lyre of, 269 taught Kings, 350 taught Trinity of divine hypostases, 186
trial of, 141
and Varro on Kabiri, 314
Osiris:
and Bel symbolism, 318 fn.
“a black God,” 241 as cosmic verity, 72 fn. as divine sponsor of Initiate, 148
Egyptian Zagreus, 273 & fn.
as Ferouer of Christ, 71 fn., 148
as Fire, 243
Hiram Abiff modelled on, 279
Initiatory rite of, 241, 279,288
Isis and, symbolism, 292
Isis legends found in India,
126,279
“Onnofre,” 283
raised in Nysa, 273 fn.
represented life, 148,
151 fn.
as seventh principle, 381
son of Zeus, 273 fn.
Sun or Heavenly King, 270, 282,
321
Oversoul:
normally only overshadows man, 48
as “Guardian Angel,” 48
Ovid (43 B.C. - 17 A.D.):
not an Initiate, 222 fn.
reason for banishment, 222 fn.
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Padmasambhava (fl. 8th-9th C.):
chief apostle of Tibetan
Buddhism, 19
master magician, 19 See Bio-Bibliography.
Pagan (s):
accused of Devil dealing, 42, 73, 314
accused falsely by Church, 224
called “fiends of Hell,” 71 and Christianity, 221, 271, 305-06, 314, 335, 353-56
Christianity “anticipated” by, 71-72, 73, 143, 148-49, 271, 340
Constantine died a, 148
Deities acc. to de Mirville, 71-72
Deity, impersonal, 335
emblems & Jesus, 154, 271, 307, 320-21, 324, 335 fn.
Gods superior to Angels, 71 fn.- 72 fn., 330 & fn., 335
Jesus used, Rite, 147-48
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Latin Church woos influential, 70
Miss, destroyed by Church, 271
Oracles & Christ’s coming, 271, 324
“plagiarisms”, 143, 148, 314, 325, 335 fn. - 36 fn,, 340 secret cycles & life of Christ, 353-56
Sidereal worship, 314-16, 326 ff., 330-31, 335
source of Church dogma, 341 fn. “superstition”, 335
symbols engulfed by Christians, 167, 292, 307 & fn., 314-26 et passim, 330, 335 & fn.
system of 7 Rectors of the Demiourgos, 330-31 taught earth’s rotundity, 42, 330-31 fn.
Virgin Mary based on, symbol, 292 & fn.
Palaeography, Catholic interest in, 70-71
Palingenius, Marcel.
See Manzoli, Pier Angelo.
Palm, Baron de (1809-1876): cremation & alleged fortune of, 493-94
See Bio-Bibliography.
Pamphilius (2407-309), library held true Matthew, 149
Pan:
and the five elements, 100 fn.
and Sanskrit Paflcha, 100 fn.
Pan-chhen-rin-po-chhe (Great Jewel of Wisdom), prophecy, 431 & fn.
See also Tashi Lama(s).
Pandus, taught Mysteries in
3,300 B.C., 269
Panini:
as Grammarian, 4
“Was writing known before?” rf. 269 & fn.
Pantaenus (155? - 216): influenced by Ammonius, 13, 308
knew unity of Platonic & Oriental systems, 16, 306
Pantheism:
in theory of Soul Force by Scientist, 226
Roman Catholic Monotheists and, 226
endows Nature with living Intelligence, 226
Pantheon (s):
ancient, compared, 91, 155-57, 291
three levels of interpretation in, 91
Hindu, cp. to Biblical, 92, 403 of India explains cosmic mysteries, 208
Hindu & Buddhist 403
Papheronmes Papyrus, addressing the Sun, 270
Parables:
Karma of revealing, 34 & fn.
Secret Teaching propagated only in, 35
in Bible narratives, 40, 58
Parabrahman:
the Supreme, 55, 241 fn., 446
and Mulaprakriti, 87
as Ain Soph of Kabalists, 87, 184,197
Vedantin claims kinship with, 111
man’s essence is, 212-13, 459 the Absolute All, 212-13, 433, 446
Logos is co-etemal with, 216 fn. and the Demiourgos, 218 Brahma sprang from, 241 fn.
identical with Nirvana, 376, 433
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both Spirit & Matter, 393 8c fn.
called Àdi-Buddhaby Aryans,458
Paracelsus (1493-1541):
rf. 5, 167
on man's triune Spirits, 51
also a Kabalist, 167
overtly a Catholic, 169
trials of, 278
Paraclete:
Manes called, 163 the “comforter”, 163 fn.
Paradise :
eternal Western, in Tibetan lore, 422 fn., 448 fn.
the Mahâ-Chohan’s residence in, 423 fn.
mistaken views on Amida- Buddha’s, 448 & fn.
a bona-fide locality, 448 & fn.
Paramâr tha:
Adepts gave, Sutras to Nâgârjuna, 285 absolute impersonal consciousness, 436
Paramârthasatya (Tib. is: Don-dam-pa’i-den pa), or
Absolute Truth, 436
Paramâtman:
a high Yogi, 377 & fn.
Egotism disappears in, 377 fn. freed by Laws of Manu, 377 fn.
Paramitas (perfections), keys to Path to Nirvana, 392 fn., 436 fn.
Parâsara, rf. 257
Parieshit, successor of Yudhish- fhira, 367-68
Parinirvâna (Skt.):
refusal of, by Tathâgata, 401
Adept in, can no longer incarnate, 401
lasts throughout 7 Rounds, 401 fn.
Parinirvani (Skt.), one who has reached Parinirvana, 401
Parinishpanna:
the perfect, changless state of, 436
the voidness of conditionless Reality, 436
Parker, John A. (19th. C.), quadrature a perfect measure, 195 fn.
Parmenides (fl. 5th C. B.C.), One Beingness of, 239 fn.
Parnasi, huts of Hindu ascetics, 90
Parnassus, Mount:
Himalayan origins of Gk., 90 and Paropamisus, 90 fn.
Paropamisus, the hill of Bamian, 90 fn.
Parsis, as Sun worshippers, 142
Pascal, B. (1623-1662), rf. 378 fn., 379
Pashai, or Udyana, sorcery and witchcraft in, 19
Past:
Present 8c Future, are one, 303 records of Secret Wisdom destroyed, 467
Patala:
allegorical nether regions, 260, 262, 284
initiates descent into, 260,
262, 284
ruled by Vasuki, 284 identical to Hebrew Shiac, 284 as America, the Antipodes, 284
Patanjali, idea of inner God in
Yoga Sutras of, 55
Path(s):
student must discern Right from Left, 60
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Left, use thunderbolts, 104-05
Left, desecrated Towers of Initiation, 281-82
Buddha high on, of Dzyan, 400 of Perfection leads to Buddha- hood, 400-01
four steps on, to Arhatship, 434 & fn.
two way to enter, to Nirvana, 438-39
Patriarchs:
Biblical, 16, 92, 252 fn., 380 fn.
and Indian gods, 91 fn.-92 fn., 380 fn.
Adam & the 7 fallen, 203 Progenitors of human race, 252, 380 fn.
Jewish, were not priests, 252 fn. original meaning of, 252 fn., 380 & fn.
Paul, Bishop of Samosata, (fl. 3rd C.), denied Christ’s divinity, 144
Paul IV, Pope (1476-1559), built Church for Astrolatry, 337
Paul, Saint (fl. 1st C.): rf. 54, 55, 322, 396 abrogated law of circumcision, 122
Acts & Epistles of, allegories, 121
admits Secret Doctrine, 218 on Biblical allegory, 37, 48 on Christ as Spirit of Man, 122 cp. to Vedantin, 56 contrasted with Peter, 114, 123-24
doctrine put above wisdom of ages, 123
Eclectic doctrines of, 304
Epistles openly opposed by Peter, 114
Gnostic term Plerbma used by, 162 fn., 340
hated by Peter, John & James, 123
not infallible, 122-23
an Initiate, 43,48, 114, 122-23
not Jesus founder of Christianity, 121-22
knew of Celestial orders, 340, 348
knew God as a Principle, 413
on Living God, 48, 55-56
the “Master Builder,” 123
on Mt. Sinai, 37
a Nazar, 123
opposed to Gnosticism, 304, 341 fn.
and Plato, 114, 218-19
recognized plurality of “Gods,” 348
revised by Church, 169 & fn.
scarcely understood by his time, 322
on secret Gnosis, & Archons, 114
Simon Magus may have been, 113-14, 124
Skinner on, as Apotheosis of Christ, 122
uses Platonist’s language, 219, 304
Pausanias, (fl. ca. 150) descended into den of Trophonius, 135
Peking:
rf. 18
Chinese Emperor in, respects
Tibetan Lamas, 448
Peling-pa (Europe), Tibetan prophecy on, 431
Penna, Horace Della (1680-1747),
Memoirs, ridicules exaggerated lore of Kiu-te, 422 fn.-23 fn.
Pentagram, sacred, and the Magi, 240
Pentateuch:
apotheosis of Phallicism, 177
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Astrolatry & Sabaean worship in, 76, 328
based on Book of Enoch, 82 corrupted by ambitious
Rabbis, 194
differs from Mosaic Book of Creation, 177
Jewish angelology of, 328
Levite text replaced Mosaic, 183 fn.
not originally in Hebrew, 172, 173 & fn.
present, not original, 172,
177, 191, 194
Rig-Veda earlier than, 240 Sadducees rejected, 182 fn. Samaritan, 46 fn., 172, 173 fn., 182 fn.
synopsized in Genesis, 65 veiled by Moses, 69, 172
Perfect (teleioi):
Bible & Plato called Initiates the, 56 fn.
Perfection:
of Adept, 55 & 56 fn.
Paul & Essenes on Initiates’, 56 fn.
man cannot reach, of God, 56 fn.
Persia(n):
oldest languages in, 180 traditions, mostly old Aryan, 199
temples with celestial images, 331
Personality:
& Personal God, 49-50
Buddhi-Manas culls, 50
Adept can use same, 8c body, after death, 53, 375 nucleus of, remains until
Kalpa ends,^57 Tn.
of Adepts follows astronomical pattern, 138-39
of Adepts 8c private lives differ, 140
selfishness of, led to Mysteries, 249
when inspired by Spirit of star, 349
cause of pain, 432
Peruvian records, destroyed by
Spanish conquerors, 280
Peshawar, cave of Buddha’s shadow in, 19
Petemenoph Papyrus, Hermetic law of correspondences in, 347
Petephre (Potiphar), priest of Heliopolis, 254
Peter (Apostle):
Epistles of Paul opposed by, 114
not initiate, 123-25, 126
Jesus taught Secret Doctrine, says, 162
Kabalistic rendering as Earth, 159 knees impressed on stone, 119 lived & died at Babylon, 127 not a martyr, 126
“miracle” of, acc. to Church, 113, 125-26
never founded Latin Church, 124,126
persecuted Paul, 123-24 & fn.
preached circumcision rite, 124
“triumph” over Simon, 113, 119-20
wrote on destruction of 5th Race, 257-58
Peter I 8c II:
q. on Last days 8c coming of Christ, 257-58
on Jesus as Lord Chrestos, 282 fn.
on divine Lucifer, 317
Petosiris (13th C. B.C.), 8c Necepso, 1st astrologers of Egypt, 344
Petroma, stone tablets used by Hierophants, 124, 126
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Petronius, Gaius (d. 66 A.D.), Satyricon, on Democritus, 25
Phalguni, & Hindu astronomical vernal cycles, 362-63
Phallicism:
of Hebrew Bible, 195, 198, 205, 207 & fn.
symbol of generation, 207 fn. Rose & Cross, 291-92
Pharisees: pretensions of, 181-82 fn. Pentateuch rejected by
Saducees, 182 fn. borrowed doctrines from
Magians, 301
Phidias (f. 5th C. B.C.): and modern sculpture, 14 his Athena Promachos, 14
Philadelphus. See Ptolemy Philadelphus.
Philaletheians: true & false, 13 Secret Brotherhoods &, 27, 209, 313
Ammonius a, 306, 313 instructions for, 308 eclectic system of, 309 Plotinus, Origenes & Longinus, 313
few tenets of, remain, 313
Philalethes. See Vaughn, Thomas.
Philistines, David influenced by, rites, 316
Philo Judaeus (fl. 1st C. B.C.): rf. 271 in school of Aristobulus, 11 fn., 306
said Mosaic Books source of Platonism, 11 fn., 306
failed to reveal Mysteries, 39 and Septuagint tr., 178-79 on allegory in Bible, 197
on origin of evil, 217 fn.
rf. Archangels of, 218
--------De Septen, on sacred events, 137
Philolaus (fl. 450 B.C.): a Pythagorean, 223 on Solar Fire, 223
--------Fragments, on number, 10 fn.
Philology, floundering in mere hypotheses, 196
Philosopher(s):
esoteric presence in works of ancient, 3, 48, 277
old, intellectual quarries, 6 sacred obligation of old, 6 most Greek, initiated, 7, 276 &
77
God of, infinite, 8
modern, believe in “blind chance”, 9 fn.
“physical”, & Universal Mind, 10
Adepts respected by Chinese, 18 stone, 26 works of some, dangerous, 60 true, is impartial, 459
Philosophical Inquirer, The (Madras), rf. 117
Philosophy:
Esoteric, sees Buddha’s spirit in Jesus, 396 fn.
most religious, reject ex nihilo, 415
only Esoteric, can withstand materialism, 459
Esoteric, reconciles all religions, 459
Philostratus, Flavius (1707-245): trs. Life of Apollonius, 128
132
on sidereal globes in Babylonian temples, 331
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--------Life of Apollonius: kept hidden by Church, 137-38 cp. with New Testament, 138
Phoenician(s): divine origins of, 94 sacred alphabet, 97 cosmogony, 156, 202, 272 fn. divinities were Elohim, 202 lao of, same as Jehovah, 272 reverence for Sun, 272 fn.
Phorminx, seven-stringed lyre, 269
Photius (820-891), warrented Cyprian’s confession, 163
Pico della Mirandola, G. (1463-1494): challenged Church, 169 fn. follower of Pico & Reuchlin, 220
Pierre Soleil, Sun-stone, 221
Pindar (ca. 522-443 B.C.): rf. 257
on Zeus & Bacchus, 273 fn.
Pisces, Messiah comes in, 153
Pisistratus (ca. 600-527 B.C.), rf. 293
Pitar, reveals Presence for chela, 278
See also Pitri(s).
Pitha-sthana, in Tantrik Mysteries, 126
Pi tri(s): planetary gods as, 202, 277 and Patriarchs, 202 identical with 7 Elohim, 202 revealed in final Initiation, 277-78
as disembodied Mahatma, 278
Pius II, Pope (1405-1464), in awe of De Cusa’s learning, 378-79
Pius V, Pope (1504-1572), fostered star-worship, 336
Pi-yun-si Pagoda, Hall of Lohans, 429
Planet(s):
celestial work of seven, 88, 142,210,328
co-workers of Unknown All, 330
dual aspect as celestial bodies, 322
dwellings of Sun’s lictors, 327, 328,332
Elohim architects of physical, 212
Messiah’s coming & two, 153 mysteries of Initiation 8c seven, 142, 315-16 fn., 332 personified, 335 & fn.
Rectors or Angels of 336 sacred circular dance of, 316 & fn.
Sepher Yetzirah on mysteries of, 88
seven, and Sephiroth, 189, 210 seventh, a mystery, 332 “Star-regents” informing deities of, 329
visible bodies of Planetary Angels, 210, 315 fn., 322, 327,330, 334, 335
Planetary Spirits:
ancient Kings prayed to, 351 as angels, 210, 314, 321, 334, 336
collective host, 164 fn.
as “divine Powers”, 314 and Elect Angels, 89, 314, 336-37, 349
high spiritual 8c moral influence, 345
intermediary agencies, 330
Jehovah a, 272
Kabiri as highest, 314-15 and man’s soul, 300
Mysteries of, 315, 330-33
Pitris, revealed in final Mysteries, 277
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Popes worship, 337
are Regents, not physical planets, 328 & 329
ruled by hidden Hierophant, 332 Seven, 225, 226, 314, 322, 332, 336-37, 349_
seven, and Elohim, 198 fn., 200, 201-03, 204-05
seven, of the Presence, 46 fn., 189, 209, 210 & fn., 314
or 7 Rectors of Church, 336 Theoi of Plato, 326 universe formed by, 334
Plato (429-347 B.C.):
rf. 271
Atlantis of, 46
called Initiates Perfect, 56 fn.
crucified God of, 287
def. of Deity, 9, 62, 186
doctrine of Monad, 186
follower of Pythagoras, 15, 62, 308
hidden meaning in, 7, 8, 14-15, 46, 62-63, 340
Ideas as aeons or emanations, 340
influenced by Orpheus, 308
an Initiate, 6, 8, 15, 257, 274, 2.76
on Initiates, 256, 274-77 Josephus q., on Homer, 8 Jowett on, 8 ff., 10-16 monotheism & Gods, 7-8 Oriental mysticism in, 15, 16, 63, 308
planets, or the Gods, 326, 340 severe morality of, 274 similar life to Jesus, 139 Solomon not mentioned by, 177 fn.
on Soul & body, 10 fn.
Sun as a living being, 324
on Sun & Son, 271
taught at Heliopolis, 254 transcendental math of, 62-63 used Books of Thoth, 39
--------Banquet, rf. 7
--------Cratylus, rf. 7, 326 fn.
--------Dialogues, spirit of mysticism in, 4, 8, 14-16
--------Epistles:
enigmatic teaching in, 7 fn.
source of teachings, 16
-------Laws, on prayers, 42
-------Parmenides, rf. 7, 413 fn.
--------Phaedo, on founders of the Mysteries, 256
--------Phaedrus:
on the Mysteries, 7, 274, 276
on man’s original purity, 68, 277
--------Republic, on Gnosis, 218-19, 340
--------Timaeus:
only Initiate can understand,
7, 15
a Pythagorean Dialogue, 11
Jowett downgrades, 11, 15
on men as pure spirits, 68
Platonic method, key to Buddhism, 419
Pleroma:
the Unknown of Gnostics, 162
Church transforms into
“Heavenly Host”, 162
defined, 162 fn.
found in Paul’s Epistles, 162 fn., 340
Pliny (ca. 23-79 A.D.): believed in Chaldean Astrology, 351
-------Natural History: on Zoroaster, 23 & fn.
wrote on Celtic wisdom & lore, 311
Plotinus (ca. 205-270):
Jowett’s opinion of, 12
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taught by Ammonius for 11 yrs., 13 fn., 313
“ecstasy” of Theophania def., 48-49
felt divine fountain, 49 fn.
rf. to doctrine of triple emanation, 186
practiced Theurgy, 304
Plutarch (ca. 46-120):
rf. 139, 257
on circle of celestial worlds, 330 knew heliocentric system, 332
--------Isis, on Muth as Isis, 155-56
Pluto:
and Romans’ second month, 99 and Latin Church rite, 99
Orpheus in kingdom of, 141
Pneuma, the Holy, as female, 115
Pococke, Edward (1604-1691): on word origins, 90 fn.
--------India in Greece, on derivation of Parnassus, 90 fn.
Poets, have glimpses of the Mysteries, 222-23 fn.
Poimandrés, on 7 creative Gods, 198
Poles, revolution of the, 366-68
Polo, Marco (ca. 1254-1324): earliest traveler into Tibet, 18 and Gobi wilderness, 18-19 on Pashai adepts, 19
Polytheism:
cp. with Monotheism, 51, 65, 373
raison d’etre for, 65, 207 fn. prevented profanation of the
One Deity, 207 fn.
Christians adopted, 207 fn.
Pope(s):
kept silent on heliocentricity. 43 fn.
gave sorcery book to Charlemagne, 106
successors to Peter, not Christ, 125
perhaps several, Pagans, 139
many, not holy or infallible, 144
Pius 5th favors Astrolatry, 336 several, honor planetary spirits, 337
used by Jesuits, 341
some, in awe of de Cusa, 3 78-79
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), maxim on love, 41
Pork, in allegory of Buddha’s death, 85 fn.
Porphyry (233-305):
rf. 46
Jowett on, 12
on Ammonius, 12 fn.
experienced Theophany, 49 fn.
opposed Theurgy, 300, 304
on Divine efflux, 310
volumes destroyed by Church Fathers, 313
-------De vitaPythagorae, on symbols of Pythagoras, 95
on Chaldaen oracles &
invocation of Apollo, 350
Possession, during seances possible, 487-88, 489-92
Power (s):
of Apollonius, 131 ff., 300
Divine, differs from Jehovah, 197
first principle of moral, 251
of Initiate to preserve “remains,” 377
knowing languages without study, 134 & fn.
of knowledge, 1
male & female, in evolution, 157 meditation can develop, 400-01 moral purity needed for, 311
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must be regained every life, 400 priestcraft & secondary, 250 & principalities, 348 fn.
prophetic, 303
psychical, & Initiations, 277 real not grace or miracles, 116 seven Occult passed to Initiate, 175 fn.
super-human, lead to pride, 259 symbolized by wives, 407 to transfer self after death, 377
used secretly by Buddhists, 19
Pradyumna, animated by Sanat- Kumara, 383
Prajapati(s):
cp. to Sephiroth of Kabalists, 87, 187, 218 fn., 418 fn.
the 7 Elohim, 198 fn., 203, 212
identical with the 7 Rishis &
Kumaras, 203
fashioned man, 212
are half-human angels, 217 fn.
Lord of Beings, 241
Prajna-Paramita, learned by Gautama from Indian Sages, 435
Prakriti:
beyond Elohim & sexual imagery, 211-12
unimaginable abstraction, 212
as substance of Parabrahman, 393
Pralaya:
quaternary and, 187
& secret cycle of Manvantara,353 dissolution, 412
Prana:
resembles Hayah, 189 ever-changing life, 189
Prasad, Rama.
See Rama Prasada.
Prasanga Madhyamika:
most rationalistic system of Buddhism, 392
on power of doubt over Initiate, 438
analagous to Advaita school, 438
founded by Buddhapâlita, 438
exoteric & esoteric divisions of, 438-39
cp. with Yoga-Charyâ school, 439-40
Prasenajit, King, protector of Buddha, 19
Pratyagàtma, defined, 459 fn.
Pratyeka-Buddhas:
not a later development of Buddhism, 434
first chief degree of Hierarchy, 435
have Wisdom of Buddhas, but are not teachers, 435
Prayer:
Hiuen-Tsang on visions 8c, 20 on true, vs. selfish, 42, 307 fn.
Socrates on, 42
can result in unconscious
magic, 116
contemplation, asceticism 8c, results of, 116
real, is not formal, 120 fn., 307 fn.
as communion with God, 307 fn.
Christian vs. Pagan, 327
“Our Lord the Sun”, 343
Pre-Adamite, Race of Men, 205
Precession:
period of, 200
of Constellations, 354
in Hindu chronology, 362 ff.
ancient Aryans knew, 363 fn.
Prejudice, mind must be free of, 457
Pressensé, E.D. de (1824-1891),
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Histoire des trois premiers siècles de l’église chrétienne, on Greek MS. about Simon, 116
Pretextatus (fl. 4th C. A.D.), praises Grecian mysteries, 256
Priest(s):
Catholic, use Black Magic, 28-29, 30-31
&: official prayer, 42
& Divine miracles, 116 unscrupulous, 250 & fn. Egyptian, guardians of Truth, 251-52
early, were Initiates, 251-52 inherited patriarchal powers, 252
Science once arcana of the, 291
Jesuit, seek domination, 341
Primordial, seven Rays or Breaths, 380,390
Principalities, thrones, dominions, rectors, etc., 348 fn.
Principle(s):
Adepts know Gods as first, 50, 394
aspirants must recognize own Immortal, 55
of Buddha & mortals cp., 391, 394 fn.
circle: symbol of Unmanifesting, 113 fn.
each, a vehicle for next higher, 209 fn., 386
the “Father” is highest, 56 fn., 142
5th, vehicle of “God”, 59 & fn. of Gautama reunited in
Samkara, 393-94
Gods are seven conscious, 50-51, 380-81, 394
gradual differentiations of, 386 inner God is not 7th, alone, 49, 56 & fn., 209 fn.
Krishna is 7th, 141
one fundamental, of Occult Philosophy, 235, 386
Paul on God as a, 413
purified egotistical, of Adept, 386-87, 394
reflect indivisible One Flame, , 386
Samkara an Avatara of 7th, 390 septenary, 209, 234, 380-81, 386,391
seven constellations & higher, 204
seventh, of Planetary System, 142
seventh, remains to end of Kalpa, 57 fn., 386
the Taijasa or luminous, 51 three root-, 209 & fn.
unconditioned, does not create, 216-17
this Visvakarman is 7th, 261
Proclus (ca. 410-485): rf. 42 fn.
Jowett on, 12
combined Theosophy & Theurgy, 305
on Orpheus, 308
& doctrine of perpetual motion, 331
on aerial body of Adept, 384 fn.
--------On The Cratylus of Plato, on Ineffable Name, 131
--------On Plato’s Republic, on many forms of Gods, 277
--------Theology of Plato, gives 3 grades of Mysteries, 275
Prometheus:
fable, remembered by Moses, 69
as revealer of mysteries, 84, 333
humanity before, 204 fn.
personified “Baptism by Fire,” 333
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Prophets:
false, implies true, 303
Sibylline prophecy known
by ages of, 356
Protestant(s):
Catholic conversion of nominal, 17, 266
danger to, from Black Magic
of Rome, 29, 30-31
limited to Deity of, 51
Reformation, 70
strategem to explain doctrines, 72
creation begins at 3rd stage, 209
missionaries used by Jesuits, 266 missionaries fostered Indian
Mutiny, 267
nations & Occultism, 267
transformed Catholic host, 323
Proverbs, personifies Wisdom of Solomon, 46 fn.
Psalms:
rf. 180, 242
“South demon” of, 134
Matthew verses cp. with,
146-47
on Lord of Israel, 217, 218
on rejected stone, 220
tabernacle in Sun, 324
Psychic States, proceed from moon, 143
Psychology:
studied with Soul-eye, 138 fn.
an exact science, 138 fn.
Ptah, seven sons of, 202
Ptolemy, Claudius (fl. 2nd C.
A.D.):
rf. 350
recorded principles of Astrology, 350
--------Tetrabiblos, astrological scripture, rf. 346
Ptolemy Philadelphus (309-246
B.C.):
Josephus on, 179
fostered many philosophic systems, 306
Ptolemy Philometer (d. 146 B.C.), Aristobulus a sycophant of, 11 fn.
PTR:
Hieroglyphic interpretation, 126 and seat of initiation, 1 26
Public, must learn that Initiates work for Humanity, 468
Puranas:
cp. to Bible, 45, 185, 188, 240 corroborated the Sibylline prophecy, 356
doctrine of Emanation in, 185 Esoteric “blinds” in, 3, 212 far older than Mosaic Bks., 240
on Great Pralaya, 257
have an 8th creation, 199 mention the Astra, 104 fn. de Mirville q. Weber on, 73 on Mundane Egg, 185 over 20,000 years old, 361 predictions on future races, 356 & fn.
religious Mysteries of, 260-62
Purity:
needed for full recall of Spirit, 52
Adepts, can solidify astral body at death, 53 of life produces “Grace & Miracles,” 116
Purucker, Dr. Gottfried de (1874-1942), Esoteric Tradition, rf. 146 fn.
Pushkine, Alexander (1799-1837), personification at seance, 481
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Purusha:
part of Trinity, 187
beyond sexual imagery, 211-12 unimaginable abstraction, 212 as agent of Parabrahman, 393 the “thousand-headed”, 397 slaughtered at world’s foundation,
397
meaning of its sacrifice, 397
Purushottama:
Divine Spirit, 241
Pyramid(s):
age 8c purpose of Great, 297 architecturally, all of Genesis, 208
astronomical meaning of Great, 68, 157-58
astronomical symbols of, 208
of Aztecs, 25
and Biblical names, 65-66, 157-59, 208
Cheops not the builder of, 297 cp. with Solomon’s temple, 65, 183 fn., 195
date cp. with Books of Moses, 183 fn.
dating by science, 24 fn.
degraded by moderns, 24
expresses a living being, 100 fn., 195
founded on Aryan Mysteries, 157 fn.
and Garden of Eden, 208
Indian Pantheon related to, 208 8c fn.
Initiations within, 24 fn., 262, 280,297
and INRI glyph, 158
a living Esoteric monument, 195,208
measured objective spheres, 157, 208
measurements same as Arc of the Covenant, 183 fn., 195 fn.
of Mezo-America, 280
purpose known by Herodotus, 24 fn.
quaternary as base, 100 fn., 157-58, 195 fn.
related to the elements, 158 sacred cubit derived from, 195 fn., 208
symbolism of, 24 fn., 68, 91-92, 100 fn.,157-59
Pyrrhus, King (318-272 B.C.), healed with touch of his foot, 253
Pythagoras (6th C. B.C.):
rf. 5, 95, 133, 219, 331, 347
asserted Sun’s triple form, 186, 221
and Books of Thoth, 39
Byblus 8c Tyre mysteries known to, 274
called himself Sage, not Philosopher, 255 fn.
disciple of Aryan sages, 412 fn. drank “waters of life”, 276 fn. Egyptian Hierophants taught, 63, 274 fn.
established Copernican system, 347
Gnosis of, 46
on God as Universal Mind, 7, 99,413
God of, not personal, 412 fn.
grounded his philosophy in Buddhism, 419
initiated into Orphic Mysteries, 308
invented “Euclid” proposition, 95
knew Astrology 8c Theogony, 347
knew heliocentric system, 332 known for severe morality, 274 learned number system in Egypt 8c India, 95, 186, 254
less bigotry in time of, 468
life resembles Jesus’, 139
lover of truth, 13
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Oriental Mysticism of, 15-16, 95, 308
paid penalty for revelations, 85
Plato and, 15-16
public teachings vs. private, 47, 308
scientists & Mysteries of, 134
“Son of Mercury”, 35 fn.
on soul, 99
taught theurgy in Babylon, 274 fn.
as teacher, 35, 85, 95, 308
ten symbols of universe, 113 fn.
on tetraktys, 99, 112 fn.-13 fn.
Pythagorean(s):
central Spiritual Sun, 223
cypher, 98
doctrine of Emanation, 413
Kabalists used, methods, 62,
95, 154 & 155
Litera Pythagorae, 101
Moderatus q. by Porphyry, 95
Mystic Dekad of, 412-13
sacred numbers, 98, 154 fn., 412-13
science of arithmancy, 99
solved perpetual motion, 331, 332
on Spirits as Breaths, 420-21
symbols known in ancient India, 95, 186
system of numerals, 62-63, 95 ff.
teaching on Unity, 412 fn., 413
tenets grounded in Buddhism, 419, 420
Triangle, 186
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Qabbalah. See Kabalah.
Quaternary:
in Great Pyramid, 100 fn., 15758, 195 fn.
concreted the elements, 158
emanates the Kosmos, 187 the sacred cubit-value, 195 fn.
Quinquennial Age, 361-62
Qu-tamy, Nabathaean revelations of, the Chaldaic MS, 65
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Race(s):
all, are same company of men, 303
anthropological evolution of, 156
appearance of new continent in 6th, 258
Biblical names as early human, 44 fn.
birth of 1st human, 83, 204
Brahma born in 4th, 94 cataclysm at close of every, 81 fn., 257-58
destruction of 5th, forecast, 257-58
Dhyani-Chohans instructed 3rd, 359
divine dynasties of, 47-48, 81, 252-53, 302
egotism of Western, 211 fn.
Enoch &: Noah personified, 86
Esotericism worldwide during 3rd, 68, 81
fifth, derived from preceding, 302
First, semi-divine, 40, 46, 81, 302
Fourth, profaned Mysteries, 68, 81, 86, 103, 207 fn., 249, 259
Initiates since 4th Root-, 16, 46-48, 81
Messianic cycle related to, 353
Mysteries originated during 4th, 246
“mystery of Hermaphrodite,” 83-84
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primal truths delivered to early, 46, 81, 103
prophecies concerning, 80-83, 86
PurSnic allegory of, 247-48 records of last two, kept secret, 80
royal privilege of our 5th, Kings, 253
second, & Phoenicians, 94 sexual separation during 3rd, 204 & fn.
Sibylline promise of a new, 355-56
Third, & “wheel” of Enoch, 94
Radiation:
theory of, & numbers, 63
from Divine Substance, 234
Ragon de Bettingnies, Jean (17811862): rf. 281
shows binary source of Good
8c Evil, 99
on triangle as perfect figure, 99
on Hindu Trimürti, 100
on Lotus, 100 non-initiated, 191, 296 fn. about his life & works, 296 fn.
--------Des Initiations Anciennes et
Modernes:
on Masonry, 250 q.
on source of Mysteries, 250 fn., 254
Egyptian priests witheld truth, 251
-------Fastes Initiatiques, 296 fn.
--------Hermes, Ragon chief writer for his journal, 296 fn.
--------Maçonnerie Occulte: on number & letter symbolism, 98-100 & fn.
on Geometry of Sacred Name,99 on Pyramid as quaternary, 100
fn.
--------Orthodoxie Maçonnique: killing of Initiate allegory, 263 fn., 279
on solar rites in Masonry, 264-65, 279, 281
on 3 degrees of Masonry, 279
on Virgin birth, 292 fn.
on last stronghold of the Mysteries, 294, 295-96 true meaning of Freemasonry, 464 fn. “
Ràhu, the Great Dragon, 403
Raivata, Raja:
grandson of Manu’s 4th son, 247 summary of Purânic allegory, 247-48
Raja-Yoga:
two-fold path of, 439
as known to Prasanga, 439
Râkshasas of India, 21
Rama Prasâda, F.T.S., ....
Nature’s Finer Forces, recommends Black Magic, 60 fn.
Ramayana, on magical weapon, 104
Ramses the II (Sesostris), (fl. 13th C. B.C.), Greatest King of Egypt, 344
Ransom, Josephine (1879-1960),
A Short History of The Theosophical Society, on S.D., Vol. Ill, xl-xli & fn.
Raphael, is Jupiter Christianized, 335
Rasa Mandala:
Symbolic dance of planets & Zodiac, 316 & fn.
Mysteries of the Heavenly, 332
Rawlinson, Canon George (18121902), on Aryan influence on Mythology, 90-91 &: fn.
Ray(s):
Seven, or Rishis, 208 fn., 241 of the One in all, 310 infused Samkara, 390
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Reality:
one Eternal, 185, 210
Spirit is only, 420
Reason(ing):
inductive, 9
Absolute Unity is supreme, 61 not blind faith reveals Jesus, 143-44
Rebirth:
and twice-born, 57
Spiritual, 57 & fn.
by power of illusion, 372, 373
three classes of, 373
conscious, of Adept, 373 from higher realms, 375 fn. theory applied to celestial
Being, 379
of great characters, 381-82
Red-caps, of Tibet, 105
“Red Dragon,” or the Great Albert, 105
Redemption, Gnostic & Buddhist, similar, 161
Regent(s):
Planetary, as Parent-Monad, 349
key to Occult Astrology, 349 Esoterically are seven, 349, 380 for each of earth’s regions,
380
Regiomontanus. See Miiller, John.
Reigle, David, rf. The Books of Kiu-te, 402 fn.
Reincarnation:
French school of, rf. 56 opposed by idea of chance, 56-57
& Spiritual rebirth, 57, 381-82 in Bible, 57 & fn., 58 and modern theory of, 111 Apollonius possible, of
Jesus, 130
wide-spread_belief in, 134
Bhagavad Gita on, 372 conscious, is for the few, 381 of Divine Prototype, 382
Religion (s):
all, have Karma, 323
all, versions of One Wisdom-, 143, 305, 459-60, 467-68
Black Magic of Catholic Clergy, 28-29, 105-06
Christian facsimiles of Pagan, 71-73, 335-41
Exoteric, & future generations, 63-64
formal worship is not, 120 fn.
Initiation is true, 255
Jesuits foster material, 341
Magic blended with all, 23
Magic more effective in some, 32
Man’s “worst cloak”, 41
modem day, 41
mysticism is soul of, 120
no, higher than truth, 323
Occultists’ attitude toward, 107-08
some form of, needed, 41
Theistic, degrade “Gods”, 242 tolerance of all, needed, 240 Western, based on mathematics, 92
Remusat, John P.A. (1788-1832): on Buddha’s Heart Seal, 444-45 revealed secret Buddhist
books, 446
See Bio-Bibliography.
Renan, J.E. (1823-1892):
rf. 112, 153
negates idea of sidereal Intelligence, 231
See Bio-Bibliography.
Resurrection:
Bible on, 58 & fn.
Jerome claimed physical, 129 fn.
of Christ on Equinox, 137
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Spiritual, or Initiation, 141, 284
physical, impossible, 253 fn. rite of Chrestos, 283-84
Reuchlin, John (1455-1522):
rf. 220, 266
Mediaeval Rosicrucian &
Alchemist, 167 viewed Zohar as key to Gospels,
167
fathered Reformation, 169 See Bio-Bibliography.
Reuvens, C.J.C. (1793-1837), Lettre aM. Letronne, on
Zodiac’s antiquity, 348
Revelation:
Sc anthropomorphism, 208-09 primal, didn’t die with the
Mysteries, 269
of Planetary Spirits, 276 meditation leads to, 400-01
Revelation:
rf. 117,403
John fanatical author of,
116, 123-24
rf. to Tau as signet, 152
on “number of the beast,” 214
Kabalistic book, 214
Seraphim as “Seven burning lamps” in, 314
Seven seals of, 320 fn.
on two suns, 321
on Mikael, 338 Sc fn.
Revolution, fostered by Roman Church, 267
Revue des Deux Mondes: Babinet on ancients’ Ogdoad, 227
Herschel names asteroids in, 227
Thierry on true History, 466
Reynaud J.E. (1806-1863), Terre et del, quoted on mutations of planetry orbits, 231
Rice, as “forbidden fruit,” or Occult knowledge, 85 fn.
Rig-Veda:
Manu-Smrtti on, 92 written in Treta-Yuga, 94 Visvakarman as Root-Saviour, 142
called “Bible of Humanity,” 240
seven chief Deities of, 241 Muller on antiquity of, 259, 362
on prayer Sc Brahman, 259-60 poetical mysticism of, 260-62 Samhita, rf. 362
is fount of world religions, 39 7 on Aditi, 411 fn.
Rinchen-na-dun, the 7 precious gifts, 400 Sc fn.
Rishis:
Amshaspends or, 349 cp. with 7 SephlrOth, 190 cp. to 12 sons of Jacob, 22 fn. Fifth race inheritors of, 68 founders of magic, 22, 68 Hierophant of 7 great, 268 leaders not priests, 252 fn. mind-born sons, 289 revered as demi-gods, 22 fn., 202 Sc fn.
scientists’ disdain for, 4-5 seven, before Vedic period, 22 fn., 203, 208 fn.
seven, or Elohim, 202 Sc fn., 208 fn.
seven, Prajápatis are, 203 or 7 Rays, 208 fn., 337 Star, on earth, 334, 349
Rite(s):
outline of Initiation, 261-62 Sc fns.
Masonic, based on O. T., 264 typifies Cycle of Life, 268 some, of real Masonry preserved, 279
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Ritual:
grows at expense of inner reality, 120 fn.
Egyptian funeral, 337
Roman Church, taken from Occultism, 339
Rivail, Hippolyte-L.-D. (1803-1869), reincarnation theory flawed, 56
Robert II (970?-1031), rf. 253 fn.
Ro-Imphab, the “Heavenly King”, 270
Roman:
Ammonius influenced, Empire, 13
numerals, 360
Roman Catholic(s):
adopted Neo-Platonic teachings, 307 fn.
adopted Pagan “communion” wafer, 319 fn.
Astrolatry of, 220-24, 319 & fn., 324-25, 329, 335-37 & fns., 338-40
Church Fathers condemn “false gods”, 73
clergy uses Black Magic, 28-29, 30-31, 105-06, 116-17
concerning “Kischuph”, 104 conversion of nominal
Protestants, 17
on first “creation”, 111, 209 foster revolutions, 267
Jewish angelology used by, 328 missionaries on Genii, 17-18 missionaries ignorant of
Buddhist works, 424 fn.
Pius 5th favors star-worship, 336
Protestants used for, designs, 266-67
at State Religion, 104 teaching cp. with Eastern, 46 fn., 48, 209, 318-19
Roman Church:
accepts false Gnosis, 341 fn.
Adalbert condemned by, 105 adopted exotericism of heathens, 51, 72 ff., 224, 307 & fn., 324-25
allied with Pagans, 70, 324, 341 fn.
Ammonius renounced, 13 fn.
anathamas against Magicians, 17, 104-05, 116-17
Angelology & Theodicy, 339-40 8c fn.
on Biblical patriarchs, 16
Black Arts in, 28-29, 30-31, 105-06, 116-17
boa-constrictor of Error, 27
cp. with Greek Church, 70
concocts human mysteries, 160 condemns Spiritualist 8c Mason, 104
Constantine founded secular, 138
destroyed Esoteric interpretations of Scripture, 12, 37, 43, 44,45, 159-60, 257, 325
destroyed Masonry, 265-68 destroyed Pagan MSS, 271 “divine miracles” of, 116-17, 119
Esoteric numeral systems in, 97
Fathers of early, uneducated, 43 and Galileo, 43 fn.
hierarchy changes dogmas, 144-46, 162, 339
Holy Office of, 45
interpretation of creation, 209
Jesuits as parasites on, 341
de Mirville’s defence of, 70-73 ff..
Oriental Church purer than, 125
Pagan deities replace God of, 71-72 fn., 223-24
Pagan “plagiarisms”, 72-73, 143, 271, 314, 338-40
Peter was not founder of, 124, 126
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repressed biog. of Apollonius, 128, 133-34, 137-38
rituals taken from Occultists, 339
Sabaeanism seen in, 324-25, 335-41
seceded from Apostolic, 125
spurred revolutions, 267
star-worshippers, 224, 319 & fn., 329, 336, 339
stray offshoot of magic, 27
& Sun worship, 220-24, 319, 324, 325, 335-37 & fns.
sword of Damocles over, 72
texts cp. with Protestant, 319, 324
took Neo-Platonic teachings, 307 fn.
Trinity caused violence, 145
usurped by Bishops, 70
See also Church Councils.
Romans, on God as Principle, 413
Rome:
Simonium in, 119
St. Peter probably never in,
126
had only lesser Mysteries, 296
star-worship church built in, 337
had school of Astrology, 351
Romulus (fl. 8th C. B.C.):
ruins of, temple, 119
disappeared at death, 135
Rose, the crucified, or Isis, 291-92
Rosicrucian (s):
some works of dangerous, 60
Illuminati & Hermetic
symbols, 64
penalized for Occult revelations, 85
Jesuit opposition to, 266
Initiate cannot be crushed, 267-68
Masonry cp. with, 281
sexual symbolism in, rites, 291-92
Rossi, G.B. de (1822-1894),
Roma Sotterranea, on Chrestos, 283
See Bio-Bibliography.
Rota. See Taro.
Rouge, Oliver C.E. de (1818-1872), Étude sur une stelle Égyptienne . . , on hieroglyphic PTR, 126
See Bio-Bibliography.
Rougemont, Vicomte de (1808-1876),
Egyptian funeral rite, q. 337
Round, grafting occurs in 2nd, 164 fn.
Round Towers, of Ireland used only for Initiation, 281
Ruah :
Divine Spirit, 157 fn.
is feminine, 213 fn., 214
and Elohim, 214
Ruins, and relics of Mezo- American Initiation lodges, 280-81
Runes, and talismans, 104
Rüpa:
and Arüpa, rf. 388
super-sensuous, of a Bodhisattva, 390
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Sabaeanism :
rf. 318
in Pentateuch, 76
on History of Races, 175
Adam of, 175
worships through dance, 316
Roman Church and, 323, 324, 334-37 & fns., 338-39
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of Jews, 326
degenerated into Black Magic, 344-45
See also Astrolatry.
Sabaeans:
worship celestial hosts, 326, 344-45
Christian, 335-36 fns.
Sabaoth, or Jehovah, 326
Sabbath:
means Saturn’s day, 113, 338
dedicated to Jehovah, 113
Sabine, Edward, Sir (1788-1833),
Magnetic experiments cited, 352
Sacrifice:
of adepts, 53-54, 161 & fn., 373, 386-87, 396-97
of Nirmanakayas, 373, 376,
384, 392, 397
of Spirit in Matter, 397
of “lamb” allegory, 397
Sacrovir (d. 21 A.D.):
chief of the Gauls, 295
defended Bibractis, 295
Sadducees:
as materialistic “lawgivers,” 38
as unbelievers, 84, 182 fn.
cp. to Pharisees, 181-82 fn.
as Illusionists, 182
on sect 8c founder, 182 fn.
Law of Moses only scripture of, 182 & fn.
why called atheists, 182 fn.
Aryan heritage retained, 193 fn.
Sages:
ancient, & Science, 8-9, 13, 23
of India, etc., 46-47
of antiquity not Idolaters, 50
Sahasra-Kirana, neophyte during solar rite, 261
Saint Hilaire. See Barthelemy.
St.-Martin, Louis (1743-1803), hid his wisdom due to persecution, 278
Saint Simonists, searched for “Woman from East,” 496 8c fn.
Saint Thomas. See Aquinas, St. Thomas.
Sai's, perfected art of legislation, 254
Sakhayana Brahmana, on precession, 362
Sakridagamin:
trials of, 261 fn., 262
stages beyond, 262, 434 fn. meaning of, 434 fn.
¿akti(s):
Indian, cp. with 3 Mothers, 65
inherent in Parabrahman, 216 fn.
yoga power of, 400 fn., 407
Sakyamuni. See Buddha.
Samadhi:
blissful but not Nirvana, 53, 371 fn.
posthumous, 53
true Adept forgoes, 53-54 Porphyry’s description of, 310
Samaritans:
repudiated Jewish canon, 174
on real Books of Moses, 174
& fn., 182 fn.
Pentateuch far older than Septuagint, 182 fn.
Samatha-Vipashy ana: religious abstract meditation, 400
Zhine-lhag thong in Tib., 400
Sambhala:
Kalki-Avatara descends from, 354
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Sarpkara still in, 399
far beyond Himalayas, 399 Kala-Chakra system came from, _ 441
Aryasanga’s origin in, 451 fn.
Sambhogakaya:
the Causal or Dhyani-Buddhas, 392
works through a human Buddha, 392
impervious to all sensations, 392 fn.
body of bliss, 392 fn.
Dzog-pa’i-Ku in Tib. 392 fn., 436 fn.
Samkara, the Destroyer of Kosmic Triad, 186
Samkaracharya (509-477 B.C.): rf. 139 , among Sambhala Brotherhood, 399
“Astral” of Gautama reborn in, _ 389-90,391,393-94
Atman of, distinct from Buddha’s, 390
Avatara, 390, 391, 393-94, 404 direct incarnation of Siva, 390 disappeared at death, 135 fn., 399,404
great Dravidian Guru, 399 greatest Vedantic teacher, 389 Karmic mystery of death, 404 & fn., 405
lived in dead Raja’s body, 54 middle principles of, 394 name of his successors, 403 fn. primitive Wisdom-Religion of, 389 reconciled Buddha’s teaching &
Brahmanism, 398 Commentary on Vedanta Sutras, on Parabrahman, 393 & fn.
Svetasvatara Upanishad Prologue, on Gnosis, 437
Samma Sambuddha, defined, 452 fn.
Sam-Sam, Kabalah of the
Sabaeans, 176
Samson:
hair of, 261 & fn., 272 fn.
consecrated as Nazarite, 272 fn.
&: Delilah allegory, 272 fn.
Sam-tan:
is contemplation, 400
Dhyana is Skt., 400
can develop spiritual powers, 400-01
I &: II Samuel:
cp. with Pentateuch, 183 fn.
on David’s dance, 316
Samvatsara, 1st year of Hindu quinquennial age, 362, 164-65
Samvritisatya:
relative truth, 436
Kun zab chi-den pa, in Tibetan, 436
Sanat, the “Ancient,” 187
Sanat-Kumara:
High Adept, 383
dwells in Jana-Loka, 383
Sanchoniathon:
on the Elohim as auxiliaries
of time, 202
on antiquity of the Mysteries, 274
Sang-gyas:
incarnation in Tsong-kha-pa, 427
-Panchen, rf. 450
See also Buddha.
Sangharama, place of meditation, 409 & fn.
Sang-Sum, seat of 3 secrets, 405, 407
Sanjfia, pure spiritual conscience, 261 fn.
Sankhya-Sutras, rf. 55
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Sanskrit:
Occult significance of, 96, 102, 181 fn., 196 fn.
of Divine origin, 96-97, 196 fn., 197, 254 fn.
cp. Hebrew & Egyptian, 96, 97, 196 fn.
as musical notation, 196 & fn.
Saoshyant, or Messiah, 354
Saptaparna:
Man compared to, plant, 394 fn.
analogy of 7 Buddhas in every Buddha, 394 fn.
Saptarshi:
seven great Rishis, 268
Hierophant of, 268
Sarasvati:
Inventress of Sanskrit, 96
Goddess of Wisdom, 157
Sophia based on, 262-63 fn.
Sarcophagus:
as baptismal font in pyramid, 24 fn.
com rejuvenated from 4,000 year-old, 27
Saros, a cycle, 176
Saryati, Manu’s 4th son, 247
Sastras, on Moksha, 374-75
Sat:
untranslatable, 188
Be-ness, 189
resembles Ain-Soph, 189
Satan:
followers of, acc. to Church, 104
not Prince of the World, 164 fn. masquerades at seances, 164 fn. as tempting Serpent, 284, 338 as Fallen Angel or Lucifer, 314-15, 317, 322
& his Angels, 322, 327, 338
is Saturn, Savior & Jehovah, 339
See also Devil.
Satanism:
Pagans accused of, 71-72, 338 rival heresies always accused of, 104
St. Cyprianus denounces, 163-66 and Satanic host, 165, 322
Satapatha-Brähmana, on precession, 362
Sata-rüpa, as Hindu Eve, 188
Saturn:
Occultism &: cycle of, 27
8c Jehovah in Kabalistic numerals, 44 fn.
& its presiding angel, 113, 338
is Jewish Jehovah, 113, 316, 326
Sabbath is, -day, 113, 338
Messiah 8c conjunction of, 8c Jupiter, 153
or Zeruan, as emblem of time, 176
as “Father of Gods,” 334
Mikael is spirit of, 8c Sun, etc., 338 & fn.
as Satan in Church, 338-39
Saturninus (1st C. A.D.): stigmatized by Latin Church, 70 of Antioch, as Asiatic Gnostic, 113
on angels as 7 Planetary Regents, 113,209
on “Saturn” as God of Jews, 113
See Bio-Bibliography.
Satyrs, sing in Cyprian’s vision, 164 8c fn.
Saviour (s):
“Son of Man,” as, 81, 287
Root of all, 142
Jesus not the only, 143, 159,287
or “good shepherds,” 287
8c Mother Mary symbolism, 292
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Christ or Apollo as, 318 emblematic life of World-, 353
& cycle of 4320 years, 353 all, from one seed, 371
Sayanacharya (fl. 14th C.), on Samkara as Avatara of
Siva, 390
Sayce, Prof. A.H. (1845-1933): rf. 6
claims keys to cuneiform tablets, 4, 6
--------Hibbert Lectures:
on modern Assyriologists, 4
on the Elohim, 198
on Babylonian creation, 204
--------History of Babylonia, rf. 72 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Schlagintweit, Prof. Emil, (1835-1904):
learned Orientalist, 400 fn.
perplexities of, 433, 440
--------Buddhism in Tibet:
rf. 436 fn., 437 fn.
on Nagarjuna’s quest, 285 seven gifts of Initiate, 400 fn. misrepresents Sakti, 400 fn. on Human Buddhas, 403 on Buddha’s generic name,
403 fn.
on secret rite of Chod, 406 fn. misrepresents Tibetan Mysticism, 440-41
on mystery of Sky-born casket, 441 & fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Schliemann, H. (1822-1890), treasures exhumed at Mycenae, 21
See Bio-Bibliography.
Schlosser, F.C. (1776-1861), rf. 466.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Schmidt, I.J. (1779-1847):
Geschichte der Ost-Mongolen, on spirits of central Asia, 20-21
Ssanang-Ssetzen Chungtaidschi, seven precious gifts of an Initiate, 400 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Scholars:
most, are conceited, 2-3, 13 prominent, deny Esotericism
of Scriptures, 3, 12 assumptions of, need proof, 6
Schopenhauer, Arthur (1788-1860): theories cp. with Indian, 413, 414 fn.
--------Parerga and Paralipomena: ideas on Will, 413, 414 denied reality of Matter, 414
Science(s):
astrology & psychology exact, 138 fn.
authority of, used in S.D., 461
bias & prejudice of, 2-3, 5,16, 23,121
rejected by Theologians, 228 of Correspondences veil Truth, 62
Divine, transformed into Sorcery, 86, 103
Eastern books & mysteries of, 45, 87-88
Hierophants had all, 8 Initiation is true, 255, 309 fn. mocks truth, 1-2 nebular theory &c archaic doctrine, 87
purity of Science of, 309 fn. pyramids & principles, 24 fn. rejects ancient records on man’s origins, 23
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Tyndall says, “powerless,” 10 fn.
Scientist(s):
not Philaletheians, 13 some, unconscious sorcerers, 30
scorns Magic, 31
some, long for restoration of Mysteries, 134
“Kabalistic,” of 19th C., 225-26
some generate semi-mystical systems, 225-26
Scorpio:
as Mars-Lupa, 155
as “Chrestos,” 155
Heb. synonym for, 284
sign in Patala rite, 284
Scrip tores Historiae Augustae, Apollonius’ vision of Aurelian, 135-36 fn.
Scrip ture(s):
World, key in Eastern Occultism, 3, 12
Jewish, cp. N.T., 16
Hebrew, a compilation, 39, 170, 194
Eastern, used septenary principle, 45 mistranslated, 146-47 Holy Spirit “adapts,” 194 angelology in Roman Catholic, 339-40
Seal of Solomon, real Occult Hexagon, 103
Seances:
held by priests for conversion, 30
danger of possession during, 487-88, 489-92
Seasons:
Solstice, & Equinoctial, 362-65
Bhagavad Gita on the, 364-65
Secchi, Father Pietro A. (1818-1878), rf. 225
Secret Doctrine:
Adepts of, 33
All Adepts share, 93, 174 antiquity of, 269-70 Aryan traditions of, 174 Bible Esoterically is part of, 67
in Books of Thoth, 39 Buddha taught, 285, 460-61 didn’t die with Mysteries, 269
forces of Nature, Deity of, 184
“heavenly creation” 1st in, 205
Heb. Matthew a, work, 149-50 Kabalists accept bulk of, 328 on Mystic Cube, 187 persecuted for ages, 269 premises a universal Essence, 185
principles & vehicles of, 209 & fn.
reasons for secrecy of, 47 ff.
on reconstruction of Universe, 236-37
seven keys to, 183
source of Hindu &: Buddhist Pantheons, 403
survived in East, 33, 268-69 on task of evolution, 303 truth & fact based, 199 Universal Science in, 26, 33 will be vindicated, 27 witnesses of, 45-46, 112, 174, 269
Zohar a veil of, 220
See also under Blavatsky for text known as.
Sectarians, opposed Jesus & Buddha, 395-96
Seer(s):
may confuse mystic states, 52
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a great, compiled Book of Enoch, 81
Elohists called, 183 contemplation helps create, 401
Thong-lam-pa, is Tibetan for, 401
Selden, John (1584-1654), on planets’ names, 327
Seleucus [Leucius Charinus] (fl. 3rd C.): disciple of Manichaeus, 150 8c Acts of the Apostles, 150
Self:
-control produces ecstasy, 54
Deity within, 54
Moses met Divine, 69 -created Logos, 218 & fn. Rig-Veda on Divine, 259-60 all contained in, 260 sun symbol of, 260 merged in Universal, 401 on freed Spiritual, 409-10 collective, replaces Individual, 432-33
Selfishness:
true knowledge if free of, 1. 40, 249
of Roman Catholic clergy, 28-29, 30-31
Power abused by human, 40, 249
fostered by most prayers, 42
led to veiling of Mysteries, 249
prevents Initiation, 309 8c fn. source of sorrows, 432
Seneca, Lucius (5 B.C.-65 A.D.): rf. 257
--------Hercules Oetaeus, on cyclic emanation, 257
Senzar:
“Secret Doctrine Speech”, 97
influenced Egyptian alphabet, 97
yields several meanings, 101 fn.
form of Adi is Amida, 425
Sepher-Toldoth-Yeshu: on Peter, the Nazarene, 127 old Hebrew MS. hidden from
Christians, 127
Sepher-Yetzirah (Book of
Creation):
rf. 60, 67, 98, 187, 206 fn.
attributed to Abraham, 171, 214
celestial Adepts 8c 7 planets, 88
from Chaldaean Book of Numbers, 206 fn.
feminine Trinity in, 214 on Holy Spirit, 186, 214 Kabalistic views on, 167, 171 on manifesting Kosmos, 187 mystery of “Sun-Initiate” in, 88
Occult key in, 206 signature of, 87 & fn. source of later Kabalistic works, 171
tampered with, 206 fn.
8c the “thirtieth way,” 88
“Three Mothers” in, 64-65, 187
Sephirah:
crown of the Sephiroth, 189-90 as spritual Substance, 189 seven names of, 189 of Talmud, 189-90
third potency, 189 fn., 190, 218 fn.
nine others issued from first, 190
a female Power, 218
Sephiroth:
Cain a form of Binah, 44 fn. constructed Universe out of
Chaos, 242
divine Host of, 242
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emanate from Adam-Kadmon, 289, 302
emanations from One Cause, 67, 185, 189,301-02,418
first of, the Infinite, 418
Form of God, 185, 242
four worlds emanate from, 302 higher three, 213-14, 216 fn.- 217 fn.
identical with Dhyani-Chohans, 418 fn.
Jehovah the third, 168, 189-90 résumé of, Tree, 234 seven, emanated from union of Hokmah & Binah, 190 seven Planetary Angels embody our solar system, 210
“Seven Spirits of the
Presence,” 189, 210, 418 three orders of, 189-90 as wheels or circles, 98
Septenary:
is sacred, 103
key to Things Concealed, 103, 183
Svastika as, 103
in Brahmanical allegory, 198 chronology of Judaism, 200 division, once universal, 204-05, 380-81
principle in man, 380, 386
Egyptian notions on, 381 Esoteric system accepts, 386
Septuagint:
O.T. based on, 178
account of, compilation, 179 differs from Samaritan
Pentateuch, 182
cp. with Vulgate on sun, 324
Serapeiom, Egyptian temple which faced the sun, 222
Seraphim :
Planetary Angels of Church, 314
meanings in O.T., 314 fn.
Serpent(s):
or Nagas, 284-85
meaning of, crushed head, 287-88
in Mithraic rites, 322
Serpent Dragon:
St. Cyprian denounces, 163-64 in ancient temples, 164 & fn. Apollo killed the, 287
Sesostris (ca. 1613 B.C.), founder of Memphis, 297
Seth:
the Jehovah male, 44 fn., 187, 188
Son of, as solar year, 113 fn.
received Adam’s Wisdom Book, 175
the Third son or 3rd Race, 188
Seven:
acolytes, 337
Adam as chief of fallen, 203, 204
Angels are Creators, 209,
210, 211 fn., 314, 315, 328-31, 334, 380
Avataric state &, virtues, 380 &: fn.
-branched chandelier, 320, 330, 337
Breaths, Rays or Flames, 208, 241, 379-80, 390
Builders draft Divine Forces, 164 fn.
Creations of Brahma, 198 days of the week, 335, 350 deposed constellations of
Enoch, 200, 203 divine reflections in man, 50,198
Eastern books based on, 45, 202
Elohim, 197 & fn., 198 fn., 201-02
Emanations of Wisdom, 46 fn.
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eyes of Lord, 337
Gods of Astrology, 349 & 50
Gods or Principles, 50-51,
198, 217, 380, 386
groups of souls, 349
hierarchies of Being, 386
inferior, “Spirits of Wickedness,” 205
keys to secret knowledge, 183, 200, 202, 205
Kronidae cause the Fall, 200
Primeval, 68, 380
Primordial powers, 200-02, 337, 379, 390
Races concealed in cosmic myths, 156, 202
Regents or Celestial Rectors, 315 fn., 328-31, 380
Sevekh, god of number, 203
Spheres of Dante, 45-46
spirits of Presence, 329, 336-37, 349,379
universal doctrine of, 204-05
worlds of Kabalah, 209
Worlds of Mercury Trismegistus, 46
Zones of Gods, 198, 380
Sex:
result of materiality, 58 fn., 81 & fn., 289-90
no, differences in future, 58 fn.
separation in Third Race, 204 fn.
no, distinctions in One
Element, 211
symbolism of Rose &: Cross, 291-92
Seyffarth, Gustav (1796-1885):
Kabalistic discoveries of, 44 fn.
on early Semitic dialects, 176
--------Beitr'age zur Kenntiss . . .:
q. Philo on sacred events, 137 on Easter at Vernal Equinox, 137
on Goddess Muth as Venus, 155-56
Shakers, circle dance of, 317
Sakyamuni. See Buddha, Gautama.
Shedd, W.G.T. (1820-1894),
Dogmatic Theology, favored intolerance, 108
Sheep, symbolism in Enoch, 74, 83
Shekhinah:
cp. with Mulaprakriti, 87
1st effulgency in Kosmos, 187 in Jewish Kabalah is female, 187 fn.
Shen, Genii of the Mts., 18
Shiloh, dance of daughters of, 316
Shimeon ben-Shetah (2nd C. B.C.), numerical system of, 98
Shimon ben-Yohai (ca. 2nd C. B.C.): compilei of Zohar, 37, 88-89, 169, 220
great Jewish Initiate, 37-38, 88-89
& Merkabah, 88
on miraculous death, 89 &c fn.
Siang-kyan, Chinese idol-worship, 450
Sibylline:
prophecy, 318, 355-56
corrborated by Puranas, 356
Sidereal Souls:
condemned by Church Council, 319, 336 ff.
as guiding intelligences, 319, 345
in Church star-rites, 319 fn., 320 fn., 336-40 & fns., 343
Church appropriates, old localities, 325, 336 ff.
worshipped, not graven images, 326,
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Sien-Chan, as world of Illusion, 408 & fn.
Sign of Vishnu: sacred hexagon, 103 a curse on those who divulged, 103
Signum Tau, mystic seal, 152
Simon the Just, rf. 182 fn.
Simon Magus (fl. 1st C.):
Acts on, 109
apostolic “authority” ignored by, 116-17
Church called, Necromancer, 107, 109, 115, 116, 118-19 divine incarnation, 52-53, 110 & doctrine of Emanations, 111 feats of magic, 118-20
Kabalist & Mystic, 110-11, 113 and Peter, 110, 115, 124 & fn.
Peter’s “miracle” over, 113, 115, 120
Philip baptized, 109, 116
Origen et al on, 109-10 rival of Paul, 124 fn. was St. Paul ?, 113, 115 as Seer, used allegorical language, 111 stigmatized by Church, 113, 116, 124 fn.
Simonium, & relic of Peter, 119
Sin(s):
decree upon sinners, 82 annihilation of sinners &, 86 Samson’s hair & 7 cardinal, 261 fn.
expiation for mankind’s, 263 fn.
Sinnett, A.P. (1840-1921): chary of linking H.P.B. &
Masters, 474
--------Esoteric Buddhism: rf. 302 fn., 371,469 Bodhism clarified in, 2, 458-59
Kama-Loka is Tohu-vah-bohu, 238 fn.
on Samkara, 390
--------Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky: H.P.B.’s notes on:
Baron de Palm, 494 being libeled, 492-93 concentration during inspired writings, 485
dangers of seances, 487-88, 489-92
elementaries act as departed souls, 482-83
hidden letter, 477 invisible helper, 478-79 rf. K.H. letter, 483 Masters’ help in writing
Isis, 494-95 medium vs. mediator, 476 near-assassination, 487 obsession by alcholic spook, 488-89
phenomena never satisfying, 479
seeing astral of Master, 486 seeing thoughts, 484 shells of “spirits”, 482-83 “spirit” of Poushkine, 481 thought reading & raps, 477, 480-81
two selves, 485-86 will or passivity & magic,
479
Sishtas, as Celestial Initiators, 54
Siva:
Sakti of, & 3 Mothers, 65
Brahma, Vishnu &, 188, 190 fn.
and generation, 190 fn.
God of destruction, 263 fn.
Six, secret cycles based on, 359-60
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Skinner, J.R. (1830-1893): cp. with Gen. Pike, 40 fn. a Mason, 40 fn., 66, 91 dsicovered a key to Mysteries, 40, 44 fn., 65-66, 87 fn., 138 fn.
limited by choice of numeration, 154-55, 193, 195, 208
on Tohu-vah-bohu, 244 fn. correspondence with H.P.B., 473
--------Source of Measures: rf. 177 fn.
on Abram, 92 fn.
on Astrology & Jesus, 138, 151, 155-56, 158-59
Bible’s strange features, 40, 65-66, 208
Biblical & Cardinal events compared, 137-38, 158
Biblical Yah-ve unriddled, 91,188
on celestial harlotry, 201
cp. Greek & Hebrew MSS., 146-50, 157-59 ff.
on cross & Labarum, 151 & fn. 154-55
dating of Great Pyramid, 183 fn., 195 & fn.
Enoch as Solar year, 93 on Hebrew source of measures, 158-59, 183 fn., 195, 208 ignores keys to mystic Jesus, 154-55, 195, 208
on INRI glyph, 158-59
Jehovah, Cain etc., & Elohim, 43-44 & fn., 87 fn., 155-59, 188
on Jesus’last words, 146-47 Jesus 8c pagans, 155 fn.
Kabalah 8c Masonry, 66 key to signature of Sspher
Yetztrah, 81 fn.
a mathematical revelation, 146, 157-59 8c fn.
merit of Hebrew Bible, 192-93 195
Moses as Hermes or Thoth, 93
N.T. cp. with Life of Apollonius, 137-38
Paul & Jesus, 121-22 pyramids & Genesis, 208 on two Messiahs, 283 Zodiacal Egyptian correlations, 155-56
Smith, George (1840-1876): rf. 198
--------Ancient History . . . , discoveries of Egyptologists, 72
Smriti, oral teachings, 171-72
Smyth, C.P. (1819-1900): degrades pyramids, 24 fn. studies systems of measurement, 91-92, 183 fn.
--------The Great Pyramid, rf. 91, 183 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Société Spirite, lasted only 2 weeks, 487
Society for Psychical Research, Hodgson Report clarified, 473 8c fn.
Socrates (469-399 B.C.): revealed his daimôn, 35 fn. death of, 35 fn., 222 fn. allegory on moon, 35-36 fn. noble injunction of, 48 not Initiate, 222 fn.
on great Initiates, 256, 257 saluted Sun, 271
Socrates Scholasticus (380-440): Ecclesiastical History:
rf. 151 fn.
on death of Terebinthus, 163 fn.
Sod, cp. with Gupta-Vidyâ, 185
Sodalian Oath, Plato et al took, 7
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Solar:
symbols, 99, 137, 222, 260, 270-72, 282, 316-25 year, 113 fn.
events related to sacred, 137, 264-65
system Builders, 210, 261
Spirit of Sun, 220-21, 321, 324
Trinity, 222
Force is electricity, 225 system not perfect, 230 Initiation, 260-65 Gods & Christian Demons, 325 guides of, system, 348-49
Solomon (ca. 973-933 B.C.): Temple of, & Great Pyramid, 65, 195 & fn.
Seal of, 103, 153 & fn.
legends of, like Apollonian, 128 mystic Tau used in, Temple, 152
Masons regard, as myth, 177-78 & fns.
Herodotus never mentions, 177-78 fns.
sacred dimensions of, Temple, 195 fn.
Masonic rite & Temple allegory, 264
Solon (ca. 638-559 B.C.), and Lycurgus, 254
Solstices:
John & Jesus born on, 137
Hindu astronomy on, 362-64
Soma:
helped liberate soul from body, 123 fn.
in Hindu Mysteries, 276 fn.
Somakara, Sesha Jyotisha, Commentary, 362
Son(s) of God:
Divine Instructors, 81 fn., 287, 298
rf. to Isis on, 81 fn.
all Initiates called, 270-74 fn.
mankind was, now Sons of Evil, 287
meaning in Genesis, 298
war between, & Atlanteans, 302
Son of Man:
first Hierophant, 81
at close of 3rd Root-Race, 81
as Savior, 81
Sons of Light:
Instructors of early man, 68
vs. the Son of Evil, 287
Sons of Will 8c Yoga, rf. 251
Sophia:
as Wisdom, 46 fn.
consort of Simon Magus, 110-11 doctrine of Emanations and
Christos, 111, 160
Celestial Virgin, 160
gave Jesus wisdom, 161
Guru may transfer, 161 other names for, 199, 263 fn. copy of 3rd Sephiroth, 263 fn.
Sorcerer(s):
evil nature of, 33
pitied by true Magicians, 33
Pope Leo HI a, 105-06
Cyprian a penitent, 163 thunderbolts of, 104-05 unconscious, 31-33, 116
Sorcery:
of Atlanteans, 68, 302
blind faith leads priets to, 30-31
of Dugpas, 29-30, 105
hypnotism is, 29-30, 31
misuse of Occultism leads to, 59-60
Pope Leo’s book of, 105-06
of Roman Catholic clergy, 28-29 of St. Cyprian, 163-66 same cause as “divine miracles”, 117
in Tartary & Tibet, 19-20
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Soter, savior as Sun-Initiate, 71, 88, 137-38, 140-41
Soul(s):
astral, 8c Tau, 151-52 body as image of, 10 fn., 49 ceremony of, judgement, 288-89 Earth & Water produce a, 243 Egyptians’ notions on, 381 Electric Force inferior to, 226 elements of 5th Race, 302 as emanation of its God, 49, 51, 310
-Eye studies psychology, 138 fn.
Immortality of, in Plato’s work, 7, 10 fn.
Initiation proves, survival, 276 invocation of, 20 of man becoming paralyzed, 462 Mercury a psychopomp, 148 on newly-created, 372 a Quaternary, 99 root-principle of Man, 209 fn., 226
Science &: Religion feud over, 372 fn.
seven groups of, 349
Sidereal, & Christian astrolatry, 319
Thread, 51
union with Divine, 310
Universal, Boundless, 425
Sozomen (ca. 400-443), history is untrustworthy, 151 fn.
Space:
Abstract, is Deity, 234
Aditi as, 408 fn., 411 fn.
Buddha’s teaching on, 411 Eternal Root of All, 412 garment of Mother, 243 invisible beings in, 412 on, Maya & Nirvana, 419-21 numbers as emanations from, 243-44
One Element in, 412
one of Three Eternals, 408, 411
ancients view of, 411-12 Tho-og is Tibetan for, 408 fn., 411 fn.
Waters of, 244
Spells: on magic, 31 astral fluid in, 31 of Arch-Druid, 32
Speusippus (d. 339 B.C.), on Deity, 413
Sphere(s):
celestial, 201, 330 eighth, of Occult doctrine, 256
and their Rectors, 330-31
Sphinx, as unveiled by Skinner, 91-92
Spirit(s):
Apollonius freed astral, 131
Chinese 8c Tibetan, 18 as collective Deity, 314, 334 divine, or Higher Self, 48-49 of Gobi Desert, 20-21 Initiation & immortal, 276 know, thru personal merit, 51-52
levels of, recall, 52
Man as pure, 303, 420
Matter, 8c numbers, 63, 97 and matter as “Reality”, 414, 420
no Maya, 420
One, of Truth ever-hidden, 249 a root-principle of Mn, 209 fn. rules Sun’s course, 319 seven, in Egyptian rite, 337 Tau 8c divine, 151-52 uncreated, in repose, 419 usedin Magic, 118-19
Spiritual: beings as mediators, 300 biographies of Adepts, 137 ff. birthday of Initiates, 140 clairvoyance from Sun, 142-43
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Ego & its fountainhead, 382
Ego can’t reincarnate, 384
Esotericism of God within, 54
Eye & Eternal Truths, 249,
300
first qualification for, Path, 54
law of, gravity, 303
perception paralysed, 333
photography, 300-01
visible sun veils “Sun,”
221-23
world becoming less, 462
Spiritualism :
stray off-shoot of magic, 27
Boa-constrictor of Error, 27 priests use for conversion, 30-31
phenomena of, not satisfied, 479
shells act as departed souls in, 482-83
danger of possession in, 487-88, 489-92
Spon, J. (1647-1685), Miscellaneous
. . . , on Crêstos, 283
Shramanas, purity of, has degenerated, 434
Srâvakas, Buddhist listeners, 434
Srotapanna, rite of, 262 & fn.
Srotapatti, 1st stage on Buddhist
Path, 434 fn. "
Sruti, divine oral revelation, 398
Ssang-Ssetzen (17th C.), rf. to his chronicles, 21 fn.
Star(s):
angels are, 328
& constellations near Gt.
Bear, 202, 334
divine rulers in, 314, 315, 334, 336
no fixed, 228
influence of, dual, 345
the 7 Lumazi, Rishis, & Elohim etc., 202, 334
“Spirits of “Church,” 335-37, 339
visible Sun only central, 272
worshippers adore inner, 224, 272, 314, 334, 336, 344-45
Star-Angels:
of Church, 112-13, 315 & fn., 329,336
or Seven Stars, 202, 314
Regents who inform planets, 329
or Rishis, 334
cp. to Pagan Star-worship, 336 '
Papal Bull on, 336
Stellato, M.P. See Manzoli.
Stobaeus, John (5th C.), rf.
Eclogue, 413 fn.
Stonehenge:
used by Catholic Clergy, 29, 30-31
surrounded by planisphere, 358-59
Strabo (63 B.C. ? - 24 A.D.), Geography, on perpetual fire in Ireland, 258
Subba Row, T. (1856-1890):
“Twelve Signs of the Zodiac”: on ancient Skt. & myths, 181 fn.
on permutations in Tantrika Sastras, 181 fn.
“Personal & Impersonal God”, Nirvana defined, 393
Substance:
One Eternal, 210, 233-34, 419
emanates the One Element, 210
in Boundless Ether, 419
Suetonius Tranquillus (707-140?),
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Lives of the Caesars, on Nero
& Simon Magus, 119
Sufi(s):
Persian, have Book of Numbers, 174
& Sabaean tradition on Adam, 175
Suicide, Karmic effects on next life, 404-05
Suides (Greek Lexicon), defines Kabiri, 315
Sukhavati:
Celestial region, 426 fn.
one Path leads to, 439
Devachan in Tib., 439
Sun(s):
alignment with planets, 320 allegorical mysteries of, 22123,
260-65, 324, 327 ancient names for, 270, 321-22 angel of as Morning Star, 321 Arch-Druid represents, 281 Christ or Apollo as, 318, 320,
324,338, 343
the Christ of Roman Church, 324
citadel of the “Lord,” 319 in dance symbolism, 316 & fns. the Day-maker, 279
dual aspects in religions, 282 dual symbolism in Apocalypse, 321
in Esoteric Astrolatry, 32627
ff.
Eye of World, 279
in Freemasonry, 281
on, fuel loss, 230
glorified by ancients, 142,
222-23, 260, 261, 270-72, 282, 319 ff., 324
Heavenly Man rules, 332
Hermes on, 223
Initiates as, 140, 142, 260, 261, 264-65, 270, 318, 324
Jehovah attached to visible, 272,324
John & Jesus epitomize, 137 Logos of our system, 223, 260 manifests 7th principle, 142 Mazdeans had triple, 322 Mikael as spirit of, 338 & fn. a mirror of fire, 223, 324 as Most High, 271 Neophyte as, 261 & fn.
& Planet co-workers with Demiourgos, 330
Rectors of, 321-22, 327 of Righteousness, 141, 270, 318
Rites, 264-65, 270-79, 281 Samson personifies, 261 fn. as 2nd hypostasis of Christ, 221, 260
as Self & Soul, 260 as Solar spirit in Zohar, 220,225
as Statue of God, 318 & fn. symbol of Deity, 99, 142, 220, 260, 270-72, 282, 318 & fn., 319, 321-25
temples of antiquity face, 221,318
Universal storehouse of Electricity, 225
visible, tabernacle of Spiritual, 272,324
Sun-God(s) [or Soters] : Apollo, Bacchus, Osiris, etc., 325
Classic poet’s names for, 324,325
or Demiurgi, issue from Solar fire, 223
deposed by Christians, 325 as “Ferouers,” 71 & fn.
Hiram & Osiris cp., 264-65 Honover, the Eternal, 321 immaculate birth, 71, 139-40 Mikael as conqueror of, 321 Osiris as heavenly king, 270, 282, 321
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as Saviors, 71, 137, 138, 140-42, 223, 270-71, 321
& “Sun-Initiates,” 88, 140-41, 142, 223, 260, 325 & fn.
Surya, 260 fn., 332
Visvakarman “fable” &, 260-62
Sun-stone (pierre soleil):
of Zohar, 220
identified with Christ, 221
stele of Serapeum, 270 fn.
Sunyata:
learned by Gautama from, Indian sages, 435
definition, 435
Supernatural Religion. See
Cassels, Walter.
Superstition(s):
has basis of fact, 64
modern science is, 121
popular, & the mysteries,
250-51
Surya (the Sun):
initiation rite concerning, 260-62
one of 9 witnessing divinities, 260
ruled by Divine Man, 332
Surya Siddhdnta:
dates vernal equinox, 363 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Sutratman, or “Thread-Soul,” 51
Suzuki, D.T. (1870-1966), tr. of
Lahkavatara Sutra, 416 fn.
Svabhavat, is Eternal Root of
All, 234
Svasamvedana, Skt. term def., 436
Svastika:
a septenary in the mystic sign, 103
in Hermetic Philosophy, 103
in Occult symbology, 207
Svetasvatara Upanishad, Samkara on, 437
Swedenborg, Emmanuel (1688-1772): envisioned Stockholm fire, 134 fn.
feigned insanity, 278
on ancient Lost World, 443, 466
advanced clairvoyance of, 444
Symbologist(s):
on foundation of Magic, 23, 59 fn.
contradictions of, 23, 125-26 modern, detect only phallicism, 32,192
discoveries alarm Church, 72-73, 111
unriddle Bible, 91-92, 111, 126,191,192
mistaken on Pagan sunworship, 270
Christian, 291-92
Symbology:
acolytes, 337
of Adam, 142
added for less evolved, 63, 140
ancient mystical works, 65 & fn., 101-02, 200-21, 260-65, 321
animal, 83-84, 148, 152-53, 175, 207 & fn., 263 fn., 287-88, 290,322, 397
Aryan light key to, 192
of baptism, 148
in Bible, 36-37, 43-44, 61-62, 65 & fn., 91, 92 fn., 157-59, 201-04, 261 fn., 264, 292, 314-23 ff.
Cain and Abel, 290 candlestick, 320, 321-23, 329, 337
Catholic clergy knows, 28, 71-72, 292
Cherubs, 323 circle dance, 316-17
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“communion” wafer, 319-20 fns.
crucified Rose, 291-92
crucifixion, 286-87
Eastern scriptures’, deep, 45, 65 Egyptian, oldest, 207 fn.
Esoteric elements in religious, 243
Fall & War of Titans, 200-01, 203-05,403
of Guatemalan “Medal”, 24-25 hair of neophyte, 261 & fn.
Hermetic 3 Mothers, 64-65 identity of heathen & Christian, 72, 140, 156-61, 200, 292-93, 314-25 ff.
Initiates hold key to, 23, 101, 125-26, 139-40, 142, 263-64, 379
of Initiation, 260-64
Isis and Osiris, 292
of Jesus’life, 160-61, 287
of Lotus, 100
many meanings, 59 fn., 100-02, 126, 207, 264
Masonic, 264-65
in metaphysical languages, 101-02, 192, 206
mirror, 451 & fn.
morning star, 321
Mystery Gods, 270, 337
N.T. is all, 121
of numbers, forms & letters,
24 fn., 32, 62, 92 fn., 96-103, 112-13 fns., 139-40, 151-53, 158, 186-87, 207, 291-92 & fn., 337, 379-80
of Orpheus’ lyre, 269
Pagan, disfigured, 71-75, 166
fn., 317, 319 & fn.
Physiology key to, 291
of planets, 335
purpose of Jewish, 156
of seven rays, 337
Solar, 99, 142, 175, 220, 260-62, 264-65, 287, 314-25 ff.
in Taro, 93
Tower of Babel, 180-81 of tree as a book, 175 & fn. twelve labors of Hercules, 140 of virgin birth, etc., 139-40, 291-92
Synedrion, rejected Enoch, 76
Synesius, Bishop (370-430): on stone tablets, 65 fn. taught by Hypatia, 312 See Bio-Bibliography.
Syriac, and Arabic not sacerdotal languages, 196
Syzygy, known by ancients, 320
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Tacitus, C. (ca. 55-117), believed in Astrology, 349 fn.
Taijasa:
the Shining of Vedantins, 51 clear recall of, needs purity, 52
Talmud:
Fish-Messiah in, 153 on Sephiroth, 189-91 story of Tannaim, 309 fn.
Talmudists:
disfigured Books of Moses, 174,182
on “garden of delight”, 309 fn.
Jesus inspired by Mercury, 395
Tannaim:
Samarian sect, 38, 115
Simon Magus pupil of, 115
Kabalistic tradition, 170
Tantalus, trial of, 260
Tantra. See Kiu-te.
Tantrika:
Mysteries cp. with Egyptian, 126
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works and Sanskrit, 181 fn., 196 fn.
Tarchon, terrible treatises of, 104
Targes, magic thunderbolds of, 104
Taro(t):
shows identity of East & West, 89 90
of Enoch before Moses, 89, 93, 94
Pope calls, invention of Hell, 93
sidereal transmutation in, 93
as “wheels”, 93, 94, 106
ancient tolla leaf, 94
alphabet of Thoth in, 106
real, in British Museum, 106
on Chaldean rhombs, 106
the “rotating globes of Hecate,” 106
Tashi (Teshu) Lamas:
hold secret works, 422
and Tsong-kha-pa, 427
less known than Dalai, 427 fn.
sent Arhats to China, 427-28 fn. series of Buddha incarnations, 427-28 fn.
prophecy on, rebirth in West, 431
Tatar, related to Zodiacal cycle, 360
Tathagata:
refuge for man, 398 meaning, 400 fn., 405 refused Parinirvana, 401 & fn. taught men & devas, 447 Brahmans repudiate, 450 See also Buddha.
Tatian (fl. 2nd C.):
not author of Diatessaron, 14 fn. disciple of Justin Martyr, 150 fn.
used original version of Matthew, 150 fn.
Tau:
Egyptian cross of eternal life, 151-52, 153
as magic talisman, 152-53, 207, 326 fn.
Christians adopted, 152
as “Ineffable Name”, 152, 153
triple, in Solomon’s temple, 152
hierophants’ last degree, 326 fn.
Taylor, Thomas (1758-1835): rf. 42 fn.
Eleusinian and Bacchic
Mysteries:
rf. 114 fn., 125 fn., 452 fn.
on Theophany, 276-77
Teacher:
not needed for mystic ecstasy, 54
Chinese for, 450
See also Guru.
Telete, perfective rite, 275
Temples:
ancient, face Sun, 221
great, in Bibractis, 295
Temptation, Initiates descend
to kingdom of, 141, 262
Temura(h):
in Zohar calculations, 95 & fn.
deciphers anagrams, 98
in Sepher Yetztrah, 98
Terah, maker of images, 326
Teraphim:
oracular use in Taro, 93
symbolic hieroglyphics, 315, 326
and Astrolatry, 326
Terebinthus (fl. 2nd C.), Manes’ teacher, 163 fn.
Ternary:
beneficent number, 99
in divine figure, 99
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Teruph, sacred anagram 97
Teshu Lamas. See Tashi Lamas.
Tetragrammaton :
power of, 102, 153
or mystic Tau, 153
yields mystery of Being, 188-89
See also Yhvh & Yah-veh.
Thales (ca. 640-546 B.C.):
view on Soul, 242
learned metaphysics from Orpheus, 254
Thango-pa Chhe-go-mo, Gelong, on need for key to Buddhist works, 424 fn.
Thar-lam, Tib. for Path of Deliverance, 401
Thaumaturgists, Neo-Platonic, 300, 304
Thebes:
city of 100 gates, 248
cp. with Dvârâkâ, 248
Theg-pa chen-po mdo, Mahayana
Sûtras may be injurious to uninitiated, 45
Theodoret (393?-457), on Paul and Simon Magus, 124 fn.
Theodosius II (401-450), and Sozomen, 151 fn.
Theologians:
rejected Enoch, 76
on Simon, 115-20
concocted mysteries, 160
Theology:
repulsive picture of Jesus, 59
bigotry of, & ungodly works, 109,160
Christian, phallic, 205
Neo-Platonism & Christian, 305
karma of Christian, 323
Theon of Smyrna (fl. 2nd C.), Mathematica shows mystic stages, 275-76
Theopathy, defined, 49 fn.
Theophania (or Theophany): master key to Theurgy, 48 of Plotinus, Porphyry, etc., 49 fn., 64
may be only a flash, 51 defined, 52
all have potential for, 52 fn.
gods revealed in, 276 visions of Plato & Proclus, 276
differs from Nirvana, 371 fn.
special cases of life-long, 382
Theopneusty: defined, 49 fn. full recall of divine state, 52
Theosophical Society: aims to reconcile religions, 305
its prototype, 308
Theosophist The (Adyar):
rf. 60 fn., 62 fn„ 474 fn., 475 fn., 487, 488
WMS. quoted on, 60 fn., 65 fn., 94, 104, 223 fn., 318 fn., 319, 321 fn., 325 & fn., 427 fn., 457-62, 473
rf. “Hindu Music” art., 196 fn.
on superiority of Western Occultism, 232
does not reveal all, 232 fn.
“Antiquity of the Vedas” q., 360-62, 363 fn., 364-65
on Dostoievsky extract, 385 fn. on “Reincarnations in Tibet”, 427
chart cps., with WMS., 471 on St. Simonists & H.P.B., 496 & fn.
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Theosophists:
accused of superstition, 2, 4 knowledge of true, 25-26
fight pretence, 41
do not believe in miracles, 107
feel malice of clergy, 130 fn.
view Jesus as Initiate, 160
cp. with Christian clergy, 160
Alexandrian, 301
Theosophy:
rejected by materialists and pietists, 2
respects Jesus, 143, 160
of Neo-Platonists, 301 ff.
Theurgy:
key to practical, 48, 51-52, 116
teaches union with Higher
Self, 51-52
Porphyry opposed to, 304
Plotinus et al practiced, 304
Ammonius’ school taught, 308
Thibaut, George (1848-1914), tr.
Vedanta Sutras, q. Samkara on Parabrahman, 393 fn.
Thierry, Augustin (1795-1856), on true History, 466
See Bio-Bibliography.
Things Concealed, on power of hexagon, 103
Tholuck, F.A.G. (1799-1877), on Sephiroth theory, 171 See Bio-Bibliography.
Thonglam, Path of Seeing in Tib., 442 & fn.
Thong-lam-pa:
created by meditation, 400-01
a Seer in Tibetan, 401
one on Path of Seeing, 442 &: fn.
Thorah, Zohar on recital of, 38
Thoth, is self-created, 218
Thoth, Books of:
identical with Eastern teaching, 39
enjoin secrecy, 39, 84
and Memphis fraternity, 39
cp. to Bible, 84
Moses was Thoth numerically, 93
“thrice famous”, 104
See also Hermes etc.
Thothori-Nyan-tsan (4th C.), Tibetan King & “heavenly” casket, 441 & fn.
Thought:
Eternal, manifests Universe, 237
solidarity of, & morality, 251 survival of, 409 fn.
Thrasymedes, large scale hypnotism, 118 fn.
Three Mothers:
Light, Heat & Electricity, 64 of Jews & Indian Shaktis, 65 in Kabalistic Trinity, 214 emanate 3 Fathers, 214
Thunderbolts, evoked as magic weapons, 104
Tiani-Tsang, incarnation of Buddha, 404
Tiberius, Emperor (42 B.c. -
37 A.D.):
Gauls revolted against, 295
believed in divination, 351
Tibet (an):
Abbe Hue on Lunar canvas, 331 fn.
and Buddha, 405, 442
Buddhism confused with Bon religion, 433, 442
called Tu-fon by Chinese Buddhists, 450
fastness of Esoteric Doctrine, 443,450
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Hindu ashramas in, snowy range, 423
key to exclusiveness of, 431 prophecy of foreign invasion, 431
Rig Veda written in, 94 sacred canon, 422-24 8c fn., 425-26, 442
sacred spots of the Brothers, 423 & fn., 431, 442
temples’ have orrerys, 331 fn.
T’ien-T’ai:
famous monastery in China, 428
Mantra masters at, 428 & fn.
publ., comments on state of Buddhism, 450-52
Tikkun:
in Kabalistic cosmogony, 301-02 the pattern or idea of form, 301-02
the macrocosm, 302
Time:
a succession of numbers, 98 futurity and, 98-99
Boundless generates Manvan- taras, 244
divisions of unreal, 440
I Timothy: rf. 124 fn., 396 fn. on rejection of Gnosis, 304
Tiresias, a Boeotian diviner, 351
Tirthankara, ceremony in Nepal, 74 fn.-75 fn.
Titans, War of, related to Time-Periods, 200-01
Titus, Emperor (40? - 81), owed his victory to Apollonius, 135
Tod, Col. James (1782-1835), Annals of Rajasthan, on
Indian origin of Hercules, 246
Tohu-vah-bohu:
Chaos in Kosmos, 187, 233, 235, 244 ,
as taught by Eliphas Levi, 233-35, 237-38
primordial Darkness, 235, 244 theological meaning, 238 fn., 244
cp. with Gk. Hades, 238
Kabalistic enumeration of, 244 & fn.
Tong-Pa-nyi, freedom from desire, 452 fn.
Tower of Babel, and “one-lip” Mystery language, 181
Towers:
places of Initiation, 222, 281-82
relics of ancient Wisdom, 281
idol-fanes for profane, 282
Transactions of the Royal
Asiatic Society, rf. 16 fn.
Transmigration, of men into animals denied by Esoteric Buddhists, 448 fn.
Tree:
of Knowledge, 59 & fn., 459 fn.
of Life, 142, 153
records of early races on, leaves, 175
Treta-Yuga:
Rishis of, 68, 368
one brazen or, in each Maha-Yuga, 368
Triad:
Holy, or Tetraktys, 50, 99, 189, 190
emanations, 50, 185-86, 189, 216 fn., 394
triple hypostasis, 185-86, 187,189
Hindu, 185-86, 188
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Kabalistic, 189, 207, 216 fn.
or occult trident, 207
Triangle:
the divine figure, 99, 186 symbolized eternal perfection, 99
in Greek delta, etc., 99 double, or hexagon, 103, 379 Pythagorean, 186 interlaced, 379-80
Tribes:
ten lost, of Israel, 174, 179 of Karaim Jews, 174
Ptolemy summoned lost, 179
Trikaya:
Mahayana view of, 390-92 & fn., 436 & fn.
of the Nirvanic state, 401 fn.
Trimurti, personifications, 100, 186, 188
Trinitarianism:
not found in Enoch, 79
not supported by Bible, 354 fn.
Trinity:
Church strife over, 145
Hindu, Greek 8c Egyptian, 185-86, 188
meaning of divine hypostasis in, 186-87, 224
Kabalistic, is feminine, 214 of Kether, Hokmah 8c Binah, 216 fn. ’
Solar, is universal, 222-23
Kabalistic Sun and, 224
Supersubstantial, 337 not in Bible, 354 fn. in Mahayana Buddhism, 390-92 8c fn.
Trinosophes, Les, Masonic Brotherhood founded by Ragon, 296 fn.
Tritheimius, J. (1462-1516): Rosicrucian, 167
Kabalist 8c monk, 209 invented cipher, 266
--------De Secundis Deis, seven angels created world, 266 See Bio-Bibliography.
Trophonius, descent into den of, 135
Truth:
Absolute 8c relative, 436
climbs uphill, 457
dogma & authority end, 117, 323
grand, in Eastern scriptures, 45
Guru communicates ultimate, 376
in heart of Adepts, 55 mankind not prepared for, 46, 64
martyrdom for occult, 26 mathematics of 62-63 no religion higher than, 323, 465-66
revealed, but reveiled, 257 and Secret Brotherhood, 27 way to approach, 249
Tsaba:
or Archangels, 111, 216 meaning in Tsabaoth, 326 of, Hosts, 328
ornatus in Vulgate, 328
Moses rf. to in Genesis, 328
TsabaOth-Elohim, derivation of, 216, 326
Tsonda, and death of Buddha, 85
Tsong-kha-pa (1357-1419): dissolution at death, 135 fn. incarnation of Buddha, 405, 425,427
founder of secret school, 425
Pars! scholars on, 427 forbade necromancy, 427, 441
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told how to recognize a Bodhisattva, 427
Lamaism split after, 427-28 on attempts to enlighten West, 431
Dus-Kyi Khorlo rewritten by, 441
See Bio-Bibliography.
Tsung-men, Chinese esoteric Buddhism, 447, 450
Tulku. See Tul-pa’i-Ku.
Tulpa, process of voluntary incarnation, 401 & fn.
Tul-pa’i-Ku (or Tulku):
Nirmänakäya in Tib., 392 fn., 437
Adept’s conscious incarnation, 401 fn., 437
Turan, evil spirits of, 21
Tushita, celestial region of Maitreya Buddha, 451 fn.
Tyndall, John (1820-1893), q. 6 says Science powerless, 10 fn.
Typhon (or Kepha):
Great Bear constellation
in Egypt, 203
and Sut-Typhonian, 203 “Mother of the Revolutions”, 203
the Old Dragon, 203
kills Osirus during rite
of Initiation, 279
Egyptian god of darkness, 318-19
“West” acc. to Church, 318-19
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Udyäna:
birthplace of Padma-Sambhava, 19
locale of sorcery & witchcraft, 19
on inhabitants of, 19
Ulpian Library, verifies feats of Apollonius, 136 fn.
Unity:
Absolute, basis of Occult Sciences, 61, 289
Absolute, of man’s essence, 212-13
Ain-Soph as Infinite, 186
Boundless All of Puranas, 186
of Divine Element, 235
Duad formed by, q. 213
in Plurality, 61, 97, 413
of Secret Doctrine, 289
Seven Rays of, in Rig-Veda, 241
symbol degraded, 207 & fn.
Universal, 111, 412 fn.
Universal:
Adept’s mercy is, 386-87
archaic Philosophy was, 287, 289
Buddha’s, precepts, 289 causality, 10 fn., 185, 249 Deity above personal
self, 42, 111
Essence is Absolute, 185
Jivatman as, life, or soul, 189 language keys are geometrical, 181,192
language lost with Atlantis, 180-81, 246, 248, 249
language of Initiates, 101, 112
& fn., 169, 181
language once Kabalistic, 169, 192
Maya, 408 & fn.
Mind, 7, 9-10
“myths,” 241 septenary doctrine once, 204-05, 225
solar Force of Zaliwsky, 225
Soul, 425
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Spirit reflected in Higher Self, 111
Sun, cause of All, 223
Symbology, 23, 96, 99 ff„ 112 fn. 181, 287
Wisdom, 402, 425-26
Universe:
Ain-Soph and, 186, 234 archetype of Unseen, 332 Brahma as, 185, 408 &: fn. Chaos to sense, cosmos to reason, 412
creation of the 208-11 fn., 212-18, 234-37, 301-02
Eternal Essence or
Thought, 210, 237, 301 as “Garment of God,” 184, 185 God’s intermediaries govern, 330
hypotheses of the, 9 fn.
Kabalah on form of, 185, 225, 301
not Perfect, 230
Philolaus on, 10 fn.
Plato’s, of ideas, 10 pre-Kosmic state of, 186, 237 psycho-cosmical, 209 fn. reconstruction of, 236-37 reveals Divine Being, 301 7 Rays can solve problems of, 208 fn.
Sien-Chan & Nam-Kha as terms for, 408 & fn.
Space and, synonyms, 412 three Eternals in, 408, 411 triple hypostasis of the, 185-86, 225
Vishnu pervades, 185 woven from Deity’s substance, 67, 184, 185
Unknown:
Emanates the “Father” and “Son,” 111
Divine Essence, 185-86 7 planets co-workers with, 330 Supreme Unmanifested, 402
Unselfishness, needed for Initiation, 309 & fn.
Upädhis:
Man has three, 386
synthesized by Atman, 386
Samkara’s spirit used Buddha’s “astral” for, 303
Upanishad(s):
Max Miiller on, 3
means “Secret Doctrine,” 3
&: fn.
allegorical, 45, 65, 240 dangerous if unriddled, 45 primeval Record found in, 65 over 20,000 years old, 361 source of true study, 375-76
Uranus:
the “mystery planet” ? 332
& the hidden Hierophant, 332
Urban, VIII, Pope,
(1568-1644, de Mirville accuses Galileo of persecuting, 43 fn.
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Vach:
respecting creation. 156
187, 198, 290
Aditi and, 156 & fn.
Hindu “Mother of all that
lives,” 156 fn.
meanings in A tharva- Veda, 156 fn.
or articulate speech, 187
and Viraj, 187, 198
“melodious cow,” the female Logos, 290
Vächisvara, the “Voice-deity” of the Brahmans, 408 fn.
Vaidhätra, patronymic for Kumaras, 328
Vaishnavas, regard Vishnu as Supreme God, 241 fn.
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Vajradhara: rf.,392, 401 is Adi or Supreme Buddha, 392, 401
Revent of Dhyani Chohans, 401-02
Never objective Logos, 401-02
conqueror of demons allegory, 402
dual role cp. with Metatron of Jewish Kabalists, 402
is in 2nd. Arupa World, 402-03 See also Vajrasattva.
Vajrapani, the Subduer of
Evil Spirits, 403
Vajrasattva: dual aspect of Vajradhara, 402 and Dhyani-Buddhas, 392 as Vajradhara is unmanifest, 402
Valas (Volvas), Nordic priestesses, 23
Valckenaer, Louis Gaspar (1715-1785), on Aristobulus, 11 fn.
Valentinus (fl. 2nd. C. A.D.) one of the Egyptian Gnostics, 112
Vallancey, Charles (1721-1812), on similarity of Chaldaic & Gaelic languages, 258 fn.
Varro, Marcus T. (116-27 B.C.), calls Gods “divine powers,”, 314
Vassilyev, L.C. see Wassilyev.
Vasuki:
God of Secret Wisdom, 284
ruling Deity of Patala, 284
Vatican:
falsely claims to be Apostolic Church, 124-26
defaced ancient treatises, 313 burnt Porphyry’s writings, 313
Vaughn, Thomas (1622-1666), as Medieval Kabalist, 167
Vayu, as earth’s sphere, 53
Veddnta-Sutras. See Vyasa.
Vedantin(s):
and Kabalists, 87, 309
rejects his personal individuality, 111
Neo-Platonists cp. with, 301 & fn.
eclectic school purely, 309
Avatara & Jlvanmukta states
are same to, 374
on “Impersonal God” of the, 410
Vedas:
on Antiquity of written, 170, 359, 360-65
astronomical wks. are keys to, 361-68
Atharva on cow, 156 &: fn.
based on septenary principle, 45
dated at 30,000 B.C., 361
enjoin secrecy, 39
fount of all religions, 397
& Hindu Chronology, 362-68
idea of Inner God, 55
& Laws of Manu, 311
laws of Nature in, 63
as musical notations, 196
occult key needed, 12, 39,
45, 62
older portion is Mantra, 237 fn.
on precession of equinoxes, 363 fn.
primeval record found in, 65, 92, 362-68
pure, accepted by Gautama, 398
secret cycle of the, 359
source in Fire, Air & Sun, 92
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and Vaidic poets, 6
and Vedic rites, 123 fn., 311 veils the sublime, 62, 196 Zohar echoes earliest, 6 7
Vedic Rites, derived from primitive Buddhist Philosophy, 123 fn.
Venus: cosmogonical mysteries of, Isis or Muth, 155-56 sacred to Druids, Greeks
& Chaldeans, 258 & fn., 315 Maddina Nag of Chaldeans,
258 fn.
connected with Lucifer, 315 Mother of Kabiri, 315 fn. Egyptian view of, 315 fn. Mikael and, 338 fn.
Vespasian, Emperor (9 - 79 A.D.): rf. 133 used Mantras to heal, 253 consulted Astrologers daily, 351
Vice-regent, Duad is, of Monad, 213
Victor, Bishop of Capua
(fl. 6th C.):
wrote Latin version of Diatessaron, 14 fn.
attributed Diatessaron to Tatian, 14 fn.
Vijnana, internal knowledge, 439
Vijnanamaya Kosa, half-spiritual manas, 49
Vikara, defined, 459 fn.
Vikartana:
as neophyte in solar mystery, 260, 281 symbolism remains, 268
Villars, Abbe Montfaucon de (1635-1673), Le Comte de
Gabalis, occult satire, 46
Viraj:
issues from heavenly Androgyne, 187, 198
Brahma-, and biblical analogy, 188
-Manu in creation allegory, 188
Virgil (70-19 B.C.)
on reign of Apollo and Virgin, 318
--------Aeneid, q., 141, 318
--------Eclogue:
Christ’s birth not prophecized in, 354-55
Sibylline prophecy q., 355
Virgin(s):
true meaning, 139, 292 & fn.
World, or “Celestial Maidens,” 292
Mary based on Pagan symbol, 292 & fn., 336 fn.
of Magi & Chaldaeans, 292 fn.
reign of Apollo and, 318
as Virgo, 354
Astraea, 355
Virgo, cyclic return of the constellation, 354
Vishnu:
Brahma, and Siva, 188, 190 fn.
Brahma sprang from navel of, 241 fn.
crucified Sun as, 286
Esoteric, is all wisdom, 371
exiles Rahu from Hindu Heaven, 403
in form of a boar, 85 fn.
Gautama not Avatara of, 52 fn., 370-71
Krishna as Avatara of, 317
Maha-, seed of all Avatars, 370-71
numerology of names of, 245
pervades the Universe, 185, 241 fn.
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as preserver higher than Brahma, 190 fn.
Sakti of, & “Three Mothers,” 65 on Sign of, 103
Vishnu-Purana:
a source of Kabalah, 185
on emanation of Universe, 185
on the Boundless, 186
on Kumaras, 204
on Baladeva-Hercules, 247-48 prophecy of Divine Savior
at close of Kali-Yuga, 356
Vision (s):
Hiuen-Tsang on prayer and, 20
Apollonius’, of Domitian’s murder, 134 fn.
Swedenborg’s, of distant fire, 134 fn.
higher, thru discipline of Initiations, 277
Visvakarman:
allegorical evolution of, 260-62 as crucified Avatara, 261-62 as “Great Architect,” 261 in India’s Pantheon, 260-62 Logos as the, 260 mystically, 7th principle, 261 omnificent Root of all Saviours, 142
performs Great sacrifice, 261
in ^.ig-Veda, 261
Round towers used in, rites, 281 as Sun Initiate, 260, 261-62, 283
symbolism survives, 268
Vitellius (15 - 69 A.D.),
dared not exile Chaldaeans, 351
Vifhoba, as crucified Sun in Hindoo Pantheon, 286
Void:
is primeval Chaos, 156
in various cosmogonies, 156
Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet
(1694-1778), A Philosophical Dictionary, on the Mysteries, 250 & fn.
Vopiscus, Flavius (fl. 3rd. C.), Divas Aurelianus, on apparition of Apollonius, 135-136 fn.
Votan, disappeared at death, 135
Vriddhagarga, treatise on Hindu cycles, 357
Vril, modelled after the ancient Astra, 105-06
Vyasa:
was of the Hercula race, 246
--------Vedanta Sutras, rf. 393 fn.
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Wachtmeister, Countess C. (1838-1910):
See Introductory, First Draft of Secret
Doctrine in handwriting of, xxvii, 470
Waite, A.E. (1857-1942): rf. 278 fn.
Transcendental Magic, 32 fn.
Walton, Bishop Brian (16001661), Prolegomena, rf.
173 & fn.
Wandering Jew, on legend of the, 31 & fns.
War:
of the Titans, 201
between 3rd & 4th Root
Races, 302
in Heaven allegory, 403
Warburton, Dr. Wm. (16981779), Divine Legation, on purity & nobility of
Mysteries, 275
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Warren, Lt. Col. John, tr. (n.d.):
-------Kala-Sankalita, on 12 yr.
cycle of Jupiter, 358
-------Collection of Memoirs . . . , rf. 358 fn.
See Bio-Bibliography.
Wassilyev, L.C. (? - 1785),
Der Buddhismus, rf. 437, 438,440
Watcher, Silent, or Guardian Angel, 380 fn.
Water(s):
of Space, sprang from Chaos, 241
of Life, 241-42,403
stands for 5th principle of Kosmos, 242
of Salvation, 242
prima materia in Mosaic books, 243
synonym for Earth, & Isis in Egypt, 243
Eastern vs. West, view of earth and, 243
Amrita, in Hindu allegory, 403
Waterman, A.E., Obituary; The “Hodgson Report"....rf.
473 fn.
Water-lily, as Christian symbol, 100
Weber, Prof. Albrecht (1825-1901),
History of Indian Literature, on Buddhist scriptures, 443
See Bio-Bibliography.
“Wheel of Enoch:”
a universal heirloom, 93 first attempt at symbology, 94
Kabalistic & Cuneiform cp., 94
Wheels of the Sun, 332
White Magic: counterpart of Black, 17, 32, 106
sacred truths underlie, 32 judged by motive, 106
Whitehead, Rev. John (? - 1804), The Apocalypse Revealed, rf. to Swedenborg, 443 & fn.
Wilder, Prof. Alexander (18231908):
among best Platonists, 12 ff.
cp. Paul with Gk. Initiates, 114
--------Eleusinian & Bacchic
Mysteries:
on dishonesty among early Christians, 121
on title Peter, 123-25
Indian origin of, rites, 451 fn.- 52 fn.
--------New Platonism & Alchemy: adept biog., similarity of, 139,313
on Alexandrian Theosophists, 301 ff., 308
on Ammonius, 13-14, 35, 301, 305-08
Apollonius’ seership, 300 distortions of Neo-Platonism, 312
on the Essenes, 35
on names of the One, 310
Plotinus & other Philaletheians, 313
spiritual photography, 300-01 sublime ecstasy & divine union, 310
Thaumaturgists in, 304, 308, 312 fn.
Theophany described in, 49 fn.
on Thoth, 39
unity of Platonic & Oriental Systems in, 16, 301-02 on Wisdom religion, 46-47
Will:
used for Black Magic, 30 magic numerals and, 60-61 prayer is intense, & desire, 116
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& thought acc. to Schopenhauer, 414
Wilson, H.H. (1786-1860), translator of:
--------Sankya Karik, 329 fn.
--------Vishnu Purina, rf. 186 fn., 204 fn.’
q. on Grecian & Egyptian borrowings from Hindu, 186 on future Avatara, 356-57 on Yoga powers, 440
Winter Solstice, Hindu astronomical cycles concerning, 362-64
Wisdom:
All proceeds from Divine, 301
of Ancients, 307
axiomatic truth of Hidden, 61
guarded by Initiates, 46 & fn., 47-48, 181
-language, esoteric since Atlantis, 181
of Love, or “philosophia,” 255 fn.
mystic euhemerisation, 157 personified, 46 fn.
sacrificed to intellect, 333
secrets of Oriental, 7, 46-47
Wisdom:
rf., 46 fn.
epigraph on God’s order and number, 61 & fn.
Wisdom of Jesus. See Ecclesiasticus.
Wisdom- Religion:
once widespread, 68, 180-81 degraded by Jews, 176
the Eclectic Theosophical, 305 common parent of all beliefs, 305
India the source of, 310
Wise, Rabbi I.M. (1819-1900), on oracular nature of Hebrew scriptures, 39
Wolff, Joseph (1795-1862), rf. to Journal of, 174 fn.
“Wolves”:
penalty of the, 83
the “sheep” & the, 83
Woman:
in Adam’s rib allegory, 198
created from Man in every religion, 198
Wool, used to free astral spirit, 131
Word(s):
made flesh, 49, 237
the Mystery, 125-26
part of the Trinity, 186-87
Eternal Thought becomes the, 237
as Mantra, 237 & fn.
Universe springs forth from, 237
one man in nation may know, 263,430
all Adepts become the, 271 fn.
guardian angel of the, 321
Vice-, destroys Anti-Christ, 321
Sacred, passed at death, 430, 444
ancient long-lost, 443-44
Wordsworth, Wm. (1770-1850), defines Tohu-vah-bohu, 234
Worlds:
Kabalistic, enumerated, 302 purification of the, 303-04 celestial, or spheres, 330-31 of Buddhism, 390-91, 409 & fn.
Worship, inner, Real, not ritual, 120 fn.
Writing:
many Sages left no, 13-14
N.T. a disfigured, 43 .
Wu-wei-chen-jen, defined, 453
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Wu-liang-Sheu. See Amitabha Buddha.
Wu-liang-sheu-king:
sütra of Amitabha Buddha, 425 dating from Han Dynasty,
448-49
See Bio-Bibliography.
Wiirzburg MS.:
Interpolations:
60 fn., 61 fn., 65 fn., 87 fn.,
94, 104, 223 & fn., 261-62, 266-67, 268, 317 fn., 318 & fn., 319 & fn., 325 & fn., 335-37, 338, 339, 341-43, 457-69
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Xenocrates (ca. 395-314 B.C.), on Deity, 413
Xerxes (ca. 519-465 B.C.), Magi of, 25
Xisuthros, legendary chronicler of antediluvian dynasties, 175
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Y (and Gk. T), symbology of the Litera Pythagorae, 101 & fn.
Yah:
represents masculine potency of Hokmah, 190
male name of Jehovah, 190
Yâh-Jehovah Tsabaôth:
signature as a numerical indice, 87 & fn.
Skinner’s key to, 87 fn.
Yarab, father of primitive Arabians, 196
Yaska, a predecessor of Panini, 269 fn.
Yah-Veh:
or God-Eve, as Cain andro- gynized, 44 fn.
yields mysteries, 188-89
and Yahve-Tzbaout, 326
Yava-Aleim, Mysteries, 181, 326
Ya-Yakav, one of several prehistoric revelations, 65
Yehuda ha-Levi. See Judah ha-Levi.
Yetzirah, world of Kabalistic cherubim & seraphim, 302
Yhvh:
Trinity within, 188
yields mystery of Being, 188-89 the “Mystery” Lord, 272 &: fn.
See also Yah-Veh, and Tetragramaton.
Yod (Yodh):
initial of Jehovah, 99, 187, 188
-Havah, became Jehovah, ’ 187, 188 fn.
man/woman in Enoch, 187
the, as father, 188
as perfect unity, 207 as organ of procreation,
207
Yoga:
Raja, 60 fn., 450 fn.
& knowing languages without study, 134 & fn.
Sons of Will and, 251
Hatha-, 434
Chinese Yogi-mi-kean, 450 fn.
Yogacharya(s):
Aryasanga school, 434
on degeneration of, 434
a Mahayana system, 437
cp. to Visishtadvaitis, 438
cp. with Prasaftga followers, 439
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Yoga-Siddhá, virgin Goddess who creates Adepts, 261
Yogis:
perfect, free of Brahmanical laws, 122
Yo-ya-hoo:
made of indestructible plates, 65 fn.
symbolic writing in, 65 fn.
Yudhisthira:
reign of, commenced Kali Yuga, 365
astronomical theory on Hindu legend of, 365
Yuga(s):
man during various, 68, 247-49
Rig-Veda written in Treta-, 94 and numbers: 4, 3 & 2, 243-44 Satya-, & Star Rishis, 334 prophecy about Kali-, 356 Krita-, the Golden, 357 astrological configuration
during Satya-, 357
Maha, & astronomical cycles, 357
Samvatsara; Parivatsara; Idvat- sara; Anuvatsara 8c Udravatsara, 358
Yule, Col. Henry (1820-1889): translator, The Book of Ser
Marco Polo:
on magical rites in Tartary & Tibet, 19-20
q. on sorcery, 19, 20
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Zadkiel. See Lilly, William.
Zadoc :
pupil of Simon the Just, 182 fn.
founded Sadducee sect ca.
400 B.C., 182 fn.
Zagreus, Egyptian Bacchus, 273
Zamatog, Tib. religious wk., 441 fn.
Zechariah, seven eyes of the lord, 337
Zem-Zem, Arabic Kabalah, 176
Zend-Avesta:
rf. 55
needs Occult interpretation, 12 .
same as Bible on woman’s origin, 198
Zeus:
Jove of Nysa, 273 fn.
and Dionysos, 273 fn. governs Bacchus, 273 fn. among Divine names, 310
Zhelihovsky, Vera P. de (1835-1896): H.P.B.’s Notes on her biographical sketch, 473-96
Zipara (or Sippara):
City of the Sun in Xisuthros legend, 175 and Zipora, 175 fn.
Zipora (wife of Moses), and Hierophants 7 occult powers, 175 fn.
Zirkoff, Boris de (1902-1981): on S.D. HI authenticity, See Introductory.
WMS. from Adyar and, 457
Chart of WMS. contents, 471-72
plan for App. II, 473 rf. to H.P.B. letter, 495 fns.
Zodiac:
in ancient astrological magic, 155
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antiquity of, 347-48 of European astronomers, 363 fn.
Hindu chronology of, 362-68
Jesus’life and, 137-38, 155-56
meaning of 12 Initiates in, 140
monuments in Egypt, 348 and mythological tables, 348 retrograde motion & precession of, 362-65
revolution of, cycle, 360
Shepherd of, 321
twelve lords of, 348
Zohar: rf. 60 Ain-Soph of, is Parabrahman, 184, 186, 418
authorship of, 88-89 & fn., 169-71, 220
Book of Dzyan cp. to, 185-86 calculation methods in, 95 Catholicism cp. with, 220 Christology has disguised, 168
on compilers of, 37, 168, 169, 171, 220
dating of, 263 fn.
on emanation of Sephiroth, 189, 216-17 fns.
Esoteric thesaurus, 167
on Holy Ghost, 115
Jewish wisdom plus other sources, 93, 167, 169-71, 184,185, 220
lost until 13th C., 171
on man’s exile into matter, 303 Midraschim in, 170-71
modern interpolations in, 171 as quoted by Myer, 38 Rabbinical, cp. to Occult, 168-72, 220
on “Sacred Aged” ones, 217
secret signs in, 93
full of symbolism, 65 & fn., 93, 95, 167-69
teaches practical Occultism, 93
teaching on Solar Spirit, 220
on Thorah, 38
Vedas echoed on Universe, 67, 185
a Veil of Secret Doctrine, 220 wisdom of, unfathomable,
220
Zoroaster (fl. 6th C. B.C.): founder of Magian rites, 23 Reformer of magic, 23 & fn. transformed Dev into Evil
Genius, 71 fn.
paid penalty for revealing Occult secrets, 85
Zoroastrianism:
ideas of Plato & Pythagoras resemble, 16
M. Anquetil on, 71 fn.
and Pagan Deities, 71 fn.,
322
revered Sun, 271
dogmas cp. with Christian, 322-23
transformed Hindu Devas, 322-23
borrowed from India, 323
Zung (Tib.), a mystic word or mantra, 401
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