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Niyashes + (Parsi prayers [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] … Parsi prayers [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Mobeds + (Parsi, or Zoroastrian priests [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] … Parsi, or Zoroastrian priests [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Kshanti + (Patience, one of the ''Paramîtas ''of perf … Patience, one of the ''Paramîtas ''of perfection [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Manas Sanyama + (Perfect concentration of the mind, and con … Perfect concentration of the mind, and control over it, during Yoga practices [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Asta‐dasha + (Perfect, Supreme Wisdom; a title of Deity … Perfect, Supreme Wisdom; a title of Deity [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Aeon + (Periods of time; emanations proceeding fro … Periods of time; emanations proceeding from the divine essence, and celestial beings; genii and angels with the Gnostics. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Achara + (Personal and social (religious) obligation … Personal and social (religious) obligations. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Bono + (Peter. A Lombardian; a great adept in the … Peter. A Lombardian; a great adept in the Hermetic Science, who travelled to Persia to study Alchemy. Returning from his voyage he settled in Istria in 1330, and became famous as a Rosicrucian. A Calabrian monk named Lacinius is credited with having published in 1702 a condensed version of Bono’s works on the transmutation of metals. There is, however, more of Lacinius than of Bono in the work. Bono was a genuine adept and an Initiate ; and such do not leave their secrets behind them in MSS [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Manasasarovara + (Phonetically pronounced ''Mansoravara''. A … Phonetically pronounced ''Mansoravara''. A sacred lake in Tibet, in the Himalayas, also called ''Anavatapta''. Manasasarovara is the name of the tutelary deity of that lake and, according to popular folk‐ lore, is said to be a ''nâga, ''a “serpent”. This, translated esoterically, means a great adept, a sage. The lake is a great place of yearly pilgrimage for the Hindus, as the ''Vedas ''are claimed to have been written on its shores [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Karma + (Physically, action: metaphysically, the LA … Physically, action: metaphysically, the LAW OF RETRIBUTION, the Law of cause and effect or Ethical Causation. Nemesis, only in one sense, that of bad Karma. It is the eleventh ''Nidana ''in the concatenation of causes and effects in orthodox Buddhism ; yet it is the power that controls all things, the resultant of moral action, the meta physical ''Samskâra'', or the moral effect of an act committed for the attainment of something which gratifies a personal desire. There is the Karma of merit and the Karma of demerit. Karma neither punishes nor rewards, it is simply ''the one ''Universal LAW which guides unerringly, and, so to say, blindly, all other laws productive of certain effects along the grooves of their respective causations. When Buddhism teaches that “Karma is that moral kernel (of any being) which alone survives death and continues in transmigration ‘ or reincarnation, it simply means that there remains nought after each Personality but the causes produced by it ; causes which are undying, i.e., which cannot be eliminated from the Universe until replaced by their legitimate effects, and wiped out by them, so to speak, and such causes—unless compensated during the life of the person who produced them with adequate effects, will follow the reincarnated Ego, and reach it in its subsequent reincarnation until a harmony between effects and causes is fully reestablished. No “personality”—a mere bundle of material atoms and of instinctual and mental characteristics—can of course continue, as such, in the world of pure Spirit. Only that which is immortal in its very nature and divine in its essence, namely, the Ego, can exist for ever. And as it is that Ego which chooses the personality it will inform, after each Devachan, and which receives through these personalities the effects of the Karmic causes produced, it is therefore the Ego, that ''self ''which is the “moral kernel” referred to and embodied karma, “which alone survives death.” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Lycanthropy + (Physiologically, a disease or mania, durin … Physiologically, a disease or mania, during which a person imagines he is a wolf, and acts as such. Occultly, it means the same as “were‐wolf”, the psychological faculty of certain sorcerers to ''appear ''as wolves. Voltaire states that in the district of Jura, in two years between 1598 and 1600, over 600 lycanthropes were put to death by a too Christian judge. This does not mean that Shepherds accused of sorcery, and seen as wolves, had indeed the power of changing themselves physically into such; but simply that they had the hypnotizing power of making people (or those they regarded as enemies), believe they saw a wolf when there was none in fact. The exercise of such power is truly sorcery. “Demoniacal” possession is ''true ''at bottom, minus the devils of Christian theology. But this is no place for a long disquisition upon occult mysteries and magic powers [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Agathon + (Plato’s Supreme Deity. Lit., “The Good”, o … Plato’s Supreme Deity. Lit., “The Good”, our ALAYA, or “Universal Soul”. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Padarthas + (Predicates of existing things; so‐called i … Predicates of existing things; so‐called in the ''Vaiseshika ''or “atomic” system of philosophy founded by Kanâda. This school is one of the six ''Darshanas'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Asmoneans + (Priest‐kings of Israel whose dynasty reign … Priest‐kings of Israel whose dynasty reigned over the Jews for 126 years. They promulgated the Canon of the Mosaic Testament in contradistinction to the “Apocrypha” (q.v.) or Secret Books of the Alexandrian Jews, the Kabbalists, and maintained the dead‐letter meaning of the former. Till the time of John Hyrcanus, they were Ascedeans ''(Chasidim'') and Pharisees; but later they became Sadducees or Zadokites, asserters of Sacerdotal rule as contradistinguished from Rabbinical [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Adi‐budhi + (Primeval Intelligence or Wisdom; the etern … Primeval Intelligence or Wisdom; the eternal Budhi or Universal Mind. Used of ''Divine Ideation'', “Mahâbuddhi” being synonymous with MAHAT. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Archobiosis + (Primeval beginning of life [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] … Primeval beginning of life [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Adi‐Sakti + (Primeval, divine Force; the female creativ … Primeval, divine Force; the female creative power, and aspect in and of every male god. The ''Sakti ''in the Hindu Pantheon is always the spouse of some god. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Gaea + (Primordial Matter, in the Cosmogony of Hes … Primordial Matter, in the Cosmogony of Hesiod; Earth, as some think; the wife of Ouranos, the sky or heavens. The female personage of the primeval Trinity, composed of Ouranos, Gæa and Eros [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Ilus + (Primordial mud or slime; called also Hyle … Primordial mud or slime; called also Hyle [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Hyle + (Primordial stuff or matter; esoterically t … Primordial stuff or matter; esoterically the homogeneous sediment of Chaos or the Great Deep. The first principle out of which the objective Universe was formed [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Noo + (Primordial waters of space called “Father‐ … Primordial waters of space called “Father‐ Mother”; the “face of the deep” of the Bible; for above Noo hovers the Breath of Kneph, who is represented with the Mundane Egg in his mouth [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Daivi‐prakriti + (Primordial, homogeneous light, called by s … Primordial, homogeneous light, called by some Indian Occultists “the Light of the Logos” (see ''Notes on the Bhagavat Gita'', by T. Subba Row, B.A., L.L.B.); when differentiated this light becomes FOHAT [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Diploteratology + (Production of mixed Monsters; in abbreviat … Production of mixed Monsters; in abbreviation ''teratology'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Elementaries + (Properly, the disembodied souls of the dep … Properly, the disembodied souls of the depraved; these souls having at some time prior to death separated from themselves their divine spirits, and so lost their chance for immortality; but at the present stage of learning it has been thought best to apply the term to the spooks or phantoms of disembodied persons, in general, to those whose temporary habitation is the Kâma Loka. Eliphas Lévi and some other Kabbalists make little distinction between elementary spirits who have been men, and those beings which people the elements [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Kneph, The + (Published under the Authority of the Sover … Published under the Authority of the Sovereign Sanctuary for Great Britain and Ireland. Editor: Bro. Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie, IX(degree), LL.D., 32(degree)(first six issues), then James Hill, John Yarker, et alia. Succeeded by: ZuzimothJanuary 1, 1881-July 28, 1900. The last numbered issue was that for August 1895, and only one issue seems to have been issued thereafter.This was the organ of John Yarker's Antient & Primitive Rite of Masonry, which has intimate connections with the origins of the Theosophical Society and with later occult organizations, such as Theodor Reuss' O.T.O. Despite its notoriety for contributions by Mackenzie and Yarker, the journal by and large consisted of lodge news and of Yarker's interminable efforts to establish his Masonic genealogy. Listed in F. Leigh Gardner, A Catalogue Raisonne of Works on the Occult Sciences, Vol. 1, Rosicrucian Books (London: Privately Printed, 1903). Copy in Chancellor Robert L. Livingston Masonic Library, New York. (IAPSOP)alist and Occult Periodicals">IAPSOP))

Yates County Chronicle + (Publisher: S.C. Cleveland.)

Ithyphallic + (Qualification of the gods as males and her … Qualification of the gods as males and hermaphrodites, such as the bearded Venus, Apollo in woman’s clothes, Ammon the generator, the embryonic Ptah, and so on. Yet the phallus, so conspicuous and, according to ''our ''prim notions, so indecent, in the Indian and Egyptian religions, was associated in the earliest symbology far more with another and much purer idea than that of sexual creation. As shown by many an Orientalist, it expressed ''resurrection, the rising in life from death. ''Even the other meaning had nought indecent in it: “These images only symbolise in a very expressive manner the creative force of nature, without obscene intention,” writes Mariette Bey, and adds, “It is but another way to express ''celestial generation'', which should cause the deceased to enter into a new life”. Christians and Europeans are very hard on the phallic symbols of the ancients. The nude gods and goddesses and their generative emblems and statuary have secret departments assigned to them in our museums; why then adopt and preserve the same symbols for Clergy and Laity? The love‐feasts in the early Church—its ''agapæ ''as pure (or as impure) as the Phallic festivals of the Pagans; the long priestly robes of the Roman and Greek Churches, and the long hair of the latter, the holy water sprinklers and the rest, are there to show that Christian ritualism has preserved in more or less modified forms all the symbolism of old Egypt. As to the symbolism of a purely ''feminine ''nature, we are bound to confess that in the sight of every impartial archæologist the half nude toilets of our cultured ladies of Society are far more suggestive of female‐sex worship than are the rows of yoni‐shaped lamps, lit along the highways to temples in India [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Gunas + (Qualities, attributes (See“ Triguna”) ; a … Qualities, attributes (See“ Triguna”) ; a thread, also a cord [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Bakhour + (R. M. ''[Cyclop.]'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] … R. M. ''[Cyclop.]'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Hiranya + (Radiant, golden, used of the “Egg of Brahm … Radiant, golden, used of the “Egg of Brahmâ” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Criocephale + (Ram‐headed, applied to several deities and … Ram‐headed, applied to several deities and emblematic figures, notably those of ancient Egypt, which were designed about the period when the Sun passed, at the Vernal Equinox, from the sign Taurus to the sign Aries. Previously to this period, bull‐headed and horned deities prevailed. Apis was the type of the Bull deity, Ammon that of the ram‐headed type: Isis, too, had a Cow’s head allotted to her. Porphyry writes that the Greeks united the Ram to Jupiter and the Bull to Bacchus. [w.w.w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Bodhi + (Receptive intelligence, in contradistincti … Receptive intelligence, in contradistinction to ''Buddhi'', which is the potentiality of intelligence [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Dhatu + (Relics of Buddha’s body collected after hi … Relics of Buddha’s body collected after his cremation [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Nile‐God + (Represented by a wooden image of the river … Represented by a wooden image of the river god receiving honours in gratitude for the bounties its waters afford the country. There was a “celestial” Nile, called in the Ritual ''Nen‐naou ''or “primordial waters”; and a terrestrial Nile, worshipped at ''Nilopolis ''and Hapimoo. The latter was represented as an androgynous being with a beard and breasts, and a fat blue face ; green limbs and reddish body. At the approach of the yearly inundation, the image was carried from one place to another in solemn procession [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Dama + (Restraint of the senses [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] … Restraint of the senses [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Kumbhaka + (Retention of breath, according to the regu … Retention of breath, according to the regulations of the Hatha Yoga system [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Bacon + (Roger. A Franciscan monk, famous as an ade … Roger. A Franciscan monk, famous as an adept in Alchemy and Magic Arts. Lived in the thirteenth century in England. He believed in the philosopher’s stone in the way all the adepts of Occultism believe in it; and also in philosophical astrology. He is accused of having made a head of bronze which having an acoustic apparatus hidden in it, seemed to utter oracles which were words spoken by Bacon himself in another room. He was a wonderful physicist and chemist, and credited with having invented gunpowder, though he said he had the secret from “Asian (Chinese) wise men.ʺ [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Vorborth A.A. + (Russian diplomat, full state Councilor, wh … Russian diplomat, full state Councilor, who in 1887-1898 served as Consul General in London. In 1890 in London, he made an official translation into English of [[HPB|H.P. Blavatsky]]'s [[HPB - Passport for Yuri|passport]] for [[Blavatsky Yuri|Yuri]], issued on August 23, 1862.[[Blavatsky Yuri|Yuri]], issued on August 23, 1862.)
Aksakoff, Alexander Nikolaevich + (Russian writer, translator, journalist, editor.)
Munis + (Saints, or Sages [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] … Saints, or Sages [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Kronos + (Saturn. The God of Boundless Time and of t … Saturn. The God of Boundless Time and of the Cycles [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Drishti + (Scepticism; unbelief [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] … Scepticism; unbelief [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Scientific American + (Scientific American was founded by invento … Scientific American was founded by inventor and publisher Rufus Porter in 1845 as a four-page weekly newspaper. The first issue of the large-format New York City newspaper was released on August 28, 1845.Throughout its early years, much emphasis was placed on reports of what was going on at the U.S. Patent Office. It also reported on a broad range of inventions including perpetual motion machines, an 1860 device for buoying vessels by Abraham Lincoln, and the universal joint which now can be found in nearly every automobile manufactured. Current issues include a "this date in history" section, featuring excerpts from articles originally published 50, 100, and 150 years earlier. Topics include humorous incidents, wrong-headed theories, and noteworthy advances in the history of science and technology. It started as a weekly publication in August 1845 before turning into a monthly in November 1921.Porter sold the publication to Alfred Ely Beach and Orson Desaix Munn a mere ten months after founding it. Until 1948, it remained owned by Munn & Company. Under Munn's grandson, Orson Desaix Munn III, it had evolved into something of a "workbench" publication, similar to the twentieth-century incarnation of Popular Science. [[Category: Wikipedia (CTD terms)]] (WP); cursor:help;" title="Wikipedia">WP))
Aporrheta + (Secret instructions upon esoteric subjects … Secret instructions upon esoteric subjects given during the Egyptian and Grecian Mysteries [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Lahgash + (Secret speech; esoteric incantation; almos … Secret speech; esoteric incantation; almost identical with the mystical meaning of Vâch [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Esoteric Bodhism + (Secret wisdom or intelligence from the Gre … Secret wisdom or intelligence from the Greek ''esotericos ''“inner”, and the Sanskrit ''Bodhi'', “knowledge”, intelligence— in contradistinction to ''Buddhi, ''“the ''faculty ''of knowledge or intelligence” and ''Buddhism'', the philosophy or Law of Buddha (the Enlightened). Also written “ Budhism”, from ''Budha ''(Intelligence and Wisdom) the Son of Soma [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Iao + (See "[[Iaho]] … See "[[Iaho]]". The highest god of the Phœnicians the light conceivable only by intellect”, the physical and spiritual Principle of all things, “the male Essence of Wisdom ”. It is the ideal Sun light [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Abiri + (See Kabiri, also written Kabeiri, the Migh … See Kabiri, also written Kabeiri, the Mighty Ones, celestials, sons of Zedec the just one, a group of deities worshipped in Phœnicia: they seem to be identical with the Titans, Corybantes, Curetes, Telchines and Dii Magni of Virgil. [w.w.w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Annapura + (See “Anâ” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]<s … See “Anâ” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Day of Brahma + (See “Brahmâʹs Day” etc. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]<sp … See “Brahmâʹs Day” etc. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Alhim + (See “Elohim” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]< … See “Elohim” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)