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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).)
Law of Retribution + (See “Karma” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]< … See “Karma” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Jetzirah + (See “Yetzirah” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]< … See “Yetzirah” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Hochmah + (See “[[Chochmah]]” … See “[[Chochmah]]” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Nabia + (Seership, soothsaying. This oldest and mos … Seership, soothsaying. This oldest and most respected of mystic phenomena is the name given to prophecy in the ''Bible'', and is correctly included among the spiritual powers, such as divination, clairvoyant visions, trance‐conditions, and oracles. But while enchanters, diviners, and even astrologers are strictly condemned in the Mosaic books, prophecy, seership, and ''nabia ''appear as the special gifts of heaven. In early ages they were all termed ''Epoptai ''(Seers), the Greek word for Initiates; they were also designated ''Nebim'', “the plural of Nebo, the Babylonian god of wisdom.” The Kabalist distinguishes between the ''seer ''and the ''magician''; one is passive, the other active; ''Nebirah'', is one who looks into futurity and a clairvoyant; ''Nebi‐poel'', he who possesses ''magic powers''. We notice that Elijah and Apollonius resorted to the same means to isolate themselves from the disturbing influences of the outer world, viz., wrapping their heads entirely in a woollen mantle, from its being an electric non‐conductor we must suppose [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna + (She was the main source of Theosophical te … She was the main source of Theosophical teachings and discussed the major themes of Theosophy in many articles and several major works, including ''Isis Unveiled'', ''The Secret Doctrine'', ''The Key to Theosophy'', and ''The Voice of the Silence''. She was co-founder of The Theosophical Society.as co-founder of The Theosophical Society.)
Klippoth + (Shells: used in the Kabbalah in several se … Shells: used in the Kabbalah in several senses; (1) evil spirits, demons; (2) the shells of dead human beings, not the physical body, but the remnant of the personality after the spirit has departed; (3) the Elementaries of some authors. [w.w.w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Gonpis + (Shepherdesses — the playmates and companio … Shepherdesses — the playmates and companions of Krishna, among whom was his wife Raddha [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Abhijna + (Six phenomenal (or “supernatural”) gifts w … Six phenomenal (or “supernatural”) gifts which Sâkyamuni Buddha acquired in the night on which he reached Buddhaship. This is the “fourth” degree of Dhyâna (the seventh in esoteric teachings) which has to be attained by every true Arhat. In China, the initiated Buddhist ascetics reckon six such powers, but in Ceylon they reckon only five. The first Abhijñâ is Divyachakchus, the instantaneous view of anything one wills to see; the second, is Divyasrotra, the power of comprehending any sound whatever, etc., etc. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Nidra + (Sleep. Also the female form of Brahmâ [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]& … Sleep. Also the female form of Brahmâ [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Aith‐ur + (Solar fire, divine Æther. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]& … Solar fire, divine Æther. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Nirmanakaya + (Something entirely different in esoteric p … Something entirely different in esoteric philosophy from the popular meaning attached to it, and from the fancies of the Orientalists. Some call the ''Nirmânakâya ''body “Nirvana with remains” (Schlagintweit, etc.) on the supposition, probably, that it is a kind of Nirvânic condition during which consciousness and form are retained. Others say that it is one of the ''Trikâya ''(three bodies), with the “power of assuming any form of appearance in order to propagate Buddhism” (Eitel’s idea); again, that “it is the incarnate avatâra of a deity” (''ibid.''), and so on. Occultism, on the other hand, says:that Nirmânakâya, although meaning literally a transformed “body”, is a state. The form is that of the adept or yogi who enters, or chooses, that ''post mortem ''condition in preference to the Dharmakâya or ''absolute ''Nirvânic state. He does this because the latter ''kâya ''separates him for ever from the world of form, conferring upon him a state of ''selfish ''bliss, in which no other living being can participate, the adept being thus precluded from the possibility of helping humanity, or even ''devas''. As a Nirmânakâya, however, the man leaves behind him only his physical body, and retains every other “principle” save the Kamic—for he has crushed this out for ever from his nature, during life, and it can never resurrect in his post mortem state. Thus, instead of going into selfish bliss, he chooses a life of self‐sacrifice, an existence which ends only with the life‐cycle, in order to be enabled to help mankind in an invisible yet most effective manner. (See ''The Voice of the Silence'', third treatise, “The Seven Portals”.) Thus a Nirmânakâya is not, as popularly believed, the body “in which a Buddha or a Bodhisattva appears on earth”, but verily one, who whether a ''Chutuktu ''or a ''Khubilkhan, ''an adept or a yogi during life, has since become a member of that invisible Host which ever protects and watches over Humanity within Karmic limits. Mistaken often for a “Spirit”, a Deva, God himself, &c., a Nirmânakâya is ever a protecting, compassionate, verily a ''guardian ''angel, to him who becomes worthy of his help. Whatever objection may be brought forward against this doctrine; however much it is denied, because, forsooth, it has never been hitherto made public in Europe and therefore since it is unknown to Orientalists, it must needs be “a myth of modern invention”—no one will be bold enough to say that this idea of helping suffering mankind at the price of one’s own almost interminable self‐sacrifice, is not one of the grandest and noblest that was ever evolved from human brain [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).al Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Murttimat + (Something inherent or incarnate in somethi … Something inherent or incarnate in something else and inseparable from it; like ''wetness ''in water, which is coexistent and coeval with it. Used of some attributes of Brahmâ and other gods [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)
Incubus + (Something more real and dangerous than the … Something more real and dangerous than the ordinary meaning given to the word, viz., that of “nightmare ”. An ''Incubus ''is the male Elemental, and ''Succuba ''the female, and these are undeniably the spooks of mediæval demonology, called forth from the invisible regions by human passion and lust. They are now called “Spirit brides” and “Spirit husbands” among some benighted Spiritists and spiritual mediums. But these poetical names do not prevent them in the least being that which they are—Ghools, Vampires and soulless Elementals; formless centres of Life, devoid of sense; in short, ''subjective protoplasms ''when left alone, but called into a definite being and form by the creative and diseased imagination of certain mortals. They were known under every clime as in every age, and the Hindus can tell more than one terrible tale of the dramas enacted in the life of young students and mystics by the ''Pisachas'', their name in India [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).lossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG).)