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Adultery, and Bible, 236. | Adultery, and Bible, 236. | ||
Advaitee(s), beliefs of learned, identical with those of | Advaitee(s), beliefs of learned, identical with those of Theosophists, 336. | ||
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Advaitism, esoteric, 305, 451, 567. | |||
Adversus Haereses. See Irenaeus. | |||
Adyar, property secured, xxiv-v, xxvi. | |||
Affection, most powerful attraction, 122. | |||
Affinities, and numbers at base of occult doctrine, 303. | |||
Agni, symbolical description of, 366. | |||
Agnohotri, S.N., errors of, 471- 72fn., 474. | |||
Agrippa, C., The Three Books of Occult Philosophy, on souls and shells, 594-95, 619. | |||
Aguna[Aguna], 582. | |||
Ahamatma [Ahamatman], 7th principle, 99. | |||
Aham eva Parabrahman, 100. | |||
Ahankara [ Ahamkara]: 550fn.; belongs to Manas, 581; can be destroyed when personal, 582; produced from Buddhi, 581. | |||
Ahmi, I am, 523. | |||
Ahriman: as lower human principles, 522; had no beginning, 420-21; man’s ignorance & selfishness, 508; and Ormazd, 263; 420, 521. | |||
Ahura Mazda: as father of Arne- sha Spentas, 523; as 7th principle or Monad, 520, 522; on the Nasa, 508; our Spiritual Essence or personal God, 521-22. | |||
Air, composition of, 212 & fn. | |||
Airyana-Vaego: Adepts in, 515fn.; Brahmans in, 529; identical with Sambhala, 526fn.; nature & location of, 526-27. | |||
Akasa[ [Akasa]: and ether, 489; imperishable records in, and psychometry, 555 et seq.; and phlogiston, 218; and rappings, 144; reflections from the, & subjective mind-pictures, 356; seventh state of matter, 264; and Sound, 164 et seq. | |||
Alchemy, became chemistry, 313. | |||
Alcohol, abstinence from, 544. | |||
Aleim, 335. | |||
All: absorption into the One, 121; the Infinite, 52. | |||
Allopaths: fail at Leipzig, 75-76; and homeopaths in West Indies, 74-75; and homeopaths should combine, 319. | |||
Almora, Swami of, and his arguments, 560 et seq. | |||
Ambition, and selfishness as curses, 419. | |||
America, connection with Atlantis, 446. | |||
American, noblest and grandest feature of the, Republic, 70. | |||
Americans, cool self-confidence of some, 147. | |||
Arnesha Spentas, our six principles, 523. | |||
Amita-pho, or Amita-Buddha, 18 Ammianus Marcellinus, History, on Hystaspes in India, 529; 620. | |||
Ampere, A. M., 222, 620. | |||
Amrita Bazaar Patrika: endorses Olcott’s work, 5; on events at Lahore, 476; shows appreciation for work of T.S. in India, 23-24. | |||
Amulam mulam [Amúla-múla], rootless root, 580. | |||
Analogy, importance of, 317. | |||
Anandamaya, as 5th principle, 582. | |||
Anarchists, bloody, & nihilists, 419 Anathema, Pope’s, against Spiritualists, 394-95. | |||
Ancient. See Smith, Geo. | |||
Andrews, Stephen Pearl, and Free Love, 143. | |||
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Anganta Yene, and bhuta, 122 | |||
Angelology, Pharisaical, originated in Babylonia, 527 | |||
Angra-Mainyu: 508, 519fn., 523; as kama or lust, 522; as matter, 520 | |||
Animalculae, allegedly singing, 154-55 | |||
Animals, care for, in Bombay, 28182, 299 | |||
Annamaya: 565; as gross material body, 582 | |||
Annihilation: of conscious personal principle, 559; of egos, 251; of personality and the Higher Ego, 571 et seq. | |||
Anquetil Duperron, and Avesta, 525 | |||
Antaratma [ Antaratman], latent spirit, 336 | |||
Antaskarana [ Antaskarana], and Manas as organs of personal consciousness, 548 | |||
Apavarga, emancipation from births, 609 | |||
Apocalypse, 265 | |||
Apollonius of Tyana, last of the Initiates of old, 516fn. | |||
Apothecary, licensed leech for bleeding people’s pockets, 73 | |||
Apparatuses, to hear and see people at any distance, 112 | |||
Apparitions: involuntary, 248; of disembodied Ego rare, 246 | |||
Arabian Nights, and Jinn, 103; 620 | |||
Ardeshir Babagan, and Avesta, 524 | |||
Ardvi-Sura Anahita, same as Sarasvati, 521 & fn. | |||
Arhat, esoteric, doctrine & Northern Buddhism, 305, 569 | |||
Aristotle, on light, 221 | |||
Arne, T. A., Rule Britannia, 541, 620 | |||
Arnold, Sir Edwin, Light of Asia, q. 281 | |||
d’Ars, Curé. See Viannay, J. B. | |||
Art, works of, in somnambulic state, 294 | |||
Arupa LokafArupaloka], 185 | |||
Arya, The: 277; first issue, 65 et seq.; indiscretions of, re Dayananda, 270-72, 512-13; jumps down its own journalistic throat, 127 | |||
Aryan [Aryan], esoteric, school and Subba Row, 191 | |||
Arya Samaj [Arya Samája]: as a sect, 66-67; relation of, to T.S., 95, 127, 467; why alliance between, & T.S. broken, 93-94 | |||
Aryavarta [ Aryavárta], 336 | |||
Asceticism, sham, 351-52 | |||
Ashburner, J., 380, 620 | |||
Ashta Siddhis, of Hatha Yoga, 31fn. | |||
Asiatic: esotericism and R. Catholicism, 295; people have compassion for brutes, 282; thought and The Theosophist, 158-59 | |||
Asiatic Researches, on Magianism, 515 | |||
Asoka: 13fn., 15, 16 & fn.; edicts of, 430-31; inscriptions of, on religious tolerance, 26 | |||
Asramas[Asramas]: secret philosophy hidden in Southern, 547; and Yogis, 544 | |||
Astral: bodies cast no shadows, 489; double can kill, 566; impressions on material surroundings, 247-48, 592-93; magnetoelectrical projection of, images, 489; Serpent of Lévi, 245; and Spiritual Monad, 184-86; Virgin and Akasa, 264; | |||
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Astral Light: and Astral Fire, 165; crown of, 166; and occult sounds, 298 | |||
Astrology, as science and quackery, 302-03 | |||
Asuchi. impure, 553fn. | |||
Asura, living spirit in man, 523. See also Ahura Mazda | |||
Asvatthama, 367 | |||
Atharva Veda: 99; number seven in, 575, 579; and psychometry, 554; 621 | |||
Atheists, high morals of, 498 | |||
Athravan(s): 508; Zoroaster one of the first, 529 | |||
Atkinson, H. C., liberal freethinker, 157; and Tyndall, 599 et seq. | |||
–, Letters to Miss Martineau, 157, 621 | |||
Atlantis: connection between Central America and, 446; dwelling place of 4th race, 447; Egyptians not a colony of, 447; struggle in, between Adepts and Magicians, 263 | |||
Atlantis. See Donnelly | |||
Atma Bodha [Atma-Bodha]. See Samkaracharya | |||
Atman [Atman]: as highest Monad, 580; as Sutratman, 582; and Buddhi as Monad, 582, 595; is nirguna, 581; or Jivat- man as 7th principle or unmanifested life, 547 | |||
Atmosphere, composition of, 212 & fn. | |||
Atom(s): disintegrated in occult transport, 125; individual, and life, 226; “Master Atom” as term for 6th principle, 558; spark of life in, 216; transmigration of life-, 559-60 | |||
Atonement: occult meaning of, 265; vicarious as cause of misery, 449 | |||
Attachments, earthly, cause of rebirth, 342 | |||
Attavada: delusion of self, 173, 537 | |||
Attraction, and gravitation, 222 | |||
Aura: human mesmeric and flowers, 312fn.; magnetic, and psychometry, 545; magnetic, of several forming strong battery, 27; of living medium and images impressed on it, 62 | |||
Austin, R. Barnes, and “J.K.,” 34 et seq. | |||
Avalokitesvara: 11fn.; incarnates in Taley-Lamas, 18; or Atman, 608 | |||
Avatara(s) [Avataras]: 361; Trivikrama, 367 | |||
Averroes, 97 | |||
Avesta. See Zend-Avesta | |||
Avichi, none for Spiritual Individuality, 548fn. | |||
Avidya [Avidya]: and five sheaths, 582; mistaken for wisdom, 259; and Schopenhauer’s views, 491 | |||
Avogadro’s Law, 217 | |||
Avyakta, unevolved evolver, 580, 582 | |||
Avyaktabrahm, stands for 7th principle, 166 | |||
Ayah, 326 | |||
Ayangar, C. A., 133, 136 | |||
Azot, 7th state of matter, 264 | |||
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Babusthan, 145 | |||
Bactriana: emigration from, to Indus, 529; Hystapes in, 525fn. | |||
Bacon, Francis, and lunar eclipses, 397 | |||
–, Promus, etc., 602, 621 | |||
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Badarayana [Badarayana], on Kri- tsita-sarira, 53fn. | |||
Bailey, Dr. J., Records of Longevity, 448, 621 | |||
Bain, A., The Correlations, etc., on electricity, 219, 226; 621 | |||
Balfour Stewart, 206 | |||
–, The Conservation of Energy. on electricity, 219; on energy and matter, 213; on molecules, 214; q. Le Conte on force, 214 | |||
Bali, not an individual, 367 | |||
Baly, Archdeacon, 4 | |||
Bamboo-staff, seven-knotted, 104 | |||
Banerjee, Nobin K., 230 | |||
Banner of Light·, on Dr. Geo. Beard. 393; on Frothingham, 81 | |||
Banon, Capt. A.: and Rev. Cook, 69; on Tibet, 160 et seq. | |||
Baphomet, or Satan is merely Pan, 263 | |||
Baptism, and initiation, 265 | |||
Barbier. See Beaumarchais | |||
Bar-do, state of, follows gestation period, 121 | |||
Barlow, Peter, 222, 621 | |||
Barrett, Sir Wm. F., 286, 622-25 | |||
Basantis, 238 | |||
Battery: formed by magnetic auras, 27, 29, 30; human, may be charged like a galvanic, 31 | |||
Bavaria, King of, a melomaniac, 328 | |||
Baylis. Dr., and “faith cures,” 384fn. | |||
Beale. Prof. L., on materialism, 167 | |||
Beale, Rev. S., on the Masters, 131 | |||
Beans, magnetism of, deadening, 297 | |||
Beard, Dr. Geo., dies and is apt to become a “spirit,” 393 | |||
Beattie, John, on spirit-photographs, 63-64 | |||
Beaumarchais, P.A.C. de, Le Barbier de Séville, 33fn., 625 | |||
–, Le Manage de Figaro, 33fn., 625 | |||
Becher, J. J., phlogiston, 218fn. | |||
Beecher, Rev. H. W., on Jesus in New York, 74 | |||
Beelzebub, 389 | |||
Being: guiding nascent human races, and Magianism, 514; matter and spirit, 420-21 | |||
Bennett, D. M.: 393; agent used by Adept-Brothers, 369fn.; biogr., 625-33; claimed as “spirit-control,” 353 ; defended by H.P.B., 79-80, 285-86; membership of, in T.S. endorsed by Masters, 369 & fn.; Olcott on, 79; self-made man, 147-48; slandered by Rev. J. Cook, 69 –, A Truth-Seeker Around the | |||
World: debunks alleged events in Palestine, 285-86; favorable appraisal of, 146-48, 368-69 | |||
Bergh, Henry, zoophile, 282 | |||
Beroea, 238 | |||
Berthelot, M. P. E., and gases, 215 Besant, Annie: and Bradlaugh slandered by Rev. Cook, 69; great orator, 124; in error about T.S. & Olcott, 171-72; steadfastness of purpose, 157 | |||
“Besant and the Theos. Society, Mrs. Annie,” 171 | |||
Bhagavad-Gita: 99, 569; and ini- ated Brahmans, 192; record of teaching during Mystery Initiation, 124; and Subba Row, 191 | |||
Bhâravi, Kirâtârjunîya, on conquering passions, 614 | |||
Bhisti, water carrier, 326 | |||
Bhola Deva Sarma, 230 | |||
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Bhons: 10; offshoot from Chaldea, 15fn.; practice necromancy, 12 | |||
Bhopa Raja, on commentators as perverters, 285 | |||
Bhuta, possession by, 122, 175, 553 | |||
Bhutan [ Bhutan] : Dharma Raja of, 17-18; triple incarnations in Buddhism of, 10, 17 | |||
Bhutanese, tributaries of Taley-Lamas, 12 | |||
Bible: contradicted by worldly customs, 235; and events in Palestine debunked by Bennett, 28586; and number seven, 578; production of a hundred anonymous scribes, 241 | |||
Bigandet, Rev. P. A., The Life, or Legend, of Gaudama, on celibacy, 7; 633-34 | |||
Bigotry: and Bradlaugh, 231; and professional rapacity, 72 | |||
Binah(Jehovah), and Hokhmah, 421 | |||
Birds, flight of, and polarity, 168-69 | |||
Bishop of Bombay, controversy with, on Gospels, 232 et seq. | |||
Bixby, James T., and Gladstone, 237 | |||
Black, Judge Jere S., and Ingersoll, 80 | |||
Blasphemy, def. by Ingersoll, 457fn. | |||
Blavatsky, H. P.: acknowledges loosing temper, 114fn.; arrives in U.S.A., 137 & fn.; at Ghum monastery, xxvi; beliefs of, same as those of learned Ad- vaitees, 336; Buddhist and metaphorically an atheist, 95, 231, 305-06; commanded to explain about reincarnation and principles, 186; denies any malice or hatred, 117; directed to | |||
go to Paris, 136; experienced formerly a type of mediumship, 593; experienced personal ordeal, 590; has no faith in divinely inspired prophets, 413; labored once under spiritualistic delusion, 590; not a nastika, 335-36; on the Saint-Simoniens’ prophecy, 479-80; on Treme- schini, 481-82; outspoken endorsement of Bennett, 79-80; pokes fun at editors and writers, 148-49, 150-52, 154-55; publishes Hume’s letter under protest, 227; recognizes Brothers of Light and those of Shadow, 590; sent to Chittenden, Vt., 137; spends 48 hours with the Brothers, 272, 300; studied Kabala with learned Rabbi, 38; taken to task for strong language, 113 et seq.; thoroughly acquainted with American mediums, 142 | |||
–, Isis Unveiled: 349, 362fn. 378, 416, 516fn.; 525fn., 615; bridged gap between old and new presentation, 376; criticized by Hume, 228; explanations of mysteries in, lie half-buried, 253; first literary production of a foreigner, 184; intended to deal in generalities as regards reincarnation, 186; no discrepancy between teachings in, and later ones, 122; on Atlantean magicians, 263; on color and sound, 179; on cycles and evolution, 376; on levitation, 30; on Nazars, 265; on reincarnation, 183; on the One Truth, 295; on truth and its many rays, 426; Preface to Vol. II and Christianity, 97; some passages in, incomplete and vague, 184; teachings in, derived from Adept-Brothers, 182; written under specific direction to give {{Page aside|679}}hints rather than methodical expositions, 253 | |||
–, Scrapbooks, 479, 480, 481, 482 | |||
Blech, Charles, Contribution, etc., 479, 634 | |||
Blood: attracts evil powers, 265; brain and, -flow, 511; meaning of Baptism of, 265; not coagulated when body killed by lightning, 225; and occult phenomena, 476 et seq. | |||
Bochart, S., Canaan, 532, 634 | |||
Bodhisattva(s): reincarnation of a, in Tashi-Lama, 161; overshadowed by Celestial Buddha, 11 | |||
Bodhyanga, Wisdom, 378 fn. | |||
Body, exercises deceptive suggestions on consciousness, 594 | |||
Bod-yul, Tibet, 16, 34 | |||
Bogle, Geo., 11, 14fn., 634-35 | |||
Bohme, Jakob, erroneous classification of, 51 et seq. | |||
Bolletino, of Grand Orient of Italy, 56, 58, 59 | |||
Bombay Gazette: 111, 132, 281; and Rev. J. Cook, 21-22, 68, 92 | |||
Bon Sens, Le, on spirit-message from Gambetta, 392 | |||
Book of Abad. See Desatlr | |||
Book of Changes. See Yi-King | |||
Book of Job, record of Egyptian mysteries and judgment of the soul, 124 | |||
Book of Khiu-ti (or Kiu-ti): 250 378fn. 654; on qualifications of chelas, 678 | |||
Book of Numbers, and number seven, 578fn. | |||
Book of the Arhats, on Universal Intelligence, 453 | |||
Book of the Dead, and number seven, 575 | |||
Boscovich, R. J., and occult views on spirit, 558; 635 | |||
Bose, Rajnarain, views on religion, 439 et seq. | |||
Bouillaud, J. B. B., 314, 636 | |||
Bourbon, Adelberth de, 87 | |||
Bradlaugh, Chas.: 172, 279, 280; and A. Besant slandered by Rev. Cook, 69; H.P.B. defends, against attacks, 231 ; Olcott on, 79; victim of bigotry, 157 | |||
Brahma ( Brahm ): Day and Night of, 99; Isvara and Jiva, 422 et seq.; and Parabrahm, 337 | |||
Brahmajàla Sutta, 402, 636 | |||
Brahmans [Brâhmanas]: in Air-yana-Vaêgo, 529; initiated, know when Hindu Scriptures were written, 192; migrations of, 529; oppose Buddhism, 15; origin of Magi and, same, 515fn.; orthodox, lost key to Oriental System, 493 ; venal, encourage superstitions, 302 | |||
Brahmarakshasa [ Brahmarâk-shasa], 175 | |||
Brahmo Public Opinion, on K. C. | |||
Sen, 327, 439 | |||
Brahmo Samaj: corruption of, discussed, 406 et seq.; origin and divisions of, 108 et seq.; Sir R. Temple on, 346 | |||
Braid, James, Neurypnology, etc., 294; 636 | |||
Brain: and blood-flow, 511; can assimilate great ideas and affect cognate ones, 457 ; evolution of astral, 247 ; molecules of medium’s, and shells, 591; spiritual life of, and death, 246-47; stupefied, and body clogged with food, 297; weight of, intellect and eyesight, 509 et seq. | |||
Branches, of T.S. neglect experimental research, 131 | |||
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Brihaspati[Brihaspati], a nastika, 515 | |||
Britten, Dr. S. B., 393 | |||
Broca, Dr. 314; on weight of brain, 509; 636 | |||
Brodie, Sir B., Psychological Inquiries, 294; 636-37 | |||
Brotherhood: basic platform of T.S., 502-03; of Adepts, and Sinnett’s testimony, 132; risks connected with establishing in India Society based on, 97; T.S. a nucleus of, in theory and practice, 415; T.S. a Universal, 25, 470 | |||
Brothers: admit esoteric meaning of Vedas, 366; blessings and protection from the, 354-55; criticized by Wm. S. Moses, 273 et seq.; of Light and Shadow, 590; spoken of long before Founders left for India, 354; testimony about, by Ramalinga Pillai, 134-36; trans-Himalayan, 4-5 | |||
Brownrigg, Lieut. Gen., and religious freedom, 433fn., 434 | |||
Buchanan, Dr. J. R., discovered psychometry, 555, 637 | |||
Bucher. See Keyser | |||
Buck, Dr. J. D., on mediums and “spirits,” 293-94 | |||
Buddha, enlightened one, 603 | |||
Buddha, Gautama: did not claim divine inspiration, 106; doctrine of, very broad, 190; historical character, 25fn.; rejected the idea of a God, 106; renounced every form of theism, 100 | |||
Buddha. See Lillie | |||
Buddhi: 582; as intellection, 608; and Atman, 582, 595; produced | |||
from Tattva, 581; produces Ahankara and Manas, 581 | |||
Buddhism: basic beliefs of, 173; different views on, among Western scholars, 403-04; esoteric, 378fn., 404, 463; esoteric, established early in Tibet, 15-16; esoteric, identical with real Ad- vaitism, 305, 451, 474, 567; key to understanding of, lies in Secret Doctrine, 404; non-violent and tolerant, 430-31; no special fasts in, 297; not propagated in India by Founders, 283-84; opposed by Brahmans, 15; philosophy, not a religion, 202; popular & esoteric, 201; reveals esotericism of Brahmans, 463; rising interest in England for, 402; secret doctrines of Tibetan, 573; and suicide, 301; universal tolerance and brotherly love of, 25-26 | |||
Buddhist(s) : clergy and chastity, 6 et seq.; Prachchhana, 451; views of, on Buddha, 190 | |||
Buddhist. See Olcott | |||
Bulletin Mensuel, etc., 479 et seq. | |||
Bulwer-Lytton, A Strange Story, 344, 613, 637 | |||
–, Zanoni, 341, 613, 637 | |||
Bundahish, and the Airyana-Vaego, 526fn., 527fn.; 637 | |||
Bunsen, Baron C. C. J.: 363; on age of Zoroaster, 529 | |||
Burials, and epidemics, 507 Burq, Dr. V. B., 132, 637 | |||
Bushell, Prof., mesmerises Indians, 357 | |||
Butler, Alban, and Jerome, 241; 637 | |||
Byang-tsiub, Brotherhood of, in Tibet, 16 | |||
Byron, brain of, 509 | |||
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