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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Tophet}}'''. A place in the valley of Gehenna, near Jerusalem, where a constant fire was kept burning, in which children were immolated to Baal. The locality is thus the prototype of the Christian Hell, the fiery Gehenna of endless woe. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Tophet}}'''. A place in the valley of Gehenna, near Jerusalem, where a constant fire was kept burning, in which children were immolated to Baal. The locality is thus the prototype of the Christian Hell, the fiery Gehenna of endless woe. | ||
{{Quote source HPB TG|Tophet}} | {{Quote source HPB TG|Tophet}} | ||
Latest revision as of 10:47, 8 October 2026
H. P. Blavatsky
Tophet. A place in the valley of Gehenna, near Jerusalem, where a constant fire was kept burning, in which children were immolated to Baal. The locality is thus the prototype of the Christian Hell, the fiery Gehenna of endless woe.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Tophet