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H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writtings, vol. 12, page(s) 787-859

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Aaron, prophet in Exodus, 200

Abraham: Sanskrit epithet, 169 (179) sacrifices Isaac, 169 (179) and Hagar, 267 fn.

Abraxas, solar cock of, 374

Absolute: anthropomorphizing, the, 232 succinct teachings about, 234 abyss between, and the infinite, 342 Thought is inscrutable, 411 Light & its “south pole,” Life, 629

Acervulus cerebri, of Pineal gland, 618

Acts, 348 on Simon Magus, 552

Adam-Kadmon, or Jahve, androgynous, 313

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719), Cato, q. 444

Adept (s): and Bodhisattvas, 31 would not precipitate himself before sending letter, 32 Right or Left Path, 191 may attain status of Deva, 202 self-styled, of profane world, 315 and candidates for adeptship, 316 —mystics scattered in Himalayas and India, 345 fn. of Gupta-Vidya, 346 rarity of, 451 training for a White, 491 motive in seeking powers of, 491 “becomes” & is not made, 496 sometimes desert their bodies, 684 and projection of mayávi-rüpa, 707

Adeptship: must be achieved before becoming a Mahatma, 634 attainment of, 691, 696

Adhemar, Countess Gaston d’, manager of Revue Théosophique, 300

Adi-buddha, primeval Wisdom, 537

“Admirable Crichtones,” of today, 42

Adonay, 534-35

Adultery, Jesus on, 385

Advaita: interpreted by Samkaráchárya, 344 fn. influenced by Budhism, 345 manuscripts of, 345 fn.

Adyar Library: founded by Col. Olcott, 300 palm leaf MSS. in, 300 holdings of, 300 prediction on the, 301

Aeons: of Simon Magus, 552 our Dhyani-Chohans, 553 similar to Devas, 570

Agastya, Rishi, & immigration to Chaldea, 169(179)

788 Age(s): each, has its martyrs, saints, heroes, 22 of human race, 28 Miocene, 28 hypocrisy and social corruption of our, 34, 40, 242 gold is god of our “uncivilized,” 44 “Divine,” concept of Aryan races, 50 current, not conductive to moral courage, 139, 242, 310 our, inferior in Wisdom, 310 ff moral cruelty of our, 310 process related to a bacillus, 389 cure for old-, 389

Agliato, Marquis, betrayed Cagliostro, 81

Agnishvattas, or Solar Lhas, 644 & fn.

Agnostic, “Saladin” on Church attitude to women, 269

Agnostics, in T.S., 341 fn.

Ahamkara: the personal “I-creating” faculty, 631, 633 and Chitta, 633 fn. as related to Antaskarana, 634 must be crushed out, 634

Ahriman, and hosts of Darkness, 49

Ahura-Mazdha, or Universal Light, 49

Aitareya Brahmana, 169 (178)

Ajigarta (or Rishika): Holy Man of Pushkara Lake, 172 (182) father of Sunahsepa, 172 (182)

Ajmere: pilgrimage to, 173 (183) fn., 176 (186) Lake Pushkara in, 176 (186) sacred crocodiles of, 176 (186)

Àkâsa: sound is substratum of, 361 permeable & interpenetrating, 408 lowest form of, is Ether of Space, 408 not “hypothetical agent” of Science, 408 sound as the only attribute of, 611 nature of, outlined, 611 astral vision cutting rays of, 678

Àkâsa-tattva: or vital essence, 215 the one chief agent in mesmerism, 215 Akkadians, and symbolism of Khargak-Kurra, 543

Alaya: “World-Soul,” 55 great Self, as eternal Harmony, 114 Universal Soul, 630, 635 and Mahat, 635

Alaya-Mahat: as Universal Soul, 313, 371 Intelligence of the Universe, 313 reflected in the personal mind, 371

Albertini, Dr., on color blindness, 90

Alchemist: symbolic expressions of, 52-55, 85-86 occult meaning of transmutation, 53 stone of, 53 and spiritual help of women, 533

Alchemy: “three sisters” symbolism in, 85-86 occult chemistry in, 86

Alcohol, reason why forbidden to students of occultism, 698

Aletheia, Truth of the Mysteries, 570

All-Being, or Svabhavat, 543

789 Althotas, Hermetic Sage and Cagliostro, 79-80

Altruism, will one day rule if Brotherhood of T.S. accepted, 302

Amazon, circle dance of Mysteries, 278

Ambarisha: King of Ayodhya, 169 (179), 172 (182) fn. disconsolate over lack of heirs, 170 (180)

Ambrosia, and the gods, 187 fn.

Amen, and Amen, numerical value of, 534

America: religious decay in, 90 forerunners of new sub-race appearing in, 154

American: self-proclaimed Christs, 78 social life, 90 audacity in criticizing Russia, 279-81 treatment of Red-Indians, 28586 on freedom of speech & press in, 388

American Free Methodist Church, Firebrand, q. 55-56

Amerindians, dying of exposure and starvation in America, 281, 286

Amitabha, and Padmapani, 518, 519.

Analytical: method of exact science, 359 decomposition of chemical elements 359

Ancient(s): Mysteries and Hierophants, 1516 accused of fetishism, 16 Races, 382

“Ancient, The,” of Job, 313 or the “first-born,” 313 called Sophia, Buddhi-Manas or Christos, 313 light from the, 320

Anderson, Dr. Jerome (18471903), on spiritual monad, 58 –Remarks, etc., 557 fn.

Androgyne, or Hermaphrodite Humanity, 700, 702.

Angel(s): and archangel, 50-52 Spirits and, 190, 200, 210 between the living & the dead, 190 Fall of, 192 “men of a superior kind,” 200 Angilini, Luigi, on death of Cagliostro, 87-88.

Anima Mundi: Universal Soul or Mind, 413 Life originates in, 413 one of the “four faces of Brahma,” 413

Animal(s): why do they suffer, 238 and transmigration, 238 Karma and undeserved suffering of, 238 almost immediately reincarnated, 239 origin of red-blooded & coldblooded, 708

Animalism, not same as “animism,” 351 fn.

Animalists: will not prevail, 2, 141 apostles of negation, 141 invade realm of Occultists, 351-52

Animism: as applied to Lower Races, 351 fn. and other related terms, 351 fn. Animus, and animism, 351 fn. Answers to Correspondence, on doubles & ex-doubles, 712-13

Antaskarana: meaning, 54, 710 destruction of, causes lunacy, 408 790link between personal & Divine Man, 623, 632-34 between Ego and human intelligence, 624 as bridge between divine & human Egos, 631 during sleep & after death, 633 called “Path,” 633 on atrophy of, 633-634 exoteric version of, in RajaYoga, 633 fn. premature destruction of, in exoteric Vedanta, 634 slain after Divine warrior reaches Absolute Oneness, 634 and Lokas, 672 Manas, 697 and fate of incarnation, 710

Antichrist, idealist branded as, 48. Anu, or atom in the Kosmic trinity of Hindus, 149.

Allen, Grant (1848-1899): on age of human race, 28-29; founded a “Christo-Theosophical Society,” 131 and “the girl of the future,” 249-55 denies women the intellect of men, 250-51 on women, 251, 254, 255-56 favored eugenics, 252 contrasted to Plato & Comte, 253-54

Anupapadaka, def. 672 fn.

Apas, and violet, color of the Astral Body, 622.

Aphorisms, Oriental, 427-76

Apollonius of Tyana (fl. 1st c. A.D.), delivers young friend from succubus, 197

Apophis: Dragon in Egyptian Ritual, 626 Dragon of second death over soulless men, 635 repelled by sacred name, 639

Apostate, Emperor Julian called, 47-48.

Apostles, modern, & missionaries, 256

Aranyakas: holy men of the forests, 172 (182) included Titans or Daityas, 172 (182) . . . as antediluvian yogins, 172 (182)

Arhan, on becoming an, 505

Archangel: Fall of, 50 of Victor Hugo the closest to reality, 50

Archons, of Athens, 16

Arhat(s): on secret teachings Buddha taught his, 345 noble injunction of, 419

Aristophanes (448?-340? B.C.), describes mesmeric cure, 222

Aristotle (384-322 B.c.), never initiated, 599

Arjuna, as Nara, victor over Devas, 202

Arnold, Sir Edwin (1832-1904), biography, 718-23

–The Light of Asia, q. 426, 436, 461

–The Secret of Death, q. 428, 440, 453, 469

–The Song Celestial, q. 449

Arnould, Arthur, Pres, of T.S., Paris, 300

Artephius (ca. 1130 a.d.), Clavis alchymiae, q. 53

Artificial, fecundation, 254

Arundale, Francesca (18?-1924), and “cyclostyled” copy of Ma- ha-Chohan’s letter, 240-41 fn.

Aryan: mythology, 50 women compared to modern, 270 our, ancestors foresaw moral state of present, 386

Aryan Press (New York), organization of, & printing of E. S. Instructions, xxiii, 499.

791 Aryan Theosophical Society: headquarters for movement in America, 300 tract-mailing scheme of, 300 brings suit against Sun for E. Coues charges, 375-76 new library inaugurated, 376

Aryasahga: secret schools of, 584 on the seven worlds of man, 625

Aryashtanga Marga, or path to Buddhahood, 505

Aryavarta: H.P.B.’s Open Letter to, 157-67 ideal of Masters reawakening in, 158 H.P.B. promises to return to, 162 elevation of women in ancient, 270

Asclepieia, healing temple of Aesculapius, 214.

Asiatic: and testimony about T.S. revival of literature, 307 mystics, 349

Asoka (ca. 272-232 B.C.), noble injunction of King, 419.

Aspects, three, and four basic principles, 607.

Asramas: secret, in India, have existed for thousands of years, 345 fn.

Assyrians, exoteric teaching of, about planets & their correspondences, 544 (table).

Astral: plane, distorted, 372 entity & its formation, 609-10 vision & rays of Akasa, 678 atomic quality of, doubles, 712

Astral Body: and projection, 328 and the Apas Tattva, 622

Astral Doubles. See Linga-sarira.

Astral Light: not “thought substance” of Universe, 58, 371 reflects every event & thought, 58, 407 lowest element of Ether, 371 impregnates terrestrial mind of medium, 371 odic and magnetic currents of, 373 dual powers at work in, 374 imperishable waves of, 407 as linga-sarira of earth, 613 reverse reflections in, 613, 680 and Ray of Higher Ego, 710

Astrologers, mistaken, 537, 544

Astrology: difference of exoteric, from genuine Esoteric Philosophy, 548-49 & fn. (table) errors of Kabalistic, 550 Western, preserved knowledge of Secret Wisdom, 551

Astruc, E. A. (1831-1905), art. in Les Archives Israélites on Judaism and major religions, 27374, 723-24.

Asuras, of Purânic myths, 49.

Atavism, intensifies karmic heritage of Ego, 17.

Àtma-Buddhi: all principles in man merge into, 54 and microbes, 660, 679 general fountain of, 679

Atman: has no Will of its own, 32 unconditioned, 32 as Higher Self, 32 God of Man (Ego), 83 as Kosmic Soul, 149 eternal motion or breath, 356 no individual principle, 526 three Hypostases of, Diagram I and Triad, 520-521 as sphere above Buddhi, 623 Antaskarana to, 634 Vedânta & Râja-Yoga teachings on, 634

792 Atom(s): Edison on intelligence of, 134 every, a miniature universe, 134 Leibnitz on, 134 Universal Life composed of, 134, 409-413 Science on verge of comprehending, 134 as emanations from Brahma, 149 or Anu, endowed with consciousness, 149 as “supersensible beings,” 365 each, an independent entity, 365 group to form cells, 365, 368, 412 Occultism on, 365, 398 & in. 410 as related to term for Brahma, 365 fn. psycho-spiritual units, 368 correlation of, in auric fluid, 396 ethereal element interpenetrates, 406 and Universal mind, 409, 412 as inner principles of molecules and cells, 410, 412 are not matter, 412 an immutable Entity, 412 and geometrical molecular combinations, 412 “crystallized point of divine Energy and Ideation,” 413 as manifested spiritual sparks, 413 every, concretion of crystallized Spirit, 619 physical, controlled by Adepts, 684 and molecules in their occult interrelation, 703-704

Atomic: origin of electric and magnetic fluids, 398-99 energy & molecular motion, 398-99, 412-13

Augoeides, and Hiranyagarbha, 526.

Aum (or Om): results of pronouncing it, 534 Pranava as synonym of, 615 protection of mysterious Name, 638-39 a sound rather than a word, 638 found in old papyri, 638 fn. misused by Brothers of Shadow, 639 meaning of its sacred letters, 639

Aura(s): or Od, 210, 396 coruscations of, familiar to sensitives, 210 denotes state of the gunas, 396 individual, & its seventh aspect, 526, 528 a “god” visible only by its, to Chelas, 560 H.P.B. studying, of applicants, 583 psychic, & colors, 621 example about seer seeing stars in, 678

Aurelianus, Caelius (1st or 2nd c. a.d.), 222

Auric: fluid in hypnotism, 395 fluid distinguished from light, 396 light or Od oí Reichenbach, 396 emanation of the gunas, 396 fluid & vampirism, 396 not recognized by science, 398

Auric Body: nature of, 527-28 envelope as emanation of physical man, 528, 563 as basic principle, 607 tanhic elementáis & gestation, 649 et seq. envelope same as Prana, 694

793 Auric Egg: functions of, defined, 608, 646-47 Microcosm within Macrocosm, 623 and Paramätman, 623

Authority, so-called, of modernday wisdom, 317-19

Authors: new race of, springing up, 3-4 as fearless apostles of Truth, 7-8

Avatâra, Samkarâchârya as an, 346

Avichi: no similitude to Christian hell, 622 rf. 625 fn., 626 as annihilation of personal “soul,” 633, 637 earth is, 635, 037 fn. Myalba, a state of, 637 in terrestrial aura, 637 counterpart of Devachan, 637 fn. avoiding declivity to , 639-40

Avidyä: absence of knowledge, 115 and Mäyä hide true Self, 115 matrix of, 503, 640

B

Baal, prophets of, 278

Babbitt, Dr. and innate ideas, 602

BahurupaBrdhmana, 169 (178) fn.

Bailly, Jean-Sylvain (1736-1793), biogr., 724-25 proclaimed mesmerism a delusion, 219, 221

Bain, Alexander (1818-1903), Mind and Body, on plurality of souls, 351 fn.

Balsamo, Giuseppe. See Cagliostro

Baphomet, of Templars related to brazen serpent, 373-74

Barbarian, banquet compared to Parisian, 96-97 (103-04)

Basilides, sources of information about, 570, 579-80

Baudelaire, Pierre Charles (1821-1867), on prostitutes, 248

Beal, Samuel (1825-1889), Catena of Chinese Buddhism, 201

“Behold the truth before you, etc.,” 591

Being, as related to mind and substance of brain, 358

Bernard, Claude (1813-1878), on living matter and life, 413

Bert, Paul (1833-1886), biogr. 725

–Catechisme laique (1883), 56

–Manual of Civic Ethics, 55 Bertillon, Alphonse (1853-1914), biogr. 725-20

—Les Races sauvages, on extermination of Tasmanians, 287-88

Besant, Annie (1847-1933): elected President of Blavatsky Lodge, xxiv opposed to inviting fashionable people to T.S. meetings, 59 fn. H.P.B. welcomes support of, 152 becomes exponent of Theosophy, 152 on Advisory Council, 264 as Secretary of “Inner Group”, 485 as joint Head of E.S., 501 fn.

Beswick, on Cagliostro, 84 fn.

Bethel, stone of Hebrews, 94 (101)

Bethlehem, Star of, 273-74

Bhagavad-Gita: T.S. re-actified interest in, 307 text of the Pauranika eclectic school, 343 fn. publication of Judge edition, 376 on fixing mind on Self, 671 fn.

794 Bhâgavata-Purâna, Sunahsepa story & its variants, 169 fn. (178 fn.); 726

Bhâshyâcharya, Pundit N. (1835-1889), on Buddhist literature in Adyar Library, 300, 301 fn.

Bhüta(s): of the Srâddha ceremony, 170 (181) fn. and Pisâchas, 201 distinguished from Pitris, 201 fn. as elements, 667

Bhutâtman, one of Vishnu’s titles, 149

Bichat, Marie François Xavier (1771-1802), biogr., 726

–Traité, etc., on pineal gland, 618

Bigelow, Dr., and Shin-gon Buddhist sect, 301

Bigots, iconoclasts & Grundy-wor- shippers of Theosophy, 320

Binet, Alfred (1857-1911), on forces, 226

Birthday, precepts & axioms, 425-76

Black Magic: and sexual worship, 520 and innate ideas, 602 and magicians deserting their bodies, 684

Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna (1831-1891): assumes position of Pres, of European Section, xxv H.P.B. Press installed, xxv Coues letter to, 26 false accusations of, 29-30 questions Masters,on semi-social events, 59-63 appoints Olcott for Asian E.S., 89 on compassion, 114 message to American T.S., 151-156 welcomes Annie Besant & Herbert Burrows to T.S., 152 Archival letter to Indian T.S. members, 156 N.D. Khandalavala’s statement on, letter to India, 156-157 never took money for Work, 161 kept alive by Master’s help, 161 on Russian Spy theory, 161-162, 163 accused of starting “rival society,” 162 and Dugpa Chela slander, 162 ingratitude towards, 163-164 asked to renounce rights at Adyar, 163-164 founding of Lucifer, 164 founds E.S., 165 comments on “Spirits” of Lava- ter, 208-211 calls spiritualistic communications “flapdoodle,” 212 knew Gen. Yermoloff’s son at Tiflis, 231 esoteric work of, not directed at profane masses, 235 quoted from Maha-Chohan’s letter, 241 fn. becomes President for T.S. in Europe, 263, 329-330 invented neither Adept-fraternities nor “elementáis,” 301 prediction concerning gravity, 327 fn. files suit against N.Y. Sun, 333 Russian Review and, 334-335 pen name “Radda-Bai,” 335 accused of inventing Tibetan Brotherhood, 337 lawsuit against, withdrawn, 377 (380) remained silent under attacks of S.P.R., 378 (380) as sower of seeds, 501, 583 receives two letters of reproof from Masters, 582 et seq. pledged irrevocably, 586 795and the Coulombs, 587-588 and “papal authority,” 588 explains clauses of pledge, 589 et seq. spirited defense of Judge, 593 et seq. strikes Keynote of esoteric truths, 601

–Collected Writings: ref., 240, 479, 567, 570, 621 fn. 622, 631 fn., 638 fn., 639 fn.

–From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostán, on our chief Rajput teacher, 337

–Isis Unveiled: ref., 219, 326 fn., 337, 401, 622 fn. on 10 Zodiacal signs, 533 fn. on soulless men, 625 fn. on mysterious word in old papyri, 638 fn.

–The Key to Theosophy: ref., 64, 307, 609 fn., 626 fn. on Solovyov’s review of, 334349 called “Catechism of NeoBuddhism,” 339 misquoted, 340 not written for Russia, 348 intended for pseudo-Christian countries, 348-349 corrects misconceptions about Theosophy and Asian mystics, 349

–The Secret Doctrine: a scientist’s accord with, 28 on ozone, 110 great demand for, 129 cited, 139 fn., 201 fn., 202 & 203 fn. lunar ancestors in, 203 criticism of, countered, 234-237 not intended to dovetail modern Science, 234 too premature for profane masses, 235 indexed by “Two Students of the E.S.,” 235 on Neptune, 292 on Motion as Great Breath, 355 and Isis half-conceal mysteries of occult philosophy, 622 on Vedantic exoteric enumeration, 5261 fn. on physical senses and sacred planets, 532 fn. on Third Eye, 545 fn. on Esoteric school’s two departments, 546 fn. on Angels, 558 fn. on the seven transformations of globes, 576 fn. on Diagram No. 3, 611 fn. on 12 classes of “creators,” 643 on Silent Watcher, 659

–The Voice of the Silence: on Nirmanakayas, 31 written at Fontainebleau, 64 quoted, 237, 505, 633 terminology in, 633 fn., 638 fn., 640 on Pratyeka-Buddha, 659 on Turiya state, 711

Blavatsky Lodge, London: builds meeting hall, 153 rapid expansion of, 59 et seq. three hundred members in, 298

Blavatsky Theosophical Society (Washington, D.C.) : abolished color line, 23 founded by Prof. Anthony Higgins, 23 legally chartered, 26 H.P.B. defends its officers, 117-19

Blinds: of ancient writings, 158, 664 true Raja-Yoga employs, 621-22

Blood: inoculation of animal matter into, 227 Kama is essence of, 699 nature and function of, 699-700 red and white corpuscles of, 700

Boborikin, N., publ. of Russkoye Obozreniye, 335

796 Bodhisattvas: renounce Nirvana, 31 real spirits or, help humanity invisibly, 31 and Vitala, 665

Body: physical, called “grave” in Occultism, 55 covering of inner “principles,” 368 cell as, of immaterial atoms, 368 temple of Holy Grail, 369 as Aeolian harp, 369 the Adytum, 369 human, as a vast sounding board, 370 physical, sometimes deserted by Adepts, 684 automatism of, desire and thought, 692 et seq. and Kamic direction of molecules, 693 has its seven aspects, 694 not a Principle, but an upadhi, 694

Bohme, Jacob (1575-1624): de Saint-Martin on, 83 extremely pure mystic, 371-72

–Seven Forms of Nature, 83

–Three Principles, 83 fn.

Book of Discipline, on the rules & precepts of discipline, 590 et seq.

Book of Rules, writing of the, and role of W. Q. Judge, 482, 484

Book of the Dead, and trial of soul after death, 626

Book of the Discipline and Rules, on admission to E.S., 583

Book of the Golden Precepts, q. 591, 625

Books, of far greater importance than any man, 3

Bottini, Lorenzo Prospero: correspondence with Pietro Cal- andrini, 84-85 questions Cagliostro’s actual death, 88

Bourdois de la Motte, Edme-Joachim (1754-1835): biogr., 726 supports mesmeric phenomena, 224

Bradlaugh, Charles (1833-1891), iconoclastic school of, 296

Brahma: chamber of, 54 swan symbol of, 105 creator in Hindu trinity, 149, 411 or anu emanates consciousness, 149 term defined, 149 fn. identical with Mahat, 411 anima mundi as one of the “four faces” of, 413 age of, 629-30

Brahmadanda: as Sushumna, 616 as spinal column, 701

Brahma-Jnana, also known as Vedanta, 344

Brahma-vidya: means “Theosophy,” 344 fn., 537 one of the Veda’s names, 344 fn.

Brahman (s): mystic drink of, 203 full-moon ceremonies of, 203-204 cleanliness of, 276 village, and their gariwalas, 291 and Upanishads, 345 fn. sought teachings of great Kshatriya kings, 346 future, as prophesied in Pu· ranas, 387

Brahmanas: initiation of, 701 bamboo rod carried by, 701, 702 thread of, 387

Brahmanas: supplement Vedas, 346 ceremonialism of, 346 the “Talmud” of Hindus, 346 797Samhitas and Upanishads, 346 fn.

Braid method, mechanical inducement of hypnotic condition, 395

Brain(s): molecular action of, 355, 357358 Mind not limited to, 365, 411 front door of human mansion, 371 and “brain-tablets,” 406 organ of thought for Universe, 410-411 to be replaced by finer organism, 412 not the only seat of the “sensing” principle, 414 and its glandular bodies, 617 et seq. shrinks into pasty condition at death, 617 as vehicle of Manas, 624, 635 location of, not confined to the skull, 624 fn. as vampire of senseless halfconscious soul, 637 thought and desire, 692 the seven, 694, 697 vehicle of Lower Manas enthroned in Kama-Rupa, 697, 699 filled with Akasa, 697, 699 ventricles and function of the, discussed, 697-98

Breath(s): as living, 356 of Life, 356 fn. several meanings of term, 615 practice of the Five, results in deadly injury, 622

Bridge, John Ransome, defends alchemists, 52

Bright, Jacob, probes child abuse, 287

Britain: pagan customs in modern, 71-72 slow to adopt spiritualism, 123

British Museum [now British Library], and originals of the Mahatma Letters, 240 fn.

“Brothers of the Shadow:” humanity under sway of, 601 reveal sometime secrets to unworthy persons, 602 impeded by the “Guardian Wall,” 602-03

Brotherhood: silent, scattered over world, 125 of the Elect of Thought, 125 Universal, first principle of true Theosophy, 152, 302, 306, 332, 418 held in no Utopian sense, 302, 306 and the T.S. in India, 305 innermost dream of Adept Reformers, 418

Brown-Sequard, Charles Edward (1817-1894): method of, 227 “elixir of life” of, 389 biogr. 727

Bruce, Gainsford, urges investigation of child abuse, 286

Brück, on wave of individual life and aging, 391

Bruno, Giordano (1548?-1600): martyr, 30 monument to, unveiled, 41

Büchner’s School, of atheism, 404

Buckle, H. T. (1821-1802) on Egyptian women, 270

Buddba. See Gautama Buddha

Buddhahood, not achieved in one life-time, 505

Buddhi: or Spirit, 53 vehicle of Ätma, 417 Manas and the brain, 618 vehicle of Universal Spirit, 623 and Manas, as primordial rays of the One Flame, 629 as upädhi or vähana, 629 can only function on this plane with Manas, 630 798compared to the divine Root-Essence, 630 49 “cognitions” of, 667

Buddhi-Manas: divine soul, 18 Higher Self or noetic principle, 313 the “Ancient” of Job, 313 is alone eternal, 313 the “first-born” of Alaya-Ma-hat, 313 or Christos, 313 or Spirit, 630-31, 634 Antaskarana to, 634 rapport with Atman, 634 as incarnating Divine Son, 635 gives salvation to smallest men it informs, 635

Buddhism: as considered by a Jew, 274 defended, 274-75 in Adyar Library, 300-01 Jodo sect presentation, 300-01 purified, in Ceylon, 305 H.P.B.’s unpubl. art, on, 334 Lamaist—, 337 and Budhism, 339 not a school of Indian philosophy, 343 Anatole France’s view on, 393

Buddhist(s): literature in Adyar Library, 300 Japanese, give Olcott Chinese version of Tripitakas, 300-01 schools in Ceylon, 305 response to T.S. in India, 305 Lamaist—, or Khe-Iangs, 337 India has few, 343 pessimism, 391

Budh (or Budhi), and Mercurios, Hermes or Thoth, govern January 4th, 76

Budhism: secret teaching of the Buddha, 345 universal system, 345 Buffoon, court, 190-91 Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron (1803-73), q. 67, 214

–Zanoni, 214

Burke, Edmund (1729-97), on manner & civilization, 41

Burq, V. B. (1823-1884), vindicated by Charcot, but discredited by Shiff, 398

Butler, Hiram, 602

Butler, Samuel (1835-1902), on A. R. Wallace, 317 –“The Deadlock of Darwinism,” 316 fn.

Byron, Lord George (1788-1824), on dreams, 133 –Manfred, Satan in, 48-49

C

Caduceus, double serpent of, 373 Caesar, Gaius Julius (100-44 B.C.), disguised the gods of Gaul, 95 (101)

Cagliostro, Alexander, Count de (17437-1795?): name evoked both wonder & contempt, 78 et seq. posthumous reputation as “Charlatan,” 79 Sicilian who studied under an adept, 79 patronymic, not “Balsamo,” 79-80 accused of spying for Jesuits, 80-81 persecuted and condemned by Jesuits, 81-82 relations with Masonic Lodge of Philalethes, 82-83 Vatican debates, seizure, trial and incarceration of, 85 accused as “Illuminati,” an “Enchanter,” 86 family relics and books burned, 86 Pope alters death sentence of, 87 799in San Leo Castle of imprisonment, 87 rusty nail phenomena concerning, 87 burial uncertain, 87-88 biographical data, 727-730

–Maçonnerie Égyptienne, MS. burned by inquisition, 86 fn.

Cagliostro, Countess Lorenza: tool of jesuits, 80 charged of heresy, 85, 87

Cain: as incarnate protest of downtrodden individuality, 49 and Abel as applied to nations, 385

Calandrini, Pietro, correspondence on Cagliostro, 84-85

Calcutta, “Black Hole” of, 281

Calendar: Julian, 75 ancient & Christian, 536

Caligula, Gaius Caesar, Emperor (12-14 A.D.), received gifts on New Year’s Day, 93 (100)

Campbell, Lord, and profane discussion in public, 250

Campbell, R. Allen, Phallic Worship, 520, 737

Candler, Ida Garrison, accompanied H.P.B. to France, 64 Cannibals, less cruel than slave holders, 286

Cant: among hypocrites & pharisees, 35 our age of, 242, 387-88 new form of hypocrisy, 277, 349, 387-88

Capital Punishment: Dr. F. Hartmann on, 237 juryman becomes accessory in a new murder, 237-38 relic of barbarity, 238

Capricornus, the mysterious Makara, and the incarnation of Kumâras, 76

Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881): q. 33, 120, 383 perpetuated falsehood about Cagliostro, 79 on progress, 268 on the “lexicon” of eternity, 320

Carrington, “Departure of the Fairies,” 199

Castiglione, “Good Brotherhood of,” and Cagliostro, 80

Casuists, medieval, 351

Catholicism: and its martyrs, 30 and Cagliostro, 80-87 Roman, and women, 268

Celibacy, essential for study of practical occultism, 702

Cell(s): consciousness in, 134, 141-142, 144-145, 148, 415-416 infinitesimal “monads,” 148 lymphatic, and nymphs of Greek mythology, 148-149 nerve-, related to consciousness, 355, 357 each, endowed with consciousness, 365, 368 composition of, 368 respond to physical & spiritual impulses, 369, 410 ever-changing in brain tissues, 406 partakes in the divine organism, 410 as receivers and conveyors of past impressions, 416 every, and organ has seven components, 693

Cerebellum, corresponds with Kama, 698, 699

Cerebral: cortex & the Real Being, 357 and cardial centers relating to mental experience, 367 activity in memory, 368, 407 “reflectors,” 407

800 Cerebrum, and cerebellum & groups of faculties, 550

Ceremony (ies), and dead-letter ritualism of Bràhmanas, 346

Ceres-Demeter, transformation of, patroness of Eleusinia, 214

Ceylon [Lankà]: T.S. Branches in, 299 T.S. purifies Buddhism in, 305 and Buddha’s birthday as holiday, 305 Sinhalese Buddhists in, 306

Chakras, and plexuses, 619-20 Change: Tennyson on sweep of, 266 wear & tear of, 538

Chapman, Rev. Hugh B., on cheap religious talk, 112

Charcot, Jean Martin (1825-1893), and Richet vs. illusions of Indian jugglers, 326

Charcotism: or animal magnetism, 214 Rev. Haweis on, 219 and experiments of Charcot at the Salpêtrière, 295

Charlatanry, unscientific, 265

Chastity: Tolstoy on marital, 245 mental & physical, 245 highest ideal of, ridiculed by society, 245

Chela, holds only part of knowledge gained, 618, 696

“Chela’s Daily Life Ledger,” 604

Chenrezi, 518

Chhâyâs: earliest races of men had ethereal, or “shadows,” 130 Aeonian Evolution of, in poem of The Ring, 130 astral bodies & liiiga-sarira discussed, 705 et seq.

Chicago Tribune: on Indian fakirism, 321 et seq. forgery in, 594

Child, and the incarnating Monad, 619

China: use of chopsticks in, 276-77 elementals known in, 301

Chiromancy, character analysis by, 57

Chohans. See Dhyâni-Chohans & Mahâ-Chohan

Christ, as viewed by Theosophists, 349

Christian College Magazine (Madras), slanders H.P.B., 29

Christian Science: Mind cure & metaphysical healing, 155 rapid growth of, 155

Christianity: vs. Churchianity, 27-28 “Kilkenny,” 27, 28 martyrs of, 30 hollow mockery of popular, 35 true, 41 mock-civilization and mock-, 44 Pagan customs in, 71-72 decay of, in American villages, 90 accepting Theosophical ideas under veiled nomenclature, 129 boasts progress of civilization, 266, 314 feudal legislation of, 267 Judean, and women, 268 and Church have oppressed women, 271 brotherhood not practiced by, 294 has become unadulterated Pharisaism, 385

Christmas: Pagan origin of exchanging gifts, etc., 71 use of fruit on, trees, 94 (101)

Christos: Higher Self, 53, 211 man becomes a, 54 or Buddhi-Manas, 635

Christo-Theosophical Society, and Christianity, 131-32

801 Church: Roman, 16, 205, 210 “Age of the, is past” . . . 20 “Christlike,” impossible in Christian States today, 20 “grandmother,” 30 State and Society, 34-36 as un-Christian now as ever, 41 teaches that man is sinful, 46-47 regards former “gods” as “demons,” 48 Cagliostro refused to divulge occults secrets to, 80 persecution of Gnostics, 215 uncompromising conservatism of, 268 a dead body, 268 women as chief supporter of, 268, 270 on Serpent-Satan, 270 ungrateful to womanhood, 270 mistreatment of women, 271 of England and Sermon on the Mount, 316, 317

Churchianity: Theosophy has no sympathy for, 28 deadliest enemy of Christ’s ethics, 268 has degraded women, 269-70

Chwol’sohn, D. A. (1819-1911), Nabathean Agriculture, on Qu- ta-my evoking lunar Wisdom of Pitris, 204

Cicero, Marcus (106-43 B.C.). Tusculan Disputations, q. 133

Cienkowsky, L., Beitriige, etc., experiments with amoebas, 141-42

Cipher (or nought), symbol of absolute Deity, 77 fn.

Civilization: and man, 34, 239-240, 393-394 “Christian,” 41, 394 progress of science and, 41, 239, 241 fn. moral condition of, 239-240, 393 progress and, 266 laws of Christian, 266 Christianity and, 267 “Dead Sea” fruit of Christian, 278 and barbarism are relative terms, 278 ancient and modern practices of, 278 rapid, has doomed the starving masses, 311

Clairaudience, and abnormal seership, 372

Clairvoyance: natural, of Tyndall, 32 how projected in sleep, 328 and mediumship, 372 and the Pineal Gland, 616-18, 698 psychic, and solar plexus, 701

Clean life, as first step of golden stairs, 596

Clement Alexandrinus (150?-220?): on nature of woman, 269 and allegories of Bible, 342 on Simon Magus, 571

Clementine Literature, on Simon Magus, 572-73

Clerk-Maxwell, James (1831-1879), and retinal effect of color, 569

Collins, Mabel (1851-1927), Light on the Path, on self-righteousness, 510

Colossians, 625 fn.

Color(s): blindness accompanied by corresponding deafness, 90 sound and numbers, 519, 535 esoteric nature of, and their correspondences, 548-549 fn. direct emanations from the seven Hierarchies of Being, 549 and Sounds reveal types of lower gods and spirits, 560 geometrical figures and principles, 563-564 and Hierarchies, 567 802roots of, and Sound, 568 we see are not the true ones, 569 inaudible sound, as perceptible, 620-621 of Auric Egg, 672, 686 and senses discussed, 686

Compassion, the Law of Laws stemming from Alaya, 114

Comte, Auguste (1798-1857): his “woman of the future,” 253

–Catéchisme positiviste, on artificial fecundation, 253-54

Concentration, and meditation, 603-604, 702-03

Conjuring: by jugglers and fakirs, 321-24 and real mesmerism, 326

Consciousness: Science on eve of discovery, 135, 138-141 is Universal, 135 Dr. Pirogoff’s investigations of, 135-136, 406-16 phenomena of, in space and time, 140 mechanical theory of, 140-141, 354-355 German physiologists on, in the Amoebas, 141-142 in unicellular organisms, 145 vs. molecular theories of “psycho-physiologists,” 353-355 cannot be defined by Materialists, 365 super-, 367 states of, 370, 532, 657, et seq. sensuous, of the lower mind, 407 or “senses internum,” can act through other organs than brain, 414 registers everything, 415-416 seven states of, 532 sense-, its differentiation, 691 Spiritual, and the heart, 694 et seq.

Conservation: of energy in science & Occultism 355-57

Constantine I, Emperor (288?-337), mother of, and women’s Karmic heritage, 268

Constantine Nikolayevich, Grand Duke (1827-1892), and Lava- ter’s Letters, 207-08

Contemporary Review, q. 268-69

Conway, Moncure D. (1832-1907), on progress of Christian civilized women, 271

Cooper-Oakley, Isabel (1854-1914): and T.S. program, 59 fn. on proposed “Inner Group” Committee, 479 biogr., 730-33

I Corinthians, q. 16, 202, 312, 341, 348

Corpora quadrigemina, corresponds with Kama-Manas, 698, 699

Corpuscles, nature of red & white, in blood, 699-700

Correspondences: and affinities in theurgy, 216 of sound, color & numbers, 519, 520 and progress of student, 520 true nature of, explained, 544-45 of Tattvas & principles, etc., 614

Coryn, Dr. Herbert A. W. (1863-1927), appointed to Advisory Council, 264

Cosmos, and Kosmos, 655-56, 677

Coues, Elliott (1842-1899): Pres., Gnostic Theos. Society, 24 disputes formal expulsion from T.S., 24-26 scandalous article of, against Aryan T.S., xxv, 375-76 expelled from T.S., 378 (381)

803 Coulombs, Emma & Alexis: conspiracy of, intended to sow strife in T.S., 160 why Adepts did not interfere in the conspiracy of, 160-61 and Master’s letter about them, 587-88

Courmes, Dominique Albert (1843-1914), biogr., 734-36

Cowl, does not make a monk, 277

Crabbe, George (1754-1832), Tales, etc., on genius, 13

Creation, dates in Jewish, 72-73

Cremation, why Catholic Church opposes, 74

Crime, produced by hypnotic suggestion, 227

Cremieux, F. (1800-1878), biogr. 736 influenced by Talmudic fanaticism, 273

Crocodiles, of Lake Pushkara, 176 (186)

Crookes, Sir William (1832-1919), on truth & accuracy, 196

Crowds, best protection against magnetism of, 535

Crystals, as talismans, 382

Crystalline, life, 134

Cult: admixture of truth in each, 296 of Freethinkers, 296

Culture(s): Christian civilization and, 26679 real, is spiritual, 272, 273 dances of various, 278

Custody, of Infants Bill, 283

Cybele: personified vital essence, 214 daughter of Caelus & Terra. 214 preserved on a mountain, 214 breath of, 215, 219

Cycle(s): close of present, 1 of 46 & 49 Fires, 54 life—, 58 swan symbol of avataric, 105, 106 of Spiritualism in 19th century, 122, 128-29 occult working of the, 125 mysticism and present, 129 small dark, overlaps the great (1897), 602 and appearance of messengers, 120 and pioneers of modern Theosophy, 123 and spiritual “flood,” 124-25

Czar, H.P.B. gave up allegiance to, 334

D

Dactyls, Phrygian priests & magnetic healers, 214

Daityas race of giants & demons, 172 (182)

Damien, Father (1840-1889), Sister Rose Gertrude compared to, 112, 114

Dance: ancient, of Bacchantes compared to modern ballroom, 278 circle, of modern priestesses of Terpsichore, 278

Daniel, on Jahva, 313

Danse macabre, in travesty of life, 75-76

Darsanas, Schools of Indian philosophy, 343 fn.

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882): biology of, 219 knell of, 316

Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802), Zoonomia, definition of idea in, 352 fn.

Davidson, Joshua: persecuted Communard, 35 Christ-like sketch from real life, 35-36

804 Days, division of, in four parts, 535-36

Deafness, related to color blindness, 90

Death: fear of, and Theosophy, 70 Christian & Jewish approach to, 73 secret of, 428 of selfishness & sin, 599 resulting from Pranayama, 622 real, a limited perception of life, 625 St. Paul on, 625 and immortality, 625 second, soulless men, 625-26, 628

Deism, taught by Dvaita, 344 fn.

Deity, pseudo-science & extra-cosmic, 124

Deleuze, J. P. F. (1753-1835), and mesmerism, 223

Demonology, ancient statutes of European, 191 fn.

Demons, commerce with, 190-91

Desire: subsequent to thought, 692 and Will essentially the same, 702

Deslon, Charles (?-1786), attests to mesmerism, 218

Deus est daemon inversus, 603

Devachan: cycle of, 54 Egos of living men may ascend to, 125 fn. and the Ego, 608-609 as spiritual gestation, 609 mental state, 627 highest bliss in, 627 Christian “Paradise” borrowed from the Egyptian Mysteries, 627 “eclipsed” soul cannot enter, 632 Ego in state of, may be localized anywhere, 678 still an illusion, 691

Devachanls: cannot descend to our plane, 31 Egos ascend to, in genuine Spiritualistic phenomena, 125 fn.

Devakcha, Divine Eye or Pineal Gland, 619

Devas: gods & men, 202 Arjuna & Deva-yonis, 202 great varieties of, 203 not our lunar ancestors, 203 “years of the,” 386

Deva-yonis, lower elementáis, 202 Devil: is matter informed by Kama bereft of soul, 637 as doomed Lower Ego, 637

Devotion, to truth, 236

Devourers, white corpuscles in blood, 700

Dhyani-Buddhas, and Atala, 665

Dhyani-Chohans: angels or “Living Ones,” 200 “men of a superior kind,” 200 from preceding Manvantaras, 204-05 modus operandi of, 209 same as Aeons, 553 and our principles, 561 classes of, 643 et seq. Hierarchies of, & Talas, 667

Diagram I, on relation of Macrocosm to Microcosm, explained, 526, 542, 600

Diagram II: on relation of planets, weekdays, colors & metals, 536-37 explained, 543, 550, 562

Diagram III, on colors & principles, 568

Diagram IV, on states of consciousness, defined & discussed, 657 et seq.

Diagram V: explanation of, 668 et seq., 680 et seq. no contradictions in, 681-82

805 Diagrams, plates & figures must not be materialized, 600, 678

Dialectical Society (London), gave “M. A. Oxon.” idea for an S.P.R. Society, 294 fn.

Diaus: god of day & light, 92 (98) became Dianus (Diana), 92 (99)

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): born a century too early or late, 6 on Paris & village folk, 272

Differentiation, planes of, 629

Diocesan Conference, on uncharitableness, 27

Diodorus Siculus (fl. 1st c. B.c.), on therapeutic cures in Egypt, 222

Dion Cassius (ca 155-?a.d.), on names of week-days, 535

Disciple(s): see Teacher as parent, 502, 503 and co-discipleship, 502 true, defends Theosophy, etc., 502-03 Golden Stairs of, 503

Discipline, Esoteric & H.P.B.’s failure at demanding it, 568 et seq.

Discrimination, in unicellular organisms, 145, 146

Diseases: faith-healing and, 402-03 most, as fruit of our imagination, 403

Disraeli, Isaac (1766-1848), biogr. 737

–Curiosities of Literature, on Queen Bess’ wardrobe, 72

Distiller, Tolstoy’s story about, 10

Divine: genius as manifestation of, Ego, 15 wisdom not for the unworthy, 15, 314 soul or Buddhi-Manas, 18, 313 Ego and early Christian era, 314 Wisdom or Sapientia, 315 as witness, 640

Dogma: disdain of, 272 as mental and moral slavery, 272

Dolma, the two virgins & Padmapâni, 518

Donaldson: Principal of Univ, of St. Andrews, 268 on degradation of woman by Church, 268-69

Dostoyevsky, F. M. (1821-1881): world needs a, 6-7 awakened true spirit of society, 7

Doubles, and ex-doubles, 712-13

Draper, Wm. (1811-1882), Intellectual Development of Europe, q. 271

Dravya, as eternal substance, 631

Dreams: ascent to Devachanic plane in, 125 fn. lower Manas asleep in sense, 693 and spiritual consciousness, 696

Drink: demon of, afflicting Russia, 1013 universal incubus, 10

Drugs: use of, prohibited by E.S., 496, 685 pernicious action on brain, 496

Druids, and pagan customs in Britain, 72

Dryden, John (1631-1700), Fables, etc., quoting Ovid, 457

Dugpa: renounces sexual intercourse, 191 fn. new moon rites of, 204

Dumas, Alexander (1802-1870), Mémoires d’un Médecin, 84

806 Dupotet, Baron J. (1796-1881): founded Journal du Magnétisme, 220 fn. scientific reputation of, 222 most illustrious disciple of Mesmer, 223 Honorary Fellow of the T.S., 223 fn. adept of Mesmerism in H.P.B.’s time, 224 fn. French court admits clairvoyant tracking of murderer via, 224 French academy finally admits phenomena of, 224 last years of, 224-225 describes magnetic healing, 225

Dvaita: dualism sect founded by Mà- dhavâchàrya, 343-44 fn. teaches pure Deism, 344 fn. not pantheistic, 344 fn.

“Dweller on the Threshold,” as Kâma-Mânasic spook, 636

Dzyan, antediluvian spirit of, 27

E

Earth, the worst Avichi possible, 635

East, spiritual hunger for the, 308 Eastern School of Theosophy. See Esoteric Section.

Edge, Dr. Henry Travers (1867-1946), personal pupil of H.P.B., 499; biogr., 738-46

Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931): a Theosophist, 130 believed atoms possess intelligence, 130 criticized as dreamer, 133

Edkins, Joseph (1823-1905), on secret schools in Orient, 345-46

Effluvia, spook-creating, 61

Effort, no, ever lost, 60

Egg, mundane, 521. See Auric Egg.

Eglinton, William (1857-1933), and emerging Chhaya, 705

Ego(s): All, same in essence, 15 performing artist on physical man, 15 divine, or celestial exile, 17 antecedent experiences of, 17 or Manas, 58 Dr. Pirogoff’s belief in, as “embodiment of a common Universal Mind,” 137, 414-415 Reincarnating, 156, 414-415 terra incognita to science, 227, 232 omniscience of the Immortal, 232 Higher, see entire life-span of personality, 232 “personal” and “impersonal,” 353 the voluntary “sacrificial victim,” 358 fn., 635 lower, & its electro-vital field, 370 shares immortality if united to divine parent, 374 Divine, cut off in lunacy, 408 Duality of man’s 415 Spiritual, and Aum, 520 as Manasaputra, 607 fn. and Devachan, 608-609 divine, 623-624 & fn., 629-630 as a “pure flame,” 624 fn., 629 inexhaustible essence of, 624 & fn. as Christos and Atman (God), 625 Higher, and its Alter Egos, 627, 630 metaphysical death of Higher, 628 Divine, purified by suffering, 630 as Tree of Life, 630 as fifth principle, 630 807 also seventh, as non-human principle, 630 re-become one in Devachan, 631 Eastern parable of the divine, 632 Divine, and Apophis, 635 seeking refuge in Alaya, 630 Nirvanic interlude of the Divine, 636 reimbodying, and its ray-point, 651-652 relation of Higher & Lower, 709 et seq. sometimes affected by Astral double of former incarnation, 712-713

Egoism, of personal “I-creating” faculty, 631

Egyptian: Aryan and, woman compared to modern, 270 ancient Ritual, 626

Egyptian Rite, and Cagliostro, 82-83

Eidolon, 610

Eiffel Tower, and pyramid of Ghizeh, 310

Eight: dreaded ogdoad, 68 & fn. postulates equality among men, 68 symbolism of, 68 & fn. and Cabiri, 68 fn. principles of Egyptians & Phoenicians, 68 fn. symbol of Lower Self, 68

Eighteen hundred eighty-nine, events of, recapitulated, 76

Eighteen hundred ninety: prospects for, 67 et seq., 91 (97) meaning of number combination of, 68-69 occult future of, 69, 77 fatal year of, 77 compared to Roman Empire age, 95-97 (102-04) cyclic swan of, 106 mephitic passing of, 383 et seq.

Eighteen hundred ninety-seven, closing cycle of, 1

Eighth Sphere, and moon in Esoteric Buddhism as blinds, 622

Eitel, Ernest J. (1838-1908), on secret schools in Orient, 345-46

Elect: “Heart” alone can transmute the, 236 the “World’s,” 317-19

Electric: “lighting craze,” 77, 111 and magnetic fluids, 398

Electricity: not energy but ether, 265 Lodge’s text on, appropriates occult ideas, 265 heat, light and, as illusions, 359 and magnetism, 398-99 energy of, can transfer to another plane of action, 399 work of mental, upon surrounding matter, 619

Electrobiology, ignorant of Fohat, 146

Electrometer, cannot show fluids of higher plane, 399

Elementals: on those who “beard” the, 61 kyriology of these semi-divine creatures, 187 appellations in the Puranas, 187 Neo-Platonic & Pagan belief in, 187 Church Fathers on, 188 the “spirits” of “Summerland,” 188, 190-197 satirized, 189 Sylphs, Undines, Gnomes & Salamanders, 190 commerce with, 190-191, 197198, 203 the Deva-yonis of the Hindus, 202 808known in Orient for centuries, 301 and crowds, 535 or Demons in Gnosis, 560 Täntric, 609-10, 649 el seq., 704, 708 highest, and Rasätala, 666, 684 and präkritic consciousness, 679 some, are dangerous to man, 684, 685 present pictures in meditation, 693

Element(s): atomic structure of, endowed with consciousness, 149 as emanations of superior deity in Hinduism, 149

Elementaries, genii, demons, lares confused with “spirits,” 197

Elephant, worship of, in India, 382

Eleusinian Mysteries, Ceres-Demeter as patroness of, 214

“Elixir of Life”: as real ozone, 110 as Cyelë, 214 and Brown-Séquard, 389 as ultimate essence of everything, 603

Elliotson, Dr. John (1791-1868): founder of Mesmeric Hospital, 224 denounced for oration on mesmerism, 224

Ellmore, Fred. S., report of, on Indian fakirs, etc., 321-26

Elpay: “Scientific Letters” of, 358 on physico-biologists & psychic reality, 361

Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1779-1859), biogr., 746

–The History of India: on Vedanta, 344 fn. on spirit of Upanishads, 346 fn.

Emanations: every crowd has. 61 in Simon Magus’ teachings, 553 et seq. from the one identical principle, 570

Embryology: and the seven parts of embryo; 522-23 human, compared to cosmic process, 523-24 and foetal circulation, 557 fn.

Empedocles (fl, ca. 444 b.c.), influence of Eastern philosophy in 347

Empiricism, of science, 414

Enchantment, fascination & glamor in hypnotism, 395-96

En-Dor, “wise woman” of, 312

Endosmosis: transmission of vital aura in healing, 396 physiologist quoted on, 144-45, 146 shows discrimination of cells, 145-46 chemical laws cannot explain, 146

Energy, conservation of, & psychic activity, 355

Engelmann, Th. W. (1843-1909): experiments on Arcellae, 142-43 admits some “psychic process” in protoplasm, 143

–Beitrage, etc., 142 fn., 143

England: export of slaves from, 267 fn. hypocritical cant of, 279-88, 290 T.S. in, 298 cost of justice in, 387 on freedom of speech & press in, 387 reluctant to recognize foreign merit, 405

Enthusiasm, can lead to credulity, 196

Entity: man a double-faced, 369 as divine propeller, 369 the “sensing principle” as an, 414

809 Epidemics, history & dispersal of, 107-08

Epinoia, or Divine Thought, 558-59, 570

Epiphanius, St. (ca. 315-402), on Simon Magus, 572

Epiphany, Christian celebration of, 72

Epoch(s). See Age(s)

Epoptai, and Mystai, 532

Esoteric: teachings not meant for world at large, 235 Sciences, 311 “so-called,” 350 & fn. cosmogony, anthropology, metaphysics, etc., 350 nothing published is really, 542 discipline, defined and discussed at length, 584 et seq. Keynote of, truths, 601 unveiled, truths will never be given out in public print, 604 Esoteric Catechism, on That, 525

Esoteric Science: first requisites of, 519 as knowledge of our relations with & in divine magic, 551

Esoteric Section (or Eastern School of Theosophy): Col. Olcott is T.S. repr. of, in Asia, 89 London activities of, 89 requirements for admission, 89 H.P.B. founded the, 165 Pledge, 166 preliminary papers drawn up in London, 479 Circular “By Master’s Direction,” 480 fn. The Book of Rules, 482, 484, 494-98 no official connection with T.S., 481, 485 probationary degree, 488 real Head of the, 488 concerns study of Râja-Yoga, 488 as attempt to redeem the T.S., 491 not for purpose of learning “magic arts,” 491 not concerned with psychic progress, business or personal affairs, 495 outer form of an Inner School, 511 two departments of, 546 treachery in, 581 et seq. motto of, 599 Suggestion and Aids, 485 fn.

Esotericism, sun-orb of, 308

Esotericists. shortcomings & weaknesses of, 597-98

Essence: or arcana of things & practical Initiate, 602 Universal, one and the same everywhere, 603 omnipresent in countless differentiations, 629 Buddhi as vehicle of, 629

Eternal, within we are, 156

Ether, of Space & Akasa, 408

Ethereal: “Powers” in Milton’s poem, 350 element recognized by Pirogov, 406 impervious to organic changes, 406

Eternity, lexicon of, 320

Europe: T.S. work in, 306, 329-32 emigration from, foreseen, 387

European Section, T.S.: H.P.B. accepts presidency of, 263, 329 Col. Olcott’s letter to, 330 Organizations of, 330-31

Eusebius, P. (ca. 260-ca. 340), Hist. Eccles., on Menander, 559

Eve, if, had not listened to serpent, 270

Events, forcing the current of, 60

810 Evil: root of, 6 good and, & angel “Liberty,” 50 “sublime paternity” of, 50 Buddha & Christ on, 393 coeval with matter rent from spirit, 637 spiritual, 638

“Evil eye,” unconscious greeting of an, 67

Evolution, zoological, 56

Exodus: quoted, 199-200 fn. on seeing the Voices, 545

Exosmosic, and endosmosic processes, 396

Exoteric, and Esoteric requirements of Theosophy, 235

Eye: vital functions of, unknown to physiology, 147 Doctrine, 236 most occult organ of all, 395 direct gaze of, in hypnosis, 397 Third, deep sleep & the heart, 696

Eyraeneus Philaletha Cosmopolita (fl. ca. 1660), biogr., 746-47

–Secrets Revealed, etc., q. 52

–Commentary, etc., 53

Ezekiel’s Wheel, 568

F

Fa, as keynote & Nädis, 616

Fact, tribunal of, 221

Fairies, disarm science through spiritualism, 199

Faith: healing & imagination, 403 Paracelsus on, in magic, 403 and intuition, 407

Fakirs: Ellmore on Indian, 321-22 phenomena, 322-24 not jugglers, 325 are Yogis or Moslem devotees, 325

“Father,” in Heaven & personal God idea, 533-34

Fatigue, reason for, 703-04

Fauns, and Satyrs of “Summerland,” 194 fn.

Fecundation, Grant Allen on artificial, 250-54

Feliciani, Lorenza. See Cagliostro, Countess

Félix, Father, Le Mystère et la Science, challenging science, 135

Feltham, Owen (1602-1668), q. 383; biogr. 747

Fénelon, François de Salignac (1651-1715), as “Swan of Cambrai,” 105

Fielding, Henry (1707-1754), q. 22

Figuaniere, Vicomte de: on Unmanifested Being, 119 on gravitation & will, 119

Fire(s) : Heavenly, 54 cycle of 46 & 49, symbolical, 54 of Alaya, 55 in Simon Magus, 552-53 as Principle of everything, 554 the 49, 613, 693

Firmament, and crystalline, 544

Five Years of Theosophy: “Elixir of Life” article, 202 fn. story of Nahusa in, 202 fn. on Mineral Monad, 567 fn.

Flowers, and minerals can pass through solids, 328

Fludd, Robert (1574-1637), healed with magnets, 216

Fluids: “electric,” discredited, 398 molecular motion and, 398 magnetic or electric, & atomic energy, 398-99

Fohat: and its too active progeny, 111 explains electrobiology, 146 811sons of, & personified forces, 620 and Saktis, 620 energy of, in blood, 700

Fontainebleau, H.P.B. in, 64

Fools, or buffoons, 190-91, 262

Force(s): Nature’s Finer, 356-60 correlation of, 360, 413 psychic, & faculties, 360-62 psycho-molecular, 368 noëtic, or spiritual-dynamical, 368 Life—, 410, 412-13 creative, at work, 550 seven, in nature, 610 the 49, 620 and states of consciousness, 657 et seq.

Foresight, faculty denied in this dark cycle, 69-70

Forgiveness, Luke on, 392

Fork, as “weapon” adopted in Europe, 277

Fouquier, P.-É. (1776-7850), attests to mesmerism, 224; biogr. 747

Framji Cowasji Institute, first Bombay T.S. Convention at, 305

France: swept by spiritual tide from America, 123 table manners in Bourbon, 275 hypnotism investigation in, 295

France, Anatole (1844-1924), on Buddhism, 393

Franck, A. (1809-1893), wrote to Les Archives Israélites, 273

Frankenstein, monster & “Dweller on the Threshold,” 637

Franklin, Alfred (1830-1917), La Vie privée, etc., on French etiquette, and cutlery, 275-77; biogr. 747

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), investigates mesmerism, 218-19

Freedom: restoring reign of, 52 as angel “Liberty,” 52 of speech in England & America, 388

Freethinkers, Col. Ingersoll, Chas. Bradlaugh & Annie Besant, 296

Free Will: Science on, 357-02 necessitates a “Free-Wilier,” 362 of cells, 365

French Academy: skepticism in, 120 denounces mesmerism, 217-19 acknowledges mesmerism, 224

Future: rises from the past, 70 womb of the, 77

G

Galatians, 342

Galen (ca. 130-200 a.d.), mentions hypnotic cures in ancient Memphis, 222

Galton, Francis (1822-1911), eugenic practices of, 252; biogr. 748

–Nature and Nurture, on color & sound, 549, 621

Gandha-Devas, and Patala, 666

Gardener, Helen H.: on women in N.T., 269 on pagan law on wife’s equality, 271

Gariwala, bullock cart drivers, 290-91

Gaul, gods of, & Caesar, 95 (101-102)

Gautama Buddha: symbolism of his lotus seat, 168 (178) and Christ uttered truths, 392-93 on harmlessness, 392 812 and Western temperament, 393 how led to Buddhaship, 389-90 and Buddhahood, 505

Gems, and crystals as amulets, 382

Generative Organs: navel, liver & stomach, 699 none at end of Sixth & Seventh Races, 700 spinal cord puts into communication the brain and the, 702

Genesis: on stone “Bethel,” 94 (101), 391 full of allegories, 342 on nephesh, 364 Old Serpent of, 373 on “breath of life,” 545 first three ch. occult, 556

Genius: appearance of, and cause, 13-14 neither Divine gift nor accident, 14 as tutelar deity, 14 Egos of, compared to idiots or fools, 15 the light of the real, Inner man, 15 and Karma, 15 as blooming of Ego, 17 sui generis, 17-18 fate of artificial, 18 light of Manasaputras, 18 true, cannot die, 19 rare in our historical cycle, 20 every man a vehicle for, 21 proves immortal Ego, 22

Geometrical, figures, colors & principles (table), 563-64

Gerzen, A. A. See Herzen.

Gestation, functions of auric egg in, 649 et seq.

Gihier, Dr. Paul, on inertness of matter, 413

Gichtel, John G. (1638-1710), occult phraseology of, 83; biogr. 748

Girton, and paedopoietics, 250 Glamor: in conjurers’ illusions, 326 not supernatural, 326-27 influences hypnotism, 395-96

Gnomes: and Salamanders, 190, 192 ceased to be mortal if exposed to humans, 192

Gnosis: in the Book of the Dead, 626 and Tree of Life, 630

Gnostic Theosophical Society, false claims exposed, 25-26

Gnosticism: spiritualism & revival of occult, 123 persecution of, 215 influenced by Eastern philosophy, 347 fn. Hyle of, 374

God: denial of, & materialism, 124 mental slavery to personal, 124 as petty tailor, 200 & fn. exZra-Kosmic, is absurd, 200 incorporeal principle, 200 personal, as a term, 534 no personal, in esotericism, 569

Goddess, of Moisture & ancient nymphs, 149

Gods: allowed gifts from mortals, 94 (100-101) and goddesses of Hindus, Greeks and Latins compared, 149 “superstitions” related to, 149 elements as emanations from minor, and goddesses, 149 Monads and Atoms, 200-201 key to Hindu, 201 Devas and men, 202 mystic gems or “tears of the,” 382 and the one Divinity, 569 various classes of, 643 et seq.

Goethe, Johann (1749-1832): Mephisto of, 48-49, 405 “The Great Kophta” of, 79

813 Golden Legend, gods of Julian as saints in, 102

Golden Stairs, of discipleship, 503, 591

Good: “sublime paternity” of, & evil, 50 deeds as well as bad intensified in pledged disciples, 503

Goonib: last stronghold of Circassians, 230 fn. and Yermolov’s monument, 230 fn.

Gougenot des Mousseaux, H. R. (1805-1878), Les Hauts Phénomènes, etc., 135 fn.

–Moeurs et pratiques des demons, 270 fn.

Grabianca, Count, and Cagliostro, 84 fn.

Gossip, and slander, 494

Gravitation: and will, 119 other force than, suspected, 327 fn.

“Great Breath,” or Universal Deity, 139

“Great Tone,” or Kung, 550

Grébaut, Eugène (1846-1915), Papyrus Orbinay, 570, 748

Greding, J. E. (1718-1775), Adversaria, etc., on pineal gland, 619, 748-49

Greek, philosophy & Plotinus, 347

Green, Thomas, on Mead’s revision of E.S. material, 500

Gregory, Pope, transformed pagan gods into saints, 95 (102)

Gregory Thaumaturgus(ca. 213-ca. 270), on purity of women, 269

Grundy, Mrs., 241, 320

“Guardian Wall,” human stones of, 603

Guersant, Paul-Louis-Benoit (1800-1869), supports French Academy on mesmerism, 224; biog., 749

Gunas: auric light shows state of the, 396 discussed, 540-41

Günz, J. G. (1714-1754), Pro- lusio, etc., on pineal gland, 619, 749

Gupta Mâyâ: secret illusion & fakirs, 321 practiced by conjurers in India, 320

Gupta-Vidyâ: or esoteric knowledge, 149 unravels mysteries of superstitions, 149 secret science, 346 compared to scientific guesswork, 351

Guru: as adjuster, 496 as chela’s benefactor, 593

H

Haeckel, Ernst (1834-1919), and Haeckelians, 219

Hall, Fitzedward (1825-1901), and Vishnu-Purana, 386-87

Hallam,’H. H. (1777-1859), View of the State, etc., 267 fn.

Hamilton, Sir Wm. (1788-1856), on term “empirical,” 414

Hargrove, E. T. (?-1939): and Judge’s draft of Book of Rules, 483 on Mead’s explanation of revision, 500

Harischandra, in legend, 169 (179)

Harmonic Societies, and therapeutic magnetism, 223

Harmony: essence of eternal, 49 in motion, 119 nature of Divine, 409 the law of life, 450

814 Harper s Magazine: q. Edison on atom, 130 Mrs. Parsons Lathrop’s account, 133

Harris, Thomas Lake (1823-1906): community of spiritualists, 194 poem on “Womanhood” by, 259-60 “affinity” theories of, 260 biogr., 749-50

Hartmann, Dr. Franz (1838-1912), on capital punishment, 237

Hate: cannot smother divine love, 50 of Spirit creates soulless humanity, 124

Hatha-Yoga: practices of, warned against, 604 fn., 613 difference between, and Raja-Yoga, 615, 616 and celibacy, 702

Haweis, Rev.: on Charcot, 219 on Mesmer, etc., 221-22 on scientific ingratitude, 221-22 on rediscovery of occult sciences, 222-23

Head(s): as symbol, 69 and “Heart” involved in capital punishment, 237-38 psycho-intellectual man dwells in 694, 695

Healing: misuse to gain livelihood, 155 when becomes black magic, 155 faith, 402-03 imagination in, 403

Heart: chamber of Brahma, 54 Doctrine, 236 organ for Higher Ego, 370 organ of spiritual consciousness, 694 et seq. represent Higher Triad, 694 the only manifested God, 695 Purusha in the, 696

Heat, light & electricity, 359

Heathenism, 40, 314

Heaven: conventional, & Hell, 70 of a Theosophist, 71 doorkeeper of, 77 (93)

Helena: of Simon Magus, occult meaning of, 557 as Sakti of inner man, 559

Hell, no other, than earth-life, 637 fn.

Helmont, Jean B. van (1577- 1644), on the hand in disease, 223: biogr., 750-51

Heretics, diabolical cruelty to, 75

Hermaphrodite, or androgyne humanity at end of 5th Round, 545, 700

Hermes, included in Roman Catholic calendar, 76 fn.

Hermes Trismegistus, Books of, 15, 345

“Hermès,” T.S. of Paris, 300

Hero worship, 16, 17

Herschel, Sir John F. W. (1792- 1871), on truth, 196, 293

Herzen, A. A. (1839-1906), General physiology of the Soul, on psychic action vs. free will, 354, 357-60; biogr., 751

Hierarchies: of Beings, 410 and origin of human principles, 549 and sevenfold gradation of Rays, 567 seven, & their sub-divisions, 568-569 (table)

Hierophants, all ancient nations had, 15, 215

Higgins, Anthony, founded Blavatsky Theos. Society, 23

Higher Ego, the immortal entity, 409

815 Higher Manas: corresponds to indigo color, 53 soul, 53 mind of Ego, 367

Higher Self: Christos or Krishna, 53 Atma-Buddhi, the, 54 radiance of, in Man, 54, 313 the “God” dwelling in man, 82, 313 real pledge is to, 166 and the Mahatmic aspect, 166 and its Astral Prophet, 233 an integral part of Universe, 313, 367 as the noetic Principle at one with Buddhi, 313 or Ego, cannot act directly on the body, 366-367 essence and omniscience of the, 367 as divine Witness to pledge, 503 harmony with the, 505 invocation to the, 506-507 betrayal of the, 507 connected with the Monad, 507 is “Aum,” 639 cannot be invoked with impunity, 640 association with the, intensifies both good & evil, 640

Hillel, acknowledged allegories in Bible, 342

Hindu (s): festival of Siva by, Yogis, 94 (101) accused of personifying bodily organs, 143-144 superstitions compared to modern scientific “facts,” 144, 145 Trinity, meaning, 149 & fn. Pantheon, 149 customs and cleanliness, 276 six systems of philosophy, or Darsanas, 343 Pantheistic speculation of, and Eastern philosophy, 347 fn. endow cells with consciousness, 365

Hippolitus Romanus (3rd c. a.d.), biogr., 751

–PhUosophumena: on Simon Magus, 552 et seq. data about, 573

Hiranyagarbha: “golden egg” of Brahma, or celestial lotus, 168 (177), 521, 607 as luminous egg, 526 & fn. and Augoeides, 526

Hirsh, August (1817-1894), on influenza, 108

Hofmeister, F. (1808-1878), Untersuhungen, etc., on cellular absorption, 146; biogr., 751

Hokhmâh, Hebrew equivalent to wisdom, 311

Holden, Prof., and matter of nebulae, 327 fn.

Hope, without action is barren, 383

Houen, vitality of the ghost, 201 fn.

Hubilkhans, and Hutuktus, as “incarnations,” 337

Hue, Abbé É. R. (1813-1860), 337

Huen, Chinese female spirit, 192 fn.

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885), on mysteries of the world, 116

–La Fin de Satan, quoted & discussed, 46-50

Humanity: aspirations of poor, suffering, 4-5 the last terrestrial offspring of the “First-Born,” 49 Asuras hurled to earth when defeated by the Gods, 49 Love for, is Satan’s divine spark, 51 every man a component of, 60 “soulless,” 124 816H.P.B. urges work for, 156 the “Great Orphan,” 308 hermaphrodite at end of Fifth Round, 700

Hume, Allan Octavian (1829-1912), unfounded pride in science, 241 fn.

Humility, taught by Buddha & Christ, 392

Hutuktus, and Hubilkhans, as “incarnations,” 337

Hyle, of Gnostics, 374

Hymn to Amon-Ra, 510

Hypathia (killed 415 a.d.), 30

Hyper-physics, 542

Hypnotism: modern term for animal and Therapeutic magnetism, 214, 219-220, 222 Ben. Franklin investigates, 218 et seq physicians and, 219, 222 branch of mesmerism, 219-220, 395 explanation of, 220, 394-396, 397-403 “Psychopathic Massage” appropriated from Mesmer, 221-222 paralyzes free will of subject, 222, 400-401 Investigations in Paris, 295 difference of mesmerism and, 326, 394-3961 scientific explanation lacking for, 394, 399 as form of “fascination” and “enchantment,” 394, 395-396, 399 Braid method of inducing, 395 when induced by “suggestion,” 395-396 use of “will-vibrations” in, 395-396 black magic in, 397 and metallotherapy generate rapid molecular oscillations, 399 nervous system in, 399-400 cerebral and nervous centers involved in, 400-401 difference between direct & mechanically induced, 400 two conditions requisite in, 400-401 motion & will in, 400-01 the operator’s will in, 401, 402 on curing diseases by, 401 motive of operator in, 402 key to, and magnetism, 568 why opposed, 685

Hypocrites, 280 et seq.

I

lamblichus (225?-ca. 333 a.d.), De mysteriis, etc., on Magic & Theurgy, 559-60, 751

Ida, Sushumna & Pingala, 616, 701-02

Idealism, Carlyle quoted on, 33

Ideals: decay of, 34-43 spirtual regenerators of, 43 perfection of, as man progresses, prophetic vision of departing, 48 world—will never die out, 122

Ideas, innate, as vibrations of primitive truths, 602

Ideation, Divine, as Word, 611

Idiots: not soulless, 364 consciousness of, on astral instinctual plane, 662, 679

Ilangakoon, Mrs. Dias, donated Pali version of Tripitakas to Adyar Library, 300

Illusion: or Maya, 58 of the “I” and “not I,” 411

Imagination: “scientific,” 133, 134 817places man above brutes, 133-34 faith and, 403 involved in magic & healing, 403

Immortality: proved in spiritualism, 122, 124-25 personal, is conditional, 622, 632 of gods during Mahámanvantara, 629

Impersonality, positive strength needed for, 508

Impressions, physical, psychic or mental, 370

Inanimate, nature, 139, 140

Incantations, through simulacrum is black magic, 32

Incarnations, or Kumáras under Sign of Capricornus or Makara, 76

Incubus: and succubus, 194 & fn. on corporeity of, 194 fn. dark, of iniquity, 204 from dark side of moon, 204

India: on H.P.B.’s Open Letter to, 156157 Bertram Keightley carries H.P.B.’s Open Letter to, 157 or Áryávarta compared to West, 157-158 lacking courage to avow its belief in Masters, 158 Master’s influence seen in, 159 and “elementáis,” 301 golden web of brotherhood in, 305 fakirs at Gaya, 321-324 Simla, etc., 321-324 Buddhism not regarded as a school in, 343 secret Asramas of, 345 fn.

Indian(s): revolting treatment of native, by whites, 285 literary centers of, 306 six systems of, philosophy, 343 See also Amerindians

Indian National Congress: and patriotism related to advent of T.S., 304 modelled upon T.S. lines, 305

Individuality: vs. personality, 353, 357, 366, 415 man as manasic & not psychic. 357 divine ego, 415

Inertia, Figuaniere on, 119

Indriyas, centers of sensation, 661

Infant(s): Custody Bill, 283 and fakir’s illusion, 323

Infinity, abyss between, & the absolute, 342

Influenza: levels European royalty, 106 causes of, unknown, 107, 108-09, 110 Zedekauer on its tie with cholera, 107 epidemic nature of, 109 cosmical source of, 109 ozone in relation to, 109-10

Ingersoll, Col. Robert Green (1833-1899), iconoclastic influence of, 296

Ingratitude, crime in occultism, 593

Initiate(s): ancient nations had, 15 Paul as an, 15-16 secret language of, 16 practical, & arcana of things, 602

“Inner Group:” petition of London Lodge, 479 attempt through Subba Row & Damodar, 479 appeal of W. Q. Judge for an, 479

818 Inoculation, Brown-Sequard method of, 227

Inquisition: and modern civilization, 41 abolished, 41, 75 burning of heretics, 73-74 Vatican archives on, 74 on predestination and “damned,”74-75

Instruction No. III: Keightley on revision of, 500501 and restored omissions, 501 Preliminary Memorandum to, 501-11 Instructions, Compiler’s Note on later, 653

Intellectuality, not genius, 19-20

Intelligible, of Plato, 553

Intra-Mercurial, planet became invisible at close of 3rd RootRace, 549 fn.

Intuition: divine, 407 compared to faith, 407 developing faculty of, 492-93, 495

Ireland, and slave-trade, 267 fn.

Irenaeus (1307-202?), biogr., 752

–Adversus Haereses: on Menander,557 on Simon Magus, 571

Isis: patroness of Lutetia, 75, 96 (103) baptized “Geneviève” by Christendom, 75 Egyptian virgin-mother, 96 (103)

Islamism, compared with Judaism, 274

Itard, Jean-Marie-Gaspard (1775-1858), affirmed belief in mesmerism, 224; biogr. 752

Iyer, S. Ramaswami, to receive “Inner Group” teachings for London Lodge, 479

J

Jacob: bargained with God, 94(100) life of pilgrimage of, 391

Jacolliot, Louis (1837-1890), on Jewish origins in So. India, 167-70 (179-80)

Jádüwálá, Indian sorcerer, 325

Jáh-Haváh, meaning of, 534 fn.

Jahve, androgynous Adam-Kad-mon, 313

James: on wisdom & mercy, 312, 320, 339 applied to Theosophists, 339, 364

Jánaka, great Kshatriya king, 346 fn.

January: sacred to Janus, 75, 92(98) 4th of, as Esoteric New Year,76 under Makara or Capricorn, 76

Janus: double-faced, 76, 77, 91 (98) door-keeper to Heaven, 77, 93 (99) became St. Peter, 77, 93 (99) sainted patron of Naples, 92 (98) called Diana in “youth,” 92 (98)

Japan, Buddhism in, & belief in elementáis, 301

Jehovah: jealous god, 200 anthropomorphic, of Church, 313

Jennings, Hargrave (1817?-1890),

–Phallicism, 520

Jeremiah, q. 556

Jerome, St. (3407-420), on Simon Magus, 572

Jersey Island, H.P.B.’s visit to, 64

Jesuits: modern “Synagogue” of, 44 and Cagliostro, 80 chapter of Clermont, France, 81

819 Jesus: “Man of Sorrow,” 30 moral teachings of, & Buddha, 392

Jewish: Scriptures & Christian chronology, 72 Rosh-ha-Shanah, 72 Talmudic calendar, 72 chronology of creation of world, 72-73

Jews: ancient Chandalas, 169(179) immigrated to Chaldea from India 169 (179) Jacolliot on, 170(179) French, 273 Astruc on the, 273-74 religious tolerance of, 340-41 devout, among Theosophists, 341

Jinarajadasa, C. (1875-1953), Letters from the Masters, etc., Ma- ha-Chohan’s letter in, 240-41 fn.

Jinns, commerce with, & demons, 190-91

Jiva, and Prana, 607 fn., 672, 707-08

Jivanmukta: cannot hold communications with world, 159 on becoming a, 634

Jnana, different modes of acquiring, 634

Jnanendriyas, organs of sense, 667

Joan of Are (1412-1431), martyr, 30

Job: quoted, 30, 313 allegory of initiation, 312 pre-Mosaic meaning, 313

Jodo, Japanese Buddhist sect, 300-01

John, quoted, 38, 46, 53, 348

John Chrysostom, St. (345-407), on woman, 269

Joshua, son of Sirah, on life as a wave of sorrow, 391

Journal du magnétisme (Paris), on hypnotic suggestion, 220 fn.

Jolies, Adolf (1864-?), on influenza, 107

Judean, Christianity & women, 268

Judge, William Quan (1851-1896): attacked by Dr. Coues, 26 excerpted Mahâ-Chohan’s letter in Path magazine, 241 fn. as publisher, 300 charges against, in N.Y. Sun, libel suit against Elliott Coues by, and Aryan T.S., 375-376 Oriental Department of, 419 appeal of, to H.P.B. for E.S. quoted, 479 helps draw up rules for E.S., 480 visits Dublin Lodge, 480 as a founder pledged directly to Masters, 480 H.P.B.’s sole representative for E.S. in America, 481 a chela of “thirteen years’ standing,” 482 his handwriting draft of E.S. Rules in Pasadena T.S. Archives, 482 The Book of Rules written by, under Master M. and H.P.B., 482, 484 the Aryan Press and, 499 spirited defense of, by H.P.B., 499-500 attacked by enemies, 582, 594 one of the three founders of T.S., 593 Resuscitator of Theosophy in the U.S., 594 defended by Master, 594 & fn. refused to defend himself, 595

Judgement: Way or “Yom ha-Din,” 73 refraining from, 349

820 Julian, Emperor (ca. 331-363): gentle pagan, 94-95 (101-02) called “Apostate,” 47, 95 (101-02) New Year’s celebration of, compared to present one, 96 (102).

Jupiter, avataric cycle of, 105

Jussieu, Dr. Antoine Laurent de (1748-1836): defends mesmerism, 218 carried on Mesmer’s work, 223 biogr., 752

Justice, and wealth, 387

Justin Martyr (100?-165), on Simon Magus, 571

K

Kabalism: and Elementarles, 189 no matter for jest, 190 and occult statutes on women, 191 fn. beliefs of ancient, 192 on Elementáis, 192 on term “ancient,” 313

Kabalists: Jewish & the Nergal, 192 fn. elementarles of the, 189, 194 discredit “spirits,” 198 meaning of Logos (Dabar), 313

Kabalah, Kabbalah: and unity of mankind, 340 needs a key, 341 of the Tannanims, 345 source of, 347 fn. Adam-Kadmon in, 410

Kali-Yuga: and the Theos. Movement, 158 on close of first 5,000 years of, 384, 418 the “Black Age,” 384 and divine years, 386 fn. sub-cycles in, 386 fn. Egiptian darkness in, 418 restrictions of, 492 first, cycle (1897) & Brothers of Shadow, 602

Kama: love born from Lakshmi, 168 (178) exoteric representation of, 623 animal desire & egoism, 631 and molecules of body, 693, 707-08 corresponds with liver & stomach, 698, 708 relation of, to Kama-rupa, 708-09 sexual instinct as acme of, 708 should be directed by Manasic will, 709

Kama-loka: soulless corpses move in, 372-73 deceives spiritualists & mediums, 373 Kama-rupa disintegrates in, 374 as portrayed in Book of the Dead, 626, 027 dragon of flesh in, 627 on immediate rebirth from, 632 normal length of period in, 708

Kama-Manas: psychic element, 353 common to both animal & man, 353 influenced by matter, 366 and the Tanmatras, 631 bereft of soul is reborn in Myalba, 637 nature & function of, outlined, 709 et seq.

Kama-rupa: corresponds to red colour, 54, 54-55 consumed in Kama-Loka, 374 as starting-point on our plane, 562 not the fifth principle, 608 fn. materializes in seances, 609 fn. survival of, and Skandhas, 609 fn. 821and Kama, relations between them, 708-709 as vehicle of the Lower Manas, 629 fn. the “remains” of Antaskarana after death, 663 mistaken for “Spirits of the Departed,” 633 gradually annihilated in “second death,” 635 remains of, go into animals, 708

Kames, Lord Henry Home (16961782), on genius, 19; biogr., 752

Kamic: organs, 367, 369 principle transfused into thinking principle, 630

Kanada, atomic system of, 343 fn.

Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804), years needed to study philosophy of, 235

Kapila, and his pantheistic school, 343 fn., 605

Karma: of genius, 15 in world of maya, 30 “King,” 71 occult law of, & Nidanas, 161, 385 no Adept will interfere with, 161 greatest of Yogis cannot divert, 161 of new diseases from misuse of hypnotism, 226-227 of undeserved suffering in animals, 238 of remorse from inflicting pain, 239 law of ethical causation, 302 double-edged sword, 385 racial, national and family, 385 of disease, and hypnotism, 401 divine justice of, 503 squaring the account of, 503 and the “Matrix of Avidya,” 503 affects even Manvantaric life of Divine Beings, 629

Karmëndriyas, organs of action, 661, 667

Karmic: Seal, 125 retribution for public exhibition of hypnotism, 226 life as just schoolmaster, 314

Kärya-rüpa, finite nature of Manas when linked with Kâma, 631

Kate Field’s Washington, on Tolsstoy’s works, 243

Kathopanishad: metaphor of charioteer, 363 quoted, 428, 440, 453, 469

Keely, John W. (1837-1898), and innate ideas, 602

Keightley, Dr. Archibald (1859-1930): visits Dublin Lodge with Judge, 480 attest to Judge’s draft of Preliminary Memorandum & Rules, 482-84 on Mead’s revision of E.S.T. material, 500-01 on “The Meaning of a Pledge,” 506-11

Keightley, Bertram (1860-1945): carries H.P.B.’s Open Letter to India, 157 elected Gen. Sec’y, Indian Section, 157 appointed H.P.B.’s representative in India & Ceylon, 309

Kennan, George (1845-1923), criticizes Russian oppression, 281; biogr., 753

Khandalavala, N. D., on H.P.B.’s letter to Indian Members, 156-57

Khargak-kurra, World-Mountain, 543

Khe-langs, Mongolian Lamaist-Buddhists, 337

822 Kingsland, William (1855-1936), on H.P.B.’s Advisory Council, 264

Kislingbury, Emily, appointed treasurer of European Section, 331

Knowledge: Tree of, is One, 234 ways of acquiring, 236 Secret, of Esoteric Sciences, 311 blind faith and, 311 true, is of Spirit, 537

Kobo-dai-shi, adept-founder of Shin-gon sect, 301

Koch, Dr. Robert (1843-1910), on aging process, 388-89; biogr., 753

Koldun, Russian term for sorcerer, 192 fn.

Koot-Humi (or Koot Hoomi): precipitates letter in Olcott’s hand, 240 fn. forwarded Maha-Chohan’s letter to Sinnett, 240 fn. purpose in writing “The Mahatma Letters,” 241 fn. on meditation & knowledge of Higher Self, 696

Korf, Baron Modest Andreyevich (1800-76), discovered Lavater’s letters to Empress Mariya Fyodorovna, 205

Kosas, 526

Kosmos: and Kosmic motion, 355 an Entity, 410 or Adam-Kadmon, 410 Universal, 542 produced geometrically, 547 and Cosmos, 655-56, 677

Krishna, as Higher Self, 53

Kriyasakti: or creative will, 57 Third Root-Race created by, 533 and emanations, 554 power of producing forms on objective plane, 556 adepts produce pictures by, 672 and projection of Máyávi-rüpa, 706-07

Kronos, sun-dial of Father—, 383

Kshatriya (s): higher than Brahmans in their knowledge of Upanishads, 346 fn. kings were teachers, 346 fn.

Kshetra, and Kshetrajña, 329

Kshetrajña: Higher Ego or embodied Spirit, 329, 358 fn. informs our Kshetra, 329 as “Silent Spectator,” 358 fn. occult axiom on, 363

Kshirábdhi-tanayá, daughter of the Ocean of Milk, 168 (178)

Kullüka-Bhatta, the historian, 169 (178) fn.

Kumaras: incarnated under 10th Zodiacal Sign or Makara, 76 appear as Avataras at the beginning of every human Race, 600-01 not human egos, 608 defined, 045

Kundalini: vital, & electric fluid, 620 illumines brain glands, 697, 699

Kung, or “Great Tone,” 550

L

Lactantius (ca. 260-ca. 340), on wisdom, 311

Ladd, George T. (1842-1921), Elements of Physiological Psychology, quoted on various subjects, 350, 353, 357-58, 361, 365, 308-69; biogr., 753

Lakshmi, compared to VenusAphrodite, 168 (178)

Lane, M. A., treachery of, 582

Lanoo, or disciple, 505

Larva, or spook as káma-rüpa, 609 fn.

823 Lavater, J. C. (1741-1801): on genius, 19 opposed to Swiss Revolution, 206 discovery of letters by, 206-07 spiritualistic tendencies of, 207-08 carried Mesmer’s system to Germany, 223

–Physiognomische Fragmente, 206; biogr., 753

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (1743-1794), opposed to mesmerism, 219

Law(s): abuses of, 34, 36-38, 43 modern higher courts of, 43 Christian, based on Mosaic Code, 266 of the Inquisition, 266 property, in Russia & England, 283 immutable, of the occult, 515-16 of the Mayavic world, 537

Lawrence, Sir William (1783-1867): eminent surgeon, 359 criticizes psycho-physiology, 360 biogr., 753-54

–Lectures, etc., q. 359

Laws of Manu: on Sunahsepa, 169 (178), 173 (183) fn. elevation of women in, 270

Laya, esoteric axiom on, state, 133

Leadbeater, Charles W. (1854-1934), held copy of Maha-Cho-han’s letter, 240-41 fn.

Lecky, William E. H. (1838-1903): on pagan woman status, 267 on feudal legislation, 267 on Roman women, 271

Lee, Anne (1736-1784), upheld ideal of purity, 257, 754

Leibnitz, Gottfried W. (16461716), on monad, 134

Leicester, Diocesan Conference, 27

Lenclos, Ninon de (1615-1705), 389

Le Piongeon, Alice D., art. on “Ancient Races” noted, 382

Lermontoff, M. Y. (1814-1841), “Sonnet to A. O. Smirnova,” 287

Lessing, George, and Ellmore on fakir phenomena, 321-26

Levi, Eliphas (1810-1875), Dogme et Rituel, etc., on magnetic currents of Astral Light, 373-74

–“Letters on Magic,” and H.P.B.’s footnotes to, 622 & fn.

Leviticus, Code of, in Protestant countries, 267

Lhas, solar, 644

Liberation, longing for, 505

Liberty, a cunning synonym, 52

Lick Observatory, and nebulous matter beyond force of gravity, 327 fn.

Life: Jewish view of, and death, 73 gloomy masquerade, 75-76 phenomena of, unfathomable by mechanical theory, 141, 413 riddle of, 147 and activity, the key to problems of science, 147 fn., 354, 355, 413 or Be-ness, 355 —wave, 355-356 for most, is undesirable, 391 series of hard trials for the Soul, 391 the “One,” 409 —Force, 410, 413 not a property of matter, 413 and death, as illusions, 625

Light, heat & electricity as illusions, 359

Light (Washington, D.C.), on reincarnation & karma, 194-95

824 Linga-Sarira: corresponds to violet colour, 52 may become extinct, 629 born in realm of illusion, 629 molecular, like the body, 694 curled up in spleen, 699 vehicle of Prana, 699 nature’s function of, described, 704-705 and sharp instruments, 706 survives sometimes and affects next incarnation, 712-713

Linton, Mrs. Eliza Lynn (1822-1898), 34

Lister, Joseph, First Baron (1827-1912), anaesthetic use of mesmerism, 224

Literature, Theosophical, needed, 6

Liver: passional organ, 367 cells subservient to our “personal” mind, 370

Livermore, Mary A., q. 269

Lodge, Sir Oliver J. (1851-1940), Nature Series, teaches doctrine once scorned by scientists, 265

Logos (Logoi): Word acc. to Kabalists, 313 or triple manifested Deity, 409 manifested & un-manifested, 526 seven rays of the, & chakras, 620

Lokas: Talas & states of consciousness, 664 et seq. divine & infernal, 668 (table), 670-72, 680 et seq.

London: squalid population in, 278 Trafalgar Square floggings, 281 fn.

London Lodge T.S., and petition to Masters for an “Inner Group,” 479

Longfellow, Henry W. (1807-1882), Santa Filomena, 1

Lotus: as symbol of universe, 167 (177) Celestial, 168 (177) Buddha seated upon, 168 (178) Vedic legend of, retold, 170-76 (180-86)

Lotus Bleu, Le (Paris), aim of journal, 170 (186), 300

Love: free, advocates, 255, 257-59 free, is slavery, 259 and “affinity” theories of T. L. Harris, 259-60

Lucifer (London), quoted and appraised, 152, 235, 268, 299, 319, 319-20, 602 fn.

Luke, q. 392

Lumholtz, Carl Sofus (1851-1922), Au pays des Cannibales, on atrocities of colonists in Tasmania, etc., 289-90; biogr., 754-55

Lunacy: Pirogoff on, 407 paralysis of man in his animal portion, 408 Kamic mind functions on astral plane in, 408

Lust, can never be satisfied, 392

Lymphatic: cells, 145, 148 inoculation to prevent aging, 389

Lytton, Edward George Bulwer—(1803-1873), Zanoni, idea of “Dweller on the Threshold,” 636

M

“M. A. Oxon.” See W. Stainton Moses

Machell, Reginald Willoughby (1854-1927), biography of, 756-57

825 MacKenzie, Kenneth R. H. (?- 1886), Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia: on occult fraternities, 79 on Cagliostro, 80 et seq.

Macrocosm: and Microcosm, 410 Diagram I, 656-57

Mâdhavâchârya (XIV century): worshipper of Vishnu, 343 founder of Dvaita sect, 343

–Sarvadarsana-samgraha, includes Buddhism, 343

Magendie, François (1783-1855), Physiologie Humaine, q. 219; biogr., 757

Magi, Zoroastrian, 72

Magia, as a term, 551 fn.

Magic: spell and fascination in gaze of Indian conjurer, 326 black, in vampirism, 396 motive determines whether hypnotism is black, 397 co-equal with 3rd Root-Race, 533 true nature of, 551 et seq. same as Theosophia, 557 and Theurgy, 559-560 main difference between white & black, 604 terrible Karmic results of the dabbler in, 606 terrestrial mysteries of white & black, 626

Magicians, Pharaoh’s 311

Magnetism: animal, in theurgic mysteries, 214, 395 applied in sleep, 214 now called Hypnotism, 214, 395 Jussieu & Deslon support, 219 “therapeutic,” 222, 395 key to, & hypnotism, 568

Mahabharata, victory of Arjuna over Devas in, 202

Mahâbhütic, faculty of the finite Self, 631

Maha-Buddhi: Universal Soul & Mahat, 413 as Divine Ideation, 629

Maha-Chohan: Superior to Masters, 239, 240 fn. Letter from, quoted, 239, 241 fn.

Mahamanvantara, life-cycle of the, 629-30

Mahamaya, or Guptamaya, and Indian mesmerizers, 326

Mahapralaya, period of rest, 58

Maharajas, the Four, 546

Mahat: Alaya-akasa or, 371 Universal Cosmic Mind, 411, 413 identical with Brahma, 411 or Divine Ideation, 629 Universal Intelligent Soul, 629, 630

Mahatma(s): compared to Jivanmuktas, 159, 634 concern for civilized races, 239 and our spiritual objectives, 241 and Mongolian Khe-langs, 337

Mahayogin, 346

Maheshwara, the Great Power, 356 fn.

Maimonides, and Biblical allegories, 342

Maine, Sir Henry (1822-1888), Ancient Law, quoted on Roman laws protecting women, 271; biogr., 757-58

Makara, or Capricornus & the incarnation of Kumaras, 76

Malkhuth, or lower Prakriti, 516

Malmesbury, William of (1095?-1143?), accuses Anglo-Saxon nobility of slave-trade, 267 fn.

Mammon, Temple of, 386

Mammoth, worship in America, 382

826 Man (men): divine nature and future, 4, 410 life of, inseparable from Mankind, 5, 46 genius depends on ensouling ego, 15 ever changes, 46 vehicle of a dual spirit, 46 transformation in Alchemy, 52-55 Spiritual, the heavenly Power, 55 outwardly a creature of but a day, 156 hypocrisy, 241, 247-249, 317-320 interbreeding of, 251-253 Carlyle on the wisest, 320 Milton’s Paradise Lost on, 350 as seer, 367 the Microcosm of the Macrocosm, 410 as oval sphere, 521 as incarnation of his God, 533 possesses potentially all the attributes of higher Aeons, 555-56 spiritual, free during sleep, 565 as perfect number Ten, 578 as complete unit, 607 androgynous as far as his head is concerned, 698 on the irrevocably materialistic, 625

Manas: upper, in alchemy, is indigo, 53, 54 lower, or “philosophical vine” of alchemy, 54 green represents the lower or Animal Soul, 54 higher, purifies the lower, 54 as “individual” Ego, 58 in sleep and clairvoyance, 328-329 dual aspect of, 353 et seq. Kama-, 353, 358, 371 is both psychic and manasic, 353, 358, 364, 371 term preferred to Nous, 353 fn. higher, or “Ego,” 358 fn., 406-411 and the phrenic terrestrial element, 371 personal “Ego” or lower, 407, 411 relation of Astral light to, 407 lower, ever gravitating to Kama-Rupa, 598 Buddhi and the brain, 618 lower and Vayu, 622 Higher, incarnates in human at seven years, 623 upper and lower, bound within Spiritual Ego, 623-624 its agent is the physical brain, 623-624 duality of, 624, 628, 631 Animal Soul or Lower, 628 as vehicle of Mahat, 629 Higher, and its reflection, 630 Spiritual Self-Consciousness, 630 Divine when united with Buddhi, 630 and the winning of independent existence, 631 both eternal and non-eternal, 631 future of lower after “second death,” 636 impulse of animal life on lower, 636 specialized, for each man, 679 lower, leads flesh into temptation, 692 asleep in sense dreams, 693 relation of Higher & lower explained, 709 et seq. Higher, a Kumara, 709

Manas-Manu, the Divine Man, alone reincarnates, 623

Manasaputra(s): Sons of Wisdom, 18 827 genius as direct light from, 18-19 rays of the Universal Mind, 365, 411 Sons of Mahat, 411 as our Egos, 607 fn. defined, 644-45 & fn.

Mânasasarovara, Yogis assemble at Lake, 701

Mânasic: as well as Kâmic organs in man, 369 inner constitution of man is, 371 Ray & its mission, 371

Manchester Guardian, q. 286

Mankind: collective life of, to be studied to know individual life, 4 Book of Life of, 5 to rebecome a race of gods, 46

Manteia, or Samadhi, 560

Manu. See Laws of Manu.

Manu. See Manas-Manu.

Mânushya-Buddhas, and Sutala, 665

Manvantara(s): period between two, 54 Spiritual Monad lasts one, 58

Mara, armies of, 392

Marey, E. J. (1830-1904), La Machine animale, q. on motion, 356; biogr., 758

Mariya Fyodorovna (1847-1928), Empress of Russia & Lavater’s Letters, 205

Marriage: Tolstoy on evil of, 244 continence and, 244 as licensed vice, 244-46 and property, 283, 284 H. Spencer on, 284

Martinists, described, 82 fn.

Martyrs, for truth vilified, 30

Mary Magdalene, Karma of women and, 268

Marylebone, Hospital, founded by Elliotson, 224

Maskelyne & Cook, Western jugglers, 325

Masonry: Cagliostro on true, 83 on lost documents of Savalette de Lange, 84 fn. and the E.S., 497

Masons: and Cagliostro, 79-80, 82-84 persecuted by Vatican, 80 rite of Loge des Amis Réunis, 82, 84 fn.

Masses: resurrection of human spirit in the, 3-41, 121-22 sense intuitionally a “great soul,” 20 profane, & occult teachings, 235, 320 wretchedness of starving, 311

Master(s): and receptions for fashionable society, 60-63 require only that we work unitedly, 154 conviction in, strong in Europe and America, 158 H.P.B.’s oath concerning, 158 learned in Gupta-Vidyà, 158 on Siddhis of the, 158 H.P.B. a Chela to, 158 fanciful ideas of Hindus on, 159 Mahatmas and Jivanmuktas, 159 their chief desire, 159 their name alone has done much for India, 159-61 Karma, not the, punishes the guilty, 161 will not interfere with Karma, 161 Col. Olcott maintained belief in, despite S.P.R. charges, 163 “banished from Adyar,” 164 K.H. precipitates letter in Olcott’s hand, 240 fn. counteract intellectual grasp of Sinnett & Hume, 241 fn. 828of the Eastern wisdom, 308 do not communicate directly on this plane, 492 reverence for the, 492 we must rise to them, 492 letters purport from, 494 doubt in the existence of, 496 letters of reproof from, received by 582 et seq. See also Koot-Hoomi.

Materialism: brutal foot of, 1-2 age of crass, passing away, 2, 121-22 and mediumistic phenomena, 122 vs. spiritualism, 124-25 of science, 133-35, 144-45 breakdown of, 140-41, 146, 148

Materialism, Agnosticism and Theosophy, on Prof. Holden & nebulae, 327 fn.

Materializations, nature and types of, 706

Mathas (monasteries), of Vedan-tists, 345 fn.

Mathematicians, on dimensions of space, 411

Matter: chasm between mind and, 409, 413 Claude Bernard on, 413 life is not a property of, 413 as substance is eternal, 556

Matthew, q. 210, 279, 291, 393

Mavalankar,DamodarK.(1857-?): called by Masters, 158 has prospect of Adeptship, 159-60 on weakening of Masters’ influence at Adyar, 163 urges H.P.B. to return to India, 163 and London “Inner Group,” 479

Maya: or Sea of Illusion, 58 and Avidya hide true Self, 114-15 “Doctrine of the Eye” is, 236 of physical suffering, 239 how to transcend world of, 538

Máyávi-Rüpa: nature of, 526, 608, 705 projection of, 706-07 a Manasic body, 707

Mead, G. R. S., (1863-1933): translated Pistis-Sophia, 150 on H.P.B.’s Advisory Council, 264 appointed Sec’y European Section, 331 and “Preliminary Explanations,” 499-500

Medical, abuse of Hypocratic oath, 226

Meditation: for E.S. members, 496 and concentration as opposed to “sitting for yoga,” 603-04 and mediumship, 612 and pictures presented by elementáis, 693 and the heart, 696 and picture of Master as a living man within us, 696 and concentration, 702-03

Medium (s): “spirit” wives and husbands, 193-194 Fauns, Satyrs, Incubi and Succubi of, 194 & fn. disintegration of, body denied, 328 what is a, 372-73 unable to discern true from false waves of astral plane, 372 are self-deceived victims, 373-374 infected by “Old Terrestrial Serpent,” 373, 374 attracted by central and eternal fire of the Astral Light, 374 829 see three categories of entities, 560-61 and nature of materialization, 706

Mediumship: contrasted to seership, 371-72 as abnormal nervous disease, 372 defined, 372 dangers of, 372-73 terrestrial elements absorbed in, 374

Medula oblongata: and the Nadis, 616 and Trideni, 700

Memory: labyrinth of our, 227 in every bodily organ, 365, 368, 414 two sources of, 366 of the nervous system, 368 and the “brain-tablets,” 406-07 impressed on Astral Light, 407, 415 and the Skandhic record, 415 cells are only conveyors of, 416 loss of, 416

Menander (early 2nd cent, a.d.): great magician, 557, 576 on the emanations of Ennoia, 559

–Monosticha, on dying young, 390

Mental: faculties, 358, 364-68 behavior, 358 guided by Manas when free of Kama, 358 superconscious experiences, 367

Mercury-Budha, January 4th is sacred to, 76

Mercy: God of, in Jewish theology, 73 divine, of Jesus is Buddha-like, 385

Mesmer, Franz Anton (1733-1815): and magnetism, 82, 216-17 was a Mason, 84 fn. hooted from scientific arena, 121, 216-19, 221, 223-24 applied magnets to cure disease, 216 alchemical doctrine of, 216 theories of, appropriated by science, 222 eventually acknowledged by French Academy, 224

Mesmerism: mysteries of antediluvian, 215 denied by scientists of French Academy, 218-219, 221-222 now known as hypnotism, 219, 221-222, 395 ancient cures of, 222 “harmonic societies” of, in France, 223 finally acknowledged by French Academy, 224 Hospital of Dr. Elliotson devoted to practice of, 224 used as anaesthetic, 224 replaced by electro-biology, therapeutic magnetism and hypnotism, 224, 395 differences in hypnotism and, 394-395

Messalina, 255

Messiah (s): rash of pseudo—, 256, 257, 260, 262, 348 true, never dream of posing as such, 262

Metal, rings or talismans, 382

Metals, and their correspondences with planets, colors, etc., Diagram II

Metallotherapy: influence on nervous system, 398 experiments discredited by Shiff, 398 Dr. V. B. Burq, as discoverer of, 398

Metamorphosis, of pagan divinities into gods of Church, 95 (102)

830 Methodist Times: accuses H.P.B., 29 compared to The Theosophist, 117

Microbes, and Atma-Buddhi, 600, 679

Microcosm: Man as a, 410 and Macrocosm, 600, 656-57

Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873), Logic, on E. Darwin’s materialism, 351-52 fn.

Miller, Mrs. F. Fenwick: address to National Liberal Club, 282 & fn. on unjust laws against women, 284

Milton, John (1608-1674), anthropomorphized Satan, 48

–Paradise Lost, q. 350

Mimamsa, Schools of & Vedanta, 344

Mind: Universal, 136-137, 365, 409-412 as a real being, 350, 362-63 is both psychic and noetic, 353, 364 personal as well as impersonal, 353 evolving in relation to the brain, 362, 410 psychic·, as transformer, 362 or pneuma, distinct from soul, 364 not limited to brain, 365, 410-412 Divine, or Nous, 366 as Higher Manas, 366-367 Kamic aspect of, 366 -Ego of Prof. Ladd, 368 Universal, and its human reflection, 371, 409-412 absolute or “No-Mind,” 412

“Mind Curers,” & Christian Scientists on the wrong track, 603

Minerals, and plants can pass through “solids,” 328

Minerva-Athene, January 3rd consecrated to, & Isis, 75

Miocene, period as source of human race, 28

Miracle, Masters laugh at word, 558

Mirville, Eudes de (1802-1873), devil of, 374

Missionary, movement of modern day, 256

Mistletoe, and holly, once used at New Year, 72

Mitford, Godolphin (pseud, as Murad Ali Beg), “The Elixir of Life,” 202 fn.

Mitra, Peary Chand, on supremacy of women in Aryavarta, 270

Mlechchha Yavana, as outcast foreigner, 176 (186)

Moksha, must be won by own merit, 161

Molecular: motion, 355-57, 359 vibrations analyzed, 359, 39596, 398-400

Molecule(s): a figment of illusion in occult philosophy, 412 atom informs the, 412 geometrical combinations with, 412 every, as mirror of universe, 412, 699, 703 occult interrelations of, & atoms, 703-04 and Kama, 707-08

Moleschott, Jacob (1822-1893), 137

Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673), comedy on hypocrisy, 281

Monad (s): Spiritual, persistence of, 58 of Leibnitz, 201 as Jiva connected with each man’s Higher Self, 507 831and principles tabulated, 531 interacting, in man, 647-648 generic term for Egos before incarnation, 629 Divine Beings or Gods, compared to our terrestrial Egos, 629 immortal throughout this Maha- manvantara, 629 the triune, 630 manifested by the incarnating Ego, 630 “Tree of Life Eternal,” 632 become duads and triads on differentiated planes, 634

Monasticism: favored by Tolstoy, 244 not just a matter of “cowl,” 277

Monotheism: rests on abstraction, 199 compared with Polytheism, 199-200, 201 Christian, just as idolatrous as Pagan & Oriental, 201

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem (1533-1592), Essais, on biting his fingers, 277

Moon: Soma in Sanskrit, 203 energy from bright side of, 203 influences earth in both helpful & lethal ways, 203-04 ceremonials of sorcerers at new, 204 dark side of, 204 astral substitute for an invisible planet, 546 effect on man is chiefly Kama-Manasic, 711

Moral(s): regeneration of cultured but degraded classes, 5-6 of today compared with those of older days, 42-43 torture of higher courts of law, 43 fluctuation of, 45-46

Morgagni, Giovanni Battista (1682-1771), De sedibus, etc., on Pineal Gland, 619; biogr., 758

Morning Post: on electricity disasters in early period, 111 on Sister Rose Gertrude, 112

Moses: and Pharaoh, 200 our laws based on those of, 266, 267 laws of, & Talmudic laws, 272 brazen serpent of, 373

Moses, William Stainton (1839- 1892): as founder of S.P.R., 294 fn. Editor of Light & T.S. member, 294 fn.

Motion: vibratory, 139 as viewed by science & Occultism, 130-140, 355, 356 as “Great Breath,” 355-56 fn. Kosmic, 355 everything subject to, 356 space, time and, 414

Mülaprakriti: as vehicle of Parabrahman in Vedänta, 630 manvantaric aspect of, & Parabrahman, 710 (table)

Müller, F. Max (1823-1900): on common Aryan ancestry of Indian & Englishman, 294 praised T.S. for translation of Sanskrit works, 299

Muses, or Greek nymphs of the poets, 148-149

“Music of the Spheres,” or Harmony, 55

Musical Notes: correspondences of, with colors, metals, etc., Diagram II; also 562 (table) chromatic scale, 621

Myalba, state of Avichi on earth, 637, 638

832 Mystai, and Epoptai, 532

Mysteries, impenetrable, unapproached by science, 135

Mysticism: in death struggle with materialism, 2 mystics & Theosophy, 303 Oriental, & First Object of T.S., 304 and lore of gems & crystals, 382

N

Nädis: and medula oblongata, acc. to Täntrikas & Trans-Himälayan Schools, 616 and spinal column, 701

Naljor, or sinless man, 634

Napoleon I: ablutions of, 276 downfall as event in fate of nations, 384-85

Narayana, undifferentiated Space, 555

Narcotics, and drugs prevent function of third eye, 496

Nationalist Movement, an application of Theosophy, 155-156

Nations, altered by small as large events, 384-385

Natural Selection, Grant Allen on, 251

Nature: ever struggling towards perfectibility, 583 co-workers with, for destruction, 638

Navel: centre of Kämic consciousness, 695 and generative organs, 699

Neander, Johann A. W. (1789-1850), on woman, 271

Nebulae, show forces other than gravity at work, 327 fn.

Necromancy, and unconscious black magic, 32

Negroes, oppression of, in the U.S., 281

Neo-Platonism, compared with Pantheistic speculations, 347 fn.

Nephesh, 353 fn., 364, 374

Neptune, mayavic link of, with our solar system, 292

Nergal, female companion to Ka- balistic practice, 192 fn.

Nerves: anesthesized under hypnosis, 220 and nervous centers, 355 psychic activity produced through, 355 fibers & cells, 357 involved in hypnotism, 394-95, 399-400

Nervous System, and sound, 621

New Testament: on angels, 202 degradation of women in, 269

New Year: warnings on, 67 et seq. pagan festival, 71, 91-92 (98) and Christ’s circumcision, 72 Jewish, compared to Pagan, 72-73 sacrifices of old, 94 (101) compared to time of Julian, 96 (102)

New York Herald, reviews Tolstoy, 243

New York Sun, libel suit against, 332-34

Newman, Cardinal John Henry (1801-1890), among world’s “Elect,” 317

Nicastro, Ottavio, and Cagliostro, 81

Nidana: occult aspect of an attitude, 63 Concatenation of causes & effects, 385 & fn.

Niemand, Jasper (Mrs. Archibald Keightley (?-1915) Letters, etc., H.P.B. on Judge in Master’s letter, 594 fn.

833 Nine: digit dreaded by ancients, 68 symbol of cosmic & social change, 68 as corporisation acc. to Pythagoras, 68 natural depravity of, 69 sacred to the spheres, 69

Nineteen Avenue Road (London), inaugurated, xxiv

Nineteenth Century: compared to ancient times, 42 “royal lions” of, 42 fatal, now in decline, 69 artificiality of, 95-97 (102-04)

Nirmanakäyas: Bodhisattvas or “late” Adepts, 31 can save a man’s life only if useful to Humanity, 31 modus operandi of, 209 defined, 560 Humanity guarded by, 601

Nirvana, on reaching, 407

Nizida, The Astral Light, 58

Noetic: psychic and, aspect of mind, 353 et seq. seership, 371 action of the Double-Faced God, 374 Mind or Reincarnating Ego, 411

Nomenclature, problems of, 655-656, 677

“Nonagous envelope,” of the Pythagoreans, 68 fn.

North-American Review (New York), 348 fn.

Notation, reversed, 561-562

Nous: in Greek terminology, 353 fn. Divine mind or, 366

Novoye Vremya (St. Petersburg): quoted, 110, 274-75 on Dr. Pirogov, 136 & fn. defence of Buddhism in, 274 reviews Liimholtz’s work, 289

Numbers, occult combination of, 67

Nyaya, 343 fn.

Nymph (s): or inferior goddess, 148 term lympha derived from, 148 inspire poets & seers, 149 immortalizing Sylphs and, 192-93

O

Occult: science re-affirmed today, 222 psychology an important branch of ancient science, 225 forces & their abuse, 225-26 phenomena cannot be proved, in court, 333 teaching about memory, 368 selflessness as prerequisite for, training, 491 two main divisions of, students, 537-38 philosophy based on ubiquitous presence of Absolute Deity, 569

Occult Aphorisms, on nature of linga-sarira, 712

Occult Primer, on eternal truths, 601

Occultism: on Universal Life and Deity, 134, 139, 407-411 scientific discoveries verge into, 139-140, 222, 410 sine qua non of practical, 191 rediscovery of ancient, 222 omniscience and timelessness of Immortal Ego taught in, 232 candidates for, 315 admits no miracles, 328 disintegration of living creatures denied in, 328 will remain despite attacks, 333 opposed to promiscuous hypnotic suggestion, 402 on atoms, 406, 408 Noetic Mind of, 411 834proceeds from Universals to Particulars, 599 practical, and celibacy, 702

Occultists: and Theosophists revere the unknown mysteries, 115-116, 134 go beyond the five senses, 115, 139, 315 on “ancient,” in East, 313 true, conceal rather than reveal their knowledge, 314-315 fewer each century, 315 know power of “Gupta-Maya,” 321 and legitimate science, 351, 354 411 postulate a seven-dimensional universe, 411 should avoid crowds, 535

Od, the aura of Reichenbach’s investigations, 210

Ogdoad, meaning of the gnostic, 68 fn.

Olcott, Col. Henry S.( 1832-1907): South Place Institute lecture of, 27 appointed by H.P.B. to represent E.S. in Asia, 89, 484 British Section and, 116 lectures in England and Ireland, 153 beloved colleague and “President-Founder,” 153, 263 H.P.B. implored, to permit her return to Adyar, 163 K.H. precipitates letter in hand of, 240 fn. H.P.B. on scope of his presidential powers, 263-264 turns over presidency of European section to H.P.B., 330, 378 (381) expelled Dr. Coues from T.S., 378 (381) letters to Francesca Arundale on London “Inner Group,” 479 fn. issues statement on autonomy of E,S. within the corporate T.S., 481 last visit with H.P.B., 484 and Master “K.H.”, 594

–Old Diary Leaves, on appointment of, as confidential agent for E.S. in Asia, 484

Old, Walter R. wrote Preface to Gems from the East, 427

Old Testament, reverence for, 341

Oliphant, Laurence (1829-1888), on Churchianity, 28; biogr., 758

–Scientific Religion, and Genesis, 258

Olympus, Gods of, and Parnassus, 95 (102)

Om Mani Padme Hum: nature & potentialities of, 51718, 519, 561 relation of, to numbers, 517 seven results upon intonation, 517 and Aum, 520 geometrical equivalent of, 567

One Life: and Second World of Simon Magus, 554 as Root of All, 611 fn.

Oneida Community: “mystic coupling” of the, 253 spiritualistic dangers in, 258

Opinion, public and popular prejudices, 317-318

Orbiney, Papyrus, on Ani, 570, 759

Orders, direct, are rare, 63

Organ (s): every human, has its own memory, 368 Manasic and Kamic, 369 desires of the, issue as electrovital sparks, 370 every, has its distinct thinking apparatus, 624 fn.

835 Oriental: literature in Adyar Library, 300-01 T.S. revived, literature in India, Ceylon, etc., 306 Sanskrit pandit-schools, 306 centres, 306 Department proposed by Judge, 419-20

Orifices: the ten, of human body, Diagram I; also 532-33 and hermaphrodite man, 532

Origen (1857-254?): and allegories of Bible, 342 on Simon Magus, 572

–Contra Celsum, on planetary rulers, 546 fn.

Oscillations, molecules, involved in hypnotism, 400

Ouida (pseud, of Louise de la Ramee, 1839-1908), 248

Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.),Metamorphoses, q. 457

Owen, R. D. (1801-1877), on the brain, 617

Oxygen, from Hermetic, occult standpoint, 110

Ozone: exuberance in air can cause influenza, 109-10 and nervous system, 110 and “Elixir of Life,” 110

P

Padmapani, real nature of, 518, 520, 578-579

Padma-yoni, “bosom of the lotus,” 168 (177)

Pagan(s): rites of ancient, 16-17, 278 deities of, 71, 95, 149, 200 festivals of, & Christianity, 7172, 91-92 (98-99) plurality of, gods, 200-01 loved virtue, 240 meaning of, Circle Dances, 278 etiquette of, 270-71, 276-77, 278

Pall Mall Gazette (London), 27

Pantheism, 148, 344 fn., 347 fn.

Parabrahman: universal divinity, 344, 624 and Mulaprakriti, 630 Manvantaric aspect of Mulaprakriti, 710 (table)

Paracelsus (1493-1541): principium vitae of, scoffed at, 139 greatest alchemist of the age, 215 and magnets for healing, 215-16 considered a quack, 215 had secret of magnetism, 223 on Faith & Imagination, 403

Paradise, abode of Christ-Sun, 93 (99)

Para-manu-rupa, atomic nature of Manas, 631

Paramatman: the “Supreme,” 149 a title of Vishnu, 149 Spiritual Sun, 623 beyond the Auric Egg, 623 cause of every principle, 623 the only eternal, living reality, 624 the ever-existing Root-Essence, 624 and Parabrahman, 624

Paramitas: for all who would enter the “Path,” 598, 603 Masters alone have perfected the, 504 Voice of the Silence on, 505 transcendental virtues, 505 fn.

Parent Brotherhood, and esoteric truths, 601

Paris: patroness of, 96(103) T.S. Lodge “I’Hermies” in, 300

836 Parker, Theodore (1810-1860), Autobiography, q. 104; biogr., 759-60

Passions: must be “burnt out,” 31 and passional organs, 367 as sole bond in sexual union, 386 on destroying, 392

Past, sorrows of, and “Promethean Vultures,” 70

Patanjali: T.S. helped revive interest in, 307 Yoga School of, 343 fn.

Pater Aether, 619

Path: not engineered for comfort, 236 real esoteric, 236 easier to poor & single of heart, 596

Path, The (New York): Mahä-Chohan’s Letter, q. 241 fn. and libel against N.Y. Sun, 332-33 ought to be supported, 596

“Patterson Correspondence,” and H.P.B., 29-30

“Pelican Club,” vicarious prizefights of the, 36-39

Paul, St.: an Initiate, 15-16, 312 quoted, 16, 202, 312 and eternal gnosis, 312 on Biblical allegories, 342

Paul Petrovich, Grand Duke travelled incognito (as Count Severni) to Ziirich, 207

Pauränika, eclectic school, 343 fn.

Pentacle, of black magician, 623

Pentateuch, full of allegories, 342

People’s Advocate (Washington, D.C.), non-sectarian journal & the Blavatsky T.S., 23

Perception: and self-observation, 147 and will, 147

Perfection, ideal human, is no dream, 46

Personal: vs. individual consciousness, 353, 357, 366 Mind as temporary “principle”, 371 Mind as ray from the “Son of Universal Mind,” 371

Personality: exiled God within the, 16 provides experiences for Ego, or real man, 17, 353 should be neither exalted nor neglected, 62 vs. Individuality, 353, 366, 415, 626 deals with passional organs, 367 after death is Kama-rupa, 374 lower, is the animal man, 415 grafted to triune Monad becomes immortal, 630 as tabernacle of the “Parent-Spirit,” 636 new, of incarnating Ego, and former astral Double, 712-13

Peter, as symbol of link between Soul & Spirit, 210-11

Peterborough, Bishop of: quoted, 27, 28, 349 fn. and Joshua Davidson, 35-36

Phallicism, 519-520

Pharisees, denounced Jesus, 30

Phenomena: unfathomable by current physiology, 141, 148, 351-352 vital, goes beyond external senses, 147-148 cannot see essence of, 148 morphology, anatomy & histology can never unriddle, 148, 352 the essence of “supernatural,” 215 of mesmerism affirmed by French Academy, 224 various classes of, 307, 322-329 photographic testing of, 327 837scientific meddling into mental and Occult, 351-352 every, has its genesis in motion, 354-355 molecular nature of psychic, 354-357 of human consciousness, 357 mental, 357-358

Philalethes, Lodge of: based on Martinism, 82 grievance with Cagliostro, 82-83 and Count Grabianca, 84

Philanthropy, true, expresses aspirations of trampled masses, 4-5

Philastrius (Bishop of Brixia or Brescia, later part of 4th century), on Simon Magus, 572

Philo Judaeus (20 or 10 B.C.-45 a.d.), knew Bible to be allegorical, 342

Philosophical “Vine,” meaning in alchemy, 54

Philosophy: ancient esoteric, a vital necessity to the West, 295, 308 deductive or metaphysical, 308 unshakable foundation of religious, 308, 347 India, 343, 347 fn. Eastern, & Pantheistic speculation, 347 fn., 407

Physiology: progress of, 138 and vitalism, 139 destined handmaiden of Occult truths, 139 overstepping its limits, 351-53

Pineal Gland: pernicious action of drugs upon, 496 nature & function of, 616 et seq., 695-90, 697 corresponds with uterus, 698 and Kundalini, 699

Pingala, Ida & Sushumna, 616, 701-02

Pinto, and Cagliostro, 80

“Pipelets,” Great army of, 93 (100 fn.)

Pirogov, Dr. N. I. (1810-1881): surgeon and pathologist, 135, 403 held alchemical belief in Vital Force and Life-Principle, 135-136, 404 believed in Universal Mind, 135-137, 404 on the non-material nature of the ego, 137 his Memoirs imbued with scientific mysticism & Theosophy, 138, 405 had been regarded as an “Agnostic” by ex-colleagues, 404 at University of Dorpat, 405 a follower of Goethe in his youth, 405 Mephisto influences, 405 declines to intimate beliefs in God, 405 Diary shows opposition only to ritualism, not religious ideals, 405 foot operation named for him, 405 fn. biogr. of, 760

–Memoirs: quoted, 136-37, 138 selections of, to appear in Lucifer, 404 on lower self, 406 belief in subtle ethereal element, 406 on existence, 407 speculations on lunacy, 407 on atoms, 408 on nature and composition of Universe, 409-411 discussed possibility of fifth dimension, 411 on space, time and motion, 414 “empiricism” as used by, 414 on consciousness and brain, 414 profoundly intuitional nature of, 415

838 Pisâcha, or bhuta, 170 (181) fn., 201

Pitris: Lunar, not equated with “spirits,” 203 collective wisdom of, 203, 204 invoked by Qu-ta-my, 204 influence bright side of moon, 204

Pituitary Body, nature & function of, 616 et seq. 697

Pius VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 1717-1799; as Pope: 1775-99), commutes Cagliostro’s death sentence, 81, 87

Plane(s) : seven sub—, on every plane, 399 our, one of reflection, reverses notations, 561 and sub-planes of consciousness, 657 et seq. segregated by mind & consciousness 679 lower, of consciousness & striving up higher, 687

Planetary Spirits, mission of, to strike keynote of Truth, 601

Planet (s): influence talismans, 382 seven sacred, & our senses, 532 and week-days, 535 order of, & correspondences, Diagram II; also 536-37 Assyrian correspondences of, metals & week-days, 544 (table) the seven physical, as lower Sephîrôth, 546 and their correspondences, 548 (table) and colors, 548-49 fn. intra-Mercurial, became invisible at close of 3rd Root-Race, 549 fn. exoteric order of, 551

Plants, have nerves, sensation & instinct, 134

Plate I, colored, described, 529, 546-47

Plate II, colors & geometrical figures of, 563

Plate III, colored, prismatic circles & source of principles, 567-68

Plato (4277-347 b.c.): selective breeding as old as, 253 on women, 254 age of, contrasted to current age, 310

–Phaedrus, compared to Upanishads, 347 fn.

–Republic, on marriage & race improvement, 254

Pledge: taken by H.P.B. never to reveal whole truth about Masters, 158 of Esoteric Section, 166 real, is to Higher Self, 166 withdrawing, to E.S., 488, 504-05 no interference with family duties, 488 binding nature of, 501 aim of, not adeptship, 501 of Probationers, 506 meaning of, 500-11 and faith in Higher Self, 583 certain clauses of, discussed, 589-90 awful sacredness of, 601

Pledge-fever, 586, 588 fn. Pleroma, as Space of occult philosophy, 570

Plexuses: and Nadis, acc. to Hatha-Yoga, 616 and Chakras, 619-20 Solar, of sympathetic system, 701

Plotinus (205-270 a.d.), aimed to emancipate Greek philosophy from Oriental influences, 347 fn.

839 Poisons, dual nature of, 602, 603

Pollok, Robert (1798-1827), on hypocrisy, 40; biogr., 760

Polygamy, practiced by Mormons, 257

Polytheism: vindicated by belief in “spirits,” 199 vs. Monotheism, 199-202

Poor: regeneration of the, classes, 5-6 need help while the rich need pity, 61

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Moral Essays, q. 390

Porphyry (233-305?), and his Tree, 546 fn.

Positivism: Comte’s ideas on, 253, 254 kind of insane mysticism, 254

Potto, V. A. (1836-1912), The War in Caucasus, on last years of Yermolov, 228-30

Powell, Charles F., death of, & tribute to by H.P.B., 153

“Pozdnisheff,” character invented by Tolstoy to satirize morals of society, 243-47

Pradhana, Diagram I

Pradhanatman, title of Vishnu, 149

Prakrita, as order of creation, 187

Prakritic Plane: sub-planes of, 661 et seq. objective, consciousness, 661-62, 679 astral, consciousness, 662-63

Prakritis, seven & their correspondence to Tattvas, 605

Pralaya, and exhaustion of Karma before, 629

Prana: lower use of in so-called mind cures, 155 and Jiva, 607 fn., 672, 694, 707-08 macrocosmic pentacle of Life, 623 dual representation in Auric Egg diagram explained, 623

Pranava, synonym of Aum, 615

Pranayama, dangers of, 615, 622

Prayer, and command, 535

Predestination, doctrine of, 74

Prejudices, pandering to popular, 318

Preliminary Memorandum, 485, 488 et seq., 501-11

Present: the eternal, 70

Prestidigitation, of so-called “juggler,” 324

Principle (s): are intermediary spiritual beings in true Masonry, 83 of astro-Spiritual Man, 83 “three sisters” in Alchemy, 85-86 inner, of cells are “atoms,” 410 man’s “Higher,” 411-412 the seven, Diagram I and Esoteric Buddhism, 526, 562 two ways of tabulating, 530-531 and colors, Plate I elude enumeration, 543, 546-547, 672 exoteric and esoteric enumeration of, 546. 547 originate in Hierarchies, 549, 561 colors & geometric figures, 563-564, 567-68 Four basic, and Three aspects, 607, 645 et seq. which reincarnates, 607 fn. at death, 645 et seq. every, has seven aspects, 693 correspondence of, with parts of Body (table), 699 every, a differentiation of Jiva, 707 life-motion in each, is Prâna, 707

Prithivi, or earth, & taste, 685, 686

Probationary Degrees, 654

840 Probationers, subject to immutable law in the occult, 515-16

Progress: and Christian civilization, 266-77 “living movement” of Carlyle, 268

Projection, of Astral bodies, should not be attempted, 706, 707

Prophecy: mystic, 1 fallen off in grace, 385 about Kali-Yuga, 386-87

Protests, against Russian oppressors, 279-88

Protestantism, and women, 268

Pryse, James Morgan (1859-1942): printer at Aryan and H.P.B. Presses, 499 and revision of text of “Preliminary Explanations,” 500 biography, 761-65

Psyche, distinguished from Mind (pneuma), 364

Psychic: and spiritual changes in man, 1 and noetic aspects of mind, 353 el seq. activity, motion & free will, 355, 357-59 individuality, 357 planes & psychometer, 360 mind transforms energy of the “unit-being,” 362 on pretended possession of, powers, 495 vision, 698

Psychics, see colors of aura, 621

Psychological, tricks vs. conjuring, 321-327

Psychology: once called “animal magnetism,” 214 ancient, 225 dawn of modern, 308 basis of, 352 and psychism, 364 synonym of psychiatry to some, 364 physiological, 365-66 cannot dictate to metaphysics, 366

Psychometry: demonstrates conservation of energy, 360 acts on psychic planes as well, 360

Psycho-physiologists: challenged to define consciousness, 353 cannot solve mystery of mind’s duality, 353-54 repudiate free will, 354, 357 criticism of, 360 et seq.

Ptolemaic, Geocentric system, 544

Puranas: Asuras of the, 49 prophesied moral decay of present era, 386-87

Puritans, Roundheads & Vandals, 4

Purity, bodily, essential, 597

Purucker, Dr. Gottfried de (1874-1942), biography, 765-70

–ountain-Source of Occultism: on human senses, present & future, 538-41 on gunas, 540-41 on Gnosticism, Simon’s Aeons & evolutionary stages of planetary chain, 574-75 on 12 classes of beings, 643 et seq. on principles, morals, etc., 645-48 on process of reincarnation, 649 et seq. on sound, color & number, 577-78 on color of stars, 578 on Svabhavas, 579

–Occult Glossary, on Kumaras, 645 fn.

841 Purva Mimamsa, 343 fn.

Pushkara Lake: favorite locale for Lakshmipadma, 173 (183) fn. carpeted with white lotus, 173 (183) fn.

Puysegur, Armand M. J. de Chas- tenet, Marquis de (1752-1825): healed with magnets, 216 scientific reputation, 222, 224 spread Mesmer’s system in Provence, 223

Pyramid, of Ghizeh vs. Eiffel Tower, 310

Pythagoras (6th cent, b.c.): on corporisation of 3 x 3, 68 & fn. on matter & elements, 68 fn. magnetic cures of, 222 era of Plato and, 312 influence of Eastern philosophy seen in, 347 fn.

Q

Quadrangle, reduced to Circle, 53

Quaternary: purification of lower, 53 lower, & Higher Triad, 692-93 liver & spleen represent the, 694

Quilter, Harry (1851-1907), Editor of Universal Review, shows fervor for oppressed, 281

Qu-ta-my, invokes esoterically the lunar Wisdom of Pitris, 204

R

Rabbis, fanaticism of bigoted, 273 274

“Radda-Bai” (or Radha-Bai), H.P.B.’s pen name, 335

Ragon de Bettignies, Jean-B.-M. (1781-1862), on Gnostic og-doad and cubic stone, 68 fn.

–Notice, etc., 536 fn., 771

Raja-Yoga: true science of, 559 difference between, and Hatha-Yoga, 615, 616 what makes it possible, 694 no principle can be ignored in, 634

Raja-Yogins, Brahmanas & Himalayan ascetics, 337

Rajputs, belong to Kshatriya caste, 337

Rama Prasad, Nature’s Finer Forces: on svara, 356 discussed, 604 et seq., 611, 612-13, 621 on Tattvas & Svara, 615

Ransom, Josephine (1879-?), A Slwrt History of the T.S., 479 fn.

Raskolniki, Tolstoy visited, 127

Ray (s): seven, of Logos & Chakras, 620 emitted by Higher Ego, 709-10 of Higher Ego clothes itself in Astral Light, 710

Reade, Amye, Ruby, etc., q. 286

Reality: of mind & atom, 409 the One, eternal, 412

Rebirth, needed to arrive at final wisdom, 314

Red, corresponds to Sol of musical scale, 90

Reformer(s): true, holds to no crown or sceptre, 261 and Theosophy, 261 practical, 262 do not alter human nature, 394

Reichenbach, Baron K. von (17881819), and Odic fluid, 210, 396, 526 fn.

Reincarnation: web of, on loom of time, 15 beginning to be accepted among liberal Christians, 130 842 will one day be generally accepted, 130 lessons of, 314 process of, & function of auric egg, 649 et seq. and occasional survival of astral double, 712-13

Religion: spirit of, in European age, 41 Brotherhood of, in India, 305 Theosophy as a, of reason, 347 Wisdom—, 347 once united entire human race, 347 no, higher than truth, 419, 428

Religio-Philosophical Journal (Chicago): and W. E. Coleman’s comments on H.P.B.’s Open Letter, 157 publishes private material, 592

Renan, Ernest (1823-1892), on women & Judean Christianity, 268

Reproduction, nine as symbol of, 68, 69

Resistance, passive, recommended, 591

Resurrection, of the Dead in Catholic theology, 74

Revelation: primitive by Kumaras transmitted by Adepts, 601 as innate ideas, 602

Revelation, on death & hell, 74

Review of Reviews (London): on Edison, 133 on Russian & English convict systems, 282

Revue Theosophique (Paris), 300

Rig-Veda: sacred mantras of, compelled the gods, 174 (184) freedom of thought in, 346 fn.

Ripley, Sir George (middle of 15th cent.), Compound of Alchymy, etc., 53; biogr., 771

Rod, bamboo, of Brâhmanas, 701

Rohan, Louis René Édouard, Cardinal de (Prince de Rohan-Guéménée—1734-1803), favored Cagliostro, 80

Rohel, on futurity, 70

Rohita, surnamed Devarâta, 171 (181), 175 (185), 176 (186)

Roman Empire: New Year celebrations in, 91 (97), 93 (100) false noses of divinities in, 94-95 (101) decadence of, no worse than today, 240 laws, of, on freedom of married women, 271

Root-Races, evolution of physical body corresponds to, 700-01

Rose Gertrude, Sister, a “spiritual mystery,” 113-14

Rosecroix, mediaeval, concealed his knowledge, 314

Rosny, Léon Louis Lucien Prunel de (1837-1914), lectures reviewed, 393

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882), q. 114

Roundheads, modern, 4

Royal Asiatic Society, theological predilections of, 294

Royal College of Physicians: and world opinion, 221 deny both magnetism and hypnotism, 225

Russell, George William (1867-1935), biography, 771 et seq.

Russia: drinking in, 10 H.P.B. accused of spying for, 161 British condemnation of, 279-88 and Key to Theosophy, 348 Christ ideal still preserved in, 348

843 Russkoye Obozreniye (Russian Review): edited in Moscow by Prince Tserteleff, 335 H.P.B. was associated with, 335 and Vlad. S. Solovyov, 335 et seq.

S

Sabaean, festivals, 278

Sabbath, and lunar division of week, 536

Sacrifice, of individual to the whole, 450

Saints: as beatified pagan Roman divinities, 95 (102) true status of, 261

St. Anthony (ca. 250-350 a.d.), quoted, 269

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), on women, 269

St. Bonaventura (John of Fidouza, 1221-1274), on women, 269

St. Cyprian, called Thascius (ca. 200-258), on women as devil’s instrument, 269

Saint-Germain, Count'de, belonged to Lodge of the Philalethes, 84 fn.

St. Gregory the Great (ca. 540-604), quoted about women, 270

St. Jerome (or Hieronymus, ca. 340-420), on women, 194, 269

St. John Damascene (d. before 754), on women, 269

Saint-Martin, Louis Claude de (1743-1803): disciple of Jacob Bohme, 120 thought Cagliostro to be a charlatan, 120

St. Nicanor, derivation of the term, 76 fn.

St. Peter, as double-faced Janus, 92-93 (98-99)

Sainte Geneviève, as rebaptized Isis, 96 (103)

Saivâgama: Tantric in nature, 604 fn., 605, 615 and Tattvas, 611 fn.

Saktis, synonymous with “Sons of Fohat,” 620

Sala, George Augustus Henry (1828-1895), on Promethean Vultures, 70; biogr., 778

Salamanders: fire elementals, 190 alliance with man needed for immortality, 192

Salpêtrière, experiments of Charcot in, 295

Salvation Army, 348

Samadhi: or Manteia, 560 and life-currents of Jiva, 616

Samkarâchârya: as Teacher, 344 not founder of Vedanta, 344 & fn. interpreter of Upanishads, 344 fn., 346 nicknamed “disguised Buddhist.” 345 considered an incarnation of Siva, 346

Sand, of Pineal Gland, 618-619

Sanhedrin, 35, 385

Samhilâs, and Brâhmanas compared to Upanishads, 346 fn.

Sânkhya, 343 fn.

San Leo, Castle of, & Cagliostro, 87

Sant’ Angelo, Castle, & Cagliostro, 88

Sanskrit, literature pandit-schools, 306

Sapta Dvipas, or Seven Sacred Islands, 173(183) fn.

Saptaparna, and the seven brains, 694

Saracens, and slave trade, 266-67 & fn.

844 Satan: rebellious angel, 47 both, & God in man himself, 47 grandiose, of Milton, Byron & Victor Hugo, 47 et seq. anthropomorphized by Milton, 48 as “adversary,” 48, 49 called the “Great Disinherited” by Michelet, 48 “The Mephisto” of Goethe & Ahriman of Byron, 48-49 as Chaotic matter, 49 as Cosmic Anarchist, 50 salvation of, in his abyss of despair, 50 the ideal synthesis of discord, 51 divine spark in, 51 incarnate Protest, 51 Host of, according to Roman Church, 205 “Horns” of, in Kabalistic symbolism, 623 “immortal in,” meaning, 637 coalescing with, 639-640

Sattva, Rajas, Tamas, Diagram I

Saturday Review, and maltreatment of circus children, 286

Saturninus (end of 1st cent.), 570-579

Satyrs, and Fauns of “Summerland,” 194 fn.

Savages, sparks of truth in fetishism of, 347

Savalette de Lange (d. 1788): treasurer of Lodge of Philalethes, 82 left MSS. to Masons, 84 fn. biogr., 778

Saviours, never dream of posing as Messiahs, 262

Schiller, J. C. Friedrich von (1759-1805), admired Cagliostro, 79

Schweinfurt, Rev. Missionary, 348

Science: progress of, 29, 41, 115, 217-219, 315-316, 388 Natural, on God & Universe, 56-57, 352 truths accepted by, 56, 124, 350 the Didymi of, 111, 354 conceit of exact, 111, 217-219, 352, 359, 388 self-doomed by acceptance of only five senses, 115, 135 dogmatism of, 123, 133 true vs. pseudo, 124 Materialistic, and Spiritualism, 124-125, 198 needs more “scientific imagination,” 133 rejects idea of life-principle, 134, 355, 410 ignorant of how matter is formed, 135, 354-358 and superstitions of the Hindus, 143-144 “Wand of,” 199 uses theurgic magic under new names, 214 considers Paracelsus a “quack,” 215 French Academy of, condemns Mesmerism, 218 charlatanry in modern, 219 and The Secret Doctrine, 234, 265 on electricity, light & heat, 265 marriage of, and religion, 307 Theosophy and modern, 350 et seq. overstepping its legitimate realm, 350-351 analytical method of, 359-360 pre-Christian compared to modern, 390 research of applied, 390 on atoms, 410

Scientific: charlatans, 219, 225-26, 265 abuse of Nature’s forces, 226 claims, 317 845speculations on fakirs, 321-27 and gravity, 327 fn.

Scot’s Observer, on Tolstoy, 243, 245, 249

Secrecy, why required, 600 et seq.

Secret knowledge, Eastern, and XXth century, 596

Secularism, and Annie Besant, 296

Sedecla, witch or wise-woman, 312

Seer(s): Higher Ego is the, 367 noëtic & terrestrial, 371 how to become a true, 371-72 seeing stars in aura, 678

Seeress of Prevorst (act. Friederike Hauffe, 1801-1829), visions of the, 372

Seership: not mediumship, 371 condition of true, 371-72

Self: personal I or, 47, 367 sacrifice of one’s, for others, 61-62, 450 as Master of the body, 62 Alaya’s, 114 permanence of the Higher, 296, 365 lower, imagines itself the only, 366 Higher, & its alter ego, 367 —knowledge, 450

Self-consciousness: as embodiment of universal mind, 137, 365 no physical basis for, 353 Ladd on unifying actus of, 353 proceeds from higher Manas, 353 and will, 357 or Vikära, 630

Selfishness: a conventional conspiracy, 34 rebel against Nature, 68 cause of all sin & sorrow, 538

Semiramis, hanging gardens of, 310

Senses: limitations of, 115, 135, 139 vibratory motions of, 139, 399 sixth & seventh to be developed, 412, 618 consciousness is independent of, 414 spiritual, 528 seven physical, & their correspondences, 532 every, pervades every other, 672 and colors discussed, 686 differentiation of, 691

Sensible, of Plato, 553

Separateness, heresy of, 366, 407

Sephiroth: as Voices, 545 the seven physical planets as lower, 546

Sermon on the Mount: talk & theory, 294 practical application of, 316 a Utopia, 349

Serpent: —Satan as Church dogma, 270 and Adept’s will, 373-74 brazen, of Moses, 373 as dual current of earth’s astral fire, 373-74 of caduceus & tau, 373 as generative lihga, 374

Seven: mysterious number, 68 and sphere of fixed stars, 68 sacred islands, 173 (183) fn.

Sevenfold, classification of colors and rays, 567

Sevigne, Marie, born de Rebutin-Chantal, Marquise de (1626-1696), mediumistic authoress, 193

Sexual: Grant Allen on, selection, 251-55 selection essential bestial, 254 exaltation is man’s ruin, 258 846freedom & spiritualistic affinities, 258 serfdom, 282-83 worship as degradation of ancient symbolism, 519-20 organs evolved to perform sex functions, 520 creative power not natural, 700 action & celibacy, 702

Sforza, Count Giovanni (1846-1922), published fragments about last years of Cagliostro, 84 & fn.; biogr., 778

el-Shaddai, the Almighty, 73

Shad-Darsana, the six schools of Indian philosophy, 343 fn.

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), Henry VI, on genius, 14

–Macbeth, on life’s emptiness, 391

Shamil, and Gen. Yermolov’s actions, 228, 230 & fn.

Shelley, Percy B. (1792-1822), Queen Mab, q. 465

Sheol, in Jewish theology, 73

Shiloh, daughters of, 278

Shin-gon, sect of Japanese Buddhism, 301

Siberia, political prisoners in, 279, 281 fn.

Siddhis, of Yogi, 325

Side, light and dark, in everything, 603

Sight-Devas, and Rasâtala, 666, 684

Silent Watcher, 659

Simon Magus: teachings of, examined, 552 et seq. available sources concerning (Compiler’s Note), 571-73

–The Great Revelation, q. 554 et seq., 573

Simonin, A. E. (1822-?), Solution du problème de la suggestion, etc;, on hypnotism & magnetism, 220 & fn.

Sinistrari, Father, 194 fn.

Sinnett, Alfred Percy (1840-1921): intellectual grasp of teachings, 241 fn. on H.P.B.’s Advisory Council, 264

Pres. London Lodge, 264

–Esoteric Buddhism: and the seven principles, 526, 546 incomplete hypotheses in, 622 should be compared to E.S. Instructions for clarification, 622 rf., 28, 633 fn.

–The Mahatma Letters: originals in British Library, 240 fn. Mahâ-Chohan’s Letter not included in, 240 fn. on London “Inner Group,” 479 fn. on light & sound, 578 fn.

–The Occult World, rf. 633

Siva: exoteric rite borrowed by Israelites, 94 (101) God of destruction, 94 (101), 149 term defined, 149 fn. and Hindu Trinity, 149-50 as Mahâyogin of India, 346 Samkarâchârya as avatâra of, 346 “Eye” of, 496

Skandhas: nothing can be lost from record of the, 415 and survival of Kâma-rüpa, 609 fn.

Skepticism: compared to superstition, 21 swept 18th century, 120

Slaves, Slavery: not peculiar to Venice, 267 fn. exportation to Ireland, 267 fn. 847 of wives to husbands, 283-85 of blacks to whites, 286 to things & social vices, 311

Smith, Adolphe, on exiles, 281

Smith, Joseph (1805-1844), zeal of, 257

Smith, Sydney (1771-1845), Popish ritualism described by, 319

Smollett, Tobias (1721-71), quoted, 78

Société Théosophique (Paris), conspirators amidst, 377-79 (379-81)

Society: abasement & corruption of, 34-43 code of our pharisaical, 384

Society for Psychical Research (London): false charges of, & their impact, 163 treachery of, 294 sycophancy of, to science, 294 attacks H.P.B., 378 (380)

Socrates (469?-399 B.c.): as a martyr, 30 and concealed wisdom, 314

Sol, or sun, 54

Solomon, depicts life as trial, 391

Solovyov, Vladimir S. (1853-1900): reviews The Key, 334 distorts Theosophy, 335-49 on Vedânta, 344

Solovyov, Vsevolod S. (1849-1903): attacks H.P.B.’s character, 334-35

Soma, Soma-drinker & the moon, 203

Soma pneumatikon, spiritual body, 202

Soma psychikon, astral body, 202

Sommering, S. T. von (1755-1830), De acervulo cerebri, on pineal gland, 618, 779

Soothsayers, are no longer believed in, 385-386

Sophia: applied both to abstract & concrete things, 311 noetic, 312 divine, vs. modern science, 320

Sophists, of modern era, 312

Sophocles (ca. 496-406 B.C.), Oedipus at Colonus, on man’s fate, 390

Sorcerers: and female jinni of Mussulman, 192 fn. new moon rites of, 204 amateur hypnotists becoming, 222, 225

Sorcery, ancient psychology on, 225

Soul (s): “tidal wave of deeper,” 1 must rise above passion, 31-32 immortality of, witnessed by Spiritualists, 124-125 and modern physiologists, 351-352 cannot be discovered in dissecting room, 359 Mind distinguished from, 364 and nephesh or sentient life, 364 idiot is not. less, 364 Higher noetic, of man, 365 Dynamics, 374 alone perceives itself, 453 possibility of loosing one’s, 599 the “awful doctrine” of annihilation of, 622 “second death” of the, 625-626, 628 “harvest of life” impressed on higher Ego after death, 626 triumphs over Dragon of Flesh, 627 term applies either to Human or “Animal.” 628, 629 Universal Intelligence or Mahat, 629 848“—eclipse”, 632-633 Jiva or Lingadeha in exoteric Raja-Yoga, 633 in.

Soulless: immediate incarnation for the debauched, 635 men & women, 606 definition of term, 628-33 and mind as half-animal principle, 637 two kinds of, beings, 638 last appeal of the, 638 avoiding the path of the, 639-41

Sound: substratum of Kosmic Motion, 355 and Universal Àkâsa, 361 color & number & Tetraktys, 519 in visible world awakens sound in invisible realms, 535 roots of, & color, 568 the only attribute of Akâsa, 611 audible, as subjective color, 620-21

Southcote, Joanna (1750-1814), hallucination of, 257; biogr., 779

Space: time & motion as extensions of consciousness, 140-41 absolute, 168 (177) limitless, time & motion, 414 same as Plërôma, 570 plastic, though invisible, sound & color, 620

Sparsa-Devas, and Karatala, 665

Speech: right, a condition of Practical Theosophy, 213 freedom of, 388

Spell, cast or transmitted in hypnotism, 395-396

Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903): on public whipping of women, 284 the Unknowable of, 295 scientific philosophy of, 351

Spinal column, and symbolism of knotted Brahman rods, 701

Spinal Cord (s): and memory, 368 spiritual ideas & brain action, 369 two, in next Round, 700 two merge into one in 7th RootRace, 700 puts into connection the brain & generative organs, 702

Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677), requires years of study, 235

Spirit: awakening in man, 1-4, 121-22 long-exiled, 4, 16, 122 genius lit by, 14 divine, imprisoned, 16, 54 regeneration of, in alchemy, 53-54 vs. matter, 122

Spirits: earthly affinities of, 193-94 empty, senseless shells, 195 fn. so-called wisdom of, 195-96 and spiritists, 196, 208 real holy, do not visit séances, 198, 307 and spirit letters, 208-11

Spiritual: change in century’s closing cycle, 1-3 monad, 58 Hosts of intra-Kosmic beings, 200 faculties of the soul, 364 twelve classes of, beings in solar system, 643, et seq. consciousness & the heart, 694 et seq.

Spiritualism: vs. materialism, 122 revival of, in 19th century, 123 as revival of Demonology & witchcraft, 197 unwritten history of, 258

849 Spiritualists: higher classes become ardent, 122 rebellion of, against science, 123 eminent men who were, 124 fn. Roman Church and, 205, 210 mistake Kama-Rupa for “spirits of the departed,” 633

Spleen: cells of, subservient to the “personal” mind, 370 related to lihga-sarira, 693, 699 and liver represent Quaternary, 694 liver & stomach, 699 medium & vehicle of Prana, 699

Sraddha, ceremony of, described, 170 (180) fn.

Srotapanna, must avoid premature slaying of Antaskarana, 634

Stallo, John Bernhard (1823-1900), Concepts of Modern Science, 411

Stanton, Mrs., on priesthood and women, 269

Stars: as “tears of the gods,” 382 seen by seers in aura, 678

States: interblending, & occult facts, 677 higher, should be striven for, 687

Stead, William Thomas (1849-1912), q. 281

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894), Strange Case, etc., as allegory of the “Dweller,” 636

Stewart, Dugald (1753-1828), on imagination, 133-134

Sthula-sarira, nature of, 694, 703-704

Stomach: passional organ, 367 memory of the, 370 liver & spleen, 699

Stone: allegorical in alchemy, 54 of Siva, 101 phallic ceremony pouring oil on, 94 (101) “Bethel,” of Hebrews, 94 (101) talismans made of, 382

Strabo (63? B.c.-after 21 a.d.): on therapeutic cures of Serapis, 222

Sturdy, Edward Toronto (1860-1957), selected for H.P.B.’s Advisory Council, 264

Subba Row, T. (1856-1890): criticism by, & its meaning, 526 took advantage of H.P.B.’s enforced silence, 605 proposed Committee to transmit È.S. teachings to London Lodge, 479

Substance, inconceivable without force, 413

Succubus: and incubus, 194 & fn., 197 Apollonius delivers friend from a, 197

Sue, Marie Joseph, called Eugène (1804-1857), Mystères de Paris, on the habits of the French portier, 100 fn.

Süfïism, source of Mohammedan, 347 fn.

Suggestion: once termed animal magnetism, 214 experiments in, 227 spoken, contrasted to thought, 402 dangers of, 402 applied to bad habits, 402

Sun: central Spiritual, 45 transcendent red of the, 53 day of the “conquering” 76 fn. Janus as janitor to the, 93 (99) 850dances misconstrued as phallic, 278 and Neptune, 292 heliocentric system of, & Lactantius, 311 as astrological substitute for intra-Mercurial planet, 546 triple physical, whose reflection only we see, 546 true color of, is blue, 548 fn. corresponds to Higher Ego, 709 effect of, on man connected with Kama-Prana, 711

Sunahsepa: legends about, 169 (178) et seq. reborn into Solar Race of Ayodhya, 176 (186)

Superconscious, mental experience, 367

Supersensible, worlds of man’s spiritual and rational faculties, 364

Superstition: discussed, 21-22 and skepticism, 22 soothsaying now considered, 385

Surya, the Sun, 175 (185)

Suryavansa, descendant of Solar Race, 170 (180)

Sushumna, Ida and Pingala, 616, 701-702

Suspicion, dangerous guest to harbour, 510

Svabhavas, as solar forces, 579

Svabhavat, as All-Being on manifested plane, 543

Swami Bhaskara Hand Sarasvati, “Some Customs of Aryavarta,” 419

Swans: great men compared to, 105 symbol of Brahm & cycles, 105-06

Svara: Hindu occult dictum on, 355 is spirit itself, 355 current of the life-wave is, 356 Râma Prasad on, 356 & fn. or Maheshwara, 356 fn. defined, 615

Svizzero, Father, monk condemned as conspirator with Cagliostro, 85, 87

Swedenborg, Emmanuel (1688-1772), visions tainted by theological conceptions, 211

Sylphs, become immortal if wedded to a sage, 192-93

Sympathetic System: discussed, 700-01 played on by Tântrikas, 701

Syzygies, of Simon Magus, 553

T

Tad (That), as Rootless Root, 524-25

Talas: Lokas & states of consciousness, 664 et seq., 670-72,680 etseq. and human senses, 666-67

Talismans, possessing virtues of ruling planets, 382

Talmud: calendar of, and Roman calendar, 72 month of Tishri in, 72 Judaism & fanaticism, 273 ritualism of, 274-75

Tânhim, Elementals, 609-10, 649 et seq., 704, 708

Tanmâtras: rudimentary atoms, 631 & fn. lower manas must paralyze the, 631

Tannaims, initiates, 345, 534

Tântras: and Râma Prasad’s book, 604 should be read esoterically, 605 606 dangerous when used selfishly, 606

Tântrikas, mystic beliefs of, & Yogis, 144, 145 , 616

851 Taraka-Raja-Yogins: and lost Upanishads, 345 in. and Nadis, 701

Tattvas: physical senses and, 19 seven, & correspondences to the seven Prakritis, 605 doctrine of seven, forgotten in India, 605 H.P.B. ordered to teach doctrine of seven, exoterically, 605 correlation & nature of, discussed, 611 et seq. esoteric Tantric table of, 614, 621

Teacher: office of, defined, 593 mission of esoteric, 601

Tejas, only Tattva colored correctly in Tantric studies, 622

Telepathic, impact of the S.P.R., 324

Templars, Baphomet of the, 374

Temple, Sir Richard (1826-1902), probing child abuse, 287

Temptations, role of Lower Manas in, 692

Tennyson, Alfred Lord (1809-1892), Theosophical inspiration in poems of, 130-31

–Demeter, etc., quoting from The Ring, 130

–In Memoriam, q. 432, 473

–Locksley Hall, q. 120, 266

Tertullian, Quintus S. F. (160?-230?) denounces women, 269 on Simon Magus, 571

Teste, Dr. A., on compromising truth, 226

Tetraktys: and musical scale, 519 and Aum, 520

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863), born between two tidal waves of human thought, 6

Theodoretus, Bishop of Cyrrhus (ca. 386-453 a.d.), on Simon Magus, 572

Theophany, obliterated by Church persecution, 215

Theosophia, or Wisdom, 320

Theosophical Forum, The (Point Loma, Calif.), art. by J. H. Fussell on later E.S. Instructions, 653

Theosophical Movement: open to all classes, 60 sacrifice for the, 61 and Spiritualism, 128 forces impeding the, 158 a necessity of the age, 295

Theosophical Publishing Society (London), 299

Theosophical Siftings, art. by Dr. F. Hartmann, 237

Theosophical Society: advent of, an imperious necessity, 33 motto at Headquarters, 61, 351 British Section, convention greetings, 116 ushered in by Spiritualistic movement, 127 the “Christo—”, 131-132 H.P.B. urges unity & solidarity in, 154 work is for Humanity, 156 strife & intrigue against H.P.B. by Adyar, 158-164 founded in New York & transplanted to India, 160, 303 not in vain, 159-160, 293, 299 formation of Esoteric Section in, 165 rules of the European Headquarters, 212-213, 331 H.P.B. proclaimed president of European, 263, 330-331 scope of Presidential functions in, 263-264 on the three objects of, 293-294, 302-308 852Irving Place coterie of founders, 293 called the Royal Asiatic Soc. plus philanthropy, 294 denunciation of, by Spiritualists, 297 chartered branches in the U.S., 297 fn. growth is worldwide, despite S.P.R. attacks, 298 Publication Fund, 299 Stockholm branch, 299 Madras headquarters, 299 annual convention of 1882, 305 National Congress (India) modelled upon, conventions, 305 influence in Ceylon, 305 revitalized interest in Samkaracharya, 307 British Section, 330 contributions remain voluntary, 331 vindication for founders of the, 375-376 letter to members in French, 377-79 (379-81) placing, on safe side of spiritual current, 418 in France, 377-79(379-81) and the E.S., 479-480 Preliminary Memorandums for the E.S., 488-511 has failed to achieve “Universal Brotherhood,” 489 a call on the “elect,” to restore the, to original lines, 490 no earthly forces can destroy the, 587-588 results of possible fall of, in America, 596

Theosophist(s): definition of a, 28, 303, 319-320, 508 does not hate Christianity, 28, 385 nicknamed “sevening lunatics,” 75 and search for truths, 90, 115, 235, 261, 303, 317, 319 compared to Scientist, 115, 317, 350 Silent Brotherhood of truth seekers and, 125-126 H.P.B. urges, to support President-Founder, 167 Neo-Platonic & medieval, attest to Elementáis, 197 earnest, devoted to unveiling the “Secret” teachings, 235 becomes the most humble, silent and guarded of men, 262 seeks after divine wisdom, 303-304, 312 cannot be bigots, 304, 317 values freedom of thought, 317-319 and glamour phenomena, 326-327 H.P.B.’s letter to European, 329-330 misrepresented as “Atheists” and “Neo-Buddhists,” 336 defended by H.P.B., 338-341, 348 may be Christians, Jews, Brahmans, Buddhists, Parsis, Mussulmans, even Atheists, 341, 349 on, who favor subservience to Science, 350 should refuse to pander to physical science, 351 Judases amidst, 379 (381) called infidels and “wretched atheists,” 385 true, must be an altruist, 417, 508 duties of a, 418

Theosophist, The (Adyar): on H.P.B.’s appointment of H. S. Olcott as Asian E.S. representative, 89 harsh aspersions protested, 117-119 853 founder-editor clarifies delegation of Col. Olcott’s authority for, 117-119 “The Elixir of Life,” in, 202 fn. on Adyar library, 301 fn. referred to, 604 & fn., 607 fn., 615 fn., 622 fn. “Fragments of Occult Truth” in, 622 fn., 639 “The Real and the Unreal,” 631 fn. on Occult Doctrine of the “Dweller,” 637-638 Notes on Éliphas Lévi’s “Death and Satan” in, 638 fn.

Theosophy: esoteric interpretation of, 21 on the “race track,” 23 and Christianity, 27-28, 295296 living power, 28 divine teaching of all ages, 39 fear of death and, 71 ideals of, distorted, 77, 339 revival of pre-historic, 123 renaissance of ancient Spiritualism, 123 provided rationale of mediumistic phenomena, 127-128 accused of adoring monsters and chimaeras, 128 ethics of, more valuable than psychism, 156 Rules of Practical, 213 explains Yermoloff’s vision, 232-233 true reformer and deliverer of our time, 261 declares Christ within, 261 not an ephemeron, 292-293, 298-299 travesties and triumphs of, 293 interest in, shows despair of Christendom, 295 aims at uniting religious quest for Higher Self, 296 “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of,” 299 literary growth of, 299 universal solvent, 308 goal of, 308 cannot be uprooted, 320 is not “Neo-Buddhism,” 339 has no man-made dogmas, 341 fn. as Wisdom-Religion, 347 Pledge to actively engage in, 506, 510-511 permits no aggressive defense, 595 demands active interest in welfare of a brother, 595 popularization of, by cheap publications, 596 as Divine Science, 599

Theurgy: of archaic tradition, 214-15 and antediluvian mesmerism, 215, 216 mesmerism as a secret of, 216-17 and magic, 559-60

Third Eye: or “Eye of Siva,” 496 nature of, 545

Thory, C. A. (1757-1827), Acta Latomorum, etc., 82

Thoth-Hermes, January 4th sacred to, 76

Thought: “substance,” not the Astral Light, 58 supersensuous, 367 every, recorded, 415 arises before desire, 692

Time: spacial extension and, 140-41 abstract motion in, 414

Tindall, A. F., occult investigator on Adepts, 31

Tishri: historical data about, 72-73 Day of Judgement on, 73

854 Tobacco: moderate use not prohibited in E.S. 496, 685

Throwing, outward of everything latent in the Probationer, 515

Tols, pandit-schools of Sanskrit literature, 306

Tolstoy, Count Leo (1828-1910): no foreign translator can do justice to, 9 religious mysticism of his tales, 9-10 a “sign of the times,” 126 psycho-spiritual evolution of, 126-127 satirized Spiritualism, 127 a mystic rather than Orthodox Christian, 127 visited Raskolniki (dissenters) and religious hermitages, 127 denounced by English and American press, 243, 244 greatest psychologist of this century, 243 criticized for views on marriage, 245-246

–Wherein is Love, etc., 9

–God is in Right, etc., 9-10

–How a Devil’s Imp Redeemed his loaf, etc., trans., 10-13

–Cossacks & Family Happiness, 126-127

–Anna Karenina, 126-127, 243

–Confessions, 126-127

–The Kreutzer Sonata: called a purient book, 243, 255 quoted, 243, 245, 246, 247, 387

–Death of Ivan llyitch, 243

Tract Mailing Scheme, praised by H.P.B., 152

Trance: Gen. Yermolov’s, 231-33 condition & colors, 565 difference between self-induced & hypnotic state, 565

Trans-Himalayan School, and the Nadis, 616

Transmigration, no reason for cruelty to animals, 238

Transmission, of auric fluid in hypnotism, 395-96

Tree: of Knowledge is One, 234 of Life as the eternal Monad, 630 symbolism of, 702

Triad: in the Book of the Dead, 626 Higher, & lower Quaternary, 691-92

Tridandas, triple-knotted bamboo rod, 701

Trideni, medula oblongata, Ida and Pingala, 700

Trimurti: as a symbol of material Universe, 149-50 creative aspect of, 411

Tripitakas, 341

Truth(s): tempered by enthusiasm, 196 as Tree of Knowledge, 234 source of early religions, 234 contempt for, in our age, 310 no religion higher than, 419, 428 pursuit of, for its own sake, 315, 316 Universal, 247 enemies to be defeated by, alone, 595

Tserteleff, Prince D. N., 335

“Try,” as the battle-cry, 505

Tukaram Tatya, priceless work of, 159, 299

Turiya, state, def., 711

Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett (1832-1917), on animism, 351 fn., biogr., 780

855 Tyndall, John (1820-1893): and scientific imagination, 134 confused about metaphysics, 134 and the “Unknowable,” 295,409 on chasm between mind & matter, 409

U

“Umbilical Cord, has nothing to do with soul, 328

Unconscious, cerebration, 416

Undines: and elementáis, 190 immortality of, through man, 192

“Unitarianism,” of the Adwaita school, 344 fn.

Unity, and solidarity can carry Theosophy into next century, 154

Universal: Mind needs no organ of transmission, 137, 414-15 Deity or Divine Ideation, 137 Mind, or Atman, 149 Brotherhood & practice thereof, 152, 332, 418-19 Theosophy is, 156 Soul, or Alaya-Mahat, 313 pure ray of, principle, 347 Ego, the only real “I,” 407 Mind, returns to its parentsource, 415 memory, 415-16 Brotherhood, the innermost goal of T.S., 418-19

Universal Review: quoted, 249, 250-51, 252, 254, 255, 316 fn. circular to M.P.’s, 282

Universal Spirit, the shadow of Paramatman, 623

Universe: no separate “I” in, 407, 409-11 atomic composition of, 409 negative & positive poles of, 409 or Macrocosm, 410 as illusion, 411

University of Jena, and Letters of Lavater, 207

Upadhi, def., 692 & fn.

Upanishads: and Darsanas preserved in spite of assaults, 159 need a key for understanding, 341, 342, 345 and Samkaracharya, 344 & fn. esoteric doctrine of, 345 once numbered one-hundred & fifty, 345 fn. concealed by Brahmanas, 345 fn. Vedanta provides key to, 345 fn. lead to spiritual liberation, 346 compared to Kabbalah, 346 no Brahmanical exclusiveness in, 346 fn. all the secret sciences are within, 347 compared to Phaedrus, 347 fn. exact science in the, 363

Uranus, discovery of Neptune related to, 292

Urdhvasrotas, variety of beings stemming from the third creation, 187 & fn.

Uterus: and universal matrix, 521-24 potent object in Black Magic, 524 fn.

Utopia, cannot occur under our modern Levites, 52

Uttara Mimamsa, School of Vyasa later became Vedanta, 343 & fn. 343 fn.

V

Vahan, The (London), meaning & scope, 417

Vaikrita, or Padma creation, 187

856 Vairajas, fiery Egos from other manvantaras, 672

Vaiseshika, 343 fn.

Vaivasvata, of Solar Race, founder of Ayodhya, 170 (180)

Vakya Sudha, term in Raja Yoga, 54

Valentinus, and sources of information about, 570, 580

Vampire: —bride, or succubus, 197 may be conscious or not of being a, 396

Vampirism: and auric fluid, 396 blind & mechanical process, 396 as black magic, 396-97

Vandals, Roundheads & Puritans, 4

Vanity Fair, considered Tolstoy an extremist, 243-44

Varuna: meaning of & comparison with Greek Ouranos and Zeus, 170 (180) fn. and Ambarisha, 171 (181) cannot harm an Aranyaka, 172 (182) and Varuni, 173 (184) & fn.

Vatican, the non-possumus of, 221

Vates, soothsayer & theurgy, 559

Vayu, corresponds to Lower Manas, 622

Vedanta: gives key to Upanishads, 342, 344, 345 fn. Dvaita dualistic school of, 343 and Madhavacharya, 343 stems from Uttara Mimamsa misrepresented by Solovyov, 343-44 definition of, 344 hidden MSS, in asramas of India, 345 fn. on Absolute Mind & its rays as Universal Mind, 412 teaching of, on Parabrahman, 630 compared to Râja-Yoga, 634

Vedas: gods of, 201-02 key to the crores of gods in, 202 same eternal truths as in Bible, 341 and Vedânta, 344 derivation of term, 344 fn. Rig—, ascribed to a god, 344 fn.

Vegetarian, diet and occultism, 496

Venice, slave trade in, 267 & fn.

Ventura di Raulica, Cardinal Gioacchino (1792-1861), on Serpent-Satan dogma of Church, 270

Venus, doves of, 95 (101)

Vibrations: of molecules analyzed, 359, 399-400 harmony of, 360, 399 effects of operator’s in hypnotism, 395-400 and enduced hypnosis, 400 rate of, in metals, woods, crystals, etc., 400 cerebral molecules change their rate in hypnotism, 400-401 “sensitive flame” experiment in, 401 shattering of glass via tonal, 401 septenary and limited gradations, 563 as wave-lengths of various colors,566 (table)

Vikâra, or Self-Consciousness, 630

Villars, Abbé Nicolas P. H. de Montfaucon de (1635-1673), Le Comte de Gabalis, etc., satirized elementáis & asserted existence of rational creatures besides men, 189 et seq., 190-91, 711, 780

857 Virgil (70-19 b.c.), Aeneid, q. 197 & in.

Virtue: for virtue’s sake, 240 of mental & moral chastity, 245 of purity in all Messiahs, 260

Visishtadwaita, sect of Vedanta, 344 fn.

Vishnu: term defined, 749 fn. part of Hindu Trinity, 149-50, 168 five fundamental titles of, 149-50 during Nights of Brahma, 168 (177) worshipped by Madhavacharya, 343

Vishnu-Parana: version of “The Blue Lotus” legend in, 169 (178) fn. on the ambrosia of the Gods, 187 fn. on future moral decay, 386 describes evils of Kali-Yuga, 386 fn. on women becoming mere objects, 387 on Meru, 521 on Prakritis, 605

Visions: Higher Ego as Seer of, 367 noetic compared to psychic, 371 mystic, through yogic state, 372 due to extreme exhaustion, 372 in astral light often deceptive, 528

Visvamitra, and Sunahsepa, 173-75 (184-86)

Vivisection: soulless, of both animals & men, 222 sorcery of, & hypnotism, 225

Vitality: drawn by osmosis in vampirism, 396 of operator in mesmerism, 396, 397 too much, can kill, 397

Voices, as Sephïrôth, 545

Voodoo, sexual restrictions of, 191 fn.

Vyâsa (ca. 1400 B.C.), the Vedas & the Vedanta, 343 fn., 344 fn.

W

Wachtmeister, Countess Constance (1838-1910): programs arranged by, 59-63 and the Theosophical Publishing Society, 59 fn.

Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). predicts the knell of Darwinism, 316-317

Ward, Artemas (1727-1800), on public tastes & prejudices, 318

Warning, about strange law in occultism, 515-16

Wealth, alone confers rank today, 386, 387

Watts, Isaac (1674-1748), on censorious nature of the dogmatist, 272

Week, days of, & rulership of planets, 535, 536-37, Diagram II

Weichselbaum, Anton (18451920), and influenza, 107

Weismann, August (1834-1914), not far from truth, 704

Wengel, Dr., on pineal gland sand, 619

Western: culture compared with Eastern, 266-79 and Aryan esoteric doctrines, 295 Orientalists, 303

Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner (1797-1875), on status of Egyptain women, 270

858 Will: no exterior, recognized in outside “Being,” 32 manifested and latent, 119 observation of our, by inner sense, 147, 352 key to consciousness, 147, 352 wrong to compel another’s, 210 free, and conservation of energy, 357-358 on “illusion of free will,” 361362 and the invisible Free-Wilier, 362 animalistic to view, as an hallucination, 363

—vibrations in hypnotism, 395 use of, in healing compared to vampirism, 396 and desire, 451, 452, 702 and Astral Body, 617, 619 Manasic, and Kama, 709 behind consciousness, 712

Wilson, H. H., See Vishnu-Purana.

Wine, prohibited for esotericist, 496

Wisdom: Divine, or Amun, 15-16, 315, 369 hidden,, 16, 315 “Religion” of early mankind, 234 of antiquity, not inferior to today’s, 309-320 Hokhmah or Sophia equivalents to, 311 both divine and terrestrial, 311, 314, 319 Western world accepts only psychic, 314 profane and sacred, 314-315 and truth are synonymous, 316 “terrestrial, psychic, devilish,” 317, 339, 366, 369 vs. worldly policy, 317-318 light of the “ancient,” 320 or Theosophia, 320 Bodhi and Sophia are synonymous, 339 dual aspects of, 364-369 alone satisfies man, 392

Witches: sexual renunciation of, 191 fn. burning of, 266

Witchcraft, and Demonology revived by modern Spiritualism, 197

Wittgenstein, Prince Emile (1824-1878), New York Sun libels, & H.P.B., 333

Wizards: renounce marital rights, 191 fn. of the North compared with Indian jugglers, 325

Woman, role of, in alchemy & ancient Egypt, 533, See also Women.

Woman’s Franchise League: and women’s rights, 268, 272, 282

Womb: of woman & of nature & their correspondences, 523-24 symbolically interpreted by Simon Magus, 557 and foetal circulation, 557 fn.

Women(’s): carnal commerce with, renounced by sages, 191 views of Tolstoy on fallen, 247 transformation of, a fashion, 248 freedom of choice for, 248-249 protest against breeding of, 253, 255 Positivism on artificial fecundation of, 254 disability laws in England, 267 Christian compared to “heathen,” 267 Karma in our era, 268 priest-ridden and church-going, 268 degradation of, from pulpit, 268, 271 859of Ancient Egypt, 270 rights of, in ancient Greece and Rome, 271 enfranchisement of, 282 property and child custody laws in Russia, 283 treated as goods and chattels in England, 284-285, 378 prophecy from Puranas about, 387

Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (18381927), opposed to woman’s enthrallment, 257; biogr., 781

Word: made flesh, 366 and Divine Ideation, 611

Wordsworth, Wm. (1770-1850),

–“Toussaint,” 262

Working-Women’s Club, founded by T.S. in London, 306

World: —faiths & their kinship, 296 Elect of, 317-19 hypocritical, 320

XYZ

Yamabushi, fraternity, 301

Yermolov,Gen. Alexey Petrovich (1772-1861): last years of, 228-33 obituary notice q., 228-29 prediction about his life & death, 229-30 monumental tomb at Orel, 230 H.P.B. knew family of, 231 not approached by a “disembodied spirit,” 231-32 explanation of apparition & death prophecy, 231-33

Yoga: of Patanjali, 343 fn. “sitting for,” 604, 612-13

Yogi(s): Hindu & Tantrikas, 144, 145 Eastern, to be vindicated, 148 cannot arrest Karma, 161 antediluvian, 172 (182) or saintly devotees, 306, 325 jugglers imitate Siddhis of, 325 powers of, not hypnotism, 326-27 and Samkaracharya, 344-45 contemporary, & Asramas, 345 seven-knotted wand of, 701

Young, Brigham (1801-1877), zeal & martyrdom of, 257

Young, Edward (1683-1765), on angels as “men of a superior kind,” 200

Yugas, the Puranas on the, 386 fn.

Zend-Avesta, 341

Zhelihovsky, Vera Petrovna de (1835-1896), and H.P.B.’s article for Russian Review, 334

Zodiac: Twelve Signs of, & their correspondences with the ten orifices of the human body, 532 why ten Signs only, 533

Zohar: and Shimon ben-Yohai, 345 Bibliography of, 782-83

Zola, Emile (1840-1902): castigates vices of lower classes, 8, 242 works of, banned from England, 242 biogr., 784

–Nana, 242

–La Bete Humaine, 242

–La Terre, 242

Zoological, evolution explained, 56