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Fakir +

A Mussulman ascetic in India, a Mahometan “Yogi”. The name is often applied, though erroneously. to Hindu ascetics; for strictly speaking only [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Falb, Rudolf +

Scientist and writer (1838-1903), founder of the astronomical journal ''Sirius''. He proposed theories connecting solar and lunar influences with weather, earthquakes and volcanic activity. De Zirkoff notes that other scientists did not support these theories, while considering some of their ideas worthy of further study. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#507|3:507]][[SMW::on]]). +

Falk +

A Kabbalistic Jew, reputed to have worked “miracles”. Kenneth Mackenzie quotes in regard to him from the German annalist Archenoiz’ work on England (1788) : — “ There exists in London an extraordinary man who for thirty years has been celebrated in Kabbalistic records. He is named Caїn Chenul Falk. A certain Count de Rautzow, lately dead in the service of France, with the rank of Field‐Marshal, certifies that he has seen this Falk in Brunswick, and that evocations of spirits took place in the presence of credible witnesses.” These “spirits” were Elementals, whom Falk brought into view by the conjurations used by every Kabbalist. His son, Johann Friedrich Falk, likewise a Jew, was also a Kabbalist of repute, and was once the head of a Kabbalistic college in London. His occupation was that of a jeweller and appraiser of diamonds, and he was a wealthy man. To this day the mystic writings and rare Kabbalistic works bequeathed by him to a trustee may be perused in a certain half‐public library in London, by every genuine student of Occultism. Falk’s own writings are all still in MS., and some in cypher [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fama Fraternitatis +

A Rosicrucian manifesto printed together with the Universal Reformation of the World. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Real History of the Rosicrucians (review)#257|BCW 8:257]]) +

Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects +

The quotations concerning the Sun come from pp. 83–84 of the 1866 edition (Alexander Strahan, London and New York); some italic emphasis was added by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (1)#267|BCW 5:267]]) +

Farbauti +

A giant in the ''Edda''; lit., “the oarsman”; the father of Loki, whose mother was the giantess Laufey (leafy isle); a genealogy which makes W. S. W. Anson remark in ''Asgard and the Gods ''that probably the oarsman or Farbauti “was the giant who saved himself from the flood in a boat, and the latter (Laufey) the island to which he rowed” — which is an additional variation of the Deluge [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fargard +

A section or chapter of verses in the ''Vendidad ''of the Parsis [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fargus, Frederick John +

English novelist who published under the pen name Hugh Conway. +

Farhang-i-Jahangiri +

Persian lexicon compiled by Jamal al-Din Husain Inju, begun under Akbar in 1597 and completed under Jahangir in 1608; its introduction discusses Persian grammar. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#647|4:647]][[SMW::on]]). +

Faridunji, Naurozji +

Indian educator and social reformer (1817-1885), active in Bombay's educational, civic and Parsi reform initiatives. He served as Alexander Burnes's secretary and translator at Kabul in 1836 and later as interpreter of the Bombay High Court. The title ''Tareekh-i-Zurtoshte'', cited by Blavatsky, was not identified by de Zirkoff. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#508|3:508]][[SMW::on]]). +

Farrar, Frederic William +

Distinguished English divine. Early education in King William’s College, Castletown, Isle of Man. Entered King’s College, London, 1847, and Trinity College, Cambridge, 1851 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#436|8:436-437]][[SMW::on]]). +

Farvarshi +

The same as ''Ferouer'', or the opposite (as contrasted) double. The spiritual counterpart of the still more spiritual original. Thus, Ahriman is the ''Ferouer ''or the ''Farvarshi ''of Ormuzd — “''demon est deus inversus''” — Satan of God. Michael the Archangel, “he like god”, is a ''Ferouer ''of that god. A ''Farvarshi ''is the shadowy or dark side of a Deity — or its darker lining [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fauchet, Claude +

French magistrate and historian. Very little is known of his early life. Lived at Marseilles and gathered a very valuable collection of books and manuscripts which were partially destroyed in a popular uprising (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#574|11:574]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fauvety, Charles +

French writer, editor and political activist (1813-1894), associated with Saint-Simonianism, Éliphas Lévi and Proudhon. He joined the Theosophical Society about 1883 and edited the Bulletin Mensuel of the Société Scientifique d’Études Psychologiques, which published several articles by H. P. Blavatsky. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#528|2:528-529]][[SMW::on]]). Participated in the 1883 Paris controversy on occultism and Spiritualism. In Science et Théosophie, ou deux Civilizations en Présence, linked [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s work with a Saint-Simonian prophecy of a woman uniting East and West. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Note (1)#479|BCW 4:479-480]]) Published [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s letters of 17 April and 17 May 1883, although her letter to [[Courmes, Dominique Albert|D. A. Courmes]] of 17 July indicates that she had not intended them for publication. Her extensive defence of occultism appeared in his journal’s July issue with his response Aux Théosophes de l’Occultisme. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Explications Relatives a la Controverse Sur lOccultisme#1|BCW 5:1]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Theosophie et Spiritisme#6|BCW 5:6]]) +

Fawcett, Edward Douglas +

English novelist, poet and philosophical writer. Helped Bertram and Archibald Keightley prepare H. P. Blavatsky’s ''The Secret Doctrine'' for publication. Contributed to ''Lucifer'' and ''The Theosophist''. English philosopher and writer, son of E. Boyd Fawcett and Myra Macdougall (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#415|9:415-416]][[SMW::on]]). Visited [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] at Ostend around 21 January 1887. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.7)#xxviii|BCW 7:xxviii]]) Sailed with [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] from Marseilles aboard the Oxus on 29 December 1889; they reached Colombo on 16 January 1890. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.12)#xxiv|BCW 12:xxiv]]) +

Fa‐Hwa‐King +

A Chinese work on Cosmogony [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fechner, Gustav Theodor +

German experimental psychologist and philosopher (1801-1887), author of ''Elemente der Psychophysik'' (1860), which investigated quantitative relations between bodily and conscious processes. De Zirkoff also discusses his conception of an ensouled universe and cites the response to it in Letter IX of ''The Mahatma Letters''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#508|3:508]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fellger, Adolphus +

A well-known and respected physician in Philadelphia ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Philadelphia Fiasco, or Who is Who#59|BCW 1:59]]). +

Felt, George H. +

A New York engineer and architect, regarding whose life and career almost nothing seems to be known. He lectured on "The Lost Canon of Proportion of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans" at the gathering held on September 7, 1875, when the formation of the Theosophical Society was proposed; he continued the same subject Sept. 13th. For a short time he acted as Vice-President, but soon drifted out of the Society. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#463|1:463]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fenno, D. C. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol9|vol. 9]] (1887–1888). +