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Gnanasakti +

The power of true knowledge, one of the seven great forces in Nature (''six, ''exoterically) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gnatha +

The Kosmic ''Ego''; the conscious, intelligent Soul of Kosmos [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gnomes +

The Rosicrucian name for the mineral and earth elementals [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gnomologia +

A collection of sayings published in London in 1732. Contains the saying that religion is the best armour but the worst cloak, without attribution to J. Bunyan; [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] used it as an epigraph under Bunyan’s name. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Is Theosophy a Religion#159|BCW 10:159]]) Compiled by the physician T. Fuller (1654–1734). ([https://history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/whats-gnomologia Royal College of Physicians]; [https://www.loc.gov/item/13021638/ Library of Congress: 1817 edition]) +

Gnosis +

Lit., “knowledge”. The technical term used by the schools of religious philosophy, both before and during the first centuries of so‐called Christianity, to denote the object of their enquiry. This Spiritual and Sacred Knowledge, the ''Gupta Vidya ''of the Hindus, could only be obtained by Initiation into Spiritual Mysteries of which the ceremonial “Mysteries” were a type [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gnosticism +

[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] describes it as a syncretistic philosophical and religious movement combining Babylonian, Jewish, Persian, Egyptian and Greek elements with early Christian teachings. Gnosis in this account means spiritual knowledge attained through mystical enlightenment rather than ordinary intellectual processes. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Introductory Notes to H.P.B.s Commentary on the Pistis Sophia#6|BCW 13:6-7]]) +

Gnostics +

The philosophers who formulated and taught the Gnôsis or Knowledge (''q.v''.). They flourished in the first three centuries of the Christian era: the following were eminent, Valentinus, Basilides, Marcion, Simon Magus, etc. [ w.w. w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gnypa +

The cavern watched by the dog Garm (''q.v''.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gnâna +

Knowledge as applied to the esoteric sciences [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Goblet d’Alviella, Eugène +

Belgian politician and historian of religions, professor at the Free University of Brussels. +

Godbole, Balaji Babaji +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol6|vol. 6]] (1884–1885). +

Godbole, Krishna Shastri +

Indian scholar and writer on Sanskrit and Marathi grammar, mathematics and astronomy. +

Godwin W. - Lives of the Necromancers +

[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] cites the London editions of 1834 and 1876 in explaining [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s reference. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Alchemy in the Nineteenth Century#537|BCW 11:537]]) +

Godwin, William +

Bibliographical references include: Lives of the Necromancers, 1834 & 1876 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#576|11:576]][[SMW::on]]). +

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von +

German poet, playwright and novelist, also active in the natural sciences. Author of ''Faust'' and ''The Sorrows of Young Werther''. Verses have not been identified (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#576|11:576]][[SMW::on]]). +

Gogard +

The Tree of Life in the ''Avesta.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gokhle, Raghunath Ramchandra +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol6|vol. 6]] (1884–1885). +

Gokhle, Vishnu Pant +

A nineteenth-century Marathi Hindu preacher and religious controversialist. He debated Christian missionaries and defended Hindu religious traditions. The autobiographical account printed in ''The Theosophist'' identifies its speaker as Vishnu Pant Gokhle. +

Golden Age +

The ancients divided the life cycle into the Golden, Silver, Bronze and Iron Ages. The Golden was an age of primeval purity, simplicity and general happiness [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Golden Legend +

A medieval collection of saints’ lives by Jacobus de Voragine, also known as Lombardica historia. The bibliography recommends Theodor Graesse’s Latin edition (Dresden, 1846) and Gustave Brunet’s French translation (Paris, 1843). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#532|2:532]][[SMW::on]]). +