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Amenti +

Esoterically and literally, the dwelling of the God Amen, or Amoun, or the “hidden”, secret god. Exoterically the kingdom of Osiris divided into fourteen parts, each of which was set aside for some purpose connected with the after state of the defunct. Among other things, in one of these was the Hall of Judgment. It was the “Land of the West”, the “Secret Dwelling”, the ''dark ''land, and the “doorless house”. But it was also ''Ker‐ noter'', the “abode of the gods”, and the “land of ghosts” like the “ Hades” of the Greeks (q.v.). It was also the “Good Father’s House” (in which there are “many mansions”). The fourteen divisions comprised, among many others, ''Aanroo ''(q.v.), the hall of the Two Truths, the Land of Bliss, ''Neter‐xev ''“the funeral (or burial) place” ''Otamer‐xev'', the “Silence‐loving Fields”, and also many other mystical halls and dwellings, one like the Sheol of the Hebrews, another like the Devachan of the Occultists, etc., etc. Out of the fifteen gates of the abode of Osiris, there were two chief ones, the “gate of entrance” or ''Rustu'', and the “gate of exit” (reincarnation) ''Amh''. But there was no room in Amenti to represent the orthodox Christian Hell. The worst of all was the Hall of the eternal Sleep and Darkness. As Lepsius has it, the defunct “sleep (therein) in ''incorruptible ''forms, they wake not to see their brethren, they recognize no longer father and mother, their hearts feel nought toward their wife and children. This is the dwelling of the god All‐Dead. . . . Each trembles to pray to him, for he hears not. Nobody can praise him, for he regards not those who adore him. Neither does he notice any offering brought to him.” This god is ''Karmic ''Decree; the land of Silence — the abode of those who die absolute disbelievers, those dead from accident before their allotted time, and finally the dead on the threshold of ''Avitchi'', which is never in Amenti or any other subjective state, save in one case, but on this land of forced re‐birth. These tarried not very long even in their state of heavy sleep, of oblivion and darkness, but, were carried more or less speedily toward ''Amh ''the “exit gate”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG).

American Journal of Science +

The oldest scientific journal in the United States, founded by Prof. B. Silliman in 1818. +

Amesha Spentas +

Amshaspends. The six angels or divine Forces personified as gods who attend upon Ahura Mazda, of which he is the synthesis and the seventh. They are one of the prototypes of the Roman Catholic “Seven Spirits” or Angels with Michael as chief, or the “Celestial Host”; the “ Seven Angels of the Presence”. They are the Builders, Cosmocratores, of the Gnostics and identical with the Seven Prajâpatis, the Sephiroth, etc. (q.v.). [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Amico, Francesco +

Italian Jesuit theologian. Began his novitiate, 1596. At first taught philosophy for some years, then occupied for 24 years the chair of theology at Aquila and at Naples, later at Graz and Vienna; after returning to Graz, he was for five years chancellor of the University (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#404|9:404]][[SMW::on]]). +

Amiot, Joseph-Maria +

French Jesuit missionary in China (1718-1793), a student of Chinese music, languages and culture. Much of his work was published in the ''Mémoires concernant l’histoire, les sciences, les arts… des Chinois''; he also compiled a Manchu-French dictionary. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#356|7:356]][[SMW::on]]). +

Amitabha +

The Chinese perversion of the Sanskrit ''Amrita Buddha'', or the “Immortal Enlightened”, a name of Gautama Buddha. The name has such variations as Amita, Abida, Amitâya, etc., and. is explained as meaning both “Boundless Age” and “Boundless Light”. The original conception of an impersonal divine light has been anthropomorphized with time [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ammianus Marcellinus +

Zirkoff's bibliography cites his ''History'' in the Loeb Classical Library. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#620|4:620]][[SMW::on]]). His ''History'' is cited in the Loeb Classical Library edition. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#356|7:356]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: History. Loeb Class. Library (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#404|9:404]][[SMW::on]]). +

Ammianus Marcellinus - Res Gestae +

[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] identifies the statement that silence as well as falsehood violates truth with book XXIX, I, 15. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Crucifixion of Man#275|BCW 9:275]]) +

Ammon +

One of the great gods of Egypt. Ammon or Amoun is far older than Amoun‐Ra, and is identified with Baal. Hammon, the Lord of Heaven. Amoun‐Ra was Ra the Spiritual Sun, the “Sun of Righteousness”, etc., for — “the Lord God is a Sun”. He is the God of Mystery and the hieroglyphics of his name are often reversed. He is Pan, All‐Nature esoterically, and therefore the universe, and the “Lord of Eternity”. Ra, as declared by an old inscription, was “begotten by Neith but not engendered”. He is called the “self‐ begotten” Ra,, and created goodness from a glance of his fiery eye, as Set‐Typhon created evil from his. As Ammon (also Amoun and Amen), Ra, he is “Lord of the worlds enthroned on the Sun’s disk and appears in the abyss of heaven”. A very ancient hymn spells the name ''“Amen‐ra”'', and hails the “Lord of the thrones of the earth...Lord of Truth, father of the gods, maker of man, creator of the beasts, Lord of Existence, Enlightener of the Earth, sailing in heaven in tranquillity. . . All hearts are softened at beholding thee, sovereign of life, health and strength We worship ''thy spirit who alone made us''”, etc., etc. (See Bonwick’s ''Egyptian Belief.'') Ammon Ra is called “his mother’s husband” and her son. (See “Chnourmis” and “Chnouphis” and also ''Secret Doctrine ''I, pp. 91 and It was to the “ram‐headed” god that the Jews sacrificed lambs, and the ''lamb ''of Christian theology is a disguised reminiscence of the ram [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ammonius Saccas +

A great and good philosopher who lived in Alexandria between the second and third centuries of our era, and who was the founder of the Neo‐ Platonic School of Philaletheians or “lovers of truth”. He was of poor birth and born of Christian parents, but endowed with such prominent, almost divine, goodness as to he called ''Theodidaktos, ''the “god‐taught”. He honoured that which was good in Christianity, but broke with it and the churches very early, being unable to find in it any superiority over the older religions. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ampère, André Marie +

French physicist and professor at the École Polytechnique; developed a mathematical account of electromagnetic phenomena and wrote ''Essai sur la philosophie des sciences'' (1838-1843). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#620|4:620]][[SMW::on]]). +

Amrita +

The ambrosial drink or food of the gods; the food giving immortality. The elixir of life churned out of the ocean of milk in the Purânic allegory. An old Vedic term applied to the sacred Soma juice in the Temple Mysteries [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Amulam Mulam +

Lit., the “rootless root” ; Mulâprakriti of the Vedantins the spiritual “root of nature” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Amun +

The Egyptian god of wisdom, who had only Initiates or Hierophants to serve him as priests [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul +

[[Elphinstone, Mountstuart|M. Elphinstone]]’s work on the kingdom of Caubul, published in 1815 and used by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Madame Blavatsky Protests#239|BCW 1:239]]). +

An Autobiography of A. P. Sinnett +

A typescript dated 3 June 1912, with additions of May 1916 and 2 January 1920, preserved in the London archives of the Mahatma Letters Trust. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)|BCW 3:xxix]]) (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxxi|4:xxxi]][[SMW::on]]) +

An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time +

A compilation from original authors, issued in London in twenty-one volumes, 1747-1754. De Zirkoff also records an edition dated 1736-1765. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#496|3:496]][[SMW::on]]). +

Ana +

The “invisible heaven”or Astral Light ; the heavenly mother of the terrestrial sea, ''Mar, ''whence probably the origin of ''Anna'', the mother of ''Mary'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anacalypsis +

Or an “Attempt to withdraw the veil of the Saitic Isis”, by Godfrey Higgins. This is a very valuable work, now only obtainable at extravagant prices; it treats of the origin of all myths, religions and mysteries, and displays an immense fund of classical erudition. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Anagamin +

''Anagam. ''One who is no longer to be reborn into the world of desire. One stage before becoming Arhat and ready for Nirvâna. The ''third ''of the four grades of holiness on the way to final Initiation [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +