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Luria, Isaac ben Solomon +

*''Commentarius in librum Zeniutha. Tractatus de revolutionibus animarum''. Contained in the Second Volume of C. Knorr von Rosenroth's ''Kabbala Denudata'', Frankfurt, 1684. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#497|1:497]][[SMW::on]]). +

Luxor +

A compound word from ''lux ''(light) and ''aur'' (fire), thus meaning the “Light of (divine) Fire.” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Luxor, Brotherhood of +

A certain Brotherhood of mystics. Its name had far better never have been divulged, as it led a great number of well‐meaning people into being deceived, and relieved of their money by a certain bogus Mystic Society speculators, born in Europe, only to be exposed and fly to America. The name is derived from the ancient ''Lookshur ''in Beloochistan, lying between Bela and Kedjee. The order is very ancient and the most secret of all. It is useless to repeat that its members disclaim all connection with the “H.B. of L.”, and the ''tutti quanti ''of commercial mystics, whether from Glasgow or Boston [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Luys, Jules-Bernard +

French physician (1828-1895), specializing in the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the nervous system. He taught at the Charité and Salpêtrière, and published clinical lectures on his hypnotism research in 1890. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#536|2:536]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lyall, Alfred Comyn +

British administrator in India and writer (1835-1911), later a member of the India Council in London. His works include ''The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India'' and ''Asiatic Studies'', concerned with comparative religion and Indian society. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#440|6:440]][[SMW::on]]). The appendix refers readers to volume V, page 440, for information about him. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#381|7:381]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lycanthropy +

Physiologically, a disease or mania, during which a person imagines he is a wolf, and acts as such. Occultly, it means the same as “were‐wolf”, the psychological faculty of certain sorcerers to ''appear ''as wolves. Voltaire states that in the district of Jura, in two years between 1598 and 1600, over 600 lycanthropes were put to death by a too Christian judge. This does not mean that Shepherds accused of sorcery, and seen as wolves, had indeed the power of changing themselves physically into such; but simply that they had the hypnotizing power of making people (or those they regarded as enemies), believe they saw a wolf when there was none in fact. The exercise of such power is truly sorcery. “Demoniacal” possession is ''true ''at bottom, minus the devils of Christian theology. But this is no place for a long disquisition upon occult mysteries and magic powers [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lysippus +

Greek sculptor, head of the school of Argos and Sicyon in the days of Philip and Alexander of Macedon (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#580|11:580]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lélut, Louis-François +

French physician (1804-1877), who studied the relationship between thought and the brain and applied physiology and psychology to historical figures. His books include ''Du démon de Socrate'' and ''L’amulette de Pascal''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#380|7:380]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lévi É. - Paradoxes of the Highest Science +

A. O. Hume translated the French manuscript; it appeared in Calcutta in 1883 as the second of the Theosophical Miscellanies. An Adyar copy preserves [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s annotations, probably copied by F. Arundale; Blavatsky identified the commentator signing “E. O.” as K. H. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Future Occultist#258|BCW 6:258-260]]) +

Lücke, Gottfried Christian Friedrich +

Author of ''Versuch einer vollständigen Einleitung in die Offenbarung des Johannes''; de Zirkoff lists its second edition, Bonn, 1848-1852. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#440|6:440]][[SMW::on]]). +

L’Inde des Rajahs +

A work by [[Rousselet, Louis|L. Rousselet]], published in 1875. Its identification with the book called “l’Inde des Rajahs” in [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s diary is tentative, not established. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Diaries of H. P. Blavatsky#435|BCW 1:435-436]]) Note: the uncertainty concerns the identification of the book in H. P. Blavatsky’s diary, not the existence of L. Rousselet’s published work. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Diaries of H. P. Blavatsky#435|BCW 1:435-436]]) +

L’Indépendant des Pyrénées-Orientales +

Perpignan, France (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#479|8:479]][[SMW::on]]). +

M

M +

The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew and of the English alphabets, and the twenty‐fourth of the Arabic. As a Roman numeral, this letter stands for 1,000, and with a dash on it (M) signifies one million. In the Hebrew alphabet ''Mem ''symbolized water, and as a numeral is equivalent to 40. The Sanskrit '''''ma '''''is equivalent to number 5, and is also connected with water through the sign of the Zodiac, called Makâra (''q.v''.). Moreover, in the Hebrew and Latin numerals the ''m, ''stands “as the definite numeral for an indeterminate number”(Mackenzie’s Mason. ''Cyc.''), and “the Hebrew sacred name of God app]ied to this letter is ''Meborach'', ''Benedictus.''” With the Esotericists the ''M ''is the symbol of the Higher Ego — Manas, Mind [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ma +

Lit., “five”. A name of Lakshmi [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ma, Mut +

The goddess of the lower world, another form of Isis, as she is nature, the eternal mother. She was the sovereign and Ruler of the North wind, the precursor of the overflow of the Nile, and thus called “the opener of the nostrils of the living”. She is represented offering the ''ankh'', or cross, emblem of physical life to her worshippers, and is called the “Lady of Heaven” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

MacKenzie, Kenneth Robert Henderson +

Prominent Mason known as "Cryptonymus." *''The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia of History, Rites, Symbolism and Biography'', London, 1877 [1875-77]. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#497|1:497]][[SMW::on]]). Masonic writer known as “Cryptonymus,” associated with English Rosicrucianism. He compiled The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia of History, Rites, Symbolism and Biography, published in London in 1875-1877. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#536|2:536]][[SMW::on]]). Masonic writer known as “Cryptonymus”, associated with Rosicrucian organization in England. His ''Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia of History, Rites, Symbolism and Biography'' appeared at London in 1875-1877. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#381|7:381]][[SMW::on]]). Masonic writer known as Cryptonymus and author of The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia of History, Rites, Symbolism and Biography, published in London in 1877 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#442|9:442]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography lists The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia, published in London (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#580|11:580]][[SMW::on]]). Masonic writer known as Cryptonymus and author of The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia of History, Rites, Symbolism and Biography, published in London in 1875-1877 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#424|10:424]][[SMW::on]]).

Macauliffe, Max Arthur +

Irish scholar of Sikhism and member of the Indian Civil Service in the Punjab. He worked with Sikh scholars on English translations of their scriptures and published the six-volume ''The Sikh Religion'' in 1909. +

Macdonald, K. S. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol11|vol. 11]] (1889–1890). +

Machagistia +

Magic, as once taught in Persia and Chaldea, and raised in its occult practices into a religio‐ magianism. Plato, speaking of Machagistia, or Magianism, remarks that it is the purest form of the worship of ''things divine.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Machell, Reginald +

Illustrated the first edition of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s Nightmare Tales, published in 1892. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - A Bewitched Life#355|BCW 6:355]]) +