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Svapada +

Protoplasm, cells, or microscopic organisms. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svapna +

A trance or dreamy condition. Clairvoyance. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svapna Avastha +

A dreaming state; one of the four aspects of'' Prânava''; a Yoga practice. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svaraj +

The last or seventh (synthetical) ray of the seven solar rays; the same as Brahmâ. These seven rays are the entire gamut of the seven occult forces (or gods) of nature, as their respective names well prove. These are: Sushumnâ (the ray which transmits sunlight to the moon); ''Harikesha'', ''Visvakarman, Visvatryarchas, Sannadhas, '' ''Sarvâvasu'', and ''Svarâj''. As each stands for one of the creative gods or Forces, it is easy to see how important were the functions of the sun in the eyes of antiquity, and why it was deified by the profane. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svarga +

A heavenly abode, the same as Indra‐loka; a paradise. It is the same as — [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svar‐loka +

The paradise on Mount Meru. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svasam Vedana +

Lit., “the reflection which analyses itself ”; a synonym of Paramârtha. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svastika +

In popular notions, it is the Jaina cross, or the “four‐footed” cross (''croix cramponnée''). In Masonic teachings, “the most ancient Order of the Brotherhood of the Mystic Cross” is said to have been founded by Fohi, 1,027 B.C., and introduced into China fifty‐two years later, consisting of the three degrees. In Esoteric Philosophy, the most mystic and ancient diagram. It is “the originator of the fire by friction, and of the ‘ Forty‐ nine Fires’.” Its symbol was stamped on Buddha’s heart, and therefore called the “ Heart’s Seal”. It is laid on the breasts of departed Initiates after their death ; and it is mentioned with the greatest respect in the ''Râmâyana''. Engraved on every rock, temple and prehistoric building of India, and wherever Buddhists have left their landmarks; it is also found in China, Tibet and Siam, and among the ancient Germanic nations as [[Thor’s Hammer]]. As described by Eitel in his ''Hand‐Book of'' ''Chinese '' ''Buddhism''. . (1) it is “found among Bonpas and Buddhists”; (2) it is “one of the sixty‐five figures of the Sripâda” ; ( it is “the symbol of esoteric Buddhism” ; (4) “the special mark of all deities worshipped by the Lotus School of China”. Finally, and in Occultism, it is as sacred to us as the Pythagorean ''Tetraktys'', of which it is indeed the double symbol. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svastikasana +

The second of the four principal postures of the eighty‐four prescribed in Hatha Yoga practices. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svayambhu +

A metaphysical and philosophical term, meaning “the spontaneously self‐produced” or the “self‐existent being ”. An epithet of Brahmâ. Svâyambhuva is also the name of the first Manu. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svayambhu Sunyata +

Spontaneous self‐evolution; self‐existence of the ''real'' ''in the unreal'', i.e., of the Eternal Sat in the periodical ''Asat''. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sveta +

A serpent‐dragon; a son of Kashyapa. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sveta‐dwipa +

Lit., the White Island or Continent; one of the Sapta‐dwipa. Colonel Wilford sought to identify it with Great Britain, but failed. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sveta‐lohita +

The name of Siva when he appears in the 29th Kalpa as “a moon‐coloured Kumâra”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Svetchine, Sophia Petrovna de +

Russian writer, daughter of the Secretary of State, under Catherine the Great, P. A. Soymonov. When only 17 years of age, married, at the insistence of her father, General Svetchine, 24 years older than herself (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#455|9:455]][[SMW::on]]). +

Swaminatha Aiyar, T. A. +

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

Swedenborg, Emmanuel +

The great Swedish seer and mystic. He was born on the 29th January, 1688, and was the son of Dr. Jasper Swedberg, bishop of Skara, in West Gothland; and died in London, in Great Bath Street, Clerkenwell, on March 29th, 1772. Of all mystics, Swedenborg has certainly influenced “Theosophy” the most, yet he left a far more profound impress on official science. For while as an astronomer, mathematician, physiologist, naturalist, and philosopher he had no rival, in psychology and metaphysics he was certainly behind his time. When forty‐six years of age, he became a “Theosophist”, and a “seer”; but, although his life had been at all times blameless and respectable, he was never a true philanthropist or an ascetic. His clairvoyant powers, however, were very remarkable; but they did not go beyond this plane of matter; all that he says of subjective worlds and spiritual beings is evidently far more the outcome of his exuberant fancy, than of his spiritual insight. He left behind him numerous works, which are sadly misinterpreted by his followers. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Swift, Jonathan +

Bibliographical references include: Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, London, 1727 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#591|11:591]][[SMW::on]]). +

Syed Mahmood +

An Indian lawyer and judge, educated at Cambridge and called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1872. He became a judge of the Allahabad High Court. His contribution to ''The Theosophist'' concerns a Muslim ascetic. +

Sylphs +

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