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Burritt, Elihu +

Called “the Learned Blacksmith.” American reformer. Son of a shoemaker; educated in the common school of his native town; at age 16 was apprenticed to a blacksmith (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#569|11:569]][[SMW::on]]). +

Burton, Richard Francis +

British consul, explorer, Orientalist and translator of ''The Thousand Nights and a Night'' (sixteen volumes, 1885-1888). De Zirkoff interprets an entry in Blavatsky's diary dated 12 October 1878 as evidence that Burton became a Fellow of the Theosophical Society in Great Britain. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#499|3:499]][[SMW::on]]). +

Buru Bonga +

The “Spirit of the Hills”. This Dryadic deity is worshipped by the Kolarian tribes of Central India with great ceremonies and magical display. There are mysteries connected with it, but the people are very jealous and will admit no stranger to their rites [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Burzorjee, H. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol5|vol. 5]] (1883–1884). +

Busardier +

A Hermetic philosopher born in Bohemia who is credited with having made a genuine powder of projection. He left the bulk of his ''red ''powder to a friend named Richthausen, an adept and alchemist of Vienna. Some years after Busardier’s death, in 1637, Richthausen introduced himself to the Emperor Ferdinand III, who is known to have been ardently devoted to alchemy, and together they are said to have converted three pounds of mercury into the finest gold with one single grain of Busardier’s powder. In 1658 the Elector of Mayence also was permitted to test the powder, and the gold produced with it was declared by the Master of the Mint to be such, that he had never seen finer. Such are the claims vouchsafed by the city records and chronicles [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Busembaum, Hermann +

Moral theologian. Entered the Soc. of Jesus in his 19th year. Taught the classics, philosophy and moral and dogmatic theology in various houses of the order (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#408|9:408]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bustan +

Saadi’s didactic poem dedicated to the atabeg Abu Bakr. Its third chapter’s account of a dervish crossing a river on a small carpet prompted a question from Syed Mahmood and [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s comment on abdals. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Editors Note to A Mussulman Abdal (Yogi)|BCW 2:290]]) +

Butler +

An English name assumed by an adept, a disciple of some Eastern Sages, of whom many fanciful stories are current. It is said for instance, that Butler was captured during his travels in 1629, and sold into captivity. He became the slave of an Arabian philosopher, a great alchemist, and finally escaped, robbing his Master of a large quantity of red powder. According to more trustworthy records, only the last portion of this story is true. Adepts who can be robbed without knowing it would be unworthy of the name. Butler or rather the person who assumed this name, ''robbed ''his “Master” (whose free disciple he was) ''of the secret of transmutation, ''and abused of his knowledge — i.e., sought to turn it to his personal profit, but was speedily punished for it. After performing many wonderful cures by means of his “stone (i.e., the occult knowledge of an initiated adept), and producing extraordinary phenomena, to some of which Val Helmont, the famous Occultist and Rosicrucian, was witness, not for the benefit of men but his own vain glory, Butler was imprisoned in the Castle of Viloord, in Flanders, and passed almost the whole of his life in confinement. He lost his powers and died miserable and unknown. Such is the fate of every Occultist who abuses his power or desecrates the sacred science [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Butler, Alban +

English Catholic priest and hagiographer; ''The Lives of the Saints'' was the result of thirty years' study, with the annotated Dublin edition of 1779-1780 singled out by Zirkoff. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#637|4:637]][[SMW::on]]). +

Butler, Samuel +

English satirical poet (1612-1680), best known for ''Hudibras'', whose first part appeared in 1663. The poem satirizes the Puritans; despite its success, Butler lived in poverty. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#360|7:360-361]][[SMW::on]]). +

Butlerov, Alexander Mihaylovich +

Renowned Russian chemist, founder of the so-called "Butlerov School." Took great interest in Spiritualistic and allied phenomena; on his initiative the first scientific Committee for the investigation of mediumistic phenomena was organized in St. Petersburg in 1871. A constant contributor to the Spiritualistic journal ''Rebus'', for which H.P.B. wrote. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#448|1:448-449]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography lists his article “Empiricism and Dogmatism in the Domain of Mediumship” and refers to BCW I, 448-449 for his biography. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#524|2:524]][[SMW::on]]). His essay “Empiricism and Dogmatism in the Domain of Mediumship” appeared in ''Russkiy Vestnik'' in April 1881. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#499|3:499]][[SMW::on]]). His ''Scientific Letters'' were published in the St. Petersburg daily ''Novoye Vremya'' in 1883. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#361|7:361]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Scientific Letters. Apparently a series which appeared in the Novoye Vremya, daily of St. Petersburg, Russia, sometime in 1883 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#421|8:421]][[SMW::on]]).

Buultjens, Alfred Ernest +

Ceylonese Buddhist educator and principal of Ananda College in Colombo from 1890 to 1898. +

Byron G.G. - The Island +

Lines 11-12 of Canto III, section v, are the source of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s quotation about the hero who swore because he did not know what to say. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - From Lucifer to a Few Readers#81|BCW 9:81]]) +

Byron, George Gordon +

The bibliography lists Lara and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, while noting that some attributed passages could not be identified (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#421|8:421]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: The Island. Another prose passage which has not been identified. The Corsair: A Tale. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#408|9:408]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Don Juan, 1818-23, unfinished. - The Island (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#569|11:569]][[SMW::on]]). +

Bysack, Surji Kumar +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol4|vol. 4]] (1882–1883). +

Bythos +

A Gnostic term meaning “Depth” or the “great Deep”, Chaos. It is equivalent to space, before anything had formed itself in it from the primordial atoms that exist eternally in its spatial depths, according to the teachings of Occultism [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Bélisaire +

J.-F. Marmontel’s novel of 1767, controversial for its chapter on religious toleration. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Silent Brother|BCW 2:367]]) +

Böckh, August +

Bibliographical references include: Corpus inscriptionum graecarum. 4 vols. fol. 1828-77. Section on “Inscriptiones Christianae.” (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#420|8:420]][[SMW::on]]). +

Büchner, Ludwig +

German philosopher and physician, a leading figure of 19th-century scientific materialism. Studied at Giessen, Strasbourg, Würzburg and Vienna; became lecturer in medicine at Tübingen in 1852, where he published his principal work, ''Kraft und Stoff'' (''Force and Matter'', 1855), whose extreme materialism provoked such opposition that he was compelled to resign his post. He retired to Darmstadt, where he practiced medicine, and wrote also ''Natur und Geist'' (1857), ''Aus Natur und Wissenschaft'' (1862, 1884), and ''Darwinismus und Socialismus'' (1894). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#448|1:448]][[SMW::on]]). +

B’ne Alhim +

“Sons of God ”, literally or more correctly “Sons of the gods”, as Elohim is the plural of Eloah. A group of angelic powers referable by analogy to the Sephira Hôd. [w. w. w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +