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Agla +

This Kabbalistic word is a talisman composed of the initals of the four words “Ateh Gibor Leolam Adonai”, meaning “Thou art mighty for ever 0 Lord”. MacGregor Mathers explains it thus “'''A''', the first; '''A''', the last; '''G''', the trinity in unity; '''L''', the completion of the great work”. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Aglio, Agostino +

Italian painter, engraver and lithographer (1777-1857), resident in England from 1803. He collaborated with William Wilkins on Antiquities of Magna Grecia and with Lord Kingsborough on Antiquities of Mexico. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#521|2:521-522]][[SMW::on]]). +

Agneyastra +

The fiery missiles or weapons used by the Gods in the exoteric ''Purânas ''and the ''Mahâbhârata ''the magic weapons said to have been wielded by the adept‐ race (the fourth), the Atlanteans. This “weapon of fire” was given by Bharadwâja to Agnivesa, the son of Agni, and by him to Drona, though the ''Vishnu Purâna ''contradicts this, saying that it was given by the sage Aurva to King Sagara, his chela. They are frequently mentioned in the ''Mahâbhârata ''and the ''Râmâyana''. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agni +

The God of Fire in the Veda; the oldest and the most revered of Gods in India. He is one of the three great deities: Agni, Vâyu and Sûrya, and also all the three, as he is the triple aspect of fire; in heaven as the Sun; in the atmosphere or air (Vâyu), as Lightning; on. earth, as ordinary Fire. Agni belonged to the earlier Vedic ''Trimûrti ''before Vishnu was given a place of honour and before Brahmâ and Siva were invented. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agni Bahu +

An ascetic son of Manu Swâyambhuva, the “Self‐born”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agni Bhuvah +

Lit., “born of fire”, the term is applied to the four races of ''Kshatriyas ''(the second or warrior caste) whose ancestors are said to have sprung from fire. Agni Bhuvah is the son of Agni, the God of Fire; Agni Bhuvah being the same as Kartti‐keya, the God of War. (See ''Sec.Doct.'', Vol. II., p. 550.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agni Dhatu Samadhi +

A kind of contemplation in Yoga practice, when Kundalini is raised to the extreme and the infinitude appears as one sheet of fire. An ecstatic condition. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agni Hotri +

The priests who served the Fire‐God in Aryan antiquity. The term Agni Hotri is one that denotes oblation. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agnipurāna +

The bibliography lists the three-volume Calcutta edition edited by Rajendralala Mitra and published by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1873, 1876 and 1879 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#403|9:403-404]][[SMW::on]]). +

Agnishwattas +

A class of Pitris, the creators of the first ethereal race of men. Our solar ancestors as contrasted with the ''Barhishads, ''the “lunar” Pitris or ancestors, though otherwise explained in the ''Purânas.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agni‐ratha +

A “Fiery Vehicle” literally. A kind of flying machine. Spoken of in ancient works of magic in India and in the epic poems. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agnoia +

“Divested of reason”, lit., “irrationality”, when speaking of the animal Soul. According to Plutarch, Pythagoras and Plato divided the human soul into two parts (the higher and lower manas) — the rational or ''noëtic ''and the irrational, or ''agnoia'', sometimes written “annoia”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agnostic +

A word claimed by Mr. Huxley to have been coined by him to indicate one who believes nothing which can not be demonstrated by the senses. The later schools of Agnosticism give more philosophical definitions of the term. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agnostic Annual and Ethical Review +

London, 1884-1907 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#461|9:461]][[SMW::on]]). +

Agra‐Sandhani +

The “Assessors” or ''Recorders ''who read at the judgment of a disembodied Soul the record of its life in the heart of that “Soul”. The same almost as the ''Lipikas ''of the ''Secret Doctrine''. (See ''Sec.Doct''., Vol. I., p. 105.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Agrippa von Nettesheim, Henry Cornelius +

German writer, soldier, physician and magician, in the service of Emperor Maximilian I and later of the Dukes of Savoy and Monferrato. His interest in the occult sciences repeatedly brought him into conflict with the Church. His chief work, ''De occulta philosophia'' (written c. 1510, published Antwerp 1531), is a key text of Renaissance occultism; he also wrote ''De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum'' (1531) and ''De nobilitate et praecellentia feminei sexus'' (1532). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#443|1:443]][[SMW::on]]). His ''Three Books of Occult Philosophy'' appeared in Latin in 1533; an English translation signed J. F. was published in London in 1650. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#495|3:495]][[SMW::on]]). His ''De occulta philosophia'', written in 1510, appeared in three volumes in 1533; Zirkoff distinguishes a later spurious fourth volume and identifies Henry Morley's 1856 biography as the source of passages used by Blavatsky. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#619|4:619]][[SMW::on]]). Author of ''De occulta philosophia libri tres'', cited in an edition of 1533 and in the English translation ''Three Books of Occult Philosophy'' (London, 1650). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#355|7:355]][[SMW::on]]).

Agruerus +

A very ancient Phœnician god. The same as Saturn. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Aham +

“I” — the basis of ''Ahankâra'', Self‐hood. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ahan +

“Day”;the Body of Brahmâ, in the ''Purânas.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ahankara +

The conception of “I”, Self‐consciousness or Self‐ identity; the “I”, the egotistical and ''mâyâvic ''principle in man, due to our ignorance which separates our “I” from the Universal ONE‐SELF Personality, Egoism. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +