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Dhatu +

Relics of Buddha’s body collected after his cremation [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dhorghosh, Chhatra +

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

Dhruva +

An Aryan Sage, now the Pole Star. A ''Kshatriya ''(one of the warrior caste) who became through religious austerities a ''Rishi, ''and was, for this reason, raised by Vishnu to this eminence in the skies. Also called ''Grah‐Âdhâr ''or “the pivot of the planets” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dhyan Chohans +

Lit., “The Lords of Light”. The highest gods, answering to the Roman Catholic Archangels. The divine Intelligences charged with the supervision of Kosmos [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dhyana +

In Buddhism one of the six Paramitas of perfection, a state of abstraction which carries the ascetic practising it far above this plane of sensuous perception and out of the world of matter. Lit., “contemplation”. The six stages of Dhyan differ only in the degrees of abstraction of the personal Ego from sensuous life [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dhyani Bodhisattyas +

In Buddhism, the five sons of the Dhyani‐Buddhas. They have a mystic meaning in Esoteric Philosophy [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dhyani Buddhas +

They “of the Merciful Heart”; worshipped especially in Nepaul. These have again a secret meaning [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dhyani Pasa +

“The rope of the Dhyanis” or Spirits; the Ring “Pass not” (See ''Sec.Doct''., Stanza V., Vol. I., p. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Diakka +

Called by Occultists and Theosophists “spooks” and “shells”, i.e., phantoms from ''Kâma Loka''. A word invented by the great American Seer, Andrew Jackson Davis, to denote what he considers untrustworthy “Spirits”. In his own words: “A ''Diakka ''(from the Summerland) is one who takes insane delight in ''playing parts, ''in juggling tricks, in ''personating ''opposite characters; to whom prayer and profane utterances are of equi‐value; surcharged with a passion for lyrical narrations; . . . morally deficient, he is without the active feelings of justice, philanthropy, or tender affection. He knows nothing of what men call the sentiment of gratitude; the ends of hate and love are the same to him; his motto is often fearful and terrible to others — SELF is the whole of private living, and exalted annihilation ''the end of all private life. ''Only yesterday, one said to a lady medium, signing himself ''Swedenborg'', this: ‘Whatsoever is, has been, will be, or may be, that I AM.; and private life is but the aggregative phantasms of thinking throb‐ lets, rushing in their rising onward to the central heart of eternal death’ (''The Diakka and their Victims''; “an explanation of the False and Repulsive in Spiritualism.”) These “Diakka” are then simply the communicating and materializing so‐called “Spirits” of Mediums and Spiritualists [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dianoia +

The same as the Logos. The eternal source of thought, “divine ideation”, which is the root of all thought. (See “Ennoia.”) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Diaz del Castillo, Bernal +

Spanish soldier and chronicler who participated in Cortés’s campaigns. His Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España was intended partly to correct Gómara’s account; it was first published in Madrid in 1632, with an English translation in 1800. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#527|2:527]][[SMW::on]]). +

Dick, Frederick J. +

Irish civil engineer and Theosophist. Served as secretary of the Dublin Lodge and later taught mathematical astronomy and related subjects at the Theosophical headquarters at Point Loma. Civil engineer, Theosophist and pupil of Blavatsky. Served as secretary of the Dublin Lodge and editor of The Irish Theosophist; joined the headquarters at Point Loma in 1905 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#571|11:571-572]][[SMW::on]]). Hosted [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] at his Dublin home in October 1889 during Olcott’s tour of Ireland with [[Keightley, Bertram|B. Keightley]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxvi|BCW 11:xxvi]]) +

Dicken, Charles A. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol3|vol. 3]] (1881–1882). +

Dickens, Charles John Huffam +

*''Little Dorrit'', 1857. *''Edwin Drood'', 1870. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#459|1:459]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Martin Chuzzlewit, novel, 1843-44 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#572|11:572]][[SMW::on]]). +

Dickinson, Edmund +

English physician and alchemist, physician to Charles II and James II; studied chemistry under the influence of Theodore Mundanus and wrote ''Epistola ad T. Mundanum de Quintessentia Philosophorum'' and ''Physica vetus et vera''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#643|4:643-644]][[SMW::on]]). +

Dictionnaire darchéologie chrétienne et de liturgie +

Dictionary of Christian archaeology and liturgy edited by Fernand Cabrol and Henri Leclercq; the bibliography lists the Paris edition in fifteen volumes and thirty books (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#421|8:421]][[SMW::on]]). Published in 1903–1954. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] recommends its article on oracles for the study of Sibylline traditions. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (4)#229|BCW 8:229]]) +

Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines +

A reference work associated with C. Daremberg and E. Saglio (Paris, 1877–1919), five tomes in ten volumes; [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] points to the article Sibyllae, Sibyllini libri. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (4)#229|BCW 8:229]]) +

Dictionnaire des sciences médicales +

Medical dictionary compiled by a society of physicians and surgeons and published by Chaumeton and Mérat at Paris in 1812-1822, in sixty volumes. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#366|7:366]][[SMW::on]]). [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] tentatively identifies it with the Dictionnaire Médical mentioned by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Occult or Exact Science#59|BCW 7:59]]) +

Did Madame Blavatsky Forge the Mahatma Letters? +

[[Jinarajadasa, Curuppumullage|C. Jinarajadasa]]’s pamphlet (Adyar, 1934) reproduces a French letter attributed to Master Hilarion, advising [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] on a tour of South India and Ceylon. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] reproduces it and notes the discrepancy between Olcott’s diary date and his annotation on the letter. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Introductory Remarks by the Compiler#129|BCW 5:129-132]]) +

Dido +

Astarte; the Virgin of the Sea — who crushes the Dragon under her foot; The patroness of the Phoænician mariners. A Queen of Carthage who fell in love with Æneas according to Virgil [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +