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Dondam‐pai‐den‐pa +

The same as the Sanskrit term ''Paramarthasatya ''or “absolute truth”, the highest spiritual self‐consciousness and perception, divine self‐ consciousness, a very mystical term [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dondoumis, B. +

Secretary of the Society of the Friends of Truth in Athens, whose translated by-laws were published in the September 1890 supplement. +

Dondukov-Korsakov Family +

A princely family linking a Kalmyk dynasty with the Russian Korsakov family. [[Dondukov-Korsakov, Alexander Mikhailovich|A. M. Dondukov-Korsakov]] was [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s acquaintance and correspondent. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The History of a Book|BCW 2:354]]) +

Dondukov-Korsakov, Alexander Mikhailovich +

Russian general and administrator (1820-1893), imperial commissioner in Bulgaria in 1878 and commander of the Caucasian military district in 1882-1890. De Zirkoff describes him as a close friend of H. P. Blavatsky and her family. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#432|6:432]][[SMW::on]]). [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s letters to him from India were published in the second volume of H. P. B. Speaks. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The History of a Book|BCW 2:354]]) The second volume of H. P. B. Speaks was published in 1951. ([https://theosofie.nl/bibliotheek/collectie/theosofie/the-1-1-h-p-blavatsky-engels/ Theosophical Society Netherlands library: H.P.B. Speaks II, 1951]; [https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.ABRAHAMA University of Chicago Library: box 36, folder 4, volume II (1951)]) At [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s request, helped obtain a certificate from the Tiflis police concerning her conduct in the Caucasus; the document is dated 7/19 June 1884. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.6)#xxxii|BCW 6:xxxii]]) +

Donnelly, Ignatius +

American politician, reformer and writer, a congressman in 1863-1869 and advocate of abolitionism and universal education. Zirkoff discusses his literary and speculative interests and identifies the Minnesota Historical Society as the repository of his papers. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#644|4:644-645]][[SMW::on]]). +

Doppelganger +

A synonym of the “Double” and of the “Astral body” in occult parlance [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dorabji, P. +

Secretary and treasurer of the Rewah Theosophical Society at Baroda in 1882. +

Dorjesempa +

The “Diamond Soul”, a name of the celestial Buddha [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dorjeshang +

A title of Buddha in his highest aspect; a name of the supreme Buddha; also ''Dorje'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Dossabhoy, Dorabji +

President of the Hyderabad Branch of the Theosophical Society. +

Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich +

Russian novelist and journalist, author of ''Crime and Punishment'' and ''The Brothers Karamazov''. The Grand Inquisitor episode from the latter novel appeared in English translation in ''The Theosophist'' in 1881. +

Double +

The same as the “Astral body” or “Doppelgänger” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Double Image +

The name among the Jewish Kabbalists for the ''Dual Ego, ''called respectively: the Higher, ''Metatron'', and the Lower, ''Samael''. They are figured allegorically as the two inseparable companions of man through life, the one his Guardian Angel, the other his Evil Demon [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Doubleday, Abner +

American military man. While at school, invented the game of baseball, 1839, a claim substantiated by a 1907 commission chaired by Col. A. G. Mills. Served throughout the Civil War, 1861-65, including at Fort Sumter, Antietam and Gettysburg, where his heroic role is commemorated by a bronze statue unveiled in 1917. Joined the Theosophical Society soon after its formation and became a staunch friend of the Founders; after their departure for India he was made President ''pro tem'' in the U.S.A., with W. Q. Judge as Secretary, and on April 17, 1880, was elected Vice-President of the Theosophical Society. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#459|1:459-461]][[SMW::on]]). [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]]’s order appointing him acting president was dated 17 January 1879. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] notified him of his election as vice-president in a letter dated 17 April 1880. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxv,xxxi]]) +

Dougherty, William +

Reproduced portraits of [[More, Henry|H. More]] and others from the Pasadena Theosophical Society’s archival holdings for volume XIII of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s Collected Writings. ([[Eklund, Dara R.|D. Eklund]], [[Eklund D. - Foreword (BCW vol.13)#xxii|BCW 13:xxii]]) +

Downey, Edmund +

Bibliographical references include: A House of Tears. New York: J. W. Lovell Co. 1888 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#435|8:435]][[SMW::on]]). +

Doyle A.C. - The Silver Hatchet +

Story by [[Doyle, Arthur Conan|A. C. Doyle]], an abridged version of which was published with a note by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (33)#249|BCW 6:249]]) +

Doyle, Arthur Conan +

British physician and writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Took an interest in psychical research, Spiritualism and Theosophy. De Zirkoff lists his story ''The Silver Hatchet'', published in a Christmas annual in 1883. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#432|6:432]][[SMW::on]]). +

Dracontia +

Temples dedicated to the Dragon, the emblem of the Sun, the symbol of Deity, of Life and Wisdom. The Egyptian Karnac, the Carnac in Britanny, and Stonehenge are Dracontia well known to all [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Drais, John +

Redrew and corrected some Hebrew letters for volume XIV of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s Collected Writings. ([[Eklund, Dara R.|D. Eklund]], [[Eklund D. - Foreword (BCW vol.14)#xxi|BCW 14:xxi-xxii]]) +