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Paean +

A hymn of rejoicing and praise in honour of the sun‐god Apollo or Helios [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

H

Hypocephalus +

A kind of a pillow for the head of the mummy. They are of various kinds, ''e.g.'', of stone, wood, etc., and very often of circular disks of linen covered with cement, and inscribed with magic figures and letters. They are called “rest for the dead” in the ''Ritual'', and every mummy‐coffin has one [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

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: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

B

Bihar Gyalpo +

A king deified by the Dugpas. A patron over all their religious buildings [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

M

Manava +

A land of ancient India; a Kalpa or Cycle. The name of a weapon used by Râma; meaning of “Manu” as,― [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

J

Jainas +

A large religious body in India closely resembling Buddhism, but who preceded it by long centuries. They claim that Gautama, the Buddha, was a disciple of one of their Tirtankaras, or Saints. They deny the authority of the Vedas and the existence of any ''personal ''supreme god, but believe in the eternity of matter, the periodicity of the universe and the immortality of men’s minds (''Manas'') as also of that of the animals. An extremely mystic sect [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

D

Druzes +

A large sect, numbering about 100,000 adherents, living on Mount Lebanon in Syria. Their rites are very mysterious, and no traveller, who has written anything about them, knows for a certainty the whole truth. They are the ''Sufis ''of Syria. They resent being called Druzes as an insult, but call themselves the “disciples of Hamsa”, their Messiah, who came to them in the ninth century from the “Land of the Word of God”, which land and word they kept religiously secret. The Messiah to come will be the same Hamsa, but called ''Hakem''—the “All‐ Healer”. (See ''Isis Unveiled, ''II 308, ''et seq.'') [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

K

KasiKhanda +

A long poem, which forms a part of the ''Skanda Purâna ''and contains another version of the legend of Daksha’s head. Having lost it in an affray, the gods replaced it with the head of a ram ''Mekha Shivas'', whereas the other versions describe it as the head of a goat, a substitution which changes the allegory considerably [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

C

Cheru +

A magic sword, a weapon of the “sword god” Heru. In the ''Edda'', the Saga describes it as destroying its possessor, should he be unworthy of wielding it. It brings victory and fame only in the hand of a virtuous hero [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Ha +

A magic syllable used in sacred formulæ it represents the power of ''Akâsa Sakti''. Its efficacy lies in the expirational accent and the sound produced [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Assassins +

A masonic and mystic order founded by Hassan Sabah in Persia, in the eleventh century. The word is a European perversion of “Hassan”, which forms the chief part of the name. They were simply ''Sufis ''and addicted, according to the tradition, to ''hascheesl‐eating, ''in order to bring about celestial visions. As shown by our late brother, Kenneth Mackenzie, “they were teachers of the secret doctrines of Islamism; they encouraged mathematics and philosophy, and produced many valuable works. The chief of the Order was called Sheik‐ el‐Jebel, translated the ‘''Old Man of the Mountains’'', and, as their Grand Master, he possessed power of life and death.’ [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

K

Kala +

A measure of time; four hours, a period of thirty Kashthas. Time, fate; a cycle and a proper name, or title given to Yama, King of the nether world and Judge of the Dead [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

L

Lemuria +

A modern term first used by some naturalists, and now adopted by Theosophists, to indicate a continent that, according to the ''Secret Doctrine ''of the East, preceded Atlantis. Its Eastern name would not reveal much to European ears [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Lotus +

A most occult plant, sacred in Egypt, India and else where; called “the child of the Universe bearing the likeness of its mother in its bosom”. There was a time “when the world was a golden lotus” (''padma'') says the allegory. A great variety of these plants, from the majestic Indian lotus, down to the marsh‐lotus (bird’s foot trefoil) and the Grecian “Dioscoridis”, is eaten at Crete and other islands. It is a species of nymphala, first introduced from India to Egypt to which it was‐not indigenous. See the text of ''Archaic Symbolism ''in the Appendix Viii. “The Lotus, as a Universal Symbol” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

G

Gayatri +

A most sacred verse, addressed to the Sun, in the Rig ‐Veda, which the Brahmans have to repeat mentally every morn and eve during their devotions [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

O

Olympus +

A mount in Greece, the abode of the gods according to Homer and Hesiod [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Ossa +

A mount, the tomb of the giants (allegorical) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

G

Gandhara +

A musical note of great occult power in the Hindu gamut—the third of the diatonic scale [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Apam Napat +

A mysterious being, corresponding to the Fohat of the Occultists. It is both a Vedic and an Avestian name. Literally, the name means the “Son of the Waters” (of space, i.e., Ether), for in the ''Avesta ''Apâm Napât stands between the ''fire‐yazatas ''and the ''water‐ yazatas ''.(See ''Secret Doctrine, ''Vol. II., p. 400, note) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

O

Ogham +

A mystery language belonging to the early Celtic races, and used by the Druids. One form of this language consisted in the association of the leaves of certain trees with the letters, this was called ''Beth‐luis‐nion Ogham'', and to form words and sentences the leaves were strung on a cord in the proper order. Godfrey Higgins suggests that to complete the mystification certain other leaves which meant nothing were interspersed. [w.w.w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +