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Epimetheus +

Lit., “He who takes counsel ''after''” the event. A brother of Prometheus in Greek Mythology [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Epinoia +

Thought, invention, design. A name adopted by the Gnostics for the first passive Æon [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Epiphanius +

The appendix lists his ''Panarion'', or treatise against heresies, in the edition of Dionysius Petavius (1622) and in Migne's ''Patrologia Graeca'', volumes XLI-XLII. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#647|4:647]][[SMW::on]]). +

Epiphanius - Panarion +

For the passage on the Nazarenes, [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] gives Book I, tome II, heresy XXIX, § VII, p. 123 of D. Petavius’s Paris edition of 1622, distinguishing the adjacent Jerome quotation from Epiphanius’s own text. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Origin of the Gospels and the Bishop of Bombay#238|BCW 4:238]]) The material on Simon Magus is translated in [[Mead, George Robert Stow|G. R. S. Mead]]’s Simon Magus, pp. 24–28. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] cites editions by G. Dindorf (1859) and K. Holl (1915). ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - EI. Instruction No.2#572|BCW 12:572]]) +

Epiphany, The +

Periodical issued by the Oxford Mission in Calcutta; de Zirkoff lists it from 1883 onward. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#450|6:450]][[SMW::on]]). Its editor examined quotations attributed to [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in the Rev. Theophilus’s pamphlet The Theosophical Society, Its Objects and Creed. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] describes the examination as friendly and impartial. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Letter to the Editor of The Epiphany#74|BCW 6:74]]) +

Episcopal Crook +

One of the insignia of Bishops, derived from the sacerdotal sceptre of the Etruscan Augurs. it is also found in the hand of several gods [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Epistle of Clement to James +

See pp. 221-22 of BCW volume 8 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#436|8:436]][[SMW::on]]). +

Epoptes +

An Initiate. One who has passed his last degree of initiation [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Eridanus +

Ardan, ''the Greek name for the river Jordan [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Eros +

Hesiod makes of the god Eros the third personage of the Hellenic primordial Trinity composed of Ouranos, Gæa and Eros. It is the personified procreative Force in nature in its abstract sense, the propeller to “creation” and procreation. Exoterically, mythology makes of Eros the god of lustful, animal desire, whence the term ''erotic ''esoterically, it is different. (See “ Kâma”.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Escayrac de Lauture, Stanislas d' +

French traveller and anthropologist (1826-1868), author of books on the Sahara and Sudan. His scientific mission to China in 1860 involved severe hardships, later described in ''Mémoires sur la Chine''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#505|3:505]][[SMW::on]]). +

Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio de +

Spanish theologian. In his sixteenth year, entered the Society of Jesus. Talented and untiring labour won him distinction for scholarship, and fame as a preacher (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#413|9:413-414]][[SMW::on]]). +

Esdaile, James +

Physician who practised mesmerism in India and reported its use for surgical anaesthesia; author of ''Mesmerism in India'' (1846) and ''Natural and Mesmeric Clairvoyance'' (1852). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#647|4:647]][[SMW::on]]). +

Eshmim +

The Heavens, the Firmament in which are the Sun, Planets and Stars; from the root '''Sm''', meaning to place, dispose ; hence, the planets, as disposers. [ w. w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Esoteric +

Hidden, secret. From the Greek ''esotericos'', “inner” concealed [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Esoteric Bodhism +

Secret wisdom or intelligence from the Greek ''esotericos ''“inner”, and the Sanskrit ''Bodhi'', “knowledge”, intelligence — in contradistinction to ''Buddhi, ''“the ''faculty ''of knowledge or intelligence” and ''Buddhism'', the philosophy or Law of Buddha (the Enlightened). Also written “ Budhism”, from ''Budha ''(Intelligence and Wisdom) the Son of Soma [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Esoteric Buddhism +

[[Sinnett, Alfred Percy|A. P. Sinnett]] worked on the book at Adyar in March 1883, sending questions to the Teachers through [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. Its approximate publication date by Trübner in London was 11 June 1883. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxix|BCW 4:xxix-xxx]]) ([https://hpb.narod.ru/EarlyDaysTheosophyAPS.htm A.P. Sinnett, The Early Days of Theosophy in Europe, p. 42]) +

Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society +

The order establishing the Section under [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s sole direction was dated 9 October 1888. Its notice appeared in the October Lucifer and was repeated in the November issue, p. 264. On 14 December Blavatsky appointed [[Judge, William Quan|W. Q. Judge]] her sole representative for the Section in America. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.10)#xxvi|BCW 10:xxvi]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - An Explanation Important to All Theosophists#134|BCW 10:134-136]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Esoteric Section of The Theosophical Society#154|BCW 10:154]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Esoteric Section and William Quan Judge#195|BCW 10:195]]) A committee proposed at Adyar in December 1884, before the Section’s foundation, was to include [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]], T. Subba Row, the Cooper-Oakleys and S. Ramaswami Iyer. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] found no further information about practical results of this initiative. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Esoteric Section#479|BCW 12:479-485]]) The founding order was signed by [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] and [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. The Section had no official or corporate connection with the Society apart from the connection through its President-Founder. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Comments on The Theosophical Society and H.P.B.#116|BCW 13:116]]) +

Esoteric Writings of T. Subba Row +

[[Subba Row, Tallapragada|T. Subba Row]]’s articles were collected by Tookaram Tatya and published by the Bombay Theosophical Publication Fund in 1895; a revised and enlarged edition appeared at Adyar in 1931. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (1)#272|BCW 5:272]]) +

Espagnet, Jean d’ +

French magistrate and alchemist of the first half of the seventeenth century. He was president of the Bordeaux Parliament and distinguished himself by his integrity (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#573|11:573]][[SMW::on]]). +