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Extraits des Assertions dangereuses et pernicieuses en tout genre +

Collection of extracts from Jesuit authors presented as evidence of dangerous teachings approved by their superiors; listed under the title Extraits des Assertions dangereuses et pernicieuses en tout genre (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#414|9:414]][[SMW::on]]). +

Extra‐Cosmic +

Outside of Kosmos or Nature; a nonsensical word invented to assert the existence of a ''personal ''god, independent of, or out side, Nature ''per se'', in opposition to the Pantheistic idea that the whole Kosmos is animated or informed with the Spirit of Deity, Nature being but the garment, and matter the illusive shadow, of the real unseen Presence [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Eye of Horus +

A very sacred symbol in ancient Egypt. It was called the ''outa ''the right eye represented the sun, the left, the moon. Says Macrobius : “ The ''outo ''(or ''uta'') is it not the emblem of the sun, king of the world, who from his elevated throne sees all the Universe below him”? [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Eyes +

The “eyes” the Lord Buddha developed in him at the twentieth hour of his vigil when sitting under the BO‐tree, when he was attaining Buddhaship. They are the eyes of the glorified Spirit, to which matter is no longer a physical impediment, and which have the power of seeing all things within the space of the limitless Universe. 0n the following morning of that night, at the close of the third watch, the “ Merciful One” attained the Supreme Knowledge [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ezekiel, A. D. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol6|vol. 6]] (1884–1885). +

Ezekiel, S. A. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol6|vol. 6]] (1884–1885). +

Ezra +

[1] The Jewish priest and scribe, who, circa 450 B.c., compiled the Pentateuch if indeed he was not the author of it) and the rest of the Old Testament, except Nehemiah and Malachi. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). [2] The same as Azareel and Azriel, a great Hebrew Kabbalist. His full name is Rabbi Azariel ben Manahem. He flourished at Valladolid, Spain, in the twelfth century, and was famous as a philosopher and Kabbalist. He is the author of a work on the Ten Sephiroth [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

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F +

The sixth letter of the English alphabet, for which there is no equivalent in Hebrew. It is the double F F of the Æolians which became the ''Digamma ''for some mysterious reasons. It corresponds to the Greek ''phi''. As a Latin numeral it denotes 40, with a dash over the letter (F) 400,000 [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fa-hua-Ching or Sutra of the Lotus of the Good Law +

Also known as the Saddharma-pundarika, a particularly revered scripture of the Tiantai school of Chinese [[Buddhism]] (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#573|11:573-574]][[SMW::on]]). In [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Secret Doctrine|The Secret Doctrine]], the work is cited as Fa-Hwa-King in connection with the [[Drakon|Dragon of Wisdom]] [[Category: CTD info from The Secret Doctrine]] (SD, [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd1-2-15.htm 1:470]). +

Faber, George Stanley +

Author of ''A Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Cabiri'', published in two volumes at Oxford in 1803. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#505|3:505]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fabre d’Olivet, Antoine +

French writer, mystic and philologist (1767-1825). His major works include ''La langue hébraïque restituée'', ''Les Vers dorés de Pythagore'' and ''Histoire philosophique du genre humain''; his late religious project drew on Pythagorean initiation. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#368|7:368-370]][[SMW::on]]). Vide Volume VII, pp. 368-70, for biographical data (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#414|9:414]][[SMW::on]]). +

Faces +

The word usually refers to ''Areekh Anpeen ''or Long Face, and ''Zeir‐Anpeen'', or Short Face, and ''Resha Hivrah ''the “White Head” or Face. The Kabbala states that from the moment of their appearance (the hour of differentiation of matter) all the material for future forms was contained in the three Heads which are one, and called ''Atteekah Kadosha ''(Holy Ancients and the Faces). It is when the Faces look toward each other, that the Holy Ancients” in three Heads, or ''Atteekah Kadosha, ''are called ''Areek Appayem'', i.e., “Long Faces”. (See ''Zohar ''iii., 292a.) This refers to the three Higher Principles, cosmic and human [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fadeeva, Nadezhda Andreevna +

was H.P. Blavatsky’s aunt. Lived in Odessa. The head of the first Theosophical Society in Russia. Aunt and regular correspondent of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] and a member of the Council of the Theosophical Society. Her letters are preserved in the Adyar Archives ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Diaries of H. P. Blavatsky#434|BCW 1:434-435]]). [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] tentatively identifies her as the relative of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] who possessed documents concerning Saint-Germain; their subsequent whereabouts were unknown to him. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Count de Saint-Germain|BCW 3:129]]) [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] dates the formation of the Odessa branch that she headed to August 1883. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.5)#xxv|BCW 5:xxv]]) In a letter to [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] dated 26 June 1884, described receiving at Odessa a letter reassuring her about [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s safety. After returning from Paris, sent him the original, later kept at Adyar. Her annotation on its envelope records receipt in November 1870. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Mr. A. Lillies Delusions#274|BCW 6:274-277]])

Fadeyev, Andrey Mihailovich +

Russian public official: manager of the office for foreign settlers in Ekaterinoslav (1817-1834); member of the committee for foreign settlers in southern Russia in Odessa (1834-1837); chief guardian of nomadic peoples in Astrakhan (1837-1839); head of the Saratov chamber of state property (1839-1841); civil governor of Saratov (1841-1846); member of the Council of the Chief Administration of Transcaucasia in Tiflis from 1846; and head of its state-property department from 1850. Father of [[Hahn, Helena Andreyevna von|H. A. von Hahn]] and grandfather of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] ([[:t-ru-lib:Фадеев, Андрей Михайлович|BTS: Fadeyev, Andrey Mihailovich]]). Grandfather of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]], who spent part of her childhood in his household. His memoirs are a source of information about the family ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, General Outline of her Life Prior to her Public Work#xxvi|BCW 1:xxvi-xxvii]]). +

Fadeyev, Helena Pavlovna +

Mother of [[Hahn, Helena Andreyevna von|H. A. von Hahn]] and grandmother of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] ([[:t-ru-lib:Фадеева, Елена Павловна|BTS: Fadeyev, Helena Pavlovna]]). Grandmother of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]], whom she helped bring up. Her scientific interests, collections and correspondence formed part of the cultural environment of her granddaughter’s childhood ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, General Outline of her Life Prior to her Public Work#xxvii|BCW 1:xxvii-xxviii]]). A botanist and artist who spoke five foreign languages and corresponded with scientists, including R. I. Murchison. Her herbarium was presented to the University of St Petersburg after her death. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - H. P. Blavatskys Instructions to Countess Constance Wachtmeister#304|BCW 7:304-305]]) +

Fadeyev, Rostislav Andreyevich +

Russian major-general, military historian and publicist. He was a son of Andrey Mikhailovich Fadeyev and an uncle of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Russian general, military writer and reform advocate. His books include ''Sixty Years of the Caucasian War'' (1861), ''Letters from the Caucasus'' (1865) and ''The Armed Forces of Russia'' (1868). De Zirkoff's principal source is the memoir of his sister Nadezhda Fadeyeva, published with his collected works in 1889. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#506|3:506-507]][[SMW::on]]). On 18/30 September 1881 he sent [[Sinnett, Alfred Percy|A. P. Sinnett]] a certificate of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s family background. His covering letter also promised an official affidavit through A. M. Dondukov-Korsakov. The French originals were preserved in the Adyar Archives. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - A Personal Explanation|BCW 3:446-448]]) +

Fafnir +

The Dragon of Wisdom [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fagundez, Esteban +

Portuguese theologian. Entered the Jesuit Order, 1594, and spent most of his life at Lisbon, teaching theology and taking part in the administration of the College (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#414|9:414]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fahian +

A Chinese traveller and writer in the early centuries of Christianity, who wrote on Buddhism [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). Chinese Buddhist monk and pilgrim who travelled through Central Asia, India and Ceylon in search of Buddhist texts, returning to China in 414. His travel account, ''Fo-kue-ki'', was translated by Samuel Beal, Herbert A. Giles and James Legge. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#374|5:374]][[SMW::on]]). +

Faizi +

Literally the “heart”. A writer on occult and mystic subjects. Mussulman ascetics are entitled to it. This loose way of calling things by general names was adopted in ''Isis Unveiled ''but is now altered [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +