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Ferho +

The highest and greatest creative power with the Nazarene Gnostics. (''Codex Nazaræus.'') [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Festus, Sextus Pompeius +

Roman lexicographer whose twenty-book glossary abridged the lost work of Verrius Flaccus. The surviving text was itself abridged by Paul the Deacon; Zirkoff cites W. M. Lindsay’s edition. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#370|7:370-371]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fetahil +

The lower creator, in the same ''Codex''. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb +

Boris de Zirkoff records that the source of the quotation attributed to Fichte could not be identified. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#529|2:529]][[SMW::on]]). Quotations from this German philosopher have not been identified (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#574|11:574]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fifty Gates of Wisdom +

The number is a ''blind'', and there are really 49 gates, for Moses, than whom the Jewish world has no higher adept, reached, according to the Kabbalas, and passed only the 49th. These “gates” typify the different planes of Being or ''Ens''. They are thus the “gates” of Life and the “gates” of understanding or degrees of occult knowledge. These 49 (or 50) gates correspond to the seven gates in the seven caves of Initiation into the Mysteries of Mithra (see Celsus and Kircher). ‘I’he division of the 50 gates into five chief gates, each including ''ten'' — is again a blind. It is in the fourth gate of these five, from which begins, ending at the tenth, the world of Planets, thus making seven, corresponding to the seven lower Sephiroth — that the key to their meaning lies hidden. They are also called the “gates of Binah” or understanding [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Figanière, Frederico Francisco de +

Portuguese diplomat, historian and writer on esoteric philosophy, known as Viscount de Figanière. Author of ''Estudos Esotéricos: Submundo, Mundo, Supramundo''. Bibliographical references include: “Esoteric Studies,” The Theosophist, Vol. VIII, No. 96, September, 1887, pp. 755-60 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#437|8:437]][[SMW::on]]). In an article on the Ego and the Unmanifested Being related the indestructibility of force to the ceaseless action of the Unmanifested. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] commented on his argument about equilibrium. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (60)#119|BCW 12:119]]) +

Figuier, Guillaume-Louis +

French physician, teacher and popular science writer (1819-1894). His works include ''L'Alchimie et les alchimistes'' (1854), ''Histoire du merveilleux dans les temps modernes'' (1860) and ''Le Lendemain de la mort'' (1871), translated into English as ''The Day After Death'' (1872). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#509|3:509]][[SMW::on]]). +

Figulus, Publius Nigidius +

Roman savant, next to Varro the most learned Roman of the age. Friend of Cicero whom he supported at the time of the Catilinarian conspiracy (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#574|11:574]][[SMW::on]]). +

Finch, Gerard Brown +

English barrister and Theosophist. Served as president of the London Lodge and became the first president of the Blavatsky Lodge in 1887. Elected president of the London Lodge on 7 April 1884 at the meeting unexpectedly attended by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. Answered A. Lillie’s Koot Hoomi Unveiled in a separate pamphlet printed in London in 1884. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Mr. A. Lillies Delusions#269|BCW 6:269]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.6)#xxviii|BCW 6:xxviii]]) In late January or early February 1887, visited [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] at Ostend with [[Keightley, Bertram|B. Keightley]] to urge her to move to London; they returned a few weeks later. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.7)#xxviii|BCW 7:xxviii]]) Resigned as President of the Blavatsky Lodge and from the Theosophical Society in October 1887. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] relates the disagreement chiefly to the Lodge’s decision to engage in public advocacy of Theosophy. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)#xxii|BCW 8:xxii]]) +

Fire +

A figure of speech to denote deity, the “One” life. A theurgic term, used later by the Rosicrucians. The symbol of the ''living fire ''is the sun, ''certain of whose rays develope the fire of life in a diseased body,'' ''impart the knowledge of the future ''to the sluggish mind, and stimulate to active function a certain psychic and generally dormant faculty in man. The meaning is very occult [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fire‐Philosophers +

The name given to the Hermetists and Alchemists of the Middle Ages, and also to the Rosicrucians. The latter, the successors of the Theurgists, regarded fire as the symbol of Deity. It was the source, not only of material atoms, but the container of the spiritual and psychic Forces energizing them. Broadly analyzed, fire is a triple principle; esoterically, a septenary, as are all the rest of the Elements. As man is composed of Spirit, Soul and Body, plus a four fold aspect: so is Fire. As in the works of Robert Fludd (de Fluctibus) one of the famous Rosicrucians, Fire contains (1) a visible flame (Body); (2) an invisible, astral fire (Soul); and (3) Spirit. The four aspects are heat (life), light (mind), electricity (Kâmic, or molecular powers) and the Synthetic Essence, ''beyond ''Spirit, or the radical cause of its existence and manifestation. For the Hermetist or Rosicrucian, when a flame is extinct on the objective plane it has only passed from the seen world unto the unseen, from the knowable into the unknowable [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

First Point +

Metaphysically the first point of manifestation, the germ of primeval differentiation, or the point in the infinite Circle “whose centre is everywhere, and circumference nowhere“. The Point is the Logos [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

First Visit of Blavatsky and Olcott to Ceylon +

The Founders’ journey in May-July 1880 included visits to Galle, Colombo, Kandy and other towns, public meetings and the organization of local branches. They returned to Bombay on 24 July. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxxi-xxxii]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (7)|BCW 2:415]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Comments on The Theosophists in Ceylon|BCW 2:439-440]]) +

Fischer, Ernst Kuno Berthold +

German philosopher. Educated at Leipzig and Halle, he became privat-docent at Heidelberg, 1850, and a professor at Jena, 1856 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#416|9:416]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fiske, John +

American historical, philosophical and scientific writer. Graduated at Harvard, 1863; continued to study languages and philosophy; spent two years in Harvard Law School and opened an office in Boston (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#437|8:437]][[SMW::on]]). +

Five Years of Theosophy +

Collection compiled by Laura Langford Holloway and Mohini Mohun Chatterji, published by Reeves and Turner at London in 1885, with 575 pages and an index. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#371|7:371]][[SMW::on]]). Compiled by Mrs. Laura Langford Holloway and Mohini Mohun Chatterji. London: Reeves and Turner, 1885. 575 pp. Index. Also later editions (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#417|9:417]][[SMW::on]]). Contains a reprint of the Replies to an English F.T.S. from early issues of The Theosophist. In [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]]’s assessment, the reprint perpetuated numerous errors in the original publication, which he subsequently checked for the Collected Writings. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (1)#275|BCW 5:275]]) +

Flaccus, Granius +

Author of ''De Indigitamentis'', a work on the sacred books of the pontiffs cited by Censorinus. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#371|7:371]][[SMW::on]]). +

Flagae +

A name given by Paracelsus to a particular kind of guardian angels or genii [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Flame, Holy +

The “ Holy Flame” is the name given by the Eastern Asiatic Kabbalists (Semites) to the ''Anima Mundi ''the “world‐ soul” The Initiates were called the “Sons of the Holy Flame [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Flammarion, Camille +

A French astronomer and popular scientific writer. He also investigated reports of psychic phenomena and corresponded with H. P. Blavatsky. His article on radiant matter was reproduced in the first volume of ''The Theosophist'' from ''Revue Spirite''. French astronomer and popular science writer (1842-1925), who established a private observatory at Juvisy and founded the Société Astronomique de France in 1887. He studied the Moon, Mars and double stars, encouraged amateur astronomy and later wrote on psychical research. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#509|3:509]][[SMW::on]]). +