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Flint, Charles Ranlett +

*''Memories of an Active Life''. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. xviii, 349 pp. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#463|1:463]][[SMW::on]]). Memoirist who preserved information about [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s lawsuit and the history of the Hiraf group ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Hiraf Club and its Historical Background#95|BCW 1:95-100]]). +

Flint, Robert +

Author of ''Anti-Theistic Theories'', based on the Baird Lectures for 1877. De Zirkoff records London editions of 1879, 1880 and 1885. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#509|3:509]][[SMW::on]]). +

Flint, Weston +

A correspondent of H. S. Olcott. A letter from the United States Patent Office was printed under his name in ''The Theosophist'' in June 1880. This institutional address alone is not used to assign him a particular official post. +

Flourens M.J.P. - De la Longévité humaine et de la Quantité de Vie sur le Globe +

A work by P.-M.-J. Flourens, first published in Paris in 1854, with a third edition in 1856 and a fourth in 1860. An English translation, On Human Longevity, appeared in London in 1855. The statements cited by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] also appear in J. E. de Mirville’s work. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Have Animals Souls#38|BCW 7:38]]) +

Flourens, Pierre-Marie-Jean +

French physiologist (1794-1867), professor and permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences. His writings cover the nervous system, longevity, intelligence and animal instinct. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#371|7:371]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fludd +

Generally known as Robertus de Fluctibus, the chief of the “Philosophers by Fire”. A celebrated English Hermetist of the sixteenth century, and a voluminous writer. He wrote on the essence of gold and other mystic and occult subjects.[[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fluvii Transitus +

Or crossing of the River (Chebar). Cornelius Agrippa gives this alphabet. In the ''Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, ''Vol. III., part 2, 1890, which work is the Report of the proceedings of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge of Freemasons, No. 2076, will be found copies of this alphabet, and also the curious old letters called Melachim, and the Celestial alphabet, supplied by W. Wynn Westcott, P.M. This Lodge seems to be the only one in England which really does study “the hidden mysteries of Nature and Science” in earnest [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Flynn, Mary Eliza +

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

Fohat +

A term used to represent the active (male) potency of the Sakti (female reproductive power) in nature. The essence of cosmic electricity. An occult Tibetan term for ''Daiviprakriti ''primordial light: and in the universe of manifestation the ever‐present electrical energy and ceaseless destructive and formative power. Esoterically, it is the same, Fohat being the universal propelling Vital Force, at once the propeller and the resultant [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Foh‐tchou +

Lit., “Buddha’s Lord”, meaning, however, simply the teacher of the doctrines of Buddha. Foh means a Guru who lives generally in a temple of Sakyamuni Buddha — the Foh‐Maeyu [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Foissac, Pierre +

French physician, born in 1801, practising in Paris from 1825. His writings include Sur le magnétisme animal (1825) and Hygiène philosophique de l’âme (1860). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#529|2:529]][[SMW::on]]). +

Folger, Robert B. +

*''The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, in Thirty-three Degrees'', etc. A full and complete history with an appendix... New York, 1862; 2nd ed., N.Y., 1881. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#463|1:463]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fons Yitae +

A work of Ibn Gehirol, the Arabian Jewish philosopher of the Xlth century, who called it ''Me‐ gôr Hayyûn ''or the “Fountain of Life” (''De Materia Universali and Fons Vitæ''). The Western Kabbalists have proclaimed it a really Kabbalistic work. Several MSS.,Latin and Hebrew, of this wonderful production have been discovered by scholars in public libraries; among others one by Munk, in 1802. The Latin name of Ibn Gebirol was Avicebron, a name well‐known to all Oriental scholars [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Forbes, Archibald +

British war correspondent (1838-1900) who reported on the Franco-Prussian, Russo-Turkish, Afghan and Zulu wars. His writings include Memories and Studies of War and Peace (1895). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#529|2:529]][[SMW::on]]). +

Formation of the Theosophical Society +

The founding of the Society was preceded by discussion of the idea at an August gathering at [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s home. This occasion should be distinguished from the meeting of 7 September and the inauguration of 17 November 1875. Recollections of the circumstances of the founding do not entirely agree ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Formation of the Theosophical Society#121|BCW 1:121-124]]). +

Fortin +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol4|vol. 4]] (1882–1883). +

Fortnightly Review +

London review, published from 1865 and edited by G. H. Lewes (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#429|10:429]][[SMW::on]]). +

Foster, Thomas +

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

Fothergill, John Milner +

British physician and medical writer. +

Fouqueray, Henri +

Bibliographical references include: Histoire de la Compagnie de Jésus en France des origines à la suppression (1528-1762). Paris: A. Picard et fils, 1910-13. 5 vols (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#417|9:417]][[SMW::on]]). +