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G

Gunavat +

That which is endowed with qualities [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gunawardene, A. P. D. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol7|vol. 7]] (1885–1886). +

Gupta Vidya +

The same as Guhya Vidyâ; Esoteric or Secret Science; knowledge [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gupta, Dayal Chunder +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol7|vol. 7]] (1885–1886). +

Gurney, Edmund +

English writer and psychical researcher, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research (1882); author of ''The Power of Sound'' and co-author, with F. W. H. Myers and Frank Podmore, of ''Phantasms of the Living'' (1886). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#649|4:649-650]][[SMW::on]]). +

Guru +

Spiritual Teacher; a master in metaphysical and ethical doctrines; used also for a teacher of any science [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Guru Deva +

Lit., “divine Master” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gurudas, T. T. +

Member of the Theosophical Society, described as a chela among the signatories of the protest published in September 1882. +

Gurukkal, A. Sabapathi +

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

Guthrie, Thomas Anstey +

Wrote under the pseudonym F. Anstey. His novel ''A Fallen Idol'' appeared in 1886 and was extensively reviewed in ''The Theosophist'', volume VII, pages 791-796. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#356|7:356]][[SMW::on]]). Wrote A Fallen Idol under the pseudonym F. Anstey; the bibliography lists New York and London editions (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#418|8:418]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography lists A Fallen Idol under the pseudonym Anstey (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#564|11:564]][[SMW::on]]). +

Gutzlaff, Carl F. A +

Bibliographical references include: History of China. This work has not been definitely identified, but might be his Geschichte des Chinesischen Reiches, etc. Stuttgart, 1847, although the facts referred to have not been traced (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#577|11:577]][[SMW::on]]). +

Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mothe +

French quietist writer. Attended various convent schools, and married, 1664, a rich invalid by the name of Guyon, who left her a considerable fortune (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#577|11:577]][[SMW::on]]). +

Gyan‐Ben‐Gian +

The King of the Peris, the Sylphs, in the old mythology of Iran [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gyges +

“The ring of Gyges” has become a familiar metaphor in European literature. Gyges was a Lydian who, after murdering the King Candaules, married his widow. Plato tells us that Gyges descended once into a chasm of the earth and discovered a brazen horse, within whose open side was the skeleton of a man who had a brazen ring on his finger. This ring when placed on his own finger made him invisible. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gymnosophists +

The name given by Hellenic writers to a class of naked or “air‐clad” mendicants; ascetics in India, extremely learned and endowed with great mystic powers. It is easy to recognise in these gymnosophists the Hindu ''Aranyaka ''of old, the learned yogis and ascetic‐philosophers who retired to the jungle and forest, there to reach, through great austerities, superhuman knowledge and experience [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gyn +

Knowledge acquired under the tuition of an adept teacher or guru [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Görres, Johann Joseph von +

German scholar and publicist. Studied at the Univ. of Bonn; joined the revolutionary movement in Rhenish Prussia, his dream being to unite these provinces with France; advocated in various papers his idea of the union of all civilized countries (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#418|9:418]][[SMW::on]]). +

H

H +

The eighth letter and aspirate of the English alphabet, and also the eighth in the Hebrew. As a Latin numeral it signifies 200, and with the addition of a dash 200,000; in the Hebrew alphabet Châth is equivalent to ''h'', corresponds to eight, and is symbolised by a Fence and ''Venus ''according to Seyffarth, being in affinity and connected with ''Hê'', and therefore with the opening or womb. It is pre‐eminently a ''Yonic ''letter [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

H. P. B. Memorial Fund +

A fund established after [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s death to publish her writings. The first volume of the series appeared as ''A Modern Panarion'' ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Preface (BCW vol.1)#xv|BCW 1:xv]]). +

H. P. Blavatsky’s Masonic Diploma +

The diploma issued to [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] by [[Yarker, John|J. Yarker]] used an ordinary Masonic form with degrees of the Rite of Adoption entered upon it. It should not be treated as evidence of recognised membership in male Masonic lodges ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Author of Isis Unveiled Defends the Validity of her Masonic Patent#309|BCW 1:309-312]]). +