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D

Dalada +

A very precious relic of Gautama the Buddha; viz., his supposed left canine tooth preserved at the great temple at Kandy, Ceylon. Unfortunately, the relic shown is not genuine. The latter has been securely secreted for several hundred years, ever since the shameful and bigoted attempt by the Portuguese (the then ruling power in Ceylon) to steal and make away with the real relic. That which is shown in the place of the real thing is the monstrous tooth of some animal [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

E

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: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

K

Kumara +

A virgin boy, or young celibate. The first Kumâras are the seven sons of Brahmâ born out of the limbs of the god, in the so‐called ninth creation. It is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to “procreate their species”, and so they “remained Yogis”, as the legend says [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Kanya +

A virgin or maiden. ''Kanya Kumârî ''“the virgin‐ maiden” is a title of Durga‐Kali, worshipped by the Thugs and Tantrikas [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Kol +

A voice, in Hebrew letters QUL. The Voice of the divine. (See “Bath Kol” and “Vâch”.) [w.w.w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

F

Fylfot +

A weapon of Thor, like the Swastika, or the Jaina, the four‐footed cross ; generally called “Thor’s Hammer” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

S

Spiritual Scientist +

A weekly journal devoted to the science, history, philosophy and teachings of spiritualism, edited by E. Gerry Brown. H.P. Blavatsky and H.S. Olcott for a time took the journal under their protection (lending E.G. Brown money, contributing as authors and looking for other authors) and used it to announce the revolution effected in spiritualism by occultism. The journal was the first devoted to occultism. (IAPSOP). +

C

Chakra +

A wheel, a disk, or the circle of Vishnu generally. Used also of a cycle of time, and with other meanings [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

M

Mimir +

A wise giant in the ''Eddas''. One of the Jotuns or Titans. He had a well which he watched over (Mimir’s well), which contained the waters of Primeval Wisdom, by drinking of which Odin acquired the knowledge of all past, present, and future events [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Apollonius of Tyana +

A wonderful philosopher born in Cappadocia about the beginning of the first century; an ardent Pythagorean, who studied the Phœnician sciences under Euthydemus; and Pythagorean philosophy and other studies under Euxenus of Heraclea. According to the tenets of this school he remained a vegetarian the whole of his long life, fed only on fruit and herbs, drank no wine, wore vestments made only of plant‐fibres, walked barefooted, and let his hair grow to its full length, as all the Initiates before and after him. He was initiated by the priests of the temple of Æsculapius (Asciepios) at Ægae, and learnt many of the “miracles” for healing the sick wrought by the god of medicine. Having prepared himself for a higher initiation by a silence of five years, and by travel, visiting Antioch, Ephesus, Pamphylia and other parts, he journeyed via Babylon to India, all his intimate disciples having abandoned him, as they feared to go to the “land of enchantments”. A casual disciple, Damis, however, whom he met on his way, accompanied him in his travels. At Babylon he was initiated by the Chaldees and Magi, according to Damis, whose narrative was copied by one named Philostratus a hundred years later. After his return from India, he showed himself a true Initiate, in that the pestilences and earthquakes, deaths of kings and other events, which he prophesied duly happened. At Lesbos, the priests of Orpheus, being jealous of him, refused to initiate him into their peculiar mysteries, though they did so several years later. He preached to the people of Athens and other cities the purest and noblest ethics, and the phenomena he produced were as wonderful as they were numerous and well attested. “How is it”, enquires Justin Martyr in dismay—” how is it that the talismans (''telesmata'') of Apollonius have power, for they prevent, as we see, the fury of the waves and the violence of the winds, and the attacks of the wild beasts; and ''whilst our Lord’s miracles are preserved by tradition alone, ''those of Apollonius ''are most numerous and actually manifested in present facts?''”. (Quaest, XXIV.). But an answer is easily found to this in the fact that after crossing the Hindu Kush, Apollonius had been directed by a king to the ''abode of the Sages'', whose abode it may be to this day, by whom he was taught unsurpassed knowledge. His dialogues with the Corinthian Menippus indeed give us the esoteric catechism and disclose (when understood) many an important mystery of nature. Apollonius was the friend, correspondent and guest of kings and queens, and no marvellous or “magic” powers are better attested than his. At the end of his long and wonderful life he opened an esoteric school at Ephesus, and died aged almost one hundred years [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).

B

Benoo +

A word applied to two symbols, both taken The only English work on the Isiac Tablet is by Dr. W. Wynn Westcott, who gives a photogravure in addition to its history, description, and occult significance [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Agnostic +

A word claimed by Mr. Huxley to have been coined by him to indicate one who believes nothing which can not be demonstrated by the senses. The later schools of Agnosticism give more philosophical definitions of the term. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

M

Mensambulism +

A word coined by some French Kabalists to denote the phenomenon of “table turning” from the Latin ''mensa, ''a table [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Asherah +

A word, which occurs in the Old Testament, and is commonly translated “groves” referring to idolatrous worship, but it is probable that it really referred to ceremonies of sexual depravity; it is a feminine noun. [w.w.w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

F

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: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

J

Jhana Bhaskara +

A work on Asuramâya, the Atlantean astronomer and magician, and other prehistoric legends [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

E

Ekasloka Shastra +

A work on the ''Shastras ''(Scriptures) by Nagarjuna; a mystic work translated into Chinese [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

C

Chaldean Book of Numbers +

A work which contains all that is found in the ''Zohar ''of Simeon Ben‐Jochai, and much more. It must be the older by many centuries, and in one sense its original, as it contains all the fundamental principles taught in the Jewish Kabbalistic works, but none of their blinds. It is very rare indeed, there being perhaps only two or three copies extant, and these in private hands [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Charaka +

A writer on Medicine who lived in Vedic times. He is believed to have been an incarnation (''Avatara) ''of the Serpent ''Sesha'', i.e., an embodiment of divine Wisdom, since Sesha‐Naga, the King of the “Serpent” race, is synonymous with Ananta, the seven‐ headed Serpent, on which Vishnu sleeps during the ''pralayas. Ananta ''is the “endless” and the symbol of eternity, and as such, one with Space, while Sesha is only periodical in his manifestations. Hence while Vishnu is identified with ''Ananta, ''Charaka is only the Avatar of Sesha. (See “Ananta” and “Sesha”.) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Agni‐ratha +

A “Fiery Vehicle” literally. A kind of flying machine. Spoken of in ancient works of magic in India and in the epic poems. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +