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Labyrinth +

Egypt had the “celestial labyrinth” whereinto the souls of the departed plunged, and also its type on earth, the famous Labyrinth, a subterranean series of halls and passages with the most extraordinary windings. Herodotus describes it as consisting of 3,000 chambers, half below and half above ground. Even in his day strangers were not allowed into the subterranean portions of it as they contained the sepulchres of the kings who built it and other mysteries. The “Father of History” found the Labyrinth already almost in ruins, yet regarded it even in its state of dilapidation as far more marvellous than the pyramids [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lacroix, Claude +

Jesuit moralist. Taught for three years philosophy at Köln, and moral theology at Münster. He is the author of Theologia moralis (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#441|9:441]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lactantius +

A Church Father, who declared the heliocentric system a heretical doctrine, and that of the antipodes as a “fallacy invented by the devil” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). Bibliographical references include: Divinarum Institutionum Libri VII (Divine Institutes). Migne, Patr. C. Compl. Ser. Lat. Vol. VI (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#462|8:462]][[SMW::on]]). Author of the seven books of Divine Institutes, printed in volume 6 of Migne's Latin patristic collection (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#424|10:424]][[SMW::on]]). +

Ladakh +

The upper valley of the Indus, inhabited by Tibetans, but belonging to the Rajah of Cashmere [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ladder +

There are many “ladders” in the mystic philosophies and schemes, all of which were, and some still are, used in the respective mysteries of various nations. The ''Brahmanical Ladder ''symbolises the ''Seven ''Worlds or ''Sapta Loka''; the ''Kabalistical Ladder'', the seven lower Sephiroth; ''Jacob’s Ladder ''is spoken of in the Bible; the ''Mithraic Ladder ''is also the “Mysterious Ladder”. Then there are the Rosicrucian, the Scandinavian, the Borsippa Ladders, etc., etc., and finally the ''Theological Ladder ''which, according to Brother Kenneth Mackenzie, consists of the four cardinal and three theological virtues [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ladies’ Theosophical Society of Calcutta +

Formed in March 1883, with [[Gordon, Alice|A. Gordon]] as president and Kumari Devi Ghosal, daughter of Debendranath Tagore, as secretary. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxix|BCW 4:xxix]]) +

Lady of the Sycamore +

A title of the Egyptian goddess Neїth, who is often represented as appearing in a tree and handing therefrom the fruit of the Tree of Life, as also the Water of Life, to her worshippers [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lady’s Pictorial +

London newspaper for the home, published from 1881 to 1921 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#429|10:429]][[SMW::on]]). The issue of 3 March 1888 carried “Woman: Her Position and Her Prospects, Her Duties and Her Doings,” used by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in her obituary of A. Kingsford. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Late Mrs. Anna Kingsford, M. D.#91|BCW 9:91]]) +

Laena +

A robe worn by the Roman Augurs with which they covered their heads while sitting in contemplation on the flight of birds [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lahgash +

Secret speech; esoteric incantation; almost identical with the mystical meaning of Vâch [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Laing, Samuel +

British politician, railway administrator and writer on science and religion. British author and railway administrator. Educ. at Cambridge. Studied law and entered political life as secretary to Labouchère of the Bureau of Commerce; was given charge of the Department of Railway Construction, and became Director of Railways in France, Belgium and Canada (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#441|9:441]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lajja +

“Modesty”; a demi‐goddess, daughter of Daksha [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lakh +

100,000 of units, either in specie or anything else [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lakshana +

The thirty‐two bodily signs of a Buddha, marks by which he is recognised [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lakshmi +

“Prosperity”, fortune; the Indian Venus, born of the churning of the ocean by the gods; goddess of beauty and wife of Vishnu [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lal, Brij Mohun +

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

Lalande J.J. de - Astronomie +

A work by J. J. de Lalande: first published in Paris in two volumes in 1764, with a four-volume second edition in 1771–1781 and a three-volume third edition in 1792. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Notes sur «L’Ésotérisme du Dogme Chrétien»#365|BCW 8:365]]) +

Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de +

Bibliographical references include: Astronomie. Paris, 1764. 2 vols.; enl. ed. Paris, 1771-81. 4 vols.; 3rd ed. Paris: P. Didot, 1792. 3 vols (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#462|8:462]][[SMW::on]]). +

Lalita Vistara +

A celebrated biography of Sakya Muni, the Lord Buddha, by Dharmarakcha, A.D. 308 [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lalitavistara +

Sanskrit biography of the Buddha emphasizing the legendary aspects of his life. De Zirkoff lists R. Mitra's translation in ''Bibliotheca Indica'', New Series, volume 90. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#513|3:513]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography cites the edition prepared by Rajendralala Mitra for the ''Bibliotheca Indica'' (Calcutta, 1877). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#654|4:654]][[SMW::on]]). Zirkoff lists R. Mitra’s edition and translations in ''Bibliotheca Indica'', including the Calcutta edition of 1877. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#365|5:365]][[SMW::on]]). +