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The 14th letter in both the English and the Hebrew alphabets. In the latter tongue the N is called Nun, and signifies a fish. It is the symbol of the female principle or the womb. Its numerical value is 50 in the Kabalistic system, but the Peripatetics made it equivalent to 900, and with a stroke over it (900) 9,000. With the Hebrews, however, the ''final Nun ''was 700 [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Naaseni +

The Christian Gnostic sect, called Naasenians, or serpent worshippers, who considered the constellation of the Dragon as the symbol of their Logos or Christ [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nabathean Agriculture +

A work transmitted in Arabic and studied by D. A. Chwolsohn from a Leiden manuscript. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] discusses it in The Secret Doctrine, volume II, pp. 452–457. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The History of a Planet#22|BCW 8:22]]) +

Nabatheans +

A sect almost identical in their beliefs with the Nazarenes and Sabeans, who had more reverence for John the Baptist than for Jesus. Maimonides identifies them with the astrolaters. “Respecting the beliefs of the Sabeans”, he says, “the most famous is the book, ''The agriculture of the Nabatheans''”. And we know that the Ebionites, the first of whom were the friends and relatives of Jesus, according to tradition, in other words, the earliest and first Christians, “were the direct followers and disciples of the Nazarene sect”, according to Epiphanius and Theodoret (See the ''Contra Ebionites ''of Epiphanius, and also “Galileans” and “Nazarenes”) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nabhi +

The father of Bhârata, who gave his name to ''Bhârata Varsha ''(land) or India [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nabia +

Seership, soothsaying. This oldest and most respected of mystic phenomena is the name given to prophecy in the ''Bible'', and is correctly included among the spiritual powers, such as divination, clairvoyant visions, trance‐conditions, and oracles. But while enchanters, diviners, and even astrologers are strictly condemned in the Mosaic books, prophecy, seership, and ''nabia ''appear as the special gifts of heaven. In early ages they were all termed ''Epoptai ''(Seers), the Greek word for Initiates; they were also designated ''Nebim'', “the plural of Nebo, the Babylonian god of wisdom.” The Kabalist distinguishes between the ''seer ''and the ''magician''; one is passive, the other active; ''Nebirah'', is one who looks into futurity and a clairvoyant; ''Nebi‐poel'', he who possesses ''magic powers''. We notice that Elijah and Apollonius resorted to the same means to isolate themselves from the disturbing influences of the outer world, viz., wrapping their heads entirely in a woollen mantle, from its being an electric non‐conductor we must suppose [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nabu +

Nebu or Nebo, generally; the Chaldean god of Secret Wisdom, from which name the Biblical, Hebrew term '''Nabiim '''(prophets) was derived. This son of Anu and Ishtar was worshipped chiefly at Borsippa; but he had also his temple at Babylon, above that of Bel, devoted to the seven planets. (See “ Nazarenes” and “ Nebo”.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nachweis der Echtheit der sämtlichen Schriften des Neuen Testaments +

H. Olshausen’s work, p. 35 of which is cited by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] could not locate in that passage the final sentence directly quoted by her. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Origin of the Gospels and the Bishop of Bombay#239|BCW 4:239]]) +

Naden C. - What is Religion +

A pamphlet by [[Naden, Constance|C. Naden]] vindicating freethought, with appendices by R. Lewins (London, W. Stewart, 1883). [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] praises its clarity of language while criticising its philosophical position. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Modern Idealism, Worse Than Materialism#97|BCW 8:97]]) +

Naden, Constance +

English writer and poet who developed hylo-idealism together with Robert Lewins. Her philosophical essays were collected posthumously in Induction and Deduction (1890) (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#470|8:470]][[SMW::on]]). Author of What is Religion? (1883), signed C. N.; the work was criticised by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in the debate on hylo-idealism. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Modern Idealism, Worse Than Materialism#97|BCW 8:97]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Literary Jottings (1)#305|BCW 8:305]]) Her full name was Constance Caroline Woodhill Naden (24 January 1858 – 23 December 1889); Constance Naden is a shortened form, not a pseudonym for Caroline Woodhill. ([https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?id=XUSS115&src=CalmView.Catalog University of Birmingham, Special Collections — Constance Naden papers]; [https://birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk/blue-plaque-constance-naden/ Birmingham Civic Society — Constance Caroline Woodhill Naden]) +

Nagadwipa +

Lit., “the island of the Dragons”; one of the ''Seven Divisions ''of Bhâratavarsha, or modern India, according to the Purânas. No proofs remain as to who were the Nâgas (a historical people however), the favourite theory being that they were a Scythic race. But there is no proof of this. When the Brahmans invaded India they “found a race of ''wise ''men, half‐gods, half‐ demons”, says the legend, men who were the teachers of other races and became likewise the instructors of the Hindus and the Brahmans themselves. Nagpur is justly believed to be the surviving relic of Nâgadwîpa. Now Nagpur is virtually in Râjputana near Oodeypore, Ajmere, etc. And is it not well known that there was a time when Brahmans went to learn Secret Wisdom from the Râjputs? Moreover a tradition states that Apollonius of Tyana was instructed in magic by the Nâgas of Kashmere [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nagal +

The title of the chief Sorcerer or “medicine man” of some tribes of Mexican Indians. These keep always a ''daimon ''or god, in the shape of a serpent — and sometimes some other sacred animal — who is said to inspire them [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nagarajas +

The usual name given to all the supposed “guardian Spirits” of lakes and rivers, meaning literally “Dragon Kings”. All of these are shown in the Buddhist chronicles as having been converted to the Buddhist monastic life : ''i.e '', as becoming Arhats from the Yogis that they were before [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nagarjuna +

An Arhat, a hermit (a native of Western India) converted to Buddhism by Kapimala and the fourteenth Patriarch, and now regarded as a Bodhisattva‐ Nirmanakaya. He was famous for his dialectical subtlety in metaphysical arguments; and was the first teacher of the Amitâbha doctrine and a representative of the Mahayâna School. Viewed as the greatest philosopher of the Buddhists, he was referred to as “one of the four suns which illumine the world”. He was born 223 B.C, and going to China after his conversion converted in his turn the whole country to Buddhism [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nagkon Wat +

Imposing ruins in the province of Siamrap (Eastern Siam), if ruins they may be called. An abandoned edifice of most gigantic dimensions, which, together with the great temple of Angkorthâm, are the best preserved relics of the past in all Asia. After the Pyramids this is the most occult edifice in the whole world. Of an oblong form, it is 796 feet in length and 588 in width, entirely built of stone, the roof included, but ''without cement ''like the pyramids of Ghizeh, the stones fitting so closely that the joints are even now hardly discernible. It has a central pagoda 250 feet in height from the first floor, and four smaller pagodas at the four corners, about 175 feet each. In the words of a traveller, (''The Land of the White Elephant'', Frank Vincent, p. 209) “in style and beauty of architecture, solidity of construction, and magnificent and elaborate carving and sculpture, the great Nagkon Wat has no superior, certainly no rival, standing at the present day.” (See ''Isis Unv.'', Vol. I. pp. 561‐566.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nagnath, Martandrao Babaji +

Indian Theosophist and government employee in Bombay. An early associate of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott, he recorded his experiences at the Theosophical Society’s headquarters. +

Nahash +

“The Deprived”; the Evil one or the Serpent, according to the Western Kabalists [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nahbkoon +

The god who unites the “doubles”, a mystical term referring to the human disembodied “principles” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Nahmanides +

Jewish Talmudic scholar and biblical commentator from Gerona, also called Moses ben Nahman and Bonastruc de Porta. After religious disputations and exile, he settled in Palestine and wrote a commentary on the Pentateuch. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#385|7:385]][[SMW::on]]). +

Naick, W. M. Venkatapati +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol9|vol. 9]] (1887–1888). +