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Quietists +

A religious sect founded by a Spanish monk named Molinos. Their chief doctrine was that contemplation (an internal state of complete rest and passivity) was the only religious practice possible, and constituted the whole of religious observances. They were the Western ''Hatha Yogis'' and passed their time in trying to separate their minds from the objects of sense. The practice became a fashion in France and also in Russia during the early portion of this century. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Quinanes +

A very ancient race of giants, of whom there are many traditions, not only in the folk‐lore but in the history of Central America. Occult science teaches that the race which preceded our own human race was one of giants, which gradually decreased, after the Atlantean deluge had almost swept them off the face of the earth, to the present size of man. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Quindecemvir +

The Roman priest who had charge of the Sibylline books. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Quinet, Edgar +

Bibliographical references include: L’Ultramontanisme ou l’Église Romaine et la Société Moderne. Paris, 1844. 8vo; Engl. tr. by C. Cocks, 1845 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#449|9:449]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: La Creation, etc. Paris, 1870, two vols. 8vo (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#586|11:586]][[SMW::on]]). +

Quintus Curtius Rufus +

Latin writer of uncertain date, author of a history of Alexander the Great originally comprising ten books. Zirkoff characterizes its narrative as more romantic than critical and lists Latin editions and John C. Rolfe’s bilingual Loeb edition. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#379|5:379-380]][[SMW::on]]). The compiler tentatively identifies the reference as his history of Alexander the Great in the Loeb Classical Library (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#587|11:587]][[SMW::on]]). +

Qû‐tamy +

The name of the mystic who receives the revelations of the moon‐goddess in the ancient Chaldean work, translated into Arabic, and retranslated by Chwolsohn into German, under the name of ''Nabathean Agriculture.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Q’lippoth +

The world of Demons or Shells; the same as the Aseeyatic World, called also ''Olam Klippoth''. It is the residence of ''Samâel'', the Prince of Darkness in the Kabbalistic allegories. But note what we read in the ''Zohar'' (ii.43''a'') “For the service of the Angelic World, the Holy. . . . made Samâel and his legions, ''i.e.'', the world of action, who are as it were the clouds to be used (by the higher or upper Spirits, our ''Egos'') to ride upon in their descent to the earth, and serve, as it were, for their horses”. This, in conjunction with the fact that Q’lippoth contains the matter of which stars, planets, and even men are made, shows that Samâel with his legions is simply chaotic, turbulent matter, which is used in its finer state by spirits to robe themselves in. For speaking of the “vesture” or form ''(rupa)'' of the incarnating ''Egos'', it is said in the Occult Catechism that they, the Mânasaputras or Sons of Wisdom, use for the consolidation of their forms, in order to descend into lower spheres, the ''dregs of Swabhavat,'' or that plastic matter which is throughout Space, in other words, primordial ''ilus''. And these dregs are what the Egyptians have called Typhon and modern Europeans Satan, Samâel, etc., etc. ''Deus est Demon inversus''—the Demon is the ''lining'' of God. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

R

R +

The eighteenth letter of the alphabet; “the canine”, as its sound reminds one of a snarl. In the Hebrew alphabet it is the twentieth, and its numeral is 200. It is equivalent as Resh to the divine name Rahim (clemency); and its symbols are, a sphere, a head, or a circle. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ra +

The divine Universal Soul in its manifested aspect — the ever‐burning light; also the personified Sun. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Rabbis +

Originally teachers of the Secret Mysteries, the ''Qabbalah;'' later, every Levite of the priestly caste became a teacher and a Rabbin. (See the series of Kabbalistic Rabbis by w.w.w.) # '''Rabbi Abulafia'''. Of Saragossa born in 1240, formed a school of Kabbalah named after him; his chief works were ''The Seven Paths of the Law ''and ''The Epistle to Rabbi Solomon.'' # '''Rabbi Akiba'''. Author of a famous Kabbalistic work, the “Alphabet of R.A.”, which treats every letter as a symbol of an idea and an emblem of some sentiment; the ''Book of '' ''Enoch ''was originally a portion of this work, which appeared at the close of the eighth century. It was not purely a Kabbalistic treatise. # '''Rabbi Azariel ben Menachem''' (A.D. 1160). The author of the'' Commentary on the Ten'' ''Sephiroth'', which is the oldest purely Kabbalistic work extant, setting aside the ''Sepher '' ''Yetzirah'', which although older, is not concerned with the Kabbalistic Sephiroth. He was the pupil of Isaac the Blind, who is the reputed father of the European Kabbalah, and he was the teacher of the equally famous R. Moses Nachmanides. # '''Rabbi Moses Botarel''' (1480). Author of a famous commentary on the ''Sepher Yetzirah''; he taught that by ascetic life and the use of invocations, a man’s dreams might be made prophetic. # '''Rabbi Chajim Vital''' (1600). The great exponent of the Kabbalah as taught R. Isaac Loria: author of one of the most famous works, ''Otz Chiim'', or ''Tree of Life''; from this Knorr von Rosenroth has taken the ''Book on the Rashith ha Gilgalim,'' revolutions of souls, or scheme of reincarnations. # '''Rabbi Ibn Gebirol'''. A famous Hebrew Rabbi, author of the hymn'' Kether Malchuth'', or Royal Diadem, which appeared about 1050; it is a beautiful poem, embodying the cosmic doctrines of Aristotle, and it even now forms part of the Jewish special service for the evening preceding the great annual Day of Atonement (See Ginsburg and Sachs on the ''Religious Poetry of the Spanish '' ''Jews''). This author is also known as Avicebron. # '''Rabbi Gikatilla'''. A distinguished Kabbalist who flourished about 1300 : he wrote the famous books, ''The '' ''Garden of Nuts, The Gate to the Vowel Points, The mystery of '' ''the shining Metal'', and ''The'' ''Gates of Righteousness''. He laid especial stress on the use of Gematria, Notaricon and Temura. # '''Rabbi Isaac the Blind'''. Of Posquiero. The first who publicly taught in Europe, about A.D. 1200, the Theosophic doctrines of the ''Kabbalah''. # '''Rabbi Loria''' (Also written ''Luria'', and also named ''Ari'' from his initials). Founded a school of the ''Kabbalah'' circa 1560. He did not write any works, but his disciples treasured up his teachings, and R. Chajim Vital published them. # '''Rabbi Moses Cordovero''' (A.D.1550). The author of several Kabbalistic works of a wide reputation, ''viz.'','' A '' ''Sweet Light, The Book of Retirement,'' and'' The Garden of '' ''Pomegranates''; this latter can be read in Latin in Knorr von Rosenroth’s ''Kabbalah Denudata,'' entitled'' Tractatus de '' ''Animo, ex libro'' ''Pardes Rimmonim.'' Cordovero is notable for an adherence to the strictly metaphysical part, ignoring the wonder‐working branch which Rabbi Sabbatai Zevi practised, and almost perished in the pursuit of. # '''Rabbi Moses de Leon''' (Circa 1290 A,D.). The editor and first publisher of the ''Zohar'', or “Splendour”, the most famous of all the Kabbalistic volumes, and almost the only one of which any large part has been translated into English. This'' Zohar'' is asserted to be in the main the production of the still more famous Rabbi Simon ben Jochai, who lived in the reign of the Emperor Titus. # '''Rabbi Moses Maimonides''' (Died 1304). A famous Hebrew Rabbi and author, who condemned the use of charms and amulets, and objected to the Kabbalistic use of the divine names. # '''Rabbi Sabbatai Zevi''' (Born 1641). A very famous Kabbalist, who passing beyond the dogma became of great reputation as a thaumaturgist, working wonders by the divine names. Later in life he claimed Messiahship and fell into the hands of the Sultan Mohammed IV. of Turkey, and would have been murdered, but saved his life by adopting the Mohammedan religion. (See Jost on'' '' ''Judaism and its Sects.'') # '''Rabbi Simon ben Jochai''' (Circa A.D. 70‐80). It is round this name that cluster the mystery and poetry of the origin of the ''Kabbalah'' as a gift of the deity to mankind. Tradition has it that the ''Kabbalah ''was a divine theosophy first taught by God to a company of angels, and that some glimpses of its perfection were conferred upon Adam; that the wisdom passed from him unto Noah; thence to Abraham, from whom the Egyptians of his era learned a portion of the doctrine. Moses derived a partial initiation from the land of his birth, and this was perfected by direct communications with the deity. From Moses it passed to the seventy elders of the Jewish nation, and from them the theosophic scheme was handed from generation to generation; David and Solomon especially became masters of this concealed doctrine. No attempt, the legends tell us, was made to commit the sacred knowledge to writing until the time of the destruction of the second Temple by Titus, when Rabbi Simon ben Jochai, escaping from the besieged Jerusalem, concealed himself in a cave, where he remained for twelve years. Here he, a Kabbalist already, was further instructed by the prophet Elias. Here Simon taught his disciples, and his chief pupils, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Abba, committed to writing those teachings which in later ages became known as the ''Zohar'', and were certainly published afresh in Spain by Rabbi Moses de Leon, about 1280. A fierce contest has raged for centuries between the learned Rabbis of Europe around the origin of the legend, and it seems quite hopeless to expect ever to arrive at an accurate decision as to what portion of the Zohar, if any, is as old as Simon ben Jochai. (See “Zohar”.) [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG).

Radha +

The shepherdess among the ''Gopis'' (shepherdesses) of Krishna, who was the wife of the god. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Rae, E. J. S. +

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

Raga +

One of the five ''Kleshas'' (afflictions) in Patânjali’s Yoga philosophy. In ''Sânkhya Kârikâ'', it is the “obstruction” called love and desire in the physical or terrestrial sense. The five ''Kleshas'' are: ''Avidyâ'', or ignorance; ''Asmitâ'', selfishness, or “I‐am‐ness” ; ''Râga'', love; ''Dwesha'', hatred; and'' Abhinivesa,'' dread of suffering. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Raghunath Rao, R. +

Indian administrator and social reformer, Dewan of Indore and first president of the Madras Theosophical Society. He advocated the remarriage of Hindu widows. The appendix attributes ''What is Hindu Religion?'' to him but gives no further publication details. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#389|7:389]][[SMW::on]]). +

Raghunâthji, Krishnanâth +

The bibliography lists his article “The Pâthâri Prabhus” in the Government Bombay Gazetteer for 1879. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#540|2:540]][[SMW::on]]). +

Ragnarok +

A kind of metaphysical entity called the “Destroyer” and the “Twilight of the Gods”, the two‐ thirds of whom are destroyed at the “Last Battle” in the ''Edda''. Ragnarök lies in chains on the ledge of a rock so long as there are some good men in the world; but when all laws are broken and all virtue and good vanish from it, then Ragnarok will he unbound and allowed to bring every imaginable evil and disaster on the doomed world. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ragon J.M. - La Messe et ses mysteres +

[[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] used pp. 21 ff. for her discussion of Roman rites. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] also identifies pp. 5–6 as an intermediary source for one of her quotations. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Roots of Ritualism in Church and Masonry#77|BCW 11:77]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Roots of Ritualism in Church and Masonry#83|BCW 11:83]]) +

Ragon de Bettignies, Jean-Baptiste-Marie +

French Mason, distinguished writer and great symbologist, who tried to bring Masonry back to its pristine purity (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#587|11:587-588]][[SMW::on]]). +

Ragon, J. M. +

A French Mason, a distinguished writer and great symbologist, who tried to bring Masonry back to its pristine purity. He was born at Bruges in 1789, was received when quite a boy into the Lodge and Chapter of the “Vrais Amis”, and upon removing to Paris founded the Society of the Trinosophes. it is rumoured that he was the possessor of a number of papers given to him by the famous Count de St. Germain, from which he had all his remarkable knowledge upon early Masonry. He died at Paris in 1866, leaving a quantity of books written by himself and masses of MSS., which were bequeathed by him to the “Grand Orient”. Of the mass of his published works very few are obtainable, while others have entirely disappeared. This is due to mysterious persons (Jesuits, it is believed) who hastened to buy up every edition they could find after his death. In short, his works are now extremely rare. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Rahasya +

A name of the Upanishads. ''Lit.'', secret essence of knowledge. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +