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Sen, Purna Chundra +

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

Sen, Ram Das +

Bengali scholar and antiquarian from Murshidabad, who wrote on Indian history, Sanskrit literature and Jainism. +

Sena +

The female aspect or Sakti of Kârttikeya; also called Kaumâra. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus +

Bibliographical references include: De constantia sapientis, etc. Loeb Classical Library (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#474|8:474]][[SMW::on]]). +

Senses +

The ten organs of man. In the exoteric Pantheon and the allegories of the. East, these are the emanations of ten minor gods, the terrestrial Prajâpati or “ progenitors ”. They are called in contradistinction to the five physical and the seven superphysical, the “elementary senses”. In Occultism they are closely allied with various forces of nature, and with our ''inner'' organisms, called cells in physiology. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Senzar +

The mystic name for the secret sacerdotal language or the “Mystery‐speech” of the initiated Adepts, all over the world. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sepher Sephiroth +

A Kabbalistic treatise concerning the gradual evolution of Deity from negative repose to active emanation and creation. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sepher Toldoth Jeshu +

Jewish apocryphal work which first became known to Christians in the 13th century, and whose author is unknown (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#415|8:415]][[SMW::on]]). +

Sepher Yetzirah +

"The Book of Formation". A very ancient Kabbalistic work ascribed to the patriarch Abraham. It illustrates the creation of the universe by analogy with the twenty‐two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, distributed into a triad, a heptad, and a dodecad, corresponding with the three mother letters, A, M, S, the seven planets, and the twelve signs of the Zodiac. It is written in the Neo‐Hebraic of the ''Mishnah''. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). *See Vol. VIII, p. 415, for particulars. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#523|1:523]][[SMW::on]]). An early Kabbalistic work concerning combinations of letters and numbers, emanation and the Sephiroth, traditionally attributed to Rabbi Akiba. De Zirkoff lists the first printed edition, Mantua, 1562, and later editions or translations by M. Grossberg, W. Wynn Westcott and Knut Stenring. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#530|3:530]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography lists the Mantua edition of 1562, a Latin translation by William Postel (1552), M. Grossberg’s text and commentary (1902), and a partial translation by W. W. Westcott (1893). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#393|7:393]][[SMW::on]]). This work whose title means the “ Book of Formation,” is reputed to be the oldest known Kabalistic work, attributed by tradition to Abraham himself, as also to Akiba (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#415|8:415]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography refers the reader to Vol. VIII, p. 415, for particulars (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#453|9:453]][[SMW::on]]). A translation by [[Davidson, Peter|P. Davidson]] was published in 1896 at Loudsville, Georgia, and Glasgow, Scotland. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century#271|BCW 7:271]])

Sephira +

An emanation of Deity; the parent and synthesis of the ten Sephiroth when she stands at the head of the Sephirothal Tree; in the Kabbalah, Sephira,or the “ Sacred Aged ”, is the divine Intelligence (the same as Sophia or Metis), the first emanation from the “Endless” or Ain‐Suph. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sephiroth +

The ten emanations of Deity; the highest is formed by the concentration of the Ain Soph Aur, or the Limitless Light, and each: Sephira produces by emanation another Sephira. The names of the Ten Sephiroth are — 1. Kether — The Crown; 2. Chokmah — Wisdom; 3. Binah — Understanding; 4. Chesed‐ — Mercy; Geburah — Power; 6. Tiphereth — Beauty; 7. Netzach — Victory; 8. Hod — Splendour; 9. Jesod_Foundation; and 10. Malkuth — The Kingdom. The conception of Deity embodied in the Ten Sephiroth is a very sublime one, and each Sephira is a picture to the Kabbalist of a group of exalted ideas, titles and attributes, which the name but faintly represents. Each Sephira is called either active or passive, though this attribution may lead to error; passive does not mean a return to negative existence; and the two words only express the relation between individual Sephiroth, and not any absolute quality. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sepp J.N. - Vie de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ +

C. Sainte-Foi’s French translation of [[Sepp, Johann Nepomuk|J. N. Sepp]]’s Das Leben Jesu Christi, published in Paris in 1854 and in a second edition in 1861. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] considers it likely that [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] used this translation. Its second edition discusses the saros in III, p. 331, and planetary conjunction and Kepler’s views in I, pp. 89-92; her exact edition references remain uncertain. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Reponse aux Fausses conceptions de M. lAbbe Roca Relatives a mes Observations sur lEsoterisme Chretien#211|BCW 9:211-212]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Reply to the mistaken conceptions of the Abbe Roca concerning my observations on Christian Esotericism#233|BCW 9:233]]) +

Sepp, Johann Nepomuk +

German theologian, historian and archaeologist (1816-1909), professor at Munich and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly and Bavarian Parliament. His writings include a life of Jesus and studies of pre-Christian religion. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#393|7:393-394]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Das Leben Jesu Christi. Regensburg, 1842-46. 7 vols.; 2nd ed. 1858; 4th ed. Münich: D. Hamborg, 1898. Vie de Jésus (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#453|9:453]][[SMW::on]]). +

Septerium +

A great religious festival held in days of old every ninth year at Delphi, in honour of Helios, the Sun, or Apollo, to commemorate his triumph over darkness, or Python; Apollo‐Python being the same as Osiris‐Typhon in Egypt. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Seraphim +

Celestial beings described by Isaiah (vi., 2,) as of human form with the addition of three pair of wings. The Hebrew word is '''ShRPIM,''' and apart from the above instance, is translated serpents, and is related to the verbal root ShRP, ''to burn up . ''The word is used for serpents in ''Numbers'' and ''Deuteronomy''. Moses is said to have raised in the wilderness a ShRP or Seraph of Brass as a type. This bright serpent is also used as an emblem of Light. Compare the myth of Æsculapius, the healing deity, who is said to have been brought to Rome from Epidaurus as a serpent, and whose statues show him holding a wand on which a snake is twisted. (See Ovid, ''Metam''., lib. xv.). The Seraphim of the ''Old'' ''Testament'' seem to be related to the Cherubim (''q.v''.). In the ''Kabbalah'' the Seraphim are a group of angelic powers allotted to the Sephira Geburah — Severity. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Serapis +

A great solar god who replaced Osiris in the popular worship, and in whose honour the seven vowels were sung. He was often made to appear in his representations as a serpent, a “Dragon of Wisdom ”. The greatest god of Egypt during the first centuries of Christianity. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Serjeant, William C. Eldon +

Bibliographical references include: Spirit Revealed. No information available. The author was connected with the Theosophical Society in its early days (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#474|8:474]][[SMW::on]]). +

Servius Maurus Honoratus +

Latin grammarian, contemporary of Macrobius and author of an extensive commentary on Virgil. Compiled from earlier commentaries and probably altered by medieval copyists, this work preserves information on history, antiquities and mythology, as well as passages from lost works. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#394|7:394]][[SMW::on]]). +

Sesha +

''Ananta'', the great Serpent of Eternity, the couch of Vishnu; the symbol of infinite Time in Space. In the exoteric beliefs Sesha is represented as a ''thousand''‐ headed and ''seven''‐headed cobra; the former the king of the nether world, called Pâtâla, the latter the carrier or support of Vishnu on the Ocean of Space. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Set +

The same as the Son of Noah and Typhon — who is the dark side of Osiris. The same as Thoth and Satan, the adversary, not the devil represented by Christians. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +