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Société Spirite (Cairo) +

A short-lived society for investigating phenomena, established by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in Cairo in 1871-1872. The venture was unsuccessful; P. Metamon disapproved of its establishment ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, General Outline of her Life Prior to her Public Work#xlix|BCW 1:xlix]]). +

Société Théosophique d’Orient et d’Occident +

Founded in Paris on 28 June 1883, with Marie, Countess of Caithness and Duchesse de Pomar, as president. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxx|BCW 4:xxx]]) +

Société des Occultistes de France +

Chartered in Paris in June 1883, with Dr. Fortin as president. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxx|BCW 4:xxx]]) +

Socolis, D. S. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol1|vol. 1]] (1879–1880). +

Sod +

An “Arcanum”, or religious mystery. The Mysteries of Baal, Adonis and Bacchus, all sun‐gods having serpents as symbols, or, as in the case of Mithra, a “solar serpent”. The ancient Jews had their Sod also, symbols not excluded, since they had the “brazen serpent” lifted in the Wilderness, which particular serpent was the Persian Mithra, the symbol of Moses as an Initiate, but was certainly never meant to represent the ''historical Christ''. “The secret (Sod) of the Lord is with them that fear him ”, says David, in'' Psalm'' xxv., 14. But this reads in the original Hebrew, “Sod Ihoh (or the Mysteries) of Jehovah are for those who fear him”. So terribly is the Old Testament mistranslated, that verse 7 in'' '' ''Psalm'' lxxxix., which stands in the original “'''Al''' ('''El''') is terrible in the great ''Sod ''of the'' Kedeshim''” (the ''Galli,'' the priests of the inner Jewish mysteries), reads now in the mutilated translation “God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints”. Simeon and Levi held their ''Sod'', and it is repeatedly mentioned in the Bible. “ Oh my soul ”, exclaims the dying Jacob, “come not thou into their secret (Sod, in the orig.), unto their assembly ”, ''i.e''.. into the ''Sodalily'' of Simeon and Levi (''Gen''. xlix., 6). (See Dunlap,'' Sôd'','' the Mysteries of Adoni.'') [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sodales +

The members of the Priest‐colleges. (See Freund’s ''Latin Lexicon'', iv., 448.) Cicero tells us also (''De '' ''Senectute,'' 13) that “'' Sodalities'' were constituted in the Idæn Mysteries of the MIGHTY MOTHER”. Those initiated into the Sod were termed the“ Companions ”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sodalian Oath +

The most sacred of all oaths. The penalty of death followed the breaking of the Sodalian oath or pledge. The oath and the Sod (the secret learning) are earlier than the ''Kabbalah ''or Tradition, and the ancient'' '' ''Midrashim'' treated fully of the Mysteries or Sod before they passed into the ''Zohar. ''Now they are referred to as the ''Secret Mysteries'' of the Thorah, or Law, to break which is fatal. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Soham +

A mystic syllable representing'' involution'': lit., “THAT I AM”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sokaris +

A fire‐god; a solar deity of many forms. He is Ptah Sokaris, when the symbol is purely cosmic, and “Ptah‐Sokaris‐Osiris” when it is phallic. This deity is hermaphrodite, the sacred bull Apis being its son, conceived in it by a solar ray. According to Smith’s ''History of the East'', Ptah is a “second Demiurgus, an emanation from the first creative Principle” (the ''first'' Logos). The upright Ptah, with cross and staff, is the “creator of the eggs of the sun and moon ”. Pierret thinks that he represents the primordial Force that preceded the gods and “created the stars, and the eggs of the sun and moon ”. Mariette Bey sees in him “Divine Wisdom scattering the stars in immensity ”, and he is corroborated by the Targum of Jerusalem, which states that the “Egyptians called the Wisdom of the First Intellect Ptah”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sokhit +

A deity to whom the cat was sacred. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Solomon’s Seal +

The symbolical double triangle, adopted by the T.S. and by many Theosophists. Why it should be called “Solomon’s Seal” is a mystery, unless it came to Europe from Iran, where many stories are told about that mythical personage and the magic seal used by him to catch the ''djins'' and imprison them in old bottles. But this seal or double triangle is also called in India the “Sign of Vishnu ”, and may be seen on the houses in every village as a talisman against evil. The triangle was sacred and used as a religious sign in the far East ages before Pythagoras proclaimed it to be the first of the geometrical figures, as well as the most mysterious. it is found on pyramid and obelisk, and is pregnant with occult meaning, as are, in fact, all triangles. Thus the pentagram is the triple triangle — the six‐pointed being the ''hexalp ha''. (See [[Pentacle]] and “Pentagram”.) The way a triangle points determines its meaning. If upwards, it means the male element and ''divine fire;'' downwards, the female and the ''waters ''of matter; upright, but with a bar across the top, ''air'' and astral light ; downwards, with a bar — the earth or gross matter, etc., etc. When a Greek Christian priest in blessing holds his two fingers and thumb together, he simply makes the magic sign — by the power of the ''triangle'' or “trinity ”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Solovyov, Vladimir Sergueyevich +

Reviewed [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s The Key to Theosophy in Russkoye Obozreniye, volume IV, August 1890. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Judges or Slanderers#333|BCW 7:333-334]]) [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s reply to his review, Neo-Buddhism, was declined by Russkoye Obozreniye. V. P. Zhelihovsky sought another Russian outlet but did not secure publication during her sister’s lifetime. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Neo-Buddhism#334|BCW 12:334]]) +

Solovyov, Vsevolod S. +

*''A Modern Priestess of Isis''. Translated from Russian into English (somewhat abridged) by Walter Leaf. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. See Vols. VI, p. 446, and VII, pp. 332-34, for particulars about Solovyov and his writings. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#525|1:525]][[SMW::on]]). Russian novelist and poet (1849-1903), son of the historian Sergei Solovyov. Initially friendly with H. P. Blavatsky after meeting her in Paris in 1884, he later attacked her in ''A Modern Priestess of Isis'', issued as a book in 1893; an abridged English translation appeared in 1895. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#446|6:446]][[SMW::on]]). For his biography and writings, the appendix refers to page 332 of the present volume and volume VI, page 446. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#395|7:395]][[SMW::on]]). [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] identifies him as the unnamed Russian in [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s account of C. Richet’s entry into the Theosophical Society. Solovyov also described the reported visit of a Mahatma at Elberfeld on the night of 26–27 August 1884 in a letter dated 1 October 1884, printed in the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Judges or Slanderers#332|BCW 7:332-334]])

Solovyov, Vsevolod Sergeyevich +

was a Russian historical novelist. He became a TS member in 1884, but on February 16, 1886, he resigned his membership and became a bitter and disillusioned enemy of Mme. Blavatsky. He wrote a critical examination of HPB's last three years, called ''A Modern Priestess of Isis''. +

Solís y Rivadeneíra, Antonio de +

Spanish poet and historian (1610-1686), court secretary and historiographer of the Indies. His Historia de la conquista de Méjico was published in Madrid in 1684. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#544|2:544]][[SMW::on]]). +

Soma +

The moon, and also the juice of the plant of that name used in the temples for trance purposes; a sacred beverage. Soma, the moon, is the symbol of the Secret Wisdom. In the ''Upanishads ''the word is used to denote gross matter (with an association of moisture) capable of producing life under the action of heat. (See [[Soma‐drink]].) +

Somapa +

A class of Lunar Pitris. (See “ Trisuparna.”) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Soma‐drink +

Made from a rare mountain plant by initiated Brahmans. This Hindu sacred beverage answers to the Greek ambrosia or nectar, quaffed by the gods of Olympus. A cup of Kykeôn was also quaffed by the Mystes at the Eleusinian initiation. He who drinks it easily reaches ''Bradhna'', or the place of splendour (Heaven). The Soma‐drink known to Europeans is not the'' '' ''genuine'' beverage, but its substitute; for the initiated priests alone can taste of the real Soma; and even kings and Rajas, when sacrificing, receive the substitute. Haug, by his own confession, shows in his ''Aitareya Brâhmana'', that it was not the Soma that he tasted and found nasty, but the juice from the roots of the Nyagradha, a plant or bush which grows on the hills of Poona. We were positively informed that the majority of the sacrificial priests of the Dekkan have lost the secret of the true Soma. It can be found neither in the ritual books nor through oral information. The true followers of the primitive Vedic religion are very few; these are the alleged descendants of the Rishis, the real Agnihôtris, the initiates of the great Mysteries. The Soma drink is also commemorated in the Hindu Pantheon, for it is called King‐Soma. He who drinks thereof is made to participate in the heavenly king; he becomes filled with his essence, as the Christian apostles and their converts were. filled with the Holy Ghost, and purified of their sins. The Soma makes a new man of the initiate; he is reborn and transformed, and his spiritual nature overcomes the physical; it bestows the divine power of inspiration, and develops the clairvoyant faculty to the utmost. According to the exoteric explanation the soma is a plant, but at the same time it is an angel. It forcibly connects the inner, highest “ spirit” of man, which spirit is an angel like the mystical Soma, with his “irrational soul ”, or astral body, and thus united by the power of the magic drink, they soar together above physical nature and participate during life in the beatitude and ineffable glories of Heaven, Thus the Hindu Soma is mystically and in all respects the same that the Eucharist supper is to the Christian. The idea is similar. By means of the sacrificial prayers — the mantras — this liquor is supposed to be immediately transformed into the real Soma, or the angel, and even into Brahmâ himself. Some missionaries have expressed themselves with much indignation about this ceremony, the more so, seeing that the Brahmans generally use ''a kind of spirituous liquor'' as a substitute. But do the Christians believe less fervently in the transubstantiation of the communion wine into the blood of Christ, because this wine happens to be more or less spirituous? Is not the idea of the symbol attached to it the same? But the missionaries say that this hour of soma‐ drinking is the golden hour of Satan, who lurks at the bottom of the Hindu sacrificial cup. (''Isis Unveiled''.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG).

Soma‐loka +

A kind of lunar abode where the god Soma, the regent of the moon, resides. The abode of the Lunar Pitris — or ''Pitriloka''. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Some Experiences in India +

A nineteen-page pamphlet by [[Brown, William Tournay|W. T. Brown]], printed in London in 1884 under the authority of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society. Reprinted in The Canadian Theosophist in June 1947; a copy of the original was held in the Adyar Library. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.5)#xxix|BCW 5:xxix]]) +