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Wimbridge, Edward +

An English artist and an early member of the Theosophical Society. He accompanied H. P. Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott to India in 1879. His work included the design of the cover and engraving of the heading of ''The Theosophist'', as well as a portrait of Blavatsky. He left the Society in 1880. The cover drawing was ready on 31 July 1879, and engraving began on 2 September. In September 1880 he publicly disputed with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]; her annotations to his reply survive in her scrapbook. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Founding of The Theosophist|BCW 2:83-84]], [[Zirkoff B. - H.P. Blavatsky and Edward Wimbridge|BCW 2:479-481]]) On 27 February 1881 he joined [[Bates, R.|R. Bates]] and Krishnarao in distributing circulars against the Founders of the Theosophical Society during [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]]’s lecture in Bombay. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)|BCW 3:xxiv]]) +

Winchell, Alexander +

American geologist (1824-1891), professor at the University of Michigan and director of the Michigan geological survey. His books include ''Pre-Adamites'' (1880) and ''World-Life; or, Comparative Geology'' (1883). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#401|7:401]][[SMW::on]]). +

Windthorst, Ludwig +

German Catholic statesman at Hanover and leader of the Centre Party; Minister of Justice, 1862-65, and elected to the Reichstag in 1867. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#533|1:533]][[SMW::on]]). +

Wirth O. - Qabbalah +

A French article by O. Wirth published in Le Lotus, volume III, January 1889, pp. 625–632. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century#272|BCW 7:272]]) +

Wisdom +

The “ very essence of wisdom is contained in the Non‐ Being ”. say the Kabbalists; but they also apply the term to the WORD or Logos, the Demiurge, by which the universe was called into existence. “The one Wisdom is in the Sound ”, say the Occultists; the Logos again being meant by Sound, which is the substratum of Âkâsa. Says the ''Zohar,'' the “ Book of Splendour” “It is the Principle of all the Principles, the mysterious Wisdom, the crown of all that which there is of the most High”. (''Zohar'', iii., fol. 288, Myers ''Qabbalah''.) And it is explained, “Above Kether is the Ayin, or Ens, i.e., Ain, the NOTHING”. “It is so named because we do not know, and it is impossible to know, ''that which there is in that Principle,'' because . . . it is above Wisdom itself.” (iii., fol. 288.) This shows that the real Kabbalists agree with the Occultists that the essence, or that which is in the principle of Wisdom, is still above that highest Wisdom. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Wisdom Religion +

The one religion which underlies all the now‐existing creeds. That “faith” which, being primordial, and revealed directly to human kind by their ''progenitors ''and informing EGOS (though the Church regards them as the “fallen angels”), required no “grace”, nor ''blind ''faith to believe, for it was ''knowledge''. (See [[Gupta Vidya|Gupta Vidyâ]], Hidden Knowledge.) It is on this Wisdom Religion that ''Theosophy is based.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Wisdom of Jesus +

The same as the apocryphal work known as The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, and also as Ecclesiasticus (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#593|11:593]][[SMW::on]]). +

Wisdom of Solomon +

A work of the Jewish-Alexandrian literature, the form of which is that of Hebrew poetry, while the matter is Hellenic. See R. H. Charles, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, Oxford, 1963-64 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#593|11:593]][[SMW::on]]). +

Witch +

From the Anglo‐Saxon word'' wicce'', German ''wissen'', “to know”, and wikken, “to divine”. The witches were at first called “wise women”, until the day when the Church took it unto herself to follow the law of Moses, which put every “witch” or enchantress to death. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Witchcraft +

Sorcery, enchantment, the art of throwing spells and using black magic. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Witches’ Sabbath +

The supposed festival and gathering of witches in some lonely spot, where the witches were accused of conferring directly with the Devil. Every race and people believed in it, and some believe in it still. Thus the chief headquarters and place of meeting of all the witches in Russia is said to be the Bald Mountain ''(Lyssaya '' ''Gorâ''), near Kief, and in Germany the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains. In old Boston, U.S.A., they met near the “Devil’s Pond ”, in a large forest which has now disappeared. At Salem, they were put to death almost at the will of the Church Elders, and in South Carolina a witch was burnt as late as 1865. In Germany and England they were murdered by Church and State in thousands, being forced to lie and confess under torture their participation in the “ Witches’ Sabbath ”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Witte, Alexander Yulyevich de +

A cousin of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]], son of [[Witte, Yuliy Feodorovich de|Y. F. de Witte]] and [[Witte, Katherine Andreyevna de|K. A. de Witte]]. A major in the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon Regiment, he was seriously injured on 2 October 1877 during the Russo-Turkish War. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Turkish Barbarities#258|BCW 1:258]]) Note on dates: the note on p. 258 prints both 1846-1877 and a statement that he died in 1884. The editorial name index to V. P. Zhelihovsky’s Radda-Bai gives 1846-1884. The year 1877 concerns his injury; his relative seniority among his brothers is not asserted here. ([https://art-roerich.org.ua/sites/default/files/J._Radda-Bai_Imena.pdf В.П. Желиховская, «Радда-Бай», редакторский указатель имён]) ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Turkish Barbarities#258|BCW 1:258]]) +

Witte, Katherine Andreyevna de +

Maternal aunt of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] ([[:t-ru-lib:Витте, Екатерина Андреевна|BTS: Witte, Katherine Andreyevna de]]). Aunt of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] who participated in her upbringing and in family journeys ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, General Outline of her Life Prior to her Public Work#xxix|BCW 1:xxix,xxxiv]]). +

Witte, Yuliy Feodorovich de +

Nineteenth-century Russian public official and uncle of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] by marriage ([[:t-ru-lib:Витте, Юлий Фёдорович|BTS: Witte, Yuliy Feodorovich de]]). Uncle of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] by marriage, who accompanied the family and took part in the Caucasian journeys of her youth ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, General Outline of her Life Prior to her Public Work#xxxiv|BCW 1:xxxiv]]). +

Wittgenstein, Emil +

Prince and friend of H. P. Blavatsky and her family. Joined the Theosophical Society at Vevey, Switzerland, in December 1877. The appendix refers to the biographical sketch in volume I, pages 533-534. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#670|4:670]][[SMW::on]]). Attributed his escape from dangers during the Russo-Turkish War to a promise of protection by one of the “Brothers”; his account appeared with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s comments. This was the prince’s own interpretation. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Comments on The Blessing of the Brothers#355|BCW 4:355]]) +

Wittgenstein, Prince Emil-Karl-Ludwig von Sayn- +

Russian Lieutenant-General of the (now extinct) Princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein, a branch of the German Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family. Served in the Caucasus and in the war against Denmark before entering Russian service as aide-de-camp to Prince Vorontzov, Viceroy of the Caucasus, and later attended the Emperor's suite during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. A close friend of H.P.B. and her family, he became one of the earliest and most devoted members of the Theosophical Society; an editorial note by H.P.B. in ''The Theosophist'' records that he was said to have received special protection from the Brothers during times of danger. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#533|1:533-534]][[SMW::on]]). +

Wittoba +

A form of Vishnu. Moor gives in his ''Hindu '' ''Pantheon ''the picture of Wittoba ''crucified in'' ''Space''; and the Rev. Dr. Lundy maintains (''Monumental Christianity'') that this engraving is ''anterior to'' Christianity and is the crucified Krishna, a Saviour, hence a concrete prophecy of Christ. (See ''Isis Unveiled'', II., 557) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Wizard +

A wise man. An enchanter, or sorcerer. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Wodan +

The Scandinavian Odin, Votan, or Wuotan. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Woide, Carl Gottfried +

Copied the Askew and Bruce manuscripts in 1779 without publishing a translation. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] records his articles on Pistis Sophia in French and German journals in 1773 and 1778, while treating the reported article of 1770 as unverified. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Introductory Notes to H.P.B.s Commentary on the Pistis Sophia#2|BCW 13:2]]) The full name follows the [https://searcharchives.bl.uk/?q=Woide&search_field=all_fields British Library catalogue]. +