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Eloi +

The genius or ruler of Jupiter; its Planetary Spirit. (See Origen, ''Contra Celsum''.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Elphinstone, Mountstuart +

Scottish statesman and historian. Appointed, 1819, lieutenant-governor of Bombay, where he remained until 1827, his principal achievement being the compilation of the "Elphinstone Code." May be regarded as the founder of the system of State education in India. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#462|1:462-463]][[SMW::on]]). +

Elu +

An ancient dialect used in Ceylon [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

El‐Elion +

A name of the Deity ''borrowed ''by the Jews from the ''Phœnician Elon'', a name of the Sun [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Emanation +

In its metaphysical meaning, it is opposed to Evolution, yet one with it. Science teaches that evolution is physiologically a mode of generation in which the germ that develops the foetus pre‐exists already in the parent, the development and final form and characteristics of that germ being accomplished in nature; and that in cosmology the process takes place blindly through the correlation of the elements, and their various compounds. Occultism answers that this is only the '''''apparent '''''mode, the real process being Emanation, guided by intelligent Forces under an immutable LAW. Therefore, while the Occultists and Theosophists believe thoroughly in the doctrine of Evolution as given out by Kapila and Manu, they are ''Emanationists ''rather than ''Evolutionists. ''The doctrine of Emanation was at one time universal. It was taught by the Alexandrian as well as by the Indian philosophers, by the Egyptian, the Chaldean and Hellenic Hierophants, and also by the Hebrews (in their Kabbala, and even in ''Genesis)''. For it is only owing to deliberate mistranslation that the Hebrew word asdt has been translated “angels” from the Septuagint, when it means ''Emanations, Æons'', precisely as with the Gnostics. Indeed, in Deuteronomy (xxxiii., 2) the word ''asdt ''or ''ashdt ''is translated as” fiery law”, whilst the correct rendering of the passage should be “from his right hand went [ not a fiery law, but a fire according to law “; viz., that the fire of one flame is imparted to, and caught up by another like as in a trail of inflammable substance. This is precisely emanation. As shown in Isis Unveiled : “In Evolution, as it is now beginning to he understood, there is supposed to be in all matter an impulse to take on a higher form — a supposition clearly expressed by Manu and other Hindu philosophers of the highest antiquity. The philosopher’s tree illustrates it in the case of the zinc solution. The controversy between the followers of this school and the Emanationists may he briefly stated thus The Evolutionist stops all inquiry at the borders of ‘ the Unknowable “; the Emanationist believes that nothing can be evolved — or, as the word means, unwombed or born — except it has first been involved, thus indicating that life is from a spiritual potency above the whole.” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG).

Emerson, Ralph Waldo +

The bibliography lists his essay The Over-Soul. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#528|2:528]][[SMW::on]]). +

Emperor and Mystic +

F. Gribble’s work on Alexander I, published by E. P. Dutton, New York, in 1931 and cited by [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] in discussing the Feodor Kuzmich theory. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Assassination of the Czar|BCW 3:124]]) +

Empusa +

A ghoul, a vampire, an evil demon taking various forms [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

En +

A negative particle, like a in Greek and Sanskrit. The first syllable of “En‐Soph” ''(q.v.)'', or nothing that begins or ends, the “Endless” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

En Soph +

The endless, limitless and boundless. The absolute deific Principle, impersonal and unknowable. It means literally “no‐thing” i.e., nothing that could be classed with anything else. The word and ideas are equivalent to the Vedantic conceptions of Parabrahmn. [ w.w.w.] Some Western Kabbalists, however, contrive to make of IT, a personal “He”, a male deity instead of an impersonal deity [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Encheiridion of the Alchemists, 1672 +

An alchemical handbook listed with the date 1672; the compiler supplies no further information (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#573|11:573]][[SMW::on]]). +

Encyclopaedia Americana +

Encyclopaedia edited by Francis Lieber with E. Wigglesworth; de Zirkoff lists Philadelphia editions beginning in 1829-1833 and notes its article on the Inquisition, referring to Juan Antonio Llorente. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#433|6:433]][[SMW::on]]). +

Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry (Mackey) +

Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Chicago, 1929 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#580|11:580]][[SMW::on]]). +

Ennemoser, Joseph +

Austrian medico-philosophic writer. Took his M.D. at Berlin in 1816 and was appointed professor of medicine at the Univ. of Bonn, 1819. Became widely known by his use of hypnotism. Chief work: ''Der Magnetismus in seiner geschichtlichen Entwickelung'' (1819). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#463|1:463]][[SMW::on]]). Zirkoff's bibliography cites ''The History of Magic'' (London, 1854). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#646|4:646]][[SMW::on]]). Austrian physician and writer (1787-1854), professor at Bonn and practitioner of animal magnetism. His ''History of Magic'' (1844) was translated into English by William Howitt in 1854; he also wrote on the theory and practice of mesmerism. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#373|5:373]][[SMW::on]]). +

Ennodius, Magnus Felix +

Latin ecclesiastical writer (c. 473-521) and bishop of Pavia. Defended Pope Symmachus and argued for the exemption of the papacy from human jurisdiction; twice served as envoy to Emperor Anastasius in efforts to reunite the Eastern and Western Churches. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#373|5:373-374]][[SMW::on]]). +

Enoichion +

Lit., the ''inner ''Eye” ; the “Seer”, a reference to the third ''inner'', or Spiritual Eye, the true name for Enoch disfigured from ''Chanoch.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ens +

The same as the Greek To On “Being”, or the real Presence in Nature [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ephesus +

Famous for its great metaphysical College where Occultism (Gnosis) and Platonic philosophy were taught in the days of the Apostle Paul. A city regarded as the focus of secret sciences, and that Gnôsis. or Wisdom, which is the antagonist of the perversion of Christo‐ Esotericism to this day. It was at Ephesus where was the great College of the Essenes and all the lore the Tanaim had brought from the ''Chaldees'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Epictetus +

The bibliography lists Arrian's Discourses of Epictetus in the Loeb Classical Library and Schweighäuser's Leipzig edition of 1799-1800 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#573|11:573]][[SMW::on]]). +

Epictetus - Discourses +

The discussion of the ennobling influence of the Mysteries invoked by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] occurs in Book III, XXI, 15–16, as recorded by Arrian. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Roots of Ritualism in Church and Masonry#87|BCW 11:87]]) +