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Frost Giants +

They are the great builders, the Cyclopes and Titans of the Norsemen, and play a prominent part in the ''Edda. ''It is they who build the strong wall round Asgard (the Scandinavian Olympus) to protect it from the Jotuns, the wicked giants [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Frothingham, Octavius Brooks +

American Unitarian minister and writer, first president of the National Free Religious Association (1867), opponent of slavery and author of ''Transcendentalism in New England'' (1876). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#648|4:648]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fréret, Nicolas +

The bibliography cites an article in ''Mémoires de l’Académie des Inscriptions'', volume XXIII, page 247, without supplying its title. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#371|7:371]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fuller, Thomas +

Compiler of Gnomologia: Wise Sentences and Witty Sayings, published in London in 1732 and reissued in 1817 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#417|10:417]][[SMW::on]]). +

Fullerton, Alexander +

American Theosophist and former Episcopal clergyman. Assisted William Q. Judge in the administration of the American Section and served as its successor organisation’s General Secretary from 1895 to 1907. Left Adyar on 13 October 1887 after a nine-day stay, travelling via Bombay to the United States. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)#xxii|BCW 8:xxii]]) Left New York for London on 16 February 1889 on important business for [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxiii|BCW 11:xxiii]]) +

Fussell, Joseph H. +

As secretary-general of the Point Loma Theosophical Society, facilitated access to its archives for [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s collected writings. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Preface (BCW vol.4)#xix|BCW 4:xix]]) Published Leaves of Theosophical History: H.P.B.’s “Inner Group” in The Theosophical Forum in 1940–1941, examining documents on the Inner Group and the origins of the later Esoteric Instructions. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - EI. Compilers Note#653|BCW 12:653]]) +

Fylfot +

A weapon of Thor, like the Swastika, or the Jaina, the four‐footed cross ; generally called “Thor’s Hammer” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Fürst, Julius +

German Jewish scholar known for his knowledge of Hebrew literature, the Old Testament and Oriental languages (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#437|8:437-438]][[SMW::on]]). +

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G +

The seventh letter in the English alphabet. “In Greek, Chaldean, Syriac, Hebrew, Assyrian, Samaritan, Etrurian, Coptic, in the modern Romaic and Gothic, it occupies the third place in the alphabet, while in Cyrillic, Glagolitic, Croat, Russian, Servian and Wallachian, it stands fourth.” As the name of “god” begins with this letter (in Syriac, ''gad''; Swedish, ''gud: ''German, ''gott''; English, ''god''; Persian, ''gada, ''etc., etc.), there is an occult reason for this which only the students of esoteric philosophy and of the ''Secret Doctrine'', explained esoterically, will understand thoroughly; it refers to the three logoi — the last,the Elohim, and the emanation of the latter, the androgynous Adam Kadmon. All these peoples have derived the name of “god” from their respective traditions, the more or less clear echoes of the esoteric tradition. Spoken and “Silent Speech” (writing) are a “gift of the gods”, say all the national traditions, from the old Aryan Sanskrit‐speaking people who claim that their alphabet, the Devanâgari (lit., the language of the devas or gods) was given to them from heaven, down to the Jews, who speak of an alphabet, the parent of the one which has survived, as having been a celestial and mystical symbolism given by the angels to the patriarchs. Hence, every letter had its manifold meaning. A symbol itself of a celestial being and objects, it was in its turn represented on earth by like corresponding objects whose form symbolised the shape of the letter. The present letter, called in Hebrew ''gimel ''and symbolised by a long camel’s neck, or rather a serpent erect, is associated with the third sacred divine name, ''Ghadol ''or ''Magnus ''(great). Its numeral is four, the Tetragrammaton and the sacred Tetraktys; hence its sacredness. With other people it stood for 400 and with a dash over it, for 400,000 [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG).

GARF +

GARF is a large Russian state archive, which houses documents from the highest bodies of Russian authority. +

Gaboriau, Felix Krishna +

Translated [[Sinnett, Alfred Percy|A. P. Sinnett]]’s The Occult World into French as Le Monde Occulte: Hypnotisme Transcendant en Orient (Paris and Brussels, 1887, 368 pp.). Visited [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] at Ostend with Amaravella in November 1886. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Juges ou Calomniateurs#318|BCW 7:318]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Judges or Slanderers#331|BCW 7:331]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.7)#xxvii|BCW 7:xxvii]]) His full name was Félix-Krishna Gaboriau; founder and director of Le Lotus. ([https://iapsop.com/archive/materials/lotus_rouge/ IAPSOP — Le Lotus: имя, роли редактора и издателя]) In July 1888 [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] confirmed his appointment as president of the Paris Isis Branch and endorsed [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s intervention in its internal disputes. In September its charter was withdrawn; Gaboriau was left out when the Hermes Branch was established. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.10)#xxiv|BCW 10:xxiv-xxv]]) +

Gabriel +

According to the Gnostics, the “Spirit” or Christos, the “messenger of life”, and Gabriel are one. The former “is called some‐times the Angel Gabriel Hebrew ‘the mighty one of God’,” and took with the Gnostics the place of the Logos, while the Holy Spirit was considered one with the Æon Life, (see Irenæus I., xii.). Therefore we find Theodoret saying (in Hævet. Fab., II vii.) : “The heretics agree with us (Christians) respecting the beginning of all things. But they say there is not one Christ (God), but one above and the other below. And this last formerly dwelt in many; but the Jesus, they at one time say is from God, at another they call him a Spirit;” The key to this is given in the esoteric philosophy. The “spirit” with the Gnostics was a female potency exoterically, it was the ray proceeding from the Higher Manas, the Ego, and that which the Esotericists refer to as the Kâma Manas or the lower personal Ego, which is radiated in every human entity by the Higher Ego or Christos, the god within us. Therefore, they were right in saying: “there is not one Christ, but one above and the other below”. Every student of Occultism will understand this, and also that Gabriel — or “the mighty one of God” — is one with the Higher Ego. (See ''Isis Unveiled''.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gadgil, Janardan Sakharam +

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

Gaea +

Primordial Matter, in the Cosmogony of Hesiod; Earth, as some think; the wife of Ouranos, the sky or heavens. The female personage of the primeval Trinity, composed of Ouranos, Gæa and Eros [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gaffarel, Jacques +

French Orientalist and author (1601-1681), librarian to Cardinal Richelieu and student of rabbinical and Kabbalistic writings. His ''Curiositez inouyes'' (1629) defended Oriental doctrines concerning astrology and related subjects; Edmund Chilmead translated it as ''Unheard-of Curiosities'' (1650). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#433|6:433]][[SMW::on]]). +

Gaffarillus +

An Alchemist and philosopher who lived in the middle of the seventeenth century. He is the first philosopher known to maintain that every natural object (e.g., plants, living creatures, etc.), when burned, retained its form in its ashes and that it could be raised again from them. This claim was justified by the eminent chemist Du Chesne, and after him Kircher, Digby and Vallemont have assured themselves of the fact, by demonstrating that the astral forms of burned plants could be raised from their ashes. A receipt for raising such astral phantoms of flowers is given in a work of Oetinger, ''Thoughts on the Birth and Generation of Things.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gaganeswara +

“Lord of the Sky”, a name of Garuda [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gaindun Lall +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol5|vol. 5]] (1883–1884). +

Galatinus +

French theologian and scholar of the late 15th and early 16th century. Joined Order of St. Francis. Sent to Rome where he perfected himself in Greek and Oriental languages. Called to Rome by Leon X, and appointed his "penitencier." His only work is: ''Opus de arcanis catholicae veritatis'', etc., Ortona, 1518. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#463|1:463-464]][[SMW::on]]). +

Gall, Franz Joseph +

German anatomist associated with the foundation of phrenology, a historical theory that inferred mental dispositions from the form of the skull. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#648|4:648]][[SMW::on]]). +