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Hurrychund Chintamon +

*''Commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#470|1:470]][[SMW::on]]). Initially hosted the Founders in Bombay. He was expelled from the Theosophical Society in May 1879; a June notice by Dayananda Saraswati made financial allegations against him, to which [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] added annotations. These allegations are reported as the document’s claims. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - On the Infallibility of the Jewish Scriptures|BCW 2:48]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxvi-xxvii]]) [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] suggests that he was the recipient of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s letters of 1878–1879, excerpts from which were reportedly published in the Bombay Gazette on 27 October 1884. Zirkoff was unable to verify the publication details. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - On Hibernation, the Arya-Samaj, etc.#313|BCW 6:313]]) +

Hussan Ali Mirza +

Indian nobleman of Murshidabad who supported the Adhi-Bhoutic Bhratru Theosophical Society at Berhampore. +

Huxley T.H. - On the Physical Basis of Life +

Delivered at Edinburgh on 8 November 1868 and subsequently published in the Fortnightly Review. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] discusses its conception of protoplasm. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Negators of Science#140|BCW 13:140]]) +

Huxley, Thomas Henry +

English zoologist and prominent advocate of Darwin’s theory of evolution. His article “Darwin and Haeckel” is listed in Popular Science Monthly for March 1875. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#532|2:532]][[SMW::on]]). Author of “Unwritten History”, published in ''Macmillan’s Magazine'', volume 48 (May 1883), pages 26-41. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#375|5:375]][[SMW::on]]). Passages quoted have not been identified as to source (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#420|9:420]][[SMW::on]]). +

Hvanuatha +

The name of the earth on which we live. One of the seven ''Karshvare ''(Earths), spoken of in ''Orma Ahr. ''(See Introduction to the ''Vendidad ''by Prof. Darmsteter.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hwergelmir +

A roaring cauldron wherein the souls of the evil doers perish [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hwun +

Spirit. The same as Atmân [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hyde, Thomas +

English Orientalist (1636-1703), professor of Arabic and Hebrew at Oxford and interpreter of Eastern languages at court. His ''Historia religionis veterum Persarum'' (1700) used Oriental sources to reconsider classical accounts of ancient Persian religion; he also published a Bodleian Library catalogue in 1674. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#511|3:511-512]][[SMW::on]]). +

Hydranos +

Lit., the “Baptist”. A name of the ancient Hierophant of the Mysteries who made the candidate pass through the “trial by water”, wherein he was plunged thrice. This was his baptism by the Holy Spirit which moves on the waters of Space. Paul refers to St. John as ''Hydranos, ''the Baptist. The Christian Church took this rite from the ritualism of the Eleusinian and other Mysteries [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hyginus, Caius Julius +

Bibliographical references include: Poeticôn Astronomicon. Vide pp. 16-17 of BCW volume 8 for full data (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#459|8:459]][[SMW::on]]). [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] cautions that Fabulae and Poeticon Astronomicon, traditionally attributed to him, may be by another author; their authorship should not automatically be identified with Augustus’s librarian. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The History of a Planet#16|BCW 8:16]]) +

Hyksos +

The mysterious nomads, the Shepherds, who invaded Egypt at a period unknown and far anteceding the days of Moses. They are called the “Shepherd Kings” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hyle +

Primordial stuff or matter; esoterically the homogeneous sediment of Chaos or the Great Deep. The first principle out of which the objective Universe was formed [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hypatia +

The girl‐philosopher, who lived at Alexandria during the fifth century, and taught many a famous man — among others Bishop Synesius. She was the daughter of the mathematician Theon, and became famous for her learning. Falling a martyr to the fiendish conspiracy of Theophilos, Bishop of Alexandria, and his nephew Cyril, she was foully murdered by their order. With her death fell the Neo Platonic School [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hyperborean +

The regions around the North Pole in the Arctic Circle [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hypnotism +

A name given by Dr. Braid to various processes by which one person of strong will‐power plunges another of weaker mind into a kind of trance; once in such a state the latter will do anything ''suggested ''to him by the hypnotiser. Unless produced for beneficial purposes, Occultists would call it ''black magic ''or Sorcery. It is the most dangerous of practices, morally and physically, as it interferes with the nerve fluid and the nerves controlling the circulation in the capillary blood‐ vessels [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hypocephalus +

A kind of a pillow for the head of the mummy. They are of various kinds, ''e.g.'', of stone, wood, etc., and very often of circular disks of linen covered with cement, and inscribed with magic figures and letters. They are called “rest for the dead” in the ''Ritual'', and every mummy‐coffin has one [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Hyslop, James Henri +

American educator. Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1887; taught at the Univ. of Lake Forest, Smith College, Bucknell Univ., and Columbia Univ., where he was Prof. of Logic and Ethics. As his interest in psychic research developed, wrote ''Science and a Future Life'' (1905), ''Enigmas of Psychic Research'' (1906), and other works. Was present at the meetings of September 8 and October 16, 1875, when The Theosophical Society was proposed and organized, but he later lost interest in it. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#470|1:470]][[SMW::on]]). +

Hübbe-Schleiden, Wilhelm +

German scholar and Theosophist, president of the Germania Theosophical Society from its foundation in 1884. Founded and edited the periodical ''Sphinx''. German scholar and Theosophist (1846-1916), first president of the Germania Theosophical Society and founder of the journal ''Sphinx''. He knew Blavatsky personally, witnessed her work on ''The Secret Doctrine'', and sought to explain its teachings in the language of contemporary science. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#375|7:375-377]][[SMW::on]]). At approximately the beginning of January 1886, according to [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]]’s chronology, received two letters attributed to K. H. and M. concerning the authorship of The Secret Doctrine. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.7)#xxiv|BCW 7:xxiv]]) +

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I +

The ninth letter in the English, the tenth in the Hebrew alphabet. As a numeral it signifies in both languages ''one, ''and also ''ten ''in the Hebrew (see J), in which it corresponds to the Divine name ''Jah'', the male side, or aspect, of the hermaphrodite being, or the male‐female Adam, of which ''hovah ''Jah‐hovah) is the female aspect. It is symbolized by a hand with bent fore‐finger, to show its phallic signification [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

I Ching or Book of Changes +

The Book of Changes, traditionally ascribed to Fu Xi (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#579|11:579]][[SMW::on]]). +