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Lemuria +

A modern term first used by some naturalists, and now adopted by Theosophists, to indicate a continent that, according to the ''Secret Doctrine ''of the East, preceded Atlantis. Its Eastern name would not reveal much to European ears [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Lenormant F. - Les origines de lhistoire daprès la Bible et les traditions des peuples orientaux +

A two-volume work by [[Lenormant, François|F. Lenormant]] (Paris, 1880–1884), quoted by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in M. Lockwood’s English translation. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (4)#221|BCW 8:221]]) +

Lenormant, François +

French archaeologist and numismatist (1837-1883), professor at the Bibliothèque Nationale from 1874. Among his studies of the ancient East are La Magie chez les Chaldéens (1874), translated as Chaldaean Magic (1878), and a companion work on Chaldean divination (1875). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#534|2:534]][[SMW::on]]). French Assyriologist and archaeologist. Son of a well-known archaeologist, Charles Lenormant, who died at Athens, 1859, when father and son were visiting Greece (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#463|8:463]][[SMW::on]]). +

Leo X, Pope +

Giovanni de’ Medici (11 December 1475-1 December 1521), born at Florence; elected pope on 11 March 1513 as successor to Julius II. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Star-Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church#28|BCW 10:28]]) +

Leo XII, Pope +

Annibale della Genga (22 August 1760-10 February 1829), elected pope on 28 September 1823 as successor to Pius VII. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Star-Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church#28|BCW 10:28]]) +

Leo XIII, Pope +

Bibliographical references include: Acta Leonis XIII, Rome, 1878-1903, 26 vols.; Sanctissimi Domini N. Leonis XIII allocutiones, epistolae, etc. Bruges and Lille, 1887, etc.; The Great Encyclicals of Leo XIII, ed. by J. J. Wynne, New York, 1902; Papal Bull Dolemus inter alia .. July 13, 1886 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#442|9:442]][[SMW::on]]). Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810-1903), elected pope on 20 February 1878 as successor to Pius IX. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (5)#308|BCW 9:308]]) +

Leon, Moses de +

The name of a Jewish Rabbi in the Xlllth century, accused of having composed the ''Zohar ''which he gave out as the true work of Simeon Ben Jachaї. His full name is given in Myer’s ''Qabbalah ''as Rabbi Moses ben‐ Shem‐Tob de Leon, of Spain, the same author proving very cleverly that de Leon was ''not ''the author of the ''Zohar''. Few will say he was, but everyone must suspect Moses de Leon of perverting considerably the original ''Book of Splendour ''(Zohar). This sin, however, may be shared by him with the Mediæval “Christian Kabalists” and by Knorr von Rosenroth especially. Surely, neither Rabbi Simeon, condemned to death by Titus, nor his son, Rabbi Eliezer, nor his Secretary Rabbi Abba, can be charged with introducing into the ''Zohar ''purely Christian dogmas and doctrines invented by the Church Fathers several centuries after the death of the former Rabbis. This would be stretching alleged divine prophecy a little too far [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). Lived at Guadalajara, Valladolid and Avila, and died at Arevalo in 1305. His works include Ha-Nephesh ha-’hokhmah (Basel, 1608), on the human soul as a likeness of its heavenly prototype and on transmigration. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century#270|BCW 7:270]]) +

Leonard G.L. - The Occult Sciences in the Temples of Ancient Egypt +

An article by G. L. Leonard in The Open Court, September-October 1887, recommended by [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] for the study of occult sciences in ancient Egypt. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Psychology of Ancient Egypt#62|BCW 10:62]]) The author is identified as Georgia Louise Leonard in the contemporary review in The Path, November 1887. ([https://www.ultindia.org/s/path/PathNov1887.pdf The Path, November 1887]) +

Leonard, Georgia Louise +

Author of The Occult Sciences in the Temples of Ancient Egypt, published in Open Court in September and October 1887 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#424|10:424]][[SMW::on]]). +

Les Fils de Dieu +

[[Jacolliot, Louis|L. Jacolliot]]’s book, pp. 229-230 of which are cited as the source of a passage attributed to Vamadeva-Modelyar, also quoted by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Pralaya of Modern Science|BCW 2:486]]) +

Les Jésuites (Huber) +

Les Jésuites. Transl. from German by Alfred Marchand. 3rd ed. Paris: Sandoz & Fischbacher, 1875. 2 vols (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#420|9:420]][[SMW::on]]). +

Les origines de la Compagnie de Jésus: Ignace et Lainez +

Les origines de la Compagnie de Jésus: Ignace et Lainez, Paris, 1898 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#445|9:445]][[SMW::on]]). +

Les religions et leur interprétation chrétienne +

Three-volume work by Th.-Prosper Le Blanc d’Ambonne, published at Paris by J. Leroux et Jouly in 1852-1853. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#379|7:379]][[SMW::on]]). +

Leskov, Nikolai +

Author whose narrative appeared in ''The Theosophist'' under the transliteration “Nicolas Lyeskof”. His narrative “The Word of Honour: A Study from the Cultus of the Dead” was printed in July 1880. In it he recalls his literary work in St Petersburg and his friendship with Arthur Benni. +

Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom +

The First Series, prepared by [[Jinarajadasa, Curuppumullage|C. Jinarajadasa]], appeared at Adyar in 1919 with a foreword by [[Besant, Annie|A. Besant]]. The fourth edition of 1948 added letters covering 1870-1900. The Second Series appeared at Adyar in 1925 and Chicago in 1926. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxxii|BCW 4:xxxii]]) Pages 3–11 of the fourth edition of the First Series (1948) contain K. H.’s report of the Maha-Chohan’s views, preserved in a copy held by [[Leadbeater, Charles Webster|C. W. Leadbeater]]. The original letter’s date is disputed: [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] gave 1880, whereas [[Jinarajadasa, Curuppumullage|C. Jinarajadasa]] favoured 1881. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Theosophical Mahatmas#248|BCW 7:248-249]]) Letter 47 of the First Series reproduces [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s pencilled record of K. H.’s remarks on the Theosophical Society in 1888; the original is preserved in the Adyar Archives. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - An Explanation Important to All Theosophists#134|BCW 10:134]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Theosophical Society: Its Mission and Its Future#78|BCW 10:78-79]]) +

Leuret, François +

French psychiatrist (1797-1851), a pupil of Esquirol who investigated mental disorders and used methods including musical therapy. His works include ''Fragments psychologiques sur la folie'' (1834). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#380|7:380]][[SMW::on]]). +

Levanah +

The moon, as a planet and an astrological influence [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Leverson, M. R. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol6|vol. 6]] (1884–1885). +

Levi E. - Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie +

Extracts translated by [[Hume, Allan Octavian|A. O. Hume]] and a translation of chapter XIX were published with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s footnotes. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Footnotes to Gleanings from Eliphas Levi#262|BCW 4:262]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Footnotes to Gleanings from Eliphas Levi (1)#290|BCW 4:290]]) A. E. Waite translated both volumes into English as Transcendental Magic, Its Doctrine and Ritual, London, 1896. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s quotations are cross-referenced to that translation. ([[BCW|BCW editors]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Preliminary Survey#32|BCW 14:32]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Dangers of Practical Magic#61|BCW 14:61]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Objects of the Mysteries#278|BCW 14:278]]) +

Levi, Eliphas +

The real name of this learned Kabalist was Abbé Alphonse Louis Constant. Eliphas Lévi Zahed was the author of several works on philosophical magic. Member of the ''Fratres Lucis ''(Brothers of Light), he was also once upon a time a priest, an ''abbé ''of the Roman Catholic Church, which promptly proceeded to unfrock him, when he acquired fame as a Kabalist. He died some twenty years ago, leaving five famous works — ''Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie ''(1856); ''Histoire de la Magie ''(1860); ''La Clef des grands Mystères ''(1861); ''Legendes et Symboles ''(1862); and ''La Science des Esprits ''(1865) ; besides some other works of minor importance. His style is extremely light and fascinating; but with a rather too strong characteristic of mockery and paradox in it to be the ideal of a serious Kabalist [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). Renowned French occultist and writer, b. Feb. 8, 1810; d. May 31, 1875. Early life divided between a clerical career (seminary of Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Saint-Sulpice) and, after leaving the Church in 1836, years of literary and artistic work marked by several imprisonments for radical pamphlets. From the mid-1850s published his major works under the name Eliphas Levi, including ''Dogme et Rituel de la haute magie'' (1856), ''Histoire de la magie'' (1859) and ''La Clef des grands mystères'' (1861). In 1854 in London, together with Bulwer-Lytton, conducted magical experiments in the course of which he evoked the spirit of Apollonius of Tyana. H.P.B. held him in high esteem as "undoubtedly a great occultist," though she cautioned that he "muddles more than he teaches" and never regarded him as an initiate. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#491|1:491-495]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography lists ''Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie'' (1856), ''La Clef des grands mystères'' (1861) and ''La Science des esprits'' (1865), and refers to volume I, pages 491-495, for an account of his life and work. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#514|3:514]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography cites ''Dogme et rituel de la haute magie'' (1856) and A. E. Waite's English translation, ''Transcendental Magic''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#655|4:655]][[SMW::on]]). Pen name of Alphonse Louis Constant, author of ''Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie'' (Paris, 1856, two volumes). Arthur Edward Waite translated it as ''Transcendental Magic, Its Doctrine and Ritual''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#377|5:377]][[SMW::on]]). Pseudonym of the Abbé Alphonse Louis Constant (1810-1875). De Zirkoff lists ''Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie'' and its English translation by A. E. Waite, together with ''Paradoxes of the Highest Science'', translated by A. O. Hume with comments attributed to Master K. H. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#439|6:439-440]][[SMW::on]]). Pseudonym of Alphonse Louis Constant. The bibliography cites ''Le Livre des Splendeurs'' (Paris, 1894), while recording no further information about the title ''Grimoire des sorciers''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#380|7:380]][[SMW::on]]). Pseudonym of Alphonse Louis Constant; his La Science des Esprits is cited in a new Paris edition of 1909 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#463|8:463]][[SMW::on]]). [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] translated and annotated unpublished French essays by him, including How to Govern Influences through Power. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Notes and Footnotes to Three Unpublished Essays#175|BCW 6:175]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Footnotes to Unpublished Writings of Eliphas Levi#238|BCW 6:238]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (35)#280|BCW 6:280]])