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Marga +

“The “Path”, The ''Ashthânga mârga'', the “holy” or sacred path is the one that leads to Nirvâna. The eight‐fold path has grown out of the seven‐fold path, by the addition of the (now) first of the eight Marga; ''i.e.'', “the possession of orthodox views”; with which a ''real Yogâcharya ''would have nothing to do [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Marichi +

One of the “mind‐born” sons of Brahmâ in the ''Purânas''. Brahmans make of him the personified light, the parent of Sûrya, the Sun and the direct ancestor of Mahâkâsyapa. The Northern Buddhists of the Yogachârya School, see in Mârîchi Deva, a Bodhisattva, while Chinese Buddhists (especially the Tauists), have made of this conception the Queen of Heaven, the goddess of light, ruler of the sun and moon. With the pious but illiterate Buddhists, her magic formula “Om Mârîchi svâha” is very powerful. Speaking of Mârîchi, Eitel mentions “Georgi, who explains the name as a ‘Chinese transcription of the name of the holy Virgin Mary’” (!!). As Mârîchi is the chief of the Maruts and one of the seven primitive Rishis, the supposed derivation does seem a little far fetched [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Mariette, Auguste +

His ''Monuments divers recueillis en Égypte et en Nubie'' is cited in the Paris edition of 1889, with explanatory text by Gaston Maspero and 107 plates. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#382|7:382]][[SMW::on]]). +

Marisha +

The daughter of the Sage Kanda and Pramlochâ, the Apsara‐demon from Indra’s heaven. She was the mother of Daksha. An allegory referring to the Mystery of the Second and Third human Races [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Markham, Clements Robert +

Editor of ''Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa'', published in London in 1876. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#515|3:515]][[SMW::on]]). Editor of ''Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa'' (London, 1876). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#657|4:657]][[SMW::on]]). English geographer and historical writer (1830-1916), president of the Royal Geographical Society from 1893 for twelve years. He supported Robert Scott’s Antarctic expedition and edited accounts of George Bogle’s mission to Tibet and Thomas Manning’s journey to Lhasa (1876). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#441|6:441]][[SMW::on]]). Editor of the London publication of 1876 combining the accounts of G. Bogle’s mission to Tibet and T. Manning’s journey to Lhasa. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Footnotes to Who are the Aryas and the Buddhists|BCW 3:304]]) ([https://searcharchives.bl.uk/?f%5Brelated_names_ssim%5D%5B%5D=Markham%2C+Clements+Robert%2C+Knight%2C+geographer%2C+1830-1916&page=1&per_page=100&search_field=all_fields British Library Archives])

Markov, Yevgeny Lvovich +

The Appendix directs readers to page 444 of BCW II for further information. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#536|2:536]][[SMW::on]]). Russian writer and [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s first cousin on her father’s side; his mother Elizaveta Alexeyevna belonged to the Hahn family. His works include the autobiographical Barchuki: Pictures from the Past (1875) and Schooldays of Barchuk (1885). ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Russian Superstitions|BCW 2:444]]) Lifespan: 1835-1903. ([https://litzhur.ru/article.php?id=120 А.Н. Стрижёв, М.А. Бирюкова: Марков (1835-1903), научная библиография]) +

Marmontel, Jean-François +

French writer, author of Bélisaire (1767). Its chapter on religious toleration drew condemnation from the Sorbonne and the archbishop of Paris. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Silent Brother|BCW 2:367]]) +

Marryat, Florence +

Bibliographical references include: A Daughter of the Tropics. A Novel. London: F. V. White & Co. 1887. 3 vols. 8vo (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#465|8:465]][[SMW::on]]). +

Marshall, Wm. S. +

*''A Phrenologist Among the Todas'', or the Study of a Primitive Tribe in South India. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#497|1:497]][[SMW::on]]). +

Martin W.A.P. - The Study of Alchemy in China +

A paper read at the Oriental Society meeting in New Haven, Connecticut, in October 1868; quoted by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - LAlchimie au Dix-Neuvieme Siecle#516|BCW 11:516]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Alchemy in the Nineteenth Century#539|BCW 11:539]]) +

Martin, D. S. +

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

Martin, Wm. Alexander Parsons +

Bibliographical references include: “The Study of Alchemy in China.” A paper read at a meeting of the Oriental Society at New Haven, Conn. in October, 1868. This information is given by Dr. A. Wilder in the Theosophical Review, Vol. XXII, July, 1898, p. 452 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#581|11:581]][[SMW::on]]). +

Martinists +

A Society in France, founded by a great mystic called the Marquis de St. Martin, a disciple of Martinez Pasqualis. It was first established at Lyons as a kind of occult Masonic Society, its members believing in the possibility of communicating with Planetary Spirits and minor Gods and genii of the ultramundane Spheres. Louis Claude de St. Martin, born in 1743, had commenced life as a brilliant officer in the army, but left it to devote himself to study and the ''belles lettres'', ending his career by becoming an ardent Theosophist and a disciple of Jacob Boehmen. He tried to bring back Masonry to its primeval character of Occultism and Theurgy, but failed. He first made his “Rectified Rite” to consist of ten degrees, but these were brought down owing to the study of the original Masonic orders — to seven. Masons complain that he introduced certain ideas and adopted rites “at variance with the archæological history of Masonry”; but so did Cagliostro and St Germain before him, as all those who knew well the origin of Free masonry [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Marttanda +

The Vedic name of the Sun [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Marut Jivas +

The monads of Adepts who have attained the final liberation, but prefer to re‐incarnate on earth for the sake of Humanity. Not to be confused, however, with the ''Nirmânakâyas, ''who are far higher [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Maruts +

With the Orientalists Storm‐Gods, but in the ''Veda ''something very mystical. In the esoteric teachings as they incarnate in every round, they are simply identical with some of the Agnishwatta Pitris, the Human intelligent Egos. Hence the allegory of Siva transforming the ''lumps of flesh into boys'', and calling them Maruts, to show senseless men transformed by becoming the Vehicles of the Pitris or Fire Maruts, and thus rational beings [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Masben +

A Masonic term meaning “the Sun in putrefaction”. Has a direct reference — perhaps forgotten by the Masons — to their “Word at Low Breath” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Mashalim, or Sayings and Proverbs of Solomon +

Same as Proverbs (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#581|11:581]][[SMW::on]]). +

Mash‐Mak +

By tradition an Atlantean word of the fourth Race, to denote a mysterious Cosmic fire, or rather Force, which was said to be able to pulverize in a second whole cities and disintegrate the world [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Masilamani, C. +

Secretary of the Chittore Branch of the Theosophical Society, co-signatory of its bye-laws published in February 1887. +