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Muthuswami, Pagadala N. +

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

My Adolescence +

[[Zhelihovsky, Vera Petrovna de|V. P. Zhelihovsky]]’s recollections, containing information about the family’s moves and the circumstances of her sister [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s marriage. Their chronology is compared with other testimony ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, General Outline of her Life Prior to her Public Work#xxxiii|BCW 1:xxxiii-xxxvi]]). +

Myalba +

In the Esoteric philosophy of Northern Buddhism, the name of our Earth, called '''Hell '''for those who reincarnate in it for punishment. Exoterically, Myalba is translated a Hell [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Myer I. - Qabbalah, The Philosophical Writings of Solomon Ben Yehudah Ibn Gebirol or Avicebron +

A work by [[Myer, Isaac|I. Myer]], published in Philadelphia in 1888, with a historical introduction and translations of selected Zohar passages; it received a detailed review by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century#271|BCW 7:271]]) +

Myer, Isaac +

Author of ''Qabbalah'', a study including the philosophical writings of Ibn Gabirol, privately published at Philadelphia in 1888 in an edition of 350 copies. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#385|7:385]][[SMW::on]]). Author of Qabbalah, a study of Ibn Gebirol's philosophical writings and their relationship to the Hebrew Kabbalah and the Zohar, including translations of selected passages (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#583|11:583]][[SMW::on]]). [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] devoted a detailed review to his Qabbalah. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century#271|BCW 7:271]]) Also contributed [[Myer I - Star Colors and Animal Magnetism|"Star Colors and Animal Magnetism"]] (August 1886), [[Myer I - Hermes Trismegistus|"Hermes Trismegistus: The Fourth State of Matter Described in the Smaragdine Tablet"]] (September 1886), and [[Myer I - Hindu Symbolism|"Hindu Symbolism"]] (from October 1886) to ''The Path''. +

Myers, Frederick William Henry +

The appendix refers to his biographical sketch elsewhere in the collected writings. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#661|4:661]][[SMW::on]]). Co-author with Frank Podmore and Edmund Gurney of ''Phantasms of the Living'' (1886), and author of ''Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death'' (1903). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#379|5:379]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Phantasms of the Living. In collabor. with F. Podmore and Edmund Gurney. London: Trübner & Co. 1886. 2 vols. Vide Vol. V, pp. 263-64 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#470|8:470]][[SMW::on]]). British poet and critic, co-founder of the Society for Psychical Research. The signature “An English F.T.S.” on the questions about Esoteric Buddhism identifies [[Myers, Frederick William Henry|F. W. H. Myers]]. He joined the Theosophical Society on 3 June 1883 and promoted the investigation of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s phenomena in 1884, but changed his attitude to her claims after R. Hodgson’s report. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Introductory Remarks by the Compiler#129|BCW 5:129]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (1)#263|BCW 5:263-264]])

Mystagogy +

The doctrines or interpretations of the sacred mysteries [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Mysteries +

Greek ''teletai'', or finishings, celebrations of initiation or the Mysteries. They were observances, generally kept secret from the profane and uninitiated, in which were taught by dramatic representation and other methods, the origin of things, the nature of the human spirit, its relation to the body, and the method of its purification and restoration to higher life. Physical science, medicine, the laws of music, divination, were all taught in the same manner. The Hippocratic oath was but a mystic obligation. Hippocrates was a priest of Asklepios, some of whose writings chanced to become public. But the Asklepiades were initiates of the Æsculapian serpent‐worship, as the Bacchantes were of the Dionysia; and both rites were eventually incorporated with the Eleusinia. The Sacred Mysteries were enacted in the ancient Temples by the initiated Hierophants for the benefit and instruction of the candidates. The most solemn and occult Mysteries were certainly those which were performed in Egypt by “the band of secret‐keepers”, as Mr. Bonwick calls the Hierophants. Maurice describes their nature very graphically in a few lines. Speaking of the Mysteries performed in Philæ (the Nile‐island), he says that “it was in these gloomy caverns that the grand and mystic arcana of the goddess (Isis) were unfolded to the adoring aspirant, while the solemn hymn of initiation resounded through the long extent of these stony recesses”. The word “mysteries” is derived from the Greek ''muô, ''“to close the mouth”, and every symbol connected with them had, a hidden meaning. As Plato and many other sages of antiquity affirm, the Mysteries were highly religious, moral and beneficent as a school of ethics. The Grecian mysteries, those of Ceres and Bacchus, were only imitations of the Egyptian; and the author of ''Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought'', informs us that our own “word ''chapel ''or ''capella ''is said to be the ''Caph‐El ''or college of ''El, ''the Solar divinity”. The well‐known ''Kabiri ''are associated with the Mysteries. In short, the Mysteries were in every country a series of dramatic performances, in which the mysteries of cosmogony and nature, in general, were personified by the priests and neophytes, who enacted the part of various gods and goddesses, repeating supposed scenes (allegories) from their respective lives. These were explained in their hidden meaning to the candidates for initiation, and incorporated into philosophical doctrines [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG).

Mysterium Magnum +

“The great Mystery”, a term used in Alchemy in connection with the fabrication of the “Philosopher’s Stone” and the “ Elixir of Life” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Mystery Language +

The sacerdotal secret jargon employed by the initiated priests, and used only when discussing sacred things. Every nation had its own “mystery” tongue, unknown save to those admitted to the Mysteries [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Mystes +

In antiquity, the name of the new Initiates; now that of Roman Cardinals, who having borrowed all their other rites and dogmas from Aryan, Egyptian and Hellenic “heathen”, have helped themselves also to the '''musiz '''of the neophytes. They have '''''to keep their eyes and mouth shut on their '''''consecration and are, therefore, called ''Mystæ'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Mystic Lore of Gems and Crystals +

An article on the mystical properties of gems and crystals. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] commented on its claim concerning talismans made under particular celestial conditions and believed to retain the virtues of the corresponding planets. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (61)#382|BCW 12:382]]) +

Mystica Vannus Iacchi +

Commonly translated the mystic Fan: but in an ancient terra‐cotta in the British Museum the fan is a Basket such as the Ancients’ Mysteries displayed with mystic contents: Inman says with emblematic ''testes. ''[w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Mâlunkya-Sutta +

A Buddhist Scripture (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#580|11:580]][[SMW::on]]). +

Mâtrâ +

The quantity of a Sanskrit Syllable [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Mémoires concernant les Chinois +

A collection of writings by missionaries in Beijing, published in Paris in sixteen volumes in 1776–1814. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] uses [[Amiot, Joseph-Maria|J.-M. Amiot]]’s letter on the Taoists dated 16 October 1787 in volume XV, summarising pp. 212 and 223–224 and quoting pp. 221–222. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (3)#209|BCW 7:209]]) +

Ménage, Gilles +

French philologist and satirist (1613-1692), known for extensive erudition and literary gatherings called “Mercuriales”. His principal contributions include an etymological dictionary of French and studies of Italian origins. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#383|7:383]][[SMW::on]]). +

Métallothérapie, nouveau traitement par les applications métalliques +

A work by the French physician V. B. Burq on metallotherapy, the attempted treatment of disease through metallic applications; published in Paris in 1853. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#637|4:637]][[SMW::on]]). +

Müller, Friedrich Max +

German-born philologist and Orientalist at Oxford University. He edited the Sanskrit ''Rig Veda'' and the series ''Sacred Books of the East'', and helped develop the comparative study of language and religion. *''Chips from a German Workshop''. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1867-75. 4 vols. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#501|1:501]][[SMW::on]]). Works listed include Chips from a German Workshop (1867-1875) and Introduction to the Science of Religion (1873). The unidentified title Sâhitya Grantha is tentatively interpreted as a description of his Rigveda-Samhita edition, not a separate work. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#537|2:537]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography cites ''Chips from a German Workshop'' (1867-1875). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#661|4:661]][[SMW::on]]). Anglo-German Orientalist and comparative philologist (1823-1900), based at Oxford. Edited the ''Rigveda'' and the ''Sacred Books of the East'' series; wrote on Sanskrit literature, comparative mythology and the study of religion. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#378|5:378-379]][[SMW::on]]). His Lectures on the Science of Language are listed in two series, published in London in 1861-1864 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#469|8:469]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Introduction to the Science of Religion. Four lectures delivered at the Royal Institution. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1873. ix, 11, 403 pp. 8vo. Vide Volume V, pp. 378-79, in the present Series, for biogr. data about the author (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#445|9:445]][[SMW::on]]).

M’bul +

The “waters of the flood”. Esoterically, the periodical outpourings of astral impurities on to the earth; periods of psychic crimes and iniquities, or of regular moral cataclysms [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +