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Ark of Isis +

At the great Egyptian annual ceremony, which took place in the month of Athyr, the boat of Isis was borne in procession by the priests, and ''Collyrian ''cakes or buns, marked with the sign of the cross (Tat), were eaten. This was in commemoration of the weeping of Isis for the loss of Osiris, the Athyr festival being very impressive. “Plato refers to the melodies on the occasion as being very ancient,” writes Mr. Bonwick (''Eg. Belief and Mod. Thought''). “ The ''Miserere ''in Rome has been said to be similar to its melancholy cadence, and to be derived from it Weeping, veiled virgins followed the ark. The ''Nornes'', or veiled virgins, wept also for the loss of our Saxon forefathers’ god, the ill‐fated but good Baldur.” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ark of the Covenant +

Every ark‐shrine, whether with the Egyptians, Hindus, Chaldeans or Mexicans, was a phallic shrine, the symbol of the ''yoni ''or womb of nature. The ''seket ''of the Egyptians, the ark, or sacred chest, stood on the ''ara'' — its pedestal. The ark of Osiris, with the sacred relics of the god, was “of the same size as the Jewish ark”, staves passed through its rings in sacred procession, as the ark round which danced David, the King of Israel. Mexican gods also had their arks. Diana, Ceres, and other goddesses as well as gods had theirs. The ark was a boat — a vehicle in every case. “Thebes had a sacred ark 300 cubits long,” and “the word ''Thebes ''is said to mean ark in Hebrew,” which is but a natural recognition of the place to which the chosen people are indebted for their ark. Moreover, as Bauer writes, “the Cherub was not first used by Moses.” The winged Isis was the cherub or ''Arieh ''in Egypt, centuries before the arrival there of even Abram or Sarai. “The external likeness of some of the Egyptian arks, surmounted by their two winged human figures, to the ark of the covenant, has often been noticed.” (''Bible Educator''.) And not only the “external” but the ''internal ''“likeness” and sameness are now known to all. The arks, whether of the covenant, or of honest, straightforward, Pagan symbolism, had originally and now have one and the same meaning. The chosen people appropriated the idea and forgot to acknowledge its source. It is the same as in the case of the “Urim” and “Thummin” (q.v.). In Egypt, as shown by many Egyptologists, the two objects were the emblems of the ''Two Truths. ''“Two figures of Re and Thmei were worn on the breast‐plate of the Egyptian High Priest. ''Thmé'', plural ''thmin, ''meant truth in Hebrew. Wilkinson says the figure of Truth had closed eyes. Rosellini speaks of the ''Thmei ''being worn as a necklace. Diodorus gives such a necklace of gold and stones to the High Priest when delivering judgment. The Septuagint translates Thummin as ''Truth”''. (Bonwick’s ''Egyp. Belief.'') [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG).

Arka +

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

Arkites +

The ancient priests who were attached to the Ark, whether of Isis, or the Hindu ''Argua, ''and who were seven in number, like the priests of the Egyptian ''Tat ''or any other cruciform symbol of the three and the ''four'', the combination of which gives a male‐female number. The ''Avgha ''(or ark) was the four‐fold female principle, and the flame burning over it the triple ''lingham'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Arne, Thomas Augustine +

English composer associated with Drury Lane and Covent Garden; his music for ''Alfred'' (1740) included ''Rule, Britannia!'' (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#620|4:620]][[SMW::on]]). +

Arnobius the Elder +

Bibliographical references include: Adversus Gentes. In Migne, Patr. C. Compl. Ser. Lat. IV, 349. Also Ante-Nicean Fathers, Vol. VI, p. 425 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#418|8:418]][[SMW::on]]). +

Arnold, Sir Edwin +

Author (1832-1904) of ''The Light of Asia or the Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana)'', an account in verse of the life and teaching of Gautama, published in London by Trübner & Co. in 1879; and ''The Indian Song of Songs'', from Jayadeva's Sanskrit ''Gita Govinda'' (1875). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#522|2:522]][[SMW::on]]). His ''The Light of Asia, or the Great Renunciation'' was published by Trübner in London in 1879 and subsequently appeared in numerous editions. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#357|7:357]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: The Light of Asia: or The Great Renunciation (Mahâbhiniṣhkramana). London: Trübner & Co. 1879 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#418|8:418]][[SMW::on]]). His The Light of Asia, or the Great Renunciation was published in London in 1879 and subsequently reissued many times (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#412|10:412]][[SMW::on]]). +

Arnould, Arthur +

Elected president of the newly chartered Paris Hermes Branch on 17 September 1888, following the dispute over the Isis Branch. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.10)#xxv|BCW 10:xxv]]) +

Aroueris +

The god Harsiesi, who was the elder Horus. He had a temple at Ambos. if we bear in mind the definition of the chief Egyptian gods by Plutarch, these myths will become more comprehensible; as he well says: “Osiris represents the beginning and principle; Isis, that which receives; and Horus, the compound of both. Horus engendered between them, is not eternal nor incorruptible, but, being always in generation, he endeavours by vicissitudes of imitations, and by periodical passion (yearly re‐awakening to life) to continue always young, as if he should never die.” Thus, since Horus is the personified physical world, Aroueris, or the “elder Horus”, is the ideal Universe; and this accounts for the saying that “he was begotten by Osiris and Isis when these were still in the bosom of their mother” — Space. There is indeed, a good deal of mystery about this god, but the meaning of the symbol becomes clear once one has the key to it [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Arrest du Parlement du 5 mars, 1762 +

Pertinent information will be found on pp. 309-10 of BCW volume 9 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#405|9:405]][[SMW::on]]). +

Arrian +

Greek historian from Nicomedia, active in the second century under Hadrian and the Antonines; a pupil of Epictetus and a Roman administrator. His surviving works discussed by Zirkoff are the seven-book ''Anabasis of Alexander'' and the ''Indian History''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#369|5:369-370]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Anabasis of Alexander. Loeb Class. Library. Vide Vol. V, pp. 369-70, for further data regarding the author and his works (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#565|11:565]][[SMW::on]]). +

Arrian - Anabasis of Alexander +

Book V, I, 6 explains the names Nysa and Mount Merus through the Dionysus legend. This passage clarifies [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s reference. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Roots of Ritualism in Church and Masonry#93|BCW 11:93]]) +

Ars Poetica +

Horace’s Latin epistle on poetry. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Reponse Definitive dune Theosophe a M. Rossi de Justiniani|BCW 2:60]]) +

Artephius +

A great Hermetic philosopher, whose true name was never known and whose works are without dates, though it is known that he wrote his ''Secret Book ''in the XIIth century. Legend has it that he was one thousand years old at that time. There is a book on dreams by him in the possession of an Alchemist, now in Bagdad, in which he gives out the secret of seeing the past, the present, and the future, in sleep, and of remembering the things seen. There are but two copies of this manuscript extant. The book on ''Dreams ''by the Jew Solomon Almulus, published in Hebrew at Amsterdam in 1642, has a few reminiscences from the former work of Artephius [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Artes +

The Earth; the Egyptian god Mars [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Artufas +

A generic name in South America and the islands for temples of ''nagalism ''or serpent worship [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Arty, D. S. C. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol4|vol. 4]] (1882–1883). +

Arundale, Francesca Eliza +

English Theosophist and educator, a close associate of H. P. Blavatsky and Annie Besant. Worked in education in India and wrote ''My Guest, H. P. Blavatsky''. Her letter defending Theosophists appeared alongside letters by [[Sinnett, Alfred Percy|A. P. Sinnett]] and E. W. Wade in Light on 28 July 1883, pp. 343–344. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Esoteric Buddhism and its Critic#332|BCW 5:332]]) Wrote out the petition for the formation of the London Lodge’s Inner Group in 1884. According to her account, that summer she obtained [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s permission to have a stone cut with interlaced triangles and the word Sat, following Blavatsky’s ring design. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Petition to the Masters for the Formation of an Inner Group in the London Lodge#250|BCW 6:250-256]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.6)#xxxiv|BCW 6:xxxiv]]) Her manuscript book preserved a copy of the Maha-Chohan communication used by [[Jinarajadasa, Curuppumullage|C. Jinarajadasa]] in Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Diagnoses and Palliatives#239|BCW 12:239]]) +

Arundhati +

The “Morning Star”; Lucifer‐Venus [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Arupa +

“Bodiless”, formless, as opposed to ''rûpa'', “body”, or form [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +