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Abraxas +

Mystic words which have been traced as far back as Basilides, the Pythagorean, of Alexandria, AD. 90. He uses Abraxas as a title for Divinity, the supreme of Seven, and as having 365 virtues. In Greek numeration, a. 1, b. 2, r. 100, a. I, x 60, a. I, s. 200 = 365 days of the year, solar year, a cycle of divine action. C. W. King, author of The Gnostics, considers the word similar to the Hebrew ''Shemhamphorasch'', a holy word, the extended name of God. An Abraxas Gem usually shows a man’s body with the head of a cock, one arm with a shield, the other with a whip. [ w.w.w.] Abraxas is the counterpart of the Hindu Abhimânim (q.v.) and Brahmâ combined. It is these compound and mystic qualities which caused Oliver, the great Masonic authority, to connect the name of Abraxas with that of Abraham. This was unwarrantable ; the virtues and attributes of Abraxas, which are 365 in number, ought to have shown him that the deity was connected with the Sun and solar division of the year — — nay, that Abraxas is the antitype, and the Sun, the type. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Abrew, Peter de +

Ceylonese Buddhist philanthropist and supporter of Buddhist education, particularly Musaeus College in Colombo. +

Abrew, William de +

Ceylonese Buddhist Theosophist and interpreter who accompanied Henry Olcott’s delegation from Colombo to southern India in October 1881. +

Absoluteness +

When predicated of the UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE, it denotes an abstract noun, which is more correct and logical than to apply the adjective “absolute ” to that which has neither attributes nor limitations, nor can IT have any. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Abu'l-Faraj +

Syriac and Arabic author (1226-1286) and senior prelate of the Jacobite Church. His Syriac ''Chronicle'' covers secular and ecclesiastical history; he also prepared an Arabic abridgement of its secular part, ''al-Mukhtasar fi'd-Duwal''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#495|3:495]][[SMW::on]]). +

Ab‐Soo +

The mystic name for Space, meaning the dwelling of '''''Ab '''''the “Father”, or the head of the source of the Waters of Knowledge. The lore of the latter is concealed in the invisible space or akasic regions. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ab‐i‐hayat +

Water of immortality. Supposed to give eternal youth and sempiternal life to him who drinks of it. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Acacia +

Innocence; and also a plant used in Freemasonry as a symbol of initiation, immortality, and purity; the tree furnished the sacred Shittim wood of the Hebrews. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Achamoth +

The name of the second, the inferior Sophia. Esoterically and with the Gnostics, the elder Sophia was the Holy Spirit (female Holy Ghost) or the ''Sakti ''of the Unknown, and the ''Divine ''Spirit; while Sophia Achamôth is but the personification of the female aspect of the creative male Force in nature; also the Astral Light. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Achar +

The Gods over whom (according to the Jews) Jehovah is the God. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Achara +

Personal and social (religious) obligations. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Acharya +

Spiritual teacher, Guru; as Sankar‐''âchârya'', lit., a “teacher of ethics”. A name generally given to Initiates, etc., and meaning “Master”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Achath +

The ''one'', the first, feminine; ''achad ''being masculine. A Talmudic word applied to Jehovah. It is worthy of note that the Sanskrit term ''ak ''means one, ''ekata ''being “unity”, Brahmâ being called ''ák'', or ''eka'', the one, the first, whence the Hebrew word and application. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Acher +

The Talmudic name of the Apostle Paul. The Talmud narrates the story of the four ''Tanaim'', who entered the ''Garden of Delight'', i.e., came to he initiated; Ben Asai, who looked and lost his sight; Ben Zoma, who looked and lost his reason; Acher, who made depredations in the garden and failed; and Rabbi Akiba, who alone succeeded. The Kabalists say that Acher is Paul. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Acheron +

One of the rivers of Hades in Greek mythology. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Achit +

Absolute non‐intelligence; as ''Chit ''is — in contrast — absolute intelligence. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Achyuta +

That which is not subject to change or fall; the opposite to ''Chyuta, ''“fallen”. A title of Vishnu. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Acilius Glabrio +

Roman magistrate and consul in 191 BC, who commanded the successful campaign against Antiochus III in Greece and defeated his army at Thermopylae. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#355|7:355]][[SMW::on]]). +

Acosmism +

The precreative period, when there was no Kosmos but Chaos alone. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Acta Sanctorum +

Collection of saints’ lives compiled by Jean Bolland with Godefroid Henschen. De Zirkoff lists the Antwerp edition begun in 1643 and the Paris edition under Jean Carnandet begun in 1863. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#427|6:427]][[SMW::on]]). +