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Anunnaki +

Angels or Spirits of the Earth; terrestrial Elementals also [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Dwesa +

Anger. One of the three principal states of mind (of which 63 are enumerated), which are ''Râga''— pride or evil desire, ''Dwesa''—anger, of which hatred is a part, and Moha—the ignorance of truth. These three are to be steadily avoided [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Nephesh Chia +

Animal or living Soul [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Akta +

Anointed: a title of Twashtri or Visvakarman, the highest “Creator” and Logos in the ''Rig ‐Veda. ''He is called the “Father of the Gods” and “Father of the sacred Fire” (''See note page 101, Vol. II., Sec.Doct.).'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Kasi +

Another and more ancient name of the holy city of Benares [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Gedulah +

Another name for the Sephira ''Chesed'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Anupadaka +

Anupapâdaka, also Aupapâduka; means parentless”, “self‐existing”, born without any parents or progenitors. A term applied to certain self‐ created gods, and the Dhyâni Buddhas [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Adam Kadmon +

Archetypal Man; Humanity. The “Heavenly Man” not fallen into sin; Kabalists refer it to the Ten Sephiroth on the plane of human perception. [w.w.w.] In the ''Kabalah ''Adam Kadmon is the manifested Logos corresponding to our ''Third ''Logos; the Unmanifested being the first paradigmic ideal Man, and symbolizing the Universe in ''abscondito'', or in its “privation” in the Aristotelean sense. The First Logos is the “Light of the World”, the Second and the Third—its gradually deepening shadows. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Kadmon +

Archetypal man. See.“Adam Kadmon” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Eridanus +

Ardan, ''the Greek name for the river Jordan [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Aswins +

Are the most mysterious and occult deities of all; who have “puzzled the oldest commentators”. Literally, they are the “Horsemen”, the “divine charioteers”, as they ride in a ''golden car ''drawn by horses or birds or animals, and “''are possessed of many forms”''. They are two Vedic deities, the twin sons of the sun and the sky, which becomes the nymph Aswini. In mythological symbolism they are “the bright harbingers of Ushas, the dawn”, who are “ever young and handsome, bright, agile, swift as falcons”, who “prepare the way for the brilliant dawn to those who have patiently awaited through the night”. They are also called time “physicians of Swarga” (or Devachan), inasmuch as they heal every pain and suffering, and cure all diseases. Astronomically, they are asterisms. They were enthusiastically worshipped, as their epithets show. They are the “Ocean‐born” (i.e., '''''space '''''born) or ''Abdhijau, ''“crowned with lotuses” or '''''Pushhara‐srajam, '''''etc., etc. Yâska, the commentator in the ''Nirukta, ''thinks that “the Aswins represent the transition from darkness to light ”— cosmically, and we may add, metaphysically, also. But Muir and Goldstücker are inclined to see in them ancient “horsemen of great renown”, because, forsooth, of the legend “that the gods refused the Aswins admittance to a sacrifice on the ground that ''they had been on too familiar terms with men”''. Just so, because as explained by the same Yâska “they are identified with heaven and earth”, only for quite a different reason. Truly they are like the ''Ribhus, ''“originally renowned mortals (but also non‐renowned occasionally) who in the course of time are translated into the companionship of gods”; and they show a negative character, “the result of the‐ alliance of light with darkness”, simply because these ''twins ''are, in the esoteric philosophy, the '''''Kumâra‐Egos, '''''the reincarnating “Principles” in this Manvantara [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).

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Neros +

As shown by the late E. V. Kenealy this “Naronic Cycle” was a ''mystery'', a true “secret of god”, to disclose which during the prevalence of the religious mysteries and the authority of the priests, meant death. The learned author seemed to take it for granted that the Neros was of 600 years duration, but he was mistaken. (See “Natos”.) Nor were the establishment of the Mysteries and the rites of Initiation due merely the necessity of perpetuating the knowledge of the true meaning of the Naros and keeping this cycle secret from the profane; for the Mysteries are as old as the present human race, and there were far more important secrets to veil than the figures of any cycle. (See “Neophyte” and “I. H. S.”, also “Naros”.) The mystery of 666, “the number of the great heart” so called, is far better represented by the ''Tau ''and the ''Resh ''than 600 [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Aster’t +

Astarte, the Syrian goddess the consort of Adon, or Adonai [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Dido +

Astarte; the Virgin of the Sea—who crushes the Dragon under her foot; The patroness of the Phoænician mariners. A Queen of Carthage who fell in love with Æneas according to Virgil [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Jyotisha +

Astronomy and Astrology; one of the Vedângas [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Chaldeans +

At first a tribe, then a caste of learned Kabbalists. They were the ''savants, ''the magians of Babylonia, astrologers and diviners. The famous Hillel, the precursor of Jesus in philosophy and in ethics, was a Chaldean. Franck in his ''Kabbala ''points to the close resemblance of the “secret doctrine” found in the ''Avesta ''and the religious metaphysics of the Chaldees [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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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: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Nastika +

Atheist, or rather he who does not worship or recognize the gods and idols [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Nirupadhi +

Attributeless; the negation of attributes [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Baal +

Baal or Adon (Adonai) was a phallic god. “Who shall ascend unto the hill (the high place) of the Lord; who shall stand in the place of his ''Kadushu ''(q.v.) ? ” (''Psalms ''XX1V. 3.) The “circle dance” performed by King David round the ark, was the dance prescribed by the Amazons in the Mysteries, the dance of the daughters of Shiloh (''Judges ''xxi., ''et seq.'') and the same as the leaping of the prophets of Baal (I. ''Kings ''xviii). He was named ''Baal‐Tzephon, ''or god of the crypt (Exodus) and ''Seth'', or the ''pillar ''(''phallus''), because he was the same as Ammon (or Baal‐Hammon) of Egypt, called “the hidden god”. Typhon, called Set, who was a great god in Egypt during the early dynasties, is an aspect of Baal and Ammon as also of Siva, Jehovah and other gods. Baal is the all devouring Sun, in one sense, the fiery Moloch [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +