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Kamadhatu +

Called also Kamâvatchara, a region including Kâmalôka. In exoteric ideas it is the first of the Trailâkya—or three regions (applied also to celestial beings) or seven planes or degrees, each broadly represented by one of the three chief characteristics; namely, ''Kama, Rupa ''and ''Arupa, ''or those of desire, form and formlessness. The first of the Trailokyas, '''''Kamadhâtu, '''''is thus composed of the earth and the six inferior Devalokas, the earth being followed by ''Kamaloka ''(q.v.). These taken together constitute the seven degrees of the material world of form and sensuous gratification. The second of the Trailôkya (or Trilôkya) is called Rupadhâtu or “material form” and is also composed of seven Lokas (or localities). The third is Arupadhâtu or “immaterial lokas”. “Locality”, however, is an incorrect word to use in translating the term dhâtu, which does not mean in some of its special applications a “place” at all. For instance, ''Arupadhâtu ''is a purely subjective world, a “state” rather than a place. But as the European tongues have no adequate metaphysical terms to express certain ideas, we can only point out the difficulty [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Diakka +

Called by Occultists and Theosophists “spooks” and “shells”, i.e., phantoms from ''Kâma Loka''. A word invented by the great American Seer, Andrew Jackson Davis, to denote what he considers untrustworthy “Spirits”. In his own words: “A ''Diakka ''(from the Summerland) is one who takes insane delight in ''playing parts, ''in juggling tricks, in ''personating ''opposite characters; to whom prayer and profane utterances are of equi‐value; surcharged with a passion for lyrical narrations; . . . morally deficient, he is without the active feelings of justice, philanthropy, or tender affection. He knows nothing of what men call the sentiment of gratitude; the ends of hate and love are the same to him; his motto is often fearful and terrible to others—SELF is the whole of private living, and exalted annihilation ''the end of all private life. ''Only yesterday, one said to a lady medium, signing himself ''Swedenborg'', this: ‘Whatsoever is, has been, will be, or may be, that I AM.; and private life is but the aggregative phantasms of thinking throb‐ lets, rushing in their rising onward to the central heart of eternal death’ (''The Diakka and their Victims''; “an explanation of the False and Repulsive in Spiritualism.”) These “Diakka” are then simply the communicating and materializing so‐called “Spirits” of Mediums and Spiritualists [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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P and Cross +

Called generally the Labarum of Constantine. It was, however, one of the oldest emblems in Etruria before the Roman Empire. It was also the sign of Osiris. Both the long Latin and the Greek pectoral crosses are Egyptian, the former being very often seen in the hand of Horus. “The cross and Calvary so common in Europe, occurs on the breasts of mummies” (Bonwick) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Lunar Gods +

Called in India the Fathers, “Pitris” or the lunar ancestors. They are subdivided, like the rest, into seven classes or Hierarchies, In Egypt although the moon received less worship than in Chaldea or India, still Isis stands as the representative of Luna‐Lunus, “the celestial Hermaphrodite”. Strange enough while the modern connect the moon only with lunacy and generation, the ancient nations, who knew better, have, individually and collectively, connected their “wisdom gods” with it. Thus in Egypt the lunar gods are Thoth‐Hermes and Chons; in India it is Budha, the Son of ''Soma, ''the moon; in Chaldea Nebo is the lunar god of Secret Wisdom, etc., etc. The wife of Thoth, ''Sifix, ''the lunar goddess, holds a pole with five rays or the five‐pointed star, symbol of man, the Microcosm, in distinction from the Septenary Macrocosm. As in all theogonies a goddess precedes a god, on the principle most likely that the chick can hardly precede its egg, in Chaldea the moon was held as older and more venerable than the Sun, because, as they said, darkness precedes light at every periodical rebirth (or “creation”) of the universe. Osiris although connected with the Sun and a Solar god is, nevertheless, born on Mount ''Sinai'', because ''Sin ''is the Chaldeo‐Assyrian word for the moon; so was Dio‐Nysos, god of Nyssi or ''Nisi, ''which latter appelation was that of Sinai in Egypt, where it was called Mount Nissa. The ''crescent ''is not—as proven by many writers—an ensign of the Turks, but was adopted by Christians for their symbol before the Mahommedans. For ages the crescent was the emblem of the Chaldean Astarte, the Egyptian Isis, and the Greek Diana, all of them Queens of Heaven, and finally became the emblem of Mary the Virgin. “The Greek Christian Empire of Constantinople held it as their palladium. Upon the conquest by the Turks, the Sultan adopted it . . . and since that, the crescent has been made to oppose the idea of the ''cross''”. (''Eg. Belief.'') [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).

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Ar‐Abu Nasr‐al‐Farabi +

Called in Latin Alpharabius, a Persian, and the greatest Aristotelian philosopher of the age. He was born in 950 A.D., and is reported to have been murdered in 1047. He was an Hermetic philosopher and possessed the power of hypnotizing through music, making those who heard him play the lute laugh, weep, dance and do what he liked. Some of his works on Hermetic philosophy may be found in the Library of Leyden [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Gebirol, Solomon Ben Jehudah +

Called in literature Avicebron. An Israelite by birth, a philosopher, poet and Kabbalist, a voluminous writer and a mystic. He was born in the eleventh Century at Malaga (1021), educated at Saragossa, and died at Valencia in 1070, murdered by a Mahommedan. His fellow‐religionists called him Salomon the Sephardi, or the Spaniard, and the Arabs, Abu Ayyub Suleiman ben ya’hya Ibn Dgebirol; whilst the scholastics named him Avicebron. (See Myer’s ''Qabbalah.'') Ibn Gebirol was certainly one of the greatest philosophers and scholars of his age. He wrote much in Arabic and most of his MSS. have been preserved. His greatest work appears to be the ''Megôr Hayyîm'', i.e., the ''Fountain of Life'', “one of the earliest exposures of the secrets of the Speculative Kabbalah”, as his biographer informs us. (See “Fons Vitæ”.) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Mudra +

Called the mystic seal. A system of occult signs made with the fingers. These signs imitate ancient Sanskrit characters of magic efficacy. First used in the Northern Buddhist Yogâcharya School, they were adopted later by the Hindu Tantrikas, but often misused by them for black magic purposes [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Adamic Earth +

Called the “true oil of gold” or the “primal element” in Alchemy. It is but one remove from the pure homogeneous element. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Lanigan, George Thomas +

Canadian journalist and poet. +

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Karana +

Cause (metaphysically) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Igaga +

Celestial angels, the same as Archangels [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Cerberus +

Cerberus, the three‐headed canine monster, which was supposed to watch at the threshold of Hades, came to the Greeks and Romans from Egypt. It was the monster, half‐dog and half‐hippopotamus, that guarded the gates of Amenti. The mother of Cerberus was Echidna—a being, half‐woman, half‐serpent, much honoured in Etruria. Both the Egyptian and the Greek Cerberus are symbols of Kâmaloka and its uncouth monsters, the cast‐off shells of mortals [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Darasta +

Ceremonial magic practised by the central Indian tribes, especially among the Kolarians [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Ashen and Langhan +

Certain ceremonies for casting out evil spirits, akin to those of exorcism with the Christians, in use with the Kolarian tribes in India [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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

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Bal +

Commonly translated “Lord”, but also Bel, the Chaldean god, and Baal, an ʺidolʺ [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Guhya +

Concealed, secret [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Kadosh +

Consecrated, holy; also written '''''Kodesh'''''. Something set apart for temple worship. But between the etymological meaning of the word, and its subsequent significance in application to the ''Kadeshim ''(the “priests” set apart for certain temple rites)—there is an abyss. The words ''Kadosh ''and ''Kadeshim ''are used in II. Kings as rather an opprobrious name, for the ''Kadeshuth ''of the Bible were identical in their office and duties with the Nautch girls of some Hindu temples. They were Galli, the mutilated priests of the lascivious rites of Venus Astarte, who lived “by the house of the Lord”. Curiously enough the terms ''Kadosh, ''etc., were appropriated and used‐ by several degrees of Masonic knighthood [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Sinclair, Marie +

Countess of Caithness and Duchess de Pomar. She was communicating with V. P. Zhelikhovsky, sister of H. P. Blavatsky. +

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Lobha +

Covetousness: cupidity, a son sprung from Brahmâ in an evil hour [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +