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Roger Bacon +

A very famous Franciscan monk who lived in England in the thirteenth century. He was an Alchemist who firmly believed in the existence of the Philosopher’s Stone, and was a great mechanician, chemist, physicist and astrologer. In his treatise on the'' '' ''Admirable Force of Art and Nature'', he gives hints about gunpowder and predicts the use of steam as a propelling power, describing besides the hydraulic press, the diving‐ bell and the kaleidoscope. He also made a famous brazen head fitted with an acoustic apparatus which gave out oracles. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Rohilkhand Theosophical Society +

Formed at Bareilly on 17 November 1881 during [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s tour; she met [[Padshah, Sorabji Jamaspji|S. J. Padshah]] there the preceding day. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)|BCW 3:xxvi]]) +

Rohinila +

The ancient name of a monastery visited by Buddha Sâkyamuni, now called Roynallah, near Balgada, in Eastern Behar. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Rohit +

A female deer, a hind; the form assumed by Vâch (the female Logos and female aspect of Brahmâ who created her out of one half of his body) to escape the amorous pursuits of her “father”, who transformed himself for that purpose into a buck or ''red'' deer (the colour of Brahmâ being red). [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Rohitaka Stupa +

The “red stupa”, or dagoba, built by King Asoka, and on which Maitribala‐râjâ fed starving Yakshas with his blood. The Yakshas are inoffensive demons (Elementaries) called ''pynya‐janas ''or “good people”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Rohner, C. W. +

Physician at Benalla, Victoria, Australia, and a contributor and translator of articles on occultism and Spiritualism. Author of Spirit Guardianship, or What?, an account concerning premonitions of railway accidents, to which [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] appended an explanation. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Editors Note to Spirit Guardianship, or What#139|BCW 6:139]]) +

Rolla +

A poem by A. de Musset whose fourth section contains the lines addressed to Voltaire quoted by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - War in Olympus|BCW 2:159]]) +

Roman Breviary, 1520 +

The appendix records a reference to an edition of 1520 but supplies no definite bibliographical information. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#390|7:390]][[SMW::on]]). +

Roman Catholic Weekly Register +

Listed without further bibliographical information (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#462|9:462]][[SMW::on]]). +

Roman Martyrology +

The English translation by the Jesuit George Keynes, originally published in 1627, was re-edited by W. N. Skelly and published by T. Richardson & Son in London in 1847. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#542|2:542]][[SMW::on]]). +

Roman Missals, 1563 +

The bibliography refers to the compiler's note on Roman missals in BCW volume 10, appended to Blavatsky's essay on star-angel worship in the Roman Catholic Church (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#474|8:474]][[SMW::on]]). +

Roman y Zamora, Jeronimo +

The bibliography lists his two-volume Repúblicas del mundo (Medina del Campo, 1575) and a later two-volume edition of 1897. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#542|2:542]][[SMW::on]]). +

Romanes, George John +

British biologist (1848-1894), a friend and exponent of Darwin. He studied animal intelligence and the evolution of mental faculties, arguing for continuity between reasoning in animals and humans. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#391|7:391]][[SMW::on]]). +

Rombotti, A. S. +

Member of the Ionian Theosophical Society who investigated animal magnetism and reported experiments with clairvoyance. +

Rome and the Newest Fashions in Religion +

A London publication of 1875 collecting three tracts by [[Gladstone, William Ewart|W. E. Gladstone]] with his preface. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Signs of the Time|BCW 3:68]]) +

Roottich, Nabmat de +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol3|vol. 3]] (1881–1882). +

Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon +

English poet born in Ireland; educated partly by a tutor, partly at Caen, in Normandy, and partly at Rome (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#588|11:588-589]][[SMW::on]]). +

Rose, Avinash Chandra +

Secretary of the Bhrigu Kshetra Theosophical Society at Jubbulpore in 1884. +

Rosellini I. - I Monumenti dellEgitto e della Nubia +

A nine-volume work by [[Rosellini, Ippolito|I. Rosellini]] published at Pisa in 1832–1844. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s reference derives from J. E. de Mirville, volume IV, p. 162. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The History of a Planet#24|BCW 8:24]]) +

Rosellini, Ippolito +

Italian Egyptologist (1800-1843), professor at Pisa and companion of Champollion on the expedition of 1828-1829. He published the expedition’s results in ''I Monumenti dell’Egitto e della Nubia''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#391|7:391]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: I Monumenti dell' Egitto e della Nubia, disegnate della spedizione scientifico-litteraria toscana in Egitto. Pisa: Presso N. Capurro, 1832-44. 9 vols. 8vo. Vide Volume VII, p. 391 for biogr. data about the author (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#474|8:474]][[SMW::on]]). +