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Sevekh +

The god of time; Chronos; the same as ''Sefekh''. Some Orientalists translate it as the “Seventh”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Sever (periodical) +

Illustrated literary and artistic weekly founded by Vsevolod Solovyov at St. Petersburg in 1888. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#404|7:404]][[SMW::on]]). +

Severinus of Noricum +

Fifth-century Christian monk active in Noricum, remembered for assistance to the poor and his influence among Roman and Germanic communities. His pupil Eugippius wrote his life around 511. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#392|7:392]][[SMW::on]]). +

Sexton, Stanley B. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol5|vol. 5]] (1883–1884). +

Seyffarth, Gustav +

German Egyptologist associated with Leipzig, who continued Spohn’s research and studied Egyptian collections across Europe. His interpretation of hieroglyphs brought him into controversy with Champollion. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#394|7:394]][[SMW::on]]). +

Shabbath +

Tract of the Babylonian Gemara. See Talmud (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#415|8:415]][[SMW::on]]). +

Shaberon +

The Mongolian Shaberon or Khubilgan (or Khubilkhans) are the reincarnations of Buddha, according to the Lamaists; great Saints and ''Avatars'', so to say. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Shaddai, El +

A name of the Hebrew Deity, usually translated God Almighty, found in ''Genesis,'' ''Exodus, '' ''Numbers, Ruth ''and ''Job''. Its Greek equivalent is Kurios Pantokrator; but by Hebrew derivation it means rather “the pourer forth”,'' shad'' meaning a breast, and indeed ''shdi'' is also used for “a nursing mother”. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Shakespeare, John +

English Orientalist. About 1805, was appointed to an Oriental professorship at Royal Military College, Marlow; in 1809, became professor of Hindustani in training college for cadets opened by the East India Co.; retired in 1829. Chief works: ''Hindustani Grammar'' (1813); *''A Dictionary: Hindustani and English'' (1817). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#524|1:524]][[SMW::on]]). +

Shakespeare, William +

*''Macbeth'', 1605-06. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#524|1:524]][[SMW::on]]). The works listed in this bibliography are ''Hamlet'' and ''Love's Labour's Lost''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#530|3:530]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography cites ''Hamlet''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#665|4:665]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Henry VI (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#474|8:474]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Much Ado About Nothing. Measure for Measure (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#453|9:453]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Henry IV, 2nd Part. - Henry VI, 3rd Part. - Henry VIII. - The Merchant of Venice. - The Winter's Tale (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#590|11:590]][[SMW::on]]).

Shamans +

An order of Tartar or Mongolian priest‐ magicians, or as some say, priest‐sorcerers. They are not Buddhists, but a sect of the old Bhon religion of Tibet. They live mostly in Siberia and its borderlands. Both men and women may be Shamans. They are all magicians, or rather sensitives or mediums artificially developed. At present those who act as priests among the Tartars are generally very ignorant, and far below the fakirs in knowledge and education. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Shamji Krishnavarma +

See p. 437 in the present Volume. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#524|1:524]][[SMW::on]]). The appendix refers to his biographical sketch elsewhere in the collected writings. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#665|4:665]][[SMW::on]]). Helped welcome [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] and [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] to Bombay in February 1879; in March he left for England to join M. Monier-Williams at Oxford. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxvi]]) +

Shan Hai Jing +

[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] compares [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s account of ancient Chinese geography with L. de Rosny’s translation, Chan-Hai-King. Antique Géographie Chinoise (Paris, 1891). This is a later parallel source, not an edition available to Blavatsky when writing her 1889 article. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Footnotes to The Ancient Empire of China#16|BCW 11:16]]) +

Shan-Hai-Ching +

Antique géographie Chinoise. Translated from the Chinese by Léon de Rosny, Paris, 1891 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#590|11:590]][[SMW::on]]). +

Shanah +

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

Shangna +

A mysterious epithet given to a robe or “vesture in a metaphorical sense”. To put on the “Shangna robe” means the acquirement of Secret Wisdom, and Initiation. (See ''Voice of the Silence,'' pp. 84 and 85, Glossary.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Shankaracharya +

Indian religious teacher and exponent of Advaita Vedanta, traditionally credited with philosophical commentaries and treatises. +

Shaphan +

Son of Azaliah and scribe of King Josiah. In the biblical account, he received the Book of the Law from Hilkiah and took part in the delegation to the prophetess Huldah. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#395|7:395]][[SMW::on]]). +

Shargha, Ikbal Kishen +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol11|vol. 11]] (1889–1890). +

Sharpe, Samuel +

His ''Egyptian Inscriptions'' is cited in the two-volume London edition of 1837-1841. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#395|7:395]][[SMW::on]]). +