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Augoeides +

Bulwer Lytton calls it the “Luminous Self ”, or our Higher Ego. But Occultism makes of it something distinct from this. It is a mystery. The ''Augocides ''is the luminous divine radiation of the EGO which, when incarnated, is but its shadow — pure as it is yet. This is explained in the ''Amshaspends ''and their ''Ferouers.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Augustine - Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental +

Chapter V contains the statement about believing the Gospel on the authority of the Catholic Church quoted by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. The text appears in Patrologia Latina, vol. 42, and in English in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, vol. IV. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Marriage and Divorce#35|BCW 11:35]]) +

Augustine, Saint +

Bibliographical references include: De civitate Dei. Transl. by M. Dods. Edinburgh: Clark 1897. 2 vols.; also London: Dent, 1947 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#419|8:419]][[SMW::on]]). Passages quoted have not been identified as to source (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#405|9:405]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Contra epistolam Manichaei quam vocant fundamenti (Against the Epistle of Manichaeus called fundamental). Migne, PCC, Series Latina, Vol. 42; Engl. tr. in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Ser. Vol. IV (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#566|11:566]][[SMW::on]]). +

Aum +

The sacred syllable; the triple‐lettered unit; hence the trinity in One [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Aura +

A subtle invisible essence or fluid that emanates from human and animal bodies and even things. It is a psychic effluvium, partaking of both the mind and the body, as it is the electro‐vital, and at the same time an electro‐mental aura; called in Theosophy the âkâsic or magnetic aura [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Aurnavabha +

An ancient Sanskrit commentator [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Aurore, L' (theosophical periodical) +

Revue mensuelle sous la direction de Lady Caithness. Paris, 1887 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#479|8:479]][[SMW::on]]). Revue mensuelle sous la direction de Lady Caithness. Paris. 1887 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#461|9:461]][[SMW::on]]). +

Aurva +

The Sage who is credited with the invention of the “fiery weapon” called ''Agneyâstra'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Avadhani, V. V. S. +

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

Avaivartika +

An epithet of every Buddha: lit., one who turns no more back; who goes straight to Nirvâna [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Avalokiteswara +

“The on‐looking Lord” In the exoteric interpretation, he is Padmapâni (the lotus bearer and the lotus‐born) in Tibet, the first divine ancestor of the Tibetans, the complete incarnation or Avatar of Avalokiteswara; but in esoteric philosophy Avaloki, the “on‐looker”, is the Higher Self, while Padmapâni is the Higher Ego or Manas. The mystic formula “Om mani padme hum” is specially used to invoke their joint help. While popular fancy claims for Avalokiteswara many incarnations on earth, and sees in him, not very wrongly, the spiritual guide of every believer, the esoteric interpretation sees in him the Logos, both celestial and human. Therefore, when the Yogâchârya School has declared Avalokiteswara as Padmâpani “to be the Dhyâni Bodhisattva of Amitâbha Buddha”, it is indeed, because the former is ''the spiritual reflex in the world of forms ''of the latter, both being one — one in heaven, the other on earth [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Avarasaila Sangharama +

Lit., the School of the Dwellers on the western mountain. A celebrated Vihâra (monastery) in Dhana‐kstchâka, according to Eitel, “built 600 B.C., and deserted A.D. 600” [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Avastan +

An ancient name for Arabia [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Avasthas +

States, conditions, positions [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Avatamsaka Sutra +

Collection of Buddhist works associated with the Yogachara school and especially important in China. De Zirkoff names ''Gandavyuha'' and ''Bhadrachari'' among its constituent texts. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#424|6:424]][[SMW::on]]). +

Avatara +

Divine incarnation. The descent of a god or some exalted Being, who has progressed beyond the necessity of Rebirths, into the body of a simple mortal. Krishna was an avatar of Vishnu. The Dalai Lama is regarded as an avatar of Avalokiteswara, and the Teschu Lama as one of Tson‐kha‐pa, or Amitâbha. There are two kinds of avatars: those born from woman, and the parentless, the ''anupapâdaka.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Avatars +

The Immaculate Conception is as pre‐eminently Egyptian as it is Indian. As the author of ''Egyptian Belief ''has it: “It is not the vulgar, coarse and sensual story as in Greek mythology, but refined, moral and spiritual “; and again the incarnation idea was found revealed on the wall of a Theban temple by Samuel Sharpe, who thus analyzes it: “First the god Thoth . . . as the messenger of the gods, like the Mercury of the Greeks (or the Gabriel of the first Gospel), tells the ''maiden ''queen Mautmes, that she is to give birth to a son, who is to be king Amunotaph III. Secondly, the god Kneph, the Spirit . . . . and the goddess Hathor (Nature) both take hold of the queen by the hands and put into her mouth the character for life, a cross, which is to be the life of the coming child”, etc., etc. Truly divine incarnation, or the ''avatar ''doctrine, constituted the grandest mystery of every old religious system! [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Ava‐bodha +

“Mother of Knowledge.” A title of Aditi [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Avebury +

In Wiltshire are the remains of an ancient megalithic Serpent temple: according to the eminent antiquarian Stukeley, 1740, there are traces of two circles of stones and two avenues; the whole has formed the representation of a serpent. [w.w.w.] [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Avesta +

Lit., “the Law”. From the old Persian ''Âbastâ, ''“the law”. The sacred Scriptures of the Zoroastrians. ''Zend ''means in the “Zend‐Avesta” — a “commentary” or “interpretation”. It is an error to regard “ Zend” as a language, as “it was applied only to explanatory texts, to the translations of the Avesta”(Darmsteter) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). The bibliography recommends The Zend-Avesta in the Sacred Books of the East series: parts I-II translated by James Darmesteter and part III by L. H. Mills (volumes IV, XXIII and XXXI). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#522|2:522]][[SMW::on]]). The English ''Zend-Avesta'' in Oxford's ''Sacred Books of the East'' comprises James Darmesteter's translations of the ''Vendidad'' and of the ''Sirozahs, Yashts, and Nyayis'', followed by L. H. Mills's translation of the ''Yasna, Visparad'', and related texts. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#496|3:496]][[SMW::on]]). The appendix lists James Darmesteter's translation in ''Sacred Books of the East'', volumes IV and XXIII, and Arthur Henry Bleeck's three-volume English rendering from Spiegel's German translation (1864). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#621|4:621]][[SMW::on]]).