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Voluspa +

A poem called “The Song of the Prophetess”, or “Song of Wala ”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Voodooism +

A system of African sorcery; a sect of black magicians, to which the New Orleans negroes are much addicted. It flourishes likewise in Cuba and South America. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Voordalak +

A vampire; a corpse informed by its lower principles, and maintaining a kind of semi‐life in itself by raising itself during the night from the grave, fascinating its living victims and sucking out their blood. Roumanians, Moldavians, Servians, and all the Slavonian tribes dwelling in the Balkans, and also the Tchechs (Bohemians), Moravians, and others, firmly believe in the existence of such ghosts and dread them accordingly. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vorborth A.A. +

Russian diplomat, full state Councilor, who in 1887-1898 served as Consul General in London. In 1890 in London, he made an official translation into English of [[HPB|H.P. Blavatsky]]'s [[HPB - Passport for Yuri|passport]] for [[Blavatsky Yuri|Yuri]], issued on August 23, 1862. +

Vorontzov, Mihail Semyonovich +

Prince and Viceroy of the Caucasus in 1844-1856 ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Akhund of Swat#371|BCW 1:371]]). +

Vossius, Gerhard Johann +

Classical scholar and writer on the history of religion; the bibliography cites ''De theologia gentili'' (1642). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#670|4:670]][[SMW::on]]). +

Votan +

The deified hero of the Mexicans, and probably the same as Quetzal‐Coatl; a “son of the snakes”, one admitted “to the snake’s hole ”, which means an Adept admitted to the Initiation in the secret chamber of the Temple. The missionary Brasseur de Bourbourg, seeks to prove him a descendant of Ham, the accursed son of Noah. (See ''Isis Unveiled'', I., pp. 545 ''et seq''.) [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Voyevodsky L.F. - Introduction to the Mythology of the Odyssey +

A doctoral dissertation by [[Voyevodsky, Leopold Franzovich|L. F. Voyevodsky]] published at Odessa in 1881. Although [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] gives a French title, [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] found no evidence of a translation from Russian and consulted the Library of Congress copy. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Occult or Exact Science#66|BCW 7:66]]) +

Voyevodsky, Leopold Franzovich +

Russian historian and professor of classical philology at Novorossiysk University. His ''Introduction to the Mythology of the Odyssey'' (1881) interpreted Homeric myth in solar, lunar and stellar terms, an approach opposed by other scholars. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#400|7:400-401]][[SMW::on]]). +

Vrata +

Law, or power of the gods. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vratani +

Varuna’s “active laws”, courses of natural action. (See ''Rig ‐Vedic ''Hymns, X., 90‐1. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vriddha Garga +

From ''Vriddha'', “old”, and ''Garga'', an ancient sage, one of the oldest writers on astronomy. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vriddha Manava +

The laws of Manu. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vritra +

The demon of drought in the ''Vedas'', a great foe of Indra, with whom he is constantly at war. The allegory of a cosmic phenomenon. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vritra‐han +

An epithet or title of Indra, meaning “the slayer of Vritra”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vulgate +

Latin statements in Abbé Roca’s controversy with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] sometimes combine different sources: one paraphrases John 12:32 and 20:17, while another joins 1 John 5:19 to a phrase from chapter XIX of Tacitus’s Germania. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Abbe Roca - Reply to Madame Blavatskys Observations on Christian Esotericism#185|BCW 9:185,190-191]]) +

Vulpian, Edme-Felix-Alfred +

French physician (1826-1887), professor and later dean of the Paris Faculty of Medicine, known for research on nervous-system anatomy and physiology and experimental pathology. His works include lectures on the nervous system and Maladies du système nerveux. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#548|2:548]][[SMW::on]]). +

Vyahritis +

Lit., “ fiery ”, ''words lit by and born of fire''. The three mystical, creative words, said by Manu to have been milked by the Prajâpati from the ''Vedas'': ''bhûr'', from the ''Rig ‐Veda''; ''bhuvah'', from the ''Vajur‐Veda''; and ''Swar,'' from the ''Sama‐Veda (Manu'' II., 76). All three are said to possess creative powers. The ''Satapatha Brâhmana'' explains that they are “the three luminous essences” extracted from the ''Vedas'' by Prajâpati (“lords of creation ”, progenitors), through heat. “He (Brahmâ) uttered the word ''bhûr'' and it became the earth; ''bhuvah'', and it became the firmament; and'' swar'', which became heaven”. ''Mahar'' is the fourth “luminous essence ”, and was taken from the ''Atharva‐'' ''Veda''. But, as this word is purely ''mantric'' and magical, it is one, so to say, kept apart. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vyasa +

Lit., ''one who expands or amplifies''; an interpreter, or rather a ''revealer''; for that which he explains, interprets and amplifies is a mystery to the profane. This term was applied in days of old to the highest Gurus in India. There were many Vyâsas in Aryavarta; one was the compiler and arranger of the Vedas; another, the author of the ''Mahâbhârata'' — the ''twenty‐eighth Vyâsa or revealer in '' ''the order of succession'' — and the last one of note was the author of ''Uttara Mîmânsâ'', the sixth school or system of Indian philosophy. He was also the founder of the Vedânta system. His date, as assigned by Orientalists (see Elphinstone, Cowell, etc.), is 1,400 B.C., but this date is certainly too recent. The Purânas mention only twenty‐ eight Vyâsas, who at various ages descended to the earth to promulgate Vedic truths — but there were many more. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Vyazemsky Family +

A Russian princely family descended from the princes of Smolensk, distinct from the Dolgorukov family. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The History of a Book|BCW 2:352]]) +