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Kailasa +

In metaphysics “heaven”, the abode of gods; geographically a mountain range in the Himalayas, north of the Mansaravâra lake, called also lake ''Manasa.' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Makaram +

In occult symbology a pentagon, the five‐pointed star, the five limbs, or extremities, of man. Very mystical [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Mehen +

In popular myths, the great serpent which represents the lower atmosphere. In Occultism, the world of the ''Astral light'', called symbolically the Cosmic Dragon and the Serpent. (See the works of Eliphaz Lévi, who called this light ''le Serpent du Mal'', and by other names, attributing to it all the evil influences on the earth.) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Archons +

In profane and biblical language “rulers” and princes; in Occultism, primordial planetary spirits [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Dwarf of Death +

In the ''Edda ''of the Norsemen, Iwaldi, the Dwarf of Death, hides Life in the depths of the great ocean, and then sends her up into the world at the right time. This Life is Iduna, the beauti‐ ful maiden, the daughter of the “Dwarf”. She is the Eve of the Scandinavian Lays, for she gives of the apples of ever‐ renewed youth to the gods of Asgard to eat ; but these, instead of being cursed for so doing and doomed to die, give thereby renewed youth yearly to the earth and to men, after every short and sweet sleep in the arms of the Dwarf. Iduna is raised from the Ocean when Bragi ''(q.v.)'', the Dreamer of Life, without spot or blemish, crosses asleep the silent waste of waters. Bragi is the divine ideation of Life, and Iduna living Nature—Prakriti, Eve [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Freya +

In the ''Edda'', Frigga is the mother of the gods like Aditi in the ''Vedas''. She is identical with the Northern Frea of the Germans, and in her lowest aspect was worshipped as the all‐ nourishing Mother Earth. She was seated on her golden throne, formed of webs of golden light, with three divine virgins as her handmaidens and messengers, and was occupied with spinning golden threads with which to reward good men. She is Isis and Diana at the same time, for she is also Holda, the mighty huntress, and she is Ceres‐Demeter, who protects agriculture—the moon and nature [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Adam +

In the ''Kabalah ''Adam is the “only‐begotten”, and means also “red earth”. (See “Adam‐Adami” in the ''S.D. ''II p. 452.) It is almost identical with ''Athamas ''or ''Thomas'', and is rendered into Greek by ''Didumos'', the “twin”—Adam, “the first”, in chap. 1 of ''Genesis, ''being shown, “male‐female.” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Continents +

In the Buddhist cosmogony, according to Gautama Buddha’s exoteric doctrine, there are numberless systems of worlds (or ''Sakwala'') all of which are born, mature, decay, and are destroyed periodically. Orientalists translate the teaching about “the four great continents which do not communicate with each other”, as meaning that “upon the earth there are four great continents” (see Hardy’s ''Eastern Monachism'', p. 4), while the doctrine means simply that around or ''above ''the earth there are on either side four worlds, i.e., the earth appearing as the fourth on each side of the arc [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Hatchet +

In the Egyptian Hieroglyphics a symbol of power, and also of death. The hatchet is called the “Severer of the Knot ” i.e., of marriage or any other tie [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Myalba +

In the Esoteric philosophy of Northern Buddhism, the name of our Earth, called '''Hell '''for those who reincarnate in it for punishment. Exoterically, Myalba is translated a Hell [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Memrab +

In the Kabala, “the voice of the will” i.e., the collective forces of nature in activity, called the “Word”, or Logos, by the Jewish Kabalists [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

D

Deona Mati +

In the Kolarian dialect, one who exorcises evil spirits [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Abatur +

In the Nazarene system the “Ancient of Days”, ''Antiquus Altus'', the Father of the Demiurgus of the Universe, is called the ''Third Life ''or “Abatur”. He corresponds to the ''Third ''“Logos” in the ''Secret Doctrine''. (See ''Codex Nazaræus'') [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Magus +

In the New Testament it means a Sage, a wise man of the Chaldeans; it is in English often used for a Magician, any wonder‐worker; in the Rosicrucian Society it is the title of the highest members, the IXth grade; the Supreme Magus is the Head of the Order in the “Outer”; the Magi of the “Inner” are unknown except to those of the VIIIth grade. [w.w.w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Donar +

In the North the God of Thunder. He was the Jupiter Tonans of Scandinavia. Like as the oak was devoted to Jupiter so was it sacred to Thor, and his altars were over shadowed with oak trees. Thor, or Donar, was the offspring of Odin, “the omnipotent God of Heaven”, and of Mother Earth [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Nout +

In the Pantheon of the Egyptians it meant the “One‐ only‐One”, because they did not proceed in their popular or exoteric religion higher than the third manifestation which radiates from the ''Unknown ''and the ''Unknowable'', the first unmanifested and the second ''logoi ''in the esoteric philosophy of every nation. The Nous of Anaxagoras was the ''Mahat ''of the Hindu Brahmâ, ''the first manifested ''Deity—“the Mind or Spirit self‐potent”; this creative Principle being of course the ''primum mobile ''of everything in the Universe—its Soul and Ideation. (See “Seven Principles” in man.) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

C

Chhassidi +

In the Septuagint ''Assidai'', and in English ''Assideans''. They are also mentioned in ''Maccabees ''I., vii., 13, as being put to death with many others. They were the followers of Mattathias, the father of the Maccabeans, and were all initiated mystics, or Jewish adepts. The word means ‘‘ skilled learned in all wisdom, human and divine”. Mackenzie (R.M.C.) regards them as the guardians of the Temple for the preservation of its purity ; but as Solomon and his Temple are both allegorical and had no real existence, the Temple means in this case the “ body of Israel ” and its morality.“ Scaliger connects this Society of the ''Assideans ''with that of the Essenes, deeming it the predecessor of the latter.” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Dis +

In the Theogony of Damascius, the same as ''Protogonos, ''the “first born light”, called by that author “the disposer of all things [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Asura Mazda +

In the Zend, ''Ahura Mazda''. The same as Ormuzd or Mazdeô; the god of Zoroaster and the Parsis [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Daemon +

In the original Hermetic works and ancient classics it has a meaning identical with that of “god”, “angel” or “genius”. The Dæmon of Socrates is the incorruptible part of the man, or rather the real inner man which we call Nous or the rational divine Ego. At all events the Dæmon (or Daimon of the great Sage was surely not the demon of the Christian Hell or of Christian orthodox theology. The name was given by ancient peoples, and especially the philosophers of the Alexandrian school, to all kinds of spirits, whether good or bad, human or otherwise. The appellation is often synonymous with that of gods or angels. But some philosophers tried, with good reason, to make a just distinction between the many classes [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +