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Hydranos +

Lit., the “Baptist”. A name of the ancient Hierophant of the Mysteries who made the candidate pass through the “trial by water”, wherein he was plunged thrice. This was his baptism by the Holy Spirit which moves on the waters of Space. Paul refers to St. John as ''Hydranos, ''the Baptist. The Christian Church took this rite from the ritualism of the Eleusinian and other Mysteries [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Mundakya Upanishad +

Lit., the “Mundaka esoteric doctrine”, a work of high antiquity. It has been translated by Raja Rammohun Roy [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Manodhatu +

Lit., the “World of the mind”, meaning not only all our mental faculties, but also one of the divisions of the plane of mind. Each human being has his ''Manodhatu ''or plane of thought proportionate with the degree of his intellect and his mental faculties, beyond which he can go only by studying and developing his higher spiritual faculties in one of the higher spheres of thought [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Adikrit +

Lit., the “first produced” or made. The creative Force eternal and uncreate, but manifesting periodically. Applied to Vishnu slumbering on the “waters of space” during “pralaya” (q.v.). [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Mahabharata +

Lit., the “great war”; the celebrated epic poem of India (probably the longest poem in the world) which includes both the ''Ramayana ''and the ''Bhagavad Gîtâ ''“the Song Celestial”. No two Orientalists agree as to its date. But it is undeniably extremely ancient [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Manas Taijasi +

Lit., the “radiant” Manas; a state of the Higher Ego, which only high metaphysicians are able to realize and comprehend [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Amulam Mulam +

Lit., the “rootless root” ; Mulâprakriti of the Vedantins the spiritual “root of nature” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Orpheus +

Lit., the “tawny one”. Mythology makes him the son of Æager and the muse Calliope. Esoteric tradition identifies him with Arjuna, the son of Indra and the disciple of Krishna. He went round the world teaching the nations wisdom and sciences, and establishing mysteries. The very story of his losing his Eurydice and finding her in the underworld or Hades, is another point of resemblance with the story of Arjuna, who goes to Pâtàla (''Hades ''or hell, but in reality the Antipodes or America) and finds there and marries Ulupi, the daughter of the Nâga king. This is as suggestive as the fact that he was considered ''dark ''in complexion even by the Greeks, who were never very fair‐skinned themselves [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Arjuna +

Lit., the “white”. The third of the five Brothers Pandu or the reputed Sons of Indra (esoterically the same as Orpheus). A disciple of Krishna, who visited him and married Su‐bhadrâ, his sister, besides many other wives, according to the allegory. During the fratricidal war between the ''Kauravas ''and the ''Pândavas, ''Krishna instructed him in the highest philosophy, while serving as his charioteer. ''(See Bhaguvad Gîtâ''.) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Kailem +

Lit., vessels or vehicles; the vases for the source of the Waters of Life ; used of the Ten Sephiroth, considered as the primeval ''nuclei ''of all Kosmic Forces. Some Kabalists regard them as manifesting in the universe through twenty‐two canals, which are represented by the twenty‐two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, thus making with the Ten Sephiroth thirty‐two paths of wisdom. [w. w. w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Aethrobacy +

Lit., walking on, or being lifted into the air with no visible agent at work; “levitation”. It may be conscious or unconscious; in the one case it is magic, in the other either disease or a power which requires a few words of elucidation. We know that the earth is a magnetic body; in fact, as some scientists have found, and as Paracelsus affirmed some 300 years ago, it is one vast magnet. It is charged with one form of electricity—let us call it positive—which it evolves continuously by spontaneous action, in its interior or centre of motion. Human bodies, in common with all other forms of matter, are charged with the opposite form of electricity, the negative. That is to say, organic or inorganic bodies, if left to themselves will constantly and involuntarily charge themselves with and evolve the form of electricity opposite to that of the earth itself. Now, what is weight? Simply the attraction of the earth. “Without the attraction of the earth you would have no weight”, says Professor Stewart; “and if you had an earth twice as heavy as this, you would have double the attraction”. How then, can we get rid of this attraction? According to the electrical law above stated, there is an attraction between our planet and the organisms upon it, which keeps them upon the surface of the globe. But the law of gravitation has been counteracted in many instances, by levitation of persons and inanimate objects. How account for this? The condition of our physical systems, say theurgic philosophers, is largely dependent upon the action of our will. If well‐ regulated, it can produce “miracles”; among others a change of this electrical polarity from negative to positive; the man’s relations with the earth‐magnet would then become repellent, and “gravity”for him would have ceased to exist. It would then be as natural for him to rush into the air until the repellent force had exhausted itself, as, before, it had been for him to remain upon the ground. The altitude of his levitation would be measured by his ability, greater or less, to charge his body with positive electricity. This control over the physical forces once obtained, alteration of his levity or gravity would be as easy as breathing. (See ''Isis Unveiled'', Vol. I., page xxiii.) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).

Asomatous +

Lit., without a material body, incorporeal; used of celestial Beings and Angels [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Foh‐tchou +

Lit., “Buddha’s Lord”, meaning, however, simply the teacher of the doctrines of Buddha. Foh means a Guru who lives generally in a temple of Sakyamuni Buddha—the Foh‐Maeyu [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Adi‐Sanat +

Lit., “First Ancient”. The term corresponds to the Kabalistic “ancient of days”, since it is a title of Brahmâ—called in the ''Zohar ''the ''Atteekah d’Atteekeen, ''or “the Ancient of the Ancients”, ''etc.'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Epimetheus +

Lit., “He who takes counsel ''after''” the event. A brother of Prometheus in Greek Mythology [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Arya‐Dasa +

Lit., “Holy Teacher”. A great sage and Arhat of the Mahâsamghika school [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Daenam +

Lit., “Knowledge”, the principle of understanding in man, rational Soul, or ''Manas'', according to the ''Avesta.'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Jagan‐Natha +

Lit., “Lord of the World”, a title of Vishnu. The great image of Jagan‐natha on its car, commonly pronounced and spelt Jagernath. The idol is that of Vishnu Krishna. Puri, near the town of Cuttack in Orissa, is the great seat of its worship; and twice a year an immense number of pilgrims attend the festivals of the Snâna yâtra and Ratha‐âtra During the first, the image is bathed, and during the second it is placed on a car, between the images of ''Balarâma ''the brother, and ''Subhadr''â the sister of Krishna and the huge vehicle is drawn by the devotees, who deem it felicity to be crushed to death under it [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Nara Sinha +

Lit., “Man‐lion”; an Avatar of Vishnu [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Abhayagiri +

Lit., “Mount Fearless” in Ceylon. It has an ancient ''Vihâra ''or Monastery in which the well‐known Chinese traveller Fa‐hien found 5,000 Buddhist priests and ascetics in the year 400 of our era, and a School called ''Abhayagiri Vâsinah'',, “School of the Secret Forest”. This philosophical school was regarded as heretical, as the ascetics studied the doctrines of both the “greater” and the “smaller” vehicles— or the ''Mahâyâna ''and the ''Hinayâna ''systems and ''Triyâna ''or the three successive degrees of Yoga; just as a certain Brotherhood does now beyond the Himalayas. This proves that the “disciples of Kâtyâyana were and are as ''unsectarian ''as their humble admirers the Theosophists are now. (See “Sthâvirâhʺ School.) This was the most mystical of all the schools, and renowned for the number of Arhats it produced. The Brotherhood of ''Abhayagiri ''called themselves the disciples of Kâtyâyana, the favourite Chela of Gautama, the Buddha. Tradition says that owing to bigoted intolerance and persecution, they left Ceylon and passed beyond the Himalayas, where they have remained ever since. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +