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Nirguna +

Negative attribute; unbound, or without ''Gunas ''(attributes), i.e., that which is devoid of all qualities, the opposite of Saguna, that which has attributes (''Secret Doctrine, ''II. 95), e.g., Parabrahmam is Nirguna; Brahmâ, Saguna. Nirguna is a term which shows the impersonality of the thing spoken of [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Gehenna +

No hell at all, but a valley near Jerusalem, where Israelites immolated their children to Moloch. In that valley a place named ''Tophet ''was situated, where a fire was perpetually preserved for sanitary purposes. The prophet Jeremiah informs us that his countrymen, the Jews, used to sacrifice their children on that spot [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Ajnana +

Non‐knowledge; absence of knowledge rather than “ignorance” as generally translated. An ''Ajnâni ''means a “profane”. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Drakon +

Now considered a “mythical” monster, perpetuated in the West only on seals,. &c., as a heraldic griffin, and the Devil slain by St. George, &c. In fact an extinct antediluvian monster In Babylonian antiquities it is referred to as the “scaly one” and connected on many gems with Tiamat the sea. “The Dragon of the Sea” is repeatedly mentioned. In Egypt, it is the star of the Dragon (then the North Pole Star), the origin of the connection of almost all the gods with the Dragon. Bel and the Dragon, Apollo and Python, Osiris and Typhon, Sigur and Fafnir, and finally St. George and the Dragon, are the same. They were all solar gods, and wherever we find the Sun there also is the Dragon, the symbol of Wisdom—Thoth‐Hermes. The Hierophants of Egypt and of Babylon styled themselves “Sons of the Serpent‐God” and “Sons of the Dragon”. “I am a Serpent, I am a Druid”, said the Druid of the Celto‐Britannic regions, for the Serpent and the Dragon were both types of Wisdom, Immortality and Rebirth. As the serpent casts its old skin only to reappear in a new one, so does the immortal Ego cast off one personality but to assume another [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Naimittika +

Occasional, or incidental; used of one of the four kinds of Pralayas (See “Pralaya”) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

H

Hair +

Occult philosophy considers the hair (whether human or animal) as the natural receptacle and retainer of the vital essence which often escapes with other emanations from the body. It is closely connected with many of the brain functions—for instance memory. With the ancient Israelites the cutting of the hair and beard was a sign of defilement, and “the Lord said unto Moses. . . They shall not make baldness upon their head”, etc. (Lev. XX1., 1‐5.) “Baldness”, whether natural or artificial, was a sign of calamity, punishment, or grief, as when Isaiah (iii.,24) enumerates, “instead of well‐set hair baldness”, among the evils that are ready to befall the chosen people. And again, “On all their heads baldness and every beard cut” (''Ibid. ''xv., 2). The Nazarite was ordered to let his hair and beard grow, and never to permit a razor to touch them. With the Egyptians and Buddhists it was only the initiated priest or ascetic to whom life is a burden, who shaved. The Egyptian priest was supposed to have become master of his body, and hence shaved his head for cleanliness; yet the Hierophants wore their hair long. The Buddhist still shaves his head to this day—as sign of scorn for life and health. Yet Buddha, after shaving his hair when he first became a mendicant, let it grow again and is always represented with the top‐knot of a Yogi. The Hindu priests and Brahmins, and almost all the castes, shave the rest of the head but leave a long lock to grow from the centre of the crown. The ascetics of India wear their hair long, and so do the war‐like Sikhs, and almost all the Mongolian peoples. At Byzantium and Rhodes the shaving of the beard was prohibited by law, and in Sparta the cutting of the beard was a mark of slavery and servitude. Among the Scandinavians, we are told, it was considered a disgrace, “a mark of infamy”, to cut off the hair. The whole population of the island of Ceylon (the Buddhist Singhalese) wear their hair long. So do the Russian, Greek and Armenian clergy, and monks. Jesus and the Apostles are always represented with their hair long, but fashion in Christendom proved stronger forces [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).

I

Image +

Occultism permits no other image than that of the living image of divine man (the symbol of Humanity) on earth. The ''Kabbala ''teaches that this divine Image, the copy of the ''sublime and holy upper Image ''(the Elohim) has now changed into ''another similitude'', owing to the development of men’s sinful nature. It is only the ''upper divine Image ''(the Ego) which is the same; the lower (personality) has changed, and man, now fearing the wild beasts, has grown to bear on his face the similitude of many of them. (''Zohar ''I. fol. 71a.) In the early period of Egypt there were no images; but later, as Lenormand says, “In the sanctuaries of Egypt they divided the properties of nature and consequently of Divinity (the Elohim, or the Egos), into seven abstract qualities, characterised each by an emblem, which are matter, cohesion, fluxion, coagulation, accumulation, station and division ”. These were all attributes symbolized in various images [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Humanity +

Occultly and Kabbalistically, the whole of mankind is symbolised, by Manu in India; by Vajrasattva or Dorjesempa, the head of the Seven Dhyani, in Northern Buddhism; and by Adam Kadmon in the Kabbala. All these represent the totality of mankind whose beginning is in this androgynic protoplast, and whose end is in the Absolute, beyond all these symbols and myths of human origin. Humanity is a great Brotherhood by virtue of the sameness of the material from which it is formed physically and morally. Unless, however, it becomes a Brotherhood also intellectually, it is no better than a superior genus of animals [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

K

Kshira Samudra +

Ocean of milk, churned by the gods [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Apollo Belvidere +

Of all the ancient statues of Apollo, the son of Jupiter and Latona, called Phœbus, Helios, the radiant and the Sun, the best and most perfect is the one known by this name, which is in the Belvidere gallery of the Vatican at Rome. It is called the ''Pythian Apollo'', as the god is represented in the moment of his victory over the serpent Python. The statue was found in the ruins of Antium, in 1503 [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

N

Nergal +

On the Assyrian tablets he is described as the “giant king of war, lord of the city of Cutha”. It is also the Hebrew name for the planet Mars, associated invariably with ill‐luck and danger. Nergal‐Mars is the “shedder of blood”. In occult astrology it is less malefic than Saturn, but is more active in its associations with men and its influence on them [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Anugita +

One of the ''Upanishads. ''A very occult treatise. ''(See The sacred Books of the East.'') [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

B

Bhuya‐loka +

One of the 14 worlds [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Bhur‐loka +

One of the 14, lokas or worlds in Hindu Pantheism; our Earth [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Aged +

One of the Kabbalistic names for Sephira, called also the Crown, or ''Kether.'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Axieros +

One of the Kabiri [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

N

Nanda +

One of the Kings of Magadha (whose dynasty was overthrown by Chandragupta ''q.v''.) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

J

Janaka +

One of the Kings of Mithilâ of the Solar race. He was a great royal sage, and lived twenty generations before Janaka the father of Sita who was King of Videha [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Ajitas +

One of the Occult names of the twelve great gods incarnating in each Manvantara. The Occultists identify them with the Kumâras. They are called Jnâna (or Gnâna) Devas. Also, a form of Vishnu in the second Manvantara. Called also ''Jayas.'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

Augiras +

One of the Prajâpatis. A son of Daksha ; a lawyer, etc., etc. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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