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Meshia +

The Adam and Eve of the Zoroastrians, in the early Persian system; the first human couple [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

B

Boston Daily Advertiser, The +

The Advertiser was established in early March 1813. It was published by William W. Clapp and edited by Horatio Biglow; in March 1814, it was purchased by journalist Nathan Hale. Hale was its chief editor until his death in 1863. Under Hale's supervision, the paper was first Federalist in politics, then Whig, and finally Republican, and it became very influential. It opposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, and was the first paper to recommend the free colonization of Kansas. The principle of editorial responsibility, as distinct from that of individual contributions, was established in its columns. From 1841 until 1853, Hale's son Nathan Hale Jr., was associated with his father in the editorial management of the paper. [[Category: Wikipedia (CTD terms)]] (WP) +

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Essasua +

The African and Asiatic sorcerers and serpent charmers [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Phrenological Journal, The +

The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany was founded in 1838 as a phrenological periodical, though the details of its foundation are largely unknown. It was financially and ideologically supported by the phrenologist Fowler family, including Orson Squire Fowler, Lorenzo Fowler, and Samuel R. Wells; Wells became its leading editor during the 1870s. In its first issue, the journal explained that its purpose was support the theories underlying phrenology – a pseudoscientific and racist area of research correlating skull measurements to personality and intelligence – and to apply them. It was an eclectic periodical; in addition to its phrenological research, it acquired and published writing in the domains of medical science, physiognomy, and in some unrelated areas, such as education. [[Category: Wikipedia (CTD terms)]] (WP) +

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Dumah +

The Angel of Silence (Death) in the Kabbala [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

B

Basileus +

The Archon or Chief who had the outer super‐vision during the Eleusinian Mysteries. While the latter was an initiated layman, and magistrate at Athens, the ''Basileus ''of the ''inner ''Temple was of the staff of the great Hierophant, and as such was one of the chief ''Mystæ ''and belonged to the inner mysteries [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Holy of Holies +

The Assyriologists, Egyptologists, and Orientalists, in general, show that such a place existed in every temple of antiquity. The great temple of Bel‐ Merodach whose sides faced the four cardinal points, had in its extreme end a “Holy of Holies” hidden from the profane by a veil: here, “at the beginning of the year ‘the divine king of heaven and earth, the lord of the heavens, seats himself’.” According to Herodotus, here was the golden image of the god with a golden table in front like the Hebrew table for the shew bread, and upon this, food appears to have been placed. in some temples there also was “a little coffer or ark with two engraved stone tablets on it”. (Myer’s ''Qabbalah.'') In short, it is now pretty well proven, that the “chosen people” had nothing original of their own, but that every detail of their ritualism and religion was borrowed from older nations. The ''Hibbert Lectures ''by Prof. Sayce and others show this abundantly. The story of the birth of Moses is that of Sargon, the Babylonian, who preceded Moses by a couple of thousand years; and no wonder, as Dr. Sayce tells us that the name of Moses, ''Mosheh, ''has a connection with the name of the Babylonian sun‐god as the “hero” or “leader”. (''Hib. Lect.'', p. 46 ''et seq''.) Says Mr. J. Myer, “The orders of the priests were divided into high priests, those attached or bound to certain deities, like the Hebrew Levites; anointers or cleaners ; the ''Kali'', ‘illustrious’ or ‘elders’; the soothsayers, and the ''Makhkhu ''or ‘great one’, in which Prof. Delitzsch sees the ''Rab‐mag ''of the Old Testament. . . The Akkadians and Chaldeans kept a Sabbath day of rest every seven days, they also had thanksgiving days, and days for humiliation and prayer. There were sacrifices of vegetables and animals, of meats and wine. . . . The number seven was especially sacred. . . . The great temple of Babylon existed long before 2,250 B.c. Its ‘Holy of Holies’ was with in the shrine of Nebo, the prophet god of wisdom.” It is from the Akkadians that the god Mardak passed to the Assyrians, and he had been before Merodach, “the merciful”, of the Babylonians, the only son and interpreter of the will of Ea or ''Hea'', the great Deity of Wisdom. The Assyriologists have, in short, unveiled the whole scheme of the ''“chosen ''people” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG).

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Ishtar +

The Babylonian Venus, called “the eldest of heaven and earth“, and daughter of Anu, the god of heaven. She is the goddess of love and beauty. The planet Venus, as the evening star, is identified with Ishtar, and as the morning star with Anunit, the goddess of the Akkads. There exists a most remarkable story of her descent into Hades, on the sixth and seventh Assyrian tiles or tablets deciphered by the late G. Smith. Any Occultist who reads of her love for Tammuz, his assassination by Izdubar, the despair of the goddess and her descent in search of her beloved through the seven gates of Hades, and finally her liberation from the dark realm, will recognise the beautiful allegory of the soul in search of the Spirit [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Hayo Bischat +

The Beast, in the ''Zohar: ''the Devil and Tempter. Esoterically our lower animal passions [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

B

Bodhi Druma +

The Bo or Bodhi tree; the tree of “knowledge the ''Pippala ''or ''ficus religiosa ''in botany. It is the tree under which Sâkymuni meditated for seven years and then reached Buddhaship. It was originally 400 feet high, it is claimed; but when Hiouen‐Tsang saw it, about the year 640 of our era, it was only 50 feet high. Its cuttings have been carried all over the Buddhist world and are planted in front of almost every Vihâra or temple of fame in China, Siam, Ceylon, and Tibet [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Almadel +

The Book. A treatise on Theurgia or White Magic by an unknown mediæval European author; it is not infrequently found in volumes of MSS. called ''Keys of Solomon. ''[ w.w.w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

B

Both‐al +

The Both‐al of the Irish is the descendant and copy of the Greek Batylos and the Beth‐el of Canaan, the “house of God” (q.v.) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Ain Soph Aur +

The Boundless Light which concentrates into the First and highest Sephira or Kether, the Crown. [w. w. w.] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

B

Brahmarshis +

The Brahminical Rishis [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Adbhuta Brahmana +

The Brâhmana of miracles; treats of marvels, auguries, and various phenomena. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Garm +

The Cerberus of the ''Edda. ''This monstrous dog lived in the Gnypa cavern in front of the dwelling of Hel, the goddess of the nether‐world [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

N

Nargal +

The Chaldean and Assyrian chiefs of the Magi (Rab Mag) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Amitabha +

The Chinese perversion of the Sanskrit ''Amrita Buddha'', or the “Immortal Enlightened”, a name of Gautama Buddha. The name has such variations as Amita, Abida, Amitâya, etc., and. is explained as meaning both “Boundless Age” and “Boundless Light”. The original conception of the ideal of an impersonal divine light has been anthrdpomorphized with time [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

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Naaseni +

The Christian Gnostic sect, called Naasenians, or serpent worshippers, who considered the constellation of the Dragon as the symbol of their Logos or Christ [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +

A

Asch Metzareph +

The Cleansing Fire, a Kabbalistic treatise, treating of Alchemy and the relation between the metals and the planets. [w.w.w] [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). +