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INDEX
[In the alphabetical arrangement of sub-entries of various chief headings, the word “and” has been disregarded. References to definitions of terms are in italics. References to pages above 618 are to Biographical and Bibliographical information.]
Aaron, initiated by Moses, 265.
Aba, the Father, as initiator, 265.
Abbott (or Abott), 78, 81-82.
Abercrombie, J., Intellectual Powers, 294, 619.
Abhava [Abhava], non-being, 580 d’Abrew, Peter, on Kotahena riots, 428fn.
Absolute: does not create karma, 194; or limitless unity, 52; relation of, to man, 195; we need not elbow each other on way to the, 47.
Academy of France, Committee of, for study of psychic phenomena, 132, 145, 175.
Accidents, victims of, and death, 189.
Adept(s): as rare as flower of Vogay tree, 170; Brotherhood of, and Sinnett’s testimony, 132; commands elemental forces by occult sounds, 166; do not transport themselves bodily, 176; first hand knowledge of, 484(487); and founding of T.S., 133; and Gurus, 229; how to become an, 342; know the extent of occult science, 583; longevity of, 448; and magicians in Atlantis, 263; moral qualities of true, 38-39; naturalborn, very rare, 607; no, in T.S. since Spring 1881, 39; not animated mummies, but happiest of mankind, 342; not infallible, 484(487) ; original hierarchy of, and later subdivisions, 515fn.; perfect, 228; personal relationships of, 4 & in.; physical organism of, 405; practical, always unmarried, 47, 266; proofs of existence of, should be examined, 294; protect chelas, 476-77; some ancient, incarnate in Tibet, 367; studies invisible agencies in full consciousness, 594; true, prevented by false, from publicly asserting their knowledge and existence, 40; what love means to, 341.
Adept-Brothers: criticized in Light, 274; criticized by Hume and Chelas’ protest, 229-30; H.P.B. with the, 272; modesty of, 228; source of teachings, 122, 182.
Adeptship, or ignoble martyrdom, 611-12.
Adi Brahmo Samaj: 109, 110, 406; English organ of, 146.
Adi-Buddha [more corr. Adi-Budha], and Dhyanis, 99-100.
Adi-Buddaship, perfect, 228.
Adrishta[Adrishta], 580.
Adultery, and Bible, 236.
Advaitee(s), beliefs of learned, identical with those of Theosophists, 336.
674 Advaitism, esoteric, 305, 451, 567.
Adversus Haereses. See Irenaeus.
Adyar, property secured, xxiv-v, xxvi.
Affection, most powerful attraction, 122.
Affinities, and numbers at base of occult doctrine, 303.
Agni, symbolical description of, 366.
Agnohotri, S.N., errors of, 471- 72fn., 474.
Agrippa, C., The Three Books of Occult Philosophy, on souls and shells, 594-95, 619.
Aguna[Aguna], 582.
Ahamatma [Ahamatman], 7th principle, 99.
Aham eva Parabrahman, 100.
Ahankara [ Ahamkara]: 550fn.; belongs to Manas, 581; can be destroyed when personal, 582; produced from Buddhi, 581.
Ahmi, I am, 523.
Ahriman: as lower human principles, 522; had no beginning, 420-21; man’s ignorance & selfishness, 508; and Ormazd, 263; 420, 521.
Ahura Mazda: as father of Arne- sha Spentas, 523; as 7th principle or Monad, 520, 522; on the Nasa, 508; our Spiritual Essence or personal God, 521-22.
Air, composition of, 212 & fn.
Airyana-Vaego: Adepts in, 515fn.; Brahmans in, 529; identical with Sambhala, 526fn.; nature & location of, 526-27.
Akasa[ [Akasa]: and ether, 489; imperishable records in, and psychometry, 555 et seq.; and phlogiston, 218; and rappings, 144; reflections from the, & subjective mind-pictures, 356; seventh state of matter, 264; and Sound, 164 et seq.
Alchemy, became chemistry, 313.
Alcohol, abstinence from, 544.
Aleim, 335.
All: absorption into the One, 121; the Infinite, 52.
Allopaths: fail at Leipzig, 75-76; and homeopaths in West Indies, 74-75; and homeopaths should combine, 319.
Almora, Swami of, and his arguments, 560 et seq.
Ambition, and selfishness as curses, 419.
America, connection with Atlantis, 446.
American, noblest and grandest feature of the, Republic, 70.
Americans, cool self-confidence of some, 147.
Arnesha Spentas, our six principles, 523.
Amita-pho, or Amita-Buddha, 18 Ammianus Marcellinus, History, on Hystaspes in India, 529; 620.
Ampere, A. M., 222, 620.
Amrita Bazaar Patrika: endorses Olcott’s work, 5; on events at Lahore, 476; shows appreciation for work of T.S. in India, 23-24.
Amulam mulam [Amúla-múla], rootless root, 580.
Analogy, importance of, 317.
Anandamaya, as 5th principle, 582.
Anarchists, bloody, & nihilists, 419 Anathema, Pope’s, against Spiritualists, 394-95.
Ancient. See Smith, Geo.
Andrews, Stephen Pearl, and Free Love, 143.
675 Anganta Yene, and bhuta, 122
Angelology, Pharisaical, originated in Babylonia, 527
Angra-Mainyu: 508, 519fn., 523; as kama or lust, 522; as matter, 520
Animalculae, allegedly singing, 154-55
Animals, care for, in Bombay, 28182, 299
Annamaya: 565; as gross material body, 582
Annihilation: of conscious personal principle, 559; of egos, 251; of personality and the Higher Ego, 571 et seq.
Anquetil Duperron, and Avesta, 525
Antaratma [ Antaratman], latent spirit, 336
Antaskarana [ Antaskarana], and Manas as organs of personal consciousness, 548
Apavarga, emancipation from births, 609
Apocalypse, 265
Apollonius of Tyana, last of the Initiates of old, 516fn.
Apothecary, licensed leech for bleeding people’s pockets, 73
Apparatuses, to hear and see people at any distance, 112
Apparitions: involuntary, 248; of disembodied Ego rare, 246
Arabian Nights, and Jinn, 103; 620
Ardeshir Babagan, and Avesta, 524
Ardvi-Sura Anahita, same as Sarasvati, 521 & fn.
Arhat, esoteric, doctrine & Northern Buddhism, 305, 569
Aristotle, on light, 221
Arne, T. A., Rule Britannia, 541, 620
Arnold, Sir Edwin, Light of Asia, q. 281
d’Ars, Curé. See Viannay, J. B.
Art, works of, in somnambulic state, 294
Arupa LokafArupaloka], 185
Arya, The: 277; first issue, 65 et seq.; indiscretions of, re Dayananda, 270-72, 512-13; jumps down its own journalistic throat, 127
Aryan [Aryan], esoteric, school and Subba Row, 191
Arya Samaj [Arya Samája]: as a sect, 66-67; relation of, to T.S., 95, 127, 467; why alliance between, & T.S. broken, 93-94
Aryavarta [ Aryavárta], 336
Asceticism, sham, 351-52
Ashburner, J., 380, 620
Ashta Siddhis, of Hatha Yoga, 31fn.
Asiatic: esotericism and R. Catholicism, 295; people have compassion for brutes, 282; thought and The Theosophist, 158-59
Asiatic Researches, on Magianism, 515
Asoka: 13fn., 15, 16 & fn.; edicts of, 430-31; inscriptions of, on religious tolerance, 26
Asramas[Asramas]: secret philosophy hidden in Southern, 547; and Yogis, 544
Astral: bodies cast no shadows, 489; double can kill, 566; impressions on material surroundings, 247-48, 592-93; magnetoelectrical projection of, images, 489; Serpent of Lévi, 245; and Spiritual Monad, 184-86; Virgin and Akasa, 264;
676 Astral Light: and Astral Fire, 165; crown of, 166; and occult sounds, 298
Astrology, as science and quackery, 302-03
Asuchi. impure, 553fn.
Asura, living spirit in man, 523. See also Ahura Mazda
Asvatthama, 367
Atharva Veda: 99; number seven in, 575, 579; and psychometry, 554; 621
Atheists, high morals of, 498
Athravan(s): 508; Zoroaster one of the first, 529
Atkinson, H. C., liberal freethinker, 157; and Tyndall, 599 et seq.
–, Letters to Miss Martineau, 157, 621
Atlantis: connection between Central America and, 446; dwelling place of 4th race, 447; Egyptians not a colony of, 447; struggle in, between Adepts and Magicians, 263
Atlantis. See Donnelly
Atma Bodha [Atma-Bodha]. See Samkaracharya
Atman [Atman]: as highest Monad, 580; as Sutratman, 582; and Buddhi as Monad, 582, 595; is nirguna, 581; or Jivat- man as 7th principle or unmanifested life, 547
Atmosphere, composition of, 212 & fn.
Atom(s): disintegrated in occult transport, 125; individual, and life, 226; “Master Atom” as term for 6th principle, 558; spark of life in, 216; transmigration of life-, 559-60
Atonement: occult meaning of, 265; vicarious as cause of misery, 449
Attachments, earthly, cause of rebirth, 342
Attavada: delusion of self, 173, 537
Attraction, and gravitation, 222
Aura: human mesmeric and flowers, 312fn.; magnetic, and psychometry, 545; magnetic, of several forming strong battery, 27; of living medium and images impressed on it, 62
Austin, R. Barnes, and “J.K.,” 34 et seq.
Avalokitesvara: 11fn.; incarnates in Taley-Lamas, 18; or Atman, 608
Avatara(s) [Avataras]: 361; Trivikrama, 367
Averroes, 97
Avesta. See Zend-Avesta
Avichi, none for Spiritual Individuality, 548fn.
Avidya [Avidya]: and five sheaths, 582; mistaken for wisdom, 259; and Schopenhauer’s views, 491
Avogadro’s Law, 217
Avyakta, unevolved evolver, 580, 582
Avyaktabrahm, stands for 7th principle, 166
Ayah, 326
Ayangar, C. A., 133, 136
Azot, 7th state of matter, 264
Babusthan, 145
Bactriana: emigration from, to Indus, 529; Hystapes in, 525fn.
Bacon, Francis, and lunar eclipses, 397
–, Promus, etc., 602, 621
677 Badarayana [Badarayana], on Kri- tsita-sarira, 53fn.
Bailey, Dr. J., Records of Longevity, 448, 621
Bain, A., The Correlations, etc., on electricity, 219, 226; 621
Balfour Stewart, 206
–, The Conservation of Energy. on electricity, 219; on energy and matter, 213; on molecules, 214; q. Le Conte on force, 214
Bali, not an individual, 367
Baly, Archdeacon, 4
Bamboo-staff, seven-knotted, 104
Banerjee, Nobin K., 230
Banner of Light·, on Dr. Geo. Beard. 393; on Frothingham, 81
Banon, Capt. A.: and Rev. Cook, 69; on Tibet, 160 et seq.
Baphomet, or Satan is merely Pan, 263
Baptism, and initiation, 265
Barbier. See Beaumarchais
Bar-do, state of, follows gestation period, 121
Barlow, Peter, 222, 621
Barrett, Sir Wm. F., 286, 622-25
Basantis, 238
Battery: formed by magnetic auras, 27, 29, 30; human, may be charged like a galvanic, 31
Bavaria, King of, a melomaniac, 328
Baylis. Dr., and “faith cures,” 384fn.
Beale. Prof. L., on materialism, 167
Beale, Rev. S., on the Masters, 131
Beans, magnetism of, deadening, 297
Beard, Dr. Geo., dies and is apt to become a “spirit,” 393
Beattie, John, on spirit-photographs, 63-64
Beaumarchais, P.A.C. de, Le Barbier de Séville, 33fn., 625
–, Le Manage de Figaro, 33fn., 625
Becher, J. J., phlogiston, 218fn.
Beecher, Rev. H. W., on Jesus in New York, 74
Beelzebub, 389
Being: guiding nascent human races, and Magianism, 514; matter and spirit, 420-21
Bennett, D. M.: 393; agent used by Adept-Brothers, 369fn.; biogr., 625-33; claimed as “spirit-control,” 353 ; defended by H.P.B., 79-80, 285-86; membership of, in T.S. endorsed by Masters, 369 & fn.; Olcott on, 79; self-made man, 147-48; slandered by Rev. J. Cook, 69 –, A Truth-Seeker Around the World: debunks alleged events in Palestine, 285-86; favorable appraisal of, 146-48, 368-69
Bergh, Henry, zoophile, 282
Beroea, 238
Berthelot, M. P. E., and gases, 215 Besant, Annie: and Bradlaugh slandered by Rev. Cook, 69; great orator, 124; in error about T.S. & Olcott, 171-72; steadfastness of purpose, 157
“Besant and the Theos. Society, Mrs. Annie,” 171
Bhagavad-Gita: 99, 569; and ini- ated Brahmans, 192; record of teaching during Mystery Initiation, 124; and Subba Row, 191
Bhâravi, Kirâtârjunîya, on conquering passions, 614
Bhisti, water carrier, 326
Bhola Deva Sarma, 230
678 Bhons: 10; offshoot from Chaldea, 15fn.; practice necromancy, 12
Bhopa Raja, on commentators as perverters, 285
Bhuta, possession by, 122, 175, 553
Bhutan [ Bhutan] : Dharma Raja of, 17-18; triple incarnations in Buddhism of, 10, 17
Bhutanese, tributaries of Taley-Lamas, 12
Bible: contradicted by worldly customs, 235; and events in Palestine debunked by Bennett, 28586; and number seven, 578; production of a hundred anonymous scribes, 241
Bigandet, Rev. P. A., The Life, or Legend, of Gaudama, on celibacy, 7; 633-34
Bigotry: and Bradlaugh, 231; and professional rapacity, 72
Binah(Jehovah), and Hokhmah, 421
Birds, flight of, and polarity, 168-69
Bishop of Bombay, controversy with, on Gospels, 232 et seq.
Bixby, James T., and Gladstone, 237
Black, Judge Jere S., and Ingersoll, 80
Blasphemy, def. by Ingersoll, 457fn.
Blavatsky, H. P.: acknowledges loosing temper, 114fn.; arrives in U.S.A., 137 & fn.; at Ghum monastery, xxvi; beliefs of, same as those of learned Ad- vaitees, 336; Buddhist and metaphorically an atheist, 95, 231, 305-06; commanded to explain about reincarnation and principles, 186; denies any malice or hatred, 117; directed to go to Paris, 136; experienced formerly a type of mediumship, 593; experienced personal ordeal, 590; has no faith in divinely inspired prophets, 413; labored once under spiritualistic delusion, 590; not a nastika, 335-36; on the Saint-Simoniens’ prophecy, 479-80; on Treme- schini, 481-82; outspoken endorsement of Bennett, 79-80; pokes fun at editors and writers, 148-49, 150-52, 154-55; publishes Hume’s letter under protest, 227; recognizes Brothers of Light and those of Shadow, 590; sent to Chittenden, Vt., 137; spends 48 hours with the Brothers, 272, 300; studied Kabala with learned Rabbi, 38; taken to task for strong language, 113 et seq.; thoroughly acquainted with American mediums, 142
–, Isis Unveiled: 349, 362fn. 378, 416, 516fn.; 525fn., 615; bridged gap between old and new presentation, 376; criticized by Hume, 228; explanations of mysteries in, lie half-buried, 253; first literary production of a foreigner, 184; intended to deal in generalities as regards reincarnation, 186; no discrepancy between teachings in, and later ones, 122; on Atlantean magicians, 263; on color and sound, 179; on cycles and evolution, 376; on levitation, 30; on Nazars, 265; on reincarnation, 183; on the One Truth, 295; on truth and its many rays, 426; Preface to Vol. II and Christianity, 97; some passages in, incomplete and vague, 184; teachings in, derived from Adept-Brothers, 182; written under specific direction to give 679hints rather than methodical expositions, 253
–, Scrapbooks, 479, 480, 481, 482
Blech, Charles, Contribution, etc., 479, 634
Blood: attracts evil powers, 265; brain and, -flow, 511; meaning of Baptism of, 265; not coagulated when body killed by lightning, 225; and occult phenomena, 476 et seq.
Bochart, S., Canaan, 532, 634
Bodhisattva(s): reincarnation of a, in Tashi-Lama, 161; overshadowed by Celestial Buddha, 11
Bodhyanga, Wisdom, 378 fn.
Body, exercises deceptive suggestions on consciousness, 594
Bod-yul, Tibet, 16, 34
Bogle, Geo., 11, 14fn., 634-35
Bohme, Jakob, erroneous classification of, 51 et seq.
Bolletino, of Grand Orient of Italy, 56, 58, 59
Bombay Gazette: 111, 132, 281; and Rev. J. Cook, 21-22, 68, 92
Bon Sens, Le, on spirit-message from Gambetta, 392
Book of Abad. See Desatlr
Book of Changes. See Yi-King
Book of Job, record of Egyptian mysteries and judgment of the soul, 124
Book of Khiu-ti (or Kiu-ti): 250 378fn. 654; on qualifications of chelas, 678
Book of Numbers, and number seven, 578fn.
Book of the Arhats, on Universal Intelligence, 453
Book of the Dead, and number seven, 575
Boscovich, R. J., and occult views on spirit, 558; 635
Bose, Rajnarain, views on religion, 439 et seq.
Bouillaud, J. B. B., 314, 636
Bourbon, Adelberth de, 87
Bradlaugh, Chas.: 172, 279, 280; and A. Besant slandered by Rev. Cook, 69; H.P.B. defends, against attacks, 231 ; Olcott on, 79; victim of bigotry, 157
Brahma ( Brahm ): Day and Night of, 99; Isvara and Jiva, 422 et seq.; and Parabrahm, 337
Brahmajàla Sutta, 402, 636
Brahmans [Brâhmanas]: in Air-yana-Vaêgo, 529; initiated, know when Hindu Scriptures were written, 192; migrations of, 529; oppose Buddhism, 15; origin of Magi and, same, 515fn.; orthodox, lost key to Oriental System, 493 ; venal, encourage superstitions, 302
Brahmarakshasa [ Brahmarâk-shasa], 175
Brahmo Public Opinion, on K. C.
Sen, 327, 439
Brahmo Samaj: corruption of, discussed, 406 et seq.; origin and divisions of, 108 et seq.; Sir R. Temple on, 346
Braid, James, Neurypnology, etc., 294; 636
Brain: and blood-flow, 511; can assimilate great ideas and affect cognate ones, 457 ; evolution of astral, 247 ; molecules of medium’s, and shells, 591; spiritual life of, and death, 246-47; stupefied, and body clogged with food, 297; weight of, intellect and eyesight, 509 et seq.
Branches, of T.S. neglect experimental research, 131
680 Brihaspati[Brihaspati], a nastika, 515
Britten, Dr. S. B., 393
Broca, Dr. 314; on weight of brain, 509; 636
Brodie, Sir B., Psychological Inquiries, 294; 636-37
Brotherhood: basic platform of T.S., 502-03; of Adepts, and Sinnett’s testimony, 132; risks connected with establishing in India Society based on, 97; T.S. a nucleus of, in theory and practice, 415; T.S. a Universal, 25, 470
Brothers: admit esoteric meaning of Vedas, 366; blessings and protection from the, 354-55; criticized by Wm. S. Moses, 273 et seq.; of Light and Shadow, 590; spoken of long before Founders left for India, 354; testimony about, by Ramalinga Pillai, 134-36; trans-Himalayan, 4-5
Brownrigg, Lieut. Gen., and religious freedom, 433fn., 434
Buchanan, Dr. J. R., discovered psychometry, 555, 637
Bucher. See Keyser
Buck, Dr. J. D., on mediums and “spirits,” 293-94
Buddha, enlightened one, 603
Buddha, Gautama: did not claim divine inspiration, 106; doctrine of, very broad, 190; historical character, 25fn.; rejected the idea of a God, 106; renounced every form of theism, 100
Buddha. See Lillie
Buddhi: 582; as intellection, 608; and Atman, 582, 595; produced
from Tattva, 581; produces Ahankara and Manas, 581
Buddhism: basic beliefs of, 173; different views on, among Western scholars, 403-04; esoteric, 378fn., 404, 463; esoteric, established early in Tibet, 15-16; esoteric, identical with real Ad- vaitism, 305, 451, 474, 567; key to understanding of, lies in Secret Doctrine, 404; non-violent and tolerant, 430-31; no special fasts in, 297; not propagated in India by Founders, 283-84; opposed by Brahmans, 15; philosophy, not a religion, 202; popular & esoteric, 201; reveals esotericism of Brahmans, 463; rising interest in England for, 402; secret doctrines of Tibetan, 573; and suicide, 301; universal tolerance and brotherly love of, 25-26
Buddhist(s) : clergy and chastity, 6 et seq.; Prachchhana, 451; views of, on Buddha, 190
Buddhist. See Olcott
Bulletin Mensuel, etc., 479 et seq.
Bulwer-Lytton, A Strange Story, 344, 613, 637
–, Zanoni, 341, 613, 637
Bundahish, and the Airyana-Vaego, 526fn., 527fn.; 637
Bunsen, Baron C. C. J.: 363; on age of Zoroaster, 529
Burials, and epidemics, 507 Burq, Dr. V. B., 132, 637
Bushell, Prof., mesmerises Indians, 357
Butler, Alban, and Jerome, 241; 637
Byang-tsiub, Brotherhood of, in Tibet, 16
Byron, brain of, 509
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