]> 2026-04-18T22:07:18+00:00 Magician 0 en Magician This term, once a title of renown and distinction, has come to he wholly perverted from its true meaning. Once the synonym of all that was honourable and reverent, of a possessor of learning and wisdom, it has become degraded into an epithet to designate‐ one who is a pretender and a juggler; a charlatan, in short, or one who has “sold his soul to the Evil One”, who misuses his knowledge, and employs it for low and dangerous uses, according to the teachings of the clergy, and a mass of superstitious fools who believe the magician a sorcerer and an “Enchanter”. The word is derived from ''Magh, Mah ''in Sanskrit Mâha—great; a man well versed in esoteric knowledge. (''Isis Unveiled.'') [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. This term, once a title of renown and distinction, has come to he wholly perverted from its true mea... Magician Magician Magician 2023-04-23T10:18:43Z 2460057.9296644 Magician