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A class of fire‐gods or Salamanders Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: g... +
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A class of gods or ''Devas'', during the period of the fifth Manvantara. Category: Theosophical Glos... +
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A class of gods which will manifest in the fourteenth or last manvantara of our world— according to ... +
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A class of the “lunar” Pitris or “Ancestors”, Fathers, who are believed in popular superstition to h... +
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A college at Babylon; most famous during the early centuries of Christianity. Its glory, however, wa... +
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A commentary Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; fo... +
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A commentator of the Hindu ''Manu Smriti ''Scriptures; a well‐known writer and historian Category: T... +
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A compound term, Sanskrit and Latin, meaning dual, nature in theosophical writings—spiritual and phy... +
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A compound word from ''lux ''(light) and ''aur'' (fire), thus meaning the “Light of (divine) Fire.” ... +
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A country of heretical Buddhists and Lamaists beyond Sikkhim, where rules the Dharma Raja, a nominal... +
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A creative god who furnished the first man with intellect and understanding after man had been creat... +
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A curious plant possessing very occult and mystical properties and well‐ known from ancient times. I... +
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A cycle, which the Orientalists describe as consisting of 600 years. But what years? There were thre... +
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A deity presiding over offerings to the dead, or ''Srâddha'' Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD te... +
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A derivation from Anâ ''(q.v.)'', a goddess identical with the Hindu ''Annapurna, ''one of the names... +
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A disciple of the world‐famous Nostradamus, an astrologer and an alchemist of the sixteenth century.... +
A disciple, the pupil of a Guru or Sage, the follower of some adept of a school of philosophy ''(lit... +
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A disciple, the same as “chela” Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey;... +
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A division of the practical Kabbalah. It shows the numerical value of Hebrew words by summing up the... +
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A division of the practical Kabbalah; treats of the formation of words from the initials or finals o... +
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A doctor, in all the Eastern countries, from Asia Minor to India Category: Theosophical Glossary (CT... +
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A famous Adept, whose real name is claimed (by his enemies) to have been Joseph Balsamo. He was a na... +
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A famous Ionian philosopher who lived 500 B.C., studied philosophy under Anaximenes of Miletus, and ... +
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A famous Kabalist, chemist and physician born in 1502, initiated into Theosophy (Rosicrucian) in 154... +
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A famous Treasurer of France, born in 1408, who obtained the office by black magic. He was reputed a... +
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A famous astrologer at the Court of Izdubar, frequently mentioned in the fragments of the Assyrian t... +
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A famous city in Media worthy of a place among the seven wonders of the world. It is thus described ... +
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A famous giant in the Theogony of Hesiod. The son of Cœlus and Terra, a monster with 50 heads and 10... +
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A famous physician of Cos, one of the Cyclades, who flourished at Athens during the invasion of Arta... +
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A famous treatise by the eminent Rosicrucian Michael Maier; it has many beautiful engravings of Alch... +
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A far‐famed astrologer and “professor of magic,” i.e., an Occultist, during the reign of Henry IV of... +
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A figure of speech to denote deity, the “One” life. A theurgic term, used later by the Rosicrucians.... +
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A flesh‐eater; a carnivorous man or animal Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="c... +
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A follower of Arius, a presbyter of the Church in Alexandria in the fourth century. One who holds th... +
A follower of the said school. Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; ... +
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A form of Brahmâ and his son in the Purânas But the ''Rig Veda ''states that “Daksha sprang from Adi... +
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A form of Isis; the goddess of life, from which name the Hebrew ''Ank'', life. (See “Anuki.”) Catego... +
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A form, or a sign, or again a face, e.g., “Trimûrti”, the “three Faces” or Images Category: Theosoph... +
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A generic name in South America and the islands for temples of ''nagalism ''or serpent worship Categ... +
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A ghoul, a vampire, an evil demon taking various forms Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<s... +
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A giant in the ''Edda'', the Fire‐god, and the father of the Flames. It was these evil sons of the g... +
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A giant in the ''Edda''; lit., “the oarsman”; the father of Loki, whose mother was the giantess Lauf... +
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A gigantic bird in the ''Ramâyana'', the steed of Vishnu. Esoterically—the symbol of the great Cycle... +
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A god, a “resplendent” deity. Deva‐Deus, from the root ''div ''“to shine”. A Deva is a celestial bei... +
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A goddess of Death and Decay Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; fo... +
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A great Babylonian Rabbi of the century preceding the Christian era. He was the founder of the sect ... +
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A great Bodhisattva with the Northern Buddhists, famous for his ardent love of Humanity; regarded in... +
A great Chinese philosopher Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; fon... +
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A great Chinese writer and philosopher who travelled in India in the sixth century, in order to lear... +
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A great Hermetic philosopher, whose true name was never known and whose works are without dates, tho... +
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A great Theurgist, mystic, and writer of the third and fourth centuries, a Neo‐Platonist and philoso... +
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A great alchemist of the sixteenth century; a surgeon who lived and practiced near Salisbury, studyi... +
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A great and good philosopher who lived in Alexandria between the second and third centuries of our e... +
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A great festival in honour of the Sun‐Spirit with the Kolarian tribes Category: Theosophical Glossar... +
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A great mystic philosopher, one of the most prominent Theosophists of the mediæval ages. He was born... +
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A great sage, a disciple of Vyâsa the transmitter and teacher of the Sama Veda which as claimed he r... +
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A great sage, a great adept of antiquity; the author of the Sankhya philosophy Category: Theosophica... +
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A great sage, saint and philosopher who preceded Confucius Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD term... +
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A group of tribes inhabiting Southern India; the aborigines Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD ter... +
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A hellenized word, from the Hebrew ''Asa, ''a “healer”. A mysterious sect of Jews said by Pliny to h... +
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A holy sage of the second root‐race, a yogi, whom Pramlôcha, a “nymph” sent by Indra for that purpos... +
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A hymn of rejoicing and praise in honour of the sun‐god Apollo or Helios Category: Theosophical Glos... +
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A kind of a pillow for the head of the mummy. They are of various kinds, ''e.g.'', of stone, wood, e... +
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A kind of contemplation in Yoga practice, when Kundalini is raised to the extreme and the infinitude... +
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A king deified by the Dugpas. A patron over all their religious buildings Category: Theosophical Glo... +
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A land of ancient India; a Kalpa or Cycle. The name of a weapon used by Râma; meaning of “Manu” as,―... +
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A large religious body in India closely resembling Buddhism, but who preceded it by long centuries. ... +
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A large sect, numbering about 100,000 adherents, living on Mount Lebanon in Syria. Their rites are v... +
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A long poem, which forms a part of the ''Skanda Purâna ''and contains another version of the legend ... +
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A magic sword, a weapon of the “sword god” Heru. In the ''Edda'', the Saga describes it as destroyin... +
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A magic syllable used in sacred formulæ it represents the power of ''Akâsa Sakti''. Its efficacy lie... +
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A masonic and mystic order founded by Hassan Sabah in Persia, in the eleventh century. The word is a... +
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A measure of time; four hours, a period of thirty Kashthas.
Time, fate; a cycle and a proper name, ... +
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A modern term first used by some naturalists, and now adopted by Theosophists, to indicate a contine... +
A most occult plant, sacred in Egypt, India and else where; called “the child of the Universe bearin... +
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A most sacred verse, addressed to the Sun, in the Rig ‐Veda, which the Brahmans have to repeat menta... +
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A mount in Greece, the abode of the gods according to Homer and Hesiod Category: Theosophical Glossa... +
A mount, the tomb of the giants (allegorical) Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style... +
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A musical note of great occult power in the Hindu gamut—the third of the diatonic scale Category: Th... +
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A mysterious being, corresponding to the Fohat of the Occultists. It is both a Vedic and an Avestian... +
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A mystery language belonging to the early Celtic races, and used by the Druids. One form of this lan... +
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A mystic Yoga rite used to free the mind from all agitation and bring the ''Kamic ''element to a dea... +
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A mystic incantation, as ''Om, Bhur, Bhuva, Swar'', meaning “Om, earth, sky, heaven, This is the exo... +
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A mystic name of the “four orders of beings” which are, Gods, Demons, Pitris and Men. Orientalists s... +
A mystic name, from whence as from a certain mountain, Rosicrucian documents are often found to be i... +
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A mystic syllable standing for evolution, and meaning in its literal sense “I am he”, or ''Ahamsa'' ... +
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A mystic syllable, the most solemn of all words in India. It is “an invocation, a benediction, an af... +
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A mystic title given to Brahma (or Parabrahman); means “the swan '''''in '''''and '''''out '''''of t... +
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A mystical practice of certain Yogis. It consists in the repetition of various magical formulæ and m... +
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A naked mendicant. Lit., “clothed with Space”. A name of Siva in his character of Rudra, the Yogi Ca... +
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A name for native spirits regarded as devils by Mussulmen. Elementals much dreaded in Egypt. Categor... +
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A name for Æons, or angels, with the Gnostics. The names of their hierarchies and classes are simply... +
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A name given by Dr. Braid to various processes by which one person of strong will‐power plunges anot... +
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A name given by Paracelsus to a particular kind of guardian angels or genii Category: Theosophical G... +
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A name given by the Egyptologists to the ancient language of Egypt. '''''Khami''''', also Category: ... +
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A name given by the Occultists to Sorcerers, and especially to the Tibetan ''Dugpas, ''of whom there... +
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A name given to parts of the Talmud, which are arguments on points of doctrine; the word means “rule... +
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A name given to the god Bacchus from his nurse, Briso. He had also a temple at Brisa, a promontory o... +
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A name of ''Ganga, ''or the river Ganges Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="col... +
A name of Avalokitêswara, or ''Chenres‐Padma‐pani, ''the “Protector against Evil” Category: Theosoph... +