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'''Ahi '''(''Sk''.), or Serpents. Dhyân Chohans. “Wise Serpents” or Dragons of Wisdom. Category: The... +
'''Aja '''(''Sk''.). “Unborn”, uncreated; an epithet belonging to many of the primordial gods, but e... +
'''Amia''', (''Chald.''). Mother. A title of Sephira Binah, whose “divine name is Jehovah” and who i... +
''A no‐ranîyânsam ''(in ''Bhagavad'' ''gîtâ''). Lit., “the most atomic of the atomic; smallest of th... +
''Ad, ''“the Father”. In Aramean ''ad ''means one, and ''ad‐ad ''“the only one”. Category: Theosophi... +
''Adeptus'', “He who has obtained.” In Occultism one who has reached the stage of Initiation, and be... +
''Anagam. ''One who is no longer to be reborn into the world of desire. One stage before becoming Ar... +
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''Bhûta.'': Ghosts, phantoms. To call them “demons”, as do the Orientalists, is incorrect. For, if o... +
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''Chih‐Sakti''; the power which generates thought Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span s... +
''Chitons'', a priestly garb; the coats of skin given by ''Java Aleim ''to Adam and Eve after their ... +
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''Direct perception.'' Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-siz... +
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''Lit''., “the child from the Egg”, a Gnostic term. He is the creator of our physical globe (the ear... +
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''Lit.'', “Father‐Mother”; the occult names of the two higher Sephiroth, ''Chokmah ''and ''Binah'', ... +
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''Mahâ uraga'', “great serpent”——Sesha or any others Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<spa... +
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''Neithes''. The Queen of Heaven; the moon‐ goddess in Egypt. She is variously called ''Nout'', ''Ne... +
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''Nouf ''in Egyptian. Another aspect of Ammon, and the personification of his generative power ''in ... +
''Sin ''was the Assyrian name for the moon, and ''Sin‐ai ''the Mount, the birth‐place of Osiris, of ... +
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''Solomon Ben Yehudah'': a great philosopher and scholar, a Jew by birth, who lived in the eleventh ... +
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''The wife of Hea, “the goddess of the lower regions, the consort of the Deep”, the mother of Meroda... +
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(1) A name of Vishnu or Krishna; (2) The month of April ; (3) A title of Lakshmi when written ''Madh... +
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(1) One of the seven qualities of sound— the one and sole attribute of Akâsa; (2) the ''seventh ''no... +
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(Vide ''Supra''.) Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90... +
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1. An interior illumination developed by the practice of meditation. 2. The efficient spiritual caus... +
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100 Kôti, or a sum equal to 1,000,000,000 Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="co... +
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100,000 of units, either in specie or anything else Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span... +
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A ''Samhitâ ''collection of Sama Veda; also a priest, a chanter of the Sama Veda Category: Theosophi... +
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A ''gana ''or class of gods 236 in number. Certain ''Forces ''in esoteric teachings Category: Theoso... +
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A Brahman ascetic; one vowed to celibacy, a monk, virtually, or a religious student Category: Theoso... +
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A Buddhist historical work written by Bhikshu Mohânâma, the uncle of King Dhatusma. An authority on ... +
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A Buddhist king of Magadha Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font... +
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A Buddhist work containing moral precepts Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="co... +
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A Calabrese, born in 1568, who, from his childhood exhibited strange powers, and gave himself up dur... +
A Canon‐Kabbalist of the XVIIth century, reputed to have learned a key to the Gnostic works from Cop... +
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A Chinese traveller and writer in the early centuries of Christianity, who wrote on Buddhism Categor... +
A Chinese work on Cosmogony Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; fon... +
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A Christian sect in Syria of the VIth cent. (550) which held that Christ had only one nature and tha... +
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A Church Father and a voluminous writer, who had been a Neo‐Platonist and a disciple of Ammonius Sac... +
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A Church Father, who declared the heliocentric system a heretical doctrine, and that of the antipode... +
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A Fish: the symbol of the Fish has been frequently referred to Jesus, the Christ of the New Testamen... +
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A Force in nature and in man. When it is the former, it is an agent which gives rise to the various ... +
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A French mason who established in London in 1767 a Lodge called “The Illuminated Theosophists” Categ... +
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A Giant in the mythology of ancient Iran Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="col... +
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A Gnostic Fraternity in Egypt, and one of the earliest sects of Gnosticism, or ''Gnosis ''(Wisdom, K... +
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A Gnostic term meaning “Depth” or the “great Deep”, Chaos. It is equivalent to space, before anythin... +
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A Gnostic term, or the compound name for Iao Jehovah, whom the Ophites regarded as an emanation of t... +
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A Hermetic Eastern work Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-si... +
A Hermetic philosopher born in Bohemia who is credited with having made a genuine powder of projecti... +
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A Kabalistic term, made of a compound Greek word: meaning the Vast or Great Countenance (See “Kabali... +
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A Kabbalistic Jew, reputed to have worked “miracles”. Kenneth Mackenzie quotes in regard to him from... +
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A Kabbalistic axiom; lit., “the devil is god reversed”; which means that there is neither evil nor g... +
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A Kabbalistic term ; the fifth Sephira, a female and passive potency, meaning severity and power; fr... +
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A Kabbalistic term for Absolute Light and Wisdom; “black” because it is incomprehensible to our fini... +
A Kabbalistic treatise treating of the angels, souls of men, and demons. The name means “House of th... +
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A King of the Daityas, whom Vishnu—in his ''avatar ''of the “man.lion”—puts to death Category: Theos... +
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A King of the Tochari, who flourished when the third Buddhist Synod met in Kashmir, i.e., about the ... +
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A Lord: used of gods and men; a title added to the first name of men and things as ''Badrinath ''(lo... +
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A Mahometan pilgrim who has been to Mekka, a saint. After his death his body is placed in an open se... +
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A Masonic term for a certain object used in the Lodges. Its origin lies in the thread of the Brahman... +
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A Masonic term meaning “the Sun in putrefaction”. Has a direct reference—perhaps forgotten by the Ma... +
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A Mussulman ascetic in India, a Mahometan “Yogi”. The name is often applied, though erroneously. to ... +
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A Mussulman—Turkish or Persian—ascetic. A nomadic and wandering monk. Dervishes, however, sometimes ... +
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A Platonic philosopher of Athens, who wrote a Greek Apology for the Christians in A.D. 177, addresse... +
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A Platonic term for the Higher Mind or Soul. It means Spirit as distinct from animal Soul—''psyche''... +
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A Platonic term meaning “vehicle” or body Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="co... +
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A Prince‐Philosopher and Occultist. (See Book ''Al‐Chazari.'') Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD ... +
A Purânic personage, the “nephew of 60,000 uncles” King Sagara’s sons, who were reduced to ashes by ... +
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A Record of the Progress of the Science and Ethics of Spiritualism / The Oldest Newspaper connected with Spiritualism in Great Britain. +
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A Roman goddess, the patroness of female Initiates and Occultists. Called also Fauna after her fathe... +
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A Roman saint, solemnly beatified a few years ago. His great holiness consisted in sitting at one of... +
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A Saint; a glorified Adept Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font... +
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A Sanskrit Sage of the race of Kuru, who, together with another Sage (Moru), is supposed to live thr... +
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A Sanskrit epic, celebrating the strife and prowess of Arjuna with the god Siva disguised as a fores... +
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A Singhalese priest who has not yet been ordained—from ''gana'', an assemblage or brotherhood. The h... +
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A Society in France, founded by a great mystic called the Marquis de St. Martin, a disciple of Marti... +
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A Sorcerer, or Wizard Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-size... +
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A Syrian Gnostic, erroneously regarded as a Christian theologian, born at Edessa (''Edessene Chronic... +
A Tamil Scripture on Astronomy and other matters Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span st... +
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A Vedantic term, meaning the ''Sheath ''(''Kosha'') of the ''Manomaya'', an equivalent for fourth an... +
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A Vedantic term. The same as ''Sthûla Sharîra ''or the physical body. It is the first “sheath” of th... +
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A Vedic Sage; in the words of ''Atharva Veda'', “The self‐born who sprang from Time”. Besides being ... +
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A Vedic term. The unrevealed Deity, or that which reveals Itself only as light and the bright day—me... +
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A Vedânta sect. The non‐dualistic (A‐ dwaita) school of Vedântic philosophy founded by Sankarâchârya... +
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A Weekly Journal in English published in New York in the 19th Century, "devoted to Jewish & General ... +
A biblical personage; a skilful builder and a “Widow’s Son”, whom King Solomon procured from Tyre, f... +
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A bridge built by the gods to protect Asgard. On it “the third Sword‐god, known as Heimdal or Riger”... +
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A celebrated Brahman teacher, the author of the Commentaries on the ''Sankhya Karika, Mandukya Upani... +
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A celebrated Indian king of the Môrya dynasty which reigned at Magadha. There were two Asokas in rea... +
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A celebrated biography of Sakya Muni, the Lord Buddha, by Dharmarakcha, A.D. 308 Category: Theosophi... +
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A celestial sculptor, in the Egyptian legends, who creates a beautiful girl whom he sends like anoth... +
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A ceremony of divination among the Kolarian tribes of Central India Category: Theosophical Glossary ... +
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A certain Brotherhood of mystics. Its name had far better never have been divulged, as it led a grea... +
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A certain class of celestial Beings who are said to inhabit ''Maharloka. ''They are the rulers of ou... +
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A certain degree of ecstatic contemplation. A stage in ''Samâdhi.'' Category: Theosophical Glossary ... +
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A chariot: the Kabalists say that the Supreme after he had established the Ten Sephiroth used them a... +
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A chief of the giants in the ''Edda ''and the ally of the gods. The highest of the Water‐gods, and t... +
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A circle; also the ten divisions of the Vedas Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style... +
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A city in Assyria ; the ancient seat of a library from which George Smith excavated the earliest kno... +
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A city in Egypt which was sacred to the cats, and where was their principal shrine. Many hundreds of... +
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A class of Pitris, the creators of the first ethereal race of men. Our solar ancestors as contrasted... +
A class of Pitris, the “ancestors of man”, or the so‐called Prâjapâti, “progenitors”; one of the sev... +
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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... +
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A name of Kâma, the Hindu god of love and desire Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span st... +
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A name of Rudra or Siva, one of the Indian ''Trimurti ''(Trinity) Category: Theosophical Glossary (C... +
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A name of Siva meaning “ blue throated”. This is said to have been the result of some poison adminis... +
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A name of a hero in the fragments of Chaldean History and Theogony on the so‐called Assyrian tiles, ... +
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A name of the Chaldean Bel Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font... +
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A name of the Deity ''borrowed ''by the Jews from the ''Phœnician Elon'', a name of the Sun Category... +
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A name of the Sun; as Mârttânda he is the Son of Aditi. Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<... +
A name of the chief of the Kumâras Sanat‐Sujâta, signifying the “waters”. This epithet will become m... +
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A name of the moon; said to be the son of ''Mulil'', the older Bel and the Sun, in the later mytholo... +
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A name or the substitute for the right Sanskrit esoteric name, given to our “inner enemies”, which a... +
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A negative particle, like a in Greek and Sanskrit. The first syllable of “En‐Soph” ''(q.v.)'', or no... +
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A newly‐coined term for denoting the practitioners of an art of healing by will. The name is a misno... +
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A nick‐name given to the Initiates and Kabbalists before the Christian era. The “Innocents” of Bethl... +
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A novice; a postulant or candidate for the Mysteries. The methods of initiation varied. Neophytes ha... +
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A period of 2,160,000,000 years during which Brahmâ having emerged out of his golden egg ''(Hiranyag... +
A period of equal duration, during which Brahmâ. is said to be asleep. Upon awakening he recommences... +
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A period of manifestation, as opposed to Pralaya (dissolution, or rest), applied to various cycles, ... +
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A period of time; two Ayanas complete a year, one being the period of the Sun’s progress northward, ... +
A personage who was “pious to the gods”; and who prayed the god Hea to remove the evil of drought an... +
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A phallic god, the god of concupiscence and pleasure. He is represented standing on a lotus ready to... +
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A philosophical term meaning “non‐being”, or rather ''non‐be‐ness. ''The “incomprehensible nothingne... +
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A physician of Paris, astrologer and alchemist in the XIVth century” (R.M.C.) Category: Theosophical... +
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A place celebrated for a fire‐temple of the Zoroastrians and Magi during the time of Alexander the G... +
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A plant used by Mobeds (''Parsi priests'') in the fire‐ temples, wherein consecrated bundles of it a... +
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A plant whose root has the human form. In Occultism it is used by ''black ''magicians for various il... +
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A plural noun—“lives”; found in compound names Elohim Chum, the gods of lives, Parkhurst translates ... +
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A portion of the ''Mahâbhârata'', a poem on the genealogy of Vishnu, or Hari Category: Theosophical ... +
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A posture prescribed to and practised by some Yogis for developing concentration Category: Theosophi... +
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A priest of the Temple of Belus who wrote for Alexander the Great the history of the Cosmogony, as t... +
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A priest who recites the hymns from the ''Rig Veda'', and makes oblations to the fire Category: Theo... +
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A proper name; a son of Bharata; a Rishi and a Sage Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span... +
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A psycho‐spiritual state; a physical trance which induces clairvoyance and a beatific state bringing... +
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A range of mountains in Syria, with a few remnants of the gigantic cedar trees, a forest of which on... +
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A region in the centre of which is placed Mount Meru, the habitat of the gods Category: Theosophical... +
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A region or circumscribed place. In metaphysics, a world or sphere or plane. The Purânas in India sp... +
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A region wherein dwell the ''Munis ''or “Saints” during Pralaya; according to the Purânic accounts. ... +
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A renowned Sorcerer in the time of Kâsyapa Buddha (a predecessor of Gautama). Gangi was regarded as ... +
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A roaring cauldron wherein the souls of the evil doers perish Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD t... +
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A robe worn by the Roman Augurs with which they covered their heads while sitting in contemplation o... +
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A sacerdotal caste which flourished in Britain and Gaul. They were Initiates who admitted females in... +
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A sacred building, a monastery or hermitage for ascetic purposes. Every sect in India has its ''Ashr... +
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A sacred grass used by the ascetics of India, called the grass of lucky augury. It is very occult Ca... +
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A sacred locality, the birthplace of Tson‐kha‐ pa, the great Tibetan reformer and the founder of the... +
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A sacred volume of precepts and rules, written by Tson‐kha‐pa, “for the advancement of knowledge” Ca... +
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A school of men, usually a college of mystic students Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<sp... +
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A school of philosophy; one of the six in India. There are two Mîmânsâ the older and the younger. Th... +
A school; lit., “the great vehicle”. A mystical system founded by Nâgârjuna. Its books were written ... +
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A scripture of the Saivas or worshippers of Siva. Therein ''Maheswara'', “the great Lord”, concealed... +
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A second incalculably short: the 90th part or fraction of a thought, the 4,500th part of a minute, d... +
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