Property:CTD term short description
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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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