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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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A secret subterranean vault, some for the purpose of initiation, others for burial purposes. There w... +
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A sect almost identical in their beliefs with the Nazarenes and Sabeans, who had more reverence for ... +
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A sect mentioned in the ''Vishnu Purâna''. Agreeably to the Orientalists, a “Buddhist sect, which is... +
A sect of the third century which believed in ''two ''eternal principles of good and evil; the forme... +
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A sect which lived in Egypt in the early part of the first Christian century; usually confounded wit... +
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A section or chapter of verses in the ''Vendidad ''of the Parsis Category: Theosophical Glossary (CT... +
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A serpent, a son of Kasyapa Rishi Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: gre... +
A serpent. A name of Vritra, the Vedic demon of drought. Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)... +
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A sign or a symbol of abstract creation. Force becomes the organ of procreation only on this earth. ... +
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A son of Arjuna. He killed Lakshmana,in the great battle of the Mahâbhârata on its second day, but w... +
A son of Dharma; and also a religious life of duty. As an adjective, “Fearless,” Abhaya is an epithe... +
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A son; a common prefix in proper names to denote the son of so‐and‐so, e.g., Ben Solomon, Ben Ishmae... +
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A spiritualistic journal in Chicago. +
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A spot on the crown of the head connected by ''Sushumna, ''a cord in the spinal column, with the hea... +
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A state produced sometimes by the Astral Light; but while the drunkard, the madman, and the untraine... +
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A state: not necessarily after death only or between two births, for it can take place on earth as w... +
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A statue or a picture of a heathen god; or a statue or picture of a Romish Saint, or a fetish of unc... +
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A stone (the cornelian) on the breast‐plate of the Jewish High Priest. It is of red colour and posse... +
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A subtle invisible essence or fluid that emanates from human and animal bodies and even things. It i... +
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A suggestive name given to the host of translated adepts (Narjols) or the Saints collectively, who a... +
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A symbol of universal importance, the emblem of silence among the ancient nations. Represented on th... +
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A symbolical name for the ''seven ''senses called, in the ''Anugita ''“the Seven Priests”. “The sens... +
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A synonym of Bacchus. Mythology mentions three persons so named: they were Greek ideals adopted late... +
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A synonym of the “Double” and of the “Astral body” in occult parlance Category: Theosophical Glossar... +
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A temple or monastery; a ''Lamasery.'' Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color... +
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A temple; a crypt, especially a subterranean temple for mystic ceremonies Category: Theosophical Glo... +
A term applied to Microprosopus, as that of ”Higher Face” is to Macroprosopus. The two are identical... +
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A term coined by Theosophists to render more accurately the essential meaning of the untranslatable ... +
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A term invented by Bulwer Lytton in ''Zanoni''; but in Occultism the word “Dweller” is an occult ter... +
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A term similar to “Abracadabra”. It is said by C. W. King to have meant “thou art a father to us”; i... +
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A term used by Paracelsus to denote primordial (alchemical) matter; “Adam’s earth” Category: Theosop... +
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A term used to represent the active (male) potency of the Sakti (female reproductive power) in natur... +
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A term with the Anglo‐Saxons, evidently derived from the name of the goddess '''''Hela '''''(''q.v''... +
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A theistic school of Nepaul, which sets up Âdi Buddha as a supreme god ( Îsvara ), instead of seeing... +
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A title applied to the various creative gods, as also to the Lords of the Universe of which this pla... +
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A title of Brahmâ (also called ''Abjayoni''), or the “lotus‐born” Category: Theosophical Glossary (C... +
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A title of Buddha in his highest aspect; a name of the supreme Buddha; also ''Dorje'' Category: Theo... +
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A title of Karttikeya, the Indian god of war and the Kumâra born of Siva’s drop of sweat that fell i... +
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A title of Vishnu, but used also for other gods Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span sty... +
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A title of the Buddha and of Krishna. “The Lord” literally Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD term... +
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A title of the Egyptian goddess Neїth, who is often represented as appearing in a tree and handing t... +
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A title of the god Siva Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-si... +
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A treasure. Nine treasures belonging to the god Kuvera—the Vedic Satan—each treasure being under the... +
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A true monument of Egyptian art. It represents the goddess Isis under many of her aspects. The Jesui... +
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A very ancient Persian work called the ''Book of Shet''. It speaks of the ''thirteen ''Zoroasters, a... +
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A very ancient Phœnician god. The same as Saturn. Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span s... +
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A very ancient author who died about a century after Gautama Buddha. He wrote two famous works, in w... +
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A very ancient site in Brittany (France) of a temple of cyclopean structure, sacred to the Sun and t... +
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A very famous seven‐lettered Kabbalistic wonder‐word ; its numeration is 813 ; its letters are colle... +
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A very long compound word containing a very mystical warning. “Remember, the constituents (of human ... +
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A very occult bird, much appreciated in ancient augury and symbolism. According to the ''Zohar, ''th... +
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A very precious relic of Gautama the Buddha; viz., his supposed left canine tooth preserved at the g... +
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A very sacred symbol in ancient Egypt. It was called the ''outa ''the right eye represented the sun,... +
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A virgin boy, or young celibate. The first Kumâras are the seven sons of Brahmâ born out of the limb... +
A virgin or maiden. ''Kanya Kumârî ''“the virgin‐ maiden” is a title of Durga‐Kali, worshipped by th... +
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A weapon of Thor, like the Swastika, or the Jaina, the four‐footed cross ; generally called “Thor’s ... +
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A weekly Boston journal devoted to the teachings of spiritualism and occultism. +
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A wheel, a disk, or the circle of Vishnu generally. Used also of a cycle of time, and with other mea... +
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A wise giant in the ''Eddas''. One of the Jotuns or Titans. He had a well which he watched over (Mim... +
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A wonderful philosopher born in Cappadocia about the beginning of the first century; an ardent Pytha... +
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A word applied to two symbols, both taken The only English work on the Isiac Tablet is by Dr. W. Wyn... +
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A word claimed by Mr. Huxley to have been coined by him to indicate one who believes nothing which c... +
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A word coined by some French Kabalists to denote the phenomenon of “table turning” from the Latin ''... +
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A word, which occurs in the Old Testament, and is commonly translated “groves” referring to idolatro... +
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A work of Ibn Gehirol, the Arabian Jewish philosopher of the Xlth century, who called it ''Me‐ gôr H... +
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A work on Asuramâya, the Atlantean astronomer and magician, and other prehistoric legends Category: ... +
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A work on the ''Shastras ''(Scriptures) by Nagarjuna; a mystic work translated into Chinese Category... +
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A work which contains all that is found in the ''Zohar ''of Simeon Ben‐Jochai, and much more. It mus... +
A writer on Medicine who lived in Vedic times. He is believed to have been an incarnation (''Avatara... +
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A “Fiery Vehicle” literally. A kind of flying machine. Spoken of in ancient works of magic in India ... +
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A “Spirit of the Deep” of the Kolarian tribes Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style... +
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Absolute non‐intelligence; as ''Chit ''is—in contrast— absolute intelligence. Category: Theosophical... +
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Absolute spirit Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%;... +
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Abstract Consciousness Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-siz... +
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According to Berosus, the same as Vesta, goddess of the Hearth Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD ... +
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According to Max Muller, the interrogative pronoun “who?”—raised to the dignity of a deity without c... +
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According to Plato, the Universe is built by “the first begotten” on the geometrical figure of the D... +
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According to the Gnostics, the “Spirit” or Christos, the “messenger of life”, and Gabriel are one. T... +
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According to the Kabbalah this is the Resurrection Body: a ''tzelem ''image or ''demooth ''similitud... +
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According to the Kabbalah, the demons dwell in the world of Assiah, the world of matter and of the “... +
According to the Kabbalah, the earnest follower does not die by the power of the Evil Spirit, Yetzer... +
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According to the Kabbalists, a group of angels, which they specially associated with the Sephira Jes... +
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According to the Orientalists, the entire “blowing out”, like the flame of a candle, the utter extin... +
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According to the best Hindu Commentators and Swami Dayanand Saraswati, 5,000 years B.C. Category: Th... +
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According to tradition, the wife of the Pharaoh and the teacher of Moses Category: Theosophical Glos... +
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Adam Illa‐ah is the celestial, superior Adam, in the ''Zohar'' Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD ... +
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Aerial form Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; fon... +
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Almost the same as ''Daityas''; giants and demons, the opponents of the ritualistic gods Category: T... +
Almsgiving to mendicants, lit., “charity”, the first of the six Paramitas in Buddhism Category: Theo... +
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Also ''Cneph ''and ''Nef'', endowed with the same attributes as Khem. One of the gods of creative Fo... +
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Also ''Ganduniyas. ''(See “Eden”.) Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: gr... +
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Also ''Somavansa ''or the lunar race (dynasty), from '''''Indu''''', the Moon. (“See “Suryavansa”.) ... +
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Also called ''Sabians, ''and St. John Christians. The latter is absurd, since, according to all acco... +
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Also called ''Sokha ''and ''Sivnath ''by the Hindus; one who exorcises evil spirits Category: Theoso... +
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Also called “Iatric” masonry. It is described as a Brotherhood of Healers (from ''iatrikê ''a Greek ... +
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Also pronounced and written Arhat, Arhan, Rahat, &c., “the worthy one”, lit., “deserving divine hono... +
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Also written Cunim; the name of certain mystic cakes offered to ''Ishtar'', the Babylonian Venus. Je... +
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American Theosophist, editor and writer; compiler and editor of H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings. +
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American artist. +
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Amshaspends. The six angels or divine Forces personified as gods who attend upon Ahura Mazda, of whi... +
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An ''anga ''or limb, a division of the ''Vedas''; a glossarial comment Category: Theosophical Glossa... +
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An Alchemist and philosopher who lived in the middle of the seventeenth century. He is the first phi... +
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An Alexandrian writer, and an obscure philosopher. A Jew who tried to prove that Aristotle explained... +
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An Alsatian, born at Orleans, according to K. Mackenzie; other accounts say he was a Jew, who found ... +
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An American weekly newspaper by sisters Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflin, featuring radical reform, communism, anti-clericalism, and free love. +
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An Arhat, a hermit (a native of Western India) converted to Buddhism by Kapimala and the fourteenth ... +
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An Aryan Sage, now the Pole Star. A ''Kshatriya ''(one of the warrior caste) who became through reli... +
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An Egyptian god presiding over rebirth and transmigration. He is represented with a scarabæus instea... +
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An Egyptian physician, whose memory, according to Ælian, was venerated for long centuries on account... +
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An Elf, the mighty King of the Riesengebirge, the most powerful of the genii in Scandinavian and Ger... +
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An English name assumed by an adept, a disciple of some Eastern Sages, of whom many fanciful stories... +
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An Initiate. One who has passed his last degree of initiation Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD t... +
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An Order of the Rosicrucian stock, whose members study the Kabbalah and Hermetic sciences; it admits... +
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An Undine or Water‐Nymph, from the Paradise or Heaven of Indra. The Apsarases are in popular belief ... +
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An abbreviation of “European‐Asians”. The mixed coloured races: the children of the white fathers an... +
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An adept or yogi who has reached the ultimate state of holiness, and separated himself from matter; ... +
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An alchemist, adept and philosopher, born in the 13th century, on the island of Majorca. It is claim... +
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An alleged Chaldean; but in esoteric teaching a Buddhist (a Bodhisattva), from the East, who was the... +
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An amulet, generally a magic square Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: g... +
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An ancient Egyptian ritualistic and occult work attributed to Thot‐Hermes. Found in the coffins of a... +
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An ancient Gnostic Sect founded by Marcion who was a devout Christian as long as no dogma of human c... +
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An ancient Greek writer of whose works only a few fragments are now extant Category: Theosophical Gl... +
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An ancient Iranian deity, a sun‐ god, as evidenced by his being lion‐headed. The name exists also in... +
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An ancient Kabbalistic work Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; fon... +
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An ancient Sanskrit commentator Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey;... +
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An ancient city in Babylonia after which a tablet giving an account of “creation” is named. The “Cut... +
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An ancient city in Thessaly, famous for its Temple of Jupiter and its oracles. According to ancient ... +
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An ancient country in India, under Buddhist Kings Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span s... +
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An ancient dialect used in Ceylon Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: gre... +
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An ancient name for Arabia Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font... +
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An ancient race in India; from the name of Bhrigu, the Rishi Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD te... +
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An ancient submerged island known as the isle of Calypso, and identified by some with Atlantis. This... +
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An angel of Hell, corresponding to the Greek Apollyon. Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<s... +
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An apartment in the house of ancient Romans where the ''Lares ''or household gods were preserved, wi... +
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An artificial mound, generally an old tomb. Traditions of a supernatural or magical character are of... +
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An ascetic son of Manu Swâyambhuva, the “Self‐born”. Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<spa... +
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An astrologer, alchemist, kabbalist and mystic, well known in literature. He was born at Pavia in 15... +
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An astronomical work Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-size:... +
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An eminent scholar who for over thirty years studied Hermetic philosophy in pursuance of its practic... +
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An epithet given to the human “Ego” Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: g... +
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An epithet of Krishna or Vishnu; lit., the enemy of ''Mura''—an Asura Category: Theosophical Glossar... +
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An epithet of every Buddha: lit., one who turns no more back; who goes straight to Nirvâna Category:... +
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An expression used by Paracelsus and the mediæval Theosophists. It is the spirit of light, or ''Akâs... +
An illusive form assumed by Vishnu in order to deceive ascetic Daityas who were becoming too holy th... +
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An incarnation of Buddha or of some Bodhisattva, as believed in Tibet, where there are generally fiv... +
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An iron finger strongly magnetized and used in the temples for healing purposes. It produced wonders... +
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An island or a continent. The Hindus have seven ''(Sapta dwipa )''; the Buddhists only four. This is... +
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An occult term, used to designate the true and immortal Entity in us, not the outward and mortal for... +
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An old Eastern work in which among other things anthropology is treated in an allegorical fashion Ca... +
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An ærial being shown in ''Rig‐Veda ''bringing down ''agni ''or fire to the ''Bhrigus''; who are call... +
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Ancient city of Magadha, a little north‐west of the modern Gayah. It is at the former that Sakyamuni... +
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Androgyne Goat of Mendes. See "Baphomet" Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="col... +
Angels or Spirits of the Earth; terrestrial Elementals also Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD ter... +
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Anger. One of the three principal states of mind (of which 63 are enumerated), which are ''Râga''— p... +
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Animal or living Soul Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-size... +
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Anointed: a title of Twashtri or Visvakarman, the highest “Creator” and Logos in the ''Rig ‐Veda. ''... +
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Another and more ancient name of the holy city of Benares Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms... +
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Another name for the Sephira ''Chesed'' Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="colo... +
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Anupapâdaka, also Aupapâduka; means parentless”, “self‐existing”, born without any parents or progen... +
Archetypal Man; Humanity. The “Heavenly Man” not fallen into sin; Kabalists refer it to the Ten Seph... +
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Archetypal man. See.“Adam Kadmon” Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: gre... +
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Ardan, ''the Greek name for the river Jordan Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style=... +
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Are the most mysterious and occult deities of all; who have “puzzled the oldest commentators”. Liter... +
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As shown by the late E. V. Kenealy this “Naronic Cycle” was a ''mystery'', a true “secret of god”, t... +
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Astarte, the Syrian goddess the consort of Adon, or Adonai Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD term... +
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Astarte; the Virgin of the Sea—who crushes the Dragon under her foot; The patroness of the Phoænicia... +
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Astronomy and Astrology; one of the Vedângas Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style=... +
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At first a tribe, then a caste of learned Kabbalists. They were the ''savants, ''the magians of Baby... +
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At the great Egyptian annual ceremony, which took place in the month of Athyr, the boat of Isis was ... +
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Atheist, or rather he who does not worship or recognize the gods and idols Category: Theosophical Gl... +
Attributeless; the negation of attributes Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="co... +
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Baal or Adon (Adonai) was a phallic god. “Who shall ascend unto the hill (the high place) of the Lor... +
Baptism and the Eucharist have their direct origin in pagan Egypt. There the “waters of purification... +
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Basis; a principle in which some other principle inheres. Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms... +
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Being, or state of being; the world, a birth, and also a name of Siva Category: Theosophical Glossar... +
Believed by the Orientalists to be the site of the Tower of Babel. The great pile of Birs Nimrud is ... +
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Belonging to the Macrocosmic principles Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="colo... +
Benevolent “gods”, i.e., “spooks” of the lower world ''(Kâmaloka)''; the deified shades of the dead—... +
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Bliss, joy, felicity, happiness. A name of the favourite disciple of Gautama, the Lord Buddha Catego... +
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Body; physical form; also written Gof Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color:... +
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Bondage; life on this earth; from the same root as Baddha Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms... +
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Born in 1524. The best astrologer in the XVlth century and a still better Kabbalist. He spent a fort... +
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Borrowed by the Hebrews for the name of their Adah, father of Jubal, etc. But Adah meaning the first... +
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Both in the English and Hebrew alphabets the fourth letter, whose numerical value is four. The symbo... +
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Bound, conditioned; as is every mortal who has not made himself free through Nirvâna Category: Theos... +
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Brahmanical writings on the occult science of incantations Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD term... +
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Breath of life. ''Anima, Mens, Vita, ''Appetites. This term is used very loosely in the Bible. It ge... +
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Buddhism is now split into two distinct Churches : the Southern and the Northern Church. The former ... +
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Bulwer Lytton calls it the “Luminous Self ”, or our Higher Ego. But Occultism makes of it something ... +
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By Jewish tradition a demon who was the first wife of Adam, before Eve was created: she is supposed ... +
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By tradition an Atlantean word of the fourth Race, to denote a mysterious Cosmic fire, or rather For... +
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Called also ''Gurupadagiri'', the “teacher’s mountain”. It is situated about seven miles from Gaya, ... +
Called also Kamâvatchara, a region including Kâmalôka. In exoteric ideas it is the first of the Trai... +
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Called by Occultists and Theosophists “spooks” and “shells”, i.e., phantoms from ''Kâma Loka''. A wo... +
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Called generally the Labarum of Constantine. It was, however, one of the oldest emblems in Etruria b... +
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Called in India the Fathers, “Pitris” or the lunar ancestors. They are subdivided, like the rest, in... +
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Called in Latin Alpharabius, a Persian, and the greatest Aristotelian philosopher of the age. He was... +
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Called in literature Avicebron. An Israelite by birth, a philosopher, poet and Kabbalist, a volumino... +
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Called the mystic seal. A system of occult signs made with the fingers. These signs imitate ancient ... +
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Called the “true oil of gold” or the “primal element” in Alchemy. It is but one remove from the pure... +
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Canadian journalist and poet. +
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Cause (metaphysically) Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-siz... +
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Celestial angels, the same as Archangels Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="col... +
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Cerberus, the three‐headed canine monster, which was supposed to watch at the threshold of Hades, ca... +
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Ceremonial magic practised by the central Indian tribes, especially among the Kolarians Category: Th... +
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Certain ceremonies for casting out evil spirits, akin to those of exorcism with the Christians, in u... +
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Commonly translated the mystic Fan: but in an ancient terra‐cotta in the British Museum the fan is a... +
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Commonly translated “Lord”, but also Bel, the Chaldean god, and Baal, an ʺidolʺ Category: Theosophic... +
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Concealed, secret Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90... +
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Consecrated, holy; also written '''''Kodesh'''''. Something set apart for temple worship. But betwee... +
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Countess of Caithness and Duchess de Pomar. She was communicating with V. P. Zhelikhovsky, sister of... +
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Covetousness: cupidity, a son sprung from Brahmâ in an evil hour Category: Theosophical Glossary (CT... +
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Creation: the origin of the principles, said to be Intelligence born of the qualities or the attribu... +
D (a) B (a) R (im), meaning the “Word”, and the “Words” in the Chaldean Kabbala, ''Dabar ''and ''Log... +
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Dancing girls; the same as the Indian ''nautchies, ''the temple and public dancers. Category: Theoso... +
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Daughter Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-s... +
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Daughter of Vaivaswata Manu; wife of Buddha, the son of Soma; one month a woman and the other a man ... +
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Daughter of the Voice: the Divine afflatus, or inspiration, by which the prophets of Israel were ins... +
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Dawn; one of the bodies assumed by Brahmâ the morning twilight Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD ... +
A
De Lapide Philosophico. An alchemic treatise by an unknown German author; dated 1677. It is to be fo... +
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Deities and very mysterious gods with the ancient nations, including the Israelites, some of whom—as... +
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Deities, held in the highest veneration at Thebes, in Lemnos, Phrygia, Macedonia, and especially at ... +
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Desire for liberation (from reincarnation and thraldom of matter) Category: Theosophical Glossary (C... +
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Divination by means of a cock, or other bird; a circle was drawn and divided into spaces, each one a... +
Divine incarnation. The descent of a god or some exalted Being, who has progressed beyond the necess... +
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Dual‐sexed; a male and female Being, whether man or animal Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD term... +
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During this state was developed the gift of prophecy. The two words are nearly synonymous. One was a... +
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Edomite Kings. A deeply concealed mystery is to he found in the allegory of the seven Kings of Edorn... +
Eggs were symbolical from an early time. There was the “Mundane Egg”, in which Brahmâ gestated, with... +
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Egypt had the “celestial labyrinth” whereinto the souls of the departed plunged, and also its type o... +
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Elemental or incipient Creation, i.e., when matter was several degrees less material than it is now ... +
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Elemental sprites of the lower terrestrial plane. Popular fancy makes of them demons and devils Cate... +
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Elementals ; Nature Sprites; Genii. The ''Djins'' or ''Jins ''are much dreaded in Egypt, Persia and ... +
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Elementals without heads; lit., “headless” ; used also of the first two human races Category: Theoso... +
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Elementary substances, the origin and the germinal essence of the elements Category: Theosophical Gl... +
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Eliphas Lévi calls them “the chiefs of the souls who are the spirits of energy and action” ; whateve... +
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Emancipation from repeated births Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)<span style="color: gre... +
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Embodied spirit, the Conscious Ego in its highest manifestations; the reincarnating Principle; the “... +
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Esoterically and literally, the dwelling of the God Amen, or Amoun, or the “hidden”, secret god. Exo... +
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Esoterically, the early, tentative, malformed races of men. Some Kabalists interpret them as “sparks... +
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Eternal thought, impressed on substance or spirit‐matter, in the eternity ; thought which becomes ac... +
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Every ark‐shrine, whether with the Egyptians, Hindus, Chaldeans or Mexicans, was a phallic shrine, t... +
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Evil desire, lust, volition; the cleaving to existence. Kama is generally identified with ''Mara ''t... +
Evil female demons in popular folk‐lore. In the Esoteric Philosophy occult and evil Forces of nature... +
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Existence. He who exists; corresponds to Kether and Macroprosopus. Category: Theosophical Glossary (... +
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Exoterically and superficially the god of wine and the vintage, and of licentiousness and joy; but t... +
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Exoterically, elementals and evil, gods— considered maleficent; demons, and '''''no '''''gods. But e... +
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Famous for its great metaphysical College where Occultism (Gnosis) and Platonic philosophy were taug... +
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Fate, destiny, whose agents were the three Norns, the Norse ''Parcæ'' Category: Theosophical Glossar... +
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Female demons, vampires and blood‐ drinkers ''(asra‐pas''). In the ''Purânas ''they attend upon the ... +
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Finite or conditioned time in contradistinction to infinite time, or eternity—''Kala.'' Category: Th... +