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| A The first letter in all the world‐alphabets save a few, such for instance as the Mongolian, the Japa ...
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| Aaron The elder brother of Moses and the first Initiate of the Hebrew Lawgiver. The name means the I ...
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| Ab The eleventh month of the Hebrew civil year; the fifth of the sacred year beginning in July. [w.w.w. ...
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| Abaddon An angel of Hell, corresponding to the Greek Apollyon. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms) ...
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| Abatur In the Nazarene system the “Ancient of Days”, Antiquus Altus, the Father of the Demiurgus of the ...
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| Abba Amona Lit., “Father‐Mother”; the occult names of the two higher Sephiroth, Chokmah and Binah, ...
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| Abei‐Zivo The Metatron or anointed spirit with the Nazarene Gnostics; the same as the angel Gabriel. [[Categor ...
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| Abhamsi • Abhâmsi IAST A mystic name of the “four orders of beings” which are, Gods, Demons, Pitris and Men. Orientalists s ...
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| Abhasvaras The Devas or “Gods” of Light and Sound, the highest of the upper three celestial regions (planes ...
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| Abhava Negation, or non‐being of individual objects; the noumenal substance, or abstract objectivity. [ ...
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| Abhaya • Abhaya SD A son of Dharma; and also a religious life of duty. As an adjective, “Fearless,” Abhaya is an epithe ...
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| Abhayagiri Lit., “Mount Fearless” in Ceylon. It has an ancient Vihâra or Monastery in which the well‐known ...
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| Abhidharma The metaphysical (third) part of Tripitaka, a very philosophical Buddhist work by Kâtyâyana. [[C ...
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| Abhijna • Abhijñâ SD • abhijnā IAST • abhijnA HK Six phenomenal (or “supernatural”) gifts which Sâkyamuni Buddha acquired in the night on which he re ...
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| Abhimanim The name of Agni (fire) the “eldest son of Brahmâ”, in other words, the first element or Force produ ...
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| Abhimanyu A son of Arjuna. He killed Lakshmana,in the great battle of the Mahâbhârata on its second day, but w ...
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| Abhutarajasas A class of gods or Devas, during the period of the fifth Manvantara. [[Category: Theosophical Gl ...
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| Abib The first Jewish sacred month, begins in March; is also called Nisan. [[Category: Theosophical G ...
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| Abiegnus Mons A mystic name, from whence as from a certain mountain, Rosicrucian documents are often found to be i ...
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| Abiri See Kabiri, also written Kabeiri, the Mighty Ones, celestials, sons of Zedec the just one, a group o ...
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| Ablanathanalba 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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| Abracadabra This symbolic word first occurs in a medical treatise in verse by Samonicus, who flourished in the r ...
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| Abraxas • Abrasax Mystic words which have been traced as far back as Basilides, the Pythagorean, of Alexandria, AD. 90 ...
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| Absoluteness When predicated of the UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE, it denotes an abstract noun, which is more correct and l ...
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| Avebury • Abury In Wiltshire are the remains of an ancient megalithic Serpent temple: according to the eminent antiq ...
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| Ab‐Soo The mystic name for Space, meaning the dwelling of Ab the “Father”, or the head of the sou ...
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| Ab‐i‐hayat Water of immortality. Supposed to give eternal youth and sempiternal life to him who drinks of it. [ ...
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| Acacia Innocence; and also a plant used in Freemasonry as a symbol of initiation, immortality, and purity; ...
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| Achamoth The name of the second, the inferior Sophia. Esoterically and with the Gnostics, the elder Sophia wa ...
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| Achar The Gods over whom (according to the Jews) Jehovah is the God. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CT ...
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| Achara Personal and social (religious) obligations.<span st ...
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| Acharya Spiritual teacher, Guru; as Sankar‐âchârya, lit., a “teacher of ethics”. A name generally given ...
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| Achath The one, the first, feminine; achad being masculine. A Talmudic word applied to Jehovah. It ...
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| Acher The Talmudic name of the Apostle Paul. The Talmud narrates the story of the four Tanaim, who ent ...
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| Acheron One of the rivers of Hades in Greek mythology.<span ...
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| Achit Absolute non‐intelligence; as Chit is—in contrast— absolute intelligence. [[Category: Theosophic ...
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| Achyuta That which is not subject to change or fall; the opposite to Chyuta, “fallen”. A title of Vishnu ...
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| Acosmism The precreative period, when there was no Kosmos but Chaos alone. [[Category: Theosophical Glossary ...
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| Ad Ad, “the Father”. In Aramean ad means one, and ad‐ad “the only one”. [[Category: Theosop ...
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| Adah Borrowed by the Hebrews for the name of their Adah, father of Jubal, etc. But Adah meaning the first ...
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| Adam In the Kabalah Adam is the “only‐begotten”, and means also “red earth”. (See “Adam‐Adami” in the ...
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| Illa‐ah, Adam Adam Illa‐ah is the celestial, superior Adam, in the Zohar [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CT ...
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| Adam Kadmon Archetypal Man; Humanity. The “Heavenly Man” not fallen into sin; Kabalists refer it to the Ten Seph ...
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| Adamic Earth Called the “true oil of gold” or the “primal element” in Alchemy. It is but one remove from the pure ...
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| Adbhuta Is a title of Vishnu, the “first Element” containing all elements, “the unfathomable deity”. [[C ...
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| Adbhuta Brahmana The Brâhmana of miracles; treats of marvels, auguries, and various phenomena. [[Category: Theosophic ...
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| Adbhuta Dharma The “law” of things never heard before. A class of Buddhist works on miraculous or phenomenal events ...
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| Adept Adeptus, “He who has obtained.” In Occultism one who has reached the stage of Initiation, and be ...
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