TREE OF LIFE - the Qabalistic diagram of ten inter-linked spheres of Sephiroth representing the involution of the manifest universe from the unknown ultimate & its evolution back to its source.

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MASTER -

1. one who mastered a spiritual discipline and teaches or guides others.

2. (pl.) hidden teachers who rule the spiritual evolution of Earth (Theosophy). (NAD)

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Prasada:

Prasada. Peace. Tranquility. An offering of food. Pravritti. Worldly life. Evolution. A flowing forth, unfolding what is within. Opposite of Nivritti.

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Achebiosis (from Greek arch original + bios life)

Life from the beginning; in some scientific uses, life not derived from life, spontaneous generation. Such generation occurs even today but pertains specially to certain stages of evolution. Archebiosis is used to designate a life origination occurring in a fifth stage of evolution (SD 1:455); but this origination means a manifestation of life on the seven planes concerned.

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Mahat Tattwa: The Great Principle; the first product from Prakriti in evolution; intellect. The principle of Cosmic Intelligence or Buddhi; universal Christ Consciousness, the "Son of God," the "Only Begotten of the Father," "the firstborn of every creature."

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Hippocentaurs (from Greek hippos horse + kentauros centaur)

Centaurs said to be half man, half horse. The prefix hippo distinguishes them from another kind of monster, the ichthyscentaurus -- half man, half fish. They are among the monsters resulting from nature's unaided attempts to create in the early stages of evolution.

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Phylogeny [from Greek phylo race + geneia producing]

The racial history of an organism, as contrasted with ontogeny or the individual history. Phylogenesis is applicable to the process. This branch of biology takes into account the racial affinities of an organism, and forms an important part of the science of evolution.

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Hippocentaurs (from Greek hippos horse + kentauros centaur)

Centaurs said to be half man, half horse. The prefix hippo distinguishes them from another kind of monster, the ichthyscentaurus -- half man, half fish. They are among the monsters resulting from nature's unaided attempts to create in the early stages of evolution.

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I-am-ness Ahankara, self-hood, egoship; an evolution of consciousness centered in manas, by which manas becomes the field for the play of self-consciousness. Also, the illusion of separate selfhood.

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Akashic Records:

Believed in mystical doctrines to be the source or storage area for memories of all human experience, from the beginning of time to the very end of time itself. Held in some traditions to contain the memories of every living soul through the ages as a repository or permanent record of the spiritual evolution of humanity.

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Aindriyaka (Sanskrit) (from indriya sense, power; belonging to Indra)

In the Puranas, the creations of Brahma are variously enumerated as six, seven, and nine. Aindriyaka represents the organic creation involving the evolution or unfolding of the senses (cf VP 1:5).

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Gamma Third letter in the Greek alphabet. Its capital form often stands for Gaia, the goddess or divinity of earth, which in its cosmic aspect is the third stage of evolution. Alphabetically it corresponds to gimel, the third letter in the Hebrew alphabet; and in the English alphabet is replaced by the hard guttural, C.

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Transformism Adopted from the French, it is the process of evolution as understood by Lamarck and Darwin, as distinguished from evolution in its true etymological sense as used in theosophy. It means the supposed transformation of one kind of organism into another kind of organism, by purely physical processes.

Evolution means that a living monad or soul unfolds itself from within outwards, thus producing the forms by which it manifests itself on the physical planes; and clothing itself in a graduating and constantly improving succession of forms, according to changes in its own growth and requirements.

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INVOLUTION

As evolution is an outward unfolding of higher out of lower forms, so involution is a turning towards deeper complexities. It is the separation of the one into the many. The Elemntals are said to be engaged in involution. The highest spiritual being must ultimately descend towards manifestation as physical being, as lesser spirits are still moving upward. This is the true Wheel of the Tarot. By contrast, evolution is the merging of spirit with matter, recognition of self as identified with all forms, high and low. Ultimately, spirit separates and the self merges with the All.

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Mirku (Chaldean) Noble crown; the savior from death of the gods, regarded as the creator of the Dark Race (Zalmat-qaqadi).

The class of intelligent beings in the universe who through evolution bring about progressive unfolding growth from within outwards of all beings and entities, who thus are at one stage of their evolution the Dark Race, because sunken in matter, but are saved by the germs of intelligence expanding into cosmic realization within themselves. Hence the describing of intellect or intelligence as noble crown.

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Uttarayana (Sanskrit) [from uttara northern + ayana road, path]

The northern way, the progress of the sun to the north of the equator or the summer solstice. In mystic philosophy, it represents in one sense the path of light leading inwards spiritually, or the nivrittimarga, the path of the involution of matter and the evolution of spirit.

See also DAKSHINAYANA

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Nitya Sarga (Sanskrit). The state of constant creation or evolution, as opposed to Nitya Pralaya - the state of perpetual incessant dissolution (or change of atoms) disintegration of molecules, hence change of forms.

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Mahatma. Lit., "great soul". An adept of the highest order. Exalted beings who, having attained to the mastery over their lower principles are thus living unimpeded by the "man of flesh", and are in possession of knowledge and power commensurate with the stage they have reached in their spiritual evolution. Called in Pali Rahats and Arhats.

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Spiritual Soul Buddhi; in man, typically the immortal individual monad. The first vehicle of the atmic monadic ray is the spiritual ego, a copy in miniature of the monad, individualized throughout manvantaric evolution. The second vehicle is the spiritual soul, the bearer, veil, or carrier of the spiritual ego.

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Swami svamin (Sanskrit) [from sva one's own + pada position, condition in evolution, abodes as bodies]

An owner, master; occasionally husband; also a spiritual preceptor, a learned Brahmin or pundit. Used as a title of honor at the end of names. In compounds the form svami is used.

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Tairyagyonya (Sanskrit) [from tiryanc crooked, curved]

Of beings with crooked digestive canals, i.e., of animal origin. In the Puranas seven creations of living beings are enumerated, the fifth being called tiryaksrotas or tairyagyonya (animal evolution).

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GENOME

The entire gene-picture of man. So far we have named about 1% of the 1,000 or more genetic elements. To know them all means we would know the secrets of life, death and evolution.

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