Dictionary - Avalokitesvara: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Avalokitesvara
A Theosophical definition of Avalokitesvara :   Avalokitesvara (Sanskrit) A compound word: avalokita, "perceived," &q...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reincarnation: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Reincarnation
Reincarnation Reimbodiment; specifically reinfleshment, the repeated imbodiment of the reincarnating ego in vehicles of human flesh on...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Absolute: Theosophy Dictionary On Absolute
Absolute (from Latin ab away + solvere to loosen, dissolve)   Freed, released, absolved; parallel to the Sanskrit moksha, mukti (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agent, Universal: Theosophy Dictionary On Agent, Universal
Agent, Universal. See PHILOSOPHER'S STONE   (See also: Agent, Universal , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ah-hi: Theosophy Dictionary On Ah-hi
Ah-hi (Senzar) A group or class of celestial or spiritual beings known in different countries under various names: dhyani-chohans, ang...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abif, Hiram: Theosophy Dictionary On Abif, Hiram
Abif, Hiram. See HIRAM ABIF   (See also: Abif, Hiram , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhimanyu: Theosophy Dictionary On Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu (Sanskrit) (from abhi towards + the verbal root man to think)   Son of Arjuna by Subhadra, sister of Krishna. In the my...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhijit: Theosophy Dictionary On Abhijit
Abhijit (Sanskrit) (from abhi towards + the verbal root ji to conquer)   Sometimes Abhijita. As a noun, a soma sacrifice, a lunar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acheron: Theosophy Dictionary On Acheron
Acheron (Greek) (probably from achos pain, distress; Etruse Acceruns)   The River of Woe, one of five rivers surrounding Hades. T...   » Read the article

Dictionary - A E I O V: Theosophy Dictionary On A E I O V
A E I O V These five vowels (V is the classic U) were often inscribed on Roman temples, after the manner of the Greeks, who recorded t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi-budha: Theosophy Dictionary On Adi-budha
Adi-budha (Sanskrit) (from adi first + budh wisdom)   Primordial wisdom; the first or nameless deity (SD 1:xix, 54n; 2:48) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi-buddha: Theosophy Dictionary On Adi-buddha
Adi-buddha (Sanskrit) (from adi first, original + the verbal root budh to awaken, perceive, know)   First or primeval buddha; the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aditi: Theosophy Dictionary On Aditi
Aditi (Sanskrit) (from a not + diti bound from the verbal root da to bind)   Unbounded, free; as a noun, infinite and shoreless e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aditattva: Theosophy Dictionary On Aditattva
Aditattva (Sanskrit) (from adi first + tattva thatness, essence)   Original principle; used in theosophical literature to denote ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aditi-vach, Aditi-vac: Theosophy Dictionary On Aditi-vach, Aditi-vac
Aditi-Vach aditi-vac (Sanskrit) (from aditi unbounded + vach speech, voice from the verbal root vach to speak, utter)   The cosmi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adivamsa: Theosophy Dictionary On Adivamsa
Adivamsa (Sanskrit) (from adi primeval, first + vamsa lineage, race)   The first race; used in the Mahabharata for the primeval r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adityas: Theosophy Dictionary On Adityas
Adityas (Sanskrit) (belonging to, issuing from aditi unbounded expanse)   Son of Aditi, space; in the Vedas a name for the sun; a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adivarsha: Theosophy Dictionary On Adivarsha
Adivarsha (Sanskrit) adivarsa (from adi primordial, first + varsha a division of the earth from the verbal root vrish to rain, pour fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aditi-prakriti: Theosophy Dictionary On Aditi-prakriti
Aditi-prakriti (Sanskrit) (from aditi unbounded + prakriti nature from pra forth + the verbal root kri to do, make)   Spiritual-p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adisakti: Theosophy Dictionary On Adisakti
Adisakti (Sanskrit) (from adi first + sakti power, energy)   Primeval power; the divine force or direct energic emanation from mu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adikrit, Adikartri: Theosophy Dictionary On Adikrit, Adikartri
Adikrit or Adikartri (Sanskrit) (from adi first + krit doing (kartri doer, author, producer) from the verbal root kri to do, make, acc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi-granth: Theosophy Dictionary On Adi-granth
Adi-Granth Sikh sacred scripture (BCW 1:373, 3:177, 182).   (See also: Adi-Granth , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi-buddhi: Theosophy Dictionary On Adi-buddhi
Adi-buddhi (Sanskrit) (from adi first, original + buddhi from the verbal root budh to know, perceive, awaken)   Original or primo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adinatha: Theosophy Dictionary On Adinatha
Adinatha (Sanskrit) (from adi primeval, first + natha protector, lord from the verbal root nath to seek aid)   Primordial protect...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adinidana: Theosophy Dictionary On Adinidana
Adinidana (Sanskrit) (from adi first + nidana binding from ni down + dana band, rope from the verbal root da to bind on, fasten)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adisanat: Theosophy Dictionary On Adisanat
Adisanat (Sanskrit) (from adi first + sanat from of old, always)   The ever-primeval one, a name applied to Brahma. In the Stanza...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adm, Admi: Theosophy Dictionary On Adm, Admi
Adm, Admi. See ADAM   (See also: Adm, Admi , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Adinidana-svabhavat: Theosophy Dictionary On Adinidana-svabhavat
Adinidana-svabhavat (Sanskrit) (from adi first, primordial + nidana causation + svabhavat self-being, self-becoming from sva self + th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adisesha: Theosophy Dictionary On Adisesha
Adisesha (Sanskrit) (from adi first + sesha from the verbal root sish to leave remainders)   Primeval residue; the mythological t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adonis: Theosophy Dictionary On Adonis
Adonis (Hebrew) (from 'adon lord)   Title of the Babylonian god Tammuz, whose cult was imported into Asiatic Greece. A beautiful ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aeacus Aiakos: Theosophy Dictionary On Aeacus Aiakos
Aeacus aiakos (Greek) In Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Aegina (daughter of a river god), father of Telamon and Peleus, grandfat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aea, Aeaea: Theosophy Dictionary On Aea, Aeaea
Aea, Aeaea (Greek) In Greek myth, the realm of AEetes, son of Helios (the sun) and the ocean nymph Perseis, brother of Circe and fathe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adytum: Theosophy Dictionary On Adytum
Adytum (Latin) (from Greek adytos from a not + duo to enter) plural adyta.   Not to be entered; the innermost shrine of a temple...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adyar: Theosophy Dictionary On Adyar
Adyar A suburb of Madras, India, where Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott established the headquarters of the Theosophical Society in 1883. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aebel-zivo: Theosophy Dictionary On Aebel-zivo
Aebel-Zivo (Gnostic) Employed by the Nazarene Gnostics in the Codex Nazaraeus, equivalent to the Hebrew Metatron, Shaddai in one of it...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aed-en: Theosophy Dictionary On Aed-en
Aed-en. See EDEN   (See also: Aed-en , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Aeolians: Theosophy Dictionary On Aeolians
Aeolians (from Latin Aeolis, Aeolia an ancient country in Asia Minor from Greek Aiolis)   A people who in early prehistoric times...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aeneas: Theosophy Dictionary On Aeneas
Aeneas (from Greek Aineias)   Son of Anchises and Aphrodite, who survived the fall of Troy to the Greeks in the Trojan War. In ea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aegir: Theosophy Dictionary On Aegir
Aegir (Icelandic) Ager (Scandinavian) An old mythical word, whose root is much older than the Norse languages; possibly akin to the Gr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adwaita: Theosophy Dictionary On Adwaita
Adwaita. See ADVAITA   (See also: Adwaita , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Adversary: Theosophy Dictionary On Adversary
Adversary. See SATAN   (See also: Adversary , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Adrishta: Theosophy Dictionary On Adrishta
Adrishta (Sanskrit) (from a not + the verbal root dris to see, learn, perceive with the mind or intuition)   Unseen, unforeseen, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adrasteia: Theosophy Dictionary On Adrasteia
Adrasteia (Greek) (from a not + didraskein to run away)   That which cannot be escaped; a personification of one aspect of karma;...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adonim: Theosophy Dictionary On Adonim
'Adonim. See ADON   (See also: Adonim , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Adonai, Adonai: Theosophy Dictionary On Adonai, Adonai
Adonai 'adonai (Hebrew) (from 'adon lord)   My Lords; through usage, Lord, a plural of excellence. Originally a sort of appeal or...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adunai: Theosophy Dictionary On Adunai
Adunai (Gnostic) Used by the Ophites and Nazarenes in connection with Iurbo. "Iurbo and Adunai, according to the Ophites, are nam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita: Theosophy Dictionary On Advaita
Advaita (Sanskrit) (from a not + dvaita dual from dvi two)   Nondual; the Advaita or nondualistic form of Vedanta (from veda know...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advent: Theosophy Dictionary On Advent
Advent (from Latin ad to, toward + venio to come)   Arrival; in Christianity a period of some four weeks preceding Christmas. &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaya: Theosophy Dictionary On Advaya
Advaya (Sanskrit) (from a not + dvi two)   Not two, without a second; unique. As a masculine noun, name of a buddha. As a neuter ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaitin, Advaita-vedantist: Theosophy Dictionary On Advaitin, Advaita-vedantist
Advaitin or Advaita-Vedantist Also Advaitee. An adherent of the Advaita philosophy.   (See also: Advaitin, Advaita-Vedantist ,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adon, Adon: Theosophy Dictionary On Adon, Adon
Adon 'adon (Hebrew) plural 'adonim (from 'adan to fix, determine)   Commander, lord, master, ruler; "The Adonim and Adonai ....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyaya: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyaya
Adhyaya (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, above + the verbal root i to go, move)   A chapter, division, or section of a book; the adhya...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ad-ar-gat: Theosophy Dictionary On Ad-ar-gat
Ad-ar-gat. See ASTARTE   (See also: Ad-ar-gat , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Ada-nath: Theosophy Dictionary On Ada-nath
Ada-nath. See ADI-NATHA   (See also: Ada-nath , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Adanari: Theosophy Dictionary On Adanari
Adanari. See ARDHANARI   (See also: Adanari , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam's Earth: Theosophy Dictionary On Adam's Earth
Adam's Earth. See ADAMIC EARTH   (See also: Adam's Earth , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adbhitanya: Theosophy Dictionary On Adbhitanya
Adbhitanya (possibly corruption of Sanskrit adbhutama or adbhutva from adbhuta marvelous, wonderful)   In the Vishnu-Purana (3:2)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adbhuta-brahmana: Theosophy Dictionary On Adbhuta-brahmana
Adbhuta-Brahmana (Sanskrit) (from adbhuta wonderful, marvelous + brahmana portion of the Vedas treating of ritual, prayer, sacrifices,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhi: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhi
Adhi (Sanskrit) Above, over; by extension supreme, paramount.   (See also: Adhi , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adharma: Theosophy Dictionary On Adharma
Adharma (Sanskrit) (from a not + dharma law, justice, morality, truth from the verbal root dhri to bear, sustain, resolve)   Untr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adept: Theosophy Dictionary On Adept
Adept (from Latin adeptus from ad toward + apiscor to reach, attain)   One who has attained; in theosophical literature, one who ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adbhuta-dharma: Theosophy Dictionary On Adbhuta-dharma
Adbhuta-dharma (from adbhuta wonderful, marvelous + dharma law, truth, religion)   One of the nine angas (divisions of Buddhist t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam Ri'shon: Theosophy Dictionary On Adam Ri'shon
'Adam Ri'shon (Hebrew) (from 'adam mankind + re'sh head, summit)   The first Adam, Adam Primus; used in Job (15:7): "Art tho...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam Qadmon: Theosophy Dictionary On Adam Qadmon
'Adam Qadmon (Hebrew) (from 'adam mankind + qadam to be before, precede)   Primordial man, Adam Primus; in the Qabbalah macrocosm...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adamas: Theosophy Dictionary On Adamas
Adamas (Greek) Adamant, inflexible; used by Greek and Latin writers for a stone (as a diamond) of impenetrable hardness. One of the ma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam-adammi, Ada-adami: Theosophy Dictionary On Adam-adammi, Ada-adami
Adam-Adammi 'Adam-'Adami (Hebrew) (from 'adam mankind + 'adami fortress)   Used by Chwolsohn in his Nabathean Agriculture and reg...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam: Theosophy Dictionary On Adam
Adam 'adam (Hebrew) (from 'adam to be red, ruddy)   Used in Genesis for man, original mankind; the Qabbalah enumerates four Adams...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sons Of Ad: Theosophy Dictionary On Sons Of Ad
Sons of Ad (Chaldean?) Used by Mahatma KH in response to a question asked by Sinnett whether there had ever been civilizations "a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adamic Earth, Adam's Earth: Theosophy Dictionary On Adamic Earth, Adam's Earth
Adamic Earth or Adam's Earth The "original matter" of alchemy; undifferentiated matter on our plane. Called the true oil of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adamic Races: Theosophy Dictionary On Adamic Races
Adamic Races Used of early humanity after the incarnation of the manasaputras and the full separation of the sexes several million yea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam Primus: Theosophy Dictionary On Adam Primus
Adam Primus. See 'ADAM `ILLA'AH; 'ADAM QADMON   (See also: Adam Primus , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam Kadmon: Theosophy Dictionary On Adam Kadmon
Adam Kadmon. See 'ADAM QADMON   (See also: Adam Kadmon , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam, Illa'ah: Theosophy Dictionary On Adam, Illa'ah
'Adam `Illa'ah (Hebrew) (from 'adam mankind + `alah to ascend, rise)   Superior Adam; in the Qabbalah the spiritual Adam as contr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhi: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhi
Adhi (Sanskrit) (from a near, towards + the verbal root dhi to hold)   Place, foundation, site; a pledge or deposit.   (Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhi: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhi
Adhi (Sanskrit) (from a near, towards + the verbal root dhi to mind, care for)   Mental anxiety, meditation, thought, concern. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatman: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatman
Adhyatman (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, above + atman self)   The supreme or original self, equivalent to paramatman (cf BG 7:29; 8...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatma-jnana: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatma-jnana
Adhyatma-jnana (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, superior + atman self + jnana knowledge from the verbal root jna to know, understand)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyasa, Adhyasika: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyasa, Adhyasika
Adhyasa, Adhyasika (Sanskrit) (from adhi above, over + the verbal root as to throw, cast)   Throwing over or casting upon; miscon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyaropa, Aropa: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyaropa, Aropa
Adhyaropa, Aropa (Sanskrit) (from adhi above, over + a-ruh to ascend, mount)   Also adhyaropana. Superimposition; usually, errone...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatma-vidya: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatma-vidya
Adhyatma-vidya (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, above + atman self + vidya knowledge from the verbal root vid to know, perceive, learn) &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatmika: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatmika
Adhyatmika (Sanskrit) (from adhi above + atman self)   Relating to the supreme self or atman; more abstractly, pertaining to orig...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi: Theosophy Dictionary On Adi
Adi (Sanskrit) First, beginning; used in compound words to signify original, prime, e.g., adi-buddhi, adi-sanat.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ad-i: Theosophy Dictionary On Ad-i
Ad-i Name given by the Aryans to "the first speaking race of mankind" in the fourth round (SD 2:452). The root ad is promine...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aeolus: Theosophy Dictionary On Aeolus
Aeolus (Greek) In Greek and Roman mythology, son of Hippotes, appointed by Zeus as guardian of the winds. He lived on the island of Ae...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatmika, Adhyatmika-duhkha: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatmika, Adhyatmika-duhkha
Adhyatmika- or Adhyatmika-duhkha (Sanskrit) (from adhi above + atman self + duhka from dush to be defiled)   The first of the thr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhiyajna: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhiyajna
Adhiyajna (Sanskrit) (from adhi above, paramount + the verbal root yaj to consecrate, offer, sacrifice)   Paramount sacrifice or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhivahikas: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhivahikas
Adhivahikas (Sanskrit) Bearers in transit (SD 1:132).   (See also: Adhivahikas , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, O...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhikamasa, Adhimasa: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhikamasa, Adhimasa
Adhikamasa, Adhimasa (Sanskrit) (from adhika additional, intercalated + masa moon)   An intercalated month.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhidaivika: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhidaivika
Adhidaivika (Sanskrit) (from adhi above, over + deva god)   Heavenly or shining one, relating to or proceeding from the devas; ce...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhidaiva, Adhidaivata: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhidaiva, Adhidaivata
Adhidaiva, Adhidaivata (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, above, superior + deva god)   The original or primordial deity; also the divin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhibhautika: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhibhautika
Adhibhautika (Sanskrit) (from adhi above + bhuta has been from the verbal root bhu to be, become)   Belonging or relating to elem...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhima: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhima
Adhima (Sanskrit?) In the Siva-Purana, the first man created by Siva, who with Heva is the ancestor of present humanity (IU 1:590, 579...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhipa: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhipa
Adhipa (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, above, superior + the verbal root pap to rule, master)   A chief ruler, governor, king, or sov...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhishtatha: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhishtatha
Adhishtatha or Adhishthata (Sanskrit) The active or working agent in prakriti (BCW 14:393; 15:8).   (See also: Adhishtatha , M...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhishthana: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhishthana
Adhishthana adhishthana (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, upon + the verbal root stha to stand upon)   A basis, seat, or focus of actio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhipati: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhipati
Adhipati. See ADHIPA   (See also: Adhipati , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Adibhuta: Theosophy Dictionary On Adibhuta
Adibhuta (Sanskrit) (from adi first, original + bhuta element from the verbal root bhu to be, become)   The first, original, or p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aerial Fire: Theosophy Dictionary On Aerial Fire
Aerial Fire Every element being dual in nature, there is a celestial and a terrestrial fire; while between them is what may be called ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aguna: Theosophy Dictionary On Aguna
Aguna (Sanskrit) (from a not + guna quality)   Devoid of qualities or attributes (gunas); applied particularly to the supreme div...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agruerus: Theosophy Dictionary On Agruerus
Agruerus (Phoenician) The great god of the Phoenicians, identical with Kronos or Saturn. His seven sons were analogous to the titans o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agrasamdhani: Theosophy Dictionary On Agrasamdhani
Agrasamdhani (Sanskrit) (from agra foremost, beginning + sam together, with + the verbal root dha to fasten, unite)   That which ...   » Read the article