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Dictionary - Seven: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Seven
Seven The fundamental number of manifestation, frequently found in the different cosmogonies as well as in many religious dogmas and o...   » 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 - Daiviprakriti: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Daiviprakriti
A Theosophical definition of Daiviprakriti :   Daiviprakriti (Sanskrit) A compound signifying "divine" or "origi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Path: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Path
Path.   See MARGA   (See also: Path , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Plant, Plants: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Plant, Plants
Plant, Plants   See VEGETABLE KINGDOM   (See also: Plant, Plants , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Quaternary Era, Period: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Quaternary Era, Period
Quaternary Era or Period.   See GEOLOGICAL ERAS   (See also: Quaternary Era, Period , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Oc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paleozoic Age, Era: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Paleozoic Age, Era
Paleozoic Age, Era.   See GEOLOGICAL ERAS   (See also: Paleozoic Age, Era , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, O...   » Read the article

Article - Theosophy Sitemap I - P
This is a sitemap for Theosophy - P . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sin
Sin A letter of the Hebrew alphabet.   (See also: Sin , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Siva, Shiva: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Siva, Shiva
Siva, Shiva (Sanskrit) The third god of the Hindu Trimurti (trinity): Brahma the evolver; Vishnu the preserver; and Siva the regenerat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Castes, Hindu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Castes, Hindu
Castes, Hindu. See CHATUR-VARNA   (See also: Castes, Hindu , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Path: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Path
path: Marga or pantha. A trail, road or way. In Hinduism there are various ways that the term path is used. -    ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zarathustra: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Zarathustra
Zarathustra (Zend). The great lawgiver, and the founder of the religion variously called Mazdaism, Magism, Parsee?sm, Fire-Worship, an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rupa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rupa
Rupa (Sanskrit) Form, image, similitude; body, vehicle; contrasted with arupa (formless). Also the first skandha, the material propert...   » Read the article

Dictionary - P - Letter P: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On P - Letter P
P - Letter P. - The 16th letter in both the Greek and the English alphabets, and the 17th in the Hebrew, where it is called pé ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Absolute: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Absolute
A Theosophical definition of Absolute :   Absolute A term which unfortunately is much abused and often misused even in theosoph...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ain Soph: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ain Soph
Ain Soph (Hebrew, Jewish). The "Boundless" or Limitless; Deity emanating and extending.   Ain Soph is also written En ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Andarah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Andarah
Andarah (possibly Sanskrit andhakara darkness, blindness from andha blind, dark, turbid from the verbal root andh to make blind + kara...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anjana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anjana
Anjana (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root anj to smear with, anoint, honor)   Ungent, cosmetic; magic ointment. As a proper noun, o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pagan: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pagan
pagan: Term used negatively by Semitic faiths to indicate a follower of another religion, or of no religion. Also names the pre-Christ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychic: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Psychic
psychic: "Of the psyche or soul."   Sensitive to spiritual processes and energies. Inwardly or intuitively aware of no...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cosmic Egg: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cosmic Egg
Cosmic Egg. See EGG; HIRANYAGARBHA   (See also: Cosmic Egg , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agni Bhuvah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Agni Bhuvah
Agni Bhuvah (Sanskrit). Lit., "born of fire", the term is applied to the four races of Kshatriyas (the second or warrior cas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agra-sandhani: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Agra-sandhani
Agra-Sandhani (Sanskrit). The "Assessors" or Recorders who read at the judgment of a disembodied Soul the record of its life...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Annedotus: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Annedotus
Annedotus (Ancient Greek). The generic name for the Dragons or Men-Fishes, of which there were five. The historian Berosus narrates th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ambhamsi: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ambhamsi
Ambhamsi (Sanskrit). A name of the chief of the Kumaras Sanat-Sujata, signifying the "waters". This epithet will become more...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oviform, Ovoid Humanity: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Oviform, Ovoid Humanity
Oviform, Ovoid Humanity.   See ROOT-RACE, FIRST   (See also: Oviform, Ovoid Humanity , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Good: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Good
Good. See EVIL; AGATHON, TO   (See also: Good , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Heart, Sacred: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Heart, Sacred
Heart, Sacred. See SACRED HEART   (See also: Heart, Sacred , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Instructors, Divine: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Instructors, Divine
Instructors, Divine. See DYNASTIES   (See also: Instructors, Divine , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Herodotus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Herodotus
Horsusi. See HARPOCRATES; HORUS   (See also: Herodotus , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Future: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Future
Future. See TIME; PREVISION   (See also: Future , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » 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 - Existence: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Existence
Existence (from Latin exsisto standing forth, emerging)   Although often used interchangeably with being, in theosophy being refe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Xenocrates: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Xenocrates
Xenocrates (395?-314 BC) Greek philosopher and poet; "founder of the Eleatic philosophy and of pantheism, inasmuch as he combated...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deep: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Deep
Deep. See ABYSS; BYTHOS; SPACE   (See also: Deep , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Am: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Am
Am 'em (Hebrew) Mother; occasionally any female ancestor; also a mother-city, and by the same metaphor occasionally the earth as the c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Angels Of Darkness: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Angels Of Darkness
Angels of Darkness The fallen angels, corresponding to the Hindu asuras, whose darkness is that of absolute light. Blavatsky identifie...   » 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 - Now: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Now
Now A fundamental concept of the theosophical philosophy is the Eternal Now. The past lingers in the memory and the future is ever van...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Indwellers: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Indwellers
Indwellers. A name or the substitute for the right Sanskrit esoteric name, given to our "inner enemies", which are seven in ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Angel Of The Face: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Angel Of The Face
Angel of the Face In Roman Catholicism, a term for the archangel Michael; identical with Jehovah, and the host brought forth from the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Continents: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Continents
Continents. In the Buddhist cosmogony, according to Gautama Buddha’s exoteric doctrine, there are numberless systems of worlds (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmas Day, Night, Age, Year, Life: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brahmas Day, Night, Age, Year, Life
Brahma's Day, Night, Age, Year, Life A Day of Brahma, a cosmic manvantara or out-breathing of Brahma, represents a period where worlds...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Beverage, Sacred: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Beverage, Sacred
Beverage, Sacred. See SOMA   (See also: Beverage, Sacred , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Memory: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Memory
Memory {SD, BCW}   (See also: Memory , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Aeonology Of The Marcians: Theosophy Dictionary On Aeonology Of The Marcians
Aeonology of the Marcians Given by Blavatsky in her "Commentary on the Pistis Sophia" (BCW 13:53) as: First Tetractys -- 1) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Angels Of The Presence: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Angels Of The Presence
Angels of the Presence In Christianity, the seven Virtues or personified attributes of God, which were created by him and became the a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manifestation: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Manifestation
Manifestation.   See MANVANTARA   (See also: Manifestation , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Master, Masters: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Master, Masters
Master, Masters Adopted in theosophical literature to designate those human beings further progressed on the evolutionary pathway than...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Light: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Light
Light Light ranges from the arcana of cosmic being to the physical light that turns the vanes of some scientific mill.   As the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ancestors: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ancestors
Ancestors. See PITRIS   (See also: Ancestors , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Manvantara: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Manvantara
Manvantara (Sanskrit). A period of manifestation, as opposed to Pralaya (dissolution, or rest), applied to various cycles, especially ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Depth: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Depth
Depth. See BYTHOS   (See also: Depth , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Prapatti: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Prapatti
prapatti: (Sanskrit) "Throwing oneself down."   Bhakti - total, unconditional submission to God, often coupled with th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marriage: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Marriage
Marriage {SD 1:614-15n; 2:467n; BCW}   (See also: Marriage , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Labarum: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Labarum
Labarum (Latin). The standard borne before the old Roman Emperors, having an eagle upon it as an emblem of sovereignty. It was a long ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Incas: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Incas
Incas (Peruvian). The name given to the creative gods in the Peruvian theogony, and later to the rulers of the country. "The Inca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agnus-castus Plant: Theosophy Dictionary On Agnus-castus Plant
Agnus-Castus Plant A species of Vitex, a willow-like tree sometimes called the chaste tree (from hagnos chaste vs agnos willow-like) &...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nagkon Wat: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nagkon Wat
Nagkon Wat (Siam.). Imposing ruins in the province of Siamrap (Eastern Siam), if ruins they may be called. An abandoned edifice of mos...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cause: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cause
Cause(s). See KARMA; NIDANA; FIRST CAUSE   (See also: Cause , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mysticism: Parapsychology Dictionary On Mysticism
Mysticism: Religious or spiritual doctrines which argue that the human mind or soul can directly experience the divine. See also myst...   » 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 - Philaletheans: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Philaletheans
Philaletheans (Ancient Greek). Lit., "the lovers of truth"; the name is given to the Alexandrian Neo-Platonists, also called...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Animal Magnetism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Animal Magnetism
Animal Magnetism. See MESMERISM   (See also: Animal Magnetism , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictiona...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam Qadmon: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Adam Qadmon
Adam Qadmon   See 'ADAM QADMON   (See also: Adam Qadmon , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Bliss, Region Of: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bliss, Region Of
Bliss, Region of. See SUKHAVATA   (See also: Bliss, Region of , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictiona...   » Read the article

Dictionary - `ereb: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On `ereb
`Ereb (Hebrew) Evening twilight; equivalent to the Sanskrit sandhya.   See also SANDHI; TWILIGHT (SD 2:252n; see ref from "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Number: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Number
Number People usually think of number as merely a varying multiplicity of units, a plurality of individuals, which is correct enough. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Akousmatikoi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Akousmatikoi
Akousmatikoi (Greek) Hearers, listeners; probationers in the school of Pythagoras (Wind of the Spirit 309, 111).   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Antipodes: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Antipodes
Antipodes. See PATALA   (See also: Antipodes , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Age Of Copper: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Age Of Copper
Age of Copper See HESIOD, AGES OF   (See also: Age of Copper , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Christ: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Christ
Christ. See CHRESTES; CHRISTOS; MESSIAH   (See also: Christ , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karanopadhi: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Karanopadhi
Karanopadhi (Sanskrit). The basis or upadhi of Karana, the "causal soul". In Taraka Rajayoga, it corresponds with both Manas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amen-ra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Amen-ra
Amen-Ra. See AMMON-RA   (See also: Amen-Ra , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Anupapadaka-bhuta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anupapadaka-bhuta
Anupapadaka-bhuta. See Aupapaduka-bhuta   (See also: Anupapadaka-bhuta , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anael: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anael
Anael In the Roman Catholic Church and Christian Qabbalism, an angel who is the regent of the planet Venus (BCW 14:315&n).  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 'esh: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On 'esh
'Esh (Hebrew) 'Eshsha' (Chaldean) (cf Sanskrit ush to burn)   Sometimes Ash(a). Fire.   (See also: 'Esh , Mysticism, Myst...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ain: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ain
Ain. See 'EYN SOPH   (See also: Ain , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Ancient Wisdom: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ancient Wisdom
Ancient Wisdom. See WISDOM-RELIGION   (See also: Ancient Wisdom , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ain Soph: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ain Soph
Ain Soph. See EYN SOPH   (See also: Ain Soph , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Ain Aior: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ain Aior
Ain Aior. See 'EIN 'OR   (See also: Ain Aior , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Bel: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bel
Bel (Greek, Latin) Ba`al (Chaldean) (from Semitic ba`al chief, lord)   Lord, chief; one of the supreme gods of the Chaldeo- or As...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alogon: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Alogon
Alogon (Greek) Used by Pythagoras and Plato for the irrational soul in man, divided into the thymichon and epithymichon; the rational ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Airyana-ishejo: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Airyana-ishejo
Airyana-ishejo. See AIRYEMA-ISHYO   (See also: Airyana-ishejo , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictiona...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Animal Soul: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Animal Soul
Animal Soul. See KAMA-MANAS, KAMA-RUPA, PRINCIPLES   (See also: Animal Soul , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anna
Anna (Chaldean). See ANA   (See also: Anna , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Aletheia: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aletheia
Aletheia (Greek) (from a not + lethein to be hid)   Truth, as opposed to a lie or to unreality. Also a sapphire ornament worn by ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ancestor Worship: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ancestor Worship
Ancestor Worship A cult widely observed among peoples and usually defined as the cult of the spirits of parents and forefathers. It im...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ab Hati: Theosophy Dictionary On Ab Hati
Ab Hati (Egyptian) The animal soul, heart, or feelings in F. Lambert's rendering of the Egyptian sevenfold human constitution (SD 2:63...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aksha-pada: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aksha-pada
Aksha-pada. See GOTAMA AKSHAPADA   (See also: Aksha-pada , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alcoholism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Alcoholism
Alcoholism. See DELIRIUM TREMENS   (See also: Alcoholism , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amazarak: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Amazarak
Amazarak In the Book of Enoch, one of the seven first instructors of the fourth root-race (SD 2:376).   (See also: Amazarak , ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alaya Vynyana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Alaya Vynyana
Alaya Vynyana. See ALAYA-VIJNANA   (See also: Alaya Vynyana , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dimensions: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dimensions
Dimensions. See THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SPACE   (See also: Dimensions , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dicti...   » 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