Vindhya mountain range:

Vindhya mountain range. One of seven chief holy mountain ranges. Separates South India from North India and faces the Himalayas.

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Ilavrita Ilavrta (Sanskrit) One of the nine varshas (divisions of the earth) according to ancient Hindu teaching; what is now the region of the north pole and surrounding Mount Meru, said to be the habitat of divinities.

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Kailasa (Sanskrit) A lofty mountain in the Himalayas; in mythology Siva's paradise is placed upon Kailasa, north of Lake Manasasarovara. The god of wealth, Kuvera, also is said to have his palace there. Because of the occult history attached to Mount Kailasa, Hindu metaphysics not infrequently uses Kailasa for heaven or the abode of the gods.

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Kuvera (Sanskrit) In Hindu mythology the regent of the north, also the chief of various spirits of nature whose abode is the underworld or Hades. Like the Greek Pluto-Plutus, he is said to be possessed of great wealth and to be the keeper of all the treasures on earth.

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Aryavarta (Sanskrit) Abode of the noble or excellent ones or the sacred land of the Aryans; the ancient name for northern and central India. It extended from the eastern to the western sea and was bounded on the north and south by the Himalaya and Vindhya mountains respectively.

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Lucius Apuleius, Second-century Latin writer, born and educated in North Africa. Student of Platonism at Athens and initiate into many of the Mysteries of his time; best known for his Golden Ass (Metamorphoseon libri XI de Asino Aureo), a satire on mores and religious conditions.

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Augustine, Saint (354-430) Influential Church Father, philosopher, scholar, and administrator, Bishop of Hippo in North Africa, who originated the doctrine of original sin and advocated the use of imperial force against heretics and theological opponents. His most important works are The City of God and Confessions.

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Tzyphon tsaphon (Hebrew) [from the verbal root tsaphan to conceal, hide, hold back, treasure]

The north or northern quarter, hence the north wind and, because the north was regarded among the ancients as a land of darkness and obscurity, this word came to mean whatever is hid or concealed, hence treasured up or held back. Thus it has come to signify among certain Shemitic mystics a doctrine which is concealed or secret -- esotericism.

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Hyperborean (from Greek hyperboreos beyond the north wind)

In Greek mythology the Hyperboreans dwelt in the inaccessible extreme north, in bliss and everlasting spring, exempt from death and old age, toil and war. Sometimes it was said that sunshine was continuous for six months, and that Phoebes (the sun) visited the region every year. The Secret Doctrine adopts this name for the continent or homeland of the second great root-race of mankind.

See also ROOT-RACE, SECOND

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Hyperborean (from Greek hyperboreos beyond the north wind)

In Greek mythology the Hyperboreans dwelt in the inaccessible extreme north, in bliss and everlasting spring, exempt from death and old age, toil and war. Sometimes it was said that sunshine was continuous for six months, and that Phoebes (the sun) visited the region every year. The Secret Doctrine adopts this name for the continent or homeland of the second great root-race of mankind.

See also ROOT-RACE, SECOND

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Inner Planning of an Office

·  The shape of the cabin should be a regular square or a perfect rectangle.

·  The opening for the door should be free from any obstacle.

·  Doors should open inwards while entering a cabin.

·  The master chamber should either be in the south-west or nearest to south- west direction.

·  Chambers of directors / managers / senior staff should be in the southern & western zones. While that of the junior staff should be in the north-west, north, north-east, east and south-east.

• Pantry and toilets must be in north-eastern, central & south-western sections.

While making the interior of an office the following guidelines have to kept in mind.

1. The shape of the cabin should be regular ie square, or Perfect rectangle etc.

2. There should not be any obstacle ( Dvar-Vedh) in front of the door opening

3. The door leaves should pushed inside while entering into the cabin.

4. The master chamber should be in the south west or nearest to the south west zone.

5. The directors/managers/senior staff should be in the south & west zones.

6. The junior staff and other activities should be in the North-West, North, North-East, East and South East Zones.

7. The facing of the Directors/Managers/Officers should be towards East or North.

8. Pantry and Toilets should not be in North-East, Center & South-west Zones

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Pole Star The north star, alpha polaris in the constellation of Ursa Minor, is within 1½ degrees of the north pole of the celestial sphere, to which the north end of the earth's axis points. This point is therefore the center around which the other constellations, in their daily apparent motion, revolve.

The precession of the equinoxes shifts the position of the celestial north pole in a cycle of about 26,000 years, to a maximum extent of about 47 degrees; and thus we have a means of ascertaining ancient dates if we have any record of the position of the pole among the stars at the epochs in question. The Secret Doctrine speaks often in veiled terms of movements of the earth's axis and hence of the position of the celestial north pole. Of the first continent, the Sacred Imperishable Land, it is said that the pole star has his watchful eye upon it from the dawn to the close of the twilight of a day of the Great Breath. Again, at one time a star in the constellation Draco occupied the position.

In India the pole star is known as Dhruva, and the celestial or cosmic north pole, as well as the terrestrial north pole, is called Meru, the seat of Brahma.

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Dolmen (from Celtic)

A rude stone monument consisting of two or more upright monoliths supporting a capstone. Such monuments are found in various parts of the world, notably in Carnac, Brittany. They are symbolic records of the world's history, designed to be enduring, the work of giants.

"There are records which show Egyptian priests -- Initiates -- journeying in a North-Westerly direction, by land, via what became later the Straits of Gibraltar; turning North and travelling through the future Phoenician settlements of Southern Gaul; then still further North, until reaching Carnac (Morbihan) they turned to the West again and arrived, still travelling by land, on the North-Western promontory of the New Continent.

"What was the object of their long journey? . . . The archaic records show the Initiates of the Second Sub-race of the Aryan family moving from one land to the other for the purpose of supervising the building of menhirs and dolmens, of colossal Zodiacs in stone, and places of sepulchre to serve as receptacles for the ashes of generations to come" (SD 2:750).

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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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Ultima Thule (Latin) Farthest Thule, Thule being the Greek and Roman name of an alleged island somewhere north of Britain and considered as the northern limit of the habitable globe; figuratively, any ultimate goal.

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Nishada (Sanskrit).

(1) One of the seven qualities of sound - the one and sole attribute of Akasa;

(2) the seventh note of the Hindu musical scale;

(3) an outcast offspring of a Brahman and a Sudra mother;

(4) a range of mountains south of Meru - north of the Himalayas.

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Patala (Sanskrit). The nether world, the antipodes; hence in popular superstition the infernal regions, and philosophically the two Americas, which are antipodal to India. Also, the South Pole as standing opposite to Meru, the North Pole.

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Donar (Scandianvian Norse), or Thunar, Thor. In the North the God of Thunder. He was the Jupiter Tonans of Scandinavia. Like as the oak was devoted to Jupiter so was it sacred to Thor, and his altars were over shadowed with oak trees. Thor, or Donar, was the offspring of Odin, "the omnipotent God of Heaven", and of Mother Earth.

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CANDLE DRESSING: candle should be held pointing north-south. It is massaged with oil proper to the ritual to be done; or use pure virgin olive oil. Massage from the center of the candle toward each end.

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Sarasvati

The goddess of learning. Also, one of India’s great sacred rivers. In the modern age the river is almost totally invisible, but a short stretch of it appears from the Himalaya mountains, near Vyasadeva’s ashrama, just north of Badarika. The Sarasvati joins underground with the Ganga and Yamuna at Prayaga.

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ZODIAC QUARTERS: the Zodiac begins at the Vernal Equinoctial point or Spring, where the ecliptic crosses the Equator south to north. The 4 quarters are divided by solstices & equinoxes. Each quarter is further divided by 3 SIGNS: CARDINAL starts, FIXED persists the process, & MUTABLE completes.

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RHUDDLWM GAWR: an American Witch High Priest, Elder and author of the Welsh Tradition who has done much to promote the Craft in the United States and Europe.  wrote The Quest, The Way, The Word, and Celtic Crystal Magick to name only a few. Rhuddlwm lives in North Georgia.

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