Dictionary - D: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On D
D. Both in the English and Hebrew alphabets the fourth letter, whose numerical value is four. The symbolical signification in the Kabb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cecco D’ascoli: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Cecco D’ascoli
Cecco d’Ascoli. Surnamed "Francesco Stabili." He lived in the thirteenth century, and was considered the most famous a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - At-teekah D'at-teekeen: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On At-teekah D'at-teekeen
At-teekah D'At-teekeen. See `ATTIQA' DE-`ATTIQIN   (See also: At-teekah D'At-teekeen , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occult...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Wallace D Fard: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Wallace D Fard
Wallace D Fard (b. , d. unknown) Known as Master Wali Farrad Muhammad, founder of the Nation of Islam in Detroit in 1930.   (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Al Sa'd Al Ahbiyah: Spiritual Dictionary On Al Sa'd Al Ahbiyah
Al Sa'd Al Ahbiyah: The 23rd Mansion of the Moon, corresponding to part of the constellation Aquarius.   Influence: Aids the har...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Al Sa'd Al Bula: Spiritual Dictionary On Al Sa'd Al Bula
Al Sa'd Al Bula: The 21st Mansion of the Moon, corresponding to part of the constellation Aquarius.   Influences destruction and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Al Sa'd Al Dhabih: Spiritual Dictionary On Al Sa'd Al Dhabih
Al Sa'd Al Dhabih: The 20th Mansion of the Moon, corresponding to the constellation Capricorn.   Influence: Aids the fugitive &...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Al Sa'd Al Su'ud: Spiritual Dictionary On Al Sa'd Al Su'ud
Al Sa'd Al Su'ud: The 22nd Mansion of the Moon, corresponding to part of the constellation Aquarius.   Influence: Aids fertility...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atma-matrasu: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Atma-matrasu
Atma-matrasu (Sanskrit) To enter into the elements of the "One-Self". (See S. D. I.,334 Atmamatra is the spiritual atom, as ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Superspiritual: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Superspiritual
Superspiritual Those realms and spheres of the cosmic being and life which are the causal noumena even of the spirit; and hence we may...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neo-platonism: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Neo-platonism
Neo-platonism. Lit.,"The new Platonism" or Platonic School. An eclectic pantheistic school of philosophy founded in Alexandr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dabar: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dabar
Dabar (Hebrew) plural debarim. Word, speech, frequently a cosmic spiritual conscious energy, thus equivalent to the Greek logos or cos...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Urdhvasrotas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Urdhvasrotas
Urdhvasrotas (Sanskrit) [from urdhva upwards, straight + srotas current, channel, canal]   Those whose digestive organs or life-c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alchemy: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Alchemy
Alchemy ; in Arabic Ul-Khemi, is, as the name suggests, the chemistry of nature. Ui-Khemi or Al-Kimia, however, is only an Arabianized...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yehidah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yehidah
Yehidah (Hebrew) [from masculine yahid the one, the only, the unique from the verbal root yahad oneness, union; cognant with the Hebre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alchemists: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Alchemists
Alchemists; From Al and Chemi, fire, or the god and patriarch, Kham, also, the name of Egypt.   The Rosicrucians of the middle a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Venus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Venus
Venus The second visible planet from the sun in our solar system, and the brightest orb in the heavens except the sun and moon: regard...   » Read the article

Dictionary - St: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On St
St. Germain, the Count of. Referred to as an enigmatical personage by modern writers. Frederic II., King of Prussia, used to say of hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pragna: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Pragna
Pragna (Sanskrit) or Prajna. A synonym of Mahat the Universal Mind. The capacity for perception. (S. D., I. 139) Consciousness. &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pralaya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Pralaya
Pralaya (Sanskrit). A period of obscuration or repose - planetary, cosmic or universal - the opposite of Manvantara (S. D., I. 370.). ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lalita Vistara: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Lalita Vistara
Lalita Vistara (Sanskrit). A celebrated biography of Sakya Muni, the Lord Buddha, by Dharmarakcha, A.D. 308.   (See also: Lali...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Athenagoras: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Athenagoras
Athenagoras (Ancient Greek) A Platonic philosopher of Athens, who wrote a Greek Apology for the Christians in A.D. 177, addressed to t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aymar, Jacques: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Aymar, Jacques
Aymar, Jacques. A famous Frenchman who had great success in the use of the Divining Rod about the end of the 17th century; he was ofte...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avarasaila Sangharama: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Avarasaila Sangharama
Avarasaila Sangharama (Sanskrit). Lit., the School of the Dwellers on the western mountain. A celebrated Vihara (monastery) in Dhana-k...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi-sanat: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Adi-sanat
Adi-Sanat (Sanskrit). Lit., "First Ancient". The term corresponds to the Kabalistic "ancient of days", since it is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panini: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Panini
Panini (Sanskrit). A celebrated grammarian, author of the famous work called Paniniyama; a Rishi, supposed to have received his work f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dabar: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Dabar
Dabar (Hebrew, Jewish) D (a) B (a) R (im), meaning the "Word", and the "Words" in the Chaldean Kabbala, Dabar an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gemara: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Gemara
Gemara (Hebrew, Jewish) The latter portion of the Jewish Talmud, begun by Rabbi Ashi and completed by Rabbi Mar and Meremar, about 300...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Betyles: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Betyles
Betyles (Phœn.). Magical stones. The ancient writers call them the "animated stones" ; oracular stones, believed in and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adam: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Adam
Adam (Hebrew, Jewish). In the Kabalah Adam is the "only-begotten", and means also "red earth". (See "Adam-Ada...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaturyoni: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Chaturyoni
Chaturyoni (Sanskrit) Written also tchatur-yoni. The same as Karmaya or "the four modes of birth" - four ways of entering on...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atlantide: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Atlantide
Atlantide (Ancient Greek) The ancestors of the Pharaohs and the forefathers of the Egyptians, according to some, and as the Esoteric S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Philo Judeus: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Philo Judeus
Philo Judeus. A Hellenized Jew of Alexandria, and a very famous historian and writer; born about 30 B.C, died about 45 A.D. He ought t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Proclus: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Proclus
Proclus (Ancient Greek). A Greek writer and mystic philosopher, known as a Commentator of Plato, and surnamed the Diadochus. He lived ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Philo-judaeus: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Philo-judaeus
Philo-Judaeus. A Hellenized Jew of Alexandria, a famous historian and philosopher of the first century, born about the year 30 B. C., ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rosicrucians: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Rosicrucians
Rosicrucians (Mys.). The name was first given to the disciples of a learned Adept named Christian Rosenkreuz, who flourished in German...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ar-abu Nasr-al-farabi: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ar-abu Nasr-al-farabi
Ar-Abu Nasr-al-Farabi, called in Latin Alpharabius, a Persian, and the greatest Aristotelian philosopher of the age. He was born in 95...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hay-yah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Hay-yah
Hay-yah (Hebrew, Jewish) One of the metaphysical human "Principles". Eastern Occultists divide men into seven such Principle...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alexadrian School: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Alexadrian School
Alexadrian School (of Philosophers). This famous school arose in Alexandria (Egypt) which was for several centuries the great seat of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Thothori Nyan Tsan: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Thothori Nyan Tsan
Thothori Nyan Tsan (Tibet, Tibetan) A King of Tibet in the fourth century. It is narrated that during his reign he was visited by five...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tzool-mah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tzool-mah
Tzool-mah (Kab.). Lit., "shadow". It is stated in the Zohar (I., 218 a, i. fol. 117 a, col. 466.), that during the last seve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Head Of All Heads: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Head Of All Heads
Head of all Heads (Kab). Used of the "Ancient of the Ancients" Atteehah D’atteekeen, who is the "Hidden of the Hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhadrakalpa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bhadrakalpa
Bhadrakalpa (Sanskrit). Lit., "The Kalpa of the Sages". Our present period is a Bhadra Kalpa, and the exoteric teaching make...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mendeans: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Mendeans
Mendeans (Ancient Greek). Also called Sabians, and St. John Christians.    The latter is absurd, since, according to all acc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jerusalem: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Jerosalem (Septuag.) and Hierosolyma (Vulgate). In Hebrew it is written Yrshlim or "city of peace",but the ancien...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritualism: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Spiritualism
Spiritualism. In philosophy, the state or condition of mind opposed to materialism or a material conception of things. Theosophy, a do...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yeheedah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Yeheedah
Yeheedah (Hebrew, Jewish). Lit., "Individuality "; esoterically, the highest individuality or Atma-Buddhi-Manas, when united...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aryasangha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Aryasangha
Aryasangha (Sanskrit) The Founder of the first Yogacharya School. This Arhat, a direct disciple of Gautama, the Buddha, is most unacco...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Astrology: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Astrology
Astrology (Ancient Greek) The Science which defines the action of celestial bodies upon mundane affairs, and claims to foretell future...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zohar, Sohar: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Zohar, Sohar
Zohar, or Sohar. A compendium of Kabbalistic Theosophy, which shares with the Sepher Yetzirah the reputation of being the oldest extan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rabbis: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Rabbis
Rabbis (Hebrew, Jewish). Originally teachers of the Secret Mysteries, the Qabbalah; later, every Levite of the priestly caste became a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Will: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Will
Will. In metaphysics and occult philosophy, Will is that which governs the manifested universes in eternity. Will is the one and sole ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Porphyry, Porphyrius: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Porphyry, Porphyrius
Porphyry, or Porphyrius. A Neo-Platonist and a most distinguished writer, only second to Plotinus as a teacher and philosopher.  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Farvarshi: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Farvarshi
Farvarshi (Mazd.). The same as Ferouer, or the opposite (as contrasted) double. The spiritual counterpart of the still more spiritual ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gnosis: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Gnosis
Gnosis (Ancient Greek) Lit., "knowledge". The technical term used by the schools of religious philosophy, both before and du...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amulam Mulam: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Amulam Mulam
Amulam Mulam (Sanskrit). Lit., the "rootless root" ; Mulaprakriti of the Vedantins the spiritual "root of nature"....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anandamaya-kosha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Anandamaya-kosha
Anandamaya-Kosha (Sanskrit). "The illusive Sheath of Bliss", i.e., the mayavic or illusory form, the appearance of that whic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atma Vidya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Atma Vidya
Atma Vidya (Sanskrit). The highest form of spiritual knowledge; lit., "Soul-knowledge".   (See also: Atma Vidya , Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acharya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Acharya
Acharya (Sanskrit). Spiritual teacher, Guru; as Sankar-acharya, lit., a "teacher of ethics". A name generally given to Initi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aditi-gea: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Aditi-gea
Aditi-Gea. A compound term, Sanskrit and Latin, meaning dual, nature in theosophical writings - spiritual and physical, as Gea is the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ahura Mazda: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda (Zend). The personified deity, the Principle of Universal Divine Light of the Parsis. From Ahura or Asura, breath, "s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nava Nidhi: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nava Nidhi
Nava Nidhi (Sanskrit). Lit., "the nine Jewels"; a consummation of spiritual development, in mysticism.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nimitta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nimitta
Nimitta (Sanskrit). 1. An interior illumination developed by the practice of meditation. 2. The efficient spiritual cause, as contrast...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Occultist: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Occultist
Occultist. One who studies the various branches of occult science. The term is used by the French Kabbalists (See Eliphas Lévi&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahatma: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Mahatma
Mahatma. Lit., "great soul". An adept of the highest order. Exalted beings who, having attained to the mastery over their lo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pratyaksha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Pratyaksha
Pratyaksha (Sanskrit). Spiritual perception by means of senses.   (See also: Pratyaksha , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Principles: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Principles
Principles. The Elements or original essences, the basic differentiations upon and of which all things are built up. We use the term t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prakriti: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Prakriti
Prakriti (Sanskrit). Nature in general, nature as opposed to Purusha -  spiritual nature and Spirit, which together are the "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Samadhana
Samadhana (Sanskrit). That state in which a Yogi can no longer diverge from the path of spiritual progress; when everything terrestria...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purusha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Purusha
Purusha (Sanskrit). "Man", heavenly man. Spirit, the same as Narayana in another aspect. "The Spiritual Self." ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Raja-yoga: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Raja-yoga
Raja-Yoga (Sanskrit). The true system of developing psychic and spiritual powers and union with one’s Higher Self - or the Supre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanjna: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sanjna
Sanjna (Sanskrit). Spiritual Consciousness. The wife of Surya, the Sun.   (See also: Sanjna , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sana, Sanaischara: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sana, Sanaischara
Sana or Sanaischara (Sanskrit). The same as Sani or Saturn the planet. In the Hindu Pantheon he is the son of Surya, the Sun, and of S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Seer: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Seer
Seer. One who is a clairvoyant; who can see things visible, and invisible - for others - at any distance and time with his spiritual o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Substance: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Substance
Substance. Theosophists use the word in a dual sense, qualifying substance as perceptible and imperceptible; and making a distinction ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sudda Satwa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sudda Satwa
Sudda Satwa (Sanskrit). A substance not subject to the qualities of matter; a luminiferous and (to us) invisible substance, of which t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Taraka Raja Yoga: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Taraka Raja Yoga
Taraka Raja Yoga (Sanskrit). One of the Brahminical Yoga systems for the development of purely spiritual powers and knowledge which le...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Talmidai Hakhameem: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Talmidai Hakhameem
Talmidai Hakhameem (Hebrew, Jewish). A class of mystics and Kabbalists whom the Zohar calls "Disciples of the Wise", and who...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vajrapani: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vajrapani
Vajrapani (Sanskrit), or Manjushri, the Dhyani-Bodhisattva (as the spiritual reflex, or the son of the Dhyani.Buddhas, on earth) born ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chakchur: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Chakchur
Chakchur (Sanskrit). The first Vidjnana (q.v.). Lit., "the eye", meaning the faculty of sight, or rather, an occult percepti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tri-bhuvana, Tri-loka: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tri-bhuvana, Tri-loka
Tri-bhuvana, or Tri-loka (Sanskrit). The three worlds - Swarga, Bhumi, Patala, or Heaven, Earth, and Hell in popular beliefs; esoteric...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tirthankara: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tirthankara
Tirthankara (Sanskrit). Jaina saints and chiefs, of which there are twenty-four. It is claimed that one of them was the spiritual Guru...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trishna: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trishna
Trishna (Sanskrit). The fourth Nidana; spiritual love.   (See also: Trishna , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vajracharya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vajracharya
Vajracharya (Sanskrit). The spiritual acharya (guru, teacher) of the Yogacharyas, The "Supreme Master of the Vajra".  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Upanita: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Upanita
Upanita.(Sanskrit). One who is invested with the Brahmanical thread; lit., "brought to a spiritual teacher or Guru".  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zipporah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Zipporah
Zipporah (Hebrew, Jewish). Lit., the shining, the radiant. In the Biblical allegory of Genesis, Zipporah is one of the seven daughters...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhi: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Buddhi
Buddhi (Sanskrit). Universal Soul or Mind. Mahabuddhi is a name of Mahat (see "Alaya"); also the spiritual Soul in man (the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dondam-pai-den-pa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Dondam-pai-den-pa
Dondam-pai-den-pa (Tibet, Tibetan). The same as the Sanskrit term Paramarthasatya or "absolute truth", the highest spiritual...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Enoichion: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Enoichion
Enoichion (Ancient Greek). Lit., the inner Eye" ; the "Seer", a reference to the third inner, or Spiritual Eye, the tru...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ecstasis: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ecstasis
Ecstasis (Ancient Greek). A psycho-spiritual state; a physical trance which induces clairvoyance and a beatific state bringing on visi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kundalini Sakti: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Kundalini Sakti
Kundalini Sakti (Sanskrit). The power of life; one of the Forces of Nature; that power that generates a certain light in those who sit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karabtanos: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Karabtanos
Karabtanos (Ancient Greek). The spirit of blind or animal desire; the symbol of Kama-rupa. The Spirit "without sense or judgment&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karana Sarira: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Karana Sarira
Karana Sarira (Sanskrit). The "Causal body". It is dual in its meaning. Exoterically, it is Avidya, ignorance, or that which...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maha Chohan: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Maha Chohan
Maha Chohan (Sanskrit). The chief of a spiritual Hierarchy, or of a school of Occultism; the head of the trans-Himalayan mystics. &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kabalistic Faces: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Kabalistic Faces
Kabalistic Faces. These are Nephesch, Ruach and Neschamah, or the animal (vital), the Spiritual and the Divine Souls in man - Body, So...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Iao: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Iao
Iao (Ancient Greek). See Iaho. The highest god of the Phœnicians the light conceivable only by intellect", the physical and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Intercosmic Gods: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Intercosmic Gods
Intercosmic gods. The Planetary Spirits, Dhyan-Chohans, Devas of various degrees of spirituality, and "Archangels" in genera...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Guru
Guru (Sanskrit) Spiritual Teacher; a master in metaphysical and ethical doctrines; used also for a teacher of any science.   (S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Higher Self
Higher Self. The Supreme Divine Spirit overshadowing man. The crown of the upper spiritual Triad in man - Atman.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hatha Yoga: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga (Sanskrit) The lower form of Yoga practice; one which uses physical means for purposes of spiritual self-development The op...   » Read the article