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Glossary of Terms

A

Aanroo
Abel
Abhava
Abhidharma
Abhijna
Abhimanin
Abracadabra
Abraxas
Absolute
Abyss
Acara
Accident, Death by
Adam
Adam Kadmon
Adam-Adami
Adamic Races
Adept
Adhyatmavidya
Adi
Adi Plane
Adi-Bhuta
Adi-Buddha
Adi-Nidana
Adi-Nidana Svabhavat
Adi-Sanat
Adi-Varsha
Aditi
Adityas
Advaita
Advaita Vedanta
Advayata
Adyar Day
Adytum
Aeon
Agami-Karma
Agastya Rishi
Age of Brahma
Agni
Agnishvatta
Agnosticism
Ah-Hi
Ahamkāra
Ahan
Ahimsa
Ahriman
Ahura Mazda
Ain Soph
Aja
Ajnana
Akara
Akasa
Alaya
Alaya-Vijñana
Alchemy
Amanasa
Amen
Amesha Spentas
Amitabha
Amrita
Amrita Yana
Anagamin
Ananda
Anatman
Anatta
Androgyne
Angels
Anima Mundi
Animal Magnetism
Animal Soul
Animals, Soul of
Animism
Ankh
Annamaya-Kosa
Annihilation
Antahkarana
Antaratma
Anthropogenesis
Anthroposophy
Anu
Anu (Aṇu)
Anupadaka
Anupadaka Plane
Anupadaka Tattva
Apes, Anthropoid
Apocatastasis
Apocrypha
Apparitions
Apports
Aquarian Age
Aranyakas
Archangel
Archetypal World
Archetype
Archon(s)
Archontes
Arhat
Art, Theosophy and
Arupa
Arupa Devas
Arupa Manas
Arupa-Loka
Arya Samaj
Aryan Race
Aryavarta
Asat
Ascending Arc
Asceticism
Asekha
Astanga-Yoga
Astral Body
Astral Light
Astral Shell
Astral Soul
Astrolatry
Asura
Asvattha
At the Feet of the Master
Atlantis
Atma-Buddhi
Atma-Buddhi-Manas
Atma-Jñana
Atma-Vidya
Atman
Atom
Atreya
Augoeides
Aum
Aura
Auric Egg
Australian Aboriginal Spiritual Beliefs
Avalokitesvara
Avatara
Avesa Avatara
Avichi
Avidya
Awareness, Spiritual
Azoth

B

Baal
Bamian Statues
Banyan Tree
Baptism
Bardo
Bardo Thodol
Barhishad
Beelzebub
Bhagavat
Bhakti Sūtra
Bhakti Yoga
Bhikṣu
Bhoot
Bhūta
Bhūtamātrā
Bible, The
Biblical Criticism
Bīja
Blood
Bodhi
Bodhi Tree
Bodhidharma
Bodhisattva
Bodhisattvas, Super-Terrestrial
Book of Golden Precepts
Book of Ritual, The
Brahmā
Brahmā Vāch
Brahmā Yoga
Brahma-Vidyā
Brahmacārī
Brahmacarya
Brahman
Brāhmaṇa
Brahmarandhra
Braille League
Braille Literature
Breath of the one Existence
Brihaspati
Brotherhood, Great White
Brotherhood, Universal
Brothers of the Shadow
Bubbles of Space
Buddha, Gautama
Buddhas
Buddhi
Buddhi Yoga
Buddhi-Manas
Buddhic Body
Buddhist Flag
Buddhist Society, London, The
Budha
Builders
Bythos

C

Caduceus
Cain
Capital Punishment
Cathari
Causal Body
Causality
Causeless Cause
Cell(s). Consciousness In
Chain, Planetary
Chakra
Chaldean Book of Numbers
Chaldeans
Chaos
Chāyā
Chāyāloka
Chenrezi
Chidākāsā
Chit
Chitta
Chohan
Christ
Christmas, Esoteric Significance of
Christos
Clairvoyance
Cloud of Unknowing
Co-Freemasonry
Codex Nazaraeus
Compassion
Consciousness
Consciousness, Absolute
Correspondences, Table of
Cosmic Atom
Cosmic Ideation
Cosmic Mind
Cosmic Substance
Cosmogenesis
Cosmogony
Cottingley Fairies
Creationism
Cremation
Cross
Crucifixion
Cycles

D

Daitya
Daityas
Daivīprakṛti
Dakṣa
Dama
Dāna
Dang-ma
Dark Night of The Soul
Darkness
Darśana
Daśabhūmīsvara
Day-Be-With-Us
Dead Sea Scrolls
Death and After-Death States
Death, Second
Deity
Delphic Oracle
Deluge
Demiurge
Demon
Dervish
Descending Arc
Desire
Desire Elementals
Destiny
Devachan
Devas
Devil
Dhāraṇā
Dharma
Dharma-Cakra-Pravartana
Dhyāna
Dhyāna Yoga
Dhyāni-Bodhisattva
Dhyāni-Buddha
Dhyāni-Chohan
Discipleship
Divine Ideation
Doctrine of the Heart
Dogma, Theosophical Society Opposed to
Doppelgänger
Dreams
Dualism
Dugpa
Dumb Races
Dveṣa
Dweller on the Threshold

E

Earthbound Entities
Eclectic Theosophical School
Eden, Garden Of
Education and Theosophy
Egg
Egg-born
Ego
Eidolon
Eight Sphere
Element-Principles
Elementals
Elementaries
Elysian Field
Emanation
Enlightenment
Enoch, Books Of
Esoteric Philosophy
Esotericism
Essence(s)
Eternity
Ether
Etheric Double
Ethics
Ethics and Theosophy
Evil
Evil Eye
Evolution

F

Failure on the Path
Fairies
Fairy Tales
Fakir
Fanā
Fifth Rounder
Fire
Fire Philosophers
Fire-Mist, Sons Of
Fohat
Form
Foundation Day
Free Will
Freemasonry

G

Gaia
Gaia Theory
Gandharvas
Gāyatrī
Gelugpa
Genesis
Ghosts
Giants
Globe
Gnosis
God
Golden Chain, The
Golden Rule
Golden Stairs, The
Good and Evil
Grail, Holy
Great Age
Group Soul
Guṇa(s)
Gupta-Vidyā
Guru

H

Halo
Happy Valley School
Hari
Hatha Yoga
Heaven
Hell
Hercules Gk. Herakles)
Hermaphrodite
Hermeneutics
Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor
Hermetic Chain
Hierarchy
Higher Self
Himālayas
Hiranyagarbha
Hodson, Clairvoyant Research Of
HPB Library
Human Constitution
Hyle
Hyperborean
Hypnosis

I

I Ching
Icchā
Ikhnaton
Illuminati
Illumination
Immortality
Incarnation
Incense
Incubus
Indian Philosophy
Individuality
Indriya
Initiation
Initiator
Intelligences
Intuition
Invisible Helpers
Invocation
Involution

J

Jagat-Guru
Jagat-Yoni
Janahloka
Janus
Japa
Jataka Tales
Jehovah
Jhāna
Jīva
Jīvanmukta
Jñāna
Jñāna Śakti
Jñāna Yoga
Jupiter (Planet)

K

Kabbalah
Kaivalya
Kalahansa
Kali-Yuga
Kalki-Avatār
Kalpa
Kāma
Kama Loka
Kāma-Deva
Kāma-Dhatu
Kāma-Manas
Kāma-Rūpa
Kāmāvacara
Kāraṇa-Śarīra
Kāraṇātman
Kāraṇopādhi
Karma
Karma Yoga
Karma-Mārga
Karmendriya
Kaśyapa
Key To Theosophy, The
Kiddle Incident
Kirlian Photography
Kiu Te, Books Of
Koilon
Koran
Kośa
Kriyā Yoga
Kriyāśakti
Kumāras
Kuṇḍalinī
Kwan Yin

L

Lanoo
Lares
Larva
Law and Liberty League
Laya Yoga
Lemure
Lemuria
Levitation
Life-Atom
Life-Wave
Light
Light of Asia
Light on The Path
Lilith
Linga-Purāṇa
Linga-Śarīra
Lipikas
Lives of Alcyone
Logos
Loka Chakshub
Lokapālas
Lokas
Lord
Lord of The World
Lords of Karma
Lords of The Dark Face
Lords of The Flame
Lords of the Moon
Lords of Venus
Lost Souls
Lotus
Lower Quaternary
Loyalty League, TS
Lucifer
Lucifer (PUB)
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)

M

Macrocosm
Magi
Magic
Magic Square
Maha
Mahā Yoga
Mahā-Buddhi
Mahā-Māyā
Mahābhūtas
Mahar-Loka
Mahārājas, Four
Mahat
Mahātma
Mahatma Letters To A.P. Sinnett, The
Mahattattva
Maitreya
Mamo-Chohan
Manas
Manas Taijasi
Mānasa Dhyānis
Mānasa(Sk)
Mānasaputras
Mandala
Māṇḍala
Manes
Manifestation
Mano
Manomaya-Kośa
Mantra
Manu
Manu Svāyambhuva
Mānushya-Buddha
Manvantara
Māra
Marga
Mars
Māyā
Māyāvi-Rūpa
Mediatorship
Meditation
Mediumship
Mental Body
Mental Plane
Mercury
Meru, Mount
Mesmerism
Messenger, The
Messiah
Metempsychosis
Metensomatosis
Mind
Mind-Born
Miracle
Mokṣa
Monad
Monadic Essence
Monism
Moon
Mūḍha
Mūla-Kāraṇa
Mūlaprakṛti
Mundane Egg
Musaeus Boarding School
Music, Theosophy and
Mythology

N

Nag Hammadi Library
Namaste
Naraka
Nature Spirits
Near-Death Experience
Necromancy
Neophyte
Neptune
Nidāna
Nirākāra
Nirdeśa
Nirguṇa
Nirmāṇakāya
Nirvāṇa
Nitya
Nitya-Pralaya
Non-Being
Noumenon (Gk)

O

Obscuration
Occultism
Ogdoad
Olcott Memorial School
Om
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om Tat Sat

P

Padmapani
Panca-Kosa
Pansil
Parabrahman
Paramārtha
Paramātma(n)
Pāramitā
Paranirvāna
Paranishpanna
Parapsychology
Paravidya
Parinirvana
Partners in Theosophy
Patala
Path, The
Path, The (Pub)
Pentacle
Perennial Philosophy
Periodicity, Law of
Personality
Philalethians
Philately, Theosophy and
Pineal Gland
Pisaca
Pistis Sophia
Pitris
Pituitary Gland
Planes in Theosophy
Planetary Spirits
Planets, Sacred
Pluto
Prabhavapyaya
Pradhana
Prajagrat
Prajapati
Prajna
Prajna-Paramita
Prakrti
Pralaya
Pranamaya-Kosa
Pratyabhijnahrdaya
Pratyaksa
Pratyeka Buddha
Pre-Existence
Precipitation
Presidents, International
Probation
Prometheus
Protyle
Psychical Research
Psychology
Puja
Punarjanma-Smrti
Punarjanman
Purana
Pyramid, The Great

Q

Quaternary
Quietism
Quinanes

R

Raga
Raja Suns
Raja Yoga
Rajasas
Raksasa
Ramayana
Reimbodiment
Reincarnating Ego
Reincarnation
Reincarnations, Duration and Number
Reliquiae
Ring-Pass-Not
Root Races
Root-Base of the Hierarchy
Root-Essence
Root-Manu
Rosicrucianism
Round
Rounds, Human Evolution Through the
Rupa
Ruta

S

Sabaoth
Sabd Yoga
Sabda Brahman
Sacred Island
Sacred Land
Sadhu
Sakkayaditthi
Saksin
Sakti
Salamander
Sama
Samadhi
Samapatti
Samsara
Sancita-Karma
Sang-Gyas
Sankhya
Sannyasin
Sanskrit
Santi
Saptaparna
Sarira
Sat
Sat-Chit-Ananda
Satguru
Satkarma
Satori
Sattva
Saturn
Satya
School of the Wisdom
Science and Theosophy
Secret Doctrine, The
Seed-Manu
Self
Self-Born
Self-Realization
Senzar
Septenary System Nomenclature, The
Serpent
Seven Creations
Seven Rays
Seven, Significance of Number
Shamballa
Sheaths
Shell(s)
Siddha
Siddhi
Simulacrum
Sishta
Siva-Sutra
Skandha
Sloka
Solar Logos
Soma
Son(s)
Sons of Fire
Sons of India
Sons of the Fire Mist
Sotapatti
Soul
Soul, Spiritual
Space
Spirit
Spirituality
Sri
Sruti
Star Ampitheater
Sthula Sarira
Stigmata
Subba Row Medal
Suicide
Suksma-Sarira
Sulpician Meditation
Sun
Sun Center
Sun, Central Spiritual
Sunyata
Surya
Sutratman
Svabhavat
Svabhavika(s)
Svacitta
Svayambhuva
Swastika
Sweat-Born
Sylph
Symbolism

T

Talas
Tanha
Tanhic Elementals
Tanmatra
Tantra
Tao Te Ching
Tapas
Tapo-Loka
Tara
Tarot Cards
Tasimeter
Tat
Tathagatadhyana
Tattva(s)
Tattvabhava
Tauhara Center
Templars, Knights
Theogony
Theologica Germanica
Theology
Theosophical Glossary, The
Theosophical Societies, History of
Theosophical Society, Constitution of
Theosophical Society, Objects of the
Theosophist, Definition of
Theosophist, The
Theosophy
Theosophy in Action
Theosophy Movement, The
Therapeutic Touch
Time
Traditionalism
Triad
Triangle, Symbolism of
Triguna
Trikaya
Triloka
Trimurti
Trinity, The
Tripitaka
Trishna
Tulku
Twin Souls

U

Udgīthā Vidyā
Umbra
Union, Mystical
Universal Mind
Upādāna
Upādhi
Upaniṣads
Uparati
Upāsaka

V

Vāhan
Vāhan, The
Vairājas
Vaiśvānara
Vaivasvata Manu
Vedas
Vegetarianism
Venus
Vestures
Vibhūti
Vice-Presidents of The Theosophical Society
Vidyā
Vijñāna
Vijñānamaya-Kośa
Vijñānātman
Vipassanā
Viśiṣṭādvaita
Viśvakarman
Viveka
Vivekacūḍamaṇī
Vivisection
Viwan
Vṛtti

W

Watcher
Water Men
Water, Holy
Wesak
White Lotus Day
Will
Wisdom
Witchcraft
World Teacher

Y

Yaksa
Yantra
Yin-Yang
Yod-Havah
Yoga Nidrā
Yogācāra
Yoginī
Yoni
Young Citizen, The
Yuga

Z

Zend-Avesta
Zeruana-Akarana