COLLATION OF THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARIES
List of Title Abbreviations (in alphabetical order)
TG Emanation the Doctrine·of·In its metaphysical meaning, it is opposed to Evolution, yet one with it. Science teaches that evolution is physiologically a mode of generation in which the germ that develops the foetus pre-exists already in the parent, the development and final form and characteristics of that germ being accomplished in nature; and that in cosmology the process takes place blindly through the correlation of the elements, and their various compounds. Occultism answers that this is only the apparent mode, the real process being Emanation, guided by intelligent Forces under an immutable LAW. Therefore, while the Occultists and Theosophists believe thoroughly in the doctrine of Evolution as given out by Kapila and Manu, they are Emanationists rather than Evolutionists. The doctrine of Emanation was at one time universal. It was taught by the Alexandrian as well as by the Indian philosophers, by the Egyptian, the Chaldean and Hellenic Hierophants, and also by the Hebrews (in their Kabbala, and even in Genesis). For it is only owing to deliberate mistranslation that the Hebrew word asdt has been translated "angels" from the Septuagint, when it means Emanations, Aeons, precisely as with the Gnostics. Indeed, in Deuteronomy (xxxiii., 2) the word asdt or ashdt is translated as "fiery law", whilst the correct rendering of the passage should be "from his right hand went [not a fiery law, but] a fire according to law"; viz., that the fire of one flame is imparted to, and caught up by another like as in a trail of inflammable substance. This is precisely emanation. As shown in Isis Unveiled: "In Evolution, as it is now beginning to be understood, there is supposed to be in all matter an impulse to take on a higher form -- a supposition clearly expressed by Manu and other Hindu philosophers of the highest antiquity. The philosopher's tree illustrates it in the case of the zinc solution. The controversy between the followers of this school and the Emanationists may be briefly stated thus: The Evolutionist stops all inquiry at the borders of "the Unknowable"; the Emanationist believes that nothing can be evolved -- or, as the word means, unwombed or born -- except it has first been involved, thus indicating that life is from a spiritual potency above the whole."
KT Emanation (The doctrine of) is in its metaphysical meaning opposed to evolution, yet one with it. Science teaches that, physiologically, evolution is a mode of generation in which the germ that develops the foetus pre-exists already in the parent, the development and final form and characteristics of that germ being accomplished by nature; and that (as in its cosmology) the process takes place blindly, through the correlation of the elements and their various compounds. Occultism teaches that this is only the apparent mode, the real process being Emanation, guided by intelligent forces under an immutable LAW. Therefore, while the Occultists and Theosophists believe thoroughly in the doctrine of Evolution as given out by Kapila and Manu, they are Emanationists rather than Evolutionists. The doctrine of Emanation was at one time universal. It was taught by the Alexandrian, as well as by the Indian philosophers, by the Egyptian, the Chaldean, and Hellenic Hierophants, and also by the Hebrews (in their Kabala, and even in Genesis). For it is only owing to deliberate mistranslation that the Hebrew word asdt was translated "angels" from the Septuagint, while it means Emanations, AEons, just as with the Gnostics. Indeed, in Deuteronomy (xxxiii. 2) the word asdt or ashdt is translated as "fiery law," whilst the correct rendering of the passage should be, "from his right went (not a fiery law, but) a fire according to law," viz., that the fire of one flame is imparted to and caught up by another -- like as in a trail of inflammable substance. This is precisely Emanation, as shown in Isis Unveiled. "In Evolution, as it is now beginning to be understood, there is supposed to be in all matter an impulse to take on a higher form -- a supposition clearly expressed by Manu and other Hindoo philosophers of the highest antiquity. The philosopher's tree illustrates it in the case of the zinc solution. The controversy between the followers of this school and the Emanationists may be briefly stated thus: The Evolutionist stops all inquiry at the borders of 'the unknowable'; the Emanationist believes that nothing can be evolved -- or, as the word means, unwombed or born -- except it has first been involved, thus indicating that life is from a spiritual potency above the whole."
SD INDEX Emanation(s) II 80
Akkadians & Aryans taught II 54
Atzilatic or world of II 111
auric, poisoning effect of I 538
Chaldeans on II 61
Christian theology rejects II 41
first seven, or Sons of Fire I 438
gods are their own I 222
Jehovah, of Ialdabaoth II 389
Logos as first I 215
man as, both man & woman I 216n, 450
manu, fr Logos II 311
manvantaric I 18
monads pre-existent in world of II 111
nature as, of consciousness I 277n
primordial, & latent forces II 78
pure, primeval, unconscious II 80
Semites taught creation, not II 54
seventh, of matter I 291
unknowable source cause of II 43
Valentinian system of II 569n
SD INDEX Emanuel, Emanu-El II 540
SD INDEX Emblem, compared w symbol I 305-6
SD INDEX Embryo(s). See also Foetus
analogy of man's, & the race I 184; II 187-9, 257, 659-60, 685
development of, fr cell described II 117
development of pineal gland in II 297
Diti's, divided into seven II 613, 614-15
eyes of, grow fr within II 295
gill-clefts in human II 684, 685n
Haeckel on II 258-9
human, contains all kingdoms II 259
is plant, reptile, animal I 184
mystery of I 219, 222-4
nourished by cosmic forces II 131
occultists trace fr, to Kosmos II 189
reversion to type & II 293n
seven month baby & seventh round man II 257
sexual development of II 172n, 659
spiritual potency in cell guides I 219
umbilicus, placenta & II 461
SD INDEX Embryology
development of the eye II 295
occult theories key to I 219, 223-4
science of II 187n
sex developed later II 172n, 659
two chief difficulties of I 223-5 &n
SD INDEX Emepht (Egy), blows egg out of mouth I 367
SD INDEX Emerson, Ralph W., Oversoul of I 48, 140
SD INDEX Emims, giants of land of Moab II 336
SD INDEX Emotion(s), nerve molecules & I 134n
SD INDEX Emotional Nature, perfected men & I 275
SD INDEX Empedocles, attraction, repulsion known by I 497-8
SD INDEX Empirical, Empiric II 664-5
TG Empusa (Gr.). A ghoul, a vampire, an evil demon taking various forms.
TG En (Chald.). A negative particle, like a in Greek and Sanskrit. The first syllable of "En-Soph" (q.v.), or nothing that begins or ends, the "Endless".
SD INDEX En, Ain, Aior (Heb), only self-existent I 214
SD INDEX Enchainements du Monde . . . See Gaudry, A.
SD INDEX Enchantment
Gyan's shield destroyed II 394
Hekat (Hecate) goddess of I 387
seven arts of II 641
SD INDEX Encyclopaedia Britannica
antiquity of man II 70-1, 687
article on astronomy II 330n
prehistoric ages II 67
solidification of Earth II 698
SD INDEX Encyclopaedia Londiniensis, word "aspiration" in, (Mackey) II 362n
SD INDEX Encyclopedie, origin of rotary motion I 499
SD INDEX "Endexoteric" II 74
SD INDEX Energy (ies). See also Force(s)
activities of entities I 145-6
adepts know other forms of I 582n
androgynous & intellectual I 137 &n
cosmic life force I 11-12 &n
extrinsic, of nature I 463
Ganot on I 670
inherent in matter I 280-2
issues fr universal light I 337
kinetic, potential, & atoms II 672
known by its effects I 669
matter & I 111n
monadic essence as evolving I 176, 620
One Supreme I 22
sakti or, & trinity I 136
spiritual & astral, more productive I 644
-substance-time a trinity I 582-3
Vibhutayah or potencies of Vishnu II 611n
SD INDEX Enfield, William, earth cubical, fire pyramidal II 594
SD INDEX Engelhardt, M. II 752n
SD INDEX Engis Skull II 744
fair development of II 687
SD INDEX England I 510. See also British Isles
cup-like markings on stones in II 346n
on eve of catastrophe I 646
King Arthur part of history of II 393
Wilford, White Island & II 402-4 &n
SD INDEXa engus gar nuktos te kai ematos eisi keleuthoi II 7 (Gk) "for the outgoings of the night and of the day are close together." -- Homer, Odyssey 10.86
SD INDEX Enki (Sumerian). See Ea
SD INDEX Enkidu (Sumerian). See Hea-bani
SD INDEX Ennis, Jacob, Origin of the Stars . . ., origin of rotation I 500 &n
SD INDEX Ennoia (Gk)
of Bythos is mind II 490
divine mind II 214
image of Supreme Being II 244
Tree of Life II 214-15
SD INDEX Enoch(s) II 222. See also Book of Enoch
accuses fallen angels II 382n
attained nirvana II 532
born fr Wondrous Being I 207
concealed books II 530
described II 267-8n, 532-5
died in his personality II 532
Edris-, & divine dynasties II 366
elect of fourth race II 597n
fr enoichion, inner eye II 211
"first man" of Genesis II 715n
Freemasonry speaks of II 47
gandharva prototype of, angels I 523n
generic name II 211, 230, 267n, 361, 532
Hermes, Libra or II 129
initiator, teacher, Enos II 529n
invented writing, arts II 529
Le Plongeon on II 229-30, 506
lived 365 years (Genesis 5:23) II 531
phoenix & II 617
pyramids & II 361-2
seers of mankind II 134
Seth, Cain have son named II 361, 391n
stands between fourth & fifth races II 533
symbol of dual man II 533
symbology of name II 391n, 617
taken to heaven like Xisuthrus II 141
various spellings of II 391n, 529n
walked w God (Genesis) II 532
SD INDEX Enoch, son of Jarad II 391n
SD INDEX Enoichion (Gk)
confined to temples, colleges II 532-3
generic name of seers II 211, 361, 529
initiator & instructor II 530
"inner spiritual eye" II 211
SD INDEX Enoichion (Book of the Seer), kept at Kirjath-Sepher II 529
SD INDEX Enos, Enosh (son of Seth). See also Enoch, Henoch
first two-sexed race II 125, 127, 129, 469 &n, 715n
Seth-, fourth race II 134
son of man II 126, 129, 529n, 533
stands between fourth & fifth races II 533
various names for II 361, 391n, 529, 533
SD INDEXa en ouraniois semeiois I 652 (Gk) "In signs from heaven." -- Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.7.3
TG Ens (Gr.). The same as the Greek To On "Being", or the real Presence in Nature.
WGa Ens, being, existence, essence. With the alchemists the recondite part of a substance from which all its qualities flow. The real Presence in Nature of the Greeks.
SD INDEX Ens, absolute abstract deity I xx
TG En (or Ain) Soph (Heb.). The endless, limitless and boundless. The absolute deific Principle, impersonal and unknowable. It means literally "no-thing" i.e., nothing that could be classed with anything else. The word and ideas are equivalent to the Vedantic conceptions of Parabrahm. [W.W.W.]
Some Western Kabbalists, however, contrive to make of IT·, a personal "He", a male deity instead of an impersonal deity.
WGa En-Soph, the same as Ain-Soph, which see.
SD INDEX En Soph. See Ain-soph
TG Enoichion (Gr.). Lit., the "inner Eye"; the "Seer", a reference to the third inner, or Spiritual Eye, the true name for Enoch disfigured from Chanock.
SD INDEX Entelechies, Leibniz called monads I 632n
SD INDEX Entity (ies). See also Beings
bond connecting, w non-entity II 176, 578-9
elementals are conscious I 221
energies are I 145
every, must win divinity I 106
globes are I 154
guiding intelligences I 146
man's spiritual, drawn to parent-sun I 639
names define I 93
number is an, (Balzac) I 66
spiritual, incarnating in man I 233-4
SD INDEX [Entropy] I 148-51
SD INDEX Environment
adaptation to II 738
hostile in early period II 159-60
modifies urge to perfection II 736
plants, animals adapted to II 159-60
SD INDEX Eocene II 717
anthropoid fossils absent in II 679, 690n
Atlantis at height in II 433n, 710
Atlantis began to sink in I 439n; II 433n, 693
Australian race, flora of II 779
civilization fr earliest II 744
Croll's figures for II 9, 695, 715n
giants of II 340
Lemuria perished before II 313
man in II 155, 157, 675-6, 690
man's advent in, (Allen, Seeman) II 288
submerged continents & II 778-9
ungulate mammals of II 735-6
SD INDEX Eon. See Aeon
SD INDEX Eozoon Canadense, earliest fossil skull II 254, 712
SD INDEX Epaphos
Catholics make, into Christ II 414-15
Dark, Dionysos-Sabazios II 415-16
Egyptians descended fr Dark II 418
SD INDEX Ephesians (Paul)
prince of powers of air II 485, 515
spiritual wickedness I 331n
TG Ephesus (Gr.). Famous for its great metaphysical College where Occultism (Gnosis) and Platonic philosophy were taught in the days of the Apostle Paul. A city regarded as the focus of secret sciences, and that Gnosis, or Wisdom, which is the antagonist of the perversion of Christo-Esotericism to this day. It was at Ephesus where was the great College of the Essenes and all the lore the Tanaim had brought from the Chaldees.
SD INDEX Ephesus, Heraclitus of. See Heraclitus
SD INDEX Ephialtes
Orion (giant) son of II 278
Orphic Titan II 70
SD INDEX Ephod (Heb) [high priest's robe], twelve precious stones around I 649
SD INDEX Ephraim, elect of Jacob, & Pisces I 653
SD INDEX Epicurus
animated atoms of I 568-9
atomic theory of I 2, 579
believed in gods I 518, 611
gravitation & I 491
Indolentia of I 577n
material atoms of I 629
skeptical but factual II 285-6
soul of atom I 568-9
SD INDEX Epicycle, & cycle (Milton) I 645
SD INDEX Epidemics, come fr north & west (winds) I 123
SD INDEX Epigenes, on Chaldean astronomy II 620
TG Epimetheus (Gr.). Lit., "He who takes counsel after" the event. A brother of Prometheus in Greek Mythology.
SD INDEX Epimetheus (Gk)
Jupiter's "fatal gift" to II 270
Prometheus has now become II 422
takes counsel after event II 521
SD INDEX Epiphanius, [Panarion] Adv. Haeres.
copied Aeons incorrectly II 569n
Ophites honored serpent I 404
Valentinian table of Aeons II 458
SD INDEX Epiphysis, & third eye II 296
TG Epinoia (Gr.). Thought, invention, design. A name adopted by the Gnostics for the first passive Aeon.
TG Episcopal Crook. One of the insignia of Bishops, derived from the sacerdotal sceptre of the Etruscan Augurs. It is also found in the hand of several gods.
SD INDEX Epistles. See Seneca
SD INDEX Epistles, of Paul II 81. See also Paul
SD INDEX Epoch(s)
astronomical definition of I 658-9
Hindu I 659-68
of 3102 BC I 661-2, 665, 667
SD INDEX Epoch of the Mammoth. See Southall
TG Epoptes (Gr.). An Initiate. One who has passed his last degree of initiation.
FY Epopta, Greek for seer.
WG Epopta (Greek), a seer; one initiated into the Greater Mysteries.
SD INDEX (H)epta me (Gk), & seven sounding letters II 603
SD INDEX "E pur se muove" (Galileo) II 451
SD INDEXa E pur se [si] muove! II 451 (It) "But it does move!" -- Galileo
SD INDEX Equator
changes of II 331, 356
Cor Leonis on the II 407
ecliptic once at right angle to II 534
Fohat & I 204
retrograde motion of II 785
SD INDEX Equatorial
lands & polar regions II 324-5
lands of Lemuria-Atlantis II 371n
SD INDEX Equatorial Sun
cements buddhi to atma, manas II 241
third group of gods II 241
SD INDEX Equilibrium
cosmic, must be preserved I 416
betw matter & spirit I 106
of polar forces II 84
SD INDEX Equinoctial
points I 663; II 330n, 331, 785
shadow & elevation of pole II 401n
SD INDEX Equinox(es) II 533, 546. See also Precession, Solstices
Chinese divided year by II 621
spring, & Hindu zodiac II 435-6
symbols of living verity I 639
vernal, & first point of zodiac I 665
vernal, & origin of Greek zodiac II 436n
vernal, Taurus & Eridu II 693
Volney on vernal I 658
SD INDEX Erard-Mollien, "Recherches . . .," antiquity of Indian zodiac I 657-8
SD INDEX Erataoth (Gnos), dog symbol II 115n
SD INDEX Eratosthenes, on divine dynasties II 367
SD INDEX Erdmann [edition of Leibniz] I 630n
SD INDEX `Ereb (Heb) [evening twilight], sandhya in Sanskrit II 252n
SD INDEX Erebos (Gk), & Nux (Nyx) give birth to light I 110
SD INDEX Erech, Chaldean necropolis II 463
SD INDEX Erh ya, Er Yah (Rh Ya in tx), man w two faces II 302
SD INDEX Ericsson, estimates Sun's heat I 484n
SD INDEX Eridan[us] River
Ardan, Iardan, or Jordan I 392; II 583
Ardhanari-Isvara or I 392
Phaeton hurled into II 770n
same as Nile (Skinner) II 583
TG Eridanus (Lat.). Ardan, the Greek name for the river Jordan.
SD INDEX Eridu (Bab)
civilization of II 226
culture fr India II 203
seat of Sun-god worship II 139n
six thousand years old (Sayce) II 693
TG Eros (Gr.). Hesiod makes of the god Eros the third personage of the Hellenic primordial Trinity composed of Ouranos, Gaea and Eros. It is the personified procreative Force in nature in its abstract sense, the propeller to "creation" and procreation. Esoterically, mythology makes of Eros the god of lustful, animal desire, whence the term erotic; esoterically, it is different. (See "Kama".)
SD INDEX Eros (Gk)
desire to manifest II 65, 176, 234
Fohat & I 109, 119; II 65
later sexual Cupid I 109; II 176, 234
third person in Greek Trinity I 109
SD INDEX Eros-Phanes (Orphic), evolves fr divine egg I 365, 461
SD INDEX Error, runs downhill I xvii
SD INDEX Ertosi, Egyptian name of Mars II 143-4n
SD INDEX Eruptions (volcanic) II 356, 523, 699
SD INDEX Erythraean Sea II 202
SD INDEX Esar, four-letter Turkish god II 602
SD INDEX Esau
Jacob &, same as Abel & Cain II 135
sons of, Kings of Edom II 705
symbolizes race betw fourth & fifth II 705
SD INDEX Eschylus. See Aeschylus
SD INDEX Esculapius. See Asklepios
SD INDEX Esdras, fourth book of II 454
TG Eshmim (Heb.). The Heavens, the Firmament in which are the Sun, Planets and Stars; from the root Sm, meaning to place, dispose; hence, the planets, as disposers. [W.W.W.]
SD INDEX Esikekar [Istakhr] or Persepolis, built by Giamschid II 398
SD INDEX Eskimos
carve & sketch II 718
dying out II 780
seventh subrace, fourth root-race II 178
SD INDEX Esneh (Egypt), stones at I 311
TG Esoteric (Gr.). Hidden, secret. From the Greek esotericos, "inner", concealed.
KT Esoteric. Hidden, secret. From the Greek Esotericos -- "inner," concealed.
WGa Esoteric, hidden, secret, within. From the Greek "Esoterikos". The term was first applied to the private instructions and doctrines of Pythagoras, taught only to a select number of his pupils and not intended or designed for the general outer body. Opposed to exoteric or public.
WW Esoteric The word exoteric we first find used, in much the same sense in which we use it, in the Greek philosopher Aristotle; not, however, that he was the first to have an outer and an inner school; we are merely admitting into our present discourse those things which are considered proved by and which are the consensus of opinion of people of intelligence. We will grant we know that Pythagoras had an inner and an outer school, but Aristotle was among the first to use this particular term 'exoteric', and this implies the existence of esoteric doctrines and dogmata to signify expositions of beliefs which were given to the 'inner circle'. The word esoteric comes from eso (eso), inner, and the comparative suffix, terikos (terikos) while exoteric exoterikos (exoterikos), that which is outside, was used to signify those doctrines, beliefs, tenets which were taught outside the school or publicly -- popular, belonging to the people. It is a capital error to consider that exoteric doctrines are unworthy of study. I think that we will agree that no natural fact is beneath the dignity of our examination, is unworthy of being studied. Everything that is has a holy touch upon it, and I think we should consider it from that point: nothing is so divine as a fact. We sometimes hear of matter-of-fact people, and the term has come to signify to most of us people who are so hardheaded that they have little touch of spirituality. They are like the man in Bulwer-Lytton's Zanoni who sees and admits only the outward, the obvious things. But there is another idea of fact, as the phenomenon of spirit, as the outward evidence of the inward truth.
I see a leaf fall in the autumn. Now a man who has the true scientific spirit will see a wonder in that. There is likewise a wonderful meaning in the change of the seasons, in the astronomical and terrestrial laws governing these changes. I plant a seed; the tree into which it will grow, with all its ramifications, all its branches, is a fine symbol of the Unity of Being. The little twigs run into the branch, the branch into a bigger branch, and the trunk is fixed in the earth and receives its nutrition, therefore through its roots, and from its leaves also. In a little thing like the fall of a leaf think of all the mysteries locked up there. Therefore, when we study the ancient religions, the ancient philosophies (and we know that they are now exoteric because they are open and were popular), I believe it to be a capital error to assume that they are unworthy of profound thought and to put them to one side thinking that because they were popular, public, they have no meaning. They are facts, and they are esoteric in so far as we can penetrate into the inner meaning of them.
I read some time ago an article written … on the difference between Exotericism and Esotericism. The writer's … idea of esotericism seemed to be anything that was wonderful, mysterious, strange, queer, and uncanny; and anything that was natural and open and could be seen and judged by the normal active faculties of men apparently was 'exoteric' to him. That is not the definition of religious or philosophical mysteries that is applicable in Theosophy. It is not the definition of Plato nor of Aristotle, nor of the Neo-Platonists, nor again of the Hindu Philosophers. They make a careful distinction, as if they had drawn a mental line, between that which was popular and that which was, not unpopular, but secret. That which was exoteric, the popular, was not untrue, any more than the esoteric; it was simply popular, open, apparent, but yet involved in mystery -- hence a subject to study.
SD INDEX Esoteric. See also Occultism, Secrecy, Secret Doctrine
architectural measurements were II 465
Catechism on secrecy I 299
chronology II 9, 307n
cosmogony I 116-17
dogmas never altered I 312
exoteric, & endexoteric II 74
exoteric falsified copy of I 578
fr exoteric we turn to I 443; II 497
five, axioms re evolution II 697-8
history buried in symbols I 307
knowledge corroborates tradition I 647
learning of Aryans II 34-5n
meaning & Sanskritists II 451
meanings of symbols I 443
mysteries of Samothrace II 4
order of deities II 108
religion of Moses crushed several times I 320n
scientific vs, evolution II 711-15
Soma parent of, wisdom II 500
teaching allegorical II 81
teachings, corroboration of II 796-7
Venus & Earth, connection II 32
SEE ALSO; EXOTERIC
TG Esoteric Bodhism. Secret Wisdom or intelligence from the Greek esotericos "inner", and the Sanskrit Bodhi, "knowledge", intelligence -- in contradistinction to Buddhi, "the faculty of knowledge or intelligence", and Buddhism, the philosophy or Law of Buddha (the Enlightened). Also written "Budhism", from Budha (Intelligence and Wisdom) the Son of Soma.
KT Esoteric Bodhism. Secret wisdom or intelligence, from the Greek Esotericos, "inner," and the Sanskrit Bodhi, "knowledge," in contradistinction to Buddhi, "the faculty of knowledge or intelligence," and Buddhism, the philosophy or Law of Buddha (the Enlightened). Also written "Budhism," from Budha (Intelligence, Wisdom) the Son of Soma.
SD INDEX Esoteric Buddhism. See Sinnett, A. P.
SD INDEX Esoteric Budhism (Secret Wisdom) I xvii-xxii; II 100
OG Esoteric Doctrine -- The body of mystical and sacred teachings reserved for students of high and worthy character. This body of teachings has been known and studied by highly evolved individuals in all ages. The esoteric doctrine is the common property of mankind, and it has always been thus. In all the various great religions and philosophies of the world, the student will find fundamental principles in each which, when placed side by side and critically examined, are easily discovered to be identic. Every one of such fundamental principles is in every great world religion or world philosophy; hence the aggregate of these world religions or world philosophies contains the entirety of the esoteric doctrine, but usually expressed in exoteric form.
However, no one of these world religions or world philosophies gives in clear and explicit shape or form the entirety of the body of teachings which are at its heart; some religions emphasize one or more of such fundamental principles; another religion or philosophy will emphasize others of these principles; in either case others again of the principles remaining in the background. This readily accounts for the fact that the various world religions and world philosophies vary among themselves and often, to the unreflecting mind, superficially seem to have little in common, and perhaps even to be contradictory. The cause of this is the varying manner in which each such religion or philosophy has been given to the world, the form that each took having been best for the period in which it was promulgated. Each such religion or philosophy, having its own racial sphere and period of time, represents the various human minds who have developed it or who, so to say, have translated it to the world in this or in that particular promulgation.
These manners or mannerisms of exoteric thinking we may discard if we wish; but it is the fundamental principles behind every great religion or great philosophy which in their aggregate are the universal esoteric doctrine. In this universal esoteric doctrine lies the mystery-field of each great religion or philosophy -- this mystery-teaching being always reserved for the initiates. The esoteric philosophy or doctrine has been held from time immemorial in the guardianship of great men, exalted seers and sages, who from time to time promulgate it, or rather portions of it, to the world when the spiritual and intellectual need for so doing arises. The origins of the esoteric doctrine are found in the mystery-teachings of beings from other and spiritual spheres, who incarnated in the early humanity of the third root-race of this fourth round of our globe, and taught the then intellectually nascent mankind the necessary certain fundamental principles or truths regarding the universe and the nature of the world surrounding us.
SD INDEX Esoteric Doctrine. See also Occult, Occultism, Secret Doctrine
based on Stanzas I xxxvii
comets & solar evolution I 599
direct, inferential proof of II 410
Non-being is Absolute in I 54n
reconciles all religions & philosophies I 77, 610
reincarnation an II 552
taught that everything is alive I 49
teaches rise & fall of civilization II 723
thread doctrine or I 610
SD INDEX Esotericism, Esoteric Teaching, Wisdom. See also Occult, Occultism
alpha & omega of Eastern II 449
Aryan & Hebrew I 115n
belongs to all races I 113
differs fr Vedantin doctrines I 62
doctrine of numbers chief in I 433
Eastern, never degraded I 445
of Egypt & India identical I 672
ignorance of methods of II 225
ignores both sexes I 136n
of India & SD II 88
of Manu & Genesis I 9n
opposes Darwinian evolution II 653
originated in third, fourth races I 113
trans-Himalayan I 110; II 22n
Vach goddess of I 95
SD INDEX Esoteric Philosophy. See also Occultism
acceptance of I 298
admits neither good nor evil II 162
admits no special creation II 731
admits no special gifts in man I 17
blinds conceal mysteries of II 310
of Buddhism, Brahmanism one II 637
on consciousness of first beings I 277
fills scientific gaps II 196
first lesson of II 487
heart & soul of Buddhism II 156n
materialism & I xx
on maya I 11n
physical man image of deity I 445
previous mahapralaya & I 369
reconciles all systems I xx, 55; II 3
rejects inorganic atom I 454
symbolized by female form I 351
teaches modified polygenesis II 249
teaches objective idealism I 631
teaches spontaneous generation II 150-2, 286
teaches that all is conscious I 49
three aspects of universe I 278
SD INDEX Esoteric School(s). See also Adepts, Initiates, Masters
in China, India, Japan, etc I xxiii
have total of sacred MSS I xxiii
reject idea of "unconscious" I 453
taught seven human principles II 603-4
two parts of, discussed I 122
SD INDEX "Esoteric Studies." See Figaniere, V. de
SD INDEX Esoteric Treatise on the Doctrine of Gilgul. See Valentinus
SD INDEX Esprits, Des. See Mirville, de
SD INDEX Esprits tombes des paiens. See Mirville, de
SD INDEX Esquimaux. See Eskimos
SD INDEX Essais orientaux. See Darmesteter, J.
TG Essasua. The African and Asiatic sorcerers and serpent charmers.
SD INDEX Essays. See Montaigne, M. E.
SD INDEX Essays on Physiology. See Spencer, H., Principles of Biology
SD INDEX Esse (Lat)
absolute essence & I 273
genesis, logos, & II 24n, 25
manifested Logos sacrifices II 592
satya or I 48n
SD INDEX Essence
absolute divine mover I 56, 624, 629
degrees of monadic I 176
dhyan chohanic II 108
life-, of solar system I 541
radiant, spreads thru space I 67
spiritual, of matter I 35
svabhavat & cosmic I 3-4, 61
TG Essenes. A hellenized word, from the Hebrew Asa, a "healer". A mysterious sect of Jews said by Pliny to have lived near the Dead Sea per millia saecolorum -- for thousands of ages. "Some have supposed them to be extreme Pharisees, and others -- which may be the true theory -- the descendants of the Benim-nabim of the Bible, and think that they were 'Kenites' and Nazarites. They had many Buddhistic ideas and practices; and it is noteworthy that the priests of the Great Mother at Ephesus, Diana-Bhavani with many breasts, were also so denominated. Eusebius, and after him De Quincey, declared them to be the same as the early Christians, which is more than probable. The title 'brother', used in the early Church, was Essenean; they were a fraternity, or a koinobion or community like the early converts." (Isis Unveiled.)
IU Essenes -- from Asa, a healer. A sect of Jews said by Pliny to have lived near the Dead Sea "per millia saeculorum" -- for thousands of ages. Some have supposed them to be extreme Pharisees; and others -- which may be the true theory -- the descendants of the Benim nabim of the Bible, and think they were "Kenites" and "Nazarites." They had many Buddhistic ideas and practices; and it is noteworthy that the priests of the Great Mother at Ephesus, Diana-Bhavani with many breasts, were also so denominated. Eusebius, and after him De Quincey, declared them to be the same as the early Christians, which is more than probable. The title "brother," used in the early Church, was Essenean: they were a fraternity, or a koinobion or community like the early converts. It is noticeable that only the Sadducees, or Zadokites, the priest-caste and their partisans, persecuted the Christians; the Pharisees were generally scholastic and mild, and often sided with the latter. James the Just was a Pharisee till his death; but Paul or Aher was esteemed a schismatic.
SD INDEX Essenes, believed in reincarnation II 111 &n
SD INDEX Estufas. See Artufas
SD INDEX Esur, God in India II 114
SD INDEX Eswara. See Isvara
VS eternal ages (I 11) [[p. 5]] Eternity with the Orientals has quite another signification than it has with us. It stands generally for the 100 years or "age" of Brahma, the duration of a Kalpa or a period of 4,320,000,000 years.
SD INDEX Eternal, the One, drops its reflection I 231
SD INDEX Eternity (ies)
amrita & I 348
egg symbol of I 65
ideas, ideal forms in I 282
Kalahansa swan in II 465
living consciously in I 459n
meaning of, in Puranas I 336n
nirvana limited in I 266
no word in Hebrew for I 336 &n, 354n
past, future & I 37
poem (last stanza) re, [John Gay] I 26
serpent symbol of I 65; II 214, 505
seven I 35-6, 53, 144 &n, 206
seventh, paradox of I 62-3
third eye embraces II 299n
time &, as Kala I 427
of universe I 16; II 490n
"White radiance of," [Shelley] I 238
TG Ether. Students are but too apt to confuse this with Akasa and with Astral Light. It is neither, in the sense in which ether is described by physical Science. Ether is a material agent, though hitherto undetected by any physical apparatus; whereas Akasa is a distinctly spiritual agent, identical, in one sense, with the Anima Mundi, while the Astral Light is only the seventh and highest principle of the terrestrial atmosphere, as undetectable as Akasa and real Ether, because it is something quite on another plane. The seventh principle of the earth's atmosphere, as said, the Astral Light, is only the second on the Cosmic scale. The scale of Cosmic Forces, Principles and Planes, of Emanations -- on the metaphysical -- and Evolutions -- on the physical plane -- is the Cosmic Serpent biting its own tail, the Serpent reflecting the Higher, and reflected in its turn by the lower Serpent. The Caduceus explains the mystery and the four-fold Dodecahedron on the model of which the universe is said by Plato to have been built by the manifested Logos -- synthesized by the unmanifested First-Born -- yields geometrically the key to Cosmogony and its microcosmic reflection -- our Earth.
WGa Ether, in physics and astronomy a hypothetical medium of extreme tenuity universally diffused throughout all space, and which is supposed to be the medium for the transmission of sound and light, and in a sense the basis of form. It corresponds almost exactly to the Astral Light of the Kabalist, which is an aspect of the Akasa. There are differences between the two, however. It should not be confounded with the Ether of the ancients, which might be said to be the same as the Akasa itself, whereas Ether is only an aspect of that.
SD INDEX Ether (element) I 527 &nn. See also Aether, Astral Light
aether & I 330-2, 460, 508
agent of transmission II 105
ahamkara surrounds II 616
air is differentiated I 534
akasa & I 61, 76n, 255, 296n, 326, 331, 515, 526n; II 511n
akasa spirit soul of I 18
all things come fr I 462
anthropomorphized & deity I 332
astral light & I 74n, 197, 326, 331n, 343, 524n
Bain on I 325-6
binds particles of matter I 526
breath of Universal Soul I 102
"caloric" agency of Metcalfe I 524 &n, 525, 526
Church made, abode of Satan I 331
continuous material medium I 487
cosmic substance I 111n, 326, 339
denizens of I 297, 331n
earth, water, fire, air & II 616
evolution of concept I 491-2
Father-, or Archaeus I 51
fifth race element II 135
fifth round & I 12, 140, 257-8
Fohat son of, or akasa II 400n
gross body of akasa I 13n, 257
interstellar I 626; II 135
in Kalevala II 122
Levi's astral light lowest I 254-5
light transmitted by I 486, 595
lining of akasa I 97
Lodge on I 488-9
materialists rebel against I 587 &n
Moschus on I 461
Narayana present in I 231
Newton on I 13, 490-5
no resistance to bodies in, (Stallo) I 486
not fully manifested yet I 460
passive female principle I 57
physically unknown to us I 669
plenum, vacuum & I 495
prototypes in, (Anaxagoras) I 332
reflection of chaos I 338
resisting I 501
Richardson's nervous I 531-2, 537; II 298n
science & I 102, 296n, 297, 339, 485, 487; II 511n
seven rays bases of I 515n
seven subdivisions of I 330-2
soul of matter I 57
sound, hearing & I 255, 296n, 536, 587; II 107
spirit directs elements in I 343
Stallo on I 482, 486-7
svabhavat noumenon of I 671
synthesis of four elements I 97, 342, 447
vibratory, of Keely I 555-6
we will transmit, to sith race I 342
SD INDEX Ethereal, Ethereality
bodies of early man II 55, 86, 149, 150, 157, 732
fluid of Leibniz I 623
nature of first dhyani-chohans I 82
races evolve fr, to materiality I 188; II 68n, 298-9 &nn; 697
ETHICS
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OG Ethics -- The theosophical teachings are essentially and wholly ethical. It is impossible to understand the sublime wisdom of the gods, the archaic wisdom-religion of the ancients, without the keenest realization of the fact that ethics run like golden threads throughout the entire system or fabric of doctrine and thought of the esoteric philosophy. Genuine occultism, divorced from ethics, is simply unthinkable because impossible. There is no genuine occultism which does not include the loftiest ethics that the moral sense of mankind can comprehend, and one cannot weigh with too strong an emphasis upon this great fact.
Ethics in the theosophical philosophy are not merely the products of human thought existing as a formulation of conventional rules proper for human conduct. They are founded on the very structure and character of the universe itself. The heart of the universe is wisdom-love, and these are intrinsically ethical, for there can be no wisdom without ethics, nor can love be without ethics, nor can there be ethics deprived of either love or wisdom.
The philosophic reason why the ancients set so much store by what was commonly known as virtus among the Latins, from which we have our modern word "virtue," is because by means of the teaching originating in the great Mystery schools, they knew that virtues, ethics, were the offspring of the moral instinct in human beings, who derived them in their turn from the heart of the universe -- from the kosmic harmony. It is high time that the Occidental world should cast forever into the limbo of exploded superstitions the idea that ethics is merely conventional morality, a convenience invented by man to smooth the asperities and dangers of human intercourse.
Of course every scholar knows that the words morals and ethics come from the Latin and Greek respectively, as signifying the customs or habits which it is proper to follow in civilized communities. But this fact itself, which is unquestionable, is in a sense disgraceful, for it would almost seem that we had not yet brought forth a word adequately describing the instinct for right and truth and troth and justice and honor and wisdom and love which we today so feebly express by the words ethics or morals. "Theosophist is who Theosophy does," wrote H. P. Blavatsky, and wiser and nobler words she never wrote. No one can be a theosophist who does not feel ethic-ally and think ethically and live ethically in the real sense that is hereinbefore described. (See also Morals)
SD INDEX Ethics
Aryan codes of II 253
Buddha taught II 423
karma & universal I 637-9
national II 469
religious, of first races II 272-3
SEE ALSO; MORALS
SD INDEX Ethiopians. See also Aethiopians
Eastern II 417, 429
SD INDEX Ethiopic MS, in Bodleian Library
Book of Enoch
translated fr II 482
SD INDEX Ethiops River, Indus River &, explained II 417-18
SD INDEX Ethnology (ical) I xxxiii, 318; II 334, 443, 535
esoteric II 166, 710, 789-93
rebels against Bible chronology II 195
requires several Adams I 323-4
science confirms esoteric II 166
significance of Dattoli II 232n
silent re Australians II 196
of Vishnu Purana II 320
"yellow hued" descendants II 425
SD INDEXa Etoi men protista chaos genet' I 425n (Gk) "Chaos of all things was the first generated." -- Hesiod, Theogony, line 116
SD INDEX Etruria, trilithic stones in II 346n
SD INDEX Etruscan(s)
Florence built on, cities II 221
Tuscan sages & eight ages (Sulla) I 650
word lares fr II 361
SD INDEX Etudes egyptologiques. See Pierret, P.
SD INDEX Etudes sur le rituel . . . See Rouge, de
SD INDEX Etym. M. II 519. See also Photius
SD INDEX Etz (Heb, Otz in text)
Holy of Holies I 114n
nine & seven numbers of I 114; II 217
Tree in Garden of Eden I 114
EUCHARIST -- SEE COMMUNION, JESUS, CHRISTIANITY
SD INDEX Euclid II 522
SD INDEX Eudaimonia (Gk) II 371
SD INDEX Eudoxus of Cnidus, made Egyptian year one month I 650
SD INDEX Eue (Eve) or Eua (Eva), Chaldaic verb "to be" II 129
SD INDEX Eugenius Philalethes. See Vaughan, Thomas
SD INDEX Eugibinus, on composite Adam II 134 &n
SD INDEX Euhemerization II 148, 271, 543, 658
SD INDEX Euler, L., gravity due to spirit I 491
SD INDEX Euphrates River, Gan-Eden watered by II 202, 203
TG Eurasians. An abbreviation of "European-Asians". The mixed coloured races: the children of the white fathers and the dark mothers of India, or vice versa.
KT Eurasians. An abbreviation of "European-Asians." The mixed coloured races; the children of the white fathers, and the dark mothers of India, and vice versa.
SD INDEX Euripides,
----- Hercules furens
immorality of poets II 764
----- Hippolytus
Kalliste I 395
----- Orestes
Castor & Pollux II 123 &n
----- Troades (Trojan Women)
three-eyed Zeus II 294n
SD INDEX Europe
Africa appeared before II 368
Africans crossed into II 740-1
America older than II 407n
Australia &,one continent (Seeman) II 333
cyclopean towns in I 209n
Egypt older than present II 746
elevation of, & Asia II 694-5
on eve of cataclysm I 644-6
fifth continent II 8, 606n
geometric pyramids not in II 352
ice-age immigration into II 738n
Incas & Pelasgians of II 745-6
last Atlantis island preceded II 405
Mergiana & new continent of II 398
Miocene plants of, & America II 727, 781, 790
Mongolian type skulls found in II 744
Negro types found in II 744
no man in, during Tertiary (sci) II 714
north of, still rising II 787n
Paleolithic man of II 739-41
rising during Atlantean peak II 722-3
sunken during Lemurian era II 324, 327
Tertiary, Quaternary II 738-40 &n
will one day sink II 266
SD INDEX European(s)
age of, family [national] race II 435
ancient history of, nations II 439
Blavatsky taught two, in 1880 I xviii
Buddhist tracts hidden fr, "pundits" I xxx
early, sought refuge in Asia II 743
fifth or, subrace II 445
fossils & proof of man's antiquity II 725
fossils linked w South America II 791
lethal influence of II 411n
Neolithic, plants African II 739
no, artifacts before late Eocene II 723
no more, in sixth race II 446
northern stocks of, originate II 743
part of Aryan race II 106, 323-4n
punishment of, nations I 644
third Aryan subrace became II 753
two, taught in 1870s I xviii-ix
SD INDEX Eurydice (wife of Orpheus), bitten by polar serpent II 785
SD INDEX Eurymedon, children of, & fourth race II 766
SD INDEX Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea
disfigured Berosus I xxvi; II 53
disfigured Manetho I xxvi; II 368, 392, 692-3
disfigured Sanchoniathon II 392, 692-3
Smith proves forgeries of I xxvi n
Tertullian known only in II 278n
----- Chronicon
mutilates Chaldean records I xxxi
----- Praeparatio Evangelica
animated stones II 342
on Egyptian zodiac II 357
Elyon II 380
Hermes emblem of the Word II 542
Kabiri sons of Sydic II 392
mundane egg I 360
Phoenician cosmogony I 340
Sun shown in a ship (Egy) I 409
SD INDEX Eusebius (the physician), carried talking stones (de Mirville) II 342
SD INDEX Eustathius, Archbishop, Io signifies the Moon II 416n, 463
SD INDEX Euterpe II 334. See also Herodotus
SD INDEX Euthanasia, adepts & esoteric meaning of II 531
SD INDEX Euxine
Samothrace overflowed by II 4-5
search for cradle of humanity in II 203
White Island in, (Wilford) II 402n
SD INDEX Eva. See Eue
SEE ALSO; EVE
SD INDEX Evangel (Christian doctrine), ancients plagiarized by anticipation II 481-2
SD INDEX Evangelists, symbology of four I 127n, 441-2
SD INDEX Evans, Sir John
----- The Ancient Stone Implements . . .
Neolithic, Paleolithic man II 722
no writing in Stone Age II 442
TG Evapto. Initiation; the same as Epopteia.
SD INDEX Eve, Eva. See also Adam, Havvah
Adam &, Fall of II 62, 95n
ansated cross symbolizes II 31n
Belita or Damti became II 463
bore Cain because of apple II 166
disobedience of, not evil II 95n
dragon that tempted I 73
fr Ha-va (chavah), life II 42n, 194n
first natural woman II 388
gave birth to Cain-Jehovah II 469
Genesis 3, third race & II 410
Hebel or II 135
Houah or, (Skinner) II 467
identical w Aditi II 43
identical w Vach II 128
Isis, Io or II 416
Jehovah male portion of II 269n
Juno a form of I 129n
made fr Adam's rib I 456n; II 193
means "to be" II 129
missionaries confuse, w Ivi II 194 &n
Norse Lifthrasir compared w II 100
not begotten but extracted II 661
placental before mammals II 166
seduced by flying camel II 205
Sephirah-, or Aditi-Vach I 355-6
serpent &, like Mayamoha-Daityas I 422
terrestrial, is Earth I 60, 240
Vach compared w, & Adam I 137
warned not to eat forbidden fruit II 267
womb, Sarah or II 472
Zuni Priestess-Mother & II 629
SEE ALSO; EVA
SD INDEX Evening Telegraph, on The Secret Doctrine II 441n
SD INDEX Even Numbers, terrestrial, devilish (Pythagoras) II 574-5
SD INDEX Ever-
becoming I 250, 268, 570; II 446, 449 &n
existing I 278; II 545
Present, abstract motion & I 3
Unknowable I 280
SD INDEX Evestrum, or Ka II 633
SD INDEX Evidence
internal, not safe beacon I xxx
of past overwhelming II 742
past, required I xlv
of sunken continents II 788
SD INDEX "Evidence of Man's Place . . ." See Huxley
SD INDEX "Evidences of the Ice Age." See Woodward
WW Evil Now we will put down as a postulate for our future studies that the origin of evil arises in the conflict of wills in the universe, and we see that despite ourselves we come back to the principle of polytheism -- the harmony and the conflict of wills. Remember that polytheism means nothing more in itself than the governance of the Universe by spiritual beings. I think that we can fix this fact in our minds by considering the evil in ourselves, the dual nature, the struggle that we all have -- two wills; as the German poet said:
"Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach, in meiner Brust" -- Two souls, ah me! dwell in my breast! -- And if he had said "Legions dwell in my breast", it would have been truer, as we shall see when we come to study the nature of soul.
Plutarch opens his Life of Theseus as follows:
"As in the books on geography, Sossius Senecio, the writers crowd the countries of which they know nothing, into the furthest margins of their maps, and write upon them legends such as 'In this direction lie waterless deserts, filled with wild beasts', or, 'Unexplored morasses', or, 'here it is as cold as Scythia', or 'a frozen sea'; so I, in my writings on parallel lives go through that period of time where history rests on the firm basis of facts, and may truly say "all beyond this is portentous and fabulous, inhabited by poets and mythologers, and there is nothing true or certain."
It seems to me, on thinking of the subjects that we have to consider in our preparatory studies, that we are somewhat in the position of Plutarch when he describes the geographers as placing in the further corners of their maps all things which are unknown, because as soon as we begin to study, to investigate the mysteries of the different religions, we find vast tracts of mental territory uncharted. And all over these wide tracts we find legends: 'Mythological', or 'God's work', or 'Unknown', or 'The habitation of poets and mythologers'. Yet those are tracts of mental territory which we must study. Like the pioneers in exploration we must force our way into the thought of antiquity, find out what the ancients really meant, and what they intended to say in the works which have come down to us.
SD INDEX Evil. See also Devil, Good &, Knowledge, Satan, Shadow
ancient view of I 343
antagonizing blind force I 413
belief in personal devil & II 377
Christians personify II 390, 478
dominates humanity (Bible) II 515
easy spread of II 212
even numbers II 574-5
fallen angels key to II 274
God cannot be divorced fr I 413
good &, are twins I 412-13; II 96
keys to solution of II 303, 476, 515
Laing on nature of II 510n
matter or, evolution of I 73
much of world's, could vanish I 643
necessary in manifestation II 389
neither, nor good per se II 96, 162
no, dragon II 53
no, outside mankind II 389, 512
not an independent power I 73
not eternal to Zoroastrians II 488
One II 70
origin of II 25, 274, 373, 490, 520
polarity of spirit, matter I 416
Prometheus & physical II 420
punishment &, serve the good II 477
Puranas on I 415-16
realm of, & sublunary regions II 74
root of, (Hindu) II 421n
Satan personifies abstract II 478
serpent of II 25-6
symbols of II 386
union & harmony palliative to I 644
wars w powers of II 104
SD INDEX Evil Eye(d)
Saturn the II 29
of sorcerers II 427
SD INDEX Evil Spirits
Christians have dogmatized II 386
originally emblems of chaos II 386
seven, of Chaldea II 97
EVOLUTION
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TG Evolution. The development of higher orders of animals·from lower. As said in Isis Unveiled: "Modern Science holds but to a one-sided physical evolution, prudently avoiding and ignoring the higher or spiritual evolution, which would force our contemporaries to confess the superiority of the ancient philosophers and psychologists over themselves. The ancient sages, ascending to the UNKNOWABLE, made their starting point from the first manifestation of the unseen, the unavoidable, and, from a strictly logical reasoning, the absolutely necessary creative Being, the Demiurgos of the universe. Evolution began with them from pure spirit, which descending lower and lower down, assumed at last a visible and comprehensible form, and became matter. Arrived at this point, they speculated in the Darwinian method, but on a far more large and comprehensive basis. ( See "Emanation".)
IU Evolution. -- The development of higher orders of animals from the lower. Modern, or so-called exact science, holds but to a one-sided physical evolution, prudently avoiding and ignoring the higher or spiritual evolution, which would force our contemporaries to confess the superiority of the ancient philosophers and psychologists over themselves. The ancient sages, ascending to the UNKNOWABLE, made their starting-point from the first manifestation of the unseen, the unavoidable, and from a strict logical reasoning, the absolutely necessary creative Beings, the Demiurgos of the universe. Evolution began with them from pure spirit, which descending lower and lower down, assumed that a visible and comprehensible form, and became matter. Arrived at this point, they speculated in the Darwinian method, but on a far more large and comprehensive basis.
In the Rig-Veda-Sanhita, the oldest book of the World, [Translated by Max Muller, Professor of Comparative Philology at the Oxford University, England.] (to which even our most prudent Indiologists and Sanscrit scholars assign an antiquity of between two and three thousand years B.C.), in the first book, "Hymns to the Maruts," it is said:
"Not-being and Being are in the highest heaven, in the birthplace of Daksha, in the lap of Aditi" (Mandala, i., Sukta 166).
"In the first age of the gods, Being (the comprehensible Deity) was born from Not-being (whom no intellect can comprehend); after it were born the Regions (the invisible), from the Uttanapada."
"From Uttanapada the Earth was born, the Regions (those that are visible) were born from the Earth. Daksha was born of Aditi, and Aditi from Daksha" (Ibid.).
Aditi is the Infinite, and Daksha is daksha-pitarah, literally meaning the fathers of gods, but understood by Max Muller and Roth to mean the fathers of strength, "preserving, possessing, granting faculties." Therefore, it is easy to see that "Daksha, born of Aditi and Aditi from Daksha," means what the moderns understand by "correlation of forces;" the more so as we find in this passage (translated by Prof. Muller):
"I place Agni, the source of all beings, the father of strength" (iii, 27, 2), a clear and identical idea which prevailed so much in the doctrines of the Zoroastrians, the Magians, and the mediaeval fire-philosophers. Agni is god of fire, of the Spiritual Ether, the very substance of the divine essence of the Invisible God present in every atom of His creation and called by the Rosicrucians the "Celestial Fire." If we only carefully compare the verses from this Mandala, one of which runs thus: "The Sky is your father, the Earth your mother, Soma your brother, Aditi your sister" (i., 191, 6), ["Dyarih vah pita, prithivi mata, somah bhrata, aditih svasa."] with the inscription on the Smaragdine Tablet of Hermes, we will find the same substratum of metaphysical philosophy, the identical doctrines!
"As all things were produced by the mediation of one being, so all things were produced from this one thing by adaptation: 'Its father is the sun; its mother is the moon' . . . etc. Separate the earth from the fire, the subtile from the gross. . . . What I had to say about the operation of the sun is completed" (Smaragdine Tablet).' [As the perfect identity of the philosophical and religious doctrines of antiquity will be fully treated upon in subsequent chapters, we limit our explanations for the present.]
Professor Max Muller sees in this Mandala "at last, something like a theogony, though full of contradictions." ["Rig-Veda-Anhita," p. 234.] The alchemists, kabalists, and students of mystic philosophy will find therein a perfectly defined system of Evolution in the Cosmogony of a people who lived a score of thousands of years before our era. They will find in it, moreover, a perfect identity of thought and even doctrine with the Hermetic philosophy, and also that of Pythagoras and Plato.
In Evolution, as it is now beginning to be understood, there is supposed to be in all matter an impulse to take on a higher form -- a supposition clearly expressed by Manu and other Hindu philosophers of the highest antiquity. The philosopher's tree illustrates it in the case of the zinc solution. The controversy between the followers of this school and the Emanationists may be briefly stated thus: The Evolutionist stops all inquiry at the borders of "the Unknowable;" the Emanationist believes that nothing can be evolved -- or, as the word means, unwombed or born -- except it has first been involved, thus indicating that life is from a spiritual potency above the whole.
OG Evolution -- As the word is used in theosophy it means the "unwrapping," "unfolding," "rolling out" of latent powers and faculties native to and inherent in the entity itself, its own essential characteristics, or more generally speaking, the powers and faculties of its own character: the Sanskrit word for this last conception is svabhava. Evolution, therefore, does not mean merely that brick is added to brick, or experience merely topped by another experience, or that variation is superadded on other variations -- not at all; for this would make of man and of other entities mere aggregates of incoherent and unwelded parts, without an essential unity or indeed any unifying principle.
In theosophy evolution means that man has in him (as indeed have all other evolving entities) everything that the cosmos has because he is an inseparable part of it. He is its child; one cannot separate man from the universe. Everything that is in the universe is in him, latent or active, and evolution is the bringing forth of what is within; and, furthermore, what we call the surrounding milieu, circumstances -- nature, to use the popular word -- is merely the field of action on and in which these inherent qualities function, upon which they act and from which they receive the corresponding reaction, which action and reaction invariably become a stimulus or spur to further manifestations of energy on the part of the evolving entity.
There are no limits in any direction where evolution can be said to begin, or where we can conceive of it as ending; for evolution in the theosophical conception is but the process followed by the centers of consciousness or monads as they pass from eternity to eternity, so to say, in a beginningless and endless course of unceasing growth.
Growth
is the key to the real meaning of the theosophical teaching of evolution, for growth is but the expression in detail of the general process of the unfolding of faculty and organ, which the usual word evolution includes. The only difference between evolution and growth is that the former is a general term, and the latter is a specific and particular phase of this procedure of nature.Evolution is one of the oldest concepts and teachings of the archaic wisdom, although in ancient days the concept was usually expressed by the word emanation. There is indeed a distinction, and an important one, to be drawn between these two words, but it is a distinction arising rather in viewpoint than in any actual fundamental difference. Emanation is a distinctly more accurate and descriptive word for theosophists to use than evolution is, but unfortunately emanation is so ill-understood in the Occident, that perforce the accepted term is used to describe the process of interior growth expanding into and manifesting itself in the varying phases of the developing entity. Theosophists, therefore, are, strictly speaking, rather emanationists than evolutionists; and from this remark it becomes immediately obvious that the theosophist is not a Darwinist, although admitting that in certain secondary or tertiary senses and details there is a modicum of truth in Charles Darwin's theory adopted and adapted from the Frenchman Lamarck. The key to the meaning of evolution, therefore, in theosophy is the following: the core of every organic entity is a divine monad or spirit, expressing its faculties and powers through the ages in various vehicles which change by improving as the ages pass. These vehicles are not physical bodies alone, but also the interior sheaths of consciousness which together form man's entire constitution extending from the divine monad through the intermediate ranges of consciousness to the physical body. The evolving entity can become or show itself to be only what it already essentially is in itself -- therefore evolution is a bringing out or unfolding of what already preexists, active or latent, within. (See also Involution)
SD INDEX Evolution. See also Darwinism, Environment, Heredity, Natural Selection, Specialization
fr amoeba to man theory II 259
analogy, law of, & II 66
ancients knew physical & spiritual I 332
ascending & descending arcs of II 180-1
ascending arc of, we are now on I 641
astral merges into physical II 257, 736
of atoms I 522
begun by intellectual Logos I 137n
Berosus on teaching of II 190
of body terrestrial I 175
changes on globe D, fourth round I 176-7
criticism of scientific II 164-5n, 185
cyclic I 416, 634-47; II 298, 420, 443, 732-3
Darwinian, & reversion to type II 293n
Darwinian, in cosmos I 202
Darwinism not supported by occultism I 186-7, 191, 211; II 653
Darwinism only part of I 600; II 153, 649
definition of I 620; II 653
different rates of II 256
divine, of ideas I 280
double, of man II 87, 167
embryo epitomizes racial II 187, 659
endless adaptations of I 277
eternal cycle of becoming II 170
of eyes II 299 &n, 302
fallen angels & human II 274
five esoteric axioms re II 697-8
Fohat & cosmic I 110
gigantic flora, fauna, men II 276
fr gigantic to small II 153-4
gradual, works by uniform laws II 731
guided by intelligence (Wallace) I 107
guided by unseen hands I 278
Haeckel defines II 164-5n
higher beings used in II 87-8
human-spiritual to divine-spiritual I 224
human, traced on walls & in heaven II 352
& Idealists (Spencer) II 490n
of individualization I 178-9
infinitesimal chance variations II 697
inherent law of development II 260
intellectual, w physical II 411
intelligence cause of II 649 &n
intelligent beings adjust, control I 22
internal laws in, (Mivart) II 697
involution & I 416; II 294
Isis Unveiled q on I 332; II xvi
Kabbala, only hinted at in II 241
kosmic, in geometric figures I 321
of man & ape discussed II 675-85
man masterpiece of II 475, 728
man's, difficult to trace II 152
monad & personal self compel II 109-10
natural forces working blindly (Darwin) I 139; II 652
nature's progress to higher life I 277
never-ceasing ever becoming II 545
no, for the perfect II 243
not all due to natural selection II 728
not applied to primary "Creation" I 446
not creation, by means of WORDS II 42
occult doctrine of II 241, 261-3, 731-4
paganism taught dual I 464
pain & suffering necessary to II 475
of perception fr apperception I 175, 179
physical evolves fr spiritual I 219
planetary life-impulses & II 697
pre-human monsters, etc & II 634-5
primary, secondary causes in II 648-9
proceeded unaided (Temple) II 645
proceeds on many levels II 87
of progenitors as gods, then men II 349
Puranas on I 451-60; II 253
of races, series of rises & falls II 721
repetitive I 232; II 256
saltations in II 696-7
scientific II 189, 347-8
second round, different I 159-60
senses, of outer vs inner I 446-7; II 294
septenary, discussed I 267-8; II 622-3n
sexual, gradual II 84
fr simple to complex II 299, 731
simultaneous, of seven groups II 1-2
soul's influence on, (Rolleston) II 728
specialization II 720
of spirit into matter II 273
spiritual & physical I 641; II 348, 421
spiritual, of inner, real man I 175, 634; II 728
stages in, of man II 132-3, 173-4
Stanzas as formula of I 20-1
swastika symbolizes II 98
of third eye II 302
three propositions re II 1, 168
triple scheme of I 181, 341; II 109
Uranos, Kronos, Jupiter & II 268-71
young subject (Wilson) II 152
SEE ALSO; INVOLUTION, SMARAGDINE TABLET
SD INDEX Evolutionary
impulse & cyclic law II 298
journey of the Pilgrim I 268
seven Stanzas deal w seven, stages I 21
SD INDEX Evolution of Christianity. See Gill, C.
SD INDEX "Evolution of Man." See Wilson, A.
SD INDEX Evolution without Natural Selection. See Dixon
SD INDEX Ewald, G. H. von, on Chwolson II 454
SD INDEX Examen des Principes . . . See Leibniz, G.
SD INDEXa Ex connexione autem ejus spiritus prodidit [prodiit] Mot I 451 (Lat) "Out of the union with that spirit has proceeded Mot."
SD INDEX Exertion, personal, & higher self II 95
SD INDEX Existence(s)
active & passive I 281n
can cease & still Be I 54-5
causes of I 44-5
duality of I 15-17, 326
how personal, is transcended I 54
initial, & forty-nine fires I 290-1
matter is totality of kosmic I 514
nirvana is absolute I 266
struggle for I 277; II 648
true, only in duration I 37
SD INDEX Exodus
astronomy of 25th chapter II 361n
burning bush in I 121
chapter 33:18-23 interpreted II 538-40
"He that sacrificeth to any God . . ." I 492n
on Hor-eb II 541
Jehovah a character of I 422
Jews marked doorposts w tau II 557
Moses hidden by the river I 319n
Moses of, an Atlantean story II 426-9
pillar of fire I 338n, 437
refabricated by Ezra I 319-20
Shaddai II 509
on Tabernacle I 125
Tetragrammaton in II 626 &n
"Thou shalt not revile the gods" I 492n; II 477
Zipporah, the well & Moses I 385 &n; II 465n
SD INDEX Ex Oriente Lux ("Light from the East") II 42
SD INDEXa Ex oriente lux II 42 (Lat) "Out of the East, light."
TG Exoteric. Outward, public; the opposite of esoteric or hidden.
KT Exoteric (Gr.) Outward, public; the opposite of esoteric or hidden.
WGa Exoteric, public, unconcealed. The opposite of esoteric, which see.
OG Exoteric -- This word, when applied particularly to the great philosophical and religious systems of belief, does not mean false. The word merely means teachings of which the keys have not been openly given. The word seems to have originated in the Peripatetic School of Greece, and to have been born in the mind of Aristotle. Its contrast is "esoteric."
OG Exotericism -- that is to say, the outward and popular formulation of religious and philosophic doctrines -- reveils the truth; the self-assurance of ignorance, alas, always reviles the truth; whereas esotericism reveals the truth.
SD INDEX Exoteric(ism). See also Esoteric(ism)
blinds in, works II 308n
esoteric, & endexoteric II 74
of Greek writers & occultism I 507
religion & left-path II 503
religion anthropomorphic, phallic II 657-8
religion falsified copies I 578
religion, gradual spread of II 527
root ideas in, religion I 443
view of demons, angels II 93
SEE ALSO; ESOTERIC
SD INDEX Expansion, Contraction
change of condition, not size I 63
"from within without" explained I 62
periodical II 42-3
SD INDEX Exposition du systeme . . . See Laplace
SD INDEX "Extinct Lake of Bovey Tracey." See Pengelly
TG Extra-Cosmic. Outside of Kosmos or Nature; a nonsensical word invented to assert the existence of a personal God, independent of, or outside, Nature per se, in opposition to the Pantheistic idea that the whole Kosmos is animated or informed with the Spirit of Deity, Nature being but the garment, and matter the illusive shadow, of the real unseen Presence.
KT Extra-Cosmic, i.e., outside of Kosmos or Nature. A nonsensical word invented to assert the existence of a personal god independent of or outside Nature per se; for as Nature, or the Universe, is infinite and limitless there can be nothing outside it. The term is coined in opposition to the Pantheistic idea that the whole Kosmos is animated or informed with the Spirit of Deity, Nature being but the garment, and matter the illusive shadows, of the real unseen Presence.
TG Eyes (divine). The "eyes" the Lord Buddha developed in him at the twentieth hour of his vigil when sitting under the Bo-tree, when he was attaining Buddhaship. They are the eyes of the glorified Spirit, to which matter is no longer a physical impediment, and which have the power of seeing all things within the space of the limitless Universe. On the following morning of that night, at the close of the third watch, the "Merciful One" attained the Supreme Knowledge.
VS Doctrine of the Eye (II 9) [[p. 27]] See No. 1. The exoteric Buddhism of the masses.
SD INDEX Eye(s, d). See also Pineal Gland, Siva-Eye, Third Eye
cat's, symbol of I 305, 387-8; II 552-3n
central, of Siva II 578n
cyclopean II 293, 299
of Dangma I 27, 45-6
Deva-, or third II 295
development of human II 295-9, 769
inner spiritual I 230; II 211
mirror of the soul II 298
Moon as cat, of Sun I 305; II 552-3n
one of seven senses I 534-5
one, or Loka Chakshuh II 22
of Osiris, cat termed II 552n
seven, of the Lord II 22
statue w three, in Argos II 294n
Sun, of Osiris II 25
three, & four-armed man II 294, 744
two, evolved fr one II 299
two, of Ammon II 213
two, perfected beginning fourth race II 769
two, see neither past nor future II 298-9n
wisdom, of Cyclopes II 769
SD INDEX Eye of Taurus the Bull [Aldebaran], equinoctial point beginning kali-yuga I 663, 665; II 785
SD INDEX Ezekiel, Book of Ezekiel
calls King of Tyre a cherub II 501
chapter 1 & Chinese devas I 126
fate of Atlanteans in II 493-4
four animals of I 127, 363; II 533
God's glory fr East I 123
great prophet & seer I 230
"I will bring forth a fire" II 494
reports Jews worshiping Sun I 397n
reproves King of Tyre II 492-4
souls of heavenly bodies II 552
stamped foreheads w tau II 557
vision of early man II 134n
Wheel of I 127; II 128, 552-3
TG Eye of Horus. A very sacred symbol in ancient Egypt. It was called the outa: the right eye represented the sun, the left, the moon. Says Macrobius: "The outa (or uta) is it not the emblem of the sun, king of the world, who from his elevated throne sees all the Universe below him?"
SD INDEX Ezour Veda, Voltaire, Muller on II 442
TG Ezra (Heb.). The Jewish priest and scribe, who, circa 450 B.C., compiled the Pentateuch (if indeed he was not the author of it) and the rest of the Old Testament, except Nehemiah and Malachi. [W.W.W.]
TG Ezra (Heb.). The same as Azareel and Azriel, a great Hebrew Kabbalist. His full name is Rabbi Azariel ben Manahem. He flourished at Valladolid, Spain, in the twelfth century, and was famous as a philosopher and Kabbalist. He is the author of a work on the Ten Sephiroth.
SD INDEX Ezra
adept in phallic worship I 320
creation story fr Chaldeans II 3-4
disfigured Mosaic books I 335-6
Exodus refabricated by I 319-20
ignorant of Hindu cosmogony I 655
Moses & II 453
remodeled Pentateuch I 319; II 4, 143, 461n, 658