OCCULT GLOSSARY

OCCULT GLOSSARY
A COMPENDIUM OF ORIENTAL
AND THEOSOPHICAL TERMS
By
G. DE PURUCKER, M.A., D.Litt.
LONDON: RIDER & CO.
PATERNOSTER HOUSE, E.C.
Made and Printed in Great Britain at
Tic, Mayftow'r Press, Plymouth. William Brendon & Son, Ltd,
1;9.33.
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Absolute •
Adept
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.Adi-Buddhi
Adwaita-Vedanta
Agnishwattas
Ahanka.ra
.AkUa
Alaya
.Ananda
Antaskarana
AnupapMaka
Ar6pa
Asana
Asat
Ascending Arc
.A~rama .
Astral Body
Astral Light
Astrology
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14
14
14
~wattha
Atman
23
Atom
Aum
Aura
Auric Egg
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27
Bbakti-Yoga
Bh'dtas
B!ja
•
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Black Magicians
Bodhi
•
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28
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30
30
30
Brahma.
Brahman.
•Bdhmana
Brotherhood .
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·B~Ubers of the Shadow
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41
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Daiviprakriti
Death
Descending Arc
Devachan
Devas
DMrana
Dharnia
Dharmakaya
Dhyana
Dhyan-Chohans
Divine Soul
Dwapara-Yuga
.
Dweller on the Threshold
25
25
26
26
AntAra
A'YSchi
Nridya.
Bodhisattva
Causal Body
Chain
Chakra
Chaos
Chela
Chhaya
Chit
Christos
Circulations of the Kosmos.
Clairaudience
Clairvoyance
Consciousness
Cosmos
Cycles
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16
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22
Avaloki~vara.
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Buddha •
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•
Buddhas of Compassion
Buddhi
Buddhism
13
28
28
Ego
Eidolon
Eighth Sphere
Eka.grata. •
Elementals
Elementaries .
Esoteric Doctrine
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31
32
32
32
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51
52
52
53
53
54
55
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Ethics
Evolution
Exoteric
56
57
59
Fohat
6o
Gayatri
Globe
God
Gods
Gun as
Guru
Guru -parampara
6x
61
62
62
63
63
63
Hatha-Yoga
Heaven and Hell
Hermetic Chain
Hierarchy
Higher Triad
Home Galaxy
Home Universe
Hpho-wa.
Human Ego
Human Monad.
Human Soul
Hypnotism
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65
65
66
68
68
68
6g
69
6g
6g
70
I dam
Illusion
Immortality
Individuality
Infinite
Initiates
Initiation
Inner God
Inner Round
Intermediate Nature .
Invisible Worlds
Involution
tswara
71
7I
71
74
74
75
75
76
77
77
78
79
81
Jagrat
Jiva
Jtvanmukta
Jivatman
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82
82
83
Kabala
Kali-Yuga
Kalpa
Kama
KAma-loka
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84
84
84
84
85
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K~ma-rupa
Kara~a-sarlra
PACE
KaraJ?.op~dhi
Karman
Khe-chara
Kosmic Life
Kosmos
'
Krita-Yuga, or Satya-Yuga
Kshattriya
Kumaras
Kumbhaka
Kundalini
.
Ladder of Life
Lanoo
Laya-centre
Left-hand Path
Life-Atom
Life-Atoms
Life-Wave
Linga-sarlra
Lipikas
Logos
Loka
Lost Soul
Lower Quaternary
Luminous Arc
Lunar Pit:ris
Macrocosm
Mahat
Maha.tman
Man
Manas
Manasaputras
Manifestation
Manu
Manvantara
Masters
Matter
Maya
Mayavi-rupa
Mediator
Medium
Mesmerism
Messenger
Metempsychosis
Metensomatosis.
Microcosm
Milky Way, The
Moksha
Monad
Morals, Morality
Mudra
Mukti
.
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8g
9I
9I
9I
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95
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99
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99
IOO
100
IOI
102
104
104
I06
107
107
108
108
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III
III
III
II2
II2
II3
II4
115
II5
II6
II7
II8
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Mulaprakriti
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Music of the Spheres .
Mysteries
Mysticism
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121
Nature
Nirmc1J?.akaya
Nirv§.na
Nivritti
Niyama
Noetic
Nous
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122
123
125
125
125
125
Obscuration
Occultism
Ojas
Om.
Outer Round
125
127
128
128
128
Palingenesis
Parabrahman
Param§.tman
Path, The
Personality
Philosophy
Pitris
Planes
Planetary Chain
Planetary Spirits
Pradh§.na
Praj§.pati
Prakpti
Pralaya
Pr§.Q.a
Praty§.Mra
Pratyeka-Buddha
Pravfitti .
Pre-existence
Principles of Man
Psychic Powers
Psychology
Pumnas
Purusha
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129
130
131
131
132
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134
135
136
136
137
138
139
139
139
139
J40
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141
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143
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144
Qabb§.l§.h
145
Races
Rajas
.
Ra.ja-Yoga
Rebirth
Rechaka .
Reim.bodiment
145
J46
147
147
147
Pm~J.c1y§.ma
II9
II9
141
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Reincarnating Ego
Reincarnation
Relativity
Religion
Right-hand Path
Ring-Pass-Not
Root-Race
Round
Rupa
151
152
153
154
154
155
Sabda-brahm~n
Sakti
Sam§.dhi .
Sambhala
Sambhogak§.ya
Sanny§.sin
Sarira
.
Sat
Sattwa
Science
Second Death
Self
Seven Principles of Man
Seven Sacred Planets
Shadows .
Shadowy Arc
Silent Watcher, The
Sishtas .
.
Skandhas
Sloka
Soul
Soulless Beings
Space
Spirit
.
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.
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Spirit (in reference to matter)
Spiritual Soul
Sthula-sarira
SUdra
Sushupti .
Sutr§.tman
Swabh§.va
Swabhavat
Swapna
Swarupa
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172
173
173
Tala
Tamas
Tanh§.
Tantras
T§.ntrik
Tat.
Tattwas
THAT
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175
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176
177
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Theosophy
Thought-Transference
Transmigration
Treta.-Yuga
Trishna
Turtya
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178
178
180
Universal Brotherhood
Universal Self
Universe •
Upadhi
Upanishad
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182
182
183
183
Vach
Vahana
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185
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Vaisya
Vedanta
Vedas
Vidya
185
186
186
187
White Magicians
187
Yama
Yoga
Yogin
Yuga
187
187
188
189
Zodiac
190
ISO
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