Volume
XV
P index
P***:
a messenger, I 89
Pacenian Corpuscles:
poison and,
III 37
II 309
of great beauty, II 323
remnants of Atlantis in, II 434-35
Padartha (
Abhava and, I 332
Padmapada (fl. 500
B.C.):
saved Sankara from
sorcerer, II 218
Padmapani (
real nature of, XII 518, 520
Padma-Purana:
names Kuthumi as Rishi, VI 232
bibliog., VI 426
Padmasambhava (fl.
8th C.):
a chief apostle of Tibetan
Buddhism,
XIV 19
master magician, XIV 19
bio-bibliog., XIV 559-60
Padma-yoni (
"bosom of the lotus," XII 168 (177)
Paducachaytra [Sk. Padukakshetra]:
in Tuluva, V 184
Padyamitithi (
definition, V 262
ruined temples of, XIII 189-90
Pagan(s):
accused of Devil dealing, XIV 43, 73,
314
ancient philosphers were, IX 347 fn.
(375 fn.)
Brothers & Adepts are, IX 357 fn.
(385 fn.)
called "fiends of Hell," XIV 71
Christianity and, XIV 221, 305-06,
314, 335, 353-56
Christianity "anticipated" by, XIV
71-73, 143, 148-49, 271, 340 & fn.
Church destroyed, MSS., XIV 271
Church falsely accused, XIV 224
definition, IX 349 fn. (377 fn.)
Deities of, appropriated, XII 71, 94-95
(101-02), 149, 200; XIV 71-72
Deity impersonal, XIV 335
etiquette of, XII 270-71, 276-78
festivals & Christianity, XII 71-72,
91-92 (98-99)
Gods consecrated in nature, XIII 299
Gods superior to Angels, XIV
71-72 fn., 330 & fn., 335
H.P.B. a, IX 349-50 fn. (377-78 fn.),
358 fn. (386 fn.)
ideas in Christianity, XIII 337, 340
influential, wooed by Latin Church,
XIV 70
Jesus &, emblems, XIV 154, 271, 307,
320-21, 324, 335 fn.
Jesus used, rite, XIV 147-48
loved virtue, XII 240
meaning of, Circle Dances, XII 278
Oracles & Christ's coming, XIV 271,
324
"plagiarisms," XIV 143, 148, 314, 325,
335-36 fn., 340
plurality of, gods, XII 200-01
rites of ancient, XII 16-17, 278
secret cycles & life of Christ, XIV
353-56
seven Rectors of Demiourgos and,
XIV 330-31
Sidereal worship, XIV 314-16, 326 ff.,
330-31, 335
source of Church dogma, XIV 341 fn.
"superstition," XIV 335
on symbols, XIII 296-300
symbols engulfed by Christians, XIV
167, 292, 307 & fn., 314-31, 335
& fn.
taught Earth's rotundity, XIV 43,
330-31 fn.
Virgin Mary based on, symbolism,
XIV 292 & fn.
See also Heathen(s); Pantheists;
Polytheists
Paganini, Nicolo (1782-1840):
sorcery of, II 219-20, 222-23, 238-39
——— The Witches:
II 253
Stenio duels Paganini by playing, II
226, 250, 254-56
Paganism:
Masonry & Theology as historical
trinity, XI 101
See also Heathenism; Pantheism;
Polytheism
Pageantry:
simplicity of true religion vs., III 58
Pain:
on every plane, XIII 170
how to live beyond, XII 537-38
main causes of, VI 331-32; VIII 127;
XII 538
of spiritual growth, VI 331-32
as task master & teacher, VIII 169
Paine, Thomas (1737-1809):
III 257
books of, V 119, 120
vision of, VI 17, 20
wisest apostle of Freethought, II 381
———- The Age of Reason:
high praise for, II 381
Pakka (Sk.):
phenomena, IV 85, 439
Pala Dynasty:
Kings of, V 309
Palaeography:
Catholic interest in, XIV 70-71
Palanquans:
studied Vach, V 298
Palazzo Barberini:
old Roman Missals in, VIII 21 fn.
hieroglyphics of, II 315, 316
monoliths of, II 319
ruins of, II 322
Paléologue, Maurice (1859-1944):
———- Le Roman tragique . . .:
by French Ambassador to
168 fn.
bibliog., III 517
dedicated to Buddha or "Saint
Josaphat," II 133-34 & fn.
Bennett debunks biblical events in, IV
285-86
Paley, William (1743-1805):
———- A View of the Evidences of
Christianity:
on forgery in Josephus, IV 363
on Jesus' letter to Abgarus, III 175
bio-bibliog., III 517
bibliog., IV 662
Pali Literature:
donated to Adyar library, XII 300-01
reviving, & T.S., II 439
Palibothra (
ancients on location of, XIII 342-44
Palingenio[us] Stellato, Marcel:
See Manzoli, Pier
Pall:
worn by Pope, XI 101
II 203 (206); VI 215 & fn., 308; XII
28 q.
on books prohibited in
on cremation, III 301-02
discloses evils, IX 149
on freedom of expression, XI 188
libel in, X 290
prophecy in, X 106
Remenyi's account on Japan in, XIII
177-78
on women, XI 443
bibliog., VI 451
Palladium:
Greco-Phrygian, VII 221
Pallas-Athene:
sacred day of, X 278 See also Athena
Palm, Baron J.H.L. de
(1809-1876):
I 428
ashes cast into sea, I 421
cremation & alleged fortune of, XIV
493-94
H.P.B. on, I 214, 233
only effects of, XIII 194-95 & fn.
Spiritualists claim, MSS. source of
Isis Unveiled, XIII
194-95
biog., XIV 560
See under Olcott, Henry S.
Palmyra (Syria):
ruins of, II 303
Pamir (Central Asia):
as cradle of human race, III 180
& fn.; XIII 330
as cradle of initiated only, III 187
Pamphilius (240?-309):
library held true Matthew, XIV 149
Pan:
as All-Nature, III 296; XI 293
five elements and, XIV 100 fn.
or Nature, III 296; IV 263
"pan-aeonic eternity" and, III 296
Sanskrit Pañcha and,
XIV 100 fn.
Panacea:
Theosophy as universal, X 164
Panadure:
padris at, & Olcott, III 479
Panaetius (2nd C. B.C.):
and Xenocrates, VI
209
bio-bibliog., VI 443
diversion of Gulf Stream, XIII 181
Pañchadaa (Sk.):
five words of Gnostics and, XIII 32
Pañchakona (Sk.):
VIII 154 fn.
Shatkon and, III 321
Pañcha-Koa (Sk.):
five sheaths & Monad, IV 582
See also Kosa(s)
Pañchatantra:
V 186
bibliog., V 366
Panchen Lama [Tib. Pan-chen
bLama]:
Ban-dhe-chan Rim-po-the or, III 185
Chief of secret Archives of, in T.S.,
III 398
or Great Jewel of Wisdom, XIV 431
& fn.
incarnate Buddha, III 185
Panchen Rimpoche or Teshu Lama,
VI 105
prophecy of, Western incarnation, VI
105; XIV 431
represented active earthly wisdom, III
185
of Tashi Lhfnpo, IV 160
See also Tashi Lama
Pañchkon:
See Pañchakona
Pañch[a]-Kukku˜arama:
Kayapa's vision at
convent of, V 245
Pancoast, Dr. Seth (1823-1889):
a Philadelphian occultist, I 123
bio-bibliog., I
520-21
Panavas:
See Pandus
Pandira, Jesus Ben:
See Jehoshua ben Pandira
Pandira, Joseph:
See Joseph ben Pandira
Panus [Sk. Panavas]:
five Lunar, built topes of India, II 316
outcasts, V 305 fn.
Pococke's views and, V 306
taught Mysteries in 3300 B.C., V 300;
XIV 269
Panini:
XIII 314 fn.
art of writing and, V 195-96, 294-310;
XIII 315; XIV 269 & fn.
explains Yavanani, V 195
as Grammarian, XIII 147, 314; XIV 4
on importance of accents, XIII 108
last of Rishis, V 295, 307
restored classical Sanskrit, V 303
rules of, easier than ancient
Brahmanical Lit., V 208
Sanskrit of, differs from modern
usage, VI 79 (88)
Siva-taught, V 295
———- Sutras:
V 196
bio-bibliog., V 362, 379; XIV 560
Panoramic Vision:
at death, described, XI 446 et seq.
Panpsychism:
definition, IX 13
Panta (Greek):
is objective manifestation, XI 485
Zoē cp. with, XI 485
Pantaenus (155?-216):
influenced by Ammonius, XIV 13,
308
knew unity of Platonic & Oriental
systems, XIV 16, 306
Pantheism:
XII 347 fn.
Atheism not the outcome of, III 355
Chaldean Kabalists had pure, III 314
definitions, III 63, 277
Eastern polytheism masked, VII 253
endows Nature with living
Intelligence, XIV 226
goal of Eastern, VIII 114
of Hindus & Buddhists, VIII 113-17
Jewish monotheism masked, VII 253
Pessimism &, contrasted, VIII 110 et
seq.
of pessimists, VIII 123
philosophical vs. objective, IX 167-68
real Theosophy is, XI 333, 409-10, 414
Roman Catholic Monotheists and,
XIV 226
in Soul Force theory, XIV 226
true described, VIII 57 (79)
as ultra-Spiritual & true religion, III
142
Vedanta not absolute, XII 344 fn.
See also Polytheism
Pantheists:
German, IX 13
Kosmos & Deity same to untrained,
IX 167-68
Pantheon(s):
ancient, compared, XIV 91, 155-57, 291
Hindu & Buddhist, XIV 403
Hindu, cp. to Biblical, XIV 92, 403
Indian explains cosmic mysteries, XIV
208
Indian, represented by stars, XI
242 fn. (279 fn.)
three levels of interpretation, XIV 91
See also Gods; Goddess(es)
Panthera, Jeshu ben:
See Jehoshua ben
Pandira
Pantophonograph:
or Echograph, XIII 292
use in future, XIII 293
Papal Bull:
of Pope Pius V fostered worship of 7
planets, X 29
See also under Roman Catholic
Church & specific Popes
Papheronmes Papyrus:
addressing the Sun, XIV 270-71
Papus (pseud. of G. Encausse)
(1865-1916):
on adepts & initiates, XI 170 (178),
177 (185)
———- Traité élénaentaire de science
occulte:
reviewed, IX 44-46
bio-bibliog., IX 446-47
Papyrus(i):
of Anastasi, VII 120,
131
Harris, VII 104 et
seq., 126
on Judgment of soul, VII 109
magic and, VII 92, 94-95
magical scenes from Lepsius, VII
97-101
magically prepared, VII 107
of Nēvo-loo, VII 109-10
occult meaning of animals in, VII 110
on Osirified soul, VII 94, 125
of Prisse, VII 118-19
Reuven on historic value of, VII 121
of Rollin, VII 128-29
sorcery and, VII 114
types of writing in, VII 105 fn.
witnesses to magic, VII 105
Parable(s):
of casting into outer darkness, XIII
76
of Kingdom, XIII 48-49
of the Talents, XI 219 (255)
Parabrahm[an] (Sk.):
Absolute All, XIV 212-13, 433, 446
Absolute of Vedanta, III 424, 435 fn.
is Absoluteness, X 336
Adi-Buddha or, VIII 66 (88); XIV 458
Ain-Soph (En-Soph) is, of West, III
313
Ain-Soph of Kabalists as, VIII 143;
XI 221 (257), 240 (276); XIV 87,
184, 197
Atman and, V 172
Brahma sprang from, XIV 241 fn.
"Brahman-killer" and, V 114
is causality, X 336
definitions, I 335; III 27, 29, 62, 269;
IV 337, 450; XI 414 fn., 468, 476
a deific power to some Brahmans, III
406 fn., 410 & fn.
Demiourgos and, XIV 218
Dhyan Chohans and, VI 126
Druse teaching on absorption into, III
188
duality and, VIII 334 fn.
ego merged in, VII 52
eternally manifesting as
Avalokitewara, VI 179
Eternity and, X 308
ever-unmanifested Deity, VII 259
identical with Nirvana, XIV 376,
432-33
impersonal Principle, III 184 fn.; V 21
(50); VII 51
individual soul and, IV 582
infinite, IV 194
inseparable from every jiva, XI 468
Jivan and, IV 536
as Kalahaüsa, X 379
on killing the light of, V 114
Kosmic Veil of, & Logos, VIII 325
kosmos, manifestation of, VIII 66
(88)
Logos is co-eternal with, XIV 216 fn.
Malkuth and, VI 212
man's essence is, XIV 212-13, 459
Manvantaric aspect of, XII 710
in motto of Initiates, IV 536
Mulaprakriti and, VIII
325, 368 (388);
XII 630, 710; XIV 87
-Mulaprakriti cp. with
Avestian
allegory, XIII 123 fn.
not "God" in Christian sense,
IX 137
occult powers and, III 403
one of "Three primary causes," III
405; VII 286
as One Principle, IV 537
Paramatman and, IV 547 & fn.
personal life is not, V 318 fn.
renunciates contemplate, II 118
as Rootless Root, X 242, 303
as space & "waters of space," X 367
is Spirit & Matter, XIV 393 & fn.
the Supreme, XIV 55, 241 fn., 446
ultimate subjectivity, V 76
unconscious purposiveness of, IX 80
universal Divine Essence, V 354
universal divinity, XII 344, 624
universal energy of Vedanta, VI 351
as Universal or One Life, IV 291,
423-24, 453, 535; V 318 fn.
Universal Principle, VI 126
or Universal Spirit, VII 51
Unmanifested Logos, XI 483, 488
unspeakable, XIII 167
in Vedanta, IV 491, 536
Vedantic term, XIII 167
Vedantin claims kinship with, XIV 111
Vedantin sect on, IX 137
Vedic deities dependent on, III 63
is Zarvan-or
Zeruana-Akarana, IV
421; XIII 123-24 fn.
See also Absolute; Ain-Soph;
Universal Spirit
Paracelsus (1490-1541):
I 131, 138, 141; II 36, 230; III 264; IV
594, 607; XIV 5
animal magnetism and, II 275
a Catholic overtly, XIV 169
considered a quack, XII 215
on Faith & Imagination, XII 403
first of modern Theosophists, I 106
greatest alchemist of the age, XII 215
harbinger of modern chemistry, XI
524 (546)
healing magnets used by, XII 215-16
a Kabalist, XIV 167
Magnes and, IV 290
on man as microcosm, III 321
on man's three Spirits, XIV 51
not a quack, XI 459
principium vitae, scoffed
at, XII 139
secret of magnetism held by, XII 223
slandered, IV 339
teaching on Hermetic fire, XIII 354
Theosophy of, V 10 (39)
trials of, XIV 278
——— Philosophia sagax:
on astral light & inner man, I 284
bibliog., I 521
Paraclete:
advent of T.S., possible before 1897,
X 11
the "comforter," XIV 163 fn.
Manes called, XIV 163
Paradise:
abode of Christ-Sun, XII 93 (99)
Adam & Eve cast out of, XIII 44
Maha-Chohan's residence in, XIV
422 fn.-23 fn.
mistaken views on Amida Buddha's,
XIV 448 & fn.
notion of, based on Devachan, XII 627
Western, of Buddhism a real place,
XIV 422 fn., 448 & fn.
See also Devachan; Heaven;
Sukhavati; Tushita Devaloka
Paradox(es):
of human morals, X 102-03
language of occultism, VIII 125-28
Paralya:
round table, II 147
Paralysis:
of senses needed for true perception,
IX 34
Paramaguru (Sk.):
Guru of H.P.B.'s Guru, VII 248
message warns T.S. not to become
"miracle club," VII 248-49
of Sankara, V 193
See also Maha-Chohan
Paramahaüsa Shub Tung:
disciple of Brothers, IV 230
Paramahansa(s) [Sk. Paramahaüsa]:
definition, II 118
are rarely Initiates, VIII 58 (80)
Paramananda Vihara:
Buddhist of, compiles Sutras for
H.P.B., II 438
Paramanu (Sk.):
definition, IV 336
Paramanu-rupa (Sk.):
atomic nature of Manas, V 80 fn.;
XII 631
Paramapada (Sk.):
jivas and, IX 63
Parama-Purusha (Sk.):
Universal Soul, II 465
Paramartha (Sk.):
absolute impersonal consciousness,
XIV 436
Adepts gave, to Nagarjuna, XIV 285
book refers to Prajña-Paramita Sutra,
XIV 285 & fn.
definition, X 346
Madhyamika view of, X 347
See also Absolute; Absolute Existence
Paramartha-Satya (Sk.):
Absolute Truth, XIV 436
Don-dam-pa'i-den in Tibetan, XIV 436
source of true knowledge, X 356
Paramarthika (Sk.):
definition, III 422
Paramatma[n] (Sk.):
as Adrish˜a, V 33 (61)
beyond Antic Egg, XII 623
cannot perish, IV 548
cause of every principle, XII 623
Egotism disappears in, XIV 377 fn.
ever-existing Root-Essence, XII 624
as high Yogi, is always innocent, XIV
376-77 & fn.
Jivatma and, III 326, 409-10; X 369
Maha-Pralaya and, VI 202
manifests through Jivans, IV 536
Mukti and, VI 243
not a principle, XII 623
the One in Vedanta, IV 580
only eternal, living reality, XII 624
or Parabrahman, IV 547 & fn.; XII 624
the real Self, III 142
soul distinct from, V 76
as "Spirit itself," VII 43
Spiritual Sun, XII 623
the "Supreme" as title of Vishnu, XII
149
is Supreme Soul, II 92; IV 547 fn.
Supreme Spirit, III 106
See also Parabrahm[an]
Paramitas (Sk.):
for all who enter the "Path," XII 505,
598
keys to Path to Nirvana, XIV 392 fn.,
436 fn.
Masters alone have perfected, XII 504
meditation and, XII 603
transcendental virtues, XI 348 fn.; XII
505
Paranirvana:
See Parinirvana
Paranishpanna:
See Parinishpanna
Paraara:
account of great Pralaya by, XIV 257
———- Paraara Code:
IV 552 fn.
written for Kali
yoga, V 32 (61)
bibliog., V 366
Paraurama (Sk.):
cruelty of, IV
367
Malabar customs and, V 188
Parent:
Eternal, X 303-04
-Space, X 331
Parent Brotherhoods:
esoteric truths & Elect of, XII 601
Parent Society of T.S.:
See Theosophical Society
Parents:
allow Jack the Ripper play, X 226-28
respect for, & discipleship, VIII 294
Pariahs:
regeneration of, V 314-15
Paricshit [Sk. Parikshit]:
successor of Yudhish˜hira, XIV 367-68
Parinama (Sk.):
definition, VI 142
Parinibbana (Pali):
See Parinirvana
Parinirvana (Sk.):
absolute perfection, X 335
Adept in, can no longer incarnate,
XIV 401
alchemy and, XI 515 (538)
ego enters, VII 52
highest Nirvana, X 6
lasts seven Rounds, XIV 401 fn.
man's spirit preserves individuality in,
VII 51
Parinirvani is one who reached, XIV
401
refusal of, by Thatagata, XIV 401
when esoteric, reached, XI 345 fn.,
466
Yong-Grüb in Tibetan, X 335
Parinishpanna (Sk.):
the Builders and, X 347
perfect, changeless state of, XIV 436
state of absolute perfection, X 335
voidness of conditionless Reality, XIV
436
Paris:
l'Hermès T.S Lodge in, XII 300
patroness of, XII 96 (103)
Paris:
on H.P.B., IX 291
Paris Exhibition:
XI 357-58
Parker, John A.:
quadrature a perfect measure, XIV
195 fn.
———- The Quadralure of the Circle . . .:
on rediscovery of, VII 293 & fn.
Parker, Mrs. Sarah:
I 411, 414
worker for women's rights, I 438
Parker, Theodore (1810-1860):
humbugging spirit, I 135
———- Autobiography:
XII 104 q.
bio-bibliog., XII 759-60
Parkhurst, H.:
II 190
Parkhurst, John (1728-1797):
———- An Hebrew and English
Lexicon . . .:
on Hillel, VIII 27 fn.
bibliog., VIII 471
Parliament, French:
Jesuits and, IX 297 & fn., 298, 309-10
Parmenides (fl. 5th C. B.C.):
One Beingness of, XIV 239 fn.
postulate of, VI 206
sought wisdom of Hierophants, VII 123
Parnasi (Sk.):
huts of Hindu ascetics, XIV 90 fn.
Parnassus, Mt.:
Himalayan origins of Greek, XIV 90
Paropamisus and, XIV 90 fn.
Paroksha (Sk.):
definition, V 337
Paropamisus Mountains:
V 220
the hill of Bamian in, XIV 90 fn.
location of, V 273
Parrots:
hatching out of almond shells, VII 81
Parsis (Parsees):
III 214, 216, 467
Avesta a sealed book to, III 455
charged with heliolatry, XIII 229
did not tolerate starvation, XIII 133
do not worship ordinary fire, II 35
Fire-worshippers, II 122, 124, 128,
129; XIII 125 fn.
ignorant heirs of Chaldean wisdom,
IV 517
lost key to their faith, III 453
migrations of, IV 529
missionaries and, II 268
no needy people among, XI 196
not Dualistic, XIII 125 fn., 229
numerical strength of, II 129 & fn.
Persian, have ancient book of magic,
III 463-64
"Pharsi" and, III 453
relic of ancient Magi, XIII 125 fn.,
229-30
scriptures of, distorted, III 458-59
as Sun worshippers, II 442; XIV 142
Zarathushtra instituted sun worship
among, III 452
Zoroaster, Initiate of 5400 B.C., III
460
Zoroastrianism kept unveiled by, IV
530
See also Ghebers; Zoroastrians)
Parthivapuja (Sk.):
Siva ceremony, II 117
Partiality:
Theosophists must avoid, in service,
XI 466
Participator:
Gnostic term for Positive-Negative
forces, XIII 31 fn.
Pasamayo:
vast burial ground, II 328
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662):
XIV 378 fn., 379
on man, VII 23 q.; XIII 97
——— Thoughts:
on incertitude of God's existence, VI
360
bibliog., VI 443
Pashai:
sorcery in, or Udyána, XIV 19
Pashkoff, Countess Lydia A. de:
takes T.S. circulars to Japan, I 375 fn.
bio-bibliog., 1
521-22
Passingham, C.A.
(?-1891?):
on Light on the Path,
XI 320
Passion(s):
animal soul seat of, IX 256
chelaship and, IV 611
at death & at rebirth, X 176
death of, needed for union with
Master Self, IX 257
on destroying, XII 31, 392
distort spiritual into worldly
judgment, XII 584-85
human, personified in mythology, XI
90 fn.
of man permeate nearby objects, V
115-16
material, VIII 51 (73)
natural-born magicians are, -proof, IX
259
occultism & mastery of, IX 255-60
passional organs and, XII 367
sole bond of union in future, XII 386
Spirit crucified by, VIII 173
as weapons of karmic law, X 176
Passivity:
dangers of, X 262
mediumistic, VIII 132
Passwords:
of Mason, XI 75-76
Theosophists', similar to Druses &
Lamaists, III 183
Past:
Present & Future are one, XIV 303
records of Secret Wisdom destroyed,
XIV 467
sorrows of, & "Promethean Vultures,"
XII 70
Past Lives:
recollection of all, comes at "great
day," V 93
Pasta, Judith (1798-1865):
II 237
Pastoral Religion:
on lamb worship of, XIII 322-23
Patala(s) (Sk.):
allegorical nether regions, XIV 260,
262, 284
as America, II 79; XIV 284
esoterically the Earth, XIII 159
identical to Hebrew Shiac, XIV 284
initiates descent into, XIV 260, 262,
284
ruled by Vasuki, XIV 284
seven, XIII 159
See also Hades; Hell; Sheol
Pa˜alas (Sk.):
as chapters in sutras, XIII 315
Pa˜aliputra (India):
Buddha's prophecies and, V 244, 245,
258
Patañjali:
II 57 (63), 99; V 178; VIII 97
affirms one of the Siddhis, II 217
on Agni, IV 367
date of, V 193-94, 196
Gauapada and, V 193
Govinda Yogi same as, V 192-93
Sankara's guru, V
192-93, 197
Sanskrit and, V 303
Theosophical Society revived interest
in, XII 307
Theosophists follow, II 11 (22), 34
wrote on medicine & anatomy, V 196
Yoga system of, III 106, 401; XII
343 fn.
Yogis of, knew union with God, II 94
——— Mahabhashya:
V 193, 196
date of, V 194, 196
———- Yoga Sutras:
III 106-08
historical data on, V 193, 196
inner God idea in, XIV 55
other names for, II 76, 457 & fn.
on powers of Yogis, II 466-67
study of, needed to comprehend
mediumship, II 108
symbolic language of, IX 166
bibliog., II 539; III 517; V 365, 368
Pater Aether:
Jupiter or, XII 612
Zeus, X 384
Pater Innatus:
as Archon, XI 242 (278)
Path(s):
all traditions agree on basics of, VI
331
altruistic action takes one up the, XI
469-70
Antaƒkarana as the, XII 631, 633
Buddha high on, of Dzyan, XIV 400
Chrēstos is traveller on, VIII 189
Christos is, & goal, VIII 189
of Compassion means helping even
evil ones, XII 587-88
easier if Buddha is one's spiritual
lode-star, VIII 446
easier for poor & singlehearted, XII
596
entrance to, & E.S., XI 310
four steps on, to Arhatship, XIV 434
& fn.
goal of aspirant on, VI 332-33
Golden Stairs of, XII 503, 591, 596
keys that fit one to enter, XII 598
leading to divine truth, XI 120 (134)
Left, desecrated Towers of Initiation,
XIV 281-82
Left, use thunderbolts, XIV 104-05
lower nature must be subjected on, VI
331
must be trodden to be known, VIII
125
not engineered for comfort, XII 236
of Occultism harder than Theosophy,
IX 155
only Heart Doctrine can lead to, XII
236
over-anxiety cause of evil on, VI 332
painful nature of, VI 331-32
Paramitas for all who enter, XII 505,
598
Perfection, leads to Buddhahood,
XIV 400-01
personal exertion needed to tread, XII
236
powers of, are effects not causes, VI
333
progress on, should be balanced, VI
332
qualifications to tread, IV 608; VIII
294; IX 155-62; XI 122 (135)
real esoteric, XII 236
Right from Left, must be discerned,
XIV 60
selfish seeking for powers on,
condemned, VI 333
to Self-Knowledge, XIII 40, 55-56
& fn.
two important lessons on, XII 625
two ways entering, to Nirvana, XIV
438-39
The Path:
VI 121; VII 191 fn.; X 170, 206
appraised, VIII 44
on aspirant & initiation, IX 162 & fn.
on H.P.B.'s arrival in U.S.A., IV
137 fn.
high praise for, IX 245
letter of H.P.B. in, I 224 fn.
on libel suit against N.Y. Sun, XII
332-33
notes on "Egyptian Magic" essay, VII
104, 200
on occult novels, VIII 98-99
ought to be supported, XII 596
art of Maha-Chohan's Letter in, XII
241 fn.
on plagiarized writings, X 281-82
on S.D. publication, X 158-59
suave & gracious, X 108
Pathans:
clan of Yusafzai, I 369 fn.
Patmanabhan Temple:
at Trivandrum, III 58
Patna:
See Pa˜aliputra
Patriarchs:
Adam & seven fallen, XIV 203
Biblical, XIV 16, 92, 252 fn., 380 fn.
Indian gods and, XIV 91-92 fn., 380 fn.
Jewish, were not priests, XIV 252 fn.
original meaning of, XIV 252 fn., 380
& fn.
Progenitors of human race, XIV 252,
380 fn.
Patrick, Saint (389?-461?)
resurrects 60 men, VII 32 fn.
———- Confessio:
VII 33 fn.
———- Epistola:
VII 33 fn.
Patriotism:
can be greed, ambition etc., IX 337
India and, II 181
often a disguise for selfishness &
greed, X 200
Patrizi, Cardinal (1798-1876):
petitioned for Star-Angel worship, X
29
biog., X 426
Patterson Correspondence:
H.P.B. and, XII 29-30
Patterson, H.T.:
on H.P.B. & T.S., XIII 117-21
H.P.B. thanks, XIII 115
Paul, Saint (fl. 1st C.):
XIV 54, 55 q., 322, 396
abrogated law of circumcision, XIV
122
admits Secret Doctrine, XIV 218
on anastasis, I 293
on Biblical allegories, XII 342; XIV
37, 48
Brahmanic teachings and, VII 45
on Christ as Spirit of Man, XIV 122
Christologia of, & Vatican, VIII 178
Christos of, not Jesus, VIII 176 fn.
Church Fathers evaded real meaning
of, VII 20
compared to Vedantin, XIV 56
contrasted with Peter, XIV 114, 123-24
date of conversion, analyzed, VIII 366
(385-86)
Eclectic doctrines of, XIV 304
Epistles of,
allegorical, XIV 121
Epistles of,
mutilated by Church, VIII
365-66 (385); XIV 169 & fn.
Epistles of, not
Canonical at first,
VIII 365-66 (385); IX
20 fn., 351 fn.
(378 fn.)
esoteric view
of, teachings, VII 43-45
eternal gnōsis and, XII 312
founder of Christianity, not Jesus,
XIV 121-22
founder of sect of Gnosis, VIII 212
a Gnostic, VIII 176 fn.; XIII 6
Gnostic adversary of Peter, IX 210
(232)
Gnostic term Plērōma used by, XIV
162 fn., 340
hated by Peter, John & James, XIV
123
historical personage, IV 361; IX 205
(227)
immortality of brutes and, VII 42
an Initiate, VII 43; VIII 176 fn., 217;
XII 15-16 & fn., 312; XIV 43, 48,
114, 122-23
king of preachers, VII 20
knew God as a Principle, XIV 413
knew of Celestial orders, XIV 340,
348
on Living God, XIV 48, 55-56
man not personality acc. to, XIII 128
the "Master Builder," XIV 123
master Mason & Initiate, X 242
may not be historical, III 88
meaning of Christos and, IX 20 fn.
meaning of his "sons of God," VII
44-45
on Mt. Sinai, XIV 37
a Nazar at first, IX 209 (231); XIV
123
not infallible, XIV 122-23
opposed to Gnosticism of Hebrew-
Egyptian school, XIV 304, 341 fn.
Peter opposed Epistles of, XIV 114
Plato and, XIV 114, 218-19
on prostitution, XI 39
recognized plurality of "Gods," XIV
348
scarcely understood by his time, XIV
322
second birth of, IX 272
on secret Gnōsis & Archōns, XIV
114
Simon Magus may have been, XIV
113-14, 124
Skinner on, as Apotheosis of Christ,
XIV 122
on spiritual body, VII 189
struggle of, with Peter, VIII 212 fn.
on triune man, I 292
uses Platonists' language, XIV 219,
304
See also Corinthians,-Hebrews,-
Romans etc.
Paul I, Emperor (1754-1801):
incognito as Count Severni, XII 207
medium's garbled account of,
assassination, III 362-63
mediumistic view of, corrected, I
92-93
Paul, Dr. N.C. (or Navlnachandra Pala):
Capt. Seymour and, III 152 fn.
———- Treatise on Yoga Philosophy:
III 152 fn.
comments on, II 453-73
how author wrote, III 108
on spirits of dead, III 107
on Supreme Spirit, III 106
bibliog., II 539; III 517
Paul III, Pope (1468-1549):
Inquisition in Italy introduced by, IX
311; X 24 & fn.
sympathized with Jesuits, IX 299
bio-bibliog., IX 311,
447
Paul IV, Pope (1476-1559):
built church for Astrolatry, XIV
337
restored "mystery names" to Church
edifice, X 27
biog., XIV 560-61
Paul of Samosata (?
denied Christ's divinity, XIV 144
bio-bibliog., XIII 399
Pauranika (Sk.):
eclectic school, XII 343 fn.
Pausanias (fl. 2nd C. A.D.):
descended into den of Trophonius,
XIV 135
praises Initiation, VII 122
sacrifice of wives and, V 305 fn.
——— Description of Greece [tr.]:
on Magi kindling altar without fire,
III 462
on Orpheus, XIII 235
———- Periēgēsis:
VIII 309
on Bacchus, XI 93 fn.
on Eos, XI 243 (279)
bibliog., III 517
Pauthier, J.P.G. (1801-1873):
———- Essai sur la philosophie des
Hindous:
on India as primitive focus of human
thought, VII 91, 124
bio-bibliog., VII 388
Pavlovsky Military College:
I 93
Pay'quina River:
gold in, II 341 & fn.
tunnel to Inca treasure near, II 343
Pays:
"elementals" of India, II 75
Paz Soldan, M.F.
(1814-1875?):
———- Geografía del
Perú:
on Buddhist missionaries in
II 432
bio-bibliog., II 539
Peace:
only permanent joy, IX 4
philosophic mind and, IX 4
Peacemaker(s):
blessed be the, XIII 163
gun called, XIII 163
Peacock:
the Angel, or Melek Taus, XIII 129,
131
Devil's Own, XIII 133
King of Birds, XIII 129
messenger of arch-fiend, XIII 129-30
& fn.
Zoroastrian legend of, XIII 129-30
Pearson, Norman:
———- "Before Birth":
Theosophical influences in, VII
185-86 fn.
bibliog., VII 388
Peary Chand Mitra, Baba:
See Mitra, Peary Chand
Pedactyl Horse:
Huxley and, I 228, 232
Peddler:
Tibetan, & account of K.H., VI 21
Pedrono, Dr.:
VII 63-64
bibliog., VII 388
Peebles, Dr. James Martin (1822-1922):
II 70, 72, 74
belief in Hindu & Buddhist
Spiritualists, I 282, 290
enjoined to secrecy by Brahmans, I
305
on "mediums" or Spiritualists in
India, II 71, 75
Spiritualist missionary, I 264
Spiritualists ignored views of, 1 269
Peeplaj Temple:
Baptist preacher violates image in, V
284
Pelagos (Gk.):
definition, V 301
Pelagueya:
Russian girl medium, III 94 et seq.
Pelasgians:
culture of, V 167
fore-fathers of Hellenes, V 166
kshatriyas and, V 308
origin & language of, V 301-02
sub-race of, V 214
Thracia and, V 307
writing and, V 302
Peleg:
Pelasgians and Biblical, V 167, 301
Pelican Club:
prizefights at, XII 36-39
Peling(s) [Tib. Phyi-glin]:
cause of animals' suffering, IX 287
meaning, IX 287
Tibetans call foreigners, V 235
Peling-pa [Tib. Phyi-glin-pa]:
or Europe & Tibetan prophecy, XIV
431
Pellisson, Paul (1624-1693):
pet spider of, III 243-44
Pember, George Hawkins:
———- Earth's Earliest Ages . . .:
VIII 174
very fair, VIII 43
bibliog., VIII 471
Pemiongshi Lamasery:
learned Lama from, XI 430 fn.
Pën-lobs:
four, under authority of Lhasa, IV 18
Penna di Billi, F.A.
della (1680-1747):
Tibet and, IV 10
& fn.
———- Breva notizia
del regno del
Thibet:
VI 106 & fn.
on Tibet, VI 97,
100-01, 110
———- Memoirs:
ridicules Buddhist books of Kiu-te,
XIV 422-23 fn.
bio-bibliog., VI 443
Penna, Horace Della:
See Penna di Billi, F.A. della
Pentacle:
meaning of, IX 399
sign of Black or White Magic, XII
623
symbol of manifested Logos, IX 64
Pentad:
mysterious symbol, XIII 16, 26, 30
Pentagons:
man & twelve, XIII 71 & fn.
Pentagram:
animal magnetism and, III 323
healing value of, III 219-20, 252 et
seq.
meaning of, III 250 et seq., 312, 322,
327
as microcosm, III 319
sacred, & the Magi, XIV 240
unborn child and, III 323
widely spread, III 321
Pentateuch:
III 443
apotheosis of Phallicism, XIV 177
Astrolatry & Sabaean worship in, XIV
76, 328
Book of Enoch basis
of, XIV 82
corrupted by ambitious Rabbis, XIV
194
differs from Mosaic Book of
Creation, XIV 177
full of allegories, XII 342
Jewish angelology of, XIV 328
latest of all scriptures, VII 294
Levite text replaced Mosaic, XIV
183 fn.
mainly astro-physiological, VII 254-55
Moses narrates his own death in, IV
523
not originally in Hebrew, XIV 172-73
& fn.
present not original, XIV 172, 177,
191, 194
re-written by Ezra, VII 254, 263
Rig Veda earlier
than, XIV 240
Sadducees rejected, XIV 182 fn.
Samaritan, XIV 46 fn., 172, 173 fn.,
182 fn.
seven keys to, IX 203 (225)
symbols of, & Moses, I 111
synopsized in Genesis, XIV 65
veiled by Moses, XIV 69, 172
See also Bible
Penza (Russia):
crime & superstition in, III 350-51
People:
as Gods or monkeys, XIII 212
prefer prejudice to truth, XIII 83-84,
210-11
People from the Other World:
See 0lcott, H.S.
People's Advocate:
Blavatsky T.S. and, XII 23
People's Journal:
on Rajah saved by Yogi, XIII 162
Perception:
consciousness and, XIII
288
of Infinite, XIII 346
of light, VII 72
self-observation and, XII 147
spiritual, & senses, VII 68
will and, XII 147
See also Consciousness; Intuition; Self
Knowledge; Wisdom
Perfectibility:
human, gives dignity to man, IV 170
Perfection:
of Adept, XIV 55, 56 fn.
of Dhyanchohanic form, VII 46
human, is no dream, XII 46
man can only reach, of God within,
XIV 56 fn.
Nature intends, of human being, VII 178
Paul & Essenes on Initiate's, XIV
56 fn.
Periēgēis:
See Pausanias
Peri-nous (Gk.):
or "materialized form," VII 187
Periodicity:
cyclic, in events, II 408
Periods:
See Cycle(s); Era(s) & specific ages
"Peripatetic":
views of, discussed, III 109-15
Peri-psyche (Gk.):
or périsprit, VII 187
Perishim [Aramaic Perushim]:
meaning separated, III 453
Périsprit (Fr.):
after death becomes outermost body,
I 364 (368)
Greek division of, I 361 (365)
as Kama-rupa, X 54 (62)
nature & source of, I 361-62 (365-66)
only a simulacrum, II 7 (18)
as psychē, I 361 (365)
reincarnation and, VII 179, 186-87
reincarnation of dead child's, I 363
(368)
skandhas and, I 362 (366)
soul & spirit, II 5 (16)
union of, with spirit makes man a
god, 1 362 (366)
Perjury:
E.S. Pledge and, X 201
Perkin's Tractors:
on metallic treatment of, II 189-90
Permanent:
seeking, in impermanent a cause of
pain, VI 331-32
Permeability:
fourth dimension and, III 16
Permutations:
in Kabala, X 398
Perovsky, Sophia L. (1853-1881):
alleged mediumistic manifestation of,
III 359-65
See also scene from examination of, III 161-62
Perrault, Charles (1628-1703):
fairy tale of, XI 507 (530)
bio-bibliog., XI 585
Persecution:
of believers in phenomena, III 219
Persepolis:
founding of, III 460
Perseverance:
force of, XI 391
Persia(n):
-Iran called Western India, III 420
Medo-, settlement, XIII 330
oldest languages in, XIV 180
proverb, XI 366, 389
remnants of Akkadians on, Gulf,
XIII 328
temples with celestial images, XIV 331
traditions mostly old Aryan, XIV 199
Person:
every, affects mental & moral aura of
world, IX 3
Personal:
individual consciousness vs., XII 353,
357, 366
Mind as ray from "Son of Universal,''
XII 371
Mind as temporary "principle," XII 371
only, exertion will move one on the
Path, XII 236
Personal Ego:
VIII 96
annihilated in wicked, V 14-15 (43), 18
(46)
appears but once on earth, IV 549
eidōlon and, VII 227
essence of 5th principle and, V 14
(42-43)
immortal only if united to divine
parent, XII 374
impersonal ego and, XII 353
has no memory when severed from
body, V 77-78
one of the Koas, IV 582
soul and, IV 120
spiritual ego and, VI 83 (92)
Lower Manas; Lower Self
Personality(ies):
Adept can use same, after death, XIV
53, 375
of Adepts & private lives differ, XIV
140
of Adepts related to astronomical
pattern, XIV 138-39
after death is Kama-rupa, XII 374
annihilated, not the Man, V 317 fn.
to be obliterated, VIII 201 fn., 311
born as ray from one of 7 Planets,
XIV 349
Buddhi-Manas culls, XIV 50
cause of pain, XIV 432
chela's chief task and, VI 286
clinging to, distorts truth, IX 177
compound of 4th & 5th principles
destroyed, IV 185
deals with passional organs, XII 367
definitions, VII 185, 186 fn.
depraved, & Karmic drive, IV 570-73
Devachan retains only essence of, IV
256, 548 fn.; V 82
differs from Self, XIII 129
disappearance after death, IV 256,
548 & fn.
exiled God within, XII 16
false, does not reincarnate, VII 185,
187
fate of, without Divine Ego, XII
636-39
focus on, slows spread of Theosophy,
XII 293
grafted to triune Monad becomes
immortal, XII 630
higher Ego and, XIII 74, 129
illusion of, XI 213 fn. (248 fn.)
impersonality and, VI 264-65
individuality contrasted with, IV 186,
253 et seq.; XI 246
(283); XII 353,
366, 415, 626
Jesus is, XIII 55
on loss of, IX 135; XII 598, 622-41
lower, is animal man, XII 415
monad has no, V 87
must be disregarded, XII 601, 630
must disappear on path of altruism,
IX 254
neither exalt nor neglect, XII 62
new, & former Astral Double, XII
712-13
noble, remains in Devachan, I V 256
nucleus of, remains until Kalpa ends,
XIV 57 fn.
old & new, & devachan, V 82
only quintessence of, is immortal, XII
626-27,
overfeeding Lower Manas can
annihilate, XII 598
Personal God and, XIV 49-50
preservation of, after death rare, VI
101-102
probation leads to renunciation of, IX
254
provides experiences for Ego, or real
man, XII 17
rebirth and, X 176; XII 608-10
reincarnation of, an exception, IV
185-86, 549; VII 178-82, 185, 187
results of, suppression, XII 537-38
rooted in selfish motives, XIII 133
sacrifice of, IX 6
selfishness and, VI 264; XIII 128-30
selfishness of, led to Mysteries, XIV
249
on shell of false, VII 205
Sophia as, XIII 50
source of all sorrow, XII 538
star of Individuality and, XIII 72
survival of Individuality but not, VI
111
as tabernacle of "Parent-Spirit," XII
636
ties become inert in Devachan, V
93-94
unbroken preservation of higher, VI
14
union with Individuality in
Gnosticism, XIII 48
See also Impersonality; Individuality
Petty, Prof.:
Geneva scientist, III 236
Peru:
earthquakes raze city in, II 333
hieroglyphics of, II 334
history of Incas of, II 305-08
Inca treasure hidden in, II 339-43
length of stone walls in, II 332
Maneo Capac & ancient races of, II 317
records of Mysteries in, destroyed by
Spanish, XIV 280
ruins of ancient, II 303-04, 305,
308-10, 312-13, 317-18, 323-33
Peshawar (or Purushapura, India):
cave of Buddha's shadow in, XIV 19
Pessimism:
a blessing to the spiritual man, VIII
116-17
due to erroneous ideas of evolution,
VIII 124
materialistic & metaphysical, VIII 110
et seq.
optimism and, express Mind's duality,
X 222-23
two-fold nature of, VIII 116-17
Petavius or Pétau Dénis (1583-1652)]:
———- De angelis:
VIII 28 fn.
bibliog., VIII 471
Petemenoph Papyrus:
Hermetic law of correspondences in,
XIV 347
Petephre (or Potiphar):
priest of Heliopolis, XIV 257
Peter, Saint:
adversary of Paul, IX 210 (232)
alleged to be in Parthia, IX 137
denies Christ, VIII 363 (383)
as double-faced Janus, XII 92-93
(98-99)
Epistles of Paul
opposed by, XIV 114
a heretic, VIII 366 (386)
Janus and, X 279
Jesus taught secret doctrine says, XIV 162
Kabalistic rendering of, as Earth, XIV
159
knees impressed on stone, XIV 119
lived & died at Babylon, XIV 127
may not be historical, III 88
"miracle" of, ace. to Church, XIV
113, 119-20
not a martyr, XIV 126
not founder of Latin Church, VI 238;
XIV 124, 126
not initiate, XIV 123-26
persecuted Paul, XIV 123-24 & fn.
preached circumcision rite, XIV 124
on "Seat of," XIV 125, 126
as symbolic link between Soul &
Spirit, XII 210-11
"triumph" over Simon, XIV 113,
119-20
I Peter:
VIII 188, 362 (380); IX 188 & fn.
on Jesus as Lord Chrēstos, XIV
282 fn.
II Peter:
VIII 28 fn.; XI 486
on Balaam & talking ass, III 230
& fn.
on destruction of 5th Race & Christ's
coming, XIV 257-58
on divine Lucifer, XIV 317
Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562):
aura and, V 103
Peterborough, Bishop of:
XII 35, 349 fn.
on "practice" of Christianity, XII
27-28
Petermann, Julius H. (1801-1876):
edited Latin Pistis-Sophia, XIII 3
Pétis de
Druse sacred books and, III 177 fn.
biog., III 517-18
Petition to Masters:
for an Inner Group & background, VI
250-56
Petosiris (fl. 13th C. B.C.):
Necepso &, first Astrologers of Egypt,
XIV 344
Petra (Syria):
II 303
Petrie, Sir WM.E
(1853-1942):
XI 358
bio-bibliog., XI 585
Pētroma (Gk.):
secrets of initiation engraved on, II 10 (21)
stone tablets used in Mysteries, VI
238; XIV 124, 126
Petronius, Gaius (?
———- Satyricon:
on Democritus, XIV 25
bio-bibliog., XIV 561
Petrovich, Paul (Grand Duke):
See Paul I, Emperor
Pets:
forbidden in occult training, IX 159
Petty Boys:
mediumistic investigation of the, I 205
Phadke, Wasudew Bulwant:
III 49
a Hindu rebel, II 294, 296
Phaëton:
horses of the Sun and, III 463
as Lucifer, VIII 17
Phäg-dal [Tib. 'Phags-dal]:
lamasery of, IV 11 & fn.; VI 272
meaning of, IV 11 fn.
Phäg-pa [Tib.
'Phags-pa]:
definitions, IV 11
fn., 19
Phag-pa Sang-gyas
[Tib. 'Phags-pa
sans-rgyas]:
See Buddha, Gautama
Phäg-yul [Tib. 'Phags-yul]:
Buddha preached in, IV 11 fn.
Phainomena:
See Aratus
Phala (Sk.):
fruits of causes produced, IV 608
Phalguni (Sk.):
Hindu astronomical cycles and, XIV
362-63
Phallicism:
of Christians idealized, XIII 258
confounded with Occultism, XIII 254
of Hebrew Bible, XIV 177, 195, 198,
205, 207 & fn.
phallic stones and, XIII 257
popular with materialistic thinkers,
XII 519-20
real meaning of, VII 294
reason for contending with, XIII 254
Rose & Cross, XIV 291-92
symbol of generation, XIV 207 fn.
too crude for Lucifer, X 99
Phallus:
Kabalistic, & cross, VI 133
Phantasma (Gk.):
definitions, I 293, 299
Phantasy:
memory &, as obstacles to truth, IX
400J-K
Phantom(s):
appearance of, at death, X 220-21
of body & Vedantins, VII 349
depends on intensity of thought, X
221
real, evoked by Slade, contrasted with
opaque, I 223-24
Pharisaism:
of fellow Theosophists, X 94
Pharisees:
beliefs of, not Law of Moses, III 453
as bigots, IV 326-27
borrowed doctrines from Magians, III
453; XIV 301
denounced Jesus, XII 30
derivation of name, III 453
Mishnah and, IV 364
Pentateuch rejected
by Saducees, XIV
182 fn.
pretensions of, XIV 181-82 fn.
term of reproach, IV 38
Pharsi:
See Parsîs
Phasma (Gk.):
definitions, I 293, 299
Phenomena(on):
VIII 44
Adepts and, IX 112
after-death, explained, IV 244 et seq.
ancients attributed, to various entities,
II 108
aroused idle curiosity, IX 48
astral body of medium and, X 218-19
astral light, III 376
based upon scientific ground, III 113
belief in, causes persecution, III 219
belief in objective, II 74
belief in spiritual, commands
sympathy, III 113
cannot be easily doubted, II 490
cannot be proved in court, XII 333
causes of, & scientists, VII 71, 77, 83
certain occult, are intensified
hypnotism, X 132
claim scientific investigation, II 80
of clairaudience, VI 34, 36
conscious spirits of dead and, IV 169
contrasted with Christian wonders, III
230
contrasted with reality, VIII 312
cup, at Simla, II 492
are cyclic, VII 251
dangerous desire for, XI 165
Dayananda denounces, IV 94
destroy materialistic view of man, II
510
Dialectical Society notes, III 234
differences between occult, & hypnotic
hallucinations, X 132
disbelief in, & "spirits," III 228
of electricity & humans, III 23-26
elementals and, IX 111-12
elementaries role in, I 285-86
essence of, cannot be seen, XII 148
essence of "supernatural," XII 215
every, has its genesis in motion, XII
354-55
exist per se, VII 72
exists impalpable to our senses, VII
75
faith in reliable testimony and, IV
249-50
of fakirs, III 85
few have courage to tell truth about
psychical, II 137
forces of nature and, III 277
fourth dimension and, VII 84, 86
future of science and, III 93
genuineness of, does not establish
identity of agency, III 146
H.P.B. defends reality of mediumistic,
VI 289, 292
H.P.B. ordered to abandon, IX 50
H.P.B. taught real cause of
Spiritualistic, III 240
of human consciousness, XII 357
hypnotic hallucinations and, X 132
in ancient Egypt, VII 125
interchange of, between two worlds,
VII 84
involve non-human entities, I 283
jugglers acknowledge, III 237-38
Kama-rupa and, IV 449
key to, in the East, II 99
laws of occult, known to H.P.B., II
491
learn what they are & are not, I 274
of magic based on exact science, II
461
man can produce, greater than
mediums, I 296
matter passing through matter, VI
123, 126
may be produced by more than one
agency, II 109
mediumistic, & scientists, III 14 et
seq., 107, 112
mediumistic, can be done by
embodied man, II 108
mental, XII 357-58
of mesmerism affirmed by French
Academy, XII 224
Mesmerism and, II 135
miracles & Biblical, II 70
modern, repetition of those of former
epochs, II 107
molecular nature of psychic, XII
354-57
must be defended, I 45
natural explanation of, must exist, IV
601 fn.
natural, mastered by Brothers, XI 337
natural, only type accepted by
Theosophists, II 194, 490; III 111
nature of, in India, II 68-69
nature of mediumistic, IV 294
nature of, must be investigated, III 50
et seq.
never done for worldly ends, IX 112
no low or high, III 136
no physical, offered by T.S., X 242
not miracles, III 92-93; IV 84, 601 fn.
not supernatural, XI 425
objective physical, are glamour, X 131
objective, & subjective experiences, III
415
of objective world an illusion, IX 241
occult, VII 125
occult, & "miracles," IV 84
occult, opposed by T.S., IV 468-78
occult, rejected by science, III 93; VII 77
occult, scientific in nature, III 93,
136-37
of "Orientals" visitations, III 220
outburst of, a great opportunity for
study, II 110
people's temperament and, II 436
photographic testing of, XII 327
physical, agency, III 392, 395
physical, as psychological illusions,
VIII 50 (72); XI 336
of "possession," II 261-62
post-mortem appearance of man, VI
127-29, 138
as power over natural forces, IX 49-50
of precipitation, VI 118-23
produced by natural causes, II 194
produced by non-mediums, III 51
on production of, II 490-92; V 113;
VIII 57 (79)
psychic, VII 290
psychic, & trend of public thought, VI
341-42
psychological, and Damodar, VI 69-71
psychological, denied, IV 308
psycho-physiological, & man's will, III
172-73
purpose of occult, failed in early T.S.,
IX 46-50
rationale of apparitions, III 474
rationale of materialization, III 380
reality of, admitted at Church
Congress, III 345
reality of, must be proved, III 488
reason for flood of, VII 85
reason why forbidden, V 145
scientific denial of, II 188; VII 77, 83
scientific meddling into mental &
Occult, XII 351-52
scientists note, III 112, 233 et seq.; IX
48-49
sexual force and, IX 108
for simple folk, X 131
Sinnett vouches for, IV 111-12
in sky, III 86
of sound, VIII 332
spirit agency in, repudiated, III 29
Spiritualistic, can be duplicated by
adepts, II 37
Spiritualistic, not hallucinations, II 36
Spiritualists and, IX 49
starting of T.S. and, I 393-94
of stone-showers, III 244 et seq.; IV
174-75
subjective, & Hindus, II 80
takes years to master, XI 337
of telepathy, VIII 40-41
theories about, III 368 et seq.
T.S., failed to produce desired effects,
IX 46-50
Theosophists do not deny
Spiritualistic, II 37
unfathomable by current physiology,
XII 141, 148, 351-52
unwise call for, & chelaship, IV 610
various classes of, XII 307, 322-29
vital, goes beyond external senses, XII
147-48
Wallace on, II 38
will and, VI 289
witnessed by H.P.B., III 54
witnessed by strangers, I 246
Yellow-Cap Lamas do not perform,
publicly, IV 160
Yogis and, II 77-80, 119
See also Clairvoyance; Mediumship;
Occult Phenomena; Precipitation;
Spirit-Photographs; Spiritism;
Spiritualism; Telepathy etc.
Phenomenal Growth:
of body explained, VI 114-17
Phenomenalism:
not true Spiritualism, I 282
Theosophical Society & wave of, IX
243
Phenomenalists:
blind worshippers of phantoms, XI 164
Pherecydes of Athens (fl. 480 B.C.):
confused with Pherecydes of Syros,
XIII 284
contemporary of Herodotus, XIII 284
a logographer, XIII 285
Pherecydes of Syros (fl. 544 B.C.):
abuse of magic by, XIII 238
Apollonius and, XIII 237-38
called soothsayer, XIII 238
disciple of initiates, XIII 283
Eastern influence on, XIII 285
Encyclopaedists on, XIII 283-84
fragments, XIII 231
de Mirville on, XIII 238
prophecies of, XIII 238
on septenary principle, XIII 284
teacher of Pythagoras, XIII 283
———- Eptamuchos:
also called Theokrasia or Theologia,
XIII 284
first Western text on metempsychosis,
XIII 284
Phidias (fl. 5th C. B.C.):
Athena Promachos of, XIV 14
immortalized Jupiter & Athaena, XIII
183, 298
modern sculpture, XIV 14
tribute to Divine Inspiration of, XI
357
Philadelphia:
center of dynamite trade, XIII 216
Philadelphia Inquirer:
biog. of Katie King and, I 63 fn.
Philadelphus:
See Ptolemy Phiiadelphus
Philaletheian(s):
of Alexandria, XI 92
Ammonius Saccas founded, II 88;
XIV 306, 313
eclectic system of, XIV 309
few tenets of, remain, XIV 313
instructions for, XIV 308
lovers of truth, XI 214 (250)
noble ethics of, XI 227 (263)
Plotinus, Origenes & Longinus, XIV
313
Secret Brotherhoods and, XIV 27,
309, 313
true & false, XIV 12-13 & fn.
Philalethes, Eugenius:
See Vaughan, Thomas
Philalethes Lodge:
based on Martinism, XII 82
Count Grabianca and, XII 84 fn.
grievance with Cagliostro, XII 82-83
Philanthropy:
personal salvation and, VIII 166-67
physical, only is worthless, VIII 296
practical, VIII 162
reticence of Adepts a far-seeing, V
143
so-called, of Theosophists, V 325-26
true, expresses aspirations of trampled
masses, XII 4-5
Philastrius, Bishop (fl. 4th C.):
on Simon Magus, XII 572
Philip, Apostle:
duty of writing about Jesus, XIII
46-47
explained Hymn of Pistis-Sophia,
XIII 60
Philippus of Thessalonica:
poetic tribute to Phidias, XI 357 q.
biog., XI 585-86
Philips, Francis Charles:
———- The Strange Adventures of Lucy
Smith:
VIII 99
bibliog., VIII 471
Philistine Rites:
David influenced by, XIV 316
Phillips, W. (1811-1884):
lecture on Lost Arts, I 231 & fn.
biog., I 522-23
Philo Byblius (42-? A.D.):
VII 217, 218 fn.
denounced Pherecydes, XIII 238
mistranslated Sanehoniathon, V 299
bio-bibliog., VII 95 fn.
Philo Judaeus (20 B.C.-
on allegory in Bible, XIV 197
Archangels of, XIV 218
in Aristobulus' school, XIV 11 fn., 306
on Divine Reason, XIII 267
failed to reveal Mysteries, XIV 39
Jesus not referred to by, IV 363; IX
204 (226)
knew Bible to be allegorical, XII 342
on logia theochrēsta, VIII 186
Mosaic Books source of Platonism,
XIV 11 fn., 306
on origin of evil, XIV 217 fn.
or Philo of Alexandria, VII 217-18 fn.
on rising Sun, XIV 271
Septuagint and, XIV
178-79
———- Biblical Antiquities:
on Jews consulting demons, VII 217
Philo not author of, VII 217-18 fn.
———- Questioner et solutiones in
Genesin:
on "Second God," XI 241 (277)
———- De Septenario:
on sacred events, XIV 137
———- De specialibus legibus:
on mysteries, VII 123, 133
Philoctetes:
See Attius
Philolaus (fl. 450 B.C.):
VI 206
a Pythagorean, XIV 223
on Solar Fire, XIV 223
———- Fragments:
on number, XIV 10 fn. biog., XIV 561-62
Philology:
Alexander the Great and, XIII 227
archaeology more important than, II
311
floundering in mere hypotheses, XIV 196
helps explode Western theologies, II 107
scientific progress in, XIII 229
students of, as cold anatomists, II 133
Philopseudēs:
See Lucian
Philosopher(s):
accused of demonology, XIII 238
Adepts respected by Chinese, XIV 18
always held similar beliefs, VII 198
esoteric presence in works of ancient,
XIV 3, 48, 277
God of, infinite, XIV 8
Greek, on Universe, XIII 86-87
initiated, had no right to reveal
sciences, VI 203-04
limited, not worthy of name, XIII 95
modern, believe in blind chance, XIV
9 fn.
most Greek, initiated, XIV 7, 276-77
old, intellectual quarries, XIV 6
"physical," & Universal Mind, XIV 10
sacred obligation of old, XIV 6
teachings of ancient, VI 202-10
true, is impartial, XIV 459
unpopular, & society, XIII 245-47
Western, inspired by Eastern, XIII 92
works of some, dangerous, XIV 60
See also Hermetic Philosophers; Neo-
Platonists; etc.
Philosopher's Stone:
Aristotle on, VIII 248
brought by Divine Builder, XIV 26
Hiranyagarbha and, II 285 fn.
key to problems of Life & Death,
XIV 26
no special, IV 291; XII 603
purpose of, XI 515 (538), 517-20
(540-43)
seventh principle, IV 290
Philosophia sagax::
See Paracelsus
Philosophic Inquirer (Madras):
IV 69, 155, 157, 230, 599; V 65; XIV
117 fn.
brave & outspoken, IV 92
editor of, abused, III 67-68
on editor of the, XI 409 fn.
errors in, IV 172-74
on Hindu pantheism, III 355
The Thinker and, IV 277 et seq.
bibliog., V 386
Philosophical Vine:
meaning in alchemy, XII 54
Philosophism:
Philosophicules as progeny of
modern, XI 439
Philosophumena:
See Hippolytus
Philosophy(ies):
Adepts & universal, XIII 264
all, stems from Planetary Spirit, VI
331
ancient esoteric, vitally needed by
West, XII 295, 308
archaic, has many rays, X 154
best test of, under trying
circumstances, IV 97
complete only if physics &
metaphysics embraced, II 158
conceit of modern, XIII 262
crippled by sensual perceptions, XIII
94-95
deductive or metaphysical, XII 308
definitions, XI 434-35
Eastern, and Pantheistic speculation,
XII 347 fn., 407
Eastern occult, is main stream of
knowledge, III 382
how to study Eastern, XIII 264
identity between separate schools of,
IV 492
Indian, XII 343, 347
fn.
modern & H.
Spencer, VI 171-73
modern, only
chips of Theosophy,
XIII 84, 92
most religious, reject ex nihilo, XIV
415
occult, deals with principles, not
details, III 383
outflow of religious feeling, III 349
requisite of true, XI 439
Theosophy as highest, XI 435-36
true, sneered at, XI 438-39
unshakeable foundation of religious,
XII 308, 347
Western, based on exoteric thought,
XIII 92
See also Platonic Philosophy &
specific Philosophers
Philostratus, Flavius (170?-245):
on Ammonius, XI 228 (265)
on sidereal globes in Babylonian
temples, XIV 331
———- Life of Apollonius [tr.]:
III 175 fn.
cp. with New Testament, XIV 138
kept hidden by Church, XIV 137-38
NT. life of Jesus may be based on,
VIII 203 fn.
reads like a fairy story, XIV 128, 132
Philozoism:
on opponents of Eastern, VII 22
Phinehas:
thrusts javelin through woman, III 116
Phineus:
as symbol of entranced seer, X
209 fn.
Phlegethon:
river of Initiation in Tartarus, XI 90
& fn.
Phlogiston:
meaning, IV 217-18 & fn.
Pho (or Pha):
as animal soul, IV 243
or Fo, X 354
"Man" or "Father," IV 18 fn.
Phoebe:
as Moon in heaven, XI 97
Phoebus:
associated with sound & color, VII 67
as Sun in heaven, XI 97
Phoenician(s):
cosmogony, XIV 156, 202, 272 fn.
cult of Venus and, VIII 309-10
divine origins of, XIV 94
divinities were Elōhim, XIV 202
Ia of, same as Jehovah, XIV 272
India and, V 300
reverence for Sun, XIV 272 fn.
sacred alphabet, XIV 97
Sanskrit and, V 298
writing and, V 167, 297, 299
Pho-hat (Chinese):
See Fohat
Phonograph:
Olcott visits Edison about, I 429, 430,
439
Phonographic Foil:
of 24th century, XIII 291
Phorminx:
Orpheus and, V 305
seven-stringed lyre, XIV 269
Phos (Greek):
as Atma-Buddhi, XI 488
light & exoteric teachings, XI 486
as Manas, XI 487
Phosphoros:
as Lucifer, X 231
Lucifer & Jesus, XI 496-97
or Phaeton, VIII 17
Pho-ta-la [Sk. Potala]:
IV 11 fn.
Phōtismous (Gk.):
one translation of teraphim, VII 231
Photius (ca. 820-891):
first quarrels in Church and, IX 340
warrented Cyprian's confession, XIV
163
bio-bibliog., IX 447-48
Photograph(s):
magnetic emanations and, VI 341
of "Spirits," IV 60 et seq.
Phōtos (Greek):
of Iamblichus, XI 233 (270)
Phren:
divine soul and, VII 205 fn.
as mens or mind, I 292
perisprit and, I 361 (365)
Phylakitēs (Gk.):
or 7 Luminous Ones as guardians, X
49 (57)
as vigilant guardian of Church, X 49
(57)
Physical:
spiritual falling into, IX 240
Physicians:
allegedly, alone sane, VII 60
conceited & obstinate, II 274
derive income from human suffering,
II 189
druggists &, often legally kill, IV 73
prejudiced, spiteful & selfish, IV 380
Physicists:
incapable of acquiring knowledge by
spiritual faculties, X 128
must leave spiritual causes to others,
II 158
Physico-Materialism:
IV 307 fn.
losing ground, IV 309-10
Physics:
psychology and, II 158
supersensuous, & chemistry, VII 75
Physiognomy:
reviewing books and, I 386 et seq.
Physiology:
ABC of, II 186
"definition," II 274
destined handmaiden of Occult truths,
XII 139
overstepping its limits, XII 351-53
prejudices in, & effect of drugs, II 189
progress of, XII 138
science of death, VIII 240
vitalism and, XII 139
Pi (Greek):
circle and, X 399
See under Circle & Geometry
Pico delta Mirandola, G. (1463-1494):
I 131
adepts and, IV 607
challenged Church, XIV 169 fn.
Drach a follower of, XIV 220
Kabalah is full of Christianity, VII
252 fn.
on Magic & Kabalah, VII 252 fn.,
258-59
Theses posted in Rome by, VII
252 fn., 258-59
bio-bibliog., XIV 562
Pictet, Raoul Pierre
(1846-1929):
VIII 353
gases and, IV 215
bio-bibliog., VIII 471-72
biog., IV 662
Pictorial Language:
& ciphers, VII 268
of New World, II 315
See also Hieroglyphics
Pictures:
aura of newly born has, from past,
IX 400B
See also Astral Light; Astral Plane
Pierre Soleil (or Sun-Stone):
identified with Christ, XIV 221
Piety:
frenzied Christian, IV 202-03
Pigmies:
Herodotus and, III 41
Pike, Albert
(1809-1891):
bio-bibliog., XIV
562-63
Pilgrim:
must accept truth of collective
individuality, XI 212-13 & fn. (248
& fn.)
Pilgrim (pseud.):
as writer, VIII 45 & fn.
Pillai, Kashava:
secretary of Nellore T.S., IV 288
Pindam [Sk. Pina]:
at Gya & bhutas, V 310-13
Pindar (522?-443 B.C.):
XIV 257
on Zeus & Bacchus, XIV 273 fn.
———- Dirges:
on death & initiation, VII 121, 132
———- Ode to Pythia:
on chrēsen, VIII 187, 223
Pindus, Mts. (Greece):
V 218
Pineal Gland:
cause of, concretions, XII 619
chief organ of spirituality in brain,
XII 619
corresponds to uterus, XII 698
illumined, corresponds with Divine
Thought, XII 698
Kunalini and, XII 699
nature & function of, XII 616-19,
695-96, 697
pernicious action of drugs or alcohol
upon, XII 496
seven rays of consciousness and, XIII
289
or Third Eye, XII 616, 619
See also Third Eye
Pingala (Sk.):
Ia &
Sushumna, XII 616, 701-02
Pinjrapole [Sk. Pañjrapol]:
animal hospital & refuge in Bombay,
IV 282
Pinto:
Cagliostro and, XII 80
The
Pioneer (Allahabad):
II 362, 388, 428, 439; III 8-9, 75; IV
92, 333
Anglo-Indian surveillance and, X 293
on astronomy & astrology, III 45
on dissolved religious orders, III 65
on Druse sect, III 176
editor of, II 262
Fadeyev letter about H.P.B., III
444-45
friendly notice in, II 414
H.P.B. translating for, II 391; VII 5,
10
on metempsychosis, XI 145-46
on missionaries, II 270-71
on opposition to Church, III 66
on phenomena & TS., II 99-100
on study of Russian, III 46
on Viceroy & espionage calumny, II 141
Pipelets:
Great Army of, XII 93 (100 & fn.)
Pippal Cave:
sacred to Buddhists, V 247 fn.
Pirani, F.J.
(1850-1881):
IV 222
biog., IV 662
Pirogoff, Dr. N.I.
See Pirogov, Dr. N.I.
Pirogov, Dr. N.J. (1810-1881):
declines to intimate beliefs in God,
XII 405
follower of Goethe in his youth, XII
405
foot operation named for, XII 405 fn,
knew Universal Mind as Demiurge,
XIII 90
Mephisto influences,
XII 405
on non-material of the ego, XII 137
regarded as Agnostic by ex-colleagues,
XII 404
ritualism opposed by, not religious
ideals, XII 405
surgeon & pathologist, XII 135, 403
at University of Dorpat, XII 405
———- Memoirs:
on atoms, XII 408
on consciousness & brain, XII 414
"empiricism" as used by, XII 414
ethereal element believed in by, XII
406
on existence, XII 407
fifth dimension a possiblility to, XII
411
imbued with scientific mysticism &
Theosophy, XII 138, 405
on lower self, XII 406
on nature & composition of Universe,
XII 409-11
profoundly intuitional nature of, XII
415
on space, time & motion, XII 414
speculations on lunacy, XII 407
on Universal Mind, XII 136-38, 404
on Vital Force & Life Principle, XII
136-37, 404
bio-bibliog., XII
135-36 fn., 760
Piacha(s) (Sk.):
IV 553; VI 194
apparitions and,
III 417
or bhuta, XII 171 fn. (181 fn.), 201
definition, IV 189
or Elementals, IX 109
haunts woman, IV 125
mediums attract, IV 55, 139, 141,
174-75, 181
passions and, VII 299
Dr. Peebles on, II 75
SamaVeda and, V
34 (63)
séance worship of, IV 261; IX 108-09
state of, & relation to the living, II
399
Pisces:
conjunction of planets and, IX 211
(233)
cycle began about 255 B.C., VIII
174 fn.
Messiah comes in, XIV 153
Piscinas:
well of lustral waters, XI 78
Pisgah, Mt. (near Dead Sea):
Moses and, IV 265
Pisistratus (600?-527 B.C.):
XIV 293
Pistis (Gk.):
knowledge, VIII 191
not just Faith, XIII 6
Pistis-Sophia (Gk.):
definition, XIII 5-6
drama of, "fall," XIII 40
drama of, sufferings, XIII 6
falls from Ogdoad, XIII 28
as first & last of female Aeōns, XIII
40
Hymn of, & 107th Psalm, XIII 60
is Intuitional knowledge, XIII 6
Jesus and, XIII 61-62
Jesus as Syzygy of, XIII 40
lower Manas and, XIII 62
Mystery of her Name, XIII 33, 39, 41
Repentance of, XIII 46 & fn., 60-62
Repentant personality XIII 50, 56 fn.
seeks to regain stolen domain, XIII
24, 28
or Sophia-Achamōth, XIII 24, 26, 28
standing on 7 headed Basilisk, XIII
59
thirteenth Aeon Region of, XIII 39,
52, 60
Venus and, XIII 33
without Syzygy, XIII 42
Pistis-Sophia:
allegory of evolution of Mind, XIII
40
on Barbēlō, XIII 24-25
Church Fathers on, XIII 5
compared with Egyptian teachings,
XIII 80
Coptic MS., XIII 1
dating of, XIII 1
description of, binding, XIII 2 fn.
dialect written in, XIII 1
earliest rf. to, XIII 2
on Elias & John, XI 492-93
English translations, XIII 3-5
on fourth section of, XIII 35
Gnostic origins, XIII 1, 3, 6, 35
H.P.B. on, VIII 216
on Ialdabaōth, XIII 43-44
Jesus on the Name, XIII 41-42
key to portion of, XIII 40
lists 3 Deities of the Right, XIII 39
Lokas & subplanes in, XIII 27-28
noblest Gnostic system derived from
East, X 403
Odes of Solomon and,
XIII 51
revised notes on, X 300
rich in Esotericism, XIII 32, 80
septenary name in, XI 489
taught by Jesus, XIII 7, 35
term in, used for divisions of Kama
Loka, XI 486
versions, XIII 4, 24,
25 fn., 35
bibliog., VIII 238-39
Pit:
symbol of, VIII 204 fn.
Pi˜aka(s):
Buddhist, grand philosophy not
religion, IV 201
Gunananda & synod about, II 138
Pitar:
See Pitri(s)
Pi˜ha-Sthana (Sk.):
in Tantrik Mysteries, XIV 126
Pi˜ri(s) (Sk.):
according to Buddhism, VII 184
Chhaya and, IX 241
collective wisdom of, XII 203-04
definition, VI 189-90
Dhyanis &, cp. with 7 Elōhim, IX
136
as disembodied Mahatma, XIV 278
early man and, XIII 23, 26
early Races and, IX 262
exoteric fable about, VI 191 fn.
fatherhood of, X 397; XIII 150
first humanity as astral chhayas of, X
365
identical with 7 Elōhim, XIV 202
influence bright side of moon, XII
204
intercourse with, V 34 (62)
invoked by Qu-ta-my, XII 204
lunar ancestors, VI
190
lunar and solar, VI
190
Lunar, not "spirits," XII 203
lunar progenitors & their descendants,
X 364
Patriarchs and, XIV 202
planetary gods as, XI V 202, 277
revealed in final Initiation, XIV
277-78
reveals Presence for chela, XIV 278
S.D. rf. to, XIII 50 fn.
seven classes of, IX 262
shaping of man by, VI 191-92
two classes defined in Rig-Veda,
VI
191
Pitri-Rishis (
sons of Flame, VI 193
Pituitary Body:
alcohol & fever effect, XII 698
nature & function of, XII 616-19, 697
Pius II, Pope (1405-1464):
awed by de Cusa's learning, XIV
378-79
Pius IV, Pope (1499-1565):
on papal Bull of, X 24
biog., X 24 fn.
Pius V, Pope (1504-1572):
Bull of, endorsed Astrolatry, X 29
fostered starworship, XIV 336
biog., XIV 563
Pius VI, Pope (1717-1799):
Cagliostro's death sentence commuted
by, XII 81, 87
Pius VII, Pope (1740-1823):
Jesuits and, IX 300, 313
Pius IX, Pope (1792-1878):
IV 395
abused heretics, III 68
death of Christianity began with
death of, I 374
elected in 1846, IX 308
Encyclical of 1864, IV 371
Gladstone prints speeches of, III 68
& fn.
"infallibility" of, IX 294
Piyadasi [Sk. Priya-darin]:
inscription of, & Alexander, V 242
& fn.
title of two Kings, V 237, 257
Pi-yun-si Pagoda (China):
Hall of Lohans, XIV 429
Pizarro, Francisco (1470?-1541):
II 304, 313, 326
kidnapped & murdered last Inca King,
II 339-40, 343
Plagiarism:
alleged, by K.H., VI 2-3
examples of, XIII 200
H.P.B. accused of, XIII 199-201
Plague:
Biblical, stopped by violence, III
11617
Plane(s):
Adepts work on various, VI 247
of ants, VII 85-86
or bases of triangles, XIII 17
called the Treasure, XIII 64
communication between, VII 87-88
of consciousness & matter, XIII 57
contact between, X 166
each, reflected in another, XIII 58
& fn.
every, has own attributes & creatures,
X 381
fourth dimension and, VII 85
higher, & Ah-hi, X 320-21
higher, as goal for aspirant, VI 332
higher, within our 3 dimensional
world, VII 86
impressions of one, translated into
another, IX 163-64
Jesus on objective & subjective, XIII
61
many higher & lower, than ours, X
313
of non-being, X 369
not in, or to be thought of, in Space
& Time, XII 528
our, reverses notations, XII 561
Principles of man & seven, XIII 75
Rupa & Arupa, XIII 53
segregated by mind & consciousness,
XII 679
seven, & lower four, XIII 54
are seven in One, XII 528
seven sub-planes on every, XII 399
as Silence or Sigē, XIII 16
sub-planes &, in Pistis-Sophia, XIII 17
sub-planes of consciousness and, XII
657 et seq.
Table of, & Lokas, XIII 28
thoughts must be placed on highest,
XII 687
three higher Arupa, beyond our
comprehension, X 357
trichotomy of, XIII 53
unmanifested, also septenary, X 373
Yoga states & three sub-, XIII 65
See also Lokas; Talas
Planet(s):
celestial work of seven, XIV 88, 142,
210, 328
colour of ruling, & Temple of
Borsippa, II 410
conjunction of five & three, III 197-98
correspondence between, &
Archangels, X 50 (57); XII 546;
XIV 322, 335-36
correspondences, XII 532-33 diag.,
536-37, 544-46, 548-49 & fns.
co-workers of Unknown All, XIV 330
dual aspect as celestial bodies, XIV
322
dwellings of Sun's lictors, XIV 327-28,
332
of Earth Chain & colors of
constitution of man, VI 14-15
Earth globes are not Sacred, X 340
eighth, & wicked men, III 298
Elōhim as architects of physical, XIV
212
every, a Septenary, X 30-31
exoteric order of, XII 551
fragments of former suns, X 402
ideations of, acted upon by Planetary
Builders, X 342
influence talismans, XII 382, 535
intra-Mercurial, invisible by end of
3rd Root Race, XII 549 fn.
light of, & magical statues, VII 219
Messiah's coming & two, XIV 153
misprint for "cycle" in Isis Unveiled,
VII 183-84; X 215-16 fn.
mysteries of Initiation & seven, XIV
142, 315-16 fn., 332
mystery, of Pagan initiates, X 31 fn.
mythological transformation from
gods to devils, VIII 16
not thrown out of sun, X 402
origin of, X 402
personified, XIV 335 & fn.
Rectors or Angels of, XIV 336
Root-Races and, VII 113
on Rulers of Sacred, X 340
sacred circular dance of, XIV 316
& fn.
Sēpher
Yetzirah on mysteries of, XIV
88
seven, and Sephiroth, XIV 189, 210
seven physical, as lower Sephirōth,
XII 546
Seven Sacred, & our senses, XII 532
Seven Sacred, ruled by 7 Hierarchies,
XII 567-68
seven spheres of the, in symbolism, II 411
sevenfold & twelvefold
transformations of, IV 377-78
seventh, a mystery, XIV 332
"Skins" as symbols of, X 304
slandered by Church, VIII 15
are spiritual forces not globes, XII
546
"Star-Regents" informing deities of,
XIV 329
system of, & cyclic motion of ideas,
IV 451
visible, are bodies of Sidereal Beings,
X 31; XIV 210, 315 fn., 322, 327,
330, 334-35
week-days and, XII 535
See also Globes; Jupiter; Mercury;
Saturn; Venus etc.
Planetaries:
must live in every sphere, III 26970
Planetary:
five, Rulers & Soul, XIII 28, 45
hosts, XIII 277
overseer, XIII 277
progression in, realms, XIII 265,
301-06
realm of Jesus & disciples, XIII 72-73
Planetary Chambers:
soul at death and, VII 113
Planetary Spirit(s):
ancient Kings prayed to, XIV 351
as angels, XIV 210, 314, 321, 334, 336
or Angels are real Gods, VII 120
collective host, XIV 164 fn.
constitute Adam-Kadmon, X 345
deal with 4th Principle but not 3
highest, X 341
definition, X 340
or Devas, III 269
Dhyan Chohans a class of, VI 111-12
as "divine Powers," XIV 314
Egyptian, X 48 (56)
Elect Angels and, XIV 89, 314,
336-37, 349
high spiritual & moral influence, XIV
345
human, was a, III 269
inspire men, I 295
intermediary agencies, XIV 330
Jehovah as, of visible Sun, XIV 272
Kabiri as highest, XIV 314-15
man's soul and, XIV 300
Mayavic appearances of, IV 590
Mysteries of, XIV 315, 330-33
not an Entity but Forces of Nature, X
342
nothing to do with spiritual man, X
341
once human beings, VI 126
Pitris, revealed in
final Mysteries, XIV
277
Popes worship, XIV 337
pralaya and, X 344
are Regents not the physical planets,
XIV 328-29
remain in our spheres of being, XI 63
rule 7 Sacred Planets, XII 567-68
ruled by hidden Hierophant, XIV 332
Sacred Planets and, X 341
are sidereal, X 344; XIV 328-29
strike keynote of Truth, XII 600-02
taught One Wisdom to early man, VI
331
Theoi of Plato, XIV 326
universe formed by, XIV 334
unprogressed, simulate deities at
séances, VI 189
See also Regent(s); Seven Planetary
Spirits
Plant(s):
consciousness in, X 330, 362
elementals and, X 362
have nerves, sensation & instinct, XII
134
juice of secret, may extend life, II
460-61
Karma of, X 363
used by HathaYogins produces coma,
II 460
Plasma:
as image in Gnosticism, XIII 30
Platino, Bartolomeo de (1421-1481):
———- Vitae Pontificum:
papal biographies, XI 79 fn. bibliog., XI 586
Platiy:
Bulgarian New Year's cake, II 147
Plato (427?-347 B.C.):
VII 62
age of, & current age, XII 310
Atlantis of, XIV 46
Books of Thoth used by,
XIV 39
called Initiates "Perfect," XIV 56 fn.
concept of Divinity, XIII 267
crucified God of, XIV 287
cyclic motion of ideas, IV 451
on Deity & Cross, IX 270
Deity defined by, XIV 9, 62, 186
doctrine of Monad, XIV 186
on duality of soul, II 5 (16)
follower of Pythagoras, XIV 15, 62,
308
on Gods geometrizing, X 399-400
hidden meaning in, XIV 7-8, 14-15,
46, 62-63, 340
on Homer, XIV 8
Ideas as aeons or emanations in, XIV
340
ignorance of, XIII 264
immutable essences of, IV 451
influenced by Orpheus, XIV 308
an Initiate, VI 203, 207; XI 5; XIV 6,
8, 15, 257, 274, 276
on Initiates, XIV 256, 274-77
Jowett on, XIV 8 ff., 10-16
life cp. to Jesus, XIV 139
man crucified in space and, X 52 (59)
method of, III 196
monotheism & Gods, XIV 7-8
on mysteries of rebirth, XIII 80
mysticism of, XIII 151, 153-54
"myths" of, XIII 226
Oriental mysticism in, XIV 15-16, 63,
308
on origination, XIII 268
planets are Gods acc. to, XIV 326,
340
Pythagoras and, XIII 268
selective breeding as old as, XII 253
severe morality of, XIV 274
Solomon not mentioned by, XIV
177 fn.
on soul, VII 204 fn.-06 fn.
on Soul and body, XIV 10 fn.
on Sun and Son, XIV 271 q.
on Sun as a living being, XIV 324
taught at Heliopolis, XIV 254
transcendental mathematics of, XIV
63
"Unchangeable Existence" of, cp. with
Sat, VI 207
on Universe as a cross, II 145
Valentinian system and, XIII 14
view of Being & Becoming, VI 206-07
——— Banquet:
II 313 fn.; XIV 7
——— Cratylus:
XIV 7, 326 fn.
——— Critias:
on Atlantis, IV 262
——— Dialogues:
secret doctrine in, VI 207
spirit of mysticism in, XIV 4, 8, 14-16
——— Epinomis:
VI 187
——— Epistles:
enigmatic teaching in, XIV 7 fn.
on source of Plato's teachings, XIV
16
——— Gorgias:
VI 201
on Socrates' patience, VIII 46-47
——— Laws:
on prayers, XIV 42 & fn.
——— Parmenides:
XIV 7, 413 fn.
——— Phaedo:
on founders of Mysteries, XIV 256
on initiates & gods, XI 170 (178)
on object of Mysteries, XI 87
——— Phaedrux
VIII 186, 204 fn., 222-23
on communion with the Gods, XI 218
(254)
cp. to Upanishads, XII 347 fn.
on judgment of souls, XIII 80-81
on man's original purity, XIV 68, 277
on Mysteries, XIV 7, 274, 276
——— Republic:
on Er, III 451
on Gnosis, XIV 218-19, 340
on man crucified in space, VII 295 fn.
on marriage & race improvement, XII
254
——— Theaetetus:
on becoming God-like, XI 218 (254)
on chrēstos, VIII 192 fn., 229
——— Theages:
on Socrates, III 279
——— Timaeus:
III 428; VI 201; VII 194
Jowett downgrades, XIV 11, 15
on men as pure spirits, XIV 68
an occult treatise, XIII 147, 154 fn.
only Initiate can understand, XIV 7,
15
a Pythagorean
Dialogue, XIV 11
bibliog., III 518; VI
443; XII 760
Platon, Metropolitan:
visited by a "spirit," VI 219-21
Platonic Method:
descends from universal to individual,
XII 517
key to Buddhism, XIV 419
Platonic Philosophy:
compend of ancient Indian systems,
VI 203
The Platonist (Saint Louis):
III 269 fn.
Pleasure:
misery as necessary as, for some, VIII 167
Plebs:
servilely follow majority, IV 72
Pledge:
to follow true lines of Masters, X
77-78
H.P.B. took, never to reveal whole
truth about Masters, XII 158
mutual, between Master & disciple,
VII 242
sacred bond of 7 yrs. probation, VII
242-43
of secrecy & occult sciences, II 494
(501)
Theosophical Society, of secrecy, II
476
violation of, dishonorable, II 478
Pledge Fever:
one effect of, XII 586
is raging, XII 588 fn.
warning against, XII 515-16
Pledge of Esoteric Section:
aim of, not adeptship,
XII 501, 583
binding nature of, XII 501, 503, 592,
640
characteristics needed to carry out, X
196
clause of, recommended for entire
T.S., X 207
disloyalty to, can lead to expulsion,
XII 166
effort to keep, must continue, XII 493
faith in Higher Self and, XII 583
meaning of, XII 506-11
no interference with family duties, XII
488
part of, discussed, X 196-208; XII
589-90
of Probationers, XII 506
real, is to Higher Self & Mahatmic
aspect of Masters, XII 166
rewards of trying to fulfill, XII 537-38
sacredness of, XII 585, 601
withdrawal of, possible, XII 488,
504-05
See also Esoteric Section of
Theosophical Society
Pleiades:
at Solar Pralaya, V 16263
Plenum:
vacuum and, X 318
Plērōma (Gk.):
all fullness, XIII 10
Chart of, XIII 15
Church transforms, into Heavenly
Host, XIV 162
definitions, XI 491; XII 570; XIV
162 fn.
found in Paul's Epistles, XIV 162 fn.,
340
Fruit of, XIII 16
in Gnostic scheme, XIII 11, 28
or Height, XIII 22
Hierarchies & chart of, XIII 71
Name of Aeōns of, XIII 78
secrets of, hide the Truth, XII 570
several Types of, XIII 32-33
Sophia projected Ideas of, XIII 40
Space of occult philosophy, XII 570
Table including, XIII 28
Unknown of Gnostics, XIV 162
vacuum, X 311
Valentinian Dodecad is, XIII 28
See also Space
Plexuses:
chakras and, XII 619-20
nais &,
acc. to Ha˜ha Yoga, XII 616
Solar, of sympathetic system, XII 701
See also Chakra(s)
Pliny the Elder (23-
I 232
believed in Chaldean astrology, XIV
351
on location of Palibothra, XIII 342
on philosophy, VII 36 q.
——— Natural History:
II 93 fn.
Celtic wisdom cited in, XIV 311
on Zoroaster, III 451, 461; XIV 23
& fn.
bibliog., II 539; III 518
Plotinus (205?-270):
aimed to free Greek philosophy from
Oriental influences, XII 347 fn.
Ammonius taught, for 11 years, XIV
13 fn., 313
ecstasy of Theophania defined by,
XIV 48-49
ecstatic illumination of, XI 233 (270)
felt divine fountain, XIV 49 fn.
a guardian of Roman orphans, XI
215 fn. (251 fn.)
Iamblichus' work and, XI 214 (250)
Jowett's opinion of, XIV 12
lack of appreciation for, XIII 147
lived for the world, XI 219 (255)
practiced Theurgy, XIV 304
on three degrees of gnosis, II 95
triple emanation doctrine and, XIV
186
united to his Christos, IX 21 fn.
worthy disciple of Ammonius, XI 215
(250)
Plough:
symbol of, VII 279 fn.
Plummer, L. Gordon (b. 1904):
——— The Mathematics of the Cosmic
Mind.
clarifies esoteric geometry, III 321 fn.
bibliog., III 518
Plurality:
comes from unity, VIII 11920,
204 fn.
returns to unity, VIII 122
Plutarch (46?
II 93 fn.; V 244, 257; VIII 204 fn.;
XIII 154; XIV 139, 257
on after-death states, I 294, 362 (366)
on age of Zoroaster, III 461
Avesta and, IV 525
on circle of celestial worlds, XIV 330
knew heliocentric system, XIV 332
on Pherecydes, XIII 284
on psychē & nous, II 6 (17)
on soul after death, XIII 138 q.
——— Consolatio ad Apollonium:
on initiation, VII 122
——— De defectu
oraculorum:
VI 209 fn.
bibliog., VI 443
———
on Muth as Isis, XIV 155-56
——— Lives:
VIII 184 fn., 200
on chrēstos, VIII 192 fn., 229
on Mithraic cult's founding, VIII 364
(384)
——— Morals:
on Egyptian rite, XIII 23
——— Quaestiones Romanes:
on lares, VII 194
Pluto:
Latin Church rite and, XIV 99
Orpheus in kingdom of, XIV 141
Roman's 2nd month and, XIV 99
the sun of lower regions, XI 97
See also Hades
Pneuma (Gk.):
Demeter and, I 295
Holy, is female, XIV 115
or nous & second death, I 294
semen and, VII 239 fn.
Pneumata (Gk.):
spirits of elements in ancient
divination, VII 234, 239
Pneumatic(s):
Plērōma is region of, XIII 28
prayers of, XIII 26
or Spiritual Treasure of, XIII 28
See also Defunct
Pneumo-Dyno-Vril:
destroys millions of soldiers, IX 338
Po:
Maoric word, V 288
Pobedonostsev, K.P. (1827-1907):
as censor, XI 460
Pococke, Edward (1604-1691):
on Pandavas, V 306
——— India in Greece:
on word origins, XIV 90 fn.
biobibliog., XIII 400
bibliog., XIV 563
Poe, Edgar Allan
(1809-1849):
delirium tremens
influenced poetry of,
XI 198
——— Nevermore:
I 60
Poetry:
borrowing, discreditable in Sanskrit,
XIII 109
four aspects to Vaidic Mantras, XIII
107
Müller's parody of Hindu, XIII 106
sacred meter not used for common,
XIII 10809
Poets:
glimpse the Mysteries, XIV 222-23 fn.
Pogodin, M.P. (1800-1873):
disputed Rurik's roots, LI 353
Poimandres:
See Hermes Trismegistus
Point:
circle &, meaning of, X 241-42
emanates Circle, XIII 16
First Logos, XIII 18
in Mundane Egg, X 351
produces the Line, XIII 17
within the circle, X 314, 351
Poiret, Pierre (1646-1719):
——— Cogitationum Rationalium:
XIII 308 fn.
Poison(s):
dual nature of, XII 602-03
gas foretold, III 71
psychological cure and, III 36-38
Poîta:
Olcott and, V 324
Polanco[us], Juan A. (1516-1576):
Jesuits' secret constitutions and, IX
298
bio-bibliog., IX 448
Polar Star:
Vega once the, II 338
Polariser:
in our consciousness, IX 31
Polarity(ies):
of body, consciousness & life-winds,
X 398
change of, & flight of birds, IV
168-69
cosmic, & early worlds, VI 193
levitation and, I 244
in nature, III 298
See also Levitation
Polarization:
of inorganic or organic atoms, IV 225
negative, can lead to obsession, II 399
psychic emanations and, II 399
See also Magnetism; Mesmerism
Pole(s):
direction of sleeping body and, IV
405
equator and, III 150
inversion of, XIV 366-68
opposite, in nature & Society, II 210
See also North Pole; Polar Star
Police Gazette:
III 94
Polish Revolution:
Russian students helped, II 359
Politics:
Christianity and, IV 57
difficult to avoid, X 82
Founders avoid, IV 454; X 294; XIII 206
Founders suspected of, IV 150-52
improper to discuss, in Theosophical
journals, II 161
need to protest despotism of, X 86
Rule XIV of T.S. and, VII 160 fn.
spirit-messages and, IV 391-92
Theosophical Society has no business
with, II 292
Pollock, Joseph:
——— "Is Man only a Machine?":
H.P.B. on, II 510
Pollok, Robert (1798-1827):
on hypocrisy, XII 40 q.
bio-bibliog., XII 760
Polo, Marco (1254?-1324):
earliest traveler to Tibet, XIV 18
Gobi wilderness and, XIV 18-19
on Pashai adepts, XIV 19
Polycarp,
Saint (ca. 69-
XI 41 q.
——— Epistle to the Philippians:
only extant writing, XI 41 fn.
Polygamy:
Polyandry and, IX 143 fn.
Polytheism:
Christians adopted, XIV 207 fn.
Jewish monotheism masked, VII 255
Monotheism &, cp., IX 169; XII
199-202; XIV 51, 65, 373
raison d'etre for, XIV 65, 207 fn.
religious phantoms of, XIII 340
rests on the one unity, VII 274
vindicated by belief in "spirits," XII
199
See also Monotheism
Pomerium:
tradition on Rome's founding, V 214
Pompignan, Lefranc de (1709-1784):
verse on
bio-bibliog., IX
448-49
Pontoptican:
XIII
292
Pony, Mr.:
on rnetallotherapia, II 283
bio-bibliog., X 426
V 323
editor of, a nominal F.T.S., VI 72
Theosophists criticized in, IV 357-58
Poor:
Catholic Church and, IX 214 (236)
how to work for, VIII SS-56 (77-78)
just as unhappy now, VIII 67 (89)
misery preferred by some, VIII 167-68
need help while rich need pity, XII 61
neither, nor rich near Mahatmans, IX
214 (236)
Path is easier for, & singlehearted,
XII 596
regeneration of, classes, XII 5-6
rich and, VIII 64-65 (86-87)
See also Poverty
Pope(s):
Astrolatry favored by, Pius 5th, XIV
336
blesses Moslems, I 25960
first, were Greeks, IX 340
gave sorcerer's manual to
Charlemagne, XIV 105-06
Jesuits often use, IX 299; XIV 341
kept silent on heliocentricity, XIV
43 fn.
not holy or infallible, XIV 144
questionable Apostolic tradition of, V
252
several, honored planetary spirits, XIV
337
several Pagan, XIV 139
some, were sorcerers, VII 222
successors to Peter, not Christ, XIV 125
suppress & re-establish Jesuits, IX
294-95
See also individual Popes
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744):
on admitting being in the wrong, X
234 q.
maxim on love, XIV 41
on thoughts, XI 453 q.
——— Epistles to Several Persons:
Letter I to Viscount Cobham, XI 330
& fn., 586
——— Essay on Criticism:
XII 262 q.
——— An Essay on Man:
VII 35 q.
——— Moral Essays:
XII 390 q.
on force of prejudice, XIII 231
Popery:
no, in Theosophy, IX 242
Po-pha (Tib.):
or Adi-Buddha, V 288
Popul Vuh:
Fourth Race man and, IV 262; V 223
sacred work of Guatamala, XIII 266
bibliog., IV 662; V 366
Popular Science Monthly:
I 272
articles by Huxley & Spencer in, II
170, 184
reviewed Isis without reading it, I
322-23
Popularity:
how acquired, XI 2-4
Pork:
in allegory of Buddha's death, XIV 85 fn.
Porphyry (233-305?):
VII 133, 192; XIV 46
on Ammonius, XIV 13 fn.
on death & initiation, VII 122
demons of, VII 237
on Divine efflux, XIV 310
experienced Theophany, XIV 49 fn.
had a Tree of Divine Planets, XII
546 fn.
Iamblichus' work and, XI 214 (250)
illumination of, XI 233 (270)
Jowett on, XIV 12
on mischief of "spirits," II 178
misjudged, XIII 147
opposed Theurgy, XIV 300, 304
on union of soul with Universal Soul,
II 93
united to his Christos, IX 21 fn.
writings' destroyed by Church, XIV
313
——— De abstinentia carnis:
De sacrificio et magia a
condensation
of, VII 198 fn., 210
on deceiving demons, VII 237
on sorcery, VII 203 fn., 210
on Soul of the Universe, VII 198
——— Pythagorae vita:
biography of
Pythagoras, XI 215 (251)
Chaldean oracles on invocation of
Apollo, XIV 350
on numerals of Pythagoras, III 195
on symbols of Pythagoras, XIV 95
bibliog., III 518
Porta, Giovanni B.
(1540-1615):
——— Magiae Naturalis . . .:
on alchemy, XI 517 (540)
bibliog., XI 586
Portrait Figures:
of dead people & "spirits," I 34; II
396
Portus, Bishop of Ostia:
See Hippolytus
Poruthu-Madan:
a "wrestling" demon, VI 194
Poseidonis:
belongs to historical times, V 163
last link to Atlantis, V 216
Prometheus fable on 4th Race
extinction at, V 220
See also Atlantis
Positivism:
Comte's ideas on, XII 253-54
controversy with Evolutionism, XIII
95-97
Huxley defines, IV 309
insane mysticism, XII 254
mechanical universe of, XIII 311
opposed to Spiritualism, II 58-59 (64-65)
soul of man and, II 188
is Zoolatry, XIII 97
See also Comte, Auguste
Possession:
of another's body, II 467, 472
during seances possible, XIV 487-92
"literary" phenomena of, II 261-62
mediumship and, I 140
Seguers on, III 280-81
symptom of demoniacal, II 261
See also Obsession
Post-Mortem:
appearance of man, VI 127-29, 138
See also Apparition(s); Kama-Loka;
Kama-Rupa
Pot-Amun (God of Wisdom):
roots of Theosophy traced to, II 88;
XIV 305-06
See also Amun
Potato:
disease & sunspot cycle, III 193 fn.
removes warts, VI 44-45
Potencies:
magical, & mystery-names, X 19
Potency:
of being, X 354
light as a, X 337
Logos and, X 302-03, 351-52
plastic, & thoughts, X 226
or Potentia the unrevealed Cause, X
351-52 & fn.
Potentiality:
becomes potency, X 352
of being, X 354
light as first, X 337
Logos and, X 302
of point in circle, X 352
Potter, Miss:
visits H.P.B., I 413
Potto, V.A. (1836-1912):
———-The War in the Caucasus:
one last year of yermolov,XII 288-30
bibliog., XII 760
Poverty:
Condemned by rich, XI 10
Wealth &, a sign of darkness, IX
100-01
wealth used to end, XI 151-54, 195-96
Powell, Charles F:
H.P.B. pays attribute to, XII 153
Powell, John W. (1834-1902):
Explore II 348
biog., II 539-40
Powers:
of Adept a result of evolution, VI 333
of Apollunious, XIV 131 ff., 300
belongs to one who knows, XIII 148
classification of, III 403
Divine, differs from Jehovah, XIV
197
first principle of moral, XIV 251
great Dynamis, XIII 33
H.P.B. disclaims possessions of
Supernatural, II 491
Hidden, which make man a god, I 73
iherent in man, I 273
of Initiate to preserve “remains,” XIV
377
Kama and, XIII 59
of knowing languages without study,
XIV 164 & fn.
of knowledge, XIV 1
Kriyaakti, & Genesis,
XIII 101
Of lower Quaternary, XIII 48 & fn.
magical, for selfish ends, XI 165
magnetic, as key to scientific
psychology, II 511
male & female, in evolution, XIV 157
of Matter vs. Spirit, XIII 60, 241
meditation can develop, XIV 400-01
missionaries abuse, IV 267-68
moral purity needed for, XIV 311
must be regained every life, XIV 400
of nature conquered, XIII 75
newly discovered, were once occult,
III 23
no magic, taught in E.S., X 242
nobler, must be educated, III 52
Patañjali on, of Yogis, II 466-67,
470-72
phenomenal, of man, IV 126
priestcraft & Secondary, XIV 250
Principalities and, XIV 348 fn.
Prophetic, XIV 303
Psycho-psychological, of Dervishes, II
290
Raja-Yogis & their, II 463
real, not grace or miracles, XIV 116
real, & the people, I 130
severe test before, entrusted to
student, X 242
spiritual anti-types of, rule world,
VIII 201-02
of spiritual principles, XIII 59
super-human, lead to pride, XIV 259
superior & inferior, XIII 241
symbolized by wives, XIV 407
ten words or Sephiroth as, XIII 100
Theosophical Society does not teach,
VI 333
to transfer self after death, XIV 377
two Msytery names of Triple-, XIII 33
used secretly by Buddhist, XIV 19
“words” of, XIII 50 fn.
Yoga, of extending life may depend
on plant, II 460
See also Clairyovance; Occult Powers;
Psyshic Powers
Power Paramount:
human need to recognize a, II 418
Pozdnisheff:
Tolstoy’s character that satirizes
society’s morals, XII 243-47
Prachchhanna Bauddhas:
“Buddhists in disguise,” IV 451
Practical Laws of Occult Science:
Coptic copy, VII 223
on magical figures, VII 223
Practical Life:
Mirrors intellectual status of nation,
IX 174
Practical Work:
Thesophical Society and, VIII 162-63
Pradhana (Sk.):
Akaa &
Mahat, X 314
Akaa-, or primordial
Fire-Substance,
X 384
there elements of, XII 524-25 diag.
See also Mulaprakriti;
Prakriti(s);
Substances(s)
Pradhanacharya:
Compiled Brahma Dharma Grantha,
VI 11 fn.
Pradnanatman (Sk.):
title of Vishnu, XII 149
Pradyumna (Sk.):
animated by Sanat Kumara, XIV 383
Praetextatus, Vettius (4th C.):
on great, Mysteries, XI 73
bio-bibliog., XU 586
Prague:
Protest in, against Pope, I 260
Praise:
how to remain indifferent to abuse
and, VII 173-74
Prajapati(s) (Sk.):
VI 191
Adityas, & Jiva,
IX 63 fn.
Concentric circles symbolize, XII
567-68
fashioned man, XIV 212
half-human angels, XIV 217 fns.
Identical with 7 Rishis & Kumaras,
XIV 203
Lord of Beings, XIV 241
Manu & Viraja, IV 576 fn.
Sephirōth cp. with, III 327; XIV 87,
187, 218 fn., 418 fn.
the seven Elōhim, XIV 198 fn., 203,
212
Prajña (Sk.):
definition, VII 291 fn.
Pralaya and, XI 476
six states of, VII 291 fn.
See also Wisdom
Prajña (Sk.):
Ingenuousness or 6th Paramita is, XI
348 fn.
Sophia and, VI 157
Prajña-Paramita (Sk.):
Buddha learned, from Indian Sages,
XIV 435
Prakamya (Sk.):
as conscious rebirth, II 471
Prakrit Literature:
Brahmanical Code needed to
Comprehend, V 208
Prakrita (Sk.):
as order of creation, XII 187
Prakriti(s) (Sk.):
Akaa and, III 405, 406,
413
& fn.
basis of sthula-arira,
III 409
beyond Elōhim & sexual imagery,
XIV 211-12
Cosmic Buddhi and, X 324
Cosmic matter, III 405 fn.
Divisions of, XIII 67-68
eternally existing essence, IV 580
gunavat, IV 582
Mahatmas and, VI 262
as mineral kingdom, V 172
Mulaprakriti and, IV
582; XI 399,
490
occult powrs and, III 403
one of 3 “primary causes,” VII 286
pranks of, IX 54
as producer, VII 291
Purusha and, III 269, 318 fn.; V 23-24
(52); XI 507 (530)
Purusha and first Beings, VI 193
Purusha &, of Kapila, VI 158
Purusha &, poles of One Element, IV
225-26, 564-65
Purusha-, inseparable, XIII 88
Sakti and, III 412
seven types, X 305
substance of Parabrahaman, XIV 393
Substances, XIII 28
Unimanigable abstraction, XIV 212
See also matter; Mulaprakriti;
Substance(s)
Prakritic Plane:
astral, consciouness, XII 662-63
objective, consciousness, XII 661-62,
679
sub-planes of, XII 661-63
Prakritika Pralaya (Sk.):
Maha-Pralaya cycles and, XI 467-68
Pralaya(s) (Sk.):
II 185
According to Vedas, VII 44
no Ah-hi during, X 318
analogy with sleep, X 309
can be divided, X 308-09
Central Sun unveiled at, V 162-63
Condition of consciousness and, XI 476
definitions, IV 99; X 309, 393
Dhyanis, & Planetary Spirits, X 344
Dissolution, XIV 412
End of Sun and, XI 159
as envisioned by some scientists, II
483 et seq.
Great Breath in, X 308-09
Impulse of births and, V 115
Maha-, & destruction of Solar system,
IV 421; VI 134
Manasaputras had
Karma before, XII
629
minor, IV 576
Nights of Brahma, II 420, 486
Nitya-, X 393
on conscious existence in, II 73 & fn.
One element and, III 423
parinirvana and, XI 345
Persian messiah and, III 462-63
Planetary, V 16 fn. (44 fn.)
Poem on, by Rishi, X 309
Quaternary and, XIV 187
secret cycle of Manvantara and, XIV
353
Solar, & Hercules myth, V 162
Solar & minor, IV 377
Solar & planets, X 402
Spirit & Matter and, III 269-70
three logoi in, X 332
universal, & preservation of ego, VII
52
various kinds of, XI 467-68
Vedas disappear at, XIII 108
See also Maha-Pralaya;
Manvantara(s); Nitya Pralaya etc.
Prama (Sk.):
Prameyas and, IV 579-80
Pramatha [Sk. Pramantha]:
VIII 209
Ma˜ha and, IX 261
Promethus and, VIII 143 fn.
Prana (Sk.):
corresponds to orange, XII 562, 568
cosmic, XIII 159
dual representation in Auric Egg, XII
580-81 diag., 623
ever-changing life, XIV 189
Jiva and, XII 607 fn., 672, 694,
707-08
or Jiva, distinct from atoms, V 111
Jivatma and, V 117
Lingo-Sarira vehicle of, XII 547, 699
as lower principle unfit for Devachan,
VII 180
lower use of, in so-called mind cures,
XII 155
macrocosmic pentacle of Life, XII 623
mesmerism and, XIII 363
as One Life, IV 579
one of 3 transitory aspects of 4
Principles, XII 607
part of gross body, VII 224, 299
pervades all the principles, XII 547
phases of moon and, XIII 71-72
positive vitality & healings, IV 383
resembles žayah, XIV 189
vanishes after death, VII 202
See also Esoteric Section Diagrams;
Jiva; Life; Principles of Man
Pranamaya (Sk.):
as second lifeprinciple, IV 582
Prananath, Pandit:
scorpion bites cured by, III 36
Pranatma[n] (Sk.):
Esoteric doctrine called, IV 582
Pranava (Sk.):
as Adi-Buddha, IV 99
synonym of Aum, XII 615
Pranava Yoga (Sk.):
or Taraka Yoga, III 403
Pranayama (Sk.):
dangers of, XII 615, 622
Masters oppose, exercises, XII 615
some yogis practice, blindly, IV 543
See Breath(s); Breathing
Prarthana Samaj:
II 507, 508
platform of, closed to Theosophists,
V 95 fn.
Prasad, Rama:
———- Nature's Finer Forces:
discussed, XII 604, 611, 612-13, 621
recommends Black Magic, XIV 60 fn.
on Tattvas or Svara, XII 356, 615
Prasanga Madhyamika Buddhism:
analogous to Advaita school, XIV 438
cp. with Yogacharya school, XIV
439-40
exoteric & esoteric divisions of, XIV
438-39
founded by Buddhapali˜a, XIV 438
most rationalistic system of
Buddhism, XIV 392
on power of doubt & Initiate, XIV
438
Prasenajit, King:
protector of Buddha, XIV 19
Pratibhasika (Sk.):
definition, III 422
Pratt, Judge C.E.:
rules for H.P.B., I 54, 84
Pratt, Dr. Henry:
———- New Aspects of Life and
Religion:
VIII 144
bibliog., VIII 472
Pratyabhava [Sk. Pretyabhava]:
transmigration, IV 609
Pratyagatma (Sk.):
definition, XIV 459 fn.
Pratyeka-Buddha(s) (Sk.):
first chief degree of Hierarchy, XIV
434-35
have Buddhas' Wisdom, but not
Teachers, XIV 435
never transcends 3rd macrocosmic
plane, XII 659
not a later development of Buddhism,
XI V 434
spiritual selfishness of, XII 659
Pravda (Odessa):
I 407, 417, 435
H.P.B.'s writings in, I 313
Pravitelstvennaya Gazeta:
on examination of Miss Perovsky, III
161-62
foreign correspondents and, III 163
Pravritti (Sk.):
activity of will, IV 580
nivritti and, I 268
Prayer(s):
ancient, fragment, XIII 354
audible, gives disastrous results, XII
534-35
Christian vs. Pagan, XIV 327
command and, XII 535
as communion with God, XIV 307 fn.
definitions, IV 519-20
emotional, leads to psychic not
theosophic goal, IX 170-71
equilibrium of nature and, V 98 fn.
Hiuen Tsang on visions and, XIV 20
as Magians understood it, IV 520
a mode of will, X 39
at moment of death, XIII 74-75
"Our Lord the Sun," XIV 343
Parsee, now empty shells, IV 523
real, is not formal, XIV 120 fn.,
307 fn.
result of, & asceticism, XIV 116
Socrates on, XIV 42
true vs. selfish, XIV 42, 307 fn.
unconscious magic can result from,
XIV 116
are vain without acts, XII 533-34
for victory of armies, X 104
work is, IX 69
Preaching of Peter:
VIII 221
Pre-Adamite:
Race of Men, XIV 205
Preamble and By-Laws of Theosophical
Society:
H.P.B.'s Scrapbook on birth of T.S., I
150
bibliog., I 523
Precept, First:
in Gnosticism, XIII 22, 29-30
Precession:
age of Great Pyramid & Equinoctial,
XIII 322
ancient Aryans knew, XIV 363 fn.
Cycle of Initiation and, IX 203 fn.
(225 fn.)
of Equinoxes, VIII 365 & fn. (384);
XIV 364-65
in Hindu chronology, XIV 362 ff.
influence of Equinoctial, on man,
XIII 321
period of, XIV 200
of Virgo, XIV 354
See also Equinox(es); Seasons
Precipitation(s):
chela's role in, X 130, 269
genuineness of, X 129
nature & rationale of, I 488-89; IX
239-40
occult process of, explained, VI
118-23
Predestination:
astrology and, VI 327
Calvin and, XI 141
doctrine of, XII 74
See also Calvin, John
Prejudice(s):
begets intolerance & persecution, IV
284
of doctors, IV 201
eradication of, hard, IV 345
facts set to pander to, XI 331
on force of, XIII 231
make animals of men, IX 50
mind must be free of, XIV 457
pandering to popular, XII 318
preconceptions & new ideas, III 378
of public opinion, XIII 244-46
of Religion, IV 78 et seq.
social, IV 314
Theosophical Society free of, XI 338
world fossilizes in its, XIII 246
Prel, Baron K.L. du
(1839-1899):
a born occultist, VI 157
———- Das Janus-Gesicht des
Menschen:
VI 155
on weakness of materialistic view, VI
156
———- Philasophie der Mystik:
on consciousness of planets, X 330
———- Die
Planetenbewohner . . .:
VI 156
———- Die Weltstellung
des Menschen:
VI 155
bibliog., VI 444; X
426
Preller, Ludwig
(1809-1861):
———- Griechische
Mythologie:
VIII 17 & fn.
bio-bibliog., VIII
472
Prescott, Wm. H. (1796-1859):
———- History of the Conquest of
Mexico:
on cord records of Incas, II 334
high moral code of Aztecs, II 321
Presence:
allegory on Divine, VII 273-74
a guna beyond the 3 gunas, VI 11 fn.
implies absolute consciousness, V
97 fn.
invisible, as Protean Cause, II 102
Universal, is Deity of Theosophists,
VI 10 fn.
See also Divine All; Divine Presence;
One Life; One, The; Oversoul;
Universal All; Universal Principle,
etc.
Present:
after death there is but the One, XI
453
the eternal, V 77; XII 70
past & future in the One, II 119
See also Duration; Eternity; Time
Presentiment(s):
occult reasons for, of death, VI
347-49
prevision. VI 342-43
rationale of, III 172
story of Count O. and, VI 345
story of seamstress and. VI 343-44
See also Intuition; Prevision;
Prophecy(ies); Seer(s); Seership
Press:
ame damneé of
public, III 238
See also Newspapers; Public Opinion
Gautier and, VII 58
Pressensé, E.D, de (1824-1891):
———- Histoire . . . de l’église chrétie:
on Greek MS. about Simon, XIV 116
bio-bibliog., XIV 564
Prestidigitation:
of so-called juggler, XII 324
Preta(s) (Sk.):
Hindu spooks & séance worship
today, IX 108
lower elemental, VI 169
See also Elemental(s); Spooks etc.
Pretextatus (fl. 4th C.):
praises Grecian Mysteries, XIV 256
Prevision:
of death, IV 292
faculty of, can be cultivated, IV 293
See also Presentiment; Seer(s);
Seership
Prevorst, Seeress of:
See Seeress of Prevorst
Priam:
Laomedon father of, XIII 100 fn.
Priapus:
as male deity, XIII 257-58
"Priapomania" and, XIII 257
Pribitkov, Victor:
editor of Rebus, VI 406
Prichard, James Cowles (1786-1848):
Allophylians of, V 217
bio-bibliog., V 379
Pride:
evils of, XI 197
of our age, VII 55
personal, last to vanish, XIII 130-33
Prideaux, Humphrey (1648-1724):
———- Universal History . . . .:
misrepresents Zoroaster, III 454, 459,
461
bio-bibliog., III
518; XIV 564
Priest(s):
assumed names of gods, IX 21 fn.
use Black Magic, XIV 28-3I
Divine miracles, XIV 116
early, were Initiates, XIV 25I-52
Egyptian, as guardians of Truth, XIV
251-52
are exploiters, VIII 51 (73)
greatest crime against mankind from,
XIV 42
inherited patriarchal powers, XIV 252
Jesuit, seek domination, XIV 341
misery & dirt follow, IX 214 (236)
science once arcana of, XIV 291
an ungodly crowd, X 91
unscrupulous, XIV 250 & fn.
useless if not pernicious, VIII 58 (80)
See also Clergy
Priestcraft:
hierarchy of, as center of learning, III
418
materialism and, IV 326
superstition fostered by, III 348 et
seq.
tricks & deceptions of, VI 130-31
See also Jesuit(s)
Priesthood:
ambition of, VIII 180
Prima Materia:
VIII 110
Primary:
colors of spectrum, III 406-07
six, forces, III 413
three, entities & seven principles, III
406
Primeval Instructors:
incarnated in mankind, X 166
keynote of Wisdom-Religion struck
by, X 166
See also Divine Dynasties; Divine
Instructors
Primordial Seven:
first, X 397
are Rays or Breaths, XIV 380, 390
second, & Lipika, X 403-05
See under Seven; Sevenfold Division
Principalities:
Elementary, VII 37
Thrones, Dominions, Rectors, etc.,
XIV 348 fn.
See also Archangel(s); Planetary
Spirit(s); Thrones
Principle:
Absolute, has no attributes, X 242
Absolute, sexless, IX 269
Christ(os) a universal & impersonal,
VIII 345 fn., 357
& fn. (374 & fn.);
IX 201 (223)
Christos & absolute, XIII 55
Darkness as the Unknown, X 331
definition, XI 410
everlasting, & the Arya Samaj, I 383
ever-unknowable, X 242
human principles aspects of One, X
335
impersonal & absolute, XI 239 (276),
335, 340
impersonal, Parabrahm, V 21 (50)
One Absolute, III 299 fn., 313; XIII
259, 267
One, as Narayana, IV 336
one fundamental, of Occult
Philosophy, XIV 235, 386
one indefinable, & its correlations, I
334
Parabrahm as the One, IV 537
point in circle symbolism &
Unknown, X 241-42
pure, & evolution, I 112
Seventh, not a human, but the
Universal, XII 630
supreme Unknowable, XIII 123
symbol of Unmanifesting, XIV
113 fn.
unconditioned, does not create, XIV
216-17
undifferentiated, & Dhyani-Chahans,
VII 188
union of man with Divine, III 27
Universal, & consciousness, IV 341
Universal, evolving six rays, IV 580
Universal, & Plato, VI 206
See also Absolute; Divine Principle;
One Life; One, The;
Parabrahm[an]
Principle(s):
active in dreams, X 246, 258
Ahura Mazda as Good, XIII 131
annihilation of conscious personal, V 109
aspirants must recognize own
Immortal, XIV 55
of astro-spiritual man, XII 83
of Buddha & mortals cp., XIV 391,
394 fn.
Buddha's, reunited in Samkara, XIV
393-94
elude enumeration, XII 543, 546-47, 672
endowed with elusive action, VII 180
Enoch and, VI 280
First, of Ophite school, XIII 35
five, in animals, VI 200
Gnostic Names & Buddhi, XIII 51 fn.
Gods are seven conscious, XIV 50-51,
380-81, 394
Gods as first, XIV 50, 394
gradual differentiations of, XIV 386
higher & lower, of Church, XIII 78
higher, of the
Pitri-Rishis, VI 193
higher triad of, dormant in animals,
X 313
Ialdabaōth is Kama, XIII 60
ignorance about, VII 225
illusory separation of, XIII 71
immortal, in man, VIII 278
inner, of cells are "atoms," XII 410
intelligent, in Nature, IV 167
intermediary spiritual beings in true
Masonry, XII 83
Kabala on 1st emanation, XIII 352
Kama dulls spiritual, XIII 59
loyalty to general, X 93-94
macro- or microcosmical highest, V
148
mathematics of, VII 286
not in Space & Time, XII 528
not unchangeable, III 385
numbers four & nine and, VI 222
Path of sensations on ladder of, IV
101-02
Paul on God as a, XIV 413
Phlogiston as a, IV 218
Pitris and, IX 262
plurality of, in man, VII 198
purified egotistical, of Adept, XIV
386-87, 394
on root, & evolution, IV 580
science & primordial, IV 211
solar rays & colors and, III 406-07
souls &, aspects of One Spirit, VII
206 fn.
spiritual, III 424
subjective, VII 290 fn.
Taijasa or luminous, XIV 51
Tanmatras & Mahabhutas, IV 581
three, diffused through universe, III 313
three root-, XIV 209 & fn.
"Three Sisters" in alchemy, XII 85-86
triad of, as the Monad, IV 560
two, of Mochus, XIII 267
of unity underlies all, III 316
See also Frinciple(s) of Man
Principles) of Man:
Adepts classed by number of, under
control, X 253
aspects of One Principle, X 335
astral shadow most refrangible of all,
XII 549 fn.
astral soul as lower part of 5th, VI
195
atoms of lower 5, re-form in next life,
V 117
"authorities" on seven, not available,
III 472
body's seven, XII 691-703
Book of the Dead corroborates
seven,
X 49-51 (57-59)
Buddhi is female, XIII 165
classification of, VII 284 et seq.,
290-91, 345 et seq.
colors & geometric figures, XII
563-64, 567-68
correspondences of, XII 524-25 diag.,
532-33 diag., 568, 580-81 diag., 658,
660-61 diag.
at death, XII 645-48
destiny of, after death, X 54 (62)
development of, & senses parallel
Races & Rounds, V 144
differ in development, IV 101-02
are differentiations of Jiva, XII 707
each, vehicle for next higher, XIV
209 fn., 386
enumerated, V 21 (49-50)
Esoteric Buddhism and, XII
526, 562
Esoteric chart of the, XII facing 524
fate of lower, in Underworld, XIII 59
"Father" is highest, XIV 56 fn., 142
Fifth, after death, III 416; V 14-15
(42-43)
Fifth, & Devachan, IV 256
Fifth, & dreams, III 435
Fifth, & mind, III 410-12
Fifth, as revealer of 1st Mystery, XIII
54
Fifth, during life, VI 328
Fifth, temporary V 21 (49)
Fifth, vehicle of "God," XIV 59 & fn.
Four basic, have 3 aspects, XII 607,
645 et seq.
four lower, VII 180, 186-87; XIII 12,
165
four lower, as ansated cross, X 51 (59)
Fourth, as instrument of volitions, IV
449
Fourth, body of will, VI 109
Fourth & Fifth, in Kama-loka, IX 164
Fourth & Fifth, removed
unconsciously, IX 164
Fourth, in dotage 8c insanity, VI 221
Fourth, or Kama-rupa after death, IV
449
Fourth, & Planetary Spirit, X 341
Fourth, & the two Triads, VI 178
higher, classified, V 25 (54); XII 411
highly developed Fifth, compatible
with no Buddhi, VI 198
human, in Egyptian teachings, VII
190 fn., 224
human, symbolized by dog, IV 519 fn.
hypnotism paralyzes, XII 565-66
immortal, are impersonal, XII 625
interrelation of, & myths, XI 502
interrelations of 6th & 7th, III 408-09;
IV 560
Jivanmukta unites all, X 253; XIII 74
key to seven, XIII 54
Koas and, IV 582
lesson on studying, XII 625
life-atoms of 2nd, IV 55960; V 109
life-motion in each, is Prana, XII 707
lower, after death, X 261
lower human, as Ahriman, IV 522
man's, correspond to those of
Kosmos, VII 290
mental, & Universal Mind, XII 411-12
not entities but upadhis, VII 286
not in, or to be thought of, in Space
& Time, XII 528
Omniscience, Omnipresence &
Omnipotence in highest, III 436
One Flame & seven, X 335
ooze out of dead body, VI 109
originate in Hierarchies, XII 549, 561
Planetary Spirits ignore 3 highest, X
341
Prana pervades all, XII 547
Purucker on, XII 645-48
rearranged after second birth, XI
499 fn.
reflect One Flame, XIV 386
reincarnating, XII 607 fn.
root of Kama, XIII 50
Saükara an Avatara of 7th, XIV
390
Second, is Life, IV 547; V 13 (41)
separation of, VII 299
separation of, in Kama-loka, V 1415
(42-43)
septenary, XIV 209, 234, 380-81, 386,
391
seven, XII 529-31 diag.
seven, and Jiva, IX 79
seven, and seven planes, XII 528; XIII
75
seven & twelvefold groupings of, IV
185
seven aspects to each, XII 693
seven constellations & higher, XIV
204
seven, essential, VIII 155
seven, evolved out of 3 primary
entities, III 406
seven, or five, III 322
Seven Rays or Hierarchies source of,
XII 567-68
seven souls or, VIII 251
seven, subdivided into seven, IV 52,
579 et seq.
sevenfold classification of, esoteric,
VII 285
seven-fold, in man, III 400-18
Seventh, alone is not inner God, XIV
49, 56 & fn., 209 fn.
Seventh, and its names, IV 99
Seventh, as Ahura, IV 520-21
Seventh, as Krishna, XIV
141
Seventh, as Philosopher's Stone, IV
290-91
Seventh, called Jiva by Vedantins, V
13 (41)
Seventh, is actually the Universal
Principle, XII 630
Seventh, is only eternal Reality, VI
264
Seventh, is "personal God" of
theosophists, III 321; V 21 (50)
Seventh, may influence some
mediums, VI 226
Seventh, of Alchemists, V 157 fn.
Seventh, of Planetary System, XIV
142
Seventh or highest, & astral ego in
sleep, III 436
Seventh, or human spirit, IV 100
Seventh, rarely discussed, IV 378
Seventh, remains to end of Kalpa,
XIV 57 fn., 386
Seventh & Sixth, as male & female,
V I 261
Seventh & Sixth, as real Mahatma, VI
240
Seventh, & term jiva, III 423; V 13 (41)
Seventh, unconditioned state, IV 101
Seventh, & Universal Spirit, VII 51
six higher, of early man, III 384
Sixth, & Devachan, IV 445
Sixth, as Master Atom, IV 558
Sixth, as Spiritual Soul, IV 101
Sixth, as Tistrya, IV 523
Sixth & Seventh, III 435 fn.; V 5, 14
(42), 172; IX 80
Sixth & Seventh, as Psychē or
Cupid,
IV 264
Sixth & Seventh, defined, IV 558
Sixth & Seventh, finked in Yogi, IV
543
symbolized by Jesus' disciples. XI 500
& fn.
three, & four aspects, XI 505 (528)
two ways of tabulating, XII 530-31
uniting all, into one, X 253
various terms for, IV 548 fn.
vehicles of, XIII 58 fn.
Vivakarman is 7th, XIV
261
See also Principle(s); Sevenfold
Division
Prisse Papyrus:
"oldest in existence," V 298
Prithivi Tattva (Sk.):
correspondences, XII 612, 614
or earth & taste, XII 685-86
state of Prakriti, XIII
67
See also Tattva(s)
Privacy:
occult rule on, of thought, IX
400O-P
See also Pledge; Secrecy
Privation(s):
of child to be, VI 196
Divine Thought and, X 304
forms and, III 61-62
of matter, X 362
Prjevalsky, Gen. Nikolay M. (1839-1888):
writings of and, III 48-49 fn.
Proarchos:
of Barbēlitae, Xlll 43
Probation(ers):
confused with initiation, XI 362
esoteric training and, X 242
personality in, must disappear, IX 254
seven years of, VII 24243; IX 156
subject to occult law, XII 515-16
trials of, VII 243, 245
two Degrees of, in Esoteric Section,
XII 655
See also Chela(s); Esoteric Section;
Pledge of Esoteric Section
Prōbsting, Countess:
See Fadeyev, Helena
A. de (1814-1842)
Proclus (410?-485):
VII 192; XIV 42 fn.
on aerial body of Adept, XIV
384 fn.
combined Theosophy & Theurgy, XIV
304-05
Jowett on, XIV 12
on Orpheus, XIV 308
perpetual motion doctrine and, XIV
331
———- Commentaries . . . on the
Timaeus . . .:
XIII 267 q.
mentions the metal migme, XIII
292 fn.
on Sun & the Heavens, XI 17
———- On the Cratylus of Plato:
on Ineffable Name, XIV 131
———- On Plato's Republic:
on many forms of Gods, XIV 277
———- Theology of Plato:
gives 3 grades of Mysteries, XIV 275
biog., VII 389
bibliog., XI 586
Procreation:
creation and,
VIII 367 (386)
physical, & Narada, VIII 148 fn.
See also Birth; Conception;
Generation; Generative Organs;
Sexual
Proctor, Richard A. (1837-1888):
IV 285
annotated The Stars & the Earth, IV
284 fn.
on end of sun, II 484
sun and, V 160-61, 267
———- The Great Pyramid . . .:
precessional cycle in proportions of,
XIII 322 & fn.
———- The Sun Ruler . . .:
on solar physics, XIII 318 & fn.
bio-bibliog., II 540;
XIII 400
bibliog., V 379
Prodicus (455?-?):
sacred books of Zoroaster and, IV
532-33
bio-bibliog., IV
662-63
Profane:
definition, XI 69 fn.
non-initiated, called
shades or images,
XI 488
Sol of, differs from Solus of Epoptai,
XI 76, 81
Progress:
Carlyle's "living movement," XII 268
Christian civilization and, XII 266-77
Christianity opposes, IV 501
as executioner of the poor, VIII 63 (85)
an insatiable Moloch, VIII 64 (86)
intellectual, must give way to ethical,
VIII 55 (77), 64 (86)
material, mainly serves rich, VIII 67
(89)
moral, inactive, VIII 64 (86)
is often rediscovery, XIII 85-88
Path of right, XI 151-52
results of, VIII 63 (85)
on spiritual, VI 331-37
Projection:
astral, of images, IV 489
astral, should not be tried, XII 706-07
of astral soul at death, III 282 et seq.,
376
of double, V 289-93
See also Astral Body; Astral Plane;
Mayavi-Rupa
Prometheus:
derivation of name, VIII 143 fn.
fable originated over 70,000 yrs.
before Poseidonis sank, V 220
fable remembered by Moses, XIV 69
fire and, III 462
Hermes addresses, XI 90
humanity before, XIV 204 fn.
meaning of, legend, VIII 367-57
(386-87)
myth of, IX 266 et seq.
origin of term, IX 261
personification of svastika, II 144
personified "Baptism by Fire," XIV
333
as revealer of Mysteries, XIV 84, 333
sacrifice of, IX 271
See also Fire(s); Fire Chohans etc.;
Myth(s)
Proofs:
irrefragable, of S.D., XIII 313
isolated, harmful, XIII 314
Propaganda:
of Occultism forbidden, V 19 (47)
Propagandism:
Adept fired with sacred flame of, I 102
Prophecy(ies):
about Europe, II 422-23; 1X 306
ancient, based upon exact knowledge,
II 419
of Buddha about Tibet, V 244-46
on Buddhism in Ceylon, V 248, 249,
252-53
Buddhist & Christian, V 254
Catholic, on worship of angels, X
22-23
cultivated by Essenes, XI 228 (265)
of dreadful war in future, IX 113
dreams and, X 255
on end of cycle, cataclysms &
discoveries, V 259
on fall of Islam & Christianity, I 374
of Isaiah. V 253
an Kali Yuga, XII 386-87
mystic, XII 1
offered at discount in our age, XII
385
on Panchen Lama's rebirth in West,
VI 105; XIV 431
regarding 1876-81, III 201
regarding nature of light, VII 65-66
on T.S. Founders coming to India, IV
135-36
Tsong-ka-pa's, on Tibet, VI 105
See also Prevision; Seer(s); Seeress of
Prevorst; Shipton, Mother; Visions)
Prophecy of Ezekiel:
Cabalistic treatise, I 132
Prophet(s):
evils of racial & tribal, IV 418-19
on false, VIII 175
false, implies true, XIV 303
of Israel not Judah were initiates, XI 37
no infallible, IV 413-14
sacred dragons as, XIII 272
Schools of, still extant, I 303
Sibylline, & Christianity, XIII 233
Sibylline prophecy known by age of,
XIV 356
temple serpents, XIII 272
See also Daniel; Moses; Seeress of
Prevorst; Shipton, Mother
Proselytism:
on moral, IV 497, 500
religious, a sinful work, IV 500
Proserpine:
Daîmon and, I 294
moon as, in Hades, XI 97
périsprit and, I 362 (366)
Prosimiae:
VIII 36
mislead Darwinists, XIII 143
See also Darwinism; Evolution
Prostitution:
legalized by Christian government, IX
176
Protagoras:
VIII
93
Protestant(s):
Catholic conversion of nominal, XIV
17, 266
Church must fall, IX 293
condition of, Church analyzed, VIII
268-83
Creation not as esoteric as Catholic,
XIV 209
danger to, from Black Magic of
Rome, XIV 29-31
Jesuitism of, X 32
limited to Deity of, XIV 51
missionaries foster Indian Mutiny,
XIV 267
missionaries used by Jesuits, XIV 266
nations & Occultism, XIV 267
Reformation, XIV 70
strategem to explain doctrines, XIV
72
transformed Catholic host, XIV 323
See also Calvin, John; Luther, Martin
Protestantism:
decadent, II 447
on departed souls, XIII 340
illogical & crude, IV 235
on Judgment Day, XIII 340-41
unconscious Black Magic in, XIII 257
women and, XII 268
Protests:
against Russian oppressors, XII
279-88
Proteus:
omnipresent, as Cause, II 102
Omnipresent, or Life, IV 226
as Universal Essence, XI 114 (128)
See also Life; Life Principle; One Life
Protohippus:
I 230
Protoplasm:
Huxley the father of, II 184
as nearest approach of life to matter,
IX 73
Pessimists and, VIII 119
scientists of 19th C. couldn't make,
IX 73-74
See also Cell(s); Matter
Prototype(s):
astral light and, X 361, 363
of globe & humanity in heaven, VII
261
Protyle:
Crookes and, X 306-07; XI 234 (270)
Proverb(s):
based on occult law, II 219
Eastern, for each day of year, XII
425-76
Eastern, on mud thrown at people, XI
418
Proverbs:
God of Solomon's, XI 84
personifies Wisdom of Solomon, XIV
46 fn.
on ungodly witness, IV 83
on Wisdom, XI 221-22 (257-58); XIII
40
Providence:
definition, XI 145
on side of heaviest battalions, X 104
Providence Daily Journal:
best New England paper, I 306
Franklin Register and, I
407
Prudence:
Milton on, XI 33 q.
Prussian Journal of Statistics:
Dr. Zasse on cycles, II 420
Pryse, James M. (1859-1942):
printer for H.P.B & Judge, XII 499
revision of "Preliminary Explanations"
and, XII 500
bio-bibliog., XII
761-65
Psalms:
IX 275; XIV 180, 242 q.
on God & gods, XIII 48
& fn.
Hymn of Pistis-Sophia & 107th, XIII 60
Indra and, II 273
on Lord of Israel, XIV 217-18
Matthew verses cp.
with, XIV 146-47
on praising Lord with dance, III 203
on rejected stone, XIV 220
Solar deity mentioned in, IV 532
"South demon" of, XIV 134
Sun as Lord in, XI 83
on tabernacle in Sun, XIV 324
verses of, mistranslated, VII 255-56
Psellus, Michael (1018-1079):
VII 192
———- De daemonibus:
on magic, VII 123, 133
———- Zoroaster, Oracula magica . . .:
on simulacrum, VII 224 & fn.
bibliog., VII 389
Pseudo-Adepts:
charlatans, XI 48 et seq.
Pseudonyms:
wrong motive for, XI 368
Pseusma (Gk.):
rather than Psyche, VIII 40 fn.
Psychai Theai:
Greek term for manes, VII 97 fn.
Psychē (Gk.):
II 6 (16)
compound nature of, I 292-93
dissolution of, & second death, I 294
Eve and, I 128-29
St. James on, II 6 (17 & fn.)
Mind or pneuma differs from, XII
364
monosexual consciousness and, IV
341
nervous system and, II 186
nous &, in Paul, I 292
Over-Soul and, VIII 116
parts of, indestructible, I 299
or périsprit, I 361 (365)
Plutarch on, & nous, II 6 (17)
reborn in case of child, I 298
a sheath, VI 178-79
sixth principle, IV 264
Sophia and, IX 171
terrestrial, has free will, II 9 (20)
See also Cupid
Psychē:
H.G. Atkinson praises editor of, IV
157
supersedes The Spiritualist, IV 104-05, 157
Psychic(s):
activity, motion & free will, XII 355,
357-59
alter impressions to accord with
physical plane, IX 164
association & death, V 79
or astral Man, XIII 26
atmosphere confused by suspicion, X
139
aura's colors seen by, XII 621
burglary on, plane, IX 400O
butterfly, VIII 98
color & sound and, X 267
danger of, outrunning the Manasic,
XIII 173
embryos are Elementaries, VI 196
emotional prayer leads to, plane, IX
170-71
end of, cycle, VIII 107
facts & occult philosophy, IV 598
force & science, VI 199
gifts & true development, VI 334
H.P.B. sent to form group on, plane,
VII 145
individuality, XII 357
intoxication, V 291
intra-, screen of our perceptions, IV
590
as Kama-rupa, XIII 27
law of, differentiation, X 133
lines of, intercommunication, V 276
mediums &, vitiate what they perceive,
IX 163-64
mind transforms energy of "unit-
being," XII 362
mutual, influences, III 172
noëtic &, aspects of mind, XII 353-74
origin & cause of noises & shocks, IX
400R-S
pierce veil of subtle matter, VIII 262
place of, XIII 28
planes & psychometer, XII 360
power of, XIII 27
pre-requisites of, development, X 127
Principle, XIII 35
relation to spiritual force, IX 157
research strongly recommended, V 358
science, real students of, XI 164
senses & imagination, IX 177
specific gravity, etc., VI 125
spiritual &, changes in man, XII 1
spiritual &, wisdom, IX 171
true, people long for deliverance, VII
314
untrained, faculties contain strange
surprises, XI 318
vision, XII 698
See also Black Magician(s);
Clairvoyant(s); Medium(s); (Seer(s);
Sorcerer(s)
Psychic Notes (Calcutta):
medium Eglinton and, III 504
on séances without medium, IV 27
Psychic Phenomena:
dangers of, XI 163-64
peoples' temperaments and, II 436
will and, III 172-73
See also Phenomena; Psychism
Psychic Powers:
ambitious pursuit of, dangerous, XI 335
Initiations and, XIV 277
latent in man, VII 308
Law of human nature and, VII 308
on pretended possession of, XII 495
testing one's own, VII 308
vanity or envy over, impedes disciple,
XII 495
warning against false promises to
develop, VI 334
wrong attitude to, VII 308
See also Clairaudience; Magic; Occult
Powers; Phenomena; Telepathy etc.
Psychic States:
proceed from Moon, XIV 143
Psychical Natures:
children have, not yet Spiritual
Natures, I 297-98
Psychical Science:
Oriental, II 396
Psychische Studien (Leipzig):
editor of, II
289 fn.
on Gambetta & Bismarck,
VI 218
bibliog., VI 451
Psychism:
America must beware of, XIII 173
Old Testament and, XI 495
supernatural and, XIII 213
Psychogrammes:
nerve-time and, IV 323-24
Psychological:
adepts in, science exist, II 273; IV 294
experiments in, science & T.S., II 443
jugglery, VIII 50 (72)
keys to, science, IV 131
manifestations, III 247 fn.
or mesmeric power & disease, II 190
narratives of, experiences of value, II
137
phenomena denied, IV 308
powers of Dervishes, II 290
School on source of an entity, III 21
science & phenomenalism, III 52
science to be studied by Theosophists,
I 339
tricks vs. conjuring, XII 321-27
Psychological Review (London):
IV 50, 306; V 331
Buddhism is Spiritualism says W.S.
Moses, III 396-97
on The Theosophist, IV 304
bibliog., V 3$6
Psychological Society of Great Britain:
book of, president reviewed, II 187-91
Psychologization:
evil karmic effects of, XI 56-57
thoughts of dead and, III 426
See also Hypnotism; Mesmerism
Psychology:
ancient, most important branch of
Occult Science, XII 225
basis of, XII 352
cannot dictate to metaphysics, XII 366
comparative, needed to understand
Spiritualism, II 107
dawn of modern, XII 308
a debatable land, I 228-29
duty of, XIII 264
Eastern, & T.S. in India, II 109
Esoteric, might help astronomy, V 146
an exact science, XIV 138 fn.
higher realities of, II 259
Indian, ignored, II 398
knowledge of Asiatic, will be
recognized, II 490-91
magnetic power and, II 511
metaphysical world of, II 186
molecular, & nature of odors, V 68
most important of all subjects, IV 132
once called animal magnetism, XII
214
physics and, II 158
physiological, XII 365-66
psychiatry &, synonyms to some, XII
364
psychism and, XII 364
schools of ancient, needed in India, II
217
science of, III 7-8
as Science of Soul, VIII 333
should be scientifically studied, II 191
stories of bhutas and, II 350
studied with Soul-eye, XIV 138 fn.
transcendental, part of Science, IV
314
treatment of diseases and, II 188-89
unable to perceive, XIII 355
use of, by H.P.B., I 324
Western, in elementary stage, IV 294
See also Mental Science; Mind;
Psychē; Psycho-Physiologists; Soul
Psychomaniacs:
confuse color & sound, VII 62
Psychometer:
objects and, V 116
should never be forced, IV 356
Psychometry:
acts on psychic planes as well, XII
360
Buchanan's work and, VI 181-82
definition, IV 554
demonstrates conservation of energy,
XII 360
Demons' work and, IV 554-57; VI 181
instructive & elevating, VI 181
key to psychological science, IV 131
people influence surroundings by, II
397
useful in archaeology, IV 545
Psychopates:
coined term for sensitives, VII 59
& fn.
Psychophobia:
in Russia, I 210-11, 212, 216
Psycho-Physiologists:
challenged to define consciousness,
XII 353
criticism of, XII 360-63
mind's duality can't be solved by, XII
353-54
repudiate free will, XII 354, 357
Psychostasy:
judgment of the Soul, VII 111
Ptah:
seven sons of, XIV 202
Ptolemaeus:
See Ptolemy, Claudius
Ptolemaic System:
Earth the center of, XII 544
Ptolemy I (367?-283 B.C.):
V 242, 243
Ptolemy, Claudius (fl. 2nd C. A.D.):
on geography of Chaldea, XIII 326
on Jesus, IX 204 (226)
recorded principles of Astrology, XIV
350
——— Tetrabiblos:
an astrological scripture, XIV 346
Ptolemy Philadelphus (309-246 B.C.):
developed Alexandrian Library, XIII
231
fostered many philosophic systems,
XIV 306
Josephus on, XIV 179
Ptolemy Philometer (?-146 B.C.):
Aristobulus a sycophant of, XIV
11 fn.
PTR:
Hieroglyphic interpretation, XIV 126
seat of initiation and, XIV 126
Public:
a child, II 184
easily misled, II 191
real names of Masters & Occult
Schools never revealed to, X 125-26
Public Opinion:
cruelest of tyrants, XI 1-4
dangerous hydra, I 129-30
definition, VI 172-73
fear of, XIII 243
like a kaleidoscope, XIII 211
prejudice of, XII 317-18; XIII 83-84,
210-11, 243
shifting winds of, XIII 211
Public Opinion (London):
on Isis Unveiled, I 323, 388
Publishers:
thrive on murdered reputations, X 290
Puck (New York):
on Christian clergy, II 379-80
Puja (Sk.):
meaning, IV 312 fn.
of Saktas at confluence of Jumna &
Ganges, II 77
Pujarees [Hindi Pujaris]:
beliefs of, produce effects, V 312
Pukka Theosophy:
believes in no miracle, II 490
Pulse:
heart, last to die, XII 694-95
mediums &, -measuring, IV 105
Pulsford, John (1815-1897):
———- Morgenröthe:
on God glorified through suffering,
IX 268-69
bibliog., IX 449
Punarjanma[n] (Sk.):
result of
terrestrial attachments, III
415, 416
Punch:
V 322 q.
Pundits:
know nothing of occultism, IX 140-41
Punishment:
no, after death, VII 180 fn.
Karma; Retribution, Law of
Punjab [Sk. Pañjab]:
on revival of Vedic learning in, I 382
Sikhs once mighty rulers of, I 372,
373
Pupil Teachers:
Theosophists are fellow-students and,
IX 242-43
Puranas:
IV 195; V 208; VII 293, 298; VIII 66
(87), 201, 203; IX 96
allegory of, XIII 146, 158-60
on animal progenitors, X 175, 364
Asuras of the, XII 49
Budha personified in, VIII 53 (75)
Christians scoff at, III 223
conceal history, V 230
corroborated Sibylline prophecy, XIV 356
cp. to Bible, XIV 45, 185, 188, 240
dead-letter traditions of, VI 51
doctrine of Emanation in, XIV 185
Dvivedi on, XIII 158
on dynasties of Moryas &
Koothoomi, VI 40-42
an Eighth creation in, XIV 199
Esoteric "blinds" in, XIV 3, 212
far older than Mosaic Books, XIV 240
four kinds of Esoteric Knowledge in,
IX 251-52
genealogies and, IX 197 (219)
on Great Pralaya, XIV 257
on Mahat, X 319
on Manus & Rishis, X 19
fn.
on Maya, X 327-28
mention the Astra, XIV 104 & fn.
misrendering of, XIII 259
on Mundane Egg, XIV 185
not ridiculed by H.P.B., X 89
over 20,000 years old, XIV 361
Paraurama and, V 188
Philology vs. Symbology in, XIII 158
pious "demons" in, XIII 158
portray higher initiatory teachings,
VII 254
predictions on future races, XIV 356
& fn.
prophesied moral decay of present
era, XII 386-87
religious Mysteries of, XIV 260-62
on sound, X 314
symbolism in, XIII 159-60, 259
Vasish˜ha and, V 156-57 fn.
Vayu & Matsya,
& Buddhist
chronology, V 258
Weber on, XIV 73
See also Vishnu Parana
Puraravas [Sk. Pururavas]:
swastika and, VII 293
Purcell, Archbishop John Baptist
(1800-1883):
steals money, II 45-46
Purchas, S. (1575?-1626):
———- Pilgrimage . . .:
Coleridge's dream and, III 431
bio-bibliog., III
518
Purdon, Dr.:
experiments on
mediums, IV 105
Purgatory:
torments of, source of income for
priests, II 189
See also Hades; Hell; Hell Fire
Purification:
control of obsession by, II 400
knowledge & will are toots of, VIII
109
Purification Rites:
of Mysteries, XIV 275-78, 288
Purity:
Adept's, solidifies astral body at
death, XIV 53
of Auric Egg opens vistas into other
worlds, XII 532
of life produces "Grace & Miracles,"
XIV 116
needed for full recall of Spirit, XIV
52
perfect, needed for reunion with
Divine Ego, XII 632
of personality essential, XII 597
psychic development requires, X 127
Purucker, Dr. Gottfried de (1874-1942):
———- Esoteric Tradition:
IX 273 fn.; XIV 146 fn.
———- Fountain-Source of Occultism:
on color of stars, XII 578
on Gnostic Aeōns, XII 574
on gunas, XII 540-41
on human senses, XII 538-41
on planetary chain's stages, XII
574-76
on reincarnation process, XII 649-52
on seven principles, XII 645-48
on sound, color & number, XII
577-78
on Svabhavas, XII 579
on twelve classes of beings, XII
643-45
———- Occult Glossary:
on Kumaras, XII 645 fn.
bio-bibliog., XII
765-70
bibliog., IX 449
Pururavas (
son of Budha, IX 263
Purusha (Sk.):
agent of Parabrahman, XIV 393
becomes Viraj, III 326
beyond sexual imagery, XIV 211-12
as Divine Male, II 91
in first worlds, VI 193
Mahatmas and, VI 262
meaning of its sacrifice, XIV 397
Narayana Mantra and, V 288
part of Trinity, XIV 187
Prakriti and, III 269
Prakriti &,
inseparable, V 23-24 (52)
Prakriti &,
perform as unity, III
318 fn.
Prakriti &,
poles of One Element, IV
225-26, 564-65
Prakriti as
blind &, as lame, VI 158;
XI 507 (530)
slaughtered at world's foundation,
XIV 397
"thousand-headed," XIV 397
an unimaginable abstraction, XIV 212
See also Prakriti;
Spirit; Spirit and
Matter
Purusha-medha (Sk.):
VIII 208
Purusha-Pagu (
definition, IV 581
Purushaspa (fl. 600 B.C.):
Zoroaster's father, III 466
Purushottama (Sk.):
or Divine Spirit as fructifier, XIV 241
Purvamimansa [Sk. Purva-Mimaüsa]:
II 117
Kumarila and, V 181
opposed Sankara's doctrine, V 181
Samkaracharya and, IV 366
school of Indian philosophy, XII
343 fn.
Pushkara Lake:
carpeted with blue lotuses, XII
173 fn. (183 fn.)
Lakshmi-padma resided at, XII 173-74
(183-84)
Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837):
personification at séance, XIV 481
on Russian insurrection, III 155
———- Ruslan and Ludmila:
Finnish influence in, X 143
a romantic epic, X 426
Puységur, A. de Chastenet, Marquis de
(1752-1825):
healed with magnets, XII 216
pupil of Mesmer, II 275
scientific reputation, XII 222, 224
somnambulism and, II 275
spread Mesmer's system, XII 223
biog., XII 770
Pymander:
Manu and, X 363
on seven planets of, VIII 20
Pyramid(s):
of Aztecs, XIV 25
Biblical dating of, XIII 258
of Birs-Nimrud, XIII 274, 276, 281
of Egypt dwarfed in Babylon, XIII
280
expresses a living being, XIV 100 fn.
of Mezo-America, XIV 280
quaternary as base, XIV 100 fn.
sanctuary of Nebo in, XIII 281
as unfolded & infolded solid, XIII 18
See also Great Pyramid; Skinner,
J.R.; Tetragrammaton
Pyrrha:
Atlanteans moved to, or Thessaly, V
217-18
legends concerning, V 218-20
Pyrrhus, King (318-272 B.C.):
healed with touch of his foot, XIV
253
Pythagoras (fl. 6th C. B.C.):
VII 123, 214, 292; XIV 5, 95, 133,
219, 331, 347
adopted religious system of India,
XIII 324-25
Archytas a disciple of, XIII 87
bigotry less in time of, XIV 468
Books of Thoth and, XIV
39
Byblus & Tyre Mysteries known to,
XIV 274
called himself Sage, not Philosopher,
XIV 255 fn.
on corporisation of 3 times 3, XII 68
& fn.
disciple of Aryan sages, XIV 412 fn.
disciple of Nazaratus, III 451
doctrine of, misunderstood, IV
594 fn.
drank "waters of life," XIV 276 fn.
Egyptian Hierophants taught, XI V 63,
274 fn.
Én of, VII 283
era of Plato and, XII 312
established Copernican system, XIV 347
figure two rejected by, IV 579
given title by Indians, V 195, 235
Gnosis of, XI 87, 214 (250), 220
(256); XIV 46
on God as Universal Mind, XIV 7,
99, 413
God of, not personal, XIV 412 fn,
grounded his philosophy in
Buddhism, XIV 419
heliocentric system taught by, IX 284;
XIII 87, 90, 211
on imagination, VII 81
influence of Eastern Philosophy seen
in, XII 347 fn.
an Initiate, VI 203; XIII 154, 283
initiated by Magi, III 452
initiated into Orphic Mysteries, XIV
308
invented "Euclid" proposition, XIV 95
knew Astrology & Theogony, XIV 347
knew heliocentric system, XIV 332
knowledge of, from India, XI 229
(265)
knowledge of music & geometry
valued by, XII 566-67
learned number system in Egypt &
India, XIV 95, 186, 254
learned wisdom in India, II 92 fn.
life resembles Jesus', XIV 139
lover of truth, XIV 13
in Lucian's satire, XIII 287
magnetic cures of, XII 222
on matter & elements, XII 68 fn.
on nature of light, I 243
never limited Wisdom, XIII 95
numerals and, III 195, 316
numerical system of, II 408, 411, 426
Oriental Mysticism of, XIV 15-16, 95,
308
paid penalty for revelations, XIV 85
penetrates the mysteries, I 360
Plato and, XIII 268; XIV 15-16
on powers of, II 472
on production of Kosmos & Number,
XII 547
prohibited animal food, XIII 324
public vs. private teachings, XIV 47,
308
pupil of Aryan Master, V 168
scientists & Mysteries of, XIV 134
on severe morality of, XIV 274
"Son of Mercury," XIV 35 fn.
on soul, VII 205 fn.; XIV 99
Sun's triple form asserted by, XIV
186, 221
taught by Pherecydes, XIII 283
taught theurgy in Babylon, XIV
274 fn.
as teacher, XIV 35, 85, 95, 308
ten symbols of universe, XIV 113 fn.
on tetraktys, XIV 99, 112-13 fn.
Tetraktys of, & 4th dimension, I 360
transmigration taught by, XIII 324-25
Valentinian system and, XIII 14
Yliaster of Paracelsus is Én of, VII
283
See also Tetraktys
Pythagorean(s):
astronomical system, XIII 324
central Spiritual Sun, XIV 223
cypher, XIV 98
doctrine of Emanation, XIV 413
Kabalists used, methods, XIV 62, 95,
154-55
Litera Pythagorae, XIV 101
Moderatus q. by Porphyry, XIV 95
Mystic Dekad of, XIV 412-13
numbers, X 355-56
origin of, ideas on music & number,
XIII 325
sacred numbers, XIV 98, 154 fn.,
412-13
science of arithmancy, XIV 99
solids, X 398
solved perpetual motion, XIV 331-32
on Spirits as Breaths, XIV 420-21
symbols known in ancient India, XIV
95, 186
system of numerals, XIV 62-63, 95 ff.
teaching on Unity, XIV 412 fn., 413
tenets grounded in Buddhism, XIV
419-20
Tetraktys of, XIII 18
Triangle, XIV 186
Pythochrēsta (Gk.):
VIII 184
Pythoness:
guided by High Priest, I 139
mediumship and, III 284
Pyx:
High-Altar and, XI 83