A DI C T I O NA RY O F S O M E T H E O S O P H I C AL T E RM S A DI CTI O NA RY O F S O ME T H E uS P I-I C A L T E R M S C O M PI L E D BY P O WI S H O ULT L O NDON T H E T H E O SO PH I CA L PU B L I SH I N G SO C I E T Y 1 9 1 0 PUBLIS HER’S NOTE VERY shortly after completing the M S . of A Dictionary of S ome ’ fieoso /zzm l Terms a a o a a a T p , the uthor p ssed s mewh t suddenly w y T he a w from the sphere o f physical labour . m nuscript as kindly a our a was not o pl ced in h nds by his Executrix, but it f und practicable to issue it at an earlier date . Thanks to a fund e a to for o are now a e ro r cently h nded us this purp se, we bl to p duce it at a price which will place it within the reach of all of o o and a a students The s phy, we feel sure th t it will be found u and a of and most seful h ndy book reference, will help to supply - in e a of o a long felt need the lit r ture the Theos phical Movement . Under the regrettable circumstances of its posthumous appear a o - e ave had a va a of nce , the pro f sh ets h not the d nt ge the ’ a o o e ave v a v uth r s c rrections, but th y h been ery c refully erified M . and o e a S . with the , it is h p d th t but few errors will be noted I n view of the interest which is being shown in the Rosi a or e of o o a a cruci n , W stern , form the sophy , which is m re p rticul rly a a a of o S has ssoci ted with the n me Dr Rud lf teiner, it been thought useful to add a brief appendix giving some o f the German terms used by this writer and the English equivalents a a a o G who o which h ve been fin lly d pted by Mr ysi , is resp nsible h f ’ for t e appearance o Dr S teiner s works in English . S tudents “ ” will thus be en abled to c orrelate the hum an Principles as given by Dr S teiner with the classification adopted in earlier th eosophical writings . T H E T H E O S O P H I CA L P U B L I S H I N G S O CI E TY . u j ne 1 9 1 0 . AUTHO R’S PREFAC E a of a a ffi I N compiling work this n ture perh ps the most di cult, v a of a and certainly the most in idious, p rt the t sk is the selection — ’ of the terms - which shall be included P which excluded 2 and anyone who m ay do me the honour to look into this of and a a as a endeavour mine , ppr ise it whole, will doubtless find very much that exceptio n m ay be taken to on this head . I “ a a H ow a a a the sh ll be sked, is it th t we find he ding for re: P /ziloso fi a a not A dm i p y, but Jud ism or Isl mism is so much ’ a s e ? a G Va ra na S izzva and m ntioned How is it th t the ods , , ' ure o in a a w a Vzs/ m a to be f und the Diction ry, where s e se rch in ” M a rs Venus or N e tune ? a a vain for , , p I sh ll be told th t there h as been no governing principle in the selection o f the terms a a az a in o and a treated th t the book is h ph rd constructi n, l cking n in system a d logic . And ' to this indictment I confess at once I have no direct a e am a at all th answer . I esc p , if I to esc pe , by e method of disappearance from the plane where my logical critic lives a nd F r i a a . o n th moves bout so formid bly , truth , e principle by which I h ave been m ainly guided in this matter of selection is no t that of a to are logic , but simply wh t I conceive be the needs of those who a all th likely to consult a work of this kind . Ne rly e terms herein contained are such as are used by the writers ofour modern theo sophica l literature . H ad I m ade any attempt to complete the ff a e di erent c tegories to which these t rms belong , my modest pro av e a duction must h e sw lled prodigiously, becoming Dictionary of o o a a ve and Mythology , Philos phy , C mp r ti Religions , Occultism , a av a a far I know not wh t, s e th t it would h ve been beyond my a a o . in of c p city to bring f rth Consistency, then , the selection the a o f has a words to be tre ted , been by no me ns so much my aim as oo a a a T h a conformity to the g d old utilit ri n m xim , e gre test good ” a No o ne c an of the gre test number . be more conscious of the o the a inc mpleteness of work th n myself ; but then , completeness vii ’ v iii A uth o r s P r eface in an a a a a e has is , y c se , un tt in bl when the subject no bounds . “ a v a A a f Ple se obser e, I h ve entitled the book , Diction ry o S ome ” a a Theosophic l Terms , thus humbly hoping , not to dis rm my a at a to a a a a logic l critic, but , le st, t ke w y little bit from the force of f m a a in o a . s a e a fulness the thrust his we pon I y y th t, gen r l , a a v are n mes of persons, hum n or di ine, not included . I n to S a a referring nscrit terms, it should be remembered th t there are differences amongst writers in the methods of their a a a a a e — a i t tr nsliter tion into the Rom nic ch r ct r ( ) The letter , a a na o as o ur W a a i fter conso nt, is pron unced (the N g r only av n a a -v and ar h ing o e ch r cter for the semi owel) , h ence there e ‘ t u W th e. S a ttwa e o se e . some who pref r the in preference to V ; g , , w a /a I n a a of ll S . a n , etc the Diction ry the me ning such words “ ” will be found under the V spellings . (5) The nasal sound indicated in the Sanscrit by th e dot above the line (the a nuw dm ) is sometimes represented in the Romanic ’ a a and a to ch r cter by M , sometimes by N , ccording the writer s Aimiz at th e . ave a N predilection I h dopted the mi , ; same time giving a cross -reference where the M spelling brings ff l the word into a di erent p ace . 6 a R or S a o e a ( ) The fin l of w rd , when th se letters p ss into ’ a a th e msa r a m a a R a the spir te ( g ) , y be repl ced by H in the om nic a a e 5 112 2 1 Ta a z Ta ma ch r ct r 2 , p l, fi, etc . ’ a a a ( ) The sibil nt 51 , m ny writers prefer to represent simply by - a S Siva . ccenting the letter (thus, ) While giving cross references ave S h a where needful , I h defined these words under the tr ns a as a a o a . liter tion , being th t more usu l with the sophic l writers ' izz i a a a a S va not S v . Thus , , The s me rem rks pply to the letter z éra /a kra éa . C i Thus , , not “ ”- in Sa viz : e Th e f n . ( ) four di ferent sounds the nscrit , w, m, g and are a a fi t iz and 7: v as na a a , tr nsliter ted , g, , respecti ely , in J n , a a S an a a and a .