Esoteric
Glossary
Q, R, S
Quaternary The fourfold lower self, or man, in the
three worlds. There are various divisions of this, but perhaps for our purpose
the best is to enumerate the four as follows:
1.. Lower mind.
2.. Emotional or kamic body.
3.. Prana, or the Life Principle.
4.. The etheric body, or the highest division of the
twofold physical body.
Raja Lord Angel who ensouls and is the controlling
intelligence of a plane.
Raja yoga True system of developing psychic and
spiritual powers and union with the soul. It involves the exercise, regulation
and concentration of thought. It is the "kingly science" and
supercedes hatha and bhakti yoga. (see also Yoga)
Ray One of the seven streams of force from cosmic
sources that enter our solar system and condition all life within it, including
all the kingdoms of nature on Earth. The planets in the solar system are really
the "vehicles" that pass this energy on. Each individual has their
own "ray make-up".
Reality That which lies not in the tangible but what
is to us intangible, unseen and unheard. These three words indicate the goal
and the problem of the disciple, plus the resultant effect of conscious,
intelligent spiritual work motivated by love; the True and the Beautiful; the
divine Purpose.
Reincarnation Doctrine of cyclic rebirth by the
evolving consciousness through all types of environments in accordance with the
Law of Karma. Reincarnation is implicit in the manifested universe and is a
basic and fundamental theme underlying systemic pulsation.
Religion The invocative appeal of humanity which leads
to the evocative response of the Spirit of God; the recognition by the part of
its relationship to the Whole, plus a constantly groing demand for increased
awareness of that relation; that which draws forth the recognition of the Whole
that demand has been made. (see Evocation)
Resurrection To rise again; to return to an original
state by rising. (see Soul)
Revelation The synthesis of the divine expressive
purpose; related to the will-to-good which is, in its turn, a complete
expression of the love nature of Deity.
Ring-pass-not The limit of the field of activity of
the central life force; the periphery of the influence of the sun, both
esoterically and exoterically understood; in the average human being, it is the
spheroidal form of his mental body which extends considerably beyond the
physical and enables him to function on the lower levels of the mental plane.
Term is normally used when referring to the orb of energetic influence of an
cosmic entity, like a Planetary or Solar Logos, but it can also be applied to
other forms of life. The existence of a ring-pass-not is based on the Laws of
Attraction and Cohesion that affect matter and energy of different degrees,
including what we know as the "spiritual dimensions." These energies
are gathered and held consciously (particularly by higher initiates and above)
in a state of cohesion, or "point of tension," and they are used by
these entities for purposes of creation, reception and projection. We can also
say the ring-pass-not is the combination of the different energy sheaths that
human or cosmic spirits gather around themselves. In relation to our Planet,
and the Solar System, the ring-pass-not is the Cosmic Physical Plane.
Rishi The seven Rishis are the Regents of the seven
stars comprising the Great Bear. It is the seven Rishis who mark the time and
the duration of events in our septenary life cycle. The seven stars of the
Great Bear correspond to the seven head centers of the One About Whom Naught
May Be Said.
Root race One of the seven major races that evolve
upon a planet during a "world period". Most Asian races belong to the
4th Atlantean rootrace, and most of the west are of the 5th or Aryan rootrace.
There are 7 subraces to each rootrace, just as there are 7 subplanes to each
plane.
Round A periodical life-wave that pours through a
globe, chain and scheme.
Sacrifice Word comes from "Sacer" meaning
"holy," and "facere" - "to make," therefore
"to make holy"; complete conformity with the will of God because the
spiritual will of the person and the divine will (as they recognize it in the
Plan) is their own will; the urge to sacrifice is the major determining impulse
which impelled the Soul of God Himself to enter into form life; sacrifice must
not be regarded as "giving-up" but rather as a
"taking-over," through identification; should signify a joyful
process of making desire "holy"; the achievement of a state of bliss
and of ecstasy because it is the realisation of another divine aspect; it has a
mysterious relation to the Law of Karma.
Samadhi Complete detachment from the cells of the body
and the emotions.
Sanat Kumara The coherent force within the planet
earth, holding, through His radiatory influence, all forms and all substances
in the planetary form so that they constitute one coherent, energised and
functioning whole; He is to the Planetary Logos what the personality, plus
soul, is to the disciple. The Lord of the World; the etheric-physical
expression of our Planetary Logos who dwells on Shamballa. A great Being, who
sacrificed Himself to become the personality vehicle for the ensouling deity of
our planet 18.5 million years ago. The nearest aspect of God that we can know.
Sangha Community of monks. One of 3 precious jewels
that must be held by one wishing to tread the path of Liberation.
Sanskrit Ancient language of India, in which the
sacred texts are written.
Scheme The "system of worlds" that
constitute the evolution of a Planetary Logos - e.g. Earth, Venus etc. This
system includes chains, globes and rounds, or periodical life waves moving
through it.
Senzar The secret language or "mystery
speech" of initiated adepts all over the world. It is very ancient, and
predates Sanskrit.
Septenary Consisting of, or relating to, the number
seven; our solar system as well as the chakra system of humans and divine
beings alike are septenary in constitution. Indeed all manifestation is of a septenary
nature; the three major rays together with the four miinor rays form a
septenary.
Service The utilisation of soul force for the good fo
the group; the spontaneous effect of soul contact; a scientific mode of
expressing love-wisdom under the influence of one or other of the seven rays,
according to the soul ray of the serving disciple; an aspect of that divine
energy which works always under the destroyer aspect, for it destroys the forms
in order to release; a manifestation of the Principle of Liberation, and of
this principle, death and service constitute two aspects; service saves,
liberates and releases, on various levels, the imprisoned consciousness. The
same statements can be made of death. But unless service can be rendered from
an intuitive understanding of all the facts in the case, interpreted
intelligently, and applied in a spirit of love upon the physical plane, it
fails to fulfill its mission adequately; a soul instinct; may be effected upon
the inner planes and on a large scale and yet there may be no evidence of this
upon the physical plane, except in the beauty of a life lived. When the factor
of spiritual illumination enters into that service, you have those transcendent
Lights which have illumined the way of humanity and have acted like
search-lights, thrown out into the great ocean of consciousness, revealing to
man the Path he can and must go upon. (see Death and Principle of Liberation)
Service (Group) Group service is simply the life of
example. The best exponent of the ageless Wisdom lives each day in the place
where he is the life of the disciple; he does not live it in the place where he
thinks he should be.
Shamballa Shamballa is simply a word conveying the
idea of a vast focal point of energies which are assembled and brought together
by the Planetary Logos in order to creat a manifestation adequate to His
unfolding intention and planetary service. Shamballa is a state of
consciousness or a phase of sensitive awareness wherein there is acute and
dynamic response to divine purpose. This Center is created by the Ray of Will
or Power; its major activity is bequeathing, distributing and circulating the
basic principle of life itself to every form which is held within the planetary
ring-pass-not of the planetary Life or Logos. From that Center, the will of God
goes forth and the power of God becomes the messenger of His will. The basic
quality of Shamballa is dynamic. Its mode of work is inspiration. it draws
response but remains immovable itself. It works not with the Law of Attrraction,
but by the Law of Synthesis, by a fiat of the Will, based on a clearly
formulated purpose and program. Also, the City of the
Gods,"Shangri-La," said to be situated in the Gobi desert, and where
Sanat Kumara is "anchored" in etheric substance.
Siddhis Psychic powers developed through yogic
practices. Many types.
Sirius Star from which this solar system emanated -
important for Earth in this cycle.
Solar Logos The great entity incarnate as our solar
system, the active, directing Intelligence Who is working with definite purpose
through His Seven Centres. The planets in this Being's body represent its major
"chakras."
Soul Neither spirit nor matter but the relation
between them. It is the middle or love principle and that which reincarnates in
different bodies - the Mediator or Middle Principle; that entity which is
brought into being when the spirit aspect and the matter aspect are related to
each other; neither spirit nor matter but the relation between them; the link
between God and His form; another name for the Christ principle, whether in
nature or in man; the form-building aspect; the force of evolution itself. In
the world of phenomenal appearance, it is the creating agent, the major
building factor, the constructor of forms. Essentially it is light, both
literally from the vibratory angle, and philosophically from the angle of
constituting the true medium of knowledge; light symbolically, for it is like
the rays of the sun, which pour out into the darkness, through the medium of
the brain, thus the way of the human being becomes increasingly illumined.
Spirit and matter, when brought into a close rapport, necessarily exert an
effect upon each other. Matter, so-called, is energized or "lifted
up" in the occult sense of the term by its contact with spirit so-called.
Spirit, in its turn, is enabled to enhance its vibration through the medium of
experience in matter. The bringing together of these two divine aspects results
in the emergence of a third, which we call the soul, and through the medium of
the soul, spirit develops a sentiency and a conscious awareness and capacity to
respond which remains its permanent possession when the divorce between the two
comes around eventually and cyclically.
Spirit The One Life back of all forms; the central energy
which is the cause of all manifestation; the word spirit is applied to that
undefinable, elusive, essential impulse or Life which is the cause of all
manifestation; the breath of Life; spirit is matter at its highest point of
expression, and matter is spirit at its lowest; life and will.
Spirit of Peace A potent Entity and not an abstract
concept, wielding forces hitherto unfamiliar to our planet; a Being of
tremendous cosmic potency; in a mysterious sense, the Spirit of Equilibrium; He
works with the Law of Action and Reaction.
Spiritual The world of light and beauty, of order and
purpose; all manifestions of life are spiritual; the word relates to attitudes,
to relationships, to the moving forward from one level of consciousness to the
next; related to the power to see the vision; relates to the expansion of
consciousness at whatever level; all activity which drives the human being
forward towards some form of development - physical, emotional, intuitional,
and so forth - is essentially spiritual in nature and is indicative of the
livingness of the inner divine Entity.
Spiritual Triad The expression of the Monad in the
formless worlds; the vehicle of the Monad.
Subjective Realm A field which is vitally more real
than is the objective, once it is entered and known. It is a question of
acceptance, first of all, of its existence, the development of a mechanism of
contact, the cultivation of the ability to use this mechanism at will, and then
inspired interpretation.
Substance The principle underlying dense matter.
Sutratma The "life" thread anchored in the
heart - linking spirit, soul and body via the "permanent atoms".
Synthesis The method whereby comprehension is
attained; the many becoming the One; an attribute of the divine will and the
outstanding quality of Deity.
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Foundation of the Original Theosophical Society 1875
The first Theosophical Society was founded
in New York on
November 17th 1875 by Helena Petrovna
Blavatsky,
Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan
Judge and others.
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मूल थियोसोफिकल सोसायटी 1875 फाउंडेशन
पहले थियोसोफिकल सोसायटी को न्यूयॉर्क में स्थापित किया गया था
17 नवंबर Helena Petrovna Blavatsky द्वारा 1875,
कर्नल Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge
और दूसरों.
थियोसोफिकल आंदोलन अब एक विविध रेंज के होते हैं
आगे थियोसोफिकल परंपरा ले जो संगठनों.
कार्डिफ थियोसोफिकल सोसायटी 1908 के बाद से ब्रह्मविद्या को बढ़ावा देने की गई है
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Mūla thiyōsōphikala
sōsāyaṭī 1875 phā'uṇḍēśana
Pahalē thiyōsōphikala sōsāyaṭī kō
n'yūyŏrka mēṁ sthāpita kiyā gayā thā
17 Navambara Helena Petrovna Blavatsky dvārā 1875,
Kamala Henry Steel Olcott, aura dūsarōṁ.
Thiyōsōphikala āndōlana aba ēka vividha
rēn̄ja kē hōtē haiṁ
Āgē thiyōsōphikala paramparā lē jō
saṅgaṭhanōṁ.
Kārḍipha thiyōsōphikala sōsāyaṭī 1908
kē bāda sē brahmavidyā
kō
baṛhāvā dēnē kī ga'ī hai
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