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- 04:44, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+164) . . V
- 04:30, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+329) . . V
- 04:00, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,387) . . N Wu Ting-Fang (Created page with "(1842-1922). President of the Shanghai Lodge of the Theosophical Society (TS), which was the first lodge established in the East. Wu Ting-Fang was an eminent statesman and j...")
- 03:59, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+764) . . N World Teacher (Created page with "An expression used by Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater in some of their talks and writings about J. Krishnamurti. The popular press misinterpreted their statements and rep...")
- 03:57, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . N World Parliament of Religions (Created page with "''See'' PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS. © Copyright by the Theosophical Publishing House, Manila")
- 03:56, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,761) . . N World Congress, Theosophical (Created page with "The term “World Congress” refers to international gatherings of the Theosophical Society (TS) held at least seven years apart in various cities of the world. This is in ac...") (current)
- 03:46, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Woodward, Francis Lee (current)
- 03:43, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,644) . . N Woodward, Francis Lee (Created page with "(1871-1952). Orientalist and P€li scholar. Woodward was born in Norfolk, England, on April 13, 1871, the third son of an Anglican clergyman. In 1901 he graduated M.A. from...")
- 03:32, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,718) . . N Woodroffe, John (Created page with "(1865-1936). Sanskrit scholar, lawyer and author who wrote under the nom-de-plume, Arthur Avalon. Woodroffe was born December 15, 1865. After matriculating from Oxford Univer...") (current)
- 02:53, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Wood, Ernest (current)
- 02:52, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . Wood, Ernest
- 01:51, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,685) . . N Wood, Ernest (Created page with "(1883-1965). Prominent theosophist and author. He was born in Manchester, England, in 1883. He attended the Manchester College of Technology, gaining Firsts in Physics, Chem...")
- 01:50, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+21) . . Women's Indian Association (current)
- 01:41, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,626) . . N Women's Indian Association (Created page with "An organization formed by the Theosophical Society (TS) at Adyar, Madras (now Chennai), on May 8, 1917, to improve the social condition of women in India. Its declared object...")
- 01:30, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+479) . . N Wittgenstein, Emile Karl Ludwig Von Sayn (Created page with "(1824-1878). A Russian prince who, according to Helena P. BLAVATSKY, received special protection from the MĀHATMAS in times of great danger (''The Theosophist'', March 1883,...") (current)
- 01:12, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+5,506) . . N Witchcraft (Created page with "The word is derived from the Old English word “''wicca'',” which in turn was derived from Old High German “''wīt'', meaning “holy.” Witchcraft was originally assoc...") (current)
- 01:00, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+889) . . N Wisdom (Created page with "From the viewpoint of theosophy or “Ancient Wisdom,” wisdom is the aggregate of the knowledge and insights underlying all the esoteric traditions in all civilizations. It...") (current)
- 23:49, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Will (current)
- 23:49, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+6,662) . . N Will (Created page with " Human beings are generally believed to possess a faculty called the will, which is a subjective principle of action and which is generally distinguished from reason and emoti...")
- 23:04, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,122) . . N Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (Created page with "(1850-1919). American poet and journalist and member of the Theosophical Society (TS). She was born in Johnson Creek, in southeast Wisconsin, U.S. on November 5, 1850. She ...") (current)
- 22:57, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,120) . . N White Lotus Day (Created page with "May 8 is celebrated as White Lotus Day by members of the Theosophical Society (TS). It is the anniversary of the death of Helena P. Blavatsky, one of the founders. The follow...") (current)
- 22:48, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+511) . . N Whareora Retreat (Created page with "A retreat center owned by the Theosophical Society (TS) in New Zealand. It is located near Wellington and comprises an old colonial homestead and a Coach House adapted to pro...") (current)
- 22:47, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . Western Philosophy (current)
- 22:18, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+6,582) . . N Western Philosophy (Created page with "It is generally agreed that philosophy began in the Western world in Greece with Thales of Miletus (6th cent. BCE). He is credited with accurately predicting an eclipse, whic...")
- 22:07, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,281) . . N Wesak (Created page with "The Pāli name of a Buddhist festival held on the full moon of the month of Wesak (Sanskrit ''Vaiṣaka''), which corresponds to April-May in the Western calendar. For some,...") (current)
- 22:03, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3,836) . . N Wedgwood, James Ingall (Created page with "(1883-1951). Founder of the LIBERAL CATHOLIC CHURCH and a prominent member of the Theosophical Society (TS). He was born in London, England, into well known pottery manufactu...") (current)
- 21:57, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+244) . . N Water Men (Created page with "In theosophy, Nature’s first, but abortive, attempt in this Round to create men and women from the residue of earlier Rounds without help from higher beings. [[Contributors...") (current)
- 21:56, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,438) . . N Water, Holy (Created page with "Water has been a purification and cleansing agent among many religions. The early Christians used water taken directly from river or stream which was considered “living wate...") (current)
- 07:18, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,076) . . N Watcher (Created page with "(also called Silent Watcher). An overseer of a hierarchy. Gottfried de PURUCKER states that such a being is a highly advanced spiritual entity who is, as it were, the summit o...") (current)
- 07:01, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,115) . . N Warrington, Albert Powell (Created page with "(1866-1939). President of the American Section of the Theosophical Society, Adyar 1912-1920; Vice-President of the TS, Adyar 1928-33; Acting President 1933-34. A. P. Warringt...") (current)
- 06:56, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,416) . . N Wallace, Alfred Russel (Created page with "(1823-1913). English naturalist and evolutionist famous for having propounded, almost simultaneously with Charles Darwin, the origin of the species by natural selection. He j...")
- 06:51, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+5,603) . . N Wales, Theosophy In (Created page with "As far as can be ascertained, there were individual members of the Theosophical Society (TS) living in Wales long before any distinct organization came into being. Henry S. O...") (current)
- 06:42, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3,543) . . N Wadia, Bahmanji Pestonji (Created page with "(1881-1958). A theosophist who was one of the pioneers for the cause of the common laborer, and for independence for India. He established the first labor union in India, and...") (current)
- 06:32, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . Wachtmeister, Countess Constance Georgina Louise (current)
- 06:13, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . W (current)
- 04:31, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+536) . . W
- 02:43, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3,706) . . N Yuga (Created page with " A Sanskrit word, derived from the root ''yuj'' (“unite,” “yoke,” “undertake,” etc.), used to refer to the ages of the world, called ''Kṛta'' or ''Satya'' (1,7...") (current)
- 02:04, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+74) . . Young Theosophists, Federation of (current)
- 01:20, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,726) . . N Young Theosophists, Federation of (Created page with "The Young Theosophists’ movement came into being in 1923 at the Vienna Congress. For some time it has been recognized that younger members of the Society had a need to expr...")
- 01:01, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+621) . . N Young Citizen, The (Created page with "(PUB.). Monthly magazine of 48 pages edited by Annie BESANT and published at Adyar, India, from January 1913 until December 1914. For the first year, the magazine was subtitle...") (current)
- 00:53, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,215) . . N Yoni (Created page with "A Sanskrit feminine noun stem, sometimes written ''yonī'', denoting the female organs of generation (i.e. vulva, vagina, womb, uterus) as well as, more generally, “receptac...") (current)
- 00:45, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+114) . . N Yoginī (Created page with "A Sanskrit term for a female practitioner of yoga. © Copyright by the Theosophical Publishing House, Manila") (current)
- 00:45, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+281) . . N Yogi (Created page with "An English word referring to a practitioner of YOGA. The Sanskrit word is ''yogin'', meaning “joined,” “conjoined with,” “practitioner of ''yoga'',” “ascetic,”...") (current)
- 00:32, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,863) . . N Yogananda, Paramahamsa (Created page with "(1893-1952). Indian yogi, founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Sat-Sanga Society in India. He was born on January 5, 1893, in Gorakhpur in north-eastern Indi...") (current)
- 00:12, 14 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . Yogācāra (current)
- 06:30, 13 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Yogācāra
- 05:34, 13 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,463) . . N Yogācāra (Created page with "Sanskrit meaning “the practice of Yoga.” It is the name of a school of Mahšyšna Buddhist philosophy which proclaimed a form of subjective idealism. It maintained that c...")
- 05:25, 13 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+448) . . N Yoga Nidrā (Created page with "From the Sanskrit ''nidrā'' meaning “sleep” and ''yoga'' “union.” It is the name of a procedure often associated with HAṬHA YOGA, and is designed to produce relaxa...") (current)
- 05:20, 13 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+194) . . Yoga (current)
- 04:43, 13 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-7) . . Yoga
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