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- 05:16, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3,938) . . N Logos (Created page with "(Gk.). Greek for “word.” It also means, according to its context, speech, discourse, reason, and in mathematics, balance or proportion. In religion and philosophy as well...") (current)
- 05:15, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+953) . . N Lodge, Oliver Joseph (Created page with "(1851-1940). English physicist who was eminent in the field of psychical research. He was born at Penkhull, Staffordshire, England, June 12, 1851. He graduated from University...") (current)
- 05:13, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+798) . . N Lives of Alcyone (Created page with "Alcyone was the name given to J. Krishnamurti in a series of articles published in The Theosophist, commencing in April 1910. These articles purported to describe the previou...") (current)
- 05:12, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,009) . . N Lipikas (Created page with "Celestial beings who are the recorders of karmic actions, hence often called the “Lords of Karma.” The word comes from the Sanskrit root lip meaning “write, anoint, smea...") (current)
- 05:11, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Linga-Śarīra (current)
- 05:11, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+8,965) . . N Linga-Śarīra (Created page with "(Li‰ga-Shar…ra). The term for the invisible “double” of the physical body of human beings, equivalent to the etheric double of later theosophical literature, and calle...")
- 05:06, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+915) . . N Linga-Purāṇa (Created page with "One of the 18 main Pur€Šas of the Hindu religion used by the ®aivas or worshippers of ®iva. Li‰ga means a “mark” or “indication” and in this context probably sy...") (current)
- 05:05, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,191) . . N Lindsay, James Ludovic (Created page with "(1847-1913). 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres. In The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett, (#15 chron., p. 44; #8 Barker, p. 26), the Master Koot Hoomi speaks very...") (current)
- 05:04, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,389) . . N Lilith (Created page with "Adam’s first wife prior to Eve according to Kabbalistic allegory. The origin of this legend about Adam’s first wife is due to two contradictory accounts of the creation of...") (current)
- 05:04, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,236) . . N Light on The Path (Created page with "A small book transcribed by Mabel Collins upon the dictation by one of the Masters of the Wisdom, who is said to have been the Master Hilarion. It was published in 1885 and ha...") (current)
- 05:02, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+801) . . N Light of Asia (Created page with "A long poem by Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) on the life and teachings of Buddha. It was published in 1879 and achieved great popularity. Helena P. Blavatsky had so high a regard...") (current)
- 05:02, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,689) . . N Light (Created page with "In theosophical and esoteric literature, “light” is commonly used to refer to various states of cosmic manifestation and consciousness. Light in Cosmology. The unmanifest...") (current)
- 05:00, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+835) . . N Life-Wave (Created page with "A batch of monads evolving together. Spirit moves in successive “Life-Waves” through different kingdoms of nature: namely three elemental kingdoms, mineral, plant and anim...") (current)
- 04:59, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,027) . . N Life-Atom (Created page with "Atoms animated by Jiva or life-energy (CW V:112). It is a general term given by Helena P. Blavatsky to atoms which are impregnated with life-energy while being used by an enti...") (current)
- 04:58, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+22,221) . . N Liberal Catholic Church (Created page with "The Liberal Catholic Church (hereafter, LCC) is a sacramentally oriented Christian Church combining the stately rituals of Catholicism with teachings more akin to the Neo-plat...") (current)
- 04:56, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,486) . . N Levitation (Created page with "The raising of a heavy object, usually a human body, without the use of any mechanical force, aid, or contact. There is no scientific explanation for this widely reported phen...") (current)
- 04:55, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,201) . . N Levi Zahed, Éliphas (Created page with "(1810-1875). Pseudonym of Alphonse-Louis Constant, a French mystic and writer who is frequently referred to by many theosophical writers, including Helena P. Blavatsky. He wa...") (current)
- 04:54, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,730) . . N Leo, Alan (Created page with "(1860 -1917). A highly successful British astrologer. He was born William Frederick Allen in Westminster, London on August 7, 1860. He adopted his ascending astrological sig...") (current)
- 04:53, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Lemuria (current)
- 04:52, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,012) . . N Lemuria (Created page with " A large continent said to have existed prior to the Tertiary age or Eocene epoch (approx. 56 to 65 million years ago) and which was the land of the Third Root Race, now calle...")
- 04:52, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+151) . . N Lemure (Created page with "(L.). A term used by Latin writers to refer to the astral shell of the dead. ''See'' LARVA. © Copyright by the Theosophical Publishing House, Manila") (current)
- 04:51, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,174) . . N Leino, Eino (Created page with "(pseudonym of Armas Eino Leopold Lönnbohm) (1878-1926). A member of the Finnish Theosophical Society (TS) who was one of the greatest names in Finnish poetry. He was born on...") (current)
- 04:51, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,099) . . N Leeuw, Johannes Jacobus, Van Der (Created page with "(1893- 1934). Eminent theosophical writer. He was born on August 26, 1893, and joined the Theosophical Society (TS) in 1914. Van der Leeuw gained his LL.D. at Leyden for a tre...") (current)
- 04:50, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Index
- 04:49, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+545) . . N League of Parents and Teachers (Created page with "An organization formed by C. Jinaršjadšsa in India on December 28, 1915, and with Justice T. Sadasiva Iyer as its President. It had the following objects: 1. To bring about ...") (current)
- 04:48, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+542) . . N League for the Promotion of Temperance and Morality (Created page with "An organization started in 1907 in Surat by D. J. Edal Behram to promote temperance from alcohol, and the prevention of slaughter of animals for food. They encouraged large gr...") (current)
- 04:48, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+32,185) . . N Leadbeater, Charles Webster (Created page with "(1854? -1934). A leading figure of the Theosophical Society (TS) “second generation” (c. 1900-1934), Charles W. Leadbeater was a prominent theosophical writer, speaker, an...") (current)
- 04:44, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,484) . . N Laya Yoga (Created page with "The Sanskrit term “Laya” means “clinging to” and also “dissolution,” or “absorption” but in this context a better definition might be “release.” Yoga has b...") (current)
- 04:42, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,528) . . N Lauppert, Norbert (Created page with "(1906-1991). Austrian translator of theosophical books into German who was elected President of the Austrian Section of the Theosophical Society (TS), and except for a few int...") (current)
- 04:41, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+299) . . Index
- 04:35, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+624) . . N Law and Liberty League (Created page with "Formed in London, England, in 1887 by Annie Besant and William Stead for the defense of civil liberties and to assist victims of police brutality. It was a time in Britain wh...") (current)
- 04:33, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,373) . . N Larva (Created page with "(pl. Larvae) (L.). A term used by Latin writers like Apuleius in the 2nd century to refer to the astral shell of dead people. Helena P. Blavatsky quotes Apuleius as follows: ...") (current)
- 04:32, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Lares (current)
- 04:31, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+464) . . N Lares (Created page with "(L.). The astral shells of deceased ancestors. The term is used by early Latin writers particularly Apuleius. Helena P. BLAVATSKY says that there are three kinds of lares: ''l...")
- 04:30, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+8,214) . . N Lao Tzu (Created page with "Lao Tzu is the reputed author of the little Chinese classic Tao Tê Ching (or Dao De Jing, as it is transliterated in the modern Pinyin system). The traditional view, one whic...") (current)
- 04:28, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,884) . . N Lansbury, George (Created page with "(1859-1940). British statesman who joined the Theosophical Society (TS) in 1914 and was a strong supporter of Annie Besant. Lansbury was born on February 21, 1859, near Halesw...") (current)
- 04:27, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+295) . . N Lanoo (Created page with "(T.). In MAHAYANA BUDDHISM an acolyte studying with a spiritual teacher. In her work ''Practical Occultism'', Helena P. BLAVATSKY uses the term ''Lanoo'' to mean “disciple...") (current)
- 04:22, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17) . . Kunz, Fritz (current)
- 04:21, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . Kuṇḍalinī (current)
- 04:19, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Kumāras
- 04:18, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+100) . . Kumāras
- 04:15, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+82) . . Krotona Institute of Theosophy, The (current)
- 04:08, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+126) . . Kriyāśakti (current)
- 03:58, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17) . . Kriyā Yoga (current)
- 03:55, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-677) . . Krishnamurti, Jiddu (current)
- 03:47, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+80) . . Krishnamachāri, S. (current)
- 03:44, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . Kośa (current)
- 03:41, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . Koot Hoomi, Mahatma
- 03:39, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . Koilon (current)
- 03:35, 15 March 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+78) . . Knoche, Grace Frances (current)
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