### INDEX
abhisambhava 154 Albigensians 71 alchemical 118 n2, 169, 239 n3 alchemists 9 n4 alchemy 255–56, 258–62 Alexandrian epoch 255, 257 Al-Ghazālī 261 n13 Al-Hallāj 209 n11 Allah 293 Anglican church 52 n7 Anglo-Saxon countries 83 Anti-christ 102 n11 Arab(ic) 48 n1, 68 n2, 183, 209 n11, 231 n1, 241 n9, 255–56, 292 Ark of the Covenant 161 Avatara(s) 297–99 baptism 51 n5, 108 n8, 156–157, 170 Beigson, Henri 9–11 bhakti 230 Bochme, Jacob 65 n6 Brahmin(s) 94, 246, 251–52, 258 Brotherhood/Brothers of the Rose-Cross 33–34, 64, 171 n2, 171 n1, 232–33, 235, 237–43, 255 Buddhist terminology 249 n11 Carbonari(sm) 79 Cartesian 93, 200 Catholic(ism) 16 n4, 99, 108 n8, 281 n4, 283 n6&7 chakras 299 Chaldea 33 China 14, 256 Christ 120 n5 Christendom 239 n5, 245 n4, 289 n9 Christianity 10, 20 n4, 51, 67 n1, 153, 243 Christian esoterism 20 n4, 238–39, 257 Christian Hermeticists(ism) 34 n6, 238, 243, 255 Christian rite 170 Christian Rosenkreutz 238 Christian tradition 168 n1 Compagnonnage 34 n6, 79, 96, 189 n6 Confucianism 82 n5 Coomaraswamy, A.K. 154, 230 Crusades 34 n6 Dante 71, 245 De Monarchia 245 n4 dhikr 164, 295 n16 diksha 154–155 d'Olivet, Fabre 67 n1, 288 n8 Druids 296 n18 Durkheim, Emile 11 n7 dvija 156 Egypt 33, 184, 255 n2, 262 n16 Egyptian(s) 117, 255–57, 295 n18 Elohim 27 n9 Emmerich, Anne-Catherine 16 n5 England 34 n6, 224 English 7 [1], 34 [6], 89 [3], 98, 109 [10], 159 [11], 187 [1] Europe(an) 239 [5], 255 Fedeli d'Amore 71, 218 [5] Fischel, Bro. Peter 34 [6] Flamel, Nicholas 239 [3] France 34 [6], 76, 80 Frazer James G. 11 [7] Freemasonry 34 [6] French 89 [3], 98, 99 [9], 118 [2], 133 [4], 159 [1] Gabriel 52 [9] Germany 34 [6], 80 Great Architect of the Universe 63 [3], 202, 248, 288 Greece 184 Greek(s) 10, 67 [1], 115, 117–121, 154 [1], 184, 190 [8], 244, 256 guru 54–55, 204 [9], 226–27, 230 Hamsa 24 [6] Hassidism 10 [6] Hermes 256 Hermeticism 239 [3], 255–63, 266, 293 [6] Hermetic(ists) 118 [2], 171, 173 [1], 260 Hindu tradition 24 [6], 43, 90 [4], 54, 90 [4], 111, 114 [10], 119, 152, 155, 164–65, 202 [6], 204 [9], 218 [5], 230, 241, 291, 293 [6], 295, 298 Hiranyagarbha 293–94, 296 [18], 298 Holy Grail 180 [4] Illuminati of Bavaria 79–80 India 10, 14, 40 [2], 54, 256, 266 [7] Islam 20, 40 [2], 243 Islamic esoterism 7 [1], 20 [4], 233, 239, 255 [1], 257, 262, 294 [13] Islamic initiation 241 Islamic tradition 29 [2], 63 [3], 93 [2], 164–65, 204 [9], 209 [11], 233, 294 [13], 165, 204 [9], 209 [11], 245 [3], 262 [16], 273 [11], 292, 295 [15], 298 [3] Italian 131 [1] Jewish 10 [6], 90 [4] Joan of Arc 11 [7] Jousse, Marcel 113 [9] Judaism 10 Kabbalah 57, 256, 293 [7] Kali-Yuga 24, 253 karma 114 [11], 163 [7] Kneph 295 [18] Knights Templars 34 [6] Kshatriya(s) 94, 219 [5], 246–47, 251–53, 258–59 Kundalini 224–226, 295 [18] Latin 34 [6], 89 [3], 115, 118, 163 [7], 182 [2], 184, 190 [7], 286 [4] Leibnitz 237 [1] Liberal Catholic church 52 [7] Loisy, Alfred 11 [7] longevity 233 [1], 263, 265–67 mantra(s) 54, 111, 135, 164, 291 [2], 295 Manvantaras 266 [7] Masonic 98, 105 [2], 218 [1] Masonic initiation 63 [3], 97, 100, 187, 213, 218 [1] Masonic Lodges 34 [6], 54 [14] Masonic organizations 80, 291 [1] Masonic rite 128 n4, 273 n10 Masonic symbolism 174 n3, 288 n7 Masonry 34 n6, 35 n7, 64, 79–80, 96–99, 111 n2, 112 n7, 188–89, n5, 247 n9, 253 n5, 273 n8, 286 Mason(s) 17 n1, 54 n14, 109 n10, 116 n1, 187–189 McLean, Adam 118 n2 Messiah 298 n3 Metatron 293 n7 Middle Ages 34 n6, 64 n5, 71, 129 n7, 169, 184, 185 n6, 218, 247 n8, 255, 257–58 Mithraic/Mithraism 218 n5 Moses 151 mudrās 114 n10 Muhammad 292 Muhyi' d-Din ibn al-'Arabī 233 mutasawwuf (in) 241, 243 Mutus Liber 118 n2
Nicholson R. A. 7 n1
Order of the Temple 239
Pernėty, A. J. 260 Pharaoh's magicians 151 Plato 119, 165, 185, 208 prana 54 Prester John 239 n6 Prophet 52 n9 Protestant churches 52 n7 Pythagorean(s) 89, 113 n8, 122 n7, 178
Renaissance 253 n6, 258 n9 Roman(s) 67 n1, 131 n1, 218 n5 Rose-Cross 237–243 Rosicrucian(s) 33, 61 n2, 234–235, 237–243, 255, 263, 267 Rosicrucianism 242–43, 255 n7 Saint-Martin, Louis-Claude de 15 n2 samskāra(s) 153–156 Sanskrit 48 n1, 114 n11, 129 n6, 132, 145 n2, 154 n1, 163 n7, 205, 286 n4 Scottish Masonry 286, 289 n9 Shakespeare 180 n4 shaykh 204 n9, 226 n3 Siddhas 266 n7 Saint Ignatius of Loyola 8 n3 Saint Thomas Aquinas 127 Sufi(s) 165, 241–43 Swedenborg, Emmanuel 21 n7
Tantric 90 n4, 103 n12, 225 Tao(ism) 82 n5, 203 n7, 241 n8, 245 n3 Taoist 64 n4, 82, 290 n10, 299 n8 tasawwuf 7 n1, 40 n2, 243, 256 n3 Temple of Solomon 161 Tetragrammaton 90 n4 Theosophists 52 n7, 220 Theosophy 38, 216 Thoth 256 Tibet 14, 256 transformation 265, 267 transmutation 154, 265, 267
Universal Man 164–65 Unknown Superiors 64 upanayana rite 152, 155–156
Vaishyas 246–47 Vishnu-Purana 253 n8
Westphalia, treaties of 239 n5
yantra(s) 111, 112 n7 Yogi(s) 165, 241