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In his ''Occult Glossary'', [[Gottfried de Purucker]] described antaḥkaraṇa in this way: | In his ''Occult Glossary'', [[Gottfried de Purucker]] described antaḥkaraṇa in this way: | ||
<blockquote>'''Antaskaraṇa''' (Sanskrit) Perhaps better spelled as antaḥkaraṇa. A compound word: ''antar'', "interior," "within"; ''karaṇa'', sense organ. Occultists explain this word as the bridge between the higher and lower manas or between the spiritual ego and ''personal'' soul of man. Such is H. P. Blavatsky's definition. As a matter of fact there are several antaḥkaraṇas in the human septenary constitution - one for every path or bridge between any two of the several monadic centers in man. Man is a microcosm, and therefore a unified composite, a unity in diversity; and the antaḥkaraṇas are the links of vibrating consiousness-substance uniting these various centers.</blockquote> | <blockquote>'''Antaskaraṇa''' (Sanskrit) Perhaps better spelled as antaḥkaraṇa. A compound word: ''antar'', "interior," "within"; ''karaṇa'', sense organ. Occultists explain this word as the bridge between the higher and lower manas or between the spiritual ego and ''personal'' soul of man. Such is H. P. Blavatsky's definition. As a matter of fact there are several antaḥkaraṇas in the human septenary constitution - one for every path or bridge between any two of the several monadic centers in man. Man is a microcosm, and therefore a unified composite, a unity in diversity; and the antaḥkaraṇas are the links of vibrating consiousness-substance uniting these various centers.<ref>Gottfried de Purucker, ''Occult Glossary'' (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1996), 5.</ref></blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 19:36, 2 February 2012
In his Occult Glossary, Gottfried de Purucker described antaḥkaraṇa in this way:
Antaskaraṇa (Sanskrit) Perhaps better spelled as antaḥkaraṇa. A compound word: antar, "interior," "within"; karaṇa, sense organ. Occultists explain this word as the bridge between the higher and lower manas or between the spiritual ego and personal soul of man. Such is H. P. Blavatsky's definition. As a matter of fact there are several antaḥkaraṇas in the human septenary constitution - one for every path or bridge between any two of the several monadic centers in man. Man is a microcosm, and therefore a unified composite, a unity in diversity; and the antaḥkaraṇas are the links of vibrating consiousness-substance uniting these various centers.[1]
Notes
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- ↑ Gottfried de Purucker, Occult Glossary (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1996), 5.