(Latin) The daughter-goddess of Jupiter; the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

1. The third of the seven rays / planets. As a planetary influence, is related to "Loves, marriages, women, perfumes, music, plastic arts, dramatic arts, poetry." - Samael Aun Weor, Manual of Practical Magic. Governed by Uriel.

2. Has an esoteric relation ship with Christ (the "morning star") and with Lucifer (the "Son of Dawn" from Isaiah).

In several regions of Christendom there is honored under this name a pious matron of Jerusalem who, during the Passion of Christ, as one of the holy women who accompanied Him to Calvary, offered Him a towel on which he left the imprint of His face. This is a symbol of Christ-Will. (See The Three Mountains.)

A term derived from Roman religion, referring to a priestess of Vesta. The term refers to a sacred duty performed by virginal women in many esoteric traditions. In Roman times, while still little girls, they were chosen from prominent Roman families. Their duties included the preparation of sacrifices and the tending of the sacred fire. If any vestal broke her vow of chastity, it is said that she was entombed alive. The vestals had great influence in the Roman state. Their primary duty was to work in the sacred practice of Alchemy with the Initiates of the temple. The use of Vestals is no longer lawful and is not a part of any White Tradition in these times.

(Sanskrit) Science, knowledge. Hinduism defines two forms of vidya:

1. aparavidya: lower knowledge, which is acquired through the intellect

2. paravidya: higher knowledge, gained through intuitive, conscious, spiritual experience, and leads to liberation from the ego. 

This term is also used in a Tantric application, where vidya (Tibetan: rig ma) refers to a "knowledge woman" or tantric consort.

(Sanskrit, "discipline") Usually refers to monastic discipline and the observance of vows or ethical codes.

(1) A state of sexual purity; or (2) an esoteric degree of initiation.

“Religious people know that a Virgin named “Immaculate Conception” exists.  Any mystic-illuminati perfectly knows that she lives in Eden working with the immaculate conceptions of the Holy Spirit.  When a conception without the spilling of the seminal fluid is performed, it is done by the Holy Spirit.  Such a conception is under the vigilance and direction of the “Immaculate Conception.”  We announce that this said Virgin is not the Hebrew Mary.  Indeed, the “Immaculate Conception” is a woman who attained the degree of Virgin.  Many similar women exist, true living Buddhas who attained the Fifth Initiation.  Let us remember the Virgin of the Sea (Mother of Jesus), and the eleven thousand Inca Virgins, the Virgins of the stars, the Virgin of the law, etc.  All of those women are living Buddhas, women who attained the Fifth Initiation of Major Mysteries (true human beings).  The most elevated degree for a woman is that of Virgin. The most elevated degree for a human is that of Christ.  The Virgin who renounces Nirvana and reincarnates in order to work for humanity as a human being elevates herself to the degree of Christ.” - Samael Aun Weor, Aztec Christic Magic

"Virtue comes from the syllable vir, virility. The precious gems of virtues are obtained only with virility. Sexual virility, sexual potency is necessary to obtain virtues in the Flaming Forge of Vulcan. Each time that a psychic aggregate is dissolved a precious virtue emerges in ourselves." - Samael Aun Weor, The Pistis Sophia Unveiled

(Also called Ethereal Body) The superior aspect of the physical body, composed of the energy or vital force that provides life to the physical body.

"It is written that the vital body or the foundation of organic life within each one of us has four ethers. The chemical ether and the ether of life are related with chemical processes and sexual reproduction. The chemical ether is a specific foundation for the organic chemical phenomena. The ether of life is the foundation of the reproductive and transformative sexual processes of the race. The two superior ethers, luminous and reflective, have more elevated functions. The luminous ether is related with the caloric, luminous, perceptive, etc., phenomena. The reflective ether serves as a medium of expression for willpower and imagination." - Samael Aun Weor, The Pistis Sophia Unveiled

In TIbetan Buddhism, the vital body is known as the subtle body (lus phra-mo).

(1863-1902) A student of Vedanta and Ramakrishna who represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of Religions in 1893. He was enormously influencial in both East and West, leaving a legacy of writings still popular today.

The primeval Atlantean language, which is the fundamental root of Sanskrit, Hebrew and Chinese.

(Sanskrit, bhavachakra; Tibetan, srid pa'i 'khor lo / Shri Pa'i Korlho) The world of illusion; the cycle of birth and death. Related to the Tenth Arcanum: Retribution.

In Buddhism, the Wheel of Life is depicted as a great cycle held in the claws of Yama, the lord of death. The wheel illustrates the cyclical nature of karmic conditioning within which all beings are migrating.

In Hebrew, Chokmah (the second sephirah of the Tree of Life). In Sanskrit, Bodhi (the name of the tree under which the Buddha awakened).

"The word wisdom is derived from vid, videre (to see) and from dom (judgment).  Thus, wisdom alludes to that which one can see with the senses of the soul and of the Innermost; to the wise judgments which must be based on the ultra-sensorial perceptions and not simply on dogmatic intellectualism or vain professional sufficiency, which are already in declination and decrepitude." - Occult Medicine and Practical Magic

"Witchcraft is behind thirty percent of common crimes." - Endocrinology and Criminology

"The establishment of a consecutive order of the different parts of the Work, related to this extremely serious subject of eliminating the psychic aggregates, allows us to generate a Work-Memory. This is quite interesting, and even extremely useful in the question of inner development. This Work-Memory can certainly give us distinct psychological “photographs” of the different stages of our past. As a whole, it will bring to our imagination a vivid and even repugnant imprint of what we were before beginning the radical psycho-transforming Work. There is no doubt that we would never wish to return to that horrifying image, that vivid representation of what we once were. From this point, such psychological “photography” is useful as a means of confrontation between a transformed present and a regressive, stale, clumsy and unfortunate past. The Work-Memory is always recorded on the basis of successive psychological events registered by the center of Psychological Self-observation." - The Great Rebellion

The “Flower Prince” Aztec deity.  He was seen as the god of flowers and music.  Statues portray him seated upon a drum, with his legs crossed like a meditator from the east, his face looking up to the sky in prayer, and his hands in a pleading position.   Samael Aun Weor states in Aztec Christic Magic: “Xochipilli: xochitl, ‘flower;’ pilli, ‘principle;’ God of agriculture, flowers, music, song, poetry and dance.  ‘Flowers and chants are the most elevated things that exist on the earth so as to enter into the ambits of the truth;’ this is what the Tlamatinime taught in the Calmecac.  This is why all their philosophy is tinted with the most pure poetic tinge.  The face of Xochipilli is impassible; yet, his heart is overflowing with happiness.”  His festivals were called “Xochilhutl” and were held in the Calmecac.  See: Calmecac

(Sanksrit) Sacrifice.

(Sanskrit, "self-control") 1. The first of the stages of Raja Yoga; a series of ethical practices. 2. (Tibetan gshin rje) In Buddhism, the ruler of the hell realms and god of death. He is depicted holding the Wheel of Samara in his mouth and claws.

(Hebrew יסוד means foundation) The ninth sephirah of the Kabbalah (the Tree of Life). In the macrocosmic universe, Yesod is the fourth dimension. In the microcosmic universe (man), Yesod corresponds to the sexual organs and to the Ethereal body. In the Bible, Yesod is Eden, the Promised Land.

"Yesod is the Vital or Ethereal Body. Yesod is the foundation of the Third Logos, the center where the sexual force of the Third Logos gravitates. The sexual forces which are the living foundation of our physiology gravitate in Yesod. The Holy Spirit abides in Yesod." - Samael Aun Weor

"And the king [Solomon] commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the יסד [foundation] of the house." - 1 Kings 5:17

"Yew, the profoundly sacred name, is related with the Light and clairvoyance.  It is written that Jesus, the Great Kabir, chanted a song of praise in the Great Name.  It is written that He pronounced the profoundly sacred name Yew and He blew in their eyes saying, “Ye are now clairvoyant.” Unquestionably, Yew is a mantric word or magic key related to clairvoyance." - The Pistis Sophia Unveiled

(Sanskrit) "union." Similar to the Latin "religare," the root of the word "religion." In Tibetan, it is "rnal-'byor" which means "union with the fundamental nature of reality."

"The word YOGA comes from the root Yuj which means to join, and in its spiritual sense, it is that process by which the human spirit is brought into near and conscious communion with, or is merged in, the Divine Spirit, according as the nature of the human spirit is held to be separate from (Dvaita, Visishtadvaita) or one with (Advaita) the Divine Spirit." - Swami Sivananda, Kundalini Yoga

"Patanjali defines Yoga as the suspension of all the functions of the mind. As such, any book on Yoga, which does not deal with these three aspects of the subject, viz., mind, its functions and the method of suspending them, can he safely laid aside as unreliable and incomplete." - Swami Sivananda, Practical Lessons In Yoga

"The word yoga means in general to join one's mind with an actual fact..." - The 14th Dalai Lama

"The soul aspires for the union with his Innermost, and the Innermost aspires for the union with his Glorian." - Samael Aun Weor, The Revolution of Beelzebub

"All of the seven schools of Yoga are within Gnosis, yet they are in a synthesized and absolutely practical way. There is Tantric Hatha Yoga in the practices of the Maithuna (Sexual Magic). There is practical Raja Yoga in the work with the chakras. There is Gnana / Jnana Yoga in our practices and mental disciplines which we have cultivated in secrecy for millions of years. We have Bhakti Yoga in our prayers and Rituals. We have Laya Yoga in our meditation and respiratory exercises. Samadhi exists in our practices with the Maithuna and during our deep meditations. We live the path of Karma Yoga in our upright actions, in our upright thoughts, in our upright feelings, etc." - Samael Aun Weor, The Revolution of Beelzebub

"The Yoga that we require today is actually ancient Gnostic Christian Yoga, which absolutely rejects the idea of Hatha Yoga. We do not recommend Hatha Yoga simply because, spiritually speaking, the acrobatics of this discipline are fruitless; they should be left to the acrobats of the circus." - Samael Aun Weor, The Yellow Book

"Yoga has been taught very badly in the Western World. Multitudes of pseudo-sapient Yogis have spread the false belief that the true Yogi must be an infrasexual (an enemy of sex). Some of these false yogis have never even visited India; they are infrasexual pseudo-yogis. These ignoramuses believe that they are going to achieve in-depth realization only with the yogic exercises, such as asanas, pranayamas, etc.Not only do they have such false beliefs, but what is worse is that they propagate them; thus, they misguide many people away from the difficult, straight, and narrow door that leads unto the light. No authentically Initiated Yogi from India would ever think that he could achieve his inner self-realization with pranayamas or asanas, etc. Any legitimate Yogi from India knows very well that such yogic exercises are only co-assistants that are very useful for their health and for the development of their powers, etc. Only the Westerners and pseudo-yogis have within their minds the belief that they can achieve Self-realization with such exercises.Sexual Magic is practiced very secretly within the Ashrams of India. Any True Yogi Initiate from India works with the Arcanum A.Z.F. This is taught by the Great Yogis from India that have visited the Western world, and if it has not been taught by these great, Initiated Hindustani Yogis, if it has not been published in their books of Yoga, it was in order to avoid scandals. You can be absolutely sure that the Yogis who do not practice Sexual Magic will never achieve birth in the Superior Worlds. Thus, whosoever affirms the contrary is a liar, an impostor." - Samael Aun Weor, The Estoeric Course of Kabbalah

A student of Kriya Yoga who brought his tradition to America in the early 20th century and founded the Self-realization Fellowship.

(Sanskrit) female yoga practitioner.

(or Zayin) The seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, it symbolizes the feminine sexual power and the foundation of the property of breathing the breath, the Neshamah of God, pertaining to the nostrils Ob and Od. Its Kabbalistic value is 7. 

(Sepher ha Zohar, ספר הזהר, "Book of Splendor" from Hebrew זֹהַר meaning splendor or radiance) A deeply important Hebrew scripture in the tradition of the Kabbalah.

"The Sepher ha Zohar ["Book of Splendor"] presumably was written by Simeon ben Jochai, a disciple of Akiba. Rabbi Simeon was sentenced to death about A.D. 161 by Lucius Verus, co-regent of the Emperor Marc Aurelius Antoninus. He escaped with his son and, hiding in a cave, transcribed the manuscript of the Zohar with the assistance of Elias, who appeared to them at intervals. Simeon was twelve years in the cave, during which time he evolved the complicated symbolism of the "Greater Face" and the "Lesser Face." While discoursing with disciples Rabbi Simeon expired, and the "Lamp of Israel" was extinguished. His death and burial were accompanied by many supernatural phenomena. The legend goes on to relate that the secret doctrines of Qabbalism had been in existence since the beginning of the world, but that Rabbi Simeon was the first man permitted to reduce them to writing. Twelve hundred years later the books which he had compiled were discovered and published for the benefit of humanity by Moses de León. The probability is that Moses de León himself compiled the Zohar about A.D. 1305, drawing his material from the unwritten secrets of earlier Jewish mystics." - Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928)

"Moses de Leon could not be the author or the forger of the Zoharic works in the XIIIth century, as he is accused of being, since Ibn Gebirol gave out the same philosophical teaching 225 years before the day of Moses de Leon. No true Kabalist or scholar will ever deny the fact. It is certain that Ibn Gebirol based his doctrines upon the oldest Kabalistic sources, namely, the "Chaldean Book of Numbers," as well as some no longer extant Midrashim, the same, no doubt, as those used by Moses de Leon. But it is just the difference between the two ways of treating the same esoteric subjects, which, while proving the enormous antiquity of the esoteric system, points to a decided ring of Talmudistic and even Christian sectarianism in the compilation and glossaries of the Zoharic system by Rabbi Moses. Ibn Gebirol never quoted from the Scriptures to enforce the teachings (vide I. Myer's Qabbalah, p. 7). Moses de Leon has made of the Zohar that which it has remained to this day, "a running commentary on the . . . Books of the Pentateuch" (ibid.), with a few later additions made by Christian hands." - H.P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (1888)