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Agathon - Plato's Supreme Deity, lit. "the good." Our laya or the Soul of the World. - H.P. Blavatsky

age - astrological epoch, one-twelfth of the Sun cycle or precession of the equinoxes lasting 2160 years.

Ages, Astrological - as anciently considered, a period of roughly 2150 years during which the point of the Spring Equinox recedes through one sign of the Zodiac of Constellations. Since the constellations have no precise boundaries, the points of beginning and ending are mere approximations. However, it is an absurdity to date the beginning of the precessional cycle, of presumably 25,800 years, from the particular time in history when it was decided no longer to treat the Equinox as a moving point, but instead to freeze it at 0º Aries. It is probably that midway between the Equinoctial points are the Earth's Nodes, where the plane of its orbit intersects that of the Sun, at an inclination of approx. 50º; but since the Equinoctial Point is now considered as a fixed point and the motion takes place only within its frame of reference, it appears that a study of the circle which the celestial pole describes around the pole of the Ecliptic will be required in order to determine when it passes an East point, to mark the time of beginning of the first of twelve astrological ages of 2150 years each, into which the precessional cycle is subdivided. On this manner of reckoning the Earth might now be in the Capricorn Age, as well as any other. At least there is no justification for us to consider mankind as now in the Aquarian age, even though a recent astronomical treatise speaks of the Signs of the Zodiac as 'now precessed some 25º west of the constellations of the same name'. Historical records show the Equinox as having once began in Taurus, at which time Taurus was considered to be the first Sign of the Zodiac. See "Precession."

Ages, Hindu - v. Kalpa

age-regression - discloses a previous time, place and circumstance of a person.

agnostic - one who believes nothing it is impossible to know if God exists.

Agoraphobia - fear of unenclosed spaces; generally indicative of a Mercury/Saturn aspect. Antonym of claustrophobia, usally associated with a Mercury/Uranusaspect.

Ahura Mazda - the name of God in the Zoroastrian tradition, also called Ormazd.

AIM - American Indian Movement founded by Russell Means in 1972.

Air Signs - the mental or intellectual signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius. Considered collectively, sometimes termed the Air asterism.

ajna - Third Eye, sixth chakra. (Sanskrit)

aka - cord between the astral and physical planes. (Hawaiian)

Akasa (Akasha) - the fifth element of Pythagoras. A celestial ether or astral light that fills all space. According to occult teaching and action which takes place in the material world is recorded in this akashic medium, whereby one possessed of psychic vision can read and translate the panorama of history; the Akashic Records. They also hint that someday science will be able to tap this record, probably through some application of radio reception, and draw upon and even re-enact the words and actions of past ages. Cf. Blavatsky's "Secret Doctrine."

Akashic Record celestian medium on which all thoughts and actions of the physical world are available to psychic observation. (from Sanskrit)

Albedo - literally, whiteness. A measure of the reflecting power of a planet, in ration to its absorptive capacity; expressed in a figure which represents the amount of light reflected from an unpolished surface in proportion to the total amount of light falling upon it. The albedo of the Moon and Mercury is 7; Venus 59; Earth 44; and Mars 15. Thus, the changeable character manifested by Moon and Mercury is seen to be connected in some way with their low reflective capacity. An entirely different set of Lunar characteristics comes of the fact that as the Moon approaches an opposition to the Sun its surface temperature rises some 70-odd degrees above boiling point, and in consequence it emits a wide band of infra-red frequencies that are several times more powerful than any of the rays it reflects from the Sun. During the first few minutes of a Lunar eclipse, the surface temperature falls to a sub-zero level and the infra-red emanation ceases. The dimly-lit surface of the Moon at the Lunation is due to light reflected back from the Earth, which with its high albedo would appear to the Moon-dweller as four times larger and many times brighter than the Moon as seen from Earth. There are some indications that Jupiter emits a ray of its own in addition to its reflected ray, but astrophysicists are not as yet in accord on that point.

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