Glossary 367 



Rajah Yoga Rah'juh Yo-guh; literally, Royal yoga, 

 the conquering of the lower nature and uniting the soul 

 with divinity, or attainment of soul-consciousness and real- 

 izing that divinity within. 



Rayi ruh-yee ; negative phase of matter, lunar ray. 



Samadhi su-mahd'hee ; perfect concentration, a state 

 of super-consciousness that carries one beyond the limits 

 of reason ; meditation bringing one " face to face with 

 facts which no instinct or reason can ever know " ; highest 

 and last stage of yoga. 



Samana su-mah'nuh; a manifestation of Prana, on- 

 breathing, active in assimilation and renewing processes. 



Shakti shuk'tee ; the negative phase of any force ; the 

 seven shaktis correspond with the " sons of Fohat "; the 

 consort of a god, the god being the positive phase of a 

 force. 



Shivagama Shee-vah'guh-muh ; an ancient Sanskrit 

 work attributed to Shiva. 



Shloka sh-lo'kuh ; Vedic verses. 



Sthula-sharira st-hoo'luh shu-ree-ruh ; gross body. 



Sukshma-sharira sook'shmuh; subtle or etheric body. 



Svastika swus-ti-kuh; a sacred symbol among an- 

 cient peoples of almost world-wide use; any lucky or aus- 

 picious object. 



Tantra tun-truh ; Sanskrit treatises on the science of 

 the human body and soul. 



Tattva tut-twuh ; " the substance out of which the 

 universe is formed," and " the power by which it is sus- 

 tained " ; the true elements ; the essence or substance of 

 anything; a form of vibration; truth, reality, opposed to 

 what is fallacious. In compounds with other words, 



