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Iacchus
(See Mysteries.) Iao, or I-ha-ho: A mystic name said by Clement of Alexandria to have been worn on their persons by the initiates of the…
Ifrits
Hideous spectres probably of Arabian origin, now genii of Persian and Indian mythology. They assume diverse forms, and frequent ruins…
Ignis Fatuus
A wavering luminous appearance frequently observed in meadows and marshy places, round which many popular superstions cluster. Its…
Illuminati
The term used first of all in the 15th century by enthusiasts in the occult arts signifying those who claimed to possess "light" directly…
Imhetep
An Egyptian deity, son of Ptah and Nut, to whom great powers of exorcism were attributed. He was often appealed to in cases of demoniac…
Impersonation
Mediums who are controlled by the spirit of a deceased person frequently impersonate that person, imitate his voice and gestures, his…
Incubus
A spirit which has intercourse with mortal women. The concept may have arisen from the idea of the commerce of gods with women, rife in…
India
Mystical Systems. It would be beyond the scope of such a work as this to undertake to provide any account. of the several religious systems…
Initiation
The process of entry into a secret society or similar organisation. The idea of initiation was certainly inherited by the Egyptians and…
Intuitional World
Formerly known as the Buddhic Plane, is in the theosophic scheme the fourth world, and from it come intuitions. (See Theosophy, Solar…
Ireland
For information regarding ancient Ireland See "Celts." Although nominally Christianised, there is little doubt that the early mediæval…
Iron
Its occult virtues are thus described by Pliny, according to Holland :-" As touching the use of Yron and steele in Physicke, it serveth…
Isaac of Holland
Very little is known about the life of this alchemist, but he is commonly supposed to have lived and worked early in the fifteenth century…
Italy
(For Ancient Italy see Rome.) Magic and sorcery in mediæval Italy seem strangely enough to have centred round many great personalities of…
Iubdan
In Ultonian romance, the King of the Wee Folk. One day he boasted of the might of his strong man Glower, who could hew down a thistle at…
Iynx
A Chaldean symbol of universal being, the name of power of transmission." It was reprowhich signifies J 66 duced as a living sphere or…
Ideas of Good and Evil – Ivunches
(See Yeats.) Control of Rev. W. S. Moses. (See Moses, William Stainton.)