Theravada Buddhism focuses on individual enlightenment by becoming an Arhat and strictly following the original teachings of the Buddha. Theravada is the older, more conservative tradition primarily focused on monastic life.
Thule, Tula, Polaris
(Greek: Θούλη, Thoúlē; Latin: Thule, Tile) A mystical, ancient, far-northern location described in classical literature that is variously assumed to represent Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, etc, all of which are mistaken. Virgil used the word Thile in Georgics 1.30 to mean “furthest land” as a symbolic reference to denote a far-off land or an unattainable goal. The astronomer Geminus of Rhodes said that the name Thule derived from an archaic word for the polar night, meaning “the place where the sun goes to rest.” In truth, Thule refers to the ancient land of Polaris, the continent inhabited by the polar race, the first human race on this planet, many millions of years ago.
Tiphereth
(Also tiferet; Hebrew תפארת means beauty or compassion) The sixth sephirah of the Tree of Life. The Human Soul.
Related symbols:
- Arthurian: Lancelot
- Buddhist: Bodhisattva
- Christian-Jewish-Muslim: Isaac, Moses
- Dante: Dante
- Gnostic: The 5th Aeon
- Greco-Roman: Perseus / Theseus / Odysseus, etc.
- Hindu: Yudishtara
- Wagner: Siegfried, Parsifal
- Represents: The Human Soul. The Human Consciousness. Abstract mind.
- Body / World: Causal
- Dimension: Sixth
- Heaven of: The Sun and Venus
- Level of Consciousness: Malachim (Kabbalah), Virtues
“Tiphereth is the groom of the bride; it is the Superior Manas of Eastern Theosophy; it is nothing else but the Human Soul, the Causal Body. It is that Soul who suffers and gives that very human part onto us. We must distinguish between what the Human Soul is and what Tiphereth is in itself. It is very easy to mistake Tiphereth with the Causal Body. The Causal Body becomes the vehicle of Tiphereth.” – Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah
Tlaloc
(the Aztec version of Chac) The Aztec and Mayan God of the rain. He was a main deity of the Aztecs and was worshipped at the Major Temple of Tenochtitlan. Related to the Kabbalistic sphere of Binah, Tlaloc is seen as the symbol of the Holy Spirit (rain comes from the heavens) pouring or unfolding into Yesod (the earth below) in order to bring abundance (spiritual and material).