Bardo

(Tibetan; Sanskrit: antarabhava) Literally, “between.” Six transitional states of consciousness: vigil, dream, meditation, death, reality, rebirth, that can be utilized for spiritual comprehension. These are detailed in “The Great Book of Natural Liberation through Understanding in the Between.” See Book of the Dead, below.

Barhishad

A class of the “lunar” Pitris or “Ancestors”, Fathers, who are believed in popular superstition to have kept up in their past incarnations the household sacred flame and made fire-offerings. Esoterically the Pitris who evolved their shadows or chhayas to make therewith the first man. (See Secret Doctrine, Vol. II.)

Beni-Elohim

(Hebrew; Beni = “children,” Elohim = “Gods and Goddesses”)

1. One of the classes of angels or sanctified souls. Corresponds to the Christian term “angel.” Related to the sephirah Hod.

2. The name of God in Yetzirah (the World of Formation and of the angels).