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- noun The place where gods abide, the "dwelling of the gods", according to Theosophy.
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The extreme likeness which exists between the different religions of the world is everywhere apparent, and the devachan of the Theosophists corresponds to the expected rest in the tomb, until Gabriel sounds his horn on resurrection day of the orthodox Christian.
Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul Anna Bishop Scofield
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Vast numbers of human beings, passing out of the chrysalis of the fleshly embodiment leave with the body sins for which they have been condemned, and idiosyncrasies for which they are not accountable: there are, too, packs of people who have been so bamboozled by orthodox teachings, so set up in their egotism, that they die believing in their superior claim to recognition by the gods, but who find themselves elected to a long sit down in purgatory, or devachan -- or whatever the place is -- while they get acquainted with themselves as they really are.
Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul Anna Bishop Scofield
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