the 2nd of November 2005
Dear Sirs,
I'd like to know the meaning of the abbreviations:
 
[w.w.w.]
 
(q.v.)
 
that can be found at the end of many items in the Theosophical Glossary.
For instance, please, see the items:
 
Ibn Gebirol (q.v.)
Ichtus [w.w.w.]	
Rimmon [w.w.w.]
Ruach Elohim [w.w.w.]
Passing the River [w.w.w.]
 
and so forth...
 
Thankyou very much.

Hi igitur,

Here you go - 

>>> [w.w.w]
Articles contributed by W(illiam) W(ynn) Westcott.

PREFACE.
"The Theosophical Glossary purposes to give information on the
principal Sanskrit, Pahlavi, Tibetan, Pāli, Chaldean, Persian,
Scandinavian, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Kabalistic and Gnostic words, and
Occult terms generally used in Theosophical literature, and
principally to be found in Isis Unveiled, Esoteric Buddhism, The
Secret Doctrine, The Key to Theosophy, etc.; and in the monthly
magazines, The Theosophist, Lucifer and The Path, etc., and other
publications of the Theosophical Society. The articles marked [w.w.w.]
which explain words found in the Kabalah, or which illustrate
Rosicrucian or Hermetic doctrines, were contributed at the special
request of H.P.B. by Bro. W. W. Westcott, M.B., P.M. and P.Z., who is
the Secretary General of the Rosicrucian Society, and Pręmonstrator of
the Kabalah to the Hermetic Order of the G.D."
http://phx-ult-lodge.org/Aglossary.htm 

The Use and Value of The Theosophical Glossary
"As far as Mead is concerned, he lets us know in his Preface to this
work, that H.P.B. desired to express her indebtedness "as far as the
tabulation of facts in concerned," to four works, namely, the
Sanskrit-Chinese Dictionary of Eitel, the Hindu Classical Dictionary
of Dowson, Wilson's Vishnu-Purana, and the Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia
of Kenneth R. H. MacKenzie. He also points out the definitions signed
W.W.W. are by W. W. Westcott."
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/hpb_glos.htm 

>>> (q.v.)
Cross reference to material found elsewhere in the Theosophical Glossary.

What does the abbreviation q.v. mean?
"The abbreviation q.v. stands for the Latin phrase quod vide 'which
see'. It is used to direct a reader to another part of a book or
article for further information."
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/quod

LATIN ABBREVIATIONS
q.v. (quod vide, imperative of video): which see; used to cross-refer
to material that can be found elsewhere within a piece of writing.
q.v. is not synomymous with cf.; the latter cross-refers to external
material."
http://www.liv.ac.uk/education/hd/latin.html

Additional Links of Interest

Abbreviations used in Theological Studies
http://www.kenrick.edu/library/tools/abbreviations/abbreviations.html

Ecclesiastical Abbreviations
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01022a.htm

I was happy to find this for you. If you have any questions, please
post a clarification request and wait for me to respond before
closing/rating my answer.

Thank you,
hummer

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Request for Answer Clarification by igitur-ga on 03 Nov 2005 08:01 PST

Thank you very much.
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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 03 Nov 2005 12:59 PST

Thank you, igitur. Sincerely, hummer

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