Relationships

2,079 typed, source-backed relationships between entities. Each row records a directed relationship (subject → type → object) with a justifying source and rationale note. See relationship_types for the full controlled vocabulary of 70 relationship types. Key types: reception_of / received_as (transmission across traditions), equated_with (interpretatio graeca / analogues), parent_of (genealogy), member_of (collective membership), emanates_from (Gnostic/Neoplatonic structure).

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

subject_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity initiating or holding the relationship'}
relationship_type
{'description': 'Typed relationship from the controlled vocabulary (see relationship_types table)'}
object_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity receiving or targeted by the relationship'}
confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low / speculative'}
rationale
{'description': 'Scholarly justification for the relationship, with source citations'}
source_id
{'description': 'Primary source justifying this relationship'}
period_id
{'description': 'Historical period in which this relationship is attested (null = all periods)'}

4 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_REC_MAHATMAS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1354 Mahatmas (Theosophical Masters of Wisdom) ENT_REC_MAHATMAS reception_of Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS low The Mahatmas concept partially draws on the Hermetic tradition of hidden wisdom-transmitters, though Blavatsky's immediate framing is Hindu/Buddhist. Helena P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (London: Theosophical Publishing Company, 1888) SRC_BLAVATSKY_SECRET_DOCTRINE reviewed 19th Century Occultism PER_19C_OCCULT
1364 Mahatmas (Theosophical Masters of Wisdom) ENT_REC_MAHATMAS received_as Aiwass ENT_THL_AIWASS medium The Theosophical Mahatmas concept (hidden superhuman teachers transmitting cosmic wisdom to initiates) received into Crowley's Aiwass: Hutton (Triumph of the Moon, 1999) traces the Holy Guardian Angel concept through the Abramelin tradition; Blavatsky's Mahatmas and Mathers's Secret Chiefs are the immediate occultist milieu from which Crowley developed the figure of Aiwass as personal cosmic dictator. Aleister Crowley, Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law) (Cairo, 1904; The Equinox Vol. I No. 1, London: Crowley, 1909) SRC_CROWLEY_BOOK_OF_LAW reviewed 20th Century Occultism PER_20C_OCCULT
5549 Mahatmas (Theosophical Masters of Wisdom) ENT_REC_MAHATMAS member_of The Theosophical Spiritual Hierarchy ENT_THE_HIERARCHY high The Mahatmas form the human-adept tier of the Theosophical Spiritual Hierarchy. Helena P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (London: Theosophical Publishing Company, 1888) SRC_BLAVATSKY_SECRET_DOCTRINE reviewed  
5556 Mahatmas (Theosophical Masters of Wisdom) ENT_REC_MAHATMAS presides_over Hidden Knowledge ENT_HIDDEN_KNOWLEDGE high The Masters of the Ancient Wisdom are the custodians of hidden wisdom in Theosophy. Helena P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (London: Theosophical Publishing Company, 1888) SRC_BLAVATSKY_SECRET_DOCTRINE reviewed  

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CREATE TABLE "entity_relationships" (
   [relationship_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   [subject_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [relationship_type] TEXT REFERENCES [relationship_types]([relationship_type]),
   [object_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_period_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_source_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_object_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([object_entity_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_relationship_type]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([relationship_type]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_subject_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([subject_entity_id]);