Jack	reference to John F. Kennedy ("Jack" is a nickname for "John").
See Kennedy in this glossary.	
jackpot	the highest success or reward. Figurative reference to the action of hitting the jackpot, receiving money from a slot machine (a gambling device having a lever that is pulled to spin disks and turn up symbols, various combinations of which determine the results).	
Jackson, "Stonewall"	Thomas J. Jackson (1812-1863), a general in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He got his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run (the first battle of the American Civil War), where he and his men "stood like a stone wall."	
Jag	short for Jaguar, the brand name of a high-quality British car manufactured by Jaguar Limited, based in Coventry, England.	
Jaguar	the brand name of a high-quality British car manufactured by Jaguar Limited, based in Coventry, England.	
Jaguar, E-type	reference to the Jaguar XKE, a model of sports car first produced in 1960 by Jaguar Limited, a British car manufacturer based in Coventry, England.	
jailbird	a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.	
Jan	a student on the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course at the time of the lecture.	
jann	(Moslem Legend) a supernatural being that can take human or animal form and either help or harm people. Also called a jinni.	
Japanese sign pens	felt tipped marking pens. The first commercial marking pens were made by the Japanese in the mid 1960s.	
Japanesed	lacquered with a hard glossy varnish. From japanning, the Japanese art of heavily lacquering wooden or metal articles to make them more durable and less easily effected by heat, moisture or other influences. Used figuratively in some lectures.	
jaundosis-lumbosis of the limburger	a made-up name for a disease of a made-up body part.	
jazaboos	a made‑up word.	
jazz chat	(slang) insincere, exaggerated or pretentious talk.	
jeez	an exclamation of surprise, dismay, emphasis, etc.	
jeez	(slang) an exclamation of surprise, dismay, emphasis, etc.	
Jefferson, Thomas	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States. Jefferson wrote and presented the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.	
Jefferson, Tom	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States. Jefferson wrote and presented the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.	
Jellinek, George	a public Scientologist at the time of the lecture.	
Jenner	Mr. Jenner, the estate bricklayer at Saint Hill Manor at the time of the lecture.	
Jenner, Mr.	the estate bricklayer at Saint Hill Manor at the time of the lecture.	
Jericho, the gates of	a figurative reference to Jericho, a city in west Jordan, whose impenetrable walls, according to the Bible, tumbled down miraculously when trumpets were sounded.	
jerry‑rig‑built	built cheaply and flimsily.	
Jersey	the largest of the Channel Islands. It is the southernmost island of the group and lies off the west coast of the Normandy peninsula in the British Channel. Jersey has an area of 43 square miles.	
Jervis Crack	a made-up name.	
jillion	a made-up word for a large number.	
Jim	See Elliot in this glossary.	
jim-dandy	(slang) a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, superior, etc.	
Joan of Arc	Jeanne d’Arc (ca. 1412-1431), a French military leader of the fifteenth century, a national heroine who at the age of seventeen took up arms to establish the rightful king on the French throne.	
Joey	a made‑up name.	
Johannesburg	the largest city in South Africa, located in the northeastern part of the country.	
John	a staff member in Washington, DC at the time of the lecture.	
John and Mary of life, the	a coined expression meaning "usual, ordinary, day-to-day matters"; John and Mary being among the most common of names in English-speaking countries.	
John Q. Jones	a made-up name for an auditor.	
Johnny	a staff member in Washington, DC at the time of this lecture.	
Johnny to the root	(colloquial) a Variation of puppy to the root.
See puppy to the root in this glossary.	
Johnny-come-lately	late arrival or participant; newcomer.
(like) a recently arrived person or thing, especially as compared with the more seasoned.	
Johnny-on-the-spot	(informal) a person who is on hand to perform a service, seize an opportunity, deal with an emergency, etc.	
Johns Hopkins University	a university in Baltimore, Maryland, US, established in 1876. It offers degrees in engineering and medicine.	
Johnson	reference to Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862), a Confederate general in the US Civil War. Johnston was killed during an attack against General Grant.
See also Grant in this glossary.	
Johnson, Mr.	Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973), United States president from 1963 to 1969.	
Johnson's poverty programs	a reference to the actions of Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973), thirty-sixth president of the United States (19631969) and member of the Democratic Party. During his presidency he started several domestic programs, including one known as the War on Poverty. It was a set of government programs designed to help poor Americans which consisted mainly of measures for job training and improvement of housing.	
Joint Chiefs of Staff	a high-level military advisory board in the Department of Defense, composed of high-ranking representatives of the army, navy, air force and marines. The Joint Chiefs are responsible for formulating military policy and recommending action regarding issues of national security and international relations.	
joker in the deck	(slang) a hidden cost, qualification, defeat, nasty result, etc. A joker is a playing card, usually imprinted with the figure of a jester. In some card games the joker is used as a wild card, which could create an unsuspected defeat if it were drawn and used by one's opponent.	
Joliet	nickname for Stateville Prison, near the town of Joliet, in the state of Illinois, United States.	
jolly	(British informal) extremely; very.	
Jonah	a person or thing whose presence is supposed to bring bad luck. From Jonah, an Israelite whom God had called to be a prophet but who refused to accept his mission and left on a sea voyage instead. Per the Old Testament God then raised a great storm as a sign of his anger with Jonah. The sailors, realizing that Jonah's disobedience had caused the storm, threw him overboard in an attempt to save their ship.	
Jones	Farmer Jones, a farmer who lived next door to Saint Hill on an adjacent property at the time of these lectures.	
Jones, Farmer	a farmer who lived next door to Saint Hill on an adjacent property at the time of these lectures.	
Jones, John	a made-up name for a person.	
Jones, John Paul	(1747-1792) a naval leader of the Revolutionary War, known for his attacks on British ships off the coast of England. When a British commander asked him to surrender his badly crippled ship during a battle, he replied, "I have not yet begun to fight"—and compelled the British ship to surrender as his own ship sank.	
Jordan, crossed the	gone into a dangerous and hard-to-handle area. A reference to crossing the River Jordan, a river in northern Israel, flowing south through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. It has been the site of much conflict over territorial boundaries and religious beliefs from biblical times to the present.	
Josibelle	a made‑up name.	
Jove, full‑armed from the brow oh	(Roman mythology) reference to the origin by Minerva, goddess of wisdom, arts, industries and prudent warfare, who was said to have sprung, full grown and dressed in armor, from the forehead of Jove, her father.	
Jubba-Jubba Pangawonga, Mr.	a made-up name for a person.	
Jub-bub	a made-up name.	
Judy O'Grady, the colonel's lady	an allusion to the lines:
"For the Colonel's Lady an' Judy O'Grady
Are sisters under their skins!"
from a poem The Ladies by English writer Rudyard Kipling (18651936).	
Jugblug	a made-up name for a witch doctor.	
Juggernaut	a Hindu deity, considered to be a deliverer from sin. His image is carried on a large wagon in an annual procession in India. According to legend the wagon crushed worshipers who threw themselves under its wheels. Used figuratively in the lecture.	
juju	a spirit or god, worshipped by some West African tribes. The word was originally applied to objects which it was supposed the natives worshipped, and was transferred from the objects themselves to the spirits or gods who dwelt in them.	
Julia	a staff member in the United States at the time of the lecture.	
jumping the gun	starting ahead of time, as a nervous competitor in a race who starts before the gun is fired.	
jumps, over the	through various tests of endurance and ability. An allusion to steeplechase, in which a rider takes his horse through a course containing various obstacles to be jumped over.	
jumwims	a made-up word.	
Jung	Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychologist; one of the main psychiatric authorities of his time. He differed with Freud in regarding the libido (energy or driving force) as a will to live rather than a manifestation of the sex instinct, and holding that a neurosis is to be understood more by analysis of the patient's present problem and inadequate "adjustment" than by unearthing childhood fixations and conflicts. He divided all men into two classes—introverts and extroverts and laid tremendous stress on Druidism and wrote a great deal about it.
See also Druids in this glossary.	
Jungian	of or like Carl Gustav Jung (1875‑1961).
See also Jung in this glossary.	
Justinian	(A.D. 483-565) Roman emperor from 527 until his death. He was known chiefly for his codification of Roman law and construction of many churches, one of which, St. Sophia at Constantinople, is considered one of the wonders of the world.