Buddhi

Blavatsky

Original sense

The sixth principle: the spiritual soul, vehicle of Atman, the faculty of direct discernment rather than reason. United with Atman it is the immortal monad; united with Manas it makes the human being a self-conscious, potentially divine intelligence. It is not ‘gut feeling.’

Buddhi is the faculty of cognizing the quality of matter… the vehicle of pure universal spirit.

In her psychology, genuine spiritual intuition is buddhic. Psychic hunches, clairvoyance, and emotional ‘downloads’ belong lower down, often to kama or the astral light, and can impersonate Buddhi.

New Age

Later sense

Usually dissolved into ‘intuition,’ ‘heart wisdom,’ or ‘higher guidance,’ without the seven-principle map that kept Buddhi distinct from ordinary feeling.

Typical use. ‘Trust your buddhi’ as a poetic way to say trust your feelings.