Quotes:Pagan Gods

H. P. Blavatsky

Pagan Gods. The term is erroneously understood to mean idols. The philosophical idea attached to them was never that of something objective or anthropomorphic, but in each case an abstract potency, a virtue, or quality in nature. There are gods who are divine planetary spirits (Dhyan Chohans) or Devas, among which are also our Egos. With this exception, and especially whenever represented by an idol or in anthropomorphic form, the gods represent symbolically in the Hindu, Egyptian, or Chaldean Pantheons — formless spiritual Potencies of the “Unseen Kosmos”.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Pagan Gods