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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Asat}}'''. A philosophical term meaning “non‐being”, or rather ''non‐be‐ness. ''The “incomprehensible nothingness”. ''Sat'', the immutable, eternal, ever‐present, and the one real “Be‐ness” (not Being) is spoken of as being “ Born of Asat, and Asat begotten by Sat”. The unreal, or Prakriti, objective nature regarded as an illusion. Nature, or the illusive shadow of its one true essence. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Asat}}'''. A philosophical term meaning “non‐being”, or rather ''non‐be‐ness. ''The “incomprehensible nothingness”. ''Sat'', the immutable, eternal, ever‐present, and the one real “Be‐ness” (not Being) is spoken of as being “ Born of Asat, and Asat begotten by Sat”. The unreal, or Prakriti, objective nature regarded as an illusion. Nature, or the illusive shadow of its one true essence. | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
Asat. A philosophical term meaning “non‐being”, or rather non‐be‐ness. The “incomprehensible nothingness”. Sat, the immutable, eternal, ever‐present, and the one real “Be‐ness” (not Being) is spoken of as being “ Born of Asat, and Asat begotten by Sat”. The unreal, or Prakriti, objective nature regarded as an illusion. Nature, or the illusive shadow of its one true essence.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Asat