Quotes:Nous: Difference between revisions
(CTD/Quotes migration batch (letter N)) |
(Add wikilink to H. P. Blavatsky in Quotes header) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Nous}}'''. A Platonic term for the Higher Mind or Soul. It means Spirit as distinct from animal Soul — ''psyche''; divine consciousness or mind in man: ''Nous ''was the designation given to the Supreme deity (third ''logos'') by Anaxagoras. Taken from Egypt where it was called ''Nout'', it was adopted by the Gnostics for their first conscious Æon which, with the Occultists, is the third ''logos'', cosmically, and the third “principle” (from above) or ''manas, ''in man. (See “Nout”.). | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Nous}}'''. A Platonic term for the Higher Mind or Soul. It means Spirit as distinct from animal Soul — ''psyche''; divine consciousness or mind in man: ''Nous ''was the designation given to the Supreme deity (third ''logos'') by Anaxagoras. Taken from Egypt where it was called ''Nout'', it was adopted by the Gnostics for their first conscious Æon which, with the Occultists, is the third ''logos'', cosmically, and the third “principle” (from above) or ''manas, ''in man. (See “Nout”.). | ||
{{Quote source HPB TG|Nous}} | {{Quote source HPB TG|Nous}} | ||
Latest revision as of 10:17, 8 October 2026
H. P. Blavatsky
Nous. A Platonic term for the Higher Mind or Soul. It means Spirit as distinct from animal Soul — psyche; divine consciousness or mind in man: Nous was the designation given to the Supreme deity (third logos) by Anaxagoras. Taken from Egypt where it was called Nout, it was adopted by the Gnostics for their first conscious Æon which, with the Occultists, is the third logos, cosmically, and the third “principle” (from above) or manas, in man. (See “Nout”.).
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Nous