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|description=A Platonic term for the Higher Mind or Soul. It means Spirit as distinct from animal | |description=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]].) {{ctd-source|TG}}. | ||
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Nous
(Gr.)
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.) (TG).
See also: Nout
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- Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky
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