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'''Anima Mundi''' is a [[Latin]] term meaning ''world soul''. The idea originated with [[Plato]] and was an important component of most [[Neoplatonic]] systems: | '''Anima Mundi''' is a [[Latin]] term meaning ''world soul''. The idea originated with [[Plato]] and was an important component of most [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonic]] systems: | ||
<blockquote>Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.<ref>Plato, ''Timaeus'', 29/30; 4th century BCE</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.<ref>Plato, ''Timaeus'', 29/30; 4th century BCE.</ref></blockquote> | ||
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] used | [[H. P. Blavatsky]] used it as a synonym for [[Ālaya]]. She wrote: | ||
<blockquote>Anima Mundi (Lat.). The “Soul of the World”, the same as the | <blockquote>Anima Mundi (Lat.). The “Soul of the World”, the same as the Ālaya of the Northern Buddhists; the divine essence which permeates, animates and informs all, from the smallest atom of matter to man and god. It is in a sense the “seven-skinned [[Mother (symbol)|mother]]” of the [[Stanzas of Dzyan|stanzas]] in [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']], the essence of seven [[plane]]s of sentience, consciousness and differentiation, moral and physical. In its highest aspect it is [[Nirvāṇa]], in its lowest [[Astral Light]]. It was feminine with the [[Gnosticism|Gnostics]], the early [[Christianity|Christians]] and the Nazarenes; bisexual with other sects, who considered it only in its four lower planes. Of igneous, ethereal nature in the objective world of form (and then ether), and divine and spiritual in its three higher planes. When it is said that every human [[soul]] was born by detaching itself from the Anima Mundi, it means, esoterically, that our higher [[Ego]]s are of an essence identical with It, which is a radiation of the ever unknown Universal [[Absolute|ABSOLUTE]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 6.</ref></blockquote> | ||
== Additional resources == | |||
* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/anima-mundi Anima Mundi] in Theosophy World. | |||
* Fardone, Enzo. "The World Soul in Myth and Symbolism." ''Theosophy in Australia'' 56.4 (September 1992), 65-66. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
*[ | * [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/anima-mundi Anima Mundi] at Theosophy World. | ||
[[Category:Theosophical concepts]] | [[Category:Theosophical concepts]] | ||
[[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:42, 26 November 2023
Anima Mundi is a Latin term meaning world soul. The idea originated with Plato and was an important component of most Neoplatonic systems:
Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.[1]
H. P. Blavatsky used it as a synonym for Ālaya. She wrote:
Anima Mundi (Lat.). The “Soul of the World”, the same as the Ālaya of the Northern Buddhists; the divine essence which permeates, animates and informs all, from the smallest atom of matter to man and god. It is in a sense the “seven-skinned mother” of the stanzas in The Secret Doctrine, the essence of seven planes of sentience, consciousness and differentiation, moral and physical. In its highest aspect it is Nirvāṇa, in its lowest Astral Light. It was feminine with the Gnostics, the early Christians and the Nazarenes; bisexual with other sects, who considered it only in its four lower planes. Of igneous, ethereal nature in the objective world of form (and then ether), and divine and spiritual in its three higher planes. When it is said that every human soul was born by detaching itself from the Anima Mundi, it means, esoterically, that our higher Egos are of an essence identical with It, which is a radiation of the ever unknown Universal ABSOLUTE.[2]
Additional resources
- Anima Mundi in Theosophy World.
- Fardone, Enzo. "The World Soul in Myth and Symbolism." Theosophy in Australia 56.4 (September 1992), 65-66.
Notes
Further reading
- Anima Mundi at Theosophy World.