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'''Oeaohoo''' is a term used in [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']] to refer to the [[Logos]], or more rarely to the [[Absolute]]. As the process of manifestation takes place, this principle is referred in different ways.


== The root of existence ==


According to [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] Oeaohoo can be interpreted as the root of all things:


OEAOHOO is rendered “Father-Mother of the Gods” in the Commentaries, or the SIX IN ONE, or the septenary root from which all proceeds. All depends upon the accent given to these seven vowels, which may be pronounced as one, three, or even seven syllables by adding an e after the letter “o.” This mystic name is given out, because without a thorough mastery of the triple pronunciation it remains for ever ineffectual.
<blockquote>OEAOHOO is rendered “Father-Mother of the Gods” in the Commentaries, or the SIX IN ONE, or the septenary root from which all proceeds.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 68.</ref></blockquote>


In one sense, Oeaohoo is the “Rootless Root of All”; hence, one with Parabrahmam; in another sense it is a name for the manifested ONE LIFE, the Eternal living Unity.
<blockquote>In one sense, Oeaohoo is the “Rootless Root of All”; hence, one with Parabrahmam; in another sense it is a name for the manifested ONE LIFE, the Eternal living Unity.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 68.</ref></blockquote>


== Oeaohoo, "The Younger" ==
== Oeaohoo, "The Younger" ==


whom thou knowest now as Kwan-Shai-Yin.
Oeaohoo is also made to represent the different Logoi as the process of manifestation goes on.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 73.</ref></blockquote>


In the [[Stanzas of Dzyan]] the reference to Oeaohoo is mainly as the manifested logos (the third, or second, according to the numeration adopted). In this application he is called Oeaohoo, "The Younger":<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 71.</ref></blockquote>


“Bright Space, son of dark Space,” corresponds to the Ray dropped at the first thrill of the new “Dawn” into the great Cosmic depths, from which it re-emerges differentiated as Oeaohoo the younger, (the “new LIFE”), to become, to the end of the life-cycle, the germ of all things.  He is “the Incorporeal man who contains in himself the divine Idea,”—the generator of Light and Life, to use an expression of Philo Judæus.  He is called the “Blazing Dragon of Wisdom,” because, firstly, he is that which the Greek philosophers called the Logos, the Verbum of the Thought Divine; and secondly, because in Esoteric philosophy this first manifestation, being the synthesis or the aggregate of Universal Wisdom, Oeaohoo, “the Son of the Son,” contains in himself the Seven Creative Hosts (The Sephiroth), and is thus the essence of manifested Wisdom.  “He who bathes in the light of Oeaohoo will never be deceived by the veil of Mâyâ.”
“Bright Space, son of dark Space,” corresponds to the Ray dropped at the first thrill of the new “Dawn” into the great Cosmic depths, from which it re-emerges differentiated as Oeaohoo the younger, (the “new LIFE”), to become, to the end of the life-cycle, the germ of all things.  He is “the Incorporeal man who contains in himself the divine Idea,”—the generator of Light and Life, to use an expression of Philo Judæus.  He is called the “Blazing Dragon of Wisdom,” because, firstly, he is that which the Greek philosophers called the Logos, the Verbum of the Thought Divine; and secondly, because in Esoteric philosophy this first manifestation, being the synthesis or the aggregate of Universal Wisdom, Oeaohoo, “the Son of the Son,” contains in himself the Seven Creative Hosts (The Sephiroth), and is thus the essence of manifested Wisdom.  “He who bathes in the light of Oeaohoo will never be deceived by the veil of Mâyâ.”


Kwan-Shai-Yin is identical with, and an equivalent of the Sanskrit Avalokitêshvara, and as such he is an androgynous deity, like the Tetragrammaton and all the Logoi* of antiquity. It is only by some sects in China that he is anthropomorphized and represented with female attributes,† when, under his female aspect, he becomes Kwan-Yin, the goddess of mercy, called the “Divine Voice.”‡ The latter is the patron deity of Thibet and of the island of Puto in China, where both deities have a number of monasteries.§ (See Part II. Kwan-Shai-Yin and Kwan-yin.)
In this context, Oeaohoo the younger is compared with the [[Buddhist]] concept of [[Kwan-Shai-Yin]] or [[Avalokitêshvara]]<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 71.</ref></blockquote>
 
== Oi-Ha-Hou ==
 
(the permutation of Oeaohoo)
 
 
== Seven-voweled name ==
 
Mme. Blavatsky states that Oeaohoo is a septenary name or sound of power. It can be pronounced in different ways:
 
<blockquote>All depends upon the accent given to these seven vowels, which may be pronounced as one, three, or even seven syllables by adding an e after the letter “o.” This mystic name is given out, because without a thorough mastery of the triple pronunciation it remains for ever ineffectual.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 16.</ref></blockquote>
 
These different pronunciations also refer to the different Logoi:
 
<blockquote>The One, Three, and Seven-syllabled Oeaohoo of the Archaic doctrine; i.e., the One Unmanifested Logos, the Second manifested, the triangle concreting into the Quaternary or Tetragrammaton, and the days of the latter on the material plane.”<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 73.</ref></blockquote>

Revision as of 14:52, 31 July 2012

Oeaohoo is a term used in The Secret Doctrine to refer to the Logos, or more rarely to the Absolute. As the process of manifestation takes place, this principle is referred in different ways.

The root of existence

According to Mme. Blavatsky Oeaohoo can be interpreted as the root of all things:

OEAOHOO is rendered “Father-Mother of the Gods” in the Commentaries, or the SIX IN ONE, or the septenary root from which all proceeds.[1]

In one sense, Oeaohoo is the “Rootless Root of All”; hence, one with Parabrahmam; in another sense it is a name for the manifested ONE LIFE, the Eternal living Unity.[2]

Oeaohoo, "The Younger"

Oeaohoo is also made to represent the different Logoi as the process of manifestation goes on.[3] In the Stanzas of Dzyan the reference to Oeaohoo is mainly as the manifested logos (the third, or second, according to the numeration adopted). In this application he is called Oeaohoo, "The Younger":[4]

“Bright Space, son of dark Space,” corresponds to the Ray dropped at the first thrill of the new “Dawn” into the great Cosmic depths, from which it re-emerges differentiated as Oeaohoo the younger, (the “new LIFE”), to become, to the end of the life-cycle, the germ of all things. He is “the Incorporeal man who contains in himself the divine Idea,”—the generator of Light and Life, to use an expression of Philo Judæus. He is called the “Blazing Dragon of Wisdom,” because, firstly, he is that which the Greek philosophers called the Logos, the Verbum of the Thought Divine; and secondly, because in Esoteric philosophy this first manifestation, being the synthesis or the aggregate of Universal Wisdom, Oeaohoo, “the Son of the Son,” contains in himself the Seven Creative Hosts (The Sephiroth), and is thus the essence of manifested Wisdom. “He who bathes in the light of Oeaohoo will never be deceived by the veil of Mâyâ.”

In this context, Oeaohoo the younger is compared with the Buddhist concept of Kwan-Shai-Yin or Avalokitêshvara[5]

Oi-Ha-Hou

(the permutation of Oeaohoo)


Seven-voweled name

Mme. Blavatsky states that Oeaohoo is a septenary name or sound of power. It can be pronounced in different ways:

All depends upon the accent given to these seven vowels, which may be pronounced as one, three, or even seven syllables by adding an e after the letter “o.” This mystic name is given out, because without a thorough mastery of the triple pronunciation it remains for ever ineffectual.[6]

These different pronunciations also refer to the different Logoi:

The One, Three, and Seven-syllabled Oeaohoo of the Archaic doctrine; i.e., the One Unmanifested Logos, the Second manifested, the triangle concreting into the Quaternary or Tetragrammaton, and the days of the latter on the material plane.”[7]

  1. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 68.
  2. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 68.
  3. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 73.
  4. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 71.
  5. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 71.
  6. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 16.
  7. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 73.
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