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Chaos (from the Greek χάος khaos) means "emptiness, vast void, chasm, abyss" and in the Greek creation myths it refers to a moving, formless mass from which the cosmos and the gods originated.
'''Chaos''' (from the Greek χάος, khaos) means "emptiness, vast void, chasm, abyss" and in the Greek creation myths it refers to a moving, formless mass from which the cosmos and the gods originated.
In Theosophy, Chaos is space filled with darkness, which is primordial matter in its pre-cosmic state<ref>Secret Doctrine vol. I, 336</ref> It contains in itself all the Elements in their rudimentary, indifferentiated State.<ref>Secret Doctrine vol. I, 342</ref>
In Theosophy, Chaos is space filled with darkness, which is primordial matter in its pre-cosmic state<ref>Secret Doctrine vol. I, 336</ref> It contains in itself all the Elements in their rudimentary, indifferentiated State.<ref>Secret Doctrine vol. I, 342</ref>



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Chaos (from the Greek χάος, khaos) means "emptiness, vast void, chasm, abyss" and in the Greek creation myths it refers to a moving, formless mass from which the cosmos and the gods originated. In Theosophy, Chaos is space filled with darkness, which is primordial matter in its pre-cosmic state[1] It contains in itself all the Elements in their rudimentary, indifferentiated State.[2]

The Secret Doctrine uses many synonyms for this Principle. Some of them can be found in the following definition by H. P. Blavatsky:

Chaos (Gr.). The Abyss, the "Great Deep". It was personified in Egypt by the Goddess Neith, anterior to all gods . . . Neith is the "Father-mother" of the Stanzas of the Secret Doctrine, the Swabhavat of the Northern Buddhists, the immaculate Mother indeed, the prototype of the latest "Virgin" of all. . . Neith is Swabhavat and also the Vedic Aditi and the Puranic Akasa.[3]


Notes

  1. Secret Doctrine vol. I, 336
  2. Secret Doctrine vol. I, 342
  3. Blavatsky, H. P., Theosophical Glossary (??????????????), 77??


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