| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Demiurge" | Platonists | The mysterious agent which made the world and all that it contains. The Logos or Word spoken of by St. John, in the first chapter of his gospel, is the Demiurgus of Platonising Christians. In the Gnostic systems, Jehovah (as an eon or emanation of the Supreme Being) is the Demiurge. Platonists |
"Logos" | Christian | The principle embodied in the flesh by Jesus the Christ |
| God name "Logos" | Christian | Word coming from the mind of their god Christian / Gnostic |
"Logos" | Christian | Principle embodied in the flesh by Jesus the Christ Christian |
| God name "Logos" | Gnosticn Christian | The word coming from the mind of their god |
| Spirit name "Logos" | Greek | Primordial spirit of reason Greek |
| Deities name "Logos" | Greek | Primordial spirit of reason. A concept pro moted by the Stoics, who perceived Logos as the mind of JUPITER, but more generally recognized as the Divine essence from which all deities arise. Philo of Alexandria apportioned human charac teristics to Logos. The Gnostic Christian, Valenti nus, identified Logos as the word coming from the mind of the father. The Christian father Clement of Alexandria claimed it to be the first principle of the universe, while Origen perceived it as the prin ciple embodied in the flesh by Jesus Christ.... |
"Pronoia (forethought)" | Gnostic Christian | Primordial being. The feminine aspect of one of the androgynous principles born to YALDABAOTH, the prime parent, and ruling the seven heavens of chaos in Gnostic cosmogony. Also described in other Gnostic tracts as Protennoia, the voice of the thought, and alternatively the voice of LOGOS (logic), who descends to earth in human form and plays a part in the primordial salvation of the world.... |
"Propator" | Gnostic | The Forefather, the primordial or First Logos as distinct from that from which it emanates. Gnostic |
"Protologos" | Hebrew | First Logos; the archetypal cosmic man or synthesis of the ten Sephiroth in the Qabbalah. Hebrew |
"Sabda" | Sanskrit | The cosmic Word, equivalent to the Greek Logos. Sanskrit |
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