Encyclopedia - Monad: Encyclopedia - Monad
The word monad comes from the Greek word μονάς (from the word μόνος, which means "one", "single", "unique") and has had many me...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monad: A Spiritual Dictionary On Monad
Monad: The One created by the Logos. At the Monadic level of consciousness one is fully aware of the oneness of all things, but is no...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monad: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Monad
monad An indivisible and divine spiritual life-atom. The immortal self within each person that lives on in successive incarnations, p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monad Gnosticism: Encyclopedia - Monad Gnosticism
In many Gnostic systems (and heresiologies), God is known as the Monad, the One, The Absolute Aion teleos (The Perfect Æon), Bythos (Dep...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monad: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Monad
A Theosophical definition of Monad :   Monad A spiritual entity which to us humans is indivisible; it is a divine-spiritual lif...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monad: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Monad
Monad (Ancient Greek). The Unity, the one ; but in Occultism it often means the unified triad, Atma-Buddhi-Manas, or the duad, Atma-Bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monads: Encyclopedia Ii - Monads - Theory
Monads are part of category theory. A monad itself is just a data type. It obeys three properties: It must have the ability to contain a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monads: Encyclopedia Ii - Monads - Monads In Applied Computer Science
Traditionally, computer programs have been written in a procedural fashion, with a list of statements which the machine executes one afte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monads In Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Monads In Functional Programming - Monad Types
Any type can be made an instance of the Monad type class by defining the method return for making such a monad and the operator >>=...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monad, Monas: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Monad, Monas
MONAD/MONAS Any entity acting as "one": the self, earth, universe, a society, even the life force at the atomic level. HPB (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monad, Monas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monad, Monas
Monad, Monas [from Greek monas a unit, individual, atom]   A unit, a one; something nondivisible and which is therefore conceived...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monadic Ray: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monadic Ray
Monadic Ray The monad, that divine-spiritual-intellectual seed or originant of each evolving being, does not itself descend into the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monad Category Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Monad Category Theory - Introduction
If F and G are an adjoint pair of functors, with F left adjoint to G, then the composition G o F will be a monad. Note that therefore a m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Animal Monad: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Animal Monad
Animal Monad During its evolution in the animal kingdom the monad is called animal monad. The vegetable monads become animal monads th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monads In Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Monads In Functional Programming - Example: Maybe Monad
Before discussing the details of monads, it might help to give a motivating example. Consider a function that is undefined for some known...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monadic Envelope: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monadic Envelope
Monadic Envelope.   See AURIC EGG   (See also: Monadic Envelope , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hexachord: Encyclopedia Ii - Hexachord - Middle Ages
The basis of most if not all medieval European music theory is the hexachordal system. This system attempted to explain the pitch relatio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Peregrinations Of The Monad: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Peregrinations Of The Monad
Peregrinations of the Monad Used mainly for the post-mortem states and conditions of the spiritual monad plus its movements in and thr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Monad: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spiritual Monad
Spiritual Monad The second monadic center in the descending scale of intimately related human monadic centers; in the septenary consti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monad Category Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Monad Category Theory - Examples
The most important examples to think about when hearing the term "monad" are the free group example mentioned above, and closure operator...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monads In Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Monads In Functional Programming - Notations
Computer scientists have used at least three notations for monads, and terminology varies. The following descriptions use the Haskell nam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monas Monadum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monas Monadum
Monas Monadum In Leibniz' system of monads, the supreme monad, which is infinite and upon which there depend three classes of finite m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Human Monad: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Human Monad
A Theosophical definition of Human Monad :   Human Monad In theosophical terminology the human monad is that part of man's cons...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Human Monad: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Human Monad
Human Soul The clothing or ray of the human ego; it is the egoic center in manas, under the influence of both buddhi and the kamic nat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Human Monad: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Human Monad
Human Monad In the human constitution, the fourth monadic focus or center on the descending scale of individualizing consciousness. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monad Category Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Monad Category Theory - Comonads And Their Importance
The categorical dual definition is a formal definition of a comonad; this can be said quickly in the terms that a comonad for a category ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monad Category Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Monad Category Theory - Formal Definition
If C is a category, a monad on C consists of a functor T : C → C together with two natural transformations: η : 1C → T (wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Astral Monad, Soul: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Astral Monad, Soul
Astral Monad or Soul The animal soul or vital-astral soul, the lowest and feeblest reflection or vehicle of the divine monad; when enl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monads In Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Monads In Functional Programming - More Examples
Monads in functional programming - Maybe monad revisited. Now a complete description of the Maybe monad is possible: data Maybe a = Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Interior Algebra: Encyclopedia Ii - Interior Algebra - Open And Closed Elements
Elements of an interior algebra satisfying the condition xI = x are called open. The complements of open elements are called closed and a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Interior Algebra: Encyclopedia Ii - Interior Algebra - Morphisms Of Interior Algebras
Interior algebra - Homomorphisms. Since interior algebras are algebraic structures we can speak of interior algebra homomorphisms. Give...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Functional Programming - Pure Functions
Purely functional programs have no side-effects. Since functions do not modify state, no data may be changed by parallel function calls. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Functional Programming - Speed And Space Considerations
Functional languages have long been criticised as resource-hungry, both in terms of CPU resources and memory. This was mainly due to two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Functional Programming - History
Lambda calculus, invented by Alonzo Church in the 1930s, provides a theoretical framework for describing functions and their evaluation. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Functional Programming - Higher-order Functions
A powerful mechanism used in functional programming is the notion of higher-order functions. Functions are higher-order when they can tak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Functional Programming - Comparison With Imperative Programming
Functional programming can be contrasted with imperative programming. Functional programming appears to be missing several constructs oft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Philosopher
It is very difficult to grasp Leibniz's philosophical thinking, because his philosophical writings consist mainly of a multitude of short...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Functional Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Functional Programming - Functional Languages
The first computer-based functional programming language was Information Processing Language (IPL) from the RAND corporation. Another ver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Sinophile
Leibniz was perhaps the first major European intellect to take a close interest in Chinese civilization, which he knew by corresponding w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Lawyer Moralist Theologian
No philosopher has ever had as much experience with practical affairs of state as Leibniz, Marcus Aurelius possibly excepted. Leibniz's w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Universal Genius
The following episode from the life of Leibniz illustrates the breadth of his genius, and the difficulties awaiting those who try to come...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Works
AG = Ariew & Garber (1989). LL = Loemker (1969). W = Wiener (1951). Woolhouse and Francks (1998) = WF. The ongoing critical edition o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Mathematician
Although the mathematical notion of function was implicit in trigonometric and logarithmic tables, which existed in his day, Leibniz was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Scientist And Engineer
Leibniz's writings are currently discussed, not only for their anticipations and possible discoveries not yet recognized, but as ways of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monas
Monas.   See MONAD   (See also: Monas , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Soul: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spiritual Soul
Spiritual Soul Buddhi; in man, typically the immortal individual monad. The first vehicle of the atmic monadic ray is the spiritual eg...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jivatman: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Jivatman
A Theosophical definition of Jivatman :   Jivatman (Sanskrit) An expressive word having much the same significance as jiva, but...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Divine Soul: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Divine Soul
Divine Soul The vehicle or garment of the divine ego, which in its turn is the field or vehicle of the divine monad -- terms referring...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kumara-budhi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kumara-budhi
Kumara-budhi (Sanskrit) The human buddhic or spiritual monad, mystically signifying utterly pure monadic wisdom, with all its lofty at...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Animal Kingdom: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom The third natural kingdom of evolution. In the animal kingdom the monads have principally physical and emotional consci...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spirit-man: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spirit-man
Spirit-man Corresponds to the spiritual ego, spiritual soul, spiritual self, or human spirit; for the higher mind or manas united with...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atom, Atomos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atom, Atomos
Atom atomos (Greek) Indivisible, individual, a unit; among the Greek Atomists what in theosophy is called a monad. Atomic theories of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spirit-soul: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spirit-soul
Spirit-soul Atma-buddhi, the spiritual monad, the monadic essence. Buddhi could have no existence if divorced from atman, its origin a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ring: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ring
Ring Employed in the early days of the Theosophical Society, especially in connection with the correspondence held by the mahatmas wit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Life-wave: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Life-wave
A Theosophical definition of Life-Wave :   Life-Wave This is a term which means the collective hosts of monads, of which hosts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Secondary Literature
Introductory: Jolley, Nicholas, 2005. Leibniz. Routledge. MacDonald Ross, George, 1984. Leibniz. Oxford Uni. Press. W. W. Rouse Ball, 19...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Divine Soul: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Divine Soul
A Theosophical definition of Divine Soul :   Divine Soul In occultism the divine soul is the garment of the divine ego, as the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rajasas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rajasas
Rajasas (Sanskrit) Shining ones; one name of the agnishvattas, especially the older or early ones called the kumaras, for this group o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kutastha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kutastha
Kutastha (Sanskrit) (from kuta the highest, summit + stha standing)   Standing at the summit; in philosophy holding the highest p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technocratic Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Technocratic Movement - History
Howard Scott started the Technocratic movement as the Technical Alliance in the winter of 1918-1919. The Technical Alliance, composed of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Life
The only biography in English is Aiton (1986). A lively short account of Leibniz’s life, one also doing fair justice to the breadth of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spiritual Self
Spiritual Self Used for buddhi-manas, the spiritual monad.   (See also: Spiritual Self , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sambhuti: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sambhuti
Sambhuti (Sanskrit) Combination, conjunction, co-union; one of the daughters of Daksha, and consort of Marichi (light, light-monad), t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technocratic Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Technocratic Movement - Books On The Technocratic Movement
To date, two serious studies of the early history of the Technocratic movement have been published: William E. Akin, Technocracy and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technocratic Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Technocratic Movement - Goals And Ideology
A technocracy is a socio-economic system, one that is based upon abundance, as opposed to scarcity-based economies like capitalism. A cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technocratic Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Technocratic Movement - Criticisms Of The Movement
The movement is too obscure to attract much criticism. However, technocrats themselves would argue that those in power, politicians and h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God-sparks: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On God-sparks
God-sparks When evolution starts on the downward arc, the spiritual essence appears as a vast host of individual monads or spiritual, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God-parents: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On God-parents
God-sparks When evolution starts on the downward arc, the spiritual essence appears as a vast host of individual monads or spiritual, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atma: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Atma
Atma (or Atman) (Sanskrit). The Universal Spirit, the divine Monad, the 7th Principle, so-called, in the septenary constitution of man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Msh Shell: Encyclopedia Ii - Msh Shell - Central Concepts
The system's codename, Monad, comes from Gottfried Leibniz's monadology, a philosophy in which the universe is a composite of fundamental...   » Read the article

Dictionary - First Round: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On First Round
First Round The first evolutionary cycling of the monadic hosts through all the globes of the planetary chain. A globe-round consists ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rings And Rounds: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Rings And Rounds
Rings and Rounds. Terms employed by Theosophists in explanation of Eastern cosmogony. They are used to denote the various evolutionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Door To The Human Kingdom: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Door To The Human Kingdom
Door to the Human Kingdom Theosophical term expressing the idea that no more entities below the human stage will evolve into human bei...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pranatma, Pranatman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pranatma, Pranatman
Pranatma, Pranatman (Sanskrit) [from prana life vital essence + atman self]   The vital spiritual field which unites the totality...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monogenes: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monogenes
Monogenes (Greek) Begotten alone; of the same parentage. Plutarch defines it as "only begetting," in reference to the meanin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marut-jivas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Marut-jivas
Marut-jivas (Sanskrit) [from marut a class of divine beings + jiva monad]   Those monads which have been, are, or will be during ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Augoeides: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Augoeides
Augoeides (from Greek auge bright light, radiance + eidos form, shape)   Bulwer-Lytton in Zanoni adopted the term from Marcus Aur...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devachan: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Devachan
A Theosophical definition of Devachan :   Devachan [Tibetan, bde-ba-can, pronounced de-wa-chen] A translation of the Sanskrit s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Universe: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Universe
A Theosophical definition of Universe :   Universe The theosophical philosophy divides the universe into two general functional...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sutratman: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Sutratman
A Theosophical definition of Sutratman :   Sutratman (Sanskrit) A compound word meaning "thread-self," the golden thr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Metempsychosis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Metempsychosis
Metempsychosis Commonly used for the entry of the soul into a new body or reimbodiment; but etymologically it means the clothing of a ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Triad: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Higher Triad
A Theosophical definition of Higher Triad :   Higher Triad The imperishable spiritual ego considered as a unity. It is the rein...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aggregate Envelopes: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Aggregate Envelopes
Aggregate Envelopes All forms of nature are envelopes for monads. All forms except organisms of the physical world are aggregate envel...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Antahkarana: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Antahkarana
Antahkarana (Sanskrit) The inner organ. That channel for energy and consciousness which the evolutionary monad builds through its own ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Whirling Souls: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Whirling Souls
Whirling Souls Used in reference to the Hebrew Gilgulim, the cyclic journeys or whirlings of the monad, and the Qabbalistic teaching t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zoonisation: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Zoonisation
Zoonisation [from Greek zoon animal]   Also Inzoonization. Coined by Master KH (ML 81), signifying the monads performing that pha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Ego: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spiritual Ego
Spiritual Ego The spiritual monad, the first vehicle of the atman, divine ego, or jivatman. It expresses itself through the spiritual ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pratyagatman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pratyagatman
Pratyagatman (Sanskrit) [from pratyak interior, inner + atman self]   Jivatman or the spiritual monad; sometimes equivalent to th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jiva: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Jiva
A Theosophical definition of Jiva :   Jiva (Sanskrit) This is a word meaning essentially a living being per se, apart from any ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Solus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Solus
Solus (Latin) Only, sole; in SD 2:575, it refers to the One and Only Good, and is connected with Sol, the sun (Sol is usually derived ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Individuality: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Individuality
Individuality (from Latin individuum undivided thing, unit)   In philosophy, as well as in theosophy, used for inherent selfhood:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fire-self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Fire-self
Fire-self Fire-self has several meanings, from the divine to the physical fire of vitality. When used alone, it signifies the divine-s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tsurah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tsurah
Tsurah (Hebrew) Also Zure; pl tsuroth. Prototypal form; in the Qabbalah, the divine prototype considered as the highest principle &quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monas: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Monas
Monas (Ancient Greek). The same as the term Monad ; "Alone", a unit. In the Pythagorean system the duad emanates from the hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marut Jivas: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Marut Jivas
Marut Jivas (Sanskrit). The monads of Adepts who have attained the final liberation, but prefer to re-incarnate on earth for the sake...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paranirvana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Paranirvana
Paranirvana (Sanskrit). Absolute Non-Being, which is equivalent to absolute Being or "Be-ness", the state reached by the hum...   » Read the article

Dictionary - One: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On One
One By itself the One represents not pure unalloyed spirit, which is signified by the zero -- the all-containing womb of space and bei...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karanopadhi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Karanopadhi
Karanopadhi (Sanskrit) (from karana cause + upadhi base, vehicle, disguise)   Causal instrument, or instrumental cause in the lon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reincarnating Ego: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Reincarnating Ego
Reincarnating Ego In the intermediate aspect of man's being, manas-kama is the ordinary seat of human imbodied consciousness; the uppe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karanatman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Karanatman
Karanatman (Sanskrit) (from karana cause + atman self)   The causal self; the divine source of one's being, from which flow forth...   » Read the article