https://thelemapedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Pleroma Pleroma - Revision history 2026-08-27T08:07:03Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.5 https://thelemapedia.org/index.php?title=Pleroma&diff=9452&oldid=prev Frater C.U.G.: spelling 2005-08-02T00:05:39Z <p>spelling</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Pleroma&#039;&#039;&#039; is a Greek word meaning &quot;fullness, completion, whole.&quot; It is equivalent to the Sanskrit &#039;&#039;Purna&#039;&#039;, meaning &quot;wholeness&#039;&quot; and used in [[Tantra|Tantric]] texts to refer to the ground state of all that exists.<br /> <br /> In [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] metaphysics, the Pleroma is understood as the Godhood or the primal ground of being. It is conceived as being both unitary and plural. It consists of a central power, the [[Unknown God]], and a set of dynamic powers called [[Aeons]]. In other words, there is both one God and a company of Gods in the Pleroma. A related concept in the [[Book of the Law]] is the &quot;unveiling of the company of heaven.&quot; (Liber AL, Ch. I, v. 2).<br /> <br /> A related term used in Buddhism is [[Shunyata]]: the [[Void]]. This void is sometimes misunderstood as emptiness or nullity. This is not an accurate understanding of the concept: the Void is a fullness which cannot be further increased. Such a void is termed a [[Plenum Void]], or in [[Qabalah|Qabalistic]] terms, [[Ain Soph Aur]], the Limitless Light.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *Crowley, Aleister. (1997). The Book of the Law [Liber AL vel Legis]. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.<br /> *Wikipedia (2005). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleroma Pleroma]. Retrieved 9 March 2005.<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> *[http://www.metahistory.org/lexicon_P.asp Pleroma in the Metahistory Lexicon].</div> Frater C.U.G.