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n., pl. -lons or -la (-lə).
  1. A phantom; an apparition.
  2. An image of an ideal.

[Greek eidōlon, from eidos, form.]


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an unsubstantial image: phantom; ideal
 
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In Theosophy, an eidolon (Greek ειδωλον: image, idol, double, apparition, phantom, ghost) is the astral double of a living being; a phantom-double of the human form; a shade or perispirit; the kamarupa after death, before its disintegration. The phantom can appear under certain conditions to survivors of the deceased.

Eidolon is also mentioned in Edgar Allan Poe's Dream-land [1] as the ruler of the land.

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ENCYCLOPEDIC THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY: A Resource on Theosophy, G. de Purucker


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