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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. The term Eidolon was used by Edgar Allan Poe in his poem 'Dreamland'.

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



 
 
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