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THETAN (41)
THETAN (41)
ScnMaster
the person himself—not his
body
or his name, the
physical universe
, his
mind
, or anything else; that which is
aware
of being
aware
; the identity which is the
individual
. The
thetan
(
spirit
) is described in
Scientology
as
having
no
mass
, no
wavelength
, n o
energy
and no
time
or location in
space
except by
consideration
or
postulate
. The
spirit
then is not a thing. It is the creator of things. The
term
was coined to eliminate any possible
confusion
with older, invalid concepts. It comes from the Greek letter
theta
(0?-), to which an n is added to make a
noun
in the modern
style
used to
create
words in
engineering
. It is also 0?-n, or "
theta
to the nth degree," meaning unlimited or
vast
.
See also
postulate
and
theta
in this glossary.
—Games
Congress
Gls (Approved 13.8.92)