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aquastor

aquastor noun: a being created and sustained by the power of the imagination and the concentration of thought.

Noun

aquastor (plural aquastors)

  1. A being created and sustained by the power of the imagination and the concentration of thought.
    • AQUASTOR.—A being created by the power of the imagination[1891, Franz Hartmann, The Life and the Doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus, page 40
    • There is another being, created by the imagination entirely, and called Aquastor. The specific imagination required for this creative act is evolved by a concentration of thought upon the A'kasa, which is an Eastern term signifying living primordial substance.1899, William Wallace Cook, “Aquastor”, in Overland Monthly, page 14

Examples of aquastor in a sentence

  • We have scant inclination to elucidate his aniadum and aquastor, or explain his evestrum and erodinium.[1912, Victor Robinson, Pathfinders in Medicine, page 52:
  • “[…]We are aquastors, beings created and sustained by the power of the imagination and the concentration of thought.”1983, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXXI, in The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun; 4), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 255:
  • It can be developed by using the invoked light of the First Iliaster to create protective aquastors.2001, Timothy A. Storlie, “Chapter Twelve Polishing the Chalice: Imperil and Esoteric Purity Practices”, in Initiation Into the Grail...
  • Aquastors must therefore be true to their mnemonic blueprints, the same way our eyes must remain blue if genetically coded so.2004, Robert J. Borski, “13. Miles and Jonas”, in Solar Labyrinth: Exploring Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 80:

Forms of aquastor

pluralaquastors

Origin of aquastor

From German, coined by Swiss philosopher Paracelsus (1493–1541).

Questions about aquastor

What does aquastor mean?
Aquastor means a being created and sustained by the power of the imagination and the concentration of thought.
How do you use aquastor in a sentence?
We have scant inclination to elucidate his aniadum and aquastor, or explain his evestrum and erodinium.
What part of speech is aquastor?
Aquastor is a noun.
What is the plural of aquastor?
The plural of aquastor is aquastors.

Words near aquastor in the dictionary

  1. aquasperm
  2. aquaspinning
  3. aquastat
  4. aquastatic
  5. aquastats
  6. aquastor
  7. aquastors
  8. aquatectural
  9. aquatecture
  10. aquated
  11. Aquaterra

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