thetan
Syllables: the·tan/ˈθeɪ.tən/
thetan noun: a soul, spirit or being.
Noun
thetan (plural thetans)
- A soul, spirit or being.
- Actually a thetan is in a very, very small amount of mass. From some experiments conducted about fifteen or twenty years ago – a thetan weighed about 1.5 ounces!1972, Report of the Commission of Enquiry into Scientology for 1972 (R. P. 55/1973), Pretoria: Government Printer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 198
- According to Scientology doctrine, each human being is actually a thetan or spirit, an immortal, godlike expression of the life force (theta). […] In his writings, Hubbard traces the existence of this life force back trillions of years. In the beginning theta was separate from the physical...2009, David G. Bromley, “Making Sense of Scientology: Prophetic, Contractual Religion”, in James R. Lewis, editor, Scientology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 91
Forms of thetan
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Origin of thetan
c. Mid 20th c., Coined by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, from theta + -n, from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”), used in Scientology to represent the source of life.
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Questions about thetan
- What does thetan mean?
- Thetan means a soul, spirit or being.
- What part of speech is thetan?
- Thetan is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thetan?
- Thetan is pronounced /ˈθeɪ.tən/.
- What is the plural of thetan?
- The plural of thetan is thetans.
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