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Chaos is both seen as a deity and a thing, with some sources seeing chaos as an endless void of nothingness in which the universe sprang from. [5] In some accounts Chaos existed first alongside Eros and Nyx, [5] while in others Chaos is the first and only thing in the universe. In some stories, Chaos is seen as existing beneath Tartarus. [5]
In both cases, chaos referring to a notion of a primordial state contains the cosmos in potentia but needs to be formed by a demiurge before the world can begin its existence. The use of chaos in the derived sense of "complete disorder or confusion" first appears in Elizabethan Early Modern English, originally implying satirical exaggeration ...
This state, Olam haTohu was read by Luria in Genesis 1:2 "And the earth was tohu wa-bohu (Chaos and Void), with darkness over the surface of the deep.", like discreet, sequential concentric circles. They become a domain of pluralism rather than of unity. The world of chaos has very high level of light but weak vessels.
Chaos can be personified as water or by the unorganized interaction of water and fire, The transformation of chaos into order is also the transition from water to land. [4] In many ancient cosmogonic myths, the ocean and chaos are equivalent and inseparable from each other. The ocean remains outside space even after the emergence of the land.
The colour white is identified with chaos; black with order. The first published novel explains it this way: white is the chaotic combination of all wavelengths of visible light, while black is the absence of this light. The extreme of either is undesirable...for a human, perfect chaos is destruction, perfect order is death.
The Lords of Chaos and Order are a fictional group of supernatural entities featured in American comic books published by DC Comics. Although alluded to in 1st Issue Special #9 (December 1975), their physical appearance was first showcased in DC Special Series #10 (1978). [1]
MIT scientists discovered particles transition from chaos to order due to entropy. This breakthrough reveals hidden dynamics of collective motion in systems.
31) he directs the production of a new pair of Aeons, Christ and the Holy Spirit, who restore order by separating from the Pleroma the unformed offspring of Sophia. After this Horos is produced in order to secure the permanence of the order thus produced. Irenaeus (u. s.) reverses this order, and Horos is produced first, afterwards the other pair.