metacosm

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtəˌkɒzəm/

Noun

metacosm (plural metacosms)

1. A system that encompasses cosmos systems (macrocosm, mesocosm, microcosm).
   • 1992. Sachiko Murata, Annemarie Schimmel. The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought, page 225,

     And both microcosm and macrocosm manifest the Metacosm. This is the law of correspondence.

2. A transcendent field of higher forces beyond the macrocosm (created world).
   • 2001, Cyril Glasse, Huston Smith., The New Encyclopedia of Islam, page 55:

     The "Unity of the Intellect", or the essential identity of the Intellect in the metacosm (what is beyond the created world),

3. A manifestation of God.
   • 1997, James S. Cutsinger., Advice to the Serious Seeker: Meditations on the Teaching of Frithjof Schuon, page 48:

     All the levels of the universe, the macrocosm, come about through the radiation or manifestation of God, the metacosm.

Derived terms

• metacosmic

Anagrams

• toc emmas