The term cosmic entity can refer to:
- in religion and spirituality:
- an aspect of God in Judaism in the theology of Shneur Zalman of Liadi (d. 1812)
- in mythology, any of the major components of the created cosmos (e.g. earth, heaven, sea, night, dawn, etc.)
- the deification of such concepts, i.e. any cosmological deity
- in occultism and Theosophy, a transcendent concept intended to replace or supplement the traditional concept of 'God':
- in the writings of Gottfried de Purucker (1935)
- in the writings of the Theosophist Alice Bailey (1920s-1940s)
- in the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, a cosmic entity is equivalent to a cosmic being
- in popular culture:
- Cosmic entities (Marvel Comics)
- Cosmic entities (DC Comics)
- a term used in the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft
Famous quotes containing the words cosmic and/or entity:
“Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
—Bible: New Testament, Ephesians 6:11-12.
“What is this world of ours? A complex entity subject to sudden changes which all indicate a tendency to destruction; a swift succession of beings which follow one another, assert themselves and disappear; a fleeting symmetry; a momentary order.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)