Theos-Talk Archives (June 2007 Message tt00183)

In H.P. Blavatsky's THE THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY, one finds
Protogonos defined as:

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(Gr.). The "first-born"; used of all the manifested gods and of the 
Sun in our system. 
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In the online index to THE SECRET DOCTRINE, one finds the
following entries on "Protogonos (oi)" (Gk) firstborn 

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called dis by Damascius I 70, 343 &n 
firstborn form & idea II 25 
firstborn gods II 43, 490n, 703n 
firstborn light I 70, 343 
manifested Logos II 592 
not yet mirrored in chaos II 704 &n 
produced fr spirit & chaos I 70 
"unknown Light" reflected in II 703n
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http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/ctg/pr.htm

See also:

http://www.theoi.com/Cat_Protogenoi.html

See also ISIS UNVEILED, Volume 2, page 213 :

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When the time for an active period had come, then was produced a 
natural expansion of this Divine essence from within outwardly, 
obedient to eternal and immutable law; and from this eternal and 
infinite light (which to us is darkness) was emitted a spiritual 
substance.* This was the First Sephiroth, containing in herself the 
other nine  Sephiroth, or intelligences. In their totality and unity 
they represent the archetypal man, Adam Kadmon, the [[protogonos]], 
who in his individuality or unity is yet dual, or bisexual, the Greek 
Didumos, for he is the prototype of all humanity. 
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Quoted from:
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/isis/iu2-05.htm

Daniel
Blavatsky Study Center
http://hpb.cc