Pleroma
Definition
The Greek-Christian-Gnostic articulation of the structurally-fullness cosmic-domain. Pleroma names the structural-figure of the Christian-Gnostic and broader Greek-Hellenistic traditions that articulates the cosmic-fullness of divine-presence; the broader Netist articulation reads Pleroma as tradition-specific articulation of the broader cosmic-source-fullness aligned with the Atūm and Cosmic Consciousness articulations.
Literal meaning
The Greek articulation of cosmic-fullness. Pleroma (Greek: fullness) articulates the broader-tradition's recognition of the divine-cosmic-fullness; the articulation operates across the Christian-Gnostic tradition (the *Pleroma* as fullness-of-divine-aeons), the Pauline-tradition, and the broader Hellenistic articulations.
Esoteric meaning
Pleroma articulates the structural-feature that the broader contemplative-tradition has recognized as *the cosmic-fullness of divine-presence*. The structural-recognition is that the broader cosmic-source operates as fullness rather than as scarcity; the broader Atūm Pillar aligns with Pleroma at the source-fullness articulation, and the broader Cosmic Consciousness articulation parallels Pleroma at the cross-tradition layer.
Allegorical meaning
A great-fountain that articulates continuous-overflow of cosmic-substance: the fountain's broader-articulation includes continuous-fullness, the overflow articulates as cosmic-creation, and the structural-recognition is that the fountain's continuing-articulation is what makes cosmic-fullness foundational rather than secondary.
Extended meaning
Pleroma articulates several specific structural-features: (1) The Christian-Gnostic articulation of Pleroma as fullness-of-divine-aeons; the *Pistis Sophia*, the *Apocryphon of John*, and the broader Gnostic-corpus preserve specific articulations; (2) The Pauline articulation of *plērōma* as fullness-of-the-Godhead in the New Testament epistles; (3) The articulation aligns with the broader Atūm Pillar at the cosmic-source articulation; the broader cosmic-fullness is what Atūm articulates at the source-articulation; (4) The articulation integrates with the broader Cosmic Consciousness and Anima Mundi articulations. The relationship to *Atūm*, *Cosmic Consciousness*, *Anima Mundi*, *Sophia*, *Hermes Trismegistus*, *Net*, *Brahman*, and the broader cosmic-source articulations is structural.
*Pleroma* articulates the Greek-Christian-Gnostic-comparative cosmic-fullness. The article complements *Atūm*, *Cosmic Consciousness*, *Anima Mundi*, *Sophia*, *Hermes Trismegistus*, *Net*, *Brahman*, and the broader cosmic-source articulations.
Usage
A practitioner encounters Pleroma in the broader articulation of comparative-tradition cosmology and in specific contexts of cosmic-fullness work.
Comparative tradition
Christian-Gnostic articulation of *Pleroma* in the *Pistis Sophia*, *Apocryphon of John*, and the broader Gnostic-corpus. Pauline articulation in Colossians, Ephesians, and the broader New-Testament-epistles. The various tradition-specific articulations of cosmic-fullness.