The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. (See _Molecule_.) According to Leibnitz, as nearly as he seems willing to be understood, the monad has body without bulk, and mind without manifestation -- Leibnitz knows him by the innate power of considering. He has founded upon him a theory of the universe, which the creature bears without resentment, for the monad is a gentlmean. Small as he is, the monad contains all the powers and possibilities needful to his evolution into a German philosopher of the first class -- altogether a very capable little fellow. He is not to be confounded with the microbe, or bacillus; by its inability to discern him, a good microscope shows him to be of an entirely distinct species.

An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.

The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena.

(fr Gk monas, "one, unit") Indivisible, divine center of every living being, atomic to cosmic.

An indivisible and divine spiritual life-atom. The immortal self within each person that lives on in successive incarnations, progressing to the stature of the adept beyond which extends unlimited evolution.

a center of consciousness, an immortal emanation from the heart of the universe

an isolated single unit

The One. The threefold spirit on its own plane. In occultism it often means the unified triad - Atma, Buddhi, Manas; Spiritual Will, Intuition and higher [222] mind, - or the immortal part of man which reincarnates in the lower kingdoms and gradually progresses through them to man and thence to the final goal.

"One, unit"; indivisible unit of consciousness; spiritual individuality.