Tao
Tao is often described as a feminine concept or figure, e.g. the Mother of the universe who gives birth to all existence and sustains them. Holy Mother the Original Lord is the personification of this feminine concept or principle.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 BCE
- Attested period
- -600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Associated with the Dào Dé Jīng, traditionally attributed to Laozi.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- valley spirit, Holy Mother the Original Lord, souls, Laozi
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In Tao Te Ching, Tao is often described as a feminine concept or figure, e.g. the Mother of the universe who gives birth to all existence and sustains them. Holy Mother the Original Lord is the personification of this feminine concept or principle.”
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“The Dào Dé Jīng describes the Tao as the source and ideal of all existence: it is unseen, but not transcendent, immensely powerful yet supremely humble, being the root of all things. People have desires and free will (and thus are able to alter their own nature).”
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