Godhead

Godhead (from Middle English godhede, "godhood", and unrelated to the modern word "head"), may refer to:

  • Deity
  • Divinity, the quality of being God
  • Conceptions of God
  • Godhead in Judaism, the unknowable aspect of God, which lies beyond his actions or emanations
  • Godhead in Christianity, the substantial essence or nature of the Christian God
  • Godhead, the concept of God in Mormonism
  • God in Hinduism
    • Brahman, the divine source of being, through which all emanates
    • Paramatma, the "oversoul" or supreme spirit
    • Three godheads (Ayyavazhi) or Trimurti, Brahmā, Vishnu and Śhiva
    • Svayam Bhagavan or Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Gaudiya Vaishnavism, the divine person from whom all emanates

Other uses:

  • Godhead (band), an American industrial rock band
  • Godhead (album), an album by Scottish dream pop band Lowlife
  • Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a book by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
  • Godhead Trilogy, science fiction series by James K. Morrow

Famous quotes containing the word godhead:

    Here of this fustian animall,
    Till I enravisht climb into
    The Godhead on this ladder doe:
    Where all my pipes inspir’de upraise
    And Heavenly musick, furr’d with praise.
    Edward Taylor (1645–1729)