a state of beingness. It is a being "at cause over matter, energy, space, time, form and life." Operating comes from "able to operate without dependency on things," and Thetan is the Greek letter theta (0), which the Greeks used to represent thought or perhaps spirit, to which an n is added to make a noun in the modern style used to create words in engineering. It is also 0n or "theta to the nth degree," meaning unlimited or vast. —TRs and Objs Crs Glossary Final approval 25.4.90