Metanoia
The most direct translation of the term "metanoia" from the Greek to English is "think again".
Repentance- Teshuva - "return"-
In a passage from the Midrash Tehillim, the Hebrew term teshuvah, which denotes “return” but scripturally means “repentance” or “conversion,” is used to describe the way back to the Garden, signifying “the movement that brings every thing and every being back to its supernal origin,” the “return to the celestial abode.” -
Conversion
The turning around in the seat of the soul, to realize “I live, yet not I, but Christ in me”
Library of Light Edition 1.0 — Last revised: July 2025