Metaxy as used by Voegelin refers to the permanent place where man is in-between two poles of existence.
One example is the infinite (apeiron) and the finite (the divine mind or nous) reality of existence.
Voegelin defined metaxy as the connection of the mind or nous to the material world and the reverse of the material world's connection to the mind as "consciousness of being".
Under Voegelin's definition it can also mean a form of perception in contrast to consciousness; a template of the mind (or nous) in contrast to the dynamic and unordered flow of experiential consciousness; or as a form of reflectiveness in-between two poles of experience (the finite and the infinite, or immanent and transcendent).
[1][additional citation(s) needed] Neoplatonists like Plotinus used the concept to express an ontological placement of Man between the Gods and animals.