Emanationism is an idea in the cosmology or cosmogony of certain religious or philosophical systems. Emanation, from the Latin emanare meaning `to flow from` or `to pour forth or out of`, is the mode by which all things are derived from the First Reality, or Principle. All things are derived from the first reality or perfect God by steps of de...
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Technically is a henotheism component in the cosmology of certain religious or philosophical systems that argue a Supreme Being did not directly create the physical universe, but instead emanated lower spiritual beings who created the world.
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philosophical and theological theory that sees all of creation as an unwilled, necessary, and spontaneous outflow of contingent beings of descending ... [4 related articles]
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belief that a sentient, self-aware Supreme Being is an impossibility, a form of Platonic form of monism.
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emanationism The doctrine (especially in neo-Platonism) that the physical world issued forth from God or some other divinity.
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