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Creation
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Emanation narratives describe creation as a leakage, outpouring, or gradual self-differentiation of the ultimate divine reality (the Monad or the One). The created world is not made by the divine, but rather is a lower-order manifestation of it.
One notable example is the Neoplatonic concept where reality flows sequentially from the One, through the Intellect/) ($\text{Nous}$), the Soul/) ($\text{Psyche}$), and finally to [m…