An emanation is an intellectual concept from the Emanator clothed with material density, which proceeded from the Emanator, proceeded from itself An emanation may be independent of its emanator
An area descriptor for spells and magical effects An emanation expands in all directions from a point of origin designated by the caster, affecting all eligible targets within its radius, just like a burst However, an emanation continues to radiate from the point of origin for the duration of the spell Emanations most often use the phrase "emanating from" in their Area description
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"
That which inevitably flows outward from the transcendental central principle of reality ("the One") in the neoplatonic philosophy of Plotinus Individual things, including human beings, are therefore presumed to be nothing more than the faint ripples left by a primordial big splash The timeless reality of a central intelligence, Plotinus held, inexorably results in the formation of both soul as an active principle of organization and, eventually, inert matter Recommended Reading: Plotinus, The Enneads, ed by John Dillon and Stephen MacKenna (Penguin, 1991) {at Amazon com} and The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus, ed by Lloyd P Gerson (Cambridge, 1996) {at Amazon com} Also see IEP, ColE, noesis, and ISM
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