The Emergence Machine

Afterlife

abstract · Religion · Level 11 · E9

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Emergence definition

The afterlife is the post-mortem existence or continuation of an individual's spiritual essence, emerging from the shape of form and the arrangement of structure, as the particles that make up the individual's essence interact and transform in space.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “afterlife” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “afterlife”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
afterlife
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L2L1L0AfterlifeReligionBeliefCultureSocietyThought… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesParadiseL12AfterlifeL11FormL2StructureL2ReligionL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Afterlife has a distinct form or shape that defines it.
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    afterlife requires understanding structure as a foundational concept
  • Religion L10 (requires)
    This is a specific religious tradition; understanding religion as a concept comes first

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