The Emergence Machine

Ghost

abstract · culture · Level 12 · E9

E9Cultures

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Emergence definition

When death, the cessation of life, reveals the underlying spirit, the conscious essence of a being, which can then manifest as a ghost, an apparition of the deceased that appears to the living.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
ghost
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L8L2L1L0GhostSpiritReligionBeliefCultureConsciousnessDeathSocietyThought… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeProcessActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesGhostL12DeathL8SpiritL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Death L8 (requires)
    Ghosts are spirits of the dead
  • Spirit L11 (requires)
    Ghosts are a type of spirit