The Emergence Machine

Shrine

abstract · Religion · Level 12 · E9

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Emergence definition

A shrine is a sacred place dedicated to a deity or saint, where community members find spiritual value in the temple's physical structure and the god's all-powerful and eternal nature.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
shrine
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L3L2L1L0ShrineGodReligionBeliefCultureTempleCausalityCellEternal… intermediate l…ValueDurationFormInfinityActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAltarL13ShrineL12ValueL2TempleL3ReligionL10GodL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Value L2 (requires) polysemous
    Shrines hold spiritual value for a community
  • Temple L3 (requires) polysemous
    Sacred place dedicated to a deity or saint -- prerequisite: temple
  • Religion L10 (requires)
    This is a specific religious tradition; understanding religion as a concept comes first
  • God L11 (requires)
    Sacred place dedicated to a deity or saint -- prerequisite: god

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