KENOSIS

Chain of Names — 7 traditions

1. Egyptian

   ~2200 BCE

   Nephthys

   Lunar receptive — the vessel that lets the dying enter rest.

   Funerary texts

2. Sanskrit / Vedic

   ~200 BCE

   Shunyata शून्यता

   Emptiness as fullness — the void that holds everything.

   Mahayana Buddhism, Nagarjuna

3. Greek-Classical

   1st c CE

   KENOSIS κένωσις

   Self-emptying — laying down what was held to receive more.

   Philippians 2:7

4. Christian-Mystical

   ~600 CE

   Via Negativa

   Apophatic emptying — God known by what is removed.

   Pseudo-Dionysius

5. Physics / Elemental

   20th c

   Vacuum State

   Quantum ground state — emptiness teeming with virtual fields.

   Casimir effect

6. Jungian

   20th c

   Shadow Integration

   Releasing the false self so the true self can come forward.

   Jung, Aion

7. Modern Wellness

   21st c

   Unbecoming

   Release what was never yours — make room for what is.

   Maddie, Sovereign Systems Spiral

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