Glossary

abstract concept in which something is required to change in order to conform to constraints imposed by something else

unconditional, welcoming, nurturing, receptive acceptance of life in all its guises by world soul

process of distinguishing amongst and between the basic characteristics of a complex natural phenomenon or occurrence

analytical philosophy which posits that all larger entities can be assembled and interpreted through analysis of discrete, separable, and independent elementary constituents

shaping of different kinds of natural occurrence in each others’ influence – for example a river system simultaneously shaping and being shaped by landscape

coming into form as a continuous process of energy transformation

existing; the outcome of becoming between and around local regions of the infinite space

a mental process that isolates naturally occurring forms from their spatial context in order to consider them independently as self-contained objects

a form of reasoning which assumes discontinuity between material things and space and so divides or integrates reality into isolated units or portions or isolated units

adjective
present in Nature as more than an imaginary occurrence