henosis

Soul dissolves into One

Henosis is a mystical concept of unity or oneness with the divine, central to Neoplatonic philosophy.

The term describes the soul's return to and merger with the One—the ultimate source of all existence.

Plotinus treated henosis as the goal of philosophical and spiritual practice: transcending individual consciousness to achieve union with absolute reality.

The concept influenced later Christian mysticism and other contemplative traditions.

mystical

unity

Wholeness through cohesion

onenessState of being unified
divine unionSpiritual oneness with deity
NeoplatonismPlotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics

emanation · contemplation · ecstasy · transcendence · nous · mysticism · absorption · return · ascent · illumination

philosophical

monism

Single-substance metaphysics

unityWholeness through cohesion
wholenessComplete, undivided state
integrationCombining into a whole

synthesis · unification · being · totality · absolute · nonduality · convergence · reconciliation · Hegelian · dialectic

theological

deification

Elevation to divine status

sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
union with GodSpiritual absorption into divinity
divinizationElevation to deity status

Pseudo-Dionysius · Eastern Orthodoxy · Maximus · patristic · salvation · grace · contemplative prayer · divine likeness · participation · transfiguration

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