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  2. The Void (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    The Void is a recurring motif in cinema, often used to symbolize existential dread, the unknown, or the metaphysical boundaries between life and death. Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is one of the most iconic examples, where the vast emptiness of space represents both the awe-inspiring and terrifying aspects of the Void. The ...

  3. Chaos (cosmogony) - Wikipedia

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    Chaos (Ancient Greek: χάος, romanized: Kháos) is the mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe (the cosmos) in ancient near eastern cosmology and early Greek cosmology. It can also refer to an early state of the cosmos constituted of nothing but undifferentiated and indistinguishable matter .

  4. Godai (Japanese philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    The four main elements or building blocks are Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, while Void is non substantial. [7] [3] [ mikkyo] teaches that all physical aspects of existence originate from a common source and can be classified in one of the godai five elemental manifestations of physical matter. Chi, or the earth, symbolizes solid matter.

  5. The Void in art and media - Wikipedia

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    The Void, released in 2008; The Dishonored franchise. EverQuest contains a zone called "The Void". Hollow Knight by Team Cherry, with Void being one of the main elements. Dark Souls contains an analogous concept known as "the Abyss." Rain World contains an acidic sea called "The Void Sea" which is capable of halting reincarnation

  6. List of voids - Wikipedia

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    major void SRSS1 Void 3 (Sculptor Void) 6 3 h 56 m −20° 11′ 56.5 32.0 Eridanus: major void: 7 3 h 17 m −11° 40′ 77.2 25.5 Eridanus: major void: 8 23 h 20 m −12° 32′ 83.9 27.8 Aquarius: major void: 9 3 h 06 m −13° 47′ 114.6 39.0 Eridanus: major void: 10 0 h 26 m −9° 17′ 104.7 34.8 Cetus: major void: 11 0 h 21 m −29 ...

  7. Nine stages of decay - Wikipedia

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    With his work he wanted to highlight the horrifying aspects of the existence within these realms. The kusōzu were chosen to represent the impure aspect of human existence as the impurity can be understood through the decay of a corpse. [16] He states: "it is odorous and defiled [...]. But, if it is seen, all desires [for the body] cease." [17]

  8. Outer Plane - Wikipedia

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    The Outer Planes were presented for the first time in Volume 1, Number 8 of The Dragon, released July 1977 as part of the Great Wheel of Planes. [1] In the article "Planes: The Concepts of Spatial, Temporal and Physical Relationships in D&D", Gary Gygax mentions that there are 16 Outer Planes and describes the Seven Heavens, the Twin Paradises, and Elysium as "Typical higher planes", Nirvana ...

  9. Ginnungagap - Wikipedia

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    Ginnungagap appears as the primordial void in the Norse creation account.The Gylfaginning states: . Ginnungagap, the Yawning Void ... which faced toward the northern quarter, became filled with heaviness, and masses of ice and rime, and from within, drizzling rain and gusts; but the southern part of the Yawning Void was lighted by those sparks and glowing masses which flew out of Múspellheim [6]