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Cosmosis

Published: 2nd August 2020

Citation: Astronist Institution. (2020). Cosmosis. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/entry/cosmosis. Last accessed: [date].

ˈkɒzmɒsɪs

noun

a central Astronist belief entailing the transformative process by which all animate beings residing within The Cosmos become reunited with it, either by the natural process of the decomposition of the body (naturalist view), or by the union of one’s soul with The Cosmos upon death (transtellationist view). Contrasted with astrosis (corporeal cosmosis).

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DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES

Becoming One with The Cosmos
Cosmic union
Post-corporeal cosmosis

ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY

Astro-English: from Astronese, the prefix cosmo-, denoting The Cosmos, combined with the suffix -sis denoting a state of being, especially as a result of the transformative process; meaning ‘becoming united with The Cosmos.’

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