wild word woods

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⚘ this is a glossary of words in progress 〰

 

☥ Symbiopaedia is a protected wild-word-woodland. ౨ৎ

All wordplanting zones in the florilegium are under construction, so beware of verbal stumbling blocks, hidden wordroots, and wormholes.

We have sprouted some pluck to open the gates to this brandnew paradise for verbionts to her first visitors 

rather than schlepping down

the old anthropophile garden

path of burgeoning for perfection

before presenting a flawless blarney

so you can watch us grow 〰 or even better 〰  be inspired to muck in with the planting of new words for the Symbiocene.

ADD YOUR MOJO 〰 in the form of neologisms, anagrams, portmanteaus, comments, suggestions, contributions, questions, corrections, metaphors, epiphanies 〰  your ideas on behalf of our new language for the Symbiocene are welcome.

 

A 〰 Z  for ☥ life in the ⚘ Symbiocene

A a B b  C c  D d  E e  F f   G g 

H h   I i  J j   K k   L l   M m   N n  

O o   P p   Q q   R r   S s   T t  

U u    V v    W w   X x   Y y   Z z

  

Did you know that the letters we are using in the English alphabet are not English at all? There is actually no such thing as an »English alphabet«. The letters you see listed above are the Latin alphabet 〰 and to make the matters even more confusing 〰 the word 'alphabet' itself is not even Latin.

 

Alphabet is a Greek word made up from [alpha] and [beta] 〰 the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. Having said that, the Greeks 'borrowed'(*) their alphabet from the Egyptians, most likely from a tribe of Semites in upper Egypt, who developed their alphabet based on the ancient hieroplyphics.

(*In contemporary Anthropocene language, we might call it 'appropriation'. Borrowed words, aka 'loanwords' are never handed back to the original lenders.)

 

A 𐤀 〰 The Semitic letter Aleph 〰 originally the symbol of an oxhead 〰 became the Greek 'Alpha', and later the Latin 'A'. If you flip the A on its side you can still see the similarity.

 

B 𐤁 〰 The Semitic Bet 〰 the Arabic word for 'house' to this day 〰 symbolises a tent or shelter made of reeds. The Greeks called it 'Beta' and the Romans shortened it to the capital 'B'.

 

C 𐤂 〰 Gimel is the Semitic word for 'camel' 〰 the symbol looks a bit like the hump of a dromedary 〰 it became the Greek 'Gamma', and the Romans used it for two letters: 'C' and 'G'.

 

With this verbiographic history in mind, we can say that the word 'alphabet' we use in English is a portmanteau 〰 a pairing of two words 〰 from the Semitic aleph = ox + beth = house. Translated into English, we would have to call our ABC an 'oxshed'. Or perhaps we could use 'byre' 〰 the old English word for 'cowshed'.

 

That nobody would connect the word byre with our list of 26 letters is a drawback. And besides, the word alphabet is a perfectly good word, as useful in the Symbiocene as it has been in its long and multicultural life in the Anthropocene.

 

Symbiopaedia is not about producing new verbionts at all cost. Examining an ancient word we use today, in the same sense as the Semites did in Upper Egypt about 5000 years ago, is only a little excursion back in time, to the ur-glyphs of our language. It also serves as a  brief introduction into the process of examining a common term.

 

Browsing through words, which have been forgotten, lost, or discarded can be another source of inspiration. Sometimes an obsolete word is the perfect expression for something we want to say, but struggle to convey in a current set of letters.

 

Portmanteau, by the way, is the anglicised form of the French word 'portmanteaux', which means literally a travelbag. As a 'carry-on' the word is anglicised further into portmantle. In it's French form it means 'blend-word' 〰 two meanings packed into one word.

In its 'original' English form, portmanteau was coined by the English writer and poet Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson, 1832-1898). It was one of a whole tribe of words he invented for his poem Jabberwocky.

Jabberwocky is a nonsense poem about a creature called 'Jabberwock', a character from Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass,

 

The writings of Lewis Carroll are another rich source of inspiration for creating new words 〰 you see how easy it is to go down the rabbithole (this metaphor, of course, was created by Carroll too) when writing about language? Even when the topic is as simple and straight forward as "The Alphabet".

 

Back to the glossary 〰 the main thing that's changed in the »English alphabet« is the pronounciation. In this A-2-Z for the Symbiocene you'll find phonetic letters under each alphabetic letter as a reminder that words were originally phonemes 〰 soundbites 〰 spoken letters of the alphabet packed into one carry-on verbiont.

 

〰 now go and pack your portmanteaus for the journey towards the Symbiocene 〰 

〰 happy wordtravels 〰

 

 

A  a 𐤀

〰 sounds of Aleph /a/ /'a/ /ə/ /'ə/ /ˌə/ /æ/ /'æ/ /ˌæ/ /ɐ/ /ɑː/ /ɛ/ /eɪ/ /ɔː/ 〰

 

acknow — [from Middle English aknowen, going back to Old English oncnāwan, acnāwan = to know, recognize, admit, confess] obsolete in the Anthropocene. In the Symbiocene, acknow is an abbreviation of act of knowing, a term coined by neurobiologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela.

 

ad- — [from Latin ad- = towards in space or time] prefix referring to relationship attachments. Form changes depending on the following word: a- before sc-, sp- and st-; ac- before c, af- before f, ag- before g, al- before l, ap- before p etc.

 

adolescence – [from Latin ad = towards + alere = to nourish] in the Anthropocene referred to as the state or condition of being adolescent. In the Symbiocene, a developmental plateau, where a human being settles into the process, experience, and spectrum of activities and expressions of adolescing.

 

adolescing – [VB – from Latin ad + alescere = to be nourished, grow up, come to maturity, ripen] becoming adolescent, growing from childing towards maturity, passing through adolescence, process of being, becoming, and embracing adolescence.

 

adolescent –  in the Anthropocene referred to a human being in the state or condition of adolescing. In the Symbiocene, 'adolescent' can apply to any inner creature trapped in the developmental plateau of adolescence.

 

adulthood – [from Latin ad = towards + alere = to nourish] in the Anthropocene referred to as the state or condition of being fully grown or mature. In the Symbiocene, a developmental plateau, where a human being settles into the process, experience, and spectrum of activities and expressions of adulting.

 

adulting — [NL – started appearing on Twitter since 2008] in the Anthropocene, used in the sense of “doing the things that adults regularly have to do”. In synchronosophy, being or becoming an adult, process of growing from adolescing towards maturity, passing through adulthood, being immersed in and embracing adulthood.

 

Anthropocene — [from Greek anthropos = man + kainos = era] the age of man "The term was devised by someone who meant it pejoratively, that humans have become so destructive of the planet that they could be considered a geologic force. But it didn’t take long for human supremacists to turn the term into the sort of self-congratulatory rationalization for further destruction to which we have become so accustomed." Derrick Jensen, The Myth of Human Supremacy.

"The term Anthropocene not only doesn’t help us stop this culture from killing the planet, it contributes directly to the problems it purports to address." (ibid)

 

Aphanipoiesis – [from Greek aphanis = unseen, obscured, unnoticed »» {a = without + phainein = bring to light, cause to appear, show} + poēsis, poieisis = composition, poetry; creation, what is brought forth, the process of making – from poiein = to make, create, compose] a coalescing of unseen factors toward vitality.

Aphanipoiesis (n.) combines two words from ancient Greek (aphani + poiesis) to describe the way in which life coalesces towards vitality in unseen ways. The term was coined by Nora Bateson and introduced in 2021 in the Journal of the International Society for the Systems Sciences as well as in a presentation at the Institute of General Semantics

 

autognosis — [from Greek auto = self + gnosis = knowledge] self-knowledge, an understanding of one's own psychodynamics.

 

autopoiesis — [from Greek auto = self + poiesis = making] self-organisation, the property of living organisms to organise themselves. Term coined in 1971 by Humberto Maturana & Francisco Varela.

 

aware - [from Old English ge = like + waer = watchful, vigilant] perceptive, alert to, with perception knowledge or information of, concerned, well informed; used in Anthropocene language as a synonym for conscious of, mindful, informed about, familiar with.

 

awareness – the experience, condition, or state of being aware.

 

awaring – [Symbiocene] the process of being or becoming aware, developing awareness. See also self-awaring.

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤀 : Semitic letter Aleph, from which the following symbols originally derive

Α α : Greek letter Alpha, from which the following letters derive

А а : Cyrillic letter A

Ⲁ ⲁ : Coptic letter Alpha^[23]

𐌀 : Old Italic A, which is the ancestor of modern Latin A

ᚨ : Runic letter ansuz

𐌰 : Gothic letter aza/asks

 

B b 𐤁

〰 sound of Bet /b/ 〰

 

be–  [from Old English bi-, by-, be- = near, on all sides, about] prefix relating to proximity in space or time. Word-forming element of verbs and nouns from verbs, meaning: about, around; thoroughly, completely; to make, cause, seem; to provide with; at, on, to, for. Also used as a 'privative prefix' (as in behead), as an intensification (as in behold = to hold thoroughly, bethwack = to thrash soundly, betongue = to scold).

 

becoming – [compound formed in Middle English, from Old English be- + come = to move with the purpose of reaching, or so as to reach, some point; to arrive by movement or progression; move into view, appear, become perceptible; come to oneself, recover; arrive; assemble] literally coming into being.

 

being — [from Old English beon, beom, bion= be, exist, come to be, become, happen,grow. This is effectively a word constructed from be- + -ing = habitual action] being in existence (v); a living creature (n). being literally means the intensification of a habitual action

 

belief – [from Old English be + lief = love] literally referring to something habitually 'held dear'. In the Anthropocene, used in the sense of 'trust in God', conviction, mental attitude towards things or facts held to be true. In the Symbiocene, a belief is an acknow dear to one's heart

 

believe – In the Anthropocene, to accept something as true, to feel sure of the truth. In the Symbiocene, believing refers to the process of holding something to be true, in the knowledge that it may change

 

belonging – [compound of be- + longing = stong desire, yearning] literally longing to be. In the Symbiocene and synchronosophy, the process of being closely connected with things, beings (symbionts), or places; relating to in kinship and symbiosis

 

biome – [from Greek bios = life + -oma = suffix forming nouns, esp. in medical use] biosphere which is home for a large and diverse natural community of plants and animals. In synchronosophy also used as inner biome, referring to the large and diverse natural community of inner organisms

 

biont – [from Greek bios + -nt = noun ending, denoting habitual action] an organism, a creature having a specific mode of living

 

-biosis — [plural -bioses] suffix referring to way or mode of life

 

biosphere — [from Greek bios = life + sphere = globe; originally "Earth's surface and lower atmosphere as the realm of living organisms," from German Biosphäre (1875), coined by German geologist Eduard Suess] part of the Earth where living things thrive and live; the zones of the planet that can sustain life. In synchronosophy also used as inner biosphere, referring to the inner space of Consciousness, populated by a diverse natural community of inner organisms.

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤁 : Semitic letter Bet, from which the following symbols originally derive

Β β : Greek letter Beta, from which B derives

В в : Cyrillic letter Ve

Б б : Cyrillic letter Be

𐌁 : Old Italic B

ᛒ : Runic letter Berkanan

𐌱 : Gothic letter bercna

 

 C c 𐤂

〰 sounds of Gimel /tʃ/ /s/  /k/ 〰

 

childhood — [from Old English cild, childe + hood = a manner or appearance of being] in the Anthropocene, the phase of development between infancy and adolescence. In synchronosophy, a developmental plateau in the maturing process of human Consciousness.

childing — [from Old English cild, childe = a youth of gentle birth, especially girl child] process of being, becoming, and embracing childhood. (sometimes used in the sense of 'child bearing'.) In synchronosophy, becoming a child, growing from an infant towards maturity, passing through childhood, process of being, becoming, and embracing childhood.

 

chthonic – [from Greek khtonios = in the earth, of the Earth] adopted in English in the sense of 'pertaining to the underworld. "designating gods or spirits of the subterranean world, as opposed to cosmic deities." Sophia Batalha

 

Chthulucene — [from Greek khthôn χθών = earth, soil + kainos = era] literally 'under earth era', term coined by Donna Haraway "To renew the biodiverse powers of terra is the sympoietic work and play of the Chthulucene. Specifically, unlike either the Anthropocene or the Capitalocene, the Chthulucene is made up of ongoing multispecies stories and practices of becoming-with in times that remain at stake, in precarious times, in which the world is not finished and the sky has not fallen—yet. We are at stake to each other." (Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene, 2016)

co-, com-, con- — [from Latin together, mutual, in common] prefix to form 'relationing words'

coeno- — [from Greek koinos = common, general] prefix to describe common, general, or normal characteristics (not to be confused with caeno-, ceno /from Greek kainos = new or from Greek kenós = empty. The pronounciations of all three are in English the same)

coenobiont – [from Greek koinos + biont = commonly living together with others] species of symbionts who only, or usually live in a specific biotope within a particular clan and can therefore be seen as characteristic indicators for that biotope. Example in synchronosophy: Thinkniks are coenobionts in the inner realm of Monkey-mind Realising. (opposite: ubiquist = an organism that is distributed more or less uniformly everywhere)

coenotype — [from Greek koinos + typos] an organism having the type of structure typical for a group or clan. Adj. coenotypic

 

commensalism – [from Latin com = together + mensa = table + ism] a symbiotic relationship where different organism share the same food source, where one obviously benefits, and the relationship is not detrimental to the other.

common — [from Latin communis = common, general, public, ordinary] originally referring to 'land held in common' as a community, or fellowship, or clan.

commons – belonging to the people collectively, esp. the common people rather than nobility, the church, or ruling classes; 'the lower house of Parliament, consisting of commoners chosen by the people as their representatives'; provisions or resources for a community.

companion – [from Latin com = together + panis = bread] originally a fellow traveller with whom you share your bread

companionship — [companion + suffix -ship = condition, quality, skill] relationship with companions, condition or experience of being with one or more companions

company — group of companions

Compostmenting — [VB – portmanteau of composting + mental] mental composting, the processing of subjective experience from the perspective of all Faculties of Consciousness. Compostmenting involves the art,  practice, and skill of translating between the different languages of Consciousness.

competition – [from Latin com = together + petere = to strive, seek, attack] a 'symbiotic' relationship of rivalry where two or more organisms fight for access to the same resources. These entities share a common space and food sources, while challenging each other's survival.

Consciousness — [from Latin con – with, thoroughly + scire – to know + ness from Old German -nissa, a suffix denoting action, quality, or state] in the Anthropocene, a mental phenomenon produced by the brain. In the Symbiocene, the universal living organism of which every human mind is one cell. Individual Human Consciousness (IHC) a living organism regenerated and sustained by eight vital organs aka Faculties.

Council of Inner Wisdom — [VB – circle of eight Keepers of Integrity : Inner Creator, Inner Sovereign, Inner Genius, Inner Guardian, Inner Artist, Inner Healer, Inner Expert, Inner Ally

 

Cuoreosity [from Italian cuore= heart + osity= quality of being] the word captures the essence of the journey of living the questions. Neologism coined by Jamie Millard; read more about cuoreosity here

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤂 : Semitic letter Gimel, from which the following symbols originally derive, see also G

Γ γ : Greek letter Gamma, from which C derives

G g : Latin letter G,

Ȝ ȝ : Latin letter Ȝ, which is derived from Latin G

 

C & G are alphabetic sisters

 

D d 𐤃

〰 sounds of Dalet /d/ /t/ 〰

 

 

daemon – [from Greek daimōn = deity, divine power; lesser god; guiding spirit, tutelary deity; one's genius, lot, or fortune] adopted in English c1200, in the sense of "evil spirit, malignant supernatural being, an incubus, a devil", due to Jewish and Christian 'translations' of the word, appropriating and distorting it in accordance with the paradigm of the Abrahamic religions.

 

dis- – [prefix dis- = to do the opposite of, exclude from] use in connection with anything you want to do to 'counteract the Anthropocene', for example: disrationalising – to refrain from rationalising

dys- – [from Greek dys- = bad quality, weakness, difficulty] prefix referring to weakness, difficulty.

dyspatheticking — [VB – from Greek dys- = weak + pathetikos = capable of feeling and expressing emotions] difficulty or inability to feel and express one's own feelings and emotions.

 

dyspepsinoia – [VB – portmanteau of dyspepsia + paranoia  / Greek dys- = weak + pépsis = digestion + nous = mind] difficulties to digest experiences, impressions, perceptions, sensations etc.

dysphoria – [from Greek dysfória = discomfort, hard to bear] stress, general dissatisfaction, a state of dis-ease, which is not as pronounced as 'phobia' but still causing great discomfort and distress.

 

-dysphoria, or dysforia, can be used as a specific description of a distress with a known cause. For example, ecodysforia (or home-dysforia) = discomfort about current living conditions. Other verbionts formed after the same pattern – bodyshape-dysforia, career-dysforia, creative-expression-dysforia, diet-dysphoria, entelechy-dysphoria, exercise-dysphoria, family-dysforia, fashion-dysforia, health-dysforia, job-dysforia, life-dysforia, lifepurpose-dysforia, love-dysforia, meaning-of-life-dysforia, peer-dysforia, potential-dysforia, relationship-dysforia, reputation-dysforia, single-dysforia, skills-dysforia, social-life-dysforia, travel-dysforia, work-life-balance-dysforia, etc. are self-explanatory.

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤃 : Semitic letter Dalet, from which the following symbols originally derive

Δ δ : Greek letter Delta, from which the following symbols originally derive

Ⲇ ⲇ : Coptic letter Delta

Д д : Cyrillic letter De

𐌃 : Old Italic D, the ancestor of modern Latin D

ᛞ : Runic letter dagaz, which is possibly a descendant of Old Italic D

ᚦ Runic letter thurisaz, another possible descendant of Old Italic D

𐌳 : Gothic letter daaz, which derives from Greek Delta

 

 E e 𐤄

〰 sounds of He /ɛ/ /'ɛ/ /ˌɛ/ /iː/ /'iː/ /ˌiː/ /ɪə/ /'ɪə/ /ˌɪə/ /juː/ /i/ /ə/ /'ə/ /ˌə/ /aɪ/ /'aɪ/ /ˌaɪ/ 〰

 

eco- — [from Greek oikos = home, household, habitation] prefix to form NLs related to home as a place of belonging and safety.

 

ecocide – [from Greek oikos + Latin cida = killer, slayer] the destruction of large areas of the natural environment as a consequence of human activity – (word coined in 1969, close association with the Anthropocene)

ecopenia — [NL from Greek oikos + penia = hunger, starvation] a hunger or yearning for home.

ectobiont – also ectosymbiont [from Greek ektos- = outside, out of, external + bios = life + -nt = used to form nouns analog to -ing] living organism sharing the same biome as the host of the symbiosphere, but surviving and reproducing on the outside of that biosphere.

eigenleben — [VB – from German eigen = own + Leben = life] an independent way of life developed by any living entity, an idiosyncratic life. For example, within the organism of human Consciousness any Acknow can develop an eigenleben.

elderhood – [elder = comparative of old = grown up, adult + hood- condition, position, nature, status in the tribe] in the Anthropocene a forgotten and neglected phase of development, elder being considered a phase of degeneration and decay towards death. In the Symbiocene, elderhood is the developmental phase or plateau beyond adulthood, defined by profound self-knowing, wisdom gained through lifelong experiencing, along with inner peace as a result of being in one's own centre and power, while sharing one's gift with one's symbiosphere.

eldering – [VB – formed on the pattern of adulting, from elder + -ing] process of being, becoming, and embracing elderhood.

endobiont – also endosymbiont [from Greek endon- = inside, internal, within + bios = life + -nt = used to form nouns analog to -ing] living organism sharing the same biome as the host of the symbiosphere, surviving and reproducing inside.

entelechopenia — [NL – from Greek entelekheia + penia = hunger, starvation] the hunger or intense yearning for self-actualisation.

entelechy – [from Greek entelekheia = actuality, from telos = purpose, goal, perfection + ekhein = to have] the actualisation or realisation of potential.

emotioning — [VB – from Latin ex = outward + movere = to move] emotional percepting, moving the Inner Ocean instigated by the Instinct. Feelings charged with information; Acknows produced in and populating the realm of Inner-ocean Reality

Epiphanese — or Epiphaning [VB – from Greek epiphanein = striking appearance] Inner Language of the Inspiration, see also Wondering.

 

Epiphanites — [VB – from Greek epiphanein] Acknows produced by the Inspiration; they become living entities, speak the Inner Language of Epiphaning and populate the inner realm of Wonderland Reality : aha-moments, ideas, inventions, potentialities, questions, wonderings.

 

Episcient — [VB – from Greek epi = upon, above, near + Latin scire = to know] means having additional knowledge above and beyond what you think you know. This is a neologism. It refers to inner or ‘higher’ knowledge which may be triggered by becoming aware of an actual event.

 

ernabled, ernabling, ernable – [VB – verbformation related to ernably] endowed with special skills and competence, antonym of disabled.

 

ernably – [VB – anagram of blarney] sound, balanced, commonsensical. Adjective to describe words, thoughts, ideas, projects etc. that make a lot of sense; antonym of blarney, gibberish, balderdash, and such words depicting ‘nonsense’ in the Anthropocene.
Ernably was discovered by Veronika Bond in 2023, in the process of writing the introduction to the A-Z for Symbiopaedia. Originally formed as an anagram of ‘blarney’ – ernably turned out to be a jugglenaut, multitasking as and anagram, antonym, and portmanteau of erne [sea-eagle] and ably [skillfully, competently], which makes a world of sense!

 

eutopia – [from Greek eu- = good, well + topos = place, region, space] a place of ideal well-being; "a community or society that contains highly desirable values – compassion, solidarity etc. – for its members." (FD)

ex- – [from Latin ex- = out of, outwards, from within; since; according to] prefix referring to external events or situations, past occurrences or relationships, or future events or changes.

expect – [from Latin ex + spectare = to look] look out for, regard as likely to happen, anticipate, presume, look forward to, trust that sth. is going to happen.

expectating – [VB – from Latin ex- + specere = to look at] directing expectations in relation to the fulfilment of wishes, desires, or intention in a certain direction, usually outwards in space and time beyond the current experience horizon.
experience horizon — [modeled on the pattern of event horizon - a boundary that marks the outer edge of black holes, a limit beyond which nothing can escape] the outer edges of subjective experience; the limits of emotional tolerance and comfortzone.

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤄 : Semitic letter He (letter), from which the following symbols originally derive

Ε ε : Greek letter Epsilon, from which the following symbols originally derive

Е е : Cyrillic letter Ye

Є є : Ukrainian Ye

Э э : Cyrillic letter E

Ⲉ ⲉ : Coptic letter Ei

𐌄 : Old Italic E, which is the ancestor of modern Latin E

ᛖ : Runic letter Ehwaz, which is possibly a descendant of Old Italic E

𐌴 : Gothic letter eyz

€ : European monetary symbol

 

F f  𐤅

〰  sound of Waw /f/ 〰

 

Faculty — or Faculty of Consciousness [VB] any of the eight vital organs of human Consciousness: Will, Soul, Inspiration, Intuition, Imagination, Instinct, Intellect, Body

Fantasthaesia – [VB – portmanteau of fantasy + aesthesia, from Greek phantazesthai = picture to oneself + aisthetikos = of or for perception by the senses] one of the autonomous properties of the Imagination; synchronous percepting of mental images and emotional sensations, capacity for direct percepting of inner images via the senses of the Instinct; ability or instinctual connecting inner images with sensations.

Fictional Reality — [VB] inner realm ruled by the Imagination, one of the autonomous properties of the Imagination.

Fictioning — [VB] inner language spoken in the realm of Fictional Reality, one of the autonomous properties of the Imagination.

First-notion Reality — [VB] inner realm ruled by the Intuition, one of the autonomous properties of the Intuition.

florilegium – [from Latin flor = flower + legere = gather] "In medieval Latin, a florilegium was a compilation of excerpts or sententia from other writings and is an offshoot of the commonplacing tradition, literally a gathering of flowers, or collection of fine extracts from the body of a larger work." Later also used in the sense of 'book of flowers'.

Lenny Löwenstern, a German 'Wörtersammler' (word collector) has reintroduced this archaic word with his own definition – Schönwörtergarten (garden of beautiful words). Lenny publishes his word treasury on Sternenvogelreisen (starbirdtravels).

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤅: Semitic letter Waw, see also U, V, W, Y

Ϝ ϝ : Greek letter Digamma, from which F derives

𐌅 : Old Italic V/F (originally used for V, in languages such as Etruscan and Oscan), which derives from Greek Digamma, and is the ancestor of modern Latin F

Y y : Latin letter Y, sharing its roots with F

V v : Latin letter V, also sharing its roots with F

U u : Latin letter U, which is descended from V

W w : Latin letter W, also descended from V

 

F, U, V, W, and Y are alphabetic siblings, sharing the same parent 'Waw'

 

G g 𐤂

〰 sounds of Gimel /ɡ/ /dʒ/ 〰

 

genetics – [from Greek genesis = origin] coined by William Bateson (1861-1926) in the sense of 'laws of origination'. From 1891

the word was used in the sense of 'study of heredity'.

 

Genius — see Inner Genius

gnosis — [from Greek gignoskein = to know] root of many words related to knowledge: cognition, ignorance, incognito, recognise etc.

Guardian — see Inner Guardian

Gutspeak – see Intuiting

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤂 : Semitic letter Gimel, from which the following symbols originally derive (see also C)

C c : Latin letter C, from which G derives

Γ γ : Greek letter Gamma, from which C derives in turn

Г г : Cyrillic letter Ge

Ȝ ȝ : Latin letter Yogh

Ɣ ɣ : Latin letter Gamma

 

G & C are alphabetic sisters

 H h 𐤇

〰 sounds of Heth /h/ /x/ /ʃ/ /ð/ /θ/ 〰

 

hearken – [from Old Germanic heorcnian; Middle English herknen = attentive listening; related to German horchen = listening with attention] to listen with respect and attentiveness; internal listening to recall something from memory; engaging the faculties of hearing (sensory) and comprehending (mental).

 

Hearken⚘Philia – [from Middle English herknen + Greek philia = friendship] Word⚘Fairy to cultivate discernment in relation to rumours, gossip, propaganda and hearsay and sponsor the ability to find one's own truth through attentive listening to oneself.

 

heroic journey – [referring to the Hero's Journey, also known as monomyth, popularised by John Campell with his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces; the inner quest of responding to the calling to adventuring of a negative synchrony, exploring any associations with the legacy of trauma, discovering inner treasure in the form of potentiality, and instigating the realising of its entelechy.

-hood –[from Old English -had = condition, manner, quality, position, appearance] originally a free-standing word hade with a wide range of meanings: 'person, individual, character, state, nature; race, gender, family, tribe; way manner.

 

hubris – [from Greek hybris – wanton violence, insolence, outrage] originally "presumption toward the gods" (in Greek tragedy); excessive pride, leading to nemesis. (see also hybrid)

human – [from Latin humanus = earthling, earthly being] human can be used both as a noun and an adjective. Human is a descriptive name of our species. The

 

humane – with the suffix -e the adjective human – as in "human being" – becomes intensified. Humane suggests an emphasis on qualities and behaviour befitting an earthling. The word earthling, of course, is a misnomer, giving the impression as if we are the only living species on earth. Since human beings don't have a monopoly on being 'earthlings' we suggest to explore alternative wording options.

 

humanity — in the OED online etymological dictionary defined as "kindness, graciousness, politeness; consideration for others," from Old French humanité "human nature; humankind, life on earth; pity," from Latin humanitas "human nature; the human race, mankind;" also "humane conduct, philanthropy, kindness; good breeding, refinement". In the symbiopaedic use of the word the definition 'life on earth' is no longer appropriate (see 'earthlings' above).

 

humus – [from Latin humus = earth, soil] humus is the fertile layer of the soil, generated over hundreds of years through the natural life processes of the earth itself, or generated through human intervention via organic, biodynamic, or syntropic processes to simulate the natural cycles. Humus, by Darwin called 'vegetable mould', is often considered an 'endproduct' of life, because it describes decaying or decayed organic matter. For the soil itself and all plantlife, humus is the beginning of life. Rich in nutrients and microorganisms, it can be considered the immune system of the earth.

 

hybribiont – [VB – portmanteau of hybrid and symbiont] a symbiont which is a  product of two or more different species.

 

hybrid – from Latin hybrida, variant of ibrida = mongrel," specifically "offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar" originally from Greek hubris] "offspring of plants or animals of different variety or species." Rare word before its use in the general sense "product of two heterogeneous things" (since 1850). As a noun, in the sense of "automobile powered by an engine that uses both electricity and gasoline," 2002, short for hybrid vehicle.

 

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤇 : Semitic letter Heth, from which the following symbols derive

Η η : Greek letter Eta, from which the following symbols derive

𐌇 : Old Italic H, the ancestor of modern Latin H

ᚺ, ᚻ : Runic letter haglaz, which is probably a descendant of Old Italic H

Һ һ : Cyrillic letter Shha, which derives from Latin H

И и : Cyrillic letter И, which derives from the Greek letter Eta

𐌷 : Gothic letter haal

 

 I i 𐤉

〰 sounds of Yodh /aɪ/ /'aɪ/ /ɪ/ /'ɪ/ /ɜ/ /'ɜ/ /i/ /'i/ 〰

 

identipenia — [NL from Latin identitas = sameness + Greek penia = hunger, starvation] an intense yearning or hunger for identity.
Imagination — [synchronosophy – from Latin imitari = to imitate, copy] one of the eight Faculties of Consciousness, ruler and Keeper of Integrity of the inner realm of Fictional Reality, aka the Inner Artist.

 

Imagination –[from Latin imitari = to copy, imitate] Faculty of the mind which forms images, concepts, pictures, hallucinations, visions. In the Anthropocene, also "the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful".
In the Symbiocene, Imagination is one of the vital Faculties of Consciousness. Imagination has the power to visualise, project, create narratives, and inner movies, imitating experiences in material reality.

Imagination is a mental vehicle, enabling the human to travel beyond the apparent boundaries of space and time. Creativity and resourcefulness are not the exclusive domain of the Imagination. 

 

Immanence – [from Latin im = inside + manere = to dwell] a state of indwelling, inherence, in medieval philosophy contrasted with transcendence.

"In a colonised sense, immanence has an inferior quality, as if it were lesser. It has to do with entanglement and interdependence, with a secret and vital movement of continuous becoming. Immanence is textures, emotions from experiences and practice, and everything that flows through the body to the sacred Earth. It relates to a deeply rooted and elemental divine reality. The rescue of potent immanence is based on the fundamental assumptions of decolonisation, ecopsychology, transpersonal and liberation psychology, valuable and complex indigenous systemic thinking, ancestry, as well as future literacy and animism." Sofia Batalha

-ing – verb-ending [cognates Old Norse -ing, Dutch -ing, German -ung] suffix attached to verbs to refer to their action, result, product, or process; often used for habitual action.

-ing – noun-ending [cognates: German -end, Gothic -and, Sanskrit -ant, Greek -on, Latin -ans, -ens] used to describe a quality of material; also referring to tribe or community.

 

Inner-ocean Reality – territory of the Innerworld ruled by the Instinct

Innerworld – the inner world of individual human Consciousness

 

Inspiration – [ from Latin in = into + spirare = to breathe] 

Instinct — [from Latin in = into + stinguere = to prick, stick, pierce] in the Anthropocene used either for pure 'animal instincts' (e.g. survival instinct, mothering instinct), or reflexive physical behaviour; or instinct is confused with intuition and inspiration (both listed as 'synonyms for instinct' in many dictionaries). In the Symbiocene, Instinct is one of the vital Faculties of human Consciousness, in the inner realms, she rules over Inner-ocean Reality, and her expression is the inner language of Emotioning, well known to everyhuman by its characteristic inner waves and stings.

Intellect — [from Latin inter = between + legere = to choose, select, read] In the Anthropocene, intellect is regarded as "the sum of the cognitive facilities (except sense and imagination), the capacity for reasoning truth." Intellect may be defined as "the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract or academic matters." Intellect is implicitly used as synonymous with intelligence, rational mind, understanding, sound judgment, logic and wisdom.

Further definitions of intellect are (MW)

: the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will

: the capacity for knowledge

In the Symbiocene, Intellect is one of the vital Faculties of individual human Consciousness. Intellect is responsible for selecting dissecting, and processing acknows. Intellect has important digestive functions within the organism of Consciousness. The primary expression of the Intellect is thinking, which includes hypothesising, speculating, theorising, conjecturing, considering, contemplating, deliberating, pondering, reckoning, reasoning, and computing.

Intellect is per definition rational, which doesn't necessarily lead to understanding. Intellect has an irrational side, expressed through 'overthinking'; constant fruitless attempts to process information without coming to a conclusion or achieving a sense of coherence is likely the result of a lack of synergy between the Intellect and other Faculties.

In the Symbiocene, logic, judgment, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom can only be gained through collaboration of various (or all) Faculties. These are not exclusive results or achievements of intellectual activity.

Intuition — [from Latin in = into + tueri = to look at, watch over]

-ism — noun ending [from Greek -ismos = suffix referring to activity or practice; or collective functioning] -ism relates to the disposition towards a common activity or practice, or a collective activity. Example: organism

-ite — noun ending [from Greek -ites = connected with, belonging to] example: Epiphanite – Acknow belonging to Epiphanic Reality 

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤉 : Semitic letter Yodh, from which the following symbols originally derive

Ι ι: Greek letter Iota, from which the following letters derive

Ⲓ ⲓ : Coptic letter Yota

І і : Cyrillic letter soft-dotted I

𐌉 : Old Italic I, which is the ancestor of modern Latin I

ᛁ : Runic letter isaz, which probably derives from old Italic I

𐌹 : Gothic letter iiz

 

I & J are fraternal twins

 

 J j 𐤉

〰  sound of Yodh /dʒ/ 〰

 

 

Jabberwocky – [portmanteau of jabber = talk rapidly and excitedly but with little sense + wocky = perhaps a hybrid of wonky and wacky invented by Lewis Carroll] title of a poem about the Jabberwock, a wild creature from Carroll's sequel to Alice in Wonderland. Jabberwocky (1871) is considered one of the greatest nonsense poems written in English

 

jugglenaut – [

 

jungle – [from Sanskrit jangala-s = arid, sparsely grown with trees] given the original Sanskrit meaning of the word, the English translation into 'dense growth of trees and tangled vegetation' is surprising. The definition of jungle as a 'wild tangled mass' has been around for over two centuries, and got extended into its figurative sense in 1850.
In 1906, the word acquired the meaning of a 'place notoriously lawless and violent'. The association between jungle and city, to create a term for an 'urban wilderness', happened in the 20th century. This latest transmutation has brought the word back to its original sense: 'an arid, deserted place, sparsely grown with trees'.
In the Anthropocene, jungle has been used as a  synonym for 'tropical forest, rainforest, wild forest'.

In the language of the Symbiocene, synonyms for jungle would be 'tangle, wilderness, wasteland, deserted area'. 

 

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤉 : Semitic letter Yodh, from which the following symbols originally derive

Ι ι: Greek letter Iota, from which the following letters derive

Ⲓ ⲓ : Coptic letter Yota

 

J & I are fraternal twins

 

K k 𐤊

〰  sound of Kaph /k/ 〰

 

kainopenia — [VB – from Greek kainos = new + Greek penia = hunger, starvation] a hunger or yearning for a new life, or a new experience in some aspect of life.

kailopenia — [VB – from PIE root kailo = whole, uninjured + Greek penia] a hunger or yearning for health and wellbeing.

kind – [from kin= family, relation, race, nature, related to German Kind = child] of the same nature, native origins, or quality; friendly attitude, pleasant interaction (note that kind and like, although unrelated words, share two similar meanings) 

 

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤊 : Semitic letter Kaph, from which the following symbols originally derive

Κ κ/ϰ : Greek letter Kappa, from which K derives

К к : Cyrillic letter Ka, also derived from Kappa

 

L l 𐤋

〰  sounds of Lamedh /l/ /ʎ/ 〰

 

like – [from Old English gelik = like, having the same form] similar, equal, identical in appearance, nature, quality, or form.

liking – [like + -ing] being similar, same, or equal in appearance, nature, or quality; to be pleasing or attractive; to be attracted by similarity (kinship – see also kind)

-ly – [from Old English -lic = like] ending to form adjectives or nouns, denoting similarity in quality, form, nature, appearance, or origin; identical with like, but also the German word Leiche= dead body, corpse.

-ly– [from Middle English -li] ending to form adverbs, presumably to indicate a connection.

The endings -like (or -ly) can be used to form many symbiogenic words, e.g. adultlike animallike, beastlike, belieflike, childlike, cloudlike, companionlike, dreamlike, elderlike, endobiontlike, flashlike, ghostlike, lifelike, plantlike, spiderlike, symbiontlike, thoughtlike, tumorlike, viruslike, wavelike, zombielike etc.

 

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤋 : Semitic letter Lamedh, from which the following symbols originally derive

Λ λ : Greek letter Lambda, from which the following letters derive

Л л : Cyrillic letter El

Ⲗⲗ : Coptic letter Lamda

𐌋 : Old Italic letter L, which is the ancestor of modern Latin L

ᛚ : Runic letter laguz, which might derive from old Italic L

𐌻 : Gothic letter laaz

 

M m 𐤌

〰  sound of Mem /m/ 〰

 

mishap –

Monkey-mind Reality – [synchronosophy – from the Buddhist concept of monkey mind = the autonomous activity of 'rational mind'] the inner realm of Consciousness ruled by the Intellect. One of the autonomous properties of the Intellect.

mutualism — [from Latin mutare = to change] used in the sense of joint or reciprocal benefit for all participants involved; referring to a beneficial association or relationship between different organisms or entities. Mutualism is a form of symbiosis in which both or all symbionts benefit living together, a win-win-situation.

 

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤌 : Semitic letter Mem, from which the following symbols originally derive

Μ μ : Greek letter Mu, from which M derives

Ⲙ ⲙ : Coptic letter Me, which derives from Greek Mu

М м : Cyrillic letter Em, also derived from Mu

𐌌 : Old Italic M, which derives from Greek Mu, and is the ancestor of modern Latin M

ᛗ : Runic letter Mannaz, which derives from old Italic M

𐌼 : Gothic letter manna, which derives from Greek Mu

 

 N n 𐤍

〰  sounds of Nun /n/ /ŋ/ 〰

 

neo- – [from Greek neos = new, young, fresh, youthful; unfamiliar, strange; latest] prefix to form new words. The prefixes caeno- and ceno- [both from Greek kainos = innovation] can be used in a similar way. Paleo- [from Greek palaios = old, ancient] means the opposite.

neologism – [from Greek neos + logos = word] newly formed word – abbr. NL.

neopenia — [NL from Greek neos + penia = hunger, starvation] hunger or intense yearning for innovation or new input

 

Nescient — [from Latin ne = not + scire = to know] means ignorant, unaware, unwilling to know. This is a good word to to use for parts of ourselves which we don’t yet know. Nescient can be used instead of (the old Anthropocene terms) unconscious and subconscious.

neurodiversity — [from neuro = related to the nervous system + diversity = measurement of the degree of variability in a specific location] "refers to the limitless variability of human nervous systems on the planet, in which no two can ever be exactly alike due to the influence of environmental factors." Judy Singer

nounal – [adjective relating to noun] having the nature, function, or quality of a noun, in symbiopaedic language also carrying the sense of 'using a lot of nouns'.

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤍 : Semitic letter Nun, from which the following symbols originally derive

Ν ν : Greek letter Nu, from which the following symbols originally derive

Ⲛ ⲛ : Coptic letter Ne

Н н : Cyrillic letter En

𐌍 : Old Italic N, which is the ancestor of modern Latin N

𐌽 : Gothic letter nauþs

 

O o 𐤏

〰  sounds of Ayin /ɒ/ /oʊ/ /ɔ/ /ɔː/ /ɔɪ/ /u/ /uː/ /ʊə/ /aʊ/ /œ/  〰

 

Omniscient [from Latin omnis = all + scire = to know] means having knowledge of all things, possessing infinite knowledge. This term applies to Consciousness in general rather than any individual human (unless they are in a state of total unity with the source).

 

organ – [from Greek organon = implement, tool for making or doing, that with which one works] vital part of the living organism. In the Anthropocene only used for physical organs of the tangible body. In the Symbiocene we also have inner organs, which are non-physical.

 

organism — [from Greek organon = tool + ism = suffix referring to activity] actively working organsystem, entity which is operated by organs.

 

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ancestors & relations

 

𐤏 : Semitic letter Ayin, from which the following symbols originally derive

Ο ο : Greek letter Omicron

Ⲟ ⲟ : Coptic letter O, which derives from Greek omicron

О о : Cyrillic letter O, which also derives from Omicron

𐌏 : Old Italic O, which derives from Greek Omicron, and is the ancestor of modern Latin O

 

 

 

P p 𐤐

〰  sound of Pe /p/  〰

 

pacipenia — [NL from Latin pax = peace + penia = hunger, starvation] hunger or intense yearning for peace.

 

pagan – [from Latin paganus = civilian, villager, incompetent soldier] a person holding religious beliefs and following a related practice other than those of the main world religions.

paleo- – [from Greek palaios = old, ancient] prefix to form NLs in the sense of ancient, archaic, early, fossilised, obsolete, old, outdated, prehistoric, primordial, timeworn, or antediluvian (= time long before the biblical floods).

 

parascientious — [VB – from Latin para = alongside, beyond + scire = to know] knowing accompanying factors, having knowledge of coincidental information, which cannot be explained by the rational mind. This is a neologism and can refer to forms of knowing you receive via instinctive messages, intuitive hunches, associations, random comments or actions of others, or any other synchronous (apparent) outer events.

-path — [from Greek pathos = suffering, able to feel emotions] suffix to form new words, following the pattern of empath

patheticking — [NL, from Greek pathetikos = subject to feeling sensitive, capable of emotions] in synchronosophy, function of the Instinct; feeling, sensing and expressing emotions.

-pathic — suffix to form adjectives, e.g. phobiopathic = tendency to feel phobic

patho- – [from Greek pathos = suffering] prefix to form any word relating to suffering or distress, following the pattern of pathology, pathogenic.

pathos — [from Greek pathos = suffering, feeling, emotion, calamity] emotional expression of a quality and intensity that arouses, pity, sorrow, or sympathy.

-pathy — [from Greek pathos = suffering, disease] suffix to describe any type of suffering or emotional state, e.g. empathy.

-penia — [from Greek penia = hunger, starvation] suffix to form words related to a deficiency, e.g. ecopenia, entelechopenia, kailopenia, neopenia, pacipenia, salvipenia, symbiopenia.

perceiving — [from Latin per = thoroughly + capere = grasp] to grasp thoroughly

perspecting — [from Latin per = through + specere = look at] observing, seeing from a unique perspective.

 

pheme — [from Greek phēmē = speech, voice, utterance, a speaking] a word regarded as a grammatical unit in a language, coined in 1906 by U.S. philosopher Charles S. Pierce (1839-1914).

 

Pheme – the Greek daimona of fame and rumour.

-phobia – [from Greek phobos = fear, panic, terror] suffix to describe states of intense fear, dread or permanent anxiety.

 

phonomorph – [from Greek phone = sound, voice + morphe  = shape, form] linguistic term for word, literally a 'shape of sound', or a living entity which gives shape to a sound or spoken expression.

 

polymorph – [from Greek polis = many + morphe] a word which can take on many forms

 

prescient — [from Latin pre = before + scire = to know] means foreknowing, having knowledge of events before they take place. This is a useful word to describe intuitive hunches, inklings, presentiments, premonitions. It refers to a channel of human Consciousness which is not accessible to rational thinking. Prescience is a kind of prophetic knowledge, which can come in many forms and guises.

 

psycho- — [from Greek psykhe = soul, mind, spirit, life, animating principle] prefix to form words related to the psyche. In the Anthropocene, words related to psyche refer either to mental states or to a non-physical 'sixth sense' (clairvoyance, clairsentience, clairaudience)

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤐 : Semitic letter Pe, from which the following symbols originally derive

Π π : Greek letter Pi

𐌐 : Old Italic and Old Latin P, which derives from Greek Pi, and is the ancestor of modern Latin P. The Roman P had this form (𐌐) on coins and inscriptions until the reign of Claudius, c. 50 AD.

𐍀 : Gothic letter pertra/pairþa, which derives from Greek Pi

П п : Cyrillic letter Pe, which also derives from Pi

Ⲡ ⲡ : Coptic letter Pi

Պ պ: Armenian letter Pe

 

 

Q q 𐤒

〰  sounds of Qoph /k/ /kjuː/ /khw/  〰

 

quest — [from Latin quarere = seek, ask] search, inquiry, seeking, mission, adventure, often in pursuit of a higher goal.

 

questing — [NL] the process of being on a quest; holding a deep question

 

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤒 : Semitic letter Qoph, from which the following symbols originally derive

Ϙ ϙ: Greek letter Koppa

𐌒 : Old Italic Q, which is the ancestor of modern Latin Q

Ԛ ԛ : Cyrillic letter Qa

 

R r 𐤓

〰  sounds of Resh /r/ /ɹ/  〰

 

real – [from Latin res = thing, matter, property, goods, affair; Sanskrit rayim, rayah – property, goods, wealth. In the 12th c. associated with French royal; Spanish real]

realisation – the Anthropocene term for perceiving reality.

realising – the Symbiocene term for the process of dawning on the experience horizon, coming into awareness, and becoming real.

reality – In the Anthropocene, real has been defined as 'actually existing, having physical existence', associated with 'objective facts' and 'physical evidence'. Since the realisings of science through quantum physics, material reality can no longer be separated from processing reality, or realising. Realisations are therefore always works in progress, influenced and shaped by many synchronous impulses of realising.

realm – [in Old French realme = kingdom, territory governed by a royal ruler] sphere of activity or influence; area of power, or operation.

responsibility — [from Latin re- = back, in return, again + spondere = to pledge] in the Anthropocene, responsibility has been associated with duty and guilt. In the Symbiocene, responsibility is a plateau in the responsibling process.

responsibling –[VB] In the Symbiocene, the process of becoming aware of one's ability to respond, being or becoming responsible, taking responsibility. See also self-responsibling, phase of growth of maturity of Consciousness related to adolescing.

 

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤓 : Semitic letter Resh, from which the following letters derive

Ρ ρ : Greek letter Rho, from which the following letters derive

𐌓 : Old Italic letter R, the ancestor of modern Latin R

ᚱ : Runic letter Raido

Р р : Cyrillic letter Er

𐍂 : Gothic letter Reda

 

S s 𐤔

〰  sounds of Shin /s/ /ʒ/ /ʃ/ /ɸ/ / β / 〰

 

salutogenerating – [NL] verb engendering and stimulating Salutogenesis

Salutogenesis — [from Latin salus = healty + genesis = bringing forth] therapeutic concept focusing on the generation of health and strengthening personal resources, introduced by medical sociologist Aaron Antonovsky.

salutogenic – adjective referring to the approach and philosophy of Salutogenesis.

salvipenia – [NL from Latin salvus = safe, uninjured, well + Greek penia = hunger, starvation] hunger or intense yearning to be safe.

 

Schismogenesis – [GB from Greek skhisma = cleft, division + genesis = generation, creation from gignesthai = be born or produced, creation, a coming into being] The term was coined by Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) to describe types of interactions between individuals or groups (i.e. feedback loops) in which A's behavior elicits a particular reaction from B, which then reinforces and amplifies A's behavior and ultimately leads to a breakdown in the system.

 

scientious – [from Latin scire = to know] Old English word which died out in the 1600s. It literally means knowledgeable. It refers to a quality of being guided by knowledge. I am reintroducing it here in the more specific sense of following your own knowing. This adjective may also be also useful to avoid confusion by replacing parts of the Anthropocene definition of conscious. To this end, we redefine scientious as a state or quality of being aware of one’s own Consciousness.

 

sheerhap – formed on the pattern of mishap. A chance encounter where nothing good or bad happens. A meaningful coincidence that gets noticed.

Symbiocene — [from Greek sum- = together + bios = life + kainos = era] the next anticipated era after the Anthropocene, term coined by environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht

symbiogenerating – [NL] verb engendering and stimulating Symbiogenesis

Symbiogenesis — [from Greek sum = together + bios = life + genesis = origin, creation, generation] literally 'becoming by living together', refers to the crucial role of symbiosis in major evolutionary innovations. Proposed in 1905 by the Russian botanist Konstantin Mereschkowski, "This theory states that organelles, which distinguish eukaryotes from prokaryotes, emerged though a mutually beneficial relationship between individual prokaryotes." and popularised by evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis (1938-2011)

symbiogenic – adjective referring to the qualities of symbiogenesis, or living together for the benefit of all symbionts.

symbiont — [from sum + biont = companion] any living creature or entity living in symbiosis

symbiopenia — [NL from Greek sumbios + penia = hunger, starvation] hunger or intense yearning for companionship.

symbiosis — [from Greek sum = together + bios = life] a condition where two or more distinct organisms live together for the benefit of all

symbiosphere — [from Greek sum = together + biosphere] a realm, zone or area where living creatures can thrive in symbiosis.

 

sympoiesis  — [from Greek sum + poiesis = making] coined by Donna Haraway, "Sympoiesis is a simple word; it means “making-with.” Nothing makes itself; nothing is really autopoietic or self-organizing. In the words of the Inupiat computer “world game,” earthlings are never alone. That is the radical implication of sympoiesis. Sympoiesis is a word proper to complex, dynamic, responsive, situated, historical systems. It is a word for worlding-with, in company. Sympoiesis enfolds autopoiesis and gen- eratively unfurls and extends it." (Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene, 2016)

 

symmathesy – [from Greek sum + mathesi = learning] literally learning together. Word coined by Nora Bateson in 2015
Noun – "An entity composed by transcontextual mutual learning through interaction. This process of interaction and mutual learning takes place in living entities at larger or smaller scales of symmathesy."

Verb – "to interact within multiple variables to produce a mutual learning context."

 

synchronicity – [from Greek syn-= together + khronos= time] the term was introduced by C.G. Jung in 1953. Regarded as the 'signature concept' in Jung's vision of the world, synchronicity was defined by the man himself as an acausal connecting principle, whereby internal, psychological events are linked to external world events by meaningful coincidences rather than causal chains.
Jung's theory has come under attack, presumably – at least partially – because of the 'New Age' interpretation that "

"synchronicities are people, places or events that your soul attracts into your life – to help you evolve or to place emphasis on something going on in your life. The more consciously aware you become of how your soul creates, the higher your frequency goes and the faster your soul manifests. Each day your life will become filled with meaningful coincidences that you have attracted or created in the grid of your experiences in the physical."

The notion of 'meaningful coincidences' is often implicitly (mis)understood as being in the right place at the right time. New Age theorists have planted a fake 'synchronicity-bug' into the receptive minds of their followers, which has lead many to believe that "the higher you evolve in consciousness, the easier and more 'aligned with universal laws of attraction'you are, and the easier your life will become." This disastrous and dangerous distortion of Jung's original concept, has (in some cases) proven synchronously fortuitous and lucrative for teachers, while leaving students traumatised and bewildered through negative synchrony. Symbiopaedia aims to regenerate this word and save it from verbicide.

Synchronosophy – [VB - from Greek syn + khronos + sofia = wisdom] Synchronosophy is a new field of study, developed by Veronika Bond. The discipline of Synchronosophy involves exploring the inner symbiosphere in relation to negative synchrony. The underlying concept suggests that within the symbiosphere, synchrony is always happening at all times.

Synchronous events are occurring all the time. To interpret them as 'meaningful' and subsequently be able to process, assimilate and understand their meaning correctly is a different kettle of fish. Synchronosophy has emerged from a reliable method to extract meaningful and correct information from negative synchrony, and translate those extracts of self-knowledge into self-actualisation. All the words in this glossary marked with [synchronosophy] relate to this new discipline.

synchronous – [from Greek syn- + khronos] adjective referring to synchrony; existing or happening at the same time.

 

synchrony – [from Greek syn-+ khronos] simultaneity, occurrence at the same time. Negative synchrony refers to meaningful coincidences in everyday life which stand out through their dysphoric nature. Dysforia is not a traumatic or psychopathological event, but rather an experience which causes sufficient distress to get noticed. Negative synchrony corresponds with Jung's definition. In negative synchrony "internal, psychological events are linked to external world events by meaningful coincidences" which are hard to digest or accept. Every negative synchrony is connected to an internal cause, therefore it would be an error to speak of an acausal connecting principle. However, at the time of the event the causal connecting principle (CCP) is not known. Synchronosophy has many practical exercises, designed to reveal the CCP, resolve the negative synchrony, and provide further above mentioned benefits.

Synerging – [synchronosophy – from Greek syn = together + ergos = work] potentiality of all symbionts. Synerging leads to a symbiogenic result where the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

 

Synnecrosis — [from Greek syn- + nekros = dead body] parasitic relationship, living (or rather dying) together in a mutually destructive relationship.

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤔 : Semitic letter Shin, from which the following symbols originally derive

Σ: classical Greek letter Sigma

Ⲥ ⲥ : Coptic letter sima

С с : Cyrillic letter Es, derived from a form of sigma

𐌔 : Old Italic letter S, includes the variants also found in the archaic Greek letter

S: Latin letter S

ᛊ, ᛋ, ᛌ : Runic letter sowilo, which is derived from Old Italic S

𐍃: Gothic letter sigil

 

T t 𐤕

〰  sounds of Taw /t/ /θ/ [t̺ʰ] /tʃ / 〰

 

transscientious – [VB – from Latin  trans = across + scire = to know] a transferred knowing of a situation or event. This is a neologism referring to forms of knowing which you don’t recognise in yourself, while parts of your Consciousness are transferred into external situations or onto other people. (In psychology this form of knowing is called transference or projection).

 

topo — [from Greek topos = place] prefix referring to a place.

topology — [from Greek topos + logy = study] topographic study of a place or landscape

topomorph – [from Greek topos + morph = form] referring to the shape of a landscape and its transformation.

-trope — suffix forming adjectives to describe the features of tropism.

tropism – [from Greek tropos = turning] innate tendency of a living organism to respond, turn, or move spontaneously in a specific way, reacting to a certain stimulus; e.g. heliotropism = turning towards the sun.

type — [from Latin typus = figure, image, form , kind; Greek typos = impression, statue, character, outline]can be used as a prefix, suffix, noun, adjective, or verb-formation in the sense of sort, kind, species with certain characteristics or qualities etc.e.g. archetype, biotype, coenotype, ecotype, idiotype, neotype, prototype, symbiotype.

 

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𐤕 : Semitic letter Taw, from which the following symbols originally derive

Τ τ : Greek letter Tau

Ⲧ ⲧ : Coptic letter Taw, which derives from Greek Tau

Т т : Cyrillic letter Te, also derived from Tau

𐍄 : Gothic letter tius, which derives from Greek Tau

𐌕 : Old Italic T, which derives from Greek Tau, and is the ancestor of modern Latin T

ᛏ : Runic letter teiwaz, which probably derives from old Italic T

 

 

U u 𐤅

〰  sounds of Waw /ʌ/ /'ʌ/ /ɜː/ /ʊ/ /u/ /'u/  〰

 

ultrascientious –  [VB – from Latin ultra = beyond, very + scire = to know] a superior knowing or recognition of a situation or event. This is a neologism referring to forms of knowing through extreme sensitivity to a particular situation or event. Ultrascientious can express itself in hyperawareness, hyper vigilance, or an extraordinary perceptiveness of details related to inner or outer events.

 

ur – [from German ur- = original, earliest, archaic] prefix referring to a connection to the original source; also used in the sense of Latin ex- = out of. In many contemporary words replaced by er-, or ex-, e.g. ex-perience.

 

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𐤅‎: Semitic letter Waw, from which the following symbols originally derive

Υ υ: Greek letter Upsilon, from which U derives

V v: Latin letter V, descended from U

W w: Latin letter W, descended from V/U

Y y: Latin letter Y, also descended from Upsilon

У у: Cyrillic letter U, which also derives from Upsilon

 

U, V, W, F and Y are alphabetic siblings, sharing the same parent 'Waw'

 

V v 𐤅

〰  sound of Waw /v/  〰

 

verb [from Latin verbum = word, spoken word] a word form expressing action, occurrence, or mode of being. The common German term is Tuwort = literally doing word, which indicates movement, activity, process, and 'wave' (rather than 'particle). Verbs make language fluid. Verbs create and sustain relationships between words.

verbiage – [from Latin verbum = word, spoken word] abundance of words, empty talk, choice of words (Am.).

verbicide – [from Latin verbum + caedere = cut, kill] killing off a word by perverting its meaning. There are many forms of verbicides, many of them more common than we realise. C.S. Lewis pointed out that “Verbicide, the murder of a word, happens in many ways. Inflation is one of the commonest.”
Examples for inflation is when we say awfully instead of 'very,' tremendous for 'great,' sadism for 'cruelty,' and unthinkable for 'undesirable’.

 

verbigeration – [from German Verbigeration, from Latin verbum + gerāre = to exchange words, converse, frequentative derivative of gerere= to carry, carry on, perform + German -ation] continual repetition of stereotyped phrases.

 

verbiographic – [VB] adjective related to verbiography

 

verbiography – [VB – portmanteau of verb + biography] the biography of a word.

verbiont – [VB from Latin verbum = word, spoken word + biont = living being] a semiotic symbiont in the Symbiocene.{the Sanskrit vrata= word can also mean command, vow • the Greek logos = word can also mean reason, speech, ratio, cause, consideration • the German Wort = word can also mean saying, phrase, expression (a short group of words), literal expression, meaningful saying, bible verse, proverb, motto, commandment, command, agreement, promise, intention, magic spell, formula, password, signal, communication, remark, comment, consolation, encouragement, clarification, conversation, speech, talk, quote, statement, opinion, myth, gossip,etc.}

verbiopenia – [VB from Latin verbum + Greek penia = hunger, starvation, deficiency] deficit of words, uncomfortable or distressing lack of words in relation to the need or intention to give expression to a specific experience.

verbiophilia – [VB from Latin verbum + Greek philia = friendship, amicable love] friendship with verbionts.

verbose – [verb + -ose] wordy, using lots of words, in symbiopaedic terminology referring to a language that uses a high percentage of verbs.

vernacular– [from Latin vernaculus = native, domestic, indigenous] originally a word referring to 'home born slaves', the word is of Etruscan origin. In English the word is only used in the sense of native speech, or language of a place (since 1706). In this vein, the words we produce and use become our 'home born slaves'.
"For human speech is after all a democratic product, the creation, not of scholars and grammarians, but of unschooled and unlettered people. Scholars and men of education may cultivate and enrich it, and make it flower into the beauty of a literary language; but its rarest blooms are grafted on a wild stock, and its roots are deep-buried in the common soil. (Logan Pearsall Smith, "Words and Idioms," 1925)
In the Symbiocene we suggest the use of vernacular in the sense of 'streetspeak', the common language used and understood by 'everyone' as opposed to the jargons spoken in the ivory towers of science and academia.

 

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𐤅‎: Semitic letter Waw, from which the following symbols originally derive

Y y : Greek letter Upsilon, from which V derives

Y y : Latin letter Y, which, like V, also derives from Upsilon (but was taken into the alphabet at a later date)

V v : Cyrillic letter izhitsa, also descended from Upsilon

Y y : Cyrillic letter u, also descended from Upsilon via the digraph of omicron and upsilon

Y y : Cyrillic letter Ү, descended from У and izhitsa and used in the scripts for languages in the former Soviet Union and currently the Russian Federation, as well as in Mongolian. Most commonly it represents /y/ or /ʏ/.

 

V, W, F, U and Y are alphabetic siblings, sharing the same parent 'Waw'

 

W w 𐤅

〰 sounds of Waw /ʍ/ /w/ /ɔː/ /ʊ/ /aʊ/  /oʊ/  〰

 

ware — [from old English weard = guarding, protection] forms part of aware, beware, guard, hardware, malware, regard, revere, reverence, reward, self-awareness, software, steward, spyware, vanguard, warden, wardrobe, warehouse.

 

weird – [Old English wyrd = destiny, fate, chance, fortune, the Fates; literally "that which comes"] related to German werden = to become, come into existence; uncanny, supernatural; weird sisters = the three Norns of Germanic mythology. As an adjective, originally used in the sense of having power to control fate. In the Anthropocene, the meaning of weird has been 'odd, different, disturbing, strange'

Wondering – [synchronosophy] Language of the Inspiration

Wonderland Reality – realm of influence of the Inspiration

 

word – [Proto-Germanic wurda, PIE root were = to speak, say] in Old English promise, in the plural words = verbal altercation, since  1971, courtesy of 'word-processors' and 'word-processing', word has started a career in computing. Etymologically, word is related to the Latin verbum = word and vertere = to turn, bend. Therefore all -vert-words are close family, including aversion, conversion, vertebra, vertex, and many others. In the Germanic branch of the family, word and wort are practically sisters, while wyrd and weird are ancestors.

 

Word⚘Fairies – personifications of phenomena, concepts and/or experiences in relation to individual words, phrases or the use of language in general. Word⚘Fairies help to restore the identity of words which have been distorted or destroyed by Anthropocene misinterpretations. 

 

wort – [Old English wyrt = root] root, herb, vegetable, plant, spice, cousin of German wurz; often found in plant names, e.g. St. John's wort, liverwort.

worm – [allegedly one of the 23 oldest words in English, in Ancient Egypt revered as sacred] the word is etymologically related to aversion, adversity, biodiversity, conversion, introversion (any-)version, neurodiversity etc., universe, vermiculture, vermin, vertebra, vertex, vortex, wormhole, worth, wriggle, writhe, wrong, and wyrd (= fate, destiny).

 

wurzel – [Old English wyrt, German Wurz = root] a rural, unsophisticated person, country bumpkin

 

wyrd – see weird

 

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𐤅‎ : Semitic letter Waw, from which the following symbols originally derive

U: Latin letter U

V v: Latin letter V

Arabic و, has the same origin despite bearing little resemblance to W

(double vav): the Yiddish and Hebrew equivalent of W

 

W, F, U, V, and Y are alphabetic siblings, sharing the same parent 'Waw'

 

X x χ

〰  sounds of Chi /'ɛks/ /z/  〰

 

X-ling - [synchronosophy X = unspecified entity + -ling = suffix referring to a connection with; denoting a smaller, younger, or inferior version; or referring to a similarity in quality or nature] non-specific Acknow.

xeno- — [from Greek xenos = stranger, guest, host] prefix referring to foreignness, eg. xenophobia = fear of strangers

xenobiosis — [from Greek xenos = stranger + biosis = life] symbiosis in which members of two species of ants live together in the same nest but do not rear their young in common 

 

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Χ χ : Greek letter Chi, from which the following derive:

Х х : Cyrillic letter Kha

Ⲭ ⲭ : Coptic letter Khe, which derives from Greek Chi

𐍇 : Gothic letter enguz, which derives from Greek Chi

𐌗 : Old Italic X, which derives from Greek Chi, and is the ancestor of modern Latin X

ᚷ : Runic letter Gyfu, which may derive from old Italic X

Ξ ξ : Greek letter Xi, which was used in place of Chi in the Eastern (and the modern) Greek alphabets

 

 

Y y 𐤅

〰 sounds of Waw /y/ /j/ /aɪ/ 〰

 

 

y- — [From Old English ge- = with,together] prefix or connecting syllable, currently only used in handiwork [from hand + y + work] y- is an English collective prefix, used in Middle English. It has morphed into a- and survived only in aghast, alike, aware, and perhaps a couple more words. The English prefix a- has blended with the Latin a-, ad-, ab- [= on, towards, away], with the collective meaning of the original largely lost.

yfeeling – [VB – from Middle English y- = with, together, thoroughly + feeling] to feel with full awareness.

ythanking – [VB – from Middle English y- = with, together, thoroughly + thanking] to thank wholeheartedly.

ythinking – [VB – from Middle English y- = with, together, thoroughly + thinking] to think thoroughly.

 

 

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ancestors & relations

𐤅: Semitic letter Waw, from which the following symbols originally derive

Υ υ : Greek letter Upsilon, from which Y derives

Ⲩ ⲩ : Coptic letter epsilon/he (not to be confused with the unrelated Greek letter Ε ε called epsilon)

𐌖 : Old Italic U/V, which is the ancestor of modern Latin V and U

𐍅 : Gothic letter uuinne/vinja, which is transliterated as w

У у : Cyrillic letter U, which derives from Greek upsilon via the digraph omicron-upsilon used to represent the sound /u/

Ѵ ѵ : Cyrillic letter izhitsa, which derives from Greek upsilon and represents the sounds /i/ or /v/.

Ү ү : Cyrillic letter Ue (or straight U)

Ұ ұ : Kazakh Short U

 

Y, W, V, U, and F are alphabetic siblings, sharing the same parent 'Waw'