Aphanipoiesis

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= "way in which life coalesces toward vitality in unseen ways". [1]

Description

Nora Bateson:

"Aphanipoiesis (n.) combines two words from ancient Greek to describe this way in which life coalesces toward vitality in unseen ways. (Aphanis comes from a Greek root meaning obscured, unseen, unnoticed; poiesis is from one meaning to bring forth, to make.) Other words which also carry the root aphanis include phantom, diaphanous, and phenomenon, while the root poiesis is familiar from the word poetry, along with Maturana and Varela’s autopoiesis."

(https://norabateson.medium.com/aphanipoiesis-96d8aed927bc)