emanation

Representations of the religious teacher started out as nearly abstract symbols a few thousand years ago — a starburst shape inside a spiraling whorl, for example, which configures an emanation of light within an eternal flow.

“The form of the danger is an emanation of energy. The danger is unleashed only if you substantially disturb this place physically. This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.”

I want to say yes, except that this renewed fascination with twins is not so much an emanation of intellectual curiosity as it is an expression of our collective distress and anxiety.

Whether these labels are based in reality or simply emanations of a joint consumer fantasy is increasingly debatable.

There were all manner of emanations at this year’s festival, but I was more struck by the cascades of tears generated by male characters, including in “Rob Peace” and “Exhibiting Forgiveness.”