Emanasie is ‘n filosofiese konsep wat beskryf hoe alle werklikheid uit ‘n enkele, transendente bron “uitvloei” of “uitstraal” in ‘n hierargiese orde. In Neoplatoniese filosofie emaneer alle werklikheid uit die Een (God), eers na die Intellek, dan na die Siel, en laastens na die materiele wereld – soos lig van ‘n kaars uitstraal en swakker word hoe verder dit gaan. Elke vlak van werklikheid is minder perfek as die vorige. Hierdie konsep verskil wesenlik van die Christelike skeppingsleer, wat leer dat God deur Sy vrye wil uit niks (ex nihilo) geskape het, nie deur ‘n natuurlike uitvloeiingsproses nie.
Emanation is a philosophical concept describing how all reality “flows out” or “radiates” from a single, transcendent source in a hierarchical order. In Neoplatonic philosophy all reality emanates from the One (God), first to the Intellect, then to the Soul, and finally to the material world – like light radiating from a candle, growing weaker the further it goes. Each level of reality is less perfect than the previous one. This concept differs fundamentally from the Christian doctrine of creation, which teaches that God created by His free will out of nothing (ex nihilo), not through a natural process of outflowing.