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vastation

vastation

9.9
A difficult spiritual time of inner emptiness that leads to growth
  • noun
  • /væˈsteɪʃən/
  • Archaic
translation icon : vastación
  • The theologian wrote about the soul's journey through vastation and eventual enlightenment.

Examples

  • Some traditions describe vastation as a period of inner emptiness leading to growth.

  • In ancient texts, vastation was seen as a necessary step before spiritual renewal.

  • The concept of vastation is often discussed in ancient texts.

  • Many scholars interpret vastation as a necessary step for spiritual renewal.

  • In ancient texts, vastation was seen as a necessary step before spiritual renewal.

  • The theologian wrote about the soul's journey through vastation and eventual enlightenment.

  • Some traditions describe vastation as a period of inner emptiness leading to growth.

Synonyms

devastation
vsvastation
90 4.8

Great destruction that leaves places badly damaged, for example after a war or storm

refers to a spiritual purging or ruin not mainly physical damage
purification
vsvastation
  • Literature
5 5.9

Becoming morally and spiritually clean by removing guilt

can also mean a spiritual destruction rather than cleansing
sanctification
vsvastation
  • Formal
4 9.7

A religious ceremony that makes something holy for use in worship

is not limited to a formal ceremony and can involve destruction
spiritualization
vsvastation
9.6

To give ordinary things a religious or sacred meaning

focuses on cleansing or deep change, not only adding spiritual content

Surface Forms

vastation singular
vastations plural

Morphology

vastation = vast (opaque) = vast + ation

The transformation to 'vastation' involves a specialized theological meaning that is not directly derivable from 'vast'.

Etymology

Vastation comes from the Latin root vastus, meaning 'empty', and the verb vastare, meaning 'to make empty'. In religious writing, this idea of being made 'empty' describes a time of inner emptiness or testing that clears the way for new spiritual life, so the origin explains the sense of spiritual 'emptying' before renewal.