neoplatonism
Neo.pla.to.nism \.ne--o--'pla-t-*n-.iz-*m\ \-*n-*st\ n [ISV] 1: Platonism modified in later antiquity to accord with Aristotelian, Post- aristotelian, and oriental conceptions that conceives of the world as an emanation from the One with whom the soul is capable of being reunited in trance or ecstasy 2: doctrines similar to ancient Neoplatonism - Neo.pla.to.nist n