Relationships

2,079 typed, source-backed relationships between entities. Each row records a directed relationship (subject → type → object) with a justifying source and rationale note. See relationship_types for the full controlled vocabulary of 70 relationship types. Key types: reception_of / received_as (transmission across traditions), equated_with (interpretatio graeca / analogues), parent_of (genealogy), member_of (collective membership), emanates_from (Gnostic/Neoplatonic structure).

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subject_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity initiating or holding the relationship'}
relationship_type
{'description': 'Typed relationship from the controlled vocabulary (see relationship_types table)'}
object_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity receiving or targeted by the relationship'}
confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low / speculative'}
rationale
{'description': 'Scholarly justification for the relationship, with source citations'}
source_id
{'description': 'Primary source justifying this relationship'}
period_id
{'description': 'Historical period in which this relationship is attested (null = all periods)'}

6 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_UNION"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
664 Bridal Chamber ENT_VAL_BRIDAL_CHAMBER associated_ritual Union ENT_UNION high The bridal chamber is associated with union. Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures SRC_LAYTON_GNOSTIC reviewed  
698 Solitary ENT_THO_SOLITARY associated_ritual Union ENT_UNION medium The solitary/single one may symbolize integration or restored unity. Nag Hammadi Library SRC_NHC reviewed  
768 Theurgy ENT_THEURGY associated_ritual Union ENT_UNION high Theurgy aims at divine union or participation. Iamblichus, De Mysteriis SRC_IAMBLICHUS_DE_MYSTERIIS reviewed  
2528 Fana ENT_SUF_FANA aligned_with Union ENT_UNION medium Fana is the annihilation through which mystical union is realised. Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed Classical Islam PER_ISL_CLASSICAL
2561 Wahdat al-Wujud ENT_SUF_WAHDAT_WUJUD aligned_with Union ENT_UNION high Wahdat al-wujud is the metaphysics underlying mystical union. Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed Classical Islam PER_ISL_CLASSICAL
2681 Henosis ENT_VAL_HENOSIS embodies Union ENT_UNION high The aeon Henosis is Union personified. Irenaeus of Lyons, Adversus Haereses (Against Heresies), c. 180 CE; ed. Rousseau & Doutreleau, SC 263-264, 293-294, 210-211 (Cerf, 1979-2002) SRC_IRENAEUS_AH reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH

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CREATE TABLE "entity_relationships" (
   [relationship_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   [subject_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [relationship_type] TEXT REFERENCES [relationship_types]([relationship_type]),
   [object_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_period_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_source_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_object_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([object_entity_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_relationship_type]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([relationship_type]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_subject_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([subject_entity_id]);