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self-generation

American  
[self-jen-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˈsɛlfˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.


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Of this process, this self-generation of God, we may distinguish two aspects—the immanent or esoteric, and the emanent or exoteric.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

This fact, however, as before insisted, in no wise affects the only doctrine which I here enunciate—viz., that the self-generation of natural law is a necessary corollary from the persistence of matter and force.

From A Candid Examination of Theism by Romanes, George John