mixgoldenphoenix:

godssister:

So apparently this new entity in The Empty is older than Chuck and even Amara.

Could it be their parent?

OMFG!

Possibly, if the entity is the personification of the Empty and the Empty is a reference to “tohu va-vohu.”

“The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of
the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the
waters.” (Genesis 1:2)

“Without form and void,” is what “tohu va-vohu” is describing, though it’s meaning is more complex than that. Here’s what “Word Explain” has to say on the matter:

“tohu
(1062c); from an unused
word; formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness:—chaos
(1),
confusion (1), desolation (1), emptiness (1), empty space (1), formless
(2),
futile (2), futile things (1), meaningless (2), meaningless arguments
(1),
nothing (2), waste (3), waste place (2).”

It’s not not there it’s just…eh. A whole bunch of eh that some interpret as a literal desert with nothing in it and some interpret as the planet going, “???” before God came along and told it what to do.

And then you have the darkness, the abyss, the waters of the Ancient Sea, “Tehom.” This is what SPN personified with Amara. She is what God built the foundation of the Earth/the Universe on, thus why she bursts out of the ground when the Mark is lifted.

The Spirit of God is, naturally, God. His intent and Will, getting His hands dirty and making something from “nothing.”

That being said, SPN could be playing on the idea that this Empty–tohu va-vohu, or however you wanna spell that–was what “created” Amara and God.

They portray the Empty as a sleeping celestial entity that would very well like to, y’know, sleep. The Empty is aware of everything, of Creation, despite its slumber, and gives fuck all about All. Its peace is not having to be or do or think. “I Am,” is God’s thing; The Empty would like to not Am, thank you very much.

Now, there’s a common trope, an idea, regarding sleeping deities and their dreams being reality. And I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that both Amara and God were two “dreams” of the Empty, thoughts, that got a little too rambunctious and were consequently jettisoned out of its “head” because fuck all that noise.

Or maybe they willed themselves into being and, again, the Empty was like fuck all that noise. This scenario is an interesting idea because then that puts Castiel’s awakening on par with Amara’s and God’s. “Yo, I’m Being now.” “Yes, and I would like you to not.” “Tough shit.” “Then out ya go.” Amara lands in the backyard, God across the street.

TL;DR: The Empty is based off a thing, I just don’t know how they’re using this in terms of “age” or creation or anything. But it’s fun!