Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia - Pantheism
Pantheism (Greek: pan = all and Theos = God) literally means "God is All" and "All is God". It is the view that everything is of an all-e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantheism - Varieties Of Pantheism
This article distinguishes between two divergent groups of pantheists: Classical pantheism, which is expressed in the immanent God of Ka...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: New Age Dictionary On Pantheism
Pantheism Doctrine that identifies God with the whole uni-verse, every particle, tree, table, animal, and person being part of Him. ...   » Read the article

Article - Pantheism: Personal Responsibility, Religious Tolerance And Reverence For All Life
 While quantum physics may be a modern development, pantheism is in fact an ancient spiritual path that holds everything in the Univ...   » Read the article

Article - Pantheism: Natural Or Scientific Pantheism - A Religious Approach To Nature And The Cosmos
 Modern pantheism is often misunderstood. It has nothing to do with "pantheon" or "polytheism" (belief in many G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monism - Monism, Pantheism, And Panentheism
Following a long and still current tradition H.P. Owen (1971: 65) claimed that "Pantheists are ‘monists’...they believe that there i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Pantheism
The pantheistic doctrine which forms the foundation of the Brahmanical system of belief found its most complete exposition in one of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantheism - Pantheistic Concepts In Religion
Pantheism - Hinduism. In Hindu theology Moksha and achieving godness is the ultimate, both transcendent and immanent, the absolute infi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pantheism
pantheism: "All-is-God doctrine."   A term applied to a variety of philosophical position in which God and the world a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Pantheism: Encyclopedia - Classical Pantheism
Classical pantheism equates existence with God without attempting to redefine or to minimize either term, and has an inclusive demeanor t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hylozoism: Encyclopedia - Hylozoism
Hylozoism is the philosophical doctrine that all material things possess life. The term was introduced by Ralph Cudworth in 1678. Some of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia - Animism
In religion, the term "Animism" is used in a number of ways. Animism (from animus, or anima, mind or soul), originally means the doctrin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universist Movement: Encyclopedia - Universist Movement
The Universist Movement refers to a worldwide religious movement of people who apply reason and experience to questions concerning human ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Collective Unconscious: Encyclopedia - Collective Unconscious
Collective unconscious is a term of analytical psychology, and was originally coined by Carl Jung. He distinguished the collective uncons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noosphere: Encyclopedia - Noosphere
The noosphere can be seen as the "sphere of human thought" being derived from the Greek νους ("nous") meaning "mind" in the style of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eternity: Encyclopedia - Eternity
While in the popular mind, eternity often simply means existing for an infinite, i.e., limitless, amount of time, many have used it to re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monism: Encyclopedia - Monism
Monism is the metaphysical and theological view that there is only one principle, essence, substance or energy in this Universe. Monism i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Pantheist Society: Encyclopedia - Universal Pantheist Society
The Universal Pantheist Society, founded in 1975, is one of the world's first official organizations dedicated to the promotion and under...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Pantheist Movement: Encyclopedia - World Pantheist Movement
The World Pantheist Movement (WPM) is an organization of people associated with pantheism, a philosophy which asserts that spirituality s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi
Ekam-The Ultimate Oneness Vethan-The Creator Thirumal-The Maintainer Sivan-The Destroyer Vaikundar-The Incarnation The Trinity Akilattira...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia - Brahmanism
Brahmanism, popularly known as Hinduism, developed its ritual, worship and philosophy from Aryan scriptures; the Vedas. Over the years th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polytheism: Encyclopedia - Polytheism
Polytheism is belief in, or worship of, multiple gods or divinities. The word comes from the Greek words poly+theoi, literally "many gods...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia - Vedanta
Vedanta (Vedānta, वेदान्त, pronounced as //vé: dα:n tə//) means the anta or culmination or essence of the Vedas. It is ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Pantheism
pantheism The belief that God, nature, and the universe are the same   (See also: Pantheism , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Pantheism
pantheism: the belief that the divine is in all things and is equated with the totality of all   (See also: pantheism , Hindu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Pantheism
PANTHEISM: The belief in many deities who are really one because they are all merely aspects of the single creative life source. Celti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Pantheism
PANTHEISM: Belief in many deities who are really on because they are all merely aspects of the single creative life source. Paganism i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Pantheism
A Christian theological definition of Pantheism according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Pantheism
Pantheism The belief that all that exists is God and all that exists is God. This God is an all-encompassing, impersonal principle or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Pantheism
PANTHEISM: The religious doctrine that all the laws, manifestations and powers in the universe combine to create One Power (God). Pant...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Pantheism
PANTHEISM The belief that everything, without exception, is part of divinity or is a manifestation of God. A form of monism identifyin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panendeism: Encyclopedia Ii - Panendeism - Origin Of The Term
Traditionally, monotheism refers to belief in a god that is a separate entity within the universe, whereas pantheism (all is God) refers ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pantheism
Pantheism [from Greek pan all + theos god]   According to Plato, theos is derived from theein (to move); hence pantheism may be d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pandeism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pandeism - Recent Usage
Today, a small number of philosophers and religious scholars use this term in essays, blogs and internet forums to describe various belie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naturalistic Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Naturalistic Pantheism - Adherents
Adherents feel that naturalistic pantheism might best be understood through the teachings of Spinoza and Taoism historically, and the Uni...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Pantheism
Pantheism The belief that all that exists is God and all that exists is God. This God is an all-encompassing, impersonal principle or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panpsychism: Encyclopedia Ii - Panpsychism - Other Manifestations
Panpsychism and emergentism can be seen as alternative ways to bridge the more extreme positions of crude reductionism and crude holism. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Collective Unconscious: Encyclopedia Ii - Collective Unconscious - Collective Unconscious In Fiction
On the television show Star Trek: Voyager, the crew encounters an alien race that places them all in a massive, shared dream. Character S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polydeism: Encyclopedia Ii - Polydeism - History Of The Term
Creighton University Philosophy professor William O. Stephens[1], who teaches this concept to his students, suggests that C.D. Broad proj...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acosmic Pantheism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Acosmic Pantheism
acosmic pantheism: "No-cosmos, all-is-God doctrine." A Western philosophical term for the philosophy of Shankara. It is acos...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acosmic Pantheism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Acosmic Pantheism
acosmic pantheism: "No-cosmos, all-is-God doctrine." A Western philosophical term for the philosophy of Shankara. It is acosmi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monism - Monism Pantheism And Panentheism
Following a long and still current tradition H.P. Owen (1971: 65) claimed that "Pantheists are ‘monists’...they believe that there i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monism - Philosophical Monism
Monism is often seen as partitioned into three basic types: Substantial Monism, (One thing) which holds that there is one substance. Att...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Pantheism And Panentheism
Though Ayyavazhi is mostly connected with the concept of Ekam, some followers advocates Ayyavazhi as Pantheistic, sticking to the concept...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Pantheism And Panentheism
Though Ayyavazhi is mostly connected with the concept of Ekam, some followers advocates Ayyavazhi as Pantheistic, sticking to the concept...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eternity: Encyclopedia Ii - Eternity - God And Eternity
Theists say that God is eternally existent. How this is understood depends on which definition of eternity is used. On the one hand, God ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panpsychism: Encyclopedia Ii - Panpsychism - Relation To Metaphysical Positions
Panpsychism does not necessarily imply idealism - the metaphysical view that mind is the fundamental constituent of reality (a view that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panpsychism: Encyclopedia Ii - Panpsychism - In The History Of Philosophy
The view of the world as a macrocosm in relation to man (which is a microcosm, respectively) was a staple theme in Greek philosophy. In t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monism - Ancient Philosophers
The following pre-Socratic philosophers described reality as being: Thales: Water Anaximander: Apeiron (meaning 'the unknown'). Reality ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monism - Monism In Religion
Monism - Hinduism. Hinduism is monistic, as far back as the Rig Veda, in which hymnists speak of one being-non-being that 'breathed wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polydeism: Encyclopedia Ii - Polydeism - Etymologically Disjunctive Uses Of The Term
The term, polydeism, has occasionally been misused as a direct substitute for polytheism - a usage which fails to consider the distinctio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eternity: Encyclopedia Ii - Eternity - Symbolism And Eternity
Eternity is often symbolized by the image of a snake swallowing its own tail, known as Ouroboros (or Uroboros), though the symbol can als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eternity: Encyclopedia Ii - Eternity - Eternity As A Timeless Existence
Augustine of Hippo wrote that time exists only within the created universe, so that God exists outside of time; for God there is no past ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eternity: Encyclopedia Ii - Eternity - Science And Eternity
The modern theory of relativity provides a physical description of the universe in which the past and future may exist alongside the pres...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Baruch Spinoza: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Baruch Spinoza
Spinoza, Baruch: Dutch philosopher (1632-1677) who taught a monistic pantheism of one infinite substance, God or nature. (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhur-loka: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bhur-loka
Bhur-loka (Sanskrit). One of the 14, lokas or worlds in Hindu Pantheism; our Earth.   (See also: Bhur-loka , Theosophy, Spirit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panentheism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Panentheism
Panentheism The belief that God is all that exists. God is at once the entire universe, and transcends the universe as well. Subtly di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashvaghosha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ashvaghosha
Ashvaghosha: (Sanskrit) Buddhist scholar, pantheist philosopher (ca 80 bce150 ce), and one of the great poets of Indian history. A pri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panentheism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Panentheism
Panentheism The belief that God is all that exists. God is at once the entire universe, and transcends the universe as well. Subtly di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashvaghosha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ashvaghosha
Ashvaghosha: (Sanskrit) Buddhist scholar, pantheist philosopher (ca 80 bce150 ce), and one of the great poets of Indian history. A princ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Roots Of Vedanta
All forms of Vedanta are drawn primarily from the Upanishads, a set of philosophical and instructive Vedic scriptures which deal mainly w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panentheism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Panentheism
panentheism: "All-in-God doctrine."   The view that the universe is part of the being of God, as distinguished from pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Inclusivistic And Exclusivistic Ideas
This formula of inclusivism and exclusivism was applied in the religio-cultural universe of Ayyavazhi is one that is not found anywhere e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Shamanism
In the prevailing ecstatic religious ambience, some followers of Ayyavazhi have performed some shamanic actions in the worship centers in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Mythology
(Main article: Ayyavazhi mythology) The mythology of Ayyavazhi makes explicit the fact that the essence of this vision is an account of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Polytheism - Overview
Blain (2004) states: "Polytheism refers to the honouring of 'many deities', each of whom is experienced and acknowledged as an independen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Rituals
Main Article:Ayyavazhi religious practices In addition to the philosophical concepts and mythology, the rituals of Ayyavazhi proceed in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - The Utopian Formula
Ayyavazhi proposes an emancipatory utopia under the banner of Dharma Yukam. The core of the proposal was that Ayya Vaikundar had come to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Identity Of Ayyavazhi
Ayyavazhi worship was marked by simplicity. The character of simplicity emerged in Ayyavazhi in contrast to the obscurantism and the 'fea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - New Religious Phenomenon
It may be concluded that Ayyavazhi emerged as a 'new and singular' religious phenomenon. Amidst the various traditions — the sanskritic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - History
The religious phenomenon of Ayyavazhi made its presence felt primarily by a movement of people accross the country, and their confluence ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Worship Centers
Pathis and Nizhal Thangals were centers of worship and religious learning established in different parts of the country by devout followe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Polytheism - The Indic Traditions
Buddhism and Hinduism are regarded by some non-practitioners as polytheistic although this view of the religion is rejected by most Hindu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Beliefs
Adherents of Ayyavazhi believe in both reincarnation and the Dharma Yukam but condemn the caste system . They also reject the use of murt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Transition From Vedic To Vedantic Religion
While the traditional Vedic 'karma kanda', or ritualistic components of religion, continued to be practiced through the Brahmins as medit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Dharmic Definition
In the religious universe of Ayyavazhi, the teachings on Dharma has two levels of understanding: One, as a principle of 'righteousness', ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Major Vedantic Gurus
Pre-modern Vedantins: Adi Shankara Bhaskara Vallabha Caitanya Nimbarka Baladeva Vidyabhushana Vacaspati Misra Suresvara Vijnanabhiksu Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - God
Main article:Ayyavazhi Trinity The theology of Ayyavazhi differs from other monistic religions. It speaks of Ekam, the ultimate Oneness f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Polytheism - Gods And Divinity
Hard polytheists believe that the gods are distinct and separate beings. Hard polytheists may believe in a unifying principle such as the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Major Vedantic Gurus
Pre-modern Vedantins: Adi Shankara Bhaskara Vallabha Caitanya Nimbarka Baladeva Vidyabhushana Vacaspati Misra Suresvara Vijnanabhiksu Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - History
The religious phenomenon of Ayyavazhi made its presence felt primarily by a movement of people across the country, and their confluence a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Worship Centers
Pathis and Nizhal Thangals were centers of worship and religious learning established in different parts of the country by devout followe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Beliefs
Adherents of Ayyavazhi believe in both reincarnation and the Dharma Yukam but condemn the caste system . They also reject the use of murt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Polytheism - The Indic Traditions A Form Of Inclusive Monotheism Not Polytheism
Buddhism and Smarta Hinduism are regarded by some non-practitioners as polytheistic although this view of the religion is rejected by mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Dharmic Definition
In the religious universe of Ayyavazhi, the teachings on Dharma has two levels of understanding: One, as a principle of 'righteousness', ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Polytheism - Ancient Polytheism
Well-known polytheistic pantheons in history include the Sumerian gods, the Egyptian gods, the Greek religion, Norse Æsir and Vanir, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Inclusivistic And Exclusivistic Ideas
This formula of inclusivism and exclusivism was applied in the religio-cultural universe of Ayyavazhi is one that is not found anywhere e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Shamanism
In the prevailing ecstatic religious ambience, some followers of Ayyavazhi have performed some shamanic actions in the worship centers in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Mythology
The mythology of Ayyavazhi makes explicit the fact that the essence of this vision is an account of a history - a past, a present and a f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - The Utopian Formula
Ayyavazhi proposes an emancipatory utopia under the banner of Dharma Yukam. The core of the proposal was that Ayya Vaikundar had come to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pandeism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pandeism - Use Of The Term By Godfrey Higgins
Pandeism (or a Pandæan religion) was originally used by Godfrey Higgins, a historian of religions, [1] to describe a religious society t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Identity Of Ayyavazhi
Ayyavazhi worship was marked by simplicity. The character of simplicity emerged in Ayyavazhi in contrast to the obscurantism and the 'fea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - New Religious Phenomenon
It may be concluded that Ayyavazhi emerged as a 'new and singular' religious phenomenon. Amidst the various traditions — the sanskritic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tahor: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tahor
Tahor (Hebrew, Jewish). Lit., Mundus, the world; a name given to the Deity, which identification indicates a belief in Pantheism. &n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Theology
The tendency towards a comprehension of the unity of the divine essence had resulted in some minds, as has been remarked before, in a kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Caste
In India and Nepal, Brahmins, being members of the highest caste, historically enjoyed high social status as being traditionally learned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantheism - Islam
Islamic Sufism is regarded by some as being influenced by eastern philosophies (Indian and Persian) and has Pantheistic doctrines within ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantheism - Debate
Some critics argue that pantheism is little more than a redefinition of the word "God" to mean "existence" "life"or "reality". Many panth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantheism - Related Concepts
Pantheism - Panentheism. Pantheism has features in common with panentheism, such as the idea that the universe is part of God. Technica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantheism - Methods Of Explanation
An oft-cited feature of pantheism is that each individual human, being part of the universe or nature, is part of God. One issue discusse...   » Read the article