13 Facts About Pantheism

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Pantheism is the belief that reality, the universe and the cosmos is identical with divinity and a supreme supernatural being or entity, pointing to the universe as being an immanent creator deity still expanding and creating, which has existed since the beginning of time, or that all things compose an all-encompassing, immanent god or goddess and regards the universe as a manifestation of a deity.

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Pantheism was popularized in Western culture as a theology and philosophy based on the work of the 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza, in particular, his book Ethics.

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Pantheism derives from the Greek word pa? pan and ?e?? theos (meaning "god, divine").

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Pantheism is the view that everything is part of an all-encompassing, immanent God.

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Pantheism has since become known as a celebrated pantheist and martyr of science.

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Pantheism was described as a "God-intoxicated man, " and used the word God to describe the unity of all substance.

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Pantheism referred to the pantheism of the Ancient Egyptians, Persians, Syrians, Assyrians, Greek, Indians, and Jewish Kabbalists, specifically referring to Spinoza.

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Pantheism believed that the soul lost its identity and was immortal as a force.

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Philosopher Charles Hartshorne used the term Classical Pantheism to describe the deterministic philosophies of Baruch Spinoza, the Stoics, and other like-minded figures.

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Pantheism is often associated with monism (All-is-One) and some have suggested that it logically implies determinism (All-is-Now).

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In Ireland, Pantheism rose from 202 in 1991, to 1106 in 2002, to 1, 691 in 2006, 1, 940 in 2011.

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Pantheism has been involved in animal worship especially in primal religions.

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Pantheism is popular in modern spirituality and new religious movements, such as Neopaganism and Theosophy.

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