Ritual and ceremony in historical pantheism. Most pantheists have emerged from specific religions and have practised the normal rituals of that religion. Some pantheist groups have practised their own special rituals - especially the sexual pantheists like the Tantric Buddhists, or the Nicolaitan Gnostics, or the Brethren of the Free Spirit.

The term pantheist designates one who holds both that everything constitutes a unity and that this unity is divine, consisting of an all-encompassing, manifested god or goddess. [3][4] All astronomical objects are thence viewed as parts of a sole deity. Another definition of pantheism is the worship of all gods of every religion.

Natural pantheism is not just a set of theories. It can be a way of life, giving a deep and strong grounding in reality to our whole approach to living, perceiving, feeling, and acting. It can provide all the psychological services people derive from traditional religion, such as a supportive community of "fellow spirits"

2024年12月21日 · pantheism, the doctrine that the universe conceived of as a whole is God and, conversely, that there is no God but the combined substance, forces, and laws that are manifested in the existing universe. The cognate doctrine of panentheism asserts that God includes the universe as a part though not the whole of his being.

In making this pronouncement, the Universal Pantheist Society is aware of the public and official nature of many such rituals, particularly those with civil and legal complications such as marriage and death ceremonies.

2018年8月20日 · Pantheism is a type of religious belief rather than a specific religion, similar to terms like monotheism (belief in a single God) and polytheism (belief in multiple gods). …

Pantheism derives from the realization that the cosmos, taken or conceived of as a whole, is synonymous with God - a concept that is re-discovered repeatedly over the centuries, from pre-history to today. In this sense, Pantheism is simple: The Cosmos is divine, and the Earth sacred.

The World Pantheist Movement does not have any required ceremonies, rituals or specific “commandments.” Because we do not believe in any supernatural powers, we feel no external compulsion to enact rituals.

Philosophical Taoism is the most pantheistic, but Advaita Vedanta, certain forms of Buddhism and some mystical strands in monotheistic traditions are also pantheistic. But even apart from any religious tradition many people profess pantheistic beliefs-though somewhat obscurely. Pantheism remains a much neglected topic of inquiry.

2012年10月1日 · At its most general, pantheism may be understood either (a) positively, as the view that God is identical with the cosmos (i.e., the view that there exists nothing which is outside of God), or (b) negatively, as the rejection of any view …