Pantheism - Core Philosophy

[Ravenheart]

Core beliefs, philosophy, was it developed by one person only? or through cultural observation and societies?, everything you believe a newbie should know about it!

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[Willamena]

"Pantheism" describes an image of unity between "man" and "god" which is the result of realizing man's place in a monastic universe. It wasn't "developed" so much as coined by philosophers to describe such a worldview.

Broadly defined it is the view that (1) “God is everything and everything is God … the world is either identical with God or in some way a self-expression of his nature” (Owen 1971: 74). Similarly, it is the view that (2) everything that exists constitutes a “unity” and this all-inclusive unity is in some sense divine (MacIntyre 1967: 34). A slightly more specific definition is given by Owen (1971: 65) who says (3)“‘Pantheism’ … signifies the belief that every existing entity is, only one Being; and that all other forms of reality are either modes (or appearances) of it or identical with it.”
Pantheism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)