pantheistic

[ pan-thee-is-tik ]

adjective

relating to or embracing pantheism, the doctrine that God is the transcendent, spiritual, impersonal reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: Some Hindus are pantheistic, believing that just as all the various gods are aspects of the one true God, so is everything else in creation.
relating to or embracing any religious belief or philosophical doctrine that God is identical with the universe: The radical sect combines vegetarianism, naturopathy, and belief in a pantheistic God personifying the natural order of things.

Origin of pantheistic

First recorded in 1730–40; pantheist + -ic

Sometimes pan·the·ist [pan-thee-ist], /ˈpæn θiˌɪst/, pan·the·is·ti·cal [pan-thee-is-ti-kuhl] /ˌpæn θiˈɪs tɪ kəl/ .

He described himself as having an attitude, similar to that of Spinoza, of a kind of pantheism, a more abstract idea of the world as God.
A Prodigy Who Cracked Open the Cosmos | Claudia Dreifus | January 12, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
Wicca is a naturalistic religion whose followers generally worship a pantheistic Godhead and practice magic.
Witches Blast O'Donnell | Ben Crair | September 20, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
In general they inclined to what is called the pantheistic explanation of the universe.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Aristotle's system may be called theistic and dualistic; Plotinus's is pantheistic and monistic.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac Husik
For years of my youth I dwelt in dreams of a pantheistic sort, falsely supposing that I was enlarging my sympathy.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) | George Eliot

The extreme of religious belief is that which holds that "there is nothing but God—all else is illusion," of pantheistic idealism.
Your Mind and How to Use It | William Walker Atkinson
He had studied Spinoza, and had approved of his pantheistic doctrines; then, gradually leaving Spinoza, he took up Descartes.
Chantilly in History and Art | Louise M. Richter

Browse