41. Critical Considerations Regarding Pantheist Religions And Philosophies Surveys some basic inconsistencies in pantheism. http://www.comparativereligion.com/pantheism.html

Critical considerations regarding pantheist religions and philosophies We will now proceed to evaluate how the first three criteria mentioned in the previous file are fulfilled by a pantheistic view of life. The classic example of pantheist philosophy was stated by the Upanishads (7th to 5th century BC) and then developed by the Hindu philosopher Shankara to become the well-known Advaita Vedanta philosophy. 1) Internal consistency of Hindu pantheism As mentioned in a previous file on the Vedantic view on liberation , it is claimed that the unity atman -Brahman is perfectly attained during the last level of meditation, called turiya . The Mandukya Upanishad (12), considered by Shankara to express the quintessence of Vedanta philosophy, ends with the following verse: The fourth state has cognizance of neither what is inside nor what is outside, nor of both together: it is not a mass of wisdom, it is not wise nor yet unwise. It is unseen; there can be no commerce with it; it is impalpable, has no characteristics, unthinkable; it cannot be designated. Its essence is its firm conviction of the oneness of itself; it causes the phenomenal world to cease; it is tranquil and mild, devoid of duality. Such do they consider this fourth to be. He is the Self; he it is who should be known. (Translated by R.C. Zaehner, in Mysticism - Sacred and Profane, p. 154) This passage emphasizes the necessity for transcending any duality in order to know Brahman (the Self). However, there is a logical contradiction between these two elements. When transcending any duality, nothing can be known anymore, because the elementary duality between knower (subject) and known (object) is obliterated. Duality is essential for any type of epistemological process. When the subject is

42. Religious Movements Homepage: Scientific Pantheism This Scientific pantheism Page is your gateway to accessing comprehensive web basedas well as print resources about the Scientific Pantheists and pantheism in http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/SciPanth.html

Scientific Pantheism Profile History Beliefs Issues and Controversies ... Bibliography I. Group Profile Name: Scientific Pantheism Founder: Paul Harrison is the founder of Scientific Pantheism, but Scientific Pantheism is only one specific version of Pantheism. The term "Pantheist" was first used by John Toland in 1705, but there is no specific founder of Pantheism ( The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Date of Birth: July 10, 1945 Birth Place: Oldham, Lancashire, England. He now resides in Hampstead, North London, UK. Year Founded: 1995, but the e-mail group was not formed until March 1997. Sacred or Revered Texts: There is no sacred text. Cult or Sect: Negative sentiments are typically implied when the concepts "cult" and "sect" are employed in popular discourse. Since the Religious Movements Homepage seeks to promote religious tolerance and appreciation of the positive benefits of pluralism and religious diversity in human cultures, we encourage the use of alternative concepts that do not carry implicit negative stereotypes. For a more detailed discussion of both scholarly and popular usage of the concepts "cult" and "sect," please visit our Conceptualizing "Cult" and "Sect" page, where you will find additional links to related issues.

43. 216.147.52.100/ Similar pages pantheism pantheism. Papers are listed chronologically, starting with the most recent. Naturalisticpantheism (1997). An Analysis of Holiness (1988). http://216.147.52.100/

44. Pantheism By Pantheists For Pantheism By Pantheists For Pantheism By Pantheists Presenting pantheism to a needful world, restoring hope in the natural order of things. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/5310/

Pantheism ... a way of viewing ourselves, our world, and our universe. "Is not the sky a father and the earth a mother, and are not all living things with feet or wings or roots their children? And this hide upon the mouthpiece here, which should be bison hide, is for the earth, from whence we came and at whose breast we suck as babies all our lives, along with all the animals and birds and trees and grasses. And because it means all this, and more than any man can understand, the pipe is holy." Black Elk Speaks - John G. Neihardt Pantheism is an ancient religion that holds everything in the universe sacred. All of nature's creations are divine, interconnected and each is a god. The whole is also what we call a god, not a supernatural entity but a living, throbbing mass of gods. The whole cannot be divine if each of its counterparts are not also sacred. Most Pantheists believe in the duality of nature: positive/negative, good/bad, yin/yang ... and aim for balance in their lives. Because there are many paths to enlightenment and unity with the divine universe, there are also many companion beliefs and practices associated with Pantheism via its followers. As in many other religions, all things are permissable but not all things are beneficial. Again, balance is the key concept by which we guide our lives. Equally important is the need for each of us to accept total responsability for our actions and the condition of our universe. Doing the right thing when it needs to be done, defending those who cannot defend themselves, and caring for our earth as if she were sacred ... being responsible and aware, balanced and in harmony with nature, reverent of all the other gods who share our universe.

45. Naturalistic Pantheism Naturalistic pantheism. From pp. 222242 of Ethical Press, 1997. 27. Naturalisticpantheism and Global, Naturalistic Perfectionism. It might http://www.qsmithwmu.com/naturalistic_pantheism.htm

Home Vita Philosophy Physics Physical Cosmology ... Links Naturalistic Pantheism From pp. 222-242 of Ethical and Religious Thought in Analytic Philosophy of Language , by Quentin Smith, Yale University Press, 1997. 27. Naturalistic Pantheism and Global, Naturalistic Perfectionism It might appear that our conclusion is that human life lacks a religious meaning but possesses an ethical meaning. But our negative conclusion is merely that it lacks a monotheistic religious meaning. This conclusion is consistent with the thesis that the religious meaning of human life is described by a naturalistic pantheism. According to naturalistic pantheism, everything (“pan” = all) is holy. “Holiness” has a different sense in naturalistic pantheism than it does in mono theism. According to monotheism, holiness implies supernatural purity and maxi mal metaphysical greatness: perfect goodness, omniscience, omnipotence, eternality. This is the fundamental sense of holiness for monotheism. The derivative sense of “holy” in monotheism applies to people and places (holy man, holy ground) which stand in a certain relation to the being that has fundamental holiness. Naturalistic pantheism, which involves a type of religious attitude different from that of monotheism, implies that all is holy. Because all things include the bad as well as the good, “holiness” does not mean what it does in monotheism. The attempt to combine pantheism with the monotheistic sense of “holiness,” which implies the omniattributes, results in absurdity, as in Plantinga’s (mis)definition of “pantheism” in

46. Pantheism pantheism. pantheism is the Stated (1705). The noun pantheism wasfirst used a few years later by one of Toland's opponents. KCF http://www.crystalinks.com/pantheism.html

PANTHEISM Pantheism is 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. The adjective pantheist was coined by the rationalist freethinker John Toland in his book Socinianism Truly Stated (1705). The noun pantheism was first used a few years later by one of Toland's opponents. K.C.F. Krause introduced the term panentheism in 1828 as a designation for his own philosophy. Both of these terms have been applied retrospectively to aspects of numerous philosophical traditions, both Eastern and Western. There are several discernible types of pantheism, ranging from those that attribute consciousness to nature as a whole (panpsychism) to those that interpret the world as merely an appearance and ultimately unreal (acosmic pantheism), and from the rational Neoplatonic, or emanationistic, strain to the intuitive, mystical strain. A mingling of these types characterizes Hindu and Buddhist doctrines; pantheism of one form or another is deeply rooted in the Vedas, the Upanisads, and the Bhagavadgita. Numerous Greek philosophers, notably Xenophanes, Heracleitus, Anaxagoras, Plato, Plotinus, and the proponents of Stoicism, contributed to the foundations of Western pantheism.

47. PANTHEISM: Nature, Universe, Science And Religion The Universe is divine and Nature is sacred. The history, theory and practice of pantheism. http://members.aol.com/Heraklit1/index.htm

PANTHEISM Natural Pantheism: a spiritual approach to nature and the cosmos. by Paul Harrison. Revering the Universe, caring for Nature, celebrating life A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge. Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot Join our Save Rainforest group at Ecology Fund Are You a Pantheist? When you look at the night sky or at the images of the Hubble Space Telescope, are you filled with feelings of awe and wonder at the overwhelming beauty and power of the universe? When you are in the midst of nature, in a forest, by the sea, on a mountain peak - do you ever feel a sense of the sacred, like the feeling of being in a vast cathedral? Do you believe that humans should be a part of Nature, rather than set above it? If you can answer yes to all of these questions, then you have pantheistic leanings. Are you sceptical about a God other than Nature and the Universe?

48. Urban Pantheism Creation of a Manhattan Sky Garden. This rooftop garden is 16 storieshigh above the Upper West Side of NYC. I started it very late http://www.paxdoraunlimited.com/UrbanPantheism.html

Creation of a Manhattan Sky Garden This rooftop garden is 16 stories high above the Upper West Side of NYC. I started it very late in the growing season (mid-June) and the selection of flowers and plants was somewhat limited. At this stage it is both a research project and feasibility study in preparation for a formal presentation and petition for approval to the board of directors of my building. Therefore, this tiny little oasis in a wasteland of rock chips may be only a temporary dream for me... Click pearls for more music I collected and transplanted some of Riverside Park's native plants that I have enjoyed ever since I was a child (ailanthus, nightshade, pokeweed, lamiastrum, wild violets, sweet woodruff, virginia creepers, hostas, malva sylvestris, and an unusual grape-leaved vine that produces brilliant turquoise and magenta berries). Pantheist Age Meditations For Pantheists Pantheist Arts Paths To Pantheism ... Pantheist's Dictionary

49. Universal Pantheist Society Home Page An organization devoted to an universal recognition of modern pantheism. pantheism holds that the Universe itself is divine. http://www.pantheist.net/society/

We seek renewed reverence for the earth and a vision of Nature as the ultimate context for human existence. Universal Pantheist Society Welcome to The Universal Pantheist Society! Are You a Pantheist? Pantheists are persons who derive their fundamental religious experience through their personal relationship with the Universe. They feel that Nature is the ultimate context for human existence, and seek to improve their relationship with the natural world as their fundamental religious responsibility. Religion is seen as a system of reverent behavior toward the Earth rather than subscription to a particular creed. Because Pantheists identify God with Nature rather than an anthropomorphic being, Pantheists oppose the arrogant world-view of anthropocentrism. This web site contains a collection of materials about Pantheism and Pantheists. About the Universal Pantheist Society Despite a long religious history, dating back beyond Spinoza to the Stoics of ancient Greece and the philosophers of ancient India, there has been no modern organization to represent Pantheists until the formation of the Universal Pantheist Society in 1975. The Universal Pantheist Society is the oldest known organization dedicated to modern and ethical Pantheism. Today, the need for an ethical Pantheism has never been greater. The formation of the Universal Pantheist Society was based on the need to communicate an informed, modern Pantheism, and to provide for sharing among Pantheists.

50. Paths To Pantheism Within the vast range of philosophical and religious choices offered throughoutthe history of Homo sapient thought, pantheism is probably the oldest, most http://www.paxdoraunlimited.com/PathsToPantheism.html

This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit Here Autobiographies and Deconversion Stories NEXT PAGE: Ezella Kay The Road out of Arcadia by Mark E. Foley, Arcadia, Florida Raised in an extreme American fundamentalist family, he found it more and more difficult to accept his maternal religion and in light of personal experiences with self-acceptance, he discovered a more honest approach to reality TRUTH. This one word holds some of the greatest implications for the history of humanity. "What is truth?" is probably the most fundamental question and quest within a human being’s life. Its answers are never easy, never fully revealed, and always extremely personalized. However, groups do manage to form, wherein people of similar, logical minds regarding the truth of this reality we live in, begin to develop a communal bond amongst themselves and a much-needed sense of acceptance and belonging. Within the vast range of philosophical and religious choices offered throughout the history of Homo sapient thought, Pantheism is probably the oldest, most basic and visceral of all

51. Pantheism or Index. pantheism. pantheism, the personal feeling that everythingis or contains God, and God is everything or all. The concept http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/p/pantheism.html

Back to Home Page or Contents Page or Past and present beliefs or Index Pantheism P antheism, the personal feeling that everything is or contains God, and God is everything or all. The concept that God is immanent in all things is one of the oldest intuitions found in humankind. However, pantheism never developed into a formal doctrine. The earliest evidence of pantheism is found on Brahmanism, the oldest existing religion, in the Vedas, dating back to 1000 BC. It is associated with the Egyptian religion when Ra Isis and Osiris were identified with all existence. Many philosophical scholars think the great Greek philosopher Parmanides was a pantheist as well as Plotinus, Erigen, and Spinoza. The sentiment or belief in pantheism have predominantly influenced the thoughts and works of many poets, philosophers, mystics, and extremely spiritual people. Notably among pantheistic poets are Goethe, Coleridge, Wordsworth and Emerson. Many modern poets consider pantheism existing in their world-view. A.G.H.

52. Why Am I A Pantheist Members of the pantheist community state what pantheism means to them. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3547/

Introduction Members of the SP mailing list [Adam] [Bernt] [Candy] [Jan] ... [Victor] people have visited this site. The Pantheist Credo Principles of Scientific Pantheism - Paul Harrison The Library of Scientific Pantheism Comments or suggestions? Get your own Free Home Page

53. My Naturalism Is Not A Pantheism A Religious Naturalist's view on Scientific pantheism by Bernt Rostrom. http://humanists.net/bernt_rostrom/pantheis.htm

My Naturalism is not a Pantheism by Bernt Rostrom (C) April 06, 2002. Back to Personal Naturalism Are You a Pantheist? Sometimes people ascribe me to still be a pantheist. Isn't this naturalism still a version of pantheism? Most likely Natural or Scientific Pantheism. My personal Naturalism is an interpretation within naturalism and I do see Natural or Scientific Pantheism as a viable interpretation of naturalism. So that is why its easy to see many similarities. Both are monistic and revering towards the Universe and see our sacred earth as worthy of our thankful rejoyce and celebration. But while Personal Naturalism relates to Life itself as a personified identity within us this then is not pantheistic, they see the Universe as impersonal. If you ask me: "Are You a Pantheist?" Then I say: "No, I am a Personal Naturalist." What is Natural or Scientific Pantheism then? A Personal Naturalist's view on Natural or Scientific Pantheism "We revere and celebrate the Universe as the totality of being, past, present and future. It is self-organizing, ever-evolving

54. Pantheism But it won't be smiling, because something of significant (Christian) valueis gone. pantheism. General Information pantheism. Advanced Information http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/pantheis.htm

Pantheism General Information Pantheism is the belief that everything is divine, that God is not separate from but totally identified with the world, and that God does not possess personality or transcendence. Pantheism generally can be traced to two sources. The first is the Vedic tradition (Hinduism), which begins with the belief that the divine principle from which everything arises is a unity and that the perception of multiplicity is illusory and unreal. In the Vedanta, Brahman is the infinite reality behind the illusory and imperfect world of perception. Our knowledge is imperfect because we experience subject and object as distinct. When subject and object are equated, however, all distinctions are eliminated and we know Brahman. In the Western tradition the cosmology of the Stoics and, more importantly, the emanationist hierarchy of Neoplatonism tend toward pantheism. In Judeo - Christian thought the emphasis on the transcendence of God inhibits pantheism. Nevertheless, a form of pantheism is found in the thought of the medieval scholastic John Scotus Erigena, who viewed the universe as a single, all - inclusive system with various simultaneous stages. The most important modern version of pantheism is that of Baruch Spinoza. For him nature is infinite, but because the only being capable of genuine infinity is God, God must be identical, in essence, with nature. In the 18th and 19th centuries the various forms of Idealism sometimes tended toward pantheism, often in the form of a theory of cosmic evolution.

55. Lao Tzu: The Tao Of Reality. Draws comparisons between pantheism and Taoism. http://members.aol.com/heraklit1/laotzu.htm

Member of GSAnet Banner Swap Lao Tzu: the Tao of Reality. A history of pantheism by Paul Harrison. Are you a pantheist? Find out at the Scientific Pantheism site. There is a thing, formless yet complete. Before heaven and earth it existed. We do not know its name, but we call it Tao. It is the Mystery of Mysteries. Planetary nebula NGC 6543, shells and jets of gas ejected from the death throes of a star one thousand years ago. Photo: J.P. Harrington and K.J. Borkowski, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA. The Tao te Ching is the oldest scripture of Taoism. It was composed during the warring states period when China descended into a chaos of rival kingdoms, some time between the sixth and the fourth or third centuries BC. It was supposedly written by Lao Tan, a possibly mythical figure, said to have lived till he was 160 or 200 years old. The classical Chinese historian Ssuma Chien says the work was by Li Erh, a custodian of imperial archives from the state of Ch'u in southern China, in the present province of Honan. This was a fertile, well-watered state. "Its people make little exertion, delight in life, and neglect to store anything." Li Erh was no seeker after fame. "The chief aim of his studies was how to keep himself concealed and remain unknown." says Ssuma Chien. Li Erh wrote his ideas only because, as he was heading into retirement, the royal gatekeeper pleaded with him to record his ideas before he disappeared into oblivion. He may have written the book under the pseudonym Lao Tan to avoid attention.

56. World View: Pantheism World view pantheism. pantheism holds that God is identical with the real world.God is all and all is God. pantheism is the polar opposite of Deism. http://home.planet.nl/~faase009/GEwv_p.html

World view: Pantheism Pantheism holds that God is identical with the real world. God is all and all is God. God does not trancedent reality but is immanent in reality, or rather, all reality is in God. Beyond him is only illusion or nonreality. Pantheism is the polar opposite of Deism . Where Deism stresses God's trancedence, Pantheism stresses his immanence in the world. Resources Exposition of Pantheism: Phenomenology of Mind , by G.W.F. Hegel. The Essentials of Indian Philosophy , by M. Hiriyanna. Enneads , by Plotinus. The Hindu View of Life , by Sarvepali Radhakrishnan. Ethics , by Benedict Spinoza. Behold the Spirit , by Alan Watts. Evaluation of Pantheism: Anti-theistic Theories , by Robert Flint. (chaps. 9,10 and apps. 39-41) Systematic Theology by Charles Hodge. (Vol I) Pantheism and Christianity , by John Hunt. Concepts of Deity , by H.P. Owen. (chaps. 2 and 3) Mysticism, Scared and Profane , by Robert C. Zaehner. On the Web: Pantheism: God=universe , from Facets of Religion Based on Chapter 10 of Christian Apologetics , by Norman L. Geisler.

57. PANTHEISM: Basic Principles Of Scientific Pantheism. Basic principles of Scientific pantheism http://members.aol.com/Heraklit1/basicpri.htm

Scientific pantheism: basic principles by Paul Harrison. When our era was young, we believed as children believe. Now we are adults, it is time to put away childish things. It is time to adopt a religion that embraces the space age, and that supports our love of nature and our efforts to preserve the earth. That religion is pantheism. Conchoidal fractures of pseudomalachite You can print out this page from your browser [File/Print] or save it [File/Save As/(name).txt] Divine cosmos, sacred earth. Pantheist religious practice: ritual, meditation and mysticism. Ethical foundations. Pantheism and environmental ethics. ... How you can help spread pantheism. Divine cosmos, sacred earth. Pantheism has two central tenets: The cosmos is divine. The earth is sacred When we say the cosmos is divine, we mean it with just as much conviction, emotion and commitment as believers when they say that their god is God. But we are not making a vague statement about an invisible being who is beyond proof or disproof. We are talking about our own emotional responses to the real universe and the natural earth. When we say "That tree is beautiful," we are not saying anything about the tree in itself, but about the way we feel we must respond to the tree. We are talking about the

58. Fellowship Of The Earth- What Is An Earth Religion...... Pantheism pantheism. pantheism is a very simple belief. At the heart of pantheism is reverenceof the universe as divine and for the natural earth as sacred. http://www.fote.org/religion/panthe.htm

Pantheism Pantheism is a very simple belief. It holds that the divine is immanent in the living world. Everything is divine, and the divine is everything. The name derives from Green pan- (all, or universal) and theos (god). Pantheism does not require any particular rituals, though one can have them if desired. Nor is it necessary to evoke the divine through separate deities, since the divine is already present in everything, including ourselves. What pantheism requires is a respect for the divine quality of nature, of the living world. It is perhaps the most "earth" Earth Religion, and particularly close to Green beliefs. By: John Norris What Pantheism believes. At the heart of pantheism is reverence of the universe as divine and for the natural earth as sacred. When we say THE UNIVERSE IS DIVINE we are not talking about a supernatural being. We are talking about the way our senses and our emotions force us to respond to the overwhelming mystery and power that surrounds us. We are part of the universe. Our earth was created from the universe and will one day be reabsorbed into the universe.

59. The Shape Of The Next Religion Site suggesting that a form of pantheism will be the next major religion. http://www.gurus.com/dougdeb/Essays/Nextrel/Next.htm

The Shape of the Next Religion Douglas Muder Go to a non-hypertext version of this essay. Modern America, like Rome at the time of Christ, is in a period of rising secularism and religious chaos. Christianity has lost the power to shape our culture, and no rival religion or philosophy seems able to take its place. I argue that this period of tension will end as the Roman one didwith the advent of a new religion that will synthesize the best features of our current religions into a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Waiting for the Unknown God The Athenian citizens who gathered on Mars Hill to listen to Paul talk about "the unknown God" had little reason to be optimistic about the future of religion. Or rather, they had little reason to be optimistic about the future of any of the religions they knew about. Neither do we. But does that mean that there will never again be a dominant religion? Why None of the Contenders can become Champion Almost all of the religions currently contending for dominance in America can be placed in one of the following four categories: historical monotheism, Scientism, Eastern religions, and Earth-centered religions. None of them is in a position to pick up the baton that Christianity has dropped. Predecessors of the Next Religion At any given point in history there is a central metaphor , a field of thought which provides the images and vocabulary for a culture's religious expression. This field of thoughtbe it hunting, agriculture, politics, or physicsmay have no explicit religious content of its own, but the images and concepts that it provides have a profound effect on the religion of its time.

60. Pantheism pantheism. pantheism, from the pantheism - a good but short definition- from the Principia Cybernetica. Scientific pantheism an http://www.kheper.net/topics/worldviews/pantheism.htm

Pantheism Pantheism, - from the Greek pan - "all"; and theos , "God" - is the doctrine that this material world is no different from God, that "all (this is) God". The universe , and all beings in it, are the real manifestation or transformation of God This was an idea developed by the ancient Greek school of philosophy known as Stoicism (founded by Zeno of Citium (335-263 B.C.E.), who lectured from a porch - "stoa" - hence the name of his school). In a curious presaging of modern quantum physics, the Stoics asserted that the entire cosmos was made from one element, fire (= energy). God was of the nature of subtle fire, and the physical fire, from which the rest of the elements formed, was a condensation of God's being. Thus, the whole cosmos is the condensation of God, "in whom we live and move and have our being". (Later, Paul of Tarsus was to take this Stoic saying out of context and apply it to his Christianity Another famous pantheist was the seventeenth century Spanish Jewish-born philosopher Baruch Spinoza , who in his Ethics , argued that there is only one reality, one universal substance, that he called " God ", and that mind and matter (as elaborated in Descartes

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