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pan·the·ism
Noun
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- A doctrine that identifies God with the universe, or
regards the universe as a manifestation of God
- Worship that admits or tolerates all gods
Pantheism, the related idea that identifies all
aspects of the universe with a god, is a concept that has
appealed to a number of Egyptologists since the latter part of
the 19th century. These included scholars of the stature of
Edouard Naville and James Henry Breasted, who felt that solar
pantheism was an important part of ancient Egyptian religion.
Yet, more recently several Egyptologists have shown that
Egyptian religion exhibits clear traits which deny this
equation. These are the self-imposed limitation of Egyptian
religion, which clearly did not try to deity every aspect of
creation, and limitations in the number and types of forms
which even the greatest gods are said to take. As Erik Hornung
has written, "Amun may appear in the most various forms, but
never as the moon, a tree, or a stretch of water", and this
list may be extended considerably. In fact, as Marie Ange
Bonheme has put it, the boundaries of the individuality of the
Egyptian gods "forbids certain manifestations so as to
prevent a progression toward complete pantheism"; and although
the vast number of deities found in Egyptian religion may be
reminiscent of pantheism, the resemblance is superficial, as
Hornung claims. For the Egyptians the creator god may have
manifested himself in his creation, but he was certainly not
absorbed by it.
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