#Pantheist

[moonhedgegarden]

#pagan #spiritual healing #spirituality #healing #nature #paganism #earth #self care #self love #nature devotee #pantheism #pantheist #lumi pantheist #nature lover #mother nature #Mother Earth #not mine #comics

[a-real-cupcake]

For the past few years I've really been doing a lot of research on a lot of different religions I feel fit into my beliefs. I always felt that I had beliefs that don't really align with most religions.

Well, I think I've come to the conclusion that I am a pantheist Pagan. Everything about it just fits with me. I've been doing a lot of research on both topics trying to learn more about it and honestly they really do just sound exactly like what I believe in.

Now if only I could find other people in my area haha.

#pantheism #pantheist #paganism #pagan #witch #witchcraft #religion

[a-silverflame-burning]

How do you deal with going to another religion's rituals? My girlfriend is being forced to go to a Passover Seder with her family. I'm trying to decide if I should go with her as moral support. I feel uncomfortable around monotheistic religions because they go against my belief in pantheism. I got through Hanukkah by smiling and nodding. But my understanding is that Passover is more involved.

I don't want to be disrespectful and I want to be there to support my girlfriend. But I'm uncomfortable participating. What would be your suggestion?

#norse pantheon #paganism #lokean #pantheist #pantheism #pagan polytheism #Passover #Judaism

[sapeja]

"you are not IN the Universe, you ARE the Universe, an intrinsic part of it. Ultimately you are not a person, but a focal point where the Universe is becoming concious of itself." - Eckhart Tolle

#pantheism #pantheist #the universe

[zenwannabe]

I really wish there were a church for pantheists and we could just like. sit in a field and look at the sky and do some freakin rituals of some sort I have a deep anthropological need

#pantheist #pantheism #christopagan

[optimisticfutures]

Pantheistic Immortality & Afterlife

Honestly it’s completely natural to wonder for a creature who is aware of it’s own future death how to attempt to live forever in some sort of way. Many humans have chosen to pursue projects that would attain a historical status. Other humans have chosen to pursue the ideas of religion and the potential promise of an eternal afterlife that is literal immortality. Some other humans choose to fight the idea altogether and reject the very idea of immortality outright.

Pantheism has it’s own unique form of immortality. Let’s start by recognizing that Pantheism itself is a very ancient pagan “religion” that at its base recognizes that the closest thing to a “god” is the universe itself. Its founding principle is that all things are interconnected. That’s it. With that established, it’s important to recognize that cultures that practiced Pantheism in the past were small and often unrelated, therefore there is no creed or doctrine of this belief system. It’s important to recognize this because moving forward everything said should be recognized as neo-pantheism (modern day) and not rooted in the beliefs of any past cultures.

Many humans dream of some form of immortality to calm the natural anxieties of death and Pantheists are no exception. The key difference is the approach to the problem of death. Most solutions, even religious ones, are inherently individualistic in their visions of immortality through soul or reputation. Pantheism takes a different approach, one of a more communal based ideal that focuses on bringing a Pantheist the calm inner peace of a happy death and guiding ideal for a life well lived. Pantheists see immortality through their founding ideal, the interconnectedness of all things, and believe that immortality is inherent in their condition of living. The mere act of living a life reverberates throughout history forever through their day to day actions and in this way means their mere existence is influential for eternity. Through the belief of interconnection, Pantheists will use this principle to try to ensure that their actions create the most good in the world to reverberate around them and throughout history.

The very idea of interconnectedness at a Pantheistic level becomes the basis of living an ethical and immortal life.

#pantheism #afterlife #mini essay #pantheist #unity #interconnected #immortality #death #belief #beliefs #believe #religion #idea #pan #theism

[izzardreads]

I read this last winter and it really worked me. I’m a pantheist but this really hit me in such a deep way and gifted me a quote I say to myself on the daily now. “I am a whore and a holy woman”

This set me off to begin a deep dive into gnostic gospels, which I’ll post about later.

#mary magdalene #books and literature #books #booklr #gnostic teachings #gnosticism #gnostic christianity #pantheist #books and reading #readers

[dubhdove156]

I am All, as are you, as is the "distance" between us 👁

#occult #occultism #pantheist #pantheism #philosophy #satan #satanism #theistic satanism #Spotify

[iriswritesstuff]

This is a ramble from 2 a.m. and probably has a lot of typos and grammatical errors, so bear with me.

I don't know about u but i am a sucker for monologues. I have a degree in English, and monologues are the only thing I find interesting about Shakespeare's plays. And a monologue that has a special place in my heart comes from Midnight Mass. The character Riley talks about what happens after death. And the choice of words for that monologue is so clinical and matter-of-fact but so poetic and beautiful at the same time. I believe it's called a pantheist perspective? I'm sorry if ur religious. I totally respect that and im sorry if this offends u, but I think the concepts of afterlife in religions is just a trick humans design to trick ourselves into not doing horrible things to each other. There's no heaven or nirvana. If u don't behave you'll be locked out of heaven's gate and burn inthe fiery pits of hell and shit. It's the same as "don't point your finger at the moon or you'll lose your ear" but for adults.

Also just the concept of paradise or heaven and shit and being blissfully painfree for eternity just sounds so fucking boring to me (yes i know i sound melodramatic). And some people may say the concept is above us and impossible for human's tiny little brains to fully grasp, but i just can't believe in something that i cannot see at all.

What i can see and feel and smell and hear is the air that sustains me, the grass beneath my feet, the stars high in the sky, the sand between my toes, and the waves that draws it out. And i don't know about u but being part of all these things after death sounds pretty fucking awesome than being stuck in some wonderland for eternity. Being nothing and everything all at once or to quote the monologue "scatter across the goddamn cosmo."

There's a contentment in gazing at the stars and knowing that it's possible that nothing and no one is lost forever and it's right in front of u and all u need to do is to look up (from somewhere with less light pollution ofc).

Death should be equal, fair games. And the concept of heaven seems exclusive to humans as far as I know. But from a pantheist pov, what happens after death is the same for all, not just humans.

I believe in aliens, and I like to think that out there in the boundless cosmo, they are also looking up at the stars but because of the position or alignment and stuff like that, their constellations look completely different from ours, and among the billion celestial objects visible in their sky, maybe they can see the tiny speck of dust we call earth. And all that has come before me and will come after me and myself are part of that speck of dust, being admired from lightyears away. Aliens may not even have the same senses as humans at all. They may not be able to see. But if they can sense the stars with their tentacles or antennas or whatever the hell they have, then I can still be content in that connectedness.

(FYI, the don't point at the moon thing is smth we tell children in Taiwan, so they won't be rude by pointing at random shit.)

#midnight mass #riley flynn #what happens after death #death #pantheist #pantheism #monologue #i was having a lot of feels and needed to word dump #mike flanagan #mine #journal #txt #musings

[moonhedgegarden]

Send your butterflies to my inbox🦋

+1 if you decorate it

#pagan #paganism #healing #nature #earth #self care #self help #pantheist #butterfly #art #crafts #gardens #art therapy #holistic therapy #holistic practitioner #photos #artwork #origami #not mine

[simplyspellbound]

I don't seem to have a specific background or roots in a certain culture, what should I do about a more personal or stronger practice in this way?

This is a great question, as many of us may feel a sense of diaspora, even with a clear heritage, simply because we find ourselves connected to a tradition or path that is not held by our friends or family.

When I was very young and reading about Wicca, it was encouraged at the time to either pick a pantheon of deities based on your ethnicity, or simply because you like them a feel a connection. Even in the 90's, that didn't seem right to me, or I was just unable to find that cultural link even though I have Celtic ancestors with obvious gods and goddesses.

Ultimately, Wicca simply wasn't for me and I honed my sense of spirituality over the years to be very practical, if not - dare I say -scientific. As a pantheist, I celebrate the natural world as divine, so the depth of connection I have is found through solstices and equinoxes, seasonal foods and herbs, anything that promotes reverence for our existence on this earth.

All of these things have cultural roots, many religions celebrate winter solstice for example, and part of how you choose to observe a holiday may be tied to familiar tradition. So my perennial advice is to always try to be systematic about your beliefs, meaning, examine your understanding of traditions and practices as objectively as possible to see if they maintain internal validity to your belief system.

For example, in my house, we hide easter eggs for the kids on the spring equinox, because that's actually what that whole tradition is about - the fertility of what spring will offer. We want them to have the fun of the event but not tied to the more confusing connection to the Christian holiday that we do not observe. But we do not have to omit the event of egg hunting simply because it's associated with Easter, it still holds validity as part of the equinox.

Ultimately, when trying to strengthen your practice, you're looking within, to your psychology of experience with the purpose of finding your core beliefs first and then connecting practices that are in alignment with those beliefs.

#pagan #witch #pantheist #theology

[brunoliraa]

A vida pode ser muito mais.

Muito mais do que a gente pode ver com olhos,

Muito mais do mais que,

viver em corpos.

Reputo nas infinitas existências,

No infinito tempo, e

Ao mesmo tempo,

Independentemente.

#lgbtpride #queer #faunagender #pantheism #pantheist #multiverse #escuta #despertar #budah #my art #freaky art #misticismo #esoteric #o labirinto do fauno #fauno #elfcore #fada #fairy wings #soraka lol #the oa #wandavisonedit #florence welch #aurora #birdy

[zenwannabe]

"There's this God that loves me enough to take whatever form [...] I need. Why wouldn't God—who is infinitely loving—not offer Itself to you as whatever you need [the most]?" 

—Glennon Doyle & Liz Gilbert 

#god is a shapeshifter #god #spirituality #agnostic #pantheist

[sethian123]

#poetry #poet #poem #fire #love #wisdom #power #Christ #Christian #poetsofinstagram #flame #colour #Christianity #spirituality #spiritual #spiritualinspiration #spiritualart #pantheism #pantheist #optimistic #spiritual awakening #awakening

[twilightmorn]

Looking through the hashtags of pantheism and pantheists I've realized some people are a little confused about what pantheism is. So I recommend anyone interested in Pantheism to read this book "Elements of Pantheism" which is only $10 for the Kindle version on Amazon and check out the World Pantheist Movement. Now the WPM focuses on scientific Pantheism, but in any form of Pantheism there's no deity, no god, just the universe and nature. Most pantheists reject the word "god" but some do use it in reference to the universe as a whole. But again, no god or deity in Pantheism. There is panentheism which is similar to pantheism but does include a god. This book goes through what Pantheism is and isn't, the history, other belief systems that are similar and more.

#pantheism #pantheist #belief systems #beliefs #universe #nature #education #learning