different between pantheism vs shamanism

English

Etymology

From pan- +? Ancient Greek ???? (theós, “god, divine”) +? -ism. The term "pantheist" - of which "pantheism" is a variation - was purportedly first used by Irish writer John Toland in his 1705 work, Socinianism Truly Stated, by a pantheist. A critic of Toland, J. Fay, was the first to use the term "pantheism" in 1709, in Defensio Religionis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæn.?i.?z.?m/
• Hyphenation: pan?the?ism

Alternative forms

• sometimes hyphenated: pan-theism
• sometimes capitalized: Pantheism

Noun

pantheism (countable and uncountable, plural pantheisms)

1. (religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
2. (rare, religion) The belief in all gods; omnitheism.

Quotations

• See Citations:pantheism

Hyponyms

• neo-pantheism

Derived terms

Related terms

• pandeism
• panentheism
• theism

Translations

English

Etymology

shaman +? -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?m?n?z?m/, /????m?n?z?m/

Noun

shamanism (countable and uncountable, plural shamanisms)

1. Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; Asatru,? Bahá'í Faith,? Buddhism,? Cao Dai,? Cheondoism,? Christianity,? deism,? Druidry,? Eckankar,? Flying Spaghetti Monsterism,? Heathenry,? Hinduism,? Islam,? Jainism,? Jediism,? Judaism,? Kimbanguism,? Odinism,? paganism,? Pastafarianism,? Raëlism,? Rastafarianism,? Shinto,? Sikhism,? Tamilism,? Taoism,? Thelema,? Unitarian Universalism,? Wicca,? Yazidism,? Yoruba,? Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Derived terms

• neoshamanism
• techno-shamanism

Translations