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Theocrasy
The-oc′ra-sy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] union of the soul with God; [GREEK] God + [GREEK] a mixing, akin to [GREEK] to mix.]
1.
A mixture of the worship of different gods, as of Jehovah and idols.
This syncretistic
theocracy
by no means excludes in him [Solomon] the proper service of idols. J. Murphy.
2.
(Philos.)
An intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, – an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of some Oriental mystics.
Definition 2024
theocrasy
theocrasy
English
Noun
theocrasy (countable and uncountable, plural theocrasies)
- (Neopagan theology) Interaction, admixture, and conflation of divine principles.
- 2007: Isaac Bonewits, Neopagan Rites: A Guide to Creating Public Rituals That Work, chapter 1: “Defining Our Terms”, page 3 (first edition; Llewellyn; ISBN 9780738711997)
- Duotheism1 (two deities) is what Neopagans call a religion in which the duotheologians claim that there are two deities, usually of opposite gender, and that all other spirits are aspects or faces of these two, through a process known as theocrasy2 (deity mingling).
- 2007: Isaac Bonewits, Neopagan Rites: A Guide to Creating Public Rituals That Work, chapter 1: “Defining Our Terms”, page 3 (first edition; Llewellyn; ISBN 9780738711997)
Usage notes
- Do not confuse this word with its homophone and homeograph theocracy.[1]
References
- ↑ Neopagan Rites by Isaac Bonewits (2007, first edition, Llewellyn, ISBN 9780738711997), endnote 2