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"Pantheism is the philosophical and religious belief that reality, the universe, and nature are identical to divinity or a supreme entity. The physical universe is thus understood as an immanent deity, still expanding and creating, which has existed since the beginning of time. The term pantheist designates one who holds both that everything constitutes a unity and that this unity is divine, consisting of an all-encompassing, manifested god or goddess. All astronomical objects are thence viewed as parts of a sole deity."
Source: Pantheism (Wikipedia)
Where pantheism is considered as an alternative to theism it involves a denial of at least oneand usually bothcentral theistic claims. Theism is the belief in a "personal" God which in some sense is separate from (transcends) the world. Pantheists usually deny the existence of a personal God. They deny the existence of a "minded" Being that possesses the characteristic properties of a "person," such as having intentional states, and the associated capacities like the ability to make decisions. Taken as an alternative to, and denial of, theism and atheism, pantheists deny that what they mean by God (i.e. an all-inclusive divine Unity) is completely transcendentThey deny that God is "totally other" than the world or ontologically distinct from it. The dichotomy between transcendence and immanence has been a principal source of philosophical and religious concern in Western and non-Western traditions, and all major traditions have at times turned to pantheism as a way of resolving difficulties associated with the theistic notion of a transcendent deity or reality.
Similarly, though less naturally, the question arises as to whether the all-inclusive whole is divine because it is a Unity. Can Unity be a basis for attributing divinity to the whole? If divinity is the basis for Unity, as it may be for the Presocratics; or alternatively if Unity is the basis for divinity: then there is something of a redundancy in the definition of pantheism as the belief that everything that exists constitutes a divine UnityA simpler non-redundant definition would be that pantheism holds that "everything is divine".
Monists, like pantheists, believe that Reality, or an aspect of it, is "One" or unified. Of course they also deny it is "One" or a "unity" in most other senses. Whatever similarities there are in this regard, there is insufficient reason for attributing pantheism to monists, because the oneness of Reality is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition of pantheism. It is at most a necessary condition if monistic "oneness" is construed in a unitive sense that is constitutive of some particular pantheistic account of the divine Unity.
Source: Pantheism (Stanford University)
Addition: Like the notions of "Unity" and "Divinity." understanding
transcendence and immanence is essential to any account of pantheism. A defining feature of pantheism is allegedly that God is wholly immanentHowever, what is actually (or mostly) involved in this claim is that pantheism denies the theistic view that God transcends the world. Pantheism clearly does not claim that God in the theistic sense is immanent in the world since it denies such a God - transcendent or immanent exists. According to pantheism it is (of course) the pantheistic "God" (i.ethe all-inclusive divine Unity) that is immanent, not the theistic one. Theists and pantheists do not differ as to whether the theistic God is immanent or transcendent, but whether the theistic God exists. So to differentiate between them on the basis of one's affirming and the other denying immanence is utterly confused.
Source: Pantheism (Stanford University)
Conculusion:The White Light can't get Tier 0, like the previous data, Pantheistic denies God's "transcendence". God is not different from creation, thus, The White Light does not transcend any reality. At least High 1-B+ or possibly Low 1-A.
Source: Pantheism (Wikipedia)
Where pantheism is considered as an alternative to theism it involves a denial of at least oneand usually bothcentral theistic claims. Theism is the belief in a "personal" God which in some sense is separate from (transcends) the world. Pantheists usually deny the existence of a personal God. They deny the existence of a "minded" Being that possesses the characteristic properties of a "person," such as having intentional states, and the associated capacities like the ability to make decisions. Taken as an alternative to, and denial of, theism and atheism, pantheists deny that what they mean by God (i.e. an all-inclusive divine Unity) is completely transcendentThey deny that God is "totally other" than the world or ontologically distinct from it. The dichotomy between transcendence and immanence has been a principal source of philosophical and religious concern in Western and non-Western traditions, and all major traditions have at times turned to pantheism as a way of resolving difficulties associated with the theistic notion of a transcendent deity or reality.
Similarly, though less naturally, the question arises as to whether the all-inclusive whole is divine because it is a Unity. Can Unity be a basis for attributing divinity to the whole? If divinity is the basis for Unity, as it may be for the Presocratics; or alternatively if Unity is the basis for divinity: then there is something of a redundancy in the definition of pantheism as the belief that everything that exists constitutes a divine UnityA simpler non-redundant definition would be that pantheism holds that "everything is divine".
Monists, like pantheists, believe that Reality, or an aspect of it, is "One" or unified. Of course they also deny it is "One" or a "unity" in most other senses. Whatever similarities there are in this regard, there is insufficient reason for attributing pantheism to monists, because the oneness of Reality is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition of pantheism. It is at most a necessary condition if monistic "oneness" is construed in a unitive sense that is constitutive of some particular pantheistic account of the divine Unity.
Source: Pantheism (Stanford University)
Addition: Like the notions of "Unity" and "Divinity." understanding
transcendence and immanence is essential to any account of pantheism. A defining feature of pantheism is allegedly that God is wholly immanentHowever, what is actually (or mostly) involved in this claim is that pantheism denies the theistic view that God transcends the world. Pantheism clearly does not claim that God in the theistic sense is immanent in the world since it denies such a God - transcendent or immanent exists. According to pantheism it is (of course) the pantheistic "God" (i.ethe all-inclusive divine Unity) that is immanent, not the theistic one. Theists and pantheists do not differ as to whether the theistic God is immanent or transcendent, but whether the theistic God exists. So to differentiate between them on the basis of one's affirming and the other denying immanence is utterly confused.
Source: Pantheism (Stanford University)
Conculusion:The White Light can't get Tier 0, like the previous data, Pantheistic denies God's "transcendence". God is not different from creation, thus, The White Light does not transcend any reality. At least High 1-B+ or possibly Low 1-A.
