Divinization or deification is the "making divine" of an earthly entity or activity. It may refer to

• the apotheosis of an individual
  • imperial cults, divine kingship
  • self-deification
  • List of people who have been considered deities
  • List of people who have been considered avatars
• mystical union with the divine
  • Theosis
  • Unio Mystica
  • divine filiation. An Imperial cult is a form of State religion in which an Emperor, or a Dynasty of emperors (or rulers of another title are Worshiped as Self-deification is the belief that oneself is a Deity or the striving for personal Apotheosis. This a list of those notable human beings who were considered deities by themselves or others This is a list of figures of various faiths who are considered to be Avatars of a deity or higher being by either themselves their followers or by others Mysticism (from the Greek grc μυστικός mystikos, an initiate of a Mystery religion) is the pursuit of communion with identity In Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholic theology theosis (written also theiosis, theopoiesis, theōsis Mysticism (from the Greek grc μυστικός mystikos, an initiate of a Mystery religion) is the pursuit of communion with identity Divine filiation is the condition of being a child of God and thus a sharer in the life and role of Jesus Christ who is the Son of God and Redeemer of all who will follow him
  • theophagy
• the transformation and divinization of the entire world
  • Supramentalisation in Sri Aurobindo's evolutionary philosophy
  • Omega Point. Theophagy is the practice of eating the body of a God. This is sometimes performed symbolically through the eating of a food or material symbolic of the god Supermind in Sri Aurobindo 's philosophy refers to the infinite unitary truth-consciousness or truth-idea simultaneously Transcendent and Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian Universal evolution is a theory of Evolution formulated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Julian Huxley that describes the gradual development of the Universe Omega point is a term invented by French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the maximum level of complexity and consciousness to which the universe

See also

• Apotheosis
• Imperial cult
• Demigod
• Euhemerism
• Hero worship (disambiguation)

An Imperial cult is a form of State religion in which an Emperor, or a Dynasty of emperors (or rulers of another title are Worshiped as The term " demigod " meaning "half-god" is used to describe mythological figures whose one parent was a god and whose other parent was human Euhemerus (Εὐήμερος (working late fourth century BC was a Greek mythographer at the court of Cassander, the king of Macedon.

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