theocrasy

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Etymology

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From theo- (god) +‎ -crasy (mixing), from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, god) and Ancient Greek κρᾶσις (krâsis, mixing, tempering).

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theocrasy (countable and uncountable, plural theocrasies)

  1. (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
      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).

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References

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  1. ^ Neopagan Rites by Isaac Bonewits (2007, first edition, Llewellyn, →ISBN, endnote 2