![]() Thus from an Isian point of view it is proper and right to see the Virgin Mary as an aspect of the fullness of Isis. I go back to the basic vision of Isis as Panthea (All-Goddess). So what does this mean to current day worshippers of Isis if anything? I know for many very little, however I am not one of these. And it can be legitimately said that she was in essence a Christian goddess in fact if not in theory. While Mary never achieved a divine status in official Christian doctrine, the Church and people were certainly willing to envision Mary as having the divine-like powers which only a major goddess within the Ancient World would possess. My theological is strongly influenced by it but I make no claims to being De’anic. The reason I refer to my own form of Isianism as being Theanic based as opposed to Deanic is simply because I want to cause no confusion regarding my relationship with De’anism. That works for me! If the Christians, Moslems, Jews and others see no problem with an entirely Masculine vision of God I do not see any problem with having a strictly feminine vision of God. Thus their worship is focused on God the Mother, Queen, Mistress, etc and they do not attempt to divide their love and worship between that God and a male equivalent of King, Lord, etc. ![]() De’anists do not tend to see Deity as balanced between a male persona and a female persona. The most important aspect of which is that De’anism for a variety of reasons focuses almost solely on the Feminine nature of God. However in spite of this separation I still find much to admire within De’anism of both the past and the present. Suffice it to say I finally separated from the community after several years of deep involvement. Unfortunately besides aspects of the faith which I loved there were aspects in both doctrine and practice to which I did not relate. I joined the Deanic faith in 2012, thinking that I had finally found a religion to which I could give my whole commitment. Clearly the founders of the religion failed to achieve the latter goal but the religion still exists and has some presence on the internet. The scriptures were to be the basis of a matriarchal and communal counter-society in opposition to the contemporary, liberal, consumer society which existed then and now. These scriptures were composed / revealed to a group of young women in Oxford, England in the 1970’s. Deanism has a scriptures made up of both a myth of creation, fall, and salvation and a group of short wisdom chapters which lay out a way of life which De’anists find to be satisfying. She is God the Mother and the Creator, God the Daughter, sustainer and ultimately savioress of the universe, and she is the Dark Mother, the ultimately transcendent, formless Mother who can not be known. ![]() ![]() Deanism believes in a God who is one but simultaneously three. She is the Creator, Sustainer and ultimate Cause and Purpose of the universe. Within De’anism, Dea is our Mother God, God the Mother. I am the only person I know of who has referred to them by that term. Why have I coined it? Clearly because it says something about my worldview.ĭuring the late 2000’s I became aware of a religion having a very small but dedicated following called De’anism, though its followers often also referred to themselves as Filianists meaning literally Daughterists. In my personal spiritual pathway the word “Thea” is personally related to the word “Dea” which is the Latin word for Goddess or Female Deity. The words “Theanic” and “Theanism” comes from the Greek word “Thea” which simply means “Goddess” / Female Deity. ![]() I now want to discuss the Theanic aspect of my own form of Isianism. In my most recent post, I gave a brief summary of one aspect of Devotional Isianism. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. ![]()
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