theocrasy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From theo- (“god”) + -crasy (“mixing”), from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) and Ancient Greek κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing, tempering”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θiːˈɒkɹəsi/, /ˈθiːəʊkɹeɪsi/
- Homophone: theocracy (one pronunciation)
Noun
[edit]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
- 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