Word: pantheism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Shelley a personal belief in Pantheism...
...said he, Hindooism has shown a retrogression from its former ideals. The great reason for this degeneracy is to be found in the positive refusal of the Hindoo to recognize in his religion that broad human sympathy which is the basis of Chris tianity. His is a cold, impersonal pantheism, revelling in contradictions, tolerating all forms of religion and even no religion at all; but refusing to tolerate anything which conflicts with his caste system. With a marvillous faculty of imagination and beauty of thought, the Hindoo compbines vices of the worst kind. As Macaulay says, with the Hindoo "emblems...
...earliest religion of which there is any trace, was one in which the principal manifestations of nature were personified and worshipped. This was the period of the Vedas. The early religion of nature degenerated into a degraded ritualistic system with which began the growth of asceticism and belief in pantheism. At this time there came a number of sects, each one of which offered its own way to heaven. There is no doubt that there was much that was holy and noble about many of these teachings. The outgrowth of this period was the idea of the Supreme Being...