Divine, divinity, deva and devi .. defined from their roots  

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The Divine and divinity

To call something Divine is to immediately hook your consciousness back into the past of the Monotheistic Religion of the Patriarch through the doctrine and dogma of the Roman Catholic Church

From the Sanskrit, the primordial masculine and feminine essences are known as Deva and Devi. Their translation into Western Traditions has seen them objectified as "god" "and goddess" .. which they are not

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The word divine finds its roots in the modern Latin as a word "invented" by the Church of Rome: divin, from dvnus pertaining to a deity (from Sanskrit roots). Divine found its way into the English Language in Theology through the French devin to the Middle English devine

divine (and divinity) defined:

  • Of or pertaining to God or a god
  • Given by or proceeding from God; having the sanction of or inspired by God
  • Addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God; religious, sacred
  • Partaking of the nature of God; characteristic of or consonant to deity; godlike; heavenly, celestial.
  • Immortal; beatified.
  • More than human, excellent in a superhuman degree
  • Connected or dealing with divinity or sacred things; sacred
  • Foreboding, prescient

devadeva

d'e'v'a is the primordial masculine principle; an essence or principle, orig. ‘a bright or shining one’ from *div- to shine.

the "sign" or "omen" of the energy which pervade; bestowing, producing or imparting .. as with hot fire or passion from "above" (as in Heavenly) .. sometimes seen as a "gift" with the concept of going inward, within or in .. the life breath .. as an aspect of Brahma

devidevi

dh'e'v'i is the primordial feminine principle .. placement or holding .. potential to go beyond or transcend .. consciousness potential as in "hidden" or "the inner self" with wonder, awe .. the energy which pervades .. bestowing, producing or imparting .. as with cold fire or passion of receptivity; that which has the potential to 'learn' or evolve as the essence of compassion with the power to obtain or become something else

If you happen to be in the middle of a process and releasing memories that have been encoded anywhere in your body, your use of the word "divine" is going to shut down your process by making your experience wrong according to the religious conditioning handed down to your DNA down through generations : trapping you in the process of facing your psychosis

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"Divine and divinity .. defined from their roots" was written, published and copyright by Transpersonal Lifestreams, Hobart, Tasmania. The url of this page is http://www.transpersonal.com.au/about/divine.htm and it was updated in July, 2005

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