Abstracting Divinity

Definition

1. The ways in which conscious and will have been disguised, hidden, denied and abstracted into ideas and institutions of governance, religion and science.
2. The methods through which the living access universal conscious and will, through anima banks, ritual and divination.

Examples

When a government claims divine right to rule, it abstracts the conscious will of the people into an institutional form. Religious rites that channel communal energy into a deity figure rather than allowing direct personal connection. Scientific materialism that denies non-measurable forces of life energy.

Theory

Within Binding Chaos theory, abstracting divinity is one of the core mechanisms by which endogroups claim authority over the most intimate circles of self. By positioning themselves as intermediaries between people and universal conscious, institutions of governance, religion, and science consolidate power over the will of individuals and populations.

Origin

Coined by Heather Marsh in the Binding Chaos series. It describes both the problem (how divinity is obscured) and the practice (how people still access it despite abstraction).

Etymology

From Latin ‘abstrahere’ (to draw away) and Old French ‘divinité’, from Latin ‘divinitas’ (divine nature, from ‘divinus’ — of a god). The phrase combines the act of pulling something away or obscuring it with the concept of the divine or sacred will.

Synonyms

Mystification of power, Institutionalising the sacred, Obscuring consciousness

Antonyms

Direct spiritual access, Transparent governance, Exosocial connection to divinity

Related Terms

Divinity, Anima Bank, Conscious Will, Ritual, Divination, Endogroup, Governance