theocrasy
English
Etymology
theo- (“god”) (from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”)) + -crasy (“mixing”) (from Ancient Greek κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing”, “tempering”))
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θiːˈɒkɹəsɪ/, IPA(key): /ˈθiːəʊˌkɹeɪsɪ/
Homophone: theocracy (IPA(key): /θiːˈɒkɹəsɪ/)
Noun
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
Usage notes
- Do not confuse this word with its homophone and homeograph theocracy.[1]
References
- Neopagan Rites by Isaac Bonewits (2007, first edition, Llewellyn, →ISBN, endnote 2