Divinization

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Divinization or deification is the "making divine" of an earthly entity or activity. It may refer to

• the apotheosis of an individual
  • imperial cults, divine kingship
  • self-deification
  • List of people who have been considered deities
  • List of people who have been considered avatars
• mystical union with the divine
  • Theosis
  • Unio Mystica
  • divine filiation.
  • theophagy
• the transformation and divinization of the entire world
  • Supramentalisation in Sri Aurobindo's evolutionary philosophy
  • Omega Point.

[edit] See also

• Apotheosis
• Imperial cult
• Demigod
• Euhemerism
• Hero worship (disambiguation)