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.

See also

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

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