Suitheism

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Suitheism, a term coined by American occultists David Michael Cunningham and Traeonna A. R. Wagener, is the belief that oneself is a deity, without the denial of the existence of other deities. It is formed from sui ("of oneself") from Latin and theos from which the word "theism" (belief in the existence of a deity) derives from Greek.

The term autotheism has meant the same thing in English since 1619. However, some find this term confusing because it has been used in Christian contexts with very different meanings, such as "belief that oneself is God incarnate or that oneself is Christ". [1]. Other definitions of autotheism include: "the soul becomes identical with God"; "becoming wholly one with God"; "belief in self-subsistence of God the Son"; and "heresy that Jesus is God in Himself independent of the Godhead". The term autotheism may be preferred over suitheism by etymological purists, since it comes from two Greek words rather than partly from Latin and partly from Greek.