• Spirituality—the belief in a reality greater than the individual, which will then lead to an exploration of the transcendent mysteries (un-seen/otherworldly/sacred) of life and creation. A person may be spiritual without having any connection with or any allegiance to organized religion. (Individual practice)



• Religion—a belief and/or system of beliefs and practices seeking to understand and explain the mysteries of the sacred, which also may include the natural world. (Individual and/or group practice)

The following are two different types of religion as defined by Divine Humanity:

• Organized/Institutionalized Religion—a group or system of beliefs and practices, grounded in dogma and doctrine, which explain the mysteries (the sacred) or the transcendent aspects of creation. This type of religion is based on a ‘holy book’ (usually a literal scriptural theology) and may be termed exoteric, even though there may be an esoteric branch of the religion such as Judaism’s Kabbalah or Islam’s Sufism. Additionally, Organized/Institutionalized Religion is based on theology and usually disavows mythmaking.



• Pure Religion—a belief and/or system of beliefs and practices, absent of dogma and doctrine, which attempt to understand and explain the mysteries (un-seen/otherworldly/natural [earth based] as well as sacred [heaven based]) or, if you will, the immanent and transcendent aspects of life and creation. This understanding may take the form of mythmaking. Pure Religion believes in the individual’s ability to have a direct and personal (mystical/transpersonal) experience of the immanent and transcendent mysteries of heaven and earth. This type of religion is mythic, exoteric and esoteric. This is Divine Humanity.

As we can see from these two definitions, institutionalized religions rely on dogma and doctrine and are only concerned with the transcendent or sacred mysteries understood exoterically. If it is a ‘gate-keeping’ religion of salvation, such as Christianity, then you are at the mercy of the priesthood and in this case, a Patriarchal one. There is no direct link to the sacred except through the province of the church. And the church’s very nature is exoteric not esoteric.

By their very nature, institutionalized religions separate people and things, whereas pure religions unite people and things and are totally inclusive—as we all know, the rain falls on all things of the earth and the sun shines on all.

During the dawn of humanities awakening in the paradise called earth, religion was simple. Each individual enjoyed the blessings of nature as children of wonder in a garden of delights. There was no need for formalized prayer as each word and though carried gratitude, love and respect for all that there was before them. A religious hierarchy did not exist, as each person was a priest and a priestess unto themselves. They did not see any reason to build magnificent temples of worship, as the sky was the roof of their church and the earth its foundation. They did not worship, they honored. Theirs was a religion of simplicity. It was a religion of, by and for the people. Today that religion has returned. It is called Divine Humanity.

Divine Humanity is a world religion of openness, inspiration and freedom based on a message, a way and a path. It is non-dogmatic and non-doctrinal and open to all of humanity. It requires no abandonment of another religion/belief system and one’s membership is not based on a canon such as baptism or circumcision. In addition, Divine Humanity is a religious philosophy of wholeness or oneness where everything in creation is Divine, the love/light of God, as well as its own unique intrinsic vibrational expression. In today's world, the religions nearest in principle to Divine Humanity are Shingon Esoteric Buddhism and Shintoism. And a close second is Mystical Judaism. Hinduism also believes that every living being has within them an eternal spark of the Ultimate, of the Great Mystery.

Divine Humanity, as a world religion of equality and simplicity, conveys a love for all forms of life and recognizes an expression of divinity in all things. Divine Humanity is a world religion of the individual. With each person being divine as well as human there is no necessity for the concept of a gatekeeper (clergy/church) between each individual and God. Each person is a child of creation or son/daughter of God and has direct access to God and the mysteries of creation. This is total Freedom. And it is this very freedom that provides the security that every human so desperately seeks.

Divine Humanity, a theology of partnership not domination, believes in the sanctity, equality and interconnectedness of nature and all of its creatures. As a religion interwoven with life, Divine Humanity recognizes every day as being sacred as well as profane. Every moment is an opportunity to express our divinity and/or our humanity, whether it be its positive joys or negative expressions.