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Immanence

The divine as present within the world and the self, pervading all things.

Philosophy and the study of mysticism

Immanence, from the Latin for “remaining within”, is the presence of the ultimate in what it grounds. The Upaniṣads say Brahman dwells in all beings as their inner controller; the Qurʾān that God is nearer than the jugular vein; Jewish teaching speaks of the Shekhinah dwelling among the people. Immanence without transcendence becomes pantheism.