Stuart Evans

In Whitehead’s scheme, God has both a primordial and a consequent nature. The primordial side relates to the universe’s tendency toward harmony rather than total chaos, offering an “ideal lure” to every creature. This ideal does not determine our choices but provides a sense of contrast and possibility. The consequent nature of God responds to our ... See more

Process theologians like John Cobb also emphasize a Biblical basis for the view of a God who is not “Almighty” in the traditional sense of omnipotent but might be better described as “all-nourishing” (a better translation of אֵל שַׁדַּי/El Shaddai)—suggesting that patriarchal scriptural translations have often overshadowed more relational or nurtur... See more

Bringing in a more panpsychist view challenges the supremacy of one divine designer and gestures toward a more Neoplatonic cosmogony, where divine power is “stepped down” through various levels of deities (or angelic hierarchies), each performing a unique function in communicating the divine intent. In this more panpsychist vision, organisms have t... See more

ok, a year later, my current answer to this is: “it’s possible to architect the human energetic / sensory / awareness field into literally any shape. lots of people have it architected into one that Cannot Feel Energy. but this is malleable & also, clearly others Can feel it”