Egotheism is deification of the self, or the view that the idea of God is nothing more than a conception of the self. LaVeyan Satanism teaches self-deification.
Indian religions
Identification of the atman (self) with Brahman is a tenet of some sects of Hinduism.
In Jainism, one who extinguishes all of their karmas becomes a tirthankara with godlike knowledge and powers.
See also
- Apotheosis
- Church of Satan
- Divinization
- Self religion
- Theosis (Eastern Christian theology)
References
- Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer. “Egotheism, the Atheism of To-Day” 1858, (reprinted in 1886 in her Last Evening with Allston)