Egotheism

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)