Spirit of God

Spirit of God may refer to:

Abrahamic religions

Zoroastrianism

  • Spenta Mainyu, the most beneficent spirit, the "Holy Spirit".
  • Ahura Mazda (Zoroastrianism), a higher spirit of the Old Iranian religion who was proclaimed as the uncreated spirit by Zoroaster

Hinduism

  • Brahman (Hinduism), "the unchanging reality amidst and beyond the world", which "cannot be exactly defined"
  • Paramatman (Hinduism), the Supreme Soul

Native American religions

  • Great Spirit (Indigenous peoples of the Americas), a conception of a supreme being prevalent among some Native American and First Nations cultures
    • Gitche Manitou, Algonquian language term for Great Spirit and later for God by Christian missionaries

Chinese

  • Qi (Taoism), an active principle forming part of any living thing
  • Tian (Confucianism), one of the oldest Chinese terms for the cosmos and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion

Other

  • Naam (Sikhism), the principal method or tool of meditation, which is meant to unite the soul with the Supreme Soul

See also

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