ABSTRACT
The root of the Danish word Immanents lies in the present participle of the (late) Latin verb immanere, to remain, to persist, to dwell in.1 The word Transcendents is derived from tran(s)scendens which is the present participle of the Latin verb, tran(s)scendere, meaning literally to climb beyond but also to surpass or exceed; implicitly, then, transcendence indicates both superiority to and separation from certain boundaries.2 It is generally accepted that immanence covers those aspects, properties, and ruling principles that underlie the surrounding, mainly visible world. From the same philosophical viewpoint, the immanent can refer to the generic realm of being, in contrast to the transcendent, which envisions whatever goes beyond the latter’s purview. In the post-Cartesian and Kantian tradition, immanence describes the sphere of conscious subjectivity, unlike transcendence which characterizes those things or aspects of reality that fall outside the self.3 Theologically, God has often been conceived as more or less transcendent to creation, while the belief in his immanent dwelling within the world undergirds all classical versions of pantheism.4
