Immanence
Etymology
From Latin “immanere” (to dwell in, remain within), from “in-” (in) plus “manere” (to remain, stay) — the staying-root also behind “remain,” “mansion,” and “permanent.” Theology uses it for a divine presence pervading and sustaining the world from inside. It stands as the deliberate counterpart to transcendence, the divine that stays within rather than stands beyond.
noun · /IM-uh-nunss/
The quality of the divine being present and dwelling within the world rather than beyond it.
What it names
The "within" half of the sacred — God or the ultimate as indwelling in nature and life, not remote from it.
Example
Her sense of the sacred was all immanence — not a distant heaven but something she felt breathing in the garden soil.
Related idea
Transcendence locates the divine beyond and outside the world; immanence locates it within and throughout it — the same tension animism pushes to its fullest by finding spirit in everything.
See also