I propose the term horizonal spirituality for a spirituality based on perception.
Although I'm familiar with the concept of infinity, if I try to picture in my mind an infinite number of coins or an infinite number of elephants, I find that I can't. I can only picture something that fits into a finite horizon. If I can't picture something, I can't perceive it ; and if I can't perceive it, I must doubt its existence.

Horizonal spirituality, then, is not concerned with the God that Anselm of Canterbury and his ontological successors attempted to prove through logical reasoning, but it's not necessarily anti-theistic. Rather, it's iconic in that supernatural beings that come in discreet forms can be part of it, as can other images or items that you might place on an altar and focus your attention on. It can be pantheistic or naturalistic, it's just not concerned with concepts which are fundamentally imperceptible.
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