Romansh Then "Universal consciousness" is a misnomer in my book. Panentheism is where god is in everything, at least to my understanding of the concept. As opposed to pantheism where god is everything. Panpsychism is closer to panentheism, not pantheism. I accept the definition of panentheism that God is part of everything both within and without the universe, but also that God is a universal consciousness. I do not believe that consciousness could have developed from a chance evolution of life originating from inorganic matter and some organic molecules floating around.