In the process view, the world is a web of changing individuals interacting with and affecting each other, co-creating the world. Relationships are the building blocks of life... We are closely related to individuals in our own species, more closely to some than others, as are all animals. Many of us are related to animals we care for and to the plants (or cells of the plants) in our fields or gardens. Consciously or not, we are intimately related to the cells that make up the food we eat. Consciously or not, we are related to the constellations of minerals and cells and animals that make up the environment in which we live... The web of life is no mere metaphor. We are not only embodied but embedded in a web of relationships. For process philosophy, Goddess/God is also embodied and embedded in a web of relationships. Goddess/God touches and is touched by every individual in the universe. This is what is meant by Goddess/God's 'sympathetic goodness.' Goddess/God is 'supremely related to all.'
She Who Changes by Carol Christ, p.89-70