Proteus wrote:
The position I've espoused is called "panentheism," and from numerous Wikipedia articles I gather that it is controversial within Judaism.
Proteus, It appears to me that you've been "caught in the trap" of using D'rash & Sod (homiletic and mystical interpretations) as P'shat (plain/literal interpretation).

UriYosef

Our raison d'être:

WHOSOEVER DESTROYS A SINGLE SOUL OF ISRAEL, SCRIPTURE IMPUTES [GUILT] TO HIM AS THOUGH HE HAD DESTROYED A COMPLETE WORLD; AND WHOSOEVER PRESERVES A SINGLE SOUL OF ISRAEL, SCRIPTURE ASCRIBES [MERIT] TO HIM AS THOUGH HE HAD PRESERVED A COMPLETE WORLD. (Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin, 37a)

The fruits of our effort:

The battle against spiritual terrorism is being won, one soul at a time!!!