Traditions

In an Abrahamic prophetic tradition, it is necessary to be neither polytheist nor atheist but monotheist whereas, in an Indian contemplative tradition, it is possible to be polytheist, monotheist or atheist and also to advance from polytheism to monotheism or monism by reinterpreting many gods as aspects of a single personal or impersonal reality.

Traditions

prophetic: monotheist

contemplative: polytheist, monotheist, atheist or monist

There is contemplation in some prophetic traditions and monotheism in some contemplative traditions where monotheism may also be monistic or transitional to monism. 

Prophecy is specific and exclusive whereas contemplation is comprehensive and inclusive. Prophecy and prayer presuppose a deity whereas contemplation presupposes only consciousness and reality and therefore is expressed through diverse theories of:

many individual souls;

one universal soul;

no soul.

I was educated in a prophetic tradition but now meditate in a contemplative tradition. My philosophy is monist but materialist, not idealist. Therefore, I accept neither soul pluralist reincarnation nor no-soulist rebirth. Being has become conscious and each psychophysical organism is a distinct individual subject of consciousness.