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  Blavatsky Net Theosophy - original Theosophy text - focus on Madame Blavatsky
Theosophy is a fragment of the ancient, once universal, wisdom teaching.
Theosophy is the name Blavatsky gave to that portion of knowledge that she brought from the masters to the world.
The Key to Theosophy by Madame Blavatsky - her introduction to Theosophy.
www.blavatsky.net   (941 words)

  
  Theosophy and Anthroposophy in Russia
Theosophy and anthroposophy do not posit the question about the meaning of cosmic evolution, about its beginning and end, since the question about the meaning of cosmic evolution is already the question about God and about man, not derivative from the cosmos, but rather into it bearing its own light.
Theosophy, deriving from the East, happened all at once to adapt itself to the scientific consciousness of the European man of the XIX Century, and to the modern evolutionism, to the contemporary avowal of the measure of law and the denial of miracle.
Theosophy declared, that in Christianity is indeed that truth, which is common to all religions, and that it is not the religion of utmost truth.
www.berdyaev.com /berdiaev/berd_lib/1916_252b.html   (7918 words)

  
 Theosophy - LoveToKnow 1911
This, however, would be insufficient to distinguish theosophy from those systems of philosophy which are sometimes called "speculative" and "absolute," and which also in many cases proceed deductively from the idea of God.
Hence it is customary to speak of their theories as a mixture of theosophy and physics, or theosophy and chemistry, as the case may be.
According to theosophy, it would appear that these notions are for the most part mistaken, or at any rate they are quite insignificant in comparison with the interests with which the traveller along the Path soon finds himself absorbed.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Theosophy   (3509 words)

  
 Theosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Theosophy is similar to the beliefs of the Hindu Arya Samaj sect concerning karma, dharma, and cosmogony.
Theosophy, as well as many other esoteric groups and occult societies, claims that the universe is ordered by the number seven.
Theosophy is mocked in several episodes of James Joyce's Ulysses (1922).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theosophy   (2466 words)

  
 United Lodge of Theosophists - Theosophy Simply Stated
Theosophy is to be explained by reference to the three great principles which underlie all life, as well as every religion and every philosophy that ever has been, or ever can be.
Theosophy views the Universe as an intelligent whole, hence every motion in the universe is an action leading to results, which themselves become causes for further results.
Theosophy is the philosophy of Unity, and it calls for the essential union of those who profess and promulgate it.
www.ult.org /tss.html   (1998 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Theosophy
Theosophy is a term used in general to designate the knowledge of God supposed to be obtained by the direct intuition of the Divine essence.
Theosophy on the contrary sees in matter an instrument of life, and in thought the creative and moulding power of matter.
Theosophy is not only a basis of religion; it is also a philosophy of life.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14626a.htm   (2119 words)

  
 Theosophical Society in America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Theosophy is the shoreless ocean of universal truth, love, and wisdom, reflecting its radiance on the earth, while the Theosophical Society is only a visible bubble on that reflection.
Theosophy is divine nature, visible and invisible, and its Society human nature trying to ascend to its divine parent.
Theosophy, finally, is the fixed eternal sun, and its Society the evanescent comet trying to settle in an orbit to become a planet, ever revolving within the attraction of the sun of truth.
www.theosophical.org /theosophy/index.html   (190 words)

  
 Theosophy
Theosophy as known to the modern world was founded by the Russian initiate Helena Petrovna Blavatsky in New York in 1875 as an attempt to spread divine truth to the intellectually advanced part of humanity.
Practically, Theosophy presents itself today as a vast spiritual and cosmological system which seeks to investigate and explain Cosmos and man's role herein, both on the basis of occult research (research based on extrasensory perception, be it clairvoyance, clairvoyance, visions, telepathically received messages or memories or visions retrieved through hypnotic regression, i.e.
Theosophy sees itself as a synthesis of science, religion and philosophy, and seeks to show the similarities in the world's religions, knowing that all religions are given from the Hierarchy as a teaching to humanity, adapted to humanity's culture and stage of development at any given time.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Olympus/3987/theosop.html   (4804 words)

  
 Theosophical Society in America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Theosophy has no developed rituals, although meetings may be opened and closed by brief meditations or the recitation of short texts, and some groups use a simple ceremony for welcoming new members.
Theosophy holds that all religions are expressions of humanity's effort to relate to one another, to the universe around us, and to the ultimate ground of being.
Theosophy is not itself a religion, although it is religious, in being concerned with humanity's effort to relate to ultimate values.
www.theosophical.org /theosophy/faqs/index.html   (1067 words)

  
 Theosophy
Theosophy holds that all religions are expressions of humanity's effort to relate to one another, to the universe around us, and to the ultimate ground of being.
Theosophy is not itself a religion, although it is religious, in being concerned with humanity's effort to relate to ultimate values.
Theosophy teaches not to seek dominance of Nature, nor dominance of one's fellow man, but to seek to co-operate with Nature and with the life in all evolving fellow beings; not to seek possessions but to work for the necessities of life.
www.mcs.ca /vitalspark/2020_schools/306theo00.html   (9518 words)

  
 theosophy
Theosophy emerged in the late 1900’s due to the questioning of why consistent relationships between science and religion were impossible to establish.
In theosophy truth is sought by the study of comparative religions in an attempt to find certain doctrines common to all faiths, offering a combination of eastern philosophical attitudes with a western Christian morality.
Theosophy inspired art to reach for a deeper meaning and new ways of creation and perception that were highly innovative.
www.scottf.com /plus/written/theosophy.htm   (2439 words)

  
 Modern Theosophy; Is Theosophy Authentic? Franklin Merrell-Wolff
Considering Theosophy in the sense of a doctrine or teaching, rather than in the other sense of “way of life,” it is said to be a partial statement emanating from pure Bodha or the Eternal Wisdom of which every authentic religious move­ment or philosophy is, in its origin, a partial statement.
Theosophy, in its primary meaning, is identical with both the utterly pure Root-Bodhi and its esoteric manifestation, while, in the more objective sense, as a movement starting in 1875, it is another opening of the door of presentation.
Thus Theosophy appears to give a substantive value to the Ultimate while Buddhism is radically non-substantive or positivistic in the noumenal as well as in the phenomenal sense.
www.katinkahesselink.net /other/m_wolff.html   (2746 words)

  
 Theosophy Library Online - Home - What Is Theosophy?
Theosophy is the shoreless ocean of universal truth, love, and wisdom, reflecting its radiance on the earth...
Theosophy is the quintessence of duty." - from The Key to Theosophy, by H.
Theosophy is not a belief or dogma formulated or invented by man, but is a knowledge of the laws which govern the evolution of the physical, astral, psychical, and intellectual constituents of nature and of man." - from The Ocean of Theosophy, by William Q. Judge, 1893
www.theosophy.org   (1393 words)

  
 Theosophy
Theosophy is based on claims of a mystic insight – that is insight into the nature of God and the laws of the Universe.
Theosophy, as a subject of study, became an organized group in the late 19th century when the Theosophical Society was founded by Henry Olcott and H.P. Blavatsky.
Theosophy teaches that everything will eventually evolve to know the truth (to become divine.) Each life moves the spirit in a direction either towards or away from the truth, and the spirit is reincarnated into another body to learn new lessons.
www.meta-religion.com /Esoterism/Theosophy/theosophy.htm   (3103 words)

  
 THEOSOPHY
We have also a curious resemblance to Theosophy in the fact that an alleged ancient document was brought to light as a book of authority, and that the material therein was asserted to furnish a key to the interpretation of the archaic scriptures of the world.
Theosophy is further, an endorsement of the primary position of the Spiritualists regarding the survival of the soul entity, and thus commends itself to their approbation.
While it is not to be inferred that Theosophy itself was built on the material embodied in countryside credulity, it will be seen that the native inclination toward an animistic interpretation of phenomena was in a measure true to the deeper theses which the new cult presented.
downloads.members.tripod.com /~pc93/tsphyraw.htm   (18094 words)

  
 "Theosophy Defined" by William Q. Judge
Theosophy postulates an Eternal Principle, unknowable except in its manifestations, which is in and is all things, and which, periodically and eternally, manifests itself and recedes from manifestation -- evolution and involution.
This doctrine of reincarnation is the very base of Theosophy, for it explains life and nature as no other hypothesis can; and it is an essential to the scheme of evolution, for without such re-embodiment on the plane of experiences and atonements there could be no evolution of the human soul.
With reference to postmortem conditions, Theosophy teaches two states of existence somewhat analogous to the Christian "purgatory" and "heaven." The first, immediately subsequent to earth-life, is Kama-loka, where the immortal triad takes leave of the lower principles remaining after separation from the body.
www.theosophy-nw.org /theosnw/theos/th-wqjdf.htm   (2061 words)

  
 Theosophy Defined   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Theosophy is that ocean of knowledge which spreads from shore to shore of the evolution of sentient beings; unfathomable in its deepest parts, it gives the greatest minds their fullest scope, yet, shallow enough at its shores, it will not overwhelm the understanding of a child.
It is not a belief or a dogma formulated or invented by man, but is a knowledge of the laws which govern the evolution of the physical, astral, psychical, and intellectual constituents of nature and of man...
Theosophy knows that the whole is constituted of the visible and the invisible, and perceiving outer things and objects to be but transitory it grasps the facts of nature, both without and within.
www.theosophysandiego.org /defined.htm   (250 words)

  
 Hinduism Today | Jun 1995
In this way Theosophy and Hinduism were intertwined together, and while Theosophy's doctrine echoed in parts at least, the Hindu Sanatana Dharma and Vedanta, seemingly having rooted in the Hindu philosophy, the theosophists maintain that their doctrine is not rooted in any religion, but only shares a similarity with others.
The word theosophy is derived from the Greek word Theo meaning God, and sophos signifying wise, and therefore can be translated as standing for "divine wisdom" or "godly teaching." Theosophy is called an esoteric science because it deals with that which is hidden, and not obvious.
Theosophy believes that the first Root Race appeared on earth at a time when the planet was still in a formative stage.
www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/1995/6/1995-6-03.shtml   (3357 words)

  
 Theosophy, CARM
Theosophy teaches that the universe is one interrelated whole.
Theosophy accepts the miraculous as true and attempts to understand it using philosophy and science.
Theosophy claims an influence upon much of society, particularly in some of the poets, writers, and artists of the past 100 years.
www.carm.org /list/theosophy.htm   (489 words)

  
 Theosophy
Theosophy literally means "wisdom of God." The modem Theosophical movement was founded in 1875 by Helena P. Blavatsky.
Theosophy- Literally means "wisdom of God." Theosophy is a cult founded by Helena Blavatsky in 1875 and which attempts to expound on the wisdom of God found in all religions.
Devas -Persons who, according to Theosophy, have been freed from their bodily prisons and are now in the world of the mind.
www.greatcom.org /resources/handbook_of_todays_religions/01chap08/default.htm   (1117 words)

  
 The Religious Movements Homepage: Theosophy
Theosophy teaches that our world and all others go through numerous rounds of evolution from the primordial to the material to the spiritual, and that in these grand evolutionary cycles all humanity experiences numerous incarnations from less-advanced to more-advanced states of being.
Theosophy is not meant to contradict existing religions, but to illuminate and to explicate areas of religious belief that may not be that clear.
To understand Theosophy as it is meant to be understood, however, it is necessary to "live Theosophy." Only through a lifetime of devotion and study can one fully appreciate the lessons taught and the insights demonstrated.
religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/theosophy.html   (4275 words)

  
 Theosophy
Theosophy is a System of philosophy and religious thought that believes that the truest knowledge comes not through reason or senses, but through a direct communication of the soul with the Divine Reality.
The ideas of Theosophy can be traced back to ancient times, but the most widely known modern grouping of adherents to these doctrines, The Theosophical Society, was founded in New York on November 17, 1875.
Theosophy is the study of the teachings of the Masters or Mahatmas.
www.age-of-the-sage.org /theosophy/theosophy.html   (530 words)

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