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Word | Theosophy |
Afrikaans Meaning | teosofie |
belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul / a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul / Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers / any of a number of philosophies maintaining that a knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual ecstasy, direct intuition, or special individual relations, especially the movement founded in 1875 as the Theosophical Society by Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907)., | |
Usage | ⇒ Anne Besants work is based on theosophy ⇒ In the early 189s, she became a leading exponent of the religious movement of theosophy (emphasizing an individual spiritual awareness of God), and went to live in India. |
Synonyms | religion, anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, belief, cabala, cabalism, creed, divinity, esotericism, esoterics, esoterism, esotery, hagiography, hagiology, hocus-pocus, monotheism, mumbo jumbo, mystery, mysticism, |
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