theosophy
IPA: θiˈɑsʌfi
noun
- (philosophy, religion) Any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible.
- (religion) Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes.
- The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society.
- Alternative form of theosophy [(philosophy, religion) Any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible.]
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Examples of "theosophy" in Sentences
- America, but the so-called "theosophy" is not Buddhism.
- Much is said nowadays about theosophy, which is really but another name for mysticism.
- A fascist sympathizer who dabbled in theosophy, he massacred tens of thousands of his countrymen in 1932 to put down a peasant revolt.
- I read hundreds of books on religion, I spent many months with all from the disciples of Paul Brunton a kind of theosophy to Hare Krishna gurus.
- To this 'theosophy' Julius adds a few comments, evidently of later origin, which show that he has now become aware of its intellectual inadequacy.
- He was wearing the Jewish head covering while practicing "theosophy," an obscure spiritual philosophy that maintains that "there is no higher religion than truth."
- For all forms of "theosophy," occultism, spiritualism, and magic Weishaupt expresses nothing but contempt, and the Rose-Croix masons are bracketed with the Jesuits by the Illuminati as enemies it is necessary to outwit at every turn. [
- Raymond breaks down the distinction by teaching a kind of theosophy, the doctrine, namely that, as man is a connecting link between the natural and the supernatural, it is possible by a study of human nature to arrive at a knowledge even of the most profound mysteries of Faith.
- So, on the one hand there is the system known as theosophy, which has centers and does good works all around the world, with its main center in Madras, and from there it goes all the way down to one English man writing under the name of Lobsang Rampa that Tibetans drill a hole in people's foreheads to open their third eye.
- But the majority of Gnostic undertakings may also be viewed as attempts to transform Christianity into a theosophy, that is, into a revealed metaphysic and philosophy of history, with a complete disregard of the Jewish Old Testament soil on which it originated, through the use of Pauline ideas, [306] and under the influence of the Platonic spirit.
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