theosophy
pronunciation
How to pronounce theosophy in British English:
UK [θiˈɒsəfi]
How to pronounce theosophy in American English:
US [θiˈɑsəfi]
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- Noun:
- belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
Word Origin
- theosophy (n.)
- 1640s (implied in theosophical), "knowledge of divine things obtained through mystic study," from Medieval Latin theosophia (c.880), from Late Greek theosophia (c.500) "wisdom concerning God or things divine," from Greek theosophos "one wise about God," from theos "god" (see theo-) + sophia "skill, knowledge of, acquaintance with; philosophy," from sophos "wise, learned" (see sophist). Applied variously over the years, including to the followers of Swedenborg. Taken as the name of a modern philosophical system (sometimes called Esoteric Buddhism), founded in New York 1875 as "Theosophical Society" by Madame Blavatsky and others, which has elements of Hinduism and Buddhism and claims supernatural knowledge of the divinity and his words deeper than that obtained from empiricism. Related: Theosophist.
Example
- 1. Surendra 's brother : " sir , what do you think of theosophy ? "
- 2. Theosophy is one branch of occultism .
- 3. Theosophy is the result of the scientific development in the west society .
- 4. There are some zoroastrians who are influenced by theosophy , an eclectic esoteric movement of the nineteenth century .
- 5. One concept of an ascended master derives from the teachings of theosophy started by helena blavatsky .