* The science of social organisation, or, The laws of Manu in the light of Theosophy.

According to Theosophy, each root race has its own Manu which physically incarnates in an advanced body of an individual of the old root race and physically progenerates with a suitable female partner the first individuals of the new root race.

Theosophy is a nonsectarian organization based on Buddhist and Hindu teachings, and it promotes the view of the world as an interconnected whole and the unity and brotherhood of humankind " without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color ".

One of the central beliefs of Theosophy is that humanity is undergoing a cycle of evolution, towards increasing " perfection ", and Gardner recognised the potential significance of the photographs for the movement:

The major exponent of esotericism in the latter part of the 19th century is the Theosophy of H. P. Blavatsky, not to be confused with the Christian Theosophy mentioned above.

The post-theosophical Anthroposophical movement is a synthesis of occultist, Christian and Neoplatonic ideas with Western esoteric concepts as formulated in the wake of Theosophy.

Theosophy is also considered a major influence on the many less institutionally organized varieties of esotericism in metaphysical milieus, " Ascended Master Activities ", and within the New Age.

It is believed in Theosophy of Helena Blavatsky that each religion ( including Theosophy ) has its own individual Heaven in various regions of the upper astral plane that fits the description of that Heaven that is given in each religion, which a soul that has been good in their previous life on Earth will go to.

It is also a common belief of pagan religions such as Druidism, Spiritism, Theosophy, and Eckankar and is found in many tribal societies around the world, in places such as Siberia, West Africa, North America, and Australia.

The primary local deity in Theosophy is the Solar Logos, " the consciousness of the sun ".

Theosophy is considered a part of the broader field of esotericism, referring to hidden knowledge or wisdom that offers the individual enlightenment and salvation.

" When referring to the ideas related to Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society, the word " Theosophy " is capitalized ; otherwise it is not.

Helena Blavatsky taught that Theosophy is neither revelation nor speculation.

* In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, the color violet is used to represent the Ascended Master St. Germain.

In Esoteric Christianity, theurgy usually is the practice of trying to gain the knowledge and conversation of one's Higher Self, or Inner God, to teach one spiritual truths and wisdom from God that one couldn't learn from man ( see Alchemy, Kabbalah, and Theosophy ).

Transcendent Theosophy is the school of Islamic philosophy founded by Mulla Sadra in the 17th century.

" This is primarily the argument that lies at the heart of Mulla Sadra's Transcendent Theosophy.

Heelas ' The New Age Movement states that Mind Dynamics and Alexander Everett were influenced by Edgar Cayce, Theosophy, and Silva Mind Control, and Curtiss ' Depression is a Choice also cites Silva Mind Control and self-talk as the basis for Mind Dynamics.

The Theosophy Society-Adyar is the name of a section of the Theosophical Society founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875.

The Theosophical Society is an organization formed in 1875 to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy.

The third figure was the Russian Helena Blavatsky ( 1831 – 1891 ), one of the founders of the Theosophical Society, through which she propagated her religious movement of Theosophy, which itself combined a number of elements from Eastern religions like Hinduism and Buddhism with Western elements.

Theosophy teaches that human beings and all organisms including animals and all matter " flow " from a pure spiritual formation in the absolute to a material one over time to become materialised but later will return to the absolute after the cosmic cycle of life.

According to Joscelyn Godwin's research: " the basic outlines of Evola's prehistory resemble those of Theosophy, with Lemurian, Atlantean, and Aryan root-races succeeding each other, and a pole-shift marking the transition from one epoch to another " ( Arktos, p. 60 ).

Later organizations that used many of the teachings of Theosophy for their own purposes, developed concept of Ascended Masters which bears some important differences with the Theosophical one.

Jesus is one of the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom in Theosophy and is one of the Ascended master ( also collectively called the Great White Brotherhood ; with white being in reference to the light ) in the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy.

The work was the magnum opus of Helena Blavatsky, one of the physical founders of the Theosophical Society and of contemporary Theosophy.

In The Key to Theosophy she wrote that " All men have spiritually and physically the same origin, which is the fundamental teaching of Theosophy " and that " mankind is essentially of one and the same essence.

The Summerland is also viewed as the place where one goes in the afterlife in traditions of Spiritualism and Theosophy, which is where Wicca got the term.

The etheric plane ( see also Etheric body ) is a term introduced into Theosophy by Charles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant to represent one of the planes of existence in neo-Theosophical and Rosicrucian cosmology.

Attempts at a synthesis of religion and science, a common theme in Mayanism, are one of the contributions from Theosophy while Emerson would be an early example of a plastic shaman in Mayanism.

He became a member of the Theosophical Society and associated with Dr. Anna Kingsford ( 1846-1888 ), one of the first female British physicians and supporter of women's rights, animal rights, vegetarianism and, who, besides being one of the pioneers of higher education for women, had become a student of Theosophy ; with her he brought out Keys of the Creeds ( 1875 ), The Perfect Way: or the Finding of Christ ( 1882 ), and founded the Hermetic Society in 1884.

He secured work in Los Angeles and gradually began to gather around him a few students — most of them entirely new to Theosophy — to undertake once more the task of promulgating Theosophy in the same form as originally presented by the Founders of the Movement.

It is maintained in most of these versions of Theosophy that Venus is the most spiritually advanced planet of our solar system.

The most prominent figure of this period is Mulla Sadra who introduced Transcendent Theosophy as a critical philosophy which brought together Peripatetic, Illuminationist and gnostic philosophy along with Ash ' ari and Twelvers theology, the source of which lay in the Islamic revelation and the mystical experience of reality as existence.

Esoteric groups that could be considered to be RHP include Theosophy, as well as various Neopagan religions such as Druidry, Wicca, Kemetism, Celtic Neopaganism, Slavic Neopaganism, Germanic Neopaganism, Nova Roma, Hellenic Neopaganism and the Rada cult of Haitian Vodou, most of Thelema, and certain traditions of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, or the Gnostic Catholic Church.

In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, the most important deities are St. Germain and the Master Jesus.

Similar rumours occurred throughout his career, but Leadbeater's talents as a prolific author on occultism kept him an important presence in Theosophy until his death in 1934.

Theories of spiritual evolution are important in many Occult and Esoteric teachings, which emphasise the progression and development of the individual either after death ( spiritualism ) or through successive reincarnations ( Theosophy, Hermeticism ).

" Shahāb ad-Dīn " Yahya ibn Habash as-Suhrawardī (, also known as Sohrevardi ) was a Iranian, philosopher, a Sufi and founder of the Illuminationist philosophy or " Oriental Theosophy ", an important school in Islamic mysticism that drew upon Zoroastrian and Platonic ideas.

In Theosophy, Steiner suggested that human beings unite a physical body of a nature common to ( and that ultimately returns to ) the inorganic world ; a life body ( also called the etheric body ), in common with all living creatures ( including plants ); a bearer of sentience or consciousness ( also called the astral body ), in common with all animals ; and the ego, which anchors the faculty of self-awareness unique to human beings.

In Theosophy, the beings that helped Sanat Kumara organize the expedition from Venus are called the " Lords of the Flame ".

The Watcher comic books have tales about the special race of beings talented at information processing called The Watchers spread throughout the Cosmos that it is believed in Theosophy and the Ascended Master Teachings that The Watcher belongs to.

Initiation is a concept in Theosophy that there are nine levels of spiritual development that beings who live on Earth can progress upward through.

" She also spoke out against European slave trade in Africa ( Key to Theosophy 3 ), the Caste System ( SD I: 270 ) and often laid stress on " kindness, absence of every ill feeling or selfishness, charity, goodwill to all beings, and perfect justice to others as to one's self " ( The First Message of HPB ).

Charles Webster Leadbeater fundamentally described and incorporated his comprehension of intangible beings for Theosophy.