Rudolf Steiner, and subsequent theosophist authors, have called the time periods associated with these races, Epochs ( Steiner felt that the term " race " was not adequate anymore for modern humanity ).

The starting point for theosophists may be knowledge of external things in the world or inner experiences and the aim of the theosophist is to discover deeper meanings in the natural or divine realm.

* 1831 – Helena Blavatsky, Russian scholar and theosophist ( d. 1891 )

Many of the views which directed Leadbeater's understanding of the chakras were influenced by previous theosophist authors, in particular Johann Georg Gichtel, a disciple of Jakob Böhme, and his book Theosophia Practica ( 1696 ), in which Gitchtel directly refers to inner force centers, a concept reminiscent of the chakras.

It entered the English language in the 1880s via the works of theosophist Alfred Sinnett.

* 1849 – Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist ( d. 1919 )

Mathew sent missionaries to the United States, including the theosophist Bishop J. I. Wedgwood ( 1892 – 1950 ) and Bishop Rudolph de Landas Berghes et de Rache ( 1873 – 1920 ).

The book Reincarnation in Christianity, by the theosophist Geddes MacGregor ( 1978 ) asserted that Origen believed in reincarnation.

The 17th century philosopher and self-identified theosophist Jakob Boehme ( 1575-1624 ) produced a complete explanation of theosophy that included esotericism.

Antoine Faivre notes, “ the theosophist dedicates his energy to inventing ( in the word ’ s original sense of ‘ discovering ’) the articulation of all things visible and invisible, by examining both divinity and nature in the smallest detail .” The knowledge that is acquired through meditation is believed to change the being of the meditator.

* May 8 – Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Russian-born author and theosophist ( b. 1831 )

* August 12 – Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Russian-born author and theosophist ( d. 1891 )

The Building of Banba, for which The Tides of Manaunuan was composed, was based on Irish mythological poems by the theosophist John Osborne Varian.

* Sir S. Subramania Iyer, theosophist and Indian freedom fighter who was one of the founders of the Home Rule Movement.

Ryti's wife Gerda was a much more active spiritualist and theosophist than Ryti himself ; she even claimed to have a spirit guide.

Rukmini Devi Arundale, along with her husband, Dr. George Arundale, a known theosophist, in Adyar, Chennai in 1936.

At first a sensualist, like Condillac and John Locke, next an intellectualist, he finally became a mystical theosophist.

* The theosophist Madame Blavatsky.

Wedgwood was a former Anglican priest who left the Anglican church on becoming a theosophist in 1904.

He was also a theosophist.

In New India, the newspaper that was run by Annie Besant, the Irish theosophist and Home Rule advocate, the beauty of Marina Beach was described back in 1914.

Bhagwan DasBhagwan Das ( January 12, 1869 – September 18, 1958 ) was an Indian theosophist and public figure.

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This approach considers the complex realities surrounding the concept of crime and seeks to understand how changing social, political, psychological, and economic conditions may affect changing definitions of crime and the form of the legal, law-enforcement, and penal responses made by society.

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