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Theosophy and is
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.

Theosophy and interpretation
New Age thought is strongly syncretic and often based on a superficial but creative interpretation of previous spiritual and esoteric traditions, especially Eastern thought, Theosophy, and popular interpretations of science.
Leadbeater reinterpreted the seven principles so they equate with the seven planes ; this interpretation since became standard everywhere but original or orthodox Blavatskyian Theosophy ).
* Maitreya ( Benjamin Creme ), an interpretation and further elaboration of Maitreya ( Theosophy ) promoted by Benjamin Creme

Theosophy and evolution
Anthroposophy took over from Theosophy a complex system of cycles of world development and human evolution.
Some researchers, tracing the links between Ariosophy and Theosophy, stated that the latter relies mostly on " intellectual expositions of racial evolution ".
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 ).
It is believed in Theosophy that Sanat Kumara captures the mystical power of the Seven Rays from the Solar Logos and distributes it to his assistants who guide the spiritual evolution of humanity, the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom ( the Ascended masters ), who then focus the power to us.
Theosophy regards the universe as alive and interrelated, with an intelligent order guiding the cyclical evolution of all life.
In Theosophy, Anthroposophy and Rosicrucianism, involution and evolution are part of a complex sequence of cosmic cycles, called Round.
Students of the works of Alice A. Bailey and Theosophy believe that the ultimate purpose of White Magic is furtherance of the spiritual and material evolution of humanity.
In the teachings of Theosophy, Devas are regarded as living either in the atmospheres of the planets of the solar system ( Planetary Angels ) or inside the Sun ( Solar Angels ) ( presumably other planetary systems and stars have their own angels ) and they help to guide the operation of the processes of nature such as the process of evolution and the growth of plants ; their appearance is reputedly like colored flames about the size of a human being.

Theosophy and teaches
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.
Theosophy teaches that the psychological ego is false, that the idea that we are this body, emotions, and mind is a mistake of perception and the source of sorrow.
Theosophy also teaches that when the physical body dies the etheric body is left behind and the soul forms into an astral body on the astral plane.

Theosophy and metaphysical
Some of the New Age movement's constituent elements appeared initially in the 19th-century metaphysical movements: Spiritualism, Theosophy, and New Thought and also the alternative medicine movements of chiropractics and naturopathy.

Theosophy and theory
Theosophy draws on Neoplatonic emanationism, in particular the concept of separation from and return to the Absolute, and reworks the Eastern concepts of karma and reincarnation to provide an evolutionary theory of both humankind and the universe.
He was likely not an impartial judge, having written to Coues on July 8, 1890, " I emphatically denounced and ridiculed the theory of occultism, of elementary spirits, etc., before the Theosophical Society was organized 1875, and from that time to this I have strenuously opposed Theosophy all the time.

Theosophy and with
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.
Examples of esoteric religious movements and philosophies include Alchemy, Astrology, Anthroposophy, early Christian mysticism, Magic, Mesmerism, Rosicrucianism, Swedenborgianism, Spiritualism, the Alawites, the Christian Theosophy of Jacob Böhme and his followers, and the Theosophical currents associated with Helena Blavatsky and her followers.
New Age practices and philosophies sometimes draw inspiration from major world religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam ( especially Sufism ), Judaism ( especially Kabbalah ), Sikhism ; with strong influences from East Asian religions, Gnosticism, Neopaganism, New Thought, Spiritualism, Theosophy, Universalism and Western esotericism.
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.
At the beginning of the 20th century, he founded a spiritual movement, Anthroposophy, as an esoteric philosophy growing out of idealist philosophy and with links to Theosophy.
This school continued after the break with Theosophy but was disbanded at the start of World War I.
This report, which had a marked effect on Theosophy, remains as with all SPR reports the opinion of the member concerned ; the SPR holds no corporate opinions.
Eventually the Theosophical Society became virtually synonymous with Theosophy in the vernacular sense.
However, Theosophy with its inclusion of Eastern religion, astrology, ritual magic and reincarnation is an example of a closer precursor of the 20th century New Age movement.
Gaining a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, he trained as a draughtsman, while also taking a personal interest in Theosophy and the wider Western Esoteric Tradition, becoming briefly involved with Aleister Crowley and his A ∴ A ∴.
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 ).
The Group influenced Carr's direction, and Lawren Harris in particular, not only by his work, but also by his belief in Theosophy, which Carr struggled to reconcile with her own conception of God.
The Secret Doctrine, and The Key to Theosophy combined the Vedantic concept of five koshas with Western esoteric traditions ( particularly Neoplatonism ).
In a one-year period, from 1906 to 1907, he published three books, Consciousness: Animal, Human and Superhuman based on his experience with Theosophy, Friedrich Nietzsche: the Dionysian Spirit of the Age and Nietzsche in Outline and Aphorism.
His rational critique of Theosophy evoked an editiorial rebuttal from The Theosophical Review and in 1907, he terminated his association with the Society.
Though Bailey's writings differ from the orthodox Theosophy of Madame Blavatsky, they also have much in common with it.
In 1923, with the help of Foster Bailey, Alice Bailey also founded the Arcane School ( also part of Lucis Trust ), which gave ( and still gives ) a series of correspondence courses based on her heterodox version of Theosophy, which accepted the basic Theosophical views on karma, reincarnation, masters, a divine plan, and humanity's achievement of their original divine status ( Bailey, pp. 192 – 193 ).
Like many other Europeans, he came into contact with Theosophy early in life.
Here, as in the Vienna of the mid-1880s ( where Steiner first encountered Theosophy and mingled with Theosophists ), his spiritual insights found a responsive audience, many of whom had found in Theosophy only an imperfect reflection of their own beliefs.

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