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Webster 1913 Edition
Theosophy
The-os′o-phy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] knowledge of things divine, fr. [GREEK] wise in the things of God; [GREEK] God + [GREEK] wise: cf. F.
théosophie
.] Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
Webster 1828 Edition
Theosophy
THEOS'OPHY
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1.
Knowledge of God.Definition 2024
theosophy
theosophy
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- theosophie archaic
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theosophy (usually uncountable, plural theosophies)
- (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.
- 1984 Oct, Lee, Tanith, “Bite-Me-Not, or Fleur de Feu”, in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, volume 8, Davis Publications, ISSN 0162-2188:
- They have their own traditions of art and science. They do not […] discuss God or metaphysics or men. […] All their wisdom and theosophy, and all their grasp of beauty, truth or love, is in the singing. […] They look unloving enough, and so they are. Pitiless fallen angels.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:theosophy.
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- (religion) Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes.
- 2000, Szulakowska, Urszula, The alchemy of light : geometry and optics in late Renaissance alchemical illustration, Leiden [u.a.]: Brill, ISBN 9789004116900, page 11:
- The religious ideas of late Renaissance alchemists were based on the Paracelsian theosophical system, which was a half-pagan, half-Christian belief system, both a mystical path and a theurgic practice.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:theosophy.
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- The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society.
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doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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