THEOSOPHY

theosophy

(noun) a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

(religion) Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes.

The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society.

Source: Wiktionary


The*os"o*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. théosophie.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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