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2018
The term ‘theosophy’, derived from the Greek theo (‘divine’) and sophia (‘wisdom’), refers generally to divine wisdom and its mystical interpretation. Arising in the third century, the term acted as a synonym for theology until the sixteenth century, when Jakob Böhme (1575–1624), drawing on Neoplatonism and alchemy, described it as divine knowledge by ...
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The term ‘theosophy’, derived from the Greek theo (‘divine’) and sophia (‘wisdom’), refers generally to divine wisdom and its mystical interpretation. Arising in the third century, the term acted as a synonym for theology until the sixteenth century, when Jakob Böhme (1575–1624), drawing on Neoplatonism and alchemy, described it as divine knowledge by ...
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2011
Austrian philosopher, playwright, and artist Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) is perhaps best known as an educational philosopher and reformer, the founder of Steiner (or Waldorf) schools located around the world. These schools' philosophy represents the priorities Steiner discusses in Theosophy: the development of body, soul, and spirit.
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Austrian philosopher, playwright, and artist Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) is perhaps best known as an educational philosopher and reformer, the founder of Steiner (or Waldorf) schools located around the world. These schools' philosophy represents the priorities Steiner discusses in Theosophy: the development of body, soul, and spirit.
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Modern Drama, 1977
AS A "WISDOM-RELIGION" with marked mystical concerns, theosophy has been rooted from time immemorial in the history of mankind, and its original religious beliefs and practices. As a speculative system with both religious and philosophical implications, however, theosophy can be traced back to Plato, and to such early mystical movements and esoteric ...
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AS A "WISDOM-RELIGION" with marked mystical concerns, theosophy has been rooted from time immemorial in the history of mankind, and its original religious beliefs and practices. As a speculative system with both religious and philosophical implications, however, theosophy can be traced back to Plato, and to such early mystical movements and esoteric ...
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2022
Chapter 2 details the entrance of Theosophy into the Indian intellectual landscape. Core ideas of Theosophists and Bengali reformers were shaped by a shared global background, which structured this exchange. This background was marked by social reformism and the notion of “Aryan” in relation to the search for the origin of religion. Focusing on diverse
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Chapter 2 details the entrance of Theosophy into the Indian intellectual landscape. Core ideas of Theosophists and Bengali reformers were shaped by a shared global background, which structured this exchange. This background was marked by social reformism and the notion of “Aryan” in relation to the search for the origin of religion. Focusing on diverse
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2020
Abstract This chapter shows that even though the esotericism of Theosophy might seem far from modernist literature, modernist icons such as William Butler Yeats, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot, among others, took inspiration from Madame Blavatsky’s writings.
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Abstract This chapter shows that even though the esotericism of Theosophy might seem far from modernist literature, modernist icons such as William Butler Yeats, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot, among others, took inspiration from Madame Blavatsky’s writings.
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