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The Key to Theosophy is an 1889 book by Helena Blavatsky, expounding the principles of theosophy in a readable question-and-answer manner.It covers Theosophy and the Theosophical Society, Nature of the Human Being, Life After Death, Reincarnation, Kama-Loka and Devachan, the Human Mind, Practical Theosophy and the Mahatmas.
Theosophy was considered by Blavatsky to be "the substratum and basis of all the world-religions and philosophies". [5] In The Key to Theosophy, she stated the following about the meaning and origin of the term: ENQUIRER. Theosophy and its doctrines are often referred to as a new-fangled religion. Is it a religion? THEOSOPHIST. It is not.
SK | Sanskrit Keys the Wisdom Religion - 1940 | Judith Tyberg SKf | Sanskrit terms from Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy, by G. de Purucker, 1932. SKo | Sanskrit terms from The Ocean of Theosophy, by William Q. Judge, 1893. SKs | Sanskrit terms from The Secret Doctrine, by H. P. Blavatsky, 1888.
The Blavatsky Lodge was founded on May 19, 1887 in London by 14 members of the London Lodge.It was the second official theosophical lodge in England after the London Lodge, and the third in Europe (after the Loge Germania in Germany).
Emanationism is a common teaching found in occult and esoteric writings. According to Owen (2005): . 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.
William Scott-Elliot (sometimes incorrectly spelled Scott-Elliott) (1849–1919) was a Scottish nobleman, merchant banker, theosophist and amateur historian who elaborated Helena Blavatsky's concept of root races in several publications, most notably The Story of Atlantis (1896) and The Lost Lemuria (1904), later combined in 1925 into a single volume called The Story of Atlantis and the Lost ...
He wrote on psychic powers, Theosophy, Spiritualism, mysticism, fairies, angels, meditation, clairvoyance, health and disease. He also wrote over two hundred articles and radio talks and travelled the world lecturing for the Theosophical Society.
Harriet Isabella (Isabel) Cooper-Oakley [1] [2] (31 January 1854 – 3 March 1914), was a prominent Theosophist and author. [3]She was born in Amritsar, India to (Frederic) Henry Cooper, C.B., commissioner of Lahore [4] and his wife Mary (née Steel), receiving a good education because of her father's belief in the value of education for women. [4]