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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.
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.
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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 ...
As a young man, Wood became interested in Theosophy after listening to lectures by the theosophist Annie Besant, whose personality impressed him greatly.He joined the society's Manchester lodge and in 1908 followed Besant, who had become President of the Theosophical Society Adyar, to India.
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]
Robert Crosbie (10 January 1849 – 25 June 1919) was a theosophist and founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).. Crosbie was born in Montreal, Lower Canada.In 1902, he moved to Lomaland, Point Loma, California where he helped in building a theosophical community.