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The term was not new; originally it appeared in the works of early Church Fathers, as a synonym for theology. [23] It derives from Ancient Greek: θεός, romanized: theós, lit. 'god' and Ancient Greek: σοφῐ́ᾱ, romanized: sophíā, lit. 'wisdom'; thus meaning "god-wisdom", "divine wisdom", or "wisdom of God". [24]
THEOSOPHIST. It is not. Theosophy is Divine Knowledge or Science. ENQUIRER. What is the real meaning of the term? THEOSOPHIST. "Divine Wisdom," (Theosophia) or Wisdom of the gods, as (theogonia), genealogy of the gods. The word theos means a god in Greek, one of the divine beings, certainly not "God" in the sense attached in our day to the term.
Blavatsky writes that, "according to lexicographers, the term theosophia is composed of two Greek words—theos "god," and sophos "wise." [4] [5] She then writes that Noah Webster defines it as "a supposed intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent attainment of superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the ...
An important part of Olcott's work in Ceylon became the patronage of young Buddhist Don David Hewavitharana, who took himself later name Anagarika Dharmapala. [6] [10] [11] [E] Dharmapala, a founder the Maha Bodhi Society, Sri Lanka's national hero, was one of the major figures in the movement for the revival of Buddhism in Ceylon during the British colonial rule. [13]
However, Blavatsky believed that the true Theosophist should be separated "from the mainstream" of social activity and related ambitions. [30] [note 12] Kalnitsky cited her words: "The true student has ever been a recluse, a man of silence and meditation. With the busy world his habits and tastes are so little in common that, while he is ...
Antoine Faivre notes, "the theosophist dedicates his energy to inventing (in the word's original sense of 'discovering') the articulation of all things visible and invisible, by examining both divinity and nature in the smallest detail." [9] The knowledge that is acquired through meditation is believed to change the being of the meditator. [42]
The Theosophical Society is the organizational body of Theosophy, an esoteric new religious movement.It was founded in New York City, U.S. in 1875.Among its founders were Helena Blavatsky, a Russian mystic and the principal thinker of the Theosophy movement, and Henry Steel Olcott, the society's first president.
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