Theosophy
Esoteric wisdom movement
Theosophy is the spiritual movement founded by Helena Blavatsky and others in 1875, blending Eastern religious concepts with Western esoteric traditions.
It teaches reincarnation, karma, and the existence of spiritual masters who guide humanity's evolution.
The Theosophical Society promoted these ideas and influenced later New Age spirituality.
She discovered Theosophy in her twenties and never looked back. (Lowercase theosophy refers to mystical philosophy generally.)
Theosophical movement founder
Spiritual cause and effect
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
moksha · nirvana · chakras · aura · prana · kundalini · meditation · clairvoyance
Ancient Indian spiritual tradition
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
- NeoplatonismPlotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
- HermeticismEsoteric Greco-Egyptian spiritual tradition
- KabbalahJewish esoteric tradition
Gnosticism · Vedanta · Upanishads · Zoroastrianism · mysticism · esotericism
Blavatsky
Theosophical movement founder
karma
Spiritual cause and effect
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
liberation · moksha · nirvana · chakras · aura · prana · kundalini · meditation · clairvoyance · soul
Hinduism
Ancient Indian spiritual tradition
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
- NeoplatonismPlotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
- HermeticismEsoteric Greco-Egyptian spiritual tradition
Kabbalah · Gnosticism · Vedanta · Upanishads · Zoroastrianism · mysticism · esotericism
planes
Aircraft or flat surfaces
rounds · logos · monad · involution · evolution · hierarchy · elementals · devas · akasha
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- mysticismmystic, gnosis, divine union, divine spark, mystical
- New ReligionsScientology, Hare Krishna, ISKCON, Unification Church, Branch Davidians
- Occult Traditionsoccultism, esotericism, Hermeticism, Kabbalah, Gnosticism
- pseudosciencehomeopathy, astrology, phrenology, numerology, palmistry
- secret societiesFreemasons, Illuminati, secret society, secret societies, Masons
Theosophyempiricism
Knowledge through observation
physicalism · materialism · scientific skepticism · rationalism · scientism