theosophists
Divine wisdom pursuers
Theosophists are adherents of theosophy, a spiritual movement founded in the late 19th century that blends Western esoteric traditions with Eastern religious concepts, particularly from Hinduism and Buddhism.
They seek direct knowledge of the divine through mystical experience rather than conventional religious doctrine.
The Theosophical Society, established in 1875, promoted ideas about karma, reincarnation, and hidden spiritual masters that influenced later New Age movements.
The theosophists gathered weekly to discuss the nature of the soul.
Study of hidden teachings
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- astralRelating to stars
reincarnation · aura · kundalini · chakras · meditation · mantra · prana · etheric
Spiritual cause and effect
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
mahatmas · rounds · monads · sevenfold · kosmos · logos · hierarchy · globes
Theosophical movement founder
Provision of light
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- realizationGrasping what's true
gnosis · awareness · discernment · liberation · self-knowledge · perfection · unity
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- emanationSomething that flows out
monism · pantheism · idealism · syncretism · gnosticism · vedanta · universalism
esotericism
Study of hidden teachings
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
astral · reincarnation · aura · kundalini · chakras · meditation · mantra · prana · etheric · planes
karma
Spiritual cause and effect
moksha · mahatmas · rounds · monads · sevenfold · kosmos · logos · hierarchy · globes · chains
Blavatsky
Theosophical movement founder
illumination
Provision of light
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
realization · gnosis · awareness · discernment · liberation · self-knowledge · perfection · unity
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
emanation · monism · pantheism · idealism · syncretism · gnosticism · vedanta · universalism
theosophistsfundamentalists
Rigid interpreters of doctrine
traditionalists · dogmatists · literalists · Pharisees · Islamic scholars
theosophistsmaterialists
Prioritizers of physical possessions
atheists · secular humanists · rationalists · naturalists · empiricists