theosophical

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He has collected into his lectures a mass of mystical material from rites like Memphis and Misraοm, but it is alchemical, theosophical, or dealing with ancient symbolism, the mysteries, pre-christian theology, &c.; As to Pike himself, a Mason of high authority observes in a private letter:--"He was one of the greatest men who ever adorned our Order.

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  1. Of or pertaining to theosophy or theosophists. A theosophical system may also be pantheistic, in tendency if not in intention; but the transcendent character of its Godhead definitely distinguishes it from the speculative philosophies which might otherwise seem to fall under the same definition. Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 278. From the end of the year 1783 to the beginning of the year 1788 there existed a society entitled “The Theosophical Society, instituted for the Purpose of promoting the Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem, by translating, printing, and publishing the Theological Writings of the Honourable Emanuel Swedenborg.” N. and Q., 7th ser., XI. 127.

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  • Her new "religion of humanity," a kind of theosophical socialism, is too fantastically garbed to charm the sober spirits of our age. —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
  • With the massive shift in general belief structure in the countries of Latin American, Asia and Africa moving Catholicism to a more aggressive, conservative, 'primitive' and mystic form of Christianity creating a theosophical schism of massive proportions developing in the world and it is almost gone unnoticed. —  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
  • Theosophical University Press, publishing and distributing quality theosophical literature since 1886: PO Box C, Pasadena, CA 91109-7107 USA; e-mail: tupress@theosociety. org; voice: —  unalog
  • The writings of the Tubingen School -- in particular, the masterly treatise of the founder of the School, F. C. Baur -- ultimately convinced me that this theosophical Gospel was not the production of the Apostle St. John. —  Latest Articles
  • He returned to England with not only a commitment to yoga and sandals, but a theosophical conviction in the spiritual side of socialism. —  Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk
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