The following historical information concerning Theosophy is a quote from Wikipedia.com...
Theosophy, literally "god-wisdom" (Greek: θεοσοφία theosophia), designates several bodies of ideas. The 6th century neo-platonist Pseudo-Dionysius seems to have been the first philosopher the term applied to. There was a group of Renaissance philosophers: Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, Robert Fludd, and, especially, Jacob Boehme; the Enlightenment theologian Emanuel Swedenborg was influenced by these. And finally, the word was revived in the nineteenth century by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky to designate her religious philosophy which holds that all religions are attempts by humanity to approach the absolute, and that each religion therefore has a portion of the truth. Together with Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge, and others, Blavatsky founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. This society has since split into a number of organizations, some of which no longer use the term "theosophy."
Please notice that Helena Petrovna Blavatsky founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. Her most popular work was a two-volume book she wrote titled 'The Secret Doctrine,' in which she woefully states...
"Lucifer represents.. Life.. Thought.. Progress.. Civilization.. Liberty.. Independence.. Lucifer is the Logos.. the Serpent, the Savior." pages 171, 225, 255 (Volume II)
"It is Satan who is the God of our planet and the only God." pages 215, 216, 220, 245, 255, 533, (VI)
"The Celestial Virgin which thus becomes the Mother of Gods and Devils at one and the same time; for she is the ever-loving beneficent Deity...but in antiquity and reality Lucifer or Luciferius is the name. Lucifer is divine and terrestrial Light, 'the Holy Ghost' and 'Satan' at one and the same time." page 539
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 32°
The Secret Doctrine
"Theo-sophy", means "divine wisdom"; and it is any system of thought concerned with the relationship between God and the creation, specially one intended to help man achieve direct experience of the divine.
The Theosophical Society was founded in New York in 1875 by the Ukraine born Madame Blavatsky and the American Col. Henry S. Olcott. Today they claim 25,000 members in 60 countries, with 6,000 in the USA... but its influence far transcends the boundaries of its own ranks, influencing the New Age Movement, the Rosicrucians, the Anthropological Society, the "I Am" Ascended Masters, New Thought...
Headquarters:
In Adyar, Madras, India.... In the USA: with many
divisions, Box 270, Wheaton, IL; Box 1543, Fresno, CA 93716.
Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky:
Born Helen Hahn, married to the Czarist general Nikifor
V. Blavatsky; her marriage lasted 3 months, and she gave birth to an
illegitimate son. She was addicted to hashish, and claimed psychic
powers of the occult, but she was declared a fraud in India and London.
She died as a lonely, obese, and miserable sick women who was considered
a fake and deserted by most of her followers.
The 3 Aims of the Society:
As stated by Madame Blavatsky in "Isis
Unveiled" and "The Secret Doctrine", look noble to the outsiders:
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To promote universal brotherhood and world peace, without distinction of race, creed, sex, case, color, or financial status.
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The study of comparative religions, philosophy and science.
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To make a systematic investigation of the mystic potencies of men and nature: Investigate the unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man.
The Doctrine of the Society:
Is a mix of Hinduism, Buddhism, Spiritualism, and Gnostic
Christianity, with Masonic rituals, and a systematic criticism of
Christianity, Judaism and Islam... all based in the visions and
revelations that Mme. Blavatsky had by the "Mahatnas" of Tibet, and the
Spiritualism she lived in the USA.
The "Mahatnas"
are the "Great White Fraternity," among them, Buddha, Krishna,
and Jesus...
and the theosophians try to get in contact with them by means of all
kinds of occultism.
God
is just "energy"; however, there are a plethora of Hindu gods, to whom
you have to put altars at home. In Theosophy, every man and woman are
"God"... though they cannot make stars nor atoms!... but through many
reincarnations they will realize that they are "God."
Theosophy teaches
that
Jesus Christ was
divine only in the same sense that you and I are divine, and eventually,
we will all be divine.
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