THEOSOPHY
\θiːəsˈɒfi], \θiːəsˈɒfi], \θ_iː__ə_s_ˈɒ_f_i]\
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Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
By Oddity Software
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Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
By Noah Webster.
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A philosophy which claims to put man into direct touch with God and the sniritual world by physical proesses and extreme spiritual inspiration; a philosophy similar to the religions of India.
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Theosophist.
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Theosophic, theosophical.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A system of mystical speculation applied to deduce a philosophy of the universe; in modern use, a system that claims to embrace the essential truth underlying all systems of religion, philosophy, and science.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Greek] Divine wisdom ; godliness ;-knowledge of God derived from divine illumination;-also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by a certain system of thought and culture; mysticism; Swedenborgianism.
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