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'''Theosophy''' is a religious and philosophical system established in the United States in the late 19th century. Founded primarily by Russian mystic and spiritualist [[Helena Blavatsky]], and based largely on her writings, it draws heavily from both older European philosophies such as [[Gnosticism]] and Neoplatonism and Indian religions such as [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]]. | '''Theosophy''' is a religious and philosophical system established in the United States in the late 19th century. Founded primarily by Russian mystic and [[spiritualism|spiritualist]] [[Helena Blavatsky]], and based largely on her writings, it draws heavily from both older European philosophies such as [[Gnosticism]] and Neoplatonism and Indian religions such as [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]]. | ||
Modern Theosophy emphasizes mystical experience and holds that there is a deeper spiritual reality that can be reached through intuition, meditation, revelation, or some form of transcending normal human consciousness. Theosophists also maintain an esoteric doctrine that all world religions contain a universal inner teaching that must be deciphered, and that knowledge of this divine wisdom gives access to the mysteries of nature and humankind’s inner essence. | Modern Theosophy emphasizes mystical experience and holds that there is a deeper spiritual reality that can be reached through intuition, meditation, revelation, or some form of transcending normal human consciousness. Theosophists also maintain an esoteric doctrine that all world religions contain a universal inner teaching that must be deciphered, and that knowledge of this divine wisdom gives access to the mysteries of nature and humankind’s inner essence. | ||
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According to Theosophical teaching, it is the latter three of these components that are immortal, while the other aspects perish following bodily death. The Spiritual Soul and the Spirit do not reside within the human body alongside the other components, but that they are connected to it through the human soul. | According to Theosophical teaching, it is the latter three of these components that are immortal, while the other aspects perish following bodily death. The Spiritual Soul and the Spirit do not reside within the human body alongside the other components, but that they are connected to it through the human soul. | ||
In ''Isis Unveiled'', Blavatsky stated that on bodily death, the human soul progresses through more spiritual planes. Two years later, she introduced the idea of reincarnation into Theosophical doctrine, using it to replace her metempsychosis doctrine. In ''The Secret Doctrine'', she stated that the spirit was immortal and would repeatedly incarnate into a new, mortal soul and body on [[Earth]]. | In ''Isis Unveiled'', Blavatsky stated that on bodily death, the human soul progresses through more spiritual planes. Two years later, she introduced the idea of [[reincarnation]] into Theosophical doctrine, using it to replace her metempsychosis doctrine. In ''The Secret Doctrine'', she stated that the spirit was immortal and would repeatedly incarnate into a new, mortal soul and body on [[Earth]]. | ||
===Morality=== | ===Morality=== | ||