Theosophy

Theosophy founded in 1875 by Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott, is an esoteric movement promoting "divine wisdom" through a synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy. Core beliefs include a universal, non-anthropomorphic divine reality, reincarnation, karma, and the pursuit of mystical insight. It draws from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Neoplatonism. It is New Age pantheistic teaching in a formal occult cult religion.

Reincarnation and Karma: The soul undergoes multiple lifetimes (reincarnation) to progress, governed by karma, (bad deeds, done in this life or the one before)

Occultism: A focus on developing higher psychic and spiritual powers to understand unseen forces.

Theosophy does not believe in a personal, anthropomorphic God. Instead, it posits an impersonal, omnipresent, and infinite Divine Reality or "Universal Oversoul" that permeates all existence.

Theosophical groups often view the UN as a vital instrument for building global unity and peace, by putting Theosophy on everyone.

Rreports from the Society for Psychical Research, have accused Blavatsky of fraudulent mediumship and fabricating "Mahatma letters". Theosophy misinterprets or forces together disparate traditions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity).

The focus on "Masters" or "Mahatmas" and hidden knowledge is often seen as elitist or cult-like. Some of Blavatsky's writings on "root-races" have been criticized as promoting a hierarchical view of human development.

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian and American mystic and writer who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. Blavatsky is one of the most influential writers in the occult world and the godmother of the New Age movement.

Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832 – 1907) was an American military officer, journalist, lawyer, Freemason and the co-founder and first president of the Theosophical Society. Olcott was the first well-known American of European ancestry to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. The founder of "occult science" within the Theosophical Society was used to find the "truth" behind all of the world's major religions. Olcott and Blavatsky concluded that Buddhism best embodied the elements of what they found significant in all religions. By not looking at creation story, Buddhism is form of Hinduism.

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