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Theosophy

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, an

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Cabala 76% connected

A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the…

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Kabala 76% connected

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Theosophical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to theosophy.

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Theosophical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to theosophy.

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Theosophist 74% connected

One addicted to theosophy.

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Theosophist 74% connected

One addicted to theosophy.

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