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Theosophia
DIR By: forbitals
Date: April 9, 2019, 5:29 pm
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So this Mulla Sadra
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developed this "Transcendent Theosophy", leader of the Iranian
cultural renaissance in the 17th Century. Created "a major
transition from essentialism to existentialism" in Islamic
philosophy.
Considered a comparable influence in Islam to what Martin
Heidegger has been in the West.
Theosophy (Boehmian), being traced to Jakob Bohem
Theosophy (Boehmian)
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The term theosophia appeared (in both Greek and Latin) in the
works of early church fathers, as a synonym for theology:[5][6]
the theosophoi are "those knowing divine things".[5][7] The term
however acquired various other meanings throughout its
history.[8] The adjective "theosophos"
(θεόσοφος) "wise in
divine things" was applied by Iamblichus to the gymnosophists
(Γυμνοσοφισταί),
i.e. the Indian yogis or sadhus.[9]
Scholars of esotericism such as Godwin and Faivre differentiated
the tradition of religious illumination from the religious
system established in the late nineteenth century by Helena
Blavatsky by referring to the latter with a capital letter as
Theosophy, and the former with a lower-case letter as
theosophy.[10][11] Followers of Blavatsky's movement are known
as Theosophists, while adherents of the older tradition are
termed theosophers.[10][11] Causing some confusion was the fact
that a few Theosophists — such as C. C. Massey — were also
theosophers.[10][11]
The term theosophy was used as a synonym for theology as early
as the 3rd century CE.[6] The 13th-century work Summa
philosophiae attributed to Robert Grosseteste made a distinction
between theosophers and theologians. In Summa, theosophers were
described as authors only inspired by the holy books, while
theologians like Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Origen were
described as persons whose task was to explain theosophy.
Therefore, the terms were the opposite of the present-day
meaning.[11]
Faivre stated that "Theosophy is a gnosis that has a bearing not
only on the salvific relations the individual maintains with the
divine world, but also on the nature of God Himself, or of
divine persons, and on the natural universe, the origin of that
universe, the hidden structures that constitute it in its actual
state, its relationship to mankind, and its final ends."[32]
Theosophy actually designates a specific flow of thought or
tradition within the modern study of esotericism. Thus, it
follows the path starting from the more modern period of the
15th century onward. Faivre describes the "theosophic current"
or theosophy as a single esoteric current among seven other
esoteric currents in early modern Western thought (i.e.,
alchemy, astrology, Neo-Alexandrian Hermeticism, Christian
Kabbalah, Paracelsism (i.e., the studying of the
"prognostications" of Paracelsus), philosophia occulta and
Rosicrucianism).[33]
Faivre noted that there are "obvious similarities" between
earlier theosophy and modern Theosophy as both play an important
part in Western esotericism and both claim to deal with wisdom
from a gnostic perspective. But he says there are also
differences, since they do not actually rely on the same
reference works; and their style is different. The referential
corpus of earlier theosophy "belongs essentially to the
Judeo-Christian type", while that of modern Theosophy "reveals a
more universal aspect".[34] Although there are many differences
between Christian theosophy and the Theosophical movement begun
by Helena Blavatsky, the differences "are not important enough
to cause an insurmountable barrier".[35][36]
Theosophers engage in analysis of the universe, humanity,
divinity, and the reciprocal effects of each on the other. The
starting point for theosophers may be knowledge of external
things in the world or inner experiences and the aim of the
theosopher is to discover deeper meanings in the natural or
divine realm. Antoine Faivre notes, "the theosophist dedicates
his energy to inventing (in the word's original sense of
'discovering') the articulation of all things visible and
invisible, by examining both divinity and nature in the smallest
detail."[7] The knowledge that is acquired through meditation is
believed to change the being of the meditator.[37]
Faivre identified three characteristics of theosophy.[38] The
three characteristics of theosophy are listed below.
Theosophy:
1.Divine/Human/Nature Triangle: The inspired analysis which
circles through these three angles. The intradivine within; the
origin, death and placement of the human relating to Divinity
and Nature; Nature as alive, the external, intellectual and
material. All three complex correlations synthesize via the
intellect and imaginative processes of Mind.
2.Primacy of the Mythic: The creative Imagination, an external
world of symbols, glyphs, myths, synchronicities and the myriad,
along with image, all as a universal reality for the interplay
conjoined by creative mind.
3.Access to Supreme Worlds: The awakening within, inherently
possessing the faculty to directly connect to the Divine
world(s). The existence of a special human ability to create
this connection. The ability to connect and explore all levels
of reality; co-penetrate the human with the divine; to bond to
all reality and experience a unique inner awakening.
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