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Mar 4th, 11:50am

Theosophy [from Greek theosophia from theos god, divinity sophia wisdom] Divine wisdom, the knowledge of things divine; often described as attainable by direct experience, by becoming conscious of the essential, divine part of our nature, self-identification with the inner god, leading to communion with other similar divine beings. Theosophy actually is the "substratum and basis of all the world-religions and philosophies, taught and practised by a few elect ever since man became a thinking being" (TG 328). Also called by such names as the secret doctrine and the esoteric tradition, its teachings have been preserved, checked and rechecked with every new generation of its guardians and adepts.

Pot-Amun the Egyptian priest and Hierophant is credited with having been the first to teach Theosophy, or the outlines of the Secret Wisdom-Religion, to the uninitiated. (TG)