Theosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Theosophy is a doctrine of religious philosophy and metaphysics originating with Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891). In this context, theosophy holds that all religions are attempts by the 'Spiritual Hierarchy' to help humanity in evolving to greater perfection, and that each religion therefore has a portion of the truth. Together with Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge, and others, Blavatsky founded the Theosophical Society in 1875."
- To the philosopher, the body is "a disturbing element, hindering the soul from the acquisition of knowledge..."
- ...what is purification but...the release of the soul from the chains of the body?
- — The Socrates of Plato, Phaedo
The three objects
- First — To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste, or color.
- Second — To encourage the study of Comparative Religion, Philosophy, and Science.
- Third — To investigate the unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man."[1]
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