theosophy
/θɪˈɒsəfɪ/noun
mass noun
- any of a number of philosophies maintaining that a knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual ecstasy, direct intuition, or special individual relations, especially the movement founded in 1875 as the Theosophical Society by Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907)神智学(主张对上帝的认识可以通过精神上入迷、直觉或特别的个人关系得以实现); 神智学会神学说教体系(指由海伦娜·布拉瓦茨基和亨利·斯蒂尔·奥尔科特[1832-1907]于1875年创办的神智学会运动)。
派生词
theosopher
nountheosophic
adjectivetheosophical
adjectivetheosophically
adverbtheosophist
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin theosophia, from late Greek, from theosophos 'wise concerning God', from theos 'god' + sophos 'wise'.