English Dictionary

theosophy

IPA（発音記号）

[θɪˈɒsəfɪ]

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

(philosophy, religion) any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible.

日本語の意味

神秘主義的な宗教哲学の教義。神を知るためには神秘的洞察や精神的陶酔を経て、超越的存在と直接的な交信が可能であるとする思想。

She devoted her life to theosophy, seeking direct communion with the divine through meditation and visionary experience.

彼女は一生を神智学に捧げ、瞑想や幻視の体験を通じて霊的洞察や恍惚によって神を知ることができると信じ、神との直接的な交信を求めた。

意味（1）

(philosophy, religion) any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible.

They have their own traditions of art and science. They do not […] discuss God or metaphysics or men. […] All their wisdom and theosophy, and all their grasp of beauty, truth or love, is in the singing. […] They look unloving enough, and so they are. Pitiless fallen angels.

意味（2）

(religion) Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes.

The religious ideas of late Renaissance alchemists were based on the Paracelsian theosophical system, which was a half-pagan, half-Christian belief system, both a mystical path and a theurgic practice.

意味（3）

The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society.

theosophies （ plural ）