theosophist
AmericanOther Word Forms
- theosophistic adjective
- theosophistical adjective
Example Sentences
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The group you’re describing sounds as if it has debts to certain theosophist teachings.
From New York Times
Over the decades, Southern California been welcoming to many people: the sickly sun seekers and the weirdly healthy; down-to-earth atheists and the space-voyaging theosophists; the truly innovative and the unrepentantly nutty.
From Los Angeles Times
Today, he is virtually forgotten, though his last name may ring a faint bell: His sister-in-law Annie Besant was a pioneering socialist and prominent theosophist, almost as famous as Helena — “Madame” — Blavatsky herself.
From Washington Post
The intellectuals espousing this scheme were known as theosophists, and they were nearly as mainstream as scientists and philosophers at the time.
From Washington Post
By contrast, Gandhi acquired legal credentials while becoming acquainted with Helena Blavasky, the occultist and founder of the Theosophical Society, and with Annie Besant, another theosophist, with whom Gandhi discussed “the universal brotherhood of humanity.”
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