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Theosophy
Founder: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891)
Beginning: 1875
Membership: (because of so many off-shoots, statistics may vary) around 30,000
Although the word "theosophy" (meaning "divine wisdom") was used thousands of years before 1875, a woman named Helena Blavatsky along with other associates formed the "Theosophical Society" in New York in 1875 and caused this word to become so well- known, that even Adolf Hitler was intrigued by the meaning and the teaching behind it. And this can be easily seen in the swastika, the Nazi national emblem. The Nazis adopted the swastika from theosophical circles, for the swastika was and is still a part of the Theosophical symbol. In America today, Theosophy has several groups and spin-off organizations that are gaining a large following.
Blavatsky was born in Ekaterinslow, Russia on August 12, 1831, and lived a childhood of what you could call an "occultic education". She was said to be at an early age "communicating with birds and animals, and frightening other children with stories". It seems as if Satan was preparing her for what he wanted her to do. Her mother died when she was twelve years old. As a teenager she practiced mediumistic rituals and supposedly received a vision in a trance from a Hindu figure in a white turban which she claimed to be her "guide". With her maiden name being Hahn, she married at age seventeen an elderly gentlemen named Blavatsky, who was a Czarist general. She left him in three months, and lived with her grandparents a short while, and then began an extensive travel and learning period. She journeyed to India, Tibet, Paris, London, Cuba, Mexico, United States and Canada, all the while allowing herself to be more in tune with mystical and occultic practices. In her years of travel she lived with different men and had a child out of wedlock. All this while though, she was continually visited by the same "guide" that appeared to her earlier in life, who she claimed to give her wisdom and enlightenment on life and reality.
In 1873 she settled in the United States, and continued to practice her occultic rituals. In Vermont she began to teach one Colonel Olcott, who left his family to follow her, and they along with William Q. Judge formed the Theosophical Society in 1875 in New York City. The formation of this society was a natural outgrowth of Blavatsky’s life. She had been in contact with these "spirits" for so long, now it was time for her to began teaching others what she had learned from these spirits.
Theosophy claims to be the truth that underlies all other religions; they say just as light through glass divides into many colors, but it is yet still one light, the many colors are the many religions, and the light is Theosophy. Which is why within Theosophical circles there is the idea which is believed and taught called "The Plan". "The Plan" is essentially a detailed procedure on how to bring about a one-world spirituality. However, the most important work written by Blavatsky is "The Secret Doctrine", which she wrote in 1888 while in India. Being 1,474 pages long, "The Secret Doctrine" lays down the three "fundamentals principles" of Theosophy which are: The Self, Law and Evolution. "(1) The Self, as reality in man; (2) Law, as the processes by which man evolves both in form and soul; (3) Evolution, as the design of life in terms of meaning and purpose." (from the "United Lodge of Theosophists" website-http://www.ult.org/tss.htm) The goals or objects of Theosophy are three in number as well which are:
1.To form the nucleus of a Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste, or color;
2.The study of ancient and modern religions, philosophies and sciences, and the demonstration of the importance of such study; and
3.The investigation of the unexplained laws of Nature and the psychical powers latent in man.
Theosophy is so clearly Satanic, there is no reason why anyone who has an open mind and an open Bible can be deceived by such stupidity.
Theosopy teaches… |
The Bible teaches… |
1.) That there are different Christs for different periods; and that the Jesus of the Bible is not the only Christ, but just the one for His period. |
1.)That there are not many Christs, but that Jesus is the one and only Christ for all times. I Cor.8:6,I Tim.2:5 |
2.) That forgiveness of one’s sins is not necessary; therefore Jesus’ blood, death, burial and resurrection are not essential for salvation. |
2.) That forgiveness of one’s sin is necessary for salvation, and that faith in Jesus’ ressurection and His blood is what God demands for His salvation. St.Jn.8:24,Rom.10:9,Rev.1:5, |
3.) That man’s true problem lies in his ignorance of his inner-divinity. And man’s salvation comes by his realization of his inner-divinity. |
3.) That man is not divine, but a lost sinner, and that his true problem is his internal sinfulness, and that he must be born-again, which happens when he is forgiven of God by His grace, through faith in Jesus Christ. St.Jn.3:3-16,Eph.2:8 |
4.) That all religions are essentially the same at the core. |
4.) That all religions are not the same; but that biblical Christianity is the only religion God accepts; and all the rest are Satanic. Ps.96:5, St.Jn.14:6,I Jn.5:19 |