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Theosophist   Listen
noun
Theosophist  n.  One addicted to theosophy. "The theosophist is one who gives you a theory of God, or of the works of God, which has not reason, but an inspiration of his own, for its basis."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Theosophist" Quotes from Famous Books



... to become a Theosophist. Any person of average intellectual capacities, and a leaning toward the metaphysical; of pure, unselfish life, who finds more joy in helping his neighbor than in receiving help himself; one who is ever ready to sacrifice ...
— Studies in Occultism; A Series of Reprints from the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky • H. P. Blavatsky

... But suppose a tube let down from the moon, with yourself at one end, and the man at the other; it would be some balk to the spirit of conversation, if you knew that the dialogue exchanged with that interesting theosophist would take two or three revolutions of a higher luminary in its passage. Yet for aught I know, you may be some parasangs nigher that primitive idea—Plato's man—than we in England here have the ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 • Charles Lamb



Words linked to "Theosophist" :   theosophy, worshipper, believer, worshiper



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