As nouns the difference between theosophy and anthroposophy
is that theosophy is 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 while anthroposophy is human wisdom; knowledge or understanding of human nature.
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* theosophist, theosopher
* theosophize / theosophise
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anthroposophy
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Human wisdom; knowledge or understanding of human nature.
A spiritual movement inaugurated by Rudolf Steiner (also capitalized as Anthroposophy), postulating the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development.
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* anthroposophic
* anthroposophist
