Theosophy vs Religion - What's the difference?
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(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.
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The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.
A particular system of faith and worship.
The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
Any practice that someone or some group is seriously devoted to.
(obsolete) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
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As nouns the difference between theosophy and religion
is that theosophy is (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 while religion is religion.theosophy
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Noun
(wikipedia theosophy) (en-noun) Applied variously over the years.Derived terms
* theosophic * theosophical * theosophist, theosopher * theosophize / theosophiseTranslations
(doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism) * Ancient Greek: * Armenian: * Belarusian: * Bulgarian: * Czech: (t) * Danish: (t) * Dutch: * Estonian: (t) * Finnish: * French: * Georgian: * German: * Greek: * Hungarian: * Icelandic: * Interlingue: (t) (trans-mid) * Italian: * Korean: * Latin: * Malay: (t) * Norwegian: * Polish: * Portuguese: * Romanian: * Russian: * Serbo-Croatian: (t) * Spanish: * Swedish: * Tajik: * Tatar: * Turkish: (t) * Ukrainian: (trans-bottom)religion
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(wikipedia religion)Noun
(en noun)- My brother tends to value religion , but my sister not as much.
- Islam is a major religion in parts of Asia and Africa.
- Eckankar is a new religion''' but Zoroastrianism is an old '''religion .
- The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.
- At this point, ''Star Trek'' has really become a religion .
- Oh with what religion doe I respect and observe the same!