Faivre and Theosophy.Net FAQ

This group exists for us to work on our understanding of the ideas around Esotericism and Theosophy and to nurture ideas to act on our understanding of the framework these provide.

Definitions

Theosophy: "Intuitional knowledge or wisdom resulting from progress in Self-awareness and/or experience of one's own Transcendental ('Divine') Nature."

Theosophist: "An individual who is at least willing to consider potential knowledge and/or wisdom purporting to have been derived in this special epistemological way."

  • In my own words...

    We know that what we're asking in this group is pretty difficult.This is a Theosophy that most of us have not even heard of, but it exists and is quite legit.What we encourage you to do is to go to the page with Faivre's Characteristics of Esotericsim and Theosophy.  Then come back here and put…

    By Joe Fulton

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  • Moderator

    Questions about the 9 (6+3) Characteristics

    I wanted to encourage anyone who has questions about any of  the 9 (6+3 total) characteristics, stated in the FAQ, to feel free to ask questions in this discussion. There are no dumb questions. If you are lost on a concept, I guarantee others are as well.

    By John

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  • Controversies

    Material has been moved from the discussion on "In my own words"We ask that you respect the intent of discussions posted on this site.  It is a failure in moderation that led us to allow a meta discussion where the intent of the posting was to get users to explain what Faivre's characteristics of…

    By Joe Fulton

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  • Ideas in our Framework - Part 1

    The goal of this exercise is to go through each of the parts of Esotericism and Theosophy and see what ideas we can pull out of them.One of the primary goals at Theosophy.Net is to bring all of these concepts and ideas into the lives of ordinary people.  Therefore we must find ways to take the…

    By Joe Fulton

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  • Esotericism & Theosophy in Audio

    The Esotericism & Theosophy in Audio has been upgraded from just English to 3 additional languagesFollow the link to enjoy in your own native tongue!If there are any…

    By PuzzleSolver

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