Theosophical Society

noun

1. a society founded by Madame Blavatsky and others, in New York in 1875, advocating a worldwide eclectic religion based largely on Brahmanic and Buddhistic teachings.

Example Sentences

Written for large orchestra and inspired by Madame Helena Blavatsky’s Theosophical Society, the symphonic tone poem is a fantastical transformation of the Greek myth of Prometheus, who steals fire from the gods.

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Not only have times significantly changed but, in the great Ford outdoors, a stela from a Theosophical Society pilgrimage played a century ago could easily be imagined buried on the hillside.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1918, Christine Wetherill Stevenson, a wealthy heiress from Philadelphia who was a member of the Los Angeles Theosophical Society — that spiritual admixture of Eastern religion, Platonic philosophy and occult — had built an amphitheater at the top of Argyle to stage Light of Asia” about Buddha and drew large crowds.

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Lian Lunson, an actress and filmmaker who lives near the monastery, noted that it is located right down the street from the old Theosophical Society compound Krotona and the L.A. home of the Vedanta Society.

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In Los Angeles of the 1920s and 1930s, where the Theosophical Society had taken hold, young West Coast composers creating their own traditions became fascinated by Scriabin’s harmonies, as did progressive composers in Chicago and New York.

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