page_title: Theosophical Society
section_title: Related individuals and organizations
hierarchical_section_title: Theosophical Society / Related individuals and organizations
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Siedziba Towarzystwa Teozoficznego w Hawanie English: Cuba, Havana, Sociedad Teosofica - Theosophical Society
context_page_description: The Theosophical Society, founded in 1875, is a worldwide body with aim to advance the ideas of Theosophy in continuation of previous Theosophists, especially that of the Greek and Alexandrian Neo-Platonic philosophers dating back to 3rd century AD. It also encompasses wider religious philosophies like Vedānta, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Qabbalah, and Sufism. The Theosophical Society functions as a bridge between East and West, emphasizing the commonality of human culture.
  The term "theosophy" comes from the Greek theosophia, which is composed of two words: theos and sophia. Theosophia, therefore, may be translated as "wisdom of the gods", "wisdom in things divine", or "divine wisdom".
context_section_description: The following have been at many times associated, or have claimed association, with the original Theosophical Society, its philosophy, leaders, branches, or descendant organizations. Listed alphabetically.
  Agni Yoga
  Alexander Scriabin
  Ananda College
  Anna Kingsford
  Annie Besant
  Anthroposophy
  Alice Bailey
  Andrei Bely
  Benjamin Creme
  Brother XII
  Buddhist Theosophical Society (of Ceylon)
  Charles Webster Leadbeater
  Cora Linn Daniels
  [[Church Universal and Triumphant]
  C.W. Leadbeater
  Elizabeth Clare Prophet
  G R S Mead
  Halcyon, California
  Harold W Percival
  Helena Blavatsky
  Hugh Dowding
  "I AM" Activity
  James Cousins
  Jiddu Krishnamurti
  Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi
  Liberal Catholic Church
  L. Frank Baum
  Nicholas Roerich
  Nilakanta Sri Ram
  Order of the Temple of the Rosy Cross
  Rerikhism
  Rudolf Steiner
  Schola Philosophicae Initiationis
  Share International
  The Bridge to Freedom
  The Summit Lighthouse
  The Word Foundation
  The Zeitgeist Movement
  Thomas Edison
  Victor Skumin
  Vladimir Solovyov
  Wassily Kandinsky
  William Butler Yeats
  William H. Galvani
  William Quan Judge
caption: Theosophical Society, Havana, Cuba, March 2014
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