Theosophical system. Theosophy , literally "god-wisdom" ( Greek : θεοσοφία theosophia ), designated several bodies of ideas predating Blavatsky: The term appeared in Neoplatonism . Porphyry De Abstinentia (4.9) mentioned "Greek and Chaldean theosophy", Ἑλληνική, Χαλδαϊκὴ θεοσοφία. The adjective θεόσοφος "wise in divine things" was applied by Iamblichus ( De mysteriis