title: Ancient Wisdom: An Outline of Theosophical Teachings
author: Annie Besant
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zlib_text: -JIE BESANT
  LD
  BP
  1912
  SMC
  PEOPLE S BOOIQI
  
  H NORAHWILLIS
  ^MICHGNGR
  
  THE
  PEOPLE S
  BOOKS
  THEOSOPHY
  
  THEOSOPHY
  BY ANNIE BESANT
  PRESIDENT OP THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
  LONDON:
  T.
  C. &
  E.
  C. JACK,
  LTD.
  35 PATERNOSTER ROW,
  E.G., & EDINBURGH
  NEW YORK
  : DODGE PUBLISHING CO.
  
  CONTENTS
  SECT.
  PAQB
  INTRODUCTION
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  9
  I. THEOSOPHY AS SCIENCE
  . ...
  21
  II. THEOSOPHY AS MORALITY AND ART
  .
  .
  43
  in. THEOSOPHY AS PHILOSOPHY ....
  52
  IV. THEOSOPHY AS RELIGION
  .
  .
  .
  .
  67
  V. THEOSOPHY APPLIED TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS
  .
  73
  VI. A FEW DETAILS ABOUT SYSTEMS AND WORLDS
  81
  VII. THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
  .
  .
  89
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
  x
  .
  .
  .
  ^
  .
  92
  INDEX
  *
  .93
  
  THEOSOPHY
  INTRODUCTION
  THEOSOPHY
  is derived from two Greek words
  Theos,
  God;
  Sophia, Wisdom
  and
  is therefore God-Wisdom,
  Divine Wisdom.
  Any dictionary will give as
  its mean
  ing
  :
  &quot;A claim to a direct knowledge
  of God and of
  Spirits,&quot; a definition which
  is not inaccurate, though
  it
  is scanty and
  affords but a small
  idea
  of
  all that
  is
  covered by the word, eit