Introducing 

Prezi AI.

Your new presentation assistant.

Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.

Loading…
Transcript

Prothero Four Step Approach

  • Problem: lost soul
  • Solution: knowing the truth of life by overcoming the cycle of life, death and rebirth to gain godhood.
  • Techniques: meditation, yoga (to yoke).
  • Exemplars: Masters of Wisdom, Mahatmas.

Branches

  • Adyar
  • Point Loma
  • Covina

Sacred text

Theosophy

  • Isis Unveiled by Madame Blavatsky it has two parts one is science and other is religion over 1300 pages
  • The Secret Doctrine Madame Blavatsky – her master work and teachings 1500 pgs.
  • Clairvoyance by Charles Webster – A Theosophical manual of remote viewing in space and time.
  • The key to theosophy – introduction
  • Theosophy by Rudolf Steiner – reincarnation, higher planes of existence, auras, and etc.

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (Born: 1831 and Died: 1831)

  • Cofounder of Theosophical Society
  • She met her Master in London at age of 20. Then she traveled to Tibet, where she studied under the Master of wisdom
  • It is said that after her trip to the east, she had gained knowledge of divine as well as physic abilities
  • Sent to America to distribute the knowledge of the divine
  • Her books became the sacred text of the Society and served as the guide for followers to find truth and divine wisdom

Teachings

  • The search for truth
  • Ethics
  • Spiritual Practice
  • Meditation
  • Human Dimensions
  • Universal Laws
  • Masters, Gurus and Disciples

Theosophical Society and belief

  • The Society was founded in 1875 by Madame Blavatsky, Henry S. Olcott, William Q Judge and others who were also interested philosophy of Madame Blavatsky.
  • It demonstrates that all religions contain elements of the “Ancient Wisdom” and they believe that throughout history, wise men have held the secret of spiritual power, i.e Jesus of Nazareth, Krishna, and Buddha.
  • Reincarnation and karma
  • They believe that people who have left this earth gain divine wisdom and become Mahatmas (Great Soul).
  • The society's policy is one of complete freedom of individual search and belief.
  • Mahatmas or Great Master direct the spiritual evolution of mankind.

There Is No Religion Higher Than Truth

What is Theosophy?

Theosophy (divine wisdom) is a combination of religion, science, and philosophy and draws on wisdom from all religions. There is evidence of strong East Indian influences.

The Symbol:

  • Om - represents the divine origin of all things. (It in top because Om express as three-in-one divine intelligence and also represent trinity.)
  • Ouroboros – The cycles of nature, bounded eternity of the world, and the infinite order of life. (This symbol was taken from old Greek Gnostic and alchemists. The snakes and everything within is part of whirling cross.)
  • Whirling Cross – The ring is represents a boundary around the universe, while the swastika represents the processes of creation.
  • Two Triangles – The upward triangle represents consciousness or spirit and the downward triangle represents matter and substance. (They are dependent on each other neither can exist without the other.)
  • Ankh - symbolic of life or key to eternal life and life is situated within six pointed star which is 7 principles of the universe. (Every cause has its effect and vise versa)
Learn more about creating dynamic, engaging presentations with Prezi