Definition of: theosophy

(thē·os′ə·fē) noun
Mystical speculation applied to deduce a philosophy of the universe. In its modern phase, a system that claims to embrace the essential truth underlying all systems of religion, science, and philosophy. Its doctrines resemble closely those of Buddhism and Brahmanism, teaching the existence of an omnipotent, infinite, eternal, and immutable principle transcending the power of human conception, and the identity of all souls, through the cycle of incarnation with a universal spirit. [<Med. L theosophia <Gk. <theosophos wise in divine matters <theos god + sophos wise]
—the·o·soph·ic (thē′ə·sof′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
—the′o·soph′i·cal·ly adverb
—the·os′o·phist noun