theosophical
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌθiː.əˈsɒ.fɪ.kəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌθi.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kəl/
Audio (Canada): (file) - Hyphenation: the‧o‧so‧phi‧cal
Adjective
theosophical (comparative more theosophical, superlative most theosophical)
- Of or pertaining to theosophy.
- 2000, Urszula Szulakowska, The alchemy of light : geometry and optics in late Renaissance alchemical illustration, Leiden [u.a.]: Brill, →ISBN, page 11:
- The religious ideas of late Renaissance alchemists were based on the Paracelsian theosophical system, which was a half-pagan, half-Christian belief system, both a mystical path and a theurgic practice.