What the Theosophical Movement represented for the West

So, what is this effort that the modern Theosophical Movement represents to “the West”? We find this mission, approach, knowledge and habits of thought (fraternal affection for the whole of humanity) in the ideas of third century Greek philosopher Ammonius Saccas and his disciples who started the eclectic Theosophical system. In this system, the Greek philosophies, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Vedantic and Magian systems were taught as composing one harmonious melody. This melody is seen as the expression of esoteric wisdom once known in every ancient country having claims to civilization. We find an older eclectic in the first century named Celsus who explained similarly that the archaic wisdom preceded by long ages the Christians and the Jews, and the Alexandrian philosophers. There were systems and methods to preserve this knowledge tracing back, it is claimed to early human history.

It is thus demonstrated that the preserved system and its principles are the forbear of modern science. Our mission is to make this history known, and its philosophical depths. It has been preserved through the ages, despite the fact that Europe lost its Mysteries. Christian Tradition cannot fully by itself express the whole of this eclectic system. The Church could for example in one age or another be composed of the greatest Christian theologians ever to be born, and house the greatest library of knowledge, yet still be unable to express it. It could house and feed every sick woman, man or child in need in the world, and it would still not match it. Any priest, or nun or laymen can express the “Wisdom of God” in their sermon or teaching. However, Christianity cannot express the eclectic system, because it interprets everything through the lens of Christology (and Jesus Christ’s supremacy over Confucius, Siddhartha Gautama, Mahavira, etc as the “only Son of God”), and is bound to its special creeds, dogmas, particular affiliations and alliances. Also, Christians ignore the other sides of this history and preservation of knowledge. The Vatican Library is not the only institution that preserves considerable library of knowledge considered important or sacred to humanity. The brunt of the work, which we understand from the approaches and perspectives of the “eclectic Theosophical system” were developed and perceived by traceable and historical adepts, not by “God.”