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Hinduism is regarded by modern Theosophy as one of the main sources of "esoteric wisdom" of the East. The Theosophical Society was created in a hope that Asian philosophical-religious ideas "could be integrated into a grand religious synthesis."[2][3][4] Prof. Antoine Faivre wrote that "by its content and its inspiration" the Theosophical Society is greatly dependent on Eastern traditions, "especially Hindu; in this, it well reflects the cultural climate in which it was born."[5] A Russian Indologist Alexander Senkevich noted that the concept of Helena Blavatsky's Theosophy was based on Hinduism.[6] According to Encyclopedia of Hinduism, "Theosophy is basically a Western esoteric teaching, but it resonated with Hinduism at a variety of points."[7][note 1]
- ^ Степанянц 2009, p. 586.
- ^ Campbell 1980, Ch. 1.
- ^ Митюгова 2010.
- ^ Wakoff 2016.
- ^ Faivre 2010, p. 86.
- ^ Сенкевич 2012, p. 457.
- ^ Jones, Ryan 2006c, p. 448.
- ^ Sellon, Weber 1992, p. 326.
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