The Theosophical Society is the organizational body of Theosophy, an esoteric new religious movement. It was founded in New York City, United States in 1875. Among its founders were Helena Blavatsky,
Notes of the meeting proposing the formation of the Theosophical Society, New York City, September 8, 1875
Seal of the Theosophical Society, Budapest, Hungary
Main building of the Theosophical Society in Adyar, India, 1890
Theosophical Society, Basavanagudi, Bangalore, India
The occult is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'sec
In the 1990s, the Dutch scholar Wouter Hanegraaff put forward a new definition of occultism for scholarly uses.