[f. as THEOSOPH + -ISM. Cf. F. théosophisme (Diderot).] The theory and practice of theosophy; theosophizing.
1791. Enfield, Hist. Philos., IX. iii. II. 489. Many traces of the spirit of Theosophism may be found through the whole history of philosophy: in which nothing is more frequent, than fanatical and hypocritical pretensions to divine illumination.
1797. W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., Dec., 526. The ardent, zealous, and exalted enthusiast aspires to superhuman excellence, and clings to the prospects of theosophism.
b. In reference to THEOSOPHY in sense 2.
1896. Chicago Advance, 1 Oct., 449. Theosophism, spiritualism, Christian Science,… are all modern instances of ways in which men are led astray.
