Mere Theosophy

By Ken Baumbach

Theosophy: Any of various religious or philosophical systems claiming to be based on or to express an intuitive insight into the divine nature.

This volume is really two distinct books in one.

Part One: Theosophy and Spirituality for the 21st Century is an attempt to update and enhance spiritual ideas that have been standard in traditional religions for thousands of years.

Part Two: Organized Religions discusses the various aspects of organized religions and whether they satisfactorily represent the one true God, creator of the Universe.

Plus 2 bonus sections: 10 Tenets for the Third Millennium and Questions to Ask Yourself When Choosing a Religion

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Mar 18, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310308673

Ken Baumbach

I view myself as a renaissance man. I’ve done a little of everything over the years: written three books and a few dozen song lyrics, created hundreds of web pages, published two magazines and written dozens of articles from “how‐to” programming to restaurant and movie reviews, built a fence and gate without any help or any instruction (okay, my 7‐year‐old daughter handed me boards), and even helped tear apart and rebuild a car.

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Mere Theosophy

Ken Baumbach

Copyright 2014, Ken Baumbach

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Dedication

This one is for my father, Hal Baumbach, who has been the prime guiding force for my theosophy throughout the years and a major editor of this book. Thanks, Dad, you're the best!

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Emily Baumbach, Hal Baumbach, Kristi Baumbach, Jon Coats, Linda Fugate, Ken Meinen, Susan Milam, Roy Palmer, Tammy Visco, and Willow for their editing expertise.

Many thanks to the millions of volunteers all over the world who contribute to Wikipedia and Wiktionary every day. Without the research available on these websites, this book would have taken a lot longer to research. All information credited to Wikipedia and Wiktionary is used as per the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License on the Wikimedia Foundation website (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

Theosophy*: Any of various religious or philosophical systems claiming to be based on or to express an intuitive insight into the divine nature.

Monotheism*: the belief or doctrine that there is only one God.

God*: the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.

Philosophy^:

1. The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, esp. when considered as an academic discipline.

2. A set of views and theories of a particular philosopher concerning such study or an aspect of it.

3. The study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience.

4. A theory or attitude held by a person or organization that acts as a guiding principle for behavior.

Prophet^:

1. A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God

2. (among Muslims) Muhammad

3. (among Mormons) Joseph Smith or one of his successors

4. A person who advocates or speaks in a visionary way about a new belief, cause, or theory

5. A person who makes or claims to be able to make predictions

6. The prophetic writings of the Old Testament or Hebrew scriptures, in particular

7. (in Christian use) The books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the twelve minor prophets

8. (in Jewish use) One of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Bible, distinguished from the Law and the Hagiographa, and comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and the twelve minor prophets

*Definitions are from dictionary.com

^Definitions are from Google Dictionary (part of the Search function)

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Table of Contents

Preface: How to Use This Treatise

Part One: Theosophy and Spirituality for the