Theosophy is not a religion with a creed or code of doctrines to which its followers must subscribe before they enter the fold. An erroneous belief that it is in this way a specific faith has, perhaps, taken hold of the public mind in the Western world, so far as the subject has obtained attention at all during the last few years, — and the aim of the present explanation is to Show what the general character and tendencies of theosophic thought really are; to point out in a concise.