Theosophy and India : Books of prophets by Antoni Lange

Antoni Lange is well-known for his interest in Indian philosophy and theology. Still, in his early works, this interest is primarily mediated by late nineteenth-century theosophy and its esoteric syncretism. Books of Prophets ["Księgi proroków"], a series of six poems concerning great world religions: Judaism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, are an excellent example of Lange's syncretic philosophical system. The series is a conglomerate of interest in said religions and esoteric writings by leading theosophists of that time: Helena Blavatsky, Edouard Schuré, and Alfred Percy Sinnett. The aim article presents how Indian thought was adapted and distorted through the lenses of theosophy to fulfill Lange's aim of offering a journey of an adept of esoteric path to enlightenment.