Monotheism or Polytheism?  This article has been transcribed
from the September 2001 issue of "The Theosophical Movement," a
publication of Theosophy Company (India).  No subject in the
entire range of philosophic thought has provoked as much
discussion, both sublime and ridiculous, as the subject of God.
Religion has always claimed the privilege of possessing
knowledge of Deity. But, while some of the lines of philosophic
thought have been helpful in clearing human speculation and
conjecture, theology in the East as in the West has only made
confusion worse confounded. We must distinguish at the outset
between theology and philosophy. One is sectarian, the other is
universal. Theologians make poor philosophers because they are
partial to their own religious creed, and instead of seeking
truth, are only eager to prove a dogma already asserted. Take
Christian theology, or Islamic theology, or Hindu theology, and
one will not only not see daylight in the befogged atmosphere;
one is also likely to become a parti