Theosophy, like anthroposophy, has a bizarre cosmology that positions white Aryans as the pinnacle of human spirituality. Anthroposophy originated through a schism with the theosophists, and posits a form of reincarnation that includes a racial hierarchy in which those who live virtuous lives are reborn, first as "lesser races" (Africans, indigenous peoples, South Asians), and eventually as white people if they live virtuous lives. This derives from the theosophist conception of "root races". See [1] for more discussion on antisemitism in theosophy, and [2] for mention of an incident at a Waldorf school (which follow the tenets of anthroposophy) in which white schoolteachers apparently self-identified as all races because they believed they had "ascended" through all of them.

Oh, it's worth mentioning that another movement derived from theosophy, ariosophy, went on to form the basis of Nazi cosmology.

All of these movements originated in turn of the century Europe and largely reflect the values of the era. And all of them, particularly the anthroposophists, are extremely aggressive about reputation management and sanitizing their histories.

Ah, and one final point -- the founders of the organic food movement were students of Rudolf Steiner, the originator of anthroposophy, who popularized his own system of agriculture -- biodynamics. A lot of cultural norms and attitudes in modern alternative health and natural food circles began with anthroposophy, and theosophy, by extension -- including the anti-vaccination movement. Weleda, a natural skincare company founded by Steiner still operates today.

See [3] and [4] for some discussion of anthroposophist attitudes about vaccinations

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophical_mysticism#Blavats...

[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/education-28646118

[3] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/21/rightwing-popu...

[4] https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s...