   Malcolm Schosha,  1. Your argument is illogical. Kandinsky was certainly influenced by the ideas of The Theosophical Society and he interpreted these ideas in a paticular way, i.e. towards abstract forms. As you say, another artist interpreted them another way.This does not negate Kandinsky's source of inspiration. 2. By what authority do you doubt that Blavatsky, Steiner and the other theosophists understood the philosophies of the ancient books? Please give academically sound references to support this assertion. 3. If you can get the book 'The Spiritual in Art, Abstract Painting, 1890-1985, you can read about the subject in more detail, but here is an extract: ' It does so happen that we do know a little about the nature of the training undertaken by Kandinsky during the years preceding the breakthrough to abstraction. For example, in 'On the Spiritual in Art (1912) he praised the paths of inner consciousness that were made known in the West by the Theosophical Society. His preoccupation with meditation and spiritual training can also be followed in the annotations and marginal comments he made in the occult publications in his library....all to be supplementad with 'the teachings of Bhagavad-Gita, the Gospels of St John, Thomas a Kempis'.   