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The reader witnesses spiritual adventure of a depth and intensity
rarely equaled by creative human beings. Schure is master in
depicting for moderns seekers the engrossing story of man's eternal
search for the esoteric knowledge of his origin, evolution and
destiny in the light of eternal spirit.
The Great Initiates encompasses long centuries of human existence
and reflects our great search -- the greatest search of all -- the
quest for the spirit. This book describes the motivations behind
external history, the growth of religious striving, the rise and
fall of cultures, and indicates their importance for us today It
reflects the lives and deeds of human beings of extraordinary
stature. Rama, Krishna, Hermes, Moses, Orpheus, Pythagoras, Plato,
Jesus. In these pages one witnesses spiritual adventure of a depth
and intensity rarely experienced by creative human beings, even in
their most exalted moments. This excitement of discovery which
breathes through The Great Initiates may well explain its
continuing popularity after over a century.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1918 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1918 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.
This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.
The reader witnesses spiritual adventure of a depth and intensity
rarely equaled by creative human beings. Schure is master in
depicting for moderns seekers the engrossing story of man's eternal
search for the esoteric knowledge of his origin, evolution and
destiny in the light of eternal spirit.
Although appearing in the full light of historical times,
Pythagoras has come down to us as almost a legendary character. The
main reason for this is the terrible persecution of which he was
the victim in Sicily, and which cost so many of his followers their
lives. Some were crushed to death beneath the ruins of their
burning schools, others died of hunger in temples. The Master's
memory and teaching were only perpetuated by such survivors as were
able to escape into Greece. Plato, at great trouble and cost,
obtained through Archytas a manuscript of the Master, who, it must
be mentioned, never transferred to writing his esoteric teachings
except under symbols and secret characters. His real work, like
that of all reformers, was effected by oral instruction. The
essence of the system, however, comes down to us in the Golden
Verses of Lysis, the commentary of Hierocles, fragments of
Philolaus and in the Timaeus of Plato, which contains the cosmogony
of Pythagoras. To sum up, the writers of antiquity are full of the
spirit of the Croton philosopher. They never tire of relating
anecdotes depicting his wisdom and beauty, his marvellous power
over men. The Neoplatonists of Alexandria, the Gnostics, and even
the early Fathers of the Church quote him as an authority. These
are precious witnesses through whom may be felt continually
vibrating that mighty wave of enthusiasm the great personality of
Pythagoras succeeded in communicating to Greece, the final eddies
of which were still to be felt eight hundred years after his death.
THIS 28 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Genesis of
Tragedy and the Sacred Drama of Eleusis, by Edouard Schure. To
purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766100200.
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