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George William Allen and Christian Socialism - A Study of the Christo-Theosophical Society

English · Paperback / Softback

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The Reverend George William Allen was an important figure in a number of esoteric religious and cultural movements in America and Europe. This is the first serious scholarly attempt to define the man, his theology and philosophy and link him directly to movements that helped determine the cultural and religious avant-garde of the Western world from the 1880s to 1914. J.D.Lavoie's extensive background in theology and history and his mastery of available original documents lend his research terrific relevance in linking intellectual currents of Victorian, Edwardian and modern esoteric beliefs and patterns.

Allen's "dream-theory", unlike Sigmund Freud's research, emphasized the notion that ordinary reality was a false state and that "waking up" process -a process linked to mystical connections-was the one sure way to human self knowledge. Allen went on to influence poets such as Yeats and Pound as well as, at a remove, the "spitirtualism" of Nazi and fascist movements.


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Jeffrey D. Lavoie is Professor of Philosophy at Newbury College and author of The Private Life of General Omar N. Bradley, A Search for Meaning in Victorian Religion: The Spiritual Journey and Esoteric Teachings of Charles Carleton Massey, and The Theosophical Society: The History of a Spiritualist Movement.

Summary

Presents the Reverend George William Allen, an important figure in esoteric religious and cultural movements that swept North America and Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. This original biography is the first serious scholarly attempt to define the man, his theology, his philosophy and to trace his influence.

Product details

Authors Jeffrey D Lavoie, Jeffrey D. Lavoie
Publisher Academica Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.12.2020
 
EAN 9781680532210
ISBN 978-1-68053-221-0
No. of pages 206
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
Weight 376 g
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies

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