Flaming Door - The Mission of the Celtic Folk-Soul

Informationen zum Autor Eleanor C. Merry was a poet, artist, musician and anthroposophist with a strong Celtic impulse and a life-long interest in esoteric wisdom. Born in Eton, UK in 1873, she studied in Vienna and met Rudolf Steiner in 1922 after becoming interested in his teachings. She went on to organise Summer Schools at which Steiner gave important lectures, and she was secretary for the World Conference on Spiritual Science in London in 1928. She died in 1956. Her other published works include The Flaming Door, Easter: the Legends and the Facts, Spiritual Knowledge: Its Reality and Its Shadow and The Year and Its Festivals. Klappentext Part one covers the time before Christ and includes studies of the Bards, the Cauldron of Ceridwen, and Hu the Mighty. Part two discusses the time since Christ, which includes the Legends of Odrum, St. Columba, and the Legends of the Rose and the Lily. Zusammenfassung A majesterial work on the secrets of initiation hidden in Celtic legends and mythology.

Product details

• Authors: Eleanor C. Merry, Eleanor C. Merry, Merry Eleanor C.
• Publisher: Floris Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2008
• EAN: 9780863156441
• ISBN: 978-0-86315-644-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Classics of Anthroposophy; Classics of Anthroposophy
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Esoterics; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Ancient, Celtic religion and mythology, Celtic religion & mythology