Initiates of Theosophical Masters

Examines the careers of the most distinguishes disciples of the Theosophical Masters profiled in The Masters Revealed, including George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, Alexandra David-Neel, Anagarika Dharmapala, and Isabelle Eberhardt.
The author examines the careers of the most distinguished disciples of the Theosophical Masters. He begins by examining the concept of initiation promoted by the Theosophical movement's founders. Each section investigates a separate category of initiates, focusing consecutively on Hindus, Muslims, Bahais, Buddhists, and the Western female occultists.
More than just a study of Theosophy, this book explores many related developments in political and religious history. Among the figures it illumines in new ways are Anagarika Dharmapala, Alexandra David-Neel, George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, and Isabelle Eberhardt. Its approach brings needed objectivity and balance to a topic too long mythologized by cultists and ignored by scholars.

Info autore

K. Paul Johnson is the author of The Masters Revealed: Madame Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge and Initiates of Theosophical Masters, both published by SUNY Press.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: K Paul Johnson, K. Paul Johnson
• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.08.1995
• EAN: 9780791425558
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-2555-8
• Pagine: 255
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 7 mm
• Peso: 535 g
• Serie: Suny Series in Political Party; Suny Western Esoteric Traditio
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altro