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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Irish Theosophist
Author: AE in the Irish Theosophist
Author: George William RussellPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387045891
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
AE in the Irish Theosophist
Author: George William RussellPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368345885
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Yeats and Theosophy
Author: Ken MonteithPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135915628
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
When H. P. Blavatsky, the controversial head of the turn of the century movement Theosophy, defined "a true Theosophist" in her book The Key to Theosophy, she could have just as easily have been describing W. B. Yeats. Blavatsky writes, "A true Theosophist must put in practice the loftiest moral ideal, must strive to realize his unity with the whole of humanity, and work ceaselessly for others." Although Yeats joined Blavatsky's group in 1887, and subsequently left to help form The Golden Dawn in 1890, Yeats's career as poet and politician were very much in line with the methods set forth by Blavatsky's doctrine. My project explores how Yeats employs this pop-culture occultism in the creation of his own national literary aesthetic. This project not only examines the influence theosophy has on the literary work Yeats produced in the late 1880's and 1890's, but also Yeats's work as literary critic and anthology editor during that time. While Yeats uses theosophy's metaphysical world view to provide an underlying structure for some of his earliest poetry and drama, he uses theosophy's methods of investigation and argument to discover a metaphysical literary tradition which incorporates all of his own literary heroes into an Irish cultural tradition. Theosophy provides a methodology for Yeats to argue that both Shelley and Blake (for example) are part of a tradition that includes himself. Basing his argument in theosophy, Yeats can argue that the Irish people are a distinct race with a culture more "sincere" and "natural" than that of England.
AE in the Irish Theosophist
Author: George William RussellPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387045883
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
AE in the Irish Theosophist
Author: George William RussellPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "AE in the Irish Theosophist" by George William Russell. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Theosophy across Boundaries
Author: Hans Martin KrämerPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438480431
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Theosophy across Boundaries brings a global history approach to the study of esotericism, highlighting the important role of Theosophy in the general histories of religion, science, philosophy, art, and politics. The first half of the book consists of seven perspectives on the activities of the Theosophical Society in very different regional contexts, ranging from India, Vietnam, China, and Japan to Victorian Britain and Israel, shedding new light on the entanglement of "Western" and "Oriental" ideas around 1900. The second half explores specific cultural influences that Theosophy exerted in the spheres of literature, art, and politics, using case studies from Sri Lanka, Burma, India, Japan, Ireland, Germany, and Russia. The examples clearly show that Theosophy was part of a truly global movement, thus providing an outstanding example of the complex entanglements of the global religious history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Initiates of Theosophical Masters
Author: K. Paul JohnsonPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438407955
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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.
The Theosophist
Author: Madame Blavatsky
Author: Gary LachmanPublisher: TarcherPerigee
ISBN: 1585428639
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Chronicles the life of the cofounder of the Theosophical Society, examining her legacy and the controversy surrounding her.