G. R. S. Mead and the Gnostic Quest

Name: G. R. S. Mead and the Gnostic Quest
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ISBN: 9781556435720

ISBN-10: 155643572X

ISBN-13: 9781556435720

Edition: 2005

Authors: Clare Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Clare Goodrick-Clarke

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George Robert Stowe Mead (1863-1933) was a major translator, editor, and commentator on Gnostic and hermetic literature and thus a pivotal figure linking the late 19th-century esoteric revival to 20th-century art, literature, and psychology. As a young convert to the new movement of theosophy, he served as private secretary to its co-founder, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, and after founding the European section of the Theosophical Society edited its London journal, "Lucifer, for many years. Mead's initial interest in theosophy and Hinduism soon blossomed into a lifelong and wide-ranging engagement with the texts of Gnosticism, neo-Platonism, and hermeticism. His editions and commentaries on…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 8/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.43" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Introduction: G.R.S. Mead: His Life, Works, and Influence



Universal Theosophy: East and West



The Unity of the Universe



The World Soul



The Task of Theosophical Scholars in the West



A Measure of What Theosophy Means to Me



Gnosticism



The Philosophumena



Valentinian AEonology



Mystic Cosmogony



The Theosophy of Simon Magus



Helen of Tyre



Abraxas



Hermeticism



The Shepherd of Men



Concerning "The Shepherd" of Hermes



The Mystic Cup



The Gnosis of the Mind



Esoteric Christianity



The First Book of the Pistis Sophia



The Sacred Dance of Jesus



Stray Notes on the Christ-Mystery



The Secret of Jesus



Initiation



Initiation



On the Way of the Path



The Heroic Life



On the Nature of the Quest


Bibliography


Notes


Index