G. R. S. Mead and the Gnostic Quest
Western Esoteric Masters Series
$27.30
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2011
Summary
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’…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781556435720 |
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| ISBN-10: | 155643572X |
| Author: | Clare Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 141mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Western Esoteric Masters |
About The Author
Clare Goodrick-Clarke
Claire Goodrick-Clarke, a homeopathic practitioner in Devon, England has a long-standing interest in Gnosticism and Western Esotericism. She has published articles on Comenius, Justinus Kerner and the Seeress of Prevost, and G.R.S. Mead, and she is currently working on Samuel Hahnemann and the history and practice of alchemy.
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, General Editor of the Western Esoteric Masters Series is Professor of Western Esotericism at the University of Exeter and director of its Centre for the Study of Esotericism. He has published studies on Paracelsus, John Dee, Cornelius Agrippa, Emanuel Swedenborg, and Helena Blavatsky. His pioneering work The Occult Roots of Nazism has been translated into nine languages.
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