The Perfect Way: Or, The Finding of Christ (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge) - Softcover

Kingsford, Anna Bonus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110802811X ISBN 13: 9781108028110

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Anna Kingsford (1846–1888) published her first book at the age of 13. A passionate anti-vivisectionist, she also championed womens' rights and vegetarianism. Leaving behind her husband and daughter, she travelled to France to study medicine, accompanied by the writer Edward Maitland. The pair shared a fascination with the spiritual and became leading members of the Theosophical and Hermetic societies. This book, first published anonymously in 1882, is a collection of lectures on theosophical topics delivered to a private audience in summer 1881. It explores the basis of all religions, the nature of the soul, spiritualism and the feminine aspect of the divine, and also discusses blood sacrifice, vegetarianism, pantheism and the teachings of the Kabbalah and the Bhagavad Gita. The author hoped this wide-ranging study of allegories, symbols and myths would 'restore and rehabilitate the truth', reconciling mind and heart, religion and science, and promoting liberty and reason.

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Book Description

Anna Kingsford (1846-1888) was a theosophist who campaigned passionately for women's rights and vegetarianism, and against vivisection. This book, first published anonymously in 1882, is a collection of lectures on theosophical topics including spirits, reincarnation, religion and myth whose author hoped to promote truth, liberty and reason.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110802811X
• ISBN 13: 9781108028110
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 382