This book is an esoteric look at the life of Jesus, and considered to be the ultimate of a long line of Initiates. Edouard Schuré was a French author who influenced Rudolph Steiner, who also viewed Christ as both an historical individual, and as a manifestation of the divine in the human realm.
The Angel and the Sphinx (1897) is one of the most phantasmagorical and intense Romantic and Symbolist novels on the themes of femmes fatales, reincarnation and expiation. It was penned by Edouard Schuré, the author of The Great Initiates (1889).
In this mythical book, Edouard Schuré (1841-1929) sketches the secret history of religions and takes us on a journey through the great esoteric tradition: from Brahmanic initiation to the mysteries of Egypt, from the mission of Israel to that of Christ, from the myth of Orpheus to the mysteries of Eleusis.
Excerpt from Jesus: The Last Great Initiate Criticism on the life of Jesus during the past century has been greatly to the fore. A complete account of this criticism will be found in the luminous sketch made by M. Sabatier, in which the entire history and present state of this investigation are given. Sufficient for the moment to refer to the two principal phases supplied by Strauss and Renan, with the object of determining the new point of view I now wish to offer. Departing from the philosophical school of Hegel to ally himself with the critical and historical one of Bauer, Strauss, without denying the existence of Jesus, endeavoured to prove that his life, as related in the Gospels, is a myth, a legend created by popular imagination, to meet the necessities of a rising Christianity, and in accordance with Old Testament prophecy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Schure takes the reader on a spiritual adventure of extraordinary depth and intensity as he tells the story of the esoteric origin of humanity and the earth. In a moment of cosmic consciousness, Schure experienced the spiritual light in which he found the key, to the secret history of humanity. From that moment of recognition, he wrote this book. Steiner considered Schure to be one of the best guides for finding the path to the spirit in our day.
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