GODWIN,
Joscelyn. The Theosophical Enlightenment.
State University of New York Press, Albany (USA), 1994. 448 pp.
Information:
The book is composed in 17 chapters. The chapter nş 16 (pp. 333-362), The
Hermetic Reaction, presents an interpretation of the work and of the
message in the books by Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland, within the framework
of their times. In spite of some interpretations that, according to our view,
are somewhat superficial and sometimes are mistaken, it is nevertheless an
informative and interesting reading. The book brings also two beautiful photos:
one of Kingsford (p. 334) and another of Maitland (p. 336). Read below the
index of the chapters:
CONTENTS
List of
Illustrations
Preface
One
The Worship of the Generative Powers
Two
The Cult of the Sun
Three
The Blasphemers
Four
The Shoemaker and the Squire
Five
Magicians and Revolutionaries
Six
Neophytes and Initiates
Seven
Artists and Astrologers
Eight
Animal Magnetism
Nine
Visions in the Crystal
Ten
Hydesville and After
Eleven
From the Orphic Circle to the Golden Dawn
Twelve
The Way to Christ
Thirteen
Rosicrucian Pretenders
Fourteen
Enter Madame Blavatsky
Fifteen
Wisdom from the East
Sixteen
The Hermetic Reaction
Seventeen
The Parting of East and West
Appendix A
Letter from
Rammohun Roy to Robert Dale Owen
Appendix B
Letter from
Hargrave Jennings to Bulwer-Lytton
Notes
Bibliography of
Works Cited
Index
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