The Doctrine of the Subtle Body in the Western Tradition: An Outline of What the Philosopher Taught and Christians Thought on the Subject - Softcover

G R S Mead

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1873616015 ISBN 13: 9781873616017

Publisher: Solos Press (UK), 1993

Synopsis

This book is unique because it provides an outline of the classical sources for the belief in a Subtle Body. It makes it clear that this belief was not an invention of 19th century spiritualists but has a long history going back to ancient Greece and beyond. The author provides extracts from many ancient texts to support his argument.

About this title

About the Author

G. R. S. Mead, Hermeticist and scholar was one of the truly great researchers into arcane wisdom. At a time when the esoteric tended to mean little more than table tapping and mysterious phenomena, he was translating into English the gems of Neoplatonic and Egyptian philosophy. In works such as "Thrice Greatest Hermes, The Doctrine of the Subtle Body, Orpheus", and "Fragments of a Faith Forgotten", he almost single handedly reassembled the lost esoteric tradition of classical Athens and Alexandria and Gnosticism in general.

Edition details

• Publisher: Solos Press (UK)
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1873616015
• ISBN 13: 9781873616017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 109