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The Great Initiates: A Study of the Secret History of Religions (original 1889; edition 1977)

by Edouard Schure, Gloria Rasberry (Translator), Paul M. Allen (Introduction)

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The Great Initiates encompasses long centuries of human existence and reflects our great search--the greatest search of all--the quest for the spirit. This book describes the motivations behind external history, the growth of religious striving, the rise and fall of cultures, and indicates their importance for us today. It reflects the lives and deeds of human beings of extraordinary stature: Rama, Krishna, Hermes, Moses, Orpheus, Pythagoras, Plato, and Jesus. In these pages one witnesses spiritual adventure of a depth and intensity rarely experienced by creative human beings, even in their most exalted moments. This excitement of discovery which breathes through The Great Initiates may well explain its continuing popularity after over a century.… (more)
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Title:The Great Initiates: A Study of the Secret History of Religions
Authors:Edouard Schure
Other authors:Gloria Rasberry (Translator), Paul M. Allen (Introduction)
Info:harper & row (1977), softcover, 526 pages
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> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Schure-Les-grands-inities-Esquisse-de-lhistoire-s...
> Critiques Libres : ttp://www.critiqueslibres.com/i.php/vcrit/44997
> BAnQ (Lectures, avr. 1950) : https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2632318
> Voir aussi (L. Roure, La légende des “Grands Initiés”) : https://www.librarything.fr/work/26532817/book/200411270

> LES GRANDS INITIES d'Édouard Shuré. — Esquisse de l'histoire secrète des religions (1889).
-- Dégagés des dogmes des supertitions et du fanatisme, les enseignements sacrés de tous les peuples convergent par le biais de leurs grands initiateurs. (Rama, Krishna, Hermès, Orphée, Jésus, Pythagore, Moise…)
Micheline Tremblay, Jonquière (ICI.Radio-Canada.ca)

> LES GRANDS INITIES d'Édouard Shuré. — La première édition de ce livre remonte à 1889. Il fut accueilli par le silence glacial de la presse. Cependant, au bout de peu de temps, les éditions se multiplièrent. Les “Grands Initiés” sont parvenus aujourd’hui à leur 91e édition. L’entente des grandes religions par un retour à leur source commune d’inspiration peut assurer la fraternité des peuples et l’avenir de l’humanité. — Rama, Krishna, Hermès, Moïse, Orphée, Pythagore, Platon, Jésus furent pour E. Shuré “Les Grands Initiés”. Éd. Livre de Poche. (Albert SARALLIER)
Clés, (12), (Juillet-Août 1990), p. 48
  Joop-le-philosophe | Dec 2, 2018 |
Ou les élubrications d'un occultiste du siècle dernier.
  yogasantosha | Jun 9, 2018 |
Las vidas de Krishna, Orfeo,Buda,Cristo,Moisés, entre otros grandes adalides espirituales, son presentados bajo una cuidadosa forma novelada respetando los escenarios geográficos y los grupos nacionales de los grupos humanos en que estas grandes personalidades realizarón sus hazañas en la instrucción espiritual .La semblanza de estos héroes del espiritu, cobra un intenso y entrañable interés bajo la pluma del consagrado novelista y ensayista francés , quien alcanzó una inmensa notoriedad con esta obra, que perdurá hasta nuestros días .
El recorrido por la vida hazañosa y paradigmática de estos perfectos prototipos humanos se encuentra perfectamente identificado y transmitido en estas páginas, no exentas de vuelo filosófico.
  FundacionRosacruz | Nov 7, 2017 |
L'ho sempre definito un libro a tratti "poetico". Il tutto scaturisce dall'ipotesi che Rama, Krsna,Orfeo,Ermes,Mosè,Pitagora,Platone e Gesù, siano stati otto iniziati che " al di là delle morali pubbliche delle religioni organizzate ... rappresentano una continuità profonda ...... incarnano la divinità nel mondo ... sono le guide dell'umanità".
Librería 8. Estante 4.
  atman2019 | Jan 2, 2020 |
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Miri, Héctor F.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Weiss, Alfredo Juan J.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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The Great Initiates encompasses long centuries of human existence and reflects our great search--the greatest search of all--the quest for the spirit. This book describes the motivations behind external history, the growth of religious striving, the rise and fall of cultures, and indicates their importance for us today. It reflects the lives and deeds of human beings of extraordinary stature: Rama, Krishna, Hermes, Moses, Orpheus, Pythagoras, Plato, and Jesus. In these pages one witnesses spiritual adventure of a depth and intensity rarely experienced by creative human beings, even in their most exalted moments. This excitement of discovery which breathes through The Great Initiates may well explain its continuing popularity after over a century.

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"Il mondo non ha mai conosciuto uomini d'azione più grandi", scriveva Schuré a proposito dei grandi iniziati. E proseguiva: "Di loro, Rama non lascia scorgere che l'ingresso del tempio, Krishna ed Ermete ne danno la chiave, Mosè, Orfeo e Pitagora ne mostrano l'interno, Gesù Cristo ne costituisce il tabernacolo". In questo libro Édouard Schuré ripercorre la storia dei fondatori dei "misteri", collegandone gli insegnamenti in modo suggestivo, tale da far emergere un unico grande disegno, una religione "universale". "In questo libro il lettore troverà una sorta di sviluppo graduale, di rivelazione diacronica della dottrina nelle sue varie parti, attraverso i grandi iniziati ciascuno dei quali rappresenta una delle grandi religioni che hanno contribuito a formare l'umanità quale essa oggi è." Introduzione di Emanuele Trevi.
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