The Middle Way - Poems and Essays from 'The Theosophical Path'

The Middle Way - Poems and Essays from 'The Theosophical Path'

Author: Talbot Mundy

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-10

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Theosophical Path was a periodical run by the Theosophical Society in the United States. In the 1920-s, Katherine Tingley was the chief editor of the journal. About that time, she met William Gribbon, an English writer of adventure fiction writing under the pen name Talbot Mundy. Tingley introduced him to the theosophical ideas, which strongly influenced Mundy's worldview. He published several articles on Theosophy from 1923 to 1929 in Theosophical Path. This book represents a collection of his Theosophy articles published in the journal.


The Dawn of the New Cycle

The Dawn of the New Cycle

Author: W. Michael Ashcraft

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781572332003

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In considering a group that identified with Victorian American culture and its anxieties while adhering to an occult worldview that most of their contemporaries found strange, if not dangerous, the book explains why these middle-class Americans found Theosophy so persuasive and why they left family and friends behind to take up residence at this California settlement."--BOOK JACKET.


Talbot Mundy, Philosopher of Adventure

Talbot Mundy, Philosopher of Adventure

Author: Brian Taves

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-11-26

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 078648442X

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This critical biography chronicles both the actual travels and the philosophical meanderings of Talbot Mundy, one of the pioneers of the fantasy and adventure genre. Less celebrated than his contemporaries Rudyard Kipling and Joseph Conrad, Mundy was no less gifted when it came to the literary portrayal of faraway lands. He was one of the first Western writers to show an appreciation of Eastern culture, and his writing became an outlet for his radical ideas on religion and philosophy. At the age of sixteen, Mundy left his native England to begin his life of adventure--a journey that took him from India to the Middle East to Tibet and finally to America, which became his adopted home. The American spirit of adventure matched Mundy's own, and it was here that he found a true audience for his work. This book explores Mundy's oeuvre--much of it set in exotic locales through which he himself had traveled--and considers both his novels and his lesser known writing, as well as his film and radio work. Books such as Rung Ho!, King-of the Khyber Rifles, Caves of Terror, Purple Pirate and Tros of Samothrace are discussed and placed within the framework of Mundy's life and philosophy. The final chapter evaluates the enduring value of his writings. Appendices include a comprehensive list of Mundy's works and a chronological listing by their original publication dates.


Enchanted by Lohans

Enchanted by Lohans

Author: Minna Törmä

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9888139843

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Finnish-Swedish art historian Osvald Sirén (1879–1966) was one of the pioneers of Chinese art scholarship in the West. This biography focuses on his four major voyages to East Asia: 1918, 1921–23, 1929–30 and 1935. This was a pivotal period in Chinese archaeology, art studies and formation of Western collections of Chinese art. Sirén gained international renown as a scholar of Italian art, particularly with his books on Leonardo da Vinci and Giotto. But when he was almost 40 years old, he was captivated by Chinese art (paintings of Lohans in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston) to such an extent that he decided to start his career anew, in a way. He has left his mark in several fi elds in Chinese art studies: architecture, sculpture, painting and garden art. The study charts Sirén’s itineraries during his travels in Japan, Korea and China; it introduces the various people in those countries as well as in Europe and North America who defined the field in its early stages and were influential as collectors and dealers. It also explores the impact of theosophical ideas in his work.