Author: ROLAND VERNON
Title: Star in the East
Description: PALGRAVE for St. Martin's Press, 2001. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 306. "The extraordinary story of Krishnamurti, hailed early in life as the messiah for the twentieth century, is told here in the light of a century of changing spiritual attitudes. It is a tale of mysticism, sexual scandals, religious fervor and chicanery, out of which emerged one of the most influential thinkers of modern times." "Krishnamurti was "discovered" as a young boy on a beach in India by members of the Theosophical Society who were convinced that they had found the new World Leader, a spiritual savior who would be as historic and influential as Jesus himself. By the 1920s he was attracting worldwide press attention and idealists, spiritual adventurers, progressive politicians, intellectuals and romantics alike flocked to his talks in the thousands, eager to embrace a new Christ from the Orient." "But in 1922 Krishnamurti experienced a mysterious spiritual wakening. In a dramatic act of renunciation he bewildered his thousands of disciples by abandoning the Theosophical Society that had molded him, setting out on a teaching mission of his own, as a secular philosopher of spirituality with no affiliation to sects or dogmas." "His career spanned six decades in which he founded seven schools, published fifty books and gave thousands of talks around the world. Although he rejected any claims to being a messiah (or even a guru), and subsequently proved himself as human as any in his relationships, loves and weaknesses, he continued until his death in 1986 to fulfil the role of a world teacher. With its roots in Victorian Britain and the birth of millennial dreams of a new golden era, Krishnamurti's story encompasses the overthrow of an empire in India, the beginnings of socialism, and the arrival of Eastern mysticism in the West."-BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ISBN: 9780312238254. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780312238254
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Title: Star in the East
Description: PALGRAVE for St. Martin's Press, 2001. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 306. "The extraordinary story of Krishnamurti, hailed early in life as the messiah for the twentieth century, is told here in the light of a century of changing spiritual attitudes. It is a tale of mysticism, sexual scandals, religious fervor and chicanery, out of which emerged one of the most influential thinkers of modern times." "Krishnamurti was "discovered" as a young boy on a beach in India by members of the Theosophical Society who were convinced that they had found the new World Leader, a spiritual savior who would be as historic and influential as Jesus himself. By the 1920s he was attracting worldwide press attention and idealists, spiritual adventurers, progressive politicians, intellectuals and romantics alike flocked to his talks in the thousands, eager to embrace a new Christ from the Orient." "But in 1922 Krishnamurti experienced a mysterious spiritual wakening. In a dramatic act of renunciation he bewildered his thousands of disciples by abandoning the Theosophical Society that had molded him, setting out on a teaching mission of his own, as a secular philosopher of spirituality with no affiliation to sects or dogmas." "His career spanned six decades in which he founded seven schools, published fifty books and gave thousands of talks around the world. Although he rejected any claims to being a messiah (or even a guru), and subsequently proved himself as human as any in his relationships, loves and weaknesses, he continued until his death in 1986 to fulfil the role of a world teacher. With its roots in Victorian Britain and the birth of millennial dreams of a new golden era, Krishnamurti's story encompasses the overthrow of an empire in India, the beginnings of socialism, and the arrival of Eastern mysticism in the West."-BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ISBN: 9780312238254. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780312238254
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- Book number: 2374067
- Book number: 2374067
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