Title Page : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], JESUS THE LAST GREAT INITIATE BY EDOUARD SCHUR TRANSLATED BY F. ROTHWELL, B.A. PUBLISHED BY YOGI PUBLICATION SOCIETY MASONIC TEMPLE, CHICAGO, ILL. [1908] Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare, June 2008. This text is...
Preface : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], p. 7 PREFACE Criticism on the life of Jesus during the past century has been greatly to the fore. A complete account of this criticism will be found in the luminous sketch made by M. Sabatier, 1 in which the entire history and present...
Chapter Iii. The Essenesjohn The Baptist : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], p. 39 CHAPTER III THE ESSENES--JOHN THE BAPTIST--THE TEMPTATION What he wished to know he could learn from none other than the Essenes. The Gospels have maintained perfect silence as to the deeds of Jesus, previous to his meeting with...
Untitled : * This little book, apparently excerpted from a longer work which included sections on Krishna and Orpheus, is an esoteric look at the life of Jesus, here considered the ultimate of a long line of 'Initiates.' Schur (1841-1929) was a French author who influenced Rudolph Steiner, the German founder...
Chapter V. Final Journey To Jerusalem : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], p. 88 CHAPTER V FINAL JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM--THE PROMISE--THE SUPPER--TRIAL OF JESUS--DEATH AND RESURRECTION "Hosanna to the son of David!" This was the cry which greeted Jesus as he entered by the eastern gate of Jerusalem, along...
Chapter Vii. The Promise And Its Fulfilment : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], p. 121 CHAPTER VII THE PROMISE AND ITS FULFILMENT--THE TEMPLE "IN three days I will destroy the temple, and in three days I will build it up again." This was said to his disciples by the Son of Mary, the Essene consecrated as Son of M...
Chapter Iv. The Public Life Of Jesuspopular : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], p. 59 CHAPTER IV THE PUBLIC LIFE OF JESUS--POPULAR AND ESOTERIC INSTRUCTION--MIRACLES--APOSTLES--WOMEN Hitherto I have endeavored to illuminate with its own light that portion of the life of Jesus which the Gospels have left...
Chapter V. Struggle With The Phariseesflight : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], p. 74 CHAPTER V STRUGGLE WITH THE PHARISEES--FLIGHT TO CSAREA--THE TRANSFIGURATION This Galilean springtime, during which the dawn of the Kingdom of Heaven seemed to rise upon the attentive multitudes, lasted two years. Now, however...
Advertisements : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], "The following advertisements for other Yogi Publication Society products followed the original book. They are reproduced for completeness--JBH". FOURTEEN LESSONS IN YOGI PHILOSOPHY AND ORIENTAL OCCULTISM BY YOGI RAMACHARAKA. Auth...
Chapter I. Condition Of The World : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], p. 13 JESUS, THE LAST GREAT INITIATE CHAPTER I CONDITION OF THE WORLD AT THE BIRTH OF JESUS A solemn period of the world's destiny was approaching; the sky was overshadowed with darkness and filled with sinister omens. In spite...
Chapter Ii. Maryfirst Development Of Jesus : * "Jesus, the Last Great Initiate", by Edouard Schur, [1908], p. 28 CHAPTER II MARY--FIRST DEVELOPMENT OF JESUS Jehoshoua, whom we call Jesus, from the Greek form of his name, was probably born in Nazareth. 1 It was certainly in this abandoned corner of Galilee that his childhood was passed...