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Chapter V. Marriage Of Pythagorasrevoluti : * "Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries", by Edouard Shur, [1906], p. 162 CHAPTER V MARRIAGE OF PYTHAGORAS--REVOLUTION AT CROTON--THE MASTER'S END--THE SCHOOL AND ITS DESTINY AMONG the women who followed the master's teaching was a maiden of great beauty. Her father, an inhabitant of Croton, w...
Untitled : This is a short biography of Pythagoras, written from a Theosophical, esoteric perspective. No actual texts of Pythagoras have survived: we only have second hand summaries and pastiches, such as the Golden Verses. However, his impact on successive thinkers has been enormous. This work serves...
Title Page : * "Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries", by Edouard Shur, [1906], "Know thyself, and thou wilt know the Universe and the Gods."--"Inscription on the Temple of Delphi". Evolution is the law of Life, Number is the law of the Universe, Unity is the law of God. PYTHAGORAS AND THE DELPHIC MYSTERIES BY...
Chapter Ii. Years Of Travel : * "Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries", by Edouard Shur, [1906], p. 12 CHAPTER II YEARS OF TRAVEL AT the beginning of the sixth century before our era, Samos was one of the most flourishing islands of Ionia. Its harbour fronted the violet peaks of a slumbering Asia Minor, the abode of luxury...
Chapter Iii. The Temple Of Delphithe Science : * "Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries", by Edouard Shur, [1906], p. 32 CHAPTER III THE TEMPLE OF DELPHI--THE SCIENCE OF APOLLO--THEORY OF DIVINATION--THE PYTHONESS THEOCLEA FROM the plain of Phocis the traveller mounts the smiling meadows bordering the banks of the Pleistus to plunge ...
Chapter I. Greece In The Sixth Century : * "Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries", by Edouard Shur, [1906], p. 2 p. 3 PYTHAGORAS CHAPTER I GREECE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY THE soul of Orpheus had passed like a divine meteor across the troubled heavens of a new-born Greece. When the meteor had disappeared, the land was again wrapt in darkness...
Chapter Iv. The Order And The Doctrine : * "Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries", by Edouard Shur, [1906], p. 63 CHAPTER IV THE ORDER AND THE DOCTRINE THE town of Croton was situated at the extremity of the Gulf of Tarentum, near the Lacinian promontory, in front of the open sea. Like Sybaris, it was one of the most flourishing cities...