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The Flaming Door: The Mission of the Celtic Folk-Soul (Classics of Anthroposophy)
Eleanor C. Merry
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Description for The Flaming Door: The Mission of the Celtic Folk-Soul (Classics of Anthroposophy)
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All myths and sagas and legends are like a shimmering veil of many colours, stirred now and then by the wind of our desires, but still hiding from most of us that Council of the Wise seated at the Round Table of the Stars... But between us and them lies the gulf of our arrogance and the mists of our unbelief. The Flaming Door is perhaps Eleanor Merry's most famous work and made an important contribution to the renewal of Celtic mythology. Slumbering in the ancient sagas and legends are the secrets of initiation: when men and women ... Read more
All myths and sagas and legends are like a shimmering veil of many colours, stirred now and then by the wind of our desires, but still hiding from most of us that Council of the Wise seated at the Round Table of the Stars... But between us and them lies the gulf of our arrogance and the mists of our unbelief. The Flaming Door is perhaps Eleanor Merry's most famous work and made an important contribution to the renewal of Celtic mythology. Slumbering in the ancient sagas and legends are the secrets of initiation: when men and women ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Floris Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Classics of Anthroposophy
Condition
New
Weight
481g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780863156441
SKU
V9780863156441
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About Eleanor C. Merry
Eleanor C. Merry was a poet, artist, musician and anthroposophist with a strong Celtic impulse and a life-long interest in esoteric wisdom. Born in Eton, UK in 1873, she studied in Vienna and met Rudolf Steiner in 1922 after becoming interested in his teachings. She went on to organise Summer Schools at which Steiner gave important lectures, and she was ... Read more
Reviews for The Flaming Door: The Mission of the Celtic Folk-Soul (Classics of Anthroposophy)
'It's great to see Floris reprinting these Anthroposophical classics ... The Flaming Door links Pagan and Christian stream of awareness ... a revelatory book for its time.'
Inner Light Magazine, Summer 2008 'The re-issue of Eleanor C. Merry's anthroposophical work is yet another well chosen, well-produced and moderately priced effort by Floris Books to make works of ... Read more
Inner Light Magazine, Summer 2008 'The re-issue of Eleanor C. Merry's anthroposophical work is yet another well chosen, well-produced and moderately priced effort by Floris Books to make works of ... Read more