The Perfect Way: Or, The Finding of Christ

Anna Bonus Kingsford

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511920400

Anna Kingsford (1846–1888) published her first book at the age of 13. A passionate anti-vivisectionist, she also championed womens' rights and vegetarianism. Leaving behind her husband and daughter, she travelled to France to study medicine, accompanied by the writer Edward Maitland. The pair shared a fascination with the spiritual and became leading members of the Theosophical and Hermetic societies. This book, first published anonymously in 1882, is a collection of lectures on theosophical topics delivered to a private audience in summer 1881. It explores the basis of all religions, the nature of the soul, spiritualism and the feminine aspect of the divine, and also discusses blood sacrifice, vegetarianism, pantheism and the teachings of the Kabbalah and the Bhagavad Gita. The author hoped this wide-ranging study of allegories, symbols and myths would 'restore and rehabilitate the truth', reconciling mind and heart, religion and science, and promoting liberty and reason.

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The Perfect Way; OR, THE FINDING OF CHRIST
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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LECTURE THE FIRST - INTRODUCTORY
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LECTURE THE SECOND - THE SOUL; AND THE SUBSTANCE OF EXISTENCE
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LECTURE THE THIRD - THE VARIOUS ORDERS OF SPIRITS; AND HOW TO DISCERN THEM
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LECTURE THE FOURTH - THE ATONEMENT
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LECTURE THE FIFTH - THE CONSTITUTION OF EXISTENCE: ITS NATURE AND UNITY
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LECTURE THE SIXTH - THE FALL (No. I.)
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LECTURE THE SEVENTH - THE FALL (No. II.)
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LECTURE THE EIGHTH - THE REDEMPTION
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LECTURE THE NINTH - GOD AS THE LORD; OR, THE DIVINE IMAGE
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

ADVERTISEMENT
pp v-vi

The Perfect Way; OR, THE FINDING OF CHRIST
pp vii-x

PREFACE
pp xi-xx

Contents
pp xxi-xxx

APPENDICES
pp xxxi-xxxi

ILLUSTRATIONS
pp xxxii-xxxii

Dedication
pp xxxiii-xxxiv

LECTURE THE FIRST - INTRODUCTORY
pp 1-37

LECTURE THE SECOND - THE SOUL; AND THE SUBSTANCE OF EXISTENCE
pp 38-64

LECTURE THE THIRD - THE VARIOUS ORDERS OF SPIRITS; AND HOW TO DISCERN THEM
pp 65-95

LECTURE THE FOURTH - THE ATONEMENT
pp 96-120

LECTURE THE FIFTH - THE CONSTITUTION OF EXISTENCE: ITS NATURE AND UNITY
pp 121-148

LECTURE THE SIXTH - THE FALL (No. I.)
pp 149-179

LECTURE THE SEVENTH - THE FALL (No. II.)
pp 180-214

LECTURE THE EIGHTH - THE REDEMPTION
pp 215-263

LECTURE THE NINTH - GOD AS THE LORD; OR, THE DIVINE IMAGE
pp 264-310

APPENDICES
pp 311-347

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