Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries
Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries, first published in 1901, is Annie Besant's argument that Christianity, like every great religion, has always had an inner teaching reserved for those prepared to receive it. Drawing on the Gospels, Paul, Clement of Alexandria and Origen, she contends that the early Church taught such mysteries, then lost them, and that theosophy can recover them. Chapters distinguish the historical Jesus from the mythic and the mystic Christ, and reinterpret the atonement, resurrection, the Trinity, prayer, forgiveness and the sacraments in that light. Besant, by then the leading figure of the Theosophical Society, writes with the assurance of a convert and the fluency of a trained lecturer. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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