Hermes and Plato by Eduardo Schure
Publication Year: 1919 First Edition London; William Rider & Sons
Translated by F. Rothwell, B.A.
First English translation of Hermes and Plato by Eduardo Schure the work was originally published this work in 1889 as part of “Les Grands Initiés” (The Great Initiates), the work he is best known for. The English translations were published in these slim volumes in English and were eventually compiled to make up the English translation of The Great Initiates.
Condition: Original green boards, title on spine and front board still bright, light wear to spine, bookplate on front phase down, slight foxing to pages, spine slightly darkened, bookplate on front inner board, spotting along the edges and some pages primarily on the flyleaf, Overall Very Good condition. Scarce!
Contents Include:
Hermes (The Mysteries of Egypt)
I. The Sphinx
II. Hermes
III. Isis-The Initiation-The Tests
IV. Osiris. Death and Resurrection
V. The Vision of Hermes
Plato (The Mysteries of Eleusis)
I. The Youth of Plato and the Death of Socrates
II. The Initiation of Plato and the Platonic Philosophy
III. The Mysteries of Eleusis