The Esoteric Tradition by Gottfried de Purucker 2 Volume Set SIGNED by the Author
Publication: 1935 Theosophical University Press 1st Edition
Volume 1 is signed on the first title page by the author with the date reading '04/12/1936' Purucker did not sign many books in his lifetime. Signed copies of his books seldom appear on the market. As of the date of this listing, this is the only signed copy currently on the online market.
"Purucker recalls having at age 14 translated the entire New Testament from Greek, and at age 17 having translated the Book of Genesis from Hebrew. But he recalls having had an intuition that something was wrong with the church system he grew up in. It was when he began studying eastern religions and philosophies and Theosophy that, in his words: "I realized that the instinct of my soul had been a true one". Of the Theosophical literature, he said: "I read it avidly and studied it eagerly, and then my heart awoke, as my brain had awoke before. But now, from a study of the theosophical literature, my heart awaking, I began to realize what there was, not only in me, but in my fellows; and I said to myself: hereafter my life is consecrate to what I know to be the truth. No man can live unto himself alone; no man can tread the pathway — the still, small, old pathway — of the spiritual self within him, alone."
Condition: Original red boards with gilt title to spine, the spines on both volumes are only slightly faded but the gilt is still very bright, both volumes have book plates present, both volumes clean with no makings, binding tight, overall Very Good+ Condition