G. R. S. Mead, G. Bell & Sons Ltd, 1913
G. R. S. Mead: Quests Old and New 1913 G. Bell & Sons Ltd. Hardback. Large octavo. x + 338 pages, Original green cloth, gilt title. Condition: Good. Some bruising on spine ends and corners, slight foxing on first pages. Small scratch on back cover. Binding tight. Former owner's ex libris. Overall solid copy. Price: 75€G.R.S. Mead (1863 - 1933) was an English historian, writer, member of the Theosophical Society, as well as the founder of the Quest Society. In this volume Mead collects essays "illustrative of the quest of reality, the search for truth, or the restless striving of the human soul for the satisfaction of its needs, spiritual or philosophical, mystical or psychical." Most of the essays were previously published in the Quest Magazine, which Mead edited. Essays: The Way of the Spirit in Ancient China; The Doctrine of the True Man in Ancient Chinese Mystical Philosophy; Spiritual Reality in Progressive Buddhism; The Ideal Life in Progressive Buddhism; Some Features of Buddhist Psychology; The Doctrine of Reincarnation Ethically Considered; Some Mystical Experiments on the Frontiers of Early Christendom; The Meaning of Gnosis in the Higher Forms of Hellenistic Religion; 'The Book of the Hidden Mysteries' by Hierotheos; The Rising Psychic Tide; Vaihinger's Philosophy of the 'As If'; Bergson's Intuitionism; Eucken's Activism. #grsmead #theosophy #theosophicalsociety#antiquarianbooks #antiquarianbookshop#esotericbooks #occultbooks #occultbookcollectors #bibliophile #bibliophiles #bibliophilia