The Great Initiates
Édouard Schuré
A close associate of Wagner, Nietzsche and Rudolf Steiner, the esotericist Édouard Schuré published his masterpiece of occult history The Great Initiates in 1889. This monumental work describes the esoteric motivations of world events, the growth of man’s religious striving through the ages, the rise and fall of civilizations, and their importance for us today. In its reflections on the lives and deeds of extraordinary men, one witnesses spiritual adventure of a depth and intensity rarely experienced by human beings.