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49th out of 78 books
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Zanoni: A Rosicrucian Tale
The seven parts of this novel give an indication of a sevenfold path of spiritual development lying behind the story itself. The fourth section, titled "The Dweller of the Threshold, " is a highly significant expression of profound occult facts and experiences that can be recognized as true by anyone possessing a degree of spiritual insight. This book is one of the finest...more
Paperback, 462 pages
Published
January 1st 2000
by Steinerbooks
(first published 1842)
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The English novelist Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873), is today best-known for inspiring The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a competition for the worst opening lines for the worst possible novels. This is a result of Bulwer-Lytton having opened one of his novels with, “It was a dark and stormy night.” This has gained him a reputation as a bad writer, a reputation that is most unjust. Bulwer-Lytton was in fact a fine and imaginative writer and one of the most...more
An extraordinary book by a rather well informed writer on matters of spiritual and occult (they are not the same) interest. This book has a powerful description of the experience of meeting "the guardian on the threshold". It is worth it for that alone.
tragic and cautionary tale that weaves a love story, magic, and politics together. A must read for any aspiring magician (IMO). Makes you ponder the price and sacrifice necessary for adepthood.
Rakkaustarina pääsääntöisesti. Korukieltä. Muutamassa kohdassa aika hyvä kauhuefekti, mutta myös aika paljon pohdiskelua, josta ei niinkään jaksanut innostua.
This book is beautiful. The writing is elegant. The characters are believable and moving. There are few books that have moved me to tears and this book is now among those few. The book is layered wondrously. If desired, it can be read solely for the surface story of those who would seek truth and love. However, for those that enjoy digging deeper, there is more to behold. There is an immense amount of social and moral commentary. This is a book that approaches the divine without the fetters of r...more
Real good metaphysical novel, not much into novels but this is a good book for those who can read & see beneath the novel aspect.
a strange yet somehow pleasant experience.
A book every neophyte should read.
I feel like I should be wearing a ruffly blouse and sipping hot chocolate while I'm curled up in a twilit drawing room while I'm reading it. Why this is, I'm not entirely sure, but it has something to do with the incredibly flowery prose, doubtless.
Interesting, but a little dark...
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| Zanoni is of my favorite esoterioc fiction from Bulwer Lytton | 1 | 12 | Dec 11, 2008 07:58am |
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC, was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the infamous incipit "It was a dark and stormy night."
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