Experience of Reality: A Study of Mysticism by Edmond Holmes
£ 30.00
London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1928. First edition. 89pp. Booksellers stamp and previous owner signature to front end-paper, jacket marked, corner rubbed. Very good.
Holmes was born in Moycashel, County Westmeath, Ireland. His most well-known work is The Creed of The Buddha (1908). Here, an example of his work on mysticism and spirituality, expressing pantheist leanings.
Contents.
Introduction
Graduation In Reality
The Mystical Quest of Reality
Beliefs And Convictions
Pantheism
The Absolute
The Goal of The Quest
Love And Pity
Holmes writings on education are taken as an early statement of "progressive" and "child-centred" positions, and are still cited in the field. His daughter Verena Holmes went on to become a leading early woman engineer.
Holmes was born in Moycashel, County Westmeath, Ireland. His most well-known work is The Creed of The Buddha (1908). Here, an example of his work on mysticism and spirituality, expressing pantheist leanings.
Contents.
Introduction
Graduation In Reality
The Mystical Quest of Reality
Beliefs And Convictions
Pantheism
The Absolute
The Goal of The Quest
Love And Pity
Holmes writings on education are taken as an early statement of "progressive" and "child-centred" positions, and are still cited in the field. His daughter Verena Holmes went on to become a leading early woman engineer.
Category Religion & Theology