Full name: Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries

Author: Annie Besant Year: 1905 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Non Fiction, Christianity, Free books Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Project Gutenberg Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781456569730 1456569732

Early Christianity held secrets equal to those of other great religions, says Annie Besant. Its first followers guarded them as priceless treasures. After an increasingly rigid hierarchy began to bury these truths in the early centuries A.D., they were known only to a few initiates, who communicated them privately, often in obscure language. In Esoteric Christianity, Besant's aim is to restore the secret truths underlying Christian doctrine. As public interest grows in the Gnostic Gospels and the mystical side of Christianity, Besant's remarkable book, first published in 1901, is attracting new attention. Similar books: The Case For India by Annie Besant A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Watchmen by Alan Moore How Not to Die by Michael Greger Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan Persuasion by Jane Austen The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini East of Eden by John Steinbeck How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss The Stand by Stephen King