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Vanguard of the new age : the Toronto Theosophical Society, 1891-1945 / Gillian McCann.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; ; 55.Publication details: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2012 2012)Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : portrait, digital fileContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773586963
  • 0773586962
  • 9780773586970
  • 0773586970
  • 9780773539983
  • 0773539980
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Vanguard of the New Age : The Toronto Theosophical Society, 1891-1945.DDC classification:
  • 299/.93409713541 23
LOC classification:
  • BP510.T67 M33 2012eb
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  • online - EBSCO
  • cci1icc
  • coll13
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Contents:
The Secret Doctrine in Canada: Theosophy and the Religious Topography of Late Victorian Ontario -- In Search of New Light: An Overview of the Toronto Theosophical Society, 1891-1945 -- "The Blended Ideal of the Future": Occultism, Race, and Empire -- Spirit as a Transforming Power: Theosophy and the Creation of Canadian Culture -- "All Life Is a Unity": The Religious Worldview of Albert Smythe -- Conclusions: Implications of the New Age -- Appendices -- Letter from D.P. Pandia to Maude Crafter, in TTS Errata -- Letter from Albert Smythe to Emma Goldman -- Selected Lectures at the Toronto Theosophical Society, 1928-45.
Summary: The story of the small "new age" religious group that introduced Victorian Toronto to Eastern thought and theology, vegetarianism, reincarnation, cremation, and the pacifism of Mohandas Gandhi.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)499968

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Secret Doctrine in Canada: Theosophy and the Religious Topography of Late Victorian Ontario -- In Search of New Light: An Overview of the Toronto Theosophical Society, 1891-1945 -- "The Blended Ideal of the Future": Occultism, Race, and Empire -- Spirit as a Transforming Power: Theosophy and the Creation of Canadian Culture -- "All Life Is a Unity": The Religious Worldview of Albert Smythe -- Conclusions: Implications of the New Age -- Appendices -- Letter from D.P. Pandia to Maude Crafter, in TTS Errata -- Letter from Albert Smythe to Emma Goldman -- Selected Lectures at the Toronto Theosophical Society, 1928-45.

The story of the small "new age" religious group that introduced Victorian Toronto to Eastern thought and theology, vegetarianism, reincarnation, cremation, and the pacifism of Mohandas Gandhi.