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Libra Esoterica

Fragments of a faith forgotten

some short sketches among the Gnostics mainly of the first two centuries - a contribution to the study of Christian origins based on the most recently recovered materials.

by George Robert Stow Mead

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
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MYSTERIOUS Time is once more big with child and labouring to bring forth her twentieth babe, as the Western world counts her progeny; for, according to the books, just nineteen children of her centenarian brood have lived and died since He appeared to whom all Christians look as Teacher of the Way to God.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity.

  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page and openlibrary matched “Gnosticism”. Retained metadata contains “Gnosticism” in the subject metadata.

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Editions

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The Online Books Page curated catalog record

London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900

1900———Source listed online copy

some short sketches among the Gnostics mainly of the first two centuries - a contribution to the study of Christian origins based on the most recently recovered materials.

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

second edition; London and Varanasi: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906

1906Theosophical Pub. Soc.English—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 11 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BT1390 .M45 1900
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BT1390 .M45 1906
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: second edition; London and Varanasi: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906
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openlibrary-work:OL4688269W
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