Harper and Row, 1980. English language trade paperback of The Great Initiates: A Study of the Secret History of Religions by Edouard Schure in POOR CONDITION.

The Great Initiates encompasses long centuries of human existence and reflects our greatest search the quest for the spirit. This book describes the motivations behind external history, the growth of religious striving, the rise and fall of cultures, and indicates their importance for us today. It describes the lives and deeds of extraordinary human Rama, Krishna, Hermes, Moses, Orpheus, Pythagoras, Plato, Jesus. The excitement of discovery which breathes through The Great Initiates may well explain its continuing popularity after over a century.

POOR CONDITION. The binding is broken. However, the book is complete. An affordable reading copy.