The Bible's Own Account of Itself. E-book. Formato PDF Edward Maitland   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Since the publication, in 1891, of "The Bible's Own Account of Itself," Edward Maitland has passed over to the other side. His withdrawal took place on the 2nd October, 1897 - a little more than nine years after the death of his colleague, Dr. Anna Kingsford. He has left behind him an interesting account of his life and work in "The Life of Anna Kingsford," his last book, which was published in 1896. From this we learn that he had the "idea of a mission" early in life, and that this idea gathered force and consistency until it was made clear to him that "not destruction merely, but construction, not exposure of error but the demonstration of truth, was comprised in it." When, in January, 1874, he first met Dr. Anna Kingsford, who had a similar idea, they recognised that their mission, which they declared was derived from "the Church invisible, celestial, and incorruptible," was a joint mission, and that "it was summed up in the word 'interpretation.'"

The New Illumination. E-book. Formato EPUB Edward Maitland   -  Alicia Editions, 2019  - 

THE present revival of Mysticism – a fact patent to all, whether able or not to discern its significance has already found recognition from a competent observer, as “one of the most remarkable notes of our era”. For me this estimate errs only by its inadequacy; my study of the event – a study both particular and comparative – having led me to regard it as alike the most remarkable and most important of all the notes of our era – many and striking as these are – whether for its power to interpret the past or to influence the future. I propose in this paper to summarise the principal grounds of this conclusion, and to show that – viewed in the light of a comprehensive survey of the world’s religious history – the revival in process, so far from being accidental, pathological, retrogressive, or in any sense disorderly, is entitled to be regarded as an event at once logical, normal, and indispensable; appertaining to a series so long established and regular in its periodicity as to be susceptible of prediction; and accomplishing a step of supreme value in the evolution of the race. This is the step which consists in the attainment, on a scale far surpassing any hitherto reached, of that which to mystical apprehension constitutes the crowning qualification of humanity, namely, the perfectionment of its spiritual consciousness.