

The Apparition, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot [19th cent.] (Public Domain Image) Jesus, the Last Great Initiate by Edouard Schuré [1908]

This little book, apparently excerpted from a longer work which included sections on Krishna and Orpheus, is an esoteric look at the life of Jesus, here considered the ultimate of a long line of 'Initiates.' Schuré (1841-1929) was a French author who influenced Rudolph Steiner, the German founder of Anthroposophy. Steiner also viewed Christ as both an historical individual and as a manifestation of the divine in the human realm.