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Lists with This Book. Jun 08, Bruce rated it liked it. Those whose interest lie in mysticism, theosophy, and metaphysics will undoubtably find this quite concise book to be a revelation as well as a confirmation of previously held beliefs.
Probably one of Waite's better books. This enabled him to visit the United States the next year, where he was well received all over the country and his books sold in large numbers. I was aged about sixteen or seventeen years, when I, the slackest and least ideal of boys, with my life already made dark by those desires of body and heart with which we so soon learn to taint our youth, became aware of a mysterious life quickening within my life. Those whose interest lie in mysticism, theosophy, and metaphysics will undoubtably find this quite concise book to be a revelation as well as a confirmation of previously held beliefs. Lastly, he attempts to put a mystical gloss on the primeval Celtic pagan deities. In Plunkett needed an able organiser and W.
As far as th "I tried to light the candle on my forehead to peer into every darkness in the belief that the external evidence of nature had no more exquisite architecture than the internal universe of being As far as the rest of us Sep 14, Karen rated it really liked it. I read it because it was quoted in "The Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley, so that should give you some perspective on what type of book it is.
It's leagues ahead of its time and I found myself taking long breaks to contemplate the ideas discussed. Jul 03, Merinde added it Shelves: I find this impossible to rate because I feel I am just the wrong person for it.
I loved descriptions of his visions, but I really didn't care for his attempts at understanding the world, himself, or anything at all, actually. Still, there are some beautiful passages in there, and the fact that I love his paintings probably helped me get through the chapters. Apr 10, Rand marked it as to-read.
Probably one of Waite's better books. Jul 01, Aine MacAodha rated it it was amazing.
Heather Garrett rated it it was amazing Oct 18, Lizzboa rated it it was amazing Dec 28, Kathryn rated it it was amazing May 07, Frank O'Connor , who was a close friend of Russell's in his later years, remarked that his family life was something of a mystery even to those who knew him best: O'Connor noticed that he never spoke about his wife and seemed to be at odds with his sons although O'Connor himself liked both of them.
He was an able lieutenant to Plunkett, and travelled extensively throughout Ireland as a spokesman for the IAOS; he was mainly responsible for developing the credit societies and establishing Co-operative Banks in the south and west of the country, the numbers of which increased to by Russell and Plunkett made a good team, with each gaining much from the association with the other.
During the Dublin Lock-out he wrote an open letter to the Irish Times criticizing the attitude of the employers, then spoke on it in England and helped bring the crisis to an end. As a pacifist , Russell could have no sympathy either with the aims of the Easter Rising or the undemocratic methods chosen to further it, but he was deeply moved by the deaths of the leading rebels, and like Yeats he celebrated their sacrifice in verse:.
And yet my spirit rose in pride Refashioning in burnished gold The images of those who died Or were shut up in penal cell Here's to you Pearse, your dream, not mine And yet the thought- for this you fell Has turned life's water into wine.
He was an independent delegate to the —18 Irish Convention in which he opposed John Redmond 's compromise on Home Rule. His gifts as a writer and publicist gained him a wide influence in the cause of agricultural co-operation. With the demise of this newspaper he was for the first time of his adult life without a job, and there were concerns that he could find himself in a state of poverty, as he had never earned very much money from his paintings or books.
At one point his son Diarmuid was reduced to selling off early drafts of his father's works to raise money, rather to the annoyance of Russell, who accused Diarmuid, with whom his relations were not good, of "raiding the wastepaper baskets". This enabled him to visit the United States the next year, where he was well received all over the country and his books sold in large numbers.
His first book of poems, Homeward: He appears as a character in the " Scylla and Charybdis " episode of Joyce's Ulysses , where he dismisses Stephen's theories on Shakespeare. Dedalus borrows money from him and then remarks: His house at 17 Rathgar Avenue in Dublin became a meeting-place [8] at the time for everyone interested in the economic and artistic future of Ireland: Magee, the brother of William Kirkpatrick Magee. In Plunkett needed an able organiser and W. In he married Violet North; they had two surviving sons, Brian and Diarmuid, as well as a third son who died soon after birth.
He was an able lieutenant to Plunkett, and travelled extensively throughout Ireland as a spokesman for the IAOS; he was mainly responsible for developing the credit societies and establishing Co-operative Banks in the south and west of the country, the numbers of which increased to by Russell and Plunkett made a good team, with each gaining much from the association with the other. As an officer of the IAOS he could not express political opinions freely, but he made no secret of the fact that he considered himself a Nationalist.
During the Dublin Lock-out he wrote an open letter to the Irish Times criticizing the attitude of the employers, then spoke on it in England and helped bring the crisis to an end. He became involved in the anti-partition Irish Dominion League when Plunkett founded the body in His gifts as a writer and publicist gained him a wide influence in the cause of agricultural co-operation. Unbeknownst to him meetings and collections were organized and later that year at Plunkett House he was presented by Father T.
This enabled him to visit the United States the next year, where he was well received all over the country and his books sold in large numbers. His first book of poems, Homeward: His collected poems was published in , with a second edition in His house at 17 Rathgar Avenue in Dublin became a meeting-place at the time for everyone interested in the economic and artistic future of Ireland: Michael Collins, the effective leader of the new Government, became acquainted with Russell in the last months of his life: He was the most loyal of friends, and in the notoriously fractious Dublin literary world Russell tried to keep the peace between his endlessly quarrelling colleagues: His interests were wide-ranging; he became a theosophist and wrote extensively on politics and economics, while continuing to paint and write poetry.
He was noted for his exceptional kindness and generosity towards younger writers: Despite his failing health he went on a final lecture tour in the United States, but returned home utterly exhausted.
He died of cancer in Bournemouth in He is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin. Blog You are here: You might also like Dictionary of Sri Aurobindo's Yoga. The Philosophy of Religion. A Legend and a Symbol.