Édouard Schuré

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Eduard (Edouard) Schuré (January 21, 1841 – April 7, 1929), French philosopher, poet, writer, musical critic and publicist of esoteric literature. He is known by being the author of "The Great Initiated" (1889) in which he describes the path followed by some of the ancient philosophers in search for profound esoteric knowledge, so often called the "initiation", as describing the process of becoming a mystic master or spiritual healer." Many notable and historical figures are constantly referred in the writings of Schuré, for instance, Rama, Hermes, Socrates, Jesus, Orpheus. some of these masters are known to be the founders of important religions or philosophical movements, which in turn, would find great acceptance through our history, this was aided even more with the installment of democratic governments, which observed and respect the freedom for diverse religious beliefs. That is the case of Gautama Sidharta who originated the Buddhism first in India, then in China and later would expand all over the world. Schuré wrote many books and plays. His plays enjoyed relative fame in his days in Europe and many of them were put in scene by the Austrian philosopher, writer and educator Rudolf Steiner, he the same, whom was admired and followed by Schuré