Edouard Schuré

Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries

Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries is a book by Edouard Schuré, first published in 1906. It is a short biography of Pythagoras written from an esoteric perspective, specifically a Theosophist one. Whilst no actual texts of Pythagoras have survived, he had an impact on esoteric thinkers, and this book explores his place in the history of ideas, using esoteric interpretations. Chapters include: Greece in the Sixth Century; Years of Travel; The Temple of Delphi, The Science of Apollo, Theory of Divination, The Pythoness Theoclea; The Order and the Doctrine; and, Marriage of Pythagoras, Revolution at Croton, The Master's End, The School and its Destiny.