Vanguard of the New Age unearths a in large part ignored dimension of Canadian religious history. Gillian McCann tells the tale of a diverse group of occultists, temperance leaguers, and suffragettes who attempted to build a Utopian society in line with spiritual principles. Members of the Toronto Theosophical Society were A few of the first in Canada to use Eastern philosophy to the social justice issues of the period – from poverty and non secular division to the changing role of girls in society. A few of the such a lot radical and culturally creative movements in their time, the Theosophists known as for a new social order in line with principles of cooperation and creativity. Intrigued by this compelling vision of a new age, luminaries such as members of the Group of Seven, feminist Flora MacDonald Denison, Emily Stowe, and anarchist Emma Goldman were drawn to the society. Meticulously researched and compellingly written, this careful reconstruction preserves Theosophist founder Albert Smythe’s dream of a culturally distinct, egalitarian, and religiously pluralist nation.
Category: New Age Religion & Spirituality
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