{"product_id":"when-a-stone-begins-to-roll-notes-of-an-adventurer-diplomat-mystic-paperback","title":"When a Stone Begins to Roll: Notes of an Adventurer, Diplomat \u0026 Mystic - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurence Oliphant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eT. H. Meyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurence Oliphant is one of the great unknown personalities of the nineteenth century, and indeed of recent cultural history at large. He was born at Cape Town in 1829 and died near London in 1888. He left behind some twenty books, including novels, travel accounts, and mystical spiritual writings. He was diplomat, traveler, adventurer, writer, and mystic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of the 1860s, the period of Oliphant's great spiritual transition began when he met the Swedenborgian Thomas Lake Harris. It was Oliphant's last works, \u003ci\u003eSympneumata \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eScientific Religion, \u003c\/i\u003ethat prompted Rudolf Steiner to pursue karmic research on Oliphant. As a result, Steiner revealed the karmic relationship between the lives of Oliphant and the Roman poet Ovid. In an August 24, 1924, lecture in London, Steiner commented that Oliphant's individuality is significant not only because of the previous Ovid incarnation, but also because of its activity in the interval between the two incarnations. Looked at in the light of spiritual research on the subject, Oliphant's life assumes dimensions of world-historical interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen a Stone Begins to Roll \u003c\/i\u003econtains extensive selections from Oliphants autobiographical book, \u003ci\u003eEpisodes in a Life of Adventure; or, Moss from a Rolling Stone \u003c\/i\u003e (1887). In addition to the insightful commentary of T.H. Meyer, the book also offers a generous sampling of Oliphant's complex and compelling work, as well as hitherto unpublished material and the satire \"The Sisters of Tibet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732414935288,"sku":"9781584200918","price":22.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/MqEk5C5SOC9781584200918.webp?v=1780260625","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/when-a-stone-begins-to-roll-notes-of-an-adventurer-diplomat-mystic-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}