{"product_id":"when-a-stone-begins-to-roll-notes-of-an-adventurer-diplomat-mystic-9781584200918","title":"When a Stone Begins to Roll: Notes of an Adventurer, Diplomat \u0026 Mystic","description":"\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of T.H. Meyer, the book also offers a generous sampling of Oliphant's complex and compelling work, as well as hitherto unpublished material and the satire \"The Sisters of Tibet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOliphant, Laurence:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLaurence Oliphant\u003c\/b\u003e (1829-1888) was a Scotch writer and traveler, Christian mystic, and active supporter of the return of the Jews to Israel. He traveled widely and, from 1865 to 1867, was a member of parliament. During the Russo-Turkish War (1878) he began to take an interest in the Holy Land and Jewish settlement there, in a blending of political, economical, and mystical religious considerations. Oliphant eventually settled in Haifa, where he engaged in religious and mystic contemplation. His writings include \u003ci\u003eLand of Gilead\u003c\/i\u003e (1880) and \u003ci\u003eHaifa, or Life in Modern Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e (1887).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeyer, T. H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eT. H. Meyer\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Switzerland in 1950. He is the founder of Perseus Verlag, Basel, and is editor of the monthly journal \u003ci\u003eDer Europäer.\u003c\/i\u003e He has written numerous articles and is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eReality, Truth, and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and major biographies of D.N. Dunlop and Ludwig Polzer-Hoditz. He also edited \u003ci\u003eLight for the New Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) describing Rudolf Steiner's association with Helmuth and Eliza von Moltke.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Lindisfarne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50357144191250,"sku":"9781584200918","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_542ea2b2-b988-4ae2-ba68-b4e8df91a090.jpg?v=1728319121","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-a-stone-begins-to-roll-notes-of-an-adventurer-diplomat-mystic-9781584200918","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}