The Doctrine of the Subtle Body
by G. R. S. Mead
(with a Foreword by Adrian Gilbert)
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The idea that man has, or at least can acquire, a 'Subtle Body' (that is to say a 'body' made out of psychic or numinous matter) is not a new invention. It has been one of the central premises of all the great religions throughout the ages. This little book offers a first rate introduction to Classical teachings on the subject, both pagan and Christian.
'G. R. S. Mead, Hermeticist and scholar was one of the truly great researchers into arcane wisdom. At a time when the 'esoteric' tended to mean little more than table tapping and spirit trumpets, he was busy translating into English the gems of NeoPlatonic and Egyptian philosophy. In works such as Thrice Greatest Hermes, Pistis Sophia, Orpheus and Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, he almost single handedly put back together the lost esoteric tradition of Classical Athens and Alexandria, which goes by under the general heading of Gnosticism.
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