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Ashrams in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago? Greek philosophers studying in India? Meditation classes in ancient Rome? It sounds unbelievable, but it’s historically true. Alexander the Great had an Indian guru. Pythagoras, Empedocles, and Plotinus all encouraged their students to meditate. Apollonius, the most famous Western sage of the first century c.e., visited both India and Egypt—and claimed that Egyptian wisdom was rooted in India.

In Lost Masters, award-winning author Linda Johnsen, digging deep into classical sources, uncovers evidence of astonishing similarities between some of the ancient Western world’s greatest thinkers and India’s yogis, including a belief in karma and reincarnation. Today ancient Greek philosophers are remembered as the founders of Western science and civilization. We’ve forgotten that for over a thousand years they were revered as sages, masters of spiritual wisdom. Lost Masters is an exploration of our long-lost Western spiritual heritage and the surprising insights it can offer us today.

ISBN-13: 9781608684380

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: New World Library

Publication Date: 11-15-2016

Pages: 240

Product Dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

Series: Eckhart Tolle Edition

Linda Johnsen has a master’s degree in Eastern studies and has done postgraduate work in the history of religions. She is the author of eight books on spirituality, including Daughters of the Goddess: The Women Saints of India and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Hinduism. Eckhart Tolle is the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth.

Table of Contents

Foreword Eckhart Tolle vii

Lost Masters Timeline xii

1 The Light of the West 1

2 The Mystery Religions 5

3 Calming the Savage Heart: Orpheus 15

4 Helen's Chalice: Thales 25

5 The Spiritual Colony: Pythagoras 31

6 The Road to Reality: Parmenides 41

7 The Private Investigator: Heraclitus 49

8 The Man Who Stopped the Wind: Empedocles 55

9 Atoms and the Void: Democritus 61

10 The Man Who Lost a Continent: Plato 69

11 The Master of Those Who Know: Aristotle 87

12 Apollonius Was Like the Sun: Apollonius 97

13 The Priest of Delphi: Plutarch 109

14 From the Alone to the Alone: Plotinus 125

15 The Work of Enlightenment: Iamblichus 141

16 The Shepherd of Men: Hermes Trismegistus 151

17 The Golden Chain: Proclus 171

18 Extinguishing the Light 179

19 The India Connection 191

20 Exploring Our Western Heritage 203

Index 213

About the Author 225