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The Great Secret
The Great Secret
BY MAURICE MAETERLINCK
Translated by BERNARD MIALL
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1922
Copyright, 1922, by THE CENTUBY Co.
FEINTED IN U. 8. A.
-E L UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA COLLEGE LIBRARY;
CONTENTS
OHAPTBB PAGB
I PROLOGUE 3
II INDIA 26
III EGYPT 98
IV PERSIA 116
V CHALDEA 121
VI GREECE BEFORE SOCRATES . . . .126
VII THE GNOSTICS AND THE NEOPLATONISTS 153
VIII THE CABALA 159
IX THE ALCHEMISTS 179
X THE MODERN OCCULTISTS .... 192
XI THE METAPSYCHISTS 214
XII CONCLUSIONS 255
THE GREAT SECRET
THE GREAT SECRET