G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy

[macbone]

The authors would like to join the demon Crowley in dedicating this book to the memory of G. K. Chesterton: A man who knew what was going on.
- dedication of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's novel Good Omens

I first started reading Chesterton back in high school when I discovered his Father Brown detective stories. Later I read The Man Who Was Thursday (around the same time as Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent - I must have been on a spy kick), and still later, The Man Who Knew Too Much. It wasn't until I got to Hong Kong that I started reading his nonfiction material, theology mostly.

Would you guys be interested in reading through his book Orthodoxy? My intention isn't to force-feed my own beliefs, or even Chesterton's, but it would be fun to do (at least for me - it may well prove excruciating for you guys).

It's available on Project Gutenberg here: http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/130/pg130.html

Maybe someone else would do Thus Spake Zarathustra as a counterpoint? Or another suggestion? =)

[warmonger1981]

Manley P. Hall....Secret Teachings of All Ages. I recommend.

[macbone]

http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/:

For once, a book which really lives up to its title. Hall self-published this massive tome in 1928, consisting of about 200 legal-sized pages in 8 point type; it is literally his magnum opus. Each of the nearly 50 chapters is so dense with information that it is the equivalent of an entire short book. If you read this book in its entirety you will be in a good position to dive into subjects such as the Qabbala, Alchemy, Tarot, Ceremonial Magic, Neo-Platonic Philosophy, Mystery Religions, and the theory of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry. Although there are some questionable and controversial parts of the book, such as the outdated material on Islam, the portion on the Bacon-Shakespeare hypothesis, and Hall's conspiracy theory of history as driven by an elite cabal of roving immortals, they are far out-weighed by the comprehensive information here on other subjects.

This sounds awesome! I'll have to read it at some point.