Ideas for a Better World

10. The Bible and Flesh-Eating (1) Bertram McCrie There are many worthy Christians in the world today who regard the Bible as a sort of divinely appointed city of refuge, to which they may flee at sundry inconvenient seasons. However much they may ignore the Bible in ordinary affairs, they promptly fall back upon it… Read More

9. VEGETARIANISM AND THE BIBLE (1) Edward Maitland There are very many persons for whom the arguments scientific, social, economic, and even moral, in favour of a vegetable diet, do not suffice, but who require in addition the sanction of the Bible. As we are prepared to meet inquirers at this point also, I have… Read More

8. THE FOOD OF MAN: REGARDED AS A SPIRITUAL BEING (1) Samuel Hopgood Hart We read in the Psalms, (civ. 15), “He bringeth forth grass for the cattle: and herb for the service of men; that He may bring food out of the earth.” That is a Vegetarian diet, apart from which no food reform… Read More

7. THE BEST FOOD FOR MAN (1) Anna Kingsford I have said that the French peasantry live much more in accordance with the dictates of Nature than do the English, and that consequently they are, as a rule, far more prosperous and well off. It is a very rare thing indeed for a French peasant… Read More

Parts of the Lecture: Some Aspects of the Vegetarian Question (1) Anna Kingsford (…) Do we not find, as a matter of fact, that the more earnest and the more advanced a man is in the study and practice of wisdom, the simpler and the more frugal become his habits of diet? Cast your eye… Read More

Concerning the Three Veils Between Man and God (1) By Anna Kingsford A golden chalice, like those used in Catholic rites, but having three linings, was given to me in my sleep by an Angel. These linings, he told me, signified the three degrees of the heavens, – purity of life, purity of heart, and… Read More

PART II ANNA KINGSFORD AND VEGETARIANISM (IN THE LIGHT OF THE “NEW” GOSPEL OF INTERPRETATION) 4. Anna Kingsford and Vegetarianism (Samuel H. Hart) 5. Concerning the Three Veils Between Man and God (Anna Kingsford) 6. Some Aspects of the Vegetarian Question (Anna Kinsford) 7. The Best Food for Man (Anna Kinsford) 8. The Food of… Read More

3. Anna Kingsford: In Memoriam (1) (Born 1846 – Died 1888) Samuel Hopgood Hart “I have spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions.” (Hosea 12:10) The late Mme. Isabelle de Steiger, speaking of those whom she regarded as “the three greatest women of the day” – with each of whom she claimed intimate… Read More

2. Anna Kingsford – Her Life and Work (1) Samuel Hopgood Hart [Part of which is contained in articles in Light, September 1930, pp. 472, 486 and 508.] ANNA KINGSFORD was born at Maryland Point, Stratford, in Essex, on the 16th of September 1846. It is now nearly forty-three years since she was with us… Read More

PART I PREFACE AND BIOGRAPHICAL TEXTS Editor’s Preface Anna Kingsford – Her Life and Work (Samuel H. Hart) Anna Kingsford: In Memoriam (Samuel H. Hart) 1. Editor’s Preface As the title and authors listed in this collection of texts already indicate, its content aims to present an overview of Dr. Anna Kingsford’s contribution to the… Read More