The Mystic Life of Alfred Deakin
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The Mystic Life of Alfred Deakin

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The Mystic Life of Alfred Deakin

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Alfred Deakin (1857–1919) is recognised as an architect of the Australian Federation and served three terms as Prime Minister. Though his life has been well documented, no previous biographer has studied the intense spiritual life of this would-be poet, preacher and mystic. Drawing from volumes of Deakin's private journals and prayerbooks, in this 1993 text Al Gabay presents us with a complex man who had a profound sense of history and who, being convinced that his political life had a divine mandate, yearned for an understanding of his true duty. Throughout his life he was absorbed and influenced by the Occult and this book reveals the implications of this private spirituality for the political history of Australia. This illustrates not only the intellectual climate of Deakin's era but Victorian ideas of religious doubt, evolution, and reform.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1993
ISBN
9781139180382
Topic
History
Subtopic
Australian & Oceanian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Mystic Life of Alfred Deakin
  3. For Cherry
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Notes
  10. CHAPTER 1 A Sense of Mystery
  11. CHAPTER 2 The Mission Revealed
  12. CHAPTER 3 The Grand Prophecy
  13. CHAPTER 4 God and Federation
  14. CHAPTER 5 Gospels and Gospels
  15. CHAPTER 6 Out of the Body
  16. CHAPTER 7 The Religion of 'the Best'
  17. CHAPTER 8 'Finish Your Job and Tum In'
  18. Conclusion
  19. Index