A Prophet and a Pilgrim : : Being the Incredible History of Thomas Lake Harris and Laurence Oliphant; Their Sexual Mysticisms and Utopian Communities Amply Documented to Confound the Skeptic / / Herbert W. Schneider, George Lawton.

Looks at the lives of Thomas Lake Harris, an American Christian mystic, and Laurence Oliphant. Oliphant was a successful Victorian writer and public figure, who joined Harris's cult, The Brotherhood of the New Life, for a life of physical labor and sexual mysticism.

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1942]
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Year of Publication:1942
Language:English
Series:Columbia Studies in American Culture
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Part One: The Making of an American Prophet
  • Part Two: The Making of a Victorian Saint
  • Part Three: The Use
  • Part Four: Rivals in Revelation
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index