Book by Ervast Pekka
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Books by Pekka Ervast The Esoteric School of Jesus The Key to the Kalevala Pekka Ervast was a writer, occultist, and Christian mystic, born in 1875 in Finland. Since early childhood, Ervast searched honestly for truth, often beset by conflict between ideals and reality that prevailed in all walks of life. He sought the real purpose of our existence and how we should honestly live, but he found no answers within his own cultural circle of religion. During his university years, Ervast became acquainted with theosophy, and soon after, with the aid of the great Russian writer Lev Tolstoy, he discovered esoteric Christianity. Ervast has testified that when he followed Jesus' teachings to the best of his ability, he entered an occultist path where totally new worlds opened for him. Within this spirituality, he saw Christ's love clearly as the true law of life, and within this light he strove to solve both individual and social problems. Like Tolstoy, he regarded the fourth commandment of the Sermon on the Mount, "Do not resist one who is evil," as the cornerstone on which the whole new covenant is built. Were it realized on earth, it would change society's entire structure. Pekka Ervast's life was not long--he died at 58--but his life's work was all the more significant. During the course of his theosophical and Rosicrucian activities, he delivered over 800 public lectures, most of them freely without written notes, and often as if answering unuttered questions of his audience. A large part of Ervast's literary works, comprising over a hundred volumes, include his lecture series. Ervast could speak clearly and intelligibly to the most profound questions related to philosophy, theosophy, and various religions. His message reached searchers of truth equally in all strata of population, and his works have spread to hundreds of thousands of Finnish homes. Through his life's work, he has been and still is a most important inspirer and instructor to his nation--its spiritual teacher. It is unfortunate for all of humankind that Ervast lived and worked in such a restricted linguistic area and within such a small, isolated country, for he was well versed in all great religions and in several different cultures. As a universal humanist living in truth and love, in basic meditation, he should have been recognized world-wide, spreading light and blessing.
The Key to the Kalevala was originally published in Finland in 1916. Now this insightful and detailed exploration of the ancient origins of Finnish mythology is available in English. Students of the ancient traditions and mystical teachings will find no better introduction to the profound esoteric meaning of the Kalevala, the Finnish National Epic, than Ervast's book. This translation is authorized by Ervast's study-school in Finland, whose members have worked to preserve his insights into his culture's past and the spiritual evolution of humanity. It relies on Eino Friberg's beautiful translation of the Kalevala (1988) into the modern American idiom. The combined work of Ervast and Friberg results in a unique, insightful, and aesthetically pleasing offering. "Pekka Ervast was the leading theosophical researcher and author in Finland during the first decade of the 20th century. Ervast's exceptional ability to write and speak in a popular and inspiring way earned him the respect and admiration of the common people." Reijo Wilenius, Professor of Philosophy, Helsinki, Finland
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