The Letters of St. Augustine

Including a biographical annotation on the life and achievements of St. Augustine. *** The importance of the letters of eminent men as illustrations of their life character and times is too well understood to need remark. This is especially true of the Letters of Augustin. A large number of them are ecclesiastical and theological and would in our day have appeared as pamphlets or would have been delivered as lectures. There are none of his writings which do not receive some supplementary light from his letters. The subjects of his more elaborate writings are here handled in an easier manner and their sources motives and origin are disclosed. This edition contains his complete letters as well as more than 1500 illustrating endnotes. *** Echoes of the Eternal is a monumental series that brings together the defining texts of the world's spiritual religious and mythic heritage. From the sacred scriptures of Christianity Islam Buddhism Hinduism Judaism and other global faiths to the mystical writings of saints and sages the myths of ancient civilizations and the arcane literature of secret societies and occult traditions-this collection explores the full spectrum of humanity's search for the divine the mysterious and the transcendent. Each volume shapes spiritual consciousness and cultural identity across time. Whether it is the poetic wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita the visionary revelations of the Qur'an the esoteric allegories of the Kabbalah the shamanic myths of indigenous peoples or the secret doctrines of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons this series reveals how humans have long sought to explain existence destiny and the unseen forces of the cosmos.