The Great Initiates Part 1 Author:Edouard Schure Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766131475. Volume 1 of 2. Sketch of the secret history of religions. Contents: Rama, the Aryan Cycle; Krishna, India and the Brahmanic initiation; Hermes, the mysteries of Egypt; Moses, the mission of Israel; Orpheus, the mysteries of Dionysos.