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A prolific early 20th-century writer, he moved easily from poetry and literary essays to music history and Theosophical thought. His books range from reflective verse to ambitious spiritual works that tried to connect inner life, history, and mysticism.

by Edward Clarence Farnsworth
Edward Clarence Farnsworth was an American author whose work spans several distinct genres. Library and catalog records show books of poetry such as Saint Helena, and Other Poems, Euphrates, and Other Poems, and Columbia, and Other Poems, alongside reflective prose works including The Heart of Things, Written Down and Grain from Many Fields.
He also wrote about music. His Three Great Epoch-Makers in Music focuses on Bach, Chopin, and Richard Strauss, showing that his interests reached well beyond verse and spiritual writing.
Farnsworth is especially remembered for occult and Theosophical titles including Special Teachings from the Arcane Science, Glimpses of Inner Truth, and The Deeper Mysteries. Together, these works suggest a writer drawn to big questions about art, history, and the unseen side of human experience.