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D.N. Dunlop (1868-1935) combined remarkable practical and organizational abilities in industry and commerce with gifted spiritual and esoteric capacities. A personal friend of W.B. Yeats and Rudolf Steiner- Dunlop was responsible for founding the World Power Conference (today the World Energy Council)- and played leading roles in the Theosophical Society and later the Anthroposophical Society. In his business life he pioneered a cooperative approach towards the emerging global economy. Meyers compelling narrative of Dunlops life begins on the Isle of Arran- where the motherless boy is brought up by his grandfather. In a landscape rich with prehistoric standing stones- the young Dunlop has formative spiritual experiences. When his grandfather dies- he struggles for material survival- but devotedly studies occult literature. The scene moves to Dublin- where Dunlop becomes a friend of W.B. Yeats and the poet-seer A.E.- and develops an active interest in Madame Blavatskys Theosophy.Arriving in London via New York- Dunlop is now a lecturer- writer and the editor of a monthly journal - but alongside his esoteric interests he rises to a foremost position in the British electrical industry- masterminding the first World Power Conference. Dunlops life is to change forever through his meeting with Rudolf Steiner- which ...brought instant recognition. He was immediately convinced that Steiner was ...the Knower- the Initiate- the bearer of the Spirit to his age. Dunlops close involvement with anthroposophy- leading to his eventual position as Chair of the British Society- ...