D. N. Dunlop: A Man of Our Time: A Biography (2nd Edition)

D. N. Dunlop (1868–1935) combined remarkable practical and organizational abilities in industry and commerce along with the gifts of spiritual and esoteric capacities. A personal friend of W. B. Yeats and Rudolf Steiner, Dunlop was responsible for establishing the World Power Conference (today the World Energy Council) and played leading roles in the Theosophical Society and later in the Anthroposophical Society. In his business life, he pioneered a cooperative approach toward the emerging global economy.   Meyer’s compelling narrative of Dunlop’s life begins on the Isle of Arran, where the motherless boy is raised by his grandfather. In a landscape rich with prehistoric standing stones, the young Dunlop had formative spiritual experiences. When his grandfather died, he struggled for material survival and devotedly studied esoteric literature.    The scene moved to Dublin, where Dunlop became a friend of W.B. Yeats and the clairvoyant poet A.E., and developed an active interest in Mada