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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
Besant and Leadbeater believed that thoughts are forms in mental
matter, that they have energy, shape and colour and that some
people can perceive these properties and draw and analyse them.
Although written over a century ago, this ground-breaking work is
still fascinating to all followers of theosophy and anyone
interested in auras and the extra-ordinary life of the mind. This
handsome new edition from Benediction Classics comes complete with
all the original mesmerising colour illustrations.
Illustrated with the famous chakra drawings of theosophist Charles
Leadbeater.
Annie Besant Wood; Clapham, London 1 October 1847 - 20 September
1933 in Adyar, India) was a prominent Theosophist, women's rights
activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self
rule. She was married at 19 to Frank Besant but separated from him
over religious differences. Moving to London, she became a
prominent speaker for the National Secular Society and writer and a
close friend of Charles Bradlaugh. In 1877 they were prosecuted for
publishing a book by birth control campaigner Charles Knowlton. The
scandal made them famous and Bradlaugh was elected MP for
Northampton in 1880. Annie became involved with Union organizers
including the Bloody Sunday demonstration and the London match
girls strike of 1888 and a leading speaker for the Fabian Society
and the (Marxist) Social Democratic Federation and was elected to
the London School Board for Tower Hamlets, topping the poll even
though few women were qualified to vote at that time. In 1890 Annie
Besant met Helena Blavatsky and over the next few years her
interest in Theosophy grew and her interest in left wing politics
waned. She traveled to India and in 1898 helped establish the
Central Hindu College in India. In 1902 she established the
International Order of Co-Freemasonry in England and over the next
few years established lodges in many parts of the British Empire.
In 1908 Annie Besant became President of the Theosophical Society
and began to steer the society away from Buddhism and towards
Hinduism. She also became involved in politics in India, joining
the Indian National Congress. When war broke out in Europe in 1914
she helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in
India and dominion status within the Empire which culminated in her
election as president of the India National Congress in late 1917.
After the war she continued to campaign for Indian independence
until her death in 1933.
THIS 20 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Gems of Thought,
by C. W. Leadbeater. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN
0766139298.
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Thought Forms (Paperback)
Annie Besant, C.W. Leadbeater
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