Few words are needed in sending this little book out into the world. It is the fifth of a series of Manuals designed to meet the public demand for a simple exposition of Theosophical teachings. Some have complained that our literature is at once too abstruse, too technical, and too expensive for the ordinary reader, and it is our hope that the present series may succeed in supplying what is a very real want. Theosophy is not only for the learned; it is for all. Perhaps among those who in these little books catch their first glimpse of its teachings, there may be a few who will be led by them to penetrate more deeply into its philosophy, its science and its religion, facing its abstruser problems with the student's zeal and the neophyte's ardour. But these Manuals are not written for the eager student, whom no initial difficulties can daunt; they are written for the busy men and women of the work-a-day world, and seek to make plain some of the great truths that render life easier to bear and death easier to face. Written by servants of the Masters who are the Elder Brothers of our race, they can have no other object than to serve our fellow-men.

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.

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.

Chakra refers to the ancient Hindu concept of seven vortices of energy located on the spine from the tailbone to the head. They define the physical and spiritual contact points in the human body. First published in 1927 this pioneering introduction to the subject was the West's introduction to the concept.

1912. Universal Belief in them; Some Modern Instances; A Personal Experience; The Helpers; The Reality of Superficial Life; A Timely Intervention; The Angel Story; The Story of A Fire; Materialization and Repercussion; Wrecks and Catastrophes; Work among the Dead; Other Branches of the Work; The Qualifications Required; The Probationary Path; The Path Proper; What Lies Beyond.

1924. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766153819. Volume 1 of 2. This is one of the first serious attempts to link together many lives of many persons in consecutive order, and they throw much light on the workings of karma and the law of reincarnation. The pictures were done by one of the authors' helpers who was an artist and to some extent a clairvoyant and intuitive. They give a fair idea of the appearance of the subject of the biographies, as he was known to the authors.