THOUGHT FORMS - Besant & Leadbeter, 1925 - THEOSOPHY, SPIRIT, PROGRESS, EMOTIONS

THOUGHT-FORMSBook Details + Condition: The Theosophical Publishing House (London). Second reprint, 1925. Scarce. Hardcover with pale green boards; gilt to front and spine. 84 pages, with color plates. By Theosophical stalwarts Charles W. Leadbeater (1847 – 1934) and Annie Besant (1847 – 1933). The book examines the forces that are said to comprise the human aura, and provide the vessel for clairvoyance, telepathy, and spiritual entity creation. The authors claimed that each thought produces a double effect - a radiating vibration and a floating form. Part of the text was originally published in the Theosophical journal "Lucifer". Besant and Leadbeater wrote at a time when the division between the upper class and the working class (mainly quite poor) – were distinct, due to centuries of unbalanced social and political power. With widespread poverty, intolerable working conditions and civil unrest, the authors envisaged a more democratic structure with the aid of humanity’s spiritual pro