A Study in Consciousness

Author: Annie BesantPublisher: Theosophical PublishingYear: 2008Language: EnglishPages: 347ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788170595519 DescriptionThis book is intended as an aid to readers in their study of the growth and development of consciousness, offering hints and suggestions which may prove serviceable to them.CONTENTS:The Preparation of the Field / Consciousness / The peopling of the Field / The Permanent Atom / Group Souls / Unity of Consciousness / The Mechanism of Consciousness / First Human Steps / Consciousness and self-consciousness / Human States of Consciousness / The Monad at Work / The Nature of memory / The Will to Live / Desire / Emotion / The Will + IndexContentsPART ICONSCIOUSNESSINTRODUCTION1. Origins2. Origination of MonadsCHAPTER ITHE PREPARATION OF THE FIELD1. The Formation of the Atom2. Spirit-Matter3. The Sub-Planes4. The Five-PlanesCHAPTER IICONSCIOUSNESS1. The Meaning of the Word2. The MonadsCHAPTER IIITHE PEOPLING OF THE FIELD1. The Coming fo