The classic collection of Annie Besant. Illustrated : Thought-Forms, Occult Chemistry, Esoteric Christianity, An Introduction to Yoga and others

Annie Besant

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Annie Besant was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist, and campaigner for Indian nationalism.
Regarded as a champion of human freedom, she was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. She was also a prolific author with over three hundred books and pamphlets to her credit. As an educationist, her contributions included being one of the founders of the Banaras Hindu University. For fifteen years, Besant was a public proponent in England of atheism and scientific materialism. Besant's goal was to provide employment, better living conditions, and proper education for the poor.
First released in 1901, Thought-Forms was an in-depth exploration on the visual manifestations of thoughts and the notion that they exist as objects. Conceived by renowned theosophists Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, the book consists of 58 illustrations based on Besant and Leadbeater’s clairvoyant observations on how music, emotions, experiences, and colors affect thought forms. Expanding beyond its original readership, the book would have great influence on twentieth-century art and go on to inspire many artists including Wassily Kandinsky, Hilma af Klint, Piet Mondrian, and Paul Klee.
Contents:
Thought-Forms
Occult Chemistry
Esoteric Christianity
An Introduction to Yoga
My Path to Atheism
Fruits of Philosophy
Evolution of Life and Form
Marriage, As It Was, As It Is, and As It Should Be
The Case for India

Sujets

• Idioma inglés
• English literature
• Esoteric Christianity
• English
• Classics
• Fiction
• Anglais

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• Publié par: Andrii Ponomarenko
• Date de parution: 27 avril 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9786178289478
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 16 Mo

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Annie Besant
The classic collection of Annie Besant
Thought-Forms, Occult Chemistry, Esoteric Christianity, An Introduction to Yoga and others
Illustrated
Annie Besant was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist, and campaigner for Indian nationalism.
Regarded as a champion of human freedom, she was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. She was also a prolific author with over three hundred books and pamphlets to her credit. As an educationist, her contributions included being one of the founders of the Banaras Hindu University. For fifteen years, Besant was a public proponent in England of atheism and scientific materialism. Besant's goal was to provide employment, better living conditions, and proper education for the poor.
First released in 1901, Thought-Forms was an in-depth exploration on the visual manifestations of thoughts and the notion that they exist as objects. Conceived by renowned theosophists Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, the book consists of 58 illustrations based on Besant and Leadbeater’s clairvoyant observations on how music, emotions, experiences, and colors affect thought forms. Expanding beyond its original readership, the book would have great influence on twentieth-century art and go on to inspire many artists including Wassily Kandinsky, Hilma af Klint, Piet Mondrian, and Paul Klee.

Thought-Forms
Occult Chemistry
Esoteric Christianity
An Introduction to Yoga
My Path to Atheism
Fruits of Philosophy
Evolution of Life and Form
Marriage, As It Was, As It Is, and As It Should Be
The Case for India
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THOUGHT-FORMS
FOREWORD
INTODUCTION
THE DIFFICULTY OF REPRESENTATION
THE TWO EFFECTS OF THOUGHT
HOW THE VIBRATION ACTS
THE FORM AND ITS EFFECT
THE MEANING OF THE COLOURS
THREE CLASSES OF THOUGHT-FORMS
AFFECTION
DEVOTION
INTELLECT
ANGER
SYMPATHY
FEAR
GREED
VARIOUS EMOTIONS
FORMS SEEN IN THOSE MEDITATING
HELPFUL THOUGHTS
FORMS BUILT BY MUSIC
OCCULT CHEMISTRY.
CHAPTER I. A PRELIMINARY SURVEY.
CHAPTER II. DETAILS OF THE EARLY RESEARCH.
CHAPTER III. THE LATER RESEARCHES.
ESOTERIC CHRISTIANITY
FOREWORD.
THE HIDDEN SIDE OF RELIGIONS.
THE HIDDEN SIDE OF CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER III.
THE HISTORICAL CHRIST.
THE MYTHIC CHRIST.
THE MYSTIC CHRIST.
THE ATONEMENT.
RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION.
THE TRINITY.
THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
SACRAMENTS.
REVELATION.
AFTERWORD.
FOOTNOTES:
AN INTRODUCTION TO YOGA
Foreword
Lecture I. THE NATURE OF YOGA
The Meaning of the Universe
The Unfolding of Consciousness
The Oneness of the Self
The Quickening of the Process of Self-unfoldment
Yoga Is a Science
Man a Duality
States of Mind
Samadhi
The Literature of Yoga
Some Definitions
God Without and God Within
Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter
Mind
Stages of Mind
Inward and Outward-Turned Consciousness
The Cloud
Lecture II. SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
Its Relation to Indian Philosophies
Mind
The Mental Body
Mind and Self
Lecture III. YOGA AS SCIENCE
Methods of Yoga
To the Self by the Self
To the Self Through the Not-self
Yoga and Morality
Composition of States of the Mind
Pleasure and Pain
Lecture IV. YOGA AS PRACTICE
Inhibition of States of Mind
Meditation With and Without Seed
The Use of Mantras
Attention
Obstacles to Yoga
Capacities of Yoga
Forthgoing and Returning
Purification of Bodies
Dwellers on the Threshold
Preparation for Yoga
The End
MY PATH TO ATHEISM
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FOURTH GOSPEL AND THE THREE SYNOPTICS
ON THE ATONEMENT.
ON THE MEDIATION AND SALVATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL CHRISTIANITY.
ON ETERNAL TORTURE.
ON INSPIRATION
ON THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
NATURAL RELIGION VERSUS REVEALED RELIGION.
ON THE NATURE AND THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.
EUTHANASIA.
ON PRAYER.
CONSTRUCTIVE RATIONALISM.
THE BEAUTIES OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.
THE COMMUNION SERVICE.
THE BAPTISMAL OFFICES.
THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION.
THE FORM OF THE SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.
THE ORDER FOR THE VISITATION OF THE SICK.
THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
A COMMINATION OR DENOUNCING OF GOD'S ANGER AND JUDGMENTS AGAINST
FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.
THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS,
THE ARTICLES.
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CATECHISM
FRUITS OF PHILOSOPHY
PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.
PHILOSOPHICAL PROEM
CHAPTER I. TO LIMIT AT WILL THE NUMBER OF THEIR OFFSPRING
CHAPTER II. ON GENERATION
CHAPTER III. OF PROMOTING AND CHECKING CONCEPTION
CHAPTER IV. REMARKS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE INSTINCT
APPENDIX
EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND FORM
FIRST LECTURE. ANCIENT AND MODERN SCIENCE.
SECOND LECTURE. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE GODS.
THIRD LECTURE. EVOLUTION OF LIFE.
FOURTH LECTURE. EVOLUTION OF FORM.
MARRIAGE, AS IT WAS, AS IT IS, AND AS IT SHOULD BE
I. MARRIAGE
II. DIVORCE.
THE CASE FOR INDIA
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
CHAPTER I. PRE-WAR MILITARY EXPENDITURE.
CHAPTER II. CAUSES OF THE NEW SPIRIT IN INDIA.
CHAPTER III. WHY INDIA DEMANDS HOME RULE.
I. THE VITAL REASON.
II. THE SECONDARY REASONS.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Publisher: Andrii Ponomarenko © Ukraine - Kyiv 2023
ISBN: 978-617-8289-47-8
THOUGHT-FORMS
MEANING OF THE COLOURS
FOREWORD
The text of this little book is the joint work of Mr Leadbeater and myself; some of it has already appeared as an article in Lucifer (now the Theosophical Review ), but the greater part of it is new. The drawing and painting of the Thought-Forms observed by Mr Leadbeater or by myself, or by both of us together, has been done by three friends—Mr John Varley, Mr Prince, and Miss Macfarlane, to each of whom we tender our cordial thanks. To paint in earth's dull colours the forms clothed in the living light of other worlds is a hard and thankless task; so much the more gratitude is due to those who have attempted it. They needed coloured fire, and had only ground earths. We have also to thank Mr F. Bligh Bond for allowing us to use his essay on Vibration Figures , and some of his exquisite drawings. Another friend, who sent us some notes and a few drawings, insists on remaining anonymous, so we can only send our thanks to him with similar anonymity.
It is our earnest hope—as it is our belief—that this little book will serve as a striking moral lesson to every reader, making him realise the nature and power of his thoughts, acting as a stimulus to the noble, a curb on the base. With this belief and hope we send it on its way.
ANNIE BESANT.
INTODUCTION
As knowledge increases, the attitude of science towards the things of the invisible world is undergoing considerable modification. Its attention is no longer directed solely to the earth with all its variety of objects, or to the physical worlds around it; but it finds itself compelled to glance further afield, and to construct hypotheses as to the nature of the matter and force which lie in the regions beyond the ken of its instruments. Ether is now comfortably settled in the scientific kingdom, becoming almost more than a hypothesis. Mesmerism, under its new name of hypnotism, is no longer an outcast. Reichenbach's experiments are still looked at askance, but are not wholly condemned. Röntgen's rays have rearranged some of the older ideas of matter, while radium has revolutionised them, and is leading science beyond the borderland of ether into the astral world. The boundaries between animate and inanimate matter are broken down. Magnets are found to be possessed of almost uncanny powers, transferring certain forms of disease in a way not yet satisfactorily explained. Telepathy, clairvoyance, movement without contact, though not yet admitted to the scientific table, are approaching the Cinderella-stage. The fact is that science has pressed its researches so far, has used such rare ingenuity in its questionings of nature, has shown such tireless patience in its investigations, that it is receiving the reward of those who seek, and forces and beings of the next higher plane of nature are beginning to show themselves on the outer edge of the physical field. "Nature makes no leaps," and as the physicist nears the confines of his kingdom he finds himself bewildered by touches and gleams from another realm which interpenetrates his own. He finds himself compelled to speculate on invisible presences, if only to find a rational explanation for undoubted physical phenomena, and insensibly he slips over the boundary, and is, although he does not yet realise it, contacting the astral plane.
One of the most interesting of the highroads from the physical to the astral is that of the study of thought. The Western scientist, commencing in the anatomy and physiology of the brain, endeavours to make these the basis for "a sound psychology." He passes then into the region of dreams, illusions, hallucinations; and as soon as he endeavours to elaborate an experimental science which shall classify and arrange these, he inevitably plunges into the astral plane. Dr Baraduc of Paris has nearly crossed the barrier, and is well on the way towards photographing astro-mental images, to obtaining pictures of what from the materialistic standpoint would be the results of vibrations in the grey matter of the brain.
It has long been known to those who have given attention to the question that impressions were produced by the reflection of the ultra-violet rays from objects not visible by the rays of the ordinary spectrum. Clairvoyants were occasionally justified by the appearance on sensitive photographic plates of figures seen and described by them as present with the sitter, though invisible to physical sight. It is not possible for an unbiassed judgment to reject in toto the evidence of such occurrences proffered by men of integrity on the strength of their own experiments, oftentimes repeated. And now we have investigators w