C.W. Leadbeater

British (English) Anglican priest turned Theosophist, clairvoyant and prolific writer on occultism and theosophy; influential in the Theosophical Society and known for works on clairvoyance, chakras and esoteric subjects, and for controversies surrounding his conduct and claims.

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  1. 1. Thought Forms

    A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation

    An illustrated Theosophical study arguing that thoughts, emotions and sounds manifest as distinct chromatic and geometric patterns in subtler planes of consciousness; it catalogs the shapes, colors and movements associated with different mental states and creative impulses, explains how trained seers perceive and interpret these thought-forms, and considers their ethical, artistic and spiritual implications, suggesting that mental activity creates objective patterns that affect individual auras and the wider psychic environment.

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  2. 2. The Astral Plane

    Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena

    A systematic esoteric survey of a subtler world that interpenetrates the physical, describing the constitution, colors, densities and inhabitants of the astral plane — from human astral bodies and their states between death and rebirth to elemental and nature-spirits — and explaining how clairvoyant perception apprehends its phenomena. It outlines the laws and vibrations of astral matter, the formation and persistence of thought-forms, the processes of dreaming and after-death experience, stages of psychic development, and the moral and practical cautions for observing or working with occult faculties, situating the astral realm within a larger scheme of spiritual evolution.

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