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A Textbook Of Theosophy by Charles Webster Leadbeater is the ultimate guide to Theosophy. Theosophy is thought to be a part of the broader field of esotericism, referring to wisdom that offers the ind...

Charles Webster Leadbeater was inducted into the Theosophical Society in London on November 21, 1883. A year later he left for India with Madame H. P. Blavatsky, where he underwent training in several...

THE papers in this compilation were all written by Brother C. W. Leadbeater about the years 1892-95, in London. It is about The Steps of the Path, The Hierarchy of the First Ray, Notes of a Conversati...

Spiritualism and theosophy are scientifically examined and carefully described in this work. Contents: spiritualistic phenomena; personal experiences; utilization of the medium's body; clairvoyance in...

In the first place, we must try to realize that messages from the unseen world are quite common things. The person who receives a message of that sort usually feels himself to be specially favoured, a...

How does occultism regard vegetarianism? It regards it very favorably, and that for many reasons. These reasons may be divided into two classes: those which are ordinary and physical, and those which ...

In connection with the vision of which I gave an analysis on p47, questions have been asked by several as to the method by which a person at a distance of some thousands of miles can be instantly foun...

There are many students of theosophy who have been, and indeed still are earnest Christians; and though their faith has gradually broadened out into unorthodoxy, they have retained a strong affection ...

In the previous manual an attempt was made to describe to some extent the astral plane — the lower part of the vast unseen world in the midst of which we live and move unheeding. In this little book m...

C.W. Leadbeater offers an enlightened study of the Path of Discipleship under the Guidance of the Ascended Masters. While existing in our troubled world, we can see in this work the place of initiatio...

This subject of life after death is one of great interest to all of us, not only because we ourselves must certainly one day die, but far more because there can scarcely be any one among us, except pe...

This esoteric classic examines the invisible bodies of humans, showing how the colors of the aura change with different emotional states.

The information available on the subject of the Monad is necessarily scanty. We are not at present in a position to supplement it to any great extent; but a statement of the case, as far as it is at p...

Leadbeater discusses his own struggles in occult initiation, through both astral and physical trials, which eventually led him to the ability to access what he describes as the buddhic consciousness. ...

The Astral Plane is a wonderful insight into the unseen world and the dynamics of our universe. Dealing with subjects surrounding areas such as consciousness, the astral worlds, and expanded states of...

First published in 1899, Clairvoyance is Leadbeater's short handbook on the methods used in seeing and hearing beyond normal perception. Humans can only see a certain range of light under normal circu...