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Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933) was a prominent Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator. She was born in London into a middle-class family of Irish origin. She fought for the causes she thought were right, starting with freedom of thought, women's rights, secularism (she was a leading member of the National Secular Society), birth control, Fabian socialism and workers' rights. Soon she was earning a small weekly wage by writing a...

This book comprises six lectures delivered Annie Besant at the Theosophical Headquarters in Adyar, and was intended to offer a simple outline of the fundamental ideas of the Wisdom to an intelligent and educated public, unacquainted with these conceptions. Published in a hope that they may reach a bigger public in the world, this exceptional treatise on theosophy constitutes the perfect addition to any library of those interested in subject. C...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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This is a book for the young by lovers of the young, containing teachings which form the foundations of character and written so that its young readers may learn of 'high thoughts and noble deeds'. Herein are contained Old world tales retold for modern children, detailing life-lessons which, when learned in youth, aim to provide a sure rock amid the storms of life. Useful teachings for life, these fantastic tales aim to breathe spirit into the...

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Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933) was a prominent Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule. For a time she undertook part-time study at the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, where her religious and political activities were to cause alarm. She was earning a small weekly wage by writing a column for the National Reformer, the newspaper of the National Secular Society. For many y...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

These lectures [FN#1: Delivered at the 32nd Anniversary of the Theosophical Society held at Benares, on Dec. 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, 1907.] are intended to give an outline of Yoga, in order to prepare the student to take up, for practical purposes, the Yoga sutras of Patanjali, the chief treatise on Yoga. I have on hand, with my friend Bhagavan Das as collaborateur, a translation of these Sutras, with Vyasa's commentary, and a further comm...

CONTENTS: PART I CONSCIOUSNESS. INTRODUCTION1. Origins2. Origination of MonadsCHAPTER 1. THE PREPARATION OF THE FIELD1. The Formation of the Atom2. Spirit-Matter3. The Sub-Planes4. The Five Planes CHAPTER II. CONSCIOUSNESS1. The Meaning of the Word2. The MonadsCHAPTER III. THE PEOPLING OF THE FIELD1. The Coming Forth of the Monads2. The Weaving3. The Seven Streams4. The Shining OnesCHAPTER IV. THE PERMANENT ATOM1. The Attaching of the Atoms2. ...

The Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as simply the Gita, literally means The Song of the Bhagavan and is a 700-verse sacred Hindu text that constitutes a section of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The Gita essentially narrates the dialogue between the prince Arjuna and his guide, Lord Krishna. Krishna instructs Arjuna to fulfil his K¿atriya duty as a warrior and kill his relatives, and what follows is a dialogue of diverging attitudes concerning t...

This is an excursion into a hitherto unoccupied field, and is offered merely as a series of careful observations, subject to correction by fuller and repeated investigations. The articles are reprinted from the Theosophist, and in a few cases on the early pages, as on page 15, the reference to the pages of the magazine was unfortunately not corrected. We should be much obliged, if any errors are noted in the text or diagrams, that they should ...