Thought Forms: A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation

by Annie Besant, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Mitch Horowitz (Introduction), Lucy Lord Campana (Editor)

Overview

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. This updated edition features a new introduction by famed occult author, Mitch Horowitz.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999609996
Publisher:	Sacred Bones Books
Publication date:	12/22/2020
Pages:	120
Sales rank:	465,819
Product dimensions:	9.90(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Annie Besant was a British writer, activist, philanthropist, and orator. An advocate of Irish and Indian self-rule, she dedicated much of her life to both causes, while also fighting for social change within the United Kingdom. After meeting Helena Blavatsky— the founder of the Theosophical Society—in 1890, Besant herself converted to Theosophy; later becoming president of the society in 1907. In 1917, her campaigns for democracy in India led to her election as president of the Indian National Congress, a position she held for one year. She continued to publicize her support for Indian independence and theosophism until her death in 1933.

Charles Webster Leadbeater was a former priest of the Church of England who would become best-known for his involvement with the Theosophical Society. He was noted for his work with clairvoyant investigations of life, often working closely with Annie Besant. He died in 1934.

Lucy Lord Campana is an artist whose observational based painting practice explores the limits of our collective vision. Recent projects include images from the Hubble Space Telescope, a series around X-ray use in diamond mining, and methane detection with infrared technology. Campana holds a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in visual art from Columbia University. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Introduction
• The Difficulty of Representation
• The Two Effects of Thought
• How the Vibration Acts
• The Form and its Effect
• The Meaning of the Colors
• Three Classes of Thought Form
• Illustrative Thought-Forms
• Affection
• Devotion
• Intellect
• Ambition
• Anger
• Sympathy
• Fear
• Greed
• Various Emotions
• Forms Seen in Meditation
• Helpful Thoughts
• Forms Built by Music