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Original fileDevotional Thought-Form
Annie Besant Thought Forms - Project Gutenberg etext 16269
About This Work
The image features a large, ethereal mass of color hovering over a landscape containing a small, dark building that resembles a cathedral. The mass is structured like a mountain, with a bright yellow exterior halo, a central red spire-like shape, and bands of green, blue, and pink containing intricate, vein-like white lines. The color palette is pastel-toned in the background, transitioning into more saturated reds and blues in the center. The lower landscape is rendered in muted, dusky blues and greens, showing a path leading toward the building.
This image is a plate from the 1905 Theosophical treatise 'Thought-Forms' by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, which attempted to visualize human emotions and spiritual states as psychic phenomena. It illustrates the Theosophical doctrine that intense religious devotion generates objective, radiant shapes in the astral plane.
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Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, 'Thought-Forms' (1905)
The image is a primary plate illustrating the theories proposed in this text.
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lithography
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Early 20th century
Theosophical Society
allegory
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Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
520 × 775 px
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