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A dark, void-like background is punctuated by faint, white speckles resembling distant stars. Dominating the center is a sweeping, curvilinear form rendered in shades of deep magenta, which tapers to a point on the left and expands into wave-like, layered arcs of light on the right. The form lacks solid physical boundaries, appearing instead as a nebulous, translucent energy field or gaseous cloud.
This image is a plate from the Theosophical study 'Thought-Forms', in which the authors attempt to codify the supposed clairvoyant observations of human emotions and thoughts as objective, observable phenomena in the astral plane.
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Annie Besant & C.W. Leadbeater, 'Thought-Forms'
This image is one of the illustrative plates contained within the 1901 publication defining Theosophical concepts of mental emissions.
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Theosophical movement
British
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