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Form15

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Thought Form 15: Devotion

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Annie Besant & C.W. Leadbeater

1901-01-01

About This Work

The image features a single geometric shape—an elongated, sharp-tipped blue cone—positioned centrally against a stark, pitch-black background. The cone is rendered with subtle variations in blue shading, lighter along one vertical edge to simulate three-dimensional volume and light reflection. The number '15' appears in the bottom left corner in white sans-serif typeface.

This image is a plate from the seminal Theosophical text 'Thought-Forms' (1901), in which the authors attempt to codify the supposed clairvoyant observations of human emotional states as visible energetic structures. It reflects the Theosophical effort to synthesize late 19th-century scientific interest in radiation and spectroscopy with Eastern and Western metaphysical systems.

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15

Connected Texts

Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, 'Thought-Forms'

This image is a primary illustration from the authors' book defining the color and geometry of thoughts and feelings.

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Modern

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English

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allegory

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Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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480 × 605 px

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