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Form18a

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Thought Form 18a: A Sudden Fright

Form18a

Annie Besant & C.W. Leadbeater

1901-01-01

About This Work

The image features an amorphous, cloud-like shape set against a dark, near-black background. The form is primarily composed of various shades of pale green, with soft, blended edges that lack defined geometric boundaries. In the bottom left corner, the characters '18a' are printed in a clean, white sans-serif font.

This image originates from the Theosophical study 'Thought-Forms' (1901), where the authors attempted to visualize human emotions and thoughts as observable phenomena in the 'astral plane' using colors and shapes. It represents the early 20th-century intersection of Western occultism and psychic research.

Inscriptions

18a

Connected Texts

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

This image is a plate from the original 1901 publication detailing Theosophical theories of clairvoyant observation.

Provenance & Source

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lithography

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paper

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Modern

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British

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allegory

Digital Source

Source

Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Original Resolution

599 × 480 px

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