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Original fileThought Form 18a: A Sudden Fright
Form18a
Annie Besant & C.W. Leadbeater
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
Object
lithography
paper
Modern
British
allegory
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
599 × 480 px
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