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Original fileThe image features four abstract, bell-shaped entities arranged in a loose diamond formation against a muted, textured brown field. Each form consists of a solid, rounded light-blue cap that flares outward at the base, transitioning into a trailing, translucent red mist or aura that drifts downward and outward. The forms are identical in structure and color, conveying a sense of rhythmic, repetitive motion or vibration.
This image originates from the Theosophical study 'Thought-Forms' (1901), which posits that human emotions and thoughts manifest as visible shapes and colors in the 'astral plane'. It represents a specific attempt by Theosophical leaders to categorize subjective psychic experiences into a pseudo-scientific visual taxonomy.
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Annie Besant & C.W. Leadbeater, Thought-Forms
This illustration serves as a specific plate documenting the authors' clairvoyant observations of the color and shape associated with the emotion of 'sympathy'.
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lithography
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Modern
British
allegory
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Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
314 × 448 px
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