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Annie Besant & C.W. Leadbeater
The image features six identical light-blue Greek crosses distributed irregularly across a textured, dark reddish-brown field. Each cross serves as a focal point for a soft, radial red glow that fades into the darker background. Small, faint white striations radiate from the edges of the crosses, suggesting an emanation of energy or light.
This image is from the 1901 study 'Thought-Forms,' which attempted to visualize human mental and emotional states as observable phenomena within the Theosophical tradition. The authors categorized specific geometric shapes and colors as direct manifestations of the 'astral' effects produced by intense devotional concentration.
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Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, 'Thought-Forms' (1901)
The image is a plate from this foundational Theosophical text, intended to document the visual characteristics of religious devotion.
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British
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