C. W. (Charles Webster) Leadbeater

C. W. (Charles Webster) Leadbeater
Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854–1934) was a prominent British theosophist, author, and clairvoyant who played a key role in the Theosophical Society. He wrote extensively on topics related to spirituality, esoteric knowledge, and the occult, with notable works like "The Inner Life" and "The Chakras." Leadbeater was known for his belief in the existence of hidden spiritual realities and his teachings on reincarnation, karma, and the human aura. He also helped promote Jiddu Krishnamurti as the "World Teacher," although Krishnamurti later distanced himself from the Theosophical Society.

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INTRODUCTION Reference to the astral plane, or Kâmaloka as it is called in Sanskrit, has frequently been made by Theosophical writers, and a good deal of information on the subject of this realm of nature is to be found scattered here and there in our books; but there is not, so far as I am aware, any single volume to which one can turn for a complete summary of the facts at present known to us about... more...

CHAPTER I. Clairvoyance means literally nothing more than "clear-seeing," and it is a word which has been sorely misused, and even degraded so far as to be employed to describe the trickery of a mountebank in a variety show. Even in its more restricted sense it covers a wide range of phenomena, differing so greatly in character that it is not easy to give a definition of the word which shall be... more...

Chapter I WHAT THEOSOPHY IS "There is a school of philosophy still in existence of which modern culture has lost sight." In these words Mr. A.P. Sinnett began his book, The Occult World, the first popular exposition of Theosophy, published thirty years ago. [Namely in 1881.] During the years that have passed since then, many thousands have learned wisdom in that school, yet to the majority its... more...