The Theosophical View
One of the things I hope to do with the new book is include information on adventures in consciousness from a number of spiritual traditions. I've come across a lot of useful pointers in obscure locations in my reading over the years and want to offer this material to my readers.
A posting on the Saltcube Forum led me to an article about a book published in 1900 by the theosophist Annie Besant called Man and His Bodies. I was lucky enough to find the book in a local library. The librarian almost prevented me from checking it out. There was a rule about not allowing books published over a hundred years ago out of the library. While the book looked (and was) that old, the librarian only noticed that the donor bookplate on the inside cover said that it had been given in 1934. So, I lucked out.
Later, I discovered that the book is available, along with several others by the same author, at the website of the Theosophical Society of Canada, where you can read the full text or individual chapters of Man and His Bodies. The other online books in this series, which include titles on the Afterlife and various higher planes of existence, are listed here. There's also a fabulous bibliography of suggested readings on this site.
The original article that turned me on to Man and His Bodies can be found here.
In this and the next several postings, I'll be exploring the relevance of what Besant has to say to lucid dreaming, out-of-body experiences, astral projection, and other adventures in consciousness.
A posting on the Saltcube Forum led me to an article about a book published in 1900 by the theosophist Annie Besant called Man and His Bodies. I was lucky enough to find the book in a local library. The librarian almost prevented me from checking it out. There was a rule about not allowing books published over a hundred years ago out of the library. While the book looked (and was) that old, the librarian only noticed that the donor bookplate on the inside cover said that it had been given in 1934. So, I lucked out.
Later, I discovered that the book is available, along with several others by the same author, at the website of the Theosophical Society of Canada, where you can read the full text or individual chapters of Man and His Bodies. The other online books in this series, which include titles on the Afterlife and various higher planes of existence, are listed here. There's also a fabulous bibliography of suggested readings on this site.
The original article that turned me on to Man and His Bodies can be found here.
In this and the next several postings, I'll be exploring the relevance of what Besant has to say to lucid dreaming, out-of-body experiences, astral projection, and other adventures in consciousness.
posted by Kurt Leland at 8:25 AM
1 Comments:
Mr. Leland,
I've read all your books and deeply admire your ability to function as a shaman. I'm a student of A Course in Miracles, and believe that all the "bodies" identified by the Theosophical writers, including the flesh body, are illusions or projections of a split mind that believes it has created an identity separate from the Self that is still one with God. I believe that the separation from God never occurred, and that everyone will eventually awaken from the dream of death.
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