Man Visible and Invisible
Leadbeater’s 1902 study of the aura, subtle bodies and emotion: 245 annotated PDF pages with the colour key, three diagrams and 22 other colour plates.
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C. W. Leadbeater
Charles Webster Leadbeater was a writer and lecturer in the Theosophical movement, and a collaborator of Annie Besant on Thought-Forms. Man Visible and Invisible (1902) describes the subtle bodies, emotions and aura as he claimed to perceive them through clairvoyance. These are historical religious and occult claims, not established anatomy or scientific observations. The book also contains racial and spiritual hierarchies that HIPS does not endorse.
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