Charles Webster Leadbeater

The Inner Life - Volume I

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Charles Webster Leadbeater is regarded as one of the most important of the twentieth century's writers on Theosophy. A competent seer and teacher, the series of lectures which comprise Volumes I and II were given to students in the early 1900s, during evening 'talks' at the Theosophical Headquarters at Adyar in India. 'The Inner Life' Volume I gives the Theosophical perspective on a vast swathe of esoteric subjects, from Ascended Masters to The Devil, and from the world's major religions through Kundalini and Meditation to Our Duty To Animals. Leadbeater's descriptions expand and elaborate on the ancient tradition that has been an occult heri… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-1-908388-52-0
EAN: 9781908388520
Produktnummer: 12240387
Verlag: Aziloth Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 190 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 284 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 284

Über den Autor

Charles Webster Leadbeater (16 February 1854 - 1 March 1934) was a member of the Theosophical Society, author on occult subjects and co-initiator with J. I. Wedgwood of the Liberal Catholic Church.Originally a priest of the Church of England, his interest in spiritualism caused him to end his affiliation with Anglicanism in favour of the Theosophical Society, where he became an associate of Annie Besant. He became a high-ranking officer of the Society and remained one of its leading members until his death in 1934; writing over 60 books and pamphlets and maintaining regular speaking engagementsLeadbeater was born in Stockport, Cheshire, in 1854. His father, Charles Sr., was born in Lincoln and his mother Emma was born in Liverpool. He was an only child. By 1861 the family had relocated to London. In 1862, when Leadbeater was eight years old, his father died from tuberculosis. Four years later a bank in which the family's savings were invested became bankrupt. Without finances for college, Leadbeater sought work soon after graduating from high school in order to provide for his mother and himself. He worked at various clerical jobs.[4] During the evenings he became largely self-educated. For example, he studied astronomy and had a 12-inch reflector telescope (which was very expensive at the time) to observe the heavens at night. He also studied French, Latin and Greek.An uncle, his father's brother-in-law, was the well-known Anglican cleric William Wolfe Capes. By his uncle's influence, Leadbeater was ordained an Anglican priest in 1879 in Farnham by the Bishop of Winchester. By 1881, he was living with his widowed mother at Bramshott in a cottage which his uncle had built, where he is listed as Curate of Bramshott.[5] He was an active priest and teacher who was remembered later as a bright and cheerful and kindhearted man.[6] About this time, after reading about the séances of reputed medium Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-1886), Leadbeater developed an active interest in spiritualism.