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Thought-Forms: Clairvoyant Research Data ( born Thought-Forms: A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation ) is a book by members of the Theosophical Society Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater , first published in 1901 in London. [1] [2] From the position of theosophy, it tells about the visualization of thoughts, experiences, emotions and music. [K 1] [K 2]

Thought Forms
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1905 edition
Genreoccultism
AuthorAnnie Besant, Charles Leadbeater
Original languageEnglish
Date of writing1896-1901
Date of first publication1901

History of writing and publication

This book was the result of the joint work of the authors, which began in 1895, when they began to "explore the subtle plans of nature." [9] They were interested in the functioning of the human mind, because, as they argued, it was “accompanied by the transfer of thought forms to the outside world”. [four]

In September 1896, Besant reported in Lucifer that two "clairvoyant theosophists" (whose personalities were not disclosed in the journal, although some members of the Society knew about them) began to study the "matter of thought." Her article entitled Thought-Forms [K 3] was accompanied by four pages of illustrations of various "thought forms that researchers observed and described to the artist." [4] [K 4] Color drawings of unknown execution depicted: on the first inset - thought forms of "devotion, sacrifice and piety", on the second - "irritation, anger and rage", on the third - "three types of love: undefined, directed and selfish "And on the fourth -" jealousy, intellect and ambition. " [13] Besant gave the article a “scientific flavor”, not forgetting to mention Roentgen , Baradyuk [14] , Reichenbach and vibrations in the air. [four]

This “small but very important book” [K 5] , which contains color illustrations of forms, which, as it says, “are created in subtle spirit-matter”, was published in 1901 by thoughts. The book argues that the quality of thoughts affects the life experience of their “creator”, and that they can affect other people. [16] [K 6]

General Provisions

Color Value

 
Frontispiece. Color values
 
Fig. 16. Renunciation. [K 7] [K 8]

The authors write that they, like many Theosophists, are convinced that “thoughts are things,” and the task of their book is to help the reader figure it out. [K 9] At the very beginning of the book, there is a table of the “meanings of colors” of thoughtforms and auras of a person related to feelings and emotions, ranging from “high spirituality” (light blue in the upper left corner) and ending with “anger” (black - bottom right) - only 25 colors. [K 10] [K 11] [20] The authors claim that the human aura is the outer part of the cloud-like matter of his “higher bodies”, which mutually penetrate one another, going beyond the boundaries of the physical body [25] . Two of these bodies, mental and astral , are responsible for the appearance of what is called thoughtforms. [K 12] [K 13] [K 14] [K 15]

Motion, Radiation, Absorption

 
Fig. 29. Alcoholic lust. [K 16] [K 17]

Besant and Leadbeater write that if any feeling or thought is directed at another person, the thought form created by this moves towards him and “discharges” into the astral and mental components of his aura. [K 18] [K 19] If the thought form is not specifically directed towards anyone else, then it simply “floats by itself”, constantly emitting vibrations similar to those that were established during its creation. If she does not come into contact with any aura, her radiation is gradually “exhausted” and she disintegrates. But if she succeeds in entering the resonance with another aura that is near, then she is attracted and absorbed by the mental component of this aura. The result produced in the mental body into which this thought form will fall will not be just a thought of the same order as the one that generated it, but it will be "the same thought." The radiation can affect thousands of people and arouse the same ideas in them as the original one, but it may happen that the thought form will act only on a few, but in them it will produce exactly the original thought. [K 20] [K 21]

Three principles and three classes

The book states that "the creation of thoughtforms" is based on three basic principles:

  1. The peculiarity of thought determines color.
  2. The nature of thought determines the form.
  3. Confidence in thought determines clarity of shape. [K 22] [K 23] [K 24]

The authors define the following three classes of thought forms:

  1. Taking the image of a thinker. When a person thinks that he is in a remote place, or sincerely wants to be there, he creates a thought form that looks like himself, which appears there.
  2. Those who take the image of some material object ... [The artist, contemplating the concept of his future picture, builds it from the matter of his mental body, then projects it into the space in front of him, fixes it in front of his mind and then copies it. In the same way, the writer builds images of his characters from mental matter, moves them with willpower, like marionettes, and so he plays out the plot of his work in detail.] [K 25]
  3. Accepting their own form, expressing the qualities inherent in the matter that they gather around them ... [The examples of thoughtforms given in the book belong almost entirely to this class.] [K 26]

Sample Forms

“To paint in faded earth colors forms created from the living light of other worlds,” writes Bezant in the preface, “is a difficult and ungrateful task.” The authors argue that the images in the book "are not imaginary forms prepared by some dreamer who thinks that they appear." Rather, "this is a reproduction of forms that could really be seen at the time when they were created by ordinary men and women." The authors "sincerely hope" that their book will make the reader realize "the nature and strength of their thoughts and become for them a fulcrum and an excellent incentive." [K 27]

Created by emotions

 
Fig. 13. Carnal lust. [K 28] [K 29]

In fig. 13 depicts a thought form created by a "strong desire for personal possession." Its color is a dull and unpleasant color, "obscured by strong egoism." These “hooked hooks” are especially characteristic. The creator of the thought-form, apparently, never had any "concept of self-sacrificing love pouring out in joyful service without any thought of reward." [K 30] [K 31]

 
Fig. 19. The desire to learn. [K 32]

The authors write that depicted in Fig. 19 at the top, a specific thought form was accompanied by a question demonstrating "deep thought and insight." The first answer did not quite satisfy the questioner, and his desire to achieve a complete and comprehensive answer was expressed in the fact that the thought form acquired a more saturated color and became stronger than before, resembling a corkscrew (in Fig. 19 below). [K 33] [K 34]

 
Fig. 22, 23. Killing rage and endless hatred. [K 35]

Fig. 22 and 23 - thought forms of “killer rabies” (right) and “endless hatred” (left). The image on the right “was taken from the aura of a half-drunk subject from the London East End , when he knocked a woman down; a flash flashed in her direction, causing an explosion of horror — she understood that she would be hit. In the same illustration, a “stylet-shaped dart” directed to the lower left corner is drawn - it is a mental form of constant malice, a strong desire to get revenge, which has been hatched for years and aimed at the person who has inflicted heavy injury on her creator. [K 36] [K 37]

 
Fig. 27. Sudden fright. [K 38]

The authors claim that when a person is suddenly frightened, the effect shown in Fig. 27. It is emphasized that all the “crescents” on the right side, apparently “released” earlier by others, do not show anything except the “gray-gray color of fear”, but a little later the creator of the thought form has partially recovered from the shock and begins to get angry because frighten themselves — the subsequent “crescents” are partially painted crimson, which indicates a “mixture of anger and fear”, whereas the last crescent is pure crimson — fear has already been completely overcome and only irritation remains. [K 39]

Created by experiences

Starting from fig. 30, the book "changes direction", moving from illustrations of individual thoughts and emotions to the narration of events. [57] Besant and the Leadbeater write that after a shipwreck, among the "indescribable disorder," the three thought forms depicted in Fig. 30, "were simultaneously seen located exactly as shown." The authors continue:

“They are instructive because they demonstrate how a sudden and serious danger affects people in different ways. One of the [right] thoughtforms does not show anything, except the release of the fear of a bluish-gray color, which arose against the background of extreme egoism, and, unfortunately, there were many similar ones. Signs of destruction of the thought form show the strength and completeness of the explosion, which, in turn, indicates that the soul of this person was completely engulfed in blind, furious horror, and that an irresistible sense of personal danger temporarily excluded any higher feelings. ” [K 40]

 
Fig. 30. In shipwreck. [K 41]

The authors explain that the thought form in fig. 30 on the left shows an attempt to “find solace in prayer,” and thus overcome fear. This is evident in the grayish-blue color, which "rises up." However, the unevenly outlined lower part of the thought form indicates that there is almost the same fright here as in the right thought form. Thus, one person has a chance to “restore self-control,” while the other remains “a slave of emotions overwhelming him.” The upper thought form was created by a member of the ship’s crew responsible for the lives of the passengers, and it demonstrates a “stark contrast” to the weakness that was manifested in two forms from below, “a powerful, clearly defined and definite thought, filled with strength and determination”. Orange color speaks of his confidence in his ability to cope with difficulties, and yellow indicates that his intellect is already “working intensively”. [K 42]

 
Fig. 31. At the premiere. [K 43]

Fig. 31, reflecting yet another reaction to an event, represents the “thought form of an actor waiting to enter the stage at the premiere”. The authors explain that the orange bar indicates self-confidence, “although, despite this, there is also a fair amount of unavoidable doubts as to what impression this new play will make to the public; and in general, insecurity and fear outweigh confidence and pride, because pale gray is more than orange, and the whole thought-form oscillates like a flag fluttering in a gale. ” [K 44] [K 45]

 
Fig. 34. At the funeral. [K 46]

In the thoughtform on the left in Fig. 34, as the authors explain, there is nothing but “the highest and most beautiful feelings”. At the bottom you can see the expression of deep sympathy, “light green shows understanding of the sufferings” of the relatives of the deceased and condolences to them, and “strip of deeper green” shows the attitude towards the dead himself. “Deep pink shows love” to both the deceased and those around him, while the upper part, consisting of a cone and stars above it, indicates a feeling in connection with thoughts about death: “blue expresses its religious aspect,” while as "purple indicates a noble ideal" and the ability to match it, the stars also reflect "spiritual aspirations." [K 47] In the same figure, the thought form on the right does not reflect “nothing but deep depression, fear and egoism ... Emotions such as despair and a sense of personal loss manifested themselves in the form of brown-gray and lead-gray bands,” While the lower branch expresses a strong selfish desire to “raise” the deceased from the grave. [K 48] [K 49]

Created by meditation

 
Fig. 38. The desire to embrace everything. [K 50]

The description in the book shown in Fig. 38 experiences, as the historian Brin remarked, “anticipates the 1960s of some artists” with their striving for idealism: the thought form was “created by those who, sitting in meditation , filled their mind with hope to embrace all of humanity with the aim of directing it to a high ideal which shone so clearly before his eyes. " [K 51] Authors' ability to “see the vibrations” of ideas and emotions demonstrates, in his opinion, “a kind of spiritual synesthesia that translates religious action into a neurological phenomenon.” [45]

 
Fig. 41. Logos manifested in man. [K 52]

Authors write that presented on fig. 41 thoughts were accompanied by a “devotional striving” to ensure that the Logos was manifested in this form through the meditator. It is this religious feeling that gives the "pale blue hue" of the five-pointed star, and its image is interesting because for many centuries it has been "used as a symbol of God manifested in man." [K 53] [K 54] [K 55]

Music Created

 
Ill. M. “The Vision” of Music: No. 9 of Mendelssohn ’s Songs Without Words . [K 56] [K 57]

On ill. M, depicting the form created by the music of Mendelssohn , you can see the yellow, red, blue and green lines coming out of the church. This, - the authors explain, - “shows the dynamics of one of the melody parts — the four lines, moving almost together, represent soprano, alto, tenor and bass, respectively.” Moreover, the “scalloped edging surrounding everything together is the result of various drums and rolling arpeggio chords, and the floating crescents in the center represent individual chords played by staccato .” [K 58] [K 59]

On ill. G depicts the musical form of the play Gounod . [K 60] Describing the musical form in ill. W, “created” by Wagner , the authors note in her an amazing resemblance to the mountain chains located one after the other, and it is further strengthened “thanks to the masses of wavy clouds that swirl between the rocks and create a perspective effect.” [K 61] [K 62]

Thought Forms and Culture

 
Ill. W. “The Vision” of Music: Overture to the “ Mastersingers ” by Wagner . [K 63]

According to Professor Ellwood , the book of Besant and Leadbeater had a "noticeable influence on contemporary art." She suggested that the world go beyond the "literalism of Victorian art" to depict " surrealistic forms and forces" that differ from less significant, but visible forms and forces. [72] The book “Thought Forms” demonstrated how the symbolism of “astral colors and forms” can express the specificity of “certain mental and mental states”. She had "a great influence on Kandinsky [73] [20] [K 64] ... as one of the essential factors that led to the ingenious discovery of new perspectives for painting." [76] [K 65] [K 66]

According to the memoirs of Sabaneev , in addition to the “ Secret Doctrine ”, Scriabin was interested in the journal “The Bulletin of Theosophy”, in which [since 1908] translations of Besant and Leadbeater were printed. [79] [80] Apparently, being impressed by their theosophical works, he once said that "a strong, powerful thought creates a thought form so intense that it besides will flows into the consciousness of other people." [81] [K 67] The performance of the party of light in Prometheus he imagined in the form of a glow of some "luminous matter" , which was supposed to fill the hall. [83] [K 68]

The historian Bryn wrote that Besant and the Leadbeater understood very well how “annoying material” their book would be for society, which remained “deeply conservative.” In early January 1901, when Thought Forms came out, Queen Victoria still ruled Britain. “ Modernism ”, not only as a movement, but even as a concept, did not exist. When “you study the Western world of the beginning of the 20th century, it’s not very easy to agree” that Bezant, Leadbeater and their colleagues do not deserve a more prominent place in the annals of both abstract art and the history of modernism. As art critic Kramer noted, “what is especially striking with respect to the views of artists, who are primarily responsible for creating abstract art, is their connection to the occult doctrine ”. [63] Yeats , Eliot , Malevich , Kandinsky, Mondrian were passionate about theosophy. In the first decades of the twentieth century, it was "a widespread component of Western cultural life." [85] [K 69]

Thus, Bryn sums up, “The Besant and the Leadbeater played, albeit a small, yet intriguing role” in shaping the 21st century globalized culture that unites East and West , mysticism and rationalism, sounds and visual images. [61]

Criticism

Academic science classifies the activities of “researchers”, like the authors of this book, to the category of “pseudoscience” , since it is based on the concept of extrasensory perception . [86] Belief in the “existence of thought forms” still finds its adherents in the ranks of the theosophists, followers of the New Thinking , New Age and in neo-pagan movements , including Wicca . [87] [88]

EI Roerich , a consistent and uncompromising critic of almost all the writings of C. W. Leadbeater, called him “the evil genius of the theosophical movement” [K 70] and gave the following explanation of his attitude towards him:

“The leadbeater was very harmful because of its psychism, developed at the expense of spirituality. Great Teachers wanted to neutralize him by keeping him for some time close to Ms. Blavatsky's aura. After her death, he plunged into the trust and friendship of Mrs. Besant and became her black genius. On his conscience must be attributed the majority of its serious misconceptions. Lower psychism combined with pathologically perverted kind and dishonesty flourished into a terry bouquet of the most tasteless and deceitful statements. ” [K 71] [K 72]

Reprints and Translations

For more than 115 years after the first publication, the book was reprinted several times (in 1971, for the 8th time). [90] It has been translated into several European languages: Italian, German, French and others. [K 73] [K 74] The Russian translation of the book, made by KA Zaitsev, was first published by the New Center publishing house in 2001. [92]

See also

  • " Clairvoyance "
  • " How Theosophy Came to Me "
  • “ Occult or exact science? "
  • " Occult Chemistry "
  • Theosophy and Music
  • Theosophy and Science
  • Theosophy and Christianity
  • Tulpa
  • " Chakras "
  • " Man: where, how and where "

Comments

  1. ↑ The patterns of “thoughtforms” were made by artists Varley, Prince and MacFarlane. [3] [4]
  2. ↑ According to Trefilov , theosophy, in contrast to academic science, “considers the whole world as a manifestation of thought in all discharges of matter. Occult science is aware of the existence of ... higher genera of rarefied matter. Man is in no way limited to the physical world alone. ” Radhakrishnan wrote: "There are other worlds , besides the world that our senses open to us, there are other feelings besides those that communicate with lower animals, as well as other forces besides the forces of material nature." Thus, the development of "new feelings" is required to observe the phenomena on higher planes. [5] [6] [7] Academic science explains the visualization of sensations of a mentally healthy person by the phenomenon of synesthesia . [eight]
  3. ↑ Here Leadbeater does not appear as a co-author of Besant, nevertheless, according to Hammer , after Blavatsky’s death, it was he who became the main ideologue of the “second generation” of theosophists. [ten]
  4. ↑ The tradition of "seeing thoughts" already existed in spiritualism . Dr. Baradyuk, a famous French psychiatrist, informed the Academy of Medicine in May 1896 that he was able to “take a picture of his thoughts”. [11] [12]
  5. ↑ According to religious scholars, the authors of the Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. [15]
  6. ↑ As Leadbeater remarked, books are “particularly strong centers of concentration of thought forms, and their invisible influence on a person’s life is often very powerful.” [17]
  7. ↑ Thought-Forms, Fig. 16. "Light blue lotus". [18] Blue color expresses spirituality. [19] "The more subtle our desires and thoughts are, the more radiant and beautiful will be the thought forms we create." [20]
  8. "A thought of definite, well-sustained devotion can be taken closely resembling a flower." [21]
  9. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 16. Gary Lackman , a researcher of Western esotericism, noted that this is the “central maxim” of the book of Bezant and Leadbeater. [20]
  10. ↑ See Thought-Forms, 1901, frontispiece. For comparison, see table. “The colors of aura and their meaning” [22] and ch. "Colors". [23]
  11. ↑ "Each thought form has the same color as it would have if it remained in the body of the aura." [24]
  12. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 17. [26]
  13. According the According significant where where where where where where where where where where where where where where where where where where where ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ of astral matter. It can be called "thought-forms" when it comes to the “philosophical literature”. [27]
  14. ↑ “Thought forms are created from the same matter from which the aura is formed, and have the same general properties, in particular, color. Knowledge of the properties of human aura is necessary for a proper understanding of the nature of thought forms. ” [28] According to Powell, the term “thought forms” is not completely accurate, because in the overwhelming majority of cases they are “formed in both mental and astral matter”. It would be more correct to call them "thought-sensual forms" (eng. Thought-emotion forms ). [29] Goettings wrote that when studying illustrations “it is impossible not to notice” that these forms are more connected with sensations than with thoughts, in fact “these are forms of emotions, not thought forms”. [thirty]
  15. ↑ “Regardless of whether or not there are scientific facts in the statements of [the authors] about the aura, it is essential that its description, first presented in the article by Leadbeater [ The Aura ] in the Theosophist in [December] 1895 [31] , was in varying degrees, repeated in subsequent, both scientific and occult studies. The very first scientific study of the aura called The Human Atmosphere was published by Dr. Kilner in 1911. ” [32]
  16. ↑ Thought-Forms, Fig. 29. "The craving for alcohol produced undesirable brown-red hooks". [18]
  17. ↑ "Purely temperate man." "It would not be the case for the sender." [33]
  18. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 26. [34]
  19. ↑ "In the case of thoughtforms, formed by turbulent emotions, they actually perform the function of bombs, literally exploding when they reach the person to whom they were directed." [35]
  20. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 27. [36]
  21. ↑ “If a person is working on a problem, but the solution eludes him, then he should go into a passive state and become distracted, and then it is very likely that the answer will suddenly appear before him, as if by magic. Some of the greatest scientists, inventors and writers experienced this law of thought forms, although few of them knew about it. ” [37]
  22. ↑ Cit. Thought-Forms, p. 31. [38]
  23. ↑ Bailey contrasted the “clear, well-defined, pulsating with the spirit of service” of the thought form of the initiate of the occultist to the “disunited, contradictory and inflexible” thought forms created by the masses of people. [39] As Powell wrote, many people “wander through life, literally tightly locked in their own cells, which they themselves have built, surrounding themselves with a great variety of habitual thought forms created by them”. [40] Leadbeater later remarked that most people cannot break free from the influence of “the vast hordes of thought forms that make up [biased] public opinion; and because of them they never see the truth at all. ” [41]
  24. ↑ "Thought forms, or" artificial elementals ", have a great influence on the earthly life of people, performing certain functions depending on the desires and direction of the thought that created them." [42]
  25. ↑ Comparison of thought forms of literary heroes with puppets Leadbeater repeated in his next theosophical book in 1913. [43]
  26. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 36. [44]
  27. ↑ See Thought-Forms, pp. 6, 39. [45]
  28. ↑ Thought-Forms, Fig. 13. "Brown-red swirls". [4] "Thoughts of a greedy, lustful, or malicious character appear differently from those of a noble, selfless, loving nature." [20]
  29. ↑ “Thoughts where egoism and greed dominate take on, as a rule, a crooked shape, similar to a hook, and in some cases this hook really hooks the desired object.” [46] The leadbeater compared similar thoughtforms to " boarding cats ." [47]
  30. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 44. Tillett saw here only "brown-red curls." [4] "A particularly active form of such a thoughtform resembles a foggy octopus with long and tenacious tentacles, seeking to clasp the other person and draw him to his own aura." [35]
  31. ↑ Coarse sensual love is expressed in “dark, dirty-purple color” ... The mutual influence of thoughts is like “throwing fuel into a fire.” If someone for a long time conceals low thoughts in himself, then such a vicious stream will flow into his mind that he can be horrified if he understands what he is doing with himself. [48] According to Leadbitera, one should not get involved in photos of actresses [and actors], since they "always attract many of the most undesirable thought forms created by uncleanly thinking people." [17]
  32. ↑ Thought-Forms, Fig. 19. [49] [50] "I asked him when he saw this curious shape." [51]
  33. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 51. Jinarajadasa said that when asked where the Leadbeater saw this “curious” thought form, he replied that it was “Mr. Sinnett ’s creation” that he wanted to “elicit” ( to worm ) from him when it seemed that the Leadbeater conceals from him some information that he wanted to know. [51]
  34. ↑ Orange expresses pride and ambition, yellow of various shades - the power of intelligence. [52] “Golden yellow indicates intellect, turned to philosophy or mathematics.” [53]
  35. ↑ Thought-Forms, Fig. 22, 23. “A bright red spike”. [four]
  36. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 53. Tillett noticed a “bright red thorn” on the left. [4] "Long-term anger takes the form of a sharp red stylet." [54] “The thought form of anger has a color of black and red, with characteristic flashes.” [24]
  37. ↑ “Red in the form of bright flashes, similar to the flash of lightning, means anger. These flashes usually appear on a black background in case of anger arising from hatred or anger, and in cases of anger from jealousy they appear on a green background. ” [55]
  38. ↑ Thought-Forms, Fig. 27. "A cloud of red-gray crescents". [18] " Sudden fright bursts out of the aura". [20]
  39. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 55. “Many red-gray crescents”. [18] Gray with a “corpse tinge” expresses fear and horror. [56]
  40. ↑ Cit. Thought-Forms, p. 57. [50]
  41. ↑ Thought-Forms, Fig. 30. [50] "This is a picture of a book that hangs alongside early Malevich or Kandinsky abstractions." [50]
  42. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 57. According to Lackman, the illustrations by Varley, Prince and Macfarlane are strongly reminiscent of the work of abstract artists. [20] "The visual core of the book opens with an image that would not look out of place if it was displayed alongside the first works of Malevich or Kandinsky ." [50] Gray with a “corpse tinge” expresses fear and horror. Orange color expresses pride and ambition, yellow of various shades - the power of intelligence. [58]
  43. ↑ Thought-Forms, p. 59. [50] "Figure 31 is another narrative piece". [50]
  44. ↑ Cit. Thought-Forms, p. 59. “Pic. 31 - another plot-thematic picture. [50]
  45. ↑ Gray color expresses fear. Bright orange - pride and ambition. [58]
  46. ↑ Thought-Forms, Fig. 34. [49] "It was observed at a funeral". [59] "The atmosphere at a funeral [two forms]". [18]
  47. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 62. The thought form on the left indicates the thinking of the participant, a highly spiritual person who has not lost his composure from “the loss of a loved one.” [30] "Glowing bluish-green color" shows deep sympathy and compassion. “Glowing bluish-purple, usually accompanied by flickering yellow stars” is associated with a high level of spirituality and noble aspirations. Pink color expresses selfless love. [53]
  48. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 62. The thought form on the right shows the feelings of a materialist who does not understand that death is “a transition to a higher world.” The figure shows that "resembling the trunk of a tentacle," emerging from the base of the thought-form, stretches to the grave, as if seeking to return the dead body, "as if it is a departed person." [30] “Here you can see that a person living in complete ignorance about death did not have any thoughts about her except selfish fear and repression; while the person who understood the facts was completely free from any hint of such feelings, and his only experiences were sympathy and sympathy for the bereaved, as well as awe and high aspiration. ” [60]
  49. ↑ Dark gray color expresses depression and melancholy. [56]
  50. ↑ Thought-Forms, p. 67. [61] "Figure 38 is even more radical a departure, anticipating the op art of the 1960s." [62]
  51. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 67. [63]
  52. ↑ Thought-Forms, Fig. 41. [63] " Logos as manifested by ad men". [64]
  53. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 69. Similar thought forms, produced by people who tightly control their mind and feelings, often take the form of geometric shapes, such as “five-pointed stars, hexagons, crosses”, etc., which indicates the orientation of their creator to metaphysical concepts. [54] Blue color expresses spirituality. [nineteen]
  54. ↑ According to Brin, this thought form looks like a kind of logo in advertising: it can easily be taken for the emblem of “some oil company competing with Esso or British Petroleum ” (here Bryn uses the pun: in English “logos” and “logos” identical). [65] However, according to Bailey, our solar system is the “embodied thought form of its Logos.” [66]
  55. “The variety of thought forms is almost infinite. Each combination of thought and feeling creates its own form, and each person has its own characteristics in this regard. ” [24]
  56. Ought Thought-Forms, Plate M. "Color and sound had become commingled." [45]
  57. ↑ Forms created by music, strictly speaking, "are not thought forms," ​​but, nevertheless, they do not arise without the "thought of the composer." [54] Later, Leadbeater explained that “mental, astral and ether structures are built under the influence of sound” and that the forms created during the performance of music should not be confused with “thought forms created by the composers themselves and expressing their music on higher planes”. [67]
  58. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 77. In general, "the color and sound are mixed here." [45]
  59. ↑ Lackman called musical forms Besant and Leadbeater "synesthetic" (eng. The synaesthetic forms created by music ). [20] In the first part of his article “ Occult or exact science? Blavatsky described several cases of color-sound vision. [68]
  60. ↑ See Thought-Forms, Plate G [69] [45] and also here: Charles Leadbeater # Occult Studies .
  61. ↑ See Thought-Forms, p. 82. According to Tillett, Wagner "produces fancy pink-green-red mountains." [18] Powell wrote that the Wagner Overture builds a “mountain of flame”. [70]
  62. ↑ See some more musical forms for Wagner’s works in Hodson’s book. [71]
  63. Ought Thought-Forms, Plate W. [59] "The organ music of Wagner, seen on the astral plane". [59] Wagner produced in green, red and green. [18]
  64. ↑ “The ideas that Kandinsky developed in his notes and articles, including the now canonical text“ On the Spiritual in Art, ”united the teachings of Besant and Leadbeater on thought forms, Steiner 's statements about color, music and vibration, and ideas about synesthesia.” [74] Kandinsky had a German translation of the book Thought Forms. [75]
  65. ↑ According to Lackman, Kandinsky’s painting, in which the influence of Thoughtforms is quite noticeable, is The Woman in Moscow . [20] Another of his work, according to Alvarengi, "resembles" the musical form from the book of Besant and the Leadbeater. [77]
  66. "Two specific texts are relevant to: Immaterial: Clairvoyance (1899) and Thought-Forms (1901), co-written with Besant." [78]
  67. ↑ According to Yu. A. Shabanova, A. N. Scriabin “discussed” the book “Thought Forms” with the Belgian artist J. Delville . [82]
  68. Ri "Scriabin has been introduced to the music experience" and "seeing music". [84]
  69. ↑ “A broader view of the shadow spheres of the mystical fantasy of the end of an era brings amazing discoveries. Parsons , one of the founders of the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the pioneer of rocketry, considered himself a follower of Crowley , as Hubbard , the founder of Scientology, had once been. Oppenheimer perfectly quoted the Vedic writings when he saw the consequences of the explosion of the first atomic bomb. But against such figures as Besant and Leadbeater, Oppenheimer's enthusiasm for oriental mysticism is less like a personal quirk and rather resembles, so to speak, the “thread in a larger tapestry” - the confluence of mysticism , technology and art, which began at the turn of the last century and everything not yet ceased in the twenty-first century. " [61] See also the Leadbeater's influence on modern rock culture : The Inner Life # Interesting facts .
  70. ↑ See. E. Roerich. “Letters,” v. 2, p. 104. [89]
  71. ↑ Cit. Roerich E.I. “Letters”, vol. 2, p. 322. [89]
  72. ↑ However, Professor Ellwood wrote: “Charles Leadbeater was a prominent Theosophical writer, lecturer, and teacher. In comparison with other theosophical literature, his books are the most popular; on Western occultism, including the New Age movement, he had a direct or indirect influence, like no other, both in his time and after himself. ” [72]
  73. ↑ See, for example, OCLC : 777895008, 955597141, 699107177, 940052686, 468751993.
  74. 63 "63 editions published between 1901 and 2011 in ... languages ​​and held by 649 WorldCat member libraries worldwide". [91]

Notes

  1. ↑ Melton, 2001b , p. 1566.
  2. ↑ Goodrick-Clarke, 2008 , p. 248.
  3. ↑ Gettings, 1979 , p. 136.
  4. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tillett, 1986 , p. 224.
  5. ↑ Trefilov, 1994 , p. 234.
  6. ↑ Radhakrishnan, 1957 , p. 186.
  7. ↑ Ellwood, 1986 , p. 117.
  8. ↑ Britannica .
  9. ↑ Wessinger .
  10. ↑ Hammer, 2003 , p. 509.
  11. ↑ Melton, 2001b , p. 1565.
  12. ↑ Tillett, 1986 , p. 990.
  13. ↑ Index .
  14. ↑ Melton, 2001a .
  15. ↑ Keller, 2006 .
  16. ↑ Keller, 2006 , p. 755.
  17. ↑ 1 2 Leadbeater, 2007 , Ch. 15.
  18. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tillett, 1986 , p. 225.
  19. ↑ 1 2 Ramacharaka, 2007 , p. 66
  20. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lachman, 2008 .
  21. ↑ Powell, 1927 , p. 57.
  22. ↑ Ramacharaka, 2007 , pp. 64–66.
  23. ↑ Powell, 1927 , Ch. 3
  24. ↑ 1 2 3 Atkinson, 2011 , p. 34
  25. ↑ Hammer, 2003 , p. 55.
  26. ↑ Johnston, 2012 , p. 158.
  27. ↑ Ellwood, 1986 , p. 115
  28. ↑ Atkinson, 2011 , p. 31.
  29. ↑ Powell, 1927 , pp. 43, 55.
  30. ↑ 1 2 3 Gettings, 1987 , p. 47
  31. ↑ IndexT .
  32. ↑ Tillett, 1986 , p. 953.
  33. ↑ Powell, 1927 , p. 49.
  34. ↑ Alaniva, 2007 , p. nineteen.
  35. ↑ 1 2 Atkinson, 2011 , p. 33.
  36. ↑ Alaniva, 2007 , pp. 20–21.
  37. ↑ Ramacharaka, 2007 , p. 90.
  38. ↑ Jones, 2012 , p. 54.
  39. ↑ Bailey, 2012 , p. 88
  40. ↑ Powell, 1927 , p. 47
  41. ↑ Leadbeater, 2007 , Ch. ten.
  42. ↑ Trefilov, 1994 , p. 237.
  43. ↑ Leadbeater, 2007 , Ch. 6
  44. ↑ Harris .
  45. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Breen, 2014 , p. 110.
  46. ↑ Powell, 1927 , p. 56.
  47. ↑ Leadbeater, 2007 , Ch. eight.
  48. ↑ Ramacharaka, 2007 , pp. 65, 84.
  49. ↑ 1 2 Gettings, 1987 , p. 48.
  50. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Breen, 2014 , p. 112
  51. ↑ 1 2 Jinarajadasa, 2003 .
  52. ↑ Ramacharaka, 2007 , p. 65.
  53. ↑ 1 2 Powell, 1927 , p. 12.
  54. ↑ 1 2 3 Powell, 1927 , p. 58.
  55. ↑ Ramacharaka, 2007 , pp. 64-65.
  56. ↑ 1 2 Ramacharaka, 2007 , p. 64.
  57. ↑ Breen, 2014 , pp. 111–112.
  58. ↑ 1 2 Ramacharaka, 2007 , pp. 64, 65.
  59. ↑ 1 2 3 Gettings, 1979 , p. 137.
  60. ↑ Leadbeater, 2007 , Ch. eleven.
  61. ↑ 1 2 3 Breen, 2014 , p. 114
  62. ↑ Breen, 2014 , pp. 113, 114.
  63. ↑ 1 2 3 Breen, 2014 , p. 113.
  64. ↑ Breen, 2014 , pp. 112, 113.
  65. ↑ Breen, 2014 , pp. 112-113.
  66. ↑ Bailey, 1925 , p. 556.
  67. ↑ Leadbeater, 2007 , Ch. 8, 9.
  68. ↑ Blavatsky, 1956 , pp. 57–58.
  69. ↑ Gettings, 1987 , p. 49.
  70. ↑ Powell, 1927 , p. 59.
  71. ↑ Hodson .
  72. ↑ 1 2 Ellwood .
  73. ↑ Kramer, 1995 .
  74. ↑ Johnston, 2012 , p. 159.
  75. ↑ Gettings, 1979 , p. 135.
  76. ↑ Bychkov, 2007 , p. 83
  77. ↑ Alvarenga, 2011 .
  78. ↑ Jones, 2012 , p. 51.
  79. ↑ Sabaneev, 2000 , p. 63.
  80. ↑ Archive VT .
  81. ↑ Sabaneev, 2000 , p. 307.
  82. ↑ Shabanova .
  83. ↑ Sabaneev, 2000 , p. 70
  84. ↑ Lachman, 2002 .
  85. ↑ Breen, 2014 , pp. 113-114.
  86. ↑ Carroll, 2005 .
  87. ↑ Keller, 2006 , pp. 755–756.
  88. ↑ Wessinger, 2013 , p. 44.
  89. ↑ 1 2 Druzhinin, 2012 , p. eight.
  90. ↑ Formats and editions .
  91. ↑ WorldCat .
  92. ↑ VT, 2008 , p. 24

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