Occult Chemistry (book)
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| Occult Chemistry | |
| Author | Annie Besant, C.W. Leadbeater and Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Theosophical Publishing House Adyar |
| Publication date | 1908 |
| Media type | hardback |
| Pages | 92+22 |
| ISBN | 1564596788, 1406536407, 1564596788 |
Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and Some Compounds is a book written by Annie Besant, C.W. Leadbeater and Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa, who were all members of the Theosophical Society (based at Adyar, India). Annie was at the time the President of the Society having succeeded Henry Olcutt after his death in 1907.
The first edition was published in 1908, the second edition in 1919, and a third in 1951.[1]
Since the first edition was published in 1908, the book is in the public domain, and available in whole or in excerpts, on many sites on the internet.[2]
Occult Chemistry proposes that the structure of chemical elements can be assessed through clairvoyant observation. Observations were carried out between 1895 and 1933. "The book consists both of coordinated and illustrated descriptions of presumed etheric counterparts of the atoms of the then known chemical elements, and of other expositions of occult physics."[3]
Academic criticism is available in Chapter 2 of Modern Alchemy: Occultism and the Emergence of Atomic Theory,[4] and in an online article from the Chemistry department at Yale University.[5]
| Theosophy Category:Theosophy |
| Founders of the T. S. |
| Theosophists |
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Alice Bailey · Annie Besant |
| Mysticism |
| Organisations |
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Theosophical Society |
| Theosophical texts |
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Isis Unveiled · The Key to Theosophy |
| Theosophical Masters |
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Sanat Kumara · Maitreya |
| Related topics |
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Agni Yoga · Anthroposophy |
[edit] References
- ^ List of Sources - Occult Chemistry for Postgraduate Students of Physics, Philosophy & Psychology
- ^ Online editions are e.g.:
- Occult Chemistry by Annie Wood Besant and C. W. Leadbeater at Project Gutenberg
- Occult Chemistry with Illustrations at the Twilight Archive
- Occult Chemistry at www.manybooks.net
- Occult Chemistry at www.subtleenergies.com/ormus
- ^ An Appreciation of C.W. Leadbeater, by Geoffrey Hodson
- ^ Chapter abstract on the homepage of Oxford Scholarship online
- ^ Serious Scientific Lessons from Direct Observation of Atoms through Clairvoyance.
[edit] Further reading
Tompkins, Peter (June 1997). The Secret Life of Nature: Living in Harmony With the Hidden World of Nature Spirits from Fairies to Quarks. Harperone. ISBN 0062508474.
