Clairvoyance (book)
 Title page to 1918 reprint | |
| Author | C. W. Leadbeater |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Paranormal abilities |
| Publisher | Theosophical Publishing Society |
Publication date | 1899 |
| Pages | 164 |
| OCLC | 17017114 |
| Text | Clairvoyance online |
Clairvoyance is a book originally published in 1899 in London; it was compiled by C. W. Leadbeater, a member of the Theosophical Society Adyar.[1][2] It is a study of the alleged ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through extrasensory perception.[3][4][5] The author mainly appeals to readers "convinced of the existence of clairvoyance and familiar with theosophical terms."[6] Leadbeater claims that the "power to see what is hidden from ordinary physical sight" is an extension of common reception, and "describes a wide range of phenomena."[6][note 1][note 2]
Criticism[edit]
Leadbeater wrote the book based on a "pseudoscientific" concept of the extrasensory perception.[9] A priest Drujinin (Russian Orthodox Church) stated that "delusional psychometric visions" and other manifestations of the psychosomatic disorders allow definitely to qualify the opening of the chakras and awakening of the kundalini as development of a "terrible on its severity of a psychotic illness". And he concluded: "Exploring the theosophy, we came to the conclusion that such a muddled, contradictory and fantasy doctrine could had been created only by the mentally ill men!"[10][note 3]
Roerich claimed that Leadbeater's "lower psychism had joined to the pathological dishonesty and the perverted nature and has blossomed as a bouquet of the most tasteless and false writings."[12][13][note 4]
New editions and translations[edit]
The book was reprinted several times and translated into some European languages. Second edition of the book was published in 1903, and third — in 1908.[1][note 5]
See also[edit]
- How Theosophy Came to Me
- Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky
- Man: Whence, How and Whither
- Occult Chemistry
- Occult or Exact Science?
- The Occult World
Notes[edit]
- ↑ When the Theosophical Society was created the investigation "the unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in man" was proclaimed his third major task.[7]
- ↑ Ellwood stated: "The key to Leadbeater's teaching and theosophical style is the idea of clairvoyance, the capacity to see things that are hidden from ordinary eyes."[8]
- ↑ Yet mahatma Kuthumi wrote: "It is priestly imposture that rendered these gods so terrible to man; it is religion that makes of him the selfish bigot, the fanatic that hates all mankind out of his own sect without rendering him any better or more moral for it. It is belief in God and gods that makes two-thirds of humanity the slaves of a handful of those who deceive them under the false pretence of saving them. <...> In our [Tibetan] temples there is neither a god nor gods worshipped, only the thrice sacred memory of the greatest as the holiest man that ever lived."[11]
- ↑ Nevertheless Ellwood stated that he "was a prominent theosophical writer, speaker, and teacher... Leadbeater has been read more widely than any other theosophical author, and has had an influence, direct and indirect, on western occultism, including the 'New Age' movement, perhaps greater than any other single person of his time or since... Hardly necessary to hold that he was evil incarnate."[8]
- ↑ "82 editions published between 1899 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 218 WorldCat member libraries worldwide."[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Formats and editions.
- ↑ Tillett 1986, p. 1078.
- ↑ Britannica2.
- ↑ Shepard 1991.
- ↑ Melton 2001.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cambridge Books.
- ↑ Kuhn 1992, p. 113.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ellwood.
- ↑ Carroll 2003.
- ↑ Дружинин 2012, p. 132.
- ↑ Barker 1924, Letter 10.
- ↑ Рерих 2000.
- ↑ Дружинин 2012, p. 8.
- ↑ WorldCat.
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- Leadbeater, C. W. (1899). Clairvoyance. London: Theosophical Publishing Society. Retrieved 19 March 2017. Search this book on
- ———— (1930). How Theosophy Came to Me. Adyar: Theosophical Pub. House. OCLC 561055008. Retrieved 14 March 2017. Search this book on
- Melton, J. G., ed. (2001). "Clairvoyance". Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 1 (5th ed.). Gale Group. pp. 297–301. ISBN 0-8103-8570-8. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ————, ed. (2001a). "Kundalini". Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 1 (5th ed.). Gale Group. pp. 881–83. ISBN 0-8103-8570-8. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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- Tillett, Gregory J. (1986). Charles Webster Leadbeater 1854–1934: a biographical study (PhD thesis). Sydney: University of Sydney (published 2007). OCLC 220306221. Retrieved 16 March 2017 – via Sydney Digital Theses.
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- Рерих, Е. И. (2000). "Письмо М.Е. Тарасову, 29 августа 1934 года" [The Letter to M.E. Tarasov, 29 August 1934]. Письма. Том II [Letters. Volume II] (in Russian). Москва: Международный Центр Рерихов. Retrieved 14 March 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
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