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C. W. Leadbeater describes human character and emotional life through a theosophical account of bodies and fields that he associates with different levels of existence. The book sets out the terminology of his system and explains how he interprets the appearance of people whom he presents as observed through trained clairvoyance.
A sequence of colour plates is central to the work. Leadbeater connects colours, shapes and changing patterns with particular emotions, habits and stages of development, contrasting momentary disturbances with qualities that he regards as more enduring. The accompanying explanations relate these examples to his larger distinctions between physical, astral and mental life.
This 1903 historical edition brings text and visual examples together in the form in which they were presented to its early readers. It will interest readers of the history of theosophy, esoteric ideas about the human body and the use of images to communicate spiritual systems. The complete scanned book preserves its original colour illustrations, charts and explanatory passages.