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Title: Charles Webster Leadbeater 1854-1934 : a biographical study
Authors: Tillett, Gregory John
Keywords: Besant, Annie Wood, 1847-1933.
Krishnamurti, J. (Jiddu), 1895-1986
Leadbeater, C. W. (Charles Webster), 1854-1934
Theosophy.
Issue Date: 2007
Publisher: University of Sydney.
Department of Religious Studies
Abstract: Leadbeater was a man who made the most startling claims for himself, and made them in a very matter-of-fact way.[4] He declared that he had penetrated the depths of the atom by his psychic powers, discovered the ultimate unit of matter whilst sitting in a park on the Finchley Road in London, and had psychically extracted individual atoms of various elements from the showcases in the Dresden Museum whilst he reclined several miles away. He also claimed to have sent sea spirits to dig out atoms of another element from the mines of Sabaranganuwa in Ceylon while he lay in his bed in Madras in India.[5] He claimed to have explored most of the planets in the Solar System, while his body remained on earth, and described their climates and inhabitants in some detail.[6] He claimed to be in regular communication with the Powers which govern the earth from the Inner Planes, the Masters or Mahatmas, the Supermen who constitute the Occult Hierachy of this planet. And, so he said, he conducted parties of pupils to the secret places in Tibet where these same Masters resided, while the bodies of both the pupils and their guide slept securely in their beds.[7](Excerpt from Introduction pp.3-4)
Description: Doctor of Philosophy
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1623
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