Thought forms

Every thought is said to generate vibrations in the aura's mental body, which radiate floating form and color depending on the nature and intensity of the thought. Annie Besant and C.W Leadbeater created a book in 1901 illustrating the effect of music, emotion and colors generated by thought. intellectual aspiration meeting a friend the intention to know the gambler & a street accident watchful jealousy the six directions of cosmic order peace and protection sudden fright radiating affection…

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Grounded in the theory that ideas, emotions, and even events, can manifest as visible auras, Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater’s Thought-Forms (1901) is an odd and intriguing work. Benjamin Breen explores these “synesthetic” abstractions and asks to what extent they, and the Victorian mysticism of which they were born, influenced the Modernist movement that flourished in the following decades.

A chronology of various attempts through the last four centuries to visually organise and make sense of colour: from simple wheels to multi-layered pyramids, from scientific systems to those based on the hues of human emotion.

Thought-Forms (1905) by Charles Webster Leadbeater & Annie Besant: "Sympathy and Love For All"

Great Theosophical teachings of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater

I love Phrenology Heads and the human mind. This is a good one. Have a great weekend. xo via

I am just wondering when people say "see aura" or "see energy field". Do you literally see or is it through mental eye? Because it is hard to understand. our eyes can't really detect certain frequencies on the Electromagnetic Spectrum. I was reading the book Celestine Prophecy and the concept of...

Grounded in the theory that ideas, emotions, and even events, can manifest as visible auras, Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater’s Thought-Forms (1901) is an odd and intriguing work. Benjamin Breen explores these “synesthetic” abstractions and asks to what extent they, and the Victorian mysticism of which they were born, influenced the Modernist movement that flourished in the following decades.