Annie Wood Besant

The Golden Verses of Pythagoras stand among the most enduring expressions of ancient Hellenic moral and spiritual philosophy.

The Ancient Wisdom is an insightful exploration and simplification of H. P. Blavatsky's The Secret Doctrine. It makes for an important contribution to that text. The various chapters cover the main theosophical topics found in her books....

The subject of my discourses I have called "The Laws of the Higher Life", because so many people in dealing with religion that has to do with the Higher Life seem inclined to remove it from the realm of law....

Annie Besant’s magnetic eloquence is brilliantly apparent in this volume of her writings and lectures on the spiritual life. The welfare of humanity and the world around us is our utmost concern, says Besant, and the primary tool of transformation is our own consciousness....

Thought-Forms is one of the most influential works ever written on the hidden power of the mind. First published in 1901 as part of the Theosophical teachings of Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater, this groundbreaking text proposes a bold idea.

Questo illuminante testo di Annie Besant espone la dottrina del "Karma" nei suoi punti essenziali e permette allo studioso di farsi un concetto della sua importanza e della sua universale applicazione in tutti i casi della vita...

These lectures are intended to give an outline of yoga, in order to prepare the student to take up, for practical purposes, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the chief treatise on yoga....

This little book appeals, perhaps, to the Eastern rather than to the Western type of mind, but so many souls trained in the East are now being reincarnated in the West that it may find friendly [listeners] away from the land of its birth....

I want to put before you, if I can in these three lectures, a certain view of the world, and of the way in which that world is guided and directed. As this meeting is a public meeting, there is one statement I think that I ought to make, which it would not be necessary to make....

This is a collection of 18 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include Hermeticism....

Annie Besant encourages us to engage in critical discussion regarding historical evidence, authenticity of records, and his nature and purpose. She also touches on the Buddha, Blavatsky, Gnosticism, the mysteries, the ascended masters, and so forth....

"Contrôlez la puissance de votre pensée." Nous rencontrons tous des épreuves difficiles dans la vie, que cela soit au niveau de notre travail...

Annie Besant writes about the qualifications of being a disciple, what an aspirant can expect, and what types of behavior their teacher may expect of them, as well as why we shouldn't judge....

This piece is a short, basic introduction to occultism through the eyes of Theosophy as well as the differences between the Occultist and the Mystic....

Besant explains that there is a necessity for evil to exist, that it serves certain purposes, which she goes into detail about....

In 1892 noted spiritual author Annie Besant gave a lecture on the subject of alcoholism. She approached the subject from a theosophical, and thus spiritual standpoint....

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent theosophist, and women's rights activist of her time....

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent Theosophist and women's rights activist of her time. She was a frequent contributor to various Theosophical publications of her day....

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent Theosophist, and women's rights activist of her time....

This particular piece, originally published in 1906, is an examination and comparison of the two principle types of yoga in India, the Hatha, for the body and the Raja for the mind....