The Astral Plane: Its Inhabitants, Scenery, and Phenomena

C. W. Leadbeater (1854 - 1934)

Few words are needed in sending this little book out into the world. It is the fifth of a series of Manuals designed to meet the public demand for a simple exposition of Theosophical teachings. Some have complained that our literature is at once too abstruse, too technical, and too expensive for the ordinary reader, and it is our hope that the present series may succeed in supplying what is a very real want. Theosophy is not only for the learned; it is for all. Perhaps among those who in these little books catch their first glimpse of its teachings, there may be a few who will be led by them to penetrate more deeply into its philosophy, its science and its religion, facing its abstruser problems with the student's zeal and the neophyte's ardour. But these Manuals are not written for the eager student, whom no initial difficulties can daunt; they are written for the busy men and women of the work-a-day world, and seek to make plain some of the great truths that render life easier to bear and death easier to face. Written by servants of the Masters who are the Elder Brothers of our race, they can have no other object than to serve our fellow-men. - Preface to the book

Genre(s): Other religions

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Owlivia
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Play 01 Introduction Owlivia
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Play 02 Scenery Owlivia
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Play 03 Inhabitants 1: Human, Living and Dead Owlivia
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Play 04 Inhabitants: Dead, continued Owlivia
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Play 05 Inhabitants: Dead, continued Owlivia
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Play 06 Inhabitants: Dead, continued Owlivia
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Play 07 Inhabitants 2: Non-Human Owlivia
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Play 08 Inhabitants 2: Non-Human, continued, Elemental Essences, Kamarupas of Animals Owlivia
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Play 09 Inhabitants 2: Non-Human, Nature Spirits Owlivia
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Play 10 Inhabitants 2: Non-Human, The Devas Owlivia
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Play 11 Inhabitants: 3: Artificial, Elementals formed Unconsciously Owlivia
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Play 12 Inhabitants 3: Artificial, Continued, Elementals formed Consciously Owlivia
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Play 13 Phenomena Owlivia
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Play 14 Phenomena, Continued Owlivia
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Play 15 Conclusion Owlivia
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