THE INNER LIFE
Book Details + Condition: The Theosophical Publishing House (India and Los Angeles, CA). Very scarce First Edition, 1917. Hardcover. 340 pages. Written by Theosophist and co-founder of the Liberal Catholic Church, Charles Webster Leadbeater, this expansive volume is part of the Theosophical Talks at Adyar First Series. The book is divided into five sections: The Great Ones and the Way to Them; Religion; The Theosophical Attitude; The Higher Planes; and The Ego and His Vehicles. Subtopics include:
- The Work of Christ
- The Work of the Masters
- The Ancient Mysteries
- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Sin
- Prayer
- The Devil
- Symbology
- Helping the World
- Our Duty to Animals
- Fear of Death
- Nirvana
- The Triple Spirit
- The Spheres
- The Desire-Elemental
- Lost Souls
- Serpent-Fire
- Obsessions and Insanity
- Tobacco and Alcohol
- The Physical Body
- And much more.
Also includes a "Foreword to the Indian Edition" by Annie Besant. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. A clean and solid copy of a very scarce first edition, with firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; light shelf wear to boards; rubbing to spine ends; scuffing to inside front board; interior is clean and free of markings.
