NEW LIGHT ON THE PROBLEM OF DISEASE
Book Details + Condition: Theosophical Publishing House (London). First Edition, 1930. Scarce inscribed and signed copy, by the author, Geoffrey Hodson. 46 pages. Book measures 7.5" x 5.25". An in-depth analysis of the relationship between the mental, spiritual and physical manifestations of disease. Many later 20th and 21st century authors have written of the spiritual roots of illness, but Hodson was an early advocate in the West of the theories. Contents include: The Genesis of Disease; The Root Cause of Disease; Super physical Causes and Their Antidotes; The Mechanism of Disease Karma; Latent Disease; Disease in the Subtle and Physical Bodies; and Motherhood and Health. Please see below for more information on the author and his works. Tight binding; light shelf wear to boards, with some mottling and discoloration; fading to spine; bumped corners and spine ends; faded stamp on front free endpaper and inside rear board; scuffing to rear blank endpaper (perhaps an old paste-down); text is clean and unmarked save normal age toning.
Geoffrey Hodson (born 12 March 1886 – 23 January 1983 in Auckland, New Zealand) was an occultist, Theosophist, mystic, Liberal Catholic priest, philosopher and esotericist, and a leading light for over 70 years in the Theosophical Society. He was the author over fifty books (many still in print) on psychic powers, Theosophy, Spiritualism, mysticism, fairies, angels, meditation, clairvoyance, health and disease.