The Elder Brother: A Biography of Charles Webster LeadbeaterRoutledge, 2016 M01 29 - 352 pages A leading figure in the Theosophical Society, Leadbeater was a prolific author, writing on subjects ranging from Buddhism, Masonic history and the origins of Christianity through to the power of thought and the fourth dimension. Leadbeater was also the force behind Annie Besant, the discoverer and educator if Krishnamurti, and became Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church. For all his influence Charles Leadbeater remains largely unknown as a man. This biography, first published in 1982, dispels many of the mysteries surrounding his life, and Leadbeater emerges as neither evil degenerate or infallible saint, but as a complex and eccentric adventurer into the realm of the occult. This title will be of particular interest to students of history and theology. |
Contents
| 1 | |
mysterious beginnings | 11 |
Anglicanism and psychic research | 19 |
Spirit guides Masters and Mr Sinnett | 26 |
Madame Blavatsky startles the curate | 33 |
6 Buddhism in passing and Adyar at last | 41 |
the rising star | 46 |
the inner side of things | 56 |
the emerging Arhat and a question of custody | 140 |
preparation for the Coming | 158 |
Leadbeater and the Liberal Catholic Church | 171 |
the Sydney police investigate | 185 |
18 Amid the Stygian darkness towards the sunrise | 205 |
the abdication of the Messiah | 226 |
the final years | 240 |
the judgment after death | 256 |
the fallen prophet | 77 |
the prodigal returns | 91 |
Krishnamurti and the new vision | 103 |
12 In the lives in the lives in which everyone is reincarnated | 114 |
the preparation of the Vehicle | 123 |
Notes | 288 |
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