Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00958)

C. Jinarajadasa writes:

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The Astral Plane Manual 


However, Bishop Leadbeater had done many occult 
investigations before this time. The most striking 
was the series of investigations into the 
condition of the astral plane, which he carefully 
and slowly wrote out in the form of a lecture to 
the London Lodge on November 21st, 1894. It was 
issued in April 1895 as a transaction of the Lodge, 
and later was incorporated into the Theosophical 
Manuals initiated by Dr, Besant, as the book The 
Astral Plane , Manual no. 5. The investigations 
were a landmark in the progress of mankind. It was 
the first occasion that anyone had examined 
scientifically the nature of the astral plane and 
recorded the results. Hitherto the knowledge was 
general, sufficient for right conduct. Because of 
the unusual and detailed nature of the work, the 
Master K.H., who is the Librarian of the Records 
Museum of the Adept Hierarchy, asked for the manuscript 
of the book to put among the Records. 
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