Annie Besant & Charles Webster Leadbeater 
Thought Forms 
A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation

First released in 1901,
Thought-Forms was an in-depth exploration on the visual manifestations of thoughts and the notion that they exist as objects. Conceived by renowned theosophists Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, the book consists of 58 illustrations based on Besant and Leadbeater’s clairvoyant observations on how music, emotions, experiences, and colors affect thought forms. Expanding beyond its original readership, the book would have great influence on twentieth-century art and go on to inspire many artists including Wassily Kandinsky, Hilma af Klint, Piet Mondrian, and Paul Klee. This updated edition features a new introduction by famed occult author, Mitch Horowitz.

Table of Content

Foreword


Introduction


The Difficulty of Representation


The Two Effects of Thought


How the Vibration Acts


The Form and its Effect


The Meaning of the Colors


Three Classes of Thought Form


Illustrative Thought-Forms


Affection


Devotion


Intellect


Ambition


Anger


Sympathy


Fear


Greed


Various Emotions


Forms Seen in Meditation


Helpful Thoughts


Forms Built by Music

About the author

Lucy Lord Campana is an artist whose observational based painting practice explores the limits of our collective vision. Recent projects include images from the Hubble Space Telescope, a series around X-ray use in diamond mining, and methane detection with infrared technology. Campana holds a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in visual art from Columbia University. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.