Annie Besant 
Talks on the Path of Occultism: The Voice of the Silence 

This book is merely a record of talks by Mr. C. W. Lead beater -now Bishop Lead beater – and myself on three famous books small in size but great in contents. We both hope that they will prove useful to aspirants, and even to those above that stage, since the talkers were older than the listeners, and had more experience in the life of discipleship. The talks were not given at one place only; we chatted to our friends at different times and places, chiefly at Adyar, London and Sydney. A vast quantity of notes was taken by the listeners. All that were available of these were collected and arranged. They were then condensed, and repetitions were eliminated. Unhappily there were found to be very few notes on The Voice of the Silce, Fragment I, so we have utilized notes made at a class held by our good colleague, Mr. Ernest Wood, in Sydney, and incorporated these into Bishop Lead beaters talks in that section. No notes of my own talks on this book were available; though I have spoken much upon it, those talks are not recoverable.