Author: Annie Besant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theosophists
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Annie Besant
Author: Annie Besant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theosophists
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theosophists
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Annie Besant
Author: Anne Taylor
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192117960
Category : Social reformers
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
In her long life, Annie Besant embraced political, religious, and social causes with equal conviction and sincerity, courting ridicule and controversy by actively promoting unpopular ideas. At 26 she fled the shelter of marriage to an Anglican clergyman and renounced her religious upbringing by joining the National Secular Society. Under the influence of its president, Charles Bradlaugh, she wrote and lectured for the cause of Freethought, and in 1876, achieved nationwide fame by defending birth control in a public court. She converted to socialism and through her friendship with Bernard Shaw joined the Fabian Society. In 1888 Besant played a leading role in the Bryant and May match girls' strike and became Secretary of the trade union they founded. But by 1891 she had fallen out of sympathy with socialists and turned instead to Theosophy and its eccentric prophet, Madame Blavatsky. Thereafter she divided her life between England and the Theosophical Society's headquarters in India. She joined the Indian National Congress and was interned in 1917 for her passionate advocacy of Home Rule. In this, the first full-length biography of Annie Besant in thirty years, Taylor draws on previously unpublished letters to show that Besant was in love, not with Shaw, but with journalist W. Stead who rejected her advances. The book reveals for the first time the full extent of the Government of India's alarm at Besant's commanding position in the crisis of 1917, and her bid for political and religious power in India.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192117960
Category : Social reformers
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
In her long life, Annie Besant embraced political, religious, and social causes with equal conviction and sincerity, courting ridicule and controversy by actively promoting unpopular ideas. At 26 she fled the shelter of marriage to an Anglican clergyman and renounced her religious upbringing by joining the National Secular Society. Under the influence of its president, Charles Bradlaugh, she wrote and lectured for the cause of Freethought, and in 1876, achieved nationwide fame by defending birth control in a public court. She converted to socialism and through her friendship with Bernard Shaw joined the Fabian Society. In 1888 Besant played a leading role in the Bryant and May match girls' strike and became Secretary of the trade union they founded. But by 1891 she had fallen out of sympathy with socialists and turned instead to Theosophy and its eccentric prophet, Madame Blavatsky. Thereafter she divided her life between England and the Theosophical Society's headquarters in India. She joined the Indian National Congress and was interned in 1917 for her passionate advocacy of Home Rule. In this, the first full-length biography of Annie Besant in thirty years, Taylor draws on previously unpublished letters to show that Besant was in love, not with Shaw, but with journalist W. Stead who rejected her advances. The book reveals for the first time the full extent of the Government of India's alarm at Besant's commanding position in the crisis of 1917, and her bid for political and religious power in India.
Thought-forms
Author: Annie Besant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Ancient Wisdom
Author: Annie Besant
Publisher: Elibron.com
ISBN: 9780543938800
Category : Theosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by the Theosophical Publishing Society in London, 1899.
Publisher: Elibron.com
ISBN: 9780543938800
Category : Theosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by the Theosophical Publishing Society in London, 1899.
Fruits of Philosophy
Author: Charles Knowlton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Annie Besant
Author: Annie Besant
Publisher: London : T.F. Unwin
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher: London : T.F. Unwin
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
A Study in Consciousness
Author: Annie Besant
Publisher:
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Category : Consciousness
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consciousness
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Mrs Annie Besant
Author: Theodore Besterman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131541399X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Having already published a bibliography on Annie Besant, Theodore Besterman in this book continued with the story of her life. She was a prominent British Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator who lived between 1847 and 1933. Originally published in 1934, this work is fascinating for anyone with an interest in Annie Besant's life specifically or in any of the areas in which she became a household name.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131541399X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Having already published a bibliography on Annie Besant, Theodore Besterman in this book continued with the story of her life. She was a prominent British Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator who lived between 1847 and 1933. Originally published in 1934, this work is fascinating for anyone with an interest in Annie Besant's life specifically or in any of the areas in which she became a household name.
The Trial of Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh
Author: Roger Manvell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birth control
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birth control
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Invisible Worlds
Author: Kurt Leland
Publisher: Quest Books
ISBN: 0835609103
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
"To investigate the unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in humanity" is one object of the Theosophical Society. Annie Besant (1847–1933), outspoken feminist, political activist, and early president of the TS, thought that psychic and spiritual development should be available to everyone, not just a chosen few. In her many books and articles providing guidelines, her goal was not to help students develop supernormal powers, but to help them increase consciousness in order to receive instruction from the ascended Masters. Besant believed this work had positively changed her life and wanted others to enjoy the same benefit. Although penned a century ago, Besant’s wisdom on the subject is still germane. Her prose is clear and inspiring, and Kurt Leland’s introduction and notes are well-informed. He helpfully divides Besant’s writings into four parts — Occultism Light and Dark, Higher Life Training, the Investigation of Different Worlds, and the Science of the Superphysical.
Publisher: Quest Books
ISBN: 0835609103
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
"To investigate the unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in humanity" is one object of the Theosophical Society. Annie Besant (1847–1933), outspoken feminist, political activist, and early president of the TS, thought that psychic and spiritual development should be available to everyone, not just a chosen few. In her many books and articles providing guidelines, her goal was not to help students develop supernormal powers, but to help them increase consciousness in order to receive instruction from the ascended Masters. Besant believed this work had positively changed her life and wanted others to enjoy the same benefit. Although penned a century ago, Besant’s wisdom on the subject is still germane. Her prose is clear and inspiring, and Kurt Leland’s introduction and notes are well-informed. He helpfully divides Besant’s writings into four parts — Occultism Light and Dark, Higher Life Training, the Investigation of Different Worlds, and the Science of the Superphysical.