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Title: The Astral Plane Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena
Author: C. W. Leadbeater
Release Date: April 15, 2007 [EBook #21080]
Language: English
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THEOSOPHICAL MANUALS. No. 5
THE ASTRAL PLANE
ITS SCENERY, INHABITANTS AND
PHENOMENA
C. W. LEADBEATER
London:
Theosophical Publishing Society
7 Duke Street, Adelphi, W.C.
BENARES: THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY,
MADRAS: The Theosophist OFFICE, ADYAR.
1895
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PREFACE.
Few words are needed in sending this little book out into the world. It is the fifth of a series of Manuals designed to meet the public demand for a simple exposition of Theosophical teachings. Some have complained that our literature is at once too abstruse, too technical, and too expensive for the ordinary reader, and it is our hope that the present series may succeed in supplying what is a very real want. Theosophy is not only for the learned; it is for all. Perhaps among those who in these little books catch their first glimpse of