The Chakras: A Monograph
Leadbeater, C. W. The Theosophical Publishing House, 1969. Hardbound. 'The word Chakra is Sanskrit, ' writes Leadbeater in this early western introduction to the tantric teachings, 'and signifies a wheel....As we might speak of the wheel of fate, so does the Buddhist speak of the wheel of life and death. ' A dazzlingly illustrated edition of this formative theosophic text, including nine plates, one of them a foldout frontispiece, created by Edward Warner, a notable painter-etcher and Liberal Catholic priest who also collaborated with Leadbeater on the latter's esoteric breakdown of Christian ritual, The Science of the Sacraments. 96 pp.
Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some areas of toning to the pages. Only very light shelf-wear to the book. Jacket has some heavy edge-wear and areas of tearing that have been repaired with tape.
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