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CWL World: A Primary Source Archive for the Life and Work of C. W. Leadbeater |
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Charles Webster Leadbeater was a well-known clairvoyant and theosophist who dedicated his life to the dissemination of Theosophy. He left his position as a clergyman in the Church of England in 1884, travelling with Madame Helena Blavatsky to India to help her in her work for the Theosophical Society. He was accepted as a chela (disciple) by Mahatma K.H., one of HPB’s Adept-Teachers, in a letter (part two) written by him to the young Leadbeater while the latter was still in England. His investigations into the unseen dimensions of life have had a far-reaching influence on the contemporary world, one of them being the discovery of the young J. Krishnamurti on the Adyar beach in Madras, India, in April 1909, who would later become one of the most respected and insightful spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. This website makes available aspects of CWL’s vast literary output as well as biographical information, some of which hitherto unpublished in academic works about him. Also included are the charges and accusations against him, his work for the Theosophical Society and the Liberal Catholic Church, and a comprehensive list of his books, written over a period of several decades. CWL World also shows a number of photographs, letters, rare archival material and key testimonies, by those who knew and worked with him, about his life, his character and his helpfulness. NEW Articles - New Additions NEW Articles by Pedro Oliveira NEW On God and Evil: The Mahatma Letters NEW Krishnamurti Speaks About His Discovery: NEW CWL’s Books in the Digital Age NEW C. W. Leadbeater’s letter to a correspondent: Annie Besant, HPB Centenary (1931) T. Subba Row, CWL and Esoteric Teachings CWL Speaks: a few praises and criticisms The Mystery of C. W. Leadbeater’s Clairvoyance Madame Blavatsky and C. W. Leadbeater: A Timeline First Letter of Master K.H. to CWL (1884) - with facsimile of the original document The Turning Point in CWL’s Life: Second Letter from Master K.H. CWL Receives his third Letter from Master K.H. The Leadbeaters: Brief Biographical Information by Pedro Oliveira The Cipher Letter: Historical Background by Pedro Oliveira For Private Circulation (1913 Madras Court Case) Ernest Wood letter regarding C.W. Leadbeater (1913) Sydney Police Investigates C. W. Leadbeater Facts and Testimony concerning Bishop Leadbeater by E. L. Gardner 1906 and 1908 - A letter from Annie Besant to the Daily Telegraph (Sydney) C. W. Leadbeater - The Received Tradition When C. W. Leadbeater Met Madame Blavatsky: First Impressions The Spiritual Path and the Phoenix Mystery by Linda Oliveira The Quest for Meaning by Joy Mills https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/articles/the-quest-for-meaning God: A Theosophical View https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/articles/god-a-theosophical-view Blavatsky and Krishnamurti: A Timeless Dialogue Annie Besant in India - online edition The Battle of Theosophy by Pedro Oliveira The Failure Archetype by Pedro Oliveira Magic and the Left Hand Path: from the writings of Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater Articles Written by the Masters and Published in The Theosophist: Mary K. Neff “The Hidden Side of The Theosophist”: Mary K. Neff Annie Besant and The Secret Doctrine From Exile: C. W. Leadbeater’s letter to Fritz Kunz, August 1906 Testimony of One of Krishnamurti’s Tutors at Adyar, 1909 ‘There is no Religion higher than Truth’ Views on E. L. Gardner’s criticisms of CWL Freedom of Thought by Dr Hugh Shearman C. W. Leadbeater: Various Testimonies The book CWL Speaks – C. W. Leadbeater’s Correspondence concerning the 1906 Crisis in the Theosophical Society is now online. You can read it here. Theosophy and the Golden Dawn https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/highlights/theosophy-and-the-golden-dawn Introduction to Annie Besant in India ‘Drawn into the Vortex of Probation’ (as described in The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett) The Birth of a Clairvoyant: Charles Webster Leadbeater by Ricardo Lindemann, Ph.D. Krishnamurti: Ninety Years of Theosophical Ripples by Pedro Oliveira Harold Morton: CWL’s Last Days Who was Djual Khool? by Pedro Oliveira Annie Besant in India - Book Review by Michelle Osborne Video: ‘Seeing the Invisible: Thought Forms’, a presentation by Pedro Oliveira Why is Religion part of the Second Object of the Theosophical Society? Elementals and Elemental Essence by C. W. Leadbeater and Betrand Keightley Has Theosophy Become a Creed? Charles Webster Leadbeater’s Essays and Lectures on Freemasonry (From The Light of Luxor) ‘Occultism and the atom: the curious story of isotopes’ by Jeff Hughes The Future of the Theosophical Society CWL Travels with Madame Blavatsy Early Letters prior to 1906 Crisis CWL in Brazil: Further Evidence Lady Emily Lutyens – Her Impressions of CWL The Maha-Chohan’s Letter - historical renderings The Story of Occult Chemistry by Elizabeth W. Preston Occult Chemistry by Annie Besant The Akashic Records (1897) The Aura by C. W. Leadbeater (1895) C. W. Leadbeaters Teachings by Alfred Taylor A Comprehensive List of C. W. Leadbeater’s Books Dora van Gelder Kunz and Fritz Kunz audio recording about C. W. Leadbeater G. R. S. Mead’s Review of Man Visible and Invisible by CWL Fragments of Autobiography of Russell Balfour-Clarke An old associate of C.W. Leadbeater recollects aspects of his own life and his work with CWL. The Buddhist Curate: C.W. Leadbeaters Contribution to Buddhist Education in Ceylon by Pedro Oliveira The Attitude of the Enquirer by C. W. Leadbeater
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Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, in a photograph of 1884, in London, the year she first met CWL. |
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Dedication written by H. P. Blavatsky on the copy of her book The Key to Theosophy, which she presented to C. W. Leadbeater in London. |
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A young Charles Webster Leadbeater with his mother, Emma. |
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T. Subba Rao was an initiated Chela of the Mahatmas. CWL was a member of his esoteric group in Madras in the mid-1880s. |
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A. P. Sinnett, through whose agency CWL joined the Theosophical Society in 1883. |
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Betrand Keightley, who prosecuted CWL at the Advisory Board meeting in London, May 1906, presided by Col. Olcott. |
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A young J. Krishnamurti in Madras,1910, |
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Facsimile of the ship manifest for the English vessel “Tamar”, which arrived in Salvador, Bahia, northeast of Brazil, on 30 May 1858. On the sixth line down, there is a record that Charles Leadbeater arrived in Bahia on that date with his wife and a young son. (Source: Public Archives, Salvador, Bahia.) |
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