Occult Chemistry
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Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and Some Compounds (originally subtitled A Series of Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements) is a book written by
Overview
The first edition reprinting articles from The Theosophist was published in 1908, followed by a second edition edited by Alfred Percy Sinnett in 1919, and a third edition edited by Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa in 1951.[1][2]
Since the first edition was published in 1908, the book is in the public domain, and available in whole or in excerpts, on many sites on the internet.[3]
Occult Chemistry states that the structure of
Critical reception
Academic criticism is available in Chapter 2 of Modern Alchemy: Occultism and the Emergence of Atomic Theory,[6] and in an online article from the Chemistry department at Yale University.[7]
Critics regard the book to be an example of pseudoscience.[8] According to Philip Ball, most scientists did not take the book seriously.[9]
See also
- Clairvoyance
- How Theosophy Came to Me
- Thought-Forms
References
- ISBN 978-1-351-87286-7.
- ^ List of Sources - Occult Chemistry for Postgraduate Students of Physics, Philosophy & Psychology
- ^ Occult Chemistry by Annie Wood Besant and C. W. Leadbeater at Project Gutenberg
- C.W. Leadbeaterthat, by extending an "etheric tube" from the third eye, it is possible for one to develop microscopic vision and telescopic vision. See Leadbeater, C.W. The Chakras Wheaton, Illinois, USA:1927 Theosophical Publishing House Page 79
- ^ An Appreciation of C.W. Leadbeater, by Geoffrey Hodson
- ISBN 978-0-19-804192-4.
- ^ McBride, J. Michael (12 May 1999). "Serious Scientific Lessons from Direct Observation of Atoms through Clairvoyance". Chemistry 125. New Haven, CT: Yale University. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ISBN 978-0393322385
- ISBN 978-0226238890
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Further reading
- Besant, Annie; Leadbeater, Charles. (1919 edition). Occult Chemistry: Clairvoyant Observations On the Chemical Elements. Theosophical Publishing House.
- Morrisson, Mark. (2007). Modern Alchemy: Occultism and the Emergence of Atomic Theory. Oxford University Press.
- Phillips, Stephen. (1980). Extrasensory Perception of Quarks. Theosophical Publishing House. ISBN 978-0-8356-0227-3
- ISBN 0-06-250847-4.