Clairvoyance means literally nothing more than "clear-seeing," and it is a word which has been sorely misused, and even degraded so far as to be employed to describe the trickery of a mountebank in a variety show. Even in its more restricted sense it covers a wide range of phenomena, differing so greatly in character that it is not easy to give a definition of the word which shall be at once succinct and accurate. It has been called "spiritual vision," but no rendering could well be more misleading than that, for in the ...
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Clairvoyance means literally nothing more than "clear-seeing," and it is a word which has been sorely misused, and even degraded so far as to be employed to describe the trickery of a mountebank in a variety show. Even in its more restricted sense it covers a wide range of phenomena, differing so greatly in character that it is not easy to give a definition of the word which shall be at once succinct and accurate. It has been called "spiritual vision," but no rendering could well be more misleading than that, for in the vast majority of cases there is no faculty connected with it which has the slightest claim to be honoured by so lofty a name. For the purpose of this treatise we may, perhaps, define it as the power to see what is hidden from ordinary physical sight. It will be as well to premise that it is very frequently (though by no means always) accompanied by what is called clairaudience, or the power to hear what would be inaudible to the ordinary physical ear; and we will for the nonce take our title as covering this faculty also, in order to avoid the clumsiness of perpetually using two long words where one will suffice.
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None. Very Good. The third edition of Leadbeater's theosophical study of clairvoyance. The third edition of this work. A theosophical study of clairvoyance by Charles W. Leadbeater, originally published in 1899. Leadbeater proposes a study of the belief of perceiving beyond the ordinary sensory contact. Chapters describe clairvoyance in its full, partial, intentional, and un-intentional faculties, as well as looking at its past and future history and methods of development. Â A member the Theosophical Society, Leadbeater was an author on occult subjects and is known for his interest in spiritualism. With a newspaper cutting concerning Leadbeater titled 'An Evil Tutor' to the front pastedown. No half title. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, new endpapers. Externally sound with minor shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, touch of darkening to the spine. With a newspaper cutting concerning Leadbeater titled 'An Evil Tutor' pasted to the front pastedown. Library stamps to the front free endpaper, title page, and first and last leaves of text. Previous ownership signature tot he title page, dated 1918. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally bright and clean, with only the occasional marginal pencil underlining. Very Good.
