The Physical Body
Annie Besant begins her account of seven principles with the one her readers can examine for themselves. The senses, brain and nerves give her a starting point for a Theosophical account of the body.
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The physical body of man is called the first of his Seven Principles, as it is certainly the most obvious.
Annie Besant · Theosophical Manual No. I, ninth-thousand scan · Theosophical Publishing Society; Theosophical Society, Adyar · 1892
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