Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
Intention to Know
The authors describe a listener resolving to obtain a full answer after an unsatisfactory explanation. Figure 19 gives the enquiry a directed shape. The form becomes more closely like a corkscrew as the listener’s intention develops, connecting persistence with the illustrated movement.
Also known as Inquiry in Thought-Forms
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Account in the source
ReportedThe authors describe a listener resolving to obtain a full answer after an unsatisfactory explanation. Figure 19 gives the enquiry a directed shape.
Further detail
ReportedThe form becomes more closely like a corkscrew as the listener’s intention develops, connecting persistence with the illustrated movement.
Context & interpretation
This entry records the authors’ interpretation of figure 19, not an observed shape produced by study or a prescribed meditation technique. The linked plate also contains an anger illustration, which is a separate account. Both quotations come from one reader leaf and count as one distinct page.
Original passages
Source 1
Thought-Forms
His resolution to obtain a full and thorough answerOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Besant and Leadbeater, Thought-Forms, active reader leaf 33
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0021-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0021-E001-P0033
- Original scan leaf
- 32
- Recorded leaf number
- 33
- Current Reader position
- 33
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
- Location review
- Original scan location confirmed against the reviewed Reader mapping; the earlier recorded number is retained above.
Source 2
Thought-Forms
resembling a cork-screw even more closely than beforeOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Besant and Leadbeater, Thought-Forms, active reader leaf 33
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0021-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0021-E001-P0033
- Original scan leaf
- 32
- Recorded leaf number
- 33
- Current Reader position
- 33
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
- Location review
- Original scan location confirmed against the reviewed Reader mapping; the earlier recorded number is retained above.
Illustrations
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