Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
Jealousy in Thought-Forms
The authors read figure 25’s raised, snake-like shape as the eagerness of someone watching the object of jealousy. A changed form in figure 26 is described as jealousy already mingled with anger, making the comparison about an emotional transition.
Also known as Watchful Jealousy
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Account in the source
ReportedThe authors read figure 25’s raised, snake-like shape as the eagerness of someone watching the object of jealousy.
Further detail
ReportedA changed form in figure 26 is described as jealousy already mingled with anger, making the comparison about an emotional transition.
Context & interpretation
This is an attributed interpretation of the book’s paired illustrations, not a diagnostic image or proof of a person’s inner motives. The source’s colour symbolism belongs to its Theosophical model. Both cited descriptions occupy one reader leaf, counted as one distinct source page.
Original passages
Source 1
Thought-Forms
its curious shape shows the eagerness with which the man is watching its objectOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Besant and Leadbeater, Thought-Forms, active reader leaf 36
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0021-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0021-E001-P0036
- Original scan leaf
- 35
- Recorded leaf number
- 36
- Current Reader position
- 36
- 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
the jealousy is already mingled with angerOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Besant and Leadbeater, Thought-Forms, active reader leaf 36
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0021-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0021-E001-P0036
- Original scan leaf
- 35
- Recorded leaf number
- 36
- Current Reader position
- 36
- 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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