Theosophy, Besant and Leadbeater
Logos in Thought-Forms
Besant and Leadbeater describe attempts to think of the Logos as pervading nature. Their illustrated examples combine golden light with delicate patterns whose full appearance they say cannot be printed. Further examples distinguish contemplation of unity, subordinate centres and a threefold manifestation.
Also known as The Logos pervading all · All-pervading Logos
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In the sources
An all-pervading presence represented in light and lines
ReportedThe authors describe a meditation on the Logos pervading nature and ask readers to imagine a golden globe inside a globe of delicate blue lines. They acknowledge the limitations of reproducing the combination in print.
Unity, centres and threefold manifestation
ReportedThe next discussion attributes different forms to thoughts of divine unity or subordinate centres. Figure 46 is explained through three aspects, represented by central light and surrounding rings.
Context & interpretation
This entry records the Logos as used in this Theosophical book, not a universal definition across Greek philosophy or Christian theology. The authors' accounts of generated forms remain reported claims. The images illustrate those accounts, and their similarities to mechanical drawings do not independently confirm a divine structure.
Original passages
Source 1
Thought-Forms
the Logos as pervading all natureOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: The Logos Pervading All, printed p. 70
Read directly from the active prepared scan; line breaks and spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0021-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0021-E001-P0053
- Original scan leaf
- 52
- Recorded leaf number
- 53
- Current Reader position
- 53
- 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 Logos in His threefold manifestationOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: The Threefold Manifestation, printed p. 71
Read directly from the active prepared scan; line breaks and spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0021-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0021-E001-P0054
- Original scan leaf
- 53
- Recorded leaf number
- 54
- Current Reader position
- 54
- 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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Thought-Form Models & Imagery ↗
Theosophy in Thought-Forms
The spiritual and symbolic framework through which Besant and Leadbeater interpret thought, moral responsibility and cosmic order.
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The colour correspondences used by Besant and Leadbeater to interpret their illustrations.
Same subject and traditionThought-forms
The coloured shapes that Besant and Leadbeater describe as expressions of thought and feeling.
Same subject and traditionThree Classes of Thought-Forms
The book’s division between likenesses, imagined objects and forms expressing qualities.