Art, Symbol & Imagination
Vague Pure Affection and Vague Selfish Affection
Two rose-coloured clouds appear against separate dark panels. Figures 8 and 9 are named Vague Pure Affection and Vague Selfish Affection in Thought-Forms. Besant and Leadbeater use the brown shading in the second image to express a wish for something in return, within their Theosophical interpretation of mental colour.
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"Vague Pure Affection and Vague Selfish Affection" [editorial title]. In Thought-Forms, Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater. 1905, Theosophical Publishing Society. Source scan leaf 22. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/art-thought-affection-clouds
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A complete paired plate; figure names and interpretation follow the primary text. Clairvoyant claims are attributed to the authors, not endorsed as measured facts. Individual artist attribution is not established.
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Vague Pure Affection and Vague Selfish Affection. Thought-Forms. Scan leaf 22. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/art-thought-affection-clouds