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Upward Rush of Devotion and Response to Devotion
A sharply pointed blue form is paired with a broad fan of light spreading from a blue base. The source calls them Upward Rush of Devotion, Figure 15, and Response to Devotion, Figure 17. Their relation illustrates the authors’ Theosophical account of an aspiration and its imagined spiritual answer.
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"Upward Rush of Devotion and Response to Devotion" [editorial title]. In Thought-Forms, Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater. 1905, Theosophical Publishing Society. Source scan leaf 28. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/art-thought-devotion-response
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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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Upward Rush of Devotion and Response to Devotion. Thought-Forms. Scan leaf 28. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/art-thought-devotion-response