Art, Symbol & Imagination
Selfish Greed and Greed for Drink
A grasping brown projection and a cloud of inward hooks show two forms of desire in the authors' moral scheme. Figure 28 directs greed towards a particular object, whereas figure 29 is associated in the text with a man's craving for drink near a drinking establishment. The hooked outlines make wanting something appear as an attempt to seize or draw it inward, extending the book's analogy between mental intention and visible form. These are historical Theosophical interpretations, not medical illustrations of addiction or reliable evidence about an identifiable person's character.
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"Selfish Greed and Greed for Drink" [editorial title]. In Thought-Forms, Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater. 1905, Theosophical Publishing Society. Source scan leaf 37. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/art-thought-greed
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The historical moral framing is reported, not adopted as a clinical judgment. Both panels are kept whole.
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Selfish Greed and Greed for Drink. Thought-Forms. Scan leaf 37. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/art-thought-greed