Art, Symbol & Imagination
Intellectual Aspiration and the All-Pervading Logos
A pointed violet form edged with yellow rises above a radiant golden sphere in this paired plate. Figure 43 represents aspiration joined to clear intellectual purpose, while figure 42 supplies the luminous central element of the authors' conception of the all-pervading Logos. Their discussion explains that limitations of colour printing prevented the intended superimposition of this sphere and another blue design, making the separate plate important to understanding the proposed composite. The sphere is consequently a theological emblem in the book's Theosophical system, not a picture of the sun or a physical model of the universe.
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"Intellectual Aspiration and the All-Pervading Logos" [editorial title]. In Thought-Forms, Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater. 1905, Theosophical Publishing Society. Source scan leaf 54. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/art-thought-intellectual-aspiration
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The original reversed numbering is preserved. The separate sphere is explained through the source's printing limitation, not identified as an astronomical object.
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Intellectual Aspiration and the All-Pervading Logos. Thought-Forms. Scan leaf 54. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/art-thought-intellectual-aspiration