Occult Literature
A Sudden Impulse of Devotion: Leadbeater’s Plate XII
Blue circular coils and horizontal bands spread across an oval of mixed yellow, green and red. Leadbeater explains Plate XII as a sudden devotional impulse experienced by a nun in contemplation. He compares it with the preceding affection plate, substituting blue for crimson. The repeated composition allows two proposed emotional states to be contrasted through the book’s historical theosophical colour system.
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Illustrator not identified. "A Sudden Impulse of Devotion: Leadbeater’s Plate XII" [editorial title]. In Man Visible and Invisible, C. W. Leadbeater. Supplied 1903 John Lane facsimile; colour key and sampled illustrations retained, 1903, John Lane, The Bodley Head. Source scan leaf 133. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0106-0133
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Illustrator not identified. A Sudden Impulse of Devotion: Leadbeater’s Plate XII. Man Visible and Invisible. Scan leaf 133. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0106-0133