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28 illustrations
Figure 38 represents, in Besant and Leadbeater's account, a meditator's wish to embrace all humanity and draw it toward a higher ideal.
A long-haired young woman stands beside a tall, heavily layered bed.
A solitary student and the image before him give Bose’s Ekalavya a severe, inward atmosphere.
A page beside water looks at a small fish rising from the cup held in one hand.
A squid’s head rests above a tall support while long arms and tentacles hang down into a circular vessel.
The two bodies rest within a landscape of water and foliage, making the garden a lived place rather than an empty emblem.
An immense eagle carries a cloaked figure through a bright region of cloud.
A young man looks outward while a taller pointed-eared companion stands behind him.
Two elaborate faces and a curling body surround a tall candle in the heading for The Study.
An armed company gathers across a rocky height while a commanding figure points towards the distant sky.
A mother and child rest low in a stable while an elderly man and visiting figures gather around them.
A seated man leans towards a reclining woman beneath a spreading tree.
A mass of winged bodies tumbles along a steep diagonal through cloud and darkness.
Birds, grazing animals and small creatures inhabit a lush valley beneath an opening of bright cloud.
A crowned rider reaches towards the neck of a pale horse as cloud-like forms gather around the animal's legs.
A man and woman stand facing one another, joining their hands between them.
Bird-bodied creatures with human faces perch among twisted trunks and tangled branches, surrounding two small travellers on the ground below.
Dante and Virgil stand beside bare legs projecting upward from circular openings in the stone, with flames at the feet.
Two immense figures rise beside a circular stone enclosure while the much smaller travellers stand on the approach.
A dense network of crossing lines spreads over the palm and continues into the fingers.
A green-clad young woman reaches towards a plainly dressed traveller on a woodland path.
A seated man leans back on a folding chair while small crawling forms gather near his feet.
A standing human figure is enclosed by a broad oval field of dense curved lines.
A dark figure surrounded by rays stands beside a pale figure with internal structures outlined.
A pale writer bends over a manuscript while a larger face watches from a bed amid sweeping spectral forms.
A formally dressed man raises his hat beside a large gnarled tree.
A long lily stem carries many large pale flowers above a slender exposed root.
A huge ragged man races across a pale landscape with his coat streaming behind him.
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