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    The Life after Death
    The Life after Death
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    The Life after Death

    By Charles Webster Leadbeater

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    This subject of life after death is one of great interest to all of us, not only because we ourselves must certainly one day die, but far more because there can scarcely be any one among us, except perhaps the very young, who has not lost by death someone who is near and dear to us.
    The first thought which arises in the mind of the man who sees such a title as this is usually “Can anything be certainly known as to life after death?”
    We have all had various theories put before us on the subject by the various religious bodies, and yet we still speak of death as “the king of terrors”, and seem to regard the whole question as surrounded by mystery and horror. The ancients were wiser than we, for they did not associate all these nightmares of gloom with the death of body — partly perhaps because they had a much more rational method of disposing of the body — a method which was not only infinitely better for the dead man and more healthy for the living, but was also free from the gruesome suggestions connected with slow decay. They knew much more about death in those days, and because they knew more they mourned less.
    In this book theosophy gives a hand to explain the life after death. There is no gloomy impenetrable abyss beyond the grave, but instead a world of light and life, which may be known to us as fully and accurately as the streets of our own city.
    The author says: “We offer in this book you what we know, we speak, for we are dealing with a definite series of facts which we have investigated, and which you yourselves may investigate in turn. And unless this commends itself to you as utterly reasonable, do not rest contented with our assertion; look into these things for yourselves as fully as you can, and then you will be in a position to speak to others as authoritatively as we do”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles Webster Leadbeater
    Release dateDec 25, 2022
    ISBN9781005590123
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      The Life after Death - Charles Webster Leadbeater

      THE LIFE AFTER DEATH

      AND HOW THEOSOPHY UNVEILS IT

      By

      Charles Webster Leadbeater

      With an additional chapter on Thoughts are Things By Annie Besant

      First to fourth edition 1912 – 1952

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      ISBN: 9781005590123

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      The Life After Death

      Charles W. Leadbeater

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      CONTENTS

      Chapter I - IS THERE ANY CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE ?

      Chapter II - THE TRUE FACTS

      Chapter III - PURGATORY

      Chapter IV - THE HEAVEN WORLD

      Chapter V - MANY MANSIONS

      Chapter VI - OUR FRIENDS IN HEAVEN

      Chapter VII - GUARDIAN ANGELS

      Chapter VIII - HUMAN WORKERS IN THE UNSEEN

      Chapter IX - HELPING THE DEAD

      Chapter X - THOUGHTS ARE THINGS

      THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OBJECTS

      1.—To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color.

      2.—To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophyand science.

      3.—To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the powerslatent in man.

      _________________________

      The Theasophical Society is composed of students, belongingto any religion in the world or to none, who are urited by theirapproval of the above objects, by their wish to remove religiousantagonisms and to draw together men of good will, whatsoevertheir religious opinions, and by their desire to study religious truthsand to share the results of their studies with others. Their bondof union is not the profession of a common belief, but a commonsearch and aspiration for Truth. They hold that Truth shouldbesought by study, by reflection, by purity of life, by devotiontohigh ideals, and they regard Truth as a prize to be striven for, notas a dogma to be imposed by authority. They consider that beliefshould be the result of individual study or intuition, and not itsantecedent, and should rest on knowledge, not on assertion. Theyextend tolerance to all, even to the intolerant, not as a privilegethey bestow, but as a duty they perform, and they seek to removeignorance, not to punish it. They see every religion as anex-pression of the Divine Wisdom, and prefer its study to its con-demnation, and its practice to proselytism. Peace is their watch-word, as Truth is their aim.

      Theosophy is the body of truths which forms the basis of allreligions, and which cannot be claimed as the exclusive possessionof any. It offers a philosophy which renders life intelligible, andwhich demonstrates the justice and the love which guide its evolution. It puts death in its rightful place, as a recurring incidentin an endless life, opening the gate-way of a fuller and moreradiant existence. It restores to the world the Science of theSpirit, teaching man to know the Spirit as himself, and the mindand body as his servants. It illuminates the scriptures and doctrines of religions by unveiling their hidden meanings, and thusjustifying them at the bar of intelligence, as they are ever justifiedin the eyes of intuition.

      Members of the Theosophical Society study these truths, andTheosophists endeavor to live them. Every one willing to study,to be tolerant, to aim high, and to work perseveringly, is welcomedas a member, and it rests with the member to become a true Theosophist.

      Fig.1: A Noble Thought

      Chapter I - IS THERE ANY CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE ?

      This subject of life after death is one of great  interest to all of us, not only because we ourselves must certainly one day die, but far more because there can scarcely be any one among us, except perhaps the very young, who has not lost (as we call it) by death someone who is near and dear to us. So if there be any information available with regard to the life after death, we are naturally very anxious to have it.

      But the first thought which arises in the mind of the man who sees such a title as this is usually Can anything be certainly known as to life after death?

      We have all had various theories put before us on the subject by the various religious bodies, and yet even the most devoted followers of these sects seem hardly to believe their teachings about this matter, for they still speak of death as the king of terrors, and seem to regard the whole question as surrounded by mystery and horror. They may use the term falling asleep in Jesus, but they still employ the black dresses and plumes, the horrible crape and the odious black-edged notepaper, they still surround death with all the trappings of woe, and with everything calculated to make it seem and dark and terrible. We have an evil heredity behind us in this matter; we have inherited these funeral horrors from forefathers, and so we are used to them, and do not see the absurdity and monstrosity of it all.

      The ancients were in this respect wiser than we, for they did not associate all these nightmares of gloom with the death of body — partly perhaps because they had a much more rational method of disposing of the body — a method which was not only infinitely better for the dead man and more healthy for the living, but was also free from the gruesome suggestions connected with slow decay. They knew much more about death in those days, and because they knew more they mourned less.

      The first thing that we must realize about death is that it is a perfectly natural incident in the course of our life. That ought to be obvious to us immediately, because if we believe at all

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