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Annie Besant began her career as a political activist, working on issues such as suffrage, women's reproductive rights, and socialism. Along the way, she encountered the New Thought movement and developed a strong interest in spirituality. Within a few years, she had established herself as an international leader in the movement. This volume collects a series of lectures on the subject that Besant presented in London in 1907.
Because of her early work as a secular activist who labored tirelessly in support of activities like increasing women's access to birth control information, it surprised many of Annie Besant's friends and colleagues when she developed a strong interest in the esoteric spiritual practice known as Theosophy. But rather than abandoning her previous beliefs and values, Besant incorporated them into her newly spiritualized worldview. Similarly, in this
...Annie Besant was a fascinating figure who made a mark in a staggering number of fields and disciplines over the course of her career, ranging from making significant headway in the domain of women's reproductive rights to popularizing the esoteric spiritual system known as Theosophy in the West. The volume Avataras presents the text of a series of lectures that Besant delivered at an international Theosophy conference in 1899.
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