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Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent Theosophist and women's rights activist of her time. She was a frequent contributor to various Theosophical publications of her day. Here she writes about the qualifications of being a disciple, what an aspirant can expect, and what types of behavior their teacher may expect of them, as well as why we shouldn't judge other aspirants as not being worthy of having a teacher and what is to be gained by the whole process.

These lectures are intended to give an outline of yoga, in order to prepare the student to take up, for practical purposes, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the chief treatise on yoga. I have on hand, with my friend Bhagavan Das as collaborator, a translation of these sutras, with Vyasa’s commentary and a further commentary and elucidation written in the light of theosophy.

Questo illuminante testo di Annie Besant espone la dottrina del "Karma" nei suoi punti essenziali e permette allo studioso di farsi un concetto della sua importanza e della sua universale applicazione in tutti i casi della vita.

This is the fascinating and controversial autobiography of Annie Besant, who lived an extraordinary life where she played an outsized part in the history of India. She is most famous for her leadership of theosophy and her promotion of Krishnamurti as a world savior, but it is often forgotten that she was an early champion for women's rights, self-determination for India (she backed Gandhi's movement early on), and for Irish independence from British interference.

This little book appeals, perhaps, to the Eastern rather than to the Western type of mind, but so many souls trained in the East are now being reincarnated in the West that it may find friendly [listeners] away from the land of its birth. Addressed to a purely Hindu audience, the lectures contain many common Samskrit words, familiar to every Hindu, that may sound strange in the ears of [listeners] of other faiths

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent Theosophist, and women's rights activist of her time. She was a frequent contributor to various Theosophical publications of her day. This particular piece was a lecture delivered to the League of Liberal Christianity at Manchester in May of 1911, regarding a global awakening of consciousness that she felt she was witnessing at the time.

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent theosophist, and women's rights activist of her time. She was a frequent contributor to various theosophical publications of her day. This particular piece was a lecture she gave in 1893, discussing yoga, consciousness, the Atman, and a multitude of related concepts.

I want to put before you, if I can in these three lectures, a certain view of the world, and of the way in which that world is guided and directed. As this meeting is a public meeting, there is one statement I think that I ought to make, which it would not be necessary to make, if it were composed of members of the Theosophical Society. It is important to remember that in the Theosophical Society we have no authority on matters of opinion.

Annie Besant made a name for herself as a women’s rights activist, socialist, and orator. Her first public speech, “On the Political Status of Women”, launched her into the field of advocacy around which she built a career.

"Contrôlez la puissance de votre pensée." Nous rencontrons tous des épreuves difficiles dans la vie, que cela soit au niveau de notre travail, de notre ménage, de notre rapport au voisinage ou à nos amis, etc... Toutes ces difficultés peuvent-elles disparaître par le recours au pouvoir de la pensée ? Annie Besant le croie personnellement, crois vraiment qu'il est possible de matérialiser nos désirs, nos rêves, nos buts par le simple fait de contrôler nos pensées positives.

Besant explica cada uno de estos miembros del yoga con detalle, proporcionando información sobre su historia, su significado y su práctica. También ofrece consejos prácticos para los estudiantes de yoga, tanto principiantes como avanzados. Introducción al Yoga es un libro bien escrito y accesible. Besant tiene un estilo claro y conciso, y su conocimiento del yoga es profundo y abarcador. El libro es una valiosa fuente de información para cualquier persona interesada en aprender sobre el yoga.