Charles Webster Leadbeater (16 February 1854 – 1 March 1934)

was a prominent early member of the Theosophical Society. 

author on the occult and co-founder with J.I. Wedgwood of the Liberal Catholic Church.

Originally a clergyman in the Church of England, his interest in spiritualism led him

to give up the Church in favour of the Theosophical Society,

where he became a protege of Annie Besant.

He quickly rose to the upper echelons of that society.  

Leadbeater's talents as a prolific author on life and death subjects kept him

at the forefront of the Theosophical Movement until his death in 1934.

The Theosophical

Publishing Committee, of Harrogate, and from an article

in Lucifer for September, 1896. The reception given to

the first of this Series, "THE RIDDLE OF LIFE," of

which 60,000 copies have now been printed, leads us to

think that the present booklet, which gives a rational picture

of the actual facts of the after life, will be warmly welcomed.

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CONTENTS

CHAP.                                                              PAGE

I. IS THERE ANY CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE? .. 1

II. THE TRUE FACTS ...................................... 5

III. PURGATORY .............................................10

IV. THE HEAVEN-WORLD ..............................19

V. MANY MANSIONS ....................................  26

VI. OUR FRIENDS IN HEAVEN .....................  31

VII. GUARDIAN ANGELS ..............................  38

VIII. HUMAN WORKERS IN THE UNSEEN .. 44

IX. HELPING THE DEAD .............................  50

X. THOUGHTS ARE THINGS .....................  54

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