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description: Publisher's PrefaceIn addition to the large number of volumes which stand in the name of Annie Besant in the catalogue of the British Museum, there is a great quantity of literature for which she is responsible, that has appeared in more fugitive form as articles, pamphlets and published lectures, issued not only in Great Britain but in America, India and Australia. Much of this work is of great interest, but is quite out of reach of the general reader as it is no longer in print, and inquiries for many such items have frequently to be answered in the negative. Under these circumstances the T.P.S. decided to issue an edition of Mrs. Besant's collected writings under the title "Essays and Addresses." It was originally intended to arrange the matter in chronological order, commencing with the writer's first introduction to Theosophy as reviewer of Mme. Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine, but several considerations determined the abandonment of this plan in favour of the scheme now adopted, which is the classification of subject-matter independent of chronological order. The Publishers feel sure that this arrangement will especially commend itself to students who desire to know what the Author has written on various important aspects of Theosophy in its several ramifications, and for purposes of study and reference the plan chosen should more effectively serve. The dates and sources of articles are given in nearly all cases, and they are printed without any revision beyond the correction of obvious typographical efforts.The importance and interest of such a collection of essays, both as supplementing treatment of many of the topics in larger works and as affording expression of the Author's views on many subjects not otherwise dealt with, will be obvious, and it only remains to express the Publisher's hope that the convenience and moderate cost of the series may insure its thorough circulation among the wide range of Mrs. Besant's readers.T.P.S.London, May, 1913 Table of contentsIntroduction to the New EditionTitle Page and Original Preface  The Birth and Evolution of the Soul, Part I (1895) The Birth and Evolution of the Soul, Part II (1895) What is Theosophy? (1891) The Evolution of Man (1893) Materialism Undermined by Science (1895) Ancient and Modern Science (1900) Modern Science and the Higher Self (1904) Occultism, Semi-Occultism and Pseudo-Occultism (1898) The Light and Dark Sides of Nature (1896) The Destinies of Nations (undated) The Hatha-Yoga and Raja-Yoga of India (1906) Men and Animals (1903)
language: English
title: Evolution and Occultism: Essays and Addresses Vol. III