Thought Power
Annie Besant · 1901
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About the book
Besant's manual of the mind: how thought transfers, how memory actually works, what concentration is and how to build it — theosophy's psychology textbook, written with a debater's clarity. The subtitle says it plainly: its control and culture.
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Part 1 · A thought is a relationship. The first six slides, free.
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Look at a cup on the table and think about it. Ask most people where that thought is, and they will tap their forehead: a private event, sealed inside the skull.
Besant starts somewhere else. For her, three things are always in play: the Knower who thinks, the Known that is thought about, and the Knowing that passes between them. Western philosophy calls them subject, object and relation. Her summary is blunt: knowing is a relation, and a relation needs two ends.
Take away the cup and there is no thought of the cup. Take away the one who looks and there is only a cup, with nobody knowing it. The thought lives in the link between them.
Inside the course
12 parts- The nature of thoughtFree above
- The creator of illusion
- Thought transference: the mechanics
- The beginnings of thought
Questions
Is Thought Power free to read in Astra Trainer?
Yes. The full book opens free in the app’s reader, in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian.
What is the short course?
12 short parts that walk through the book’s key ideas in slides, each with a quick quiz. The first six slides are free to try on this page.
Where do I get the app?
Astra Trainer is free on the App Store and Google Play. Thought Power is waiting in the app’s library.
