Charles Webster Leadbeater was a mystic and one of the leaders of the Theosophical Society of the late nineteenth–early twentieth century. He was born in the UK and ordained as a priest in the Church of England, but then became interested in esotericism, in particular the teachings of Helena Blavatsky. Leadbeater became very prolific in terms of his literary activity, leaving a legacy of more than sixty books and pamphlets.
Among other things, he was interested in the topics of astral projection, dreams, and the afterlife. He repeatedly combined them in his works, thus actually recognizing the similarity between the states that we call phase states. However, all his works are exclusively mystical in nature.
In the book The Astral Plane, Leadbeater notes that during sleep the astral body leaves the physical. In Dreams, he described how, when in a deep sleep, the physical body lies on the bed while the astral body floats directly above it. In the work The Other Side of Death, the author adds that the astral plane is not limited to the afterlife – in fact, we visit it every night in our dreams.
Most ordinary people, according to Leadbeater, don’t have sufficient control over their brains. They cannot regulate the flow of erratic images in their dreams, and when they wake up, they retain only vague memories of the dreams or none at all. And this is regrettable, because they could experience a lot of interesting things, for example:
– visit beautiful places
– meet friends, including the deceased
– get information from knowledgeable people
– get in touch with non-human beings of various kinds
However, Leadbeater’s teachings remain entirely mystical. Ideas close to the description of phase states are intertwined with stories about spiritualist séances, ghosts, paradise, and the divine spirit.
The author’s books are available on Amazon.
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