Leadbeater, C. W. (Charles Webster):

Der sichtbare und der unsichtbare Mensch. Darstellung verschiedener Menschentypen, wie der geschulte Hellseher sie wahrnimmt. FIRST GERMAN EDITION of “Man Visible and Invisible. Examples of Different Types of Men as Seen by Means of Trained Clairvoyance”

Leipzig: Theosophisches Verlagshaus, 1908. Bound with the original front cover in a very good private full cloth with gilt title to spine (see photos). (First London: The Theosophical Publishing Society 1902). VIII, 151 pages, complete with all the stunning color plates. Light soiling to front cover and binding but not significant and in all a very attractive well preserved copy

Man Visible and Invisible; aus dem Englischen von A. V. Ulrich. Die 1. Auflage / 1st German printing

Besant and Leadbeater had great influence on contemporary thought and artists like Hilma af Klint and Kandinsky, their performances and publications were important factors that led to the “genius opening of new perspectives for painting” and Yeats, Eliot, Malevich, Kandinsky, Mondrian and many others were charmed by Theosophy. In the first decades of the twentieth century, it was a widespread “component of Western cultural life”. Leadbeater and his parthers played an intriguing role in shaping a beginning global culture that could weave together East and West, mysticism and rationalism, sound and sight. In recent years these publications has seen a great revival, partly among younger artists looking for alternative innovative visual languages, but as well as celebrity artists for the Völkisch Movement and other backward longing extreme right movements. For believers it is considered one of the foundational works of modern aura research. Leadbeater not only describes the immediate aura of the human body, but his perspective goes further. He describes the higher bodies of the human being, the development of psychic abilities and their expression in the aura, and the maturation of individuality up to the “Master of Wisdom.” The development of life and consciousness is impressively illustrated with many large-format plates.

Very rare, no copy in the German National Library