The Spiritual Life

Annie Besant’s magnetic eloquence is brilliantly apparent in this volume of her writings and lectures on the spiritual life. The welfare of humanity and the world around us is our utmost concern, says Besant, and the primary tool of transformation is our own consciousness. Our inner life must change if outer conditions are to be improved. Besant illuminates the way with topics such as calmness of mind, devotion, knowledge, karma, reincarnation, and Divine Law. Quotes from poetry and the world’s scriptures provide additional inspiration. From the Foreword: “If today we stand on the threshold of a new world order, out of conflict and violence envisioning a world of beauty and peace, then this book can awaken us to our responsibilities as creators of such a world. It can encourage us to live the kind of life, spiritually based and inwardly directed, that will ensure that harmony among peoples and among nations may prevail.” Annie Besant (1847–1933) was president of the Theosophical Societ