IXa. Essays and Addresses (1911-13)
An itemized list of the contents and sources of the four volumes issued under this title, organized by date to highlight Besant’s intellectual and spiritual development within each volume’s overall theme: 1) Psychology; 2) The Spiritual Life; 3) Evolution and Occultism; and 4) India.[Many of these items appeared previously as pamphlets. For links to the complete contents of each volume, click on the title. For vols. 1 and 3, direct links are available to each item; not so for vols. 2 and 4, so links are provided to alternative versions, when available.]
[Links are to 2nd edition of 1919.]
1889 Hypnotism (I). From Lucifer (October 1889). Reprinted in 1935, with 1890 Hypnotism (II), as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 202: Hypnotism and Mesmerism.]
1889 Memory. From Lucifer (November-December 1889). Reprinted in 1919 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 103; and again in 1935, with 1904 The Nature of Memory, and a further article by H. P. Blavatsky, as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, nos. 203-204: Memory and Its Nature.]
1890 Hypnotism (II). From Universal Review (February 1890). [Reprinted in 1935, with 1889 Hypnotism (I), as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 202: Hypnotism and Mesmerism.]
1893 A Word on Man, His Nature and His Powers. Lecture of October 30, 1893: Red Sea, aboard the Kaisar-i-Hind. From Theosophical Siftings (vol. 6, issue 14, 1893). [Also published as pamphlet in 1893; reprinted in 1914 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 42.]
1897 Clairvoyance and Mental Healing. Lecture of September 1897: Chicago: Steinway Hall. Also appears as 1897 pamphlet.
1898 Emotion, Intellect, and Spirituality. Lecture of July 7, 1898: London, Blavatsky Lodge. [Also published in 1898 as TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1911 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 1.]
1898 Individuality. Lecture of July 21, 1898: London, Blavatsky Lodge. [First published as 1898 TPS pamphlet.]
1903 Proofs of the Existence of the Soul. Lecture: India. [First appeared as Benares Pamphlet Series, no. 1; reprinted in 1911 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 4.]
1904 The Nature of Memory. From Theosophical Review (August-September 1904). [Reprinted in 1935, with 1889 Memory, and a further article by H. P. Blavatsky, as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, nos. 203-204: Memory and Its Nature.]
1904 On Moods. From Theosophical Review (November 1904). [Published as 1906 TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1914 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 46.]
Volume 2: The Spiritual Life (1912)
1892 The Place of Peace. From The Path. [First appeared as 1892 TPS pamphlet; included in 1895 Pamphlet Series, no. 12; reprinted in 1903 as Benares Pamphlet Series, no. 11. See Benares Pamphlet Series (1895-1907).]
1893 The Supreme Duty. Lecture of September 17, 1893: Chicago, Parliament of Religions. [Reprinted from 1893 The Theosophical Congress Held by the Theosophical Society at the Parliament of Religions, World's Fair of 1893. [Collected in 1992 The Universal Law of Life. See Posthumous Publications (1934-2006).]
1893 Theosophy and Ethics. Lecture of September 16, 1893: Chicago, Parliament of Religions. [Reprinted from 1893 The Theosophical Congress Held by the Theosophical Society at the Parliament of Religions, World's Fair of 1893. Also appears as 1893 pamphlet; collected in 1992 The Universal Law of Life. See Posthumous Publications (1934-2006).]
1895 Devotion and the Spiritual Life. From Lucifer (August 1894). [First appeared as 1895 TPS pamphlet. Included in 1895 Pamphlet Series, no. 15. See Benares Pamphlet Series (1895-1907).]
1895 The Use of Evil. [Published in 1895 Pamphlet Series, no. 19. See Benares Pamphlet Series (1895-1907). Reprinted in 1932 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 166.]
1896 The Future that Awaits Us. Lecture of November 25, 1895: Theosophical Society, London Lodge, London. [First appeared as 1896 pamphlet: Transactions of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society, no. 28 (January, 1896).]
1897 The Ceasing of Sorrow. From Theosophical Review (October 1897).
1897 Man’s Quest for God. From Theosophical Review (December 1897).
1899 On Some Difficulties of the Inner Life. From Theosophical Review (May-June 1899). [Published in 1899 as TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1913 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 25.]
1900 Spiritual Darkness. From Theosophical Review (February 1900).
1900 The Value of Devotion. From Theosophical Review (May 1900). [Reprinted in 1911 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 10.]
1905 The Perfect Man. From Theosophical Review (April 1905). [Published in 1905 as TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1912 The Masters.]
1906 Discipleship. From Theosophical Review (July 1906). [Reprinted in 1935 with two other articles as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 195: Discipleship and Some Karmic Problems.]
1906 The Meaning and Method of the Spiritual Life. From Theosophical Review (January 1906). [Reprinted in 1911 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 7.]
1907 Spiritual Life for the Man of the World. Lecture of October 10, 1907: London: City Temple. [Published in 1907 as pamphlet; reprinted in 1914 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 45.]
Volume 3: Evolution and Occultism (1913)
[The links to individual items in this volume are not paginated; for page numbers, use the whole-volume title link preceding this note.]
1891 What Is Theosophy? With Special Reference to Scientific Thought. Lecture of September 4, 1891. London: United Democratic Club. [First appeared as 1891 TPS pamphlet.]
1893 The Evolution of Man. Lecture of September 16, 1893: Chicago Parliament of Religions. [Reprinted from 1893 The Theosophical Congress Held by the Theosophical Society at the Parliament of Religions, World's Fair of 1893.]
1895 The Birth and Evolution of the Soul, Part I. Lecture. London: 19 Avenue Road. [Also published in 1895, with part II, as a separate volume.]
1895 The Birth and Evolution of the Soul, Part II. Lecture. London: 19 Avenue Road. [Also published in 1895, with part I, as a separate volume.]
1895 Materialism Undermined by Science. Lecture: Calcutta. [First appeared in 1895 Pamphlet Series, no. 17. See Benares Pamphlet Series (1895-1907).]
1896 The Light and Dark Sides of Nature. From Lucifer (October-November 1896).
1898 Occultism, Semi-Occultism and Pseudo-Occultism. Lecture of June 30th, 1898: London: Blavatsky Lodge. [Published in 1899 as TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1912 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 19.]
1900 Ancient and Modern Science. From Theosophical Review (September 1900).
1903 Men and Animals. From Bibby’s Quarterly (Autumn 1903).
1904 Modern Science and the Higher Self. Lecture: India. [Published in 1904 as Benares Pamphlet Series, no. 21; reprinted in 1915 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 56.]
1905 The Destinies of Nations. From Theosophical Review (October 1905). [Published in 1906 as part of Benares Pamphlet Series, nos. 27-28: East and West; and The Destinies of Nations; reprinted in 1915 with the same title as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 53.]
1906 The Hatha-Yoga and Raja-Yoga of India. From Annals of Psychical Science (November 1906). [Reprinted in 1935, with Yoga (from 1893 The Building of the Kosmos), as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, nos. 200 and 201: Yoga and the Hatha-Yoga and the Raja-Yoga of India.]
1893 India, Her Past, and Her Future. Lecture of November 6, 1893: Indian Ocean, aboard the Kaisar-i-Hind. From Lucifer (January-February 1894). [Also collected in 1917 The Birth of New India.]
1894? India’s Mission among Nations. From The National Educator. [Collected in 1917 The Birth of New India. May be related to 1894 pamphlet, India's Mission in the World, originally published in The National Guardian (February 5, 1894). See Theosophical Pamphlets (1891-1932).]
1895 The Aryan Type. Article from Arya Bala Bodhini (Hindu Boys’ Journal). [Also appears in 1897 pamphlet Man, the Master of His Destiny.]
1895 Eastern Castes and Western Classes. Lecture. [First appeared in 1895 Pamphlet Series, no. 20. See Benares Pamphlet Series (1895-1907). Also collected in 1917 The Birth of New India.]
1895 The Means of India’s Regeneration. Lecture of 1895. [First appeared in 1895 Pamphlet Series, no. 21. See Benares Pamphlet Series (1895-1907).]
1895 The Place of Politics in the Life of a Nation. Lecture of 1895. [First appeared in 1895 Pamphlet Series, no. 16. See Benares Pamphlet Series (1895-1907).]
1897 The Education of Hindu Youth. From Theosophist (March 1897). [Also collected in 1917 The Birth of New India.]
1900 Anniversary Address. Theosophist (February 1900).
1901 East and West. From Theosophical Review (December 1901).
1902 England and India. Lecture of October 5, 1902: South Place Chapel, Finsbury. [First appeared as Benares Pamphlet Series, no. 28; reprinted in 1913 as Adyar Library Pamphlet Series, no. 34.]
1902 Theosophy and Imperialism. Lecture: Queen’s Hall, London. [Published in 1902 as TPS pamphlet; reprinted in Theosophist (August 1916).]
1904 The Education of Indian Girls. From Theosophist (May 1904 supplement). [First appeared as Benares Pamphlet Series, no. 25; also collected in 1917 The Birth of New India.]
1905 The Indian Nation. Lecture: Central Hindu College Boarders’ Debating Club. [First published in 1905 as Central Hindu College Pamphlet Series, no. 1; collected in 1917 The Birth of New India.]
1907 Religion and Patriotism in India. From Hindustan Review (June 1907).
1910 India’s Awakening. Lecture. [Also collected in 1917 The Birth of New India.]