SOLO - The Astral Plane: Its Inhabitants, Scenery, and Phenomena, by C. W. Leadbeater (1854 - 1934)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21080Few words are needed in sending this little book out into the world. It is the fifth of a series of Manuals designed to meet the public demand for a simple exposition of Theosophical teachings. Some have complained that our literature is at once too abstruse, too technical, and too expensive for the ordinary reader, and it is our hope that the present series may succeed in supplying what is a very real want. Theosophy is not only for the learned; it is for all. Perhaps among those who in these little books catch their first glimpse of its teachings, there may be a few who will be led by them to penetrate more deeply into its philosophy, its science and its religion, facing its abstruser problems with the student's zeal and the neophyte's ardour. But these Manuals are not written for the eager student, whom no initial difficulties can daunt; they are written for the busy men and women of the work-a-day world, and seek to make plain some of the great truths that render life easier to bear and death easier to face. Written by servants of the Masters who are the Elder Brothers of our race, they can have no other object than to serve our fellow-men. - Preface to the book (Summary by publisher)
Target completion date: 2024-02-09
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- Project Code: yahuZ6fC
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Webster_Leadbeater ( C. W. Leadbeater)
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 15
- Does the project have an introduction or preface: Yes
- Original publication date (if known): 1895
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Religion/Other religions
Keywords that describe the book: philosophy, theosophy, Occult
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of The Astral Plane: Its Inhabitants, Scenery, and Phenomena. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The Astral Plane: Its Inhabitants, Scenery, and Phenomena, by C. W. Leadbeater. Section Title."
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It should be an interesting read; I’m moderately familiar with Leadbeater, but not this particular book, and look forward to learning about the foundations of Theosophy from the source, as it were. 
hoping to tackle Leadbeater later this week. 