Occult chemistry
In her book Occult Chemistry , the German version of which appeared in 1909, Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater describe their model of matter. The knowledge of the work came about in a clairvoyant way, which is described in the foreword. The book is particularly important for Anglo-Indian theosophy .
According to this, matter consists of primordial atoms , which in different compositions lead to the structure of scientifically known elements . The authors claimed to have perceived these microcosmic structures through the further development of their vision, essentially the so-called third eye . With the appropriate training, other people could do the same.
The book contains numerous drawings of the alleged structure of the elements and their substructures. The listed building blocks of the elements, the primordial atoms , are formally funnel-shaped so-called energy converters. The electrical-positive charge would result from the passage of higher energy (from top to bottom in the drawing), which is converted to lower, the electrical-negative charge vice versa. The drawn spirals are only optical placeholders for around 14 billion so-called life bubbles. Around the spirals that were initially visible, further spirals ran energetically at right angles, around them further and so on several times.
Occult chemistry tried to describe a continuum of energy and matter on the horizon of its time. However, since the explanations and illustrations were created on a "clairvoyant basis", they are also to be regarded as speculative from the scientific point of view of the time.
literature
- A. Besant and CW Leadbeater: Occult Chemistry - A series of clairvoyant observations on the chemical elements , authorized translation by R. Lange, 2nd edition, Theosophical Publishing House Leipzig, 1909
- Peter Tompkins: The Secret Life of Nature . Ansata Publishing House, 1998.