C.W. Leadbeater

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C.W. Leadbeater


Born
in Stockport, Cheshire, England, The United Kingdom
February 16, 1854

Died
March 01, 1934


Charles Webster Leadbeater was an influential member of the Theosophical Society, author on occult subjects and co-initiator with J.I. Wedgwood of the Liberal Catholic Church.

Originally a priest of the Church of England, his interest in spiritualism caused him to end his affiliation with Anglicanism in favour of the Theosophical Society, where he became an associate of Annie Besant. He became a high-ranking officer of the society, but resigned in 1906 amid a scandal. Accusations of his detractors were never proven and, with Besant's assistance, he was readmitted a few years later. Leadbeater went on to write over 69 books and pamphlets that examined in detail the hidden side of life as well as maintain regular speaking engagements. His effo
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“You are what you share.”
Charles Leadbeater, We-Think : Mass Innovation, Not Mass Production

“It is one of the commonest of our mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all that there is to perceive.”
C.W. Leadbeater

“Many of the big changes of the next 25 years will come from unknowns working in their bedrooms and garages...”
Charles Leadbeater

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