The World as Power

by John Woodroffe, John Marks Templeton

There is a Supreme Reality which is Eternal and Indefinable.It is an Absolute,inconceivable and ineffable--the brahman.Unknowable in it's utterness,this Reality presents itself to us in three supreme terms of it's Truth,an absolute Existence,sat;an absolute Consciousness,cit;and an absolute Bliss,Ananda.This is the poise of Brahman turned towards self-revelation. This is the theme of the present Book by Sir John Woodroffe.This Book belongs to the seires on the Doctrine of Consciousness-Power has a special importance for the student exploring the subject.

484 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1940

About the author

Sir John George Woodroffe, who mostly published pseudonymously as Arthur Avalon, was a jurist and pioneering Orientalist, specializing in Sanskrit and Hindu philosophy. He was a Fellow of the Calcutta University and appointed Tagore Law Professor. He also served as Standing Counsel to the Government of India where he later was raised to the High Court Bench, eventually officiating as Chief Justice for seven years until retiring to England where he was Reader in Indian Law to the University of Oxford.

For his work as an Orientalist, see Arthur Avalon .