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A STUDY IN CONSCIOUSNESS
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCIENCE
OF PSYCHOLOGY.
BY
ANNIE BESANT
Theofoptalcal Publishing Society
London and Ben arks
City Agency : Lund, IIumfhries Ltd., 3 Amen Curner
New York : John Lane Chicago: Theosofhical Book Concern
1904
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FOREWORD.
Tins book is intended as an aid to students in their study of the growth and develop- ment of consciousness, offering hints and suggestions which may prove serviceable to them. It does not pretend to be a complete exposition, but rather, as its sub-title states, a contribution to the science of Psychology. Far ampler ma- terials than are within my reach are nccessar)' for any complete exposition of the far-reaching science which deals with the unfolding of consciousness. These materials are slowly accumulating in the hands of earnest and painstaking students, but no effort has yet been made to arrange and systematise them into a co-ordinated whole. In this little volume I have only arranged a small part of this material, in the hope that it may be useful now to
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