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[[Annie Besant]] (1847-1933) was a prolific writer throughout her life. She wrote books, pamphlets, and articles during her activities with the Freethought Movement, the Fabian Socialists, and the Indian independence movement; and as a lecturer and President (1907-1933) of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society based in Adyar, Chennai, India]]. Over 2500 articles and editorials written for periodicals of the Theosophical Movement are documented in the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] under the name [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=annie+besant&method=all&header=field4&page=24 Annie Besant]. She also wrote many articles for popular newspapers and magazines, and for [[Spiritualism|Spiritualist]] journals such as [[The Occult Review (periodical)|''The Occult Review'']].
'''[[Annie Besant]]''' (1847-1933) was a prolific writer throughout her life. She wrote books, pamphlets, and articles during her activities with the Freethought Movement, the Fabian Socialists, and the Indian independence movement; and as a lecturer and President (1907-1933) of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society based in Adyar, Chennai, India]]. Over 2500 articles and editorials written for periodicals of the Theosophical Movement are documented in the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] under the name [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=annie+besant&method=all&header=field4&page=24 Annie Besant]. She also wrote many articles for popular newspapers and magazines, and for [[Spiritualism|Spiritualist]] journals such as [[The Occult Review (periodical)|''The Occult Review'']].


Many of her books, pamphlets, and published lectures are listed below alphabetically within categories. For a chronological presentation of all titles, with supplemental information, see [http://www.kurtleland.com/annie-besant-shrine/books Annie Besant Shrine at KurtLeland.com].
Many of her books, pamphlets, and published lectures are listed below alphabetically within categories. For a chronological presentation of all titles, with supplemental information, see [http://www.kurtleland.com/annie-besant-shrine/books Annie Besant Shrine at KurtLeland.com].
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* '''''The Story of the Great War, Some Lessons from the Mahābhārata for the Use of Hindū students in the Schools of India'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919. "From notes of lectures originally delivered at the Central Hindu college, Benares." 2nd edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Story of the Great War, Some Lessons from the Mahābhārata for the Use of Hindū students in the Schools of India'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919. "From notes of lectures originally delivered at the Central Hindu college, Benares." 2nd edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].


===See also===
'''See also''' [https://www.espaciotiempoyeducacion.com/ojs/index.php/ete/article/view/207/195# "Educational Ideas of Annie Besant"] by Chandra Lekha Singh.
* [https://www.espaciotiempoyeducacion.com/ojs/index.php/ete/article/view/207/195# Educational Ideas of Annie Besant] by Chandra Lekha Singh


== Theosophical writings ==
== Theosophical writings ==
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* '''''The Ancient Wisdom'''''. 1897. Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1911 edition is available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Ancient_Wisdom-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Originally serialized in ''Lucifer''.
* '''''The Ancient Wisdom'''''. 1897. Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1911 edition is available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Ancient_Wisdom-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Originally serialized in ''Lucifer''.


* '''''Avatâras: Four Lectures Delivered at the Twenty-fourth Anniversary Meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006500428  Hathitrust].
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006500428 Avatâras: Four Lectures Delivered at the Twenty-fourth Anniversary Meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900.  


* '''''The Basis of the Theosophical Society'''''. Benares, India: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1910. Available at [https://archive.org/details/besantthebasisofthetheosophicalsociety1910 Internet Archive].
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthebasisofthetheosophicalsociety1910 The Basis of the Theosophical Society]'''''. Benares, India: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1910.  


* '''''The Bhagavad-Gita, or, The Lord's Song: with the Text in Devanagari and an English translation'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Natesan, [1922]. 4th edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007696821 Hathitrust].  
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007696821 The Bhagavad-Gita, or, The Lord's Song: with the Text in Devanagari and an English translation]'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Natesan, [1922]. 4th edition.  


* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantbuddhism1941 Buddhism]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1941.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantbuddhism1941 Buddhism]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1941.
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* '''''Daily meditations on the path and its qualifications: from the works of Annie Besant'''''.  Compiled by E.G. Cooper. Adyar, Madras, India : Theosophical Pub. House, 1943. Searchable by [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060409 Hathitrust].
* '''''Daily meditations on the path and its qualifications: from the works of Annie Besant'''''.  Compiled by E.G. Cooper. Adyar, Madras, India : Theosophical Pub. House, 1943. Searchable by [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060409 Hathitrust].


* '''''Dharma'''''. 3rd edition - Krotona, Calif., 1918. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006500426 Hathitrust].
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006500426 Dharma]'''''. 3rd edition - Krotona, Calif., 1918.


* '''''An Exposition of Theosophy'''''. Boston, Mass., 1893. Reprint from 'The World,' N.Y., February 26, 1893. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008734818 Hathitrust].  
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008734818 An Exposition of Theosophy]'''''. Boston, Mass., 1893. Reprint from 'The World,' N.Y., February 26, 1893.  


* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantfivesermonettes1929 Five Sermonettes]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1929. Delivered by Annie Besant in the Liberal Catholic Church in Huizen, Holland, July 12-16, 1927.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantfivesermonettes1929 Five Sermonettes]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1929. Delivered by Annie Besant in the Liberal Catholic Church in Huizen, Holland, July 12-16, 1927.


* '''''Four Great Religions, Four Lectures Delivered on the Twenty-first Anniversary of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras'''''. Benares and London, Theosophical Pub. Society, 1897. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006499945 Hathitrust].  
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006499945 Four Great Religions, Four Lectures Delivered on the Twenty-first Anniversary of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras]'''''. Benares and London, Theosophical Pub. Society, 1897.  


* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheguardiansofhumanity The Guardians of Humanity]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophist Office, 1908. Delivered in the Theosophical Hall, Adyar, on March 8, 1908. Adyar popular lectures; no. 6.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheguardiansofhumanity The Guardians of Humanity]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophist Office, 1908. Delivered in the Theosophical Hall, Adyar, on March 8, 1908. Adyar popular lectures; no. 6.
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* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthehappyvalleyassociation1927 Happy Valley Association]'''''. Ojai, California: Happy Valley Foundation, 1927.  
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthehappyvalleyassociation1927 Happy Valley Association]'''''. Ojai, California: Happy Valley Foundation, 1927.  


* '''''The Ideals of Theosophy'''''. Adyar, India: Theosophist Office, 1912. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007653252 Hathitrust].
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007653252 The Ideals of Theosophy]'''''. Adyar, India: Theosophist Office, 1912.  


* '''''The Immediate Future'''''. A shorter version of ''The Changing World''. 1919.
* '''''The Immediate Future'''''. A shorter version of ''The Changing World''. 1919.


* '''''In the Outer Court'''''. London: The Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. 4th edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007705946 Hathitrust].
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007705946 In the Outer Court]'''''. London: The Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. 4th edition.


* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 Hathitrust].
* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 Hathitrust].
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* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthelawofactionandreaction1944 The Law of Action and Reaction]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1944. A lecture delivered at Adyar, in the Theosophical Hall on March 6th, 1910.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthelawofactionandreaction1944 The Law of Action and Reaction]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1944. A lecture delivered at Adyar, in the Theosophical Hall on March 6th, 1910.


* '''''Legends and Tales'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6k06xw2s;view=1up;seq=1 Hathitrust].  
* '''''[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6k06xw2s;view=1up;seq=1 Legends and Tales]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913.  
 
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011594866 Man and His Bodies]'''''. 2nd edition - London Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900.  
* '''''Man and His Bodies'''''. 2nd edition - London Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011594866 Hathitrust].


* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantmansplaceandfunctionsinnature1897 Man's Place and Functions in Nature]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1897.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantmansplaceandfunctionsinnature1897 Man's Place and Functions in Nature]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1897.
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* '''''The Masters'''''.
* '''''The Masters'''''.


* '''''The Masters as Facts and Ideals'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895. Originally given as a lecture  in St. James's Hall, April 27th, 1895. Available at [https://archive.org/details/besantthemastersasfactsandideals1895 Internet Archive].  
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthemastersasfactsandideals1895 The Masters as Facts and Ideals]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895. Originally given as a lecture  in St. James's Hall, April 27th, 1895.  


* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].  
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Mysticism]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914.  
 
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthenecessityforreincarnation1984 The Necessity for Reincarnation]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Pub. House, 1984. First published as Adyar Library pamphlet no. 113 in 1920.
 
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantoccultchemistyinvestigations1946 Occult Chemisty Investigations: A Record of the Examination by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of 99 Chemical Elements and Some Compounds.]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1946.


* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantonmoods1906 On Moods]'''''. London and Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review, vol. 35, no. 207, November 1904.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantonmoods1906 On Moods]'''''. London and Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review, vol. 35, no. 207, November 1904.


* '''''The Pedigree of Man: Four Lectures Delivered at the Twenty-eighth Anniversary Meetings of the Theosophical Society, at Adyar, December, 1903'''''. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3946618;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].
* '''''[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3946618;view=1up;seq=5 The Pedigree of Man: Four Lectures Delivered at the Twenty-eighth Anniversary Meetings of the Theosophical Society, at Adyar, December, 1903]'''''.  


* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.
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* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthepilgrimageofthesoul1895 The Pilgrimage of the Soul]'''''. 1895. Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society; Madras: Theosophist Office, Adyar; London: Theosophical Publishing Society. Pamphlet series; 18.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthepilgrimageofthesoul1895 The Pilgrimage of the Soul]'''''. 1895. Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society; Madras: Theosophist Office, Adyar; London: Theosophical Publishing Society. Pamphlet series; 18.


* '''''Reincarnation'''''. London, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1910. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006500412 Hathitrust].
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006500412 Reincarnation]'''''. London, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1910.


* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 The Secret of Evolution] '''''. Harrogate: Theosophical Publishing Committee, 1904. Reprinted from the Theosophical review.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 The Secret of Evolution] '''''. Harrogate: Theosophical Publishing Committee, 1904. Reprinted from the Theosophical review.
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* '''''Theosophy and the New Psychology: A Course of Six Lectures'''''. London: Theosophical Pub. Society; New York: John Lane; Chicago: Theosophical Book Concern, 1904. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012153912 Hathitrust] and [http://www.anandgholap.net/Theosophy_And_The_New_Psychology-AB.html AnandGholap.net].
* '''''Theosophy and the New Psychology: A Course of Six Lectures'''''. London: Theosophical Pub. Society; New York: John Lane; Chicago: Theosophical Book Concern, 1904. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012153912 Hathitrust] and [http://www.anandgholap.net/Theosophy_And_The_New_Psychology-AB.html AnandGholap.net].


* '''''The Three Paths, and Dharma'''''. London, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1902. 2nd edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008680001 Hathitrust].  
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008680001 The Three Paths, and Dharma]'''''. London, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1902. 2nd edition.
 
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheuniversallawoflife1992 The Universal Law of Life: Two Addresses by Annie Besant Given at the World Parliament of Religions, September 1893]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1992. 42 pages.


* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheuniversaltextbookofreligionandmoralspt3v11915 Universal Text Book of Religion and Morals: Part 3, volume 1. Hinduism]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Council of the Theosophical Society by the Theosophical Publishing House, 1915.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheuniversaltextbookofreligionandmoralspt3v11915 Universal Text Book of Religion and Morals: Part 3, volume 1. Hinduism]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Council of the Theosophical Society by the Theosophical Publishing House, 1915.


* '''''Why I Became a Theosophist'''''. New York: "The Path" Office, 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008407112 Hathitrust].
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008407112 Why I Became a Theosophist]'''''. New York: "The Path" Office, 1890.


== Translations by Annie Besant ==
== Translations by Annie Besant ==


* Havard, Henry. '''''Dead cities of the Zuyder''s Zee: a voyage to the picturesque side of Holland'''''. Bently, 1876. Translated from the French by Annie Besant.
* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007696821 The Bhagavad-Gita, or, The Lord's Song: with the Text in Devanagari and an English translation]'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Natesan, [1922]. 4th edition.
 
* Havard, Henry. '''''Dead cities of the Zuyder's Zee: a voyage to the picturesque side of Holland'''''. Bently, 1876. Translated from the French by Annie Besant.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 16:56, 21 May 2020

Annie Besant (1847-1933) was a prolific writer throughout her life. She wrote books, pamphlets, and articles during her activities with the Freethought Movement, the Fabian Socialists, and the Indian independence movement; and as a lecturer and President (1907-1933) of the Theosophical Society based in Adyar, Chennai, India. Over 2500 articles and editorials written for periodicals of the Theosophical Movement are documented in the Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals under the name Annie Besant. She also wrote many articles for popular newspapers and magazines, and for Spiritualist journals such as The Occult Review.

Many of her books, pamphlets, and published lectures are listed below alphabetically within categories. For a chronological presentation of all titles, with supplemental information, see Annie Besant Shrine at KurtLeland.com.

Autobiographical books and pamphlets

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  • Annie Besant: the Atheist Years. Edited with an introduction by J. Gordon Melton. New York: Garland Pub. Co., 1990. "Reprint of thirteen pamphlets from 1883-1890.”
  • Annie Besant: An Autobiography. London, 1893. Available at Anandgholap.net.
  • Autobiographical Sketches. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from Hathitrust.
  • My Path to Atheism. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at Hathitrust.

Early social activism

Book advocating birth control, 1878

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  • Essays on Socialism. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at Hathitrust.
  • The Influence of Alcohol: a lecture delivered in the Livesy Central Temperance Hall, Scrutton St., London, on Sunday morning, February 7th, 1892. London: 1892. Available at Hathitrust.
  • The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at Internet Archive.
  • A Selection of the Social and Political Pamphlets of Annie Besant. With a pref. & bibliographical notes by John Saville. New York, A. M. Kelley, 1970. Searchable at Hathitrust.
  • Is Socialism Sound?: Verbatim Report of a Four Nights' Debate Between Annie Besant and G. W. Foote at the Hall of Science, Old St., London, E.C., on February 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd, 1887. With G. W. Foote. London: Progressive Pub. Co., 1887. Available at Hathitrust.
  • The Trades Union Movement. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at Hathitrust.

India and Indian independence

  • For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at Hathitrust.
  • India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at Hathitrust.
  • India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at Hathitrust.
  • Problems of Reconstruction: Lectures delivered at the forty-third Anniversary Meeting of the Theosophical Society at Delhi, December, 1918. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919.Four lectures: Religious Reconstruction, Social Reconstruction, Political Reconstruction, Educational Reconstruction.
  • Speeches & Writings of Annie Besant. Madras, India: G.A. Natesan & Co., 1921. "A thoroughly revised and enlarged edition of 'For India's uplift'."

Education

Besant's fervent advocation of educational reform led her to publish several pamphlets on the subject; among these were Education as a National Duty (Banaras, 1903), The Education of Indian Girls (Banaras, 1903), Principles of Education (Madras, 1915), Education for the New Era (London, 1919), Theosophical Education Report (Madras, 1917), and the Kamala Lectures: Indian Ideals in Education & Philosophy, Religion and Art (Calcutta, 1925).[1]

In support of the work of the Society for the Promotion of National Education, she produced three volumes of stories for Indian children, compiled from the Hitopadesha, a book of Hindu fables:

  • Value of Friendship
  • Disunion of Friends
  • Sri Rama and Sita Devi

Other publications arising from her educational work include:

  • Education for the New Era. London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
  • Education as the Basis of National Life. Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
  • Principles of Education. Adyar, Madras: Society for the Promotion of National Education, 1918. Reprinted by the Theosophical Society in 1932, subtitled "with a scheme applying them to national education in India, dedicated to parents, guardians and teachers".
  • Lectures on Political Science. Adyar, Madras: Society for the Promotion of National Education, 1919.
  • The Story of the Great War, Some Lessons from the Mahābhārata for the Use of Hindū students in the Schools of India. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919. "From notes of lectures originally delivered at the Central Hindu college, Benares." 2nd edition available at Hathitrust.

See also "Educational Ideas of Annie Besant" by Chandra Lekha Singh.

Theosophical writings

  • The Ancient Wisdom. 1897. Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1911 edition is available at AnandGholap.net. Originally serialized in Lucifer.
  • Buddhism. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1941.
  • The Changing World. 1919. The Immediate Future was a shorter version. Reviewed in The Messenger, July 1919, page 63.
  • Culture of the Soul. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1894. An Address delivered by Mrs. Besant on the 5th of June, at a Meeting of the London Lodge, on Indian Methods of Spiritual Self Culture. Transactions of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society; no. 22.
  • Daily meditations on the path and its qualifications: from the works of Annie Besant. Compiled by E.G. Cooper. Adyar, Madras, India : Theosophical Pub. House, 1943. Searchable by Hathitrust.
  • Dharma. 3rd edition - Krotona, Calif., 1918.
  • Five Sermonettes. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1929. Delivered by Annie Besant in the Liberal Catholic Church in Huizen, Holland, July 12-16, 1927.
  • The Guardians of Humanity. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophist Office, 1908. Delivered in the Theosophical Hall, Adyar, on March 8, 1908. Adyar popular lectures; no. 6.
  • The Immediate Future. A shorter version of The Changing World. 1919.
  • An Introduction to Yoga. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at Hathitrust.
  • Jainism. Adyar, India: Theosophical Pub. House, 1949, 1997. Reprint of a Convention Lecture delivered in 1901 at Adyar, on the 26th anniversary of the Theosophical Society. Searchable at Hathitrust.
  • The Law of Action and Reaction. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1944. A lecture delivered at Adyar, in the Theosophical Hall on March 6th, 1910.
  • The Masters.
  • Mysticism. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914.
  • On Moods. London and Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review, vol. 35, no. 207, November 1904.
  • The Perfect Man. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.
  • The Pilgrimage of the Soul. 1895. Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society; Madras: Theosophist Office, Adyar; London: Theosophical Publishing Society. Pamphlet series; 18.
  • The Secret of Evolution . Harrogate: Theosophical Publishing Committee, 1904. Reprinted from the Theosophical review.
  • The Seven Principles of Man. London, The Theosophical Publishing Society, 1892. Searchable at Hathitrust and available at AnandGholap.net. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in Lucifer, August-December 1891.
  • Study and Practice. London: Issued by the Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society, [1919] A lecture delivered by Mrs. Besant at Mortimer Hall, under the auspices of Blavatsky Lodge of the T.S. in England and Wales on October 3rd, 1919.
  • Theosophy and the New Psychology: A Course of Six Lectures. London: Theosophical Pub. Society; New York: John Lane; Chicago: Theosophical Book Concern, 1904. Available at Hathitrust and AnandGholap.net.

Translations by Annie Besant

  • Havard, Henry. Dead cities of the Zuyder's Zee: a voyage to the picturesque side of Holland. Bently, 1876. Translated from the French by Annie Besant.

Notes

  1. [See https://blog.philosophicalsociety.org/2018/05/16/annie-besant-the-pearl-of-the-indian-renaissance# Annie Besant: The Pearl of the Indian Renaissance] by The Masonic Philosophical Society