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	* Oliveira, Pedro. '''''CWL Speaks: C. W. Leadbeater's Correspondence Concerning the 1906 Crisis in the Theosophical Society'''''. 2018. Foreword by Robert Ellwood. Available as a PDF at [http://www.cwlworld.info/CWL_Speaks_-_second_print_PDF.pdf CWL World website].		* Oliveira, Pedro. '''''CWL Speaks: C. W. Leadbeater's Correspondence Concerning the 1906 Crisis in the Theosophical Society'''''. 2018. Foreword by Robert Ellwood. Available as a PDF at [http://www.cwlworld.info/CWL_Speaks_-_second_print_PDF.pdf CWL World website].
	* Tillett, Gregory. '''''The Elder Brother: a Biography of Charles Webster Leadbeater'''''. London; Boston: Routledge & K. Paul, 1982.		* Tillett, Gregory. '''''The Elder Brother: a Biography of Charles Webster Leadbeater'''''. London; Boston: Routledge & K. Paul, 1982.
			* Tillett, Gregory. [https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/1623 Charles Webster Leadbeater 1854-1934: a biographical study]. Doctoral thesis expanding upon ''The Elder Brother''. 1986.

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	* Oliveira, Pedro. '''''CWL Speaks: C. W. Leadbeater's Correspondence Concerning the 1906 Crisis in the Theosophical Society'''''. 2018. Foreword by Robert Ellwood. Available as a PDF at [http://www.cwlworld.info/CWL_Speaks_-_second_print_PDF.pdf CWL World website].		* Oliveira, Pedro. '''''CWL Speaks: C. W. Leadbeater's Correspondence Concerning the 1906 Crisis in the Theosophical Society'''''. 2018. Foreword by Robert Ellwood. Available as a PDF at [http://www.cwlworld.info/CWL_Speaks_-_second_print_PDF.pdf CWL World website].
	* Tillett, Gregory. '''''The Elder Brother: a Biography of Charles Webster Leadbeater'''''. London; Boston: Routledge & K. Paul, 1982.		* Tillett, Gregory. '''''The Elder Brother: a Biography of Charles Webster Leadbeater'''''. London; Boston: Routledge & K. Paul, 1982.

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			* Leichtman, Robert R. '''''Leadbeater Returns'''''. Columbus, Ohio: Ariel Press, 1979. "It is a report of the conversation of Dr. Robert Leichtman with the spirit of Bishop Leadbeater, through the mediumship of D. Kendrick Johnson. Available for borrowing at [https://archive.org/details/leadbeaterreturn00leic/page/n99/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	=== Articles and pamphlets ===		=== Articles and pamphlets ===

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	=== Articles and pamphlets ===		=== Articles and pamphlets ===

	*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/articles/AppreciationofCWL.pdf# "An Appreciation of C. W. Leadbeater"] by Geoffrey Hodson		*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/articles/AppreciationofCWL.pdf# "An Appreciation of C. W. Leadbeater"] by Geoffrey Hodson,
	*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/leadbeat.html# "C. W. Leadbeater - A Great Occultist"] Compiled by Sandra Hodson and Mathias J. van Thiel		*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/leadbeat.html# "C. W. Leadbeater - A Great Occultist"] Compiled by Sandra Hodson and Mathias J. van Thiel,
	* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/leadbeater-charles-webster Leadbeater, Charles Webster] in Theosophy World		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/leadbeater-charles-webster Leadbeater, Charles Webster] in Theosophy World,
	*[https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/ebooks/The_Mystery_of_the_Clairvoyance_of_C.pdf# "The Mystery of C. W. Leadbeater’s Clairvoyance"] by Pedro Oliveira		*[https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/ebooks/The_Mystery_of_the_Clairvoyance_of_C.pdf# "The Mystery of C. W. Leadbeater’s Clairvoyance"] by Pedro Oliveira,
	*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/shearman5.html# "C.W. Leadbeater in Retrospect"] By Hugh Shearman		*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/shearman5.html# "C.W. Leadbeater in Retrospect"] By Hugh Shearman,
	* [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/3065-historical-photos-from-the-surendra-narayan-archives-adyar-archives-charles-webster-leadbeater Historical "Photos from the Surendra Narayan Archives (Adyar Archives) – Charles Webster Leadbeater"] in ''Theosophy Forward''. 28 November 2021.		* [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/3065-historical-photos-from-the-surendra-narayan-archives-adyar-archives-charles-webster-leadbeater Historical "Photos from the Surendra Narayan Archives (Adyar Archives) – Charles Webster Leadbeater"] in ''Theosophy Forward''. 28 November 2021.
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/invisible-helpers Invisible Helpers] in Theosophy World.

	=== Websites ===		=== Websites ===

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	*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/articles/AppreciationofCWL.pdf# "An Appreciation of C. W. Leadbeater"] by Geoffrey Hodson		*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/articles/AppreciationofCWL.pdf# "An Appreciation of C. W. Leadbeater"] by Geoffrey Hodson
	*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/leadbeat.html# "C. W. Leadbeater - A Great Occultist"] Compiled by Sandra Hodson and Mathias J. van Thiel		*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/leadbeat.html# "C. W. Leadbeater - A Great Occultist"] Compiled by Sandra Hodson and Mathias J. van Thiel
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/leadbeater-charles-webster Leadbeater, Charles Webster] in Theosophy World
	*[https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/ebooks/The_Mystery_of_the_Clairvoyance_of_C.pdf# "The Mystery of C. W. Leadbeater’s Clairvoyance"] by Pedro Oliveira		*[https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/ebooks/The_Mystery_of_the_Clairvoyance_of_C.pdf# "The Mystery of C. W. Leadbeater’s Clairvoyance"] by Pedro Oliveira
	*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/shearman5.html# "C.W. Leadbeater in Retrospect"] By Hugh Shearman		*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/shearman5.html# "C.W. Leadbeater in Retrospect"] By Hugh Shearman

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	<blockquote>In his biography of Leadbeater, the late Gregory Tillett (my former colleague at the University of Sydney) put the case that the man who ‘had established himself as the greatest Theosophical authority of the time’ (in the 1900s) did teach a secret doctrine to a select few that ordinarily the closest anyone ‘can come to a sublime spiritual experience is orgasm’ (quotations from Tillett, ''The Elder Brother'', 75, 281). But the compiler of the relevant Correspondence we now review will have none of this, and is well aware that, as a resentfully exiting Theosophist, Tillett had his agenda to bring Leadbeater right down from his pedestal. And probably the suspicions of bias have good reason, because when Tillett wrote extensively on Leadbeater’s esoteric sexology, the footnoted documentation suddenly gets empty (314–315).<ref>[https://brill.com/view/journals/arie/21/2/article-p289_7.xml?ebody=previewPdf-46504# Book Reviews] by Garry Trompf</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>In his biography of Leadbeater, the late Gregory Tillett (my former colleague at the University of Sydney) put the case that the man who ‘had established himself as the greatest Theosophical authority of the time’ (in the 1900s) did teach a secret doctrine to a select few that ordinarily the closest anyone ‘can come to a sublime spiritual experience is orgasm’ (quotations from Tillett, ''The Elder Brother'', 75, 281). But the compiler of the relevant Correspondence we now review will have none of this, and is well aware that, as a resentfully exiting Theosophist, Tillett had his agenda to bring Leadbeater right down from his pedestal. And probably the suspicions of bias have good reason, because when Tillett wrote extensively on Leadbeater’s esoteric sexology, the footnoted documentation suddenly gets empty (314–315).<ref>[https://brill.com/view/journals/arie/21/2/article-p289_7.xml?ebody=previewPdf-46504# Book Reviews] by Garry Trompf</ref></blockquote>

			=== Leadbeater's reaction to accusations ===

			In May, 1934, [[George S. Arundale]] wrote about the various accusations leveled against his coworker Leadbeater, and about Leadbeater's equanimity:
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			There are probably people going about to-day who will declare with an emphasis girt about with all the paraphernalia of superficial authority that they ’’know” this particular charge to be true. Of course, they cannot know it, and do not know it, but they are able to persuade the ignorant that they possess the knowledge, so that the evil spreads and spreads, until by the final immensity of its false size it crushes all the finer virtues among those who hear it, and soon crushes its unfortunate martyr and victim. It is the inquisition over again in a far more dangerous because a far more subtle form. It is the old persecution mania wrapped in the garments of modern so-called civilisation.

			Fortunately, it was unable to crush Bishop Leadbeater, partly because It was so utterly false and
			evil, and partly because he was so entirely and completely indifferent to it. It left him cold, because it was so absurd, so contrary to anything he could possibly do. At the least he was a gallant gentleman, and gentlemen are not disturbed by fractious and venomous little dogs barking vulgarly and coarsely at their heels... Those of us who were constantly round about him know well that there were other things to talk about than the yappings, and if ever they were referred to it was with a smile and a tolerant shrug of the shoulders. There was not even the question of forgiving them. They certainly had not the slightest idea of what they were doing, but probably they were in some tortuous and foolish way doing the best they could under the imaginary circumstances. And since they did not in the least degree affect the pursuit by the Bishop of the even tenour of his way, it was not worth while to pay more - attention than would a couple of friends talking on serious subjects if a little dog were making a tremendous fuss about their heels. They would smile at him and go on with their talk... Bishop Leadbeater was infinitely in advance of his time, and must therefore be subject to a corresponding amount of misunderstanding and misrepresentation.<ref>May 1934 draft document by G. S. Arundale. Charles W. Leadbeater Papers. Theosophical Society in America Archvies.</ref>
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	== International lecture tours ==		== International lecture tours ==

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	Mrs. Besant’s health was deteriorating and Leadbeater went to her bedside on September 20th, 1933 and Annie Besant passed away at 4:00 p.m.<ref>Tillett, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater.</i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 248 - 252</ref>		Mrs. Besant’s health was deteriorating and Leadbeater went to her bedside on September 20th, 1933 and Annie Besant passed away at 4:00 p.m.<ref>Tillett, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater.</i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 248 - 252</ref>

	At the beginning of 1934 Leadbeater left from India for Australia extremely ill and frail. When he arrived in Perth, he was very weak and he summoned Harold Morton, who had been his secretary in Sydney and was General Secretary of the TS in Australia. He saw him the last time on February 29th. Leadbeater passed away on [[March 1]] ~~His mortal remains~~, in the ~~form~~ of ashes, were distributed between the Manor, Adyar and Huizen, with a portion being placed behind a memorial tablet on the wall of the Liberal Catholic Church in Perth. <ref>Tillett, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 204- 260</ref>		At the beginning of 1934 Leadbeater left from India for Australia extremely ill and frail. When he arrived in Perth, he was very weak and he summoned Harold Morton, who had been his secretary in Sydney and was General Secretary of the TS in Australia. He saw him the last time on February 29th. Leadbeater passed away on [[March 1]]. Evidently his body was embalmed, and later cremated. Lillian Kenworthy of Perth wrote to [[Mary K. Neff]]:
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			This morning (Sunday, March 4th) we had a Requiem Mass in the little Church here. The Body has been embalmed. It was brought to the Church in a very beautifully made and polished casket, with the usual metal decorations. It was a very beautiful service; and with the mauve and purples of Lent in flowers, vestments and altar decoraions, relieved by white and gold in altar cloth and other parts of the vestments, the scene was really very beautifully appropriate. (The Bishop was dressed in alb and white stole.)<ref>Lillian Kenworthy letter to M. K. Neff. April 20, 1934. Mary K. Neff Papers. Records Series 25.08. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>
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			His ashes, were distributed between [[The Manor\|the Manor]], [[Garden of Remembrance at Adyar\|Adyar]] and Huizen, with a portion being placed behind a memorial tablet on the wall of the Liberal Catholic Church in Perth. <ref>Tillett, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 204- 260</ref>

	== Personal comments ==		== Personal comments ==

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	In 1906, when the parents learned about these practices, some became very upset. A commission of the American branch of the Society was appointed to investigate the facts causing great controversy. Leadbeater offered his resignation to "save society from shame," and [[Henry Steel Olcott]] accepted it. Later, in 1909, CWL was reinstated in the Theosophical Society, under the presidency of [[Annie Besant]].		In 1906, when the parents learned about these practices, some became very upset. A commission of the American branch of the Society was appointed to investigate the facts causing great controversy. Leadbeater offered his resignation to "save society from shame," and [[Henry Steel Olcott]] accepted it. Later, in 1909, CWL was reinstated in the Theosophical Society, under the presidency of [[Annie Besant]].

	=== Gregory ~~Tillet~~'s biography ===		=== Gregory Tillett's biography ===

	Some people have attacked Leadbeater's morality based on this case, while others later added accusations of homosexuality and child abuse, which were never part of the original accusations and remain unsubstantiated. Among his modern prominent critics was the late Gregory Tillett, who wrote an influential biography titled, ''The Elder Brother'' (1982).		Some people have attacked Leadbeater's morality based on this case, while others later added accusations of homosexuality and child abuse, which were never part of the original accusations and remain unsubstantiated. Among his modern prominent critics was the late Gregory Tillett, who wrote an influential biography titled, ''The Elder Brother'' (1982).
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	In 1905 the Australian TS raised enough money to support another tour, so in 1905-1906 Leadbeater went to Hawaii, Samoa, Australia, India, Burma, Ceylon, and Egypt on an extended lecture tour, and home by way of Italy, France, and London. Fritz and a young Englishman, [[Basil Hodgson-Smith]], accompanied him, working as secretaries to assist with Leadbeater's massive correspondence.<ref>~~Tillet~~, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 42-76.</ref><ref>Fritz wrote frequent and detailed letters to his family, which are preserved in the Kunz Family Collection, Records Series 25.01, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>		In 1905 the Australian TS raised enough money to support another tour, so in 1905-1906 Leadbeater went to Hawaii, Samoa, Australia, India, Burma, Ceylon, and Egypt on an extended lecture tour, and home by way of Italy, France, and London. Fritz and a young Englishman, [[Basil Hodgson-Smith]], accompanied him, working as secretaries to assist with Leadbeater's massive correspondence.<ref>Tillett, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 42-76.</ref><ref>Fritz wrote frequent and detailed letters to his family, which are preserved in the Kunz Family Collection, Records Series 25.01, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>

	After a break due to the leaving and then re-joining the Society and focusing on Krishnamurti, Leadbeater went back to Australia and New Zealand to lecture at the beginning of World War I before returning to London in 1916, where he met [[James Ingall Wedgwood \|Wedgwood]]. Talking about Australia and New Zealand as the home of the new [[Root-race\|sub-race]] was a popular topic.		After a break due to the leaving and then re-joining the Society and focusing on Krishnamurti, Leadbeater went back to Australia and New Zealand to lecture at the beginning of World War I before returning to London in 1916, where he met [[James Ingall Wedgwood \|Wedgwood]]. Talking about Australia and New Zealand as the home of the new [[Root-race\|sub-race]] was a popular topic.
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	He traveled less for some time because he was busy with the [[Liberal Catholic Church]], his writings, and he also focused more on his life at [[The Manor\|the Manor]] in Australia.		He traveled less for some time because he was busy with the [[Liberal Catholic Church]], his writings, and he also focused more on his life at [[The Manor\|the Manor]] in Australia.

	In 1931 he traveled again to Adyar to celebrate the H.P.B. Centenary on [[August 11]], 1931. The year ended with the 56th Annual Convention held at Adyar and Leadbeater spoke on “The Groundwork of Human Relations”. He left Adyar on February 25th, 1932 to visit Australia, intending to undertake a lecture tour including New Zealand. But he injured his foot and was unable to fulfill his obligations. <ref>~~Tillet~~, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater.</i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 171 - 247.</ref>		In 1931 he traveled again to Adyar to celebrate the H.P.B. Centenary on [[August 11]], 1931. The year ended with the 56th Annual Convention held at Adyar and Leadbeater spoke on “The Groundwork of Human Relations”. He left Adyar on February 25th, 1932 to visit Australia, intending to undertake a lecture tour including New Zealand. But he injured his foot and was unable to fulfill his obligations. <ref>Tillett, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater.</i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 171 - 247.</ref>

	He left for his last trip to India at the end of May 1932 and spoke at the 1932 Convention on the theme “A World in Distress: The Remedies as seen by the Theosophist.” In 1934, before boarding a ship to Australia, he addressed meetings at Bombay and the Juhu Colony. <ref>~~Tillet~~, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 248 - 252.</ref>		He left for his last trip to India at the end of May 1932 and spoke at the 1932 Convention on the theme “A World in Distress: The Remedies as seen by the Theosophist.” In 1934, before boarding a ship to Australia, he addressed meetings at Bombay and the Juhu Colony. <ref>Tillett, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 248 - 252.</ref>

	== Krishnamurti ==		== Krishnamurti ==
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	Leadbeater traveled the last time to India in 1932. He continued working on occult chemistry to find scientific proof of Theosophy. The explorations into atoms and molecules and elements and compounds which had begun in 1895 and continued, sporadically, throughout the years until 1932, had produces a great mass of material which Jinarajadasa compiled and collated.		Leadbeater traveled the last time to India in 1932. He continued working on occult chemistry to find scientific proof of Theosophy. The explorations into atoms and molecules and elements and compounds which had begun in 1895 and continued, sporadically, throughout the years until 1932, had produces a great mass of material which Jinarajadasa compiled and collated.

	Mrs. Besant’s health was deteriorating and Leadbeater went to her bedside on September 20th, 1933 and Annie Besant passed away at 4:00 p.m.<ref>~~Tillet~~, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater.</i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 248 - 252</ref>		Mrs. Besant’s health was deteriorating and Leadbeater went to her bedside on September 20th, 1933 and Annie Besant passed away at 4:00 p.m.<ref>Tillett, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater.</i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 248 - 252</ref>

	At the beginning of 1934 Leadbeater left from India for Australia extremely ill and frail. When he arrived in Perth, he was very weak and he summoned Harold Morton, who had been his secretary in Sydney and was General Secretary of the TS in Australia. He saw him the last time on February 29th. Leadbeater passed away on [[March 1]] His mortal remains, in the form of ashes, were distributed between the Manor, Adyar and Huizen, with a portion being placed behind a memorial tablet on the wall of the Liberal Catholic Church in Perth. <ref>~~Tillet~~, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 204- 260</ref>		At the beginning of 1934 Leadbeater left from India for Australia extremely ill and frail. When he arrived in Perth, he was very weak and he summoned Harold Morton, who had been his secretary in Sydney and was General Secretary of the TS in Australia. He saw him the last time on February 29th. Leadbeater passed away on [[March 1]] His mortal remains, in the form of ashes, were distributed between the Manor, Adyar and Huizen, with a portion being placed behind a memorial tablet on the wall of the Liberal Catholic Church in Perth. <ref>Tillett, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 204- 260</ref>

	== Personal comments ==		== Personal comments ==

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	“There were those who spoke for C.W.L. and those against him. He was there all the time. The storm of accusation & defending went on for about 2 ½ hours. ~~[…]~~ I said that I knew C.W.L. better than most of them & so I could speak with some authority. I declared he was one of the purest & one of the greatest men I had ever met. His clairvoyance may be doubted but not his purity. As to his style Bishop, a man can call himself what he liked ~~[…]~~<ref>Oliveira, Pedro. <i>CWL Speaks: C.W. Leadbeater’s Correspondence concerning the 1906 Crisis in the T.S. </i>Pedro Oliviera, 2018. Page 288</ref><ref>Lutyen, Mary. <i>Krishnamurti – Years of Awakening<i> Shambala, Boston, 1997. Page 143</ref></blockquote>		“There were those who spoke for C.W.L. and those against him. He was there all the time. The storm of accusation & defending went on for about 2 ½ hours... I said that I knew C.W.L. better than most of them & so I could speak with some authority. I declared he was one of the purest & one of the greatest men I had ever met. His clairvoyance may be doubted but not his purity. As to his style Bishop, a man can call himself what he liked ...<ref>Oliveira, Pedro. <i>CWL Speaks: C.W. Leadbeater’s Correspondence concerning the 1906 Crisis in the T.S. </i>Pedro Oliviera, 2018. Page 288.</ref><ref>Lutyen, Mary. <i>Krishnamurti – Years of Awakening<i> Shambala, Boston, 1997. Page 143.</ref></blockquote>

	In 1924, Krishnamurti stayed with a group of friends in the Castle of Pergine, in Italy, where he said:		In 1924, Krishnamurti stayed with a group of friends in the Castle of Pergine, in Italy, where he said:

	<blockquote> We are all so ambitious. We want so much to see the Masters. But what have we done to deserve that They should show Themselves to us? Look at Annie Besant and C.W.L. at what they have suffered, and what they have gone through in life; and it is only then that they realized the Masters. <ref>Oliveira, Pedro. <i>CWL Speaks: C.W. Leadbeater’s Correspondence concerning the 1906 Crisis in the T.S. </i>Pedro Oliviera, 2018. Page 290</ref>		<blockquote> We are all so ambitious. We want so much to see the Masters. But what have we done to deserve that They should show Themselves to us? Look at Annie Besant and C.W.L. at what they have suffered, and what they have gone through in life; and it is only then that they realized the Masters. <ref>Oliveira, Pedro. <i>CWL Speaks: C.W. Leadbeater’s Correspondence concerning the 1906 Crisis in the T.S. </i>Pedro Oliviera, 2018. Page 290.</ref>
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	[[File:CW Leadbeater 1.jpg\|240px\|right\|thumb\|Charles W. Leadbeater]]		[[File:CW Leadbeater 1.jpg\|240px\|right\|thumb\|Charles W. Leadbeater]]

	== Honors and awards ==		== Honors and awards ==

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	== Later years ==		== Later years ==

	~~<br>~~Leadbeater traveled the last time to India in 1932. He continued working on occult chemistry to find scientific proof of Theosophy. The explorations into atoms and molecules and elements and compounds which had begun in 1895 and continued, sporadically, throughout the years until 1932, had produces a great mass of material which Jinarajadasa compiled and collated.</br>		Leadbeater traveled the last time to India in 1932. He continued working on occult chemistry to find scientific proof of Theosophy. The explorations into atoms and molecules and elements and compounds which had begun in 1895 and continued, sporadically, throughout the years until 1932, had produces a great mass of material which Jinarajadasa compiled and collated.

			Mrs. Besant’s health was deteriorating and Leadbeater went to her bedside on September 20th, 1933 and Annie Besant passed away at 4:00 p.m.<ref>Tillet, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater.</i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 248 - 252</ref>

	<br> Mrs. Besant’s health was deteriorating and Leadbeater went to her bedside on September 20th, 1933 and Annie Besant passed away at 4:00 p.m.<ref>Tillet, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater.</i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 248 - 252</ref></br>		At the beginning of 1934 Leadbeater left from India for Australia extremely ill and frail. When he arrived in Perth, he was very weak and he summoned Harold Morton, who had been his secretary in Sydney and was General Secretary of the TS in Australia. He saw him the last time on February 29th. Leadbeater passed away on [[March 1]] His mortal remains, in the form of ashes, were distributed between the Manor, Adyar and Huizen, with a portion being placed behind a memorial tablet on the wall of the Liberal Catholic Church in Perth. <ref>Tillet, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 204- 260</ref>

	~~<br>~~At the beginning of 1934 Leadbeater left from India for Australia extremely ill and frail. When he arrived in Perth, he was very weak and he summoned Harold Morton, who had been his secretary in Sydney and was General Secretary of the TS in Australia. He saw him the last time on February 29th. Leadbeater passed away on [[March 1]] His mortal remains, in the form of ashes, were distributed between the Manor, Adyar and Huizen, with a portion being placed behind a memorial tablet on the wall of the Liberal Catholic Church in Perth. <ref>Tillet, Gregory <I>The Elder Brother. A Biography of Charles Leadbeater. </i> Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. Pages 204- 260</ref~~></br~~>

	== Personal comments ==		== Personal comments ==

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	In 1922 a large house called “The Manor” was acquired, overlooking Sydney Harbour, and there Bishop Leadbeater lived with a resident community of those who came from many countries to learn from him, including a high proportion of young people of both sexes. At the same time he succeeded Wedgwood as Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church. <ref>Shearman, Hugh. <i>Charles Webster Leadbeater. A Biography. </i> The St. Alban Press, 1980. Pages 30-31</ref>>		In 1922 a large house called “The Manor” was acquired, overlooking Sydney Harbour, and there Bishop Leadbeater lived with a resident community of those who came from many countries to learn from him, including a high proportion of young people of both sexes. At the same time he succeeded Wedgwood as Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church. <ref>Shearman, Hugh. <i>Charles Webster Leadbeater. A Biography. </i> The St. Alban Press, 1980. Pages 30-31</ref>

	This house was located in the fashionable suburb of Mosman and it was huge, rambling and distinctly strange. Much of the time at The Manor was spent by occupants waiting for Leadbeater to appear from his room which opened on the verandah. Small groups gathered around the door, anxious not to miss the opportunity of a word with him. Occasionally Leadbeater would lead an expedition into the surrounding parkland.		This house was located in the fashionable suburb of Mosman and it was huge, rambling and distinctly strange. Much of the time at The Manor was spent by occupants waiting for Leadbeater to appear from his room which opened on the verandah. Small groups gathered around the door, anxious not to miss the opportunity of a word with him. Occasionally Leadbeater would lead an expedition into the surrounding parkland.