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'''[[Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa]]''' (16 December 1875 – 18 June 1953) was one of the foremost Theosophical writers. In 1913 he was awarded the [[Subba Row Medal]] for his contributions to Theosophical literature. His works have been translated into numerous languages, including Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Greek, Finnish, Hungarian, Russian, Japanese, Tamil, Telugu, Javanese, and Gujarati.

== Articles ==

Mr. Jinarājadāsa was an extremely prolific contributor to '''Theosophical periodicals'''. Many of the articles are indexed in the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]]. Over 1600 articles are listed under the name [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=jinarajadasa&method=any&header=field4 Jinarājadāsa]. Searching under [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=CJ&header=field4 CJ] will result in a lengthy list that includes work by [[Charles Johnston]], a Sanskrit scholar who was married to Madame Blavatsky's niece, and who was also known by the same initials. Within the results list, the '''articles by Mr. Jinarājadāsa''' will include those in the periodicals: [[The Adyar Bulletin (periodical)|''The Adyar Bulletin'']], [[The American Theosophist (periodical)|''The American Theosophist]], ''The Australian ES Bulletin'', [[The Herald of the Star (periodical)|''The Herald of the Star'']], [[The Messenger (periodical)|''The Messenger'']], ''Sishya (The Student)'', [[The Theosophic Messenger (periodical)|''The Theosophic Messenger'']], [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']], and [[World Theosophy (periodical)|''World Theosophy'']]. '''Articles by Charles Johnston''' appear in [[Theosophical Quarterly (periodical)|''Theosophical Quarterly'']], [[Theosophy (periodical)|''Theosophy'']], [[The Path (periodical)|''The Path'']], and [[The Irish Theosophist (periodical)|''The Irish Theosophist'']].

== Books and pamphlets ==

Dozens of books and pamphlets also flowed from the pen of Mr. Jinarājadāsa. These are some of his titles, arranged by topic. '''Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.'''

=== Madame Blavatsky ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePersonalityOfHPBlavatsky '''''The Personality of H. P. Blavatsky'''''] 1930.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaDidMadameBlavatskyForgeTheMahatmaLetters1934'''''Did Madame Blavatsky Forge the Mahatma Letters?''''']. 1934. Also, New York: Macoy's, 1934. Available from [http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MADAME_BLAVATSKY-LETTERS___.pdf Independent Lodge of Theosophists].
* '''''H.P.B. Speaks'''''. 1950-1951. "Letters written by H.P. Blavatsky from 1875 onwards, H.P.B.'s Diary for 1878, and some extracts from Scrapbook No. 1." 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles.

=== Theosophy ===

* '''''Christ the Logos'''''. 1910. London edition, 1920. German translation, 1922.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheConquestOfSpiritAndMatter '''''Conquest of Spirit and Matter'''''] Olcott, Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Press, 1936.
* '''''Occult Guidance in Theosophical Work'''''. 1915. 18 pages.
* '''''Occult Investigations: a Description of the Work of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater''''', 1938. Available at [http://hpb.narod.ru/tph/TPH_OCIV.HTM this website].
* '''''First Principles of Theosophy'''''. 1921. Published in at least 13 English editions. Second edition is available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=q6xVAAAAYAAJk Google Books] and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433087378554 Hathitrust]. It was also published in German, Dutch, Japanese and other languages.
* '''''Practical Theosophy'''''. 1918.
* '''''Life, Death and What Then?''''' London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918, 1919. Also [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLifeDeathAndWhatThen Sydney, 1900s].
* '''''Theosophy and Reconstruction'''''. 1919.
* '''''The Mediator and Other Theosophical Essays'''''. 1926. Also Chicago, Theosophical Press 1927.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaWhatTheosophistsBelieve '''''What Theosophists Believe''''']. 1938. Other editions: 1933, 1948, 1966. 26 pages.
* '''''The Ideas of Theosophy '''''. Auckland [N.Z.] : New Zealand Section of the Theosophical Society, 1950-1978.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIsAndIsToBe1940 '''''Is and Is-To-Be''''']. 1940.
* '''''The Seven Veils Over Consciousness'''''. 1952, 1969, 1974.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSolarSystemAsAFlower1946'''''The Solar System as a Flower''''']. 1946. Design by C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTenetsOfTheosophy '''''Tenets of Theosophy'''''] 1960. Also published in Wheaton, 1960s.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSecretOfTheAges '''''The Secret of the Ages and Other Theosophical Essays'''''] 2nd edition, 1988.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaManInLifeAndInDeath '''''Man in Life and in Death''''']. London, 19xx. Theosophy series no. 14.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaWhatIsTheWorkOfTheosophists'''''What is the Work of Theosophists?''''']. 1900s. Adyar pamphlet no. 210. Text also available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No210.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkAheadForTheosophists'''''The Work Ahead for Theosophists: Inaugural Address Delivered on February 17, 1946'''''] 1946.

===Krishnamurti and World-Teacher ===

* '''''The Message of the Future'''''. Glasgow: Star Publishing Trust, 1916. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d012474490;view=1up;seq=19 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Lord's Work'''''. Glasgow, Star Publishing Trust, 1917 and Sydney: Batson & Co, 1918.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFaithThatIsTheLife The Faith That Is the Life]''''' London: Star Publishing Trust, 1920.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaKrishnamurtisMessage Krishnamurti's Message 1930]'''''. 1928, 1930. Adyar pamphlet no. 134. 32 pages. Text is available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No134.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''When He Comes'''''. Sydney, N.S.W. : Order of the Star in the East, 1900s. "The following is an extract from the writings of Mr. C. Jinarajadasa... Includes application form for membership to the Order of the Star in the East."

=== Mahatmas and Mahatma Letters ===

* '''[[The "K. H." Letters to C. W. Leadbeater (book)|''The "K. H." Letters to C. W. Leadbeater'']]'''. 1941. CJ as editor of correspondence.Limited availability from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3943779 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883'''''. Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.32106000155793;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].
* '''[[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1881-1888'']]'''. Adyar, Madras, India; London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919, 1923. Foreword by Annie Besant; transcribed and compiled by C. Jinarajadasa. Translated into Russian and Spanish.
** '''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/5151989.html 1919 edition]''' is available from Hathitrust and from [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/jinarajadasa_Letters_from_the_masters_of_the_wisdom_1.pdf Blavatsky Archives].
** '''1919 First Edition''' was published as a facsimile by Nabu Press [Kessinger], 2010, and is also available on microform from University of Chicago.
** '''1945 Third Edition''' incorporates corrections.
** '''1948 Fourth Edition''' includes additional letters. The [http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Letters-From-the-Masters-of-the-Wisdom-First-Series.pdf 1948 edition] is available from TheosophyOnline.com.
** '''Later editions''' were published by Theosophical Publishing House in 1963, 1974, and 1988.
** '''[http://www.alpheus.org/html/source_materials/theosophy/MahaChohanLetter.pdf Maha Chohan Letter with additional notes]''' is available from Alpheus.org.
* '''[[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series'']]'''. Adyar, Madras, India, 1925.
** '''1925 edition'''. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=ngxOAQAAIAAJ Google Books].
** '''1926 American Edition''' was published by Theosophical Press, Chicago. It is available at [http://www.iapsop.com/ssoc/1926__jindarajadasa___letters_from_the_masters_of_wisdom_second_series.pdf IAPSOP website]. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010518809 Hathitrust].
** '''Second edition'''. Adyar, India, Theosophical Publishing House, 1973, 1977.
* '''''The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883'''''. 1923. 245 pages. CJ as editor.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIndexToLettersFromTheMastersOfTheWisdom1937 '''''Index to the Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, first and second series''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1937.
* '''''Theosophy as the Masters See It: Being an Account of the Society and Its Work as Outlined in the "Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom".''''' 1953. Compiled by Clara M. Codd. 369 pages.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfTheMahatmaLetters1946'''''The Story of the Mahatma Letters''''']. 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfTheMahatmaLetters1977 '''''The Story of the Mahatma Letters''''']. 1977. Compilation including materials by A. P. Sinnett and H. P. Blavatsky.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetterWithACommentary1948 The Maha Chohan's Letter 1881 with a Commentary 1948'''''].[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetter1966 '''''1966'''''].[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetter1973 '''''1973'''''].

=== Religions ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaGautamaTheBuddha'''''Gautama the Buddha'''''] 1930 (Third edition). Adyar pamphlet no. 62. Also available from the [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No62.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''Christ, Buddha, and Other Sketches'''''. 1913, 1927.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheBhagavadGita'''''The Bhagavad Gita'''''] 1915, 1930. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=KuE1AQAAMAAJ Google Books]. 31 pages.
* '''''The Nature of Mysticism'''''. 1917, 1934, 1948. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067119485 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Reign of Law: Buddhist Essays'''''. 1923. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReignOfLawInBuddhism1948 Second edition,'''''1948'''''].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaReligionAndReconstruction1932 '''''Religion and Reconstruction''''']. 1932.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSmallerBuddhistCatechism'''''The Smaller Buddhist Catechism''''']. 1914. H. Sumangala. Translated by C. Jinarajadasa; Compiled by C.W. Leadbeater.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfChatta1915'''''The Story of Chatta: An Incident in the Life of the Lord Buddha''''']. 1915. Translated from the Pali by C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkOfTheChristInTheWorldToday1934'''''The Work of the Christ in the World To-day''''']. 1934, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkOfTheChristInTheWorldToday1947'''''1947'''''].
* '''''The Law of Christ; Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney'''''. 1924. 2nd edition from Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois, 1947. 353 pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaBuddhaAndHisMessage/page/n1'''''Buddha and His Message'''''] 1948. 30 pages. Adyar pamphlet no. 209. Available in Braille. Text available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No209.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].

=== Art, literature, and beauty ===

* '''''Art and the Emotions'''''. 1920. Also London: Theosophical Pub. House, 1900s. Kessinger edition.
* '''''Art as Will and Idea'''''. 1927.
* '''''Karma-less-ness (Theosophical Essays on Art)'''''. 1932. Originally appeared as articles in magazines, including "The Basis of Art Expression," that appeared in 1915 as a chapter in the book ''Theosophy and Modern Thought''.
* '''''Goethe's Faust'''''. 1932.
* [https://archive.org/details/artasfactorinsou00jina/page/n1'''''Art as a Factor in the Soul's Evolution'''''] 1915. "From the Proceedings of the Federation of the European Sections of the Theosophical Society, London, 1905." Adyar Pamphlet No..50.

=== Education and children ===

* ''''' Flowers and Gardens: A Dream Structure'''''. Chicago, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913. Published in braille in 1965. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0005748009;view=1up;seq=10 Hathitrust] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zb9FAQAAMAAJ Google Books].
* '''''What We Shall Teach'''''. 1914, 1915.
* '''''Christ and Buddha, and Other Sketches: from the Children's Page of "The Theosophic messenger"'''''. 1908, 1913. Also Chicago, Illinois: Rajput Press, 1911. Rajput Press edition is available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001028158i;view=1up;seq=12 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Wonder Child: (a sequel to Flowers and Gardens)'''''. 1924.
* '''''Release (a sequel to The wonder child)'''''. 1925.
* '''''The Round Table: Addresses to Youth'''''. 1950.

=== History and biography ===

* '''''The Golden Book of The theosophical Society'''''. 1925. 421 pages with facsimiles.
* '''''Some Documents in the History of the T.S.'''''. London, 1927.
* '''''A Short Biography of Annie Besant'''''. 1931.
* '''''First Contact of the Lives of the Founders and Annie Besant'''''. London, 1933. Mary K. Neff writing on George Bernard Shaw and C. Jinarājadāsa on Annie Besant.
* '''''Abul Fazl and Akbar'''''. 1934.

=== Other subjects ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheAdministrationOfTheTheosophicalHeadquartersAtAdyarMadras '''''The Administration of the Theosophical Headquarters at Adyar, Madras'''''] 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheConventionsOfTheIndianConstitution'''''The Conventions of the Indian Constitution'''''] 1933.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaCommunicationToTheUnitedNationsOrganization '''''Communication to the United Nations Organization'''''] 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheGodWithoutAndTheGodWithin'''''The God Without and the God Within'''''] 1930. Adyar pamphlet no. 139. Text also available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No139.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHistoryOfReincarnation '''''The History of Reincarnation'''''] 1921. Adyar pamphlet no. 102.
* '''''The New Humanity of Intuition'''''. 1938. Published in Spanish in 1945.
* '''''The Meeting of the East and the West'''''. 1921. Available from [https://books.google.com/books?id=I1wLAAAAIAAJ Google Books].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaInHisName1913 '''''In His Name''''']. Chicago, IL: Rajput Press, 1913. Written as a message to [[Weller Van Hook]], or in another account, to [[Walter Hampden]].<ref>A. P. Warrington, "The National President's Address: The Light of Asia" ''The Messenger'' 6.4 (September 1918), 101.</ref> Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001093954d;view=1up;seq=19 Hathitrust].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaInHisName1951 '''''In His Name''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1951.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHeritageOfOurFathers'''''The Heritage of Our Fathers'''''] 1918. Also in 1918, Theosophical Publishing House in London and Krotona, California; Indian Book Depot, Bombay.
* '''''Theosophy and Reconstruction'''''. 1919.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReignOfLawInBuddhism1948'''''The Reign of Law in Buddhism '''''] Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReturnOfJuliusCaesar1941 The Return of Julius Caesar'''''] 1941. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReturnOfJuliusCaesar1943 1943 edition].
* '''''The Spiritual Factor in National Life'''''. 1928.
* '''''Offering'''''. 1928.
* '''''The Divine Vision'''''. 1928. 2nd edition in 1949.
* '''''Lecture Notes'''''. 1930.
* ''''' Fragments: from the World of C. Jinarajadasa'''''. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980. Compilation by Elise Nisewanger.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWarAndAfterATheosophistsViewpoint2ndEdition '''''The War - and After: A Theosophist's Viewpoint'''''] London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1939. Second edition.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWarAndAfterATheosophistsViewpoint '''''The War - and After: A Theosophist's Viewpoint'''''] Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1940.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheTheosophistAsTheIdealCitizen'''''The Theosophist as the Ideal Citizen in War and Peace'''''] Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1938 '''''The Ritual of the Mystic Star: a Form of Service for Worship and Consecration, for Use by the Congregation, 1938''''']. Other editions: [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1935 '''''1935'''''], 1945, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1951 '''''1951'''''].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMeaningAndPurposeOfTheRitualOfTheMysticStar '''''The Meaning and Purpose of the Ritual of the Mystic Star''''']. Olcott, Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Press, 1939.
* '''''Unfolding the Intuition'''''. Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Press, 1936. Addresses by C. Jinarajadasa, and others at the annual convention and summer school of the Theosophical Society.
* '''''Work for the World Mother: Esoteric School of Theosophy'''''. Madras: privately printed, 1948. Issued by the outer head of the school, C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaAWorldInDistress'''''A World in Distress: The Remedy as Seen by the Theosophist''''']. with C.W. Leadbeater and L.W. Rogers. Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1933.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIsAndIsToBe1951 '''''Is and Is-to-Be''''']. 4th edition, 1951. Braille edition, 1951.

=== Edited works ===

Mr. Jinarājadāsa served as editor of these works:
* '''''Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and of Some Compounds'''''. Written by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater; third edition was edited by C. Jinarajadasa, assisted by Elizabeth W. Preston. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1951. The first edition was published in 1908, and the second edition in 1919, edited by A. P. Sinnett.
* '''''The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: I and II, Lives of Erato and Spica'''''. 1941, 1976. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* ''''' The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: the Lives of Orion / Vol. 3'''''. 1946, 1975. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.

=== Chapters, essays, and introductions in other books ===

* '''''Light on the path. A treatise written for the personal use of those who are ignorant of the eastern wisdom, and who desire to enter within its influence'''''. By Mabel Collins. Chicago, Rajput Press, 1911. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''The Astral Plane'''''. By C. W. Leadbeater. 1933, 1941. Theosophical Manuals series no. 5. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''"Theosophy and Reconstruction" in ''Plans for a Post-War World'''''. Julia E. Johnsen, compiler. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. From a series: The Reference Shelf, v. 16, no. 2. Another essay was contributed by [[Henry A. Wallace]].
* '''''The Fire of Creation'''''. By J. J. van der Leewe. 1925, 1927, 1947. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''First Book of Theosophy (in questions and answers)'''''. By Pestanji Temulji Pavri. 1921 and several other publishers in at least 5 editions. Foreword by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''Fifty Years of Theosophy in Bombay: Being a History of the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Bombay, 1880-1930'''''. 1931. By B. P. Wadia. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa. 151 pages.
* '''''The Master Key to Happiness'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1944. By Joseph Pang Way. Foreword by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''Clairvoyant Investigations by C.W. Leadbeater: and "The Lives of Alcyone" (J. Krishnamurti)'''''. 1947. By Ernest Wood. "Some facts described by Ernest Wood ; with notes by C. Jinarajadasa." 39 pages.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheLawOfSacrificeTheLawOfRenunciation1951 '''''The Law of Sacrifice'''''. "The Self-Sacrifice of God" by C. Jinarājadāsa and "The Law of Sacrifice"] by C. W. Leadbeater. 1951. 38 pages. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheLawOfSacrificeTheLawOfRenunciation1980 '''''1980'''''].
* '''''Advance! Australia Pamphlets'''''. Sydney: Advance! Australian Publishing Co. 1920s. Eight articles; at least one written by C. Jinarājadāsa.

=== Poetry ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMaster1931'''''The Master (Meditations in Verse)'''''. 1931], 1948.
* '''''Collected poems of C. Jinarajadasa'''''. 1953, 2007. 122 pages.
* '''''My Brother - the Light!''. 1953.

== Published lectures ==

During the course of his life, Mr. Jinarājadāsa delivered hundreds of lectures. Some have been transcribed and printed in pamphlets and booklets. Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.

* '''''Theosophy and Modern Thought: Four Lectures Delivered at the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society, held at Adyar, Madras, December, 1914'''''. 1915, 1921. Available from [https://archive.org/details/theosophymodernt00jina Internet Archive], [https://books.google.com/books?id=GIcwAQAAMAAJ Google Books], and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/11936096.html Hathitrust].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualUnityOfRomanCatholicismAndHinduism '''''The Ritual Unity of Roman Catholicism and Hinduism'''''] 1930. Adyar Pamphlet no. 54.
* '''''Practical Theosophy'''''. 1918. Available at [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/PracticalTheosophy_CJinarajadasa.pdf Canadian Theosophical Federation]. These lectures were delivered in Chicago U.S.A., in 1910, and subsequently at the Annual Convention of the Burma Section in 1914.
* '''''How We Remember Our Past Lives, and Other Essays on Reincarnation'''''. 1915. Also Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923 and at least four more editions in 1950, 1955, 1970, 1973. Translated into Spanish.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMoorsInSpain '''''The Moors in Spain''''']. 1932. Adyar pamphlet no. 161. "A paper read on April 3, 1932, at a meeting of the Islamic Culture Society of Madras." Text available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No161.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''The Hidden Work of Nature'''''. 1915. Also Kessinger, 2010. A lecture delivered at the Small Queen's Hall, London, October 26th, 1913. Originally published as ''How We Remember out Past Lives''.
* '''''White Lotus Day'''''. 1917. Lecture delivered on 8th May 1917 at Adyar. 8 pages.
* '''''Theosophical Outlook'''''. 1919. Four lectures on religions, philosophy, education, politics, and social reform. "The Problem of Religion and Philosophy" ws presented by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by G.S. Arundale, B.P. Wadia, and T. Sadasivier.
* ''''' Theosophy and World-problems, Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Benares ... Dec. 1921'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1922. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060805;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=SFw7AQAAMAAJ Google Books]. Lecture 'Theosophy and the Cult of Beauty" by c. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and George Arundale.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMessageOfTheComingReligion1922 '''''The Message of the Coming Religion''''']. London: Brotherhood, 1922. A lecture delivered in the Conservatorium Hall, Sydney, on July 4th, 1922.
* '''''The Real and the Unreal: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Forty-seventh Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1922'''''. 1923.
* '''''Theosophy and an Ideal Australia'''''. Sydney, N.S.W. : Advance! Australia Publishing Co., 1920s. Advance! Australia Pamphlet no. 8. Available from the [http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/181997 State Library of Victoria]. Address delivered at the Australian Convention in Sydney on 16th April, 1922.
* '''''Opening Address of Mr. Jinarajadasa, Vice-President of the Theosophical Society, at the Eighth Congress of the Federation of T.S. National Societies in Europe, Vienna, 21st to 26th July, 1923'''''. Glasgow, 1923.
* '''''Theosophy the Interpreter, Being Three of the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Benares, at the Forth-eighth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec., 1923'''''. 1924. Lecture "Theosophy the interpreter of science as the basis of knowledge and conduct " by C. Jinarājadāsa plus lectures by James Cousins and George Arundale.
* '''''"I Promise": Talks to Young Disciples.'''''. 1917, 1924, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIPromise1952 '''''1952''''']. Tamil translation, 1917, 1918.
* '''''The Law of Christ: Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney'''''. 1924. Second edition 1947.
* ''''' Theosophy as the Basic Unity of National Life: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Bombay at the 49th Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec. 1924'''''. 1925. Lecture "The spiritual organisation of a nation" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and Lady Emily Lutyens.
* '''''The Divine Vision: Three Lectures Delivered at the Queen's Hall, London, and One Lecture Delivered at Palermo, Italy.'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. Delivered in London May 8th, 1927 and in Palermo, Italy in April, 1927. It is available at [http://hpb.narod.ru/DivineVision.htm Narod Russian Web page]. Reprinted in 1973 at Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois. '''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaADivineVisionOfManNatureAndGod Second edition, 1986, subtitled "A Divine Vision of Man, Nature and God"]'''.
* '''''The Three World Movements: Being the Jubilee Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1925'''''. 1926.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSpiritualFactorInNationalLife1924'''''The Spiritual Factor in National Life: Being four Lectures Delivered in Sydney under the Auspices of the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, in May, 1924 ''''']. 1924.
* '''''The Gods in Chains: Lectures and Addresses Delivered in South and Central America, 1928-29'''''. 1929. Kessinger.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheosophyAndTheosophists'''''Theosophy and Theosophists''''']. 1929. An address delivered at a convention of the Theosophical Society in Holland, in Amsterdam, December 1, 1929.
* '''''Theosophy, Past and Future. Being the ... Convention Lectures Delivered in Adyar at the Fifty-fourth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December 1929, etc'''''. 1930. "A year's travels in Latin America" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. I. Wedgwood, and C. W. Leadbeater. 116 pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFutureOfTheTheosophicalSociety '''''The Future of the Theosophical Society, A lecture delivered at the Theosophical Convention, Benares, December, 1930'''''] 1931. Adyar pamphlet no. 152. Text available at [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No152.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''The Future of the Theosophical Society, Being the Five Convention Lectures Delivered in Benares at the Fifty-fifth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1930'''''. 1931. Lectures delivered at the Theosophical Convention, Benares, December, 1930, including Annie Besant, B. Sanjiva Rao, Ernest Wood, and Hirendra Nath Datta, as speakers. Adyar pamphlet no. 152.
* '''''Life! More Life!: Discourses on a Theosophist's Vision of Life and Its Possibilities, Delivered in Europe, Brazil and Costa Rica, 1933-34'''''. 1934. Available from [https://books.google.com/books?id=0swrAAAAIAAJ Google Books].
* '''''Theosophy as Beauty'''''. 1936?. "The Function of the Artist" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Rukmini Devi, George Arundale. First published in ''The Theosophist'', 1 in March 1936, 2 in May 1936, 3 in February 1936, and 4 in March 1936. Adyar pamphlet no. 208.
* '''''The World as Idea, Emotion, and Will'''''. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing Co., 1943, 1948. Translated into German.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaPersonalAndImpersonalGod1944 '''''Personal and Impersonal God'''''.] 1944. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaPersonalAndImpersonalGod1966'''''1966'''''] An address delivered in London on April 2, 1944.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaEconomicsAndTheosophy'''''Economics and Theosophy: Summaries of Three Lectures to Theosophical Conventions'''''] 1944.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSchoolOfTheWisdom '''''The School of the Wisdom'''''] Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1950.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePlaceOfIntuitionInTheNewCivilization '''''The Place of Intuition in the New Civilization''''']. 1927 convention lecture delivered at Adyar.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSecretOfOurDailyTasks '''''The Secret of Our Daily Tasks''''' and '''''The Conquest of Spirit and Matter''''']. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Press, 1936. Olcott Series: Summer 1935.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheVisionOfTheSpirit '''''The Vision of the Spirit''''']. 1913. Adyar pamphlet no. 26. Reprinted 1921. Delivered at Benares convention, 1911.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheAimsOfTheTheosophicalWorker1941 '''''The Aims of the Theosophical Worker''''']. Reprinted from The Theosophist, June 1941. An address to the Theosophical Workers' Camp, Juhu, Bombay, May 4-18, 1941.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePurposeAndMethodOfTheBrahmavidyaAshrama1926 '''''The Purpose and Method of the Brahmavidya Ashrama''''']. The opening lecture of the fourth session of the Brahmavidya Ashrama, Adyar, October 2, 1925. Adyar, Madras, India: Brahmavidya Ashrama, 1926.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFutureOfBrotherhood1934 '''''The Future of Brotherhood''''']. Lecture delivered at the National Theatre, Panama City, Rep. of Panama, August 22, 1934. Edited by Theosophical Society of Panama.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheKingdomOfHeavenIsWithinYou1924 '''''The Kingdom of Heaven is Within You''''']. A lecture delivered on May 18th, 1924 under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLetUsDisarmWar19281929 '''''Let us Disarm War! Desarmemos la guerra!''''']. The English version of a Spanish address delivered in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico and Spain between December, 1928 and November, 1929.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHinduDoctrineOfTheAtman '''''Th Hindu Doctrine of the Atman''''']. A lecture delivered on May 11th 1924, under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaGodOurBrotherMan '''''God, Our Brother Man''''']. A lecture delivered on May 27th, 1924 under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLifeDeathAndWhatThen '''''Life, Death and Then What?'''''] A lecture delivered in the Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow, on Sunday evening, 8th October, 1916. Sydney: Theosophical Publishing House.

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'''[[Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa]]''' (16 December 1875 – 18 June 1953) was one of the foremost Theosophical writers. In 1913 he was awarded the [[Subba Row Medal]] for his contributions to Theosophical literature. His works have been translated into numerous languages, including Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Greek, Finnish, Hungarian, Russian, Japanese, Tamil, Telugu, Javanese, and Gujarati.

== Articles ==

Mr. Jinarājadāsa was an extremely prolific contributor to '''Theosophical periodicals'''. Many of the articles are indexed in the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]]. Over 1600 articles are listed under the name [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=jinarajadasa&method=any&header=field4 Jinarājadāsa]. Searching under [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=CJ&header=field4 CJ] will result in a lengthy list that includes work by [[Charles Johnston]], a Sanskrit scholar who was married to Madame Blavatsky's niece, and who was also known by the same initials. Within the results list, the '''articles by Mr. Jinarājadāsa''' will include those in the periodicals: [[The Adyar Bulletin (periodical)|''The Adyar Bulletin'']], [[The American Theosophist (periodical)|''The American Theosophist]], ''The Australian ES Bulletin'', [[The Herald of the Star (periodical)|''The Herald of the Star'']], [[The Messenger (periodical)|''The Messenger'']], ''Sishya (The Student)'', [[The Theosophic Messenger (periodical)|''The Theosophic Messenger'']], [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']], and [[World Theosophy (periodical)|''World Theosophy'']]. '''Articles by Charles Johnston''' appear in [[Theosophical Quarterly (periodical)|''Theosophical Quarterly'']], [[Theosophy (periodical)|''Theosophy'']], [[The Path (periodical)|''The Path'']], and [[The Irish Theosophist (periodical)|''The Irish Theosophist'']].

== Books and pamphlets ==

Dozens of books and pamphlets also flowed from the pen of Mr. Jinarājadāsa. These are some of his titles, arranged by topic. '''Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.'''

=== Madame Blavatsky ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePersonalityOfHPBlavatsky '''''The Personality of H. P. Blavatsky'''''] 1930.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaDidMadameBlavatskyForgeTheMahatmaLetters1934'''''Did Madame Blavatsky Forge the Mahatma Letters?''''']. 1934. Also, New York: Macoy's, 1934. Available from [http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MADAME_BLAVATSKY-LETTERS___.pdf Independent Lodge of Theosophists].
* '''''H.P.B. Speaks'''''. 1950-1951. "Letters written by H.P. Blavatsky from 1875 onwards, H.P.B.'s Diary for 1878, and some extracts from Scrapbook No. 1." 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles.

=== Theosophy ===

* '''''Christ the Logos'''''. 1910. London edition, 1920. German translation, 1922.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheConquestOfSpiritAndMatter '''''Conquest of Spirit and Matter'''''] Olcott, Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Press, 1936.
* '''''Occult Guidance in Theosophical Work'''''. 1915. 18 pages.
* '''''Occult Investigations: a Description of the Work of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater''''', 1938. Available at [http://hpb.narod.ru/tph/TPH_OCIV.HTM this website].
* '''''First Principles of Theosophy'''''. 1921. Published in at least 13 English editions. Second edition is available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=q6xVAAAAYAAJk Google Books] and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433087378554 Hathitrust]. It was also published in German, Dutch, Japanese and other languages.
* '''''Practical Theosophy'''''. 1918.
* '''''Life, Death and What Then?''''' London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918, 1919. Also [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLifeDeathAndWhatThen Sydney, 1900s].
* '''''Theosophy and Reconstruction'''''. 1919.
* '''''The Mediator and Other Theosophical Essays'''''. 1926. Also Chicago, Theosophical Press 1927.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaWhatTheosophistsBelieve '''''What Theosophists Believe''''']. 1938. Other editions: 1933, 1948, 1966. 26 pages.
* '''''The Ideas of Theosophy '''''. Auckland [N.Z.] : New Zealand Section of the Theosophical Society, 1950-1978.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIsAndIsToBe1940 '''''Is and Is-To-Be''''']. 1940.
* '''''The Seven Veils Over Consciousness'''''. 1952, 1969, 1974.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSolarSystemAsAFlower1946'''''The Solar System as a Flower''''']. 1946. Design by C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTenetsOfTheosophy '''''Tenets of Theosophy'''''] 1960. Also published in Wheaton, 1960s.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSecretOfTheAges '''''The Secret of the Ages and Other Theosophical Essays'''''] 2nd edition, 1988.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaManInLifeAndInDeath '''''Man in Life and in Death''''']. London, 19xx. Theosophy series no. 14.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaWhatIsTheWorkOfTheosophists'''''What is the Work of Theosophists?''''']. 1900s. Adyar pamphlet no. 210. Text also available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No210.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkAheadForTheosophists'''''The Work Ahead for Theosophists: Inaugural Address Delivered on February 17, 1946'''''] 1946.

===Krishnamurti and World-Teacher ===

* '''''The Message of the Future'''''. Glasgow: Star Publishing Trust, 1916. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d012474490;view=1up;seq=19 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Lord's Work'''''. Glasgow, Star Publishing Trust, 1917 and Sydney: Batson & Co, 1918.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFaithThatIsTheLife The Faith That Is the Life]''''' London: Star Publishing Trust, 1920.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaKrishnamurtisMessage Krishnamurti's Message 1930]'''''. 1928, 1930. Adyar pamphlet no. 134. 32 pages. Text is available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No134.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''When He Comes'''''. Sydney, N.S.W. : Order of the Star in the East, 1900s. "The following is an extract from the writings of Mr. C. Jinarajadasa... Includes application form for membership to the Order of the Star in the East."

=== Mahatmas and Mahatma Letters ===

* '''[[The "K. H." Letters to C. W. Leadbeater (book)|''The "K. H." Letters to C. W. Leadbeater'']]'''. 1941. CJ as editor of correspondence.Limited availability from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3943779 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883'''''. Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.32106000155793;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].
* '''[[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1881-1888'']]'''. Adyar, Madras, India; London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919, 1923. Foreword by Annie Besant; transcribed and compiled by C. Jinarajadasa. Translated into Russian and Spanish.
** '''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/5151989.html 1919 edition]''' is available from Hathitrust and from [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/jinarajadasa_Letters_from_the_masters_of_the_wisdom_1.pdf Blavatsky Archives].
** '''1919 First Edition''' was published as a facsimile by Nabu Press [Kessinger], 2010, and is also available on microform from University of Chicago.
** '''1945 Third Edition''' incorporates corrections.
** '''1948 Fourth Edition''' includes additional letters. The [http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Letters-From-the-Masters-of-the-Wisdom-First-Series.pdf 1948 edition] is available from TheosophyOnline.com.
** '''Later editions''' were published by Theosophical Publishing House in 1963, 1974, and 1988.
** '''[http://www.alpheus.org/html/source_materials/theosophy/MahaChohanLetter.pdf Maha Chohan Letter with additional notes]''' is available from Alpheus.org.
* '''[[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series'']]'''. Adyar, Madras, India, 1925.
** '''1925 edition'''. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=ngxOAQAAIAAJ Google Books].
** '''1926 American Edition''' was published by Theosophical Press, Chicago. It is available at [http://www.iapsop.com/ssoc/1926__jindarajadasa___letters_from_the_masters_of_wisdom_second_series.pdf IAPSOP website]. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010518809 Hathitrust].
** '''Second edition'''. Adyar, India, Theosophical Publishing House, 1973, 1977.
* '''''The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883'''''. 1923. 245 pages. CJ as editor.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIndexToLettersFromTheMastersOfTheWisdom1937 '''''Index to the Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, first and second series''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1937.
* '''''Theosophy as the Masters See It: Being an Account of the Society and Its Work as Outlined in the "Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom".''''' 1953. Compiled by Clara M. Codd. 369 pages.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfTheMahatmaLetters1946'''''The Story of the Mahatma Letters''''']. 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfTheMahatmaLetters1977 '''''The Story of the Mahatma Letters''''']. 1977. Compilation including materials by A. P. Sinnett and H. P. Blavatsky.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetterWithACommentary1948 The Maha Chohan's Letter 1881 with a Commentary 1948'''''].[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetter1966 '''''1966'''''].[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetter1973 '''''1973'''''].

=== Religions ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaGautamaTheBuddha'''''Gautama the Buddha'''''] 1930 (Third edition). Adyar pamphlet no. 62. Also available from the [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No62.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''Christ, Buddha, and Other Sketches'''''. 1913, 1927.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheBhagavadGita'''''The Bhagavad Gita'''''] 1915, 1930. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=KuE1AQAAMAAJ Google Books]. 31 pages.
* '''''The Nature of Mysticism'''''. 1917, 1934, 1948. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067119485 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Reign of Law: Buddhist Essays'''''. 1923. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReignOfLawInBuddhism1948 Second edition,'''''1948'''''].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaReligionAndReconstruction1932 '''''Religion and Reconstruction''''']. 1932.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSmallerBuddhistCatechism'''''The Smaller Buddhist Catechism''''']. 1914. H. Sumangala. Translated by C. Jinarajadasa; Compiled by C.W. Leadbeater.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfChatta1915'''''The Story of Chatta: An Incident in the Life of the Lord Buddha''''']. 1915. Translated from the Pali by C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkOfTheChristInTheWorldToday1934'''''The Work of the Christ in the World To-day''''']. 1934, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkOfTheChristInTheWorldToday1947'''''1947'''''].
* '''''The Law of Christ; Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney'''''. 1924. 2nd edition from Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois, 1947. 353 pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaBuddhaAndHisMessage/page/n1'''''Buddha and His Message'''''] 1948. 30 pages. Adyar pamphlet no. 209. Available in Braille. Text available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No209.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].

=== Art, literature, and beauty ===

* '''''Art and the Emotions'''''. 1920. Also London: Theosophical Pub. House, 1900s. Kessinger edition.
* '''''Art as Will and Idea'''''. 1927.
* '''''Karma-less-ness (Theosophical Essays on Art)'''''. 1932. Originally appeared as articles in magazines, including "The Basis of Art Expression," that appeared in 1915 as a chapter in the book ''Theosophy and Modern Thought''.
* '''''Goethe's Faust'''''. 1932.
* [https://archive.org/details/artasfactorinsou00jina/page/n1'''''Art as a Factor in the Soul's Evolution'''''] 1915. "From the Proceedings of the Federation of the European Sections of the Theosophical Society, London, 1905." Adyar Pamphlet No..50.

=== Education and children ===

* ''''' Flowers and Gardens: A Dream Structure'''''. Chicago, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913. Published in braille in 1965. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0005748009;view=1up;seq=10 Hathitrust] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zb9FAQAAMAAJ Google Books].
* '''''What We Shall Teach'''''. 1914, 1915.
* '''''Christ and Buddha, and Other Sketches: from the Children's Page of "The Theosophic messenger"'''''. 1908, 1913. Also Chicago, Illinois: Rajput Press, 1911. Rajput Press edition is available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001028158i;view=1up;seq=12 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Wonder Child: (a sequel to Flowers and Gardens)'''''. 1924.
* '''''Release (a sequel to The wonder child)'''''. 1925.
* '''''The Round Table: Addresses to Youth'''''. 1950.

=== History and biography ===

* '''''The Golden Book of The theosophical Society'''''. 1925. 421 pages with facsimiles.
* '''''Some Documents in the History of the T.S.'''''. London, 1927.
* '''''A Short Biography of Annie Besant'''''. 1931.
* '''''First Contact of the Lives of the Founders and Annie Besant'''''. London, 1933. Mary K. Neff writing on George Bernard Shaw and C. Jinarājadāsa on Annie Besant.
* '''''Abul Fazl and Akbar'''''. 1934.

=== Other subjects ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheAdministrationOfTheTheosophicalHeadquartersAtAdyarMadras '''''The Administration of the Theosophical Headquarters at Adyar, Madras'''''] 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheConventionsOfTheIndianConstitution'''''The Conventions of the Indian Constitution'''''] 1933.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaCommunicationToTheUnitedNationsOrganization '''''Communication to the United Nations Organization'''''] 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheGodWithoutAndTheGodWithin'''''The God Without and the God Within'''''] 1930. Adyar pamphlet no. 139. Text also available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No139.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHistoryOfReincarnation '''''The History of Reincarnation'''''] 1921. Adyar pamphlet no. 102.
* '''''The New Humanity of Intuition'''''. 1938. Published in Spanish in 1945.
* '''''The Meeting of the East and the West'''''. 1921. Available from [https://books.google.com/books?id=I1wLAAAAIAAJ Google Books].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaInHisName1913 '''''In His Name''''']. Chicago, IL: Rajput Press, 1913. Written as a message to [[Weller Van Hook]], or in another account, to [[Walter Hampden]].<ref>A. P. Warrington, "The National President's Address: The Light of Asia" ''The Messenger'' 6.4 (September 1918), 101.</ref> Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001093954d;view=1up;seq=19 Hathitrust].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaInHisName1951 '''''In His Name''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1951.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHeritageOfOurFathers'''''The Heritage of Our Fathers'''''] 1918. Also in 1918, Theosophical Publishing House in London and Krotona, California; Indian Book Depot, Bombay.
* '''''Theosophy and Reconstruction'''''. 1919.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReignOfLawInBuddhism1948'''''The Reign of Law in Buddhism '''''] Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReturnOfJuliusCaesar1941 The Return of Julius Caesar'''''] 1941. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReturnOfJuliusCaesar1943 1943 edition].
* '''''The Spiritual Factor in National Life'''''. 1928.
* '''''Offering'''''. 1928.
* '''''The Divine Vision'''''. 1928. 2nd edition in 1949.
* '''''Lecture Notes'''''. 1930.
* ''''' Fragments: from the World of C. Jinarajadasa'''''. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980. Compilation by Elise Nisewanger.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWarAndAfterATheosophistsViewpoint2ndEdition '''''The War - and After: A Theosophist's Viewpoint'''''] London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1939. Second edition.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWarAndAfterATheosophistsViewpoint '''''The War - and After: A Theosophist's Viewpoint'''''] Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1940.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheTheosophistAsTheIdealCitizen'''''The Theosophist as the Ideal Citizen in War and Peace'''''] Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1938 '''''The Ritual of the Mystic Star: a Form of Service for Worship and Consecration, for Use by the Congregation, 1938''''']. Other editions: [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1935 '''''1935'''''], 1945, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1951 '''''1951'''''].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMeaningAndPurposeOfTheRitualOfTheMysticStar '''''The Meaning and Purpose of the Ritual of the Mystic Star''''']. Olcott, Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Press, 1939.
* '''''Unfolding the Intuition'''''. Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Press, 1936. Addresses by C. Jinarajadasa, and others at the annual convention and summer school of the Theosophical Society.
* '''''Work for the World Mother: Esoteric School of Theosophy'''''. Madras: privately printed, 1948. Issued by the outer head of the school, C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaAWorldInDistress'''''A World in Distress: The Remedy as Seen by the Theosophist''''']. with C.W. Leadbeater and L.W. Rogers. Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1933.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIsAndIsToBe1951 '''''Is and Is-to-Be''''']. 4th edition, 1951. Braille edition, 1951.

=== Edited works ===

Mr. Jinarājadāsa served as editor of these works:
* '''''Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and of Some Compounds'''''. Written by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater; third edition was edited by C. Jinarajadasa, assisted by Elizabeth W. Preston. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1951. The first edition was published in 1908, and the second edition in 1919, edited by A. P. Sinnett.
* '''''The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: I and II, Lives of Erato and Spica'''''. 1941, 1976. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* ''''' The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: the Lives of Orion / Vol. 3'''''. 1946, 1975. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.

=== Chapters, essays, and introductions in other books ===

* '''''Light on the path. A treatise written for the personal use of those who are ignorant of the eastern wisdom, and who desire to enter within its influence'''''. By Mabel Collins. Chicago, Rajput Press, 1911. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''The Astral Plane'''''. By C. W. Leadbeater. 1933, 1941. Theosophical Manuals series no. 5. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''"Theosophy and Reconstruction" in ''Plans for a Post-War World'''''. Julia E. Johnsen, compiler. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. From a series: The Reference Shelf, v. 16, no. 2. Another essay was contributed by [[Henry A. Wallace]].
* '''''The Fire of Creation'''''. By J. J. van der Leewe. 1925, 1927, 1947. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''First Book of Theosophy (in questions and answers)'''''. By Pestanji Temulji Pavri. 1921 and several other publishers in at least 5 editions. Foreword by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''Fifty Years of Theosophy in Bombay: Being a History of the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Bombay, 1880-1930'''''. 1931. By B. P. Wadia. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa. 151 pages.
* '''''The Master Key to Happiness'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1944. By Joseph Pang Way. Foreword by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''Clairvoyant Investigations by C.W. Leadbeater: and "The Lives of Alcyone" (J. Krishnamurti)'''''. 1947. By Ernest Wood. "Some facts described by Ernest Wood ; with notes by C. Jinarajadasa." 39 pages.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheLawOfSacrificeTheLawOfRenunciation1951 '''''The Law of Sacrifice'''''. "The Self-Sacrifice of God" by C. Jinarājadāsa and "The Law of Sacrifice"] by C. W. Leadbeater. 1951. 38 pages. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheLawOfSacrificeTheLawOfRenunciation1980 '''''1980'''''].
* '''''Advance! Australia Pamphlets'''''. Sydney: Advance! Australian Publishing Co. 1920s. Eight articles; at least one written by C. Jinarājadāsa.

=== Poetry ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMaster1931'''''The Master (Meditations in Verse)'''''. 1931], 1948.
* '''''Collected poems of C. Jinarajadasa'''''. 1953, 2007. 122 pages.
* '''''My Brother - the Light!''. 1953.

== Published lectures ==

During the course of his life, Mr. Jinarājadāsa delivered hundreds of lectures. Some have been transcribed and printed in pamphlets and booklets. Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.

* '''''Theosophy and Modern Thought: Four Lectures Delivered at the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society, held at Adyar, Madras, December, 1914'''''. 1915, 1921. Available from [https://archive.org/details/theosophymodernt00jina Internet Archive], [https://books.google.com/books?id=GIcwAQAAMAAJ Google Books], and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/11936096.html Hathitrust].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualUnityOfRomanCatholicismAndHinduism '''''The Ritual Unity of Roman Catholicism and Hinduism'''''] 1930. Adyar Pamphlet no. 54.
* '''''Practical Theosophy'''''. 1918. Available at [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/PracticalTheosophy_CJinarajadasa.pdf Canadian Theosophical Federation]. These lectures were delivered in Chicago U.S.A., in 1910, and subsequently at the Annual Convention of the Burma Section in 1914.
* '''''How We Remember Our Past Lives, and Other Essays on Reincarnation'''''. 1915. Also Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923 and at least four more editions in 1950, 1955, 1970, 1973. Translated into Spanish.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMoorsInSpain '''''The Moors in Spain''''']. 1932. Adyar pamphlet no. 161. "A paper read on April 3, 1932, at a meeting of the Islamic Culture Society of Madras." Text available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No161.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''The Hidden Work of Nature'''''. 1915. Also Kessinger, 2010. A lecture delivered at the Small Queen's Hall, London, October 26th, 1913. Originally published as ''How We Remember out Past Lives''.
* '''''White Lotus Day'''''. 1917. Lecture delivered on 8th May 1917 at Adyar. 8 pages.
* '''''Theosophical Outlook'''''. 1919. Four lectures on religions, philosophy, education, politics, and social reform. "The Problem of Religion and Philosophy" ws presented by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by G.S. Arundale, B.P. Wadia, and T. Sadasivier.
* ''''' Theosophy and World-problems, Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Benares ... Dec. 1921'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1922. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060805;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=SFw7AQAAMAAJ Google Books]. Lecture 'Theosophy and the Cult of Beauty" by c. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and George Arundale.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMessageOfTheComingReligion1922 '''''The Message of the Coming Religion''''']. London: Brotherhood, 1922. A lecture delivered in the Conservatorium Hall, Sydney, on July 4th, 1922.
* '''''The Real and the Unreal: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Forty-seventh Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1922'''''. 1923.
* '''''Theosophy and an Ideal Australia'''''. Sydney, N.S.W. : Advance! Australia Publishing Co., 1920s. Advance! Australia Pamphlet no. 8. Available from the [http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/181997 State Library of Victoria]. Address delivered at the Australian Convention in Sydney on 16th April, 1922.
* '''''Opening Address of Mr. Jinarajadasa, Vice-President of the Theosophical Society, at the Eighth Congress of the Federation of T.S. National Societies in Europe, Vienna, 21st to 26th July, 1923'''''. Glasgow, 1923.
* '''''Theosophy the Interpreter, Being Three of the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Benares, at the Forth-eighth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec., 1923'''''. 1924. Lecture "Theosophy the interpreter of science as the basis of knowledge and conduct " by C. Jinarājadāsa plus lectures by James Cousins and George Arundale.
* '''''"I Promise": Talks to Young Disciples.'''''. 1917, 1924, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIPromise1952 '''''1952''''']. Tamil translation, 1917, 1918.
* '''''The Law of Christ: Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney'''''. 1924. Second edition 1947.
* ''''' Theosophy as the Basic Unity of National Life: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Bombay at the 49th Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec. 1924'''''. 1925. Lecture "The spiritual organisation of a nation" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and Lady Emily Lutyens.
* '''''The Divine Vision: Three Lectures Delivered at the Queen's Hall, London, and One Lecture Delivered at Palermo, Italy.'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. Delivered in London May 8th, 1927 and in Palermo, Italy in April, 1927. It is available at [http://hpb.narod.ru/DivineVision.htm Narod Russian Web page]. Reprinted in 1973 at Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois. '''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaADivineVisionOfManNatureAndGod Second edition, 1986, subtitled "A Divine Vision of Man, Nature and God"]'''.
* '''''The Three World Movements: Being the Jubilee Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1925'''''. 1926.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSpiritualFactorInNationalLife1924'''''The Spiritual Factor in National Life: Being four Lectures Delivered in Sydney under the Auspices of the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, in May, 1924 ''''']. 1924.
* '''''The Gods in Chains: Lectures and Addresses Delivered in South and Central America, 1928-29'''''. 1929. Kessinger.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheosophyAndTheosophists'''''Theosophy and Theosophists''''']. 1929. An address delivered at a convention of the Theosophical Society in Holland, in Amsterdam, December 1, 1929.
* '''''Theosophy, Past and Future. Being the ... Convention Lectures Delivered in Adyar at the Fifty-fourth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December 1929, etc'''''. 1930. "A year's travels in Latin America" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. I. Wedgwood, and C. W. Leadbeater. 116 pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFutureOfTheTheosophicalSociety '''''The Future of the Theosophical Society, A lecture delivered at the Theosophical Convention, Benares, December, 1930'''''] 1931. Adyar pamphlet no. 152. Text available at [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No152.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''The Future of the Theosophical Society, Being the Five Convention Lectures Delivered in Benares at the Fifty-fifth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1930'''''. 1931. Lectures delivered at the Theosophical Convention, Benares, December, 1930, including Annie Besant, B. Sanjiva Rao, Ernest Wood, and Hirendra Nath Datta, as speakers. Adyar pamphlet no. 152.
* '''''Life! More Life!: Discourses on a Theosophist's Vision of Life and Its Possibilities, Delivered in Europe, Brazil and Costa Rica, 1933-34'''''. 1934. Available from [https://books.google.com/books?id=0swrAAAAIAAJ Google Books].
* '''''Theosophy as Beauty'''''. 1936?. "The Function of the Artist" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Rukmini Devi, George Arundale. First published in ''The Theosophist'', 1 in March 1936, 2 in May 1936, 3 in February 1936, and 4 in March 1936. Adyar pamphlet no. 208.
* '''''The World as Idea, Emotion, and Will'''''. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing Co., 1943, 1948. Translated into German.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaPersonalAndImpersonalGod1944 '''''Personal and Impersonal God'''''.] 1944. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaPersonalAndImpersonalGod1966'''''1966'''''] An address delivered in London on April 2, 1944.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaEconomicsAndTheosophy'''''Economics and Theosophy: Summaries of Three Lectures to Theosophical Conventions'''''] 1944.
* [http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Jinarajadasa/Jinarajadasa_The_School_of_the_Wisdom.pdf '''''The School of the Wisdom'''''] 1950.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePlaceOfIntuitionInTheNewCivilization '''''The Place of Intuition in the New Civilization''''']. 1927 convention lecture delivered at Adyar.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSecretOfOurDailyTasks '''''The Secret of Our Daily Tasks''''' and '''''The Conquest of Spirit and Matter''''']. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Press, 1936. Olcott Series: Summer 1935.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheVisionOfTheSpirit '''''The Vision of the Spirit''''']. 1913. Adyar pamphlet no. 26. Reprinted 1921. Delivered at Benares convention, 1911.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheAimsOfTheTheosophicalWorker1941 '''''The Aims of the Theosophical Worker''''']. Reprinted from The Theosophist, June 1941. An address to the Theosophical Workers' Camp, Juhu, Bombay, May 4-18, 1941.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePurposeAndMethodOfTheBrahmavidyaAshrama1926 '''''The Purpose and Method of the Brahmavidya Ashrama''''']. The opening lecture of the fourth session of the Brahmavidya Ashrama, Adyar, October 2, 1925. Adyar, Madras, India: Brahmavidya Ashrama, 1926.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFutureOfBrotherhood1934 '''''The Future of Brotherhood''''']. Lecture delivered at the National Theatre, Panama City, Rep. of Panama, August 22, 1934. Edited by Theosophical Society of Panama.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheKingdomOfHeavenIsWithinYou1924 '''''The Kingdom of Heaven is Within You''''']. A lecture delivered on May 18th, 1924 under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLetUsDisarmWar19281929 '''''Let us Disarm War! Desarmemos la guerra!''''']. The English version of a Spanish address delivered in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico and Spain between December, 1928 and November, 1929.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHinduDoctrineOfTheAtman '''''Th Hindu Doctrine of the Atman''''']. A lecture delivered on May 11th 1924, under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaGodOurBrotherMan '''''God, Our Brother Man''''']. A lecture delivered on May 27th, 1924 under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLifeDeathAndWhatThen '''''Life, Death and Then What?'''''] A lecture delivered in the Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow, on Sunday evening, 8th October, 1916. Sydney: Theosophical Publishing House.

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'''[[Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa]]''' (16 December 1875 – 18 June 1953) was one of the foremost Theosophical writers. In 1913 he was awarded the [[Subba Row Medal]] for his contributions to Theosophical literature. His works have been translated into numerous languages, including Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Greek, Finnish, Hungarian, Russian, Japanese, Tamil, Telugu, Javanese, and Gujarati.

== Articles ==

Mr. Jinarājadāsa was an extremely prolific contributor to '''Theosophical periodicals'''. Many of the articles are indexed in the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]]. Over 1600 articles are listed under the name [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=jinarajadasa&method=any&header=field4 Jinarājadāsa]. Searching under [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=CJ&header=field4 CJ] will result in a lengthy list that includes work by [[Charles Johnston]], a Sanskrit scholar who was married to Madame Blavatsky's niece, and who was also known by the same initials. Within the results list, the '''articles by Mr. Jinarājadāsa''' will include those in the periodicals: [[The Adyar Bulletin (periodical)|''The Adyar Bulletin'']], [[The American Theosophist (periodical)|''The American Theosophist]], ''The Australian ES Bulletin'', [[The Herald of the Star (periodical)|''The Herald of the Star'']], [[The Messenger (periodical)|''The Messenger'']], ''Sishya (The Student)'', [[The Theosophic Messenger (periodical)|''The Theosophic Messenger'']], [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']], and [[World Theosophy (periodical)|''World Theosophy'']]. '''Articles by Charles Johnston''' appear in [[Theosophical Quarterly (periodical)|''Theosophical Quarterly'']], [[Theosophy (periodical)|''Theosophy'']], [[The Path (periodical)|''The Path'']], and [[The Irish Theosophist (periodical)|''The Irish Theosophist'']].

== Books and pamphlets ==

Dozens of books and pamphlets also flowed from the pen of Mr. Jinarājadāsa. These are some of his titles, arranged by topic. '''Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.'''

=== Madame Blavatsky ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePersonalityOfHPBlavatsky '''''The Personality of H. P. Blavatsky'''''] 1930.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaDidMadameBlavatskyForgeTheMahatmaLetters1934'''''Did Madame Blavatsky Forge the Mahatma Letters?''''']. 1934. Also, New York: Macoy's, 1934. Available from [http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MADAME_BLAVATSKY-LETTERS___.pdf Independent Lodge of Theosophists].
* '''''H.P.B. Speaks'''''. 1950-1951. "Letters written by H.P. Blavatsky from 1875 onwards, H.P.B.'s Diary for 1878, and some extracts from Scrapbook No. 1." 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles.

=== Theosophy ===

* '''''Christ the Logos'''''. 1910. London edition, 1920. German translation, 1922.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheConquestOfSpiritAndMatter '''''Conquest of Spirit and Matter'''''] Olcott, Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Press, 1936.
* '''''Occult Guidance in Theosophical Work'''''. 1915. 18 pages.
* '''''Occult Investigations: a Description of the Work of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater''''', 1938. Available at [http://hpb.narod.ru/tph/TPH_OCIV.HTM this website].
* '''''First Principles of Theosophy'''''. 1921. Published in at least 13 English editions. Second edition is available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=q6xVAAAAYAAJk Google Books] and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433087378554 Hathitrust]. It was also published in German, Dutch, Japanese and other languages.
* '''''Practical Theosophy'''''. 1918.
* '''''Life, Death and What Then?''''' London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918, 1919. Also [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLifeDeathAndWhatThen Sydney, 1900s].
* '''''Theosophy and Reconstruction'''''. 1919.
* '''''The Mediator and Other Theosophical Essays'''''. 1926. Also Chicago, Theosophical Press 1927.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaWhatTheosophistsBelieve '''''What Theosophists Believe''''']. 1938. Other editions: 1933, 1948, 1966. 26 pages.
* '''''The Ideas of Theosophy '''''. Auckland [N.Z.] : New Zealand Section of the Theosophical Society, 1950-1978.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIsAndIsToBe1940 '''''Is and Is-To-Be''''']. 1940.
* '''''The Seven Veils Over Consciousness'''''. 1952, 1969, 1974.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSolarSystemAsAFlower1946'''''The Solar System as a Flower''''']. 1946. Design by C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTenetsOfTheosophy '''''Tenets of Theosophy'''''] 1960. Also published in Wheaton, 1960s.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSecretOfTheAges '''''The Secret of the Ages and Other Theosophical Essays'''''] 2nd edition, 1988.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaManInLifeAndInDeath '''''Man in Life and in Death''''']. London, 19xx. Theosophy series no. 14.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaWhatIsTheWorkOfTheosophists'''''What is the Work of Theosophists?''''']. 1900s. Adyar pamphlet no. 210. Text also available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No210.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkAheadForTheosophists'''''The Work Ahead for Theosophists: Inaugural Address Delivered on February 17, 1946'''''] 1946.

===Krishnamurti and World-Teacher ===

* '''''The Message of the Future'''''. Glasgow: Star Publishing Trust, 1916. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d012474490;view=1up;seq=19 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Lord's Work'''''. Glasgow, Star Publishing Trust, 1917 and Sydney: Batson & Co, 1918.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFaithThatIsTheLife The Faith That Is the Life]''''' London: Star Publishing Trust, 1920.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaKrishnamurtisMessage Krishnamurti's Message 1930]'''''. 1928, 1930. Adyar pamphlet no. 134. 32 pages. Text is available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No134.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''When He Comes'''''. Sydney, N.S.W. : Order of the Star in the East, 1900s. "The following is an extract from the writings of Mr. C. Jinarajadasa... Includes application form for membership to the Order of the Star in the East."

=== Mahatmas and Mahatma Letters ===

* '''[[The "K. H." Letters to C. W. Leadbeater (book)|''The "K. H." Letters to C. W. Leadbeater'']]'''. 1941. CJ as editor of correspondence.Limited availability from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3943779 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883'''''. Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.32106000155793;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].
* '''[[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1881-1888'']]'''. Adyar, Madras, India; London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919, 1923. Foreword by Annie Besant; transcribed and compiled by C. Jinarajadasa. Translated into Russian and Spanish.
** '''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/5151989.html 1919 edition]''' is available from Hathitrust and from [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/jinarajadasa_Letters_from_the_masters_of_the_wisdom_1.pdf Blavatsky Archives].
** '''1919 First Edition''' was published as a facsimile by Nabu Press [Kessinger], 2010, and is also available on microform from University of Chicago.
** '''1945 Third Edition''' incorporates corrections.
** '''1948 Fourth Edition''' includes additional letters. The [http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Letters-From-the-Masters-of-the-Wisdom-First-Series.pdf 1948 edition] is available from TheosophyOnline.com.
** '''Later editions''' were published by Theosophical Publishing House in 1963, 1974, and 1988.
** '''[http://www.alpheus.org/html/source_materials/theosophy/MahaChohanLetter.pdf Maha Chohan Letter with additional notes]''' is available from Alpheus.org.
* '''[[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series'']]'''. Adyar, Madras, India, 1925.
** '''1925 edition'''. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=ngxOAQAAIAAJ Google Books].
** '''1926 American Edition''' was published by Theosophical Press, Chicago. It is available at [http://www.iapsop.com/ssoc/1926__jindarajadasa___letters_from_the_masters_of_wisdom_second_series.pdf IAPSOP website]. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010518809 Hathitrust].
** '''Second edition'''. Adyar, India, Theosophical Publishing House, 1973, 1977.
* '''''The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883'''''. 1923. 245 pages. CJ as editor.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIndexToLettersFromTheMastersOfTheWisdom1937 '''''Index to the Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, first and second series''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1937.
* '''''Theosophy as the Masters See It: Being an Account of the Society and Its Work as Outlined in the "Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom".''''' 1953. Compiled by Clara M. Codd. 369 pages.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfTheMahatmaLetters1946'''''The Story of the Mahatma Letters''''']. 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfTheMahatmaLetters1977 '''''The Story of the Mahatma Letters''''']. 1977. Compilation including materials by A. P. Sinnett and H. P. Blavatsky.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetterWithACommentary1948 The Maha Chohan's Letter 1881 with a Commentary 1948'''''].[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetter1966 '''''1966'''''].[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetter1973 '''''1973'''''].

=== Religions ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaGautamaTheBuddha'''''Gautama the Buddha'''''] 1930 (Third edition). Adyar pamphlet no. 62. Also available from the [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No62.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''Christ, Buddha, and Other Sketches'''''. 1913, 1927.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheBhagavadGita'''''The Bhagavad Gita'''''] 1915, 1930. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=KuE1AQAAMAAJ Google Books]. 31 pages.
* '''''The Nature of Mysticism'''''. 1917, 1934, 1948. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067119485 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Reign of Law: Buddhist Essays'''''. 1923. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReignOfLawInBuddhism1948 Second edition,'''''1948'''''].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaReligionAndReconstruction1932 '''''Religion and Reconstruction''''']. 1932.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSmallerBuddhistCatechism'''''The Smaller Buddhist Catechism''''']. 1914. H. Sumangala. Translated by C. Jinarajadasa; Compiled by C.W. Leadbeater.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfChatta1915'''''The Story of Chatta: An Incident in the Life of the Lord Buddha''''']. 1915. Translated from the Pali by C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkOfTheChristInTheWorldToday1934'''''The Work of the Christ in the World To-day''''']. 1934, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkOfTheChristInTheWorldToday1947'''''1947'''''].
* '''''The Law of Christ; Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney'''''. 1924. 2nd edition from Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois, 1947. 353 pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaBuddhaAndHisMessage/page/n1'''''Buddha and His Message'''''] 1948. 30 pages. Adyar pamphlet no. 209. Available in Braille. Text available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No209.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].

=== Art, literature, and beauty ===

* '''''Art and the Emotions'''''. 1920. Also London: Theosophical Pub. House, 1900s. Kessinger edition.
* '''''Art as Will and Idea'''''. 1927.
* '''''Karma-less-ness (Theosophical Essays on Art)'''''. 1932. Originally appeared as articles in magazines, including "The Basis of Art Expression," that appeared in 1915 as a chapter in the book ''Theosophy and Modern Thought''.
* '''''Goethe's Faust'''''. 1932.
* [https://archive.org/details/artasfactorinsou00jina/page/n1'''''Art as a Factor in the Soul's Evolution'''''] 1915. "From the Proceedings of the Federation of the European Sections of the Theosophical Society, London, 1905." Adyar Pamphlet No..50.

=== Education and children ===

* ''''' Flowers and Gardens: A Dream Structure'''''. Chicago, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913. Published in braille in 1965. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0005748009;view=1up;seq=10 Hathitrust] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zb9FAQAAMAAJ Google Books].
* '''''What We Shall Teach'''''. 1914, 1915.
* '''''Christ and Buddha, and Other Sketches: from the Children's Page of "The Theosophic messenger"'''''. 1908, 1913. Also Chicago, Illinois: Rajput Press, 1911. Rajput Press edition is available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001028158i;view=1up;seq=12 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Wonder Child: (a sequel to Flowers and Gardens)'''''. 1924.
* '''''Release (a sequel to The wonder child)'''''. 1925.
* '''''The Round Table: Addresses to Youth'''''. 1950.

=== History and biography ===

* '''''The Golden Book of The theosophical Society'''''. 1925. 421 pages with facsimiles.
* '''''Some Documents in the History of the T.S.'''''. London, 1927.
* '''''A Short Biography of Annie Besant'''''. 1931.
* '''''First Contact of the Lives of the Founders and Annie Besant'''''. London, 1933. Mary K. Neff writing on George Bernard Shaw and C. Jinarājadāsa on Annie Besant.
* '''''Abul Fazl and Akbar'''''. 1934.

=== Other subjects ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheAdministrationOfTheTheosophicalHeadquartersAtAdyarMadras '''''The Administration of the Theosophical Headquarters at Adyar, Madras'''''] 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheConventionsOfTheIndianConstitution'''''The Conventions of the Indian Constitution'''''] 1933.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaCommunicationToTheUnitedNationsOrganization '''''Communication to the United Nations Organization'''''] 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheGodWithoutAndTheGodWithin'''''The God Without and the God Within'''''] 1930. Adyar pamphlet no. 139. Text also available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No139.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHistoryOfReincarnation '''''The History of Reincarnation'''''] 1921. Adyar pamphlet no. 102.
* '''''The New Humanity of Intuition'''''. 1938. Published in Spanish in 1945.
* '''''The Meeting of the East and the West'''''. 1921. Available from [https://books.google.com/books?id=I1wLAAAAIAAJ Google Books].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaInHisName1913 '''''In His Name''''']. Chicago, IL: Rajput Press, 1913. Written as a message to [[Weller Van Hook]], or in another account, to [[Walter Hampden]].<ref>A. P. Warrington, "The National President's Address: The Light of Asia" ''The Messenger'' 6.4 (September 1918), 101.</ref> Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001093954d;view=1up;seq=19 Hathitrust].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaInHisName1951 '''''In His Name''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1951.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHeritageOfOurFathers'''''The Heritage of Our Fathers'''''] 1918. Also in 1918, Theosophical Publishing House in London and Krotona, California; Indian Book Depot, Bombay.
* '''''Theosophy and Reconstruction'''''. 1919.

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReignOfLawInBuddhism1948'''''The Reign of Law in Buddhism '''''] Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReturnOfJuliusCaesar1941 The Return of Julius Caesar'''''] 1941. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReturnOfJuliusCaesar1943 1943 edition].
* '''''The Spiritual Factor in National Life'''''. 1928.
* '''''Offering'''''. 1928.
* '''''The Divine Vision'''''. 1928. 2nd edition in 1949.
* '''''Lecture Notes'''''. 1930.

* ''''' Fragments: from the World of C. Jinarajadasa'''''. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980. Compilation by Elise Nisewanger.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWarAndAfterATheosophistsViewpoint2ndEdition '''''The War - and After: A Theosophist's Viewpoint'''''] London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1939. Second edition.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWarAndAfterATheosophistsViewpoint '''''The War - and After: A Theosophist's Viewpoint'''''] Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1940.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheTheosophistAsTheIdealCitizen'''''The Theosophist as the Ideal Citizen in War and Peace'''''] Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1938 '''''The Ritual of the Mystic Star: a Form of Service for Worship and Consecration, for Use by the Congregation, 1938''''']. Other editions: [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1935 '''''1935'''''], 1945, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1951 '''''1951'''''].
* [http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Jinarajadasa/Jinarajadasa_The_Meaning_and_Purpose_of_the_Ritual_of_the_Mystic_Star.pdf '''''The Meaning and Purpose of the Ritual of the Mystic Star''''']. 1939.
* '''''Unfolding the Intuition'''''. Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Press, 1936. Addresses by C. Jinarajadasa, and others at the annual convention and summer school of the Theosophical Society.
* '''''Work for the World Mother: Esoteric School of Theosophy'''''. Madras: privately printed, 1948. Issued by the outer head of the school, C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaAWorldInDistress'''''A World in Distress: The Remedy as Seen by the Theosophist''''']. with C.W. Leadbeater and L.W. Rogers. Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1933.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIsAndIsToBe1951 '''''Is and Is-to-Be''''']. 4th edition, 1951. Braille edition, 1951.

=== Edited works ===

Mr. Jinarājadāsa served as editor of these works:
* '''''Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and of Some Compounds'''''. Written by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater; third edition was edited by C. Jinarajadasa, assisted by Elizabeth W. Preston. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1951. The first edition was published in 1908, and the second edition in 1919, edited by A. P. Sinnett.
* '''''The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: I and II, Lives of Erato and Spica'''''. 1941, 1976. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* ''''' The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: the Lives of Orion / Vol. 3'''''. 1946, 1975. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.

=== Chapters, essays, and introductions in other books ===

* '''''Light on the path. A treatise written for the personal use of those who are ignorant of the eastern wisdom, and who desire to enter within its influence'''''. By Mabel Collins. Chicago, Rajput Press, 1911. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''The Astral Plane'''''. By C. W. Leadbeater. 1933, 1941. Theosophical Manuals series no. 5. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''"Theosophy and Reconstruction" in ''Plans for a Post-War World'''''. Julia E. Johnsen, compiler. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. From a series: The Reference Shelf, v. 16, no. 2. Another essay was contributed by [[Henry A. Wallace]].
* '''''The Fire of Creation'''''. By J. J. van der Leewe. 1925, 1927, 1947. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''First Book of Theosophy (in questions and answers)'''''. By Pestanji Temulji Pavri. 1921 and several other publishers in at least 5 editions. Foreword by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''Fifty Years of Theosophy in Bombay: Being a History of the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Bombay, 1880-1930'''''. 1931. By B. P. Wadia. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa. 151 pages.
* '''''The Master Key to Happiness'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1944. By Joseph Pang Way. Foreword by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''Clairvoyant Investigations by C.W. Leadbeater: and "The Lives of Alcyone" (J. Krishnamurti)'''''. 1947. By Ernest Wood. "Some facts described by Ernest Wood ; with notes by C. Jinarajadasa." 39 pages.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheLawOfSacrificeTheLawOfRenunciation1951 '''''The Law of Sacrifice'''''. "The Self-Sacrifice of God" by C. Jinarājadāsa and "The Law of Sacrifice"] by C. W. Leadbeater. 1951. 38 pages. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheLawOfSacrificeTheLawOfRenunciation1980 '''''1980'''''].
* '''''Advance! Australia Pamphlets'''''. Sydney: Advance! Australian Publishing Co. 1920s. Eight articles; at least one written by C. Jinarājadāsa.

=== Poetry ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMaster1931'''''The Master (Meditations in Verse)'''''. 1931], 1948.
* '''''Collected poems of C. Jinarajadasa'''''. 1953, 2007. 122 pages.
* '''''My Brother - the Light!''. 1953.

== Published lectures ==

During the course of his life, Mr. Jinarājadāsa delivered hundreds of lectures. Some have been transcribed and printed in pamphlets and booklets. Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.

* '''''Theosophy and Modern Thought: Four Lectures Delivered at the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society, held at Adyar, Madras, December, 1914'''''. 1915, 1921. Available from [https://archive.org/details/theosophymodernt00jina Internet Archive], [https://books.google.com/books?id=GIcwAQAAMAAJ Google Books], and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/11936096.html Hathitrust].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualUnityOfRomanCatholicismAndHinduism '''''The Ritual Unity of Roman Catholicism and Hinduism'''''] 1930. Adyar Pamphlet no. 54.
* '''''Practical Theosophy'''''. 1918. Available at [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/PracticalTheosophy_CJinarajadasa.pdf Canadian Theosophical Federation]. These lectures were delivered in Chicago U.S.A., in 1910, and subsequently at the Annual Convention of the Burma Section in 1914.
* '''''How We Remember Our Past Lives, and Other Essays on Reincarnation'''''. 1915. Also Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923 and at least four more editions in 1950, 1955, 1970, 1973. Translated into Spanish.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMoorsInSpain '''''The Moors in Spain''''']. 1932. Adyar pamphlet no. 161. "A paper read on April 3, 1932, at a meeting of the Islamic Culture Society of Madras." Text available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No161.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''The Hidden Work of Nature'''''. 1915. Also Kessinger, 2010. A lecture delivered at the Small Queen's Hall, London, October 26th, 1913. Originally published as ''How We Remember out Past Lives''.
* '''''White Lotus Day'''''. 1917. Lecture delivered on 8th May 1917 at Adyar. 8 pages.
* '''''Theosophical Outlook'''''. 1919. Four lectures on religions, philosophy, education, politics, and social reform. "The Problem of Religion and Philosophy" ws presented by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by G.S. Arundale, B.P. Wadia, and T. Sadasivier.
* ''''' Theosophy and World-problems, Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Benares ... Dec. 1921'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1922. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060805;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=SFw7AQAAMAAJ Google Books]. Lecture 'Theosophy and the Cult of Beauty" by c. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and George Arundale.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMessageOfTheComingReligion1922 '''''The Message of the Coming Religion''''']. London: Brotherhood, 1922. A lecture delivered in the Conservatorium Hall, Sydney, on July 4th, 1922.
* '''''The Real and the Unreal: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Forty-seventh Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1922'''''. 1923.
* '''''Theosophy and an Ideal Australia'''''. Sydney, N.S.W. : Advance! Australia Publishing Co., 1920s. Advance! Australia Pamphlet no. 8. Available from the [http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/181997 State Library of Victoria]. Address delivered at the Australian Convention in Sydney on 16th April, 1922.
* '''''Opening Address of Mr. Jinarajadasa, Vice-President of the Theosophical Society, at the Eighth Congress of the Federation of T.S. National Societies in Europe, Vienna, 21st to 26th July, 1923'''''. Glasgow, 1923.
* '''''Theosophy the Interpreter, Being Three of the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Benares, at the Forth-eighth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec., 1923'''''. 1924. Lecture "Theosophy the interpreter of science as the basis of knowledge and conduct " by C. Jinarājadāsa plus lectures by James Cousins and George Arundale.
* '''''"I Promise": Talks to Young Disciples.'''''. 1917, 1924, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIPromise1952 '''''1952''''']. Tamil translation, 1917, 1918.
* '''''The Law of Christ: Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney'''''. 1924. Second edition 1947.
* ''''' Theosophy as the Basic Unity of National Life: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Bombay at the 49th Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec. 1924'''''. 1925. Lecture "The spiritual organisation of a nation" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and Lady Emily Lutyens.
* '''''The Divine Vision: Three Lectures Delivered at the Queen's Hall, London, and One Lecture Delivered at Palermo, Italy.'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. Delivered in London May 8th, 1927 and in Palermo, Italy in April, 1927. It is available at [http://hpb.narod.ru/DivineVision.htm Narod Russian Web page]. Reprinted in 1973 at Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois. '''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaADivineVisionOfManNatureAndGod Second edition, 1986, subtitled "A Divine Vision of Man, Nature and God"]'''.
* '''''The Three World Movements: Being the Jubilee Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1925'''''. 1926.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSpiritualFactorInNationalLife1924'''''The Spiritual Factor in National Life: Being four Lectures Delivered in Sydney under the Auspices of the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, in May, 1924 ''''']. 1924.
* '''''The Gods in Chains: Lectures and Addresses Delivered in South and Central America, 1928-29'''''. 1929. Kessinger.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheosophyAndTheosophists'''''Theosophy and Theosophists''''']. 1929. An address delivered at a convention of the Theosophical Society in Holland, in Amsterdam, December 1, 1929.
* '''''Theosophy, Past and Future. Being the ... Convention Lectures Delivered in Adyar at the Fifty-fourth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December 1929, etc'''''. 1930. "A year's travels in Latin America" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. I. Wedgwood, and C. W. Leadbeater. 116 pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFutureOfTheTheosophicalSociety '''''The Future of the Theosophical Society, A lecture delivered at the Theosophical Convention, Benares, December, 1930'''''] 1931. Adyar pamphlet no. 152. Text available at [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No152.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''The Future of the Theosophical Society, Being the Five Convention Lectures Delivered in Benares at the Fifty-fifth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1930'''''. 1931. Lectures delivered at the Theosophical Convention, Benares, December, 1930, including Annie Besant, B. Sanjiva Rao, Ernest Wood, and Hirendra Nath Datta, as speakers. Adyar pamphlet no. 152.
* '''''Life! More Life!: Discourses on a Theosophist's Vision of Life and Its Possibilities, Delivered in Europe, Brazil and Costa Rica, 1933-34'''''. 1934. Available from [https://books.google.com/books?id=0swrAAAAIAAJ Google Books].
* '''''Theosophy as Beauty'''''. 1936?. "The Function of the Artist" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Rukmini Devi, George Arundale. First published in ''The Theosophist'', 1 in March 1936, 2 in May 1936, 3 in February 1936, and 4 in March 1936. Adyar pamphlet no. 208.
* '''''The World as Idea, Emotion, and Will'''''. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing Co., 1943, 1948. Translated into German.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaPersonalAndImpersonalGod1944 '''''Personal and Impersonal God'''''.] 1944. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaPersonalAndImpersonalGod1966'''''1966'''''] An address delivered in London on April 2, 1944.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaEconomicsAndTheosophy'''''Economics and Theosophy: Summaries of Three Lectures to Theosophical Conventions'''''] 1944.
* [http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Jinarajadasa/Jinarajadasa_The_School_of_the_Wisdom.pdf '''''The School of the Wisdom'''''] 1950.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePlaceOfIntuitionInTheNewCivilization '''''The Place of Intuition in the New Civilization''''']. 1927 convention lecture delivered at Adyar.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSecretOfOurDailyTasks '''''The Secret of Our Daily Tasks''''' and '''''The Conquest of Spirit and Matter''''']. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Press, 1936. Olcott Series: Summer 1935.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheVisionOfTheSpirit '''''The Vision of the Spirit''''']. 1913. Adyar pamphlet no. 26. Reprinted 1921. Delivered at Benares convention, 1911.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheAimsOfTheTheosophicalWorker1941 '''''The Aims of the Theosophical Worker''''']. Reprinted from The Theosophist, June 1941. An address to the Theosophical Workers' Camp, Juhu, Bombay, May 4-18, 1941.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePurposeAndMethodOfTheBrahmavidyaAshrama1926 '''''The Purpose and Method of the Brahmavidya Ashrama''''']. The opening lecture of the fourth session of the Brahmavidya Ashrama, Adyar, October 2, 1925. Adyar, Madras, India: Brahmavidya Ashrama, 1926.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFutureOfBrotherhood1934 '''''The Future of Brotherhood''''']. Lecture delivered at the National Theatre, Panama City, Rep. of Panama, August 22, 1934. Edited by Theosophical Society of Panama.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheKingdomOfHeavenIsWithinYou1924 '''''The Kingdom of Heaven is Within You''''']. A lecture delivered on May 18th, 1924 under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLetUsDisarmWar19281929 '''''Let us Disarm War! Desarmemos la guerra!''''']. The English version of a Spanish address delivered in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico and Spain between December, 1928 and November, 1929.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHinduDoctrineOfTheAtman '''''Th Hindu Doctrine of the Atman''''']. A lecture delivered on May 11th 1924, under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaGodOurBrotherMan '''''God, Our Brother Man''''']. A lecture delivered on May 27th, 1924 under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLifeDeathAndWhatThen '''''Life, Death and Then What?'''''] A lecture delivered in the Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow, on Sunday evening, 8th October, 1916. Sydney: Theosophical Publishing House.

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'''[[Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa]]''' (16 December 1875 – 18 June 1953) was one of the foremost Theosophical writers. In 1913 he was awarded the [[Subba Row Medal]] for his contributions to Theosophical literature. His works have been translated into numerous languages, including Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Greek, Finnish, Hungarian, Russian, Japanese, Tamil, Telugu, Javanese, and Gujarati.

== Articles ==

Mr. Jinarājadāsa was an extremely prolific contributor to '''Theosophical periodicals'''. Many of the articles are indexed in the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]]. Over 1600 articles are listed under the name [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=jinarajadasa&method=any&header=field4 Jinarājadāsa]. Searching under [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=CJ&header=field4 CJ] will result in a lengthy list that includes work by [[Charles Johnston]], a Sanskrit scholar who was married to Madame Blavatsky's niece, and who was also known by the same initials. Within the results list, the '''articles by Mr. Jinarājadāsa''' will include those in the periodicals: [[The Adyar Bulletin (periodical)|''The Adyar Bulletin'']], [[The American Theosophist (periodical)|''The American Theosophist]], ''The Australian ES Bulletin'', [[The Herald of the Star (periodical)|''The Herald of the Star'']], [[The Messenger (periodical)|''The Messenger'']], ''Sishya (The Student)'', [[The Theosophic Messenger (periodical)|''The Theosophic Messenger'']], [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']], and [[World Theosophy (periodical)|''World Theosophy'']]. '''Articles by Charles Johnston''' appear in [[Theosophical Quarterly (periodical)|''Theosophical Quarterly'']], [[Theosophy (periodical)|''Theosophy'']], [[The Path (periodical)|''The Path'']], and [[The Irish Theosophist (periodical)|''The Irish Theosophist'']].

== Books and pamphlets ==

Dozens of books and pamphlets also flowed from the pen of Mr. Jinarājadāsa. These are some of his titles, arranged by topic. '''Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.'''

=== Madame Blavatsky ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePersonalityOfHPBlavatsky '''''The Personality of H. P. Blavatsky'''''] 1930.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaDidMadameBlavatskyForgeTheMahatmaLetters1934'''''Did Madame Blavatsky Forge the Mahatma Letters?''''']. 1934. Also, New York: Macoy's, 1934. Available from [http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MADAME_BLAVATSKY-LETTERS___.pdf Independent Lodge of Theosophists].
* '''''H.P.B. Speaks'''''. 1950-1951. "Letters written by H.P. Blavatsky from 1875 onwards, H.P.B.'s Diary for 1878, and some extracts from Scrapbook No. 1." 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles.

=== Theosophy ===

* '''''Christ the Logos'''''. 1910. London edition, 1920. German translation, 1922.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheConquestOfSpiritAndMatter '''''Conquest of Spirit and Matter'''''] Olcott, Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Press, 1936.

* '''''Occult Guidance in Theosophical Work'''''. 1915. 18 pages.
* '''''Occult Investigations: a Description of the Work of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater''''', 1938. Available at [http://hpb.narod.ru/tph/TPH_OCIV.HTM this website].
* '''''First Principles of Theosophy'''''. 1921. Published in at least 13 English editions. Second edition is available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=q6xVAAAAYAAJk Google Books] and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433087378554 Hathitrust]. It was also published in German, Dutch, Japanese and other languages.
* '''''Practical Theosophy'''''. 1918.
* '''''Life, Death and What Then?''''' London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918, 1919. Also [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLifeDeathAndWhatThen Sydney, 1900s].
* '''''Theosophy and Reconstruction'''''. 1919.
* '''''The Mediator and Other Theosophical Essays'''''. 1926. Also Chicago, Theosophical Press 1927.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaWhatTheosophistsBelieve '''''What Theosophists Believe''''']. 1938. Other editions: 1933, 1948, 1966. 26 pages.
* '''''The Ideas of Theosophy '''''. Auckland [N.Z.] : New Zealand Section of the Theosophical Society, 1950-1978.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIsAndIsToBe1940 '''''Is and Is-To-Be''''']. 1940.
* '''''The Seven Veils Over Consciousness'''''. 1952, 1969, 1974.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSolarSystemAsAFlower1946'''''The Solar System as a Flower''''']. 1946. Design by C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTenetsOfTheosophy '''''Tenets of Theosophy'''''] 1960. Also published in Wheaton, 1960s.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSecretOfTheAges '''''The Secret of the Ages and Other Theosophical Essays'''''] 2nd edition, 1988.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaManInLifeAndInDeath '''''Man in Life and in Death''''']. London, 19xx. Theosophy series no. 14.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaWhatIsTheWorkOfTheosophists'''''What is the Work of Theosophists?''''']. 1900s. Adyar pamphlet no. 210. Text also available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No210.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkAheadForTheosophists'''''The Work Ahead for Theosophists: Inaugural Address Delivered on February 17, 1946'''''] 1946.

===Krishnamurti and World-Teacher ===

* '''''The Message of the Future'''''. Glasgow: Star Publishing Trust, 1916. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d012474490;view=1up;seq=19 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Lord's Work'''''. Glasgow, Star Publishing Trust, 1917 and Sydney: Batson & Co, 1918.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFaithThatIsTheLife The Faith That Is the Life]''''' London: Star Publishing Trust, 1920.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaKrishnamurtisMessage Krishnamurti's Message 1930]'''''. 1928, 1930. Adyar pamphlet no. 134. 32 pages. Text is available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No134.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''When He Comes'''''. Sydney, N.S.W. : Order of the Star in the East, 1900s. "The following is an extract from the writings of Mr. C. Jinarajadasa... Includes application form for membership to the Order of the Star in the East."

=== Mahatmas and Mahatma Letters ===

* '''[[The "K. H." Letters to C. W. Leadbeater (book)|''The "K. H." Letters to C. W. Leadbeater'']]'''. 1941. CJ as editor of correspondence.Limited availability from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3943779 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883'''''. Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.32106000155793;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].
* '''[[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1881-1888'']]'''. Adyar, Madras, India; London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919, 1923. Foreword by Annie Besant; transcribed and compiled by C. Jinarajadasa. Translated into Russian and Spanish.
** '''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/5151989.html 1919 edition]''' is available from Hathitrust and from [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/jinarajadasa_Letters_from_the_masters_of_the_wisdom_1.pdf Blavatsky Archives].
** '''1919 First Edition''' was published as a facsimile by Nabu Press [Kessinger], 2010, and is also available on microform from University of Chicago.
** '''1945 Third Edition''' incorporates corrections.
** '''1948 Fourth Edition''' includes additional letters. The [http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Letters-From-the-Masters-of-the-Wisdom-First-Series.pdf 1948 edition] is available from TheosophyOnline.com.
** '''Later editions''' were published by Theosophical Publishing House in 1963, 1974, and 1988.
** '''[http://www.alpheus.org/html/source_materials/theosophy/MahaChohanLetter.pdf Maha Chohan Letter with additional notes]''' is available from Alpheus.org.
* '''[[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series'']]'''. Adyar, Madras, India, 1925.
** '''1925 edition'''. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=ngxOAQAAIAAJ Google Books].
** '''1926 American Edition''' was published by Theosophical Press, Chicago. It is available at [http://www.iapsop.com/ssoc/1926__jindarajadasa___letters_from_the_masters_of_wisdom_second_series.pdf IAPSOP website]. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010518809 Hathitrust].
** '''Second edition'''. Adyar, India, Theosophical Publishing House, 1973, 1977.
* '''''The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883'''''. 1923. 245 pages. CJ as editor.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIndexToLettersFromTheMastersOfTheWisdom1937 '''''Index to the Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, first and second series''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1937.
* '''''Theosophy as the Masters See It: Being an Account of the Society and Its Work as Outlined in the "Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom".''''' 1953. Compiled by Clara M. Codd. 369 pages.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfTheMahatmaLetters1946'''''The Story of the Mahatma Letters''''']. 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfTheMahatmaLetters1977 '''''The Story of the Mahatma Letters''''']. 1977. Compilation including materials by A. P. Sinnett and H. P. Blavatsky.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetterWithACommentary1948 The Maha Chohan's Letter 1881 with a Commentary 1948'''''].[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetter1966 '''''1966'''''].[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMahaChohansLetter1973 '''''1973'''''].

=== Religions ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaGautamaTheBuddha'''''Gautama the Buddha'''''] 1930 (Third edition). Adyar pamphlet no. 62. Also available from the [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No62.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''Christ, Buddha, and Other Sketches'''''. 1913, 1927.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheBhagavadGita'''''The Bhagavad Gita'''''] 1915, 1930. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=KuE1AQAAMAAJ Google Books]. 31 pages.
* '''''The Nature of Mysticism'''''. 1917, 1934, 1948. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067119485 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Reign of Law: Buddhist Essays'''''. 1923. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReignOfLawInBuddhism1948 Second edition,'''''1948'''''].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaReligionAndReconstruction1932 '''''Religion and Reconstruction''''']. 1932.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSmallerBuddhistCatechism'''''The Smaller Buddhist Catechism''''']. 1914. H. Sumangala. Translated by C. Jinarajadasa; Compiled by C.W. Leadbeater.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheStoryOfChatta1915'''''The Story of Chatta: An Incident in the Life of the Lord Buddha''''']. 1915. Translated from the Pali by C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkOfTheChristInTheWorldToday1934'''''The Work of the Christ in the World To-day''''']. 1934, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWorkOfTheChristInTheWorldToday1947'''''1947'''''].
* '''''The Law of Christ; Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney'''''. 1924. 2nd edition from Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois, 1947. 353 pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaBuddhaAndHisMessage/page/n1'''''Buddha and His Message'''''] 1948. 30 pages. Adyar pamphlet no. 209. Available in Braille. Text available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No209.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].

=== Art, literature, and beauty ===

* '''''Art and the Emotions'''''. 1920. Also London: Theosophical Pub. House, 1900s. Kessinger edition.
* '''''Art as Will and Idea'''''. 1927.
* '''''Karma-less-ness (Theosophical Essays on Art)'''''. 1932. Originally appeared as articles in magazines, including "The Basis of Art Expression," that appeared in 1915 as a chapter in the book ''Theosophy and Modern Thought''.
* '''''Goethe's Faust'''''. 1932.
* [https://archive.org/details/artasfactorinsou00jina/page/n1'''''Art as a Factor in the Soul's Evolution'''''] 1915. "From the Proceedings of the Federation of the European Sections of the Theosophical Society, London, 1905." Adyar Pamphlet No..50.

=== Education and children ===

* ''''' Flowers and Gardens: A Dream Structure'''''. Chicago, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913. Published in braille in 1965. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0005748009;view=1up;seq=10 Hathitrust] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zb9FAQAAMAAJ Google Books].
* '''''What We Shall Teach'''''. 1914, 1915.
* '''''Christ and Buddha, and Other Sketches: from the Children's Page of "The Theosophic messenger"'''''. 1908, 1913. Also Chicago, Illinois: Rajput Press, 1911. Rajput Press edition is available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001028158i;view=1up;seq=12 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Wonder Child: (a sequel to Flowers and Gardens)'''''. 1924.
* '''''Release (a sequel to The wonder child)'''''. 1925.
* '''''The Round Table: Addresses to Youth'''''. 1950.

=== History and biography ===

* '''''The Golden Book of The theosophical Society'''''. 1925. 421 pages with facsimiles.
* '''''Some Documents in the History of the T.S.'''''. London, 1927.
* '''''A Short Biography of Annie Besant'''''. 1931.
* '''''First Contact of the Lives of the Founders and Annie Besant'''''. London, 1933. Mary K. Neff writing on George Bernard Shaw and C. Jinarājadāsa on Annie Besant.
* '''''Abul Fazl and Akbar'''''. 1934.

=== Other subjects ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheAdministrationOfTheTheosophicalHeadquartersAtAdyarMadras '''''The Administration of the Theosophical Headquarters at Adyar, Madras'''''] 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheConventionsOfTheIndianConstitution'''''The Conventions of the Indian Constitution'''''] 1933.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaCommunicationToTheUnitedNationsOrganization '''''Communication to the United Nations Organization'''''] 1946.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheGodWithoutAndTheGodWithin'''''The God Without and the God Within'''''] 1930. Adyar pamphlet no. 139. Text also available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No139.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHistoryOfReincarnation '''''The History of Reincarnation'''''] 1921. Adyar pamphlet no. 102.
* '''''The New Humanity of Intuition'''''. 1938. Published in Spanish in 1945.
* '''''The Meeting of the East and the West'''''. 1921. Available from [https://books.google.com/books?id=I1wLAAAAIAAJ Google Books].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaInHisName1913 '''''In His Name''''']. Chicago, IL: Rajput Press, 1913. Written as a message to [[Weller Van Hook]], or in another account, to [[Walter Hampden]].<ref>A. P. Warrington, "The National President's Address: The Light of Asia" ''The Messenger'' 6.4 (September 1918), 101.</ref> Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001093954d;view=1up;seq=19 Hathitrust].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaInHisName1951 '''''In His Name''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1951.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHeritageOfOurFathers'''''The Heritage of Our Fathers'''''] 1918. Also in 1918, Theosophical Publishing House in London and Krotona, California; Indian Book Depot, Bombay.
* '''''Theosophy and Reconstruction'''''. 1919.
* '''''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Jinarajadasa/Jinarajadasa_The_Reign_of_Law_in_Buddhism.pdf The Reign of Law'''''] 1948.
* '''''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReturnOfJuliusCaesar1941 The Return of Julius Caesar'''''] 1941. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheReturnOfJuliusCaesar1943 1943 edition].
* '''''The Spiritual Factor in National Life'''''. 1928.
* '''''Offering'''''. 1928.
* '''''The Divine Vision'''''. 1928. 2nd edition in 1949.
* '''''Lecture Notes'''''. 1930.
* ''''' Fragments: from the World of C. Jinarajadasa'''''. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980. Compilation by Elise Nisewanger.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWarAndAfterATheosophistsViewpoint2ndEdition '''''The War - and After: A Theosophist's Viewpoint'''''] London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1939. Second edition.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheWarAndAfterATheosophistsViewpoint '''''The War - and After: A Theosophist's Viewpoint'''''] Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1940.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheTheosophistAsTheIdealCitizen'''''The Theosophist as the Ideal Citizen in War and Peace'''''] Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1938 '''''The Ritual of the Mystic Star: a Form of Service for Worship and Consecration, for Use by the Congregation, 1938''''']. Other editions: [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1935 '''''1935'''''], 1945, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualOfTheMysticStar1951 '''''1951'''''].
* [http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Jinarajadasa/Jinarajadasa_The_Meaning_and_Purpose_of_the_Ritual_of_the_Mystic_Star.pdf '''''The Meaning and Purpose of the Ritual of the Mystic Star''''']. 1939.
* '''''Unfolding the Intuition'''''. Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Press, 1936. Addresses by C. Jinarajadasa, and others at the annual convention and summer school of the Theosophical Society.
* '''''Work for the World Mother: Esoteric School of Theosophy'''''. Madras: privately printed, 1948. Issued by the outer head of the school, C. Jinarajadasa.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaAWorldInDistress'''''A World in Distress: The Remedy as Seen by the Theosophist''''']. with C.W. Leadbeater and L.W. Rogers. Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1933.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIsAndIsToBe1951 '''''Is and Is-to-Be''''']. 4th edition, 1951. Braille edition, 1951.

=== Edited works ===

Mr. Jinarājadāsa served as editor of these works:
* '''''Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and of Some Compounds'''''. Written by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater; third edition was edited by C. Jinarajadasa, assisted by Elizabeth W. Preston. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1951. The first edition was published in 1908, and the second edition in 1919, edited by A. P. Sinnett.
* '''''The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: I and II, Lives of Erato and Spica'''''. 1941, 1976. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* ''''' The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: the Lives of Orion / Vol. 3'''''. 1946, 1975. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.

=== Chapters, essays, and introductions in other books ===

* '''''Light on the path. A treatise written for the personal use of those who are ignorant of the eastern wisdom, and who desire to enter within its influence'''''. By Mabel Collins. Chicago, Rajput Press, 1911. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''The Astral Plane'''''. By C. W. Leadbeater. 1933, 1941. Theosophical Manuals series no. 5. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''"Theosophy and Reconstruction" in ''Plans for a Post-War World'''''. Julia E. Johnsen, compiler. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. From a series: The Reference Shelf, v. 16, no. 2. Another essay was contributed by [[Henry A. Wallace]].
* '''''The Fire of Creation'''''. By J. J. van der Leewe. 1925, 1927, 1947. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''First Book of Theosophy (in questions and answers)'''''. By Pestanji Temulji Pavri. 1921 and several other publishers in at least 5 editions. Foreword by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''Fifty Years of Theosophy in Bombay: Being a History of the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Bombay, 1880-1930'''''. 1931. By B. P. Wadia. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa. 151 pages.
* '''''The Master Key to Happiness'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1944. By Joseph Pang Way. Foreword by C. Jinarājadāsa.
* '''''Clairvoyant Investigations by C.W. Leadbeater: and "The Lives of Alcyone" (J. Krishnamurti)'''''. 1947. By Ernest Wood. "Some facts described by Ernest Wood ; with notes by C. Jinarajadasa." 39 pages.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheLawOfSacrificeTheLawOfRenunciation1951 '''''The Law of Sacrifice'''''. "The Self-Sacrifice of God" by C. Jinarājadāsa and "The Law of Sacrifice"] by C. W. Leadbeater. 1951. 38 pages. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheLawOfSacrificeTheLawOfRenunciation1980 '''''1980'''''].
* '''''Advance! Australia Pamphlets'''''. Sydney: Advance! Australian Publishing Co. 1920s. Eight articles; at least one written by C. Jinarājadāsa.

=== Poetry ===

* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMaster1931'''''The Master (Meditations in Verse)'''''. 1931], 1948.
* '''''Collected poems of C. Jinarajadasa'''''. 1953, 2007. 122 pages.
* '''''My Brother - the Light!''. 1953.

== Published lectures ==

During the course of his life, Mr. Jinarājadāsa delivered hundreds of lectures. Some have been transcribed and printed in pamphlets and booklets. Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.

* '''''Theosophy and Modern Thought: Four Lectures Delivered at the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society, held at Adyar, Madras, December, 1914'''''. 1915, 1921. Available from [https://archive.org/details/theosophymodernt00jina Internet Archive], [https://books.google.com/books?id=GIcwAQAAMAAJ Google Books], and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/11936096.html Hathitrust].
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheRitualUnityOfRomanCatholicismAndHinduism '''''The Ritual Unity of Roman Catholicism and Hinduism'''''] 1930. Adyar Pamphlet no. 54.
* '''''Practical Theosophy'''''. 1918. Available at [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/PracticalTheosophy_CJinarajadasa.pdf Canadian Theosophical Federation]. These lectures were delivered in Chicago U.S.A., in 1910, and subsequently at the Annual Convention of the Burma Section in 1914.
* '''''How We Remember Our Past Lives, and Other Essays on Reincarnation'''''. 1915. Also Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923 and at least four more editions in 1950, 1955, 1970, 1973. Translated into Spanish.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMoorsInSpain '''''The Moors in Spain''''']. 1932. Adyar pamphlet no. 161. "A paper read on April 3, 1932, at a meeting of the Islamic Culture Society of Madras." Text available from [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No161.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''The Hidden Work of Nature'''''. 1915. Also Kessinger, 2010. A lecture delivered at the Small Queen's Hall, London, October 26th, 1913. Originally published as ''How We Remember out Past Lives''.
* '''''White Lotus Day'''''. 1917. Lecture delivered on 8th May 1917 at Adyar. 8 pages.
* '''''Theosophical Outlook'''''. 1919. Four lectures on religions, philosophy, education, politics, and social reform. "The Problem of Religion and Philosophy" ws presented by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by G.S. Arundale, B.P. Wadia, and T. Sadasivier.
* ''''' Theosophy and World-problems, Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Benares ... Dec. 1921'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1922. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060805;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=SFw7AQAAMAAJ Google Books]. Lecture 'Theosophy and the Cult of Beauty" by c. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and George Arundale.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheMessageOfTheComingReligion1922 '''''The Message of the Coming Religion''''']. London: Brotherhood, 1922. A lecture delivered in the Conservatorium Hall, Sydney, on July 4th, 1922.
* '''''The Real and the Unreal: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Forty-seventh Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1922'''''. 1923.
* '''''Theosophy and an Ideal Australia'''''. Sydney, N.S.W. : Advance! Australia Publishing Co., 1920s. Advance! Australia Pamphlet no. 8. Available from the [http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/181997 State Library of Victoria]. Address delivered at the Australian Convention in Sydney on 16th April, 1922.
* '''''Opening Address of Mr. Jinarajadasa, Vice-President of the Theosophical Society, at the Eighth Congress of the Federation of T.S. National Societies in Europe, Vienna, 21st to 26th July, 1923'''''. Glasgow, 1923.
* '''''Theosophy the Interpreter, Being Three of the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Benares, at the Forth-eighth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec., 1923'''''. 1924. Lecture "Theosophy the interpreter of science as the basis of knowledge and conduct " by C. Jinarājadāsa plus lectures by James Cousins and George Arundale.
* '''''"I Promise": Talks to Young Disciples.'''''. 1917, 1924, [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaIPromise1952 '''''1952''''']. Tamil translation, 1917, 1918.
* '''''The Law of Christ: Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney'''''. 1924. Second edition 1947.
* ''''' Theosophy as the Basic Unity of National Life: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Bombay at the 49th Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec. 1924'''''. 1925. Lecture "The spiritual organisation of a nation" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and Lady Emily Lutyens.
* '''''The Divine Vision: Three Lectures Delivered at the Queen's Hall, London, and One Lecture Delivered at Palermo, Italy.'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. Delivered in London May 8th, 1927 and in Palermo, Italy in April, 1927. It is available at [http://hpb.narod.ru/DivineVision.htm Narod Russian Web page]. Reprinted in 1973 at Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois. '''[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaADivineVisionOfManNatureAndGod Second edition, 1986, subtitled "A Divine Vision of Man, Nature and God"]'''.
* '''''The Three World Movements: Being the Jubilee Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1925'''''. 1926.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSpiritualFactorInNationalLife1924'''''The Spiritual Factor in National Life: Being four Lectures Delivered in Sydney under the Auspices of the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, in May, 1924 ''''']. 1924.
* '''''The Gods in Chains: Lectures and Addresses Delivered in South and Central America, 1928-29'''''. 1929. Kessinger.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheosophyAndTheosophists'''''Theosophy and Theosophists''''']. 1929. An address delivered at a convention of the Theosophical Society in Holland, in Amsterdam, December 1, 1929.
* '''''Theosophy, Past and Future. Being the ... Convention Lectures Delivered in Adyar at the Fifty-fourth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December 1929, etc'''''. 1930. "A year's travels in Latin America" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. I. Wedgwood, and C. W. Leadbeater. 116 pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFutureOfTheTheosophicalSociety '''''The Future of the Theosophical Society, A lecture delivered at the Theosophical Convention, Benares, December, 1930'''''] 1931. Adyar pamphlet no. 152. Text available at [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No152.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].
* '''''The Future of the Theosophical Society, Being the Five Convention Lectures Delivered in Benares at the Fifty-fifth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1930'''''. 1931. Lectures delivered at the Theosophical Convention, Benares, December, 1930, including Annie Besant, B. Sanjiva Rao, Ernest Wood, and Hirendra Nath Datta, as speakers. Adyar pamphlet no. 152.
* '''''Life! More Life!: Discourses on a Theosophist's Vision of Life and Its Possibilities, Delivered in Europe, Brazil and Costa Rica, 1933-34'''''. 1934. Available from [https://books.google.com/books?id=0swrAAAAIAAJ Google Books].
* '''''Theosophy as Beauty'''''. 1936?. "The Function of the Artist" by C. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Rukmini Devi, George Arundale. First published in ''The Theosophist'', 1 in March 1936, 2 in May 1936, 3 in February 1936, and 4 in March 1936. Adyar pamphlet no. 208.
* '''''The World as Idea, Emotion, and Will'''''. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing Co., 1943, 1948. Translated into German.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaPersonalAndImpersonalGod1944 '''''Personal and Impersonal God'''''.] 1944. [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaPersonalAndImpersonalGod1966'''''1966'''''] An address delivered in London on April 2, 1944.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaEconomicsAndTheosophy'''''Economics and Theosophy: Summaries of Three Lectures to Theosophical Conventions'''''] 1944.
* [http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Jinarajadasa/Jinarajadasa_The_School_of_the_Wisdom.pdf '''''The School of the Wisdom'''''] 1950.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePlaceOfIntuitionInTheNewCivilization '''''The Place of Intuition in the New Civilization''''']. 1927 convention lecture delivered at Adyar.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheSecretOfOurDailyTasks '''''The Secret of Our Daily Tasks''''' and '''''The Conquest of Spirit and Matter''''']. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Press, 1936. Olcott Series: Summer 1935.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheVisionOfTheSpirit '''''The Vision of the Spirit''''']. 1913. Adyar pamphlet no. 26. Reprinted 1921. Delivered at Benares convention, 1911.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheAimsOfTheTheosophicalWorker1941 '''''The Aims of the Theosophical Worker''''']. Reprinted from The Theosophist, June 1941. An address to the Theosophical Workers' Camp, Juhu, Bombay, May 4-18, 1941.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaThePurposeAndMethodOfTheBrahmavidyaAshrama1926 '''''The Purpose and Method of the Brahmavidya Ashrama''''']. The opening lecture of the fourth session of the Brahmavidya Ashrama, Adyar, October 2, 1925. Adyar, Madras, India: Brahmavidya Ashrama, 1926.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheFutureOfBrotherhood1934 '''''The Future of Brotherhood''''']. Lecture delivered at the National Theatre, Panama City, Rep. of Panama, August 22, 1934. Edited by Theosophical Society of Panama.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheKingdomOfHeavenIsWithinYou1924 '''''The Kingdom of Heaven is Within You''''']. A lecture delivered on May 18th, 1924 under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLetUsDisarmWar19281929 '''''Let us Disarm War! Desarmemos la guerra!''''']. The English version of a Spanish address delivered in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico and Spain between December, 1928 and November, 1929.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaTheHinduDoctrineOfTheAtman '''''Th Hindu Doctrine of the Atman''''']. A lecture delivered on May 11th 1924, under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaGodOurBrotherMan '''''God, Our Brother Man''''']. A lecture delivered on May 27th, 1924 under the auspices of The Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Sydney.
* [https://archive.org/details/JinarajadasaLifeDeathAndWhatThen '''''Life, Death and Then What?'''''] A lecture delivered in the Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow, on Sunday evening, 8th October, 1916. Sydney: Theosophical Publishing House.

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Supplementary articles|Jinarājadāsa writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Jinarājadāsa writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Jinarājadāsa writings]]

Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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''.

* '''''[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.

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''The Changing World'''''. 1919. ''The Immediate Future'' was a shorter version. Reviewed in ''The Messenger'', July 1919, page 63.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060409 Hathitrust].

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/besantthehappyvalleyassociation1927 Happy Valley Association]'''''. Ojai, California: Happy Valley Foundation, 1927.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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].

* '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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.

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

* '''''The Masters'''''.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/besantthepilgrimageofthesoul1895 The Pilgrimage of the Soul]'''''. 1895. Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society; Madras: Theosophist Office, Adyar; London: Theosophical Publishing Society. Pamphlet series; 18.

* '''''[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.

* '''''The Seven Principles of Man'''''. London, The Theosophical Publishing Society, 1892. Searchable at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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.

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

== 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 ==
<references/>

[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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''.

* '''''[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.

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''The Changing World'''''. 1919. ''The Immediate Future'' was a shorter version. Reviewed in ''The Messenger'', July 1919, page 63.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060409 Hathitrust].

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/besantthehappyvalleyassociation1927 Happy Valley Association]'''''. Ojai, California: Happy Valley Foundation, 1927.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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].

* '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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.

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

* '''''The Masters'''''.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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.

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

== 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 ==
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[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
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Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== 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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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''.

* '''''[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.

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''The Changing World'''''. 1919. ''The Immediate Future'' was a shorter version. Reviewed in ''The Messenger'', July 1919, page 63.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060409 Hathitrust].

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/besantthehappyvalleyassociation1927 Happy Valley Association]'''''. Ojai, California: Happy Valley Foundation, 1927.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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].

* '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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. Available at

* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011594866 Man and His Bodies]'''''. 2nd edition - London Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900.

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

* '''''The Masters'''''.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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.

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

== 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 ==
<references/>

[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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''.

* '''''[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.

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''The Changing World'''''. 1919. ''The Immediate Future'' was a shorter version. Reviewed in ''The Messenger'', July 1919, page 63.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060409 Hathitrust].

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/besantthehappyvalleyassociation1927 Happy Valley Association]'''''. Ojai, California: Happy Valley Foundation, 1927.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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].

* '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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. Available at

* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011594866 Man and His Bodies]'''''. 2nd edition - London Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900.

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

* '''''The Masters'''''.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
<references/>

[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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''.

* '''''[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.

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''The Changing World'''''. 1919. ''The Immediate Future'' was a shorter version. Reviewed in ''The Messenger'', July 1919, page 63.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060409 Hathitrust].

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/besantthehappyvalleyassociation1927 Happy Valley Association]'''''. Ojai, California: Happy Valley Foundation, 1927.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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].

* '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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. Available at

* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011594866 Man and His Bodies]'''''. 2nd edition - London Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900.

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

* '''''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].

* '''''[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.

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
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Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== 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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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''.

* '''''[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.

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''The Changing World'''''. 1919. ''The Immediate Future'' was a shorter version. Reviewed in ''The Messenger'', July 1919, page 63.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060409 Hathitrust].

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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/besantthehappyvalleyassociation1927 Happy Valley Association]'''''. Ojai, California: Happy Valley Foundation, 1927.

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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].

* '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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. Available at

* '''''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011594866 Man and His Bodies]'''''. 2nd edition - London Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900.

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

* '''''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].

* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
<references/>

[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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''.

* '''''[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.

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''The Changing World'''''. 1919. ''The Immediate Future'' was a shorter version. Reviewed in ''The Messenger'', July 1919, page 63.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060409 Hathitrust].

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

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''[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. Available at

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''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].

* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''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.

* '''''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].

* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
<references/>

[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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Sarah Lapp: /* Theosophical writings */

[[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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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].

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

* '''''[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.

* '''''The Changing World'''''. 1919. ''The Immediate Future'' was a shorter version. Reviewed in ''The Messenger'', July 1919, page 63.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [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].

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''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].

* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''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.

* '''''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].

* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
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[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== 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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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].

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

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantbuddhism1941 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [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].

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''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].

* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''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.

* '''''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].

* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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.

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
<references/>

[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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].

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

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantbuddhism1941 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [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].

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''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].

* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''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.

* '''''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].

* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
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[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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Sarah Lapp: /* Theosophical writings */

[[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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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].

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

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantbuddhism1941 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [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].

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''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].

* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''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.

* '''''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].

* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
<references/>

[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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].

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

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantbuddhism1941 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [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].

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''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].

* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''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.

* '''''The Masters'''''.

* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
<references/>

[[Category:Supplementary articles|Besant writings]]
[[Category:Reading lists|Besant writings]]
[[Category:TS Adyar|Besant writings]]

Besant writings

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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'']].

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].

== Autobiographical books and pamphlets ==
[[File:AB Autobiography.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''''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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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].

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantbuddhism1941 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [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].

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''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].

* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''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.

* '''''The Masters'''''.

* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

== 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 ==
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Besant writings

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Sarah Lapp:

[[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].

== 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 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Autobiography-AB.htm# Anandgholap.net].

* '''''Autobiographical Sketches'''''. London, Free Thought Publishing Company, 1885. Available from [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010217670;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''My Path to Atheism'''''. 3rd ed. London, Freethought Pub. Co., 1885. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b246651;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

== Early social activism ==
[[File:AB Law of Population.jpg|160px|right|Book advocating birth control, 1878]].
* '''''Essays on Socialism'''''. London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1887. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008677483 Hathitrust].

* [https://archive.org/details/BesantTheFutureSocialism'''''The Future Socialism''''']. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.

* '''''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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89010445450;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals'''''. London: Freethought Pu. Co., 1877. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lawofpopulationi00besauoft 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005861260 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082032800;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''The Trades Union Movement'''''. London, Free-thought Pub. Co., 1890. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001339971 Hathitrust].

== India and Indian independence ==

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantabirdseyeviewofindiaspast1930 A Bird's Eye View of India's Past as the Foundation for India's Future]'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1930.

* '''''For India's Uplift; a Collection of Speeches and Writings on Indian Questions'''''. Madras, India: G.A. Nateson [1910]. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058541106;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].

* '''''India and the Empire, a Lecture and Various Papers on Indian Grievances'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012918044;view=1up;seq=13 Hathitrust].

* '''''India: a Nation: a Plea for Self-government'''''. With C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack ; [1916]. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685676 Hathitrust].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantindiaasshewasandassheis1923 India As She Was and As She Is] '''''. George Town, Madras: Indian Bookshop, New India Office, 1923.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheinternmentofmrsanniebesant1917 The Internment of Mrs. Annie Besant]'''''. Toronto, Ontario: Canada India League, 1917.

* '''''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).<ref>[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</ref>

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:
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationForTheNewEra '''''Education for the New Era'''''.] London, 1919. Theosophical Educational Trust (TPH).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantEducationAsTheBasisOfNationalLife '''''Education as the Basis of National Life'''''.] Adyar, Madras: The Theosophist Office, Delivered at Adyar, in The Theosophical Hall, February 23, 1908. (Second edition).
*[https://archive.org/details/BesantPrinciplesOfEducation '''''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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001922801 Hathitrust].

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

== Theosophical writings ==

* '''''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].

* '''''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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantbuddhism1941 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthecultureofthesoul1894 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 [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].

* '''''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].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[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/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].

* '''''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].

* '''''An Introduction to Yoga'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1908. Later edition available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007146850 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 [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004282505 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''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.

* '''''The Masters'''''.

* '''''Mysticism'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005775578 Hathitrust].

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besanttheperfectman1906 The Perfect Man]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906. Reprinted from the Theosophical Review.

* '''''[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].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesecretofevolution1904 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 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2k64d47b;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust] and available at [http://www.anandgholap.net/Seven_Principles_Of_Man-AB.htm AnandGholap.net]. Sold over 15,000 copies in early printings. The book was originally serialized in ''Lucifer'', August-December 1891.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthesphinxoftheosophy The Sphinx of Theosophy: A Lecture]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, [between 1890-1899?].

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantstudyandpractice1919 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.

* '''''[https://archive.org/details/besantthetheosophicalstudent1909 The Theosophical Student in Face of Revelation, Inspiration, and Observation: A Lecture Delivered at the British Convention of the Theosophical Society, July 4th 1909]'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. Published for the Theosophical Research Centre.

* '''''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].

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

== 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 ==
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