Music Forms

Geoffrey Hodson

Madras

:

The Theosophical Publshing House

,

1976

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First Edition.

29cm x 21cm. [xiv], 35 pages, black and white illustrations, 17 colour plates. Red cloth, black lettering, illustrated jacket.

Geoffrey Hodson (1886 – 1983) was an occultist, Theosophist, mystic, philosopher, and esotericist. For more than 70 years he was a leading figure in the Theosophical Society around the world. He studied fairies, nature spirits, and angels, writing many books on these investigations. Hodson was one of those who was drawn in by the Cottingley Fairies hoax. “The book records the results of certain clairvoyant investigations carried out by Mr Geoffrey Hodson on the effects produced by music upon the adjacent matter of the superphysical worlds. Eight compositions, including Handel, Bach, Mozart, Hadyn and Wagner were studied …Mr Hodson’s observations arising from his clairvoyant research were carefully taken down while each performance was proceeding, and to these descriptions pictures were produced by artists later.” (from jacket flap)

Very Good Condition in Good Jacket. Minor foxing and tanning to endpapers and first and last few pages. Previous owner’s name. Small chips and tears to jacket edges including loss of one piece 1.5cm x 1cm to top edge of lower panel. Minor soiling to jacket and minor foxing to verso.. Very Good Condition.