Written work
The Riddle of Life
The Riddle of Life, and How Theosophy Answers It
A short, popular introduction to Theosophy answering the basic questions about the meaning of life: human nature, reincarnation, karma, life after death and spiritual evolution. Illustrated with colour plates of the subtle bodies, it was conceived as a first book for the curious reader.
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Authorship note
A popular manual with colour plates. Open Library records an undated-publisher edition of 1897 and the London–Adyar one of 1913; no verified Spanish edition.
Editions and translations
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English
The Riddle of Life
Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, 1980
ISBN 0835602311
Annie Besant
The Riddle of Life, and How Theosophy Answers It
The Conscious LibraryThe Riddle of Life, and How Theosophy Answers It
Theosophical Publishing Society, Londres; Theosophist Office, Adyar, 1913
Other works by Annie Besant
- An Autobiography · 1893
- Autobiographical Sketches · 1885
- My Path to Atheism · 1877
- The Law of Population · 1877
- Marriage, As It Was, As It Is, and As It Should Be · 1879
- Why I Became a Theosophist · 1889
- The Seven Principles of Man · 1892
- Reincarnation · 1892
- Death—and After? · 1893
- Karma · 1895
- Man and His Bodies · 1896
- The Building of the Kosmos · 1894
- In the Outer Court · 1895
- The Path of Discipleship · 1896
- The Bhagavad Gita (translation) · 1895
- Four Great Religions · 1897
- The Ancient Wisdom · 1897
- Esoteric Christianity · 1901
- Thought Power · 1901
- Thought-Forms · 1905
- A Study in Consciousness · 1904
- An Introduction to Yoga · 1908
- Occult Chemistry · 1908
- The Laws of the Higher Life · 1903
- The Pedigree of Man · 1904
- Theosophy and the New Psychology · 1904
- London Lectures of 1907 · 1907
- The Changing World · 1909
- A Study in Karma · 1912
- Initiation: The Perfecting of Man · 1912
- Man: Whence, How and Whither · 1913
- How India Wrought for Freedom · 1915
- The Case for India · 1917
- India: Bond or Free? · 1926
- Talks on the Path of Occultism · 1926
- Popular Lectures on Theosophy · 1910
- The Spiritual Life · 1912
- Evolution of Life and Form · 1899
- Avatâras · 1900
- Dharma · 1899
- Giordano Bruno · 1913
- Fabian Essays in Socialism · 1889
- The Doctrine of the Heart · 1914
- Ancient Ideals in Modern Life · 1901
- The Religious Problem in India · 1901
- Hints on the Study of the Bhagavad Gita · 1906
- The Wisdom of the Upanishads · 1907
- The Story of the Great War · 1899
- Shri Rama Chandra, the Ideal King · 1901
- Some Problems of Life · 1900
- The Three Paths to Union with God · 1897
- The Birth and Evolution of the Soul · 1896
- The Self and Its Sheaths · 1895
- The Ideals of Theosophy · 1912
- Theosophy · 1912
- Theosophy and the Theosophical Society · 1913
- Superhuman Men in History and Religion · 1913
- Mysticism · 1914
- Wake Up, India · 1913
- India: A Nation · 1915
- The Immediate Future · 1911
- Theosophy and Life's Deeper Problems · 1916
- Lectures on Political Science · 1919
- The Inner Government of the World · 1920
- The Future of Indian Politics · 1922
- The Birth of New India · 1917
- Buddhist Popular Lectures · 1908
- History of the Great French Revolution · 1876
- The Freethinker's Text-Book, Part II · 1876
- Charles Bradlaugh: A Sketch of His Life and Work · 1891
- The War and Its Lessons · 1920
- World Problems of Today · 1925
- Shall India Live or Die? · 1925
- The Masters · 1912
- Psychology · 1919
- Britain's Place in the Great Plan · 1921
- Duties of the Theosophist · 1917
- The Lives of Alcyone · 1924
- The Basis of Morality · 1915
- Hindu Ideals · 1904
- Legends and Tales · 1913
- Talks with a Class · 1922
- Evolution and Man's Destiny · 1924
Sources
- Open Library, autora Annie Wood Besant (OL16933A): registros de obras y ediciones con ISBN consultados el 2026-10-22; primeras ediciones digitalizadas en Internet Archive.
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