
Written work
A Study in Consciousness
A Study in Consciousness: A Contribution to the Science of Psychology

Besant's most ambitious work in the philosophical field: a theory of consciousness from the monad to the mind, with chapters on will, desire, emotion, memory and the birth of the virtues. It seeks to engage with the psychology of her day (James, Ribot) from the standpoint of Theosophical cosmology.
Authorship note
Her own work, published by the Theosophical Publishing Society and John Lane in 1904.
Editions and translations
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English
Annie Besant
A Study in Consciousness
The Conscious LibraryA Study in Consciousness
Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, 1972
ISBN 9780835672870
Annie Besant
A Study in Consciousness
The Conscious LibraryA Study in Consciousness
Theosophical Publishing Society / John Lane, Londres, 1904
Digitalizada en Internet Archive (astudyinconscio00besagoog).
Deutsch
Annie Besant
Eine Studie über das Bewusstsein
The Conscious LibraryEine Studie über das Bewusstsein
Max Altmann, Leipzig, 1906
Digitalizada en Internet Archive (einestudieuberda00besa).
Español

Estudio sobre la conciencia
Editorial Humanitas, Barcelona, 2013
ISBN 9788479100346
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
- 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 Riddle of Life · 1913
- 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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