Reputed Occult Powers
Mary Lutyens stated that starting in 1895 Leadbeater and Annie Besant reputedly made "...occult investigations together into the cosmos, the beginnings of mankind, chemistry and the constitution of the elements, as well as frequently visiting the Masters together in their astral bodies".
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