Varla Ventura, Coast to Coast favorite, Weird News blogger on Huffington Post, and author of "The Book of the Bizarre" and "Beyond Bizarre," introduces Weiser Books' new Collection of forgotten occult classics. "Paranormal Parlor" is an eerie assemblage of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's sixth sense for tales of the weird and unusual.
Leadbeater's "Clairvoyance in Time" is your password, your library card to the akashic record. Admission is free (beyond what you paid for this book and whatever you may need to spend to devote yourself to the practice of meditation), and the library is open 24/7 to any mystics dedicated enough to think their way through the front door.
Charles Webster Leadbeater was an influential member of the Theosophical Society, author on occult subjects and co-initiator with J.I. Wedgwood of the Liberal Catholic Church.
Originally a priest of the Church of England, his interest in spiritualism caused him to end his affiliation with Anglicanism in favour of the Theosophical Society, where he became an associate of Annie Besant. He became a high-ranking officer of the society, but resigned in 1906 amid a scandal. Accusations of his detractors were never proven and, with Besant's assistance, he was readmitted a few years later. Leadbeater went on to write over 69 books and pamphlets that examined in detail the hidden side of life as well as maintain regular speaking engagements. His efforts on behalf of the society assured his status as one of its leading members until his death in 1934.