This book describes in detail help given to people on the physical plane by beings on other planes, invisible to our physical sight. Over the years, with the so-called progress ress of science, such phenomena were rejected as being the product of imagination, but Theosophy has proved rationally that this is not the case.

All the charming folklore surrounding elves, brownies, and gnomes, the spirits of air and water, and so on, has been shown by Theosophy to be no mere meaningless superstition, but to have a basis in scientific fact. In spite of the dogmatism of science, instances of inter- vention (especially in helping and saving children), inexplicable from the material- istic standpoint, continue to occur. This book is an absorbing record of such instances, with detailed information about the astral plane.

Charles Webster Leadbeater (1847-1934) was a Church of England clergyman till he joined the Theosophical Society in 1883. He spent some years in Sri Lanka working for the revival of Buddhism. He was a highly developed clairvoyant who unfolded and perfected his psychic faculties under the guidance of his Adept Teacher. In 1893 he commenced his work of clairvoyant investigations, on occasions collaborating with Annie Besant, the second President of the Theosophical Society, and carried on this work until his death. His books, numbering more than thirty on the spiritual life and the inner nature of man, unveiled the hidden side of things and the life beyond death. His lectures world wide presented a new viewpoint to thousands of people. It was he who discovered the great potential of J. Krishnamurti and prepared him with a view to his future work.