Occult Chemistry

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Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and Some Compounds is a book written by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, who were both members of the Theosophical Society based in Adyar, India. Besant was at the time the president of the society, having succeeded Henry Olcott after his death in 1907.

From the Wikipedia article Occult Chemistry, revision 1372257397, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q2017299: “Theosophical book published in 1908”.