C.W. Leadbeater was one of the most controversial occultists of his time. His biography shows at the same time multiple periods both professionally and spiritually, all lived with surprizing energy, but with one single goal: the service of humanity

Trained for clairvoyance by an Indian Master, he became one of the prominents researchers in the field of supra-physical human consiousness. He applied is knowledge by supporting several occult mouvements, particularly the Theosophical Society and the co-masonic obedience Le Droit Humain. He was also a Rosicrucian, a Martinist, and a prominent member of the Egyptian Rite of Memphis-Misraïm.

With the purpose to spread the spiritual energies of Christ, he was consecrated to the Episcopate, and is considered by many as the co-founder of the Liberal Catholic Church, of which he became the second Presiding Bishop.