INDEX EDITION: This 13th printing is published only by Lucis Publishing Co. It includes all seven lectures given by Mrs. Bailey as well as an index of key topics covered in the book. In these lectures, the scientific relation of matter and consciousness is discussed. This book provides an intelligible basis for a study of consciousness in depth and in right relation to the life pattern of the universe. The teachings and sayings of the Christ are quoted to cement the inescapable link between the scientific and the philosophical or religious aspects of divinity. The Consciousness of the Atom is one title in the 24volume collection of blue covered books by Alice A. Bailey written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher. The books of Alice A. Bailey, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom-a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form which is always suitable to each period.