One of the (very) few books to deal with the inner aspect of church ritual, Leadbeater’s opus has become an esoteric classic.

The metaphysical branch of Independent Catholicism owes its origin and foundational teachings to the clairvoyant experimentations of Bishop Leadbeater, one of the founders of the Liberal Catholic Church. The Science of the Sacraments is the definitive explication of the sacramental theology of the Liberal Catholics, and defined a mystical system that has influenced four generations of Independent Catholics.