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   | title = Answers to Questioners
-  | description = The first installment of the "Zadok" question-and-answer department announced the previous month: on celibacy and spiritual attainment, vegetarianism, whether one can be an occultist without consciously experiencing the Astral, and the two paths of out-of-body travel. Signed "Zadok," the pseudonym established the previous month in [[Judge W.Q. - Notice to Inquirers|"Notice to Inquirers"]] (October 1887). The December and February installments' final answers, and the last answer of the March installment, are signed "Julius," a pseudonym of [[Keightley, Julia|Julia Keightley]]. The April 1888 (Volume III) installment's final answer is signed "Hadji," another of Judge's established pseudonyms. The rest are signed "Zadok." The May 1888 installment consists of a single unsigned editorial note announcing that, owing to the pressure of business following the Chicago Convention, the department's answers are postponed to the following month. The June 1888 installment's two answers are signed "Moulvie," yet another of Judge's pseudonyms (see also [[Judge W.Q. - The Gates of Gold|"The Gates of Gold"]], May 1888). The July 1888 installment opens with an editorial note that "Zadok" has retired from the department; its first answer is signed in full, "William Q. Judge, Gen. Sec'y T. S.," and the remaining two are again signed "Moulvie." The November 1888 installment's first three answers (on the pronunciation of OM, on Spirit and matter, and on Karma) are signed "Narayan Nilakant," yet another of Judge's pseudonyms; its final answer (on the "Karma of Jesus" and on communication with "earth bound spirits") is signed "Jasper Niemand, F. T. S.," i.e. by [[Keightley, Julia|Julia Keightley]], answering under Judge's regular department in his absence. The February 1889 installment's three answers are jointly signed "Jasper Niemand, Wm. Brehon, Eusebio Urban"—all pseudonyms of Judge except "Jasper Niemand" (Julia Keightley).
+  | description = The first installment of the "Zadok" question-and-answer department announced the previous month: on celibacy and spiritual attainment, vegetarianism, whether one can be an occultist without consciously experiencing the Astral, and the two paths of out-of-body travel.
   | work type = articles
   | publication date = November, December 1887, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, November 1888
   | publication date sortable = 1887-11
   | publication place = ''The Path''
-  | read links = [[Path/Vol2/Text|Electronic journal edition in Teopedia]] (vol. II); [[Path/Vol3/Text|Electronic journal edition in Teopedia]] (vol. III, continuing)
+  | read links = [[Path/Vol2/Text|Electronic journal edition in Teopedia]] (vol. II); [[Path/Vol3/Text|Electronic journal edition in Teopedia]] (vol. III, complete); [[Path/Vol4/Text|Electronic journal edition in Teopedia]] (vol. IV, continuing)
-  | publications = [[Path/Vol2/Text|''The Path'', vol. II, no. 8]], November 1887, pp. 249-251; no. 9, December 1887, pp. 278-281; no. 10, January 1888, pp. 309-310; no. 11, February 1888, pp. 344-346; no. 12, March 1888, pp. 378-381; [[Path/Vol3/Text|vol. III, no. 1]], April 1888, pp. 21-23; no. 2, May 1888, p. 65 (announcing postponement); no. 3, June 1888, pp. 97-98; no. 4, July 1888, pp. 123-125; no. 8, November 1888, pp. 250-254; no. 11, February 1889, pp. 353-355 (continuing further in Volume III, outside the scope of this project)
+  | publications = [[Path/Vol2/Text|''The Path'', vol. II, no. 8]], November 1887, pp. 249-251; no. 9, December 1887, pp. 278-281; no. 10, January 1888, pp. 309-310; no. 11, February 1888, pp. 344-346; no. 12, March 1888, pp. 378-381; [[Path/Vol3/Text|vol. III, no. 1]], April 1888, pp. 21-23; no. 2, May 1888, p. 65 (announcing postponement); no. 3, June 1888, pp. 97-98; no. 4, July 1888, pp. 123-125; no. 8, November 1888, pp. 250-254; no. 11, February 1889, pp. 353-355; [[Path/Vol4/Text|vol. IV, no. 1]], April 1889, pp. 23-24; no. 2, May 1889, pp. 55-56 (continuing further in Volume IV)
   | ctd rus = Джадж У.К. - Ответы спрашивающим
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+ | description = The first installment of the "Zadok" question-and-answer department announced the previous month: on celibacy and spiritual attainment, vegetarianism, whether one can be an occultist without consciously experiencing the Astral, and the two paths of out-of-body travel. Signed "Zadok," the pseudonym established the previous month in [[Judge W.Q. - Notice to Inquirers|"Notice to Inquirers"]] (October 1887). The December and February installments' final answers, and the last answer of the March installment, are signed "Julius," a pseudonym of [[Keightley, Julia|Julia Keightley]]. The April 1888 (Volume III) installment's final answer is signed "Hadji," another of Judge's established pseudonyms. The rest are signed "Zadok." The May 1888 installment consists of a single unsigned editorial note announcing that, owing to the pressure of business following the Chicago Convention, the department's answers are postponed to the following month. The June 1888 installment's two answers are signed "Moulvie," yet another of Judge's pseudonyms (see also [[Judge W.Q. - The Gates of Gold|"The Gates of Gold"]], May 1888). The July 1888 installment opens with an editorial note that "Zadok" has retired from the department; its first answer is signed in full, "William Q. Judge, Gen. Sec'y T. S.," and the remaining two are again signed "Moulvie." The November 1888 installment's first three answers (on the pronunciation of OM, on Spirit and matter, and on Karma) are signed "Narayan Nilakant," yet another of Judge's pseudonyms; its final answer (on the "Karma of Jesus" and on communication with "earth bound spirits") is signed "Jasper Niemand, F. T. S.," i.e. by [[Keightley, Julia|Julia Keightley]], answering under Judge's regular department in his absence. The February 1889 installment's three answers are jointly signed "Jasper Niemand, Wm. Brehon, Eusebio Urban"—all pseudonyms of Judge except "Jasper Niemand" (Julia Keightley). The April 1889 installment's two answers are signed "Jasper Niemand." The May 1889 installment's single answer, on newspaper references to Mme. Blavatsky's "exposure," is signed "Hadji."
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 {{Style P-Signature|Jasper Niemand, Wm. Brehon, Eusebio Urban.}}
+{{Page aside in Path|v=4|n=1|p=23}}
+{{Style P-Subtitle|From Mrs. E. K.}}
+{{Style P-No indent|"When, as Z writes, one has an idea which internally he thoroughly understands, and another seems to find fitting expression for that idea, would it not show how universal Truth is, and would it not also serve to lessen any feeling of separateness?"}}
+{{Style P-No indent|''Answer''.—You are right. We ought to study Life for just such testimony. It comes, from all directions, to the thoughtful seeker. It is the inner meaning, for which we are to ceaselessly look. It is always there. Sometimes we should blindly pass it by if the remembered thought of another did not flash into our minds and illuminate the circumstance for us. You may see why it is valuable to frequent the society of persons who earnestly seek Truth, or to read the works given to us by those who have some knowledge of it. Also to be in a Society (working for it and receiving through it) through which such teachings are given out. These things prepare the soil for the seed. They help us, by their light, to recognize Truth when we find it for ourselves.}}
+{{Style P-No indent|Question 2. "As there can be but one mind, why does Z. speak of subconscious mind?"}}
+{{Style P-No indent|''Answer''. There is but one universal mind. It is differentiated in human beings of the average order, and in them becomes dual also—the higher and lower mind. In them it is more or less vitiated by Desire. By{{Page aside in Path|v=4|n=1|p=24}}"subconscious mind" Z. meant the higher spiritual mind, which is very near to the universal mind, but which is still a differentiation of that, in a person with a "sense of separateness." In such a person it is subconscious. When man broadens to the universal—a condition only understood by Adepts who are themselves that condition—this higher mind in its original purity, is a state of Being and not an "internal" organ.}}
+{{Style P-Signature|Jasper Niemand.}}
+{{Style P-Subtitle|From B. Q.}}
+{{Style P-No indent|The name "Koothoomi" has been so jeered at as an invention, that I would ask if you can refer me to any authority mentioning it before Mr. Sinnett?}}
+{{Style P-No indent|''Answer''.—On p. 355 of ''Classical Dictionary of India'' by John Garrett, published in 1871 by Higginbotham & Co. of Madras, under KUTHUMI, you will find: "A pupil of Panshyinji and teacher of the Sama Veda."}}
+{{Page aside in Path|v=4|n=2|p=55}}
+{{Style P-Subtitle|From Hadji:}}
+{{Style P-No indent|What is the meaning of newspaper references to Mme. Blavatsky thus: "Theosophy, too, despite the exposure of Mme. Blavatsky's impudent impostures, is still flourishing."?}}
+{{Style P-No indent|''Answer''.—In 1885 the London Psychic Research Society took upon itself to investigate the alleged letters from Adepts received by Mr. Sinnett and others in India, and sent out a young man named Hodgson to inquire into facts that had happened months and years before. He reported that they were all{{Page aside in Path|v=4|n=2|p=56}}frauds by Mme. Blavatsky, and that she had a tremendous combination of conspirators ramifying all over India. His report was published by the P. R. Society. It is so preposterous however, that no well-informed Theosophist believes it. The newspapers and superficial thinkers often refer to it. Mr. Hodgson, in addition to inventing the great conspiracy theory, was full of prejudice which he has since displayed in various cities of the United States by declaiming against H. P. Blavatsky although he says she is not worth pursuing.}}
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