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  | month        = October
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  | page          = 193
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  | title        = The Poetry of Reincarnation in Western Literature (4) Platonic Poets
  | title        = The Poetry of Reincarnation in Western Literature
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| title link    = Walker ED - Reincarnation A Western Study of the Subject
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  | comment      = Part IV, "Platonic Poets," concluding the series; quotes Henry More, Milton, an anonymous Platonist from Dodsley's Collection, Shelley, Coleridge, Emerson and Elizabeth Rowe.
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  | title        = Nature's Scholar
  | title        = Nature's Scholar
  | author        =  
| title link    = Keightley J - Nature's Scholar
  | author signed = J Campbell Ver Planck FTS
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  | comment      = Signed under her married name at the time, before her 1891 marriage to Archibald Keightley.
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  | month        = October
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  | page          = 206-208
  | title        = Astral Intoxication
  | title        = Astral Intoxication
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| title link    = Judge W.Q. - Astral Intoxication
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  | author        = [[Judge, William Quan|W. Q. Judge]]
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  | year          = 1887
  | year          = 1887
  | volume        = 2
  | volume        = 2
  | number        = 7
  | number        = 7
  | month        = October
  | month        = October
  | page          = 208
  | page          = 208-212
  | title        = Thoughts in Solitude (8)
  | title        = Thoughts in Solitude
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  | author signed = Pilgrim
  | author signed = Pilgrim
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  | comment      = Part VIII. Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone.
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  | month        = October
  | month        = October
  | page          = 212
  | page          = 212-215
  | title        = Some Teachings of a German Mystic (3) The Captain's Double
  | title        = Some Teachings of a German Mystic
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| title link    = Kerning J - Some Teachings of a German Mystic
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  | comment      = Part III, "The Captain's Double," a narrative illustrating the teaching with the tale of a captain haunted by his own double.
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  | year          = 1887
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  | month        = October
  | month        = October
  | page          = 215
  | page          = 215-217
  | title        = Theosophical Aspects of Contemporary Literature
  | title        = Theosophical Aspects of Contemporary Literature
  | author        =  
| title link    = Path/Vol2/Text#path_v2_n7_p215
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  | comment      =  
  | author        =
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  | comment      = Unsigned survey of theosophical themes in contemporary fiction and periodical literature: essays by George Frederic Parsons, "The Peckster Professorship" and "A Crucial Test" by J. P. Quincy, "The Blindman's World" by E. W. Bellamy, "The Strange Story of Pragtna" by Harvard B. Rooke, an "Anima Mundi" piece in the Atlantic's "Contributors' Club," "The Soul of the Far East" by Percival Lowell, and reviews of periodical articles on hypnotism, Buddhism's influence on early Christianity, and mental healing.
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  | year          = 1887
  | year          = 1887
  | volume        = 2
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  | number        = 7
  | number        = 7
  | month        = October
  | month        = October
  | page          = 217
  | page          = 217-220
  | title        = Tea Table Talk
  | title        = Tea Table Talk
  | author        =  
| title link    = Keightley J - Tea Table Talk
| title style  = small-caps
  | author        = [[Keightley, Julia|Julia Keightley]]
  | author signed = Julius
  | author signed = Julius
  | comment      =  
  | comment      = Two readers' accounts of out-of-body and astral experiences, with Julius's replies on the nature of such recollections.
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  | type          = article
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  | page          = 220
  | title        = Notice to Inquirers
  | title        = Notice to Inquirers
  | author        =  
| title link    = Judge W.Q. - Notice to Inquirers
  | author signed = Zadok (likely WQJ)
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  | author        = [[Judge, William Quan|W. Q. Judge]]
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  | author signed = Zadok
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  | comment      = Unsigned, addressed to correspondents as "Zadok."
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  | month        = October
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  | page          = 221-222
  | title        = review,  Japanese Literature
  | title        = Literary Notes
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  | title link   = Path/Vol2/Text#path_v2_n7_p221
| author signed = Letters of Kenjiu Kasawara
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  | comment      = Unsigned notices: Kenjiu Kasawara's letters and the magazine ''The Temperance'' from Japan; the launch of ''Lucifer''; Franz Hartmann's forthcoming book ''Jehoshua the Prophet of Nazareth'' and his work ''The Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians''; and S. L. MacGregor Mathers's translation ''The Kabbalah Unveiled''.
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| month        = October
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  | title         = review,  Jehoshua the Prophet of Nazareth by Dr Franz Hartmann
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  | title         = review,  Lucifer
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  | title        = Anantapur Branch
  | title        = Theosophical Activities
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  | comment      = Unsigned branch reports "In India" (Col. Olcott's tour: Bulandshahr, the Baran T. S., a Purity Alliance for boys, Hardwar, Lahore; Anantapur, Bellary, Secunderabad, Ceylon) and "In America" (Chicago, the Ramayana T. S. of Chicago, Mohini M. Chatterji's return to India, St. Louis's Arjuna T. S.).
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| page          = 222
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| month        = October
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| title        = review,  The Kabbalah Unveiled by Mr.SL Macgregor Mathers
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| page          = 223
| title        = Bellary
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| volume        = 2
| number        = 7
| month        = October
| page          = 223
| title        = Bezonji Aderji President at Secunderabad Deccan
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| month        = October
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| title        = Buddhist Catechism translated into Japanese (book)
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| volume        = 2
| number        = 7
| month        = October
| page          = 223
| title        = Chicago Theosophical Society
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| volume        = 2
| number        = 7
| month        = October
| page          = 223
| title        = Mohini M Chatterji sailed for India
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| title        = Ramayana Theosophical Society of Chicago
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| title        = St Louis Arjuna Theosophical Society
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Revision as of 10:25, 10 November 2026

Volume 2

April 1887 – March 1888
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar • PDF • Electronic edition


April 1887

Vol. 2, No. 1
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 1-2


The Second Year

Unsigned editorial opening the issue.

 W. Q. Judge


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 3-6


Heralds from the Unseen

Concluded; Part I appeared in Volume I, no. 12 (March 1887).

 Julia Keightley

Jasper Niemand, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 6


Seek Out the Way

A short poem signed only "F. T. S."; author not identifiable.

F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 7-9


A Perplexed Inquirer

A letter to the editor questioning T. Subba Row's treatment of the sevenfold and fourfold classifications of principles in man.

 Constance Wachtmeister

Countess Constance Wachtmeister, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 9-13


Studies in the Numeric Powers

William H. Kimball

Wm. H. Kimball


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 13-16


Suggestions as to Primary Concepts

Part I; marked "(To be continued.)"

 J. D. Buck

J. D. Buck


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 16-20


Thoughts in Solitude

Part III, "Content & Satisfaction." Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone.

Pilgrim


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 20-25


Paracelsus

Part I; a review of Franz Hartmann's The Life of Philippus Theophrastus... known by the name of Paracelsus (1887).

 Sylvester Baxter

S. B.


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 25-27


The Bhagavad-Gita

Part I; marked "(To be continued.)" Signature "William Brehon" is a pseudonym of W. Q. Judge.

 W. Q. Judge

William Brehon


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 27-29


On the Soul of Man

Reply to the Sixteenth Question propounded to him by Dr. Balthasar Walter, in A. D. 1620; continues the page begun in Volume I, no. 5 (August 1886, replies to the Eighth and Eleventh Questions). Not a Theosophical work: a 17th-century reprint.

 Jacob Boehme

Jacob Boehme


vol. 2, no. 1, April, 1887, p. 29-32


Tea Table Talk

Continuing installment of this recurring column; begun in Volume I, no. 9 (December 1886). The issue and volume close on the same page with a quoted precept from the Chandogya-Upanishad and "OM."

 Julia Keightley

Julius


May 1887

Vol. 2, No. 2
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 2, May, 1887, p. 33-44


Reincarnation. A Western Study of the Subject

Part I; concludes "The second portion of our study will be—Reincarnation in the Light of our own Poets," continued in a later issue of Volume II, outside the scope of this project.

 E. D. Walker

E. D. Walker


vol. 2, no. 2, May, 1887, p. 44-46


The Doctrine of Innate Ideas

Subtitled "A Problem of Western Metaphysics Solved in the Light of the Esoteric Doctrine."

 E. D. Fawcett

E. D. Fawcett


vol. 2, no. 2, May, 1887, p. 46-52


Paracelsus

Part II, discussing Robert Browning's poem Paracelsus.

 Sylvester Baxter

S. B.


vol. 2, no. 2, May, 1887, p. 52-56


Suggestions as to Primary Concepts

Part II, "(Continued from April number.)"; marked "(To be continued.)" at its end.

 J. D. Buck

J. D. Buck


vol. 2, no. 2, May, 1887, p. 56-57


Some Teachings of a German Mystic

Part I, "Dreams and the Inner Life." Anonymous translation from Kerning's Wege zur Unsterblichkeit.

 J. B. Kerning

J. Kernning


vol. 2, no. 2, May, 1887, p. 57-61


Thoughts in Solitude

Part IV. Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone.

Pilgrim


vol. 2, no. 2, May, 1887, p. 61-64


Tea Table Talk

Continuing installment of this recurring column.

 Julia Keightley

Julius


June 1887

Vol. 2, No. 3
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 3, June, 1887, p. 65-71


Letters on the True

Part I, addressed to "My Comrades."

 Julia Keightley

Jasper Niemand, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 3, June, 1887, p. 72-75


Suggestions as to Primary Concepts

Part III, concluded.

 J. D. Buck

J. D. Buck


vol. 2, no. 3, June, 1887, p. 75-77


The Lake and the Pool

A short allegory.

 C. H. Hinton

C. H. Hinton


vol. 2, no. 3, June, 1887, p. 77-80


Notes on the Astral Light

Part I. A compendium of extracts from the works of Eliphas Lévi (the pen-name of Abbé Alphonse-Louis Constant) on the Astral Light. Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone; marked "(To be continued.)"

B. N. Acle, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 3, June, 1887, p. 81-85


Some Teachings of a German Mystic

Part II, "The True Destiny of Man."

 J. B. Kerning

J. Kernning


vol. 2, no. 3, June, 1887, p. 85-90


Thoughts in Solitude

Part V, "The Two Pathways." Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone.

Pilgrim


vol. 2, no. 3, June, 1887, p. 90-93


Tea Table Talk

Discusses the Ansel Bourne case of "dual existence," followed by an occultist's explanation of the dangers of leaving the body without a pure motive.

 Julia Keightley

Julius


vol. 2, no. 3, June, 1887, p. 93-95


Literary and Theosophical Notes

Unsigned notices: Prayer Book of the Aryans and a new English translation of the Vedas, both by R. C. Bary; a French translation of Light on the Path; Solar Biology by Hiram E. Butler; a forthcoming new translation of the Bhagavad-Gita; A Woman in the Case by Elliott Coues; the new Paris magazine The Lotus; the founding of the Krishna Theosophical Society of Philadelphia; and a response to a claim in The Christian Advocate that Theosophy was dead in India.


vol. 2, no. 3, June, 1887, p. 95-96


Existence of Mahatmas

A reader's letter prompted by Edwin Arnold's account, in India Revisited, of a conversation with a Buddhist pundit in Ceylon, with a reply discussing why such questions are often met with an evasive answer.

C. F. B. (with reply from Julius)


July 1887

Vol. 2, No. 4
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 97-101


Letters on the True

Part II, addressed to "My Comrades," continuing from Part I (June 1887).

 Julia Keightley

Jasper Niemand, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 102-107


The Poetry of Reincarnation in Western Literature

Part I, "American Poets," retitling and continuing the series begun as "Reincarnation. A Western Study of the Subject" (May 1887); quotes poems by Paul Hamilton Hayne, J. G. Whittier, Bayard Taylor (two), T. B. Aldrich, Charles G. Leland, Maurice Thompson and N. P. Willis. Continues through English, Continental and Platonic poets in later issues of Volume II, outside the scope of this project.

 E. D. Walker

E. D. Walker


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 108-114


Evidence and Impossibility

Subtitled "The Logic of a Priori Negation and the Relations of the Subjective to the Objective in the Estimation of Evidence."

 E. D. Fawcett

E. D. Fawcett


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 114-117


Reincarnations of Mahatmas

Signed "S. B.," identified as Sylvester Baxter by the established pattern of his other signed Path contributions.

 Sylvester Baxter

S. B.


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 117-118


Some Poetry of the Sufis

A reader's letter from Rome, Italy, with a translated Sufi poem, "A Parable of Jellaleddin." Signed only "K. H."; author not identifiable from the initials alone.

K. H.


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 118-119


Thoughts in Solitude

Part VI, "Sir Philip Sidney." Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone.

Pilgrim


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 119-121


Shall We Know Our Friends in Heaven?

Signed "Charles Johnston, F. T. S.," dated "Dublin, Ireland."

 Charles Johnston

Charles Johnston, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 121-124


Some Theosophical Statistics

Unsigned. A tabulation of Theosophical Society branches founded in India and Ceylon since 1880, by year, with totals of branches worldwide by country as of January 1887, and a note on the American Branches.


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 124


Branch and Society Notes

Unsigned notes: a convention of pundits and scholars at Hardwar, India, on 1 June to discuss the revival of Sanskrit and Aryan literature, attended by Col. Olcott; a paper on "Cycles of Time" read by Bro. J. Ralston Skinner at the Cincinnati Branch; the growth of the Aryan Theosophical Society's library; and the founding of the Pranava Theosophical Society in St. Louis.


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 124-125


Literary Notes

Unsigned notices: the announcement that Mabel Collins ("M. C.") is the author of Through the Gates of Gold; a forthcoming work, The Yoga Way, from the Eastern Publishing Company; a review of A. P. Sinnett's theosophical novel United; and a notice of S. C. Gould's paper The Staff of Adam and the Shem-Hammephorash.


vol. 2, no. 4, July, 1887, p. 126-128


Tea Table Talk

Collects an astral-projection anecdote from "Quickly," two experiences from "the widow," and a correspondent's quotation from Herodotus on the luminous pillars of the temple of Hercules at Tyre alongside an extract from Reichenbach's researches in animal magnetism. The issue and volume close on the same page with a quoted precept from the Saddharma-Pundarika and "OM."

 Julia Keightley

Julius


August 1887

Vol. 2, No. 5
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 129-133


Letters on the True

Part III, continuing from Part II (July 1887).

 Julia Keightley

Jasper Niemand, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 133-138


The Poetry of Reincarnation in Western Literature

Part II, "British Poetry"; quotes poems and extracts by William Wordsworth, Dean Alford, Joseph Addison, R. M. Milnes (Lord Houghton), Philip James Bailey, Tennyson, Shelley, Henry Vaughan, Edmund W. Gosse, William Sharp and Robert Browning. Continues through Continental and Platonic poets in later issues of Volume II, outside the scope of this project.

 E. D. Walker

E. D. Walker


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 138-140


Notes on the Astral Light

Part II, continued from Part I (June 1887), a compendium of extracts from the works of Eliphas Lévi. Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone.

B. N. Acle, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 141-143


The Symbolism of the Equilateral Triangle

Read at a meeting of the Aryan Theosophical Society, N. Y., 31 May 1887.

 Lydia Bell

Lydia Bell


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 144-147


Theosophical Fiction

Signed "S. B.," identified as Sylvester Baxter by the established pattern of his other signed Path contributions. A response to the brief review of A. P. Sinnett's novel United printed in the previous (July 1887) number.

 Sylvester Baxter

S. B.


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 147-149


Thoughts in Solitude

Part VII, "The Higher Carelessness." Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone.

Pilgrim


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 149-152


Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Subtitled "—Genesis iv, 9." Signed "American Mystic"; identified as Judge by TheosophyLib.com, TheosophyTrust.org and Blavatsky.net.

 W. Q. Judge

American Mystic


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 152-156


Christianity—Theosophy

Signed "Wm. H. Kimball," dated "Concord, N. H."

 William H. Kimball

Wm. H. Kimball


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 156-159


Tea Table Talk

Discusses the instinctive basis of belief in reincarnation, with anecdotes of children's unreflective recollections and of intuition trusted or disregarded, illustrated by a tale of King Vala and Damayanti from a Sanskrit drama.

 Julia Keightley

Julius


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 159


Theosophical Notes

Unsigned notes on the Krishna Theosophical Society of Philadelphia, the Branches on the Pacific Slope in California, and the Chicago Branch.


vol. 2, no. 5, August, 1887, p. 159-160


Literary Notes

Unsigned notices: a review in The Hour on "Where are the Theosophists?"; Lydia Bell's brochure Thoughts of Healing on the "Mind Cure"; and a lengthy critical review of J. C. Street's The Hidden Way Across the Threshold, charging it with wholesale unacknowledged borrowing from the Vedas, Paracelsus, Isis Unveiled and The Path itself. The issue and volume close on the same page with a quoted epigram from Emerson and "OM."



September 1887

Vol. 2, No. 6
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 6, September, 1887, p. 161-168


Letters on the True

Part IV, continuing from Part III (August 1887).

 Julia Keightley

Jasper Niemand, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 6, September, 1887, p. 168-172


The Poetry of Reincarnation in Western Literature

Part III, "Continental Poetry"; quotes H. H. Boyesen, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Beranger and Tommaso Campanella. Concludes with Platonic poets in a later issue of Volume II, outside the scope of this project.

 E. D. Walker

E. D. Walker


vol. 2, no. 6, September, 1887, p. 172-178


Gospels and Upanishads

Signed "Charles Johnston, F. T. S."

 Charles Johnston

Charles Johnston, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 6, September, 1887, p. 178-180


Papyrus

"Three Who Sought Out the Way," an allegory of three seekers on the spiritual path told by Judge's recurring "Tale-teller" narrator.

 W. Q. Judge

Rameses


vol. 2, no. 6, September, 1887, p. 180-182


Notes on the Astral Light

Part III, continued from Part II (August 1887), a compendium of extracts from the works of Eliphas Lévi. Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone.

B. N. Acle, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 6, September, 1887, p. 183-185


"The Word"

A response to "Heralds from the Unseen" (April 1887) and to a discussion of the author's own article "Occultism in Germany" in The Theosophist.

 Franz Hartmann

Franz Hartmann, M. D.


vol. 2, no. 6, September, 1887, p. 185-187


Literary Notes

Unsigned notices: the launch of H. P. Blavatsky's new monthly Lucifer in London; a review of the novel The Duchess Emilia; a German translation of the Bhagavad-Gita in progress; Hugh Junor Brown's pamphlets Atheism Philosophically Refuted and Comfort for the Bereaved; a review (signed "J. N.") of Franz Hartmann's Among the Rosicrucians; and a notice of Swedenborg, the Buddhist by Philangi Dasa.


vol. 2, no. 6, September, 1887, p. 188


Correspondence

A letter from London, dated 17 July 1887, on the prefaces to The Gates of Gold, Light on the Path and The Idyll of the White Lotus.

Mabel Collins


vol. 2, no. 6, September, 1887, p. 188-192


Tea Table Talk

Discusses anecdotes of children's recollections suggestive of reincarnation, Biblical and Kabbalistic evidence, and the relation between religious emotion and understanding. The issue and volume close on the same page with a quoted precept from the Upanishads and "OM."

 Julia Keightley

Julius


October 1887

Vol. 2, No. 7
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 193-201


The Poetry of Reincarnation in Western Literature

Part IV, "Platonic Poets," concluding the series; quotes Henry More, Milton, an anonymous Platonist from Dodsley's Collection, Shelley, Coleridge, Emerson and Elizabeth Rowe.

 E. D. Walker

E. D. Walker


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 201-206


Nature's Scholar

Signed under her married name at the time, before her 1891 marriage to Archibald Keightley.

 Julia Keightley

J. Campbell Ver Planck, F. T. S.


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 206-208


Astral Intoxication

Unsigned.

 W. Q. Judge


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 208-212


Thoughts in Solitude

Part VIII. Author not identifiable from the pseudonym alone.

Pilgrim


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 212-215


Some Teachings of a German Mystic

Part III, "The Captain's Double," a narrative illustrating the teaching with the tale of a captain haunted by his own double.

 J. B. Kerning

J. Kernning


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 215-217


Theosophical Aspects of Contemporary Literature

Unsigned survey of theosophical themes in contemporary fiction and periodical literature: essays by George Frederic Parsons, "The Peckster Professorship" and "A Crucial Test" by J. P. Quincy, "The Blindman's World" by E. W. Bellamy, "The Strange Story of Pragtna" by Harvard B. Rooke, an "Anima Mundi" piece in the Atlantic's "Contributors' Club," "The Soul of the Far East" by Percival Lowell, and reviews of periodical articles on hypnotism, Buddhism's influence on early Christianity, and mental healing.


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 217-220


Tea Table Talk

Two readers' accounts of out-of-body and astral experiences, with Julius's replies on the nature of such recollections.

 Julia Keightley

Julius


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 220


Notice to Inquirers

Unsigned, addressed to correspondents as "Zadok."

 W. Q. Judge

Zadok


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 221-222


Literary Notes

Unsigned notices: Kenjiu Kasawara's letters and the magazine The Temperance from Japan; the launch of Lucifer; Franz Hartmann's forthcoming book Jehoshua the Prophet of Nazareth and his work The Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians; and S. L. MacGregor Mathers's translation The Kabbalah Unveiled.


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 222-223


Theosophical Activities

Unsigned branch reports "In India" (Col. Olcott's tour: Bulandshahr, the Baran T. S., a Purity Alliance for boys, Hardwar, Lahore; Anantapur, Bellary, Secunderabad, Ceylon) and "In America" (Chicago, the Ramayana T. S. of Chicago, Mohini M. Chatterji's return to India, St. Louis's Arjuna T. S.).


vol. 2, no. 7, October, 1887, p. 224


Correspondence

A letter from Kioto, Japan, dated 30 July 1887, on Buddhism in Japan. The issue closes on the same page with a quoted aphorism and "OM."

Matsuyama M.


November 1887

Vol. 2, No. 8
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 225

ID: 02-225-01

 The Bhagavad-Gita (2) (from April)

William Brehon


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 230

ID: 02-230-01

 Reincarnation

AE Lancaster


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 231

ID: 02-231-01

 Mediumship

Albertus


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 233

ID: 02-233-01

 The Theosophical Meaning of Goethe's Faust (1)

FS Collins


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 242

ID: 02-242-01

 Cain & Abel

Charles Johnston FTS


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 244

ID: 02-244-01

 Personalities

Harij (Jirah D Buck)


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 247

ID: 02-247-01

 The Path of Action

Hadjii Erinn


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 249

ID: 02-249-01

 Answers to Questioners

Zadok


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 252

ID: 02-252-01

 Ltte, Authority

EWF (with comments from Editor)


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 252

ID: 02-252-02

 review, Astral Perceptions from 'The Platonist' September 1887


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 253

ID: 02-253-01

 review, The Occult Sciences in the Temples of Ancient Egypt by Georgia Louise Leonard


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 253

ID: 02-253-02

 review, Through What Historical Channels did Buddhism Influence Early Christianity? by Gen. Forlong


vol. 2, no. 8, November, 1887, p. 254

ID: 02-254-01

 Tea Table Talk

Julius


December 1887

Vol. 2, No. 9
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 257

ID: 02-257-01

 filler quoted from Katha-Upanishad Sanatsujatiya Maha-Sudassana Sutta

anon various


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 258

ID: 02-258-01

 The Bhagavad-Gita (3) (from November)

William Brehon


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 263

ID: 02-263-01

 Songs of the Unseen

J Campbell Ver Planck


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 264

ID: 02-264-01

 The Theosophical Meaning of Goethe's Faust (2)

FS Collins


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 270

ID: 02-270-01

 Notes on the Astral Light (4) From Eliphas Levi's Works

BN Acle FTS


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 273

ID: 02-273-01

 Some Teachings of a German Mystic (4) A Sailor & His Love

J Kernning


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 278

ID: 02-278-01

 Answers to Questioners

Zadok


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 281

ID: 02-281-01

 Col Olcott returned from North (tour)

anon


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 281

ID: 02-281-02

 Ltte

-- Mrs MJG (with reply from Julius)


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 282

ID: 02-282-01

 Abridgements of Discussions

Report


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 282

ID: 02-282-02

 England 'The Blavatsky Lodge'

Report (Europe)


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 282

ID: 02-282-03

 Los Angeles

Report (America)


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 282

ID: 02-282-04

 New York Aryan Theosophical Society

Report (America)


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 282

ID: 02-282-05

 New Zealand

Report


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 283

ID: 02-283-01

 Brother Alexander Fullerton's return from Adyar

Report


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 283

ID: 02-283-02

 Ltte, (1887/10/27)

J Campbell Ver Planck


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 283

ID: 02-283-03

 The Purana Theosophical Society Santa Cruz Cal (1887/10/19)

Report (America)


vol. 2, no. 9, December, 1887, p. 285

ID: 02-285-01

 Tea Table Talk

Julius


January 1888

Vol. 2, No. 10
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 10, January, 1888, p. 289

ID: 02-289-01

 Rays from the East (Fragments of MSS written down by J...) (1888/1/1)

anon


vol. 2, no. 10, January, 1888, p. 291

ID: 02-291-01

 The Bhagavad-Gita (4) (from December) The First Abyss (To be continued) (1888/1/1)

William Brehon


vol. 2, no. 10, January, 1888, p. 296

ID: 02-296-01

 Rahula's Inheritance (1888/1/1)

J Campbell Ver Planck


vol. 2, no. 10, January, 1888, p. 300

ID: 02-300-01

 Keeley's "Inter-Etheric Force" Tr from A French rendering of passages from "The Secret Doctrine" (1888/1/1)

Editor


vol. 2, no. 10, January, 1888, p. 304

ID: 02-304-01

 The Appeal unto Caesar. (1888/1/1)

Jaspar Niemand FTS


vol. 2, no. 10, January, 1888, p. 309

ID: 02-309-01

 Answers to Questioners (1888/1/1)

Zadok


vol. 2, no. 10, January, 1888, p. 314

ID: 02-314-01

 Tea Table Talk (1888/1/1)

Julius


vol. 2, no. 10, January, 1888, p. 320

ID: 02-320-01

 A Theosophical Tract #1 An Epitome of Theosophy (Issued by New York Theosophists for Distribution) (1888/1/

unsigned (likely by WQJ)


February 1888

Vol. 2, No. 11
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 11, February, 1888, p. 325

ID: 02-325-01

 The Bhagavad-Gita (5) (from January) Chapter 11 (To be continued) (1888/2/1)

William Brehon


vol. 2, no. 11, February, 1888, p. 325a+

ID: 02-325-02

 illustration, The Seeress of Prevorst Keisanbach (?)

(Gabriel Max)


vol. 2, no. 11, February, 1888, p. 330

ID: 02-330-01

 The Seeress of Prevorst (1888/2/1)

B.


vol. 2, no. 11, February, 1888, p. 333

ID: 02-333-01

 Stray Thoughts (1888/2/1)

Jasper Niemand FTS


vol. 2, no. 11, February, 1888, p. 335

ID: 02-335-01

 The Lessons of Karma (1888/2/1)

Charles Johnston FTS


vol. 2, no. 11, February, 1888, p. 340

ID: 02-340-01

 The Bean of Pythagoras (1888/2/1)

HL Sumner FTS


vol. 2, no. 11, February, 1888, p. 341

ID: 02-341-01

 The Way of the Wind (1888/2/1)

J Campbell Ver Planck


vol. 2, no. 11, February, 1888, p. 344

ID: 02-344-01

 Answers to Questioners (1888/2/1)

Julius & Zadok


vol. 2, no. 11, February, 1888, p. 346

ID: 02-346-01

 Tea Table Talk (1888/2/1)

Julius


March 1888

Vol. 2, No. 12
Place Title Author


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 357

ID: 02-357-01

 Two Years on the Path

Unsigned


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 360

ID: 02-360-01

 The Bhagavad-Gita (6)

William Brehon


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 365

ID: 02-365-01

 East & West

Jasper Niemand FTS


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 370

ID: 02-370-01

 Identity (vf)

EJH


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 370

ID: 02-370-02

 The Pride of Possession

Harij


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 373

ID: 02-373-01

 Give us One Fact

Nilakant


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 375

ID: 02-375-01

 Tea Table Talk

Julius


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 378

ID: 02-378-01

 Answers to Questioners

Zadok & Julius


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 379

ID: 02-379-01

 The True Theosophist (1888/2/1)

Zadok


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 382

ID: 02-382-01

 Ltte, Keely's Motor (1888/1/16)

Constance Wachtmeister


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 383

ID: 02-383-01

 Annual Convention of Branches in US


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 383

ID: 02-383-02

 Letter to AP Sinnett

Mohini M Chatterji


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 383

ID: 02-383-03

 New Branches in Nebraska

Report (America)


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 384

ID: 02-384-01

 Aryan TS of New York

Report (America)


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 384

ID: 02-384-02

 Boston Branch

Report (America)


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 384

ID: 02-384-03

 Convention of 27th December 1887

-- 


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 385

ID: 02-385-01

 Adyar Library

anon


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 385

ID: 02-385-02

 Ceylon

Report (India)


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 385

ID: 02-385-03

 Dublin Lodge TS

Report (Europe)


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 386

ID: 02-386-01

 List of American Branches

Report


vol. 2, no. 12, March, 1888, p. 387

ID: 02-387-01

 The Theosophical Publication Society. Headquarters: London

Report (Europe)
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