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In reply to a reader's objection that time spent in Devachan is time lost to unselfish work on earth, Judge argues that both Devachan and earth-life are equally illusions of personality, that the length of the Devachanic period is itself illusory, and that the state is a necessary and beneficent rest for the soul. +
A reply to a correspondent on apparent contradictions in Theosophical literature about Devachan, clarifying the doctrine of the after-death state. +
On astrological predictions of great coming changes, and the Theosophical attitude toward such prophecies. +
Judge's note on reports of yogis and rishis disappearing at will, examining the occult and yogic basis for such phenomena. +
On the danger of dogmatism arising within the Theosophical Society itself, despite its founding purpose of opposing dogmatism in religion. +
On a Master's early instruction, through H.P.B., that every member of the Society should work as a centre of activity in their own right. +
Published in September 1890, with an advertisement in that month’s issue of The Path. <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="">[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.12)#xxv|BCW 12:xxv]]</span>)</span> +
A brief editorial defense of H.P. Blavatsky against W.E. Coleman's attacks, prompted by two articles by Boston Theosophists Bridge and Stearns in the Religio-Philosophical Journal. +
A brief closing note marking the end of The Path's third year, noting that the magazine has been supported mainly by non-members rather than subscribing Theosophists, and restating its watchwords: faith, courage, and constancy. +
On Karma and reincarnation as the law shaping one's environment, arguing that the Western self must recognize its surroundings as part of itself rather than something to escape. +
On why some people perceive 'spooks' or psychic phenomena and others do not, attributed to differences in the density of the astral aura. +
Judge's closing address as Chairman of the Second Annual Convention of the European Section of the Theosophical Society. +
On evolution as the periodic coming-forth of all things from the Absolute and their return to it, the illusory nature of what we call matter, and why Theosophy's doctrine of the soul's successive incarnations differs radically from both theology's special creation and materialist science's common origin of the race. +
A retrospective on the founding of the Theosophical Society fifteen years earlier at Blavatsky's residence in New York. +
A brief editorial marking five years since ''The Path'' began publication, and thanking its readers and supporters. +
On karma and the consequences, in future lives, of how we treat others now, urging that Theosophical doctrines be applied to daily conduct. +
A reply to Western students demanding tangible proof of occultism, arguing that the only fact that can be offered is self-knowledge. +
On the occult meaning of 'glamour' as illusion produced on the senses of others, distinct from ordinary self-deception. +
A brief tribute accompanying a published photograph of H.P. Blavatsky, noting that she works not for the present century but for one yet to come, and that her greatness will be acknowledged only after she has passed away. +
On the charges of forgery made against H.P. Blavatsky over messages from the Masters, presented through a reconsideration of her own earlier defense of the genuineness of precipitated letters, published in ''Lucifer'' under the title "Lodges of Magic". +