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An argument that Theosophical adepts, acting through Thomas Paine and the Freemason founders, guided the American Revolution and left symbolic traces in the Great Seal of the United States.  +
On the umbrella as a symbol, in Buddhist and Hindu tradition, of the Adepts and Mahatmas who shield mankind from the unbearable intensity of the true spiritual centre behind the visible sun.  +
On the misuse of karma as an excuse for inaction, arguing that theosophical doctrines must be applied through work rather than passive resignation.  +
A response to A. P. Sinnett on the 'expiring Cycle', on what is really closing and what new era is opening for Theosophical work.  +
A direct continuation of 'The Serpent's Blood': the malignant snake born of the serpent's blood flees as the Diamond's last light fades from the Island.  +
A critical examination of Christian Science, Mind Cure, and homeopathy as systems of healing, and the Theosophical view of the true causes and treatment of disease.  +
On the nature of the occult 'Dweller of the Threshold', examining whether it is a real being and what encountering it signifies for the aspirant.  +
On the worldwide tradition of holy men and adepts dwelling in remote high mountains, from Tibet to the Bible and beyond.  +
Sarah Corbett's exposition of Froebel's intuitions on the formation of crystals as a mirror of human evolution, with an editor's note by Judge urging Theosophists to study such laws of the mineral kingdom before aspiring to adeptship.  +
Reflecting on H. P. Blavatsky's 1888 vision of the Society's future struggles, and on its first sixteen years of actual work and influence on Western thought.  +
An account of Judge's delayed Western lecture tour following H.P. Blavatsky's death, with a later notice of Allen Griffiths's appointment as the Pacific Coast's first dedicated Theosophical lecturer.  +
A description of the Theosophical Society's headquarters building and grounds at Adyar, Madras, accompanying a published photograph.  +
A reply to Herbert Spencer's definition of justice, arguing that modern philosophy ignores karma and rebirth and so cannot truly account for inequality among men.  +
A reply to a correspondent's confusion over the Hindu doctrine of the Kali Yuga, the present dark age in the cycle of world ages.  +
An announcement of the newly formed League of Theosophical Workers in America and its aims.  +
On the reception and effects of Judge's 1893 open letter to the Brahmans of India, its translation into Sanskrit, Bengali and Hindi, and the resolutions of sympathy passed by the orthodox Brahman pundits of the Bharat Dharma Mahamandala at Delhi.  +
Exposing "The Light of Egypt" as the work of T.H. Burgoyne of the spurious "H.B. of L." society, who first sold the same material privately as $60 "secret teachings" before republishing it as a $3 book falsely claimed to be by an "Initiate."  +
An allegorical story built on the old Hindu saying that to know into which Time is resolved is to know all.  +
On the Mahatmas as both an ideal to strive toward and a factual part of nature's hierarchy, and what their existence implies for Theosophical work.  +
A systematic argument for the doctrine of reincarnation as a logical necessity, given through a series of numbered points.  +