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A review of the anonymously-published mystical work "Through the Gates of Gold," comparing it to "Light on the Path" and surveying its teaching on sensation, the killing out of separateness, pain and pleasure, and the subordination of the animal to the spiritual in man. +
Judge, as General Secretary, describes and invites support for the organized scheme of mailing Theosophical tracts to names gathered from small-town newspapers across the United States. +
An announcement describing the Tract Mailing Scheme, incorporating the Society's earlier 'Press Scheme' for the free distribution of Theosophical literature. +
A reply to a reader's question on the doctrine of transmigration of souls, distinguishing it from the Theosophical teaching of reincarnation. +
On whether the pursuit of astral clairvoyance constitutes true spiritual progress, or is a distraction from the real work. +
On the lost keys to the inner meaning of the Bhagavad-Gita and of the Zodiac, both preserved as living realities for the sages though inaccessible to orientalists and modern astronomers alike. +
On two ignoble extremes condemned by the Buddha—self-indulgence and self-mortification—and the middle way between them. +
An editorial on two events of September 1892: the New York Sun's retraction of its 1890 libel against H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society, and Col. Olcott's revocation of his resignation as President. +
An editorial on The Path's second anniversary, reviewing the growth of Theosophical interest in America and the magazine's role in it. +
Against the narrow habit of applying Theosophical doctrines only to the whole man, Judge extends Karma, Reincarnation, and Devachan to every cell of the body, to animals and insects, to nations, and to the Cosmos itself, arguing that a doctrine not capable of universal application is not worth holding. +
A lecture arguing that universal brotherhood is not merely a theory or ideal but an actual, demonstrable fact of nature. +
Clarifying confusion among Branch officers about the Society's policy of universal brotherhood as it relates to the admission of new members. +
Passages from the Upanishads on rebirth, with Judge's comments connecting them to Christian and Jewish tradition. +
On the great engineering and architectural works of ancient Eastern civilizations as evidence against the claim that Theosophical ideas rest only on primitive cultures. +
On the practical requirements for building genuine Universal Brotherhood within the Theosophical Society, beyond its formal statement as an object. +
A lecture given in San Francisco explaining the basic meaning and aims of Theosophy to a general audience. +
Quoting letters from the Adepts on Col. Olcott and on the real basis and purpose of the Theosophical Society's work. +
On the rishis, the great Adepts and Saints of Hindu tradition who gave spiritual impulses in the past and are said sometimes to reincarnate. +
A rebuttal to the charge that Theosophy deals only in vague generalities, arguing that modern science is itself vague on the fundamental nature of life and matter. +
On the Theosophical explanation for the disappearance of races and civilizations, in terms of cyclic law rather than purely material causes. +