Publications:
- The Path, Vol. VII, October 1892, pp. 205-7
- Echoes of the Orient: The Writings of William Quan Judge, comp. Dara Eklund, 2nd ed. (Pasadena, California: Theosophical University Press, 2011), vol. I, p. 284
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CTD entry in Russian: Джадж У.К. - Cпиритизм, старый и новый
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Title for references: Judge W.Q. - Spiritualism Old and New
Short description: On the widespread modern expectation of great coming change, and the Theosophical doctrine of cycles...
Men of all nations for many years in all parts of the world have been expecting something they know not what, but of a grave nature, to happen in the affairs of the world. The dogmatic and literal Christians, following the vague prophecies of Daniel, look every few years for their millennium. This has not come, though predicted for almost every even year, and especially for such as 1000, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, and now for the year 2000. The red Indians also had their ghost dances not long ago in anticipation of their Messiah’s coming.
The Theosophists too, arguing with the ancients and relying somewhat on the words of H. P. Blavatsky, have not been backward inrespect to the signs of the times.
But the Theosophical notions about the matter are based on something more definite than a vague Jewish priest’s vaticinations. We believe in cycles and in their sway over the affairs of men. The cyclic law, we think, has been enquired into and observations recorded by the ancients during many ages; and arguing from daily experience where cycles are seen to recur over and over again, believing also in Reincarnation as the absolute law of life, we feel somewhat sure of our ground.
This cycle is known as the dark one; in Sanskrit, Kali-Yuga, or the black age. It is dark because spirituality is almost obscured by material