This
is a small book that was originally published in New York in June 1893
and in which William Judge gives a summary of theosophical teaching.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: THEOSOPHY AND THE MASTERS
Chapter 2: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 3: THE EARTH CHAIN
Chapter 4: SEPTENARY CONSTITUTION OF MAN
Chapter 5: BODY AND ASTRAL BODY
Chapter 6: KAMA
Chapter 7: MANAS
Chapter 8: OF REINCARNATION
Chapter 9: REINCARNATION CONTINUED
Chapter 10: ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING REINCARNATION
Chapter 11: KARMA
Chapter 12: KAMA LOKA
Chapter 13: DEVACHAN
Chapter 14: CYCLES
Chapter 15: DIFFERENTIATION OF SPECIES — MISSING LINKS
Chapter 16: PSYCHIC LAWS, FORCES, AND PHENOMENA
Chapter 17: PSYCHIC PHENOMENA AND SPIRITUALISM
ONLINE WITH MY COMMENTS
Preface
An attempt is made in the pages of this book to write of theosophy in such a manner as to be understood by the ordinary reader. Bold statements are made in it upon the knowledge of the writer, but at the same time it is distinctly to be understood that he alone is responsible for what is therein written: the Theosophical Society is not involved in nor bound by anything said in the book, nor are any of its members any the less good Theosophists because they may not accept what I have set down. The tone of settled conviction which may be thought to pervade the chapters is not the result of dogmatism or conceit, but flows from knowledge based upon evidence and experience.
Members of the Theosophical Society will notice that certain theories or doctrines have not been gone into. That is because they could not be treated without unduly extending the book and arousing needless controversy.
The subject of the Will has received no treatment, inasmuch as that power or faculty is hidden, subtle, undiscoverable as to essence, and only visible in effect. As it is absolutely colorless and varies in moral quality in accordance with the desire behind it, as also it acts frequently without our knowledge, and as it operates in all the kingdoms below man, there could be nothing gained by attempting to enquire into it apart from the Spirit and the desire.
I claim no originality for this book. I invented none of it, discovered none of it, but have simply written that which I have been taught and which has been proved to me. It therefore is only a handing on of what has been known before.
William Q. Judge
New York, May 1893.
Chapters
· Chapter 1: The masters, their powers and their teachings
· Chapter 2a: The planes of existence
· Chapter 2b: Ancient chronologies
· Chapter 3a: The planetary chains
· Chapter 4: The theosophical constitution of man
· Chapter 5a: The physical body
· Chapter 6: The body of passions and desires
· Chapter 9: Arguments against reincarnation
· Chapter 10: Arguments supporting reincarnation
· Chapter 14: The cycles (found in the second part of the text)
MY OPINION
It is a good book and I do recommend reading it.
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