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E CHOE S

of the

O RIENT

VOLUME III

The Writings of

William Quan Judge

This volume is divided into ive

sections, the irst a series of articles

introducing theosophical concepts

which Judge wrote for Kate Field’s

Washington , under the title “Echoes

from the Orient.” Sections 2-4 con-

tain tracts and pamphlets issued by

Judge — including his highly-esteemed

“Epitome of Theosophy” — as well

as articles in newspapers and jour-

nals other than those in the irst two

volumes, and miscellanea (extracts,

undated articles, etc.). The ifth and

largest section, comprising nearly

half the volume, is devoted to “Sug-

gestions and Aids” issued to students

of the Eastern School of Theosophy,

founded by H.P.B. with Judge’s assis-

tance in 1888. These papers deal with

matters more directly pertinent to

theosophists, as well as with the core

purposes of the Theosophical Society

and its founders, the Mahatmas. That

H.P.B. had full conidence in Judge’s

integrity and competence as a teacher

is made clear by her statement ( Echoes

3:414):

cutting right through rigid thinking

and the nonsense of pseudo-occultism.

It is refreshing to read clear, simply-

worded sentences free of the misty

“sweetness and light” or clever but

vague language that characterizes

much new-age literature today. As

straightforward as Judge is, his per-

spective is clearly rooted in a larger

philosophic background, oriented

towards universal brotherhood, innate

human dignity, and the inestimable

worth of altruistic motive and service.

Never condescending, but always the

Esotericist, a student/teacher with

whom we can easily relate, Judge

transmits the perennial wisdom in a

way that encourages us to broaden our

views and thus to see in everyone and

everything vibrant expressions of the

divine force permeating the universe.

WILLIAM QUAN JUDGE (1851-1896) was

born in Dublin, Ireland, and emigrated

with his family to America in 1864.

A lawyer by profession, he was a co-

founder of the Theosophical Society

in New York City in 1875, becoming

General Secretary of its American

Section in 1886 and President of the

Theosophical Society in America in

1895. As an indefatigable writer,

lecturer, organizer, and correspondent,

his contribution to theosophy was ac-

knowledged by H. P. Blavatsky shortly

before she died, referring to him as her

“oldest friend and fellow-worker, . . .

publicly tendering him my most sin-

cere thanks and deeply-felt gratitude,

in the name of Theosophy, for the

noble work he is doing and has done.”

. . . The Esoteric Section and its

life in the U.S.A. depends on W.Q.J.

remaining its agent & what he is

now. The day W.Q.J. resigns, H.P.B.

will be virtually dead for the Ameri-

cans. W.Q.J. is the Anta . -kara . a

[connecting link] between the two

Manas (es) [minds], the American

thought & the Indian — or rather the

trans-Him ¯ layan — Esoteric Knowl-

edge. Dixi .

H.P.B. ∴

Whatever the subject, Judge’s

writing is invariably down to earth,

Cover design : PATRICE HUGHES

•

He told me he had read of my work among the poor

and had gone down there to see it for himself. He had

found it, so far, practical and valuable, he said; but also

had divined my discontent with it and my hunger for

something that would go much deeper, removing the

causes of misery and not merely relieving the effect. . . .

Fully and accurately to describe him would be beyond

my power, he so stood out above the run of men in deep

wisdom and lofty nobility of character. He had made

theosophy the living power in his life, and none could be

so bitter against him as to exhaust his tolerance or his

compassion.

It was he who irst gave me glimpses of the power of

thought and made me realize what it will do to build or

ruin the destiny of a human being. And in doing so, he

showed me how to ind in theosophy solution of all the

problems that had vexed me: how it points the way to

the right treatment of the downtrodden and outcast of

humanity, and to the real remedies for poverty, vice, and

crime. On all these subjects the irst word of theosophy

is this: he who would enter upon the path that leads to

truth must put new interpretations on the failings and

mistakes of his fellowmen. He must come to understand

the law of eternal justice — karma, that “whatsoever a

man soweth, that shall he also reap” — and to know the

necessity it implies for an unconquerable compassion.

— KATHERINE TINGLEY, My First Meeting

with William Quan Judge

William Quan Judge

1851–1896

E CHOE S

of the

O RIENT

The Writings of William Quan Judge

VOLUME III

Compiled by Dara Eklund

THEOSOPHICAL UNIVERSITY PRESS

pasadena, california

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