William Quan Judge On Theosophical Study And Work PDF Download

"We need a literature, not solely for highly intellectual persons, but of a more simple character, which attempts to appeal to ordinary common-sense minds who are really fainting for such moral and mental assistance as is not reached by the more pretentious works." Any exploration of Theosophy is vastly incomplete without the astute and efficacious presence of William Quan Judge. Yet many Theosophists have been kept ignorant of his life, work, and writings. Judge was the only Theosophist who H.P. Blavatsky ever permitted to enter the Esoteric Section of the Society without taking the pledge, as she had so much trust and unshakeable confidence in him. In fact, he was in a sense the co-founder of the Esoteric Section. Recognized by her and others to be inwardly an Indian initiate, he was - in Blavatsky's swords - the connecting link between the esoteric knowledge of the Trans-Himalayan Brotherhood and America, where he lived and worked as the head of the American Section of the Theosophical Society and the Vice-President of the Theosophical Society at large. Blavatsky was the perfect Teacher; Judge was the perfect Student. And he endeavored to render this great Teaching more accessible to the world at large.