United Lodge of Theosophists(India)

The Heart Doctrine

By
William Quan Judge

Theosophical Seal

Theosophy Company (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Bombay, 1951

Contents

  1. Forewordvii
  2. About the Masters1
  3. WHAT THE MASTERS HAVE SAID3
  4. THE MAHATMAS AS IDEALS AND FACTS7
  5. THE ADEPTS AND MODERN SCIENCE12
  6. MASTERS, ADEPTS, TEACHERS, AND DISCIPLES21
  7. H.P.B. WAS NOT DESERTED BY THE MASTERS25
  8. AUTHORSHIP OF SECRET DOCTRINE33
  9. WILL MASTERS' HELP BE WITHDRAWN IN 1898 UNTIL 1975?36
  10. THE CLOSING CYCLE39
  11. ARE WE DESERTED?43
  12. The Heart Doctrine47
  13. WE ARE ALL ARJUNAS49
  14. EACH MEMBER A CENTRE57
  15. THREE GREAT IDEAS59
  16. UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD A FACT IN NATURE61
  17. THEOSOPHICAL STUDY AND WORK70
  18. HOW SHOULD WE TREAT OTHERS?85
  19. SEERSHIP91
  20. MESMERISM107
  21. THE SHEATHS OF THE SOUL121
  22. Transmigration127
  23. TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS127
  24. REINCARNATION OF ANIMALS129
  25. KARMA IN THE DESATIR133
  26. THE PERSIAN STUDENT'S DOCTRINE137
  27. Symbols147
  28. THEOSOPHICAL SYMBOLISM149
  29. THEOSOPHICAL SYMBOLS156
  30. Cycles165
  31. CYCLES167
  32. Past — Present — Future183
  33. CITIES UNDER CITIES185
  34. VAST WORKS OF THE PAST189
  35. INDIA A STOREHOUSE FOR US192
  36. THE SIGNS OF THIS CYCLE198
  37. WOULD UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE AID UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD?202
  38. SANSKRIT IN THE FUTURE204
  39. ON THE FUTURE: A FEW REFLECTIONS205

Foreword

This is a Memorial Volume, published in honour of the Centenary of William Quan Judge's birth on 13th April 1851. He lived in a borrowed body, which he laid aside on 21st March 1896. For 21 years he served the Theosophical Cause as few have done. As a faithful colleague and pupil of H. P. Blavatsky he saw the Lines laid down by her and her Masters; participated in the task of producing in 1877 Isis Unveiled; founded and edited at New York The Path; laboured to propagate Theosophy and built up a splendid Society in the U.S.A. His was a calumniated reputation but he shines in his writings with Truth, Humility and Gentle Service to all minds, thus giving the lie to his detractors.

The history of the Theosophical Movement, when read dispassionately and with insight, reveals W. Q. Judge to be a hidden Raja Star whose writings offer not only sweet flowers of beauty and purity but also luscious fruits, nourishing the heart of the student, elevating his mind. Profound but simple, his exposition holds life-giving waters to assuage the thirst alike of the playful child, the mental athlete, the quiet thinker and the devoted aspirant. By the expression of Pure Buddhi he elevates the mind of man to noble heights.

In Vernal Blooms some of his writings were published in book form in 1946 to mark the 50th year since his passing. This is a companion volume, published to mark the 100th birth anniversary of this Great Theosophist whom H. P. B called "the greatest of the exiles."

These articles will lead the eager and discerning student to the Heart of the Wisdom which brings the Peace which passes understanding and the Compassion which encompasses the whole mind of the Race.

Bombay,
13th April, 1951
The Publishers