The Ocean of Theosophy

by William Quan Judge

Overview

Judge (1851-96) was an Anglo-Irish mystic, esotericist, occultist, and one of the founders of the original Theosophical Society in 1875. Born in Dublin, his family emigrated to the USA when he was 14 and at 21 he became a naturalised citizen of that country. This work, first published in 1893, is aimed at the general reader and is based on the author's own knowledge and understanding of the subject, as distinct from being a publication of the Theosophical Society itself. It is reprinted from a later edition of 1915, some years after the author's death, with the recommendation that it serves as an invaluable aid to all students of theosophy.

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ISBN-13:	9782383830931
Publisher:	Librorium Editions
Publication date:	08/12/2021
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
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between the visible universe and the real perceiver within. And all these various powers and potentialities being well worked out in this slow but sure process, at last man is put upon the scene a sevenfold being just as the universe and earth itself are sevenfold. Each of his seven principles is derived from one of the great first seven divisions, and each relates to a planet or scene of evolution, and to a race in which that evolution was carried out. So the first sevenfold differentiation is important to be borne in mind, since it is the basis of all that follows; just as the universal evolution is septenary, so the evolution of humanity, sevenfold in its constitution, is carried on upon a septenary Earth. This is spoken of in Theosophical literature as the Sevenfold Planetary Chain, and is intimately connected with Man's special evolution. CHAPTER III. OMING now to our Earth the view put forward by Theosophy regarding its genesis, its evolution and the evolution of the Human, Animal and other Monads, is quite different from modern ideas, and in some things contrary to accepted theories. But the theories of to-day are not stable. They change with each century, while the Theosophical one never alters because, in the opinion of those Elder Brothers who have caused its repromulgation and pointed to its confirmation in ancient books, it is but a statement of facts in nature. The modern theory is, on the contrary, always speculative, changeable, and continually altered. Following the general plan outlined in preceding pages, the Earth is sevenfold. It is an entity and not a mere lump of gross matter. And being thus an entity of a septenary nature there must be six other globes whichroll with it in space. This company of seven globes has been called the "Earth Chain", the "...