William Quan Judge



Early life
Foundation of the Theosophical Society
Legal career
Theosophical work
William Quan Judge served as editor of the periodical, The Path, from 1886-1896. Quoting from the first issue, April 1886, Judge gives a reason for producing the publication: "to try on the one hand to point out to their fellows a Path in which they have found hope for man, and on the other to investigate all systems of ethics and philosophy claiming to lead directly to such a path, regardless of the possibility that the highway may, after all, be in another direction from the one in which they are looking."
Writings
- The Bhagavad Gita with Essays on the Gita, 1890. Known as the W. Q. Judge recension. Available at Theosophical University Press Online.
- Letters That Have Helped Me. Available at Theosophical University Press Online.
- The Ocean of Theosophy, 1893. Available at Theosophical University Press Online.
- Practical Occultism: From the Private Letters of William Q. Judge, edited by Arthur L. Conger. Available at Theosophical University Press Online.
- Echoes of the Orient: the Writings of William Quan Judge in 4 volumes, edited by Dara Eklund. Available at Theosophical University Press Online.
Death
Notes
Additional resources
- Van Mater, Kirby. "William Quan Judge: A Biographical Sketch." williamquanjudge.net. Reprinted from Sunrise Magazine, April/May 1996.
- William Quan Judge page on Theosophy.net
- "William Quan Judge," The Canadian Theosophist [20:2], April 15, 1939, p. 35.