[Illustration: William Judge, July 1895]
THE OCEAN
OF
BY
WILLIAM Q. JUDGE
TWENTIETH THOUSAND
THE UNITED LODGE OF THEOSOPHISTS
METROPOLITAN BLDG., BROADWAY AT FIFTH ST.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
COPYRIGHT, 1893,
BY
WILLIAM Q. JUDGE.
All rights reserved.
COPYRIGHT, 1915,
BY
THE UNITED LODGE OF THEOSOPHISTS
PREFACE.
An attempt is made in the pages of this book to write of Theosophy in such a manner as to be understood by the ordinary reader. Bold statements are made in it upon the knowledge of the writer, but at the same time it is distinctly to be understood that he alone is responsible for what is therein written: the Theosophical Society is not involved in nor bound by anything said in the book, nor are any of its members any the less good Theosophists because they may not accept what he has set down. The tone of settled conviction which may be thought to pervade the chapters is not the result of dogmatism or conceit, but flows from knowledge based upon evidence and experience.
Members of the Theosophical Society will notice that certain theories or doctrines have not been gone into. That is because they could not be treated without unduly extending the book and arousing needless controversy.
The subject of the Will has received no treatment, inasmuch as that power or faculty is hidden, subtle, undiscoverable as to essence, and only visible in effect. As it is absol…