SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION

IN May, 1895, Mr. Judge announced that the Theosophical Forum, (a small monthly pamphlet containing questions and answers on Theosophy) “enters upon a new life and era.” Henceforth, he said, “it will be issued from the office of the President and under his direction.” In other words, Mr. Judge, then the president of the Theosophical Society in America, took total responsibility for the Forum. He also said there would be changes:

Editorial treatment of topics by W.Q.J., C.F.W., and others who hold similar views, will also vary from the past; and as to this it can now be observed that if the treatment of several subjects shall seem inconsistent with what was said in the old series, the inconsistency will be due to a present more definite and rigorous application of theosophical theories to the questions in hand rather than the mechanical and narrow view formerly obtaining.

This is the primary reason why “Forum” Answers, published by the Theosophy Company in 1982, consists only of the answers made by Mr. Judge to questions sent to the Theosophical Forum from 1889 to February, 1896.

At the end of the first issue of the “new” Forum, Mr. Judge inaugurated a section titled “Subjects for Discussion;’ consisting of condensed paragraphs on various subjects considered useful for discussion and study by individuals and Branches of the Society. In view of Mr. Judge’s statement that the Forum was under his direction, it may be assumed that he either wrote or approved of these items. Present-day students of Theosophy will find them of value.

They are reprinted here as they were presented in the Forum, from May 1895 through March 1896.

In every issue, the following statement preceded the topics for discussion: “In articles and addresses never use Sanskrit or foreign terms without also giving the English meaning; use English terms preferably:’

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DÖDEN

En riktig uppfattning av orsakerna till döden och dess fundamentala natur kräver en förståelse av hela den teosofiska filosofin. Den fysiska orsaken för separationen mellan den astrala kroppen och den materiella kroppen. Ofta infaller döden många år innan den fysiska kroppen upphört att verka: man blir t. ex. barn på nytt, när själen har lämnat. Hjärnan det sista verksamma organet; ofta aktivt efter det att hjärtat har slutat att slå eller när kroppen har slutat att andas. Tillstånd efter döden. Är det möjligt att meddela sig med de döda? Vad innebär skal från elementarer? Man kan inte leva i evighet;  när tiden för kroppen är inne förstörs den. Den ockulta betydelsen av Livselixiret. Fel att störa de döda och dra ut själarna från Devachan; detta kommer att påverka de kommande inkarnationerna. Filosofin bakom  principernas separerande; de fyra lägre splittras, Atma-Buddhi-Manas drar till sig lägre Manas mot det Devachanska tillståndet. [sid.7]

WILLIAM Q. JUDGE
The Theosophical Forum
 

Översatt från häftet Subjects for Discussion av William Quan Judge. Dessa utdrag är från The Theosophical Forum (1895-1896). Utgiven av Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1990.

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Subjects for Discussion by W. Q Judge (From the New Forum May 1895 – March 1896)

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