Theosophy appears at first sight to make astonishing claims.
It involves, some hold, as blind a belief as any church and they can see no difference between the Theosophical student's attitude to The Secret Doctrine and theological acceptation of the Bible. There is a difference, however, unless we students are accepting the written statements in our text-books or verbal statements from our platforms without verification for ourselves. Failing this, then most assuredly we are on the way which leads to making a sect in which a narrow and stereotyped creed will take the place of the living and breathing spirit of Truth and an ever growing Knowledge. It is all important to know how we can verify the teachings for ourselves. The latter part of a statement made by W. Q. Judge has puzzled some students for years.