THIRD EDITION THE UNITED LODGE OF THEOSOPHISTS Los Angeles, California 1920 In Devotion TO THE IMMORTALS and in The Service of Humanity This little book is laid Upon the Altar _June, 1905_ THE MASTER'S LOVE IS BOUNTIFUL; ITS LIGHT SHINES UPON THY FACE AND SHALL MAKE ALL THE CROOKED WAYS STRAIGHT FOR THEE. _Farewell Book._ HITHERTO I HAVE BEEN AN EXILE FROM MY TRUE COUNTRY; NOW I RETURN THITHER. DO NOT WEEP FOR ME; I RETURN TO THAT CELESTIAL LAND WHERE EACH GOES IN HIS TURN. _Hermes Trismegistos._ CONTENTS. PAGE FOREWORD 7 LETTERS 11 EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS 59 AN OCCULT NOVEL 89 WILLIAM Q. JUDGE 105 FOREWORD One marked difference will be noticed between this, the second volume of LETTERS THAT HAVE HELPED ME, and the earlier volume. That first volume had a unity of purpose and development, setting forth, as it did, in due sequence, the salient points of the eastern teaching. This unity palpably arose from the fact that the series of letters was written to one individual, and thus followed along a line suited to the unfolding needs and the studies of that individual, as to those of all fellow students pursuing an identical line of thought. The present volume, on the contrary, consists of letters, and extracts from letters, written to a number of people in different parts of the world. In many instances, an extract only was sent to the compilers by individuals appealed to, that of their store something might be given to their fellow-men. In other instances, the entire letter was sent, but contained personal or other matter, which could not be published. In still other instances, the entire letter is given. It has been thought best to omit all headings and endings to these letters, in order that no discrimination shall be made in respect of the recipients, thus leaving the truths which the letters embody to stand out in their own relief, unmarred by a label and a name. Many of the extracts were published in _The Irish Theosophist_, and others still in the "Tea-Table" of _The Path_, where "Quickly" stood for Mr. Judge. It was the wish of Mr. Judge, expressed in writing to one of the compilers, that the series should be republished (with the addition of other matter) as a second volume of the earlier work. The compilers are thus carrying out the direct wishes of Mr. Judge.