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The Aquarian Theosophist

  • Volume VIII #8 June 17, 2008
  • SUPPLEMENT
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IN SUPPORT OF JUSTICE FOR

IN SUPPORT OF JUSTICE TO W.Q.J

WILLIAM Q JUDGE

“A Good Man’s Heart”

This Supplement follows the declared aim to bring justice to bear in the ‘Judge Case’. WQJ, ‘the Raja’ as his friends called him, gave his life’s work in support of his teacher Mme Blavatsky and their joint cause, the modern Theosophical Movement, of which he was a champion and

prime mover.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

IN SUPPORT OF JUSTICE FOR W.Q.J

LETTERS

1

Contained here are copies of the letters sent to the Theosophical Society in Adyar in April, together with reports and summaries of the previous years of this campaign for justice.

MORELOS, MÉXICO

23

BERLIN, GERMANY UNTERLENGENHARDT, GERMANY LONDON ENGLAND [1]

44

LONDON ENGLAND [2]

5

EDMONTON, CANADA

6

“Nothing is gained by worrying… You do not alter people, and… by being anxious as to things, you put an occult obstacle in the way of what you want done.

BRASILIA, DF, BRAZIL

7

SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL

89

FLORIANÓPOLIS, SC, BRAZIL PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL

10 11

“It is better to acquire a lot of what is called carelessness by the world, but is in reality a calm reliance on the Law, and a doing of one’s own duty, satisfied that the results must be right, no matter what they may be.”

BACKGROUND SO FAR

A SHORT 2007 REPORT ON LETTERS TO ADYAR THE 2006 ACTIONS AND RESULTS A SHORT REPORT ON 2008 LETTERS TO ADYAR

12 12 11

William Q Judge

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For any one concerned with the future of the Theosophical Movement, these words should be a goal to accomplish, regardless his or her affiliation to any—or none— of the Theosophical

Letters written in April 2008

Morelos, México

  • organizations.
  • I
  • know that your main

preoccupation is to do practical things in the present. Well, this is a practical thing that the Movement needs to achieve now. Let us work together to eradicate the “equivocal position” of one of the Founders: Mr. W.Q. Judge.

One: From José Ramón Sordo, Mexico

In the same way as HPB was wronged by the “S.P.R.” and the “Hodgson Report”; W. Q. Judge
LA FUNDACIÓN BLAVATSKY
Fraternidad Teosófica
México

  • was wronged by the “Judge Case”.
  • The

slanders propagated against HPB by the Hodgson Report are still present in printed matter and in the Internet, but the whole Movement is more or less united from within to defend HPB without; whereas W.Q. Judge still divides it, because the smearing of his character came from within.
Tepoztlán, Morelos, México
13 April, 2008

Ms. Radha Burnier
As long as we don’t wash our dirty laundry

among ourselves, the Movement will lack spiritual strength. Judge represents HPB within the Movement: that was the hidden reason of the attacks against him. To acknowledge Judge is to really acknowledge HPB, her mission and her message.
The International President, The Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai 600 020, India.

Dear Radha
As long as the status of W.Q. Judge as one of the main Founders of the TS is not recognized, and his image restored, the Movement will continue divided. Col Olcott can not redress what he did, but you can, having his karma as his 7th successor. It is a mater of Cause and Effect, not a matter of polemics what I propose: a change of attitude on the part of Adyar.
I suppose that due to your bad health you had no time to answer my letter of April 13, 2007. Anyhow, the quotation from HPB I gave you in that letter is enough, I think, to dispel the doubts of any one in regard to the assertion that William Q. Judge was one of the founders of the Parent Theosophical Society. HPB says:

“W.Q. Judge. He is one of the three founders of the Theosophical Society, the only three who have remained as true as rock to the Cause.” (BCW, XII, p. 593)

With my best wishes for a full recovery of your health

Yours affectionately and truly

J. Ramón Sordo
And being one of the Founders the words of Master Morya in the Mahatma Letters, p. 254, apply to him also:

“‘Can you do anything to help on the Society?’ Want me to speak frankly? Well I say NO: neither yourself nor the Lord Sang-yias Himself—so long as the equivocal position of the Founders is not perfectly and undeniably proven due to fiendish malice and systematic intrigue— could help it on.”

La Fundación Blavatsky: Fraternidad Teosófica A.C.
México. Calle 22 de Febrero, 52, Tepoztlán,
Morelos, 62525, México.

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  • “Besides,”
  • a
  • student wonderfully put it,

Berlin, Germany

“theosophists know that past, present and future belong to one and only continuum of cyclic time. Due to the doctrine of cycles, they are aware of the fact that, as Ecclesiastes would put it, “that which was is that which will be”. Therefore past events are alive, and have in

them the active seeds of the future. It is by duly

understanding past events, then, that one learns how to take lessons from them, and how to be better able to serve the Cause of universal brotherhood in the present time and to plant the seeds of a brighter future.”

Two: From Ms. Sieglinde Plocki, Germany

DIE THEOSOPHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT
- ARBEITSKREIS UNTERLENGENHARDT -
LOGE SÛRYA

Ltg.:
Sieglinde Plocki
10585 Berlin
Schustehrusstr. 25
Deutschland
Let us just recall and let me repeat again: Many times during the history have Adyar officials been asked to clear the “Judge Case” openly and to restore William Quan Judge’s reputation. May I again just remind you and the officials of Adyar Society, that you, Mrs. Burnier, are holding the key role in this case. It is in your hands now to make amends for previous mischief. This is highly significant in terms of Karma and would definitely lead to a strengthening of association and better cooperation of all Theosophical Societies, as it would strengthen the common basis of our work. I respectfully ask you to bring to your mind the importance of your responsibility, as well as the great prospects for the future which are in your hands now.
Berlin
April 13, 2008

Ms. Radha Burnier President International Headquarters Theosophical Society Chennai, 600 020 India

Dear Ms. Burnier, dear Leaders of Adyar Society On October 21, 2006, on behalf of the members of our Loge we started sending letters to you in the series of which this is now the third. Your answer last year can be quoted here easily, because it was quite short:
We are still living in times of frequent upheavals.

  • A
  • clear thought and mind,
  • a
  • better

understanding of our own history is needed. Let these changes be for good for the Theosophical Societies with the help of justice and straightforwardness among Theosophists as well as among Theosophical Societies - justice once and for all for William Quan Judge, one of our beloved teachers, whom we are deeply indebted with gratitude.
“Dear Mrs. Plocki, Thank you for your letter of 12 April 2007. I do not believe that Justice can be established by writing letters. Anyhow, I don’t intend to write on the Judge matter after all these years. I think it is time to go ahead with work that needs to be done.
With best regards, hoping for your understanding Yours
With best wishes, Yours sincerely, Radha Burnier”

Of course, we should go ahead with work that needs to be done, you are absolutely right. But one thing, that needs to be done, too, is to clarify the so-called “Judge Case”. He was one of the Founders of our Society and should not be put aside.
Sieglinde Plocki

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Unterlengenhardt,
Germany
London England [1]

Three: From Ralph and Gianina Kammer,
Germany
Four: From Leslie Price, U.K.

[ Leslie Price is an independent historian of the theosophical movement and a member of the Adyar TS, as well as a member of the London SPR. He helped the SPR change its position with regard to its own 1886 false accusations against HPB. L. Price is the founder and former editor of the magazine “Theosophical History”. His letter was sent by e-mail to the Secretary of Ms Radha, Ms. Idarmis Rodrigues. CCA ]
Theosophical Society
Arbeitskreis
Unterlengenhardt
Germany

April 13, 2008

To the Leaders of the Adyar branch of the Theosophical Movement
[ Leslie Price’s letter also included a copy of his review of Ernest Pelletier’s book of ‘The Judge Case – A Conspiracy Which Ruined the Theosophical CAUSE’ as it appeared in the SPR Journal October 2007. AT Ed. ]
One year ago we wrote a letter to you in which we declared that we were not agreeing with the situation about the case around Mr. William Quan Judge. We expressed our opinion that this situation appears in the general public and especially to the enemies of our Movement as a weakness in the realization of our noble aims. We are really worried that such a fact is once more a smashed brick in the pillars of our movement.
April 9, 2008
Don’t you think that everything must be done to consolidate our Society, to show our integrity and seriousness? A dialog about the way how we can find a solution in the “Judge- Case” should be one of these primary things. Members of different branches of the Theosophical Society are trying in these days to find a way to come closer; the “Judge- Case” is one of the matters which they are following. It is now not necessary to explain the details of this case and our point of view in this matter, because you are already informed about it.
Dear Mrs Burnier As the birthday of William Judge draws near on April 13, I thought I would send you a copy of my review of Ernest Pelletier's book on the Judge case. The review appeared in the SPR Journal October 2007.

You will see that in the review I express the hope that all those archives who possess material relevant to the Judge case will make this available to interested parties. I know that it is not easy for archives to provide this service in the modern world, but as a contribution to what we may call closure in this case, it would help very much.
We think that now is necessary for you to recognize the seriousness of this situation. That why we want you to open your archives and search for the evident proofs if Mr. Judge was really guilty, otherwise declare that he is innocent in each charge against him.
Although not mentioned in the review, I also feel that something should be done about Col. Olcott's suggestion, in "Old Diary Leaves" that Judge was involved in a poisoning attempt. The Col. mis-spoke. As a historian I find ODL invaluable, but I do not think we should let this accusation persist without correcting it in some way.
Best wishes, Ralph and Gianina Kammer

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    The Aquarian Theosophist Volume XXI, Number 09, July 2021 Blog: www.TheAquarianTheosophist.com E-mail: [email protected] The monthly journal of the Independent Lodge of Theosophists and its associated websites 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Does the ‘Gita’ Say All that Mankind Needs? Blavatsky Corrects Judge A.P. Sinnett and the opening page of his book, published in the associated websites 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 In February 1884, William Q. Judge still could not see the unique significance of modern theosophy. He sincerely believed, as shown in the following article, that the Bhagavad-Gita has all we need to learn. Judge felt the book “Esoteric Buddhism” was not quite necessary, although it consisted basically of Letters from the Mahatmas. H.P. Blavatsky decided to correct Judge’s naiveté in public, in a Note appended to his article. Read below. 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 The Aquarian Theosophist, July 2021 2 1. Judge: The Bhagavad-Gita and ‘Esoteric Buddhism’ The only fault I have to find with Mr. Sinnett’s book is that he too often says that: “this knowledge is now being given out for the first time.” He does not do this because he wants glory for himself, but because he makes a mistake. Nearly all the leading portions of the doctrine are to be found broadly stated in the Bhagavad- Gita. The obscuration periods are most clearly spoken of (chap. VIII, p. 42): “Those men who know the day of Brahma, which ends after a thousand ages, and the night which comes on at the end of those thousand ages, know day and night indeed. - … . This collective mass itself of existing things, thus existing again and again, is dissolved at the approach of that night.