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The Judge Case The Judge Case A Conspiracy Which Ruined The Theosophical CAUSE Part 1 Ernest E. Pelletier Published June 2004 Edmonton Theosophical Society Cover design and illustrations by Donovan Sterling. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including photocopying, magnetic tape, recording, or by any electronic (including computer electronics), electrostatic, magnetic, or mechanical, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address: Edmonton Theosophical Society, P.O. Box 4587, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6E 5G4 Printed on acid-free paper. Library and Archives of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Pelletier, Ernest E., 1947- The Judge case : a conspiracy which ruined the Theosophical cause / Ernest E. Pelletier. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-9681602-3-9 1. Judge, William Quan, 1851-1896. 2. Theosophical Society (Great Britain) 3. Theosophy — Quotations, maxims, etc. 4. Theosophy — History — Sources. I. Edmonton Theosophical Society II. Title. BP585.J8P45 2004 299'.934 C2004-903119-8 Contents Acknowledgments ..................................................... vii Illustrations: Part 1 & Part 2 ..............................................ix Introduction ...........................................................xi Explanatory Notes ..................................................... xv ———————— The Judge Case: Chronology ..........................................1-309 — List of Biographical Sketches ....................................311-312 Supplement to The Judge Case — Contents ....................................................... 315 — Supplement ..................................................317-423 — Notes .......................................................425-444 — Index to Supplement ...........................................445-448 Works Cited .....................................................449-463 Bibliography of Works by and about William Q. Judge ...................465-469 Illustrations: Sources ...............................................471-472 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am deeply indebted and grateful to my wife, Rogelle A. Pelletier. This project could not have been accomplished without the countless hours she contributed to it. Special thanks go to Doris Davy and Ted G. Davy of Calgary, AB, for the incalculable amount of time they dedicated to proof-reading. As past co-Editors of The Canadian Theosophist, their expertise and advice were very helpful and most appreciated. Special thanks to Michael Freeman (deceased) former caretaker to the H.P.B. Library, then in Vernon, BC, for his willingness to let us photocopy rare materials at his home, as well as allowing us to borrow others. This project would not have proceeded without his support, and the cooperation of his wife, Jean Freeman. Special thanks to Grace F. Knoche, Leader of The Theosophical Society, International, Pasadena, CA, for her support and assistance, and for allowing me to publish, for the first time, two items from W.Q. Judge’s notebooks. Thanks also to other members of the organization: Kirby van Mater, John van Mater (deceased), Will Thackara, Jim Belderis, Dave Weitersen and David Blaschke for their valued assistance. Special thanks to Donovan Sterling, Calgary, AB, for the numerous hours dedicated toward the cover design and preparation of the photos included in Part 1 and Part 2. Thanks must go to W. Emmett Small (deceased) of Point Loma Publications, San Diego, CA, for his counsel and support, and also to (Mrs.) Carmen Small. Many thanks are also due to Dallas TenBroeck, Calabasas, CA, for his invaluable help; Dara Eklund and Nicholas Weeks of Studio City, CA; and John Cooper (deceased), Bega, N.S.W., Australia, for their unlimited support and assistance. Special thanks to all the members of Edmonton Theosophical Society for their support, tolerance and encouragement, especially to JoAnne MacDonald and Robert Bruce MacDonald (Editors of Fohat), Dolorese Brisson, Stephania Duffee and Maurice Mercier. Thanks also to Albert A. Pelletier of Toronto, ON, for his input. I am also grateful to the Directors, past and present, of the Lizzie Arthur Russell Theosophical Memorial Trust (L.A.R.T.M. Trust) for their financial support for my research. Thanks must also go to Pauline Doberar (deceased) formerly of Vancouver, BC; Marian Thompson, West Vancouver, BC; Sharon Ormerod, Hamilton, ON; Joan Sutcliffe, current caretaker of the H.P.B. Library, Toronto, ON; Professor Sue Politella (deceased) formerly of Orrville, OH; Professor Raymond P. Tripp Jr., Concord, VT; Don Smith, Waialua, HI; Richard Robb of Wizards Bookshelf, San Diego, CA; Jerome Wheeler and Wes Amerman, United Lodge of Theosophists, Los Angeles, CA; Jerry Hejka-Ekins, Turlock, CA; Brett Forray, Turlock, CA; Daniel Caldwell, Tucson, AZ; Joseph Ross, Ojai, CA; Vonda Urban, Chicago, IL; John Patrick Deveney, New York, NY; Michael Gomes, New York, NY; Joy Mills, Ojai, CA; Robert Hütwohl, Sante Fe, NM; Daniel Caracostea, Paris, France; Armand Courtois (deceased), formerly of Kapellen, Belgium; Frank Reitemeyer, Berlin, Germany; William Johnstone (deceased), formerly of Otorohanga, New Zealand; and Gladney Oakley, Morriset, N.S.W., Australia; Chris McRae and Dr. Art Basu, Edmonton, AB; and Dr. Harry Lutzer, Edmonton, AB. For their assistance with various aspects of my research, thanks are also due to Glenda Gingras (Archivist) and Elizabeth Trumpler (Librarian) of The Theosophical Society in America, Wheaton, IL; Ms Robin Duff, Theosophical Books — London; Leslie Price, London, England; The University of Minnesota, Walter Library, Minneapolis, MN; The New York Public Library Corporate Express Office; and to Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY. Illustrations Part 1 & Part 2 Part 1: Frontispiece: William Quan Judge, July 1895 1. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, circa 1877-1878 2. William Quan Judge 3. Henry Steel Olcott in 1875 4. Dr. Jirah Dewey Buck 5. (Mrs.) Melissa M. Buck 6. Major General Abner Doubleday 7. Edward Burroughs Rambo 8. Dr. Jerome A. Anderson 9. Bertram Keightley 10. Dr. Henry Travers Edge 11. Dr. Archibald Keightley and Dr. Herbert A.W. Coryn 12. George Robert Stowe Mead 13. Alfred Percy Sinnett 14. Emil August Neresheimer 15. Alexander Fullerton 16. Walter Richard Old 17. Claude Falls Wright 18. Annie Besant 19. Julia Keightley (Jasper Niemand) 20. Countess Constance Wachtmeister 21. Isabel Cooper-Oakley 22. Daniel Nicol Dunlop 23. Ernest Temple Hargrove 24. Dr. Franz Hartmann 25. Alice Leighton Cleather 26. Basil Crump 27. Tookeram Tatya 28. Gyanendra Nath Chakravarti 29. Subramania (Subrahmanya) Iyer 30. Nowroji (Navroji) Dorabji Khandalavala 31. Bertram Keightley, William Q. Judge, Colonel Olcott and George R.S. Mead 32. William Q. Judge (wearing his pill-box hat) 33. Workers at London Headquarters after Blavatsky’s death in 1891 34. Annie Besant, Colonel H.S. Olcott and William Q. Judge in 1891 35. The Neresheimer residence at Bayside, Long Island, New York 36. Delegates to the World’s Parliament of Religions, Chicago 1893 37. Group of prominent Theosophists prior to attending the World’s Parliament of Religions at Chicago x Illustrations 38. William Q. Judge and Colonel H.S. Olcott, San Francisco, CA, October 1891 39. Mahatma Koot Hoomi 40. Mahatma Morya 41. Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris (side view) 42. Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris (front view) 43. Le Château Écossais at Enghien, near Paris, France 44. Le Château Écossais at Enghien, near Paris, France 45. Photo of the original Minute Book of The Theosophical Society 46. First page of the original Minute Book of The Theosophical Society Part 2: Frontispiece: William Quan Judge, 1892 47. Annie Besant (1891) 48. William Q. Judge (1891) 49. Colonel H.S. Olcott (1906) 50. Cover of the June 1895 issue of The Path 51. Clement Acton Griscom 52. Ernest Temple Hargrove 53. Henry Turner Patterson 54. George William Russell 55. Charles Johnston 56. Group photo: H.P. Blavatsky with her sister Vera Jelihovsky, niece Vera Vladimirovna Johnston (nee Jelihovsky) and her husband, Charles Johnston, and Colonel H.S. Olcott 57. Diploma, The Theosophical Society of The Arya-Samaj of Arya-Wart 58. Albert E.S. Smythe 59. William Mulliss 60. Dr. Henry Newlin Stokes 61. James Morgan Pryse 62. Robert Crosbie 63. Alice L. Cleather at the birthday party of the blind Abbot of Kwan Yin Temple 64. Annie Besant with her new colleagues in Theosophy (1894) 65. Kavasji Mervanji Shroff 66. Damodar K. Mavalankar 67. Mohini Chatterji 68. Anagarika Hevavitarane Dharmapala 69. Headquarters of The Theosophical Society in America, 144 Madison Avenue, New York 70. Katherine Tingley 71. Katherine Tingley and Claude Falls Wright on board the steamship “Paris” (1896) INTRODUCTION If W.Q. Judge, the man who has done most for Theosophy in America, who has worked most unselfishly in your country, and has ever done the biddings of Master, the best he knew how, is left alone in . and if the . Society in general and its Esotericists especially leave him alone, without their unanimous moral support, which is much more than their money — then I say — let them go! They are NO theosophists; — and if such a thing should happen, and Judge be left to fight his battles alone, then shall I bid all of them an eternal good-bye. I swear on MASTER’S holy name to shake off the dust of my feet from everyone of them. — H.P.B. [Letters That
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