Theos-Talk Archives (January 1998 Message tt00015)

Jan 3 1998

Dear David Green:

You quote letters that Mr. Judge wrote to Damodar K. Mavlankar written
shortly after HPB and Col. Olcott had gone to India (1878), established THE
THEOSOPHIST and a large number of T S Lodges had been formed all over the
country there.

Apparently Judge at that time of writing had been passing through a period
which all disciples have at one time or another -- a period of silence,
while the teacher was occupied with other things.  This does not imply
neglect but may in fact imply confidence in the strength of purpose of the
"chela."  The "Master" knows that the chela is able to bridge with his
trust and devotion that particular "test" but, he has to go through it.  It
has to do with the following, as I understand it:

Each incarnation, the "new" "personality" of that life has to be brought
under the active control of the INDIVIDUALITY -- the Higher Self  -- which
overshadows (as HPB tells us in TRANSACTIONS OF THE BLAVATSKY LODGE) every
human and which gives each of us our inspiration, and an inner certainty
that there is a surviving spiritual Ego which is in fact his "True Self."

The letters that you quote relate apparently to that period.

As evidence of the resolution of Judge left virtually alone in New York to
sustain the  T S with the help of Gen. A. Doubleday and several of those
who had originally been founders of the T S in 1875.  By the time that HPB
and Col. Olcott had left for India the number of meetings of the T S had
dwindled and it was reported that Judge INSTITUTED a weekly public meetings
of the TS  to which, at times, no one come.  Yet he carried on through that
dark period of the T S work in America even when he was alone.

There is ample evidence that having passed that particular test he was able
to resuscitate interest in Theosophy in New York and America.  There exists
a regular series of annual Reports written for the American Section of the
T S by Mr. Judge as its General Secretary.  Year by year these detail the
progress of Theosophy and the work conducted by an increasing number of FTS
in that country.  Membership grew by 1896 to over 5,000 in America and with
over 300 active T S Lodges.

In 1894 Mr. Judge joined HPB and Col. Olcott in Europe at a place named
Enghien.  There he assisted HPB with the project of revising ISIS UNVEILED,
so that from its main subjects THE SECRET DOCTRINE could be written.

The Coulomb/Missionary conspiracy was developing in Adyar in India, and
neither HPB nor Olcott were able to go back and straighten out the
situation there.  Judge was sent "with full powers."  He landed in Bombay
and his work in India is detailed in THEOSOPHIST.

When HPB left India for Europe she had given her keys to Mrs. Coulomb, who
acted as house keeper for the residential rooms in Adyar.  The Council
became aware of work being carried on in HPB's room but was denied access
by her.  Reports of this were sent to HPB and Col. Olcott in Europe.

Mr. Judge arrived in Adyar and met with the Council, with Damodar, and with
the Coulombs.  There he found that Mr. Coulomb, a handy man, had in HPB's
absence pierced the wall between her rooms and put in a rough and still
unfinished frame-work including some sliding panels.  All this had been
done since her departure for Europe, without her sanction, and without the
knowledge or sanction of the Council which managed affairs for the T S in
Adyar in Col. Ocott's absence.  Mr. Judge exposed this.  The work that Mr.
Coulomb had done was destroyed.  The walls were repaired and sealed again.


The Council had the Coulombs expelled. They conspired with the Missionary
effort in Madras to vilify the T S and its work in India.  All this is
history and if you wish to read details about this from documents, you
should consult

		THE THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT 1875-1950
			Cunningham Press,  Los Angeles.

the book is in print and is based on those original documents.

There is every evidence that Mr. Judge continued his intimate relations and
correspondence with the "Masters."

In fact on his return to New York, with in a year he established the
magazine THE PATH [ April 1896 ] and interest in Theosophy took off under
his guidance and with the assistance of a number of active assistants
around him.

Reading through the 10 volumes of THE PATH one gets a perspective not only
of the work of that time, but of the quality of writing which he and others
like Jasper Niemand provided early FTS with for their ready study.
There is plenty of evidence in those pages relating to Mr. Judge's
continued close relations with the Masters.

Perhaps this may be of some help in giving a perspective relative to those
days and the work done by the pioneers in Theosophy.

							Dallas
Dallas TenBroeck
dalval@nwc.net                        .

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> From: "David Green" <davidgreen@hotmail.com>
> Subject: WQ Judge's Lack of Communication with the Masters
> Date: Friday, January 02, 1998 2:06 PM
>
> I have received from several theosophists on
> theos-talk letters of WQ Judge.  He writes
> about his lack of communication with the Masters:
				<  SNIP  >