Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00376)

"Theosophical Movement"-----1951
title for sale by United Lodge
of Theosophists-----offers [below]
commentary on purported messages
W Judge received from dead Mrs
Blavatsky.

"In 1932, several years after
the death of Mrs. Tingley, some
of the 'notes' or pages from the
'occult diary' [of W Judge] came
to light in the pages of the
'O.E. Libary Critic.'  Dr. H.N.
Stokes, editor of the 'Critic,'
then expressed his own opinion
that the 'notes' were in Judge's
handwriting, but left the reader
to conclude that this identifi-
cation proves, not that Mrs.
Tingley was properly chosen as
Judge's successor in the
'true line' of the Movement,
but rather that Judge was
deluded into thinking that
he had received spiritualistic
communications from H.P.B.!
Now if Dr. Stokes suspected
that Judge was a broken reed,
the victim of such psychic
follies, how could Mr. Ryan
cite Stokes in support of the
Tingley succession?  Mr. Ryan,
apparently, welcomed Stokes'
judgment that the psychically
received notes were in Judge's
handwriting, but the price
he paid for this vindication
was the reduction of Judge to a
dabbler in Spirtualism, a
mere psychic dupe.  Judge,
whom H.P.B. called 'part of
myself for aeons past,'
needed a medium, a 'helper,'
to get in touch with H.P.B.!
What can succession to such a
'leader' be worth?............
.............
The Theosophical 'succession'
of Mrs. Tingley thus becomes
lost in a morass of psychic
delusion, of claims and
counter-claims.  If the
'evidence' for it be accepted,
Judge becomes a guileless psychic
and virtual 'disciple' of Mrs.
Tingley.  If the evidence is
rejected, Mrs. Tingley becomes
at best a self-deluded woman, at
worst a charlatan, and so, also,
her close supporters." pages
286-88

Central question:
Are W Judge epistles [posted
during last 10 days on theos-talk
forum] forgeries or authentic
letters?

I recd. late today copies of
Dr Stokes articles on subject.
I'll post more when I
study articles.

D Green


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