Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt00326)

Dear Jerry,


Very interesting. It shows that the Pasadena Society has a lot o positive 
things going on, as the Adyar Society, the ULT and other groups.  A critical 
mind is also a mind which sees beyond criticism.

Best regards, Carlos.


> From: Jerry Hejka-Ekins <jjhe@charter.net>
> Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: Did Pasadena TS tell lies under the name of 
> Esoteric Inst...
> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:05:04 -0800
>
> Dear John,
>
> Judith Tyberg was the daughter of Olaf and Marjorie Tyberg, who were
> early Theosophists during the days of Judge.  Judith was  born in
> California in 1902 and grew up at the Point Loma Theosophical Community
> when it was headed by Katherine Tingley, and later, G. de Purucker.  She
> received her early education at the Point Loma Raja Yoga Academy and
> received a M.A. in Religion and Philosophy, at the Theosophical
> University. I have copies of her school records here in the archives.
>
>  I remember her once telling me that she, as a young woman, asked G. de
> P. to teach her Sanskrit.  She said that G. de P. became very excited
> and said that he had been for so long hoping that she would ask.   After
> a few lessons, G. de P. told her that he was going to announce a new
> class in Sanskrit and that she (Judith) was going to teach it.  Judith
> said that she was so nervous because she was only a few lessons ahead of
> the class.  While she was teaching the Point Loma students, G. de P. was
> teaching her.   I have a photo here in the archives of Judith in front
> of a black board teaching the Raja Yoga children Sanskrit.  Later, she
> became the Dean of Studies at the school.
>
> It was G. de Purucker who ordered research to begin for the production
> of a Theosophical Glossary (this is the controversial unpublished
> Glossary which has, off and on, been the subject of so many posts on
> this bulletin board).  There was a select groups of Theosophical
> Scholars who worked on the Glossary.  Geoffrey Barborka and Judith
> Tyberg were among them.
>
> It was in 1941 that Judith published her first textbook: Sanskrit Keys
> to the Wisdom Religion.  It was Geoffrey and Judith who designed the
> Devanagari typeface, which Merganthaler tooled into a font for the
> casting of linotype slugs.
>
> In 1947, Judith left for India to study Sanskrit and to gain an M.A. at
> Benares Hindu University.  There she discovered the Sri Aurobindo
> Ashram.  Judith once related to me that when she was grated audience
> with Aurobindo, they talked for over an hour.  She was later told that
> normally the visits were only for a minute or so, because most visitors
> were too overwhelmed by his presence. She also related that G. de P.
> once told her that she would meet a great teacher.  Judith believed that
> Aurobindo was the teacher he had predicted.   During her stay in India,
> she wrote letters back home to her friends for them to share.  I have
> copies of those letters here.
>
> In 1950, Judith returned home.  Troubles were still brewing at the Point
> Loma (now in West Covina) TS, so she founded the East-West Cultural
> Center in Los Angeles.  I recall lecturing there on a couple of
> occasions--on one of those occasions, sharing the platform with Dane
> Rudhyar.  It was also around this time that she also joined the faculty
> of the American Academy of Asian Studies.  Other professors there were
> Alan Watts, Haridas Chaudhuri and Ernest Wood.
>
> I last saw Judith a few month before her passing in 1980.   She was in
> very good spirits, though suffering from back pain.  We talked at length
> about her Point Loma days.  Her presence and the balanced way that she
> related her memories was quite extraordinary.  She is a person who I
> have come to more deeply appreciate as the years go by.
>
> Best,
> Jerry
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> Best wishes,
> Jerry
>
>
> samblo@cs.com wrote:
>
> >Jerry,
> >   I can't remember when anyone mentioned Judith Tyberg on this Forum, I 
> have
> >several of her books and I used to visit the East-West Center in LA many
> >years ago, I really liked her books and thought she was a pretty good 
> presentative
> >of Theosophy, what can say about her to people that never heard of her on
> >this Forum?
> >
> >John
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