Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00245)

The Judge "Occult Diary" 
by Dr. H.N. Stokes

Much has been written of late about the quotations made by Mr. E.T. 
Hargrove in an E.S.T. circular of April 3d, 1896, from a purported 
diary and other papers of W.Q. Judge, and relating to Katherine 
Tingley.  The existence of these Judge documents was called in 
question in the United Lodge of Theosophists book, The Theosophical 
Movement (pages 667, 670) and very recently Mr. E.A. Neresheimer, who 
has in his possession a diary of Judge which does not contain the 
passages in question, has not hesitated to say that "Those 
alleged 'messages and quotations' attributed to Mr. Judge could only 
have been concocted by Mrs. Tingley, assisted by Mr. Hargrove and Mr. 
J.H. Fussell"; a very serious charge indeed.  ("Some Reminiscences of 
William Q. Judge", 1932, privately circulated, quoted in Canadian 
Theosophist, May, 1932, page 70.).   Based on Mr. Neresheimer's 
statements, the fraudulent nature of the Hargrove quotations has been 
accepted by several persons who have assumed, curiously enough, that 
Mr. Judge could have had but one diary.  (See Canadian Theosophist, 
May, 1932, page 70, and The Theosophical Movement, Bombay U.L.T., 
July, 1932).

It is claimed by the authorities at Point Loma that they actually 
have at least four Judge diaries.  Very recently they have unearthed 
in their archives a series of loose sheets in Judge's handwriting, in 
which are found every one of the quotations made by Mr. Hargrove in 
support of Katherine Tingley.

Read more of Dr. Stoke's article at:

http://blavatskyarchives.com/stokeswqjkt1.htm

Daniel
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