Theos-Talk Archives (April 2011 Message tt00116)

Dear friends,

As I have said already the "Justice to Judge" initiative has the
participation of
students from various countries and affiliations.

Below you can read a letter sent from Portugal, by José Anacleto, a
long time student of HPB and editor of the magazine "Biosofia"
(Biosophy).

Best regards, Joaquim



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Mrs. Radha Burnier
International Headquarters,
The Theosophical Society
Adyar,
Chennai, 600020 INDIA

Lisboa, Portugal, April 12, 2011

Dear Mrs. Burnier,

I have been a student of Theosophy since 33 years ago. I'm the director
of the quarterly magazine "Biosofia", which develops a holistic approach
to life and culture, and in every edition publishes various articles on
Theosophy. It is in its 12th year of publication now, with 5,000 copies.
I am still a member of the Theosophical Society (Adyar), although I
suspended the payment of financial contributions since I do not agree
with various decisions taken.

Tomorrow is the birthday of William Quan Judge. None of the writings of
this Theosophist was available in Portuguese language up to a few years
ago. In Portugal and in Brazil, there were but a few references to him
in some Introductory Notes to "The Secret Doctrine", by H.P. Blavatsky,
and the vague notion that in some moment he had caused harm to the
theosophical movement by making a fraud and then causing division in the
movement.

Yet, as other students did, I finally started to have access to some of
his texts, mainly in English, and also to texts on the Case against him,
promoted in 1893-1895.

I have never had any bias in favour of Judge. I tried to be impartial.
And the conclusion I arrived is that the accusations against W.Q. Judge
are groundless and constitute an injustice. On the other hand, I can see
the usefulness of his writings and the importance of the work he did in
the T.S. and for the Theosophical Cause. Unfortunately, due to the
unjustly bad reputation built around him, his noble example of
altruistic work and his valuable writings have not been known widely
enough in Portuguese language countries.

Truth and Justice are touchstones in Theosophy. H.P. Blavatsky showed
this clearly enough. It is a consensus today that Judge was a remarkable
theosophist, and the victim of an unfair judgement. Even Colonel Olcott
and Mrs. Annie Besant, who had the conflict with him, recognized the
noble character of W.Q. Judge and privately admitted (a fact which is
now public) that their position taken by them in 1893-95 with regard to
him was wrong.

It is for these reasons, dear Mrs. Burnier, that I write to ask you that
the Theosophical Society (Adyar), which you preside, do re-examine the
documents of the Case Against Judge, making justice with regard to one
of the great pioneers e workers of the Theosophical Movement.

Fraternally yours,

(José Manuel Anacleto)






--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "jdmsoares" <jdmsoares@...> wrote:
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> Dear friends,
>
> The "Justice to Judge" initiative has the participation of many
> students from various countries and affiliations.
>
> One of those many letters sent to Adyar came from Greece, by Aspasia
> Papadomichelaki, a student from the ULT- Greece.
>
> Below you can read her letter.
>
> Best regards, Joaquim
>
>
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>   An open letter to
>
> Mrs Radha Burnier
> International President
> The Theosophical Society
> Adyar, Chennai 600 020
> India
>
> Tuesday 12th April 2011
>
>
>
> Dear Mrs. Radha Burnier,
>
> It's been a long time since we met during my visit to Adyar and during
> European conferences.
>
> All the while, I have been following up Adyar' s activity through the
> monthly issue of the Theosophist.
>
> On the occasion of William Q. Judge's birthday, April 13rd, I would
like
> to briefly lay before you  my point of view on that significant man
> whose contribution in disseminating Modern Theosophy, even though
> important, has not been duly recognized and vindicated to this day.
>
> When I joined the Athens T.S., William Q. Judge's name was typically
> written along with the names of the other two co-founders of the
> Society. Still, no one among its members had any idea or could say a
> word about that great theosophist and his exceptional work. Later on,
> when I became an ULT associate, I found out for myself about his work
> and I got to know how devoted he was to the Cause; finally, I realized
> that W. Judge was the great "absent", the ignored hero of our
> Movement.
>
> I appreciate your conscientious work for T.S., the way you have chosen
> to do it.
>
> I also believe that W. Judge worked for the Cause along the guiding
> lines conveyed by the Mahatmas through H.P.B. His contribution was
> essential in that he presented the teaching in concise form and
managed
> to make it accessible to more people. W. Judge was the first one to
> disseminate and establish Theosophy in North America.  No one can
> disregard either him or the two other co-founders who all served the
> Cause with incredible self-sacrifice and renunciation.
>
> We all know that human beings are prone to mistakes and we are all
under
> probation.
>
> But since the Movement was chosen as the "corner stone of
> humanity's future religions" how can that goal be achieved if
> BROTHERHOOD does not embrace all and redress any past injustice?
>
> The Athens ULT has decided to stand by the "Justice for Judge"
> with a video, posted on You Tube,
>
> http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTheosophia
> <http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTheosophia>    giving high lights on
his
> life and work.
>
> Hoping that you will lend a rightful ear and sound judgement,
>
> I remain cordially yours,
>
> Aspasia Papadomichelaki
>
> Associate of United Lodge of Theosophists
>
> Athens, Greece
>
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "jdmsoares" jdmsoares@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > News from the "Justice to Judge" initiative in 2011.
> >
> > We have just published in our websites a new letter that will be
sent
> to
> > the International President of Adyar Theosophical Society.
> >
> > The links are:
> >
> > 1)
> >
>
http://www.esoteric-philosophy.com/2011/04/2011-letter-to-radha-burnier.\
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<http://www.esoteric-philosophy.com/2011/04/2011-letter-to-radha-burnier\
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> >
> > 2) http://www.theosophyonline.com/ler.php?id=224
> > <http://www.theosophyonline.com/ler.php?id=224>   and
> >
> > 3) http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/ler.php?id=1141
> > <http://www.filosofiaesoterica.com/ler.php?id=1141>  .
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,  Joaquim
> >
> >
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