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)