Addressing the Critics of The Judge Case
Fohat Magazine (Spring 2006) - by Ernest Pelletier
There have been a few critics since The Judge Case: A Conspiracy Which Ruined the Theosophical Cause [TJC] was published, and a number of students have contacted me to express their appreciation for clarifying ambiguities they had been mulling over for years. Some have remained silent when I expected them to comment; others have taken the information in stride. David Pratt, for example, proceeded to make pertinent changes to his website after examining information presented. I anticipated that a few serious and sincere students of theosophical history would grasp the importance of the new evidence presented, would understand the seriousness of my discovery and demand answers. I have responded to few of the probing questions. At this time I wish to address some of the points raised by critics and other important issues concerning TJC.
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Katinka Hesselink wrote the first book review. It was posted on her website in December 2004. In it she mentions that important articles previously published in Theosophical History (TH) had been left out of TJC. The articles she refers to were by her mentor Henk Spierenburg. What she perhaps failed to realize is that much of the materials quoted by Spierenburg were from original documents already included in the Chronology section of TJC. I had indicated in the first paragraph of the “Explanatory Notes” that whenever possible, quotations were provided from original sources. I do thank her for bringing attention to Spierenburg’s valuable contribution to the Movement.
