Venus - the morning and evening star
The Supplement contains the full text of the new play about the three Theosophical Founders in 1875 – in it William Q Judge is given a leading role with a monologue at the end that finishes:
“Brothers and Sisters… this Society must not fail. It will not fail.
As you’ve just heard, we are entering a New Cycle with all the opportunities that it offers! Humanity has a choice; it can either move further down that road to where its goals are wealth, possessions and selfish gratification, or up towards a Golden Age of compassionate love and the true joy that comes from an awareness that none of us are separate but integral parts of the whole of Nature…
So, though many attempts will be made to break our resolve through slander, malice and deliberate distortions of what we are attempting to teach – and, more importantly, to show by the way we live – it is only indifference that can seriously weaken our cause.
To study what The Masters have given us is a privilege. What individually you do with that privilege is up to you.
Remember, when we have gone on, you will be the Society’s advocates; you will be its emissaries. And remember too that wonderful phrase – our “Inner Abiding Presence”. Draw comfort from the thought of its existence, or – dare I say – from its realisation.”
The play is written by Alan Hughes from the London Adyar TS and its even-handed view of the founders is most warmly welcomed to the AQ.
Justice for Judge:
The Supplement also contains a so far unreported letter from Canada to the Adyar TS’s International President from Bruce Mac Donald, that unpicks some of the obstacles at Adyar in restoring Judge’s good name.
Further it points out the responsibilities of the TS to ‘live the life’ - through impersonal and enlightened leadership which is so clearly needed as an example in these days of drab materialism: in it is asked:
“What is Adyar doing in order to point people in the right direction [not more material progress but a spiritual message]? William Q. Judge could very well hold the key of a Theosophical Renaissance.”
With best wishes,
The Editors
Thank you for a very inspiring issue.
Mr. MacDonald’s comment that “William Q. Judge could very well hold the key of a Theosophical Renaissance” struck a chord deep within me. It’s true, and it is our dharma to bring his teaching to a wider audience, in creative ways, so this renaissance can be birthed.
If we are on a rising cycle a Theosophical Renaissance that influences and lifts up the tone of man’s thought – his Buddhi and Manas – should be the goal and expectation of us all.
The example of WQJ’s life was the reason for his great success in the US – it was authentic and deeply felt. There is no escaping the law of causation in either direction – his work shows us that the results that come from a good way of inner life are powerful and have ready effects.
Interesting then, that you decorated the email announcement about Judge and the supplement with the Chinese plum blossom, chosen as the national symbol for Taiwan, because it grows and blooms even in the most adverse, icy, cold, harsh conditions.