[THE ESOTERIC SECTION AND WILLIAM QUAN JUDGE]

[The document reproduced in facsimile on the opposite page is in the Archives of the former Point Loma Theosophical Society, and was published in The Theosophical Forum, Vol. XXV, No. 12, December, 1947. Its text, without facsimile, was originally published in an undated E. S. T. Circular, issued almost immediately after May 27, 1891, the date on which a full meeting of the E. S. Council, appointed by H. P. B., was held at the Headquarters of the Theosophical Society in Europe, 19, Avenue Road, London, England, following H.P.B.'s passing.—Compiler.]

Esoteric [TS] Section

As Head of the Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society I hereby declare that William Q. Judge of New York, U.S., in virtue of his character as a chela of thirteen years standing and of the trust and confidence reposed in him, is my only representative for said Section in America and he is the sole channel through whom will be- sent and received all communications between the members of said Section and myself, and to him full faith, confidence and credit in that regard are to be given. * * *Done at London this fourteenth day of December, 1888, and in the fourteenth year of the Theosophical Society. * * *
H. P. BLAVATSKY...
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