2003 Online Edition published by Blavatsky Study Center


Who is "Promise"?

William Q. Judge and Katherine A. Tingley

An Analysis of the Controversy Surrounding
W.Q. Judge's Diary Entries about "Promise" and the Dead H.P.B.
including Material on the Close Relationship between Mr. Judge and Mrs. Tingley

by Dr. H. N. Stokes

Compiled and edited by Daniel H. Caldwell

This series of articles by H.N. Stokes has been reprinted from nine issues (1932-1935)
of Dr. Stokes' magazine O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.). 
This 2003 online edition also includes additional relevant documents in more than 40 appendices.
See Table of Contents below.



Dr.  Henry Newlin Stokes
(1859-1942)

For biographical information on Dr. Stokes,
see H.N. Stokes and The O.E. Library Critic.

For biographical sketches of Judge and Tingley, see:
William Quan Judge: A Biographical Sketch
Katherine Tingley: A Biographical Sketch

See also
Two Photos of Some of the Main Characters in the Judge-Tingley Controversy


Table of Contents

Introduction by Daniel H. Caldwell

The Series of Articles by H.N. Stokes

•  Mr. Smythe in the Bog:   Concerning Mr. Judge's Alleged Diary

•  Dr. Fussell Replies:  Concerning Mr. Judge's Alleged Diary

•  The Judge "Occult Diary":   Vindication of Tingley, Hargrove, Fussell

•  A Letter from W.Q. Judge to Katherine Tingley

•  A Letter from W.Q. Judge to Dr. A. Keightley

•  More about the Judge "Diary"

•  The Judge Diary Question - Mr. Hargrove Speaks

•  William Q. Judge and Katherine Tingley - Part I

•  William Q. Judge and Katherine Tingley - Part II

•  A Summary of Dr. H.N. Stokes' Conclusions about the Controversy Surrounding Judge & Tingley

•  List of References Used by H.N. Stokes

Appendices of Additional Material Relevant to Dr. Stokes' Analysis &  Research

•  Anonymous.  W.Q. Judge and the Tingley Succession

•  Anonymous.  The Occult Diary

•  Caldwell, Daniel H., compiled by.  Some Testimony Concerning Mr. Judge's Close Relationship
with Mrs. Tingley

•  Cleather, Alice Leighton.  Alice L. Cleather Writes about Mr. Judge and Mrs. Tingley

•  Crosbie, Robert.   Robert Crosbie on Katherine Tingley

•  Fussell, Joseph.  Letter from J.H. Fussell to Rev. S.J. Neill

•  Fussell, Joseph.   The Point Loma View

•  Fussell, Joseph.  William Q. Judge's 'Occult Diary'

•  Fussell, Joseph.   Mr. Fussell Explains

•  Fussell, Joseph.   The U.L.T. Speaks

•  Green, David.  A Letter from E.A. Neresheimer to Alice Cleather:  Katherine Tingley Channels the Recently Deceased William Q. Judge

•  Green, David.  Messages to W.Q. Judge from the dead Mme. Blavatsky Praise Katherine Tingley

•  Green, David.    Mr. Crosbie's Revisionist Account of His Association with Mrs. Tingley

•  Green, David.  In 1896, Mr. Crosbie's Knowledge of Mrs. Tingley was not based on Second Hand Reports

•  Greenwalt, Emmett A.   Was Mrs. Tingley Ever a Spiritualist?

•  Hamon, Louis.  "Cheiro" on William Q. Judge and Katherine A. Tingley

•  Hargrove, Ernest T. et al.  One Page E.S.T. Announcement Stamped "March 29th 1896"

•  Hargrove, Ernest T. et al.  EST Circular of April 3, 1896

•  Hargrove, Ernest T.   Letter of E.T. Hargrove

•  Harris, Iverson L.   A Chapter of Theosophical History Clarified

•  Judge, William Quan.   William Q. Judge's Diary for Oct.-Dec. 1894

•  Judge, William Quan.    By Master's Direction

•  Judge, William Quan.  A Series of Loose Sheets in William Q. Judge's Handwriting

•  Judge, William Quan.  Two Documents from William Q. Judge to Dr. Archibald Keightley

•  Judge, William Quan.  A Letter from William Judge to Katherine Tingley

•  Keightley, Julia.   Julia Keightley on Mrs. Tingley

•  Neresheimer, Emil August.  Mr. E. A. Neresheimer's "March 29, 1896 Testimony" about Mrs. Katherine Tingley

•  Neresheimer, Emil August.  A Letter from E.A. Neresheimer to Alice Cleather:  Katherine Tingley Channels the Recently Deceased William Q. Judge

•  Neresheimer, Emil August et al.  In the Interest of Truth - an Historical Document:  Affidavit by E.A. Neresheimer et al

•  Neresheimer, Emil August.  Some Reminiscences of William Q. Judge

•  Neresheimer, Emil August.  Note Appended to "William Q. Judge's Diary for Oct.-Dec. 1894"

•  Pryse, James Morgan. Judge's Unprintable Diary

•  Ryan, Charles J.   Covina Explains

•  Smythe, Albert E.S.  The Diary of Mr. W.Q. Judge

•  Smythe, Albert E.S.  Mr. Judge's Alleged Diary

•  Smythe, Albert E.S.  Amende Honorable:  Editorial Note

•  Some Testimony Concerning Mr. Judge's Close Relationship with Mrs. Tingley

•  Stokes, H.N.  The Judge Diaries

•  Stokes, H.N.  A Summary of Dr. H.N. Stokes' Conclusions about the Controversy Surrounding Judge & Tingley

•  Theosophy Magazine, Editors of.  Judge's Death and the Tingley "Successorship"

•  Theosophy Magazine, Editors of.  Aftermath:  Part VII [On Katherine Tingley]

•  Theosophy Magazine, Editors of.  Some Past History

•  Theosophy Magazine, Editors of.  Comments by the Editors of Theosophy Magazine
on the Letter from J.H. Fussell to Rev. S.J. Neill

•  Theosophy Magazine, Editors of.  A Summary of the Views of the Editors of Theosophy Magazine
Concerning the Claims about Mrs. Katherine Tingley

•  The Theosophical Movement, Editors of.  Theosophical Activities:   Concerning Mr. Judge's Diary

•  The Theosophical Movement, Editors of.  Reply to Mr. Fussell's Letter

•  Tingley, Katherine.   My First Meeting with William Quan Judge

Tingley, Katherine.  My First Meeting with H. P. Blavatsky's Teacher

•  Two Photos of Some of the Main Characters in the Judge-Tingley Controversy

•  Willard, Cyrus Field.   C. F. Willard Writes about Judge's Diary & Robert Crosbie

•  Willard, Cyrus Field.   C.F. Willard Writes about Judge and Tingley

•  Wright, Claude Falls.   Mr. Claude Falls Wright's "March 29, 1896 Testimony" about Mrs. Katherine Tingley


2003 Online Edition published by Blavatsky Study Center