The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-17

desire, be transported to India, or
China, or any other point, and that
such person might hold free COM
munion with spirits or with spiritual
things. Madame called the attention
of the company to the fact that thir-
teen were gathered around the table,
which had some Significance appar-
emily.
Some time after midnight she sud-
denly exclaimed, But why need we
only meet and talk; why not materl-
aliZe; why not, at the present mo-
ment, form a society and undertake
the study of truth in connection with
this great and absorbing subject"
The others agreed, and it was also
understood and agreed specifically
that those who Joined the society for
the study Of theOsophy should allow
nothing else to interfere or step be-
tween them and the pursuit OF this
great subject. While i was very de-
sirOus of knowing more upon this
topic, / felt that / had no right to
throw aside everything else, and there
fore could not join the society; so,
when those gathered around the table,
at Madame's command, joined hands
and arose to repeat the promise, one
to- another, and to form the society,
which was then done, / withdrew and
kept my seat. Madame, at the other
end of the room, leaned toward me,
her eyes giving out an angry light,
and motioned for me TO stand up and
join hands, but l shook my head and
must confess that / was rather embar-
raised to appear to stand in the way
in any degree of the object in view.
AS soon as these preliminaries were
over and the company began to dis
perse and converse with one another,
Madame came quickly to where L was
standing and, in an expressive, per-
haps an angry voice, said:
"Perhaps, Mr.. c., you do not think
that / fully understand and .appreci-
ate what it is that comes between
your spirit and mine that prevents
you yielding to me, but do; there is
another person who stands between
you and me, but L will gain that in
fluence yet" After a few more re-
marks, Mr.. Judge and L withdrew.
He said, as we went away, that /
seemed to have aroused Madame's ire,
which fact 1 regretted.
LETTERS FROM MR.. JUDGE.
1 saw nothing further of Madame
Blavatsky but was aware that the
Theosophical Society or America was
organized; that it began active work,
and that, within short time, many
other branch societies had been estab-
lished throughout the country. After
Madame's death, which occurred few
years ago, Mr.. William @. Judge,
who had, as / understand, been in
India with her and who had travelled
elsewhere quite extensively as an i'll
fluential and important member of the
order, became the head of the organ
ization in the United States. This
io rriu M hoe
L have letters of Mr.. Judges written
several years ago; none recently. L
know that he has been through the
United States lecturing upon Theoso-
ply and has interested large audi
ences. Prior to his becoming a MEM
Der of the society, he was member of
an evangelical church in Brooklyn,
but L have understood since that he
has withdrawn. In his letters to me
he expressed contempt for the tram
mels of Christianity and hoped that 1
had become freed of its servile bond
age.
With regard to Madame's prophe-
cies about myself, my own plans were
changed shortly after the meetings at
Irving Place, and / was married in
the following October. In December
L received a telegram from Kalakaua
TO return to the Islands to occupy q
Government position, which 1 did.
In my twenty-ninth year my eldest
child was born. Whether these events
operated as a fulfllment of Madame's
prophecies, / cannot say. Certainly
have always regarded the birth of
my eldest son as bright and happy
incident instead of dark event. Up
on my return in February, 1876,
among many letters which We're
handed me was one which excited
the interest and curiosity of my
friends. The envelope was covered
with cabalistic signs. / looked at it in
surprise, not being able to guess for a
moment who it came from, but it
flashed across my mind that it might
be from Madame and, when L opened
it, read: MADAME Blavatsky presents
her compliments to the Attorney
General of the Sandwich Islands and
begs him to try and recollect her
prophecy with regard to his future"
In the foregoing notes have tried
to relate facts only without color,
leaving it for those who read to draw
their own conclusions. Probably
most of those who have had the inter
est to follow this new ism are aware
of the expose which took place in
India; but even in view of that and
with what may appear to disinteres-
ted persons as patent fraud, is il not
possible that devotees of Theosophy
and wOrshippers of Madame Blavat-
sky may honestly believe in the truth
of her alleged miracles?
Honolulu, Oct To- 1894 c.