The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-11-18
At FOSTER HALL
Anniversary Celebration
Of the Aloha Branch.
Lecture and PAPER on renets %
Thsosophs Music Anal,Esi
Bfo,hssAooa oi NAV.

Aloha D. % %. lltlsophltal 10 iriA +,
celebrated Oh, iverty-third annlycr-
sary ~ the Foundation OF the society
II Foster Han .ast e,ening About
one hundred " N, members and their
friends We're present The program
was moe, interesting and instructive
Music Vas furnished by an instru-
mental qusTteite. consisting OF Messrs
Desky, RoseB, Marques aud Ehrman.
Introductory remarks We're made by
Mr.. W. h. Sims
Dr. MARQUES ,eciursd briefly on the
mysteries o. sound and music This
was listened 10 attsntively by those
present The doctor says that while
asserting that al know about music.
people really knoW but very little of
its occult aspect. Science sees in mu-
sic simply vibration Theosophy con
meets Il also with form, light and
color. Recent studies, he says. have
established the power of music as a
form builder. Photographs have been
taken OF the various forms Of flowers.
submarine vegetation, snakes and 9TH
er figures directly produced by the va
rious notes Of the voice.
DR.. Marques is In direct correspond
ence with a scientist In New York
City, DR.. J. Mount BIGGER, who recent
ly sent several original photographs of
voice forms which were exhibited. DIR.
Marques contends that music not only
builds but also destroys as Biblical
illustrations and scientific experiments
show. He says that the Cinnamon at
the beginning Of a New Year make
hideous noises to draw the bad yibra-
tons Of the incoming year, while civil
lied people show their ignorance of the
mysteries OF vibration by manlfesting
their Joy al happy event by dis
cordant sounds which destroy the deli
cate sound forms. The lecturer then
explained the various powers Of the
human voice, which Is able to curse or
bless, to produce concord or discord.
hence the science of what Is called in
cantation, the praying to death. OF the
old Hawaiians. He then passed TO the
power of words and names. and finally
gave interesting details on the con-
nection Of sounds with light, telling
how notes played by vibrating instru-
ments, produced different cOlors, as
also do vibrating letters of the alpha
bet.
Mrs. Musick read paper. the sub
ject of which was: Away with the
Shams." She says that a great deal of
the best thought of today takes on a
gloomy cast, because the most
thoughtful reformers fully comprehend
the great wrongs that Cypress the ma
jority of the people of the world. |
Mankind has waited hundreds Of years |
for the churches to settle these great |
questions, but as strong in influence |
and power as they have been, very lit
tie has been done by them in the way |
Of promoting feeling of Christian
keynote OF this mighty question. She
says that there are very few reformers |
among church members. for as a rule,
when a man becomes a refOrmer, he
soon ceases to be a church member.
Lovers of classical literature were
rounded up in very amusing style. She
says that in the foremost educational
centers Of the world, there is a sur
prisingly small demand when compar-
ed with the fervent admiration with
which cultivated people profess to re-
gard it.
Following was the program:
Instrumental Quartette Over
ture' ..................D DE Call
Messrs. Desky, Rosen, Marques and
Ehrman.
Introductory Remarks ..............
w. II. Sims.
Song-"Valley" ............ Gounod
Mr.. Preston.
Acknowledgements OF Sound and
Music" 80.
A. Marques.
Instrumental Quartette-"Trova-
tore ................... Verdi
with the Shams"..
Mrs. Mesick.
.........,.. Willard
Miss Egan.
Paper on Karma NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
A. Sharpe.
Instrumental Trio-"Barcarolle"
,.''''.... ............... Talamo
Future Of the The
osophical Society" II. p. BIS Key {
Mr.. w. J. Cranwell.
Quartette-"Au Re- (
Voir ..,............. II. Kennedy
(By request.)