The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-18
A CHANGE or
MAHATMAS
PHILOSOPHICAL
SOCIETY.
ALOHA BRANCH GETS A NEW
CHARTER.
And With 1t Notification That Its
Former President Is "A Dead One"
From Now On

From Now On.
There have been descriptions among
the followers OF the theosOphical cult
IN Hawaii DR.. A. Marques, for long
years the head and front OF the follow-
ers OF Mahat, tn Great one" has
been dispossessed of his office, and
Mary II. denurlcks assisted by AlDene
Rowe, has assumed the control of
local theosophists, obtaining a new
cnarter for Aloha Branch r. S. of
Honolulu" from Alexander Fullerton.
general seCre tary of the American sec
tion of the Theosophical Society. Adj
yertisements have freely displayed the
tact that DIR. *. Marques, ex-president
OF the said Aloha Branch Is in no way
connected with the Branch and has not
been since the seventh day of January
of this year.
The reason for the sudden change of
presidents and the granting of the new
char.er are not being aired to any eX-
tent by the local followers of the Hin
dn philosophy. Dr. Marques, who first
came to the islands in 1886, has been
prominent in many ways outside of his
philosophical benefs and utterances.
lie has been a member of the legisla-
/, ture and was decorated by kalakaua.
In theosophical circles he undoubtedly
was highly esteemed having received
pressing invitations to come to Aus
trana ana also to visit India, the home
and asserted origin of the school that
endeavors to achieve the production
, of the manifestation of the qualities"
and has for its chief aim mystic spec.
ulation to deduce a philosophy of the
inverse"
Besides being deep in mystical spec
ulatton DR.. Marques has done a num-
Der of very practical things. 1t was
he who first advanced the theory that
there was a supply of artesian water
underlying portions of the islands, a
theory that the event has demonstrate
ed to the enrichment of many. He
was also one of the first to subdivide
cuclying tracts for homes and a por-
, ton Of PunahCu still realms the colo
: quial name of Marquesville as a mon
, Ument to his successful real estate
. dealings.
5 Theosophy or God-knowledge has
many phases and many nomenclatures
as it has passed through the stages of
Neo-Patonists, Gnostics, followers of
Swedenborg, Blavatsky, or the Brah-
ministic avatars Not many years ago
theosophy was decidedly a society fad
taken up by the inner circles of the
5 elite of European capitals. Duchess
esses, countesses, lords and ladies and
even royalty itself were wont to as
semble to witness the manifestations
of the qualities" and mutely worship
at the feet of a mahatma, a word
n meaning the elect and applied particu-
larly to a sect living in the deserts of
Thtbet who are supposed to have achie-
we'd many incarnations and to be now
+ close to final realization of the divine
essence which the sect claims exists in
5 man, and which will develop into a
o perfect state. These mahatmas, cloth
ed in flowing Hindu robes and turban
, would preside over many mysterious
Z ''sendings" and superintend the arri-
y val of mysterious messages that came
i tiuttering from nowhere and bore adj
vice in English or cabalStic characters
' interpreted by the mahatma. Annihi-
lation of space was claimed as one Of
~ their simplest attributes. Their astral
- bodies were used as often as their
q earthly envelopes, their essence, their
soul could be sent off into interstellar
f space for sweet communion with kind
: red spirits while their bodies with
Z nostrils and ears sealed, tongue curled
q back to close the mouth, lay passive
: and apparently dead for a month or
v more at a time
d The theory of reincarnatiOn runs
- throughout the philosophy in various
e phases, and the immediate manifesto
e tons have changed with the spirits of
e the times. Madame Blavatsky and her
= followers awakened much enthusiasm
Y over the creed, If it can be properly so
d styled. Her death and various explain
ations that followed awakened much
a criticism, but seemed to effect little
+ harm upon the followers of her teach
x ings.
. 1t is whispered among those who
I have theosophic tendencies that DR..
d Marques was not progressive enough
d and up-to-date with his manifestations
o and sendings, and also that he did not
y allow his fellow delivers of Aloha
# Branch enough room for individual
research under his leadership. Mrs.
II Hendricks came to Hawaii from Wis
T. consin with the latest developments
i and occult news. Around her gathered
: the unsatlsfied ones and application
l. was made to the secretary of All Am
e erica which resulted in an annulment
II of the old charter and the issuance of
: a new one with Mrs. Hendricks at the
head.
: Whether the new conner had a pull
r or whether DR.. Marques has been gull
e ty of some startling heresy that caus-
e ed his descent from the high place
d which he at once time undoubtedly
held among theosophists in general, is
not determnable from the retlcence of
the local elect. Theosophists have a
supreme contempt for anyone who
i gives up the fostering of the essence
3 and becomes once again bound to the
l. wheel of things" Some dire fact con-
/ oerning a previous incarnation of the
i eX-presldent may have been revealed
e, by sending" or by Mahatma mail.
/ Whatever the cause DR.. Marques is
d deposed and Mrs. Hendricks reigns SUI
j. preme. The local branch is rejoicing
Al also i'm the advent of Thomas Prime
who is a guest of Mrs. Hendricks and