The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-02
THE LADY Of
POINT Iona
Katherine TingIey and
Her Theosophical
Colony.

The announcement connecting former
Secretary Gage with the Universal
Brotherhood'' at Point Iona, Cal,
" hich, however, he denies, has revived
interest in the institution. According
to these statements, brought out in
1902, when some Cuban children, who
were on the way there were detain-
ed, Katherine A Tingley has a Lotus
Farm" where the one hundred and
fifty children inhabitants are termed
Lotus buds" These children have
been brought for the most part from
Cuba. The buildings of the farm
which were said to be of handsome
architecture ana expensive workman
ship, have been built chiefly by pri-
vate contributions.
The whole society, of which Mrs.
Tingley is the head, is termed the
Universal Brotherhood Within the
brotherhood, however, there is an inner
Theosophy. Only those who were con-
sidered fit by Mrs. Tingley are ad-
mitled to these mysteries of mysteries.
Thus, he former bookkeeper told how
he had been admitted to the Esoteric
Society OF Theosophy. while his wife
was debarred. Every one joining this
inner circle must give up all secular
ties.
Purple, according to this bookkeep-
err, was the color of highest honor,
and only Mrs. Tingley Wore purple.
Thus she was called by some the .'Pur-
pie Mother" Her gown was described
as a Grecian affair, loose and flowing.
White ranked next. and that Of lowest
rank was red All of the Universal
brotherhood are accustomed to go to
'.the Holy Hill to greet the sunrise.
The Esoteric Society of Theosophy had
still other rites, in which Mrs. Ting
lev was the central and most mys-
terious figure These ceremonies are
performed in what is called the Tenn
pie of Isis.
According to some witnesses hus-
bands and wives are often separated
by Mrs. Tingley, and their children
taken from them to be cared for at
the Raja Yoga School. Thus Henry
j. Bohn of Chicago said that he was
compelled to get his-children back by
habeas corpus proceedings, and found
them when they were apparently stu
pffied by drugs. DIR. Mary e. Green,
the grandmother of the children. told
furthermore, that the children of the
81 otus Farm sleep together in tents,
Thus twenty boys and girls sleep in a
single tent. she said, where their hands
are tied together around their necks
bv a fourteen-year-old girl, who goes
around at night from tent to tent.
Mrs. Green added:
NY grandchildren were at the
school six weeks. My daughter, Mrs.
Bchn. was either craZed or hypnot1zed
by Mrs Tlngley when she took tnelo
there. Katherine Tingley is regarded
as a high priestess, and all her fol-
| lowers bow down and worship her. The
farm is fenced in. All gates are
guarded. Great secrecy prevails. Mrs.
| Tingley lives in sumptuous style from
| the subscriptions she receives. MY
grandchildren were half starved When
| thev were rescued, while my daughter
| who is their mother, had not pathed
them or eaten with them or even pul
them to bed. Instead, she USED &c
,oa,ch mast them once a day, barefoot
| and in white robe, to greet the sun
1 rise"
! More grotesque than anything eiss
| x,bich has been said about the Point
| Iona School is the story of the FAVOR
| ;ta cog of Mrs. Tingley. 1t is KING
/ charles spaniel. and in cold weather
/ wears a blanket. His name ls Spots
| because. as one of the former folloW-