Auguste Marques

Dr. Auguste Jean Baptiste Marques was a scientist, diplomat, and writer who lived in Hawai'i. He was President of the Aloha Branch and served as General Secretary of the Australian Section of the Theosophical Society based in Adyar, Chennai, India.

Writings

Dr. Marques wrote numerous articles for Theosophical journals, mostly during the 1890s. The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists 42 articles by or reviews of books by A Marques.

He also wrote at least two books:

• The Human Aura. San Francisco: Mercury Publishing Co., 1896. A copy of this is in the Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 25, Theosophical Society in America Archives.
• Scientific Corroborations of Theosophy. San Francisco: Mercury Publishing Co., 1908. Dr. A. Marques, of the Aloha T.S., wrote a study of the scientific validity of Theosophy, billed as "A vindication of the secret doctrine by the latest discoveries" in one edition. A copy of this in Boris de Zirkoff's Papers, Records Series 25, Theosophical Society in America Archives. That one is the fourth edition in 1897 of a lecture by "A. Marques, D. Sc., President Aloha Branch T.S." and was "Revised, Amplified, and Printed by request of the Chicago Theosophists for White Lotus Day with an introduction by Mrs. Annie Besant." The subheading is "or H.P.B.'s Secret Doctrine Vindicated by the Progress of Science."

Additional sources

• Bouslog, Charles S. "Dr. Auguste and Evelyn Marques." The Hawaiian Journal of History 26 (1992), 157-164.