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R O S I C R U C I A N S L E A V E F O R E G Y P T

Two hundred Rosicrucians—representing nearly as many cities, towns, and hamlets throughout North America—embarked fromNew York Satur day, January 30 for Mediterranean countries and a tour of the historic fertile crescent. TTiis tour is under the per-sonal guidance of the Imperator of the Order. Dr. H. S pencer Lew is, and a travel director of a noted travel agency. It is the secondtour of its kind to mystic lands and places conducted through the Order. With excusable pride we can say that no other metaphysicalmovement in America or elsewhere has ever organized or directed such extensive tours to the ancient sites of learning, culture and mys-ticism as those conducted by the AMORC.

Above is a photograph of the special Rosicrucian tour train in Los Angeles while picking up additional Rosicrucian passengersbound for New York.



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Rosicrucians Leave For Egypt (Frontispiece) 41

The Thought of the Month: The Pope of Rome 44

On ly the Ideal Is Real 45

The Final Settlemen t of an Important Issue 46

Cathedral Contacts: Thought Forms 49

The Holy Gu ide 51

Summaries of Scien ce 55

Alo ng Civilization's Trail 58

Pages from the Past: Aristotle 65

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Sanctum Musings: Consciousness. 70

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E G A R D L E S S of our differences of

opinion in sectari-an religious mat-ters, all Rosicru-cians, as mystics,must concede thatthe Pope of Romeoccupies not onlyan unique positionin the universalscheme of things,hut a very impor-tant and necessaryposition.

There is no reason why the followersof a definitely organized system of re-ligious worship should not constitute anempire. W e may disagree as to whether that empire should be wholly worldlyor wholly spiritual or a combination of both. But we must agree that an empireof this kind is logical and natural.Throughout the history of civilization,each one of the great religious move-ments has constituted an empire. And.strangely enough, although each of these empires has been essentially spir-

itual, its power has always extended tothings political and worldly.

And. logically, each empire must haveits Supreme Potentate. Any system or organization of human thoughts whoseideals and principles depend upon anauthoritative and authentic interpreta-tion, can not be democratic in spirit.There must be one ultimate and finalarbiter of all mooted or disputed matter,and in a spiritual or religious kingdomthere must be one, and only one, source

of infallible interpretation and declara-tion of dogma.

W e are right in feeling and believingthat the Roman Catholic Church or theHoly Roman Catholic Church is one of the most powerful and influential em-pires in the world today, simply becausethe Christian religion is one of the mostpowerful influences for good in theworld today. But all through history ithas suffered the most severe attacks of the skeptics, the scoffers, and especial-ly those who would do away with allsystems, codes, and movements tendingto improve the morals of the world.

That the Christian Religion has sur-vived these terrific attacks up to thepresent hour is due to the fact that it isa very perfectly organized empire, ruledby an almost perfect form of autocraticgovernment and directed by a SupremePontiff.

Fortunately for the world, the highability and the extremely idealistic, hu-manitarian and kindly spirit of therecent Popes of the Holy Roman Catho-lic Church have made these Popesmighty and powerful in protecting the

Christian religion and in winning thelove and admiration of even those whoare not inclined to adopt or accept thestrictly orthodox dogmas of the HolyRoman Church.

But everywhere in the world todaywe see the tendency toward the elimina-tion of religion, the destruction of churches, temples, and holy places, withthe intention of taking religion and thestudy of religious doctrines and prin-ciples out of the everyday affairs of



man’s life. Thi s is one of the most dan-gerous of modern tendencies. W ith thegoing of any popular or universal formof religion or with the passing away of all opportunity to express freely theideals of our religion, the world will

begin to deteriorate and to go backwardin its moral, ethical, spiritual, and ideal-istic qualities. A nation, like an in-dividual, without any sincere form of re-ligion or religious worship is lost.

It therefore behooves all mystics, allRosicrucians, and all sincere lovers of truth and morality, to unite in protestingagainst any and all attacks against re-ligion. W e must admire, therefore, thehigh stand, the positive position, that

the Christian Church — and especiallythe Holy Roman Catholic Church—hastaken in past centuries to protect one of the most powerful influences for goodthe world has ever known.

V V V

Only the Ideal is Real

By F r a t e r A l d e n S . Y o u n g

O N C E b e l i e v e didealism and altru-ism were the con-

cepts of impracti-cal men: the greatthinkers with their Utopias and fanci-fu l Democrac ieswere wild vision-aries.

Now I know their thoughts are vitaland real.

T h e a n c i e n tproverbs — the exalted thoughts of re-ligious teachers—are inspirations. And

inspiration is often only assimilated anddigested knowledge suddenly deliveredout of the well of the subconscious mind.

Many have had a realization of this.Faced unexpectedly by a grave problem,no amount of meditation or thoughtwould offer the key. Then suddenly , ina moment of quiet— on awakening— or

just before falling asleep — the sub-conscious inspirationally furnished theanswer. Nor could its correctness befor a moment doubted!

And ideals are just that— the indis-putable result of vast experience.

Selfishness caused the depression.

Nearsighted greed suspended the pur-chasing power of the masses. Andthrough conditions thus wrought thoseresponsible for it were also nearlydestroyed.

A few learned: many did not. Butdepressions will be repeated again andagain until the force of the lesson can-not be denied. All will then acknowl-edge: “Selfishness is impractical anddoes not pay!”

But— even that will not remain! In afew generations those to whom the truth

has been proven will be called idledreamers. The truth will be forgotten and the old, old cycle of evolution anddevolution repeated again.

Yet it is not in vain. Some day theselessons will be indelibly printed in therace consciousness.

And those who have eyes to see can behold the processional of civilizationmoving steadily toward the ideal—thereal.



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1936

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Rosicrucian Officials Win

Court Fight Agaiif A suit seeking to wrest con-

trol of the Rosicrucian order from its present officials wasdism issed in^ San Fran cisco fed-eral court yesterday by Judge A.F. St. Sure.

The suit, filed here in 1934 byRoy W. and A. E. Smith againstH. Spencer Lewis, imperator of the order, his wife and others,alleged that they held office im-properly and had diverted about$150,000 of the lodge’s funds.

After going through the localcourts, the evidence w .as sub-mitted to the federal court bythe defendants on a motion for dismissal. Lew is was representedby Attorney C. C. Cottrell andAttorney Brooks Tompkin§ rep-resented a membership defensecommittee opposing the Smithaction,

Lewis and others had previ-ously won orders in the superior court here and in the state su-

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L A W S U I TA suit involving; control of the su-

preme lodge of the Ancient and Mys-tic Order of the Rosae Crucis, Juris-

diction of North America, was dis-

missed in federal court today by Judge

A F. St. Sure in San Francisco.

The action was brought by Roy Wf.

Smith and A. E. Smith again** H. Spencer Lewis. v ' son. Ralph *•'

Lehr*

The Final Settlement of An Important IssueBy T h e S u p r e m e S e c r e t a r y

HE T W O il lustra-tions above, takenfrom Cal i fornianewspapers, indi-

cate the news itemthat was sent over t h e A s s o c i a t e dPress wires to allthe newspapers of America from theSan Francisco of-fice of the pressassociation. Hun-dreds of our mem-

bers have already written to us express-

ing their great joy over the announce-ments which they read in their localpapers.

As a matter of record, so that old

members and new members in the futuremay have in their bound copies of The Rosicrucian Digest the final and closingfacts regarding the foregoing case, andnot in any spirit of boastfulness, we out-line here a very brief summary of thecase and the issues involved:

In the summer of 1934, just two daysprior to the opening of our national con-vention in San Jose, papers were servedon the Imperator and principal officers









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thought or mental consideration to theexistence of an evil creature or an evilbeing, that creature would eventuallyappear in material substance or formand become an evil influence in theworld. It is stra nge to note, however,

that those persons who believed in suchkinds of thought forms were always in-clined to think that all these creatures or material life forms were evil. It did notseem to occur to such persons that athought of something good would takeform just as well as a thought of some-thing evil, and that, therefore, the spaceworld around us would be filled with asmany good forms creating good and do-ing good as evil forms doing evil.

In these modern times we have cometo learn only too well that our thoughts

do take form very often and that themost magnificent, the most spiritual, themost beautiful, and the most healthfulthings which we enjoy today were orig-inally only thoughts in the mind of oneperson or several persons. W e may notalways realize, as we stand before abeautiful architectural structure such assome of the magnificent temples of theOrient or some of the astonishinglybeautiful skyscrapers of New York,Chicago or other large cities, that thesebig, concrete, substantial things in ma-

terial form were once thought forms inthe mind of one or two individuals.Ou t here in the W es t, in the Golden

West, there is an impressive example of thought taking form in a concrete man-ner. Ac ros s the entrance of the finestand largest natural bay in the world,the San Francisco Bay, there is nowarising a magnificent bridge of steel,iron, and concrete. For many hundredsof years the Golden Gate, the entranceway to the San Francisco Bay, has beena beautiful sight at sunset; yet, with allits beauty, it has always been a gap be-

tween the busy, congested city of SanFrancisco and the beautiful hills or openfields and miles of peaceful country justacross the water to the north of SanFran cisco. For years and years the lov-ers of California have wondered why

something could not be done to bridgethat gap . In their minds many of thegreatest of engineers and builders havevisualized a bridge across the GoldenGa te. But always the bridge in their minds was incompleted, or left unfinish-ed, because material reasoning alwaystold the dreamer of the bridge that thespace was too great, the mechanicalproblems too difficult to overcome, andthat the bridge would have to be toolong and too dangerous ever to be builtwith safety and to serve any purpose.

But still, year after year, in the mindsof a few engineers and in the minds of a few Californian patriots, there re-mained the unfinished bridge. Eachmonth of each passing year added onemore tower to the bridge, one more sec-tion. T od ay the bridg e in material formis being completed in accordance withthose thought forms and in another year it will be a marvelous, practicalrealization.

In the same way men have for yearsheld in their minds the thought form of

a beautiful cathedral that would beabove all material limitations and sur-mount all material problems and ob-stacles. Th at cathedral we now offer toour members and our friends. If youhave not made its acquaintance, sendfor the little book, "Liber 777," that willtell you all about the Cathedral of theSoul and how you may contact it andbenefit by its many spiritual and ma-terial adv antages. It is truly a thoughtturned into form— a vital thought formthat you may contact and realize in allof your problems of this life.

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ATTENTION ROSICRUCIANS OF TORONTO AND VICINTY

Do you know that weekly there meets in your city, a group of A M O RC members, as |an officially chartered Chapter to participate in special discussions, to witness interesting |demonstrations and to enjoy Rosicrucian fraternalism, and that you, if you are a member, |are welcome to attend and be one of them? Ses sion s first and third Sunday s of the month, I7:00 p. m., No. 10 Lansdowne Avenue.

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The Holy Guide

A ROSICRUCIAN MYSTIC LEGEND FROM THE ORIGINAL1662 EDITION BY JOHN HEYDON

E D IT O R 'S N O T E : The following is a preface to the work entitled, "The English Physician's Guide, or a Holy Guide," written by John Heydon, eminent Rosicrucian, and published in London in 1662. The original Book with its badly worn leather cover and aged, discolored pages, is one of many such rare mystical works in the arch ives of the Rosicrucian Order, AM ORC . John Heydon, one of the select group of Rosicrucians associated with Sir Francis Bacon, was appoint-ed to complete and publish Baco n's unfinished manuscript, "New Atlantis,” after his demise. Th e reader will note in the allegorical tale many references to the Rosy Cross Order and the Brethren of the Rosy Cr oss . Th e article has been rewritten in modern English by a member of the editorial staff of "The Rosicrucian Digest.”

E T R A V E L L E Df ro m S y d m o u t h( w h ere w e h a dbeen for one wholeyear) for Londonand Spain by theSouth Sea, takingwith us provisionsfor twelve months;and we had goodeast winds, thoughsoft and weak, for approxim ately five

months. But thenthe wind changed to the west for manydays, so as we could make little or noheadway, and we were sometimes al-most at the point of turning back. Butthen again there arose strong southwinds, with a point East, which carriedus against our wishes towards theNorth . Soon our provisions failed us,though we had rationed them carefully.So that finding ourselves in the midst of a great wilderness of water in the world,without provisions we gave ourselves

for lost men, and prepared for death.

Yet we did lift up our hearts and voicesto God above, who shows his wondersin the deep; beseeching him of hismercy, that as in the beginning he dis-covered the face of the deep, andbrought forth dry land; so he wouldnow discover land to us, that we mightnot perish. And it came to pa ss , thatthe next day about evening, we saw be-fore us, towards the North, what ap-peared to be thick clouds, which did putus in some hope of land; knowing howthat part of the South Sea was utterly

unknown, and might have islands or continents that had not been previouslydiscovered. Toward these we changedour course, where we saw what ap-peared to be land. At dawn the nextday, we could plainly discern that it wasa land which appeared flat and coveredwith a mass of shrubbery. After an hour and a half’s sailing, we entered into agood haven, the port of a fair city; notlarge, but well built. It wa s a pleasan tview from the sea; and we, tired of thesea, immediately began preparations to

land, but we were surprised to see a




crowd of people with rods in their handsforbidding us to land, yet they did thiswithout any cries or threats, warning usoff by the sign they made. This recep-tion surprised us and while we were dis-

cussing what we should do, about eightpersons in a small boat approached us.One of them had in his hand a yellowcane, tipped at both ends with green. Hecame aboard our ship without hesitancyor distrust at all. W hen he saw one of our number standing ahead of the rest,which he presumed to be our leader, hedrew forth a little scroll of parchment(somewhat yellower than our parch-ment, and shining like the leaves of writing tables, but otherwise soft andflexible) and delivered it to our foremostman. In the scroll was written in He-brew, Greek, Latin, and Spanish, thesewords: Land ye not, none of you; andprepare to be gone from this coast with-in sixteen days, unless you have further time given you. Meanwhile, if you wantfresh water, food, help for your sick, or repairs for your ship, write down your wants, and you shall have “that whichbelongeth to M ercy ." Th is scroll wassigned with a stamp of Cherubin’swings, not spread, but hanging down-wards; and by them a cross. W hen thiswas delivered, the officer returned, andleft only a servant with us to receiveour answer. After consulting amongourselves, we were still perplexed. Th edenial of landing, and hasty warning usaw ay, troubled us much; on the other hand, to find that the people had lan-guages known in our land made us feelthat we were not among enemies. Andabove all, the sign of the cross on thedocument caused us to rejoice becauseit was a symbol of good. Our answer was in the Spanish languag e. W e statedthat our ship was in good condition, for

we had met with calms and contrarywinds rather than any tempests. For our sick, they were many, and in manycases seriously ill, so that if they werenot permitted to land, they might fail torecover. Our other wants we listed care-fully, adding that we had a small cargoof merchandise which we would be gladto trade them in return for supplyingour wants. W e preferred not to askcharity. W e offered a gold coin to theservant, and a piece of crimson velvetto be presented to the officer, but the

servant would neither accept them nor scarcely look at them. He took the listwe had prepared and went back to an-other boat, which had been sent for him.

About three hours after we had dis-

patched our answer, there came towardsus a person who seemed to be an offi-cial. He wore a beautiful green gownwith wide sleeves made of camlet far more glossy than ours. His hat was alsogreen and made in the form of a turban,but not as large as the Turkish turbans.The locks of his hair came down belowthe brim of his hat. He was an imposingman to behold. He came in a giltedboat with four other persons, and wasfollowed by another boat in which therewere about twenty others. W hen hecame within a short distance of our ship,signs were made to us that we shouldsend someone to meet him. W e sent our shipboat in charge of one of our ship’sofficers together with four others. W henwe came within six yards of their boat,they called to us to stop and not to ap-proach further. And thereupon the man.whom I previously described, stood up.and with a loud voice, in Spanish, asked,“Are ye Christians?" W e answered,“W e are,” fearing nothing because of the cross we had seen on the document.Upon hearing our answer their leader lifted up his right hand towards Heaven,and drew it softly to his mouth, (whichis a gesture they use, when they thankGod) and then said, “If ye will swear,(all of you) by the Merit of the Saviour,that ye are not pirates, nor have shedblood, lawfully, nor unlawfully, withinforty days past, you may have licenseto come to land.” W e said we were allready to take that Oath. Then one of those that were with him, being (as itseemed) a notary, made an entry of thisact.

When the notary finished, another of the same boat, after his Lord hadspoken a little to him, said aloud, “ MyLord would have you know that it is notof pride that he does not board your ship, but because in your answer youdeclare that you have many sick amongyou. He was warned by the conservator of health, of the city, that he shouldkeep a distance.” W e appreciated thisattitude towards us, but we hoped thatthe nature of our men’s sickness was notinfectious. Soon a fter he returned the



notary came aboard our ship, holding inhis hands a fruit of that country, like anorange, but of color between orange andscarlet, which had a most agreeableodor. He u sed it apparen tly for a pre-

servative against infection. He gave usour oath, by the name of Jesus and Hismerits, and told us that the next day atsix o’clock in the morning we would bebrought to the “stra nge r’s house,” whereboth our sick and well would receivecare. W hen we offered him some goldcoins he smilingly said that he must notbe twice paid for one labor, meaning(as I take it) that he had salary suffi-cient from the state for his service. Ilater learned that they call an officer who accepts a reward twice paid.

Early the next morning the same of-ficer who first came to us with his caneapproached and informed us that hewould conduct us to the “stranger’shouse.” He advised only a few shouldreturn with him to see the place and ar-range it to our liking. Then (he said )you may send for your sick and the restof your number. W e thanked him. andsaid that for this care which he took of desolate strangers, God would reward.Six o f us went ashore with him. W henwe landed, he turned to us and said hewas our servant and our guide. He ledus through three fair streets. There werepeople on both sides of the street stand-ing in a row but in so civil a fashion asif it had been, not to wonder at us, butto welcome us. M any of them, as wepassed by, extended their arms, whichwas their gesture of welcome. The“stranger’s house” was a spacioushouse, built of brick, of somewhat abluer color than our brick. It had largewindows, some of glass and some of prepared cloth. He brou ght us first intoa parlor on the second floor and then

asked us how many there were on our ship and of that number how many weresick. W e answ ered that there were 250persons of which seventeen were sick.He desired us to have patience and awaithis return. He returned in about an hour and led us to see the chambers whichwere provided for us. W e found thatthere were exactly 250. Th ey had ar-ranged that four of those chambers,which were better than the rest, wouldbe for four of the principal men of our company. The chambers were spacious,

cheerful, and well furnished. Then heled us to a long gallery where he showedus all along the one side, for the other side was but wall and window, seven-teen very neat cells which had partitions

of cedar wood. There were 900 of these, many more than we needed, to beused as an infirmary for sick persons.He told us that as any of our sick be-came well, they might be removed froma cell to a chamber, for which purposethere were set forth ten spare chambers,besides the number we spoke of before.This done, he brought us back to theparlor and lifting up his cane a little,(as they do when they give any chargeor command) said to us, “Y e are to know,that the custom of the land requiresthat after this day and tomorrow (whichwe give you for removing of your peoplefrom your ship) you are to keep withindoors for three day s. But let it nottrouble you, nor do not think yourselvesrestrained, but rather let it be a periodof rest and ease. You shall want noth-ing, and there are six of our people ap-pointed to attend you, for any businessyou may have abro ad .” W e thanked himwith all affection and respect, and said,“God surely is manifested in this land.”W e offered him also twenty gold coins,but he smiled and only said, “What?twice pa id!” And so he left us.

Soon after our dinner was served in,consisting of bread, meat, wine, andmany other foods, better than any dietthat I have known in Europe. W e hadalso ale, beer, cider, wine of the grape,and another drink of grain, all whole-some and good. W e also had a drinksimilar to pear juice made of a fruit of that country, a wonderful pleasing andrefreshing drink. Besides, there werebrought in to us many of those scarletoranges for our sick; which (they said)

were an assured remedy for sicknesstaken at sea. There was given us also abox of small gray, or whitish pills, whichthey wished our sick should take, one of the pills, every night before sleep; which(they said) would hasten their recovery.

The next day, after we had finishedthe removal of our men and goods outof our ship, we were settled and quiet.I thought it well to call our company to-gether, and when they were assembled,I said unto them, “ M y dear friends, letus know ourselves, and how it standeth



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with us. W e are men cast on land asJonah was, out of the whale’s belly,when we were as buried in the deep,now we are on land, we are but betweendeath and life; for we are beyond, boththe old world, and the new. W heth er

we shall ever see Europe again, Godonly knoweth. It is a miracle that hasbrought us here, and it must be littleless that shall return us home. Th ere -fore in regard of our deliverance past,and our danger present, and to come,let us look up to God, and every manreform his own ways. Besides , we areamong a Christian people, full of pietyand humanity. Let us not make our-selves unworthy of their help throughour words or actions. Th ey have byCommandment (though in form of

courtesy) cloistered us within thesewalls for three days, who knows that it

might only be for the purpose of ap-praising our manners? And if they findthem bad, to banish us immediately. If good, to give us further time. Therefore,for God’s love, and as we regard our own welfare, let us so behave ourselves,

as we may be at peace with God, andmay find grace in the eyes of thesepeople.”

Our company with one voice thankedme for my good admonition, and prom-ised me to live soberly and civilly, andwithout giving any occasion for offense.So we spent our three days joyfully andwithout care, in expectation what wouldbe done with us, when they were ex-pired. Dur ing which time pleasure wasadded to our house due to the improve-ment of our sick, who thought them-

selves cast into some divine pool of healing.

(To be continued next month)

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PREPARE FOR THE ROSECROIX UNIVERSITY

Now is the time to address a letter to the RoseC roix Univer sity, Rosicrucian Park, §\ San Jose, Californ ia, and ask for complete, free instructions about the matriculation §| course. You may enroll in any of the colleges of the university, and take the six wee ks’ I§ matriculation course (prepara tory only) at home. If you pass the examination of this §

E course, you are then eligible to register for the resident classes of the next term of the iE RoseCroix University, which begins June 17. Th e RoseCroix University is guided by IE Rosicrucian principles and ideals, and yet is thorough in the subject matter which its i= colleges are expounding. E ac h of its instructors is well qualified and well grounded, and =§ you will profit by the personal contact and associat ion with other Rosicrucians as well. jj| In addition, you have the full use of the facilities of the laboratories, library and visual §§ education (motion picture instruction) which it affor ds. Th e tuition is excep tionally §E reasonable. Y ou may combine a vacation in California, the Rosicrucian Convention in EE San Jose, and a term at the RoseCroix University in one.

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THE ABSENCE OF THE IMPERATOR

Apparen tly some of our good Fratres and Soror es have not been carefully reading f

S “T he Rosicrucian D igest,” or they would have observed that the Imperator and some i

= two hundred Ro sicruc ians are at the time of this writing, in Cairo , Eg yp t; for these =

= members are still writing to the Imp erator in Sa n Jose, marking "P er so na l” on their |

= letters. T he y fail to realize that if the letter were to be held awa iting the return of the i

| Imperator, it would be seve ral months before they would receive a reply . Th erefore , direct f I your questions to any of the other officers of the Gran d Lod ge or Supreme Lodge, or the f

| different department heads, and you will receive prompt and satisfactory replies.

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Each hour of the day finds the men of science cloistered unostentatiously in

laboratories, Investigating nature's mysteries and extending the boundaries of knowledge. The world at large, although profiting by their labors, oftentimes is deprived of the pleasure of reviewing their work, since general periodicals and publications announce only those sensational discoveries which appeal to the popular imagination.

It is with pleasure, therefore, that we afford our readers a monthly summary of some of these scientific researches, and briefly relate them to the Rosicrucian philosophy and doctrines. To the Science Journal, unless otherwise specified, we give full credit for all matter which appears in quotations.

War— A Biological Necessity?

O D E R N s o c i e t y ,

when it is freefrom the lash of t h e w a r p r o p a -g a n d i s t , w h ichwhips human emo-tions into a frenzyof hatred, consid-ers war the out-standing blight ontoday’s c ivi l iza-tion. War. psy-c h o l o g i c a l l y , i ssaid to be an in-

dication that education and culture havefailed in exerting sufficient efficacy tocreate in the mind artificial desires tosupplant those produced by the elemen-tary passions.

It is recognized that our emotionalnatures predominated for centuries be-fore the dawn of intellectualism andthus it is natural for man to revert totheir inclinations. The struggle betweenemotions and reason in the average hu-man is an unequal one. Th e emotionshave much in their favor. They stimu-late involuntary automatic actions, ones

that usually require little effort. On the

other hand, reason is handicapped byfirst requiring conscious action to exe-cute most of its orders. W hen we arefree from the influence of our emotionalselves we ordinarily prefer the exerciseof reason because it permits us to dis-tinguish ourselves to some degree fromour fellow man, which we cannot do if we give ourselves over to the nearly uni-form direction of the instincts and emo-tions.

Conscious behaviorism, the doing of certain things a certain way by choice,can produce habits which may restrain

emotional tendencies. In other words,we can create artificial desires which weprefer to realize instead of our naturalemotional ones. Fo r example— at timeswe perform arduous duties, ones thatare painful to us physically and mental-ly, because reason demands them, eventhough emotionally there is the naturaltug to avoid them and seek more plea-surable interests. In such cases we haveexercised the will, made an artificial de-sire superior to a natural one. A con-quest of this kind makes man, psycho



logically at least, a superior being. It isevidence of the exercise of his distinc-tive attribute— the mind.

When a small child strikes another because the other has taken his toy bymistake or merely to examine it, there

is some excuse for such conduct. Thechild is still in a stage of mental devel-opment equivalent to the mentality of primitive man. Th e instincts and pa s-sions dominate. Reason is underde-veloped; has not yet attained its matur-ity, and exerts no restraining influence.When, however, men or nations exertforce in dealing with each other, as inwar, instead of resorting exclusively toreason to gain an end, psychology canthen rightfully claim that education andculture are still ineffectual in completelycontrolling man.

However, the biologist, consideringthe matter in the calculating, un-emotional manner of science, disre-garding the moral, ethical and psy-chological values, can find in war asolution to a serious problem. If war,plagues, famines and major catastrophessuch as floods, earthquakes, and vol-canic eruptions were to be eliminated,the world would become seriously con-gested to such an extent that an epi-demic or food shortage could occur which might result in the extermination

of the race. The n again, vice and other social disorders would occur in suchproportions as to bring about masssuicide. In fact, war is considered bythese biologists as the result of excessivepopulation pressures which increase thedifficulty of living and irk the minds of individuals to such an extent that mostof them subjectively seek an outlet fromthe vicious circle of living in which theyfind themselves confined. Education andculture do not relieve such a condition.W ar pro paga nda becomes the objective

torch which explodes the subjectivepressure.W ar is mainly localized. Th at is, in

contrast to the tremendous populationof the world scattered throughout theearth, it involves a comparatively small

T he portion of the population and area of . . the earth ’s surface. Th ough horrible and

Kosicrucujn excessiveiy crue] to the individual enDigest snared in its meshes, it relieves a growMarch ing pressure which would become a far 1937 greater menace to the human race than

a series of wars occurring at such in-tervals as to allow for readjustment andrestoration of population levels. It seemsalmost unbelievable that war should becountenanced for such a reason, andyet, if the population increases in the

future continuously as it has for the lastthree hundred years, the human racewill undoubtedly face a problem of con-gestion even more serious than war. Tosay that the future generations mustmeet their own tests is as unjust and ascruel as the method of destroying thenext generation by killing its progeni-tors in a war of today.

Man can expect little or no help fromnature in eliminating war. Nature iscontinuously at war, but to her it is thelaw of compensation and balance. Lifeis not evaluated by nature as it is byman. Sentiment, ideals and sufferingplay no part in the majestic scheme, thefinal end of nature. Th ese are left toman.

The biologist's view is found interest-ingly presented in the following excerptfrom an analysis of a lecture recentlygiven by Dr. Raymond Pearl of JohnsHopkins University.

‘‘Mankind joining in a great massmovement toward selfdestruction, driv-en blindly into a war by stern biologicalforces that they do not understand.

That was the mental picture presentedby Dr. Raymond Pearl, of the JohnsHopkins University. Stud ying the fruitfly, beetle and the yeast cell, amongwhom hundreds of generations can beobserved by a single living scientist,Dr. Pearl has drawn lessons that applyto higher forms of life, including manhimself. The lemming, a lower mammal,demonstrates how blind biological forcesdrive creatures to multiply until greatpopulation pressures are built up andthen drive them on to mass suicide.This Arctic animal has great spurts of reproductivity and, after the density hasreached a certain limit, starts massmigratory movements. Th ese greatmarches blindly push on until some ob-stacle like the sea or a river is reached.There vast hordes of the migrants stillpush on to their death. A para llel isfound in the rapid growth of humanpopulation. In a minimum of 100,000years up to the year 1630, man’s num-bers grew only to 445,000,000. Yet in





Along Civilizations TrailBy R a l p h M. L e w i s , K. R. C.


Editor’s Note:—This is the second episode of a narrative by the Supreme Secretary relating the experiences he and his party had in visiting mystic shrines and places in Europe and ihe

ancient world.

OUR MYSTICAL INITIATIONS

ITH sighs of relief w e s a n k b a c kagainst the cush-ions of our seats,attempting tomake

ourselves as com-fortable in theovercrowded com-partment as pos-sible. Af ter a de-lay which nearlycaused us to missthe special Brus-sels Exp ress we had

finally located our missing baggage onthe dock and with little opportunity for proper arrangement were obliged to pileit about our feet and in the racks over

our heads just as the train, after a seriesof convulsive jerks, pulled slowly out of the domed sheds. A sudden startlingclatter of the door, and there stood onthe threshold the attendant or, as weterm him in America, the conductor.His expression was quite apparentlyone of displeasure . He glanced at thebaggage and at us, and said nothing.His silence and looks combined weremore abusive, I am sure, than any re-marks he might have made at the

moment. He was , we were certain, notapproving of this excess baggage in apasseng er compartment. W e were notleft in doubt long as to his annoyance.In a loud voice, mingling French with

English, and gesticulating freely, he in-formed us of our wrongdoing, but per-mitted us to keep our delicate equipmentin the compartment. W e were wellpleased that we did not have to subjectit to the rough handling of the baggageattendants.

The weather was delightfully warm.The late summer sun seemed to havegiven the fleeting fields and pastures amellow appearance as though we werelooking at them through an amber glass.The countryside was level and but a

few feet above the sea. Artistic, rusticthatchedroof barns and houses flashedby. Patient and plodding oxen pulledcrude twowheeled carts laden with hay.Picturesquely dressed peasants withwide baggy trousers walked slowlyalongside with one hand resting on therack of the cart and the other holdinga woodenpronged fork which seemedto lie heavily on their shoulders. Fra ter Shibley remarked that it was an ani-mated painting, like a masterpiece from



some famous gallery suddenly become areality.

A series of sharp, highpitched blastsof the engine whistle informed us wewere approaching a station, and a fewseconds later we heard and felt thegrinding of brakes as we pulled up to asmall red brick depot with a stone flag-ging platform. Smalltown train watch-ers and station hangerson do not differ much throughout the world. Th ey arebrothers under the skin regardless of their difference in costume and nation-ality. A number of them seated on casesand crates were leaning languorouslyagainst the wall, wearing widebrimmedhats pulled low in front to shade their eyes. Th ey formed a soporific picture.

Rosyfaced children, with wellpatchedclothes, went through a pantomime actattempting to interest passengers intheir wares. The passengers, behindclosed windows, did not respond.

W e heard it coming— the distant fainttweet of the whistle of the guard of thelast car, followed by louder and shriller tweets of the whistles of the guards of the successive cars, until finally the en-gineer, who must have been countingeach whistle corresponding to the carsof the train, acknowledged them witha shrieking blast from the engine. W ewere off again. T o get a train underwaywas indeed a ceremony. Frate r Brower remarked that the delay in starting atrain in Belgium must certainly be aboon to late commuters.

It was dark when we finally roared toa stop in the great metropolis of Brus-sels, a city having a population of morethan seven hundred thousand. W e werepleased to learn that our hotel was afew steps from the railroad station; in

fact, located on the same great cobble-stone square which the station itself faced. Several times before large partiesof Rosicrucians from America and vari-ous sections of Europe had gathered atthis hotel while attending importantconclaves in Brussels. The Rosicrucianswere well known to the management asan orderly, congenial group of guestsand his hospitality was accordingly re-sponsive. Our party had adjoiningsuites, ones that had been occupied bythe Imperator’s party but two years

previously.

I was late for an important engage-ment, how important I did not fullyrealize. I called Madem oiselle Guesdonon the telephone. She was residing atthe same hotel, having come from Paris

for the same conclave and to kindly actas my official interpreter. She excitedlyasked that Mrs. Lewis and myself meether in the main lobby at once. T o meetMademoiselle Guesdon, Grand Secre-tary of the AMORC in France, is toknow an exceedingly intelligent andhighly efficient woman with much ad-ministrative experience. W ith all of her firmness and ability to accomplishwhat seems the impossible at times, sheis refined, kindly, and most considerate.Years of intimate association with the

commercial world in an executive capa-city have not lessened her mystic insightand her philosophic trend of mind. Shehas performed innumerable services for the A M O R C of America and its Su-preme Officers.

Speaking in perfect English and in ahushed voice, she told us that Hierony-mus, the Rosicrucian Imperator of Europe, could only attend that night’ssecret conclave of the F U D O SI , thegreat federation of the arcane mysticOrders of the world. He must leave

early the next day for another city inBelgium. In fact, he had been in con-ference for a day before we arrived andhad waited and was N O W waiting for us. W e felt grieved that we had beena cause of delay, but MademoiselleGuesdon hastened to assure us that our schedule had been proper, but that sud-den unexpected affairs made it neces-sary for Hieronymus to depart sooner than he had anticipated.

Since we must leave at once there wasno time for preparation. Mrs. Lewis and

I hastily informed the other members of our party where we were going andthen hurriedly joined MademoiselleGuesdon at the street curb. W e fran-tically signalled a taxi, and in my excite-ment I called to the driver in English,which amused the early evening side-walk cafe patrons. T o them we wererunning true to form, like all Americans,in a constant rush. W e feel that thespeed with which we travel through lifeis the cause of our accomplishments,and that these accomplishments are the

worthy ends of life. Our Belgian friends




shrug their shoulders and admit thatAmericans a c c o m p l i s h stupendousthings, but “are these things the trueend of life?” is their query. “ Do theybring the American any greater happi-ness and contentment than the quiet

enjoyment of every hour of living whichthe Belgian ordinarily experiences?”Speaking rapidly in French to our ro-tund chauffeur who looked none toocomfortable crammed into the verylimited space between the wheel and thehard, upright seat back, MademoiselleGuesdon gave directions for reachingour destination.

Concerning exactly where we weregoing, and what was to occur, I wasstill very much in the dark. I venturedto quiz Mademoiselle Guesdon and

finding her noncommittal on this pointdropped the matter. Th is attitude onlyquickened my imagination and further stimulated my enthusiasm. No further words were spoken. W e, Mrs. Lewisand myself, sat in suspense, each keep-ing to his or her own thoughts. W edrove across great plazas walled in bymassive stone buildings having medievallooking turrets and high iron gates.Walking rhythmically before them wereuniformed sentinels carrying regulationrifles with bayonets fixed. I could only

conjecture that they were guardingpublic buildings. Th e dignified solem-nity of these settings was broken by theclanging bells of high, narrow, but shortlength electric trams which rocked fromside to side as they clattered along.

Suddenly Mademoiselle Guesdontapped loudly on the glass partitionsepara ting us from the driver. Bringinghis cab to a stop, he inquired in Frenchas to her desires. Af ter much handwaving on the chauffeur's part he wasfinally convinced by MademoiselleGuesdon that he was not taking us inthe right direction, and he turned totravel in a direction from which itseemed to me we had just come. I didnot know what to look for, but I wassurprised when our cab stopped in asemiresidential shopping district. Ihesitated before leaving the cab. “ Dowe get out here?" I inquired. “Y es,”Mademoiselle Guesdon replied, smilingat my bewilderment.

W e walked rapidly about a block,passing many attractive little shops.

Mademoiselle Guesdon stopped in frontof one, and looked in the doorway. Iwalked closer and looked into the largeplate gla ss window front. Th ere wereplatters of cakes and large green bowlsof deliciouslooking sal ads. I looked at

the large block letters painted on theglas s above me. The establishment wasa restaurant catering to those who pre-ferred vegetarian and fruit dishes. “ Butwhy are we stopping here?” I wondered.I turned, and looked in the direction of Mademoiselle Guesdo n. She beckonedto us to enter. “This is strange,” Ithought. She had been anxiou s to reachour destination—was in a hurry, in fact—and now we were dining before pro-ceeding. She apparently realized myconfusion and enlightened me. “W e are

here,” she said. “Th e conclave— ” Ibegan, and she motioned for me not tospeak for a genial hostess with a volu-minous colored apron was approachingus. The hostess was about to accept usas patrons, usher us to a table in thelarge room in which there were severaltables already occupied by diners, butMademoiselle Guesdon stepped up toher quickly, and in a manner that at-tracted no attention, spoke to her in awhisper which I could not overhear.The woman turned, looked at us intent-ly for a moment, and then nodded her head in the direction of a small door atthe oppos ite end of the room. W e fol-lowed her in single file toward it. Uponreaching the door she bowed, turned,and left us. Mademoiselle Guesdon,turning to us, said : “ W ait here, please:I shall return shortly .” The patrons,eating in the leisurely manner which isthe custom of the country, paid us noattention, for which we were grateful,for our faces must have revealed our pentup emotions.

It seemed an age, but in reality thepassing of time must have been butthree minutes before MademoiselleGuesdon returned. “ You shall followme,” she said solemnly. W e did. W eentered a short dark hallway. As I re-call, it had a turn in it, because I couldnot see the other end until suddenly Iwas standing in an oblong chamber. Theroom was about thirtyfive feet in lengthand about eighteen feet wide. It had, if memory serves me well, a plank floor and a lowhanging plastered ceiling. It

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was lit by candles located at the far endof the room. Shad ow s danced about uson the wall with each flicker of thecandle flames, adding to the enigmaticatmosphere of the occasion. Our eyeswere rooted to the scenes which thecandles illuminated. Th ere was a longbut narrow Ushaped table with theopen end toward us. Th e table in real-ity consisted of a series of small tablesplaced together and covered with crispand brilliant white (in contrast to theyellow candlelight) table cloths. Aroundthe outer side sat a group of impressivelooking men. No ne were eating, al-though they obviously had been. Theylooked straigh t at us. Their faces wereexpressionless but not cold and steely.W e felt, standing there in the partshadows, as though we were appari-tions being looked upon by a solemncommittee of investigators into psychicphenomena. I stepped forward and thenstood hesitating. A s though this hadbeen a given signal, the gentlemen allarose as one, stood erect, motionless,waiting. Wh iting for what, I did notknow.

Again Mademoiselle Guesdon cameto our aid. In a low voice she said,“ Permit me to introduce yo u.” I was

fascinated by one personage. He stoodbehind the closed end of the Ushapedtable in the exact center. His positionwa s directly in front of me. I had triedturning my eyes from him. I did notwish to stare discourteously, and yet, asif magnetically drawn, I would becomeconscious that I had turned again tohold his eyes. He would have attractedattention anywhere. He was tall, state -ly, wellgroomed, conservatively attired.He had a neatly trimmed white beardwhich gave him an air of distinction

without being conspicuous. His com-plexion for a man of his age— and hemust have been sixty years—was startlingly youthful, a healthful pink. I couldnot detect the color of his eyes fromwhere I stood. Th ey were to me tworadiant, scintillating gems; points of light would perhaps better describethem.

Slowly Mademoiselle Guesdon led usdown the center aisle formed by theopening of the “ U ,” directly towardhim. W hen but three feet from him she

stopped . Slowly, and in a quiet tone of

voice. Mademoiselle Guesdon spoke tohim in French. She was introducing me;then he spoke. I do not recall his words;in fact, I did not, as I now recollect, re-

member hearing words at all but itseemed as if I were hearing a voice call-ing from a great distance, indistinct butmelodious, soothing, somewhat like achant. I seemed to understand inwardlywhat was being said, rather than ob-

jectively perceiving it. He was extend -ing greetings, then he smiled and putforth his hand in welcome. A s hesmiled, his whole face lit up with a beau-tiful glow. I realized then what themaster painters sought to capture oncanvas when they wished to have their subjects — saints, mystics, and greatphilosophers of old—appear to radiatethe esoteric light which had dwelt with-in them. It is something which thechemical elements of paint and pigmentscan never portray. In fact, it is moresensed than seen.

This man before me was the Imperator of Europe, known only by his symbolicname, Hieronym us. He was one of thethree Rosicrucian Imperators of theworld, of which Dr. H. Spencer Lewisof our jurisdiction is one. I was notawed by the occasion, but rather a

great wave of humility swept over me.I felt a keen sense of devotion to theOrder which it is my privilege andhonor to serve. There flashed in mymind a vivid picture of my obligationsand duties, and the thought of the manywho had gone before me and had madepossible what we hold so sacred today.

W e were now led to our places atthis table; then each of the gentlemenfiled by us and was introduced to us inturn. W e played with our food, hungryas we were and delicious as it was.

Somehow we thought that giving timeto eating on such an auspicious occasionwould be nothing short of profane,though it would have been in proper order. A few moments later, all aroseat the sound of the gavel, and quietlyretired from the room. I was about toleave when a young man of aboutthirtythree or thirtyfour years of age,slender, wiry, with high forehead andthe facial characteristics of one who isdistinctly a student and devoted to amental life, came forward and said in

English, “Kindly wait with Mademoi



selle Guesdon. You shall be admittedlater .” I felt a strong liking for thisFrater. He was personable and under-standing. He was our noted Frater Mallinger, prominent in the legal pro-fession of his country and a moving

spirit in the administrative affairs of theFU D O SI . I had corresponded withhim on numerous occasions relative toofficial matters of our Order . In fact Ihad with me at this time secret and con-fidential documents to deliver to him.He was exactly as I had visualized him—a human dynamo of energy and ac-complishment. He left us and joined theothers.

Once again we were alone—Made-moiselle Guesdon, Mrs. Lewis and my-self. I turned to Sor or Guesdon ques

tioningly. Before I could speak sheanticipated my thoughts. ‘‘You areabout (referring to Mrs. Lewis and me)to be inducted into the thirteenth tradi-tional historical degree of our Order.”(Referring to A M O RC .) “Only a fewmembers of every jurisdiction are eli-gible to receive its honors, secrets, andwisdom .” W e were more than elatedand grateful. A few moments later aFrater came through the portal whichled to the chamber into which all theothers had retired. He spoke hurriedly

in French to our interpreter and guide,and returned. Once again Soror Gu es-don bade us follow her, which we did.This became an unforgettable eveningin our lives. W e crosse d the thresholdand dwelt within for nearly an hour,though we were not conscious of time.W hat transpired there must be sealedin my heart and mind. I can only im-part my experiences to those who areprepared to receive them, and like me,they will never know when they will beconsidered prepared until the invitationhas been extended to them to receivethis knowledge at a proper time and ata proper place.

My next day was an exceptionallybusy one; no time for sightseeing, notours or ramblings. Ther e was too much

The to be accomplished. By appointment IRneirrHrism 11061 F ra ter M allinger at his office, to

which Mademoiselle Guesdon took me.Utgest There important documents concerningMarch the welfare and extension of the1937 AMORC in America were signed and

sealed. Official communications fromthe Imperator of A M O R C in Americawere personally delivered to Frater Mallinger for the consideration of F U D O S I officers. The mutual plansand problems of the Rosicrucian Order

of the North and South American juris-diction and the Order of Europe werediscussed, and constructive ideas ex-changed. Fo r the first time I heard thephrase, “And it shall be the duty of America to preserve this for future gen-erations." I thought it strange but passedit by without question.

Later, Mrs. Lewis, Soror Guesdonand I were the luncheon guests of Frater and Soror Mallinger at their home. Adelicious repast was enjoyed in mostpleasant surroundings, Soror Mallinger

being an excellent hostess. Immediatelyfollowing luncheon, Frater Mallinger,Mademoiselle Guesdon and I attendedthe meeting of a special F U D O S I Con -vention Committee some distance fromthe former's home, for a further consid-eration of organization matters of im-portance.

Several days had elapsed since our arrival in Brussels, but this night was tobe an eventful one in this very eventfulcity. M rs. Lewis, Frater Brower andmyself were to be inducted into the

Order of the M ., one of the oldestarcane Ord ers of Europe. For centuriesit had been a contemporary of the Rosi-crucian Order, a body of preliminarytraining and preparation for the higher degree studies of the Rosicrucian Order,perpetuating many noble traditions andideals. It had numbered among its mem-bership many learned men throughoutEurope whose names are milestones inhistory. Fra ter Brower, who had never been abroad before, and had not previ-ously had the pleasure and privilege of

meeting the dignitaries of these augustOrders of light, was in a high state of expectation and enthusiasm. For him thehours of the day slowly waned as hewaited for the evening, when we wereto go to our place of initiation. W e hadbeen advised to dress semiformally for the occasion, and we were dressed con-siderably in advance and waiting withundue impatience in the foyer of our hotel for Mademoiselle Guesdon, who,as usual, was most punctual.



It was dark and rainy when we left in a chugging taxi for our destination. Thestreets, for so large a city, were quitedeserted. The evening was one that in-duced a melancholy mood. Reflections

of the oddshaped street lamps castgrotesque patterns of light on the slip-pery pavements. No one spoke. Eachtreasu red silence. T o me it was an in-triguing adventure. Some of the streetsthrough which we passed were so nar-row that the shadows of the houses oneither side intensified the darkness sothat we seemed to be riding throughdeep canyons. Th e streets twisted tosuch an extent that neither end couldbe visible, which added to the realism of the impression.

I could not help but think of thesagas of the neophytes of our belovedOrder who, in the Middle Ages, seek-ing light as we, crept from their homesin the dead of night— such a night asthis — and pulling c losely over their heads the cowls of their cloaks so asto partly conceal their faces, flittedalong in the shadows like things of an-other world, seeking others who would,in the deep shadows of the eaves of some home, meet them. To gether theywould secretly enter and surreptitiouslyconduct a conclave of our Order, fear-ing any moment to hear the crash of thedoor and find in their midst officers of church and state who would arrest themfor daring to go beyond, in their studiesand thoughts, the prescribed confines of the ecclesiastical and state laws of whatshould constitute knowledge. Though Iwas to experience no such danger, Ithrilled with the thought of the danger they experienced to gain what we, of the jurisdiction of North and SouthAmerica and the allied jurisdictions, en-

joy so freely and sometimes unap

preciatively.After a ride of about ten minutes we

came to an abrupt stop on a slight hill.Stepping from the taxi so as to avoidpools of muddy water, we stood on thesidewalk in front of a brown stone build-ing that resembled the mental pictureone gains from the descriptions of homes in French novels, architecture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.It w as quaint, intriguing — the sharppointed roof, the garret windows, thewellworn steps leading to the main en-

trance, and the small doorway at theleft, below, with its heavy wooden door and small grated windows.

Presuming that this was the place wewere to enter, because it seemed to have

an atmosphere of mystery and secrecy,I started in advance of the others towalk up the steps toward the largedoors which were closed, and throughsmall glasses in the upper portion of which was shining a faint light. Made-moiselle Guesdon called out to me to re-turn. I said, upon reaching her, “Is notthis the place?” “Y es ,” she said, “butnot the entrance.” She turned, and wefollowed her. She approached the smalldoor at the left. In fact, to reach thisdoor we had to go down two or three

steps . T o me it had seemed like a ser-vants' or delivery entrance. W e stoodbehind her, our coats drawn about us tightly. It was still raining, and miser-ably uncomfortable. Not a soul was tobe seen on the street. It wa s exception-ally dark because there was only a faintstreet lamp at either end of the longblock. She knocked three times. I re-called the symbolic knock in one of our rituals.

W e waited what seemed to me agreat length of time. N o one spoke.

She made no further effort to knock.Fnally I heard a bolt being drawn in thedoor, and the door must have beenheavy and not used frequently for itopened slowly as though the one whowas opening it found it an effort to doso. It creaked. W e looked in. Therewas a hallway, a short one, well illumi-nated by an odd electric fixture hangingon the high ceiling, casting a peculiar pattern on the floor. T o the right of theentrance in front of which we stood wasa stairway that led upward, only oneflight of it being visible. Th e hallwaywa s inviting. It radiated a spirit of friendliness, warmth, light, cheerfulness.Immediately before us stood a Frater,tall, wellproportioned, and wearing aflowing white gown, and a black maskwhich concealed all of his face but justa slight portion of his forehead and hismouth and chin. He said but one word— “E nter." W e did. W e filed in andlined ourselves against the wall of thehallway. He closed the door, bolted it,spoke nothing further, turned at rightangles, walked slowly up the long stair-



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way, we following him with our eyes ashe did so. Ag ain silence reigned and noone made the effort to speak . Speakingseemed to be out of order. No oneseemed to want to shatter his impres-sions with words.

In a few moments this Frater re-turned, and smiling, and speaking inEnglish, asked us to please follow.Mademoiselle Guesdon led. The robedFra ter took up the rear. W e climbedthe flight of stairs to another passage-way identical with the one below, ex-cept that in this hallway were twodoors. W e waited outside one. Therobed Frater opened it just enough topass into the chamber, but we could notsee in and knew not what to expect. Hereturned a few moments later and had

in his hand three large white silk hand-kerchiefs. W e were asked to removeour coats and hats and then each of uswas blindfolded, and each of us wasled through the open doorway into thechamber of initiation. The masks werenot removed until we had had such ex-periences as made it seem that we hadlived for centuries and travelled to other worlds. An d thus concluded my firstinitiation in the Order of the M --------- .I was to have still others.

The next night was to be our last onein Brussels. It was to be one of merri-ment, sociabi lity, brotherhood. Duringthe next day Mrs. Lewis and Mrs.Shibley were free to visit some of theexcellent shops in Brussels, noted for their fine laces and needlework. Theyhad to return early, however, to preparefor the official F U D O SI banquet, a ban-quet which concludes all these officialsessions.

At 7:00 P. M. on that evening, Made-moiselle Guesdon again acted as our guide. Our party, however, was in-creased in number this time. W e drove

along one of the main boulevards inBrussels, well illuminated with spark-ling, scintillating electric signs as mod-ern as any we find in America. Alon gthis boulevard there prevailed the typi-cal continental atmosphere. There wereblocks dotted with little sidewalk cafes,little tables over which there were awn-

ings, and about which people sat sippingwines, drinking coffee, and watchinghumanity file by.

W e eventually came to our destina-tion, a wellilluminated and fashionable

appearing restaurant — a large place.W e entered, and the maitre d’hotelescorted our party to the second floor where, in a large dining hall, the con-vention tables were spread. There werehosts of representatives of the variousoccult, mystical, and arcane Orders of Europe and the world gathered there.Some were in full dress, wearing their emblems of office, and some wore their ritualistic capes . Among those presentwas the eminent Grand Master of theOrder of M --------- . into which I had

just been inducted— a man of promi-

nence in his own country, an outstand-ing figure in the political world. Moreabout him will come later. I was intro-duced to a kindly old soul, well over eighty years of age. Grand Master of the hermetic brotherhood, a master of occult lore. He spoke En glish, and Ispent a very pleasant halfhour dis-cussing the work of the AM O R C inNorth and South America with him.

There were also many others therewho were distinguished personages.I had the pleasure of meeting our good

Frater Greuter of Southern France,who holds a prominent A M O R C officein that country, and who is also activein the work of the FUDOSI. A delight-ful banquet wa s served. There w as en-tertainment, and there were speeches invarious languag es. I had the pleasureof addressing this congregation, andMademoiselle Guesdon interpreted myaddress to those present who could notunderstand English.

W e returned to our hotel in the earlyhours of the morning feeling that we

had concluded a very successful stay inBrussels, and had had an experiencethat made life worth living. Late as wasthe hour, or rather I should say, as earlyin the morning as it was, we wereobliged to pack and prepare for anearly morning journey to France—to Paris.

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ARISTOTLEEach month we will present excerpts from the writings of famous thinkers and teachers

of the past. These will give our readers an opportun ity of knowing the ir lives throughthe presentation of those writin gs which typ ify the ir thoughts. Occasionally such writingswill be presented through the translation or interpretation of other eminent authors of the past. This month we present Arist otle, renow ned Greek philosopher.

Ar ist otle was born at Stagira, a Greek colon y in Macedonia, about 384 B. C. A t the ageof seventeen he was sent to Athens to complete his education, and there entered theacademy under Plato.

After Plato's death he left Athens, and within a few years became the tutor of youngAlexa nder— known to history as "th e Great.” He re he acquired great influence and, afterthe conquest of Persia, received 800 talents in gold (about $1,000,000) from his former pupil.In addition to this gift Alexander sent him specimens of all curious animals and plantswhich were discovered on his expeditions.

When he was about fifty years old, Aristotle returned to Athens—bringing with himthese vast scientific collections—and, in the Lyceum, established what has often been styledthe "Perip atetic School” of philosophy. This name was descriptive of his habit of discoursing to pupils while walking about the shady paths (peripatoi) surrounding the Lyceum.

Twelv e years la te r the Athenians accused him of be ing a partisan o f the Macedoniandynasty—although his friendly relations with Alexander had been broken off—and he was

forced to flee to Chalcis.It is said that since Plato had found universal truth only in connection with classes of

things, Aristotle started with an examination of the relation of the particular to the general, studying interrelations of things and listin g them in the categories. In addition tohis metaphysical works on the nature of Being, etc., he made important additions to manydepartments of natural science, and although some of his works are undoubtedly lost, theremainder exceed in bulk those of any other classic Greek author. Th e excerpt belo w isfrom "The Basis of Ethics.”

THE HIGHEST HUMAN GOOD

rule holds. W hat, then, is in each casethe chief good? Surely it will be that to

which all else that is done is but ameans. And this in medicine will behealth, and in tactics victory, and in ar-chitecture a house, and so forth in other cases; and in all free action, that is tosay in all purpose or conscious choiceof means to a desired end, it will be thatend; for it is with this in view that wealways take all the other steps in theparticular action. And so, if there bebut one end of all things that we do, thiswill be, in all human action, the chief good; while, if there be more than one,

it will be their sum. Our argument,

ND HERE we willclose this digres-

sion, and return tot h e q u e s t i o n o f what is that high-est human good of which we are inqu es t . It is clear that every courseof action and everyar t has i t s ownpeculiar good; for the good soughtby medicine is one,

and the good sought by tactics is an-

other; and of all other arts the same




therefore, has now returned to the ques-tion from which it originally digressed,and which we must endeavour yet morethoroughly to clear up. Now , sincethere are clearly many and diverse ends,some of which we occasionally choose

as means, such as wealth, or pipes, or instruments generally, it is evident thatall of these various ends cannot be final:whereas the chief good is clearly asomething absolutely final. So that, if there be but one thing alone that is final,this will be the good of which we are inquest: and, if there be more than one,then it will be the most final amongthem. Now we call that which is pur-sued for its own sake more final thanthat which is pursued as a means tosomething further; and that which is

never chosen as a means we call morefinal than any such things as are chosenboth as ends in themselves and as meansto this: while, to sum up, we call thatalone absolutely final which is in allcases to be chosen as an end, and never as a means. And happiness would seemto be preeminently such; for happinesswe always choose as an end, and never as a means; while honour, and pleasure,and reason, and, generally, every kindof virtue we do indeed choose as ends( for we should choose each one of them,even if they bore no good fruit), but we

choose them also for the sake of happi-ness, thinking that by their means we shall be happy. But happiness itself noman ever chooses for the sake of thesethings, or indeed as a means to aughtbeyond itself. And the allsufficiency of happiness clearly leads to the same con-clusion; for the final human good is al-wa ys held to be allsufficient. Nor dowe understand that the range of this allsufficient is to be restricted to the in-dividual in a life of isolation but rather hold that it also includes his parents,

and his children, and his wife, and in-deed his friends generally, and his fellowcitizens, since man’s true nature isto be citizen of a free state. And yetsome limit must be fixed herein; for were one so to extend this as to take ina man’s ancestors, and his descendants,and the friends of his friends, the circlewould become infinite. This question,however, we will consider at some other time, and for the present will define asallsufficient that which alone and by

itself can make our life desirable, andsupply all our needs. And we are of opinion that happiness is such. And,moreover, happiness is the most desir-able of all things, in that there is noth-ing else which is on a par with it, and

so capable of being added to it. Werenot this so, then the addition of anyother good, no matter how small, wouldevidently render it more desirable. For such addition would constitute a surplusof good; and of any two goods thegreater is always the more choice-worthy. Ha ppin ess, then, is clearly asomething complete in itself, and allsufficient, forming the one end of allthings done by man.

But still to say nothing more abouthappiness than that it is the greatest of all goods is clearly but little better thana truism, and one seems to yearn for ayet more exact and definite account.This we shall most probably obtain fromthe consideration of what it is that man,as man, has to do. Fo r, as in the case of flute players, and of sculptors, and of allcraftsmen, and indeed of all those whohave any work of their own to do, or who can originate any special train of action, it is in this their especial workor function that their chief good andgreatest welfare lie, so too ought it to

be in the case of man as man, if as manhe has any special functions of his own.Are we then to believe that man as car-penter, or that man as cobbler, has afunction of his own, and so can originatean especial course of action; while asman he lacks this, and has no task as-signed him by nature? Sha ll we notrather say that exactly as the eye, andthe hand, and the foot, and each of thevarious members, evidently has its of-fice, so too, beyond and beside all these,must be assigned an office to man, as

such? And, if so, what are we to saythat this office is? Life he has in com-mon even with plants, whereas what weseek is that, whatever it is, that isespecial and peculiar to himself. Thelife of mere nutrition and growth maytherefore be set aside. N ext to this inorder is what may be called the life of the senses. But even this is shared byhorses, and by oxen, and by beasts.There only remains what may be de-



scribed as a life of free moral action, be-longing to that part of us which pos-sesses reason, and which may possessit, either as being obedient to its com-mands, or as properly possessing and

exercising it in consecutive thought.And, as this life can be conceived in twoaspects, we will take it in its activestate, for then more properly is it calledlife.

V V V

“ Imaginary Playmates”

A CHILD’S WORLD IS OFTEN A THING APART FROM

THE REALITIES OF ADULT LIFE

By S ro . C l a r a A b b o t t G a r d

O M E y e a r s ago,my fouryearoldboy stood with meon a busy down-town corner wait-ing for a streetcar. While hold-ing one of hishands, I glanced

down and noticedthe other one tight-ly closed. I said ,"Dick, what haveyou in your hand?”

The answer came back bravely, "Minerope." Further inquiry brought theknowledge that he thought he was lead-ing a wolf. I talked of other things for a few minutes, then crossing to theother side of him with the intention of taking the little fist in my hand, I wasnot quick enough to prevent an imag-

inary exchange of the rope to his other hand.

When the car arrived and we tookour seats, the wolf presumably laydown at our feet and nothing was saidabout him until we were leaving the car.Half way down the aisle Dick brokeaway from me, ran back and made agrab for that rope again to lead the wolf off the car. I gasped inwardly at whatthe other passengers might think aboutthe strange action of apparently pickingup something that was not there and

carrying it away.

When we arrived at our friend’shouse, Dick earnestly asked me to takecare of the wolf while he played withtoys. Th e animal accompanied us homeand he, with a dog also visible to Dickonly, was a member of the householdfor some months.

Hearing what I thought was a con-versation on the porch one day, I went

softly to the door and saw Dick alone,carrying on a dialogue. I was somewhatstaggered when he said to me, "Jimmiecame over to play awhile.” I knew of course that "Jimmie” had developedafter the manner of the wolf and dog,but was at a loss to account for thename as we had no acquaintance namedJimmie. Later I was introduced to Jim-mie's mother and a few relatives. Th efather, it seemed, was away from homea great deal— a circumstance similar tothe situation in our family.

Often upon entering the house after hours or days of absence, Dick wouldsay, "W hy , Jimmie’s here,” and after greeting him would immediately begina dual play. Ther e wa s perfect com-panionship. Sometimes when mischief was done Dick found it convenient tosay, "Jimmie did it.”

There never seemed to be a situationtoo complicated for the imagination tohandle in some way . I recall a trip tothe beach. Th e dog, the wolf and Jim-mie all started out with us. On the first

car Jimmie was installed in the vacant



seat in front of us. Presently a mancame in and sat down. I sug ges ted thatJimmie was probably squashed, but no!Jimmie had squeezed into our seat justa minute before the man sat down.When we transferred to the beach car

I inquired about our friends and was in-formed that Jimmie had gone home—his mother wanted him. The three hadbeen rather too many to keep track of even mentally. At the beach the dogand wolf raced with Dick on the sandand later returned home with us.

A long visit to eastern relatives almostdispelled the childish illusions. Th enumber of real playmates was greatlyenlarged so that the yearning for thecompanionship of other children wassatisfied. There were so many distress-ing questions asked about Jimmie whenhe was mentioned that his visits wereless frequent as time passed and hefinally disappeared entirely.

The recollections of Jimmie are al-way s pleasant. He never quarreled, didnot intrude at inconvenient times, wasquiet, and did not affect the pantry sup-plies. Ye t he successfully filled the pos i-tion of a real playmate.

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Just what is back of childish fanciessuch as I have recorded is mere conjec-ture. A psych ologist regards it as anabnormal imagination stimulated by anunnatural and enforced loneliness re-sulting from a lack of playmates . It istrue that makebelieve playmates areseldom heard of among children whohave many material associates of cor-responding age. Metap hysics ascribesthe condition to psychic influences towhich children up to four or five yearsold are peculiarly susceptible. QuotingDr. H. Spencer Lewis, “To the youngchild the psychic impressions are as realin every sense as anything of the ma-

terial and physical nature. He learnsearly to distinguish between the psychicand the material for he finds that theyare composed of different elements andact in different way s. Neverthe less oneis as real to him as the other.”

I believe this fantasy is somethingwhich belongs quite naturally in thechild’s world. I have never heard of anyharmful impressions being given to achild through imaginary— or shall I say

invisible— playmates. On the contrary,the contacts bring beneficial pleasureand contentment.

It is a mistake to teach children thatanything which does not come withinthe limits of the five senses is unreal and

merely a fabric of the imagination. Th eforce of invisible energies is manifestedtoday in radio waves which passthrough closed walls, through concreteand steel vaults. W e know that elec-tricity exists although we cannot see itin the usual way; and we do not thinkthat the Soul is unreal because it isinvisible.

Little children are like sensitizedphotographic plates. Th ey receive im-pressions which do not register with theadult whose delicacy of feeling has beendimmed by too strong sunlight andblurred by the storms through manyyea rs of living. Th e child’s world is asstrange to us as ours is to him and wehave no right to substitute our ideas for his, nor to deny the truth of somethingwhich we do not understand.

Undesirable psychological complexesare likely to be the result of parents’ridicule or repression of what is prob-ably a normal characteristic of earlychildhood. Do not suggest to a childthat he is mentally or physically differ-ent from others if you wish him to avoid

an inferiority complex. Parents, evenmore than children, are often thought-lessly cruel in calling attention to sometrivial peculiarity— like the size of John-nie's ears, or Mary Jane’s awkwardness.I know a little boy who missed some of the joy of going barefoot because undueattention had been given to one littleunder developed toenail.

W e do our adult thinking and our adult living in a different plane of con-sciousness from that of a child. W e donot expect him to possess our reasoningpowers nor our knowledge of materialthings. W e do not want him to acquirethe mental habits of age while he is yetan infant. Then why attempt to changehis dreams!

I am a firm believer in the rights of selfrealization and selfexpression. D is-couraging the child’s efforts in selfexpression is like interference with an-other’s religion. He is at least entitledto kindly tolerance and tender respect.



After all, how can we tell wh at is as little children ye shall not enter intoreal and what is unreal? Possibly some the kingdom of heaven,” is revealed inBiblical meaning of ‘ ‘Exc ept ye become these adventures in the invisible realm.

V V V

Majestic OceanBy So r o r E l s a F . A n g l e

A T H O M L E S S ,mysterious ocean,full of revelationand threats; whoc a n s i t a t t h ybosom and con-

template thy cease -less action withoutbeing stimulatedt o t h o u g h t a d -ventures?

W h a t e v e r thenature or momen-tary mood of the

observer, he will find himself calmedand refreshed by the soothing soundand rhythm of the waves. And thepowerful and majestic action of the turbulant sea will fill him with awe and

humility, because he clearly recognizeshis own weakness and puniness bycomparison.

Man has reaped untold benefits bythe harnessing of the mighty forces of nature, which are meant to be utilizedby him. But it can be done successfullyonly in compliance with natural law;when man tries in humility to adjusthimself to the underlying, establishedand compelling routine. W e see manywonderful accomplishments due to suchwise adjustment, in the progressive de-

velopment of ships, in fishing and div-ing methods. The surface and the depthare serving man admirably when he isable to cope with nature understandingIy and master the arising situation. Thecomposure and method of action in anemergency is always in proportion tothe understanding of underlying laws,and the results bear undeniable testi-mony.

Are we not living in an ocean of turbulance at all times, seeing the wavesrolling by; delightful at times, threaten-

ing always? There is much to be learnedof life and its laws if one would be able

to make some headway or occasionallyfloat in content safely . One certainlyhas to know the laws of destiny in order to know when to utilize an oncomingwave constructively and when to avoidbeing in the way of destructive forces.

Whether one jumps or dives, or resortsto a more original method of escape isall a matter of personal skill and knowl-edge. Only the foolhardy or unin-structed will try to oppose establishedlaw; while skillful adjustment proves ac-cumulated wisdom, and assures morepleasant experiences.

Life becomes very interesting whenone senses the purpose of it and thenmakes an earnest effort to learn to copewith it intelligently. One may justpaddle at the edge of it without ever

learning the joy of entering into it deep-ly; or one may learn gradually but per-sistently how to strike out boldly andcourageously and dive into the fulnessof it because familiar with many lawsto govern one’s actions. One may evenattain such mastership of life as to beable to ride on the crest of the waves

just holding the reins and utilizing thepowers, ever ready to serve man whohas attained control successfully.

There is a great example establishedfor mankind which guides us like a

beacon light in our efforts. It was thegreat Master’s illustration in walkingabove, on top of, the waves. W e maynever be called upon to show great skillin the watery element of the ocean, butit is safe to say that most of us will meetcircumstances in life when the waveswill roll so wildly that nothing butkeeping above them can save us. Incases of "swim or sink” splendid per-formances and records are possible, butthe final goal to be achieved is to keepall upsetting, conflicting turbulance

under foot and rise into the joy andcalm of established mastery.



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| SANCTUM MUSINGS |

Consciousness(A Special Contribution by Frater A. S. H. Fraser)

I S I N G a s i t d o e sfrom the Latin de-rivative “conscius,«con (cum), with, + scio, know" theverb “conscious"which, as a sub-

stantive becomesC o n s c i o u s n e s s ,possesses of neces-sity a deeply sig-nificant meaning inthe realms of meta-physics and psy-

chology. The definition of the word inits substantive form as listed in Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary: “Thestate of being conscious: sensation:knowledge ; the power of self knowl-edge; internal perception; the inner sense;" establishes in the mind of even

the most casual student researchist aprocession of thought trends as intrigu-ing as they are richly practical andinstructive.

Without consciousness man as anindividual would be totally lacking inawareness either of himself, others, or any manifested state of created exist-ence anterior or interior to himself.Minus such awareness there could bebut one result — oblivion complete andabsolute—a cessation of being insofar as

the human genus is concerned; farther than that it is not, for the present, neces-sary to speculate. Vibration, the funda-mental causation behind all sensation,whether of seeing, hearing, tasting,smelling—in other words, the primalfactor whereby each person functions

as a sentient being— impinges upon theconsciousness and brings about a def-inite realization on the scale of the fivesenses. Yet, the intelligent, well in-formed man or woman today realizesthat anything impossible of proof asexistent by means of these same fivesenses remains personally unverifiedmerely because the five physical facul-ties are incapable of bringing awarenessto the consciousness, due to the lack of adequate sensitiveness. Which is to saythat the physical senses are without themeans of coming into proper rapport or

attunement with many manifestations of an invisible nature. Science, in its steadyefforts to develop instruments which canextend the range or attunement of thesenses, aptly proves such to be the case.So far it has succeeded admirably in sodoing and we now have, among other discoveries, the Xray, the radio, thepolygraph; each one, in order of listing,extends the range of physical conscious-ness in the realms of sight, sound andfeeling.

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Consciousness alone is the mediumbetween creation and realization. Manis only an infinitesimal distance alongthe way in his comprehension of thesights within sights, sounds withinsounds, and so on, ad infinitum, allalong the way to worlds within worlds.Rash indeed is the man who, in this day,will boldly say that the, to him, invisibledoes not exist. Is it not as CharlesKingsley writes: “The most wonderfuland the strongest things in the worldare just the things which no one can see.There is life in you; and it is the life inyou which makes you grow, and moveand think: and yet you can't see it. Andthere is steam in a steamengine; andthat is what makes it move: and yet youcan’t see it. .. .” and to continue quot-ing from the same engaging source—“Y ou don ’t see the logic of that? Per-haps not. Then please not to see thelogic of a great many arguments exact-ly like it, which you will hear beforeyour beard is grey.”

Consciousness is the direct connectiveinfluence between apprehension andnoncomprehension; the level, or satura-tion focalization, wherein all stimuli,external and internal of origin, become

directly translatable in terms of recogni-tion. Beams of light striking on a whitescreen at one end of the theatre from aprojector become actionful pictures.Were it not for the screen’s receptionand retranslation of these same beamsthe rays of light projected would mere-ly remain as such and, lacking a mediumof interpretation, fail to manifest asrecognizable photographic scenes. Lack-ing consciousness man would be minusan adequate, or for that matter any,medium of reception and retranslation.

It cannot possibly be too carefullyemphasized that consciousness holds thekey absolute to man and all that is in or around him. Consciousn ess is you, it islife, it is being, it is existence. W ithou tit you would not be you, there would benothingness, annihilation, utter cessa-tion of existence and being. For, towrite that which is almost an absurdity:How Could You Know If You Didn'tKnow?

But what, you may ponder, of thestate called sleep. It requires but little

thought to provide a selfevident ans-

wer. Life continues while a person issleeping. Life presupposes conscious-ness, else how could the heart and other vital organs, with their attendant pro-cesses of an involuntary nature, con-tinue functioning? Th ere must of neces-sity be something which recognizes theneed to keep the lungs and other organsactive, and without consciousness therecan be no recognition, no realization of need in any form whatsoever. Dream sin themselves vouchsafe evidence of consciousness during sleep. This beingso, there must be various phases of con-sciousness. Yes, and just so are theremultiple phases of interpretation bymeans of the consciousness as regardsactuality and reality.

All awareness depends, as does allknowledge, upon one’s reaction to vibra-tory stimulus— reaction in any shap e or form being proportionate to educationand physical functional acuteness of thefive senses as well as the body’s generalcondition relating to all round goodhealth. A deficiency relating to any of the foregoing considerations automatic-ally presages inability to perceive har-mony or truth. It becomes impossible toproperly and accurately interpret vibra-tions, and consciousness becomes dis-

torted to a greater or lesser degree.Radio reception, if it be clear and reli-able, calls for efficient functioning of allthe various parts which go to make upthe receiving set. If the instrument’smechanism be impaired in some way, asby faulty tubes, it cannot respond ac-curately to either short or long wavelengths, and a program tuned in uponfails to come through properly; it isdistorted!

The mystic for countless ages hasrealized, and still realizes, that man is

not limited to the circumscribed rangeof the five physical senses, nor shackledby a consciousness dependent uponsheer physical perception. Human con-sciousness, in common with the radio,telephone, and other manifold scientificmeans of extending the scope of cog-nizance, is entirely conditioned to sen-sitivity. Extend the comp ass of sensi-tivity and the orbit of consciousness,human or mechanical, is proportionatelyextended. Both are mediums for the re-ception and translation of vibrations in

terms of perception and realization.




Bearing in mind the full significanceof consciousness as the factor in abso-lute control of man, it will be readilyperceived that through this channel bothracial and individual heritage and des-tiny are not fatalistically preordained,

but directly created. N ot only is thistrue of each person's particular stateand environment in the present lifecycle but from incarnation to incarna-tion as well. According to your con-sciousness and the use you make of it soshall it undoubtedly be unto you, bothon this earth plane and in the CosmicW orld to come. With in the state of consciousness like attracts like; and likemanifests like, inwardly and outwardly,in your hourly, daily, monthly and year-ly affairs. This is the L A \V O F B E -

ING, Universally and ETERNALLYapplicable.During recent years the science

known as psychology has become aworldwide vogue. Today it is well nighimpossible to find a person who has notsome smattering of the subject. As manydifferent textbooks provide as many def-initions for the word. One which comesto mind from college days is as follows:"Psychology is a scientific study of life,being the science of mental life." W ithequal truth it can be said, "Psychologyis the science of Consc iousness." P sy-

chologists, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysists—all those who strive to re-build, recondition and educate or re-educate man—whether dealing with thesane, merely mentally troubled, or thecompletely unbalanced, achieve their corrections and all desirable resultsthrough the changes they are able tobring about in the patient’s conscious-ness. Thro ugh putting the conscious-ness in, or restoring the consciousnessto, a proper state of harmony.

Latterly the socalled practical psy-

chology has been given extensive atten-tion by thousands of individuals repre-senting every class throughout twentiethcentury society. Th e pages of our magazines are replete with countlessadvertisements and articles drawing at-tention to the benefits that may be de-rived from application of various prin-ciples claimed to be obtainable from acertain instructor or school. M any be-lieve these postulations to be new andmagic discoveries. The only new thing

about them lies in the fact that themasses of humanity are beginning to seethe Light. Th e actual methods of oper-ation and the true principles underlyingthe whole matter were known to theAncients centuries ago. With the ex-

ception of certain enlightened indivi-duals such knowledge was comparative-ly unknown during recent centuries—that is up to the present—sheerly be-cause mankind in its utter materialism, egotistical physical dependence, andcomplacent attempts at self sufficiencycould not, and would not, realize the oc-cult forces of man’s mind and of theUniverse about him. Yet the pendulumof mankind’s affairs—his likes, dislikes,methods, discoveries, vogues — swingsfrom extreme to extreme and then re-

turns to the mean or reasonable posi-tion. In this, the present century, thependulum is nearing the mean. W e of the present earth cycle are awakening,leaving the chamber of darkness andapproaching the great sun of illuminatedday. Ou r Consciousness is developingS E N S I T I V I T Y and R E C E P T I V I T Y .

Dwell, then, upon the infinite pos-sibilities of your Consciousness; andthink long on the words of the divinemystic Saint John, who wrote: "In thebeginning was the Word, and the Wordwas with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning withGod . All things were made by him;and without him was not anything madethat was made. In him was life; and thelife was the light of men. And the lightshineth in darkness; and the darknesscomprehendeth it not ." Loo k well toyour Consciousness that the darknessbe dispelled, for the Light is your life, and the Light is God. Down throughthe ages rings the clarion cry: "M anknow thyself—The Kingdom of Heavenis W IT H IN — Seek ye the Kingdom."

Seek ye the Kingdom and you will findthe way to all good, all worthy mani-festations of your just desires, for youwill thus make possible the conditionsnecessary to the fulfillment of your wishes.

Picturing the life of Saint John, TracyD. Mygatt, and Francis Witherspoon,in their book "The Glorious Company,"close the section portraying Saint Johnwith these word s: "A nd he spoke of love, calling them ‘little children.’ So he



had called the faraway disciples in hisletter. But this was Ephesus. Did henot know they were grown up? That their restless minds thirsted after greater things, further, deeper things than love?

This was John who could bring themrevelation— and still he spoke of love.Let them try again! So they urged himto speak something more.

“And after a long moment again thefrail hand would bring deep silence,and John’s voice would ring out. ‘Littlechildren, love one another!' Then gent-

ly, persuasively, and very wistfully asone who would bring them the mightiesttruth of all his long, long y ear s— ‘Littlechildren there is nothing more!'

V V V

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ANCIENT SYMBOLISM

Man, when conscious ot an eternal truth, has ever symbolized It so that the human consciousness could forever have realization of it. Nations, languages and customs have changed, but these ancient designs continue to illuminate mankind

with their mystic light. Fo r those who are seeking light, each month we will reproduce a symbol or symbols, with their ancient meaning.

The symbol shown here is acompound one. Th e claspedhands allude to friendship,brotherhood, fraternalism— andare used as a symbol having thissame significance by societiesand fraternities today. Theflames, seen rising from the

chalice, depict the holy fire of purification, the temptations andtrials of life, which we must go

through. The combined symbol represents friends who together have passed through such fires, and have had their minds purged

of any jealo usy and envy of each other. It alsomeans that their friendship has been molded bythe flames through which they have passed.



TheRosicrucianDigestMarch

1937

Why Was I Born Like This?By H a r v e y M i l e s , F. R. C., Grand Treasurer

F THE thousandsof questions thatcome to our W el-fare Departmenteach week , themost difficult onest o a n s w e r a r ethose that comefrom the unfor-tunate Souls whohave been blessedwith the misery of d e f o r m i t y . A l -t h o u g h t h e s e

humble Souls are perfectly sincere andintensely desirous of learning the truthof their malformations and disfigure-ments, to answer these questions re-quires a great deal of tact and discrim-ination. Th is is because the great truthmust be revealed to the Soul itself. Itmust come to him through meditation onhis affliction and his m isery — it mustcome to him through his concentrationon the whys and wherefores of life.The real truth can only come from theSoul within, and not from the outer channels, such as the teachers, advisers,or professors of the objective world.W e can only direct its consciousness tothe channels which will lead to thetruth.

In this brief discourse I will try topoint out some of the reasons whypeople are born with deformed bodies,but those who read this should not try to apply these reasons to themselves,but try to sense the cause of their ownmisfortune by attuning their objective

mind to the Soul within, the God of their hearts, and through meditationand prayer learn the true cause of their present incarnation, whatever the formor condition might be.

There are two fundamental reasonswhy so many people are disfigured atbirth. One is mystical, the other ismoral. These two fundamental reasonsare the basis for so much misery, suffer-ing, and unhappiness in the world to-day and it is our duty, as Rosicrucians,to do everything we possibly can toeliminate from the face of the earth the

very unfortunate rapid growth of mal-formation at birth.

Let us treat the subject first from itsmoral aspect, or should I say immoralaspect, for that is really the prime physi-cal cause of the subject under discus-sion. Nowhere on the face of the earthdo we find malformed bodies of lower animals to compare with those of manin number. Tru e, an occasiona l ca lf or colt will be born with two heads, or alitter of pigs may be born with somepeculiar disfigurements, but when youbegin to compare the cases of lower animals with the cases of human beings,there is no comparison whatever. Th ereason for this is that the lower animalssimply follow their instincts and abideby the nature of the beast and do nothave a code of ethics or morals to guidethem through life, nor do they evenreason as far as ethics and morals areconcerned. Th ey are guided by their inner emotions and desires. W hen wedo find deformed animals they are gen-



erally among domesticated stock andtheir deformities are due to lack of care,wrong food, disease, and misuse.

Man, on the other hand, is not privi-leged to follow his instincts and his emo-

tions. He has been given the power of reason, the ability to choose between rightand wrong, and the privilege of creatinghis own destiny. Man has been, and isbeing, proven and tested by the tool of sin, his conductor and initiator throughthis earthly realm or plane of experience.Men and women are continually beingtempted by lust, avarice, and greed.They have been thus tempted since thebeginning of time, and the greatest giftto man is the gift of reason and thepower to choose between that which is

elevating, uplifting, spiritual and di-vine, and that which is degrading, un-couth, mean, lude, and socalled evil.Reason was the instrument given to manwhen he evolved to the stage of freeagency; that is, free to soar or climb tothe heights of Heaven or sink to thedepths of degradation. In this sense,man is a free agent.

From the time man became consciousof the fact that he was different fromother animals, from the time he firstrealized there was a power, an intelli-

gence, and a force other than his ownphysical self that directed or guided thelives of man and beast, the teachers of religion and philosophy urged, impelled,and implored mankind to adopt variousstandards of morals and ethics whichwould eventually lead them into a higher spiritual order of things, and avoid sick-ness, disease, misery, and the thousandsof varieties of physical disorders.

The adherence to high moral stand-ards would avoid sin, which really con-sists of the misuse of natural laws, na-

tural physical functions, appetites anddesires. Now, as man is free to choosebetween his desires and that which isright in the mind of God and in the con-sciousness of the spiritual leaders of man, he is naturally confronted withtemptation—the temptation to appeasehis animal self and satisfy his carnal ap-petites. That temptation is the realtester of men and women. Through ig-norance both men and women have sin-ned; that is, they have disobeyed themoral code, they have disregarded the

pleadings of the wise, they have scoffed

at the teachings of the spiritual leaders,both religious and philosophical. Menand women throughout the world haveshunned the sanctums of the righteousand have sought pleasure and excite-

ment among the licentious and lawless.This is where deformity begins—in dis-respecting the laws of God and natureand misusing the privileges that Godhas given men and women. W e read inthe Bible, “God is a jealous God, visit-ing the iniquities of the fathers upon thechildren and the children's children untothe third and fourth generation.” Th isI believe, answers the question, “ 'Why was I born like this?” from its physicaland moral point of view. W e only needvisit the slums of the big cities, where

human life is the cheapest thing onearth, where people poison their bodieswith narcotics and an excess of alcohol,and live for nothing more than sensationand the physical excitement, to realizewhy so many people are bom blind,maimed, and diseased. These peopletotally disregard the higher teachings,disrespect the moral code of the com-munity in which they live, and havelittle or no consideration for the misery,the unhappiness, the grief, that theycause their families, their friends, their

relations.I wish to quote from Frederick W .Robertson on the subject of morality:“ In that fearful loneliness of spirit, whenthose who should have been his friendsand counselors only frowned upon hismisgivings, and everything seems wrap-ped in hideous certainty, I know but oneway in which a man may come forthfrom his agony scatheless: it is by hold-ing fast to those things which are cer-tain still— the grand, simple landmarksof morality. In the darkest hour through

which a human soul can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least is certain.If there is no God and no future state,yet even then it is better to be generousthan selfish, better to be chaste thanlicentious, better to be brave than be acoward. Blessed beyond all earthlyblessedness is the man who in thetempestuous darkness of the soul hasdared to hold fast to these venerablelandmarks."

For the mystical reason why bodiesare born disfigured, we must delve into

the esoteric laws of life and the psychic




side of man. W e must realize that manis dual; that is. composed of elements of the earth and the life force in the air.Through the breath of air man becomesa living Sou l. Q uoting from the ChristianBible, “God breathed into man’s nostrils

the breath of life and man became a liv-ing Soul.” Therefore, our duality isbody and Soul. The Soul being the realself, the sum, the force which moves thebody about and uses it as its instrumentor machine through which to expressitself, is the part of man which is re-sponsible to God for his acts, whether they are good or bad. Th e Soul is thatpart of us that can commune with God,the Cosmic Mind, when we are in needof strength, advice, and help. It is thatpart of us that evolves through cyclesand periods of incarnations in matter.

The Soul is what suffers when we err by using the body as a toy, a plaything,a thing to abuse and misuse. W hen weseek the pleasures of life that give onlysensation to the flesh and exciteme*t tothe nervous system, the Soul suffers. Itis being stifled and its growth and de-velopment are being stunted.

In order to give Soul its rightful heri-tage, it must have experiences that liftor raise its vibrations. Sou l must ex-perience things that are inspirational,things that will excite it to a lofty ambi-

tion. The higher expressions the Soulhas, the stronger inclinations its person-ality has for spiritual advancement andthe greater its possibility for incarna-tion in a perfectly normal, healthy,physical body.

When the Soul misuses a body bysubjecting it to torture; that is, it wil-fully and consciously takes into thebody liquids that are injurious to theblood stream and nervous system, andfoods that congest the stomach and in-testinal tract, when the Soul permitsdope, such as MO RP H INE , HE RO IN,

COCAINE, etc., to be injected into thebody it was given for the purpose of manifestation, it simply poisons theanatomy and especially the tiny, sensi-tive psychic centers, the ganglia alongthe sympathetic nervous system, and thesensitive ductless glands that are so im-

portant to perfect health and a com-pletely perfect body. When people whohave so abused their bodies have chil-dren, these children are products of di-seased parents. Th e children may ap -pear well and healthy at birth and for

the first two or three years after birth,but when they begin to overexercise,tax, and strain their young bodies, de-ficiencies begin to show. The littlebodies break down, illness sets in, thedoctor is called, and generally from thattime on the children are invalids.

Thousands of mothers and fathersdread the thought of rearing children.Many times expectant mothers expresssuch hatred toward their unborn chil-dren that their very thoughts disturb theequilibrium and harmonious vibrationsof the fetus, thereby giving birth to a

crippled and malformed body, whichmust and will house a Soul, and the Soulthat takes this body is an exact counter-part of the body. The Soul is in need of experiences that this deformed structurecan provide for it. According to the Law of Karma (Compensation), theSoul that inhabits the body has some-time in the past abused his own body or the body of another, or is in need of theexperience that it could only receivethrough malformation, and in order thatit may learn the value of good health

and a perfect physical home, one of God’s greatest gifts to man, it must ex-perience a period of time in a body thatit has created for itself. Ye s, created,for by our thoughts, our acts, and our deeds in one life we create the vehicleof expression for the future incarnation.

I wish to repeat, for those who readthis article and at present are unfor-tunate enough to inhabit a form that isnot perfect and normal, do not try to apply these thoughts to your own case, but turn your thoughts inward, com-mune with the Soul within, the God of

your heart, in order to learn the truthabout your own life. No human beingis qualified to give you the knowledgethat only the Soul within can give, nor can any human being give you the sat-isfaction that attunement with the inner self can give.

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W H A T M Y S T I C P O W E R S H A S H E ?

Not an ordinary snakecharmer is this chap. He h as an enviable record. His powers have been expounded in editorials and magazine articles far and wide. "T he R ead er’s Dig est recently published excerp ts from anarticle telling the mysterious manner in which he detects the presence of snakes and poisonous insects by thethe sense of smell, then calls them from their place of hiding by m eans of a shrill, weird Arabic chant. Oncein his possession they become quite docile.

T o our knowledge this is the only photograph ever taken of this individual. The A M O RC C amera E xpe di-tion took several hundred feet of cinema films showing inis mysterious person performing his feats in ancientLuxor Temple, Egypt, this being the only time he ever submitted to cinema photography.

(Filmed by AMORC Camera Expedition.)



P\jl arnic) Plcphecies ^taltle the Welle) I J^ ’ l IF depress ion will eome to a definite end on Septem ber

16. 193 6. I liese are not tlie word s ol a modern econo

mist. but tlie proplielii words ol wisdom of a mystic people

carved on the Gre at Pyram id nearly fifty centuries ago. So

amazingly accurate are tlie predictions ol tlie ( ireal Pyramid

that modem science lias sent its greatest savants to study' tbe

vei led symbolism it contains, with tlie liope ol being ab le to

look across unborn centuries into an unknown future. Tlie

eminent Dr. A. Stratch- Gordo n, Scotch scientist, who re

cently returned from Egypt, in a surprising newspaper interview

declared that nearly all of the Pyramid prophecies w'ere fulfilled.

Science is intrigued, not with a seership, not by tales of

supernatural vision, but by legends that tlie sages possessed a

strange mathematical formula by which human, economic, and

political tendencies were mysteriously reduced to a methodical

system of cyclical forecast, just as modern science forecasts the

weat her. W it h these stra nge cyc les the ancient Pyramid Bu ild ers

presaged the fall of the Roman Empire, the coming of Christ,

the discovery of Ame rica, the W orl d W ar. and the d epression.

Other predictions, the full import ol which is not yet realized,

are being seriously studied.

W l lere did these people acq uir e their wis dom? W h at sources

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Order by what you are and what youlook like. W hile the world may put toomuch emphasis on externals, you canrise superior to the world by combininginner worth with perfect grooming with-in your limitations.

Many members are under the impres-sion that the breathing exercises andthe contacts with the Cathedral of theSoul are sufficient for maintaininghealth. Th ey do assist beautifully, butthe physical requirements of the bodycannot be ignored. How many exercisedaily to keep the muscles pliable and thefigure supple? How many know onesport well, such as tennis, golf, swim-ming, etc.? It took educators years tomake the schools of our country recog-nize the importance of physical training

and athletics, and it took even longer toeducate our citizens to the necessity of being active in sports and not merelyspectators. Now, when as a nation werecognize the value of fresh air, sun-shine, physical training, and sports,when every community has the finestequipment, when excellent instruction isto be obtained practically free of chargeat almost every beach, when the bestbooks written in a simple and popular style are available on the subject, wefind our members spending spare eve-nings indoors smoking and lounging.

When they get sick they run to theMaster of the chapter and ask for help.

“Brother," they say, “I am in a nega-tive condition and do not know why.W on ’t you take a cigarette? No? Well,I am more comfortable smoking. Every -body has to have one little vice and thisis mine." Th e member puffs away for a

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says nothing but proceeds to give atreatment. The effect of such treatmentmust prove temporary only. The C os-mic is not going to hand out as a giftsomething that is within the reach of everyone through intelligent effort.

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sential to radiate lives of harmony andlove and service, the beauty that is asocial asset comes from very carefulgrooming; and the health that putsbuoyancy into your step, light into your eyes, and color into your cheeks comesfrom the proper nourishing food, sun-shine, fresh air, and plenty of exercise.

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The Holy GuideA ROSICRUCIAN MYSTIC LEGEND FROM THE ORIGINAL

1662 EDITION BY JOHN HEYDON

P a r t IIIT h e F e a s t o f t h e R o s y C r o ss

H E R E reigned inthis island, aboutnineteen hundredyears ago, a king,whose memory of all others we mostadore; not superstitiously, but as adivine instrument,though a mortalman. His namew a s E u g e n i u sTheodidactus, andwe esteem him as

the lawgiver of our nation. Th is kinghad a large heart, inscrutable for good;and was wholly bent to make his king-dom and people happy.

"He therefore took into considerationthat this land was sufficient to maintainitself without any foreign aid — being5600 miles in circuit and of rare fertilityof soil in the greatest part thereof. Healso knew the shipping of this countrymight find plentiful work, both by fish-ing and by transportations from port toport, and likewise by sailing to somesmall islands that are not far from us,and are under the crown and laws of this state. He called to mind the happyand flourishing estate wherein this landwas then, so that it might be a thousandways altered to the worse, but scarceany one way' to the better. It was his

noble and heroical intention—as far ashuman fores ight might reach — to giveperpetuity to that which was in his timeso happ ily e s t a b l i s h e d . There fore ,among other fundamental laws of thiskingdom, he ordained the prohibitionswhich we have touching entrance of strangers; which at that time (though itwas after the calamity of America) wasfrequent; for he doubted novelties andcommixture of manners.

"It is true, the like law, against theadmission of strangers without license,is an ancient law in the kingdom of China, and continues in use. But thereit is a poor thing and has made thema curious, ignorant, fearful, foolish na-tion. Our lawgiver made his law of another temper, for first he preserved allpoints of humanity, in taking order andmaking provisions for the relief of dis-tressed strangers, whereof you have

tasted.”At this speech we all rose and bowed.

He went on: "That king also, desiringto join humanity and policy together—and thinking it against humanity to de-tain strangers here against their wills,and against policy that they should re-turn and tell o f this s tate — took thiscourse. He ordained that strangers per-mitted to land might depart as theywould; but as many as would stayshould have very good conditions, and



means to live, from the state . Whereinhe saw so far that now, in so many agessince the prohibition, we remember onlyone ship that ever returned, and thirteenpersons only, at several times, that

chose to return. W hat those few thatreturned may have reported abroad, Iknow not. But whatsoever they havesaid could be taken, where they came,but for a dream.

“Now for our traveling from henceinto parts abroad. Our l a w g i v e r thought fit altogether to restrain it. It isnot so in China, for the Chinese sailwhere they will, or can; which show sthat their law of keeping out strangersis a law of Pusillanimity and fear. Th isrestraint of ours has only one exception,which is admirable — preserving thegood which comes by communicatingwith strangers, and avoiding the hurt—and I will now explain it to you. Andhere I shall seem to digress a little, butyou will by and by find it pertinent.

“Ye shall understand, my dear friends,that among the excellent acts of thatking, one above all was preeminent.This was the erection and institution of an order or society which we call theTemple of the Rosy Cross; the noblest

foundation (as we think) that ever wasupon the earth, and the Lantern of thiskingdom. It is dedicated to the study of the works and creatures of God . Somethink it bears the founder’s name a littlecorrupt, as if it should be ‘F. H. R. C.his house,’ but the records write it as itis spoken. So I take it to name the Kingof the Hebrews who is famous with you,and no stranger to us. Fo r we havesome parts of his works which you havelost; namely that Rosicrucian Ms. whichhe wrote of all things past, present or to come, and of all things that have lifeand motion. Th is makes me think thatour king, finding himself to symbolize inmany things, with that king of the He-brews (who lived many years beforehim) honored him with the Title of thisfoundation. And I am induced to be of this opinion, because I find in ancientrecords, this Order or Society of theRosy Cross is sometimes called the HolyHouse, and sometimes the College of the Six D ays W ork s. I believe that our excellent king had learned from theHebrews that God had created the

world, and all that therein is within six days; and therefore he instituted thathouse, for the finding out of the truenature of things (whereby God mighthave the more glory in the workmanship

of them, and men the more fruit in theuse of them) and gave it also that sec-ond name.

“But now to come to our present pur-pose. W hen the king had forbidden toall his people navigation into any partthat was not under his crown, he or-dained that every twelve years thereshould set forth, out of this kingdom,two ships appointed to different voyages.In each of these ships there should be amission of three of the fellows, or brethren of the holy house, whose er-rand was only to give us knowledge of the affairs and state of those countriesto which they were assigned, andespecially of the sciences, arts, manu-factures and inventions of all the world,and to bring to us books, instrumentsand patterns of every kind. Th e ships,after they had landed the brethren of the Rosy Cross, should return and theBrethren R. C. should stay abroad tillthe new mission. These ships are loadedonly with a store of provisions and agood quantity of treasure to remain with

the brethren for the buying of suchthings, and rewarding of such persons,as they should think fit.

“Now for me to tell you how thecommon sailors are kept from being dis-covered at land; and how they that mustbe put on shore for any time color them-selves under the name of other nations;and what places of Rendezvous are ap-pointed for the new missions; and thelike circumstances of the practice — Imay not do it; neither is it much to your desire. But thus you see, we maintain aTrade, not for gold, silver, or jewels;not for silks, nor for spices, nor anyother commodity of matter; but only for God’s first creature which was light: Tohave Light (I say) of the growth of allparts of the world.” And when he hadsaid this he was silent, and so were weall; for indeed we were all astonished tohear such strange things so probablytold.

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descended to ask us questions of our voyage and fortunes. In the end he con-cluded that we might do well to decidewhat time of stay we would demand of the state; and bade us not to scant our-selves, for he would procure such timeas we desired. Wh ereupon we all rose,offering to kiss the skirt of his tippet,but he would not allow it, and so tookhis leave. When our people learned thatthe state used to offer conditions tostrangers that would stay, we had workenough to get any of our men to look toour ship, and to keep them from goingat once to the governor to crave condi-tions. But, with much ado, we restrainedthem till we might agree what course totake.

W e now considered ourselves freemen, and lived most joyfully, goingabroad, and seeing what was to be seenin the city and places adjacent—withinour bounds. W e became acquaintedwith many inhabitants, at whose handswe found such humanity, and such afreedom and desire to take strangers totheir bosoms, as was enough to make usforget all that was dear to us in our owncountries. Continually we met withmany things worthy of observation andrelation. Indeed, if there be a mirror inthe world worthy to hold men’s eyes, it

is that country.One day two of our company were

invited to a feast of “the fraternity” asthey call it—a most natural, pious andreverend custom, showing that nation tobe composed of all goodness. This is themanner of it. It is granted to any manwith 30 living descendants — all abovethree years of age—to make this Feastat the cost of the state. Th e father of the fraternity (family)—whom they callthe R. C. — two days before the feastchooses three friends, and is also as-

sisted by the Governor of the city, todecide where the feast is to be cele-brated; and all the members of the fam-ily are summoned to attend him.

These two days the Rosicrucian sitsin consultation, concerning the affairs of the fraternity. There, any discord or suits between any of the Fraternity arecompounded and appeased . There, if any of the family be distressed or de-cayed, order is taken for their relief, andcompetent means to live. If any be sub-

ject to vice, or take ill courses, they arereproved and censured. Likewise direc-tion is given touching marriages, and thecourses of life which any of them shouldtake, with divers other like orders andadvices. The Governor assists in the

execution of the Decrees and Orders of the Tirfan or Rosicrucian if they shouldbe disobeyed; though that is seldomnecessary— as such reverence and obedi-ence are given to the order of Nature.The Tirfan or Rosicrucian then choosesone man from among his sons to livewith him; who is called ever after “theSon of the Vine." The reason will here-after appear.

On the Feast day, the Father or Tir-fan comes forth after Divine Service

into a large room where the feast iscelebrated. This room has a platform atthe upper end. Ag ainst the wall, in themiddle of the platform, a Chair is placedfor him, with a Table and Carpet beforeit. Over the Chair is a Ca nopy maderound or oval, and it is of Ivy; an Ivysomewhat whiter than ours .like theleaf of a Silver Asp, but more shiningfor it is green all winter. The canopy iscuriously wrought with silver and silkof divers colors, braided or bound in theIvy. It is always the work of some of the daughters of the family, and veiled

over at the top with a fine net of silkand silver, but the substance of it is trueivy, and after it is taken down, theFriends of the Family are desirous tohave some leaf or sprig of this to keep.

The Rosicrucian comes forth with allhis generation or lineage, the males be-fore him and the females following him.If there is a mother, from whose bodythe whole lineage is descended, ascreened seat is placed in an alcoveabove, on the right hand of the Chair,—with a private door and a carved win-dow of glass, leaded with gold and blue—where she sits but is not seen. Whenthe Tirfan comes forth, he sits down inthe Chair, and all the Lineage placethemselves against the wall, standingboth at his back and upon the sides of the platform, in order of their years,without difference of Sex.

When he is seated (the room beingalways full of company, but well keptand without disorder), after some pause



a Taratan (an Herald) comes in fromthe lower end of the room. On either side of him are two young lads, one of whom carries a scroll of shining yellowparchment, and the other a cluster of

grapes of gold with a long stalk. TheHerald and children are clothed withmantles of Seawater green satin; butthe H erald's Mantle is embroidered withGold and has a Train . Then theHerald with three curtsies, or rather in-clinations, comes up to the platform,and takes the scroll into his hand. Th isscroll is the King’s charter containinggifts of revenue and many privileges,exemptions, and points of honor grantedto the Father of the Fraternity; and tosuch a one it is always directed: “Our well beloved friend and creditor,” whichis a title proper only to this case. Fo r they say: “the King is debtor to no man,but for propagation of his subjects.”

The seal set to the King’s Charter isR. C. and the King’s image imbossed ingold; and such charters are varied bydiscretion, according to the number anddignity of the fraternity. Th e Heraldreads this Charter aloud, and while it isread, the father or Rosicrucian standsup, supported by two of his sons, suchas he chooses. Then the Herald mounts

the platform and delivers the Charter into his hands; and with that there is anAcclamation by all that are present, intheir language: “Happy are the peopleof Apamia.”

Then the Herald takes into his hand,from the other child, the cluster of Grapes, which is of Gold — both thestalk and the grape s. But the Grape sare daintily Enamelled; and if the malesof the Holy Island be the greater num-ber, the Grapes are enamelled Purple,with a little Sun set on the top; if the

females, then they are enamelled intoa greenish yellow, with a C rescent on thetop. Th e G rapes are in number as manyas there are Descendants of the Fra-ternity. The Herald also Delivers thisGolden cluster to the Rosicrucian whopresently delivers it to that son whomhe had formerly chosen to be in theHouse with him, and who ever after bears it before his Father as an ensignof Honor when he goes in public,and is therefore called “the Son of theVine.”

After this Ceremony ends, the Rosi-crucian retires, and after some timecomes forth again to dinner, where hesits alone under the canopy as before;and none of his descendants sitwith him, no matter of what degreeor dignity they may be — except onehappen to be of the Holy H ouse. He isserved only by his own children—suchas are males — who perform unto himall service of the table upon the knee;and the women only stand about him,leaning aga inst the wall. Th e room be-low the platform has tables on the sidesfor the Guests that are bidden, who areserved with great and comely order, andtowards the end of Dinner (which inthe greatest feasts with them never lastsabove an hour and a half) a hymn issung, varied according to the Inventionof him that com poses it ( for they haveexcellent Poesie); but the Subject of itis always the praises of Adam, andNoah, and Abraham, whereof theformer two peopled the world, and thelast was the father of the faithful. Itconcludes ever with a thanksgiving for the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christin whose birth the Births of all areblessed.

Dinner being done, the Rosicrucianreturns again, and having withdrawn

himself alone into a place where hemakes some private Prayers, he comesforth the third time, to give the Bless-ing, with all his descendants standingabout him as a t the first. Then he callsthem forth one by one by name, as hepleases, though the order of age isseldom inverted. The person called (thetable having been removed) kneels downbefore the chair, and the father lays hishand upon his head or her head, andgives the blessing in these words: “Sonof the Holy Island( or Daughter of the

Holy Island ) thy Father saith it; theman by whom thou hast breath and life,speaketh the word; the blessing of theEverlasting Father, the Prince of Peaceand the Holy Dove, be upon thee, andmake the days of thy Pilgrimage goodand many.”

This he says to every one of them;and that done, if there are any of hissons of eminent merit and virtue (butnot more than two) he calls for themagain and says, laying his arm over their shoulders, they standing: “ Sons,




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it is well ye are bom, give God thepraise and persevere to the end .’’ Thenhe delivers to each of them a Jewel,made in the figure of an ear of wheat,which they ever after do wear in the

front of their turban, or hat. This done,they fall to music and dances and other recreations, after their manner, for therest of the day. This is the full order of that Feast of the Rosie Cross.

(To be continued)

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The Greatest Crime

A R E W E R E S P O N S I B L E F O R T H E C A U S E O F C R I M E ?

By F r a t e r E. S. W o o l l e y

A N Y a nd va r ie dare the proposedsolutions to thesoca l led Cr imeProblem which arebeing offered to-day, through boththe spoken and theprinted word. In-deed, so much so,

that it would al-most appear as if the problem werea new one which

had arisen during the last few decade*,— that crime was unknown until the dayof the modern gangster—instead of be-ing, as it is, as old as Civilization itself.Yet with all the thousands of years ex-perience in dealing with it, the worldstill continues to try to eliminate what itcalls crime by the proven ineffectualmeans of torture.

It must be somewhat embarrassing to

many of those who do so much talkingabout the crime problem, and who withtheir lips acknowledge The Master Jesus as their Great Teacher, to notethat in no place in their Bibles is it re-corded that He condemned the crimeswhich they so strenuously condemn.Yet they all existed 1900 years ago justas they exist today. The re is no major crime on the calendar now that was un-known then.

The parable of the man who fellamong thieves and was left wounded bythe roadside, illustrated the victim of gang ster robbers, holdup men. But theGreat Teacher did not use the parablefor the purpose of illustrating the evilsof the thievery. He used it to point outHis condemnation of those “good” men,who, through a feeling of their ownsuperiority, contemptuously passed bythe wounded man without giving theaid which they had in their power togive. Again, to the woman taken inadultery—whom the law condemned todeath by the mob rule of stoning— Hesaid, “Neither do I condemn thee, goand sin no> more.”

In spite of such very plain teachings,many of His professed followers andselfappointed reformers — such as therecently publicized whiterobed nightriders of N. Carolina— continue to com-mit atrocities greater by far than thesocial crimes which have aroused their

hypocritical indignation. And, in spiteof the accumulated experience of cen-turies in the ineffectiveness of torture,many of the duly appointed representa-tives of the law continue to degrade it,and themselves, by brutalizing thosevictims who fall into their hands.

The Master Jesus did not oppose theLaw, rather He said “not one jot or tittle shall pass from the Law until allhas been fulfilled.” W hy then was H e

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so conspicuously silent on those thingswhich the world of His day, and theworld of today, still calls crimes? Onereason was because He recognized thatsuch crimes are principally of society’s

own creation, and not so much thecreation of the individual victimcriminal.

Fo r victims they largely are. Victimsto a Social Order which has built upsuch a complicated system of living thatmerely to provide a bare existence hasbecome a real problem to most. It hasbuilt an entire world on the unstablefoundation of money. So much so thatthose without money are looked uponas failures and outcasts, no matter howmuch good they may have contributedto the world. The composer of “Home,Sweet Home’’ died of starvation in aParis garret. And he wa s but one of many similar thousands who havepainted better pictures, composed better music, or built better mouse traps, whohave so suffered.

The vast majority of the occupants of prison cells today are there because of a need, or fancied need, for money. Theconfidence men of all kinds, thieves,gangsters and most murderers, are mo-tivated directly by a desire for the pos-session of dollars. But because of amental or physical disability, born for

the most part of environment, they wereunable to obtain those dollars accordingto the rules laid down by the governingsociety under which they live. Th ere-fore society calls them criminals andtortures them for disobeying its rules;shutting its eyes to the fact that it itself is responsible for the environment andfor the system that created them.

This is one reason why the GreatTeacher ignored these crimes againstsociety and concentrated on condemningbut the one thing— Hypocrisy. Th rou gh-

out all the records of His teachings, Hiscondemnation was but for Selfright-eousness and Hypocrisy. These are buttwo names for the same thing, and arealway s coexistent. Selfrighteousnesscannot exist without hypocrisy. Neither can hypocrisy exist without selfright-eousness.

The admonition to “first take thebeam out of your own eye, then youcan see clearly to take the mote out of your brother’s eye,” which is so par-

ticularly applicable to society in general,speaks both of selfrighteousness andhypocrisy. It is becau se the hypocriteis selfrighteous that he deceives him-self, and therefore so easily deceives

those who look on outward appearance.The hypocrite is always an outwardlyappearing “good” man.

It is recorded over and over againthat the Maste r Jesus said, “ W oe untoyou Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites,”and that He was known as “the friendof publicans and sinners.” Th at is, afriend of the outcasts from the “best”society and of the unfortunate.

Over the distance of the years we areapt to think of the Scribes and Phariseesas being a unique class of people who

only lived during that time. But that isnot correct. Th ey were merely theleaders of the Political, Religious, Socialand Economic life of their day. Th eywere the ones who made the laws and the rules and were thus the arbiters of the fate of the common people. TheMaster Jesus did not condemn them for being leaders, but for being hypocrites— for making laws which they them-selves did not obey.

Surely it is recognized by all thatexactly the same condition still exists.

Those with “pull” can escape the penal-ties of a law which is enforced withoutmercy on those without that “pull.” Hecondemned them for deceiving thepeople by pretending to be what theywere not. Surely none are so blind asnot to be able to see that this conditionalso still exists among the world's lead-ers, that the world is still ruled byhypocrisy.

W hy w as it that the Maste r Jesus,seemingly, took every possible occasionto condemn hypocrisy? It was neither

then, nor is it today, a crime on theStatu te books. Man cannot be put in

jail, or even fined, for being a hypocrite.W hy , then, did He so condemn it? W asit not because hypocrisy is a crime of the Mind , of the Hear t? A s it is writ-ten, “as a man thinketh in his heart,so is he.”

Some may say that man does notthink with his heart,— that that is theorgan which pumps the blood throughthe veins,— therefore this quotation is




meaningless. They overlook the factthat the meanings of words changethrough the years, and also that thesame word may have many differentmeanings depending on the context, the

sense in which it is used.As an example of the same word withmany different meanings, take the littlethree letter English word “bow.” Itmight mean to incline the head, it mightmean the forward part of a ship, itmight mean a tie or cravat, it mightmean an instrument for projecting ar-rows. Th ese are just some of its mean-ings and all are vastly different, theexact meaning of this little word de-pending entirely on the context.

The word “heart” in the above quota-tion is a translation from the Hebrew

word “neph esh.” Th is word is trans-lated in the King James Version of theChristian Bible by “heart” 15 times, by“mind” 15 times, by “life” 119 times,by “soul” 428 times, as well as by manyother words including beast, creature,etc. It is the word which is translated“soul” in the oft quoted statement inGenesis “God breathed into man’snostrils the Breath of Life and man be-came a living soul.” Also it is the wordwhich is translated “soul” in the not sooften quoted statement in Ezekiel,“the soul that sinneth it shall die.”

It is therefore easy to see that “ego,”“inner self,” is the meaning of “neph-esh" here. The context shows that themeaning is “as a man thinketh in thedepths of his being, in his innermostsecret mind, so is he.” Hypoc risy there-fore is a crime against Mind, and is thereal reason why the Great Teacher lostno opportunity to condemn it, and totell those whom He called hypocrites,that “ the publicans and harlots enter into the Kingdom of Heaven beforeyou.”

Mind is the controlling factor. Nohand is raised, no foot placed beforeanother, until Mind has given the order.

Yet how little man knows about theM ind of Man. Physicians can examineall the organs of the body but they can-not find the Mind. It is not the brain.The brain of a person of unsound mind

is just like that of one with sound mind,the same physicians tell us. Th ey alsotell us that every organ which exists ina living body is present in a dead one.When life passes there is not a hair'sdifference in the weight of the body.Yet Life has gone, and with life Mindhas gone. The bod y can no longer raiseits hand, nor place one foot before an-other. Th e Mind has returned to HimWho Gave It, while the body returnsto the dust.

It was for this reason that the GreatMaster Jesus condemned hypocrisy as

the crime, and ignored the lesser crimes.It is a crime of the mind. It is the crimewhich prohibits man from hearing theStill Small Voice telling him that in thesame “Garden of Eden” in which the“Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil”was planted, there also was planted“The Tree of Life.” The Angel with theFlaming Sword, — the spirit of “ Oh,Lord, I thank Thee that I am not asother men”—is still guarding men fromapproaching that Tree of Life.

Man recognizes that knowledge canonly be planted in his mind, and cangrow in him only through his mind. Herecognizes that he is daily eating of knowledge, whether of good or of evil.Therefore as the Tree of Life is in thatsame Garden, the only way to eat of itis to get past the Angel with the Flam-ing Sword, by, to use the words of theApostle Paul, “transform yourselves bythe renovation of your mind.”

Evil in man cannot be driven out bylashing his back . It does not exist inhis back. It can only be overcome by a“ renovation of the mind.” Hyp ocrisy—

selfrighteousness—is the greatest de-terrent to that renovation and thereforeis the greatest crime.

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Each month we will present excerpts from the writings of famous thinkers and teachersof the pash These will giv e our readers an opportun ity of know ing their lives throughthe presentation of those writings which typ ify th eir thoughts. Occasionally such writin gswill be presented through the translation or interpretation of other eminent authors of the past. This month we present excerpts from one of the most important works of

Jan van Ruysbroeck, said to be the grea test o f the Fl em ish mystic s.Ruysb roeck was born in 1293 in a small village o f the same name near Brussels. He

was raised by his uncle, a canon of the Cathedral of St. Gudule, and by another devoutpriest. In 1317 he took orders, and fo r twenty -six years therea fter served as a Cathedral chaplain—a position obta ined through his uncle’s influence. During this period hepassed through the mystical stages described in the first two books of ‘'The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage,” so that by the time he was fifty it seemed that he could no longerendure the contrast between religious formalism, as exemplified by the Cathedral life, andhis own gro wing spiritual intuitions. So in 1343. with the two men who had raised him,he left Brussels forev er to devote himself to a life of prayer and contemplation. The authorities gave them the old hermitage of Groenendael in the forest of Soignes, and therethey were soon joined by disciples and formed a small community.

Although Ruysbroeck devoted much of his time to meditation, thus receiving the truthsexpressed in his books, yet he believed in the life of "balanced action” and sought to be of service to all his fellows in the daily life of the priory and to advise and enlighten theever-increasing number of disciples who journeyed to Groenendael because of him.

Ruysbroeck’s books show that, in the ordinary course of life, he accepted all the re

strictions imposed bv the church and state of the day, never questioning practices whichwere definitely wrong—from a mystical point of view—or endeavoring to reform eitherchurch or state. But in the hours of insp iration he transcended these mis lead ing boundaries charted out by temporal authorities, and follow ed the light o f the God Within, sothat the greatest part of his work is timeless, and as useful a guide to T he W ay as it wasin the fourteenth century.

Aside from "The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage,” his best known early worksare "The Kingdom of God's Lovers," "The Mirror of Eternal Salvation,” "The SevenCloiste rs," and "Th e Seven Degrees of Lo ve. ” How ever, three later books, containing theessence of his earlier works, are considered his finest contributions to the eternal search. These are: "T he Twel ve Begu ines ,” "T he Book o f Supreme Tru th ,” and "T he Sparkl ingStone.” From the last of these we have chosen excerpts which describe the differencesbetween three states through which the seeker must pass: as a "faithful servant,” a "secretfriend,” and a "hidden son” of God'.

F . FU R T H E R , t h isgood man would

become an inwardand ghostly man,he needs must havet h r e e f u r t h e r things. The first isa heart unencum-bered with images;the second is spir-itual freedom in hisdesires, the thirdis the feeling of inward union with

God. . . . W ho soever then has, in his

inward exercise, an imageless and freeascent unto his God, and means nought

else but the glory of God, must taste of the goodness of God; and he must feelfrom within a true union with God. Andin this union, the inward and spirituallife is made perfect; for in this union,the desirous power is perpetually en-ticed anew and stirred to new inwardactivity. And by each act, the spiritrises upwards to a new union.........

Further, you must know that if thisghostly man would now become a Godseeing man, he needs must have threeother things. Th e first is the feeling



that the foundation of his being isabysmal, and he should possess it in thismanner; the second is that his inwardexercise should be wayless; the third ishis indwelling should be a divinefruition.

Now understand, you who would livein the spirit, for I am speaking to no oneelse. Th e union with Go d which a spir-itual man feels, when the union is re-vealed to the spirit as being abysmal—that is, measureless depth, measurelessheight, measureless length and measure-less breadth—in this manifestation thespirit perceives that through love it hasplunged itself into the depth and hasascended into the height and escapedinto the length; and it feels itself to bewandering in the breadth, and to dwell

in a knowledge which is ignorance. An dthrough this intimate feeling of union,it feels itself to be melting into theUnity; and through dying to all things,into the life of God. An d there it feelsitself to be one life with God. And thisis the foundation, and the first point, of the Godseeing life.

And from this there arises the secondpoint, which is an exercise above reasonand without condition: for the DivineUnity, of which every Godseeing spirithas entered into possession in love,

eternally draws and invites the DivinePersons and all loving spirits into itself.And this inward drawing is felt by eachlover, more or less, according to themeasure of his love and the manner of his exercise And therefore we mustall found our lives upon a fathomlessabyss; that we may eternally plunge intoLove, and sink down in the fathomlessDepth. And with that same Love, weshall ascend, and transcend ourselves, inthe incomprehensible Height. And inthat Love which is wayless, we shallwander and stray, and it shall lead us

and lose us in the immeasurable Breadthof the Love of God. And herein weshall flee forth and flee out of ourselves,into the unknown raptures of the Good-ness and Riches of God . And thereinwe shall melt and be melted away, andshall eternally wander and sojournwithin the Glory of God. Behold! byeach of these images, I show forth toGodseeing men their being and their exercise, but none else can understandthem. Fo r the contemplative life can-

not be taught. But where the EternalTruth reveals Itself within the spirit allthat is needful is taught and learnt. . . .

W e must now observe the great dif-ference which there is between thefaithful servants and the inward friends

of God. . . . All such friends God callsand invites inwards, and He teachesthem the distinctions of inward exercisesand many a hidden way of ghostly life.But He sends His servants outwards,that they may be faithful to Him and toHis House in every service and in everykind of outward good works.

Behold, thus God gives His grace andHis help to each man according to hisfitness; that is, according to the way inwhich he is in tune with God, whether in outward good works or in the inward

practice of love. Bu t none can do andfeel the inward exercises unless he bewholly turned inward to God. For aslong as a man is divided of heart, solong he looks outwards, and is un-stable of mind, and is easily swayed by joy and gr ief in tem poral things, for these are still alive within him. An dthough he may live according to thecommandments of God. inwardly heabides in darkness, and knows not whatinward exercises may be, nor how theseshould be practiced .........

That One Thing which is needful for all men is Divine love. The better partis an inward life, with loving adherenceto God. This M ary Magdalen hadchosen and this is chosen by the secretfriends of God. But M artha chose anoutward, unenclosed, and active life;and that is the other part, in which onemay serve God, but which is neither soperfect nor so good. . . .

But further we find a more subtle andinward difference, between the secretfriends and the hidden sons of God; andyet both these alike by their inwardexercise maintain themselves in thePresence of God . But the friends pos-sess their inwardness as an attribute,for they choose the loving adherence toGod as best and highest of all that theyever can and will reach: and that is whythey cannot with themselves and their own activity penetrate to the imagelessNu dity. Fo r they have, as images andintermediaries between God and them-selves, their own being and their ownactivity. An d though in their loving ad -



herence they feel united with God, yet,in this union, they always feel a differ-ence and an otherness between God andthemselves. For the simple passing intothe Bare and W ay less , they do not

know and love: and therefore their highest inward life ever remains inReason and in W ay s. And though theyhave clear understanding and discern-ment of all virtues that may be con-ceived, the simple staring with openheart into the divine Brightness remainsunknown of them. And though they feelthemselves uplifted to God in a mightyfire of love, yet they keep something of their own selfhood, and are not con-sumed and burnt to nothingness in theunity of love Neverthe less, youshould know that all good and faithfulmen are the sons of God: for they areall born of the Spirit of God, and theSpirit of God lives in them. An d hemoves and stirs them—each accordingto his own capacity — to virtues andgood works, wherein they are wellpleasing to God. But because of the in-equality of their adherence and their exercises. I call some the faithful serv-ants of God, and others I call His secretfriends, and others again His hiddens o n s .........

If we are born of the Spirit of God,we are the sons of qrace; and so our whole life is adorned with virtues.........In this birth all good men are sons of God. And the Spirit of God kindles andstirs each one of them in particular tothose virtues and to those good worksfor which he is in readiness, and of which he is capable. An d so they pleaseGod all in common, and each in particu-lar, according to the measure of his loveand the nobleness of his exercise: never-theless, they do not feel established nor

possessed of God, nor assured of eternallife for they mav still turn away and fallinto sin. An d that is why I call them

rather servants and friends, than sons.But when we transcend ourselves, andbecome, in our ascent towards God, sosimple that the naked love in the heiqhtcan lay hold of us, where love enfolds

love, above every exercise of virtue—that is, in our Origin, of Which we arespiritually born— then we cease, and weand all our selfhood die in God. And inthis death we become hidden sons of God, and find a new life within us: andthat is eternal life.........

When we go towards God by meansof the virtues, God dwells in us: butwhen we go out from ourselves andfrom all else, then we dwell in God. Sosoon as we have faith, hope and charity,we have received God, and He dwells

in us with His grace, and He sends usout as His faithful servants, to keep Hiscommandments. And He calls us inagain as His secret friends, so soon aswe are willing to follow His counsels:and He names us openly as His sons sosoon as we live in opposition to theworld. But if above all things we wouldtaste God, and feel eternal life in our-selves, we must go forth into God withour feeling, above reason; and there wemust abide, onefold, empty of ourselves,and free from images, lifted up by loveinto the simple bareness of our intelli-gence. Fo r when we go out in love be-yond and above all things, and die toall observation in ignorance and in dark-ness, then we are wrought and trans-formed through the Eternal Word,W ho is the Image of the Father. In thisidleness of our spirit, we receive theIncomprehensible Light, which enwrapsus and penetrates us, as the air is pene-trated by the light of the sun. And thisLight is nothing else than a fathomlessstaring and seeing. W ha t we are, thatwe behold: and what we behold, that

we are: for our thought, our life, andour being are uplifted in simplicity, andmade one with the Truth which is God.

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Along Civilization’s TrailB y R a l p h M. L e w i s , K. R. C.

Editor’s Note:—This is the fourth episode of a narrative by the Supreme Secretary relating the experiences he and his party had in visiting mystic shrines and places in Europe and the ancient world.

H E w a t e r f r o n t o f any large port of the world is fasci-nating. The bust-ling, the clatter of carts, trucks anddorries over cob-b l e s t o n e s , t h ed e e pt h r oa t e d

whistles of chug-ging tugs, the rau-cous cries of longs h o r e m e n a n dteamsters, all add

to the undercurrent of excitement.Sham, hypocrisy, and shallow conven-tions drop by the wayside. The starkrealities of life are revealed. W hen mengo to sea they are compelled to strugglewith one of the earth’s greatest un-tamed elements. Preparation for its con-quest requires strong will and matter

offact conduct. Passe nger s may haveidealistic illusions about traveling thehigh seas, but the men who load cargoand make the great vessels ready for de-parture know that with all the safety de-vices provided by modern science, theevent is fraught with dangers.

The port of Marseilles in SouthernFrance, a city of nearly a million popu-lation, impresses the traveler with thefact that it is more than a shippingcenter or a great port of call, but a gate-way to the Ea st. Here the flotsam and

jetsam of North Africa, and from Eastof the Suez, meet with the backwash of Occidental Europe. A s we stood on thepier surrounded by large cases which,from their size, may have contained air-planes or automobiles, and leaned lan-guorously against bales of cotton fromFrench Morocco, we studied the flow of humanity past us.

Through one of those unexpectedevents of travel, the ship we werescheduled to take was called suddenlyfrom the service and we were forced todelay our sailing several hours. W ewere the only ones waiting who lookedstrictly, shall we say, like passengers.Tall Algerian blacks, with tattered, illfitting French army uniforms, shuffledpast. Th eir eyes stared vacuously ahead. W ha t did life hold for them?Plucked from their native environment,these simple souls were enlisted in the

French army; fed poorly, and paid bad-ly they “existed,” aimlessly followingthe orders of white masters. Tra ined touse modern arms and methods of war-fare against European white armies if necessary, they could be a menace toFrance, if ever it dawned in their con-sciousnesses that they were being madepuppets for the avarice of white men.Children of their appetites, they arecontent if these appetites are regularlyappeased. To maintain the necessaryquietude among them, liberal France

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does not even draw the racial line. Incafes and on streets, Algerian nativeofficers and French white girls enjoyeach other’s company without apparentsocial detriment to either.

Scores of unkempt and gaunt priestsgathered in knots, talking profusely,gesticulating freely, their personal be-longings in black cloth bundles at their feet or dangling from their hands attheir sides; solemn faced plump nunswearing frayed grey tunics, methodic-ally climbed the gangplank. Each look-ed, even before departure, as thoughsorely affected by nostalgia. These wereChristian missionaries, their danglingcrucifixes, and wellthumbed Bibleswhich they clutched, were to themtorches, to be carried to dark Africa to

—as they believed—a heathen people.Such a simple faith carried to an irra-tional extreme has been the unfortunatecause of untold deaths, bloody orgies,and gruesome massacres. Th e ideal of spreading Christianity is noble, but theattitude of damning the beliefs of othersto further it is ignoble. To most of thesemissionaries, as to thousands of othersof different Christian denominations,their duty was the condemnation of thebeliefs of simpleminded natives, andthen the substitution of Christianity. Torob man of his God, and his belief in thenature of divinity, is to throw him onthe mercy of his own resources until, if and when, he can accept a change.

To term the God of the Buddhist,Confucian, Mohammedan, Brahman, or even that of the primitive African afalse deity, is to them a sacrilege equalto making a like statement to a Chris-tian. It arouses resentment, that an-other may dare to name his God as su-perior and suggest abandonment of one’s own. Others than Christians arelovers of sacred traditions and have

bibles and temple teachings which theycherish as the words of the Omni-potent. Th e order or request that theylay these aside is an effrontery which isnot taken lightly. W ha t end doesChristianity serve bv this? Education,sanitation, hygiene, culture, can be ad-vanced equally well by other methodsand by nonsectarian movements whichdo not antagonize. If Christianity is togain converts in nonChristian coun-tries, let her do it by examples of toler-

ance, mercy and understanding, notthrough ridicule and the undermining of sensibilities. The former traits are, after all, the true implements of Christianity.

Hilarious voices, loud laughter, at-

tracted our attention. Open smilingfaces passed. There were several fami-lies; rotund fathers heavily bearded,with funny round caps and tight trous-ers— mothers in voluminous skirts whichthey held outstretched to sweep alongbefore them dirtyfaced, wideeyedyoungsters, much like mother hensgathering in their chicks — peasantsbound for Syria and colonization. Syriaoffered them lower taxes, more land,fewer conveniences, the same labors—life the same, but the scene changed.Mingled feelings arise in the breasts of

the more fortunate who watch suchparades as these. Vanity struggles withcompassion, but reason tells us that thegulf between was bridged only by theflimsy structure of opportunities whichthe past afforded us or our progenitors.

A shrill blast awakened us to theneed to scurry aboard. Our baggage hadbeen loaded some time previously. Theprospect of our journey on this S. S.Providence of the French Line was notpromising. Frater Brower, having hadnautical experience, observed that the

exterior of the ship was quite lacking inorderliness. He r steel plates were wellrusted; the former white of her upper hull and superstructure was now adirty grey and bad ly chipped. Her stacks were smeared with soap and her stanchions bent in several places. Withan air of contempt, he murmured "atub,” which to him was a sufficient ex-pression to convey conclusions of hisappraisal of her. W e stepped on deckand looked about. Everything was con-fusion; no stewards to direct us to our staterooms, no signs pointing out direc-

tions. Ropes, cables, blocks and tacklesand piles of weathertorn canvas laystrewn about. In contrast to the cleanand efficiently organized British liners,this made one think of the old Atlanticcattle boats. The lack of cleanliness wasonly to be equalled by the discourtesiesof the crew who were sullen, and ac-customed to herding about passivepeasants and clerics.

It was the third day out. The sea roseand fell with a slight quiver, like gelatin.




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I have never seen it so glasslike. Thesky was a magnificent blue, without theflaw of even one white cloud. The sunwas on our starboard side, and shonewarmly, but not uncomfortably, uponus. It encouraged rumination. On this

same sea, this great Mediterranean, menhad ventured as early as thirty centuriesB. C. W ha t crude craft they must havepossessed, what indomitable courage, topush out into a vast area like this notknowing what lay beyond, or even if there was a beyond. M any fathomsbelow us in this blue black, fringed withwhite frothy foam, were perhaps the re-mains of the early Greek vessels thatplied between the homeland and ancientSyracu se. Perhap s, too, there werefragments of proud Roman galleys,sunk in conflict with their mighty Car-

thaginian foes. What a story the Medi-terranean would tell if she regurgitatedall she had swallowed during the cen-turies! This sea must have looked thesame to the admirals of many armadasand to conquering Caesars. Nations andcivilizations had crashed and fallenupon her bosom, but she gave no signof the centuries she had witnessed.Ceaseless and unchanging, she was anexample of how little man’s puny ef-forts affect nature.

Though land was nowhere in sight,

I thought of the favored spot of theland surface of the earth toward whichwe were bound—the cradle of civiliza-tion, as historians refer to it—the great fertile crescent; that fringe of grass landthat extends from the northern tip of the Red Sea to the mouth of the Nile.North of it are mountains, and south of it a great bay of sand, as the eminentarchaeologist, James Breasted, describedit. At its southwest extremitv is thegreat Nile River Valley, and at theeastern end of the crescent, the TigrisEuph rates River Valley. In these two

valleys began the oldest civilizations of which we have any record. How andwhy they began there we can only conjecture, but nature appa rently arrangedher forces and elements to make themconducive to the development of man.This is obvious, as we shall later see.

One tires of sea journeys, especiallyafter several days of mal de mer or, inother words, seasickness. Th e sea hadsuddenly changed one night to a plung-

ing, swirling fury which tossed thefairly large ship about with ease; raisingit to heights, the sea would let it slidewith a sickening shiver, wallowing in adeep trough, the next moment to boostit up, suspended, it seemed, in midair,

and then to let it fall again, it rollingdizzily all the while as if trying vainly tostead y itself. All this was now past.The sea had quieted except for choppywaves which were whipped by a briskbreeze. W e were recuperating, findingpleasure in the thouqht that in a littlemore than an hour we were to come insight of the shores of Egyp t. Th e veryword “ E gy pt ” electrified us. Fratre sShibley, Brower and myself went belowto prepare our baggage for custom in-spection, expecting considerable diffi-culties with the customs because of thegreat amount of cinema equipment andfilms. Afte r tedious packing and a lapseof considerable time, we returned to thedeck. Th e ship had slowed her speed.W e peered southeastw ard and thrilledat the sight. There was long sandy stripof land hardly above the surface of thesea. It wa s the entrance to the port of Alexandria. On this sand strip therestood a moderately tall lighthouse. Itwas in this vicinity that the famed islandof Ph aros was located. On that islandin the entrance to the mouth of the Nile,

during the Hellenistic period about 300B. C., was erected the first lighthouse of the world. A great structure, it rose toa height of some 370 feet, or aboutthirty stories, equalling many of our skyscrapers. The ancient mariners couldsee its great light far out at sea, andwere guided safely in with their strangecargoes . Its oriental design later becamethe basis of the Mohammedan minaretscommonly seen todav as a part of thearchitectural structure of their greatmosques or temples. It finallv fell in1360 A. D. It wa s the last of the great

tower structures influenced by the Baby-lonian tower builders.

W e thought of the thousands of shipsthrough the centuries that must have ap-proached this port as we were doing.W e imagined C reta ns laden with finelycarved earthen vessels and vases, andbeautiful necklaces and bracelets of goldand of bronze; Greek ships with statu-ary and marble; Egy ptian s returningafter trading hardwoods from u p ' the



Nile, and papyrus from the delta, andcopper from the ancient mines on thepeninsula of Sinai. At that time, Ale x-andria was not only a seat of learningbut was, as Breasted puts it, the New

York or Liverpool of the ancient world—a great shipping or trading center.

As the ship maneuvered into positionfor tying at the dock, a motlev crowdgathered to welcome it, shouting,screaming, jumping up and down, wav-ing their hands. Th ey were anxious for their prey — the p asseng ers. Egyptianfellahs who served as porters, Nubians,Arabs, Jews from Palestine, and Syrians,either wishing to act as guides or assist-ants, jostled each other for vantagepositions. S o m e w o r e tarbooshes

(fezzes), others low turbans of looselywound and much soiled linen. Stillothers were bareheaded. Some wereclothed in awninglike striped gownsand barefooted, and the majority worewhat appeared to be flannel nightgownsopen at the neck, which nearlv trailedin the dust of the waterfront street. N a -tive police were finding it difficult tomaintain any semblance of order thoughthey were freely applying bamboolikecanes to heads, backs and shoulders.After much explanation, annoyance, anda liberal distribution of bakshish (nativevernacular for monev), we were seatedin a modern, comfortable railroad coachwhich sped southward along the greatNile toward Cairo.

The Nile is one of the greatest riversin the world. It begins three degreessouth of the equator, and flowing north-ward attains a length of some four thousand miles. It, the W hite Nile, is joined by two tributaries— the Blue Nile,its affluent, from the east, and onehundred and forty miles below this

union, the Atbara joins it. The volumeof the Nile is not great, but it has in-fluenced the destiny of man more thanany other river in the history of theworld. For centuries it carried its al-luvial soil to the sea from equatorialAfrica, each season periodically over-flowing its channel and depositing oneither side, on top of the parched Libyanand Arabian desert sands, a black,smooth film of the most fertile soil of the world. Inch by inch, year by year it grew deeper, pushing the desert backfrom the river channel itself. Vegetation

flourished in this black rich soil; it grewright up to the edge of the desert itself.

Here in this valley the early StoneAge man ,who in some manner crossedthe Mediterranean from Central Europe

ahead of the great glacial descents,found himself in an ideal environment.Egypt is not visited by any severestorms. There are no frosts or snows.Having once arrived in Egypt, he wasprotected from the ice, from the glacialmovements, by the great natural barrier of the Mediterranean; and on either sideof this Nile strip were great almost uncrossable deserts which protected himfrom enemies, and he was at peace withthe world for a considerable time. Whathe was able to accomplish within eachdecade and century remained. Civiliza-tion was able to build on the accomplish-ments of those who had gone before,instead of having all torn asunder byravishing hordes or the destruction of nature, and being forced to begin again.Thus civilization prospered, flourished,at a time when the rest of the world waseither wholly barbarian or extremelyprimitive.

As we sped southward, we found thatin many respects the customs of thesesimple people had not changed with theyear s. On either side of us was a net-work of small canals, irrigation canals.Irrigation began in the Nile Valley andwas developed to a science at a timewhen men in other parts of the worldwere still chipping flint hatchets. W ecould see small brownskinned menstanding kneedeep in the water closeto the banks and working lifts — longpoles, each having a mud basket fasten-ed on one end, and on the other end amud ball as a counter weight—and bymanipulating this sweep or pole theywould lift baskets of water from the

Nile up to the level of the irrigationditches, keeping a steady flow runningthrough the intensely cultivated lands.

Further on we could see the applica-tion of the simplest mechanical form of pumping water, water wheels, to whichwere fastened buckets which wouldscoop up the water, and which werekept in motion by docile water buffalo—the great beast of burden of the Egyp-tian— walking about in a circle, blind-folded to keep from becoming dizzyfrom the incessant circular motion. In




the days of the Pharaohs taxes beganwith this system of irrigation. It was anintricate system. The ditches and dykeshad to be constantly protected andmaintained. Th e Phara ohs and thenobles maintained a corps of what wemay call engineers and constructors tobuild new irrigation dams and ditchesand to maintain those in existence. Theyin turn exacted taxes from the peasantsin return for the use of the canals andthe water. Th ese taxe s amounted to acertain portion of their crops which hadto be delivered at a given time. If theywere not, officers of the nobles or thePharaoh would seize the peasant andbring him to the royal or feudal courtfor reckoning.

Frequently we passed beautiful groves

of tall, swaying palm trees, native to thecountry. All about us was green, thoughnot many miles away on either side wasthe lifeless glaring desert. All this life,this coolness, this vegetation, was de-pendent upon this one source, the Nile.

It is not surprising that the Egyptiansworshipped the Nile. Th ey regarded itas the god of fertility and life itself. Itprovided them with food, with drink;its rise and fall made it possible for them to tell the passin g of time. It car-ried them to the sea. Th eir whole exist-ence was bound up in it.

The Egyptians were not always aunited people, however. There were atone time many little kingdoms thatspread along the Nile. Then, in a later period, these kingdoms united into twogreat ones— the kingdom of the Upper Nile and the kingdom of the Lower Nile. M any wars were wage d for theconquest and sole control of this fertilevalley.

Occasionally as we concentrated onwhat we were passing, we would havea fleeting glimpse of native mud villages,houses constructed much like the early

California adobe ones, bricks made of the thick alluvial soil, reinforced withstraw, which would become baked bythe sun, hard and resisting. As Egyp tis never subject to rain they were quitedurable, and an insulation against theterrific heat of the summer months.Domesticated animals, poultry, andchildren freely walked in and out andaround the houses of the village. Th estreets were but deep ruts in the mud.Soon we were to reach Cairo . It is said

that before reaching Cairo and just asone is approaching, the great Pyramidsof Gizeh can be seen rising above theflat table lands of the desert. However,we were not favored with seeing them.

Cairo is a tremendously large cityand is affected greatly by Europeancustoms, architecture, dress, methods of transportation , etc. In modern Cairoone feels as though he were in a citysuch as Paris, Naples, or some other metropolis of the world. Street cars

jang le by, taxis are honking, people arewell dressed in the Occidental sense,streets are well paved . One finds atremendous modern influence in archi-tecture. Beau tifully designed apartmenthouses, towering several stories, are tobe seen in various sections of the city.

The designs show the invasion of Ger-man architectural ideas and are of astyle that is just making itself known inthe bigger cities of the United States.It must be quite deflating to Americanegotism that considers American struc-tures and buildings the most advanced.Here were apartment buildings equal,in their exterior part at least, and su-perior in many ways to those in our American cities. Th ey are mostly oc-cupied by wealthy persons who spendtwo or three months of the year inCairo, taking advantage of its salubrious

climate. The only suggestion in modernCairo of the Orient are the robes andtarbooshes worn by native Egyptiansand by the Arab s. M ost of these robesare worn by the dragomen or the Egyp-tian guides who adopt native costume inCairo to attract the attention of touristsand travelers. Th eir robes are highlyornamental, made of heavy silk, withbeautiful linings, and artistically em-broidered brocade s. M ost of the Egy ption business men in Cairo have adoptedthe western style of dress. A few stillcling to the tarboosh because it is the

symbol of Mohammedanism. It is morethan just a hat; it designates one’s re-ligious belief.

After locating at our hotel, we im-mediately proceeded to make inquiriesabout the city itself. Th e first point of attraction is naturally the native sectionof the city. One feels that he must notbe disappointed. He must not remain inthe modern section of Cairo for it is toomuch like his home country, his owncity. He does not want to spoil the



mental picture he had of Cairo, and sohe quickly seeks out the native section,which more conforms to his concept of what Cairo should be like.

The native bazaars are little changed

by the years. Th e shops— on either sideof narrow streets, many of them coveredby domelike roofs — are but smallcubbyholelike rooms, in the front of which are suspended on chains andropes, or stacked on wooden shelves at-tached to the wall on either side of thedoorway, samples of all of the merchan-dize which the shopkeeper has for sale.Naturally, as you walk through thestreets you are immediately recognizedas a foreigner, as a European, if not anAmerican, and the hawkers begin cryingtheir wares and their prices, rushing outto grab you by the elbow, trying toescort you into their shops, proclaimingto you that their wares are the best if not the most reasonable. How un-fortunate one is if he makes a purchaseat the first price quoted. Unlike our merchants in this country, they have nofixed prices for any of their wares.Their price is whatever they can qetfrom the buyer. Usua lly there are fromfour to five reductions before a sale isconsummated. The visitor does not learn

this at first, and he usually pays six or seven times the value of an article.These Cairo bazaars, because of the in-fluence of England and the modernEgyptian government, are quite clean

and neat in contrast to bazaars in AsiaMinor, Damascus, and Baghdad, aboutwhich we will have more to say later.The vistor to the Cairo bazaars doesnot realize this. He thinks them quaintand untouched by modern civilizationas he naturally has not seen anythingby which to make comparisons.

W e returned quite late to our hotel,dining on the terrace and watching Cairomove by. Tom orrow was to be a busyday—a thrilling one. Tomorrow was theeventful September 16th, 1936, the day

recorded in symbolism in the GreatPyramid itself, the day that might shapethe destiny of the world. And we wereto visit that edifice upon that day, after arranging for the special concession.The sense of responsibility that restedupon us, the realization that the world,through the press, was considering thesignificance of this date prophesied inthe Great Pyramid, occupied our thoughts until we lost consciousness inrestful sleep.

(To be continued next month)

ROSICRUCIAN CONVENTION BUS RATESNew Yor k to San Jose and return—$70.00 (complete fare)Ch icago to Sa n Jose and return— $50.00 (complete fare)

This bus is an especially chartered deluxe motor coach, comfortable, clean and roomy,and is exclusively for Rosicrucians. It will travel one route W est and return another, giv -ing passengers the opportunity of seeing various sections of the United States withoutadditional cost. It will remain one entire week at the Convention, and will be availablefor various trips. N o one but Rosicruc ians will be on board, so it will be a harm oniousgroup of persons travelling toward a common goal and having like interests. Convenientstop s will be made throughout. T w o trained, efficient drivers will accom pany it.

Persons in the East who desire to take advantage of this should send their remittancesin full for their tickets to Frater Hans Wiesner, 1819 Broadway, Room 805, New YorkCity , New Y ork . Ea ster n members must purchas e their tickets in full through thisFrater, and positively no later than June 18. Th e coach will depart from New Yor k on

or about July 5. T he exact date of departure will be given the passengers later. Receiptswill be sent to each individual.

Chicago and Midwest members may send their remittances to Frater H. C. Blackwell,7220 38th Place, Lyo ns, Illinois. All remittances for departu re from Ch icag o must bein this Fra ter's posses sion on or before June 17. Th e date of departure from Ch icagowill be on or about July 7. Th e e xact date and place of leaving will be announced toeach passenger later.

If, for any reason the chartered bus plans are not completed, full fares will be refundedto each member from two weeks to sixteen days in advance of the Convention, givingall an opportunity to come by other means of transportation. Make evert; effort to take advantage of this economical, exclusive motor transportation. Even those who do notlive immediately in the vicinity of the two abovementioned cities can arrange to travelto those cities and come by the special motor coach.

Tick ets M U S T be purchased before the above dates. More coaches will be providedif necessary . The re are no reductions and no stopov er privileges, aside from thosewhich will be enjoyed by the entire party enroute. .

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The "Cathedral of the Soul” is a Cosmic meeting place for all minds of themost advanced and highly developed spiritual members and workers of theRosicrucian Fraternity. It is a focal point of Cosmic radiations and thoughtwaves from which radiate vibrations of health, peace, happiness, and inner awakening. Va riou s periods of the day are set aside when many thousandsof minds are attuned with the Cathedral of the Soul, and others attuning withthe Cathe dral at this time will receive the benefit of the vibrations. Th os e whoare not members of the organization may share in the unusual benefits as wellas those who are members. Th e book called “L iber 777” describes the periodsfor various contacts with the Cathedral. Cop ies will be sent to persons whoare not members by addressing their request for this book to Friar S. P. C., careof A M O R C Tem ple, San Jose, California, enclosing three cents in postagestamps. (Please state whether member or not—this is important.)

THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIP

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doing. One replied, “ I am moving thesestone s.” Another said, ‘‘I am shapingthis rock .” But another who was onlygathering and putting into place smallpieces of stone to be used in the greatstructure, said, “ I am building a cathe-dral.”

In this illustration we see exemplifiedVision—vision on the part of the oneman who did not see only his task athand, but who visualized that as a re-sult of all his efforts there would eventu-ally be a great cathedral for worship.

It is always man’s choice to be ableto work with a purpose. If he can seeahead and visualize the ultimate end of his efforts he finds himself not tiedsimply to a dull routine, but contributingto the ultimate manifestation or ma-

NY ON Ewh o hearst h i s s t o r y b yChristopher Wrenis always impress-ed by it. It is anincident which oc-

curred during thebuilding of a largecathedral in Eu-rope. At the timeof the story, onlythe foundation of the building hadbeen la id , and

many men were working at more or lessmenial tasks preparing materials for theconstruction of the building itself. Ashe pas sed from one workman to an-other, heasked each one what he was



terialization which will be far superior to the small task which he himself per-forms. Th e man who saw a completedcathedral in the pieces of stone whichhe was handling had set himself an

ideal. He believed in the achievementin which he had a small but necessarypart. The cathedral was being builtthat it might serve a purpose, not onlyin his life but in the lives of the genera-tions to come after his efforts were com-pleted.

It has ever been an attribute of man-kind to worship, to give adoration to anobject or ideal. By a study and analysisof these ideals and objects which manhas worshipped, there can be determinedthe very nature of the ambitions andlife purposes of the worshipper.

In many lands, during various periodsof the world’s history, worship has beenconfined to a material object; and usual-ly when we find people giving them-selves entirely to such simple idolatrywe also find that their social, moral andreligious ideals seldom rise above thelevel of the thing worsh ipped. On theother hand, we find that those races or groups of people who devote their period of worship to the studv of theteachings of a great master and to fol-lowing in the steps of a worthy pattern,

have higher ideals, and as a result of the inspiration received from theseideals have advanced in civilization andbetter living conditions.

W e might analyze the purposes of worship. A s has been said, worship be-comes such an important factor in thelives of many people that they devotetheir very lives and fortunes to the erec-tion of magnificent cathedrals and placesof worship. But in many cases we findthat the material manifestation, while

somewhat above the level of idolatry,has gained too much importance— thatis, worship is tied up more completelywith the cathedral than with the idealor with the soul. W orship is a process

by which the soul of man should becomeconsciously aware of the oneness of hisown soul with that of God. It shouldbring him into a complete state of at-tunement. It should give him a realiza-tion of his part in the great scheme of all that is. W orship should never be anend in itself, but should be the evidenceof man’s desire to bring himself to ahigher plane of realization of the idealworshipped. W orship , then, is essen-tially a process or condition which existswithin man, and while certain physicalaids are valuable in creating a favorableenvironment conducive to worship, realworship must be carried on within thesanctum of man's own being.

Therefore, all who wish to come apartfrom all material and worldly things,and for a few moments give themselvesto worship in its true purpose, may wor-ship in their own being— the Cathed ralof the Soul.

To this Cathedral of the Soul for many years, at stated periods, havecome those who seek betterment and

aspire to all that is good and worthy of our attention, and they have found theplace for true worship. If you do nothave a copy of the booklet “Liber 777"in your possession, you may send to usand request one. In this booklet youwill find suggestions that will aid you inbetter attuning yourself with this greatcathedral. Yo u will receive benefit andhelp others by combining your thoughts,your true worship, with that of other seekers like yourself.

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13NEW ROSICRUCIAN CHAPTER ADDRESSES

Th e Chicag o Cha pter No. 9 has moved to splendid new and larger quarters at the Ei following address: Lak eview Building, 116 South Michigan Avenue, Room s 408910, zE Chicago, I ll inois. T hey welcome all National AM OR C members in Chicago and EE vicinity. The y also invite the public to visit their attractive reading room and avail E§ them selves of the general free literature. z

Th e Milwaukee Chapter also occupies new and improved quarters at 3431 W est Ez Lisbon Avenue, Suite 8, Milwauke e, W isconsin, and all members are invited to par zz ticipate in the benefits which the new quar ters afford. §E The San Diego Chapter is enthusiastic over i ts new and larger quarters as well . It i s §= now located at No. 8, House of Hospitality, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. The =§ new location afford s a larg e auditorium, attract ive reception room, conference room, and =z other facilities. Th ey invite all Ro sicru cians in the vicinity to visit them. E



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Psychic DevelopmentITS MEANING AND SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR

ITS ATTAINMENT

By Dr. J. L e w i s B l a s s , Ph. G., D. D. S.,AMORC Councillor

O enter the realmsinhabited by thosewhose accomplish-ments live in thearch ives o f our ancient order is todiscover yourself.Y o u r h o p e s a r ekindled with a newfire; the road of your aspirations isl igh ted by newtorches; new starsbecome visible to

act as beacons in the ascent to your cosmicallyinspired goal. To quote Leonar-do da Vinci, “He who fixes his courseby a star changes not." Neither fear,doubt, prejudice nor lack of understand-ing can rear its head to dull your en-thusiasm or impede your progress.

W hy is it, nevertheless, that there aresome students whose psychic develop-

ment is lacking, paralyzed or so dormantthat their thoughts cannot stand thelight of truth? W hy is it that there areothers whose minds will not accept thetruth or who are not in accord with it?My personal feeling in the matter is thatsuch people wish, affirm or pray for acompleted image which, in their limitedviewpoint, approaches their desire. Theyforget first, that the seed and fruit areunlike each other, and second, that in-action saps the vigor of the mind.

The body, a miniature universe, is anexample of the diligent and unfalteringapplication of each unit to its task. W emay look beneath the surface of the skinwith a microscope and see minute bloodvessels acting as causeways for evenmore minute blood cells. There is nohesitation, no faltering, no wasted move-ment in the work assigned to these in-finitesimal parts of the body. These cellscarry not only food and air to all partsof the body, but also the life energywhich rules the universe and underliesall cosmic law. Th ey gr asp for us fromthe air, as it were, our very life. Thesame activity as is seen in the action of the blood cells we spoke of, or in theceaseless surge of life force in everyliving thing, is required to achieve thedesired aim. Ble ssings are ours for theseeking—but they do not pour into us, nor do inspirations drop out of the skyinto unthinking or unreceptive minds.

To be sure, the wish, desire or af-firmation sets into motion the lawswhich eventually create the thing or condition we want, but these thoughtsmust be nurtured. W ha t then shall wedo to grow psychically; to develop our intuition; to be guided in planning a lifegoal; and, most important of all, toknow what steps to take to achieve thatambition?

To answer the last question first:there are inspirational books, books of



psychology, books on religious training,lectures, courses and literature on per-sonal development, but none of theseeven scratches the surface of the prob-lem. To achieve your ambition, nothing

less than the application of all thecosmic laws taught by A M O R C willbring about the desired end. In stud y-ing the teachings, complete understand-ing and use is nece ssary — not partialapplication, partial reading, partial studyand partial belief—in fact, it is the slur-ring over of the approach to the lecturesthat leads to the disappointing and un-satisfactory results some of us suffer.

The desire for the achievement of greater intuitive f a c u l t i e s is what

brought most of us into A M O R C. For me to attempt a statement or the recita-tion of a series of rules for the develop-ment of intuition would be nothing shortof boldness. But, in my discussions withmembers of the Order, and in the preci-ous contacts I was privileged to havewith our Grand Master and my classMasters, I learned some things worthyof repetition. First, let me tell you of anexperience which a chemist and teacher of that subject related to me. He con-ducted an experiment among chemists

to determine what part intuition (hecalled it “hunch” ) played in the inven-tion or discovery of chemical processesor formulae. O f more than one hundred chemists interrogated, seventyfive per cent of them stated that intuition, or a "hunch,” or a gleam of knowledge O U T S I D E of themselves entered into the final development of t h e i r dis-coveries. I repeat that the men ques-tioned on this point were not mystics or philosophers, but, as they would chooseto be called, hardheaded, matteroffact

scientists. Th e significant point in thequestionnaire was the fact that all of them achieved a state of complete re-laxation in one way or another beforethe inspiration manifested itself. Fu r-thermore, each one of them was grantedsuperior guidance in the final solution of his problem only after he had complete-ly worked out every possible phase of the problem in his attempt to solve it.Then, having exhausted all knownmeans, and in most cases, his brain and

body too, the answer came.

Now, let each of us recall a disap-pointing or agonizing time when weprayed for inspiration which did notcome; then let us consider it for amoment. Did we do everything in our

power and within our knowledge tosolve the problem? Did we at that timeexplore all possible explanations of our problem? Did we app ly the rules andattune ourselves to be a medium for theinflux of the vibrations of our pastexperience?

I can answer only for myself. Eachtime I failed in carrying out somethingI wanted to do, I find I had definitelyshut out all possibility of cosmic aid be-forehand by fearing for the success of

my venture. M y negative fear thoughtsshortcircuited or cut off the rhythmicfunctioning of those laws that wereneeded for the solution of my problem.

But let us study intuition itself moreclosely, along with the question weraised earlier, namely: what shall we doto obtain guidance in planning a lifegoal? Our conscious and willful ad -vancement in the work of this greatOrder has very definitely raised each of us to a higher plane of consciousness.A great master once said, “Give me theglory that I had before the world was.”This doubtlessly would be the wish of any one who had achieved His state of cosmic consciousness. Our hope in this incarnation is to reach out toward thecosmic planes and to be privileged toproceed into the higher planes. Myplea, to you who are impatient and con-cerned with finding your place in theworld, is to live a normal and con-structive life mentally, physically andemotionally, and to attune yourselvesnot only with cosmic laws, but also with

the minds of your worthwhile fellowmen.

To be sure, the fundamental patternof your development depends on your sincere application to the work of theOrder. Remember, however, that your Karma, and the degree of your develop-ment in previous incarnations bothmodify your activities. So, continue toprepare yourselves, and know that your accomplishment will not be delayed onemoment beyond the cosmicallyordained

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| SANCTUM MUSINGS |

SCIENCE WITHIN RELIGION

By P r o f e s s o r A. C a r t l a n d B a il e y , M. A., M. Sc.

Dean of Rose'Croix University

P a r t II


E MAY be thank-ful that Religion isnot c o n f i n e d tocreeds and dog-mas nor to pro-fessed following of

any one religiousl e a d e r . R e l i g i o nand religious lead-ers are two verydifferent things , just as differentia-tions must be madebetween Science

and any particular scientific man or group of scientists at any particular timein history. Ar t has never been con-fined to any particular school of artists,nor has philosophy ever been confined

to any particular school. Schools of art,philosophy, science, and religion aremere temporary camping grounds alongthe upward climb from infancy to thatof which we do not yet dream.

At certain stages of the historicalclimb a school of philosophy may pre-dominate. At another time in historysouls predominately religious are in theascendency. At an o t h e r time thethought of the age is scientific. Greeceonce tried the School of Beauty, and,

fortunately for us today, there are manyGrecians of the past who are livingamong us.

Beauty — in the chord of harmonymade up of art, science, religion, com-merce, politics, and philosophy — is a

note necessary to the complete and fullchord in the Harmony of the Spheres.No human soul can hope to reach thefinal goal of human achievement with-out having become more than a merespecialist in one line of thought andaction— or more than a dabb ler in all of them. W e need hardheaded scientificthinkers, practical thinkers, reverent anddevotional thinkers; and we are wise if we do our best to absorb as much aspossible from each group and not makeour honey from one specific batch of

wildwood, but like the bee of nature siphere and there, and from the variousnectars make a blend that soothes andstrengthens.

As budding or blooming Rosicrucianstudents of a few grades,’ years,’ incar-nations,’ or ages' standing, we mayrealize something of the Cyclic Order of Na ture. I remember that a year or so ago our Imperator made the remarkin the Forum that packets and packagesseemed to come to him in waves. At one



time for days on end he would get, letus say, his favorite brand of chocolatefudge, then it would be rugs, then bas-sinets or cushions or whatever heseemed to need most in the cosmic

scheme of things for his rapidly in-creasing family of grandchildren!

Thus it is with the world. At one timecomes philosopher after philosopher,then musician after musician or scientistafter scientist. W av e follows wave, andat the present time it is the scientificwave that is washing the church and re-ligion free from a lot of darkage andmouldy superstition, ignorance and in-tolerance, and cleansing church and re-ligion to a new purity and clarity of thought and action. Sure ly this spirit of

modern research and investigation intothe deeper things and the inner thingsof nature and life will make life broader,better and richer in meaning. Each con-tribution that is made is another contri-bution to experience, and it certainly al-ways means progress and never retro-gression.

Whatever other crops of previoushumanities have done or contemporane-ous humanities in other evolutionaryfields within the Great Cosmic Universemay do, it seems that our particular one does not travel from infancy to per-fection of knowledge and action by onestraight and direct route along one par-ticular line of thought or endeavor.

It was said of Him who “became thefirst fruits of them that slept” and theElder Brother of present humanity anda Great Master, that “He suffered inall points” as humanity has suffered. Inother words he had gone through withthe varied experiences of human beingsas a human being in earlier times andbecame in all truth a real Elder Brother.It matters not particularly upon whatRound of Evolution or “Chain” Hegained his fullness of experiences, wemay rest assured that there was anadequate background and that it was noshortcut, straighttothepinnacleclimb,but led over the same path that we allmust tread and are treading.

From observations it appears that weare continually spiraling over and over for fuller and more complete experiencein home and community life, commerce,

executive work, invention, art, religion.

science, mysticism and occultism untilevery string of our divine nature isplayed upon, stretched and tuned, tight-ened and retuned until finally all will bebeautifully attuned to the Cosmic ener-

gies that flow through the universe inwireless waves. Then we shall be ableto sense the harmonies of the chords thatare sounding in the Cosmic spacelessspaces.

In spite of the fact that there are agreat many threedimensional religion-ists who may still believe in a threedimensional diety, and whose lives arebound up in creed and dogma, writtenon some twodimensional page (by someonetrack mind), there are today moreprofessed religionists than ever before

who are evidently getting a fourth andsuperdimensional conception of realityand of real religion.

Our scientists have not been of thethreedimensional religious class. Thesesouls have come into incarnation in agreat wave of inquiry, investigation, dis-covery, and systematized research andtests, with a very important work to do.If we believe that God is on his throneand all is well with the world, we shouldfeel encouraged that such a wave of critical and analytical research is under way. Th ese scientists have been veryunassuming men and women; they havevery reverently and quietly workedunder the stars, in the shops and labora-tories, and have sat in deep meditationfor hours and hours over the almost im-pregnable bulwarks that defend theU N K N O W N , until finally a light burststhrough showing the way out of somedifficulty. W e are aware that some of the very greatest of our scientists anddiscoverers have been Rosicrucians andhave been very devout and very pro-found students and mystics of greatadvancement. W hat does it matter if the small minded imageworshippers docall them infidels and atheists becausethey do not bow down to their little godof anthropomorphic form, ruling over aworld of proportions?

Though the fires of hell burst fromthe fundamentalistic pulpits, these pro-gressive religionists, called scientists,have sought the peace of heaven in their sanctuaries amid the incense of chemical

fumes, possibly, with the stars as




candles, and telescopes, microscopes andspectroscopes as mirrors to reflect some-thing of the God of Nature into their hearts and minds and their reverentsouls.

There has been a lot of mud slinging

and it still continues, but advancedthinkers, like our real scientists, our mystics, and men like our own Imperator, must always be prepared to becalled Black Magicians, Servants of theDevil, Handy Men of his Satanic Ma-

jesty, Agn os tic s, Infidels and Atheists;they can only do their best to remain asimpervious to this shower of mud as aduck is to rain drops.

One cannot argue with ignorance. Itmust either be ignored or dispelled.Scientists have tried to ignore it and at

the same time permit enough of thefacts to filter through to little by littledispel the ignorance. Th ey have per-mitted the people to believe what theypleased to believe, so far as their ownpersonal beliefs were concerned. On e’sbelief is, after all, no one's business buthis own. Th ey have been well satisfiedwith the God revealed in the Universeand have found Him a greater, grander and more inspiring Being than anylimited diety of orthodoxy or funda-mentalists conception.

Science has never denied a Supreme

Intelligence back of this phenomenalworld, and there have been very, veryfew individual scientists who have beenavowedly atheistic. It is difficult tounderstand why there have been so few,considering some of the absurd teach-ings to which we have been subjectedeven in the rather recent past. Thefundamentalists have done their littlelevel best to broadcast the idea thatscientists as a class have been notorious-ly atheistic; in reality, nothing could befarther from the truth.

W e will admit that there have beena few — surprising ly few — atheists, or those who have been accused of beingthat, and perhaps occasionally one whoclaimed to be that. Haeckel was onescientist who was an outstanding ex-ample of that and I think remained soto the end of his life. He found it im-possible to reconcile what he found inNature and Life with the God of Theology and so disclaimed all belief inany G od that the church accepted. W e

must admit that he was a logical think-er, and I think if any of us were con-fronted with the extreme orthodox Godof the middle ages with all that wentwith that conception, then we too woulddisclaim theistic beliefs if such a diety

were offered as the ONLY God.Although there have been and aresome scientists who can’t accept aTheological God it is really impossibleto pick out a time in scientific historywhen the outstanding scientists havenot been devoutly religious and veryreverent before the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and it has never been thescientist who has had so limited avocabulary that he must cuss and swear and repeat his cuss words for emphasisto make himself understood. M any of our scientists have been students of theLesser and Greater Mysteries and havebeen true mystics, and such as thesehave guided scientific thought. If scien-tific mystics have been able to look be-hind the veil of physical matter andlead scientific research, it is natural thatthe followers of these great men shouldfeel impelled to accept the conclusionsof these minds, even though they werenot always able to completely justifythese conclusions in their own personalexperience.

When an enlightened mystic takes

the part of the scientist on the stage of the world we expect nothing less thanwhen such an individual poses as anartist or a religious teacher. The work isdone with finesse and it stands to beadmired. W e point with pride to suchartists in scientific work for the benefitof man’s broadened conception of Su-preme Intelligence, as Copernicus, Gali-leo, Kepler, Boyle, Faraday, Newton,Einstein and a host of others whom wewill not take the time to name.

Following are a few quotations from

several of our scientists, and these willshow their attitude toward religion andatheistic hypothesis. Star ting in with amodern, living scientist— Dr. Mather of the Department of Geography andGeology of Harvard University andGeologist of the U. S. Geological Sur-vey says: “The faith by which a manlives must be in accordance with thefacts which men know .” He goes on tosay, “The cosmic energy revealed to thephysicist and the astronomer have the



attributes and characteristics of M IN Drather than Mechanics, of Pure Mathe-matics rather than Applied Mathe-matics.”

In this statement we are reminded of the words of our old friend Plato, whosaid, “God geometrizes.” The differenceis perhaps this: Plato accepted God asF A C T , possibly from personal, insideknowledge, and attributed to Himmathematical qualities. Dr. Math er ac-cepts the knowledge of the scientists,the first hand, personal objective knowl-edge of the working of LA W IN T H EP H E N O M E N A L W O R L D , a n d a s -sumes that there is a Supreme Being.He judges that, from the way that the

universe is constructed and the way thatit operates, there must be a very precisemathematical mind behind it all. Cer-tainly no other conclusion can logicallybe arrived at.

Another much more eminent scien-tific thinker and astronomer, Sir JamesJeans, says: "The Universe can best bepictured as the pure thought of a mathe-matical thinker.” In another place hesays, ‘‘W e observe intelligent action ata distance as though each part knew

what the other part was doing. . , . Theconcept of pure thought sheds light onmany clouded situations in modernphysics. . . . A Universe of thoughtpostulates creation as an act of thought. . . . Finiteness almost compels us to‘paint creation as an act of thought’ . . .Electrons imply thought . . . ModernScience discloses a Creator workingoutside of time and space”. . .

Going back in time to the beginningof modern scientific thought along cos-mological lines, we note that Copernicus,

a Middle Age Rosicrucian, was deeplyreligious and was at one time a member of the clergy, as was also Priestly. BothNewton and Scheele were very devoutmen. Baron de Cuvier, founder of com-parative anatomy, was intensely religi-ous. Lamarck, the predecessor of Da r-win, said, ‘‘Surely nothing exists exceptby the will of the Sublime Author of allthings.” Darwin accepted the idea of soul and immortality, and it is myunderstanding from good authority thatin the latter years of his life he becamea member of our Order. The hometown

priest complained that Darwin never went to church; yet he admired himgreatly and had no other complaint tomake against this very modest andreverent man of science. He has evencome to be called the ‘‘Saint of Science.”Certainly if science were to elect Saintsas the church has done he would standamong them.

Wallace, independent promulgator of the theory of organic evolution, wasalso a great student in the fields of physics, astronomy and geology. Heunquestionably accepted the idea of aSupreme Ruler and opposed all mechan-istic views.

Aggasiz, the foremost naturalist of

the past century, started as an atheist,or agnostic at least, but was led step bystep to a fervent belief in a DivinePurpose.

Faraday, another of our outstandingRosicrucian scientists, was the foremostphysicist of the first half of the pastcentury and one of the world’s greatestdiscoverers of all time because of his re-searches in electromagnetism. He enjoysthe reputation of being “one of the mostgentle and Christlike characters thatare to be found in the pages of history.”

When any scientist is known to be amember of this Order we do not needto give quotations from him concerninghis stand on the idea of a Supreme In-telligence. W e all know the one funda-mental requirement for membership inA M O R C and that is no different nowthan it has been for over 3000 years.Among such men we may list suchnames as Archimedes, Aristotle, Fara-day, Boyle, Dalton, Kelvin, Copernicus.Galileo, Brahe, Tesla, Flammarion, Dar-win, Burbank, Edison, Harvey andmany others of greater or lesser fame—a number of whom are still living.

Clerk Maxwell, second to Newton,said: “ I have looked into most philo-sophical systems and I have found thatnone of them will work without God.”

Electrical experimenters, Oersted andOhm, whose names will live as long ascivilization lasts, expressed deep con-victions in the theistic hypothesis andorigin and nature of the universe. Kantwas a firm believer in God and said,

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moral law within." Schwann, recog-nized founder of the cell theory or organic structure, was a devoutly re-ligious man. The same can be said of C. Bernard, pioneer of modern physi-ology, and Jenner, discoverer of vac-

cination. Lyell, the first great geologist,was a devout Christian to the end of hisearthly days. Dan a, the famous Ameri-can geologist, was of strong faith inOverruling Intelligence.

Pasteur, ‘‘outstanding apostle of lightand Christian explorer of God’s uni-verse," said: ‘‘Ha ppy is the man whocarries God within him, an ideal of beauty to which he is obedient; an idealof art, an ideal of science, an ideal of the fatherland, an ideal of the virtues of the Gospel." These words were carved

over the tomb of that illustrious French-man.

Sir. Wm. Perkins, first discoverer of coal tar dyes and a chemist of world re-nown, was said to be "a blamelessChristian, a perfect gentleman and afine type of the old conservative. Helived unobtrusively, worked quietly andintensively and worshipped God andrespected his neighbor."

Haldane, British Scientist says: ‘‘Godis within us, with us and is everywhereas Jesus taught."

Dr. Conklin of various universitiesand for over a quarter of a century theProfessor of Biology at Princeton andone of the world’s best known biologistsof this century says: ‘‘In science the testof truth is appeal to F A C T — the testof philosophy and religion is, can it belived? — Development from germ cellshas not degraded man, all the greatestof leaders were once germ cells andbabies, not man’s origin but what he ISand what he may become are the criteriaof his dignity. . . Faith transcendsscience. . . Gravity and Evolution donot drive God out of the Universe. . . .Order indicates a cosmos as against achaos. . . Our lives are not purposeless.Biology denies it.”

Einstein says, ‘‘the most beautifulthing is the myster ious— lament for himwhose eyes are closed— The mystery of life has given rise to religion. In thissense I belong to the ranks of the de-voutly religious men.— Th e cosmic re-

ligious experience is the noblest drivingforce behind research."

Sir J. Arthur Thompson, British lec-turer and writer on science and one of the world’s outstanding scientific think-ers for the past twenty years or more,at the age of seventy still contributeshis discussions to the subject of scienceand religion. It would be very difficultto find any clergyman who is “morereverent and appreciative than is thisscientist, of the marvelous beneficenceand sequence he has discovered in thecosmic orde r." He says, “ On the wholeit remains true that religious activityconsists of tendrils — intellectual, emo-tional and practical, which man sendsout towards the Absolute; the fact thatsome people think they find no need for

these may not mean much more thanthat some people are born color blind,others are stone deaf and others immuneto poetry. . . . At a higher level, nodoubt, are those brave spirits who oc-cupy a determined Positivist position,the clearheaded, lovable Sadducees of today.”

Truly there is very little evidence insupport of the idea that men of researchare irreligious or mechanistic in their conceptions. It is unfortunate that thegeneral public has been so misled that

it came to believe that the scientific re-search worker is poles removed fromthe man who appreciates literature,poetry, music and the beauties of na-ture in general. Th is same public wouldhate to admit that it had not heard thelatest violinist, or seen the latestsmashing hit on the stage, nor read thelatest “best seller," yet it does not seemto be in the least ashamed of not havingheard of any scientist since Darwin,with the exception of Einstein who,they seem to think, speaks in some un-

known tongue of a world of mathe-matics and symbols.Some of the modern scientists of

Nobel Prize fame such as Bohr, of atomic structure fame, Millikan of Cos-mic Ray fame, Einstein of Relativityfame, Arthur and Carl Compton of world renown and others of greater or lesser fame are far from being irre-ligious. If they appear so or put up anagnostic front, it is only when face toface with the unreasoning fundamental-



ist and the very unintuitive “mumbo jumbo worshipper” an d the halfbakedthinker. W hen confronted with myth,superstition and blind acceptance of whatever some particular organization

happens to teach, the scientist is verylikely to deny anything that might beconstrued as furthering that misunder-standing. I presume many of us in suchcircumstances have been forced, in self protection, to appear materialistic whenat heart we were the very reverse.

I may add that if there is any valuein happiness and in finding happiness ina great work, then the scientists are to

be envied, for few people in this worldhave been happier than have they intheir searchings for what lies beyondthe observed phenomenal world.

In conclusion let me quote from

Darrow. "A man may follow the pathof truth wherever it may lead with theassurance that he will find God at the journey’s end. W hatev er unbelief mayprevail today, whether it be religious or scientific, we may be perfectly sure thatsomewhere, sometime, all will under-stand and that the scientist and prophetmay unite in one purpose and commonfaith.”

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This allegorical illustration,another in our series of symbols,might well be termed “ M an ’sConquest of Ignorance andSuperstition.” Hideously formedbeasts were meant to depict thevicious nature of superstitionand ignorance. Most times, ashere, they are shown dwellingin caves or dark places, repre-

senting the fact that ignoranceand superstition can exist onlyin darkness. Th e figure of theman pulling the beast from his

cave, alludes to those courageous individuals who spread knowl-edge and conquer ignorance by exposing it to scrutiny and in

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ANCIENT SYMBOLISM

Man, when conscious of an eternal truth, has ever symbolized it so that thehuman consciousness could forev er have realization o f it. Nations, langu ages and

customs have changed, but these ancient designs continue to illuminate mankind

with their mystic light. Fo r those who are seeking light, each month we willreproduce a symbol or symbols, with their ancient meaning.



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SUMMARIESOF SCIENCE

Bach hour of the day finds the men of science cloistered unostentatiously Inlaboratories, investigating nature’s mysteries and extending the boundaries of knowledge. The wo rld at large, although profiting by their labors, oftentimes isdeprived of the pleasure of reviewing their work, since general periodicals andpublications announce only those sensational discoveries which appeal to thepopular imagination.

It is with pleasure, therefore, that we afford our readers a monthly summaryof some of these scientific researches, and briefly relate them to the Rosicrucianphilosoph y and doctrines. To the Science Journal, unless otherw ise specified,we give full credit for all matter which appears in quotations.

Mental Development and Employment

S employment, after all, mainly an eco-nomic problem? Isit the overdevelo p m e n t o f t h emachi ne or theunder develop-ment of man, thatkeeps millions outof work? The con-stant radical de-parture from thecustomary in transp o r t a t i o n , c o m -

munication, amusements, tastes for foodsand drinks, and types of materials usedin building, are undoubtedly deathblows to many industries. Fo r an in-terim, thousands are stranded whenlarge plants are suddenly closed for

want of a market. The transformation isso sudden, it is difficult to realize thatit actua lly occurs. A s an example, for years, one of the leading industries of America was the manufacturing of phonographs and phonograph records.Every well appointed home, whether musically inclined or not, had one. Th ephonograph records provided comedy,lectures, language lessons, as well aspopular songs and concerts. The marketexpanded in direct proportion to in-

creases in population. Investments inthe main industry and related enter-prises pyramided, amounting to millionsand millions of dollars. Stockholdersdrew gratifying dividends. The inevit-able occurred in our progressive nation.A radically superior substitute appeared•—radio. Overnight, in comparison tothe time required by the phonograph in-dustry to reach its peak, paralysis set in.The industry made vain attempts tocompete, finally amalgamating with itscompetitor and actually being all butcompletely submerged.

What happened to the hundreds of thousands the industry had formerlyemployed? Were they made permanent-ly destitute by this new development of the machine age ? Custom ers who hadbought phonographs biannually andrecords monthly, were now buying radiosets or parts within the limits of their purses. “ Pa rts ” manufacturers, radiotube plants, and the plants that manu-factured the sets themselves, absorbedthem. The greatest number of the work-ers of the phonograph industry were un-skilled, and the new industry neededthis same type for training in the newfield. The loss wa s to the minority, thestockholders, and the special technicians



of the old industry. The majority justshifted jobs.

This transformation is but one of hundreds during the las t century. The

buggy, wagon, and horsedrawn coachindustry is still another example. Todaythese manufacturers produce automo-biles or their accessories instead. Rapidmechanical development is not, there-fore, the contributing cause of millionswaiting in line for jobs. Increasingpopulation is one cause, and false illu-sions about the dignity of the job is an-other. Relief and employment agenciesconcur that thousands of unemployedsingle men have refused work in ruraldistricts where it frequently existed be-

cause they preferred the gregariousnessof the metropolitan areas and the super-fluities they afford. Married men withno children refused healthful, honestlabor on homesteads where at least theycould eat and sleep regularly in an en-vironment of their own, preferring toeke out an existence in a back room ina tenement so they could have “a city

job.”The same society that wails about the

stupendous problem of unemploymenthas created this condition. It has ridi-

culed the rural life in story and onscreen. It has portrayed it as common,coarse, elementary, and beneath thedignity of the “progressive” citizen of the new age. Th is same society hasprated about democracy and the equal-ity of men; that every mother’s son canbe a president or a captain of industry.The crime is that the individual believesit. W hy should Johnny stay on thefarm and become a thrifty farmer, never growing rich perhaps, but by the law of averages living comfortably, when he“might” become a railroad magnate or a financial wizard? A t least, so think several million parents. If Johnny show-ed special aptitude for the career, theremight be an excuse for his departurefrom the fields of his father. M ost oftenhe does not. But the radio, successmagazines, and the propaganda depart-ments of our democracy make him thinkhe has these talents.

It is not a question of suppressing am-bition or chaining individuals to certainstations in life. It is, instead, a questionof qualification. Several million youthsa year are literally dumped into the

great cities seeking futures for whichthey may have had training, but for which most often they are not qualified.The fact that Johnny has gone throughhigh school, state college, and univer-sity, does not necessarily make him, ina psychological sense, a good chemist,busine ss adm inistrator or attorney. Itmay mean, instead, that envious andoverambitious parents have forced himthrough these channels to compete withBill Jones, the son of a neighbor, whowent through them, and having the necessary inherent qualifications, didsucceed. If these parents could onlyrealize that a successful farmer, lumber-man or miner, is worth a thousandshyster lawyers, quack M. D. special-

ists, crooked politicians, and “big city”failures!

Society must encourage, it is true, theadvancement of learning and afford op-portunities for selfimprovement, B U Tit must be more rigid in its examinationsof the individual. It must not permit—by loose language about “equality,” andstill looser propaganda—parents to em-barrass their children by forcing theminto careers for which they are unfitted.It must, bv example, induce those whowould make better farmers than doctors,better lumbermen than bankers, to re-main within their spheres instead of cluttering up the cities and demoralizingthemselves. Individuals must be taughtto analyze themselves, realize their owncapabilities, and equally important, toknow their own limitations. A true ad -vancement of society comes about bydeveloping the actual latent faculties of an individual, not by establishing in hismind the illusion that he possesses whathe has not. Tha t that is being slowlyrealized is indicated by the following

quotations from a recognized science journal.

“ Five out of each hundred unem-ployed persons can never get jobs be-cause they are totally unfit psycholog-ically for work. Another eightyfive willbe fit for employment only after longperiods of training and possibly psy-chiatric treatment. Only ten are nowactually fit for placement in industryshould jobs be found for them. Thisscientific assay of the human resourcesin America’s great group of unemployedwas presented to the association by




D. R. Shearer, who based his figures onthe study of unemployed at the psy-chological clinic of the Tennessee East-ern Electric Company, Johnson City,Tenn. Th e unemployed group was

drawn from the population of a townof about 30,000 persons in which morethan ten per cent are out of work.Statistical techniques were used to ad-

just the figures obtained in an effort tomake them more truly representative of the total unemployed population. Noprecision was claimed for his figures byMr. Shearer. He presented them be-cause they give a rough idea of the un-employment problem as it is seen fromthe scientific, rather than the emotional

or armchair theorist’s angle. The urg-ency of a further pushing of this scien-tific approach was urged. Th e largegroup which consists of those who arenow unemployable but may be devel-

oped to a point where they can be ab-sorbed into industry and into variouslines of work, is that needing the partic-ular attention of personnel students,educators and psychologists. This is thecrux of the unemployment problem anda satisfactory method of handling thisgroup can be reached only by the co-operation of all the social, civic andgovernmental agencies in setting up aregime for developing these unfortunatepersons.”

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Imagination, the Wonderland of ChildhoodBy R u t h E. D o u g h e r t y , F. R. C.

HAT a well of en-ergy is the child’simagination! Con-trolled and direct-ed with good judg -

ment and reason,it may always adv a n c e a g o o dcause. W e shouldfeel a humble grati t u d e i f w e a sadults are allowedto enter into thewonderful imagin-

ary world of children. There joy abounds in fullness, and opportunitystretches toward us its eager hands;opportunity of really living with our children, and guiding them in their use

of this truly great gift of imagination.For imagination IS a gift, without it nocreative work could ever be ac-complished.

When very young the child has dif-ficulty in distinguishing between imag-ination and actual fact. M any parentsbecome greatly disturbed because theythink their children are forming thehabit of telling untruths. But if thoseparents would live with their childrenin their imaginary world they would

find an easy way to guide them towardmaking a distinction without hurting thebeautiful imaginary things which theyhave grown to love.

Your young son may tell you that his

dog is barking because some one iscoming up the drive. Yo u smile, andagree that the dog (which you knowdoes not really exist) is certainly agood watchdog. But you may be verymuch surprised a moment later to hear the door bell ring. Ho w did the littleboy know someone was coming when hewas not near the window, and there hadbeen no sound of approach ? A child'snatural intuition and his imagination arevery closely related.

When the child is older and begins tocome more in contact with the material

things in life, and learns through hisschool training to rely more and moreonly upon his five senses, he begins tolose hold on his intuition and imagina-tion, and does not use them so often.These two latter are not destroyed, butonly become dormant. La ter in life if hestudies to develop his true being, theinner self, he may again develop themto their fullest. But why allow the childto lose contact with such creative force?Although he must learn material things,



and develop the five senses, he shouldreceive understanding and guidancefrom his parents that will help him toretain the powers with which he was

born into this life.Sometimes imagination is reality. Thethings in your child's life may be, in-stead of imagination, memories frompast experiences. I am goiiig to tell youa true story of my own little daughter’slife to illustrate this point. W hen shewas two years old she began to talk toan imaginary playmate whom she called“ Ba bby.” During her third and fourthyear we became very well acquaintedwith Babby, who, we found, had longblond curls, blue eyes, and a very sweet

disposition. W e never teased our childabout Babby, but cooperated with her in every way. W hen the child held thedoor open for some invisible person tocome through, we knew that it wasBabby. W e talked with her, but never laughed at her; sometimes we invitedher to stay to dinner with us, and evenset an extra place at the table for her.Once in a while I phoned to Babby’smother to ask if she could come over and spend the night with my little girl,who at the time may have been feelinga little upset or lonely. Of course Babbyalways came. W hen my daughter be-gan to attend kindergarten and find realplaymates, Babby was not with her sooften, and as time went on and shefound chums and dear friends, Babbygradually drifted away. But now thatmy daughter is eight years old, she has

ju st told me what to some parents maysound like a strange thing indeed.

“Mother.” she said the other day,“Do you remember Babby?”

“Of course,” I answered, “What hasbecome of her?”

“Well,” she said, “I guess youthought she was only imaginary, butshe was real!”

“Yes?”“Not real flesh and blood like we

are,” was the answer, “But you see, sheand I had really been together in mylast incarnation. W e were so close toeach other that I guess I missed her terribly when I was a little girl in thislife.”

I did not dispute this, for was she nottelling me something which happened

before I knew her? She has had Ros i-

crucian training from very early child-hood. and takes for granted the greatfundamental laws and principles of theuniverse. She has actually taught me

many things which I later studied in thehigher degrees of the work. There is noreason for me not to accept her teach-ings as truth, for I respect her as alearned soul, and feel it a great privilegethat she has been placed in my care for guidance through childhood.

Initiative, independent action, selfreliance, and moral courage are all de-veloping aspects of children which im-agination stimulates. Th e wise parentcan make use of it to develop restraintand poise, control the child’s acts, help

to form good habits, and mold histhoughts.

Reproof may be adroitly given by ap-pealing to his imagination. Let us su p-pose that a three or four year old boyhas just trampled through a lovelyflower bed. A perfectly normal parentmight say, “ For go odnes s sake, Johnnie,stop walking on those flowers!” Butthat parent would much sooner get thechild’s attention and cooperation if heor she would say, “Oh, Johnnie, do yousee those poor little flowers hanging

their heads? Y ou ’ve made them cry!And listen to what they are saying.‘Johnnie had better put his feet in hispockets whenever he comes into thegarden!’ ” Naturally there would bequestions asked and answers to give,which would create a splendid oppor-tunity to teach the little fellow some of Nature’s wonderful lessons.

Books and stories well chosen andwell told help children to form purposesand carry them out. T ak e time to reador tell stories to your children. Read

with as much expression as you can putinto your words. One mother chan gesher voice for each character in the story,which deligh ts the little ones. Encour-age them to dramatize or act out stories,for children like to make the ideals in astory a part of themselves. Th is is oneway to help the young child to appreci-ate what is beautiful and worth while,and to stimulate his imagination to selfexpressio n. It also helps him to enter into a sympathetic understanding of thelives of others, animals and flowers as

well as people. Rosicrucian parents




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should make use of the fairytale to in-stil into the minds and hearts of their children many of the truths of the uni-verse, for the tales of fairies and spritesare full of the beauty of spiritual truth,in which is embodied the Spirit of Love,

of Power, and of Faith.The older child's imagination oftentakes the form of daydreams. Youmight be surprised if you knew howoften your twelve or fifteen year old wasdwelling, in his imagination, in an en-tirely different world. I have knownchildren of this age who lived for daysand weeks at a time, playing or actingout a life apart and distinct from their own everyday routine ones. W e wellknow from our studies that these dreamsand thoughts are powerful creativeforces being set into motion. If you aregiving your child the advantage of theknowledge which you are acquiringthrough your studies of the laws of theuniverse, you are helping him to buildhigher ideals and aspirations. He will

do the rest in surging toward the goalof his Life Purpose through his naturaltendency to dream, think, and act.These older children like to dramatizestories and plays just as well as thelittle ones. Through his adolescent

years the child has many conflictingthoughts and emotions. Pretending andacting give him an opportunity to ex-press some of his pentup emotion, andby watching him in his playacting, theparent can discern any undue influences,ideas, and thoughts that have come tohis mind, and replace them with con-structive ones.

Imagination is indeed worth culti-vating; it makes for ambition and suc-cess. W itho ut it where would be theverses of poets, the stories of great writ-ers, the master pieces of artists, and thecompositions in music? W ithout it therewould be no stride forward in com-merce, science, or invention. Ale xan dreVinet once said, “The foundation of talent is imagination.”

j THE JU NIO R ORDER OF TORCHBEARERS |

Are you interested in having your little boy or girl associate period ically with other E

1 children who are taugh t in a pleasan t, interesting w ay something about the my steries jj

i of life— thoughts that will open their minds while they are youn g and prep are them E

E to accept, when older, universal truths? D o you want your children to avoid unnecessary E

Ehypo crisies, superstitions, and limiting conven tions? EThe Junior Orde r of Torc h Beare rs is a nonsectarian, nonpolitical organization, E

r bringin g together children of progr essivelym inded paren ts to learn in an inspiring, inter EE esting wa y something of the truths of life and the mystery of the universe. F or further EE particulars, addre ss Secre tary, Junior Ord er of Tor ch Bearers, Rosicrucian Park, San E

E Jose, California. E

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

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It is not ne cessa ry while on vaca tion , or while travellin g this spring and summer, for =E you to discontinue the receipt of your monographs or studies. W e have an excellent jj

i arrangement whereby you can take several mono graphs with you if you are going to jjE be absent for a period of more than two weeks. W e can also forward the mon ograph s jjE to you if that method is preferred. W e will gladly make summer address changes for jj

| your convenience.Travel and vacation make possible new environments, additional opportunities for 5

E rest, recreation and the freedom of the mind from the many burdens and details with Ei which it has been occupied. C onsequently it is possible to more easily absorb new facts EE and new knowledge. Man y students advise us that they gain more from a study of EE their monographs while travelling and relaxing or while on vacation than from a similar E

E time at home. Just notify us ten days in advance to arrange to accommodate you, rather E

E than discontinue your studies during the summer vacation or period of travel. E



A N C I E N T B A A L BE C KIn Lebanon—where grew the famous cedars of Lebanon—stand the remains of once magnificent Roman temples, glorious in their

ruins. Stately column s depict the beauty that once was dedicated to the gods. In an excellent state of preservation, facing the abovecolonnade and not visible here, is an excellent example of Corinthian architecture—the Temple of Bacchus, god of intoxication, mer-riment and wine. The six graceful columns were once a part of the sacred Temple of Jupiter, in which Caes ar's conquering legionspaid their respects to the god. A few hours ’ journey from Baalbeck bring s one to the Syrian coast, old Phoenicia. Only a personalvisit, however, can reveal the splendid workmanship and vastness of these structures.

(Fi lmed by AMORC Camera Expedit ion.)



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T H E P U R P O S E S O F

T H E R O S I C R U C I A N O R D E R

§ The Rosic ruc ian Order, ex is ting in all civi liz ed lands, is a non-sectarian,

fraternal body of men and women devoted to the investigation, study, and

practical application of natural and spiritual laws. The purpose of the organization is to enable all to live in harmony with the creative, constructive.

Cosmic forces for the attainment of health, happiness, and Peace.

Th e Order is internat ion ally known as AM ORC (an ab br ev iation ), and theAMORC in America, and all other lands, constitutes the only form of Rosicrucian activities united in one body having representation in the interna

tional federation. The AM ORC does not sell its teachings, but gives themfreely to all affiliated members, together with many other benefits.

Inquirers seeking to know the history, purposes, and practical benefitsMember of that they may receive from Rosicrucian association, are invited to send for“ FP RO SI” the free book,"The SecretH erita ge.” Address. Fria r S. P. C.. care of

(Federation Uni-verselles des AMORC TEMPI.KOrdres et Rosicrucian Park, San Jose, California, U. S. A.

IniUaUques) (Cable Address: "AM OR CO ” Radio Station W6 HTB )

Officials of the North and South American jurisdictionThis Jurisdiction includes all countries of North, Central and South America and all land under

the protection of the United States of America.H. SPENCER LEWIS, F. R. C., Ph. D .................... Imperator

THOR K II M A LE H TO , F. R. C....................................................................................Sovereign Grand MasterRA LPH M. LEW IS, F. R. C......................................... Supreme SecretaryHA RV EY MILES . F. R. C Grand TreasurerHARRY L. SHIBLEY. F. R. C.................................................................................... Director of Publications

S P A N I S H A M E R I C A N D I V I SI O NArmando Font de la Jara, F. R. C., D eputy G rand Master: Cecil A. Poole, F. R. C,, Secretary

General. Direct inquiries regard this division to the Secreta ryG enera l, Rosicrucian Park. San Jose,

Californ ia, U. S. A.Junior Order of Torch Bearers (sponsored by AM ORC ). Fo r complete information as to its aimsand benefits address General Secretary, Grand Chapter, Rosicrucian Park, San Jose. California.

The following principal branches a re District Headqu arters of AM O R C Reading, Pennsylvania: San Francisco, California:

Reading Chapter. Mr. Geo. Osman. Master: Bacon Lodge. 1655 Polk Street;

Mr. R. K. Gumpf. Secretary. Meeting every M r E]mer Lcc Brown' M aster'1st and 3rd Friday. 8:00 p.m.,Washington Pittsburg, Pennsvlvania:Hall, 904 W ashington Street. Penn. First Lodge. Miss M ary S. Green.

Master: 610 Arch Street.New York City, New York : Atlanta, Georgia:

New York Chapter, Rooms 3536, 711 8th Atlanta Chapter No. 650. Mrs. V. CunningAve.. cor. 8th Av e. and 45th Street. Mr. ham. Sr., Ma ster: Nas sa u Hotel. MeetingsJoseph Weed , Master; Martha L. Mullins, 7:30 every Th ursd ay night.Secretary. Inquiry and reading rooms open Los Angeles, California:

week days and Sundays , 1 to 8 p. m. Hermes Lodge, A M O R C Temple. Mr.. Paul Deputy. Master. Reading Room andPhilade lphia, Pennsv lvania: Inquiry office open daily, 10 a.m . to 5 p.m .

Beniamin Franklin Chap ter of AM O RC : and 7:30 p. m. to 9 p. m. except Sunda ys.Mr. H. Baker Churchill. Master: Mr. Geor ge 148 Gram ercy Place.M. Stewart. Secretary, 617 Arch Street. Birmingham, Alabam a:Meetings for all members every second and Birmingham Chapter. Convocation for allfourth Sund ay, 7:30 p.m . at the Unive rsal grades, each Friday night, 7:30 p. m., LodgePeace Institute, 219 S. Bro ad Street, 2nd room. Tutw ilder Hotel. M r. Or land o S.floor (over Horn & Ha rda rt’s). Finch. Master, 1604 16th Ave. N. or C. C.

„ . . Berry, Secretary, 721 S. 85th Street,noston, Mas sachusetts: Ch 'c Illinois'

The Marie Clemens Lod ge. Mr. Pierpont F. Chica go 'chapter No. 9. Fred D. W edge.De Lesdernier, Master; Tem ple and reading Ma ster; Miss Sue Lister, Secretary . TeleRooms. 739 Boylston St., Telephone K en phone Superior 6881. Reading Room openmore 9398. afternoons and evenings. Sun day s 2 to 5

Detroit. Michigan: only. Lakeview Bldg.. 166 S. Michigan AveRooms 408910. Lecture sessions for A LLThe bes Chapter No. 336. M rs. Pearl Anna members every Tu esd ay night, 8:00 p. m.Tifft, Master; M r. Ernest Cheyne. Secre Chicago AfraAmerican Chapter No. 10.tary. Meetings at the Detroit Federa D r. Katie B. How ard. Master: Nehemiahtion of W om en’s Clubs, 4811 2nd Avenue, Dennis, Secretary . Meetings every We dnescvery Tu esd ay , 8 p.m . Inquirers call dial day night at 8 o'clock. Y. M. C. A., 3763 So.phone Tow nsend 62967. W aba sh Avenue.

(Directory Continued on Next Page)



Washington, D. C. :

Thomas Jefferson Chapter. Richard D. Ames,Master. Meetings Confederate Memorial

Hall, 1322 Vermont Ave. N. W ., every Fri-day evening, 8:00 p. m. Secretary , Mrs.Glad ys Short, 3323 Holmead PI. N. W .

Seattle, Washington:

AM O RC Chapter 586. Mr. C. R. Cleaver,Master; Mr. Geo. Peterson, Secretary. 31114Lowman Bldg., between 1st and 2nd Aves.,on Ch erry Street. Read ing room open weekdays 11 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Visitors welcome.Chapter meetings each Monday, 8:00 p. m.

Portland, Oregon:

Portland Chapter. Mrs. Emm a Strickland,Ma ster; 405 Orpheum Bldg. Meetings everyThursd ay, 8:00 p.m . at 714 W . 11th Ave.

Newark, New Jersey.

H. Spencer Lewis Chapter. Frank A. Ham-

mond, Master; for information address SylviaKingsley. Secretary, 31 Leo Place.

St. Louis, Missouri:

St. Louis Chapter. Do uglas M. Bryden,Ma ster. Melbourne Hotel, Grand Avenueand Lindell Blvd. Me eting s first and thirdTuesday of each month, 8 p. m.

Other Chartered Cha pters and Lodg es of the Rosicrucian O rder (A M O R C ) will be found in

most large cities and towns of N orth Am erica. Add ress of local representatives given on request.

P R I N C I P A L C A N A D I A N B R A N C H E S

Victoria, British Columbia:

Victor ia Lodg e. Mr. George A. Melville,Master. Inquiry Office and Reading Room,101 Union Bank Bldg. Open week days 12a. m. to 5 p. m.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:

Charles Dana Dean Chapter. Mr. Ronald S.Scarth, Master. 834 Grosve nor Av e. Sessionfor all members every Tuesday at 7:45 p. m..204 Kensington Bldg.

Edmonton, Alberta:Mr. F. G. Powell, Master. 9533 Jasper Avenue E.

Toronto. Ontario, Canada:Mr. E. Charlton, Master. Sessions 1st and3rd Sundays of the month, 7:00 p. m., No. 10Lansdowne Ave.

Vancouver, British Columbia:Canadian Grand Lodge, AM OR C. Mr. E .A. Burnett, Master: Miss Mabylee Deacon,Secretary, AMORC Temple, 878 HornbyStreet.

A F E W O F T H E F O R E I G N J U R I S D I C T I O N S

Scandinavian Countries:The AMORC Grand Lodge of Denmark.Mr. Arthur Sundstrup, Grand Master; CarliAnderson, S. R. C., Grand Secretar y. Manogade 13th Strand. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Sweden:Grand Lodge "Rosenkorset." Anton Svanlund. F. R. C., Grand Master. Jerusalemsgatan, 6, Malmo.

Holland:De Rozekruisers Orde; GrootLodge der Nederlanden. J. Coop s, Gr. Sect.. Hunzestraat 141, Amsterdam.

France:Dr. Hans Gruter, Grand M aster. Mile.Jeanne Guesdon, Secretary, 56 Rue Gambctta. Villeneuve Saint Georges (Seine & Oise) .

Switzerland:AMORC, Grand Lodge, 21 Ave. Dapples,Lausann e; Dr. Ed. Bertholet. F. R .C .. GrandMaster, 6 Blvd. Chamb landes, PullyLausanne; Pierre Genillard, Grand Secty., SurlacB, Mont Choisi, Lausanne.

China:The United Grand Lodg e of China. P. O.Box 513, Shanghai, China.

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Auckland ’Chapter AMO RC . Mr. G. A.Franklin, Master. 317 Victoria Arcade Bldg.,Queen St.. City Auckland.

England:The AMORC Grand Lodge of Great Britain.Mr. R aymund Andrea. F. R. C., G randMaster. 34 Baywater Ave., Westbury Park.Bristol 6.

Dutch and East Indies:Dr. W . Th. van Stokkum, Grand Master;W . J. Visser, SecretaryGeneral. Karangtempel 10 Seinarang, Java.

Egypt:The Grand Orient of AMORC, House of theTem ple, M. A. R amayvelim, F. R. C., G randSecretary. 26, Avenue Ismalia. Heliopolis.

Cairo Information Bureau de la Rose Croix.J. Sapporta, Secretary, 27 Rue SalimonPacha, Cairo.

Africa:The Grand Lodge of the Gold Coast,AMORC. Mr. William Okai, Grand Master.P. O. Box 424 Accra, Gold Coast, WestAfrica.

The addresses of other foreign Grand Lodges and secretaries will be furnished on application.

TH E R O S I C R U C I A N P R E S S, L T D . , ««p|Se 3&;- P R I N T E D IN U . S . A .



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