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The Rosicrucian Messenger
This Messenger is issued solely to acquaint the public with the activities,principles, and purposes of tne Rosicrucian Brotherhood, A M O R C , andis published by tne above organization, bi-monthly, at San Jose, California.
VOL I. NO. 4 JULY-AUGUST GRATIS
THE ROYAL ROAD TO SUCCESS
vBy W a l t e r W r i g h t
( Con t inued from last issue)
M e n a n d w o m e n w h o g o
through l i fe wi thout us ing the un -
developed psychic and mental
powers wi th in them are s imply
leng then ing the t ime of the
struggles with life’s obstacles. Fur
thermore, such persons have no
pro tect ion against the many i l l -
nesses, diseases, failures, pitfalls,
and o ther t reacherous th ings that
surround all of civil isation. They
become victims of persons who
have s t ronger minds and s t ronger
will power. They become tools in
the hands o f those who wish to
dominate them. Th ey never r i se
above mediocre places in l ife and
never at ta in sel f mastersh ip o rprosper i ty , t rue heal th , o r happi
ness.
The Rosicrucians have fo r cen -
tu r ies po in ted ou t the s imple
met h o d s wh ereb y men an d wo men
( Con t inued on page 1)
M AKING THE MOST OF LIFE
V
B y R. M. L e w i s
Life, to many, consists of the five
object ive senses o f man . W e are
permi t ted to know the ob ject ive,the material side of l ife through the
medium of the senses, of seeing,
hearing, feeling, tasting, and smell -
ing.
To many , a l l that l i fe can af ford
is that which is confined within
the realism of these sense impres-
sions. Th e wor ld of color is those
l igh t waves which the ret ina o f
th eir eyes are sensit ive to. Th e
magni tude of sound , to them, i s
l imited merely to those vibrations
of the ether which cause the d ia
phram of thei r ears to v ib rate in
resonance wi th the sound waves
and thus permi t them to becomeconscious of i t . T o them , feeling
is that which merely exci tes thei r
phy sical, ner vous system. Th ey per -
mit these five senses to build a wall
around th em and l imi t them to the
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THE ROYAL ROAD TO SUCCESS
( C o n t i n u e d from page 1)
can develop the inner, secret fac
ul t ies and powers tha t were given
to eve ry man and woman a t b i r th
but which l ie undeveloped and un
awakened unt i l we use the propermethods to le t them funct ion in
a l l of the ir grea t power. The Ros i
crucians do not hold this knowl
edge in secrecy although it is the
greatest of all secret knowledge.
They are wil l ing to share i t and
to give it freely to those who seek
for it or ask for it .
The Ros icrucian methods con-
stitute the royal road to the reali
za t ion of our dreams in l i fe . The
methods do not in terfere with our
regular dut ies in l i fe nor with our
religious, social, or business posi-
t ion except by advancing us and
making us more successful and
more masterful in these things.
There are no fanat ica l or extreme
irra t ional prac t ices but jus t sane
and eas i ly unders tood methods
which every man and woman can
apply in their daily life with success
and pleasure.
You do not know how fasc in -
ating life can become and how
rapidly you can change the course
of your l i fe and the problems tha t
confront you by fol lowing the
Rosicrucian methods. The Rosicru
c ians extend to you a sympathet ic
and unde rs t and ing hand o f fe l low-
ship and invi te you to share with
them the grea t knowledge tha t has
come down through a l l the ages
and which has made the Ros icru
c ians wel l known in every land of
the world for many centuries .
Do not c lose your eyes and a l -
low bias or pre judice to in terfere
with your natura l r ight to inves -
t iga te what the Ros icrucians have
to offer . Free ly may you inquire
and become acquainted with the
Ros icrucian socie ty and free ly may
you enjoy it or pass it by.T he door i s open to you and i t
is your privi lege now to s tar t a
new l i fe and begin to journey on
this royal road to happiness and
success. Somewh ere in this little
publication you will find sugges-
t ions as to how you may contac t
those who will gladly help you
and advise you.
V V VMAKING THE MOST OF LIFE
(C on t inued f rom page 1)
knowledge of so much of l i fe andno more.
Man, however, is adventurousby n atur e as well as aggressive. A s-
socia t ion with the other forms of
animal life soon convinced man
that he was to an extent l imited in
l i fe , tha t he was mos t certa inly not
deriving the utmos t from i t . Those
quadrupeds tha t he had domes t i -
ca ted by kindness and which had
become not only his companions
but his beas ts of burden, afforded
h im much oppor tun i ty fo r s tudy .
They excelled him in the sensitivity
of their senses.
Man realized the insignificance
of his sight, hearing, in fact of all
his senses. Th e sup eriorit y of the
keenn ess of sense w as evinced in all
of the various species of animal
life. Th e intellect, wh ich is one of
the character is t ics tha t exal ts man
above other animal l i fe , permit ted
him to overcome this deficiency. It
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was th is in tel lect that man used to
for t i fy h imsel f as an in fer io r an i -
mal against the more perfect ly de-
veloped animals of other species.
Man augmented h is senses as
science developed. He invented and
perfected the te lescope and micro -
scope. By the developmen t of thesedevices, consisting of a con vex glass
or p r i sm, the l igh t w aves were ben t
and focused in to a concen t rated
area which great ly ampl i f ied thei r
in tensi ty , and the hor izon of man 's
physical wor ld became great ly ex -
tend ed. N ow h is physical vision,
due to these marvelous devices, far
exceeds the natural s igh t o f the
most favored of the an imal k ing -dom.
T h ro u g h t h e cen t u r i es man h as
fur ther inven ted and perfected
o t h e r ap p ara t u s t h a t p e rm i t s h i m t o
extend h is physical senses. H e is
ab le to hear fo r th ousands o f mi les;he is able to feel the most sensit ive
of ph ysical impressions. W ith
this enlarged field or scope of the
material side of l ife has man been
able to find any greater happiness,
has he come to know more con -
ten tment? Has man been ab le to
make the most o f th is en larged ,
m aterial world, which he has come
t o k n o w?
Today , there are th ousands, even
millions, who seem to be unsatis-
fied and restless and far from
making the most of l ife, even with
the advan tages o f a ll o f the m oderncont r ibu t ions o f science. Th ey
seem to be as far f rom harmonv
and peace of mind as the most
pr imi t ive man who possessed no th -
ing bu t h is natural senses , and ,
therefore, knew a l imi ted world .
W e h av e men t i on ed t h a t man i s
undaunted, aggressive; he even
seeks to fu r ther en large the ter r i -
tory of his senses; he constantly
improves , th rough research and ex -
perimentation, his instruments; st i l l
further he amplifies his concept of
the physical wor ld around h im, bu t
the more that is revealed to his
senses materially, the more mysti -
fied and aweinspired with i ts gran-
deur he becomes.
W h at i s t h e m ean i n g o f i t al l
and what relat ionsh ip has man to
i t? Th ese seem to be the p ara-
mount quest ions which remain , o r
seem to remain , unanswer ed . Th e
vastness of i t t inges his soul with
sublimity. Doe s i t not seem that
making the m ost o f l i fe is no t mer e-
ly to determine i t s s tupendous,
mater ial p ropor t ions?
An analogy to ascer tain the
topography d imensions o f an enor -
mous mountain m ay appeal to the
spiri t of inquisit iveness and gratify
one’s imagination, but as far as di -
rect benefit is concerned such infor-
mation alone is of l i t t le value. The
geologists and mineralogists, who
d e t e rmi n e t h e n a t u re o f t h e e l e -
men t s o f t h a t mo u n t a i n mak e an
analysis of i ts soil and minerals
wi th a v iew of u t i l iz ing them.
They relate man and man’s neces -
si t ies to their research, because man
is able to profit by such infor m a-
tion.
Is not such reasoning applicableto our dai ly l i fe a lso? Th rou gh our
physical senses we are able to know
the mater ial wor ld o f which we are
a par t . W e can s tudy it , analyze
i t , char t and measure i t , bu t that
alone is not sufficient. Th e more
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we do th is the more appreciat ive
do we become that there is some
intelligence, some mind or power,
behind these physical propor t ions
and behind th is great mater ial
world which we realize objectively.
The d iv ine in tel lect that broughtth is mater ial wor ld in to exis tence,
o f wh ich we a r e b u t a co u n te rp ar t ,
still exists. It was not, as pro
claimed by some religions, to have
conccived and created th is u niverse
and all that is in it in a short period
o f t ime and then d iscontinued i ts
creative pr ocesses. I t is evident to
us that the wor ld is constantly be
ing created and as the ancient phil -
osophers have said, it is in “a state
of becoming.”
A s tudy of th is process of crea-
t ion in any of i ts phases through
the use of science reveals that the
man y man i f es ta t io n s o f th e ma -
ter ial wor ld do not occur by acci -
dent or chance. Th e per iodici ty of
the laws of nature have been de-
te rmin ed ; th e f ac t th a t th ey a r c
immutable has been es tablished;
therefore, we realize, and we are
compelled to accept by preponder -
ance of s imilar occurrences , th at an
infinite intelligence exists and per-
vades all. A fte r being convinced
of th is— that th ere is such an in -
finite intelligence which is at work
in the universe, we should not in -
teres t ourselves pr imar ily in the
phenomena of th is in tel l igence butrather the u ti l izing of i t so as to
get the most out of l i fe .
Engineers who would devote
t ime and research to p lan and
finally construct an elaborate piece
of mechanism, such as a gigantic
generator , only for the purpose of
p ro d u c in g p o wer , w i th o u t a t th e
same time giving serious considera-
t ion to the u ti l i ty of that power ,
these engineers you would term as
impractical wasters. M an y men and
women, however , go through l ife
possessing in their being this in-
finite intelligence, which is a vastin n er p o wer th a t co u ld p ro d u ce
more for them in l ife— bring them
happiness , health , unders tanding—
but they prefer to seek outs ide of
themselves for that which they
need. Th ey try to get the most
from life alone through their ph ysi-
cal senses.
I t may be entrancing to use your
five outer senses to probe the di-
mensions of th is outs ide wor ld in
which you l ive and to learn of the
physical th ings , of which you are a
par t , bu t i t is more grat ify ing and,
individually, you gain more fromlife if you s tudy how to avail your -
self of the power that is with in
you.
Ho wev er , y o u can n o t d i r ec t th i s
immaterial essence in a material
man n er . Yo u can n o t a t temp t to
analyze it, weigh it, or appreciate
i ts value by subjecting i t to the
scrutiny of your objective sense,
as those are physical senses in-
tended for the comprehension of
th in g s o f an o th er p lan e o f th e mu n -
dane w or ld . You cann ot objectively
see, hear, taste, and feel, this
psychic force, you can only,
through your objective senses ,
k n o w th e result of this force.
N o m an has ever seen the force
we call electricity. You can know
electr ici ty only through i ts mani-
festat ions such as energy , heat and
light , yet no one would deny the
existence of electr ici ty . Then , why(Con t inued on page 5)
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THE ROSICRUCIAN MESSENGER Page Five
MAY WE HELP YOU ?
An Invitation to the Perplexed
V
Th e Ros icrucian organizat ion in
a l l lands seeks an opportuni ty toserve its fellow beings in meeting
the problems of life in a practical
and efficient manner.
Internat ional ly es tabl ished for
many centuries , the movement is
un iversa l ly a t tun ed sympath et ical ly
with the personal t r ia ls and t r ibu
la t ions which bese t the path of
each who seeks happiness, peace,
and the fullness of a useful life.
N ot by tem porari ly re l ieving you
of your problem, not by offer ing
an em barrass ing a llevia t ion of your
difficulty, nor by assum ing you r re
spons ibi l i ty ; but by coopera t ingwith you to mas ter the s i tua t ion
and attain the result, is the method
used by the Ros icrucians in the ir
system of spreading the ideals of
human b ro the rhood .
W ith out re l ig ious bias or con-
sideration, without political or
commercial incentive, the Rosicru
cians seek to instruct and guide th e
s ea rche r fo r T ru th and the Power
to Do. O lder than an y s imilar
movement in America today, the
work is carr ied on in every large
community in a dignified, efficient
manner, supported by the good-wil l and coopera t ion of every pro-
gress ive man and woman.
W ha teve r may be your bus iness
or social position, you are assured
of a welcome in the local branch
mentioned on page 8 of th is
bul le t in , and a ca l l upon them for
further fac ts , ins t ruct ive l i te ra -
ture, or personal suggestions, will
be p rompt ly ans wered wi thou t ob -
ligation.
If you are not l iv ing within the
vicinity of the local branch lis ted
on page 8 , you may wri te forinformation to the Nat ional Ros i -
crucian Headquarters , L ibrarian
E. R. Z. , Rosicrucian Park, San
Jose, California, and a fascinating
book ent i t led the “Light of Egyp t”
will be sent free.
Get in touch with the local
branch, however, if you possibly
can.
V V V
MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE
(Cont inued f r om page 4)
deny tha t your inner se lf is a grea t
force, a creative force, an infinitepower fo r p rodu c ing wha teve r you
may aspire to in life?
As to an indica t ion of the ex-
istence of this inner force, is it
hardly necessary to se t for th any
means of demons tra t ing this force
within your being? On e of the most
profound and yet s imple means of
demons tra t ing the fac t tha t you
possess more than an objective or
brain consciousness is to illustrate
the consciousness of self.
For example , i f I were speaking
direc t ly to you, you would be out -
wardly conscious of me through
the medium of your ears and eyes .
You would hear my voice and you
could see me. Yet with the fact
tha t you rea l ized I was there and
with that consciousness of me, you
would still be conscious that you
were you. You wou ld know tha t
you were no t me and tha t you
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were separate and apart from any-
one else regardless of how much
they might look or talk like you.
Thus, in addition to the con
sciousness of your sense impres-
sions which permit you to knowof the world outside yourself, you'
have that inner response or divine
intelligence that always permits youto know that you arc a separate
being. It is a self consciousness,
th e consciousness of self. This in-ner intelligence ever strives to aidyou even though you may be in-differen t to it. Your hunches, socalled, your ideas, your intuition,
or the popularly termed “sixthsense" which seems to look out foryour welfare, what is the origin of
them? Th ey germinated from anintelligence within, certainly notfrom the impressions received byyour brain or from your memory,
or reasoning processes.
Realize now that to get the ut-most out of life is to get the ut-
most OU T OF YO URSELF andwhen speaking of self remember
there is more to you than the phy-sical self even with its attributesor senses. Th ere is th at real inner
(Continued on page 7)
V V V
YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARYYour main public library re-
ceives each month, for display, acopy of the “Rosicrucian Digest,”
the monthly periodical of thisworldwide organization. You willenjoy reading this magazine for it
contains many inspiring and in-structive articles prepared byteachers of higher thought, meta-physicians, and masters of the
organization.
s Worthwhile Books
(Monthly Review of Books)
ocfoaooc*For a book of its size and price,
the fascinating volume entitled, “A
Thou sand Years of Yesterdays,” by
H. Spen cer Lewis, is un usual. Itis distinctive in the fact that it is
dual in natu re. First, it is a story,intriguing, has good continuity, car-
ries the reader along with out effort;
second, you are conscious that you
arc being taught important laws
and principles, that vital points
which you have been puzzled about
in the past are being explained toyou in a simple and interesting
manner.
Have you ever felt that youwould like to tear aside the veil of
the past and rediscover, so to speak,
the personalities of your past lives?
Have you wondered wh at you were
in some oth er incarnation? Have
you been puzzled with what causes
your u nusual feeling of pleasure or
of attraction toward strange things
that your heredity does not ex-plain?
This book treats with the doctrineof reincarnation, not in a technicalway, but in a new, pleasing, under-
standable manner. Those who havenever studied the principle of rein-
carnation will be surprised at therational presentation of the doc-trine as the characters of the story
live their lives again. It seems asthough it is the only answ er to the
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THE ROSICRUCIAN MESSENGER Page Seven
problems that have perplexed us,
as to the why and wherefore of
life, and especially as to whether
we are limited here to the few
years’ span between the eternity
behind us and the eternity beforeus.
The book is well printed and
well bound, and sells for the eco-nomical price of 85c per copy,
postage paid. It can be secured
from the R o s i c r u c i a n S u p p l y
B u r e a u , San Jose, California,U. S. A. Th is book, or any of the
following listed here, may also be
secured from the local chapter of the Rosicrucian Brotherh ood in thiscity, whose address you will find
on page 8.
"Rosicrucian Principles for theHom e and Busi n ess"................ $2.2 ?
"Th e Mystical Life of Jesus”.... $2.90“A Thousand Years of
Yesterdays" .............................. $ .85“Unto Thee I Grant” .................. $1.50
“Rosicrucian M an ua l"..................
$2.30“Rosic ruc ian Quest ions and
An sw er s" ................................... $2 .50“Sel f Maste ry and Fa te wi th
Cycles of Life"......................... $2.50“ Man sions of the Sou l"................ $2 .50"Mystics at Prayer"....................... $1.00
V V V
MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE(Continued from page 6)
self with its psychic force. Thestudy of the inner forces of manhas naught to do with religiouscreeds, or dogmas, and it does notmean that you must be eccentric orfanatical, or must change yourmode of living.
It does mean, however, that youshould not blind yourself to theseinn er self impressions. You shouldnot try to submerge this self that
(Continued on page 8)
g THE CATHEDRAL 8
THE SOUL
Although the Rosicrucian or-ganization is primarily not a heal-
ing organization, that is, its entire
curriculum and its many forms of activity are not devoted entirelyto the purpose of healing, still,
through the use of the higher lawsand fundamental natural principlesand in addition to any assistancerendered by your physician, the
Rosicrucians have arranged periodseach month for those who wishto, while in meditation, attunethemselves through the Cosmic
with the higher officers and mem-
bers of the Brotherhood for special
help in healing and for inspiration.The thoughts of these tcachers
and adepts are projected into the
Cosmic and there focalized, cre-
ating a Cathedral of the Soul—not an actual physical structure,
but an ethereal, spiritual cathedral
of constructive, helpful, creativethought—and you are invited to
avail yourself of the great bene-fit that can come to you through
these special periods of attunement.
Further interesting and helpfulliterature on just what the Cathed-ral of the Soul is, and the prac-
tical benefit that you can derivefrom it, may be secured by gettingin touch with the local chapter of
Rosicrucians at the address givenon page 8.
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Local Activities of The Rosicrucian Group And Advantages in Contacting Them
VIn this city is a group of earnest
s tudents of the h igher laws and
pr incip les of l i fe who devote a
small amount of their t ime to
s tudying the fundamental pr in
cip les that wil l a id in better ing
their individual lives, as well as
mankind in general . They, l i \e
you, are in teres ted in the per -
manency in their l ives of happi -
ness, success, an d th e ful f i l lm ent
of their desires.
As an author ised and sponsored
b ran ch o f th e Ro sic ru cian O r -
ganisat ion , they welcome you toattend their public sessions, at
which t ime f ree lectures of a help -
fu l and inspir ing nature are g iven .
They welcome you to v is i t them,
and secure enlightening , ins truc-
t ive, an d practical l i terature, which
is g ladly extended to you without
obligation . Th ey welcome you to
meet them personally , so that they
may share their knowledge with
you, so that they may extend their
hand in welcome.
Th ere a r e man y f ea tu r es o f in -
teres t to the s tudent of mysticism,
higher thought, occult ism, and ,
above al l , Tru th , being conducted
by th is local Rosicrucian Chapter ,
and we suggest that you call
upon, or visit, the address given
b e lo w. Th e M as te r o r Secre ta ry ,
whose name and address are g iven
below, will consider it a privilege
to answer your quer ies , and to
meet you personally .
V V VMAKING THE MOST OF LIFE
(Continued from page 7)consti tu tes your character , your
real inner being , which is the per -
sonali ty , the th ing , that d is t in -
guishes you f rom every o ther in -
d iv idual , the real p a r t o f you. A t
least g ive some ser ious thought to
these subtle forces.
The Rosicrucians are those men
an d wo men wh o a r e , in a s imp le
yet fascinating way, learn ing the
possib il i t ies of the laten t power re -
s id in g w i th in man an d h o w th ey
may u ti l ize these powers to get the
utm ost f rom l ife . Th ey h av e co me
to realize that life is not onesided,
i t is not al l physical , that there is
also a psychic force, the soul force
of man.
I f you spend 168 hours a week
in l iv ing , why not devote one hour
a week to learn ing the pr incip les
o f l i f e an d lea rn to mas te r th em?
On ce k n o win g th ese fu n d amen ta l
pr incip les of l i fe and not jus t the
ex p an se o r p ro p o r t io n s o f th e p h y -
sical world of your senses, you
tru ly become a captain of your soul
an d th e p i lot o f y o u r for tu n e .
R O SI C R U C I A N B R O T H E RH O O D ( A M O R C)
1 6 8 5 F O L K S T R E ET S A N F R A N C I S C O . C A L I F .
M A S T E R : M R . E . W A R D
O F F I C E S A N D R E A D I N G R O O M A T A BO V E A D D R E I I
I N A DD I T I O N T O E V E N I N G S , O P E N T O T H E P U H L I C M O N . ,
W E D . F R I . A F T E R N O O N S 2 T O A P . M .
P R t N f I D I N U . • . A .