A.M.O.R.C. Master Monographs Index

Introduction

The Rosicrucian Monographs or Personal Sanctum Study Lessons (as they are sometimes called by AMORC) were first written in the beginning of the 20th century (before the 1930s) by Harvey Spencer Lewis, founder of AMORC, and subsequently updated by his successors to stay current with advancements in science, language, and culture.  

I would like to recommend further studies on the Rosicrucian Tradition provided in my eBooks on Rosicrucian Metaphysics available on Scribd. 

 

Contents A.M.O.R.C.'s Rosicrucian Monographs

o AMORC Grade Structure

o Postulant (Mandamus) section

Mandamus

o Neophyte section

Introductory lessons

First Atrium

Second Atrium

Third Atrium

o Temple section

First Temple Degree (Zelator, later "Juniorius" and currently "Studiosus")

Second Temple Degree (Theoricus)

Third Temple Degree (Practicus)

Fourth Temple Degree (Philosophus)

Fifth Temple Degree (Adeptus Minor)

Sixth Temple Degree (Adeptus Major)

Seventh Temple Degree (Adeptus Exemptus)

Eighth Temple Degree (Magistericus Templicated)

Ninth Temple Degree (Magus)

o Illuminati Section

Tenth Temple Degree (Magus, later "Ipisissimus", currently "Illuminatus Minor")

Eleventh Temple Degree (Illuminati, currently "Illuminatus Major")

Twelfth Temple Degree (Illuminati, later "Esoteric Hierarchy", currently "Illuminatus Exemptus")

o Ordo Svmmvm Bonvm section (Plane 1 to 9 Degrees)

Plane 1

Plane 2

Plane 3

See Also

References

A.M.O.R.C.'s Rosicrucian Monographs

These teachings are part of the Rosicrucian Monographs.These are not the only subjects covered by the Rosicrucian system. The list contained here, which should be perceived as unofficial, is adapted from the Rosicrucian Home Study Lessons section of the Web version of the Mastery of Life published by the English Grand Lodge for the Americas also including information from my private library of Master Monographs.

A.M.O.R.C.'s Grade Structure

The AMORC grades, or as they called, Degrees, are arranged into four sections or groups:

Postulant section - That is the introductory section and includes the Mandamus explaining the system of study and basic concepts.

Neophyte section - That is the basic section and includes three degrees.

Temple section – That is the intermediate section and includes eight degrees. After the year 2000, there was a reformation of the degrees, and their titles changed as well as the name of this section.

Illuminati section – That is the advanced section and includes four degrees. After the year 2000, their titles changed. For instance, the Illuminati section was split in three sections:

o The Illuminati proper section, including the 9th, 10th, and 11th degrees.

o The Esoteric Hierarchy section, including the 12th degree as an introduction to a new entire new section called the Ordo Summum Bonum

Ordo Summun Bonun section - That section has a subsection entitled the Planes, which includes another set of nine degrees. The "Plane" degrees were created by HSL's son Ralph Maxwell Lewis (1904–1987), initiate name: Sar Validivar, during his period as AMORC Imperator (1939 to 1987). Those degrees are purely philosophical in nature and discuss the nature of the Cosmic and its Natural Laws.

Postulant (8 Mandamus) section

The word Mandamus, which appears on the cover of each monograph, designates the especial mandate that the student receive as Postulant to the Order and the monographs explain the system of study and basic concepts and terminology used in the degrees ahead.

Neophyte section

Like in ancient times, if a person wanted to study the great mysteries of the world, they would have to petition for admittance as a student and become a Neophyte. The Neophyte would be granted admittance to the Atrium, or reception chamber to the temple. In the Atrium the Neophyte would receive the preliminary instructions and beginning teachings, before they would be allowed entry into the temple. Following ancient times the Rosicrucian monographs are called Atrium lessons, and beginning Rosicrucian students are called Neophytes.

Introductory lessons

Presents basic Rosicrucian concepts that can be applied in practical ways. One of the first things the students will learn as a Neophyte is that they are a dual being. In addition to the student's five physical senses, the student also has a psychic sense. The exercises in these introductory lessons are designed to gradually awaken and develop the psychic faculty. The exercises allow the students to discover for themselves through direct experience how these principles work.

Topics included:

Mystical  Sounds

Spiritual Alchemy

Time and Space

Human and Cosmic Consciousness

Meditation

Development of the Intuition

Introduction to: Human Aura, Telepathy, Metaphysical Healing

First Atrium (14 Monographs)

The first Atrium explores consciousness as the organizing principle of matter and explains the composition and structure of matter and its vibratory nature. You'll learn how the creative power of thought affects the material world. This power is demonstrated through exercises in the techniques of concentration, visualization, and mental creation.

Topics included:

Composition and Structure of Matter

Power of Thought and Concentration

Visualization

Telepathy

Mental Projection

Law of the Triangle

Second Atrium

The student's understanding of the connection between mind and matter will now be expanded to include the connection between the mind and the physical body. The second Atrium explores how the students' thoughts influence their health, the role of proper breathing in psychic development as well as health and vitality, and Rosicrucian healing techniques. As the students develop their body's psychic centres, the student will gradually awaken psychic faculties, such as the ability to perceive the aura. the student will also experience the mystical effect of sounds.

Topics included:

Origin of Diseases

Influence of Thoughts on Health

Mystical Art of Breathing

Rosicrucian Healing Treatments

Perception of the Aura

Awakening the Psychic Consciousness

Mystical Sounds

Third Atrium

The Third Atrium moves beyond the physical body and the psychic faculties into the realm of the mystical. As the student become more attuned with the inner source of wisdom, they will become more receptive to the subtle inner prompting of intuition, inspiration and illumination. These lessons also explode the nature of Soul and spiritual evolution, reincarnation and karma, and the cycles of the soul.

Topics included:

Reincarnation

Karma

Free Will

Good and Evil

Intuition  Inspiration and Illumination

The Great Religious Movements

The Nature of Soul

Purpose of our Spiritual Evolution

Temple section

Having completed the lessons of the Neophyte section, the student stands at an important milestone in progress along the mystical path. the student are now ready to enter the Temple. The studies in the Neophyte section established the foundation for the lessons of the Temple Degrees. The students have been introduced to the various elements of the Rosicrucian system and had the opportunity to practice many of the principles presented through simple experiments. Now the Temple Degrees will further develop these elements, providing additional depth and practical applications of the principles.

First Temple Degree (Zelator, later "Juniorius" and currently "Studiosus")(11 Monographs)

The First Temple Degree introduces the concept of polarity and its relationship to the subatomic world and its differing rates of vibration. It introduces the full spectrum of physical and non-physical manifestation. An understanding of these subjects gives the student an appreciation for the system and order of the universe, the interconnectedness of all nature and how everything is governed by natural law.

Topics included:

Structure of Matter

Positive and Negative as Vibratory Polarities

Electricity , Magnetism, Electromagnetism and their Rosicrucian definition

Subatomic Particles

Elements

Material Alchemy

Second Temple Degree (Theoricus)(11 Monographs)

The Second Temple Degree explores the workings of the mind. Students will learn how to use various mental faculties to strengthen will, eliminate bad habits and establish good ones, tap into the levels of the subconscious, reason more effectively, and integrate principles of psychology and mysticism to achieve their personal goals.

Topics included:

Cosmic Consciousness

Our Objective and Subjective Consciousness

Mental and Sensory Illusions

Imagination  and Memory

Physical, Psychic, and Spiritual Influences on the Subconscious

Psychology  and Mysticism

Third Temple Degree (Practicus)(11 Monographs)

The Third Temple Degree explores the meaning of life on many levels, including living and "non-living" matter, life on the cellular level, the mysteries of death and rebirth, and the eternal nature of the Soul.

Topics Included:

Cosmic Purpose of Life

Vital Life Force and Reproduction

Cellular Life

Living and Non-Living Matter

Incarnation  of the Soul

Transition of the Soul

Initiatic Aspects of Death

Fourth Temple Degree (Philosophus)(12 Monographs)

The Fourth Temple Degree introduces Rosicrucian ontology (the study of the nature of being), and lays out the cosmological framework for all creation. It explores the meaning, understanding and use of symbols as the language of the subconscious.

Topics included:

Noumena  and Phenomena

Natural Symbols

Artificial Symbols

Mystical  Symbols

Sacred Architecture

Vital Life Fource and the Living Soul

Cycles of Life and the Constant States of Flux

Fifth Temple Degree (Adeptus Minor) (10 Monographs)

A mystic, by nature, is fundamentally a philosopher. In the Fifth Temple Degree, the student will study excerpts from the works of classical philosophers. The student's exploration of the ancient roots of Rosicrucian philosophy will demonstrate the timelessness of these principles.

Thoughts of the following philosophers are presented:

Thales

Solon

Pythagoras

Heraclitus

Democritus

Empedocles

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

Sixth Temple Degree (Adeptus Major) (28 Monographs)

The Sixth Temple Degree presents the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components of health and disease. You'll learn specific Rosicrucian healing techniques.

Topics included:

Spiritual Dimension of Food

Breathing and Respiratory Health

Composition of Blood

Cell  Consciousness and Cellular Health

Rosicrucian Therapy and Self Healing

Druids and Fixes

Personal Treatment to Restore Psychic Equilibrium

Autonomic Nervous System

Physical and Mental Prevention of Disease

Emotional and Spiritual Prevention of Disease

Self-healing

Seventh Temple Degree (Adeptus Exemptus) (20 Monographs)

The exercises and experiments of all the previous Degrees have contributed to gradual development, providing the student with the necessary foundation for the advanced techniques of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Degrees. In the Seventh Degree, the students will learn how to accomplish psychic projection (Astral Projection), how to develop their personal aura and perceive other people's auras, and how to further develop psychic centres and perception. Students will also receive a thorough explanation of the physiological, psychic, and spiritual influence of specific mystical sounds.

Topics included:

The Psychic Body (compare with: Subtle body and Astral body)

The Psychic Centres (compare with: Chakra)

Nature and Symbolism of Dreams

Psychic Projection (experiments) (compare with: Astral projection, out-of-body experience)

Perception of the Aura (experiments) (compare with: Clairvoyance)

Mystical Powers of Vowel Sounds and Mantras

Eighth Temple Degree (Magistericus Templicated) (21 Monographs)

The Eighth Temple Degree explores indepth the theme of immortality - the mysteries of birth and death, reincarnation and karma and the evolution of the soul personality. The goal is to learn the constituents of the human soul and how it evolves from incarnation to incarnation.

Topics included:

Universal Soul and Human Soul

Divine Consciousness and Self Consciousness

Spiritual Evolution of Humans

Mastery of Karma

Reincarnation  of the Soul

How to Remember Past Incarnations (experiments) (See Reincarnation)

The Mystery of Birth and Death

Help to the Dying, Before and After Death

The work of the Adept

Psychic contact with the Great Intelligences

Prayer

Psychic  development using vocalic sounds (mantras)

Vibroturgy

Ninth Temple Degree (Magus) (56 Monographs)

To learn the high principles of spiritual alchemy deriving benefit from the student divine nature acting not only different levels of the human being but also in the visible and invisible environment. These practices are regarded as the alchemy of matter, consciousness and life.The ninth degree is a long and careful ascent that gives the student every opportunity to put into practice what has been learned in the preceding temple degrees.

Topics included:

Macrocosm and microcosm

The Four Principles: Earth, Water, Air, Fire

Symbolism of the Cross, Triangle, Square, Circle, Rose-Cross

F.U.D.O.S.I.

Mental Alchemy

Experiments on Telepathy, Telekinesis, Vibroturgy, Radiesthesy, Invisibility, Attunement with the Cosmic Consciousness

The Triangle of Lights

The Power of Will

The Circles of Protection and Harmonization and the 3 planes of consciousness

The Cosmic Plane

Developing the cloud of invisibility and using the cosmic cloud and the Cosmic Spiral as the gateways to other realms

The Invisible Masters

The "Lost Word"

The Assumption of individualities and the Cosmic Assumption

Illuminati SectionTenth Temple Degree (Magus, later "Ipisissimus", currently "Illuminatus Minor") (98 Monographs)

To learn to walk on the path of the Masters. Introduction to the religious doctrines which the Masters gave birth to and understanding the beliefs that have been available to us for centuries and how humanity is evolving towards a Universal Religion and the student part on it.

Topics included:

Introduction to Zoroastrism

The Tibet

Ancient Mystery Schools of Atlantis, Egypt and Essenes

Introducing Master Moria-El

The RigVeda

The Great White Brotherhood

Exercises of Materialization

Telepathy

Psychic Projection  (advanced)

The esoteric concept of Sin

Reincarnation

The psychic senses

The ritual magic

Astrology

The human Aura

The Pineal Gland and the 4th dimension

The nature of the electrons of spirit

Sufi mysticism

Psychic Harmonization

Eleventh Temple Degree (Illuminati, currently "Illuminatus Major") (167 Monographs)

To learn the student’s journey through the great traditions those have marked the spiritual history of humanity. This journey began in Atlantis and completed this phase through the Martinist movement in France in the 19th Century. It is also the threshold for admission to the Ordo Summun Bonum (the Order of Highest Good).

Topics included:

The heritage of CRC

The Khunrah method

The Dark Night of the soul

The Gateway Keeper

The Regeneration

The Invisible Fraternity

The Rosicrucian Inner Circle

The Holy Spirit

The Mystical Egypt

The Cosmic Harmonization

The Cosmic Consciousness

Development of the Third Eye

The signs of the psychic development

Mantras

The effects of the Cosmic Consciousness

The Cloak of Invisibility (advanced)

Esoteric foundation of the religions

Esoteric teachings of Jesus

The Christus

Programming the next incarnation

Esoteric formulae

Using the Water

The "Lost Word"

Contacting the Invisible Masters

The Rosicrucian Hierarchy

Twelfth Temple Degree (Illuminati, later "Esoteric Hierarchy", currently "Illuminatus Exemptus") (325 Monographs)

Those who have reached contact with the Esoteric Hierarchy become, in fact, intermediaries between the Cosmic and the Imperator (…) placed in a position to periodically commune with the Cosmic and receives inspiration and illumination which one should pass to the Imperator for what he may make of the knowledge of the Order.Learn how to contact the sacred Esoteric Hierarchy to serve the Order as described above. Also learn how to develop the Body of Light to be used to attain high states of divine communion.

Topics included:

Christian Rosenkreuz  and the Rosicrucian teachings

Contacting the Masters (El Morya, Danius, Saint Germain)

Esoteric Hierarchy

Celestial Hierarchy

Mystical Silence

Cosmic Consciousness

The Fundamental Note or vibration tone

Cosmic Harmonization techniques

Planetary influences (Moon cycles, Sun cycles and the planets)

The Cosmic counterpart

The Vibration spectrum

Rosicrucian Ethics

Alchemy of Water (Cagliostro)

Benefits of the Cosmic Harmonization (regeneration)

Master’s chambers

Alchemy of Fire

Cosmic Harmonization techniques

Astral projection

Principles of Cosmic Harmonization

Psychic currents

Assumption technique and its applications (distance healing)

Rosicrucian Manuscripts (Michael Maier and the Libber H)

Esoteric Principles

The Dark Night of the Soul and the Golden Dawn

Astrology * External influences

Procedure to recall past life experiences

Development of the Inner Voice

The Rosicrucian Method

Using the Cosmic Forces

The mystic life of Harvey Spencer Lewis

The Templars

Cagliostro  and the Rose Cross

Ordo Svmmvm Bonvm section (Plane 1 to 9 Degrees)

This section is considered by AMORC as a totally separate Order, but the student automatically starts to receive the monographs related to that degree or section as soon as they finished receiving the previous degree (the 12th).

That section was conceived to go more in depth into philosophical questions about the deity, the Laws of Nature, moral and ethics applying the Summun Bonum principle; the principle of a common understanding of the basic experiences of human life. Each Plane represents a group of certain principles and experiences of life, which jointly, the student needs to study and understand.

Metaphysical lectures related to the Rosicrucian ethics and how to achieve the summum bonum.

Plane 1 (21 Monographs)

Topics included:

The Esoteric Hierarchy

The Celestial Hierarchy (Kabbalah)

Progress into the future studies

Sanctum Ritual for the Plane 1

Study of peace of mind and imperturbability

Purpose of the Ordo Summum Bonum

Fundamental, Relative, Self-Evident and Divine truths

Categories as limitations of our Consciousness

Know Thy Self

Metaphysics of Cosmogony

Metaphysics of Ontology

Metaphysics of Energy

Metaphysics of Spirit

Metaphysics of the Nature of the Self

Metaphysics of the Conept of God

Metaphysics of the Mind as the First Cause

Metaphysics of the Nature of God

Metaphysics from the Thinkers of God

Metaphysics of Jacob Boehme

Metaphysics of the Absolute Self

Metaphysics of the Absolute Being

Plane 2 (25 Monographs)

Topics included:

Pitagoric Ritual of Initiation

Counciousness of the Self

Practicability

Casuality

New Idealism

New Idealism & Emocionalism

New Idealism & the Nature of the Self

New Idealism & Heritage and Environment

New Idealism & Values

New Idealism& Authority

New Idealism & Equality

New Idealism & Education

New Idealism & the Philosophy of Education

New Idealism & Scientific Method

New Idealism & Moral and Ethics

New Idealism & Conciousness and Morality

New Idealism & Virtues

New Idealism & Ethics

New Idealism Summary

Plane 3 (? Monographs)

Topics included: (In Progress)

History of Taoism

Taoistic Initiation Ritual

Ethics & Obligations

Ethics & Rights

Ethics & Self Existence

See Also

Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis

Harvey Spencer Lewis

References

1 - Ancient Mystical Order of the Rose Cross (AMORC), Master Monographs, San Jose, U.S.A., 2011.

2 - 18 (Eighteen) MASTER MONOGRAPHS Rosicrucian Order AMORC - Degree 12 Illuminati Section by Harvey Spencer Lewis F.R.C. (Author).

3 - Rosicrucian Manual - Prepared under the supervision of H. SPENCER LEWIS, Ph.D., F.R.C. 

All the information provided in this page is sourced from the latest version of Mastery of Life, the introductory booklet published by the Ancient Mystical Order of the Rose Cross (AMORC). Entire text online at rosicrucian.org, page found 2012-02-17.

Note: Originally posted on Wikipedia but as a result of unauthorized changes, I decided to post in full here.