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O F F I C I A L M O N T H L Y B U L L E T I N O F T H EA N C I E N T A N D M Y S T IC A L O R D E R R O S A E C R U C I S

Vol. II. No. I AUGUST 1923 Price 15 Cents

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T h e I m p e r a t o r i s a b o u t t o a n n o u n c e m a n y i m p o r t an t changes and som e new fea tu re s in the work ofthe Ord e r fo r the ne x t cyc le o f th ree yea rs . T hesechanges and fea tu re s a re m ore v i t a l to o ur p rog res s *t h a n e v e n t h e c h a n g es m a d e in F a ll o f 1 9 1 9. T h eof f i c ia l announcem ent wi l l be m ade to a l l L odges during Sep tem ber o f th i s yea r a f t e r m any o f the E as te rnL odges have re sum ed work . !

Som e of these changes m ay be exp la ined th i s; t im e so tha t m em b ers of the O rde r m ay be p rep a red

for ce r t a in ac t iv i t i e s which m us t beg in a t the ea r l i e s tpo ss ib le m o m en t. A n d , in p re se n ti n g th ese ch an g es a tthis time, we roay,_aafely the official an nouncem ent (which wi l l a l so appea r in our nex t i s sueo f T h e T r i a n g l e ) a n d e x p l a i n w h a t h a s o c c u r r e d i nour o f f i c ia l c i rc le s to b r ing abou t the p roposedc h a n g e s .

T he Im pera to r rece ived an o f f i c ia l war ran t to bep re se n t a t a specia l co n fe ren c e in an E a s te rn c it y inJune wi th o the rs a s sem bled the re , and a t th i s confe rence he m e t those who represen t the s eve ra l f ra -f ra te rna l o rgan iza t ions o f im por tance in th i s coun t ryand e l s ewhere and a l so the s ec re t heads o f the Ros i -c r u c i a n O r d e r in E u r o p e a n d o t h e r c o u n tr i e s. A m o n gthose p re sen t was the vene rab le Mas te r who in i t i a t edo u r I m p e r a t o r i n t o t h e O r d e r i n E u r o p e i n 1 9 0 9 .

T he confe rence l a s ted a week , ho ld ing s e s s ions in

b e tw een o th e r m ee ti n g s a n d g a th e r in g s a n d d u rin gt h i s t i m e e v e r y p h a s e o f t h e w o r k o f A M O R C w a sca re fu l ly ana lyzed , and a t i t s conc lus ion the va r ious

- changes , m od i f ica t ion a nd add i t ions were ag reed uponas out l ined he rew ith: ;

( I ) A p leas ing fo rm of sponso rsh ip o f the w ork o f AMORC in th i s coun t ry was vo lun tee red by th ree ,w h o s p o k e f o r a n d i n a u t h o r i t y o f a n o t h e r v e n e r a b l ef ra te rna l o rgan iza t ion hav ing m uch in f luence andknowledge a t i t s d i sposa l which i t in tends to re leaset o o u r m e m b e r s th r o u g h o u r O r d e r k n o w le d g e a n d

p o w e r w h ic h it h as n o t so g en e ro u s ly re leased ,i n th ep a s t , 1

(2 ) , C erta in aff i lia t ions an d offic ial re la t ion s w eree s t a b l i s h e d b e t w e e n t h e A l ^ O R C a n d t h o s e r e p r e s e n t ing ano the r f ra te rna l o rgan iza t ion which wi l l fo r a l lt im e s e t t l e one po in t o f a rgum ent and ques t ion ing , and

g ive tq AMORC a com panionsh ip ve ry agreeab le toce r ta in m em bers o f i t s Orde r who have des i red th i s. very plea sant inspira t ion - i

( 3 ) F o r e i g n r e l at io n s h i p s w e r e f u r t h e r s t r e n g t h ened and augm ented , and the a f f i l i a t ion o f AMORCin Am er ica, wi th fo re ign b ranch es o f the R osaec ruc ianOrde r were approved and o f f i c ia l ly s anc t ioned . ' .

(4 )~ *Plans were d i s cus sed , pa r t ly evo lved , -and app ro v e d ,' fo r th e im m ed ia te ad d it io n to o u r te ach in g s-and expos i t ions o f ce r t a in p r inc ip le s , l aws and h ighe r l ec tu re s w hich w ere be ing , he ld in abeyan ce pen d ingofficial, release . . : >' t

These addit ional teachings and higher lessqns-willbe ad ded to o u r w ork in th e . fo llowin g m an n er; ? ,

( a ) . T h o s e n o w i n t h e N i n th D e g r e e b e y o n d ' t h ef i f t een th l ec tu re o r in h ighe r degrees wi l l rece ive thelec tu re s and l e s sons neve r re leased in th i s coun t ry be

fore . Such lecture s wil l be given in due form; a tregu la r L odge convoca t ions o f the Nin th Degree a she re to fo re .

(b ) T he l ec tu re s be low the Nin th Degree wi ll be. grad ual ly ad ded to or a l ter ed so as to include manynew principles and helpful exercises .

- (c ) T he Na t iona l L odge of our Orde r , a sepa ra teand dis t inct body of members not aff i l ia ted with any of the -o the r L odges o f AMORC, wi l l have an add i t iona l ,o r Four th Degree , to be ca l l ed the Pos tu lan t s Grade ,

which w>U cove r a p repa ra to ry coursc o f work andteach ings J ead ing to induc t ion in to the h ighe r wo rk o f o u r O r d e r .

(d ) Th e U nivers i ta t is I l luminat i is to issue i tscourses o f ' l e ssons and l ec tu re s to those m em bers whoh a v e a t t a i n e d t h e T e n t h D e g r e e o r w h o m a y a t t a i n i t _

' t h rough spec ia l he lps to be g iven in the new lec tu re sof the Nin th Degree , T h i s Un ive rs ity has T we lveDegrees to i ts sys tem and i t is needless to say that i thas no connec t ion wi th any o the r s choo l o f I l lum ina t iexcep t the Rosaec ruc ian . T ho se who take up it swork in c la s ses m ee t ing one n igh t each week in eachL odge o r spec ia l g roup wi ll p rep a re fo r de f in i teUnive rs i ty Degrees , sun a s Do c to r o f Ph i losophy ,Doctor of Psychologv, Doctor of Science, Master of Science, D octo r of Theolqtgy, , D octor of On tology,e tc . Th e s tud ents of these* courses , w ilf be given the

b ene fi ts of th e in s tr u c t io n o f t va rio u s o th e r sc hoo lsal l ied with th e R osaecru cian BV-qtherhood thro ug ho utthe wor ld and wi l l be in co r re spondence wi th Mas te rsand s tuden t s o f the i r chosen sub jec t . in -o the r l ands .

(e ) A t confe rences he ld in San Franc i s co a f t e r those in the E as t had c losed , the h igh represen ta t ivesof two o the r o rgan iza t ions m e t and com ple ted som eof the p lans ou t l ined in the E as t . T h i s b roug h t abou tfu r the r a s surances o f ag reem ents o f a f f i l i a t ion and coopera t ion on the pa r t o f those who have fo r som et im e worked wi th us th rough a l a rge pe rcen tage o f m em bers who were a f f i l i a t ed wi th bo th o rgan iza t ions -

( f ) F u r t h e r i n s t r u c t i o n s f r o m I n d i a b r o u g h t a b o u t. the aff i l ia t ion of the Indian Ro saecru cian Mo nast icO r d e r i n A m e r i c a , w h i c h p r o v i d e s a n o p p o r t u n i t y f o r our m em b ers in and above the S even th D egree to : bec o m e m e m b e r s o f t h e M o n a s t i c f r a t e r n i t y a n d p a r

t ic ipa te in the i r t each ings , p rac t i s e s and m e thods o f m ed i ta tion and sp i r i tua l a t tunem ent . An d th i s s am eoppor tun i ty wi l l be p re sen ted to those o f the Na t iona lL odge who com ple te the Pos tu lan t ' s Grade ( the newf o u r t h d e g r e e o f t h a t L o d g e ) .

( g ) B y a r r a n g e m e n t s w i t h t h e s u p r e m e o u t e r h e a dof. the . long e s tab l i shed O rde r o f the W hi te Cros s , theon ly occu l t s choo l hav ing a r igh t to use the sym bol o f the W hite Cross , the O. W . C. has dissolved i tsexecu t ive o rgan iza t ion and reorgan ized a s an a f fi li a tionof the AM OR C. I ts teaching s , cov ering in deta i l cer t a i n s u b j e c t s - n o t a d e q u a t e l y p r e s e n t e d b v a n v o t h e r s choo l , wi l l be open to m em bers o f the AMORC whoare in,, o r above , the Seven th D egree o f our O rde r .T he suprem e E so te r i c Head o f the O. W. C . i s nowin San Franc i s co a s soc ia ted wi th the execu t ive s t a l la t head qua r te rs . O . W. C . m em b ers th roug hou tAm er ica and in fo re ign l ands who wi l l rece ive a copy

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of th i s i s sue o f The Tr iang le wi l l no t be r equ i r ed tov io la te the i r anc ien t cu s tom o f main ta in ing secrecyregard ing the i r connec t ion wi th the O . W. C . , bu twill receive, d irect code me ssages with instruction s

^ f ro m the Sup rem e 1. C . o f the O . W. C. A l l codeo r per sona l messages , r epo r t s and r eques ts fo r as s ignments to duties , should be sent to the 1 . C. , care of theH e a d q u a r t e r s o f A M O R C , a n d n o t t o t h e f o r m e r a d dress in a sou the rn c i ty o f th i s coun t ry . Such mai lwil l be absolu tely safe. (12 , 46 , 369, 2 ) .

( h ) A T e r r i t o r i a l S e c r e t a r y w i l l b e a p p o i n t e d i n

each o f the new sec t ions o f the coun t ry to be d iv isioned acco rd ing to the n um ber

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wai abroad the re aga in dur ing the l a s t n ine m onths ,whispe r ing in a feeb le and s e l f -condem ning vo ice tha tthe work o f the Orde r in New York was abou t to c losefo r a t im e , o r suspend , o r change i t s fo rm or l eade rship, e tc . This has been repea ted with a know ing winkor meaningless smile f q r at leas t seven years . Eachm onth i t has becom e ha rde r fo r such a p rophecy tocome tru e; s ince ou r lm pe rato rs vis it to the Eas t afew weeks ago (which inc luded a th ree day s top in

N ew Y ork to m eet th o se w ho desi re d to ex te n d th e irco -ope ra t ion and pu t an end to the on ly annoyance

the Orde r has eve r had) the whole p red ic t ion , o r evenp a r t of it , is im p oss ib le ! In N ew Y ork C it y w e h adour f i rs t Lodge and there we shal l re ta ih a Lodge,even i f i t be the las t one I Th e peace, h arm ony, loveand power m ani fe s ted by the m em bers the re , and the i r p e rso n a l ad v an c em en t, is a b rig h t li g h t in th e w o rk oft h e O r d e r .

In Ph i l ade lph ia the L odge i s inc reas ing and i sno tab le fo r i t s sp i r i tua l a t t a inm ent am ong the h ighand low degree m em bers . Recen t ly the Mas te r o f Delta Lodge res igned hia off ice to cont inue anotherwork in connec t ion wi th the Ord e r . T h e m em berswere , indeed, re luctant to accept his res ignat ion, butthey rea li zed the t rem endou s l abors . which cam e tothe hands of the Mas te r dur ing the pas t yea rs . T henewly e lected Master is a former officer of provedab i l i ty and en thus ia sm .

In P i t t sburg , the Pennsy lvan ia Crand L odge cont inues i t s ca re o f o the r g roups and i t s own m em bers ,wi th inc rease in m em bersh ip and advancem ent in thework . T h i s was the f ir s t b ranc h L odge in Am er icaand i t has cont inued with unceas ing act ivi ty and en. -thus iasm s ince i ts es tabl ishmen t . W e call i t one of our be loved s tandbys .

T he l a rges t pe rcen tage o f inc rease in m em bersh ipi s repor ted by the Crand L odge o f F lo r ida , a t T am pa .T he inc rease and en thus ia sm has b rough t to themthe i r . . own T em ple room s , the found ing o f a l ib ra ry ,a s chedu le o f soc ia l m ee t ings and a sys tem of p ropaganda which wi l l m ean m uch fo r tha t L odge in then e a r f u t u r e . T h e b o o m th a t h a s ta k e n h o l d o f t h ec i ty and the ' d i s cove ry by p rom inen t m en o f the Nor ththa t T am pa i s the na tu ra l p layground o f Am er ica 'a s we l l, a s a wo nder fu l y ea r - rou nd p lace to l ivem eans no t on ly a con t inuance o f the rap id g rowth o f

the c i ty bu t a g rowth in ou r w ork . T h e C randM as te r ' who founded o ur w ork in F lo r ida re s ignedrecen t ly to con t inue the work in ano the r pa r t o f thecoun t ry , and the Depu ty Grand Mas te r was e lec ted inh i s p lace . T he re t i r ing C rand M as te r had the ex t rem e

p le a su re of ta k in g th e fi rs t g ro u p of in it ia te d th ro u g hal l the deg rees to the N inth. I t is a joy to vis i t the

peacefu l, en th u s ia s ti c g a th e rin g s in T am p a .T he Crand L odge o f T exas m us t a l so be m ent ioned

as hav ing a h igh pe rcen tag e o f inc rease in m em b ersh ip .T he re the work i s go ing on in s eve ra l p laces , no tab lyin San Anton io , where the Crand L odge i s loca ted , andin L ufk in . D ur ing the absence o f the Gran d Mas te r o f T exas , do ing som e spec ial w ork a t ou r he adquar te rs , the a f fa i r s a re in the capab le hands o f oneof our expe r ienced o f f i ce rs . ' :T he m em bers in T exashave ca r r i ed on som e ve ry f ine p ropaganda work fo llowing up the s t a r t m ado the re l a s t yea r by the Im -

p e ra to r . T h e r ig h t sp ir it is a t w o rk in th a t S ta te .In Norfo lk , V i rg in ia , ' t he m em bers a re p rogres s ing

in the wo rk and add ing to the ir - m em bersh ip . Som efine ini t ia t ive and unusual abi l i ty in organiz ing have

b ro u g h t e xce ll en t re su lt s in th a t ci ty .Whi le we a re speak ing o f Sou the rn L odges l e t U 3 n o t

forget the Crand Lodge of Mexico, in Mexico City,and i t s b ranches in va r ious pa r t s o f t h a t c o u n t r y ,s u c h .a s T o r r e o n ( C o a h ) a n d T a m p i c o a n d e ls e w h e re .Repor t s show inc rease in inem bersh ip in a l l the Mexic a n L o d g e s a n d C r o u p s a n d t h e r e h a v e b e e n s e v e r a lreques t s fo r. new cha r te rs . /. . . T hen the re a re the L odges even fu r the r Sou th a tP a n a m a a n d A n c o n . T h e . C r a n d L o d g e o f P a n a m ahas become one of our most enthus ias t ic aff i l ia t ions ,reach ing ou t in to wide t e r r i to ry wi th i t s p ropagandaand i t is uns t inted in pra ise of the work. Spme day someof the officers a t headquarters wil l accept the old and

re-newed invi ta t ion and vis i t the Lodges of Mexico andthe Can al Zon e. I t wil l be a pleasure t r ip , indeed,fo r the re a re beau t i fu l boa t s l eav ing San Franc i s co fo r tha t zone and they t em pt us.

Whi le we a re s t i l l in Sou the rn wa te rs (on tha t m enta l journey th rough the Panam a Cana l ) l e t us s l ide o r g l ide ove r to Pu e r to R ico and Cuba . T he CrandL odge a t San Juan i s con t inu ing i t s work wi th inc reasing in te re s t and m em bersh ip and reach ing h igh in tothe work wi th m uch p ra i s e and m any expres s ions o f thankfuln ess , typical of the Lat in mind. (An d, why

canno t a l l our m em bers have a L a t in m ind a t t im es , )Then a t Cayo, Mambi, we f ind the same interes t on the

p a r t of m em bers of on e of o u r y o u n g es t L odges . T h ep la n s fo r th e w o rk in C ub a w il l be p ro d u c ti v e of la rgem em bersh ip and m uch ac t ion on the pa r t o f a l l m em

ber s.

In Chicago the I l l inois Crand Lodge is reorganizingunder i t s Cha r te r because o f the ve ry l a rge inc reasein m em bersh ip dur ing the pas t yea r . Com ple te deta i l s a re no t a t hand a t the p re sen t t im e , fo r m anyof the p lans a re awa i t ing the pe rsona l a t t en t ion o f the lm pera tor . His vis it and lectures there lastsum m er s t a r t ed the en thus ia s t i c p ropaganda whichresu l t ed in the need fo r a reo rgan iza t ion and he wi l lhave to vis i t the c i ty again for several weeks to bringal l the points to a conclus ion. In the meantim e them em bers a re pursu ing the i r s tud ie s and m any have

reached the ve ry h ighes t degrees and wi l l be readyfor the addi t ional teachings and helps to be re leasedth is Fa l l unde r the new schem e of .th ings . Al l m em

b e rs w it h in th e ju r is d ic ti o n o f Il linois w il l be noti fi edp e rs o n a ll y , in reg a rd to th e new p la ns.

T he Crand L odge o f New Je rsey a t Pa te rsonrecen t ly s en t us a ve ry in te re s t ing and en thus ia s t i crepor t and in t im a ted tha t i t would soon s end us som ein te re s t ing news . W e a re . awa i t ing tha t news l Weknow tha t i t has con t inued wi th i t s work and s tud ie s ,and l e t t e r s f rom m em bers the re p ra i s e h igh ly thegu idance and ins t ruc t ion they have rece ived a t theh a n d s o f th e G r a n d M a s t e r .1 E l se w h e r e in N e w J e r sey a re s eve ra l g roups o f m em bers wi th en thus ia s t i c

p la n s an d w e ex p ec t th a t th e N ew Je rse y G ra n d L odgei s p lann ing to he lp these g roups in som e insp i ringm an ner . Repo r t s , p lease!

T he Grand L odge o f Nebraska a t Om aha repor t sp ro g re ss an d co n ti n u ed in te re s t. J T h e sa m e off ic er sa re s e rv ing s econd and th i rd t e rm s and h a rm o nyand co-ope ra t ion p reva i l .

T he Grand L odge o f Ohio repor t s con t inued in te re s tand act ivi ty and we recent ly had a vis i t from one of the officers of this Lodge who was seeking informationrega rd ing ce r ta in phases o f the h ighe r ac t iv i ti e s . T heGrand Lodge is located in Cleveland.

T he Crand L odge o f Mich igan , a t F l in t , recen t lyhe ld an e lec tion because o f the re s igna t ion o f theGran d M as te r who i s now a t H eadq uar te rs in. Ca l iforn ia . T he new Cran d Mas te r has the unan im oussupp or t o f a ll num be rs in h i s ju r i sd ic tion i f we a reto be l i eve the long t e legram s igned wi th the i r nam esa n d o t h e r d o c u m e n t s w h i c h c a m e t o H e a d q u a r t e r s a tthe t im e o f h i s e lec tion . T h e work the re i s p rogres sing wi th en thus ia sm too .

In- Ca l i fo rn ia the C rand L odge ha s con t inued toadd to i t s m em bersh ip wi th a regu la r i ty tha t i s un ique .For a pe r iod the re were new f i r s t c l a s ses fo r rned eachm on th , wi th a l a rge num ber in each c la s s. On twoeven ings each week two c la s ses m ee t and d i f fe ren tc la s ses m ee t on each o f the o the r even ings o f theweek excep t Sa tu rday . T h i s L odge i s the one hono red

by so m an y v is it o rs f r o m i othe r L odges because o f the p re sence o f the ch ie f execu t ives o f the Orde rand because o f the Ca l i fo rn ia -San Franc i s co c l im a te .You m us t un i t e those two n am es in - tha t w ay , fo r there ia no ideal c l imate in Cal ifornia except in Sa*sFranc i s co . (Yes, we a re San Franc i s co boos te rs ,

b u t go b ack an d re ad w h a t w e sa id a b o u t T am p a ,Flo r ida , in these co lum ns ) .

And , we m us t no t fo rge t Canada . T h e Br it ann iaCrand L odge s ends us in te re s t ing repor t s , and l e t t e r sf rom m em bers in the Dom in ion ind ica te tha t a l l i sgo ing we l l , e spec ia l ly in L ashburn (Sask . ) and Van

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couver . One o f the o ff icer s f rom the C anad ian ju r i sd ic t ion wi th h is f ami ly ta r r ied wi th u s a t Headquar te r sfor several weeks. A nd now we miss J . B. C. andfami ly and wish more C anad ians wou ld ca l l to see u s .

R epo r ts o f p rog ress and g rowth have a l so been r ece ived f rom o f f icer s o f ou r work a t : S tock ton , A tascadero and Guernev i l le , C a l i fo rn ia ; Newcas t le and York ,Pennsy lvan ia ; Po r t land , R edmond and Medfo rd , Ore . ;Green B ay , Super io r and Mad ison , Wiscons in ; theR o s a e c r u c i a n s e t t l e m e n t a t W e s t o n , W y o m i n g ; L e t h

bri dg e , A tl a , C a n a d a ; W ic h it a , K ansa s.W ill th e . Sec re ta r ies in the ma ny o ther loca l i t ies

p le a se send us r e p o r ts c o n ta in in g in te re s t in g fa c ts assoon as poss ib le fo r ou r nex t i s sue? The u sua lr e p o r t s s e n t t o t h e S e c r e t a r y a n d A r c h i v i s t c o n t a i n i n gon ly the mon th ly s ta temen ts and f igu res a r e no t inte res t ing enough fo r th i s co lumn o f The Tr iang le ,a l thou gh they se rve the Arch iv is t wel l. W e wan tr ea l newsy f ac ts .

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F O R E I G N A C T I V I T I E ST h e w o r k of t h e O r d e r i n f o r e ig n c o u n t r i e s is

ev iden t ly p rog ress ing and increas ing as r ap id ly as inthe N or th A m er ican Ju r isd ic t ion . May we sugges t tothose fo re ign b ranches wh ich r ece ive a copy o f TheT r i a n g l e t h a t w e w o u l d a p p r e c i a t e m o r e d e t a il e d

repo r t s than the casua l r e f e r ences con ta ined in thele t te r s o f f e l ic i ta t ion and co -opera t ion wh ich a r e sen tto the Im pera to r o f th i s Ju r i sd ic t ion . Such r epo r t sshou ld be add ressed to the Min is te r o f Fo re ign R elat ions , ca re o f AMOR C , 1255 Marke t S t . , San F rancisco, California!, U. S. A.

W e t h o r o u g h l y a p p r e c i a t e t h e r e c e i p t f r o m t i m e t ot ime o f pamph le ts and book le ts , magaz ines and booksis sued by the ' fo re ign ju r i sd ic t ions o f the Orde r . Someof these have p roved very in te r es t ing and a l l haveb e en h e lp fu l. W e w il l be g la d to e x c h a n g e l i te ra tu rewi th a l l AMOR C Lodges in a l l coun t r ies .

One o f the in te r es t ing pamph le ts sen t to u s , and tom a n y o f o u r G r a n d L o d g e s i n N o r t h A m e r i c a , w a s o n e

p r in te d a n d is su ed by th e A M O R C A sh ra m a in S o u th e r n I n d i a a n d p r i n t e d a t t h e A M O R C A c a d e m y i nInd ia under the d i r ec t ion o f the Sovere ign Grand

Lodge o f AM OR C in the M adras P res idency . Th isp a m p h le t is e n ti tl e d : A U n iv ers a l P ra y e r . T h e ti tl eb e a rs th e fo ll o w in g : D e d ic a te d w it h B le ss in gs ofPeace , Oneness and Div in i ty , f o r the wel f a r e o f theB ro ther s and S is te r s o f (he Grea t B ro therhood o f the A. M. O. R. C. of AiVijerica and of every part oft h e w o r l d , W i t h t h e k i n d p e rm i s s i o n a n d s y m p a t h y o f B ro ther H . Sp encer Lewis , F. R . C ., the Mos t Wo rsh ipfu l Im pera to r in the U n i ted S ta tes f Am er ica , e tc . ,e t c . T h e a u t h o r o f th e P r a y e r i s H . . . H . . . O . , b e l o ve d b y s o m a n y i n A m e r ic a w h o h a v e b e e n i n c o r r e s

p o n d e n c e w it h th e O ff ic ers a t o u r In d ia n A sh ra m a.S p e a k i n g ' o f t h e A s h r a m a , o n e o f o u r h i g h d e g r e e

m e m b e r s i n t o u r i n g t h e w o r l d t a r r i e d w i t h u s i n S a nF r a n c i s c o a f t e r l e a v i n g N e w Y o r k a n d f r o m h e r e w e n td i r ec t ly to Ind ia and a f te r long and ted ious t r ave l l ingreached the h idden and sec luded es ta te o f the Ind ian

A s h r a m a . L e t t e r s th a t c am e f ro m th e m e m b e r i n d ica ted tha t no t ha l f o f the beau t i fu l s to ry o f theA s h r a m a h a s b e e n t o l d t o o u r h i g h d e g r e e m e m b e r sa n d a f t e r v i s i t i n g t h e A s h r a m a f o r m a n y w e e k s , p a r t ic ipa t ing in the da i ly , per iod o f med i ta t ion , spec ia lexerc ises and in s t ruc t ion , r es t ing in the Temple rooms ,go ing in to the s i lence in the ad jo in ing caves and comi n g u n d e r t h e i n f l u e n c e o f t h e m a n y w h o a r e s t u d y i n ga t t h e A s h r a m a , a b o o k w a s w r i t t e n s e t t i n g f o r t h w h a tr ea l ly ex is ts a t the A sh ram s , and th is book wil l be

p u b li sh e d a n d d is tr ib u te d f re e ly a m o n g o u r m em bers .A t p r e s e n t o u r D e l e g a t e t o t h e A s h r a m a i s i n E u r o p ev is i t ing o ther Lodges , the las t r epo r t coming f romthe Lodcre in C openhagen .

Th e Sovere ign G rand Lodge o f Ind ia , Tem pleI*sc>amorc , i s con t inu ing to p repare and pu t in too f f ic ia l f o rm manv o f thg^anc ien t teach ings so tha tt h e y m a y b c " u - w " i u t h e w o r k o f t h e v a r i o u s j u r i s d ic t ions , inc lud ing Am er ica . T he i r re f e r ences tom a n u s c r i p t s b e i n g p r e p a r e d , o t h e r s b e i n g c o n s u l t e do r t r ans la ted , and so on , ind ica te tha t they have aver i tab le s to rehouse o f anc ien t w isdom and tha t ou r

member s in Amer ica wi l l benef i t th rough th is work th is coming Fa l l and Win ter .

We may have some o f f ic ia l announcemen ts r egarding the Academic work in Ind ia and the work o f theMonas t ic O rder o f the R . C . in Ind ia nex t mo n th .

F r o m t h e G r a n d S e c r e t a r y o f t h e O r d e r i n G r e a tB r i ta in we learn tha t the work in tha t ju r i sd ic t ion i scon t inu ing and tha t ano ther char te r i s to be i s suedfo r a London Lodge . Many o f the mem ber s in Grea t

B r i ta in have been in co r r espondence wi th ou r Headq u a r t e r s h e r e a n d th e in t e r e s t a n d e n t h u s ia s m d i sp la y ed h as b een p le as in g , in deed . It a p p e a r s fr om th ereco rds exchanged tha t the B r i t i sh Ju r i sd ic t ion has thela rges t member sh ip o f any in Eu rope .

T h e G r a n d L o d g e a t C o p e n h a g e n h a s c o n t i n u e d t og r o w a n d h a s d o n e s o m e v e r y f i n e p r o p a g a n d a w o r k i f we a r e to judge f rom spec imens o f l i t e r a tu re sen tto u s i s sued by them . Oc cas iona l le t te r s f rom somem e m b e r s t h e r e t o r e l a t i v e s o r m e m b e r s i n A m e r i c aind ica te tha t many o f the h ighes t r ank in the governmen t as wel l as many in the p ro fess ions a r e o f f icer sa n d m e m b e r s o f t h e A M O R C i n D e n m a r k .

A le t te r f rom some R os ic ruc ians in Ho l landr e c e i v e d a t h e a d q u a r t e r s h e r e i n J u n e i n d i c a t e s t h a tthe Jur isd ict ion of Holland will af f i l iate with us in theFa ll . W e sha l l be g lad to annou nce the de ta i l s in

ou r nex t i s sue .W hi le C h ina . i s pass ing th roug h i t s var ious s tageso f r evo lu t ion and evo lu t ion we a re g lad to no te tha to u r O r d e r t h e r e i s p r o g r e s s i n g a n d i n c r e a s i n g v e r yrap id ly . F rom a r epo r t sen t by G rand Mas te r A h SohW o n g , h u n d r e d s o f e d u c a t e d C h i n e s e a r e b e c o m i n gin te r es ted in the work id var ious par t s o f the coun t ry ;a n d f r o m r e p o r t s f r o m t h e t h r e e c i t i e s w h e r e m e m b e r sare o rgan ized we see tha t there wi l l soon be a cha ino f ac t ive Lodges aga in in C h inaas in the pas t . Oneo f o u r m e m b e r s w h o w e n t t o M a n c h u r i a s o m e t i m eago to ass i s t them in the work sends u s very g lowingrepo r ts o f what i s be ing accompl ished , and he i sa l so in touch wi th those in S iber ia who a re en thus ias t icabo u t the wo rk a l so . Le t te r s f rom some mem ber s inC h ina .who have r eached a h igh g rade in the work s h o w t h a t t h e C h i n e s e m i n d c o m p r e h e n d s t h e p r i n c ip les in ju s t the same f ineness o f po in t as do thosew h o h av e th e O c c i d e n t a l m i n d . W e m e a n t o sa yt h a t t h e O c c i d e n t a l a n d O r i e n t a l m i n d s c a n a g r e e i nthese fundamen ta l p r inc ip les and p rac t i ses .

I t may be a b ig jump to take , bu t r igh t here wew i s h to r e f e r to t h e f i ne w o r k b e i n g d o n e b y t h e m e m b e rs of th e A M O R C L odge on th e G ol d C o as t ofW es t Af r ica . Th is anc ien t cen t r e o f R . C . ac t iv i tiesi s once aga in in f lower and the le t te r s coming f romO f f i c e r s o r m e m b e r s i n d i c a t e t h a t m a n y o f t h e a n cien t p r ac t i ses a r e fo l lowed a long wi th the modernmethods .

A r epo r t o f A thens , Greece , ind ica tes increased int e r e s t a n d a c t i v i t ^ a n d a r e q u e s t h a s c o m e f r o m t h e r eask ing ou r ass i s tance in many mat te r s o f in te r es t tot h e m e m b e r s .

In A u s t r a l ia , T a s m a n i a , a n d N e w Z e a l a n d , t h e m e m b e rs h ip is in c re a s in g a n d new L odges a r e b e in g fo rm edin several ci t ies .

M a n y m e m b e r s a r e r e p o r t e d i n O n i t s h a , N i g e r i a ,A f r i c a . T h e r e se e m s t o b e so m e p r o p a g a n d a g o in gon in tha t te r r i to ry , the de ta i l s o f wh ich we wou ld l iketo lea rn . P lease r epo r t !

F r o m V i e n n a , A u s t r i a , c o m e s t h e r e p o r t o f n e wi n t e r e s t a n d a p p l ic a n t s fo r m e m b e r sh i p . A n d w e h a v erecen t ly r ece ived severa l le t te r s f rom the Grand Master a t Mun ich , the Mas te r who ho ld s many o f thea n c i e n t d o c u m e n t s a n d p a p e r s d e s c e n d i n g f r o m t h eear ly R os ic ruc ians o f tha t coun t ry , s ta t ing tha t theO r d e r t h e r e a n d i n G e r m a n y i s b e i n g i n c r e a s e d a n dm ade ac tive in ma ny c it ies and towns . Th e k indes twishes and r egards a r e sen t by the Grand Mas te r a tM u n i c h t o t h e m e m b e r s i n A m e r i c a .

Severa l le t te r s have been r ece ived f rom Of f icer sa n d m e m b e r s i n C a i r o , E g y p t a n d w e h a v e l e a r n e dsome in te r es t ing de ta i ls o f the ex cava t ions thereth roug h these r epo r t s . I t i s need less to say tha t them e m b e r s t h e r e a r e e n t h u s ia s t ic a b o u t t h e - A M O R Cw o r k .

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Th e G ra n d Lo d g e o f A MO RC a t So u ra b a y a , Ja v a ,Eaa t Indies , reporta increased membership , advance-m e n t i n t h e b u i ld in g o f t h e i r Te m p le o n th e a c q u i re dg ro u n d s a n d p ro g re ss i n t h e w o rk o f t h e h ig h e s td e g re e s. Th e y h a v e c a r r i e d o n so m e p ro p a g a n d awork tha t i s nove l and in te rest ing .

Severa l of our American members a re v is i t ing inFra n c e th i s y e a r a n d r e p o r t m e e t in g w i th m e m b e rsand a t tending spec ia l sessions and we wi l l expec t the i r p e rso n a l r e p o rts n e x t m o n th .

Re p o r t s c o m e f ro m a t l e a s t se v e n .p l a c e s i n So u thA m e r i c a, w h e re m e m b e rs m e e t , a n d th e c o u n t ry o f Bra z i l se e m s to b e t h e s t ro n g h o l^o f o u r O rd e r fo r t h a t c o n t in e n t .

u u r in g th e p a s t s i x m o n th s r e p o r t s h a v e c o m e f ro mo v e r tw e n ty o th e r fo re ig n c o u n t r i e s c o v e r in g p ra c t i c a l ly every poin t of the g lobe . A gain we say to a ll theofficers or Secretaries in foreign cities, we will beg la d to h a v e n e w sy i t e m s re g a rd in g y o u r w o rk to

p u b li sh in th ese co lu m ns.

N ev er in th e h is to ry of th e R o sa ec ru c ia n O rd e r w asth e w o rk so sp re a d o v e r t h e su r fa c e o f t h e e a r th a si t i s a t p re se n t. In so m e p a r t s t h e G re a t Wa r m a d ethe work dormant for a t ime , but ac t iv i ty s ta r ted aga inin 1 9 1 9 a n d in t h e p a s t fo u r y e a r s h a s m a d e u n e x p e c te d p ro g re ss . Co n s t a n t ly w e h e a r t h e se r e m arks,s wh ich should be wel l considered by man y of o u r A m e r i c a n m e m b e rs w h o a re c o n f ro n te d w i th p l e a son beha lf of some so-ca l led Orienta l school of phi lo so p h y ; In o u r c o u n t ry w e h a v e h a d so m a n y c e n t re so f s tu d y a n d so m a n y c u l t s a n d i sm s su p p o se d to b eof our na t ive re l ig ion , tha t we have t i red of the imp ra c ti c a l k n d th e o re ti c a l v erb ia g e th ey g iv e u s asl e sso n s . Th e A M O RC te a c h in g s h a v e p ro v e d to c o n ta in a l l tha t was good in a l l these anc ient phi losophiesa s w e O r i e n t a l s k n o w th e m , a n d o u r Bro th e r s a n d

Siste rs in America should be thankful tha t they do nothave to contend wi th the inane teachings of thosew h o a p p o in t th e m se lv e s a s O r i e n t a l t e a c h e r s . " Wew o n d e r h o w m a n y in A m e r i c a a p p re c i a t e t h e se w o rd sfrom those who l ive r ight in the countr ies where manyof these teachers and the i r teachings issue as water from a well.

With a l l our fore ign connec t ions, wi th branches insevera l par ts of India and in o ther p laces where suchteachings a re supposed to come from, is i t no t logica l

to be l ieve tha t we would have inc luded in our teachings, or would inc lude from t ime to t ime , a l l tha t i sgood and he lpfu l in a l l the o ther phi losophies in thosec o u n t r i e s? H a s a n y o n e e v e r fo u n d th a t t h e t e a c h in g so f A MO RC e x c lu d e d a n y t ru th s , a n y p r in c ip l e s , a n yhe lps tha t were sound, prac t ica l and appl icable tom odern t imes? Of course there i s mu ch in manyanc ien t schools of thou ght tha t i s in te rest ing andmuch tha t was once very he lpfu l in the country and inthe t imes when f i rs t g iven , but of no he lp today inthe Occident . On e need read only a few of the veryold books by the ear ly myst ics to see how far we havea d v a n c e d in su c h w o rk a n d h o w u se l e ss i s m u c h th a tthey considered very im portan t a t the t ime . Manyo f t h e a n c i e n t sc h o o l s o f O r i e n t a l t h o u g h t n e e d r e viv ing today only because they passed out of ex iste n c e th ro u g h th e e v o lu t io n a n d a d v a n c e m e n t o f m a n .W h y - re v iv e t h e m n o w ? O u r A c a d e m y in In d ia s t a te sposit iv e ly th a t th e re is n o sc ho ol o r g ro u p o f sch oolsin the whole of India or the Orient tha t inc ludes thehigh , he lpfu l and easi ly maste red teachings now included in a ll the grades of AM ORC . Is i t no t be t te r to take the word of men l ike those l iv ing there andwho know and have no u l te r ior mot ive , than to , takethe w ord of those who w ant to se ll , a t a la rge , fee,t h e se c re t c o u r se s t h e y h a v e p re p a re d a n d w h ic h (h e ycome to Am erica to se ll to the unknow ing? Just ath o u g h t t o t h in k a b o u t I

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Ma n y h a v e a sk e d a b o u t t h e Co n s t i t u t i o n o f o u r O rd e x a n d w h e n a n d h o w A m e n d m e n t s t o i t m a y b emade, '*' looking to som e im po rtant chang es which t ime

and condi t ions have revea led .We wish to expla in tha t the f i rs t Const i tu t ion of t h e O rd e r w a s ro u g h ly d ra f t e d a n d t e n t a t i v e lya d o p te d in 1 9 1 6 p e n d in g a N a t io n a l Co n v e n t io n o f Delega tes f rom a l l Lodges.

Su c h a Co n v e n t io n w a s h e ld i n P i t t sb u rg d u r in gthe summer of 1917, and during the f i rs t few dayso f t h e Co n v e n t io n a Co m m i t t e e w a s a p p o in t e d tore v i se t h e Co n s t i t u t i o n a n d b r in g i t b e fo re t h e Co n v e n t io n fo r d i sc u ss io n a n d a d o p t io n b y v o te o n e a c h

p a ra g ra p h . T ^ e p re s e n t C o n s ti tu ti o n is th e on ea d o p te d a t t h a t t im e .

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W ith th i s i ssue o f T h e T r iang le w e en la rge i t s nu m b e r of p ag e s an d w id en it s sco p e an d p u rp o se .

A t t h e u r g e n t d e m a n d o f m a n y o f o u r , m e m b e r s w ewi l l m a in ta in ce r ta in depa r tm ents o r fea \u re s em bodying ins t ruc t ion fo r the s tuden t s in the va r ious g radesof our Orde r ; a s , fo r ins tance , the Dic t iona ry o f Rosaec ruc ian T e rm s , which beg ins i t s s e r i a l pub l ication in this issue. *

From t im e to t im e he lp fu l no te s fo r the m em bers ,to be a t t ached to the i r no tebooks , and d iagram s fo r the s am e purpose , wi l l be pub l i shed .

T h e p resen ce o f such m a t te r in th i s pub l ica tion wil ln o t p r e v e n t t h e d i s s e m i n a t i o n o f T h e T r i a n g l e a m o n gt h o s e w h p a r e n o t m e m b e r s b u t w h o m a y b e i n t e re s t edin becom ing m em bers ; fo r the ins igh t they ga in int h i s m a n n e r s h o u l d e n c o u r a g e t h e m t o s e e k f o r m o r eL i g h t a n d a t th e s am e ti m e t e n m o d i sp e l s o m e o f t h e f a l s e 1 i m p r e s s i o n s t h a t m a n y h a v e r e g a r d i n g t h e

p rac ti se * an d p h il o so p h y o f o u r f ra te rn it y .T h e r e f o r e o u r . m e m b e rs , - un i our reade rs gene ra l ly ,

a r e r g e d t o u s e T h e T r i a n g l e f o r c o n s e r v a t i v e p r o p a ganda . ' I ts conve n ie r^ s ize and reasonab le p r i ceas s j s t in m aking i t adm irab le fo r such purposes .

H e a j t y c o - o p e r a t i o n o n t h e p a r t o f t h e a p p o i n t e dL i b r a r i a n . p e a c h L q d g e a n d t h e m e m b e r s t h e r e o f w i t h t h e D e p a r t m e n t ; o f P u b l i c a t i o n a t H e a d q u a r t e r swi l l m ake T he T r iang le in i t s en la rged fo rm a pe rm anen t a s se t . T h e ins i s t en t ca l l fo r m ore in fo rm a t ionth rough T h- ' T r iang la dur ing the pas t yea r shou ld f indi t s reac t ion now in . (he en thus ia s t i c suppor t and d i st r ibu t ion o f ' each i s spe .

Y our com m ents , sugges tions , con t r ibu t ions o f ins t ruc t ive read ing n^a t t e r , and your dona t ions towardthe gene ra l pub l ica t ion fund (a l l to be s en t to the' D e p a r t m e n t ' o f P u b l i c a ti o n a t a d d r e s s g i ve n a b o v e ) ,Wi l l be apprec ia ted , app l i ed , and m ade p roduc t ive o f m tich good . -r y * . , r . i

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the trend o f the t im es? A bo ut us on eve ry hand , ineve ry e lem ent -, tha t i s m ak ing fo r the advan cem ent o f c iv i l i za t ion , on-eve ry pa th tha t l eads to the u l t im a teg o a l, w e s e e, v e s e n se , w e ' c o n t a c t a n d a r e i n s p i re dwi th the b roade r v iew, the keene r v i s ion , the inne r s igh t and the to le ra n t m ind . L ove is supp lan t ing ha te ,

je a lo u sy , in to le ra n c e , en v io u sn ess a n d in d if fe ren ce a reg iv ing way to ; und e rs tand ing , sym pa thy , ch a r i ty andcons ide ra t ion .

' -In the affa irs of Sta te , io the p erspe ct ive of theChurches , the ac t iv i t i e s o f bus ines s and the consc iousnes s o f m a i l , the re i s a m an i fe s t awaken ing to the ca l lo f h u m a n b r o t h e r h o o d a n d D i v i n e P a r e n t h o o d .

Cla sses , creeds , sects and l imit ing differen t ia t ions a reb e in g a b a n d o n e d o r m o d if y in g th e ir re s tr ic ti o n s an dm aking the i r dom ains m ore inc lus ive o r a l l -em brac ing .

The myst ic sees in a l l this the fulf i l l ing of the Law;he d i s ce rns in the t rend o f the t im es the advancem ent and wide r accep tance o f those t ru ths , thosefundam enta l s , fo r the g rea te r com prehens ion o f whichhe has l abored and s e rved in the ranks o f d ic ip le sh ip .

O ur ob l iga tions , however , a re inc reas ing . We m us tlabor not less , we must teach not less convincingly,and we m us t fu r the r our p r inc ip le s no t l e s s aggress ive ly because o f the g rea t awaken ing ; bu t we m us t

b ecom e g u a rd ia n s an d p ro te c to rs , ad v is o rs a n d le ad e rsas we have been p ionee rs and insp i re rs .

O u r d u t y i s cl e ar , o u r i m p e r s o n a l r e w a r d s u r r o u n d sus a t a l l t imes , and a l l is for the Glory to God andthe Good o f Mankind . i .

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We agree wi th the s t a tem ents pub l i shed by H.R i d e r H a g g a r d i n a n E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r t h a t m o r ereve rence fo r the cus tom s o f the anc ien t s and l e s s indifference to the sacredness of things once held holy

by m ass es o f h u m an m in ds a n d h e a r ts sh o u ld beshown by those conduc t ing o r pe rm i t t ing the excavat ions and re sea rche s in E gyp t . I f the e lem ent o f t ime robs a nat ion, a people , of i ts r ights to preservethe l andm arks o f i t s p rogres s th roug h the va r iouss tages of c ivi l iza t ion, i f t ime makes nul l and void a l l

the s ac rednes s a t t ached to re l ig ious r i t e s and cus tom s ,and i f t im e a lone wi l l ca s t the p r ivacy o f pe rson andp ro p e r ty in to th e m e lt in g -p o t o f p u b li c o w n ersh ip a n dind i s c r im ina te conf i s cat ion then we m ay look wi thhor ro r upon the pos s ib i l i t i e s tha t awa i t our p re sen tin te re s t s in the fu tu re .

We m ay o r m ay no t be l i eve tha t d i re d i s a s te r i ssu re to fa l l upon those who vanda l i ze o r com m erc ia lize the s t range o r d i f fe ren t p rac t i s e s o f a race o f anc ien t peop le s , bu t in t ru th d i s a s te r has be fa l l en thosewho have ren t the ve i l and p ro faned the s ac red p lacesof E gyp t and o the r lands . T h e h i s to ry o f O r ien ta lresearch is f i l led with incidents too cons is tent , toorela ted and too certa in to be c lassed as mere cfa-inc iden t s1 or supe rs t i t ious ban que t s to feed the m isund ers tand ing fo r we i rdnes s . T h e re m uy be , andundou bted ly i s, a law in ope ra t ion a law tha t i s the

reflex of the consciousness es tabl ished by the mindsof the peop le o f the pas t . - ,

T hings a re m ade s ac red no t by any in t r ins ic qua l i ty ,b u t - b y th e asso c ia ti o n o f th e th in g s w it h th e c o n sc iousnes s o f God and m an . A th ing o r p lace s e tapa r t a s s ac red , endowed by m an wi th a l l the adorat ion , worsh ip and reve rence he i s capab le o f expres sing in his s ta te of development , is t ruly as sacred astha t which i s touched independen t ly by the Div ineHand; fo r , a f t e r a l l , t he Div ine Hand , l ike un to theDiv ine Mind , expres ses i t se l f th ro ugh the consc iousnes sof m an , and rega rd le s s o f the s t a te o f m an ' s deve lopm en t in wor ld ly a ffa i rs , the p r im i t ive , n a tu ra l an d eve r

p re se n t D iv in it y of C o nscio u sness is a s tr u e , a s rea land ho ly in the pas t a s in the p re sen t .

T h e p rogres s o f s c ience , the ad vancem ent o f c iv i li zat ion , the i l lum ina t ion o f the m ind , requ i re s tha t the

p as t be ex am in ed an d co m p ared w it h th e p re se n t;b u t su ch re sea rc h e s can be m ade w it h d ue re sp ec t,wi th ca re a nd cons ide ra t ion , aye , ' w i th ho ly a t t i tude ,wi th p raye r and hum ble sp i r i t , when our s t eps l ead usin to such s ac red p laces a s the Shr ines , T em ples andT om bs o f an anc ien t race .

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W hen we s top th ink in g o f a L eague o f Na t ions andW orld Co ur t and th ink in the t e rm s o f ind iv is ab i li tyand un i ty , we wi l l com e nea re r to e s tab l i sh ing aL eague o f Mankind .

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If Henry Ford , the r i ches t m an in the wor ld , canno tb rin g a b o u t h is e le c ti on a s P re s id en t of th e U n it edSta te s we wi l l have an exce l l en t dem ons t ra t ion o f the

fac t tha t m oney has no t a l l the power a t t r ibu ted to i t .A A A

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D I C T I O N A R Y O F R O S A E C R U C I A N T E R M S

(N ote : T he following' definitions are officiallyissued for use in the prepara t ion of a l l papers , lessonsand d iscussions. M aste rs a re advised to keep a copyo f t h e se t e rm s fo r h a n d y re fe re n c e w h i l e c o n d u c t in glec tures or d iscussions or in answ ering quest ions. Ac o p y sh o u ld b e i n t h e Ma s te r ' s h a n d s a t e a c h l e c tu reo f a n y g ra d e . Me m b e rs a re u rg e d to p a s t e th e se te rm s

in t h e i r n o t e -b o o k s a n d u se t h e m in t h e i r e x a m in a t io np a p e rs fo r re fe re n c e a n d fo r th e p ro p e r c o m p re h e n sion of the i r lessons and notes. Fu r the r insta l lmentsof the Dic t ionary wi ll ap pea r in ou r next i ssues. Th eDic t ionary wi l l conta in d iagrams and char ts a t i t sc o n c lu s io n . )

AA b so lu t e T h a t w h ic h in c lu d e s a l l, h e n c e , t h e Co n

sc iousness of Cod, perfec t , comple te , embrac inge v e ry D iv in e La w , w o rk in g in h a rm o n y , c o n s t ru c t ive , posi t ive . Compare wi th the te rm re la t ive .

A c tu a l Th a t w h ic h c o m e s w i th in th e p o s i ti v e d o m a inof the objec t ive and is in conformity wi th thestandards of the objec t ive senses, having weight ,b re a d th , le n g th , b u lk , e tc . A n y p h e n o m e n a w h ic hthe objec t ive mind accepts as sensib le to i t , i sa c tu a l , w h e th e r i t b e a d e lu s io n (m e n ta l c re a t io nof the objec t ive min/JV r ne t ; Actua l i t ies need notbe re a li ti e s ; se e th e te rm re a li ty .

A l d e n ( p r o n o u n c e d A w l - d en ) s o m e ti m e s sp e ll edA h ld a in , A ' l d a in ; t h e n a m e o f a fo rm e r Ma s te r o f t h e G re a t Wh i t e Bro th e rh o o d w h o w a s g iv e n ju r i sdic t ion over the estab l ishment of myst ica l centreso n th e N o r th A m e r i c a n Co n t in e n t d u r in g th e t e n thc e n tu ry , a n d a f t e r w h o m th e f i r s t Te m p le i n t h i sc o u n t ry w a s n a m e d in 1 6 0 3 . H i s p e r so n a l i t y st il la f f e c t s m u c h o f t h e w o rk in t h i s c o u n t ry .

A m e n A H e b r e w w o r d i n tr o d u c e d i n to t h e E g y p t i anmyst ic r i tes a t an ear ly da te as a te rm used to ex

p re ss th e h id d en a n d in v is ib le G od , o r a tr u ly in spired represen ta t ive of God. In th is la t te r sensethe te rm is used in the Chris t ian Bible just once ,in Rev. ii i, 14 , Jesus i s ca l led "T he Am en. '* Buta t a m u c h e a r l i e r d a t e t h e sa m e w o rd w i th t h e sa m e.(Uy-stic vowel sounds, was used to designate then a m e o f t h e Co d o f Th e b e s , a n d th e t e rm A m e n -Rac a m e to e x p re ss t h e n a m e a n d h i e ra rc h y o f a

p o w e rf u l G od a m o n g th e E g y p ti a n s. A m e n -h o te pIV c h a n g e d h i s n a m e to K h u e n -A te n b e c a u se o f t h es ig n if i ca n c e of t h e t e rm A m e n . A s u se d in m o d e rnre l ig io u s p ra c t i se s , t h e t e rm A m e n m e a n s v e r i l y .Th e o r ig in o f t h e w o rd i s fo u n d in t h e Sa n sk r i tA u m a n d a l s o i n O m .

A rc a n e T h a t w h ic h is n o t h id d e n , b u t vi s ib l e o n lyto th o se w h o a t t u n e to i t o r a r e r e a d y fo r i tsreve la t ion; myst ica l , Div ine , Cosmic .

A s t ro lo g y A n a n c ie n t sc i e n c e b a se d u p o n c lo se ob se rv a n c e o f t h e c o in c id e n c e o f h u m a n c h a ra c t e r i s t i c sw i th t h e d a t e a n d h o u r o f b i r t h ; t im e a n d c a re fu la n a ly s i s h a v e p ro v e d th e c o in c id e n c e s t o b e b a se du p o n fu n d a m e n ta l l a w s ' r e g a rd l e ss o f w h e th e r t h ep la n e ts h a v e a n y e ff ec t u p o n b ir th o r u p o n th en a tu re o f m a n a f t e r b i r t h . O n ly th e f a n a t ic a l e x t re m is t m a k e s o r b e l i e v e * th e c l a im th a t w e a re .ru l e d b y p l a n e t s ; a t t h e u tm o s t , p l a n e t a ry i n f lu e n c e sc a n . i n sp i re a n d u rg e o r t e m p t ; t h e i n f lu e n c e s m a yindica te , bu t not contro l . Al l myst ics should havea k n o w le d g e o f t h e fu n d a m e n ta l s o f t h i s o ld a n d .evolv ing sc ience .

A s t ra l P l a n e T h e Co sm ic ,' e th e r i a l, D iv in e p l a n e .Ro sa e c ru c i a n s r e c o g n iz e b u t tw o p l a n e s o f e x i s t e n c e ;

- th a t w h ic h i s t h e w o r ld ly o r m a te r i a l p l a n e w h e rewe l ive in both objec t ive and subjec t ive consc iousn e ss , a n d a n o th e r p l a n e w h ic h i s b e y o n d th e m a te ria l c a ll th a t o th e r p l a n e th e A s t ra l , P sy c h ic , Co sm ic o r w h a te v e r b e s t e x p re sse s y o u r i d e a ; i t i s t h a tp la n e w h e re th e So ul of m an fu n c ti o n s f ree fr o mth e l im i t a t i o n s o f t h e b o d y a n d w h e re t h e su b je c t iv e m in d o f m a n fu n c t io n s a t t im e s i n d e p e n d e n t o f

the objec t ive .

A t e n A n a m e f o r t h e s y m b ol o f th e s o le G o d m a d e u n d e r s t a n d a b le b y A m e n h o te p IV . a f t e r h eestabl ished a m onothe ist ic re l ig ion in Egyp t . A tenwas represented by the sun d isc ; the sun be ing thesymbol of the l i fe -g iv ing radiance of the invisib leGod. Not as a God or even as a sacred symb ol i sth e su n d i sc u se d b y m o d e rn Ro sa e c ru c i a n s , b u t a s

objec t ive symbol of the c rea t ive mind and DivineEssence of Cod.

A t l a n t ia Th e n a m e o f t h e c o n t in e n t o n c e o c c u p y in ga c o n s id e ra b le p o r t i o n o f t h e sp a c e o c c u p ie d n o w

by th e A tl a n ti c O c ea n . A tl a n ti s w as w el l a d v an ce din c iv i l iza t ion in par ts and was the anc ient home of m ystic cultu re. Mt. Pico w hich stil l rises abov eth e o c e a n a m o n g th e g ro u p o f A z o re I s l a n d s , w a sa sacred mounta in for myst ic in i t ia t ion (See r i tua lo f 4 th D e g re e ) . Th e s to ry o f t h e lo s t A t l a n ti s w a sf i rs t to ld by Pla to ; another s tory of myst ic peoplesusing the name A t lant ic i s to ld by Sir Franc isBa c o n (S e e : Th e N e w A t l a n t i s . ) Re c e n t i n v e s t ig a t io n s b y F ra n c e a n d A m e r i c a h a v e p ro v e d th a tthere i s the contour of a cont inent a t the f loor of t h e A t l a n t i c O c e a n . Se e a l so Th e Lo s t A t l a n ti s , byIgna t ius Donnel ly .

A to m Th e sm a l le s t d iv i s io n o f a n y d e f in it e n a tu reo f m a t t e r : t h e f i r s t d i s ti n c tiv e c h a ra c t e r t h a te lec t rons form af te r perfe c t uni ty . Divisions of m a t t e r sm a l l e r t h a n a to m s a re e l e c t ro n s ( se e e l e c t ro n s ) a n d su c h sm a l l e r d iv i s io n s h a v e n o c h a ra c t e ri s ti c n a tu re . A to m s fo rm th e m se lv es in to g ro u p sca l led molecules. . (R efer to Dal tons Atom ic Lawsin our degree lec tures and in severa l i ssues of theA m e r i c a n Ro sa e Cru c i s . )

A u ra Th a t m a g n e t i c o r e l ec t r if ie d f ie ld w h ic h su rro u n d s t h e a n im a l b o d y p a r t i c u l a r ly a n d w h ic h c o n ta ins co lors due to the v ibra tory ra te of the energyin the f ie ld . Th e energy is a resu l t of the psychicd e v e lo p m e n t a n d th e v i ta l fo rc e s o f t h e b o d y . Th ea u ra c h a n g e s c o lo r a s p sy c h ic d e v e lo p m e n t p ro c e e d s r e a c h in g a b r i ll i a n t v io le t a n d th e n p u rewhi le in the h ighest s ta tes . T he aura i s v is ib le

u n d e r m a n y c o n d i t i o n s a n d h a s b e e n p h o to g ra p h e d ,a n d w i l l a f f e c t c e r t a in i n s t ru m e n t s b a l a n c e d to r e cept iv i ty . Every l iv ing ce l l has i t s au ra as wel l asgroups of ce l ls .

B

Bel ie f C onsidered from the myst ica l poin t of v iewbe li e f im p li es la c k of k n o w le d g e : it is li ke u n to h o p ew i th o u t fo u n d a t io n . A m y s t i c sh o u ld h a v e no

b el ie fs b u t sh o u ld su p p la n t th e m w it h k n o w le d g eo r a f r a n k a d m i t t a n c e th a t h e d o e s n o t k n o w . (Se eK n o w le d g e . )

Bi r th My st i ca l ly , b i r t h o c c u r s w h e n th e a n im a l b o d ytakes i t s f i rs t Bre a th of Life . T hen the body becom es a consc ious be ing- Bir th i s the oppo si te

p h a se of th e paa ai ng of T h e B re a th ( a n d co n sc io u sness) wh ich is ca l led dea th* . (See D eath ) -

Bla ck Ma g ic A te rm u se d a n c i e n t ly t o i n d i c a t em y s t e r io u s p r a c t is e s o r s e c r e t m e t h o d s m e t ho d sa n d p ra c t i se s w h ic h to d a y w e u n d e r s t a n d a n d k n o wto have been st r ic t ly sc ient i f ic though l i t t le known.To d a y , h o w e v e r , th e te rm i s u se d in so m e p h i lo so p h ie s a n d b y so m e ig n o ra n t m in d s ( a n d so m e t imes used wi l fu l ly to f r ighten) a j id i s meant to conv e y th e i d e a t h a t o n e m in d c a n c a l l in to p l a y c e r t a inf o r c e s o f n a t u r e t o w o r k i n j u r y u p o n a n o t h e r m i n dor body a t a d is tance . I t i s assum ed tha t the cosmicsp a c e e x i s t i n g b e tw e e n tw o m in d s o r p e r so n s c a n

b e u ti li ze d by o n e of th e m to tr a n sm it ev il a n dd e s t ru c t iv e t h o u g h t s t o t h e o th e r . In f a c t, h o w e v e r ,the cosmic space wi l l no t t ransmit such dest ruc t iveth o u g h t s a n d th e p e r so n w h o t r i e s t o d i r e c t t h e min to sp a c e su f fe r s f ro m th e a t t e m p t a n d f ro m th ec re a t io n o f su c h th o u g h t s w h ic h r e m a in in t h e c o n sc io u sn e ss. Th e o n ly p o w e r t h e re i s to Bla c k

Magic for o thers i s the fear of i t .

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B r a i n T h e p h y s i c a l o r g a n f o r t h e o b j e c ti v e f u n c t i o n ing o f the mind . Mind can , howe ver , m ake manyman if es ta t ions wi thou t the u se o f the b ra in .

B r .ea th o f L if e in R osae cruc ian teac h ings th i s te rmis used to refe r to Nous. I t is a com bination , so tospeak , o f bo th the Vi ta l L i f e Fo rce and C osmic

C onsc iousness . (See Nous and V . L . F . )Bo rder l ine S tateTh is term is used to d esigna te tha t

m e n t a l a n d p s y c h i c c o n d i t i o n w h e r e t h e o b j e c t i v econsc iousness and ob jec t ive men ta l func t ion ing o f

m an is m erg ing in to the sub jec t ive . Th is s ta te canb e ' in d u c e d th ro u g h c o n c e n tra ti o n , o r o c c u rsna tu ra l ly pn_ j;oR g lo leen o r w hen aw aken ing , o r

>' thro ug h sug gestio n i t may be ex terna lly induc ed(bu t no t w i thou t the co -opera t ion o r w i l l ingness o f

; the se l f ) . A s imi la r s ta te ex is t s w here the ob ject ive mind o r the ob jec t ive func t ion ing o f the b ra in

. i s made abno rmal th rough d rug , f ever , o r in ju ry ,: ~f r igh t o r s t r a in ; in such cases , however , th e b ene

f i t s der ived f rom a p roper bo rder l ine s ta te a r e lo s t ,' f o r the re i s' no t an in te l l igen t and com prehens ib le; e x c h a n g e o f i d e a s o r c u m m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n t h e

ob jec t ive and sub jec t ive f acu l t ies . Of ten ju s t p r io r to so -ca l led dea th , the f i r s t s tage o f t r ans i t ion i s a

. bo rde r l ine s ta te wh ich is r ema rkab le fo r i t s C osmic- touch.

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C e l l W h e r e t h i s t e r m is u s e d i n t h e R o s a e c r u c i a n: teach ings ,! r egard less o f w heth er in co nnec t ion w i th. phys io logy , phys ics , chem is t ry o r e lec t r ic i ty and

m a g n e t i s m , i t m e a n s a b o d y o f s p h e r i c a l o r o t h e r >, shap e ha v ing a wal l w i th neg a t ive po la r i ty a nd a- nucleus of posit ive polar i ty .

C o n c e n t ra t io n A m e n t a l ( a n d p h y s ic a l ) s t a te w h e r e1 t h e w h o l e o b j e c ti v e a t te n t i o n a n d c o m p r e h e n s i o n is' f ocused upon one def in i te o r indef in i te po in t , p lace ,

cond i t ion o r p r inc ip le . Per f e c t con cen t r a t ion o f th i sk ind r esu l t s in comple te inac t iv i ty o f fou r o f thef ive ob jec t ive f acu l t ies a t one t ime . W hen concen -

> t r a t e d u p o n s e e i n g , t h e n s e e i n g m u s t b e t h e o n l yfacu l ty no t inac t ive , when hear ing , then a l l bu the ar ing mu s t be inac t ive . I t i s imposs ib le to com

p le te ly c o n c e n t ra te w h en tw o o r m o re o f th efacu l t ies a r e ac t ive a t the sam e time . Tw o f acu l ties

such as see ing and hear ing , may r ap id ly a l te rna te int h e i r c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o t h a t i t m a y s e e m a s t h o u g h

b o th w e re c o n c e n tr a te d a t o n e ti m e , b u t th is is no tso . W e can be consc ious o f on ly one ob jec t ive im

p re s sio n a t o ne ti m e . A ll e ls e is ra p id a lt e rn a tio n .( S e e B o r d e r l i n e S t a t e ) .

C o n c e p t i o n I n o u r R o s a e c r u c i a n t e a c h i n g s w e a r et o l d t h a t o u r c o n c e p t o f a n y t h i n g w h i c h w e c o m

p re h e n d th ro u g h th e five o b je c ti v e fa cu lt ie s , d e p e n d s fo r it s a c c u ra c y , a n d it s e ff ec t on us, u p o n o u reduc a t ion , know ledge and be l ie f s . O ur conc ep t o f

m a t e ri a l t h in g s c h a n g e a s w e gr o w o ld e r, m o r ee x p e r i e n c e d a n d m o r e il lu m i n a t ed . N o t t h e a c t u a li t yo f a n y t h i n g b u t o u r r e a l i ty o f i t a n d o u r i n t e r p r e t a t ion o f i t f o rm ou r concep t . B y conce iv ing and g ivi n g o u r c o n c e p t i o n t h e p o w e r a n d r e a l i t y o f a n a c tua l i ty do we tend to c r ea te . I n the beg inn ing o f a ll

' c r e a t io n , t h e r e w a s a n d a l w a y s w i ll b e c o n c e p t ion . (See R ea l i ty , a l so A ctua l i ty ) -C o s m i c C o n s c i o u s ne s s T h a t c o n s c io u s n e s s r a d i a t i n g\> f rom C od wh ich p ervad es a l l space ( and h ence a l l

th in gs ) , h av ing v i ta l i ty , . mind , c ons t ruc t ive pow er ,- Divine In tel l igenc e. In to th is con sciou sness is pro-

. / j es ted a l l the p sych ic consc iousness o f a l l Mas te r s ,- and a l l A dep ts m ay a t tune w i th i t. I t know s a l l,

p a s t, p r e s e n t a n d fu tu re , fo r it is all . (S e e A b s o l u t e ) . A f t e r p r e p a r a t i o n th r o u g h s t u d y a n dm e d i t a t i o n , a f t e r d e s e r v i n g t h r o u g h s e r v i n g , a f t e r a t t u n i n g t h r o u g h p r a c t i s e a n d w i t h n o b i li ty o f des i r e , there comes to a l l A dep ts a n in f lux of i llumina t i o n a n d i n s p i r a t i o n w h i c h m a i n t a i n s a c o n t i n u e dc o n n e c t i o n w i t h C o s m i c C o n s c i o u s n e s s . ' T h i s isca l led Il lumina t ion bv the My s t ics / Th is is one o f the g i f t s des i r ed by a l l Adep ts . f

C o s m i c M i nd R e f e r r i n g m o r e s p e ci fi c a ll y t o t h e m i n do r i n t e l l i g e n c e t h a t f o r m s a p a r t o f t h e C o s m i c C o n sc io usne ss I t i s a l so ca l led the Div ine Mind . C om

p a re w it h U n iv e rs a l M in d.

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C o n s c ie n c e T h e t e r m i n o u r r i tu a l a n d t e a c h i n g s t oindica te the s t i ll small voice of the M aster W ith in ;the C osmic Mind wi th i t s in sp i r a t ion and u rge ; theMind of the Psychic Self , knowing all t ru th , al l law,a l l p r inc ip le , ever con s t ruc t ive in des i r e , dependab le ,e v e r p r e s e n t w h e n t h e t e m p t e r t e m p t s . "

C rem at ion Myst ica l ly th i s i s a p rocess o f r educ ingthe mater ia l e lemen ts o f the body to the p r imarye l e m e n t s t h r o u g h f i r e , a s t h o u g h a n a l c h e m i c a l p r o cess was be ing u sed wi th c ruc ib le and f i r e. I t ca r r ies

ou t the anc ien t law tha t the body sha l l r e tu rn tot h e d u st o f t h e ' e a r t h fr o m w h e n c e i t c a m e . C r e m a t ion s imp ly lu tens the na tu ra l p rocess in amos t san i ta ry wa^ . Th e cus tom o f bu ry ing thedead in the g round to decay was a lways cons idereda b a r b a r o u s a n d u n c l e a n p r a c t i s e b y t h e a n c i e n tm y s t i c s , a n d c r e m a t i o n i s n o t a m o d e r n m e t h o dand wi l l in t ime become un iver sa l among c iv i l ized

pe op le s . T h e R o sa e c ru c ia n b u ri a l se rv ic e a n d ri tu a lca l l f o r c r emat ion o f the body and the sca t te r ingo f m o s t o f t h e a s h e s u n o n r u n n i n g w a t e r i n b r o o k so r r iver s o r in opened so i l w i th in seven days a f te r t r a n s it i o n . ( S e e D e a t h a n d F u n e r a l S e r v i c e ) .

C ycle A pe r iod o f t ime , evo lu t ion , p rocess , metho do r m an i f es ta t ion . Mys t ica l ly , every p rog ress iveac t ion is in cyc les, defin i te and imp or tan t . Thecycle of human l ife is d iv ided in to per iods of sevenyear s , each o f wh ich i s a cyc le in the g rowth anddeve lopmen t o f the mind and body o f the be ing ;even the p rena ta l per iod i s d iv ided in to cyc les . Theevo lu t ion o f the un iver se , the evo lu t ion o f man f roma p r imi t ive be ing to the p resen t can be d iv idedin to cyc les. Th e twe n ty - fou r hou r s cons t i tu t ing aday is d ivis ib le in to p lan e ta ry cyc les. Th e consc iousness o f man i s a t p r esen t in the ear ly par t o f t h e A q u a r i a n C y c le . C y c l e s f o rm a n e a s il y u n d e r s tandab le and s ign i f ican t method o f measu r ing t imea n d p r o g r e s s .

D e a t h T h e m y s ti c n o t on l y lo o k s u p o n d e a t h a s i n ev i tab le , bu t as a necessary e lemen t in the cyc leo f l if e . D ea th and B i r th a r e synony m ous in th i ssense , fo r so -ca l led dea th i s b i r th in to ano ther p la n e , w h il e b ir th is li kew is e a tr a n s it io n . T h e

t r ans i t ion o f sou l in to a body i s cons idered ju s t ass t r ange and f r augh t w i th unknown poss ib i l i t i es bythe mys t ic as i s the t r ans i t ion o f sou l f rom a body .B o th cons t i tu te the G rea t Expe r ience . B o th a r e afo rm o f In i t ia t ion a f fo rd ing an oppo r tun i ty fo r g r e a t e r a d v a n c e m e n t . T h e r e f o r e b o t h a r e l o o k edfo rward to by the sou l w i thou t g r ie f o r f ear . Ont h e o t h e r h a n d t h e r e i s n o d e a t h w h e t h e r w e c o n s ider the t r ans i t ion f rom . a mater ia l o r sp i r i tua lv iewpo in t . M at te r i s indes t ruc t ib le ; tha t i s afundamen ta l law o f mat te r ; i t can on ly change i t sfo rm o f na tu re o f m an i f es ta t ion , and m at te r i s inc o n s t a n t c h a n g e a n o t h e r f u n d a m e n t a l l aw . T h esou l i s immor ta l and canno t be des t royed , les sened ,increased o r o therwise mod i f ied excep t in g rowth o f e x p e r ie n c e . A f t e r t r a n s i ti o n t h e m a t e r ia l p a r t of man, the body, does not cease to l ive, but is in fact

s t i l l v ib ran t w i th sp i r i t energy , even to the mos tm inu te cel l. He nce ne i ther body o r sou l ever d ies ,a n d t h e r e i s n o d e a th . ( S e e B i r th a n d C r e m a t i o n . )

D e d u c t i o n A p r o c e s s o f r e a s o n i n g . T h e o b j e c ti v emind can r eason by a l l p rocesses , induc t ive ly , deductively , sy llogis t ically , etc . T he Sub jective Mindon the o ther hand , tends to r eason deduc t ive ly a l lt h e ti m e . S t a r t i n g w i t h a t r u e a n d u n d e r s t a n d a b l e

p re m is e o r basic fa c t, re a s o n in g by d e d u c ti o n th e r e from one will come to a logical conclusion , if the

. deduc t ive r easo n ing has .been log ica l and in acc o rdance wi th law . J t is the exce l len t r eason ing ab i li tyo f t h e s u b j e c t i v e m i n d t h a t b r i n g s a b o u t t h e c o r r e c tconc lu s ions th rou gh it s deduc t ive r eason ing . TheO b j e c t i v e M i n d s e l d o m a p p r o a c h e s t h e p e r f e c t i o nof the Sub jective Mind in such reason ing. Br in ij-

. ing abo u t a B order l ine S ta te o f Mind wi l l enab le

one to take ob jec t ive advan tage o f the Sub jec t ive. reasoning.

D i s ea s e A l o c a l o r g e n e r a l d i s t u r b a n c e o f th e h a r mon ious cons t ruc t ive p rocess o f the l iv ing , c r ea t ive

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cell*. Reg ardleaa of the cause, the cond ition is,fu n d a m e n ta l ly , th e sa m e . Th e d is tu rb in g , b re a k in g -down process among the d iseased ce l ls i s be ings t ro n g ly o r w e a k ly fo u g h t b y th e h e a l th y n o rm a lce lls , acco rding to the genera l or const i tu t iona ls t a t e o f t h e b o d y . Th ro u g h th e c re at iv e , c o n s t ru c t ive powers of the hea l thy ce l ls , na ture a t tempts toend the dest ruc t ion and renew the d isease ce l ls andrestore hea l th . Th e ba tt le - ca l ls for concentra t ionof energy and robs the genera l system of i t s normal s ta tus, whi le the d isease is a lso d isqua l i fy ingmany ce l ls , o rgans, t i ssues and par ts of the bodyfo r n o rm a l , c o n s t ru c t iv e w o rk . H e n c e fe v e rs ,w e a k n e ss , m e n ta l a n d p h y s i c a l d i s tu rb a n c e s a n dp a in s . T h e lo gic a l p r o c e d u r e 'i s to he lp n a tu re ,m o a t ly b y n o t i n t e r fe r in g a n d b y e n d in g th e c a u seo f t h e d i s tu rb a n c e w h e n i t is k n o w n . P ro p e r

b re a th in g , p ro p e r ea ti n g , p ro p e r ex erc is e , s le ep a n dth inking a re the f i rs t easent ia la in he lp ing na turea n d re m o v in g th e c a u se o r i n t e r fe re n c e . G iv in g tothe b lood, the nervea and the genera l aya tem tha tw h ic h w a a l a c k in g ( a n d c a u a e d th e d i s tu rb a n c e )o r i s n o w l a c k in g in h e lp in g to r e s to re n o rm a lc y ,a re the next essentia ls . Hen ce the var ious schoolso f t h e ra p e u t i c s m a y a ss i s t a n d c o n t r ib u t e t o t h erestora t ion of hea l th , but so le ly through assis t ingna tu re . W hile so-ca l led dea th or t ransi t ion is inevi tab le , d isease is not necessary . Th e physica lbo d y c a n re a c h a s ta te of ag e a n d ex h au sti o n w h erethe breaking-down procesa of ce l ia and par t8 of t h e b o d y i a m o re r a p id t h a n th e r e c o n s t ru c t io n , a n daa a pr inc ip le of economy the soul wi l l cast off or v a c a t e t h e b o d y a n d a w a i t a n o th e r a n d m o re u a e fu lo n e ; k y i t a u c h b re a k in g -d o w n a n d g ra d u a l w e a k e n in g o f t h e w h o le a y a te m n e e d n o t b e a c c o m p a n ie d b yany apec i f ic d iaeaae and can be f ree f rom any pa inor auffe r ing .

O re a m a D re a m a a lw a y s o c c u r j u a t a s o n e i a pa a ain gf ro m th e c o m p le t e al ee p a t a t e t o a w a k in g c o n d i t io n ;th is t rana i t ion ia a a ta te where the aubjec t ive condi t ion ia gradua l ly merging in to the objec t ive . (SeeBo rder l ine S ta te ) . Such a a ta te ia very ahort indura t ion , uaua l ly , and in the br ie f per iod of twoo r t h re e a e co n d a o n e m a y, "d re a m a l o n g a to ryof exper ienc e . Thia i s becauae the expe r ience iasimply rea l ized by the mind aa one rea l izea a p ic ture

af te r a g lance of two aeconda , but muat use hund re d s o f w o rd s a n d m a n y m in u te s i n e x p la in in g o r d e sc r ib in g . A f t e r o n e a w a k e n s o n e c a n n o t b e a u re

ju a t w h en th e d re am w aa ex p e ri e n c ed , e x c ep t insu c h c a a e a a a w h e re t h e a w a k in g in t e r ru p ta t h ed re a m . Th e c a u a e t o f d re a m a a re m a n y . Th emo st com mon cauae ia tha t the f ira t objec t iveth o u g h t o r i d e a t h a t p a a a e a f ro m th e o b je c t iv e t oth e a u b je c t iv e m in d a t t h e b e g in n in g o f t h e Bo rd e rl ine Sta te , s ta r ta a t ra in of deduc t ive reaaoning onth e p a r t o f , t h e a u b jec t iv e m in d ; o r a o m e lo n gfo rg o t t e n p i c tu re o r i d e a l i n g e r in g in t h e m e m o rya torehou ae of the aubjec t ive mind- ia aenaed by theo b je c t iv e m in d a t t h e b e g in n in g o f t h e Bo rd e r l i n eS ta t e , a n d th e o b je c t iv e m in d , n o t k e e n ly a n dlogically awake in ita reaaoning functioning, dis*-to r t s o r a d d s t o a n d c re a t e s , a s to ry b a se d o n th ef i rs t idea . O ther cause* a re : ex te rn a l suggest ions

f ro m c o ld a i r b lo w in g o v e r t h e f a c e o r p .a r t l y u n covered bodv, a l ight noiae* not proper ly in te rpre ted

, b y th e w a k in g m in d , a m o v e m e n t o f t h e b o d y a a'conaciouanea* atarta i ta return> a mental impreaaion

T he rque a t . for sym bol ica l p ins fo r m ember* tow e a r h a s b e e n a o in a i s t e n t a g a in fo r t h e p a s t y e a r t h a tw e a re c o n a id e r in g se v e ra l d e s ig n s . Th e m o s t a p p ro p r ia te ia a sm all tr ia n g le c o n ta in in g th e R ose y C ro ss.I t w i l l b e v e ry sm a l l a n d m a d e in tw o fo rm s ; o n e w i tha p in o n th e b a c k fo r t h e S i s t e r s a n d o n e w i th a sc re wb a c k fo r th e B ro th er* to w e a r o n th e co a t la p e ls . Ift h e p in s a re m a d e w e w i l l n o t i fy a l l Lo d g e s a n d m e m

b e rs d u r in g th e Fal l.

rece ived by the subjec t ive mind from some o the ip e rso n w ho is c o n c e n tr a ti n g u p o n th e o n e w ho isa t t h a t t im e d re a m in g , a n d th e re b y c o n sc io u s ly o r unconsc iou sly sends an impression . Of course ,su c h Bo rd e r l i n e S t a t e s m a y o c c u r a t a n y t im e d u ring sleep.

Eg o Th e Su b je c t iv e Se lf a s d i s ti n g u i sh e d f ro m th eO bjec t ive Se lf . This te rm is no t used of ten inRosaecruc ian teachings for the te rm Psychic Se l f or Psychic IVIan expresses more correc t ly what i s

m e a n t .Elec t ron The f i rs t form in to w hich sp i r i t essencec o n c e n t ra t e s p re p a ra to ry t o m a te r i a l m a n i fe s t a t i o n .Th e e sse n c e w h e n s t r e sse d u n d e r c e r t a in c o n d i t i o n sga thers in to ve^jy minute magnet ic ce l ls which weca ll e lec t ron*. ; . The y a re b oth po si t ive and nega t ive .Elec t rons dqjr 'no t manifest any def in i te chemica l or mater icy] na ture unt i l they uni te in cer ta in combinat io n s to fo rm ato m s . (Se e A to m s a n d Mo le c u le a ) .Single e lec t rons a re invisib le , but s t reams of themm a y b e se e n a n d m e a su re d .

E le c t r ic i t y C u rre n t e l e c tr i c it y i s a v ib ra to ry fo rc e i nac t ion ; s ta t ic e lec t r ic i ty is a poten t ia l v ibra tory

p o w e r in a c ti v e a n d u n d e r s tr e ss re ad y to m an if esti t se l f und er cer ta in condi t ions. Th ese te rms anddefin i t ions a re not as one f inds them expla ined insc ient i f ic works but wi l l make p la in the te rms as weu se the m . E le c t r ic i ty i s a v ib ra to ry e n e rg y : n a tu ra l

e lec t r ic i ty i s the resu l t of the rad ia t ions of thesun ( therefore one of the manifesta t ions of sp i r i tessence and Nous) ; a l l o ther e lec t r ic i ty i s a r t i f ic ia l lym a d e th ro u g h c h e m ic a l o r m e c h a n ic a l a c t i o n .

E le m e n t O n e o f t h e m a n y d i f f e re n t n a tu re s e x p re sse dth ro u g h c o m b in a t io n s o f e l e c t ro n s i n to a to m s .Th e re a re 1 4 4 e l e m e n t s c o m p o s in g a ll m a te ri a lc re a t io n . O f t h e se 8 1 a re d e f in it e ly k n o w n tosc i e n c e in p e r fe c t fo rm ; o th e r s a re k n o w n th ro u g hana lysis of the vacant p laces in the per iodic tab leof e lements . Some can be sensed in a psychicm a n n e r o n ly so f a r a s t h e i r n a tu re a n d p u rp o se s a rec o n c e rn e d .

E le m e n t i s So m e t im e s c a ll e d Sa la m a n d e rs a n d o th e r t e rm a u se d b y e a r ly p h i lo a o p h e r s a n d b y so m emodern schools of s t range thought . In th is sensea n e l e m e n ta l i s su p p o se d to b e "n a tu re - sp i r i tp re s id in g o v e r th e e le m en ts of fi re , a ir , e tc ." A

superst i t ious be l ie f ex ists tha t these e lement is or b e in g s can c a u se good o r ev il, o r th a t th e y can filla ro o m a n d c a u se d i s tu rb a n c e s o r m a n i fe s t a t i o n s ,or inf luence ou r th inking , hear in g and see ing . I t i sneedless to say tha t there a re no e lement is in th issense.

Em a n a t io n s Th e ra d i a t io n s o r p ro j e c tio n s f ro m a llm a te r i a l a n d p sy c h ic fo rm s . Th e e m a n a t io n s a re e x -t e n t io n s o f t h e v ib ra ti o n s w i th in t h e fo rm th evibra t ions of the sp i r i t essence composing the form.I t i s t h ro u g h th e e m a n a t io n s r e a c h in g u s f ro m a l lth ings tha t we sense , e i ther subjec t ive ly or object ive ly , the ex istence of a l l th ings.

Ev o lu t io n Th e p ro g re ss iv e g ro w th a n d p e r fe c t in g o f a l l tha t ia manife8t or in the concept ion of the Coa-mic Mind. Even ao-ca lled devolu t ion and d iain-tegra t ion ia a par t of evolu t ion , as one of i ta phaaea .

Evo lu t ion impl iea onw ard and forward . I t ia the fund a

m e n ta l l a w o f n a tu re .a n d e v e ry e l e m e n t i n n a tu re i at e n d in g to w a rd p e r fe c t io n a n d b e c o m in g h ig h e r i ni ta ra tea of v ihra t iona and more evolved in i ta mani-featation.

A revia ion of the method of rece iv ing dues and feesi s b e in g w o rk e d o u t so t h a t t h e w h o le m a t t e r w i l l b eo n a m o re p ra c t i c a l b a s i s t h a n in t h e p a s t a n d a n e wform of M emb ership -Card wi l l be i ssued for the yea r 1924 and de l ivered to the Lodge* in the Fa l l for imm edia te u*e. Mem ber* muat g ive mo re a t ten t io n tothe m at te r of pay m ent of duea . Th e preaen t aya temhaa permit ted membera to be a low and indiffe rent inth i a r e g a rd , m u c h to t h e c o n * te rn a t io n o f m a n y o f t h eL o d g e T r e a a u re r * a n d t h e T r e a a u r e r a t H e a d q u a r t e ra .

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SUPR EME GR AND MASTER S MESSAGE

T h e R a d i o C h u r c h o f A m e r i c a h a s c o m p l e t e d a nen t i r e year o f consecu t ive Sunday se rv ices in the B ayreg ion , inc lud ing San Franc isco and Oak land in C al ifo rn ia . The f i r s t se rmon was , however , ea r l ie r than

. th i s f rom the R ock r idge S ta t ion in Oak land , r ead byt h e b r o a d c a s t e r , b u t w r i t t e n b y t h e I m p e r a t o r .

I t i s par t icu la r ly in te r es t ing to u s as R osaecruc ians

t o k n o w t h a t f r o m t h e v e r y f i r s t w e h a d i n m i n d n o tmere ly a b roadcas ted se rv ice and add ress , o r a se rv i c e b r o a d c a s t e d f r o m a r e g u l a r C h u r c h , b u t a R a d i oC hurch devo ted en t i r e ly to R ad io se rv ice wi th a se rv i c e a n d a d d r e s s p r e p a r e d w e e k b y w e e k e x c l u s i v e l yfo r th i s pu rpose .- Th is sp lend id f ie ld o f op po r tu n i ty fo r the d is semina

t ion o f mys t ica l t r u th fo r wh ich the wor ld i s hunger inga n d w h i c h t h e r e g u l a r c h u r c h e s s e e m u n a b l e t o g i v eou t to en t i r e sa t i s f ac t ion , was g iven in to the chargeo f t h e S u p r e m e G r a n d M a s t e r , w h o b r o u g h t t o b e a r u p o n t h e m a t t e r a l l t h e w e a l t h o f h i s l o n g e x p e r i e n c ein the min is t ry o f the chu rch , h i s l i tu rg ic knowledge ,mys t ica l und er s tand ing and r ad io in te r es t . Th isr esu l ted in a se rv ice tha t has demons t r a ted i t s u sefu ln e s s a n d w h o s e s u c c e s s i s s u c h t h a t m o r e t h a n a t h o u sand per sons have exp ressed themselves as de l igh ted

. and he lped .

In th i s se rv ice we have a spec ia l sec t ion fo r thosewho are shu t - in s , u sua l ly a poem o f ' cheer , an d a l soa fab le fo r the boys and g i r l s. W e secu re the veryh i g h e s t t a l e n t , f o r t h e m u s i c a l n u m b e r s a n d a l w a y suse the f ami l ia r hymns se lec ted as f a r as poss ib le f roman undeno m ina t iona l po in t o f v iew. A l l the r e l ig iouswr i t ings a r e u sed as se lec t ions o f t ru th r ead in theserv ice and every p rayer i s wr i t ten care fu l ly so as to

be ac c e p ta b le 't o v a ll w ho p ra y a t all . T h e u n d e n o m in a t iona l aspe c t app ea ls to a l l so r t s and cond i t ions o f

p eo p le . A S a lv a tio n A rm y c a p ta in a sk in g fo r a copyo f one o f the add resses , one o f them be ing synd ica ted

by th e p re ss , a n d o th e r s c o m m en d e d by th e o so p h is tsa n d h i g h c h u r c h m e n a n d b y m a n y w h o n e v e r h a v ea t tend ed ch u rch a t a ll . I n a l l th i s per iod no t a sing lep ro te s t o r o b je c ti o n to th e su b je c t m a tte r of th e

a d d r e s s o r s e r v i c e h a s b e e n p r e s e n t e d .T h e n u m b e r l i s t e n i n g i n h a s b e e n e s t i m a t e d a s f r o ms ix ty to n ine ty , thou sand sca t te r ed over a la rge a r e a o f the coun t ry , and in one in s tance i t was p icked up inTampa, F lo r ida .

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