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But One Thing is Needful

LUKE 10:42

A TALK IN THE PRO-ECCLESIAbyMr. Heindel

This evening we will take the MagneticNeedle as our subject of meditation, for ithas a lesson of supreme importance in ourspiritual career, a lesson which it behooves

every faithful follower of the Mystic Lightto take earnestly and prayerfully to heart.

The Magnetic Needle is made of a metalwhich has an inherent affinity for the lode-stone, namely, steel. Other metals are butindifferently affected, if at all, but whensteel has once been touched with the lode-stone, its whole nature is changed, it hasbecome alive, as it were, imbued with anew force which we might describe as aconstant yearning after the lodestone whichonce kissed it. Needles made of other met-

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als, and un-magnetized steel, may be putupon a pivot and they will stand in any bal-anced position wherever they are placed,

they are passive to whatever force is appliedto them from without. But the needle whichhas been touched by the lodestone resists,and no matter how often or how severelywe push it away from the magnetic posi-tion, as soon as the force exerted against itis removed, it will instantly revert and pointtoward the magnetic pole.

A similar phenomenon is seen in the lifeof the Christian: once he has felt, thorough-ly felt, in his being the love of the Father, heis a changed man.

The worldly forces from without may beexerted in various ways to divert his interestand attention, but every particle of his beingyearns for God and is always turning in thatdirection, unaffected by the world of drift-ing, listless men. Whatever also he may doin the world, (because it is absolutely nec-

essary to take the proper part in the worldswork), will be done because it is right anddutiful to do so, but with his whole being heyearns for the Father, whose Love, whoseBeing, and whose Force has drawn his soul.To him But one Thing is NeedfulHisFathers Love, and his every effort is direct-ed to win His approval.

When we turn from the earth to heaven,we find almost identical conditions there.

Everywhere through the great firmamentmillions and billions of miles, yea, infinitespace, is filled with marching orbs thatmove with a velocity which beggars com-prehension by the human mind. At the time

when we entered the Pro-Ecclesia, the starswere in a certain position, but during everymoment since we have been here they have

changed and they are now changing withevery tick of the clockall but one.Among all these countless stars moving atsuch an enormous speed, there is one that ischangeless, one that always occupies thesame position: The North Star. No matterwhat time during the day or night, duringsummer or winter, from birth to death, welook up into the heavens, that star will befound always in the same place; whenever itis visible to our eyes or by the help of a tele-scope at any time, it will always be found tooccupy the position which we speak of asNorth.

Now mark the phenomenon of thechangeless needle, always pointing towardsthe changeless star, and consider the con-nection between them and the lesson thereis for us in this phenomenon. The magnet-

ic needle is not a fair-weather follower, itdoes not matter whether it rains or shines,whether it is calm or stormy, whether thereare fogs or clouds; under all circumstancesthe magnetic needle points with unvaryingfidelity towards the North star, and uponthis great fact the mariner stakes the proper-ty and life of himself, his crew, and his pas-sengers. Though the sleet and the rain, snowor hail may beat in his face, almost blinding

him and making it impossible for him to seethe front of his ship, yet so long as he cansee that faithful needle he knows that he ison the right course, he knows that it willnever swerve, that even though the ship

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should founder and find a watery grave atthe bottom of the sea, that faithful needlewill still remain in the same position, point-

ing to the changeless star, until the very lastatom of its being has been disintegrated bycorrosion.

Therefore he trusts implicitly to this faith-ful guide as he lays him down in peace tosleep rocked in the cradle of the deep.

There is in the unswerving devotion, sym-bolized by this magnetic needle, one of thegreatest and most wonderful lessons forthose who have seen the mystic light andwho aspire to the privilege of guiding oth-ers who have not yet found the path. Let usrealize that to do this, the first, foremost,and the greatest prerequisite is that we shallourselves have become firmly groundedand rooted so that we are not disturbed byworldly changes going on about us.Whether the clouds of doubt, skepticism, orpersecution, be cast about us by others, or

whether they seek to ensnare us in blindingfogs of other doctrines.

It behooves us to hold fast to that which isgood, yea, even though life were the pricewe have to pay, we must imitate that faith-ful needle, as the ship founders and settlesto its watery grave. We must continue topoint to the one goal of all, Our Father inHeaven, never swerving to the right or tothe left, no matter what may come. As the

needle that has once been touched by thelodestone is impregnated with a yearningafter that changeless star, a yearning whichdoes not cease, even though it finds awatery grave, a yearning which lasts until

the last atom of its being has been dissolvedby the action of the elements, so also mustwe, if we are really and truly yearning to be

competent guides to others, continue withthe unswerving devotion on the path whichwe have chosen, looking neither to the rightor the left but fastening our eyes upon thatchangeless star ahead, Our Father inHeaven, in whom there is no change nei-ther turning; for as the slightest deviationupon the part of the magnetic needle in thecompass would be sufficient to dash themariner upon the shoals or rocks of a dan-gerous shore, wrecking both ship and lives,so also, if we swerve from the path we haveonce chosen we become stumbling blocksto others who are looking to us for guidanceand example, and their lives are on ourheads. To whom much has been given,from him much will be required. We havereceived much from the teachings of theElder Brothers, the mystic light has beck-

oned us on, and may we realize the greatresponsibility we have, by our example andour lives, to faithfully guide those seekerswith whom we come in contact to the havenof rest and refuge.

THE EMBLEM OF THE ROSE CROSS

By

Frances H. Lyon

Symbolism is the medium by which spir-it tries to express itself to the mind of man.It is our means of communication one withanother. A word is the symbol of an idea,

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and so all literature, music, art, the drama,dancing, and many other things are thesymbolizing of an idea which one mind

wishes to convey to another.In past ages the more highly evolved

minds put into picture or other form an ideaof God for the less evolved. Often theyounger man worshiped the symbol, notbeing able to grasp the spirit of the form.

Today the word God means a great dealto some of us, but we do not worship theword, rather the ideal which the word callsto mind. Even meditation upon the wordGod may give much food to the spirit.How much more can be got from a richersymbol such as the Rosicrucian Emblem is?It is given to us as a spiritual food. There isno transubstantiation so that the thing initself is holy, though it is known that anemblem that has been used for years gradu-ally takes on some of the vibrations of theservice in which it is used. It also gives

them out again, so that a sensitive can feelthem. The ideal behind a symbol may be ofgreat spiritual value in the lives of thosewho use it understandingly.

We have today in the language a littleword of one letter, which stands for thewhole manbody, mind, and spirit. It isused by man to represent any part of him-self or the whole, according to his knowl-edge. That word or symbol was used for the

body of man when his consciousness wasfirst waking up to the fact that he had aphysical body. That is the lower arm of thecross. When mans understanding of him-self went farther, he added one arm to the

top and later added the other arm, makingthe tau or T. This is the Egyptian Key ofLife. This horizontal line symbolized mans

vitality and his emotional nature. When hebegan to think, the top of the cross wasadded, making the true Roman cross. Thiscompletes mans fourfold material vehi-cledense, or chemical body, vital body,desire body, and mind. It is upon this crossof matter that the spirit of man is crucifiedfrom the foundation of the world, and weremain upon the cross until our day of lib-eration, when we shall know the gloriousliberty of the Sons of God. So long as ourideals remain materialistic, the cross isblack, symbol of matter; but as we spiritu-alize our ideals in service to others wewhiten the cross. Today, humanity stands insymbols as a white cross with a black lineabout it. We are recognizing the rights ofothers, and the ideals of brotherhood andself-sacrifice for others are growing. The

pure white cross symbolizes the pure dedi-cated life of a servant of humanity, an invis-ible helper. The Rose Cross has three halfcircles at the end of each arm, makingtwelve in all. This is the symbol of the cos-mic man of which the human is the micro-cosm. It represents the twelve Hierarchieswhich today are manifesting as Signs of theZodiac, and teaching man to govern thisfourfold vehicle in which they work with

the Ego. It takes twelve balls to cover a ballof the same size and so the great spiritualteachers had twelve disciples, and the Egohas twelve psychic faculties covering thespiritual man.



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Apparently out from the center of thecross radiates the five pointed star with thepoint up. This is the symbol of the Wedding

Garment which each human being is weav-ing for himself from the loving unselfishdeeds performed in the body. As the crossgrows whiter the star becomes more lumi-nous, until it attracts the attention of one ofthe Great and Loving Ones who will put theman or woman in touch with the MysterySchool, where he or she will make a muchquicker growth in spiritual power thanwhen alone on the path to God. The star isgold, near to the color of the Christ love,which must be the motive of action. Yellowis symbolic of the Second Aspect of Deity,the Son or Christhood, but man today can-not manifest the pure yellow of Christslove. He has to turn it to the orange of gold.We must develop our soul body, orWedding Garment, as Christ called it,before the Christ can be born in us or we

can attend the marriage feast. Behind thestar and the cross is the infinite field of bluewhich is a symbol of pure spirit, as the bluesky is a symbol of chaos out from whichcame forth manifestation. This is the FirstAspect of Deity, the Father. Christ said thathe must bring all things into subjection untohimself and then he could hand theKingdom over to the Father. We know lit-tle of what that kingdom is to be or of its

powers, and what little we do know comesto us through the teachings of the Son.Hence the blue is tinged with yellow and isnot pure blue but more like turquoise, verytranslucent and full of life.

Hung upon the cross is the wreath ofseven red roses, pure passionless seed pods,the symbol of the divine creative power of

sex, cleansed and raised to a high station.The red symbolizes the Third Aspect ofDeity, the Holy Spirit. This is the only purecolor shown on the symbol, and man todayis capable of thinking abstractly, which isthe power of the Holy Ghost. The life ofman is in the blood, and so we must cleanseand raise the vibration of the blood by a lifeof active service before we can manifest theStar of Hope and attract the Teacher to us.As the rose is the highest product of theflower world, so the human, who trans-mutes the impure life forces of the passion-filled blood into the clean creative life forceof the Life Spirit, has attained the highesthuman station.

Thus we see that the emblem of the RoseCross is a symbol of mans past evolution,his present station, and the ideals for which

he must work in the future. It is a wonder-ful source of inspiration for meditation.

ARGUMENT AND INTUITION

by

W. A. Rowdon

When a man has studied a certain subjectfor some length of time, he gradually

becomes aware of time, he graduallybecomes aware that the subject has a certainvalue in his mind. He forms an opinion onthat subject, this opinion being the concen-tration of the many small details he has



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learned. The actual details are not presentin the opinion, but they have helped to moldand create it. The man has studied this sub-

ject carefully and thoroughly, and can, byreason of his lengthy application to it, besaid to understand it. Whenever this subjectis discussed, the man will judge the value ofthe speakers opinions, by his own intuition.He will know intuitively, whether thespeaker is right about it.

The attitude then, of this man towardsthose who discussed the subject he knew sounusually well, should be one of toleranceand patience. Whatever was said about thesubject would be judged fairly.

Now suppose someone with an obviouslysuperficial knowledge of the matter contra-dicted him and brought forward numerousarguments against his opinions. Thesearguments would have no weight with him,because his intuition would declare themfalse.

And so, it appears to me, would be themental attitude of one who had studied theRosicrucian Teachings towards personswho knew only the material phase of life.Faith itself is strong, but faith joined toReason is doubly so. No arguments orworldly sophistry could shake the firmnessof his belief.

There is actually but little truth to beobtained by argument. A sharpening of

mental faculties and increase in the knowl-edge of facts, do, most decidedly, resultfrom argument. But by such means peoplecannot arrive at the inner knowledge ofthings, which is superior to a mere collation

of occurrences and facts. It is not duringthe clash of words, and the harsh discor-dance of two minds at cross purposes, that

the still small voice of the intuition can beheard. Only in silence can it become appar-ent; it vanishes, like the magic treasure,when a word is spoken.

In meditation, one becomes intuitive,drawing upon the true source of real truth,seeing and comprehending the inner mean-ing of things. How crude, blatant, and grossdoes the idea of argument become whencompared with such a sublime process!

FAITH

By E.

Is it not strange how few men are pos-sessed of a real, living faith in God? Evenof professing Christians, there are compara-tively few who have a real trust in the

Heavenly Father. Faith does not mean sim-ply a belief in the existence of God; Faithmeans trustputting ourselves in Hishands.

Faith, like all other qualities and virtues,grows only by exercise. Learn to trust theFather in everything, the smallest as well asthe greatest things of your life. This meansdeliverance from the cares, fears, and wor-ries which the world is so full of; an open

mind and heart to receive truth from what-ever source it comes, believing that thegood God has you in His keeping. Forwhen we put our trust in God we make useof a Divine Law which bears us over all the



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trials and troubles of life. It is as if we hadseized hold of the Almighty Hand which isable to do all, and overcome all things for

us. It makes the connection between ourweakness and His strength, which is greaterthan all.

Faith is weak at first, and sometimes it isnecessary for us to be in extremity beforewe can reach out to God for help, and theneven the smallest degree of faith will causethe Heavenly Father to come to our help.Mans extremity is Gods opportunity.He is the ever faithful One. Remember thatHe says, I will never leave thee nor forsakethee.

The simplicity of this way makes it seemtoo easy to most men. They look for somegreat difficulties to overcome in the way ofestablishing a connection with theHeavenly Father. It requires a certain sim-plicity of nature, a childlikeness of mind.Do you recall that Christ said that we must

become as little children? It is largely amatter of relaxing, of letting go, of throwingoff of mind and heart any burden or troublethat comes, looking simply to Him, andaccepting as from His Hand whatevercomes. And we can do nothing more pleas-ing to Him, or more helpful to ourselvesthan to exercise trust under every condition.And our capacity for faith grows with itsexercise. The more we use it, the more we

have. There comes a time in our growth

when we fear nothing anymorein thisworld, or in any other. We attain a poise, apeace of mind and serenity of soul, a tran-

quillity of heart that must be a foretaste ofHeavenly blessedness. We realize thesupreme wisdom of leaving all things to beordered by perfect Wisdom and perfectLove, and that our own will, owing to ourimperfect understanding, is prone to runcounter to His Will, which is always for ourperfection and happiness.

The Lord is good, a stronghold in theday of trouble, and He knoweth them thattrust in Him.

I the Lord will hold thy right hand, say-ing unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

In all thy ways acknowledge Him andHe shall direct thy paths.

Who so trusteth in the Lord, happy ishe.

Though he slay me yet will I trust inHim.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peacewhose mind is stayed on Thee, because hetrusteth in Thee.

There are many, many passages in theBible entreating us to trust Him. Read thetwenty-third Psalm and the ninety-firstPsalm. The writer may be too credulous,but he believes that such a trust is sovereignremedy for every trouble or danger, occultor otherwise, and that in clinging to Him we

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Question:

Does it serve any real purpose to recall,each year, the suffering of Christ? If not,why does not the Christian Church omit thepassion and the Crown of Thorns; and con-centrate its efforts upon celebrating Easteras a time of Joy?Answer:

The gospel story, as it is usually read bypeople in the churches, is only the story ofJesus, a unique character, the Son of God ina special sense, who was born once inBethlehem, lived once upon the Earth, forthe short space of thirty-three years, who

died once for mankind after much suffer-ing, and is now permanently exalted to theright hand of the Father; thence they expecthim to return to judge the quick and thedead, and they celebrate his birth and hisdeath at certain times of the year, becausethey are supposed to have taken place ondefinite dates, the same as the birth day ofLincoln, Washington, or the Battle ofGettysburg.

But while these explanations satisfy themultitudes who are not very deep in theirinquiries concerning the truth, there isanother side which is very patent to themystic, a story of divine love and perpetual

sacrifice, that fills him with devotion to thecosmic Christ, Who is born periodically inorder that we may live and have an oppor-tunity of evolving in this environment, forhe understands from that viewpoint, thatwithout such recurring annual sacrifice,this Earth and its present conditions ofadvancement would be an impossibility.

At the time when the Sun is in the celes-tial sign of Virgo (The Virgin), theimmaculate conception takes place. Awave of solar Christ light and life isfocused upon the earth. Gradually thislight penetrates deeper and deeper into the

earth, until the turning point is reached onthe longest and darkest night which wecall Christmas. This is the Mystic birth ofa Cosmic Life impulse which impregnatesand fertilizes the Earth. It is the basis ofall terrestrial life; without it no seedwould germinate, no flower would appearupon the face of the earth, neither man norbeast could exist, and life would soonbecome extinct.

Therefore there is indeed a very, veryvalid reason for the joy that is felt atChristmas time, as the Divine Author of ourbeing, Our Father in Heaven, has given thegreatest of all gifts to man, The Son. So

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men also are impelled to give gifts to oneanother, and joy reigns upon earth, goodwill and peace, no matter whether man

understands the mystic and annually recur-rent reasons therefor.

As a little leaven, leaveneth the wholelump, so this spiritual life impulse, whichimpregnated the earth at the winter solstice,works its way through the winter months,towards the circumference, giving life to allwherewith it comes in contact; even theminerals could not grow were this lightimpulse withheld; and by the time Easter isreached, when the earth is in bloom, whenthe birds start singing, and the little animalsin the forest are mating, all is imbued withthis great divine life; it has spent itself, itdies, and is raised again to the right hand ofOur Father.

Thus Christmas and Easter are turningpoints which mark the ebb and flow of thedivine life annually given for our sakes,

without which it would be impossible forus to live upon the earth. The latter endsalso the annual recurrence of the festivefeeling which we experience fromChristmas to Easter, the joy that thrills ourbeing. If we are at all sensitive, we cannothelp but feel Christmas and Easter in theair, for they are laden with divine love, life,and joy.

But whence comes the note of sorrow and

suffering which precedes the Easter resur-rection, why may we not rejoice with anunmingled joy at the time when the Son isliberated and returns to his father, why thispassion, this crown of thorns, why, cannot

this be left out of consideration? Our ques-tioner would like to know.

To understand this mystery it is necessary

to view the matter from the Christ point,and it is necessary to fully and thoroughlyrealize that this annual life wave which isprojected into our planet is not simply aforce devoid of consciousness. It carrieswith itself the full consciousness of theCosmic Christ. It is absolutely a true factthat without Him was not anything madethat was made, as we are told by St. John inthe opening chapter of his Gospel.

At the time of the immaculate conceptionin September, this great life impulse, com-mences its descent upon our earth, and bythe time of the winter solstice, when themystic birth takes place, the Cosmic Christhas fully concentrated itself upon and with-in this planet. You will realize, that thatmust cause discomfort to such a great spir-it to be cramped within this little earth of

ours and to be conscious of all the hate anddiscord we are sending out from day to day,all through the year.

It is a fact that cannot be gainsaid that alllife expression is through and by love; sim-ilarly, death comes through hate. Were thehate and discord which we generate in ourdaily life, in our transactions, one withanother, were the deceit, the infamy, andthe selfishness left without antidote, this

earth would be swallowed up in death.You remember the description of

Initiation given in theRosicrucian Cosmo-Conception; it is there stated that at the ser-vices held every night at midnight, the tem-



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ple is the focus of all the thoughts of hateand disturbance in the western world whichit serves, that these thoughts are there dis-

integrated and transmuted, and that this isthe basis of social progress in the world. Itis also known that saintly Spirits grieve andsuffer greatly at disturbances in the world,at the discord and the hate, that they sendout from themselves, individually, thoughtsof love and kindness. The associatedefforts of such orders as that of theRosicrucian are directed in the same chan-nels of effort when the world is still, so faras physical exertions are concerned, and istherefore more receptive to the spiritualinfluence, namely, at midnight. At thattime they endeavor to attract and transmutethese thought arrows of hate and discord,suffering thus their small share while tryingto lift a few of the thorns from the Saviorscrown.

Considering the foregoing, you will

understand that the Christ Spirit in theEarth is, as Paul says, actually groaningand travailing, waiting for the day of liber-ation. Thus He gathers all the darts of hateand anger, these are the crown of thorns.

In everything that lives, the vital bodyradiates streamers of light from the forcethat has spent itself in building the densebody. During health they carry away allpoison from the body and keep it clean.

Similar conditions prevail in the vital body

of the earth, which is the vehicle of Christ;the poisonous and destructive forces, gen-erated by our passions are carried away by

the life forces of the Christ; but every evilthought or act brings Him its own propor-tion of pain, and therefore becomes part ofthe crown of thornsthe crown becausethe head is always thought of as the seat ofconsciousnessand we should realize thatevery single evil act of ours reacts upon theChrist in the manner stated and adds anoth-er thorn of suffering.

In view of the foregoing, we can realizewith what relief He speaks the final wordsat the time of liberation from the earthlycross: Consummatum est, It has beenaccomplished.

And why the annual recurrence of suffer-ing, you ask? As we take into our bodiescontinually the life-giving oxygen to gothrough its cycle to vitalize and energizethe whole body; as that oxygen dies to the

outside world for the time being, while it isliving in the body; as it is charged therewith poisons and waste products, and final-ly exhaled as carbon dioxide, a poisonousgas, so, it is necessary for the Savior annu-ally to enter into the great body which wecall the earth, and take upon Himself all thepoison that is generated by ourselves, tocleanse and purify, and to give it a newlease on life before He finally is resurrect-

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When we open the Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception we read on the title page thatthe book professes to be an elementaryexposition of mans past evolution, presentconstitution, and future development; in

other words, a solution to the enigma ofexistenceWhence have we come, whyare we here, and whither are we going? Aglance over the pages and through theindex reveals the fact that the book dealswith things from a point of view that isabove and beyond the ken of most peopleand the question therefore naturally arisesin the mind of the serious: What is there to

warrant the study of this book? Is it notbetter and safer to eschew the visions andimaginations of anyone? I am tired of dic-tums and dogmas which require me to havefaith and I feel as if the only safe basis is to

trust in the rock of reason and depend uponthe exact facts developed by science. Thecareful scientific investigators use neithersentimentality, nor faith, nor imaginationbut depend solely upon what they discover

by patient researches into the secrets ofnature; they give us not maudlin sentimentbut scientific FACTS.

At the first blush such an attitude seemsboth reasonable and logical, but a littlecloser inspection will soon show the falsitythereof and its weak points. We havegrown into a belief during a number ofyears that science is infallible, that science

gives us facts and requires no faith, that sci-ence is absolutely devoid of imaginationsand depends only upon the results whichare demonstrated in various branches bythe experiments of qualified researchers;

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but this is not the case, most emphaticallynot, as the reader will see at once by open-ing The Riddle of the Universe by Ernst

Haeckel, one of the foremost exponents ofa monistic science which aims to explainall that is in the world by physical causes,and entirely neglect the supernatural, asthey call it. That, by the way, is one of theirforemost fallacies: Everything that is, isnatural, there is nothing unnatural, it cannotbe, neither is there anything super-natural.

What these people really mean is thatthey explain everything from a physicalbasis and do not recognize anything super-physical or beyond the physical world. Butregarding the supposedly extensive andaccurate knowledge of science, we get avery different idea on page 299 and 300 ofthe book mentioned. Prof. Haeckel theresays:

When we are not sure about a thing wesay, I believe it. In this sense we are com-

pelled to make use of faith even in scienceitself; we conjecture or assume that a cer-tain relation exists between two phenome-na, though we do not know it for certain. Ifit is a question of a cause, we form ahypothesis: The explanation of a greatnumber of connected phenomena by theassumption of a common cause is called atheory. Both in theory and hypothesisfaith (in the scientific sense) is indispens-

able; for here again it is the imaginationthat fills up the gaps left by the intelligencein our knowledge of the connection ofthings. A theory, therefore, must always beregarded only as an approximation to the

truth; it must be understood that it may bereplaced in time by another and bettergrounded theory. But, in spite of this

admitted uncertainty, theory is indispens-able for all true science; it elucidates factsby postulating a cause for them.

Important Theories of first rankThe theory of gravitation in Astronomy.

(Newton)The Nebular theory in Cosmogony.

(Kant and Laplace)Principle of energy in Physics.

(Meyer and Helmholtz)Atomic theory in Chemistry.

(Dalton)Vibratory theory in Optics.

(Huyghens)Cellular theory in Histology.

(Schleiden and Schwann)Theory in Descent in Biology.

(Lamarck and Darwin)

The above theories explain a whole worldof natural phenomena by the assumption ofa common cause for all the several facts oftheir respective provinces, and by showingthat all the phenomena thereof are intercon-nected and controlled by laws which issuefrom the common cause. Yet the causeitself may remain obscure in character, ormay be only a provisional hypothesis.The force of gravity in the theory of grav-

itation and in cosmogony; energy itself inits relation to matter; ether of optics andelectricity; the atom of the chemist; theliving protoplasm of histology; theheredity of the evolutionistthese and



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similar conceptions of other great theoriesmay be regarded by a skeptical philosopheras mere hypotheses and the outcome of

scientific faith yet they are indispensablefor us, until they are replaced by betterhypotheses.

Haeckel claims as an indispensablenecessity, a free and unrestricted use of theimagination, for the purpose of bridgingover gaps between isolated facts discoveredby the scientific man, and he denounces inunqualified terms as wrongheaded, scien-tists who refuse to make this use of faithand belief.

Imagination and faith are good saucefor the scientific gander, in fact, it cannotthrive without them, but when they are usedin religion, he finds on page 301 that theEssential difference of this superstitionfrom rational faith lies in the fact that itassumes supernatural forces and phenome-na, which are unknown and inadmissible to

science, and which are the outcome of illu-sion and fancy; and therefore irrational.Thus, according to Prof. Haeckel, who maybe regarded as representative of the scien-tific world today, faith and imagination areindispensable to science, and scientists whoendeavor to do without them are wrong-headed, but religious faith is the outcomeof illusion and fancies, moreover it issuperstition.

Thus Religion does not seem to be theonly author of dictums and dogmas; thosewho bow before the scientific shrine aretold without a blush or apology, that thoughall these theories may be found later on to

have been misleading, today they are theonly source of right belief and sciencedemands that they be accepted without

reservation by any one who would have thescientific seal of sanity.

The opening chapter of The RosicrucianCosmo-Conception is entitled A word tothe Wise, and it is literally meant, forthose who are ignorant are to that extentteachable, hence the Christ pointed to a lit-tle child as an ideal. The more thoroughlywe can lose the sense of our own greatnessand knowledge, the better we shall be in aposition to acquire information. The writerremembers in this connection, coming tothe little city of S. a number of years ago,intending to give a course of lectures. Hewas prepared to pay his own expenses forhall rent, etc., but sought to enlist the aid ofa certain society in that city, that he mightleave the people, he interested through hislectures in their charge for further help, and

a meeting was held for the purpose of dis-cussing matters. Only a few of the mem-bers came, but they were quite unanimousand capable of voicing the sentiments oftheir lodge, which were as follows: Wehave had Mr. X. here, we wined, dined, andhired a theatre for him, and he could teachus nothing. We also had Mrs. Yshe wasno better. Then Mr. Z. came along, he knewnothing at all, and therefore we do not want

either you or your lectures, you can teachus nothing! And verily they spoke thetruth, anyone who has such set opinions,who is so wise in his own conceited esti-mation, who condemns a teaching without



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even hearing or weighing it in the balanceof reason, is incapable of being instructedin the Mysteries of Life. Therefore our

Saviour properly insisted that whosoevershall not receive the kingdom of heaven asa little child, shall no wise enter therein.The little child is not hampered by pre-con-ceived opinions, it does not feel obliged tohide its ignorance, it is therefore pre-emi-nently teachable and takes everything ontrust until experience in life, which comeslater, has proved it to be true or false. Thenthe child uses his reason to hold fast to thatwhich is good, discarding whatever mayhave been found wanting. And it is thisattitude of mind that anyone must cultivatebefore he can properly and with profitstudy any philosophy of life.

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception goesa step further; it holds that man, being madein the image of his divine creator, is notnecessarily limited to the five senses

wherewith he is now endowed. We findcreatures in the scale of evolution behind usthat lack a number of the senses wherewithwe are blessed, and it would be only a rea-sonable inference that we must have withinourselves the ability to evolve other senseswhereby we may know that which we nowhave to believe. This, The RosicrucianCosmo-Conception asserts, is the case; itsays that such senses are latent in each and

every one of us, and that it is possible byproper and scientific exercises to evolvethese senses before they would be available

for use in the normal course of evolution.Some have tried these methods and foundthem true, others who bring the necessary

persistence and perseverance to bear willfind that it is possible to follow in theirfootsteps.

The student should read the chapter AWord to the Wise, that he may thoroughlyunderstand the source of information whichunderlies The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, he should also compare it withthe avowedly speculative methods of sci-ence. It is noteworthy in this connectionthat Prof. Haeckels photographs of thefetus in different stages, which profess togive a pictorial panorama of intra-uterinelife, are partly made up by speculation onwhat must have taken place in order to con-nect the developments shown by the gen-uine photographs in the series. Not a wordwas said about this interpolation of miss-ing links by speculative drawings when

the series was published and heralded asthe greatest of scientific achievements; andwhen the professor was later accused offraudulent methods, he defended himselfwith a plea of scientific necessity, whichmade it imperative to fill out by speculationwhat could not be learned by observation.

When the student has thoroughly mas-tered the basis of scientific assertions andcompared them with the source of informa-

tion of The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, it should not be difficult tochoose, or to show others how to choose.



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THE MEASURE of AMENABILITYto

PLANETARY VIBRATIONSby

Mr. Heindel

When judging a horoscope it is of prime

importance that we take into considerationthe social and racial standing of the indi-vidual, for configurations which are ofgreat significance in the horoscope of aneducated Caucasian, may mean little ornothing in the figure of a Chinese Coolieand vice versa. Neglect of this factorwould inevitably lead to false conclusions,as we shall now explain.

It is a mystic maxim that the lower in the

scale of evolution a being is placed, themore certainly it responds to the planetaryrays, and conversely, the higher we ascendin the scale of attainment, the more the manconquers and rules his stars, freeing himselffrom the leading strings of the DivineHierarchies. This yoke was not, however,placed upon man in order to restrain himneedlessly, but just as we in our ordinary

life restrain a child from doing things in itsignorance which would hurt it, and maybecripple it for life, so also are we restrainedby the Divine Hierarchies through the plan-etary aspects in such a manner that we do

not hurt ourselves beyond recovery in theGreat School of life.

But, coupled with this guidance, there isof course the measure of free Will, whichgrows as we evolve. The child in our midsthas really very little free will, it is subject-ed not only to its parents, but to the ser-

vants, if such there be in the household, andto everybody with whom it is associated;all exercise control over it, for its owngood. As the child grows, this measure ofrestraint is by degrees relaxed; in the courseof years the child will learn to exercise itsfree will. This method has been followedby the Divine Hierarchies in the case ofman.

Infant Humanity was absolutely guided

by Divine rules without having any Will atall. Thus shalt thou do or not do wereinjunctions laid upon them, which must beimplicitly obeyed, otherwise the Divinedispleasure was at once shown by suchstrenuous manifestations as appealed toinfant humanitys mind; namely, lighten-ing, thunder, earthquakes, and great visita-tions of plagues. This was for their collec-

tive guidance; for individual restraint therewere strict laws, Commandments, and ordi-nances. Tribute must be paid continually tothe Divine Leader and offered up upon thealtar as sacrifices, and for every offense

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against the law a certain sacrifice of mater-ial goods must be made. Fear was the dom-inant keynote of that dispensation, for The

fear of the Lord is the beginning of right-eousness. This regime was carried onunder the planetary conditions of Mars andthe Moon. Mars, being the home of thedominant Lucifer Spirits, gave to mankindthe energy necessary that evolution may beaccomplished; this martial energy was ofthe very greatest importance, particularlyof course, in the earlier stages. The Moon,which is the home of the Angels, undertheir Divine Leader Jehovah, gave to infanthumanity that childlike brain-mind whichis amenable to rulership, and bends itselfreadily before authority.

These with Saturn were the only plane-tary rays which effected mankind as awhole during the Lemurian epoch, and if ahoroscope were erected for any of the peo-ple who lived then, it would be unnecessary

to enter the places of the other planets,because they could not respond to theirrays. Even today a great part of mankindhas not evolved very far beyond that point,a large class particularly among those wespeak of as the lower races, and even thelower classes of our western world aredominated principally by these planetaryrays. Under their impulses they act withautomatic certainty in a specific manner,

and it is possible to predict exactly whatthey will do under a certain aspect of theseplanets, because they live entirely in theiremotions and are scarcely, if at all, respon-

sive to the intellectual vibrations ofMercury.

Neither can they appreciate such emo-

tions as signified by Venus or its octave,Uranus; they respond solely to the lowernature, the animal passions. They moveunder the impulses of Mars and the Moonrespecting sex and sustenance. Their plea-sures are of the lowest and most sensualnature, they live like animals; altogether inthe physical; their creed is eat, drink, andbe merry; their desires may be expressed aswine and woman, for they have not yetawakened to the charm of song, neither hasbeauty had a chance to enchant the savageheart at this stage of development, for thatcomes from the Venus rays, which arebeyond such people. Woman is to the manof that stage only a beast of burden and aconvenience.

Meanwhile, Father Time, representedby the planet Saturn, keeps the score, and

wields over them the whiplash of necessityto drive them forward on the evolutionarypath, meting out to each the fruits of hislabor at the harvest time between lives.When the man has cultivated the savagevirtues of bravery, physical endurance, etc.he dreams in the postmortem existence ofnew fields to conquer, he sees where he waslacking and why his desires were frustratedbecause of lack of implements.

Gradually, the constructive martial rayand the Saturn cunning, fertilize the lunarbrain which he is building, so that in timehe learns to make the crude implements



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necessary for the attainment of his primi-tive ambitions. Even today we see thesame cunning traits of character, the same

crude crafts displayed in and by the lowerraces for the purpose of irrigating land,mining ores, or milling grain. All thoseearliest implements were the result of theplanetary rays of Saturn, Moon, and Mars,impinging on the primitive brain of infanthumanity.

A little further along the path of evolu-tion, in the Atlantean epoch, the Lords ofVenus and the Lords of Mercury came tothe earth for the purpose of giving a furtherimpulse to the mental and emotional devel-opment. It was the task of Venus to combatthe lower emotions and raise the brutishanimal passions of Mars to the softer andmore beautiful Venus-love. She was to addbeauty to strength, and to attain that idealthe Lords of Venus fostered the plastic arts,painting and sculpture.

These were not taught men of the generalpublic at that time; the ideals which are tobe developed in a race are always firsttaught to the most advanced ones in a mys-tery temple, and at that time initiationincluded no spiritual instruction, but con-sisted of an education in the liberal arts.

Sculpture taught how the beautiful maybe incorporated in physical form; it calledattention to the body and idealized the soft-

ly curved lines. The result is now incorpo-rated in our own race body, for it should bethoroughly understood that in a mysteryschool an ideal is not taught today simplyto be forgotten tomorrow or in the next gen-

eration, but ideals are inculcated so that intime they may become part of the very life,soul and body of the race. Compare the

race body of the Indian, the Bush-man, theHottentots, etc. with that of the modern civ-ilized man, and you will find that there isindeed beauty added to strength.

It may be objected that we are degenerat-ing compared with what is shown in theHellenic Arts, but that is positively not so;it is rather that we have not yet attained tothat highest ideal. In ancient Greece themystery temples occupied a much moreprominent position than today; the beauti-ful form was then idolized to the detrimentof the mind, notwithstanding the fact thatshe had a Plato and a Socrates.

The Lords of Mercury who had charge ofthe development of mind, at the time whenthe Lords of Venus exercised their greatinfluence on the emotions, had not thenbeen able to make a universally strong

impression on the early humanity. We arewell aware even today that it hurts to think,but it is easy to follow the emotions. At thepresent time the middle class of the West ismuch farther advanced than the ancientGreeks because of the influence of thesetwo planetary rays in our lives.

Woman naturally excels in the highlyimaginative Venus faculty because of herpart in the creative function, which aids in

molding the body of the race. On thataccount her figure has the graceful curveswhich naturally express beauty, while manhas the worldly-wise intellect fostered bythe Lords of Mercury, and is the exponent



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of reason, the creative agency of physicalprogress in the worlds work.

We always long for, admire, and aspire to

what we lack. In days of savagery whenkicks and cuffs were her daily fare, womanlonged for a caress from her lord. TheVenus ray gave her beauty and made her anadept in the feminine arts, which have con-quered the masculine heart, so that now heplays the role of protector on the plea thatwoman is not mentally competent; mean-

while he is becoming that which he admiresin her; he is more gentle and kind; Venus isconquering Mars, but the Mercury delusion

of intellectual superiority needs anotherinfluence to conquer it. And this woman isnow attracting by the aspiration. As shemastered martial brutality by Venus beauty,so also she will free herself from Mercurialbondage by Uranian intuition.

(To be continued)

Vegetarianism?Here are, at any rate, some of my reasons

for so doing.1. Because I have tried a vegetarian diet

with the greatest benefit, having been formore than ten years at one time a strict veg-etarian.

2. Because, according to the Bible, Godoriginally intended the food of man to bevegetarian:

God said, Behold, I have given youevery herb bearing seed, which is upon theface of all the earth, and every tree, inwhich is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to

you it shall be for meat.Gen. 1:293. Because a vegetarian diet is favorable

to purity, to chastity, and to perfect controlof the appetites and passions, which is oftena source of great temptation, especially to


Nutrition and Health* * * * * *

(Selected)

SOME GOOD REASONS

for being a

VEGETARIAN

by

Bramwell Booth, Chief of Staff of theSalvation Army

I have been frequently asked to writesomething on this subject. In fact, on oneoccasion, I received from no less than fortyLocal Officers a request that I wouldexplain to them all I meant by what I had

called, when speaking in one of theCouncils, the Gospel of Porridge. I do notthink I shall be able to do all that, but I willtry and briefly reply to one question whichI often hear: Why do you recommend


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the young.4. Because a vegetarian diet is favorable

to robust health and strength.

With very few exceptions, and those onlyconfirmed invalids, I believe the peoplewould be better in spirits, stronger in mus-cle, and more vigorous in energy, if theyabstained entirely from the use of animalfood. The Spartans, who stand first amongall the nations of history for power toendure hardship, were vegetarians, so alsowere the armies of Rome, when Rome wasconquering the world.

5. Because tens of thousands of poorpeople, who have now the greatest difficul-ty to make ends meet after buying fleshfoods, would, by the substitution of fruitand vegetables and other economical food,be able to get along in comfort, and havemore money to spare for the poor and forthe work of God.

6. Because a vegetarian diet of wheat,

oatmeal, and other grains, lentils, peas,beans, nuts and similar food is more thanten times as economical as a flesh diet.Meat contains half its weight in water,which has to be paid for as though it weremeat! A vegetable diet, even if we allowcheese, butter, and milk will only costabout a quarter as much as a mixed diet offlesh and vegetables.

7. Because a vegetarian diet would stop

the enormous waste of all kinds of animalfood which is now consumed with scarcelyany advantage to those who take it.

8. Because a vegetarian diet is a protec-tion against our drinking, and because the

use of meat among the people is a cause ofthe increase of drunkenness. One badappetite creates another.

9. Because a vegetarian diet is favorableto industry and hard work, and because aflesh diet, on the other hand, favors indo-lence, sleepiness, growing fat, want ofenergy, indigestion, constipation, and otherlike miseries and degradations.

10. Because it is proved that life, healthand happiness are all favored by a vegetar-ian diet. I have known many examples ofthis myself. Most of the instances of greatage are to be found among those who fromtheir youth have lived principally, if notentirely, on vegetables and fruit. All this isworth thinking about.

11. I favor a vegetarian diet because thedigestive organs of man are not well adapt-ed for the use of flesh. Flesh meat containsa great deal of matter which, at the time theanimal was killed, was changing and pre-

pared for being expelled from its system.This matter often passes through the humanstomach undigested into the blood andcauses various diseases, especially rheuma-tism, gout, indigestion, and the like.

12. Because it is very difficult, especial-ly in hot weather and in warm climates tokeep flesh foods sweet long enough to cookand eat it, and a great deal of meat is there-fore eaten after it has begun to decaythat

is, to rot. This decay often begins longbefore the meat gives any sign of its realcondition. Neither its appearance nor itssmell is a safe guide as to its being whole-some.



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13. Because a great deal of the flesh meatwhich is supplied for human food is alreadydiseased, and because it is nearly impossi-

ble to be sure that any flesh is quite freefrom the germs of disease. Much commonmeat, which is often that of old animals, iswell known to be sold to the butchersbecause the animals are sick or unhealthy.

14. Because I believe that the greatincrease in consumption and cancer duringthe last hundred years has been caused bythe great increase in the use of animal food,and that a strict vegetarian diet wouldgreatly help to ward off these most terribleand incurable diseases.

15. Because I believe that a flesh dietbrings on many very painful diseases,which though not perhaps immediatelydangerous to life, cause much suffering andloss. I mean such complaints as eczema,constipation, piles, worms, dysentery,severe headaches, and the like. A vegetari-

an diet would do much to relieve if not curethem.

16. Because of the awful cruelty and ter-ror to which tens of millions of animalskilled for human food are subjected in trav-eling long distances by ship, rail, and roadto the slaughter-houses of the world. Goddisapproves of all crueltywhether to manor beast.

17. Because of the terrible cruelties prac-

ticed in killing animals in many slaughter-houses. The whole business of killing iscruel, even when it is done with care, andwe know that in the case of millions ofcreatures it is done with very little care.Ten thousand pigs are killed for food every

hour in Europe alone.18. Because the occupation of slaughter-

ing animals is brutalizing to those who are

required to do the work The highest senti-ments of humane men, says a certainwriter, and I agree with him, revolt at thecruelty, the degrading sights, the distressingcries, the perpetual bloodshed, and all theattendant horrors which must surround thetransit and slaughter of suffering crea-tures.

19. Because a flesh diet is not necessaryto hard work. A great part of the work ofthe world is done by animals which subsiston vegetable food, namely, horses, mules,camels, oxen, etc.

I believe this matter is well worthy of theserious consideration of our Officers. It hasan important bearing not only upon theirown health and happiness, but upon theirinfluence among the people, as men andwomen who are free from the bondage of

that selfish gratification which too oftenafflicts the professed servants of Christ.Let us remember the Apostles direction:Whether ye ear or drink, or whatsoever yedo, do with all to the glory of God.

Think on these things!

NUTRITION

It is a truism that many more die ofovereating than of starvation, and one faultis almost universal, namely, the desire totake more nourishment than is really need-ed. It is generally conceded that it is nothow much we eat, but how much we assim-



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ilate that counts, and as the body is built ofcertain material elements of the world, justthe same as any other building, the materi-

al for it should be as intelligently and prop-erly selected as for the house in which wedwell. We would certainly think a manvery foolish who started to build a buildingof waste material partially rotted, whenplenty of good timber and stone were athand and might be had just as easily, per-haps easier; and that is just what the flesh-eater does, for all meat is partially decayed.The house in which we live may be a palaceor hut according to our means and positionin society, but we endeavor to build it aswell as possible with our means; then howmuch more should we build this living tem-ple, this mansion of the soul, so that it mayserve as a fit instrument for spiritualexpression.

A diseased body always hampers us inour mental and spiritual activities.

Therefore it will bring large dividends incomfort of body, soul, and spirit, if we payproper attention to certain important pointsin connection with our diet.

We all know the Lords Prayer perfectlyand therefore it might seem superfluous torepeat it, nevertheless, there is a distinctadvantage in constant reiteration; we alsoknow certain general rules of right living,and it may seem superfluous in an article

like this to reiterate them, but for the samereason that we repeat the Lords Prayer,namely, that repetition is like the constantdrip that hollows the stone, so also let usreiterate a few of these general rules.

There is in the first place, the rule of mas-tication. This is particularly important withrespect to food containing starch and sugar

such as cereals. It is a vicious habit to sitdown morning after morning and bolt abowl of mush, which is absolutely impervi-ous to the saliva, even though we take thetrouble to masticate it, which most of us ofcourse do not do, because we are in toogreat a hurry to get away to the office orshop. Such stuff, (it is not food), is a deadweight in the stomach. This habit whenpersistently pursued for years is one of themost fruitful sources of digestive disorderswhich cause so much misery to the humanrace; for all pastry, puddings, cakes, mush-es, and kindred starchy foods which enterthe stomach unchanged by mastication andin-salivation are there subjected to aprocess of fermentation analogous to thatof beer or vinegar in a brewers vat. Theyset free an enormous amount of carbonic

acid gas, and are converted to vinegar oralcohol, producing acute distress.

Shredded Wheat and Triscuits have theproperty of not getting sticky in the mouth,therefore they may be thoroughly masticat-ed and in-salivated, thus the whole benefitis derived from such foods, but they aresomewhat expensive of course, and thereare many people who cannot afford them.Variety is also needed, and if you will try

Whole Wheat Mush as per the menu here-with, you will find that no mush is moreeasily digested and certainly there is nonemore appetizing.

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use of decaying carcasses still cling to thehabit of seasoning vegetables with vinegar.Vinegar is made from fruits that have

decayed and fermented, and a vinegar fac-tory looks like a brewery, but smells evenworse, for vinegar is the product of adestructive process in nature and cannottherefore be successfully used in the polityof the body for up-building. Lemons, onthe other hand are ripe, fresh and at theapex of their evolution, antiseptic in thehighest degree and therefore they have ahigh value when used as seasoning withfood. They cleanse, whereas vinegar isdestructive and produces further fermenta-tion within our bodies. While it is neces-sary to use plenty of pepper and salt on theloathsome decaying flesh foods, so that thisseasoning may counterbalance the nauseat-ing smell and taste, both pepper and salt aremainly superfluities in vegetarian cooking.The great mass cannot break away entirely

from the use of salt, therefore it seems nec-essary to cater to this craving in a smallmeasure at the present time, but as shallshow in the recipes given from time to timein this magazine, pepper is a superfluity,even a detriment, and the seasoning weshall advocate will make the food properlypalatable without it.

Another important rule of right rationsdecrees that cooked and uncooked vegeta-

bles should not be eaten at the same meal,the observance of this rule will save manyan hour of discomfort which follows mixedmeals on account of flatulence.

Vegetables in the uncooked state contain

a large amount of ether, which forms thevital body of the plant, and also salts, whichare lost in the process of cooking.

Therefore it requires considerable morebulk of boiled vegetables to give the bodynecessary nourishment than when fed uponuncooked vegetables. Very few, however,are able to live upon that food yet, becauseit induces a rate of vibration too high forthem, but all who really wish to be health-ful should endeavor to eat at least one mealof uncooked food every day. That foodshould be taken at the evening mealbecause it is most easily digested and willgive the body a better chance to rest duringthe night, it has a soothing and tonic effectupon the body.

It is the idea of most vegetarian cooksthat when vegetables are to be cooked itdoes not matter that they are wilted; such isa very erroneous conclusion, a wilted veg-etable is almost as bad as a piece of

decayed meat, but vegetables that havebeen wilted on the market may be fresh-ened up by putting them in water for sever-al hours before they are to be cooked, andvegetables that have to be used uncookedshould of course always be made crisp andtender by leaving them in cold water beforethey are served.

The following is a menu from MountEcclesia:

BREAKFAST 7:30 A.M.Stewed Rhubarb

Whole Wheat mush with Datesand cream.



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Hot Corn gems and butterHoney

Tea, Coffee, or milk

DINNER12 NOON

Cream Tomato SoupBoiled Spinach. Carrots au gratin

Whole Wheat bread and butterHoneyMilk

SUPPER5:30 P.M

Uncooked mixed vegetable saladWhole Wheat bread and butter

HoneyMilk

RECIPES

WHOLE WHEAT MUSH WITH DATES

If you cannot get the entire wheat flour atyour grocers, get the whole wheat, just thekernel, and run them through a coffee mill,so that you may be sure nothing is lost, thatyou have everything for your food that iscontained in the kernel.

Bring a quart of water to the boilingpoint, sprinkle one cup of whole wheatflour slowly into the water, and allow it toboil for one hour, seasoning slightly withsalt. Just before removing it from thestove, put in one half cup of chopped datesand stir, but do not allow the mush to boilafter the dates have been put in. Serve with

cream or milk. This quantity will be suffi-cient for two people.

CARROTS AU GRATIN

Wash, scrape, and slice one dozen smallcarrots; boil them in salt water for twentyminutes or until almost but not quite done.After draining in a colander and saving theliquid, put two tablespoons full of butterinto a hot skillet with a tablespoon full offlour, allowing this to become goldenbrown. Then gradually add one and one-

half cups of the liquid from the carrots so asto make gravy. Add also one-half cupful ofgrated cheese with a little sprinkling of salt.Then add the carrots and mix well. Pourinto a buttered baking dish, cover the topwith a mixture of grated cheese and breadcrumbs, place in an oven and bake untilbrown. This is sufficient for two plates.

VEGETABLE SALAD

Take one head of lettuce, making it crispby putting it in water several hours before itis to be used. Put one-half head on eachplate. Dress the lettuce with one slicedhard boiled egg and a spoonful of boileddressing.

UNCOOKED BOILED DRESSING

One teaspoon of mustard, one and one-half tablespoons of melted butter, onetablespoon of flour, one egg, one and one-half tablespoons of sugar, three-quarterscup of milk, and one-quarter cup of lemon



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juice. Scald the milk, and mix the dryingredients. Pour the egg, lightly beaten,into the dry ingredients and butter. Then

pour the hot milk in and stir well. Return tothe sauce pan and cook over boiling wateruntil the mixture thickens. Add the lemon

juice and allow it to cool.

HEALING SERVICESHealing services will be held in the Pro-

Ecclesia on the following dates at six fif-

teen in the evening:May 3rd, 9th, 17th, 24th, 30th

June 6th, 13th, 20th, 26th

July 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 30th

the first place was one of the most promi-nent and valuable in the whole grounds,according to reports, and the expositionmanagers were very wroth because of theway we had fallen down on the proposition.They did not want to talk to Mr. Koenig atall, but as said, the goat was not going to beput out of countenance; he was going tobutt in despite all obstacles. Moreover, he

had the means wherewith to build the boothand get things in shape and was not afraidto use it, so finally he succeeded in spite ofall. He purchased the booth of someonewho had also been dilatory in taking up aconcession and now we are pleased to beable to announce in this issue that theFellowship will have its booth at the SanFrancisco Exposition and that any of ourmembers and interested friends who visit

there will be made welcome. Mr. Koenig isnot working for thanks, but we all feel verygrateful for his efforts.

Mrs. Rich of Seattle went down to SanFrancisco on the first of April to take


We had hoped to announce last monththat a booth had been secured in the SanFrancisco Fair, and that the RosicrucianFellowship would be represented there, but

just about the time when the magazine wasready to go out we had the discouragingnews that through a slip the concession hadbeen lost, and it seemed as if we hadmissed our opportunity to present the

teachings of the Elder Brothers before themultitude which is coming to visit thatexposition.

Dr. J. M. Rich, of Seattle, who had thematter in charge was undaunted, however,he enlisted the services of Mr. Wm. Koenigof San Francisco. He could not have madea better choice, because Mr. Koenig is aCapricorn and you know that when thegoat lowers its horns and starts butting,

something has to move. According to allreports however, it seems that he needed allof the persistence and perseverance hecould muster.

The site that had been assigned to us in

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charge and she will be joined by the Doctorlater on. It is believed they will hold class-es and in other ways endeavor to further the

objects of the Fellowship, and we bespeakfor them, all the assistance that can begiven.

We hope that you are pleased with thenew magazine, of which this is the firstissue, and that you will do all you possiblycan to help it along by getting your friendsto subscribe. There are many people whoare willing to take a magazine but are notready to join an association like ours; how-ever, it does not really matter so very muchabout the number of members we have as itmatters about spreading the teachings ofthe Elder Brothers, and that is what wehope to do in a most efficient and effectiveway by means of this magazine.

It is being placed on the news stands sothat the public may have access to it all

over this country and Europe, thus we hopeit will be the means of guiding many to theMystic Light, the Christ within. Our friendMr. George Wiggs of Chicago who spokeabout the National Geographic Magazineand its great circulation will perhaps havethe pleasure some day to see it equaled bytheRays from the Rose Cross.

If we all work together and push it alongwe can do it just as well as they can or any-

one else. Although we of course shallnever be able to command that muchmoney, for we are not going to solicitadvertising. We just want to use the maga-zine to advertise the books that give the

teachings of the Elder Brothers, and tobring these teachings before the public. Asour subscriptions list grows and we have a

little more capital to work with we canof course enlarge the magazine more andmore so as to give better value for the dol-lar.

This brings up a new point, the point ofsubscription: you will realize of course thatit costs a whole lot more to put out a maga-zine like this than it did to put out the

Echoes, and also, if we are to put it on thenewsstands we can only do so by placing asubscription price thereon, for the newsagents and news dealers cannot afford towork for nothing under the present com-mercial system of the world, and, therefore,it is necessary that a subscription pricemust be placed on the magazine.

While this will not make any differenceto a great number of our students who will

as gladly and cheerfully contribute thatDollar for this special purpose as they havebeen contributing generously to theFellowship fund before, there are, on theother hand, a number of members who aretoo poor to pay and we would not feel jus-tified in shutting them off. They need theseteachings as much as anybody else and per-haps more.

We are therefore going to carry a limited

number of members free on the subscrip-tion list. To obtain the magazine free it willbe necessary to write to headquarters, stat-ing conditions, and the application will thenbe passed upon by the board of Trustees.



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After a struggle lasting for over threeyears we have finally succeeded in gettingthe city to abandon the streets which cross

the Fellowships property, as they promisedto do before we bought the land. We havea warranty deed given by the Bank ofOceanside, from which we bought theproperty, but although they would thereforeof course have to defend our title, it lookedvery dark at times and it seemed as if wewould have to go to court to obtain theproper ownership over the property insidethe fences. At last, however, this has beenaccomplished. We had consulted the stars,and had decided that in the February luna-tion this year, would be the proper time totake decisive steps with greatest chance ofsuccess, and we were going to put a baracross the gate so it would be impossiblefor the public to cross the FellowshipProperty. Thus we meant to force the cityto take the aggressive part while we took

the defensive, and were backed by thebank. But just at that time, the city councilat last listened to reason and signed theagreement to abandon the streets so at thetime when the stars showed a favorableoutcome, instead of having to go to law, theobject was accomplished by tact and diplo-macy which is of course a thousand timesbetter than any controversy or strife. Youmay be sure this lifts a heavy load off our

shoulders for we have really been holdingback considerably because we did notknow how that matter was eventually goingto be settled, but now the land is absolutelyclear and secure to the Fellowship. There

remains only one single debt: the mortgageof $1,000 which will be due in May, and weare going to strain every nerve to settle it then.

Then the Fellowship is absolutely with-out a single cent of debt, for it has alwaysbeen the policy of the leaders to buy every-thing in the most economical manner andnever go into debt. The outbreak of the warwhich cut off all our European contribu-tions and stopped the sale of books inEuropean Countries was a very severehandicap, and we have during that time hada number of bills on file which were never-theless paid within the limit. We had start-ed the dining hall, and could not for thesake of the prestige of the RosicrucianFellowship, stop the work, so it was neces-sary to skimp, save, and string out pay-ments in every conceivable manner, tomake both ends meet and pay the billsbefore they were overdue. Now, however,the bill file is cleared; there is no debt on

Mt. Ecclesia save that $1,000, and wont itbe glorious when we can take that up andburn the mortgage, and say that theHeadquarters is perfectly free and clear.And realize that this has been accomplishedwithout ever asking any member; rich orpoor, to contribute a cent. There are somewho knew, and could have lifted this loadoff the leaders mind without ever missingit, but it was not in their heart, and Mt.

Ecclesia is built of love offerings, comestraight from the hearts of members grateful for the privilege of aiding in theGreat Work of the Elder Brothers for theuplift of our Fellowman.



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THE

RosicrucianFellowshipITS MESSAGE AND MISSION

Formerly, religious truths were intuitively perceived ortaken wholly on faith as dogmas of the church. Today, agrowing class demands that immortality and kindred matters

be proved to the intellect, deductively or by observation, asare other facts of life, like heredity and ether. They desirereligion as much as their fathers, but want the ancient truthsin modern dress congruous to their altered intellectual condi-tion. To this class the Rosicrucian Fellowship addresses itselfwith a definite, logical, and sequential teaching, concerningthe origin, evolution and future development of the worldand man which is as strictly scientific as it is reverently reli-gious; a teaching which makes no statements not supported

by reason and logic, which satisfies the mind by clear expla-nations, which neither begs nor evades questions, but offersa reasonable solution to all mysteries, so that the heart maybe allowed to believe what the intellect has sanctioned, andthe solace of religion may speak peace to the troubled mind.

MOUNT ECCLESIA

In order to make our philosophy of life and health of prac-tical value in the world, we have bought 40 acres of land in the

little town of Oceanside, 88 miles south of Los Angeles. It isone of the sightliest spots in sunny Southern California, situa-ted upon the promontory of a high tableland. From MountEcclesia, as we have named our headquarters, there is anunobstructed view of the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean.Directly west lies the island of San Clemente, 75 miles out, and


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ships are often silhouetted upon the skyline as they sail by. Fortymiles to the southward looms the promontory of La Jolla, a sub-

urb of San Diego, the southernmost city in Uncle Sams spaciousrealm. Eighty miles north from Mount Ecclesia we see the love-ly island of Catalina with its crystal clear waters and its luxuriantsubmarine gardens, so strange and fantastic that they outstripfancy and fairy tale alike. Standing upon the same spot whencewe saw the magnificent marine view described above, we maybehold a landscape equal1y glorious, varied, and wide by simplyturning upon our heels and looking towards the east.Immediately below Mount Ecclesia lies the smiling San Luis

Rey valley with its fertile green fields and its historic old mis-sion; a little further away are the rounded foothills with theirwonderful play of light and shade, then the mountains with theirrugged contours, and farthest to the east we see the snowcappedpeaks of Mount San Bernardino, Mount Greyback, and MountSan Jacinto. The first named is 100 and the last 75 miles from thecoast. Thus the range of our views from Mount Ecclesia is 150miles east and west (from San Jacinto Mountain to San Clementeisland), and 120 miles north and south (from Catalina to La

Jolla).The climate is as wonderful as the view, and as incomprehensi-ble to all who have not lived here. One may wear a white shirt-waist outdoors on every day in the winter, and although the waterin our solar heater gets so hot that it cracks glass, we do not per-spire on the warmest day in summer on account of the sea breezewhich sweeps over Mount Ecclesia every day from about 10 a. m.to 5 p. m., cooling the atmosphere and filling our lungs with invig-orating ozone fresh from the heaving bosom of the great Pacific

Ocean. It is a veritable elixir of Life, and therefore this placeoffers such rare physical conditions for the attainment of healththat it is probably without a peer.


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DINING HALL

ELECTRIC EMBLEM

Mount Ecclesia is brilliantly illuminated at night, and theElectric Emblem is a unique and striking feature.


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OUR BUILDINGS, PRINTING, PUMPING,

AND ELECTRIC PLANTS

Three years ago we started building our headquarters on thisbeautiful spot. We installed a pumping plant in the valley, carry-ing the water 226 feet up to the summit of Mt. Ecclesia and havethus an unlimited supply of water for irrigation and ample fire

protection. We have built a sanctuary devoted exclusively to wor-ship of God, an administration building wherein our generaloffices and printing plant are located, a commodious dining hallto accommodate all workers, patients, and pupils. We have a1so

built a number of cottages for the accommodation of the students,

and in the summer time a tent city adds largely to the accommo-dations during the time when the summer school is in session.

Mt. Ecclesia has also its own electric lighting plant, andevery night the wonderful electric emblem of the Fellowshipmay be seen flashing its message of light across the country forover twenty miles in either direction. The exterior of the dininghall and Pro-Ecclesia, as we call our Sanctuary, are also electri-cally lighted, and thus we let the physical light shine to attractthose who are seeking the spiritual, if by chance such may pass

and inquire through curiosity, which afterwards turns to keeninterest.

THE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL

In addition to thE publications of the Rosicrucian Fellowship,regularly advertised and before the public, there are two corre-spondence courses which furnish instructions to students, a1lover the world, who are desirous of investigating the RosicrucianMysteries, and the Science of Astrology. Upon request anyonewho is not a Hypnotist, Professional Medium, Palmist, orAstrologer, will receive from the General Secretary, at headquar-ters, application blanks for admission to the Esoteric instructionscontained in these two coursesEsoteric Astrology and TheRosicrucian Mystery Teachings.


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THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

This building contains the General offices, the Printing plant and the

Mailing Department.

SUMMER SCHOOL

During July, August, and September, a summer school is maintained andstudents on our correspondence lists who wish to avail themselves of the

opportunity of study at Headquarters may do so by applying to the Esoteric

secretary, but no one is permitted to enter Headquarters until their applica-

tion has been passed upon and accepted.

A HEALTH RESORT

According to the United States Government Experts, Mt. Ecclesia is in the

center of an air belt which is purest in all of the U.S. It is therefore a natur-

al health resort and this, coupled with the fact that a scientific vegetarian dietis here supplied, makes it an ideal place of residence for both the well and

the ill. We are prepared to take patients whose ailments do not prevent them

from attending to their own needs. The rates of board are less than one-half

what is usually charged in sanatariums, but we are have no resident physi-

cian and cannot take proper care of patients who need nursing and attention.


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A Brief Resum

Of the

RosicrucianPhilosophy

Sooner or later there comes a time when the consciousness isforced to recognize the fact that life, as we see it, is but fleeting,and that amid all the uncertainties of our existence there is but onecertaintyDeath !

When the mind has thus become aroused by thought of the leapin the dark which must sometime be taken by all, the question ofquestionsWhence have we comeWhy are we hereWhitherare we going?must inevitably present itself. This is a basicproblem with which all must sooner or later grapple, and it is ofthe greatest importance how we solve it, for the view we take willcolor our whole life.

Only three theories of note have been brought forward to solve

this problem. To range ourselves in one of the three groups ofmankind, segregated by their adherence to one theory or the otherin an intelligent manner, it is necessary to know the three theories,to calmly weigh and compare them one with another and withestablished facts. Lecture No. 1 does just that, and whether weagree with its conclusions or not, we shall surely have a morecomprehensive grasp of the various viewpoints and be better ableto form an intelligent opinion when we have read The Riddle of

Life and Death.

If we have come to the conclusion that death does not end ourexistence, it is but a natural question to ask: Where are the dead?This momentous question is dealt with in lecture No. 2. The lawof conservation of matter and energy precludes annihilation, yetwe see that matter is constantly changing from the visible to the


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invisible state and back again, as, for instance, water is evaporat-ed by the sun, partially condensed into a cloud, and then falls to

Earth again as rain.Consciousness may also exist without being able to give us anysign, as in cases where people have been thought dead, but haveawakened and told all that had been said and done in their pres-ence.

So there must be an invisible World of force and matter, as inde-pendent of our cognition of it as light and color exist regardless ofthe fact that they are not perceived by the blind.

In that invisible World the so-called dead are now living in full

possession of all the mental and emotional faculties. They are liv-ing a life as real as existence here.The invisible World is cognized by means of a sixth sense devel-

oped by some, but latent in most people. It may be developed inall, but different methods produce varying results.

This faculty compensates for distance in a manner far superiorto the best telescopes and for the lack of size in a degree unreach-able by the most powerful microscope. It penetrates where the X-ray cannot. A wall or a dozen walls are no denser to the spiritual

sight than crystal to ordinary vision.In lecture No. 3 Spiritual Sight and the Spiritual Worlds, thisfaculty is described, and lecture No. 11, Spiritual Sight and

Insight, gives a safe method of development.The Invisible World is divided into different realms: The Etheric

Region, the Desire World, the Region of Concrete Thought, andtheRegion of Abstract Thought.

These divisions are not arbitrary, but are necessary because thesubstance of which they are composed obeys different laws. For

instance, physical matter is subject to the law of gravity; in theDesire World forms levitate as easily as they gravitate.Man needs various vehicles to function in the different Worlds

as we need a carriage to ride on land, a boat at sea, and an airshipin the air.


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We know that he must have a dense body to live in the visibleWorld. He also has a vital body composed of ether which enables

him to sense things around him. He has a desire body formed ofthe materials of the Desire World which gives him a passionatenature and incites him to action. TheMindis formed of the sub-stance of the Region of Concrete Thought and acts as a brakeupon impulse; it gives purpose to action. The real man, theThinkerorEgo, functions in the Region of Abstract Thought, act-ing upon and through his various instruments.

Lecture No. 4 deals with the normal and abnormal conditions oflife such as Sleep, Dreams, Trance, Hypnotism, Mediumship, and

Insanity. The previously mentioned finer vehicles are all concen-tric with the dense body in the waking state when we are active inthought, word, and deed, but the activities of the day cause thebody to grow tired and sleepy.

When the wear and tear incident to use of a building has madeexhaustive repairs necessary, the tenants must move out that theworkmen may have full scope for restoration. So when wear andtear of the day has exhausted the body, it is necessary that the Egomove out. That withdrawal renders the body unconscious, and

definite work is necessary to restore its tone and rhythm. Duringthe night the Ego hovers outside the dense body clothed in desirebody and mind. Sometimes the Ego only withdraws partially, ishalf in the body and half out; then it sees both the Desire Worldand the Physical World, but confused as in a dream.

Hypnotism is a mental assault. The unsuspecting victim is dri-ven out of his body, the hypnotist obtains control.

The victims of the hypnotist are released at his death, however,but the medium is not so fortunate. Spirit controls are really invis-

ible hypnotists. Their invisibility gives great scope for deception,and after death they may take possession of a mediums desirebody, use it for ages, and keep their hapless victims from pro-gressing along the pathway of evolution. This latter phase ofmediumship is elucidated in No. 5, which deals withDeath and


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Life in Purgatory.What we call death is in reality but a shifting of consciousness

from one World to another. We have a science of birth withtrained nurses, obstetricians, antiseptics, and every other means ofcaring for the incoming Ego, but are sorely in need of a science ofdeath, for when a friend is passing out of our concrete existence,we stand helplessly about, ignorant of how to assist, or worse, wedo things which make the passing infinitely harder than if wemerely stood idly by. Giving stimulants is one of our worstoffenses against the dying, as it draws the passing spirit into thedense body again with the force of a catapult.

After the heart has stopped, on account of the partial rupture ofthe silver cord(which united the higher and lower vehicles of manduring sleep and remains unsevered for a time, varying from a fewhours to three and a half days after death), there is still on thataccount a certain feeling if the body is embalmed, opened forpost-mortem examination, or cremated. The body should, there-fore, be left unmolested, for at that time the passing Ego isengaged in reviewing the pictures of its past life (which are seenin a flash by drowning persons). These pictures are impressed

daily and hourly upon the ether of the vital body as independent-ly of our observation as a detailed picture is impressed upon thephotographic plate by the ether, regardless of whether the photog-rapher observed details or not. They form an absolutely truerecord of our past life, which we may call the sub-conscious mem-ory (or mind) far superior to the view we consciously store in ourmemory (or mind).

Under the immutableLaw of Consequence, which decrees thatwhat we sow we reap, the deeds of life are the basis of our exis-

tence after death. The panorama of a past life is the book of theRecording Angels, who are adjusters of the score we make underthe Law of Consequence.

Review of the life panorama just after death etches the pictures intothe desire body, which is our normal vehicle in the Desire World,


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where Purgatory and the First Heaven are located.The panorama of life is the basis of purgation of evil in purga-

tory and assimilation of good deeds in the first heaven. It is of thehighest importance that this panorama be deeply etched into thedesire body, for if that impress is deep and clear the Ego will suf-fer more sharply in purgatory and experience a keener joy in thefirst heaven. This feeling will remain as conscience in future livesto impel good action and discourage evil deeds.

If the passing spirit is left in peace and quiet to concentrate uponthe life-panorama, the etching will be clear and sharp, but if therelatives detract his attention by loud hysterical lamentations dur-

ing the first three and one-half days when the silver cord is yetintact, a shallow or blurred impression will cause the spirit to losemuch of the lessons which should have been learned. To correctthis anomaly the Recording Angels are often forced to terminatethe next Earth-life in early childhood before the desire body hascome to birth, as described inBirth a Fourfold Event(lecture No.7) for that which has not been quickened cannot die, and so thechild goes into the first heaven and learns the lessons it did notlearn before, and is thus equipped to pass on in Lifes School.

As such Egos retain the desire body and mind they had in thelife where they died as children, it often happens that they remem-ber that life

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