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S o m e o f t h e s e c h a n g e s m a y b e e x p l a i n e d a t t h i s/ t i m e s o t h a t m e m b e r s o f t h e O r d e r m a y b e p r e p a r e dfo r c e r t a in a c t i v i t i e s w h ic h m u s t b e g in a t t h e e a r l i e s t

p o s s ib l e m o m e n t . A n d , in p r e s e n t i n g th e s e c h a n g e s a tt h i s t im e , w e m a y sa fe ly a n t i c ip a t e t h e o f f i c i a l a n -n o u n c e m e n t ( w h i c h w i l l a l so a p p e a r in o u r n e x t i s s ueo 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 no u r o f f i c i a l c i r c l e s t o b r i n g a b o u t t h e p r o p o s e dc h a n g e s .

T h e I m p e r a t o r r e c e i v e d a n o f fi ci al w a r r a n t t o b e p r e s e n t a t a sp ec i a l c o n f e r e n c e in a n E a s t e r n c i ty inJ u n e w i t h o t h e r s a s s e m b l e d t h e r e , a n d a t t h is c o n f e r -e n c e h e m e t t h o s e w h o r e p r e s e n t t h e s e v e r a l f r af r a t e r n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s o f i m p o r t a n c e i n t h i s c o u n t r ya n d e l s e w h e r e a n d a l s o t h e s e c r e t h e a d s o f t h e R o s i c r u c i a n O r d e r i n E u r o p e a n d o t h e r co u n t ri e s . A m o n gt h o s e p r e s e n t w a s t h e v e n e r a b l e M a s t e r w h o i n i t i a t e d

o 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 90 9 .T h e c o n f e r e n c e l a s t e d a w e e k , h o l d i n g s e s s i o n s i n

b e t w e e n o t h e r m e e t in g s a n d g a t h e r i n g s a n d d u r i n 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 sc a r e f u l l y a n a l y z e d , a n d a t i t s c o n c l u s i o n t h e v a r i o u sc h a n g e s , m o d i f i c a t i o n a n d a d d i t i o n s w e r e a g r e e d u p o na s o u t l i n e d h e r e w i t h :

( 1 ) A p l e a s i n g f o r m o f s p o n s o r s h i p o f t h e w o r k o f A M O R C i n t h i s c o u n t r y w a s v o l u n t e e r e d b y t h r e e ,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 r a t e r n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n h a v i n g m u c h i n f l u e n c e a n dk n o w l e d g e a t i t s d i s p o s a l w h i c h i t i n t e n d s t o r e l e a s et o o u r m e m b e r s t h r o u g h o u r O r d e r k n o w l e d g e a n d

p o w e r w h i c h it h a s n o t so g e n e r o u s ly r e l e a se d in t h e p a s t .

(2 ) Ce r t a in a f f i l i a ti o n s a n d o f f ic i al r e l a t i o n s w e ree s t a bl i s h ed b e t w e e n t h e A M O R C a n d t h o s e r e p r e s e n t -i n g a n o t h e r f r a t e r n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n w h i c h w il l f o r a llt i m e s e t t l e o n e p o i n t o f a r g u m e n t a n d q u e s t i o n i n g , a n dg i v e t o A M O R C a c o m p a n i o n s h i p v e r y a g r e e a b l e t oc e r t a i n m e m b e r s o f i t s O r d e r w h o h a v e d e s i r e d t h i sv e r y p l e a s a n t i n s p i r a t i o n .

( 3 ) F o r e i g n r el a t io n s h ip s w e r e f u r t h e r s t r e n g t h -e n e d a n d a u g m e n t e d , a n d t h e a f f i li a ti o n o f A M O R Ci n A m e r i c a w i t h f o r e i g n b r a n c h e s o f t h e R o s a e c r u c i a nO r d e r w e r e a p p r o v e d a n d o f f i c i a l l y s a n c t i o n e d .

( 4 ) P l a n s w e r e d i s c u s s ed , p a r t l y e vo l ve d , a n d a p - p r o v e d , fo r t h e im m e d i a t e a d d i t i o n to o u r t e a c h in g sa n d e x p o s i t i o n s o f c e r t a i n p r i n c i p l e s , l a w s a n d h i g h e r l e c t u r e s w h i c h w e r e b e i n g h e ld i n a b e y a n c e p e n d i n goff ic ia l re lease .

T h e s e a d d i t i o n a l t e a c h i n g s a n d h i g h e r l e s s o n s w i l l b e a d d e d to o u r w o r k in t h e fo l l o w in g m a n n e r :

( a ) T h o s e n o w i n t h e N i n t h D e g r e e b e y o n d t h ef i f t e e n th l e c tu re o r i n h ig h e r d e g re e s w i l l r e c e iv e t h el e c tu re s a n d l e sso n s n e v e r r e l e a se d in t h i s c o u n t ry b e -

fore . Such lec t ures wi l l be g iven in due form a tr e g u la r Lo d g e c o n v o c a t io n s o f t h e N in th D e g re e a sh e r e t o f o r e .

(b ) Th e l e c tu re s b e lo w th e N in th D e g re e w i l l b eg ra d u a l ly a d d e d to o r a l t e re d so a s t o i n c lu d e m a n yn e w p r in c ip l e s a n d h e lp fu l e x e rc i se s .

( c ) T h e N a t i o n a l L o d g e o f o u r O r d e r , a s e p a r a tea n d d i s t i n c t b o d y o f m e m b e rs n o t a f f i l i a t e d w i th a n y o f

t h e o th e r Lo d g e s o f A MO RC, w i l l h a v e a n a d d i t i o n a l ,o r Fo u r th D e g re e , t o b e c a l l e d t h e Po s tu l a n t ’ s G ra d e ,w h i c h w i ll c o v e r a p r e p a r a t o r y c o u r s e o f w o r k a n dte a c h in g s l e a d in g to i n d u c t io n in to t h e h ig h e r w o rk o f o u r O r d e r .

(d ) Th e U n iv e r s i t a t i s I l l u m in a t i is t o i s su e i tsc o u r se s o f l e s so n s a n d l e c tu re s t o t h o se m e m b e rs w h oh 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 ro u g h sp e c i a l h e lp s t o b e g iv e n in t h e n e w l e c tu re so f t h e N in th D e g re e . Th i s U n iv e r s i t y h a s Tw e lv eDegrees to i t s system and i t i s needless to say tha t i th a s n o c o n n e c t io n w i th a n y o th e r sc h o o l o f I l l u m in a t ie x c e p t t h e R o s a e c r u c i a n . T h o s e w h o t a k e up it sw o rk in c l a sse s m e e t in g o n e n ig h t e a c h w e e k in e a chLo d g e o r sp e c i a l g ro u p w il l p re p a re fo r d e f in i t eU n iv e r s i t y D e g re e s , su c h a s D o c to r o f Ph i lo so p h y ,D o c to r o f Psy c h o lo g y , D o c to r o f Sc i e n c e , Ma s t e r o f

Sc i e n c e , D o c to r o f Th e o lo g y , D o c to r o f O n to lo g y ,e tc . Th e s tude nts of these courses , wiff' be g iven the be ne f i t s of t h e i n s t ru c t io n of kva r io u s o th e r sch oo lsa l l ie d w i th t h e R o sa e c r u c i a n BY q the rh o od ' t h ro u g h o u tth e w o r ld a n d w i l l b e i n c o r re sp o n d e n c e w i th Ma s t e r sa n d s tu d e n t s o f t h e i r c h o se n su b je c t i n o th e r l a n d s .

( e ) A t c o n fe re n c e s h e ld i n Sa n F ra n c i sc o a f t e r t h o se i n t h e Ea s t h a d c lo se d , t h e h ig h r e p re se n t a t i v e so f tw o o th e r o rg a n iz a t i o n s m e t a n d c o m p le t e d so m eo f t h e p l a n s o u t li n e d in t h e Ea s t. Th i s b ro u g h t a b o u tfu r th e r a ssu ra n c e s o f a g re e m e n t s o f a f f i l i a t i o n a n d c o -o p e r a t i o n o n t h e p a r t o f t h o s e w h o h a v e f o r s om et i m e w o r k e d w i t h u s t h r o u g h a l a r g e p e r c e n t a g e o f m e m b e rs w h o w e re a f f i l i a t e d w i th b o th o rg a n iz a t i o n s .

( f ) F u r t h e r i n s t r u c t io n s f r o m I nd ia b r o u g h t a b o u tth e a f f il i a ti o n o f t h e In d i a n R o sa e c ru c i a n Mo n a s t i cO 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

o u r m e m b e r s i n a n d a b o v e t h e S e v e n t h D e g r e e t o b e -c 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 i c ip a t e i n t h e i r t e a c h in g s , p ra c t i se s a n d m e th o d s o f m e d i t a t i o n a n d sp i r i t u a l a t t u n e m e n t . A n d th i s sa m eo p p o r tu n i ty w i l l b e p re se n t e d t o t h o se o f t h e N a t io n a lLo d g e w h o c o m p le t e t h e Po s tu l a n t ’ s G ra d e ( t h e n e wf 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 th t h e s u p r e m e o u t e r h e a do f t h e l o n g e s t a b l i sh e d O rd e r o f t h e Wh i t e Cro ss , t h eo n ly o c c u l t sc h o o l h a v in g a r i g h t t o u se t h e sy m b o l o f the Wh ite Cross, the O. W. C. has d isso lved i t se x e c u t iv e o rg a n iz a t io n a n d r e o rg a n iz e d a s a n a f f i l i a t i o no f t h e A MO R C. I ts t e a c h in g s , c o v e r in g in d e ta i l ce r t a in su b je c t s n o t a d e q u a te lv p re se n t e d b v a n v o th e r sc h o o l , w i l l b e o p e n to m e m b e rs o f t h e A MO RC w h oa re i n , o r a b o v e , t h e Se v e n th D e g re e o f o u r O rd e r .Th e su p re m e Eso te r i c H e a d o f t h e O . W. C . is n o w

in San Franc isco assoc ia ted wi th the execut ive s ta ff a t h e a d q u a r t e r s . O . W, C . m e m b e rs t h ro u g h o u tAmerica and in fore ign lands who wi l l rece ive a copy



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of th is i s sue o f The Tr iang le wil l no t be required tov io la t e t h e i r a n c ie n t c us t o m o f ma in t a in in g se c r e c yregard ing the ir connect ion with the O. W. C. , butw i ll r e c e iv e d i r e c t c o d e m e s sa g e s w i th in s t r uc t io n sfrom the Su prem e 1. C . o f the O. W. C. A ll codeo r p e r s o n a l m e s s a g e s , r e p o r t s a n d r e q u e s t s f o r a s s i g n -ments to dut ies , should be sent to the I . C . , care o f 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 southern c i ty o f th is cou ntry . Such m ailw i ll be a bso lu t e ly s a f e . ( 1 2 , 4 6 , 3 6 9 , 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 be a ppo in t e d ine a c h o f t h e n e w se c t io n s o f t h e c o un t r y t o be d iv i s -i o n e d a c c o r d i n g t o t h e n u m b e r o f L o d g e s a n d G r o u p s ;suc h T e r r i t o r i a l S e c r e t a r i e s t o h a v e a s s i s t a n t s in e a c hL o d g e a n d G r o u p ; a n d t h r o u g h t h e s e s p e c i a l h e l p sa n d g ua d a n c e w i l l be se n t t o a l l g r a d e s o f me mbe r s .This system o f secretar ies wil l m£tke i t poss ible fo r t h e 1m pe r a t o r o r S upr e m e Gr a n d M a s t e r to i s sue aP r o n un z ia me n t o o r o t h e r o f f i c i a l c o mmun ic a t io n a n dt r a n smi t i t t o o n e S e c r e t a r y , a n d t h r o ug h h im o r h j e Fa n d t h e o t h e r S e c r e t a r i e s , a l l t h e me mbe r s o f a n yspe c ia l Gr a d e , c l a s s o r br a n c h o f w o r k c a n be r e a c h e dw i t h t h e me s sa g e w i t h in t w e n t y f o ur h o ur s , r e g a r d le s so f w h e r e t h e y l iv e in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , C a n a d a o r M e x ic o .

( i ) P e n d in g a Na t io n a l C o n v e n t io n o f M a s t e r s a n dDe le g a t e s f ro m a l l L o d g e s o f t h e W e s t e rn H e m isph e r eto be he ld in the East next summer , when cer ta in

a me n d me n t s t o t h e C o n s t i t u t io n w i l l be ma d e , t h eI mpe r a t o r w i l l i s sue a d e c r e e a u t h o r iz in g a l l L o d g e st o c e a se u s in g t h e w o r d DE GRE E in c o n n e c t io n w i t hth e c lasses o f the O rder be low the 12th . Th e wordGRADE i s t o be subs t i t u t e d a f t e r S e p t e mbe r 1 s t , 1 9 2 3 .Members now in the 4th Degree , fo r instance , wil l be

in the 4th Grade ; and so with the 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 5th ,and so on . A bo ve the I 2th the c lasses wil l be knowna s D E G RE E S . T h e pr e se n t 1 Oth D e g r e e w il l be k n o w nas the 1Oth Grade o f the Order , but wil l a lso be the0 0 0 DE GR E E o f t h e I l lumin a t i ; th e 1 I t h Gr a d e w i l lbe t h e 0 0 DE GRE E o f t h e I l lumin a t i ; t h e 1 2 t h Gr a d ewil l be the 0 DEGREE o f the I l luminat i and then wil lfollow the I, II , III , IV, V, and other Degrees of theI llumin a t i. M e m be r s w i ll u se t h e A r a b ic n um e r a l s,suc h a s I , 2 , 3 , e t c ., f o r d e s ig n a t in g th e i r GR AD E Sin t h e O r d e r , a n d w i l l u se t h e Ro ma n n ume r a l s I ,

I I , I I I , IV , , e tc , in designat ing the ir DEGREES in the111um inati or U niv ersita tis Illum inati. It will be som et ime before the o f f ic ia l lectures wil l be changed to con-f o r m t o t h e u se o f t h e w o r d GRADE in s t e a d o f De g r e e ,bu t a l l sh o u ld c o o pe r a t e in c h a n g in g t h e w o r d w h e r e ever i t i s found in our l i terature or lectures .

T h i s o u t l in e d o e s n o t in c lud e a l l o f t h e c h a n g e s n o r d o e s i t t o uc h upo n ma n y po in t s t h a t w i l l be c o m-mun ic a t e d t o t h e M a s t e r s o f L o d g e s a n d P r e s id e n t s o f Gr o ups . O f f i ci a l c o r r e spo n d e n c e w i ll c o n v e y fur t h e r deta i l s .

S o me v e r y impo r t a n t ma t t e r s w i l l be p r e se n t e d ino ur n e x t i s sue o f T h e T r i a n g le a n d o ur me mbe r s a r eurged to care ful ly s tudy every i tem in th is and the nextissue . Much here in i s care fu l ly ve i led and much isa l so r e v e a le d , r e q u i r in g mo r e t h a n a c a sua l r e a d in g .

Al l in a l l w e a r e p r e t t y busy a t He a d q ua r t e r s , e v e nthou gh i t i s sum m er t ime while th is i s be ing wr it ten _

and many are seek ing opportunit ie s fo r vaca itTons.W e a r e e n t h use d , h a ppy a n d in sp i r e d w i t h t h e n e wa n d g r e a t e r w o r k th a t li e s be f o r e u s . W e h o pe t h a tso me o f t h e e n t h us i a sm r e a c h e s y o u a n d t h a t y o uspr e a d i t a mo n g t h e o t h e r s w h o m y o u c o n t a c t in t h eL o d g e a n d o ut o f i t .

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o n ly in sp i r in g t o a l l o ur me mbe r s w h o me t h im a n dh e a r d h im spe a k , bu t i t w a s p r o d uc t iv e o f muc h g o o din t h e in c r e a se o f me mbe r sh ip .

He l e f t S a n F r a n c i sc o o n t h e 2 3 r d o f Aug us t w i t hhis wife and two youngest chi ldren and d id not re turnun t il th e se c o n d w e e k in De c e mb e r . Du r in g th a t timeh e pa s se d t h r o ug h t w e n t y f o ur S t a t e s o f t h e c o un t r ya n d v i s i t e d p r a c t i c a l ly e v e r y L o d g e a n d Gr o up int h e E a s t , No r t h a n d S o ut h be f o r e v i s i t in g t h o se inthe midw est and Pacif ic Co ast . In som e o f thela r g e r c i t i e s a s e r i e s o f s i x t o t e n pub l i c a n d se mi-pub lic lecture s were g iven . In one c i ty twelve lectureswere g iven dur ing the tenday stop. In New Yo rkt h e l a r g e h a l l s e n g a g e d h a d t o be a ba n d o n e d be f o r eso me o f t h e me e t in g s a n d a l a r g e r h a l l in t h e s a mebui ld in g ma d e r e a d y t o a c c o mmo d a t e t h e v e r y l a r g ea n d w h o l ly un e xpe c t e d c ro w d s . Hu n d r e d s o f a pp l i -c a n t s w e r e pe r so n a l ly in t e r v ie w e d by t h e I mpe r a t o r ,

and he had the pleasure in severa l c i t ie s o f conduct-ing the In it ia t ion o f new members whose appl icat ionsh a d be e n a c c e p t e d so me t ime bo f e r e . B ut f o l lo w in gthe Imp erator ’ s v is i t in each c i ty m any In it ia t ions wereh e ld by t h e L o d g e s f o r so me mo n t h s t h e r e a f t e r a s ar e su l t o f t h e p r o pa g a n d a w o r k .

The recent t r ip made by the Imperator to the East( in the month o f June) was o f a nature that d id notperm it h im to v is i t the Lo dges aga in , but another lecture tour i s p lanned for the winter , we understand .

One o f the in terest ing fact s o f recent note i s thecomplet ion o f the Temple for I s i s Lodge in Hart ford ,Con n. Last sum m er the Imp erator v is i ted the s i te o f the Temple and found that on i t s own proper ty theLodge had just completed the wal ls , f loor ing and roo f-ing o f an idea l Tenlple bui ld ing and plans for uniquel ight ing and heat ing o f the Recept ion and L ibrary

r o o ms , a n t e r o o ms a n d L o d g e r o o m w e r e d i s c us se d .

S in c e t h e n a g r e a t d e a l o f w o r k h a s be e n d o n e t oma k e t h e T e mple t r u ly E g y pt i a n in i t s d e c o r a t io n s .T h e L o d g e i s t o be c o n g r a t u la t e d f o r i t s f in e w o r kin th is regard , fo r every bit o f the masonry, carpentry ,in s t a l l a t io n a n d d e c o r a t io n h a s be e n d o n e by me mbe r so f the Lodge or the ir f r iends .

Incidenta l ly , we may say that the Connect icutGr a n d L o d g e h a s a v e r y un iq ue a n d a t tr a c t iv eE g y pt i a n s c h e me o f d e c o r a t io n in i t s Re c e p t io n Ro o msa n d L o d g e Ro o m . T h i s L o d g e , to o , h a s in c r e a se d it smembership and i t s act iv i t ie s .

T h e Gr a n d L o d g e o f M a s sa c h use t t s i s a b le t o s a ythat i t has the largest number o f members under i t scharge o f any Lodge in the United Sta tes except theGr a n d L o d g e o f C a l i f o r n ia ( w h e r e t h e He a d q ua r t e r s o f t h e O r d e r a r e lo c a t e d ) . I ts Re a d in g Ro o m h a s o n e o f the most complete co l lect ion o f occult , metaphysica l ,sc ient i f ic and phi lo sophica l books to be found in that

c i ty , and cer ta in ly the large well f i l led bookcases o f fer an opportunity not found in any occult headquar ter sanyw here in the East . So many c lasses meet thereeach week that the Lodge has been forced to ho ldsess ions each n ight includ ing Sund ay. Mem bers andOff icer s o f o ther occult and metaphysica l schoo ls haveal l ied themselves with the Lodge in Boston and a l l areworking in unison to make the Lodge there the domi-nat ing schoo l o f such thought in Massachuset t s .

A g r o up o f me mbe r s a r e l a bo r in g s in c e r e ly a n d w e l lin W orcester , Mass . to cont inue the ir s tud ies andestabl ish a Lodge there . Loo k out , Spr ingf ie ld , o r your ne ighbor wil l reach the goa l before you!

In New York City the Grand Lodge has s tead i lyincreased i t s membership and advanced i t s membersaga inst many obstac les dur ing the past year . Theo ld , wornout , never tocometruerumor and prophecy



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was abroad there again during the last nine months,whispering in a feeble and selfcondemning voice thatthe work of the Order in New York was about to closefor a time, or suspend, or change its form or leader-ship, etc. This has been repeated with a knowing winkor meaningless smile for at least seven years. Eachmonth it has become harder for such a prophecy tocome true; since our Imperator*s visit to the East afew weeks ago (which included a three day stop in

New York to meet those who desired to extend their cooperation and put an end to the only annoyancethe Order has ever had) the whole prediction, or evenpart of it, is impossib le! In New York City we hadour first Lodge and there we shall retain a Lodge,even if it be the last one I The peace, harmony, loveand power manifested by the members there, and their personal advancement, is a bright light in the work of the Order.

In Philadelphia the Lodge is increasing and isnotable for its spiritual attainment among the highand low degree members. Recently the Master of Delta Lodge resigned his office to continue another work in connection with the Order. The memberswere, indeed, reluctant to accept his resignation, butthey realized the tremendous labors which came tothe hands of the Master during the pas t year s. Thenewly elected Master is a former officer of provedability and enthusiasm.

In Pittsburg, the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge con-tinues its care of other groups and its own members,with increase in membership and advancement in thework. This was the first branch Lodge in Americaand it has continued with unceasing activity and en-thusiasm since its establishment. We call it one of our beloved standbys.

The largest percentage of increase in membershipis reported by the Grand Lodge of Florida, at Tampa.The increase and enthusiasm has brought to themtheir own Temple rooms, the founding of a library,tPsch e dule of social meetings and a system of p rop a-ganda which will mean much for that Lodge in thenear future. The boom that has taken hold of thecity and the discovery by prominent men of the Norththat Tampa is the natural “playground of America**as well, as a wonderful yearround place to livemeans not only a continuance of the rapid growth of

the city but a growth in our work. The GrandMaster who founded our work in Florida resignedrecently to continue the work in another part of thecountry, and the Deputy Grand Master was elected inhis place. The retiring Grand Master had the extremepleasure of taking the first group of initiated throughall the degrees to the Ninth. It is a joy to visit thepeaceful, enthusiastic gatherings in Tampa.

The Grand Lodge of Texas must also be mentionedas having a high percentage of increase in membership.There the work is going on in several places, notablyin San Antonio, where the Grand Lodge is located, andin Lufkin. During the absence of the Grand Master of Texa s, doing some special work at our head-quarters, the affairs are in the capable hands of oneof our experienced officers. The members in Texashave carried on some very fine propaganda work fol-lowing up the start made there last year by the Imperator . The right spirit is at work in that State.

In Norfolk, Virginia, the members are progressingin the work and adding to their membership. Somefine initiative and unusual ability in organizing havebrought excellent results in that city.

While we are speaking of Southern Lodges let U3 notforget the Grand Lodge of Mexico, in Mexico City,and its branches in various parts of that country,such as Torreon (Coah) and Tampico and elsewhere.Reports show increase in membership in all the Mexi-can Lodges and Groups and there have been severalrequests for new charters.

Then there are the Lodges even further South atPanama and Ancon. The Grand Lodge of Panamahas become one of our most enthusiastic affiliations,reaching out into wide territory with its propagandaand it is unstinted in praise of the work. Some day someof the officers at headquarters will accept the old and

renewed invitation and visit the Lodges of Mexico andthe Canal Zone. It will be a plea sure trip, indeed,for there are beautiful boats leaving San Francisco for that zone and they tempt us.

While we are still in Southern waters (on that men-tal journey through the Panama Canal) let us slide or glide over to Puerto Rico and Cuba. The GrandLodge at San Juan is continuing its work with increas-ing interest and membership and reaching high intothe work with much praise and many expressions of thankfulness, typical of the Latin mind. (And, whycannot all our members have a Latin mind at times,)Th en at Cayo, Mambi, we find the same interest on thepart of members of one of our youngest Lodges. Theplans for the work in Cuba will be productive of largemembership and much action on the part of all mem-bers.

In Chicago the Illinois Grand Lodge is reorganizingunder its Charter because of the very large increasein membership during the past year. Complete de-tails are not at hand at the present time, for manyof the plans are awaiting the personal attention of the Imperator. His visit and lectures there lastsummer started the enthusiastic propaganda whichresulted in the need for a reorganization and he willhave to visit the city again for several weeks to bringall the points to a conclusion. In the meantime the

members are pursuing their studies and many havereached the very highest degrees and will be readyfor the additional teachings and helps to be releasedthis Fall under the new scheme of . things. All mem-bers within the jurisdiction of Illinois will be notifiedpersonally, in regard to the new plans.

The Grand Lodge of New Jersey at Patersonrecently sent us a very interesting and enthusiasticreport and intimated that it would soon send us someinteres ting news. We are awaiting that news I Weknow that it has continued with its work and studies,and letters from members there praise highly theguidance and instruction they have received at thehands of the Grand Master. Elsewhere in New Jer -sey are several groups of members with enthusiasticplans and we expect that the New Jersey Grand Lodgeis planning to help these groups in some inspiringmanner. Reports, please I

The Grand Lodge of Nebraska at Omaha reportsprogress and continued interest. The same officersare serving second and third terms and harmonyand cooperation prevail.

The Grand Lodge of Ohio reports continued interestand activity and we recently had a visit from one of the officers of this Lodge who was seeking informationregarding certain phases of the higher activities. TheGrand Lodge is located in Cleveland.

The Grand Lodge of Michigan, at Flint, recentlyheld an election because of the resignation of theGrand Master who is now at Headquarters in Cali-fornia. The new Grand Master has the unanimoussupport of all members in his jurisdiction if we areto believe the long telegram signed with their namesand other documents which came to Headquarters atthe time of his election. The work there is prog ress-ing with enthusiasm too.

In California the Grand Lodge has continued to

add to its membership with a regularity that is unique.For a period there were new first classes formed eachmonth, with a large number in each class. On twoevenings each week two classes meet and differentclasses meet on each of the other evenings of theweek except Saturday. This Lodge is the one honoredby so many visitors from other Lodges because of the presence of the chief executives of the Order—and because of the CaliforniaSan Francisco climate.You must unite those twonames in that way, for there is no ideal climate in California except in Sa>Francisco. (Yes, we are San Francisco boosters,but go back and read what we said about Tampa,Flo rida, in these columns).

And, we must not forget Canada. The BritanniaGrand Lodge sends us interesting reports, and lettersfrom members in the Dominion indicate that all isgoing well, especially in Lashburn (Sask.) and Van





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The Grand Lodge of AMORC at Sourabaya, Java,East Indies, reports increased membership, advance-ment in the building of their Temple on the acquiredgrounds and progre ss in the work of the highestdegrees. They have carried on some prop agand awork that is novel and interesting.

Sev eral of our Americ an members a re visiting inFrance this year and report meeting with membersand attending special sessions and we will expect their personal reports next month.

Repo rts come from at l east seven .^places in SouthAmerica where members meet, and the country of Brazil seems to be the strongholdôf our Order for th at continent.

L/uring the past s ix months reports have come fromo 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 . Again we say to al l theofficers or Secretaries in foreign cities, we will beg l a d t o h a v e n e w sy i t e m s r e g a rd in g y o u r w o rk to

pu b li sh in th ese colu m ns.

Never in the history of the Rosaecrucian Order wasthe work so spread over the surface of the earth asit is at present. In some parts the Great War madethe work dormant for a time, but activity started againin 1919 and in the past four years has made un-expecte d progre ss. Constantly we hear these re-marks, , which should be well considered by m any of

our American members who are confronted with pleason behalf o f some socalled Orien tal schoo 1 of phil-osophy; "In our country we have had so many centresof study and so many cults and i sms supposed to beof our native religion, that we have tired of the im-practical and theoretical verbiage they give us aslessons. The AMOR C teachings have proved to con-tain all that was good in all these ancient philosophiesas we Orientals know them, and our Brothers and

Sisters in America should be thankful that they do nothave to contend with the inane teachings of thosewho appoint themselves as Oriental teachers." Wewonder how many in America appreciate these wordsfrom those who live right in the countries where manyof these teachers and their teachings issue as water from a well.

With all our foreign connections, with branches inseveral parts of India and in other places where suchteachings are supposed to come from, is it not logicalto believe that we would have included in our teach-

ings, or would include from time to time, all that isgood and helpful in all the other philosophies in thosecountries? Has anyone ever found that the teachingsof AMORC excluded any truths, any principles, anyhelps that were sound, practical and applicable tomodern times? Of course there is much in manyancient schools of thought that is interesting andmuch that was once very helpful in the country and inthe times when first given, but of no help t o d a y inthe Occident . One need read only a few of the veryold books by the early mystics to see how far we haveadvanced in such work and how useless is much thatthey considered very important at the time. Manyof the ancient schools of Oriental thought need re-viving today only because they passed out of exist-ence through the evolution and advancement of man.Why revive them now? Our Academy in India statespositively that there is no school or group of schools

in the whole of India or the Orient that includes thehigh, helpful and easily mastered teachings now in-cluded in all the grade s of AM ORC . Is it not better to take the word of men like those living there andwho know and have no ulterior motive, than to taketh e word of tho se who w ant to sell, a t a large fee,the secret courses they have prepared and which theycome to Am erica to sell to the unknowing? Just athought to think about!

W O R K W E L L D O N E

In te re s t i n g Fa c t s fo r a l l Me m b e rs

Many have asked about the Constitution of our Order and when and how Amendments to it may bemade, looking to some important changes which timeand conditions have revealed.

We wish to explain that the first Constitution of the Order was roughly drafted and tentativelyadopted in 1916 pending a National Convention of Delegates from all Lodges.

Such a Convention was held in Pittsburg duringthe summer of 1917, and during the first few daysof the C onvention a Committee was appointed torevise the Constitution and bring it before the Con-vention for discussion and adoption by vote on eachparag raph. The present Constitution is the oneadopted at that time.

In selecting a Committee to revise the Constitutioncare was taken to select Masters and Officers of our various AMORC Lodges who were associated withother fraternal organizations so that we might havethe benefit of their knowledge and experiences. For the benefit of those who have inquired we publishhere the names and qualifications of those who com-

posed the Constitution Committee at that Convention,most of whom are Grand Masters, Masters or Officersof AMORC Lodges today:Dr. Charles D. Green, 32°, Park Lodge 676 F. & A. M.,

Pa., Randol ph Chap ter No. 35, Ind., Penna. Con -sistory Valley of Pittsburg.

Charles H. Soelke, 32°, Old Glory Lodge 975 A. F.& A. M., Chicago Cicero Chapter R. A. M.,Apollo Commandery No. I K. T., MedinahTemple, A. A. O* N. M. S., Chicago, Illinois.

Omar T. Cruickshank, M. D., M. E., F. T. S., F. 0 . ; y32°, 15, F. A. M. A., Lafayette 652, F. & A. M., Cyrus Chapter No. 280 R. A. M., Mt. Moriah Council No. 2, Chartiers Commandery No. 78, K. T., Penna. Consistory S. P. R. S.

L. A. Shoemaker, 32°, Hillsboro Lodge 25, A. F. & A. M., Tampa Consistory No. I, Tampa, Florida.

fvcv. George R. Chambers, Parian Lodge 32 1, A. F.

& A. M., Olivet Chapter No. 107 R. A. M., Mt.Zjfton Commandery No. 49 K. T., Past GrandHarlan Lodge No. 267, I. O. O. F., Iowa.

Walter E. Hatch, 32°, McCandless Lodge, F. & A .M.,

390, Pennsylvania Consistory, Valley of Pittsburg.

S. Lindsay Dorsey, Lexington Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M.,Lexington Chapter No. 1 R. A. M., Webb Com-mandery No. 2 K. T., Lexington, Ky.

Edward L. Bork, Past Master Jefferson Lodge, 288F. & A. M., Pittsburg, Pa.

Conrad H. Lindstedt, Past Master, Progressive Lodge354 F. & A. M., New York.

Frederick C. Santaniello, 32°, Normal Lodge 523, F.& A. M., K. T., A. A. O. N. M. S., New York.

At the conclusion of their work and before the lastsession of the Convention, these men as Masters andOfficers of AMORC Lodges for various lengths of time, signed a paper which was read in open sessionand then presented to the Imperator to be preservedin the Ord er’s Archives. The statement in their ownwords thus signed is as follows:

"We, the undersigned, as members of the A. M. O.R. C. of North America, find nothing in the teachingsor ritual of the above named Order which conflictswith the teachings or ritual of any other organizationwith which we are affiliated. However, we havereceived such information from the teachings of theabove named Order which, to the best of our knowl-edge and belief, is only obtainable in the AMORC,and having knowledge of its uplifting character, itspatriotic and humanitarian principles, we take thismeans of expressing our appreciation of the Order."

Thus, in its preparation, its careful revision, dis-cussion by delegates and final adoption, the present Constitution represents the best thou ght and d esires of men who from experience and intimate association with our Order and other organizations, were Qualified to act as they did and tt> say what they said in the above paper.



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AUGUST 1923^

EDITORIAL

With th is i ssue of The Tr iangle we enlarge i t s num- b er of pa ges an d wid en it s sc ope a nd pu rpose .

At the urge nt dem and of man y of ou rHme mbe rs wewi l l mai n t a i n cer t a i n depar t men t s o r f ea \ u res embody-ing inst ruct ion for the s tudents in the var ious gradesof our Order ; as , for instance, the Dict ionary of Rosaecrucian Terms, which begins i t s ser ial publ ica-t ion in this issue.

From t ime to t ime helpful notes for the members,to be at tached to thei r notebooks, and diagrams for the same purpose, wi l l be publ i shed.

The presence of such mat ter in th is publ icat ion wi l lno t p reven t t he d i s semi nat i on o f The Tr i ang l e amongt hose whp are no t members bu t who may be i n t e res t edin becoming members; for the insight they gain inthis manl ier should encourage them to seek for moreLight and at the same t ime tencMto dispel some of the fal se impressions that many have regarding the

p rac ti se* an d phil o sophy of o u r f ra te rn it y .

Therefo re ou r members , and ou r r eader s genera l l y ,a re u rged t o u se The Tr i ang l e fo r conserva t i ve p ropa-ganda. I ts convenient s ize and reason able pr iceassjjst in making i t admirable for such purposes.

Heaj r ty cooperat ion on the par t of the appointedLibrar ian , ij i each Lddge and the m emb ers thereof wi th the De par tm ent , of Publ icat ion a t H eadq uar terswi l l make The Tr iangle in i t s enlarged form a per-ma nent asset. The insis tent cal l for more informat ionthrough The~Triangle dur ing the past year should f indi t s react ion n ow in the enthusiast ic suppo r t an d dis-tribution of each issue.

Your comments , suggest ions, cont r ibut ions of in-st ruct ive reading mat ter , and your donat ions towardthe general publ icat ion fund (al l to be sent to theDepar tment of Publ icat ion at address g iven above) .Will be appreciated, applied, and made productive of mtich good.

Rem em ber: ' Fraternal i sm means Coope rat ion!

A A ACan we not be happy and expressively joyful over

the t rend of the times? Abou t us on every hand, inevery element that i s making for the advancement of civil ization, on every path that leads to the ult imategoal, we see, we sense, we contact and are inspiredwi th the broader v iew, the keener v is ion, the inner sight and the tolera nt mind. Love is suppla nting hate,

je alo us y, in to le ra nce, env io us ne ss and in di ff ere nce a regiving way to understanding, sympathy, char i ty andconsideration'.'

In the affairs of State, in the perspective of theChurches, the activities of business and the conscious-ness of man, there is a manifest awakening to the callof human brotherhood and Divine Parenthood.Classes, creeds, sects and limiting differentiations are

being abandoned or modifying their restrictions andmaking their domains more inclusive or allembracing.

The mystic sees in al l this the fulfi l l ing of the Law;he discerns in the t rend of the t imes the advance-ment and wider acceptance of those t ru ths, thosefundamentals , for the greater comprehension of whichhe has labored and served in the ranks of dicipleship*

O ur obl igations, however , are increasing. We mustlabor not less , we must teach not less convincingly ,and we must fur ther our pr inciples not less aggres-sively because of the great awakening; but we must

becom e gua rd ia ns a nd p ro te c to rs , advis ors a nd le adersas we have been pioneers and inspi rers .

Our duty i s clear , our impersonal reward surroundsus at al l t imes, and all is for the Glory to God andthe Good of Mankind.

A A A

We agree wi th the s tatements publ i shed by H.R i der Haggard i n an Eng l i sh newspaper t ha t morereverence for the customs of the ancients and less in-di f ference to the sacredness of th ings once held holy

by m ass es of hu m an m in ds and h e a r ts sh ou ld beshown by t hose conduct i ng o r permi t t i ng t he excava-t ions and re searche s in Egypt. I f the element of t ime robs a nat ion, a people, of i t s r ights to preservet he l andmarks of i ts p rog ress t h rough t he var i ousstages of civil ization, if t ime makes null and void all

the sacredness at tached to rel ig ious r i tes and customs,and i f t ime alone wi l l cast the pr ivacy of person and p ro p e r ty in to th e m elt in g p o t of publi c ow ners h ip andindiscr iminate conf iscat ion— then we may look wi thhorror upon the possibi l i t ies that awai t our presentin terests in the future.

We may or may not bel ieve that d i re d isaster i ssure to fal l upon those who vandal ize or commercial -ize the s t range or d i f ferent pract i ses of a race of an-cient peoples , but in t ru th disaster has befal len thosewho have rent the vei l and profaned the sacred placesof Egypt and other lands. The his tory of Orientalresearch is fi l led with incidents too consistent , toorelated and too cer tain to be classed as mere coincidents or superst i t ious banquets to feed the mis-unde rstandin g for wei rdness. The re may be, andund oub tedly is, a law in ope ratio n a law that is the

ref lex of the consciousness establ i shed by the mindsof the people of the past .

Things are made sacred not by any in t r insic qual i ty , but* by th e associa ti on of th e th in gs wit h th e con -sciousness of God and man. A th ing or p lace setapar t as sacred, endowed by man wi th al l the adora-t ion, worship and reverence he i s capable of express-ing in his state of development, is truly as sacred asthat which i s touched independent ly by the DivineHand; for, after al l , the Divine Hand, l ike unto theDivine Mind, expresses i tself through the consciousnessof man, and regardless of the s tate of man 's develop-ment in worldly affairs, the primitive, natural and ever-

p resen t Div in it y of Cons cio usn ess is a s tr ue, as re aland holy in the past as in the present.

The progress of science, the advancement of civil iza-

t ion, the i l lumination of the mind, requires that the past be exam in ed and com pared wit h th e p resen t; bu t su ch re searc hes can be m ade wit h due re spe ct,with care and consideration, aye, with holy att i tude,wi th prayer and humble spi r i t , when our s teps lead usinto such sacred places as the Shr ines, Temples andTombs of an ancient race.

A A A

Wh en we stop thinking of a Leagu e of Nations andWorld Court and think in the terms of indivisabilityand unity, we will come nearer to establishing aLeague of Mankind.

A A A

If Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, cannotbring about his election as President of the UnitedSta tea we will have an excellent demonstration of thefact that money has not all the power attributed to it.

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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

(No te: Th e fol lowing def in it ions are off icial lyissued for use in the preparat ion of al l papers , lessonsand discussions. Masters are advised to keep a copyof t hese t e rms fo r handy r e ference wh i l e conduct i nglectures or d iscussions or in answ ering quest ions. Acopy shou l d be i n t he Mas t er ' s hands a t each l ec t u reo f any g rade . Mem bers a re u rged t o pas t e t hese t e rmsi n t he i r no t ebooks and use t hem i n t he i r exami nat i on

p a p e rs fo r r e f e re n c e a n d fo r the p ro p e r c o m p re h e n -s i on o f t he i r lessons and no t es . Fu r t her i n s t a l l men t so f t he Di c t i onary wil l app ear i n ou r nex t is sues . TheDi c t i onary wi l l con t a i n d i ag rams and char t s a t i t sconcl us i on . )

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Abso l u t e Th at wh i ch i nc l udes a ll , hence , t he Con-sc i ousness o f God , per f ec t , compl e t e , embrac i ngevery Di v i ne Law, work i ng i n harmony , cons t ruc-t i ve , pos i t i ve . Compare wi t h t he t e rm re l a t i ve .

A c t u a l — T h a t w h i c h c o m e s w i t h in t h e p o s i ti v e d o m a i nof t he ob j ec t i ve and i s i n con fo rmi t y wi t h t hes t andards o f t he ob j ec t i ve senses , hav i ng wei gh t ,

b re a d th , le ng th , bulk , etc . A n y p h e n o m e n a w h ic hthe object ive mind accepts a9 sensible to i t , i sac t ua l , wh et her i t be a de l us ion (me n t a l c r ea t i onof t he ob j ec ti ve mi nd) o r no t . Act ua l i t i es need no t

be rea li ti es ; 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 e n ) s o m e ti m e s s p e ll e dA h l d a i n , A ' l d a i n ; t h e n a m e o f a f o r m e r M a s t e r o f t h e G r e a t W h i t e B r o t h e r h o o d w h o w a s g i v e n j u r i s -d i c t i on over t he es t ab l i shmen t o f mys t i ca l cen t r eso n t h e N o r t h A m e r i c a n C o n t i n e n t d u r i n g t h e t e n t hcen t u ry , and af t e r whom t he f i r s t Templ e i n t h i scou n t ry was nam ed i n 1603 . Hi s per sona l i t y s ti lla f f ec t s much o f t he work i n t h i s coun 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 nt o t h e E g y p ti a nmys t i c r i t es a t an ear l y da t e as a t e rm used t o ex -

p re s s th e h id d e n a n d in vis ib le G od, o r a t ru ly in -sp i r ed r ep resen t a t i ve o f God . In t h i s l a t t e r senset he t e rm i s u sed i n t he Chr i s t i an B i b l e j u s t once ,in Rev. ii i, 14 , Jesus is cal led “Th e A m en ." Buta t a m u c h e a r l i e r d a t e t h e s a m e w o r d w i t h t h e s a m e

juysti c vow el so unds , w as used to de s ig na te th en a m e o f th e G o d o f T h e b e s , a n d t h e t e r m A m e n R ac a m e to e x p r e s s t h e n a m e a n d h i e r a r c h y o f a

p o w e r fu l G od a m o n g th e E gy p t ia n s . A m e n h o te pI V c h a n g e d h i s n a m e t o K h u e n A t e n b e c a u s e o f t h es i gn i fi cance o f t he t e rm Am en . As used i n mo dernre l i g ious p rac t i ses , t he t e rm Am en me ans ver il y .The o r i g i n o f t he word i s found i n t he Sansk r i tA u m a n d a l s o i n O m .

Ar can e Th at wh i ch is no t h idden , bu t v i si b le on l yt o those who a t t un e to it o r a r e r eady fo r i tsrevelat ion; myst ical , Divine, Cosmic.

A s t r o l o g y — A n a n c i e n t s c ie n c e b a s e d u p o n c lo s e o b -servance o f t he co i nc i dence o f human charac t e r i s t i cswi t h t he da t e and hour o f b i r t h ; t i me and carefu lana l ys i s have p roved t he co i nc i dences t o be basedU D o n

f u n d a m e n t a l l a w s r e g a r d l e s s o f w h e t h e r t h e p la n e ts h a v e a n y eff ect u p o n b i r th o r u p o n th en a t u r e o f m a n a f t e r b ir t h . O n l y t h e fa n a t ic a l e x -t r e m i s t m a k e s — o r b el ie v e s— t h e c la i m t h a t w e a r eru l ed by p l ane t s ; a t t he u t mos t , p l ane t ary i n f l uencescan . i n sp i r e and u rge o r t em pt ; t he i n f luences mayi nd i ca t e , bu t no t con t ro l . A l l mys t i cs shou l d havea knowl edge o f t he fundamen t a l s o f t h i s o l d andevolving science.

A s t r a l P l an e— Th e Cosmi c , e t her i a l , D i v ir te p l ane .Rosaecruc i ans r ecogn i ze bu t t wo p l anes o f ex i s t ence ;t ha t wh i ch i s t he wor l d l y o r mat er i a l p l ane wherewe l i ve i n bo t h ob j ec t i ve and sub j ec t i ve consc i ous -n e s s , a n d a n o t h e r p l a n e w h i c h i s b e y o n d t h e m a t e r -i a l— call t ha t o t he r p l ane t he As t r a l , Psych i c , Cos-mi c o r what ever bes t exp resses your i dea ; i t i s t ha t p la n e w h e re th e Sou l of m an fu nc ti o ns fr ee fr om

t he l i mi t a t i ons o f t he body and where t he sub j ec-t i ve mi nd o f man func t i ons a t t i mes i ndependen t o f t he ob j ec t i ve .

At en— A nam e fo r t he symbo l o f t he "so l e God"made under s t andab l e by Amenho t ep IV. a f t e r heestabl i shed a mo notheis t ic relig ion in Egypt . Atenwas r ep resen t ed by t he sun d i sc ; t he sun be i ng t hesymbol of the l i fegiving radiance of the invisib leGod. Not as a God or even as a sacred symbol i st he sun d i sc u sed by modern Rosaecruc i ans , bu t asobject ive symbol of the creat ive mind and Divine

Essence of God.

A t l a n ti s — T h e n a m e o f th e c o n t i n e n t o n c e o c c u p y in ga cons i derab l e po r t i on o f t he space occup i ed now

by the A tl a n ti c O c ea n . A t la n t is w as well ad va nce din civi l izat ion in par t s and was the ancient home of myst ic cul ture. Mt . Pico, whic h s ti l l r i ses abovet he ocean among t he g roup o f Azore I s l ands , wasa sacred mountain for myst ic in i t iat ion (See r i tualo f 4 t h De g re e) . The s t o ry o f the l o s t At l an t i s wasf i rs t to ld by Plato; another s tory of myst ic peoplesus i ng t he name At l an t ic i s t o l d by S i r F ranc i sBacon (See : The New At l an t i s . ) Recen t i nves ti ga-t i o n s b y F r a n c e a n d A m e r i c a h a v e p r o v e d t h a tt here i s t he con t ou r o f a con t i nen t a t t he f l oo r o f t he At l an t i c Ocean . See a l so The Los t Atl an t is , byIgnat ius Donnel ly .

Ato m — The smal lest d ivis ion of any def in i te natur eo f mat t e r : t he f i r s t d i s t i nc t i ve charac t e r t ha te l ec t rons fo rm af t e r per f ec t un it y . Di v is i ons o f mat t e r smal l e r t han a t oms are e l ec t rons ( see e l ec-t rons ) and such smal l e r d i v i s i ons have no charac t e r -i s ti c na t u re . At om s fo rm t hemselves i n t o g roupscal led molecules . (Refe r to Dal to n’s Atom ic Lawsin our degree lectures and in several i ssues of theA m e r i c a n R o s a e C r u c i s . )

A ura — Th at m agnet i c o r e l ec tr i fi ed fi el d wh i ch su r -rounds t he an i mal body par t i cu l ar l y and wh i ch con-t a i n s co l o r s due t o t he v i b ra t o ry r a t e o f t he energyin the f ield. Th e ene rgy i s a resul t of the psychicdevel opm en t and t he v i t al fo rces o f t he body . Thea u r a c h a n g e s c o l o r a s p s y c h i c d e v e l o p m e n t p r o -ceeds rea ch ing a br i l l iant Violet a nd then pur ewhi le in the highest s tates . Th e aura i s v isib leu 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 t o g r a p h e d ,and wi l l a f f ec t cer t a i n i n s t rumen t s ba l anced t o r e -cept iv i ty . Eve ry l iv ing cel l has i t s au ra as well asgroups of cel l s .

B

Beli ef— Cons i dered f rom t he mys t i ca l po in t o f v i ew beli ef im pli es la c k of kno w le dg e : it is li ke un to hop ewi t hou t foundat i on . A mys t i c shou l d have no

be li ef s b u t shou ld su p p la n t th em w it h know le dgeor a f r ank admi t t ance t ha t he does no t know. (SeeK n o w l e d g e . )

B i r th— Myst ica l ly , b i r t h occu r s wh en t he an i mal bodytake s i t s f i rs t Brea th of Li fe. Th en the body be -come s a consciou s being. Bi r th i s the op posi te

p h a se of th e pa ss in g of T h e B re a th ( a n d c onsc io us-ness ) wh i ch i s ca l led dea t h . (See De at h ) .

B l ack Mag i c— A t erm used anc i en t l y t o i nd i ca tem 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 h o dsand p rac t i ses wh i ch t oday we under s t and and knowto have been s t r ict ly scient i f ic though l i t t le known.Today , howe ver , t he t e rm i s u sed i n some ph i l -o soph i es and by some i gnoran t mi nds ( and some-t imes used wi l ful ly to f r ighten) and i s meant to con-vey the idea that one mind can cal l in to p lay cer tainfo rces o f na t u re t o work i n j u ry upon ano t her mi ndor body at a d is tance. I t i s assum ed that the cosmicspace ex i s t i ng be t ween t wo mi nds o r per sons can .

be ut il iz ed by one of th e m to tr a n sm i t ev il a n ddest ru ct ive thou ghts to the other . In fact , howeve r ,the cosmic space wi l l not t ransmi t such dest ruct ivet hough t s and t he per son who t r i es t o d i r ec t t hemi n t o space su f f er s f rom t he a t t empt and f rom t he

crea t i on o f such t hough t s wh i ch r emai n i n t he con -sciousness. Th e only pow er ther e i s to Black Magic for o thers i s the fear of i t .



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B r a in — 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 io n -in g o f t h e min d . M in d c a n , h o w e v e r , m a k e ma n ym a n i f e s t a t io n s w i t h o ut t h e u se o f th e br a in .

B r e a t h o f L i fe — In R o s a e c r u c i a n t e a c h i n g s t h is te r mi s u se d t o r e f e r t o No u s . I t i s a c o m bin a t io n , so tos p e a k , o f b o t h t h e V i ta l L i f e F o r c e a n d C o s m i cC o n s c i o u s n e s s . ( S e e N o u s a n d V . L . F . )

B o r d e r l in e S t a t e — T h i s te r m i s u s e d t o d e s i g n a t e th a tm 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 ec o n s c i o u s n e s s a n d o b j e c t i v e m e n t a l f u n c t i o n i n g o f m a n i s m e r g i n g in t o t h e s u b j e c t i v e . T h i s s t a t e c anb e i n d u c e d t h r o u g h c o n c e n t r a t i o n , o r o c c u r sn a t u r a l l y o n g o i n g t o s l e e p o r w h e n a w a k e n i n g , o r t h r o u g h s u g g e s t i o n i t m a y b e e x t e r n a l l y i n d u c e d( b u t n o t w i t h o u t t h e c o o p e r a t i o n o r w i l l i n g n e s s o f

t h e s e l f ) . A s i m i l a r st a t e e x i s t s w h e r e th e o b j e c -t iv e min d o r t h e o b j e c t iv e f un c t io n in g o f t h e br a ini s m a d e a b n o r m a l t h r o u g h d r u g , f e v e r , o r i n ju r y ,f r i g h t o r s t r a in ; in suc h c a se s , h o w e v e r , t h e be n e -f i ts d e r iv e d f r o m a p r o p e r bo r d e r l in e s t a t e a r e lo s t,f o r t h e r e i s n o t a n in t e l l i g e n t a n d c o mpr e h e n s ib lee 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 eo b j e c t i v e a n d s u b j e c t i v e f a c u l t ie s . O f t e n j u s t p r i o r t o so c a l l e d d e a t h , t h e f i r s t s t a g e o f t r a n s i t io n i s ab o r d e r l i n e s t a t e w h i c h i s r e m a r k a b l e f o r i t s C o s m i ct o u c h .

cC e l l — W h e r e t h i s t e r m i s u s e d i n t h e R o s a e c r u c i a n

t e a c h i n g s , r e g a r d l e s s o f w h e t h e r i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t hp h y s i o l o g y , p h y s i c s , c h e m i s tr y o r e l e c t r i c it y a n dm 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 s h a p e h a v i n g a w a l l w i t h n e g a t i v e p o l a r i t y a n d an u c l e u s o f p o s i t i v e p o l a r i t y .

C o n c e n t r at io n — A m e n t a l ( a n d p h y s i c a l ) s t a te w h e ret h e w h o l e o b j e c t i v e a t t e n t i o n a n d c o m p r e h e n s i o n i sf o c use d upo n o n e d e f in i t e o r in d e f in i t e po in t , p l a c e ,c o n d i t io n o r p r in c ip le . P e r f e c t c o n c e n t r a t io n o f t h i sk in d r e su l t s in c o mple t e in a c t iv i t y o f f o ur o f t h ef iv e o b j e c t i v e f a c u l t ie s a t o n e t im e . W h e n c o n c e n -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 yf a c u l t y n o t in a c t iv e , w h e n h e a r in g , t h e n a l l bu th e a r in g mu s t be in a c t iv e . I t i s im po s s ib le t o c o m -p l e t e ly c o n c e n t r a t e w h e n t w o o r m o r e o f t h ef a c u l t i e s a r e a c t i v e a t^ th e s a m e t im e . T w o f a c u l t i e ss u c h a s s e e i n g a n d h e a r i n g , m a y r a p i d ly a l t e r n a t e i n

t 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 hbo t h w e r e c o n c e n t r a t e d a t o n e t ime , bu t t h i s i s n o ts o . W e c a n b e c o n s c i o u s o f o n l y o n e o b j e c t iv e im -pr e s s io n a t o n e t ime . A l l e l s e i s r a p id a l t e r n a t io 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 — In o u r R o s a e c ru c i a n t e a c h in g s w e a r et o ld 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 -pr e h e n d t h r o ug h t h e f iv e o b j e c t iv e f a c u l t i e s , d e -pe n d s f o r i t s a c c ur a c y , a n d i t s e f f e c t o n u s , upo n o ur e d u c a t i o n , k n o w l e d g e a n d b e li e fs . O u r c o n c e p t of m a t e r i a l t h i n g s c h a n g e a s w e g r o w o l d e r , m o r ee xpe r ie n c e d a n d m o r e i llum in a t e d . No t t h e a c t ua l i t yo f a n y t h in g but o ur r e a l i t y o f i t a n d o ur in t e r pr e t a -t io n o f i t f o r m o ur c o n c e p t . B y c o n c e iv in g a n d g iv -i 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 -t ua l i t y d o w e t e n d to c r e a t e . I n t h e be g in n in g o f a l lc r e at io n t h e re w a s — a n d a l w a y s w il l be — c o n c e p -t io n . ( S e e R e a l i ty , a l s o A c t u a l i t y ) .

C o s m i c C o n s c i o u s n e s s — T h a t c o n s c i o u s n e s s r a d i a t i n gf r o m G o d w h i c h p e r v a d e s a l l s p a c e ( a n d h e n c e a l lt h in g s ) , h a v in g v i ta l i ty , min d , c o n s t r uc t iv e po w e r ,D iv in e I n t e ll i g e n c e . I n to th i s c o n sc io usn e s s is p r o -

je c te d a ll th e p sy c h ic c o n sc io u sn e ss o f a ll M aste r s ,a n d a l l A d e p t s ma y a t t un e w i th it . It k n o w s al l ,pa s t , p r e se n t a n d f u t ur e , f o r i t i s a l l. ( S e e A b-solute) . A f t e r p r e p a r a t i o n t h r o u g h s t u d y a n dme d i t a t io n , a f t e r d e se r v in g t h r o ug h se r v in g , a f t e r a t t un in g t h r o ug h pr a c t i s e a n d w i t h n o b i l it y o f d e s i r e , t h e r e c o m e s t o a ll Ad e pt s a n in flux o f i l lumin -a t io n a n d in sp i r a t io n w h ic h ma in t a in s a c o n t in ue dc o n n e c t io n w i t h C o sm ic C o n sc io usn e s s . T h i s i sca l led Illumination bv the M yst ics . Th is i s one o f t h e g i f t s d e s i r e d by a l l Ad e pt s .

C o sm ic M ind Re f e r r in g mo r e spe c i f ic a l ly t o t h e min dor in te l l igence that fo rms a pa^ t o f the Cosmic Con-sc iou sness . It i s a lso ca l led the Div ine Mind . Co m -

pa r e w i th U n iv e r sa l M in d .

C o n s c i e n c e — T h e t e r m i n o u r r i t u a l a n d t e a c h i n g s toin d ic a t e t h e “ s t il l sma l l v o ic e ” o f th e M a s t e r W it h in ;t h e C o sm ic M i n d w i th i t s in sp i r a t io n a n d ur g e ; t h eM in d o f t h e P sy c h ic S e l f , k n o w in g a l l t r u t h , a l l l a w ,a l l p r in c ip le , e v e r c o n s t r uc t iv e in d e s i r e , d e pe n d a b 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 r e m a t i o n — M y s t ic a l ly t h i s i s a p r o c e s s o f re d u c i n gt h e m a t e r i a l e l e m e n t s o f t h e b o d y t o t h e p r ima r ye l e m e n t s t h r o u g h fi re , a s t h o u a n a l c h e m i c a l p r o -c e s s w a s be in g u se d w i th c r uc ib le a n d f i re . I t c a r r i e s

o ut t h e a n c ie j i t l a w t h a t t h e bo d y sh a l l r e t ur n t ot h e d u s t o f t h e ' e a r t h fr o m w h e n c e it c a m e . C r e m a -t io n s i m p l y h l ^ e n s t h e n a t u r a l p r o c e s s in am o s t s a n i t a r y w l ^ . T h e c u s to m o f b u r y i n g th ed e a d i n t h e g r o u n d t o d e c a y w a s a l w a y s c o n s i d e r e da 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 da n d w i l l in t ime b e c o m e un iv e r sa l a m o n g c iv il i ze dp e o p l e s . T h e R o s a e c r u c i a n b u r i a l s e r v i c e a n d ri tu a lc a l l f o r c r e ma t io n o f t h e bo d y a n d t h e s c a t t e r in go 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 iv e r s o r in o pe n e d so i l w i t h in se v e n d a y s a f t e r t r a n s it i o n . ( S e e D e a th a n d F u n e r a l S e r v i c e ) .

C y c l e — A p e r i o d o f t im e , e v o l u ti o n , p r o c e s s , m e t h odo r m a n i f e s t a t io n . M y s t i c a l ly , e v e r y p r o g r e s s iv ea c t io n i s in c y c le s , d e f in it e a n d impo r t a n t . T h ec y c le o f h uma n l i f e i s d iv id e d in t o pe r io d s o f s e v e n

y e a r s , e a c h o f w h ic h i s a c y c le in t h e g r o w t h a n dd e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e m i n d a n d b o d y o f t h e b e i n g ;e v e n th e p r e n a t a l pe r io d i s d iv id e d in to c y c le s . T h ee v o lu t io n o f t h e un iv e r se , t h e e v o lu t io n o f ma n f r o ma pr imi t iv e be in g t o t h e p r e se n t c a n be d iv id e din t o c y c le s . T h e tw e n t y f o ur h o u r s c o n s t i t u t in g ad a y i s d iv i s ib le in t o p la n e t a r y c y c le s . T h e c o n -sc io usn e s s o f ma n i s a t p r e se n t in t h e e a r ly pa r t o f t h e A q u a r i a n C y c l e . C y c l e s fo r m a n e a s il y u n d e r -s t a n d a b l e a n d s i g n i f i c a n t m e t h o d o f m e a s u r i n g t i m ea n d p r o g r e s s .

D e a t h — T h e m y s t ic n o t o n ly l o o k s u p o n d e a th a s i n -e v i t a b le , bu t a s a n e c e s sa r y e le me n t in t h e c y c leo f li fe . De a t h a n d B i r th a r e sy n o n y m o us in t h i sse n se , f o r so c a l l e d d e a t h i s b i r t h in t o a n o t h e r plan e , wh ile bir th i s l ikewise a t ransi t ion . Th et r a n s i t io n o f so u l in t o a bo d y i s c o n s id e r e d j u s t a s

s t r a n g e a n d f r a ug h t w i t h un k n o w n po s s ib i l i t i e s byt h e my s t i c a s i s t h e t r a n s i t io n o f so u l f r o m a bo d y .B o t h c o n s t i tu t e th e G r e a t E xpe r ie n c e . B o t h a r e af o r m o f I n i t i a t io n a f f o r d in g a n o ppo r t un i t y f o r g r e a t e r a d v a n c em e n t . T h e r e f o r e b ot h a r e l o o k edf o r w a r d t o by t h e so u l w i t h o ut g r i e f o r f e a r . O nt 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 id e r t h e t r a n s i t io n f r o m a ma t e r i a l o r sp i r i t ua lv iew point . M at ter i s indestru ct ible ; that i s af un d a m e n t a l l a w o f m a t t e r ; it c a n o n ly c h a n g e i t sf o r m o f n a t ur e o f ma n i f e s t a t io n , a n d ma t t e 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 un d a m e n t a l l a w . T h eso u l i s immo r t a l a n d c a n n o t be d e s t r o y e d , l e s se n e d ,in c r e a se d o r o t h e r w i se mo d i f i e d e xc e p t in g r o w t h o f e xpe r ie n c e . A f t e r t r a n s it io n t h e ma t e r i a l pa r t o f man, the body, does not cease to l ive , but i s in factst i l l v ibrant with spir i t energy, even to the mostmin ute ce l l . H ence ne ither body or soul ever dies ,

a n d th e r e i s n o d e a t h . ( S e e B i r th a n d C r e m a t io n . )De d u c t io n A pr o c e s s o f r e a so n in g . T h e o b j e c t iv e

min d c a n r e a so n by a l l p r o c e s se s , in d uc t iv e ly , d e -duct ive ly , sy l log ist ica l ly , etc . Th e Sub ject ive Mindon the o ther hand , tends to reason deduct ive ly a l lt h e t ime . S t a r t in g w i th a tr ue a n d un d e r s ta n d a b lepr e mise o r ba s i c f a c t , r e a so n in g by d e d uc t io n t h e r e -from one wil l come to a log ica l conclusion , i f thed e d uc t iv e r e a so n in g h a s be e n lo g ic a l a n d in a c c o r d -anc e with law. I t i s the exce l lent reasonin g abil i tyo f t h e sub j e c t iv e min d t h a t b r in g s a bo ut t h e c o r r e c tc o n c lus io n s t h r o ug h i ts d e d uc t iv e r e a so n in g . T h eO bj e c t iv e M in d se ld o m a ppr o a c h e s t h e pe r f e c t io nof the Sub ject ive Mind in such reasoning . Br ing -ing about a Border l ine Sta te o f Mind wil l enableo n e t o t a k e o b j e c t iv e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e S ub j e c t iv er e a so n in g .

D i se a se — A lo c a l o r g e n e r a l d i s t ur ba n c e o f t h e h a r -monious construct ive process o f the l iv ing , creat ive



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cells. Regar dless of the cause, the condition is,fundamentally, the same. The disturbing, breakingdown process among the diseased cells is beingstrongly or weakly fought by the healthy normalcells, accor ding to the general or constitutionalstate of the body. Throu gh the creative, construc-tive powers of the healthy cells, nature attempts toend the destruction and renew the disease cells andrestore health. The battle calls for concentrationof energy and robs the general system of its nor-

mal status, while the disease is also disqualifyingmany cells, organs, tissues and parts of the bodyfor normal, constructive work. Hence fevers,weakness, mental and physical disturbances andpains. The logical procedu re is to help nature,mostly by not interfering and by ending the causeof the distu rbanc e when it is known. Pro per breathing, proper eating, proper exercise, sleep andthinking are the first essentials in helping natureand removing the cause or interference. Giving tothe blood, the nerves and the general system thatwhich was lacking (and caused the disturbance)or is now lacking in helping to restore normalcy,are the next essentials. Hence the various schoolsof therapeutics may assist and contribute to therestoration of health, but solely through assistingnature. While socalled death or transitio n is in-evitable, disease is not necessary. The physical

body can reach a state of age and exhaustion wherethe breakingdown process of cells and parts of the body is more rapid than the reconstruction, andas a principle of econdmy the soul will cast off or vacate the body and await another and more usefulone; qpt such breakingdown and gradual weaken-ing of the whole system need not be accompanied byany specific disease and can be free from any painor suffering.

Dreams— Dreams always occur just as one is passingfrom the complete sleep state to a waking condition;this transition is a state where the subjective con-dition is gradually m erging into the objective. (SeeBorderline Sta te) . Such a state is very short induration, usually, and in the brief period of twoor three seconds one may “dream** a long storyof experience. This is because the experience issimply realized by the mind as one realizes a picture

after a glance of two seconds, but must use hun-dreds of words and many minutes in explaining or describing. After one awakens one cannot be sure

ju st when the dream was experienced , exc ept insuch cases as where the awaking interrupts thedream. The causes of dreams are many. Themost common cause is that the first objectivethought or idea that passes from the objective tothe subjective mind at the beginning of the Border-line State, starts a train of deductive reasoning onthe part of the subjective mind; or some long *forgotten picture or idea lingering in the memorystorehouse of the subjective mind is sensed by theobjective mind at the beginning of the BorderlineState, and the obj ective mind, not keenly andlogically awake in its reasoning functioning, dis-torts or adds to and creates a story based on thefirst idea. Other caus es are : external suggestionsfrom cold air blowing over the face or partly un-covered bodv, slight noises not properly interpretedby the waking mind, a movement of the body asconsciousness starts its return, a mental impression

received by the subjective mind from some other person who is concentrating upon the one who isat that time dreaming, and thereby consciously or unconsciously sends an impression. Of course,such Borderline States may occur at any time dur-ing sleep.

Ego— The Subjective Self as distinguished from theObjective Self. This term is not used often inRosaecrucian teachings for the term Psychic Self or Psychic Man expresses more correctly what is

meant.Electron— The first form into which spirit essenceconcentrates preparatory to material manifestation.The essence when stressed under certain conditionsgathers into vejpy minute magnetic cells which wecall electrons . . They ar e both positive and negative.Electrons dq*;‘not manifest any definite chemical or material nature until they unite in certain combina-tions to form atoms. (See Atoms and Molecules). Single electrons are invisible, but streams of themmay be seen and measured.

Electricity— Current electricity is a vibratory force inaction; static electricity is a potential vibratorypower inactive and under stress ready to manifestitself under certain conditions. Thes e terms anddefinitions are not as one finds them explained inscientific works but will make plain the terms as weuse them. Electricity is a vibrato ry energy : naturalelectricity is the result of the radiations of thesun (therefore one of the manifestations of spiritessence and Nous) ; all other electricity is artificiallymade through chemical or mechanical action.

Element— One of the many different natures expressedthrough combinations of electrons into atoms.Th ere are 144 elements composing all materialcreation. Of these 81 are definitely known toscience in perfect form; others are known throughanalysis of the vacant places in the periodic tableof elements. Som e can be sensed in a psychicmanner only so far as their nature and purposes areconcerned.

Elementals— Sometimes called Salamanders and other terms used by early philosoph ers an d by somemodern schools of str ange thought. In th is sensean elemental is supposed to be— “ naturespiritpresid ing over the elements of fire, air, etc.** A

superstitious belief exists that these elementals or beings can cause good or evil, or that they can filla room and cause disturbances or manifestations,or influence our thinking, hearing and seeing. It isneedless to say that there are no elementals in thissense.

Emanations— The radiations or projections from allmaterial and psychic forms. Th e emanations are extentions of the vibrations within the form— thevibrations of the spirit essence composing the form.It is through the emanations reaching us from allthings that we sense, either subjectively or objec-tively, the existence of all things.

Evolution The progressive growth and perfecting of all that is manifest or in the conception of the Cos-mic Mind. Even socalled devolution and disin-tegration is a part of evolution, as one of its phases.

Evolution implies onward and forward. It is the funda-mental law of nature.and every element in nature istending toward perfection and becoming higher inits rates of vibrations and more evolved in its mani-festation.

The reque st for symbolical pins for members towear has been so insistent again for the past year thatwe are considering several designs. The most app ro- p ria te is a sm al l tr ia ngl e co nta in in g th e Ro sey Cr os s.It will be very small and made in two forms; one witha pin on the back for the Sisters and one with a screw

bac k fo r th e Bro th er s to wea r on th e co at lape ls . If

the pins are made we will notify all Lodges and member s durin g th e Fal l.

A revision of the method of receiving dues and feesis being worked out so that the whole matter will beon a more practical basis than in the past and a newform of Membership Card will be issued for the year 1924 and del ivered to the Lodges in the Fall for im-mediate use. Member s must give more attent ion tothe matter of payment of dues. The present systemhas permitted members to be slow and indifferent inthis regard, much to the consternation of many of theLodge Treasurers and the Treasurer at Headquarters.



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S U P R E M E G R A N D M A S T E R ’ S M E S S A G E

The Radio Church of America has completed anentire year of consecutive Sunday services in the Bayregion, including San Francisco and Oakland in Cali-fornia. The first sermon was, however, earlier thanthis from the Rockridge Station in Oakland, read bythe broadcaster, but written by the Imperator.

It is particularly interesting to us as Rosaecruciansto know that from the very first we had in mind not

merely a broadcasted service and address , or a ser-vice broadcasted from a regular Church, but a RadioChurch devoted entirely to Radio service with a ser-vice and address prepared week by week exclusivelyfor this purpose.

This splendid field of opportunity for the dissemina-tion of mystical truth for which the world is hungeringand which the regular churches seem unable to giveout to entire satisfaction, was given into the chargeof the Supreme Grand Master, who brought to bear upon the matter all the wealth of his long experiencein the ministry of the church, his liturgic knowledge,mystical unde rstanding and radio interest. Thisresulted in a service that has demonstrated its useful-ness and whose success is such that more than a thou-sand persons have expressed themselves as delightedand helped.

In this service we have a special section for thosewho are shutins, usually a poem of cheer, and alsoa fable for the boys and girls. We secure the veryhighest talent for the musical numbers and alwaysuse the familiar hymns selected as far as possible froman undenominational point of view. All the religiouswritings are used as selections of truth read in theservice and every prayer is written carefully so as tobe acceptable'toâll who pray at all. The undenom ina-tional aspect app eals to all sorts and conditions of people. A Salvation Army captain asking for a copyof one of the addresses, one of them being syndicatedby the press, and others commended by theosophistsand high churchmen and by many who never haveattend ed church at all. In all this period not a singleprotest or objection to the subject matter of theaddress or service has been presented.

The number listening in has been estimated as fromsixty to ninety thousand scattered over a large area of the country, and in one instance it was picked up inTampa, Fh>fida.

/ Th^j lW ur ch w as in cor pora te d under th e la w s of the•VwSHtaW’of California April 14th, 1923, and is we believe

first Church to be organized upon an undenominational basis. There are organizations upon an un-denominational and an interdenominational and amultidenominational basis, but they are necessarilyessentially different. We quote from the Dec larationpreliminary to the bylaws of the Church.

“The Radio Church of America recognizes allCh urch es ând all Religions, such a s the United St atesof America recognizes as having right and privilege

/ of es ta bl ishm en t an d ex is te nce un de r the Con st itut io nand Laws of the United States of America.

“The Radio Church of America does not exist totake the place of any other Church, but to exist, under Rad io con ditions, for all oth f r.Churches in such a w ayas to avoid the exclusion other in Radio ser-vice. Primarily it exists for ancnn beha lf of those whocanno t and do not attend their own or any other place of worship.

“The understanding of Religion on the partôf theRadio Church of America involves fundamentaflyândessentially three facts : v

First: The fact of GodSecond : The fact of ManTh ird: The fact of relationship between God and

Man, and Man and God. This relationship .is Religion.

“ Subsidiary to this understanding and at a part of it: Sinc e this relationship is an universa l on e, it

exis ts di rectiv between all men and God, and ev eryman and God; and since it is an invisible relationship

it exists in psychic or soul experience, with or withoutouter signs, sym bols, cerem onies Or organizations,solely upon the fact of being generically, mentally andphysically a man.”

The approved Order of Service which has beenthoroughly tested and evolved in actual broadcastingis as follows:

Chimes.Call to Worship.Music. (An undenominational Hym n.)Lord’s Prayer.Occasional Prayer.Musical Selection. (Solo or Anthem.)Poem, with introductory remarks, for the Shutins.Musical Selection.Mystical Address.Musical Selection.Fable for the Boys and Girls.Music.Announcements .Affirmation or Benediction.Chimes.

Here, then, is the Church of the Future, the Churchof Man, and the Chu rch of all Religions. To some

it is very much of a surprise that we can meet thedesires of all the sincerely religious. To others thatwe can keep up the interest in the addresses of amystical and cosmoreligious character. To others theintensity of the devotion in the service is most ap-pealing.

Under the direction of the Masters we have gone for-ward week by week and have seen in the evolutionmanifested the solution of all the ecclesiastical prob-lems ultimately. The Invisibility of the Sacram ents,Psychic Ordination, On tology instead of Theology(since this includes theology, science and all truth),the illimitability of the Church, its separation fromcommercial, political and other exclusive conditions—these are some of the things to which the RadioChurch of America will make large contribution.

Now the particular purpose of this article is notinformation, interesting as that may be and is, butto call attention to the fact that in this matter our Beloved Order, today as always in the past, is apioneer in those great movements which have madehuman history in its crucial and opportune periods.And to enlist the cooperation of all the Masters of Groups, and Lodges, that they secure in their owncities the opportunity to broadcast such a service froma nearby station. It will be found that there will bean eagerness to place the station in the service of such an endeavor, and once well started the difficultywill rather be in giving it up than in keeping it up.A good reader with a Radio voice and a devotionaland tolerant spirit is all that is necessary, save for themusic, which you will have no difficulty in securinglocally.

We are in correspondence with other points who are

taking up the matter and soon we expect to have theRadio Church of America very widely extended, so asto reach every corner of the land. The suprem e officeis prepared to furnish all that is necessary in the detailfor the service (except the singing), including theOrder of Service, Prayers, Readings, Addresses Fables,Calls to Worship and Affirmations, reaching eachstation week by week. But of cou rse this arrang em entmust be made with or through the masters of theOrder.

Think it over, and write to Headquarters. Here'•ifcp^rhaps the finest opportunity the Order will havethrdiiifhi.the several Groups and Lodges to bring thebenevolenfirnd truly tolerant and devotional character of our work to the attention.,of the general or at leastthe radio public. The thousand s of mystics scatteredover the country will know where to find a home, andthe unfortunate shutins together with many w h e -

never go to Church will say, “Thank God for the RadioChurch of America.”



T H E T R I A N G L E

S C I E N C E N O T E S

By Dr. A. W. H.

Those who have found d i f f i cu l t y i n accep t i ng t het heo ry o f t he evo l u t i on o f man may f i nd a more ac-cep t ab l e exp l ana t i on i n t he t heo ry o f l i nea l para l l e l -ism.

I t may seem s t r ange t ha t i n t hese co l umns weshou l d be so undec i ded as r egards t he t wo exp l ana-t i ons t ha t we are wi l l i ng t o permi t ou r members t o

select ei the r one. Seldom are we so indef ini te or un-dec i ded r egard i ng fundam en t a l l aws o f na t u re . Int h i s case , however , ou r mem bers wil l d i scern t ha te i t her o f t he t wo t heo r i es co i nc i de wi t h ou r knowl edgeof t he t rue evo l u t i on o f man , wh i ch evo l u t i on i s o f t he consc i ousness o f ma n r a t he r t han h is phys i ca l

bo d y ,— it s form , o rg a n iz a t io n a n d phy sic a l c h a ra c t e r -istics.

The Evolut ionist s claim that al l animal l i fe i s de-scended o r ascended f rom t he same p ro t op l asmi c ce l l ;t he t heo ry o f l i nea l para l l e l i sm, on t he o t her hand ,mai n t a i ns t ha t l i f e t ypes have had separa t e beg i nn i ngs .Bu t even t he l a t t e r t heo ry admi t s t ha t t here was andi s a “common crea t i ve sou rce o f t he i ndependen t l y de-ve l oped t ypes o f l i f e , ” and i t i s t ha t common sou rcet h a t w e k n o w o f a n d w h i c h i n t e r e s t s u s m o r e t h a n t h esecondary de t a i l s o f t he met hod o f deve l opmen t o f

e a c h t y p e f r o m t h a t s o u r c e .Man i s today the resul t of the evolut ion of h is con-

sciousness, not the resul t of h is physical evolut ion. AsRosaecruc i ans , as mys t i cs , as s t uden t s o f na t u re’ s t ruel aws , we mus t mai n t a i n t ha t each s t age o f evo l u t i on i nt he deve l opmen t o f man was p receded by a deve l op -ment in h is consciousness of sel f , of surroundings andeven t ua l l y of God o r t he Di v i ni t y i n h i m. The refo rewe can ag ree wi t h t he sc i en t i s t t ha t env i ronmen t andi t s a t t endan t changes , have had a cons i derab l e bear -i n g upo n m an’s evo l u t ion , bu t d i r ec t ly t h rough i ts a f -f ec t upon h i s consc i ousness .

In d i scuss i ng t he mer i t s o f t he t wo t heo r i es one o f Amer i ca’ s g rea t sc i en t i s t s u sed t he fo l l owi ng wordswhi ch g rea t l y p lease us . He is speak i ng o f t he evo l u -t ionist s’ theo ry tha t al l forms of l ife have deve loped

f rom one bas i c un i t ; he comment s t hus l y : “Di ver s i t yis a universal physical fact . Uni form i ty i s the s i lver t h read , t he cosmi c ver i t y wh i ch un fo l ds i t se l f t h rough-ou t a ll d iver s it y . Th e g rand eur o f t he un i ver se i s no tenhanced by nar rowi ng i t s man i fes t i ng poss i b i l i t i es a tt he sou rce . ” No t e wha t we have under sco red . Phys -ical d iversi ty would not me an cosmic diversi ty . Thecommon source r e fer r ed t o above and sensed by a l lscient i s t s i s t ru ly a s i lver thread, a cosmic ver i ty .

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The papers have been f i l led lately wi th i tems aboutsp i r i t pho t og raphs and o t her sp i r i t ua l i s t i c o r p sych i cmat t e r s due t o t he popu l ar i t y o f t he l ec t u res by S i r Co nan Doy le . Many unusual p sych i c o r occu l t dem-ons t r a t i ons o f t he pas t t wo o r t h ree year s have beenrepubl i shed or brought to l ight again to f i l l the col -umns o f paper s anx i ous t o keep ab reas t o f t he t i mes .

One such i nc i den t wh i ch has been r ecen t l y pub l i shedi n many Wes t ern paper s , i n some magazi nes and eveni n one o f t he r ecen t books on psych i c phenomena , i sthat which was repor ted in the off icial records of aCal i fo rn ia un i ver s it y . There i s a De par t men t o f Psychical Research at the universi ty and some of i t soff icial s were present at a test made in San Franciscot o de t e rmi ne whet her a t hough t cou l d be p ro j ec t edupo n a sealed photo grap hic p late. The success of t he exper i men t caused cons i derab l e newspaper com-ment at the t ime and led to the publ i shing of the pho-t og raph i n many newspaper s and magazi nes and even t -ua l ly in t he book by Hereward Car r i ng ton . The r e - pub li sh in g of th e in cid en t a t th is la te da te in cl in es oneto bel ieve that the success of the exper iment has not

bee n equall ed in cle arn ess of p ic tu re , fa ir ness of de m -onst rat ion, exactness of test condi t ion, number of wi t -nesses, preclusion of f raud and manifestat ion of

t hough t power. The pho t og raph re fer r ed t o shows aChrist ian Cross in whi te against a background of b la ck ; th e C ro ss bein g a l i t t le uneven, irregular and

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sof t at i t s edges, but very def in i te in i t s cent re andunmi s t akab l y i mpressed upon t he p l a t e by some meanso t h e r t h a n th e c om m o n p h o t o g r a p h i c m e t h o d. T h enewl y r epub l i shed r ep r i n t s o f t he who l e demons t r a t i onm e n t i o n a 11 t h e n ames o f t he sc i en ti s ts a nd phys i c i ans

p re se n t, gi ve de ta il s of th e p re p a ra t io n , te st s, ca re to p re v e n t f ra u d a n d o th e rw is e exp la in th e w ho le m a tt e r t o g rea t l eng t h . On l y one f ac t was exc l uded f rom al l

b u t o ne n e w s p a p e r r ep o r t , an d th a t w as th a t th is u n -usua l demons t r a t i on , wor t hy o f con t i nued pub l i c i t y

and announcemen t fo r severa l year s , was per fo rmed by th e th o u g h t p h o to g r a p h in g abil it y of o u r Im p e ra to r in San Francisco.

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To t h o se who w ondered why any occu l t o r evenmanmade l aw o f t he Egyp t i ans shou l d b r i ng d i sas t e r to the in terests or l i fe of one who sought to excavatet he anc i en t t ombs i n t he name o f sc i ence and knowl -edge, let us quote just one par t of a let ter by Mr.Char les Breasted, Egyptologist , son of Professor Breas t ed , head o f t he Depar t men t o f Archae l ogy a tt he Un i ver s i t y o f Ch i cago , and an au t ho r o f t he l i f eand t imes o f Am enho t ep IV. He says: “Under thel aw t he one conduct i ng t he excavat i ons wou l d r ece i vehal f of the discover ies resul t ing f rom such excava-t ions . W hen one t h i nks o f what was found i n t het ombs o f a mat er i a l na t u re one may wel l r eason as t owhet her t he exped i t i on was a sc i en t i f i c one o r a com-mercial one.

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Th e cha racter i s t ics of one’s hand wri t ing very of ten b e a r a re la t io nsh ip to th e c ha ra c te r is ti c s of o ne ’s n a -t u re . Th i s has been c l a i med fo r cen tu r i es and t he

books ta ll s a re rep le te w it h che ap an d expensi ve bookson the del ineat ion of character f rom handwri t ing. Buti t has remained for a man who has devoted his wholel ife to i ts s tudy in fact mad e the pr inciples in to areal science to pre pa re a book that at once l if ts thestudy out of the category of impract ical past imes to aser ious and helpful ar t . I refer to none othe r thanWil l iam Lesl ie French, one t ime Professor in a univer-s i t y and a man o f academi c t r a i n i ng and b road edu-ca t i on . 1 have seen Dr . F rench a t work i n h is s t udy

dictat ing three pages of close typewri t ten del ineat ionof a charac t e r f rom a spec i men o f handwr i t i ng con-tain ing only te n o r twelve w ords, a nd do this* t imeand aga i n wi t h accu racy and as t ound i ng percep t i onof detai l. This was nineteen or twenty years agowhen Dr . F rench cou l d be r eached i n h is t i t t l e sanc-tum on Broadway, New York, only after* 'passingt h rough t he a t t r ac t i ve r ecep t i on room wi t h t he p l ay -i ng foun t a i n and beau t ifu l pa l ms . S i nce t hen he h t r^ .t ravel led extensively , gathered together thousands of spec i mens o f unusual handwr i t i ng , and demons t r a t edh i s a r t t o hun dreds o f p romi nen t per sons who have co -operated wi th him in the preparat ion of th is one great

book, “ T he Psyc ho lo gy of H a ndw rit in g ,” publi shed byG. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York Ci ty .

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I t appears ( rpm some recent examinat ions of the,

writ ings of Newtoxi and others of his t ime that in cer-tain passages not publ i shed because of lack of detai l ,that the Einstein theory was known to those other menand the fundamentals of the Einstein theory were wel lknow n long before Einstein was born. The claim isnow made t ha t E i ns t e i n app ropr i a t ed t he work o f these other men and i s , therefore, a humbug. I can-not agree with th is content ion. The fact that scien-t i s t s have consis tent ly ignored the fundamentals andthat Einstein saw in them great t ru ths and pr inciplesand evolved them into a system that throws consider-able l ight upon mu ndane and cosmic ph enomena, i s

* sufficient to wa rra nt al l m en in ackn owled ging a debtof grati tude and giving Einstein credit for his fore'si gbt, rese arche s, la bor a nd va luable c ontribution toscience.

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Just where the popularity of radio will lead and

what its place in our lives will be when it has ceasedbeing toyed with by commercial profiteers, is hard tosay. But it is a feature of our modern times that has



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come to stay and is surely destined to have an im-portant part in our educational and recreational in-terest̂ . The broadca sting of music and voice is butone part of its eventual progra m. Pictures, movingand still, color effects, light, heat, power, energy of various natures, are other conditions to be broadcastvia radio before many years and we are not speculat-ing when we say that healthgiving and germdestroy-ing vibrations will be radiated to places and persons

from central institutions in the future as part of a Na-tion’s care of its sick and disabled. All of the fore -going are constructive results; minds are at workevolving destructive uses for the principles of radioin times of war. Let us hold in ou r cons ciousn essthis one thought: that this wonderful means of radiat-ing wav|s, while having the potentional possibilitiesfor destructive use, have an even greater potentionalpower to prevent the desire or need or toleration for such destructive applicatio n. It can be used moreand more liberally for the dissemination of knowledge,and through knowledge all that is destructive may beprevented. You cannot legislate or fight an unde sir-able thing out of existence— not even war— but youcan educate it out of the consciousness of the people.

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I heard this from the lips of one of the most emi-

nent scientists in America, speaking in behalf of oneof th e world’ s larges t re search institutions:” In engaging eminent, or profound and unknown,

scientists to work in the various departments of our institution there is one personal qualification that ispreeminently the determining element as to the man’sfitness for the work we are conducting. He musthave a firm and steadfast conviction regarding theexistence and omnipotence of God. He must havesuch faith in the Divine that he attends church, readsthe Bible or at periods contemplates the greatness,goodness and wisdom of God as manifest in all nature.In other words, he must have more than a mere belief in God; he must be devotional. Unless a man is of that mind he cannot discern or discover, contemplateor realize, the great fundamental laws of nature. Aman who is not devoted to the highest concept of mancannot be devoted to lesser concepts. A man who is

prejudiced, biased or blinded in his concepts cannotfind a place in our institution. I a h a p p y to saythât the men who have made the greatest stride^ inscientific research never lose sight ofthe Divinity of . if x >

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NOTES FQR^fEMBERS'A

Be sure to cut out 'ihe Dictionary of Rosaecruc ianTerm s published in this issue and past e it in your Lod ge notebook for future reference. If you do notwant to mutilate this copy buy an extra copy. Evenso, it is an economical way to secure and preservesuch a helpful assistant as the Dictionary will proveto be.

It is genera lly concede d by memb ers who reachthe higher degrees that the lectures of the first threedegrees are the most important in their bearing upon

advancem ent to higher work. This is seldom realizedby these passing through the lower degrees for thefirst time; it is always realized by those who find pleas-ure in reviewing the work of these degrees.

Those who are just entering or have completed theFifth Degree work (now to be called the Fifth Grade)and have found interest and a new field of thought inthe study of the philosophies, will be glad to knowthat because of the demand from our organization for more and more cooies of the book during the pasttwo years, the Cambridge University Press hasbrought out another issue of ” A Sketch of AncientPhilosoph y” by Joseph B. Mayor, M. A. Those of our mem bers who cannot secure copies of this bookthrough large publishing houses or booksellers in anycity, mav order them through the AMORC Headquar-ters at the regular price of $1.75 per copy (plus six cents post age ) or through any bookstore. It is abook worthy of a place in every mystic’s library.

Have you ever stopped to realize that in our courseof study from the entrance into the First Grade to theend of the Eighth Grade (where one begins the pre-liminaries for entrance into the Illuminati or Univer-sity of our Order) there are exactly 126 weeks of study, not including the weeks of examinations, cere-monies, special convocations, special supplementarylectures, review weeks, etc. This means that to passprop erly from the Fir st .to the Ninth Grade withoutsummertime vacations and without numerous holi-days, requires practically three whole years of study.There is no other system or school of preparation for entrance into the High Order so complete and thor-ough as this, and it is equal to any Academic coursepreparatory for entrance to University privileges.

Many members have voluntarily delayed their en-tranc e into the Ninth Gr ade by d esiring to review thelower grades and being better prepared.

Members who have written to Headquarters so oftenasking advice about taking up some course of siuayin Astrology as an aid to their work and to becomefamiliar with the workings of one of the oldest of alloccult studies, are again advised in this general wayso that others may read of it also, that a specialCo urse for Home Study of A strology w as prepared bythe official astrologe r at Headq uarters. Those inter-ested may learn about this course by addressing a let-

ter to brother Howard Breeding, 1255 Market Street,San Francisco, Calif., U. S. A. The course is dividedinto easy lessons, completely illustrated, and in per-sonal manuscript form.

Let us remind our new members again that the socalled principles of Spiritualism are not included inany of the teachings of AMORC; nor are any of itspractises encouraged or permitted.

The very many Theosophists in our various Lodgesseem to be the most enthusiastic in their praise of our teachings and our work. We are glad of this for one_reason other than the obvious one; it indicates tMKS*these members have found something which they haflF^not found before. Their analysis of the “ something”makes it appear to be practical instruction and theopportunity to serve humanity.

Will our members please keep in mind that we tryto maintain a complete membership list at Headquar-ters. If any one in any city has moved or changedPost Office address during the past year, please sendthe change of address to the secretary and Archivistat Headq uarte rs at once, now, while you think of it.Very often the special messages we send out or per-sonal letters we wish to answer are delayed, lost or returned because of wrong address.

We are happy to announce that the new Member-ship Certificates are about ready and will be sent toall Lodges early in the Fall and to all Groups or mem-bers away from Lodges before the end of the year.The attempt to have these Certificates printed inLatin, which was made last year, proved to be an ex-pensive and sad failure and we soon found that mem-bers preferr ed to have them in English. And so theplates have been rearranged, the design altered andthe new Certificates on Parchmnt paper will meet thepopular demand.

All members who are in or above the Fourth Gradeand who are in good standing are entitled to one of th ese Certificates. Here after they will be given tothose Initiated into the Fourth Grade on the occasionof the Initiation ceremony as heretofore.

The Certificates have a beautiful symbolical designprinted on the whole of the reverse side as well assome symbols on the front with the wording and mem-ber 's name. It has been suggested that those whowish to frame them should use glass in the front andback of the frame so that both sides of the certificatecan be shown. The size of the Parchment paper iseight and threeeighth inches by eleven inches. TheCertificate will contain the date of the member’s In-itiation into the First and into the Fourth Grades aswell as his or her name, Latin name, name of Master or Grand Master and name of Lodge and date of issuance of Certificate.



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