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Thought of the Month: Things Left Unexplained

Esotericism in Egypt..... .........Is Christianity Practical? Part III

Are Seances and Automatic Writing Dependable?

Cathedral Contacts: Application of Idealism

Temple Echoes

Sanctum Musings: Happiness ....

The Human Soul

Hitchhiking by Thought Do Thou Likewise

"W ith Earth' s First C la y . . . " . .. . ...............................

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t o f t e n takes a courage-ous spirit to combat su

persti tious tend en c ies .Especially is this so whenman feels himself at themercy of theunknown.

Every experience fallsinto one of three differ-ent general categories.

First, there are those experiences whichwe consciously, through our own voli-tion, have brought about. We may callthese “consc ious ly motivated experi-ences.” Those things which you experience as a resu lt of your own in -tentions are of this kind.

Second, there are those experiencesthe causes of which are quite withoutconnection from any activity on our part. We observe the sunset, yet weare not the cause of its splendor. Wehear the noon factory whistle, yet wedid not cause its shrill blast. Withinthis group of experiences are also thosethings the causes of which we are ableto pr es um e , or to reasonably deduce,although they may not always be dis-cernible. For analogy, I may hear asharp report on the street. It is quite plausible th at I would think that it iseither the result of a gunshot, or the backfire of an automobile. We may,therefore, call this second group, pr e-

su mptive experiences.The third group of experiences are

T h e those of which the causes remain R nti rru ria n shrouded in myste ry; they consist of

that kind of happening or phenomenonDigest where there doesn’t appear to be evenAugust a remote suggestion of a connection be1946 tween the results experienced and any

cause. I hese may be righ tly named,deficient experiences.

Deficient experiences have contrib-uted both to religion and to supersti-tion. It was quite natura l that whencauses of a happening were not dis-cernible, or could not reasonably be presumed as being of natura l origin,that man would attribute them to aninvisible transcendental power. Whenthe occurrences were benevolent andinspiring, it seemed quite appropriateto attribute their cause to a deity. Mancould, by assigning these intangibles toGod, go his way in blissful mortal ig-norance. When, however, the experi-

ences had w'ere destructive, threateningman’s very existence, and seemed con-trary to what one would expect from acompassionate deity, then they pre-cipitated great fear. Such experienceswere tru ly deficient. If a god wouldnot instigate these unperceived causes,w ho did? Were they Satanic? Did theyoriginate with evil unseen entities? Aslong as something affecting man re-mains unknown, it precipitates withinhim a tremendous sense of helplessness.We can not combat something of whichwe do not have the slightest conceptionas to its nature . It is like futilelvstriking in the dark at something whichwe believe is there and yet remains un-seen. Consequently, man’s imaginationin such circumstances, under the in-fluence of his distraught mind, devisesimaginary causes. Superstitions are re-sorted to in order to complete the de-ficient experiences.

Among ignorant people, the illiterateand those with a paucity of intellect,

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deficient experiences will be numerous.Intelligence and education relegate experiences into either one or the otherof the two groups of experiences. How-ever, even in our modern times thereare numerous deficient experiences—those in which causes seem to be lack-ing. They constitute “tilings left un -explained!”

Whenever the attempt to find nat-ural or rational causes fails, a disturb-

ing uneasiness gradually takes posses-sion of the mind. Even the most intelli-gent person is plagued by the thought:“There must be a cause, but what canit be?” Such a phenomenon encour-ages the intelligent furtherance of psychical research. I do not wish toimply that when objective naturalcauses of phenomena can neither bediscovered or reasonably deduced, thatwe should presume them to be of asupe rnatura l origin. I use the term

psychica l research to mean investiga-tion of those causes that are subliminal.These are causes which, though natural,may not be perceived in a strictly objective manner. A phobia, for analogy,is quite definitely the result of certain psychophysical disturbances. Yet, a psychiatrist would no t explore its causewith a microscope or a stethoscope. The psychic processes of the mind must beapproached quite differently from thatof toothache or severe cramps. Therecan be causes in nature which, thoughnatural, are nevertheless outside of thescope of our present day classificationof Cosmic forces. To ignore them be-cause they are unconventional is an ad-mission of the inability to cope withthe unknown, or it amounts to a sup- pression of knowledge. W hat are someof these present day deficient experi-ences—these things left unexplained?Perhaps each of you could recite severalfrom your own personal knowledge asinexplicable occurrences in your owncommunity. The following, however,are typical examples.

An Unsolved Problem

There is the case of Mrs. Edith Fel-lows, who lived a short time ago in asimple cottage in Oakland, California.Suddenly, throughout the day and nighther modest home was bombarded withrocks of assorted sizes. They wouldthump and ping against the clapboards

of the walls and rebound from the eavesand window sills. W here did the rockscome from? No one knew the answerto that question. Some of the stoneswere round and smooth, as though theycame from the bed of a stream—butthere was no stream in the vicinity ofthis residential district — other stoneswere as large as a man’s fist and unshapened. The Fellows family lived ina flat, rockless district; there were novacant lots adjacent from which thestones could be collected by mischie-vous boys, nor was there any quarrynearby. Some of the stones were freefrom any extraneous matter, as cleanas if they had been washed for con-struction purposes. Then, too, therewas no construction under way in thearea of the Fellows home. Mrs. Fellowswould look with consternation upon theever increasing littering of the yard ofher home, which previously had beenfree of any detritus substance.

It would be expected that the strangeoccurrence would reach the ears of the press. Bay Cities newspapermen visitedthe site of the mysterious phenomenonwith their tongues in their cheeks. Theyexpected to find that a hoax had been pe rpetrated on the Fellows. The presscame, it saw, but it did not conquer—it had no explanation to offer its read-ers. The story had sufficient news valueto appear on the front page of the newssection of the San FranciscoChronicle. People were talking and speculating.R o c k s continued to smash against thewalls of the Fellows home, both dayand night. The experience was becom-ing nerve racking for the occupants ofthe home. No other home in the areawas being struck. Stones hurtled againstthe house with tremendous impact,causing a resounding thud. Mrs. Fel-lows’ five year old grandchild, DonnaLee, was hit by some of the smallstones, causing minor injuries. Thenthe police believed the phenomenonhad entered their jurisdiction. Theykept up a constant vigil at the home.The house was partly under the sur-veillance of Sergeant Austin Page andCaptain Fred Barbeau. It was reportedthat on one occasion while SergeantPage was standing in the yard of theFellows home, a rock as big as his fistthudded against the eaves, startlinghim There had been no warning;



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there had been no whining through theair, nor did the stones seem to fall fromthe sky. If it were strictly an astro-nomical phenomenon, such as a bar-rage of meteorites, certainly the Fel-lows home would not have been theonly recipientof the battery.

When the stones would pelt againstthe walls of the neat cottage, the policewould scurry into the foliage landscap-ing the home, seeking interlopers, buttheir search was of no avail. Finally,the Juvenile police detail was assigned

to the case. It was thought that theirfamiliarity with boys’ pranks wouldhasten the solution. They soon admittedfailure. Local boys, realizing that theywere apt to be suspected, made a wide berth around the Fellows home. Tothis day the phenomenon has been leftunexplained. Scientists disdained com-ment, possibly believing that a discreetsilence was preferableto admitting thatthey were baffled. The press reportedthat the same mysterious phenomenonhappened in Chico, California, twentyyears ago. It stopped as suddenly asit had begun. The experience of theFellows family is an example of a verydeficient experience. Should it have re-mained so? Should it have been allowedto become an excellent incentive forsuperstitious tales?

An Equally Strange Tale

Just recently I had an interview withtwo gentlemen who told a tale equallyas strange as the one related above.Each corroborated the other’s state-ments. As yet, unlike the Fellowscase, it has not had the confirmation of baffled press and perplexed police re - ports. One of the visitors was a manin his late thirties. From his appearancehe was accustomed to a rugged, outdoorlife. His face was deeply tanned; hewalked with a limp, and his clothes andhair had the informality of appear-ance customary to those who live bythemselves, or away from the petty con-ventions of society. I studied his faceas he spoke. He was convincing andobviously sincere. He gave no evidenceof being neurotic or having a fantasticdevotion to any superstitious legends.His yo ung friend, in his twenties, was

apparently deeply impressed by the experience th at he had had. Yet, he wasnot under the influence of suggestion,

in my opinion. I was obviously skepti-cal at first. I presumed that my speaker,as many others had done, was eventual-ly going to ask for a financial contribu-tion to launch an investigation of thetale he had been recounting, or possiblyto publish it. H e did neither. lie wasone who was obviously desirous of un- burdening himself of anunwanted ex

erience. As he spoke, I fel t that heoped that I would understand, that I

would at least concur with him in thatsuch thaumaturgical happenings dooccur. He studied m y face as I spokeand he had the questioning look of:“You do believe me, don’t you?”

Some years ago, the elder of the twomen had obtained homestead rights inMendocino County, California. Thiscounty is in the north portion of theState; it is noted for its majestic scen-ery and rugged terrain. The beautifulRussian river winds its way in the cen-tral part of the county for nearly theentire length. Along this river and ap- proximately one hundred miles northof San Francisco is the little town ofHopland. Its population is less thanone thousand. Hopland gained its namefrom the thousands of acres surround-ing it and which are devoted to theraising of hops. The m ain coastal high-way runs through Hopland. Near thetown, a rural road makes a loop from the main highway into the back coun-try west of Hopland and returns to itagain some miles further on. It is inthis wild terrain, circumscribed bythis rural road, that my visitor had ob-tained his homestead site. The country-side is mountainous, although not at-taining any high altitude. The hillsare rocky with a thin veneer of soil.The gullies into which the soil has beenwashed by the heavy winterrains are

clothed with a tangle of scrub oaks andmiscellaneous vegetation. In the win-ter the region is cold and bleak; insummer, it is scorched and parched.

A few ranches are scatteredin thevicinity. According to my visitor, theranchers have a continual struggle withthe elements. Puzz ling to him at firstwas the fact that several of the ranchhomes, though in a good state of pre-

servation, were not occupied, as thoughthey had been deserted. The ownersmade short annual visits, he later



learned, to inspect their properties andthen make hurried departures. He

questioned residents. They smiledknowingly and walked away noncom-mittal, or refused entirely to acknowl-edge his pointed questions. My visitorrelated that near his property was aman who raised goats. He had a small but comfortable home on his ranch , but refused to sleep in it at nights. He parked a small truck alongside the roadand slept in tha t—and then , only in thedaytime!

The neighbors’ reticence to discussthese strange habits was finally ac-cepted without further thought by myvisitor until the beginning of more in-timate experiences with the district. Heis a camera enthusiast. As an amateur photographer he develops his own films.Three times he took a photograph of acertain hill adjacent to his simple resi-dence, but each time the film remained blank when developed. The negativewras carefully examined, as was thecamera, for any technical faults, andnone were found. For the fourth at-tempt, he carefully studied the lightand followed assiduously all the rulesof exposure. He took wha t he hopedwould be a satisfactory photograph. Inhis home darkroom he mixed freshchemicals for his developer and evenreferred again to his text notes to besure that he did not inadvertently failin some aspect of the necessary pro-cedure. In spite of his precautions, allthat became apparent on the finished print was what seemed a whirling ,white mass, that looked like a nebularformation. Photographs taken the sameday at the same hour, in fact, but onehundred yards distant from the area,were pe rfec t in every technical respect!Other strange phenomena began tohappen within a mile of his simpleabode. Although his car had recen tly been inspected at the garage, it wouldsuddenly stop run ning ; he would beunable to start the engine for severalminutes. On several occasions on a bright su nny day, with the morningsun falling across his right shoulderfrom a northeasterly direction, hewould notice a grotesque shadow travel-ing in the path of the sun on the road behind him! Natu ra lly, with the sunin that position, there should have beenno shadow cast on the road behind him!

Here, again, was a phenomenon which just should not hap pen from a logical

point of view.My visitor was a powerfully builtman. He spoke coolly and expressedhimself well. Yet, as he spoke, I couldsense that he had experienced in thatcountry a cold, paralyzing terror w hichshook his faith in himself. He said:

“I am not afraid of wildcats or rat-tlers, but this something which affectsme, which reaches out and which I can

neither grapple with nor comprehend,causes me to feel weak and helpless.I am n ot a religious man,” he continued,as though to convince me that he wasnot laboring under any misconceivedideas, “neither am I given to what areordinarily considered as superstitioustendencies. If anyth ing ,” he wen t onapologetically, “I am materialistic. Mymotto is: There is a reason for every-

thing; you just have to search in theright place to find it. Believe me,” hesaid imploringly, “I have done just that, bu t I have found no reason for what Ihave experienced. Again and again Imade tests of these occurrences, measur-ing, checking the time of the day andall without avail. Instead of beingsolved, the mysterious phenomena in-creased in proportion to my inquisitive-ness,” he said with an air of futility.“Look at this!”

Fie handed me a photograph from asheaf of photographs which he had inhis lap, having just removed them froma brief case, and continued:

“It is one of several which I took.How close would you say that the hillis?” He pointed to a hill in the upper portion of the photograph. I surmisedthat it was three or four miles distant.“Th at is correct,” he went on, brea thingheavily. “Now look at this one.”

He stood looking over my shoulderas I studied the photograph. “How faris it to the road in this photograph, inyour opinion?” he asked.

“About a hundred yards,” I ventured.“That’s it!” he exclaimed excitedly.

“Both pictures are taken from identicaldistances. The first one was taken fromthe highway looking toward the hill,and the second was taken from the hilltoward the same highway where I had previously stood.”

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Esot eri ci sm i n Egy pt By Dr. S. A r a b o t h


The Egyptian Concept of Man’s Quadruple NatureThis ar t ic le is a t ranslat ion f rom the Europea n per iodical en ti tled R evelat ions . The

perio dic al w as pu b li sh ed alm o st im m ed ia te ly a ft e r th e cl os e of w ar an d is on e of th e oute rchannels for the express ion of eso ter ic ph ilosophy by the mystics and occult is ts o f Europe.I t is their f i r st public voice s ince the w ar terminated . The fo l lowing is reproduced for thefirst time in America, and a series of other interesting discourses, like this one, will followin the fu ture issues of the Rosicrucian Digest . —The Editor

g y p t , that land of mys-tery, has left the testi-mony of its thought andof its piety along both banks of the Nile, theGod River, in the form of

gigantic st o n e frescoess p r i n k l e d w i t h h i e r o -glyphs, and also in those

papyn writings which accompanied themummy into its tomb.

Nothing antedates those writings, andthey are not only the basis of our cul-ture but the basis of all civilization.

The really great men of antiquitywere those who had been initiated intothe Mysteries of Isis and of Osiris.Among the Ancients that have confessedtheir Initiation into the Mysteries,or who have alluded to them, we willmention: the orator, Aristides; Menipeof Babylon; thedramaturge, Sophocles; the poet, Aeschylus; the legislator, So-lon; Cicero; Heraclitus of Ephesus;Thales of Miletus; Herodotus; and especially Apuleius, Jamblic, Plutarch,Plato, and the divine Pythagoras.

Let us not forget that the foundersof Judaism and of Christianity passedtheir early years on the banks of the Nile.

Moses, who was only half Hebrew,since one of his parents was Egyptian,was, as mentioned in the Scriptures,“instructed in the wisdom of the Egyp-tians.” In those days his nam e was not

Moses , but Osarsiph, and he receivedhis instruction in the famous school ofthe Temple of the City of On, named by the Greeks, Heliopolis.

The Christ, the Evangel tells us, also passed his childhood and probably hisearly life, in that land sanctified by somany shrines, and where, by virtue ofrites, the Divine came down to earthevery day. The Secret of the Mysteries,

and of esoteric ceremonies, was jealously preserved by the in itia to ry colleges;everyone could knock at the doors ofthe Temples, bu t few were admitted in-to the Great Mysteries.

For, as Pythagoras said later, “It isnot out of all timber that one can makea Hermes,” and we know that “onemust notcast pearls before swine.”

One tha t reached the supreme degreesof Initiation “from man becomes God.”

But the common people, with theircoarse thought, were content with theOsiris legend, that the clergy of theTemples mimicked at certain dates, inthe course of symbolic dramatic rep-resentations. According to popular be-lief, Osiris was a personage that suf-fered martyrdom and death, and resur-rected himself from the tomb. Thatresurrection was to them the very imageof survivance, Osiris’ becoming im-mortal. From the God of the living, he became the God of the dead. He gaveevery one the hope of becoming im-mortal after death.

There was, therefore, established thegeneral belief in the immortality of theSoul, and of a life in the Beyond. Thesouls of the dead were judged by acourt of gods, who struck a balance be-tween the ir good and bad actions. Thewicked were punished; the good en-tered the Kingdom of the Blessed andwere united with Osiris.



The ceremonies of the lesser Mys-teries, revealed to the masses, were ad-mirably adapted to them. However, theEgyptians who were educated and spir-itually cultivated, the nobility and thegreat, realized that along with the pub-lic ceremonies there existed special rites,The Mysteries, which included a more

philosophic doctrine and mystical prac-tices.

This special knowledge was acquiredthrough initiation and the elect thenunderstood that “death is not an evil,

but a blessing for mortals,” th at he whodies is “born twice,” or that he has “re-newed his life.”

Death, therefore, was not, to theEgyptian, a redoubtable thing, but asimple change in condition. Ana, where-as the humble mortal, the plebeian, diedignorant of his futu re, the Initiate knewthe Invisible World, which he had con-tacted during his life, and to whichdeath liberated him—prepared and wellarmed. The Egyptian Initiates had ac-quired a perfect comprehension of thenature of the human Soul. They per-ceived the existence of the InvisibleWorld, the World of Spirit.

The spiritual world was symbolized by the peculiar man m ade bird th atwas shown flying from the mummy orresting on it. The symbolic bird witha human head and arms, held in onehand an inflated sail — image of the breath; in the other hand, he held acrux ansata, the image of life.

Egyptian esotericism described a com- plex human being. Alongside the vis-ible body, there are invisible elementswhose part is primordial; it taught theEgyptian Initiates, and to them alone,the quadruple constitution of man, anddistinguished:(1) The physical body, (2) The Ka,or Kha, (3) The Ba, (4) The Khou.Let us see what these four bodies ofman represented.

Man is at the highest stage of de-velopment of living matter, for he pos-sesses the properties and qualities of allthe other kingdoms of Nature . He ismineral in his skeleton and his salts;vegetable in his circulation; animal inhis mobility and his knowledge of thesurrounding world; but he is specifical-ly human by his judgment and reason.

The first body of man is the physical body. It is the coarser one, the morecommon. The physical body is, after all,only an assemblage of muscles, bones,and organs which, though specialized,can be reduced to a few fundamentalmaterials. The physical body, besides,is the only one of the four that is di-rectly accessible to our senses. It be-longs to thevisible world. The threeother bodies that are not accessible toour senses belong to the invisible world.

The physical body, therefore, is used

as a habitat, a home for the three other bodies of man. W ithout them it is anempty shell, devoid of life. All thatmakes man—his effectiveness, his judg-ment, his reason—comes from the in-visible bodies, which are not material.The physical body does not act, it isacted upon; it is a ship whose pilots arethe invisible bodies. The physical bodyis a transitory support, of which theother bodies are liberated at death.

The second body is Ka. According toMaspero, the renowned Egyptologist,the Ka is a “second sample of the hu-man body,” made of a material lessdense than that of thb material body.It is a colored aeriform projection of theindividual, an exact counterpart.

As a hieroglyph, Ka is represented asfollows: two human arms stretched up-ward, palms open, and joined together by the stump of the shoulders. Thisgraphic representation seems to be, nota phonetic sign, but rather a pictograph.It signifies that all is from above; all power, all life comes from above. Itis also a gesture of prayer and of offer-ing. On the other hand, Griffith says:“The Ka can, from a certain point ofview, be looked upon as muscular move-

ment, force, power, in opposition to Ba, the will or the soul that governs themovement.” As the upper members,more generally, carry out the orders ofthe will, they may have chosen the hu-man arms graphically to represent mus-cular force, energy, and activity, inman.

The Ka is the “etheric body” of theoccultist. It is the natu ral complementof the physical body, the inanimatemineral dust, the corpse that rapidlydisintegrates and decomposes.

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bolic constructive forces, or the ca ta- bolic destructive forces of the vital cel-lular metabolism. The etheric bodydetermines the nervous and cellulartonus.

Ka is also the “vegetative animator” presen t in all organized vital elementsand even in inorganic materials, forinstance, in those metals which can beconsidered as gifted with the power oflife and death. It is the only body presen t in the less evolved forms, lower plan ts and animals. The other two bodies, as tral and men tal, are the ap -

panage of higher evolved organisms.

The etheric body moulds the physical body. It is visible to those who are “sen-sitives,” as a greyish cloud surround-ing the body. Not only does it movethe physical body and give it its activi-ties, but it is not a vain image. It livesand is manifested. It even has the sameneeds as the physical body; for, like it,it is of a terrestria l nature . It is “ti-tan ic” as the Orphics used to say. Afterdeath it slightly outlasts the physical

body th at furnishes it an indispensablesupport. The disintegration of the

Shysical body brings about shortly the

issolution of the etheric body, or the Ka.

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The perspective, the conception ofdistance, was extremely at variance inthe two photographs.

As if I might think him too credu-lous, his young friend spoke up saying:

“I took photographs of the same vi-cinity. I assure you that my resultswere the same. It is most eerie!” Iimagined an almost imperceptible shud-der as he spoke.

“To the naked eye,” the older manassured me, “the differences in per-spective are not apparent.”

Then I was shown a series of photo-graphs which purported to disclose ahovering shadow near the car on anotherwise sunlit highway . The re werealso photographs with grotesque white patches in the foliage which he said as-sumed human forms.

So far I had not indicated by myspeech or demeanor whether I was impressed with or skeptical of the ac-counts. I had thought tha t this inte r-view would make an interesting psy-chological study so I had let my visitordo most of the talking. I now said,rather coldly:

“I do considerable photographic workmyself. In fact, here at RosicrucianPark we have both a sound motion pic-ture studio, for our own work, and amodemly equipped darkroom.” I wenton, “You can accomplish almost any-

thing by photographic superirnposure anddouble exposure, and also by meansof chemical stains on the prints. Theseeffects could be accomplished,” I boldlyasserted, pointing to his sheaf of photo-graphs, “in any darkroom with but justa little imagination.”

He stiffened and said: “I am notasking for financial assistance; I wantnothing from you but advice.”

I had spoken as I did in order to gethis reaction. I suggested tha t he con-tinue. The photographs were fasci-nating andif genuine, were most sen-sational. The story of the two men ranthe gamut of strange phenomena. Therewere voices that would speak apparent-ly out of the atmosphere. The y relatedthat the voices, for the most part, werein a foreign tongue. The two menwould rush into the brush to hunt for people who might be pe rpetra ting ahoax—however, none were to be found.Once, the voice spoke in English. Theutterance was an admonishment toleave the vicinity.

The young man now spoke up, as ifto voice an afterthought:

“We said that the voices came fromthe brush, but actually we seemed tohear them in the atmosphere above us.Just to assure ourselves that there wereno ventriloquists in the shrubbery, wewould enter it to make a search.”



The elder of the two men said thathe had finally won the confidence of anold goat herder to whom he told hisexperiences—as a personal outlet, aconfession of his own feelings. Thegrizzled, old herder pointed to a ranchhouse—empty, but in a good state of preservation—and said:

“Th at is wh y men do not live in theirhouses all the time.”

Before departing from the valley ofmysteries, the goat herder told him ofa stone wall back in the hills. It seemedto come out of the side of one range,run for a distance of about two hundredyards, and then terminate into the sideof another gully. The m asonry of thewall was said to be excellent, equal toanything done today, but there were noother structures or edifices about. Noone else, except this herder, apparentlyknew of the wall. Who would build awall in a gully? For what purpose?The herder further told of finding cavesfrom which a cold draft was emitted.On stepping inside he discovered in thefloor of each cave a circular shaft lead-ing straight downward. The herderdescribed these shafts as “bottomless pits.” Shaking his head, indica tive ofhis coping with something beyond his power of comprehension, th e old herd erhad told my visitor that he had rolledlarge boulders before the entrances tothe caves so that none might enter andfall into the pits. My visitor said hehad entreated the herder to lead him tothe wall and to the caves. This, the oldman steadfastly refused to do. Whenmy visitor spoke of asking others tocomply, the old man became terrorstricken as if he had divulged a secret

for which a penalty might suddenly beexacted.

The Question

I had previously avoided any discus-sion of psychic phenomena or any ofthe fantasies that are sometimes at-tributed to tha t subject. Now I askedthe elder of the two men:

“What do you presume is the basiccause of all this?”

“I don’t want to presume!” he re-torted. “I would like to know, but not by any furth er personal investiga tions.I have had enough. The experiencehaunts me. I do not wa nt my imagina-tion to provide the answers. It hasdriven others from this vicinity andnow me.”

“But,” I insisted, “you must havesome idea!”

“Buried city,” he blurted out. “Somekind of people once lived there. I be-lieve the low hills are mounds, the ac-cumulated debris of what was once acity.”

“But the phenomena,” I said. “Th atcertainly was not archaeological evi-dence of a lost city!”

Rising, having decided that the inter-view should now be closed, he said withsevere finality:

“Somebody or something did not

want settlers in that area.”As he gathered his materials and prepared to leave, he le ft th is challeng ingremark: “If you doubt what I have toldyou, drive up into that country andspend ten days there.” With that, theywere gone.

Maybe I shall some day. . . Thingsleft unexplained!

FIRST DEGREE INITIATIONS IN BALTIMORE AND CHICAGO

Any active member, regardless of Degree, is privileged to receive the First DegreeInitiation. This initiation is one of the most elaborate and impressive ritualistic cere-monies offered by the Order. Mem bers in the vicinities of Baltimore, Ma ryland, andChicago, Illinois, will have an opportunity to participate in these rituals in the nearfuture. Notice the instructions below as to when th e initiations are to be held in therespective cities.

Baltimore: Initiation to be held at Temple qu arters, 100 W est Saratoga Street, Sep-tember 15 at 7:30 p.m . Mem bers should direct their applications to Alice R. Burford,Secretary, John O’Donnell Chapter, 1219 Maiden Choice Road, Baltimore 29, Maryland.

Chicago: Initiatio n will be held on October 6, at 2:30 p.m . at the Ne fertiti Lodge,116 South Michiga n Avenue. Mem bers should register by directing their requests tothe Secretary, Nefertiti Lodge of AMORC, 116 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 3.



Is Chri st i ani t y Pract i cal ? B y R a l p h M .L e w i s , F. R. C.

P a r t II I

ow did these Command-ments originate? In thesacrosanct writings of thereligions which refer to

them, it is usually indi-cated that they werere-vealed to man, that man

became conscious of themthrough a spiritual illumi-

nation . Obviously, as we have said,they must be related to an objectiveexperience; otherwise, they could nothave been comprehended. The instinctof self preservation, as we all know,compels the interest of self. This in ter-est of self is in some individuals quitedirect and in others it is more indirect.For example, the less imagination thatan individual has, the less he is inclinedtoward the awakening and the develop-ment of what we term the finer senti-ments. The less developed these senti-ments are, the more direct is the pursu itof the self interest. Such direct interestsof the self are those which are related to

the body: the gratification of its appe-tites, the fulfillment of its somatic de-sires and pleasures.

Persons whose interests of self aredirect are usually referred to as beingselfish. However, with the developmentof the intellect and expanding of the

j ' f ie imagination, and the development of r» ; • the sentiments as well, the sphere of Ko stcru ct n ^ individual’s interests expands. Self,d i g e s t

in other words, becomes more all inAugust elusive. The objects of the indiv idual’s1946 attention become separate from his

body. At times, then , these self interestsconflict, but always one or the otherself interest prevails—the limited selfor the extended self—and so we are

always self interested. Consequently,human experience may dictate that anindividual be cautious with the use ofknives because it is directly to the wel-fare of the self that he avoid cuttinghimself and experiencing the hurt of a physical natu re. On the other hand,with many persons the self has so ex- panded th at stealing or thef t constitutesa wound, because it hurts their feelingswith respect to all of those personswhom they include in their sphere ofself, by their love of them, and theywa nt to avoid inju ring them just as theywould avoid hurting their own physical bodies. Consequently, a code of livinghas developed out of human experience,out of those interests of self which wehave. Every avatar, every Messiah,every religious leader has taken painsnot to refute this code of living which

has stood the test of time. Instead, theyhave sought to explain and expatiate it.The commandments that appeal to

the limited self, that are truly con-cerned with the welfare of our bodies,are easily experienced. They requirelittle intelligence and little developmentof self. The appeals to theextended

se lf that include things which are nottruly related to the body are not so

facile of experience and require moralawakening for their realization, andsince they cannot be easily perceived,



rewards must be promised for con-formity to the commandments, rewardsin the hereafter. There are many p er-sons today, and there always have been,who follow a moral code, not because itis an intimate experience and not be-cause it is contiguous with their sphereof self interest. It actually may be for-eign to their moral sense. They followit because it is a sacred edict, atradi-tion. Those with such a restrictedmoral sense often abandon Christianity because they cannot find it practical;they cannot find it related to their directself interest, to that which concerns thematerial world and their material self.They must be shown, not promises ofrewards in the hereafter, but the usefulapplication of the moral code to then physical existence. It must be donewith the hope that eventually theirsphere of self will become more ex-tended and will include the finer senti-

ments from which aspiration comes. Meaning of the Commandments

Let us consider the practicability ofsome of these commandments, insofaras our life here and now is concerned.The First Commandment is: “Thoushalt have no other gods.” This is anappeal to monotheism, to a single God.It is logical. The origin of things is bestunderstood if we look for a primary orcentral cause. If wre try and find manycauses for a manifestation, we onlyreason into ambiguity . Simplicity makesfor understanding, and so a single Godas a single cause is more logical, morehelpful to an understanding of thereality of things. It is a practical pointof view.

The Second Commandment: “Thoushalt have no graven images” is also practical. It is a false conception to tryand limit Divine powers within a formhaving a material substance, just so thatthe limited human mind can conceiveit. How can the unlimited, the infinite, be confined in the limited, the fin ite, asan image? It isn ’t logical, and thereforethis second commandment is a practicaland a rationa l one. It is quite true tha t

in Christianity God is considered theistic, a personalized being; but God hasmovement, is force, and therefore it isnot logical to confine such active attri- butes in an inan im ate object or image.

And so this second commandment,“Thou shalt have no graven images,” ifadhered to, certainly brings His infinitesubstance considerably closer to the all pervading natu re of God.

The Third Commandment: “Thoushalt not take the name of the Lord invain” is a very highly ethical principle.Men must learn to respect that whichtranscends themselves. Tha t which issuperior in accomplishment, power, and perfection should be placed upon a pedestal to be looked up to as an idealto be attained and realized. Th at whichis sacred , therefore, must not be defiled;if it is, then men will continue to wal-low in the slime of their perverse na-tures. They will have nothing to aspireto, nothing to reach for. They will havereduced all things to their own level.

In the Ninth Commandment, we aretold not to bear false witness; frankly,not to lie. This is a very necessary ruleof human conduct. Its practicability isapparen t to any observing person. Wemust not break faith with our fellowsand our associates. We, each of us, areobliged in society to put dependence inthose with whom we associate. Conse-quently, mutual truth is needed inhum an relations. If one dispenses withtruth, falsehood pits men against eachother. Each is suspicious of the otherand no reliance is put upon the state-ments of others; each is obliged, there-fore, to rely entirely upon his ownefforts and to be limited by his ownthinking, and thereby society’s progressis retarded. Even the most nonreligiousindividual, with a limited moral sense,from a logical point of view, can seethe cogency and appreciate the practi-cability of truth.

The Sixth Commandment: “Thoushalt not kill” is most flagrantly abused.In fact, even in the Old Testament, Godis found exhorting his children, or man-kind, to slay His and their enemies.Even though today the disregard of lifeis very prevalent, thinking men recog-nize in killing the most vicious and themost primitive element of man’s nature. No satisfactory substitute for war hasyet been provided. Notw ithstandingthis, every intelligent man and womantoday hopes that the Sixth Command-ment, “Thou shalt not kill,” will berealized. It is necessary for practical



living, for peace , for security, and forcontentment.

Perhaps the Tenth Commandment isthe most important of all of them;namely, “Thou shalt not covet thyneighbor’s house . . you shall notdesire this and desire that. Unbridleddesires are patently the instigators ofmany of the violations of the other ninecommandm ents. Men are swept away by their desires. The light of reason is blinded. Men kill, men lie, they steal,they renounce their gods, all for pas-sions which have not been circumscribedor properly disciplined or relegated totheir purpose. Only in the exercise ofwill over desire, of the mind’s domina-tion over the appetites of the body, thesupremacy of the higher consciousnessover the lesser one, is man distinguishedfrom the beasts of the field. W hen hedoes not so distinguish himself, he thenis inclined toward the violation of allof the other nine comm andments. All

too often men sacrifice the real goodnessand the real values of life because oftheir pursuit of some evanescent desirewhich can never be satisfied, or which,when it is, only repeats itself again andkeeps men from attaining the worthythings by which they advance.

The Need of Christianity

Men who have learned these things by observation, by analys is of their experiences in life, when they have hadspiritual illumination, have conceivedthat God ordained they should go forthand expound these commandments invarious ways to the ir fellows. As Dr.H. Spencer Lewis says in his book.The Secret Doctrines of Jesus , Jesus Christdid not create the moral code which heexpounded. It was not, no r could ithave been unique with him. If it had

been, as we have said, it could no t have been realized or understood by men, because it would have had no root inhuman experience. The moral codewhich Jesus expounded existed forcenturies and had been taught, preached,and exhorted by others before him.Christ, however, presented it in various

T h e ways more effectively because of his Ros ic ru cia n dramatization and parables. Thus this

code, through Jesus, became acceptableto almost every man, because it was presented in such a variety of waystha t it could be realized by the different

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consciousnesses with which men are possessed: the lowliest, the highest, theunlearned, and the learned. Jesus Christemphasized that observance of his moralcode brought forth spiritual consolationin the hereafter.

Unfortunately today, Christianitystresses too much the future advantagesfrom an observance of the moral code;that is, what one may expectafter death, or on the occasion of judgment, ifhe has conformed to the code here andnow. It fails, however, to point out the prac tical advantages of conforming tothe ancient mora l code today. It doesnot stress enough as inducements thoseresults which may beimmediately real-ized. By immediate, we mean as of thislife in contrast to another. We can seefrom the foregoing that Christianity’sdoctrines are practical in this life, butthe pragmatic value of them has beenomitted or underemphasized, sacrificedfor the stressing of advantages to be

conferred in the hereafter if moral con-duct is adhered to here.Practical Christian living is nothing

more than the development of thosenatural satisfactory human relationswhich men have discovered throughtheir associations and through con-formity with an enlarged moral self.The fact of the matter is that thisChristian living has its equivalent in

any highly developed moral order, nomatter by whom taught or wheretaught, especially if the moral order is pragmatic—th at is, if it meets the de-mands of life and the requirements ofan intelligent, progressive society.

T h e E n d

Th ey boast to receive messages from Us,Yet have not renounced a single habit.

Their steps are lagging in doubt

A n d thei r words are bi tte r with treason.

They bathe in a pool and mistake it for an ocean.

Beware of treason.

—Fromleav es of Mor y d s Garden.



A r e Seances and Aut omati c W ri t i ng

Dependable? By D r . H. S p e n c e r L e w i s , F. R. C.

(From R osicrucian Digest, December, 1931)h e idea that through pub-lic meetings and studyclasses, and through afew books and magazines,individuals can he easilytaugh t success fu l ly tocontac t the sp i r i tua lworld and receive reliable and intimate personal

information of a practical nature makesa strong appeal to those who are in aauandary and to those who love any-thing of a weird and mystical nature; but the methods used are associatedwith commercial features, and there islacking the high religious motive thathas really been the most sincere ele-ment in all previous Spiritualisticmovements.

A great m any of our members believethat the Rosicrucian organization con-demns widely, broadly, and into lerantlyall investigation of the possibility ofspiritual communication, and that itcondemns all investigators, all seekersfor truth in this connection, as eithermentally incompetent or wilfully fraud -ulent. This is not the true attitude ofour fraternity, and I would regret anyact or word on our part that wouldreally indicate such an attitude.

It is true that in the past, and theresent, and undoubtedly the same wille true of the future, we disapprove of

unscientific, haphazard investigationand experiments, dealing with unknown

laws and principles of the Cosmic or thespiritual world. We likewise disapproveof those practices, systems or methods,which are promulgated as simple andharmless ways of contacting the spirit-ual world, and which we know to be notonly misleading and futile in the re-sults obtained but often dangerous tothe psychic development and mentalstatus of the experimenter.

I do not mean to say that in attempt-ing to test the Spiritualistic claims,there is grave danger of coming in con-tact with some mighty force or powerthat may destroy the experimenter be-fore he has an opportunity to protecthimself. Whatever forces, powers, laws,and principles the experimenter maycontact in his experimenting are gener-ally good and constructive, and can dohim or her no harm. But, some of themethods advocated and some of the pr inciples used by a few modem move-ments are harmful, inasmuch as theyare unnatural and are a strain uponcertain faculties and functionings of the psychic self, and lead to indulgencesof a mental or psychic nature whichare dangerous.

In any method of proper attunement with the spiritual world, or withthe psychic personality of any being,there should be such a preponder-ance of peace, health giving vibra-tions, and supreme illumination, thatthe wise investigator will find himself

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being greatly benefited sp iritua lly,mentally, and physically, through mscontacts with the highe r realm. Thereis probably no more beautiful, no moresupremely beneficial practice in lifethan that of attunement with the spirit-ual world in meditation, prayer, con-templation, or even experimentation. Iknow from experience and from thetestimony of thousands of men andwomen that every moment spent in theattempt to attune properly and trulywith the spiritual world brings a richspiritual reward that is as necessaryto a life of glorious living as any bene-fit that is granted to humans here onearth.

I am not going to take time or spaceto argue whether many of the com-munications or so called messages re-ceived by eminent persons, or by ex- pe rimen ters, have ac tually come fromdeparted personalities living in thespiritual world or not. I think all suchdiscussion is beside the question. Ithink it is generally admitted that ifthere is a spiritual world in which thesoul or personality of the departed onescontinue to live that such personalitieswill attempt to impress their mind uponothers on the earth plane here, and thatthis impression will translate itself intowhat might be called messages orvisions, communications, or inspirations.I do not believe, from my own experi-ence of over thirty years’ investigationof such communications and such proc-esses for bringing communicationsabout, that the foolish, unimportant, un-reliable, and nonsensical “messages”that some persons claim to receive fromthe spiritual world ever emanated fromany spiritual kingdom, Cosmic realm,or highly spiritualized personality.

I know also that all who depart fromthis life at the time of transition do notdepart to such an extent that their per-sonalities are immediately transferredto a higher realm where every evilthought, every evil idea, and everyearthly passion and impulse are instan-taneously eliminated. In other words,I know that the mere transition orseparation of personality and body does

not result in an automatic purging ofthe mind and personality of the personto such an extent that they are imme-diately free of all of the erroneous ideasand tendencies, as well as evil beliefs

and habits, which they possessed whilestill in the body. We should realizethat in attempting to make contact withthe spiritual personalities of those whohave gone from active life here, we areopening the doorway widely and broadly to unrestra ined contact withany and all personalities that may beable to contact us.

Therefore, inattempting to contactthe spiritual realm of the Cosmic realm,we should keep in mind that we maynot be necessarily contacting those whoare pure of thought and truly spiritual-ized in the highest sense. Most cer-tainly, one would be foolish to thinkthat because Berkeley, California, is theseat of great learning . . . that by merelygoing to Berkeley and contacting any-one passing on the street, one wouldcome in contact with a highly evolved,highly educated, and extremely ethical personality . To believe that by makingsuch a casual contact with anyone inthe city of Berkeley would result in anoble inspiration, a beautiful idea, ora trustworthy communication would beto open our minds to many forms ofdeceit and bitter disappointment.

Since the spiritual world is peopled by those who have evolved to and at -tained the highest degree of spiritualdevelopment and understand ing, as well

as by those who are little better thanwhat they were here on the earth plane,it should be apparent to every sane andrational investigator that extreme caremust be taken in making spiritual con-tacts at any time, especially if one isgoing to place any dependence, relia- bi lity, or fa ith in the results of the con-tact, or if one is going to be influenced by the impressions th at resu lt fromsuch contacts.

The Rosicrucians also know that thehighest types existing in the spiritualworld are not waiting momentarily,hourly, and daily for contacts from any-one with any kind of motive and forany purpose. If contact with thesehighly evolved spiritual beings is pos-sible at all, it is possible only becauseof a high motive and because the person

seeking the contact is able to spiritual-ize himself or inwardly attune himselfto the same noble, beautiful, spiritualstandard possessed by the one beingsought.



We cannot conceive of a spiritualrealm in which the most noble and

beautifully evolved beings of all times,devoted to a great and noble work, placethemselves in such a position as to beavailable to any person who calls forthem through any simple process ofconcentration. We do not find the noble persons of this earth plane or the high lyevolved, intellectual, spiritual beings ofour earthly surroundings constantlyavailable to everyone who seeks theirwords of advice or help, nor do we findthese wonderful characters ready toanswer foolish and nonsensical ques-tions relating to the most idiotic inci-dents of life.

Without being too personal, I mightsay that in my own case, I feel that Iwould be in any spiritual realm of con-sciousness in the future, much as I amtoday. Since my presen t position af-fords me the opportunity of givingadvice and help to those who have reallyserious problems and who are devotingtheir time and their efforts to helpingothers in the higher and more noblethings of life, I find it necessary, becauseof the lack of time and conditions, tolimit my services, my interviews, mycorrespondence, and my personal con-tacts, to those who have only the seri-ous things of life, the more importantthings of this earth, and the highestmotives as the urges for their contactwith me. Since time and many otherconditions necessitate the limitation ofthe number of contacts that can bemade with me in twenty four hours,and since I must keep my mind attunedwith the higher and better things oflife, rather than with the sordid and purely selfish, I natu rally refrain fromsuch contacts, interviews or calls uponmy time, as are outside of the standardI have set. Most certainly, when mysoul is freed of this body and I findmyself conscious in a higher realm withthe ability to do on a larger scale whatI have been trying to do here on earthfor thirty or more years and with myown evolution and development to keepin mind also, I will not reverse my present methods and place myself insuch a position that I will be availableto everyone who calls upon me in amental way, or everyone who rings a psychic bell and asks th at I appear intheir presence and talk ith them on

any subject, or help them in any per-sonal, selfish, or nonsensical plan orscheme that they may have.

There are those who think tha t whileit would be presumptuous to call at myoffice and interrupt my work, merelyto ask me if I can help them find a lost pocketbook or tell them whether twosweethearts will eventually marry ornot, it would not be presumptuous tocall upon me in a psychic state after mytransition and demand that I give ofmy more important spiritual time ahalf hour or more to the considerationof such unimportant problems.

When persons approach the spiritualworld with such unspiritual questionsin their minds and with purely earthly,mundane problems to be solved, theyare very apt tocome in contact withthose who are on a level of developmentor on a plane of consciousness agree-

able to the nature of the problems being presented, or perhaps in contact withthose who are still so earthly in theirconsciousness and forms of thinkingthat they will give any kind of answer,any form of advice, and laugh at thegullibility of the inquirer.

What are we to think, therefore, ofsome of the modern systems which

romulgate the idea of using the ouija

oard, or using automatic writing, orwriting in a mirror, as simple andeasy ways of contacting the spiritualworld? Certainly, this is belittling thehigh standard of true spiritual doctrinesand it is placing the inquirer, the in-vestigator, in a serious position. Froma long and careful study made of socalled spiritual practices in the past, Iam fully convinced of two things re-garding so called automatic writing. Inthe first place, most of such writing isuseless, unreliable, deceiving, and non-sensical. Secondly, a persistence in the practice of relaxing and submittingone’s nervous and psychic self to theimpulses of automatic writing generallyresults in regretted and sorrowful con-ditions of min d and consciousness. Infact, I do not know of anything of amental or psychic nature that has sounbalanced so many minds and left somany rational and clear thinking brainsin a muddle of irrationality, borderingupon insanity, as has the continued practice of automatic writing.



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The “Cathedral of the Soul” is a Cosmic meeting place for all minds of themost highly developed and spiritually advanced members and workers of theRosicrucian frater nity . It is a focal point of Cosmic radiation s and thoughtwaves from which radiate vibrations of health, peace, happiness, and innerawakening. Various periods of the day are set aside when m any thousandsof minds are attuned with the Cathedral of the Soul, and others attuning withthe Cath edral a t the time w ill receive the benefits of the vibrations. Those whoare not members of the organization may share in the unusual benefits as wellas those who are m embers. Th e book called “Libe r 777” describes the periodsfor various co ntacts with the C athedral. Copies will be sent to persons whoare not members if they address their requests for this book to Friar S. P. C.,care of AMORC Temple, San Jose, California, enclosing three cents in postagestamps. (Please state whether m emb er or not— this is important.)

APPLICATION OF IDEALISMt is needless to state thatone’s general concept ofthe universe falls in oneof two broad classifica-tions, popularly and gen-erally known asmaterial-ism and idealism. The bases of these two ideals

_____________ or two theories have beenthe foundation of two schools of thought.The main controversy between theseschools is concerning the relative im- portance of m atter and mind. M aterial -ism has upheld the theory of matter asa fundamental reality, and idealism has

T h e usually upheld mind as being fundan • • mental reality. The question resolves

Kostcr uc tan as t0 whether matte r controls H tg est mind or whe ther mind controls matter.

August Those who uphold each theory have1946 evolved logical argum ents in favor of

their particular school of thought, butnever has one conceded the validity ofthe other’s arguments as the final solu-tion to the question.

Those who turn to religion and anidealistic philosophy for solace and in-spiration are those who have concededthat regardless of the claims of ma-terialism there is really something morefundamental and more lasting thanmatter. They gladly illustrate theircontentions with the fact that states ofmind influence our physical being, andtherefore, in their own arguments,strengthen their beliefs that mind ismore fundamental than matter, thatideals more than material wealth areworthy of achievement.

Idealism is then a fundamental phi-

losophy on the part of many individu-als whether or not they place it within





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with which it is related. This is a pro-gressive theory. It does not limit manto a set of creed, dogma, or selected be-liefs, but permits him to expand in

practice and concept to a growth lim itedonly by the creative power of the uni-verse itself.

The materialist may not place greatconfidence in these conclusions, and thehonest idealist, in spite of these favor-able comments, will realize that ideal-ism as conceived today is not the finalword in the history of human thought.Man in his present state is a long wayfrom a complete understanding of a perfec t and complete system of meta -

physics. However, if man will realizehis imperfections and at the same time perfec t his theories and their applica-tion, he can in all sincerity formulate

a viewpoint and establish an outlook onlife which will, to a certain degree, besatisfactory at the moment, and whichwill open the future to new and greateradvancements hi man’s thought.

To contemplate the universe and our place therein is a strong urge of theidealistic school of thought. To aidin helping man make this adjustment,the Cathedral of the Soul functions forhis general enlightenment and develop-ment.

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ARE SEANCES AND AUTOMATIC WRITING DEPENDABLE?(Continued from Page 257)

I think that we receive each monthin our offices at least one hundredmanuscripts from one hundred different persons asking us to judge the va lue ofsomething that has been written auto-matically, and each month brings anew batch of manuscripts from an en-tirely new group of writers. In everycase, these writings are of little value,for the statements in them are unre-liable and usually uninteresting exceptto the person who receives them. Sec-ondly, a majority of them show that themind of the writer is wandering in itssaneness and ability to reason logically;otherwise he would not permit the pen-cil in his hands to write such matter aseven a child would recognize as beingsilly, uninteresting, unprofitable, andusually wholly ungrammatical and il-logical. Certainly, if the same matte rwas written under normal conditionsand sent by one person to another bymail as a normal communication, itwould be considered a sure indicationof a subnormal mental condition.

The very best authorities in the studyof Spiritualism today have long sincereached the conclusion that the onlydependable and reliable information to be secured from the sp iritua l world isthat which comes silently, unpreten-tiously, and generally unexpectedly tosome worthy person in the hour of real

need, and when there is real spiritualattunement. I have talked much with

some of the leaders of the more scien-tific schools of spiritual philosophy, andfind that they agree with me that theorganized systems or the plans for or-ganized and group contact with spirit-ual beings is not the time and depend-able way of discovering any real evi-dence regarding the facts of a futurelife.

A Word of Warning

Therefore, I feel that I am justifiedin issuing this word of warning andurging others to think twice before theyallow themselves to be drawn into anymovement that has for its motive, orfor its objective, the attunement withthe spiritual world, for the purpose ofreceiving messages through automaticwriting or similar methods. Nor, arethe popular movements, designed to en-able individuals to reach the psychicworld for personal experiences, to bedepended upon, while they are oper-ated as a nation wide movement asso-ciated with some form of commercial-ism. I am not criticizing the many beautiful and wonderful Spiritualisticchurches to be found in thousands ofour American cities and in other landswhere sacred services are held, andwhere the thoughts and vibrations ofthose in the congregation are graduallylifted to a higher realm where they may

contact some inspirational communica-tion, which they will feel inwardty in



a moment of divine attunem ent. Nordo I mean to criticize those who aredevoting their lives to the work of act-ing as a spiritualized medium properly.But I do mean to criticize some of the

popular movements, which are attempt-ing to promote organized classes for thestudy of automatic writing, Spiritual-istic communication and other forms ofweird, spiritual practices, solely for thesake of making the little mystery thatsurrounds Spiritualism of popular appeal and thereb y rob the en tire prac-

tice of its sacredness, solemnity, anddignity.As fast as we find any of our mem-

bers associated with any such move-ments as these, we advise them thatthey must discontinue such work or dis-continue their membership with ourorganization.

We have said over and over again inour lectures and in all of our teachingsthat the true way of contacting any possible sp iritu al realm in which theremay be any spiritual personalitiesworthy of contact is to develop one’sown inner, sacred, psychic self to sucha high degree of spiritual attunement

that contact will be easy and simple inthe privacy of one’s own life and with-out any of the mechanics, without anyof the claptrap, and without any of thedangers of fantastic practices. In o therwords, it is not necessary that anotherdisembodied personality should take possession of you and of your hand ,and of your muscles, and automaticallywrite what you yourself would notthink of writing. Nor is it necessary orhelpful for you to allow yourself to beenveloped by the personality of some

earth bound character that has not yetevolved to a high spiritual state, andthereby become a slave to this charac-ter, and to chatter or talk, or do thingstha t this invisible persona lity may forceyou to do through taking possession ofyour nervous system and your mind power.

The only reliable, dependable, andennobling contacts of a spiritual natureare those which are made by you in allof your goodness and psychic evolutionreaching up to the highest charactersthat can be contacted, and thereby mak-ing sure that the contact takes place inthe highest realms rather than downhere in the lowest.

WHAT YOU HAVE DONEPerhaps, at times you do not fully realize what your little contributions or your simple

services may m ean to others. The g iving of some old clothes or a small amou nt of mon eyto alleviate suffering has become almost a routine, or habit, on the part of humanitarianmen and wo men every where . But these services or gifts, thoug h sometimes meager, areof the utmo st impo rtance and significance to those who receive them. Rosicruciansthroughout North and South America generously responded to our appeal for old cloth-ing. Tons of clothes were received. W e would like you to know just wh at some of the people th in k of yo ur gifts —people wh o are desti tute, people whose lan ds were invadedand laid waste by the Nazis. Th e following quo tation is part of a letter received fromAthens, Greece—one of the countries most greatly affected by the War:

“Please announce these humble words to our dear fratres and sorores and representa-tives of all the chapters, and please forward them our gratitude from this small part ofthe earth, and express our ma ny thank s for the packages, used clothes and shoes. I begyou to exhort them to again remember us in whatever way they can. All such materi-als received will be distributed to poor families and neighbors. We received from youwith great pleasure the nine packages with the w onderful used clothing. It came safe and

sealed as you sent it. M y fam ily and we all thank you w ith all our heart for yournoble and humanitarian feelings.Vasilios Skouvaras, Athens, Greece.”

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T em p l e Echoes By P l a t o n i c u s , F. R. C.


h e halls and classroomsof Rose Croix Universityhum with the activity ofstudents and professors!As this is written theUniversity is in sessionwith the largest studentattendance in its historyof eleven years. Such

steady growth, year by year, augurswell for the continued success of thisunique experiment in h igher education.

Every student is required to registerin one of the three Colleges of the Uni-versity: Humanities, Fine and MysticArts, or Mundane and Arcane Science.A minimum of four hours daily is spentin the field of one’s major study, inlecture rooms, laboratories, or work-shops. For two hours daily each studentmay elect two subjects outside his majorfield, and thus diversify his curriculum.During the present session the RCU is

presen ting eight elective courses: musicappreciation, creative writing, social philosophy, Rosicrucian healing, art appreciation , Rosicrucian philosophy, vo-

cal music and psychic phenomena.Every day following the luncheonhour the entire student body assemblesin the Francis Racon auditorium to heara lecture bv the Imperator, SupremeSecretary, Grand Master, or by theDean. These lectures range broadlyover the fields of philosophy, meta- physics, psychology, and esoteric science.

Among the new curricular venturesthis year is a course in creative writing,

offered by Soror Frances Vejtasa, editorof the Rosicruc ian Digest . Also very popular is a course in vocal music, given by Fra te r Jam es French of Minneapolis,assisted at the piano by his wife, SororMildred French. Students are beingmade very “writing and singing con-scious” this year!

The class in mystical literature in theCollege of Fine and Mystic Arts, for-merly given by Soror Laura D. Jameswith emphasis upon the mysticism ofWilliam Blake, is being conducted thisyear by Frater Joel Disher, with equalemphasis upon the philosophy andsecret mission of Sir Francis Bacon.

A newcomer to the faculty is FraterRalph W. Kerr of Toledo, Ohio. He isoffering a one hour course in chemistrywhich provides fundamental knowledgefor students of alchemy and physics.

Frater Jay R. McCullough, Curatorof the Rosicrucian Museum and former-ly professor of philosophy in the RCU,has taken over the courses in elementaryand transcendental alchemy. Our al-chemical courses and laboratory experi-mentation underwent a thorough cur-ricular revision recently by the Im- perator. Our alchemists of this termseem to be very pleased with the newapproaches and techniques of the an-cient spagyric art.

Along with these new courses andchanges in professors are the provencourses of previous years. Dr. H. ArvisTalley continues his excellent instruc-tion in biology and Rosicrucian healing.



Frater Erwin Watermeyer has im- proved and added to his usual coursein “Light and Color,” with remarkabledemonstrations of the psychic effectsof light, color, and sound upon thehuman consciousness. Professor F. H.Ingersoll of Notre Dame is giving threehours of music and music appreciation;Dr. H. F. Syndergaard of Salt LakeCity is giving his course in physiologyand anatomy; Earle Lewis is leading agroup in creative art and art apprecia-tion; Frater Cecil A. Poole conducts his popular course in Rosicrucian philosophy; and Frate r Gilbe rt N. Holloway,Jr., is presenting again his electives insocial philosophy and an introductionto psychic phenomena.

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RCU NEWS NOTES: There is norestaurant or cafeteria within a halfmile of Rosicrucian Park, so the prob-lem of feeding the students at noonhas been in the past a perplexing one.This year the problem was solvedhandily again through the generousservice of Soror Mary Burke of Seattle,who devotes several hours a day, with-out compensation, to the task of prepar-ing an informal lunch for nearly twohundred persons. M ary is assisted bySoror Helen Pisetti, Soror MildredFrench, and Colombe Pearl Reid Selth;however, it is “Mother Mary” who doesthe greater part of the work.

Mary is quite a character, a perpetu-ally ebullient and positive personality.A favorite story centers about her ask-ing the blessing before lunch the otherday, and combining this with the harshnecessities of the moment, to wit: “Weare thankful for this food . . . and mayothers who are in need share with us. . . So Mote It Be. . . and Fraters andSorores, only one piece of celery to a person!”

Our student body is drawn from allover North America. The re are fivestudents from Canada, and one fromMexico. This geographical distribu tionis shown by the roster of our student

officers: President, Edwin A. Falkowskiof Milwaukee; Vice President, Chris-tine Heis of Cincinnati; Secretary,Jennie Lee Mills of San Jose. Alu mn iofficers are President, Johan Franco of New York City; Vice President, Ger t-

rude McIntyre of Denver; and Secre-tary, Harriet Ruth Baldwin of SantaClara.

A California frater who wishes hisname withheld has given one hundreddollars, to be known as the “H. SpencerLewis Mem orial Aw ard.” This prizeaward will be presented during thegraduation exercises to the student whohas shown “outstanding accomplish-ment and growth” during the session.The faculty will convene the day before

raduation to select the student mosteserving of the award. We will an-nounce fiie award winner in the nextissue of this column.

Another innovation this year is theRose Ball, an informal dance sponsored by th e Colombes’ Guild of AMORC. Itwill be held at the Hotel St. Claire inSan Jose on the evening of June 29th.University students, as well as other

AMORC members and their friends,will attend.The entertainment highlight of the

session is traditionally furnished by theRCU banquet program, given the night before graduation . There will be vocalsolos, numbers by the singing class, piano an d accordion solos, presentationof humorous gifts to the faculty, withappropriate introductions, brief talks bythe officers of the University, a recita-tion, three original student skits, twounpredictable numbers by a FacultySextette, “Phoney Phenomena” by twostrange swamis, and several other pro-gram items not to be mentioned orclassified at the moment!

Enthusiasm and love for the RCUhave reached a new high among stu-dents and faculty a t this session. Thereis talk of an alumni publication, and plans are al ready under way for aneven better session in 1947. LikeAMORC itself, the RCU is expandingsteadily, and in time will be a trulygreat and recognized institution ofhigher learning.

If you are thinking of attending theUniversity next year, we suggest that

you write to the Registrar at Rosicru-cian Park, San Jose, California, and askfor a free copy ofThe Story of Learn-in g ,, prospectus of this institution. An yactive member of AMORC is eligibleto app ly for matriculation. Our pro



spectus, or booklet, gives a complete ex- plan ation of the organization, purposes,and the course of study of this fine Rosi-crucian university.

Some wit has remarked that everyteacher loves to ride his intellectualhobby horse. It is only natural andhuman that a person who is teachingwill put more fire and enthusiasm intoa course which encompasses his inmost beliefs and convictions.

We are having a very stimulating

and enjoyable hour each day of thissession in the social philosophy class.Our project, no less, is to visualize THEDIVINE KINGDOM ON EARTH! Thefocal point of inquiry for the course is:What would human society be like ifits institutions, pattern of organization,and guiding philosophy were foundedupon Divine Wisdom? If we were trulyto establish a “Christian civilization”—that is, if the ethics of Jesus were firmlyapplied to the structure and functionsof society—what would result?

Surely our present social order can-not be termed spiritual, or even “Chris-tian.” We have institutionalized humangreed, selfishness, and acquisitiveness,and the end result is a series of horriblewars which threaten to reduce civiliza-tion to atomic dust. The price of sur -vival, in the opinion of this writer, isa greater spiritualization of human so-ciety, nationally and internationally,and the necessary institutional and philosophical changes to bring thisabout.

The economic and political institu-tions of capitalist democracy are largelyobsolescent, and will not long survive.Within a decade major transformationswill undoubtedly occur. Communismis no answer for the wo rld’s need. It isspiritually dead, and functions on a philosophy of violence and force whichis incompatible with the ethics of mysti-cism, or true philosophy.

If capitalism and communism offerno acceptable alternatives for the future,where are we to turn? To a native

Y'/2e American fascism? This will prove a

Rosi cr uci an great temptation for many, but it canonly be a moral cul de sac, an economicand political dead end street whose re-wards are conflict, destruction, anddeath.

D ig es t A ug u st 1946

A great English political scientist haswritten that a dying capitalism leadsinevitably to fascism and war. It isentirely probable that a war against theEast (viz., Russia) would brutallythrust the Anglo American powers intosome kind of fascistic system in thefight for survival.

But then what? Unless the humanspecies is to sink back into a very primi-tive and vegetative state, society willhave to bereconstructed eventually onthe basis of sp ir itua l pr incip les . It willhave to pattern itself increasingly onthe Div in e order , if it is to fulfill themeaning of histoiy and human destiny.

What is the nature of the divineorder of the cosmos? Mystic ism aversit is a sp ir itu al hier ar ch y , an ascendingseries of spheres from a gross, materialcircumference or periphery to acentral divine source, from which emanates allBeing and all crea tive power. The eso-

teric view of the universe is that of aspiritual kingdom, whose principal, orsingle source of law and intelligence, isGod. Plato, you will recall, describesthe cosmos as a central point or condi-tion, seat of the presiding Deity, sur-rounded by concentric spheres of min-gled light and darkness, and bounded by a sphere of fire!

Almost all the great social organiza-tions of history have been functionallyhierarchical. Every healthy, function-ing, effective organism is constitutedhierarchically. Even movements serv-ing false values, but nonetheless effec-tive, have been hierarchical in organi-zational pattern . This is true of allmodern totalitarian political movements,also of the great modern religiousestablishments.

In the opinion of this writer, Ameri-ca will inevitably conform in the futureto some pattern of social hierarchy.However, it will be much different thanmost people suppose. There will beattempts toequalize more greatly theeconomic status of citizens, thus work-ing towards an ethical foundation forhuman brotherhood. Present inequali-ties, present systems of inheritances,and other means of buttressing an obso-lescent economic order, will be progres-sively transformed.




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HAPPINESS

B y T h o r K i i m a l e h t o , Sovereign Grand Master

u m a n life may be one ofgreat joy or great sorrow.Everything is ju st whatwe make it to be throughour consciousness. It isour awareness and un-derstanding of conditionsand things which de-termines what they are

to us. This awareness may be righ t orwrong, but that does not alter its apparent actuality. Every human beingseeks happ iness and contentment. Thereare great resources of happiness in Nature , open to every person of ordi-na ry health and intelligence. The joyof life is the outcome of the right useof the powers of mind and body.

One of the first requisites is the power of self control. If you have no tthat, and get excited on the slightestoccasion, troubles and difficulties will be many. Nature has made every man ,woman, and child different, and thesooner we recognize this, the easier itwill become to live happily with other people. It is necessary th at we recog-nize the tru th th at this world was madefor all, and no one person or familyhas any patent right to more than is just ly due. Shakespeare said: “W here-fore this world was made for Caesar Iam weary of conjecturing.” There aremany people who act as though theyth ght th t g tti g d k i g

the wisest and best thing to do. Howis it possible to get and keep the loveand sym path y of those with whom weare connected, if we always want the best of every bargain and demand com- pliance to ou r self will first and fore-most?

Seneca, one of the greatest teachers

of wisdom, had defined the art of livingas that of being in co nstant good humor.This is very difficult for a selfish manto do, but to one who is self possessedand unselfish, the fountain of goodhumor will be abundant, for he is nottroubled by anxiety and conflict withthe interests of other people, and evenfeels pleasure when they are having agood time. There are times when peo-

ple aggravate an d ruffle us, or ch ild renare difficult to manage. Th e questionis how to bear these things with goodhumor or without losing self possessionand getting angry.

I once asked a tradesman how he gotalong with a certain troublesome custo-mer. He said: “I feel like swearing athim or laughing, but I choose to laughat him as being best.” It is a fine artto be able to live with aggravating people and keep an even temper and beforgiving. Forgiveness is a fine art, adivine art, founded on justice and love.Jesus said: “Fathe r, forgive them; theyknow not wha t they do.” These wordsare sublimely beautiful Let us also be



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considerate and try to understand thatthose who trouble us do so in ignorance.

Steps To Self-Possession

Benjamin Franklin is an example ofgrea t self possession. He commencedlife as a printer, but raised himself tothe highest position in the State. Heformed an ideal of what human lifeshould be, and determined to make hislife a work of art. W ith this end inview, he wrote out a list of all thevirtues—the good qualities inherent inman’s nature. At the end of the dayor week he impartially examined hisconduct, and wherever he failed he puta mark. It surprised him very much tosee so many bad marks, and this madehim more circumspect. He never suc-ceeded in getting rid of all of his fail-ings, but he had the great pleasure ofseeing most of the marks disappear. Hecould not quite reach the standard of perfection, but his atta inments in the

fine arts of living were outstanding.Franklin became one of the most emi-nent of statesmen and philosophers, butat the same time he was a domesticatedman, and performed well his part inhome life. This grand and beautifullife was achieved through his endeavorto free himself from his faults and in-crease the power of his virtues.

Everyone should form some good purpose, some ideal to live for, knowingthat even if we can not realize all de-sires, we will become better and happ ier by the effort put forth. It is best to havean ideal that is possible to reach by longcontinued effort. If the standard is toohigh or impossible of attainment it dis-courages the effort. A refined and com-fortable home is a possible ideal which people in all classes can and should

strive to realize and keep. Those whocan should adorn their home with beautifu l things, and make it the centerof attraction. Emerson, the great Ameri-can poet and philosopher, said that thegreater half of human happiness liesin loving and in being loved in return.Where love reigns in the home all thetroubles of the outward world can be borne much be tter th an when it isabsent. Happiness can prevail in thehumblest home. Happiness does notdepend upon wealth or position. It isan inner condition of heart and mind.

Outward things may contribute to thismental state, but they are not the rulingfactor.

It is a valuable help in times of greatirritation to remember that each personis an expression of a young or an oldsoul, and that all human beings bringinto their p resent lives the sum and sub-stance of wha t the ir previous lives havemade th em conscious. How is it pos-sible for them to think and act as wethink th ey should? It cannot be done,for they cannot do the impossible, or be conscious of things to which theyhave no relation.

2Vo flight To •fudge Others

Many of the vexations of life arisefrom expecting too much from others.It is best to endure with good humorthe failings of others and help themconquer the failings instead of resent-ing them. It is best to be toleran t of,and blind to others’ faults, and veryappreciative of the ir virtues. The fineart of good manners, the charm ofsocial life, grows out of due appreciationof the virtues and rights of imperfect people, and becomes very easy to thosewho have good dispositions. It is thedisregard for the good qualities inothers, and d isapprobation towards th eirimperfections, that introduces discordand pain into hum an life. You have noright to judge others, or make themconform to your standards.

The bringing up of children is a fineart, indeed, and requires much knowl-edge of the laws which govern the

physical and spiritual development ofchild nature . They especially deserve pat ient and loving forbearance, withfirmness. It is a fine art to teach chil-dren obedience without harshness—without slapping, or shaking, and muchscolding. Praise, even if it is littlecalled for, opens wellsprings deeply hid-den in their nature. Lea rn to praiseinstead of scold. This is an a rt in whichall parents should try to be proficient.If parents lose self control, how canthey expect their children to governthemselves, and restrain angry feelings,if they do not have a good example set before them? Loving firmness and due provision for the ceaseless activi ty ofchildhood should be the rule of theconduct in the home.



Goethe has well said that there arethree reverences—for those that are be-low, for those that are our equals, andfor those above. In other words, weshould not despise human nature be-cause of its imperfections. Shakespearehas said, “There is a vein of good inthings evil, if men would but diligentlydistil it out.” The distillation of goodfrom things apparently evil is possible,and if we are wise we shall make our-selves better and happier and more per-fect by doing so. This is a fine ar t to practice.

One great difficulty in social life isthe difference in the quality of moralsense. Our moral judgm ents differ, andit is not fair to assume that those whodiffer from us are morally blamable orstupid. Ruskin speaks of a man heknew that was so proficient in the finearts of living that he intuitively per-ceived the possibilities of good in thosehe came in contact with, and by sympa-thetic and judicious appreciation calledforth all that was good in them. Hewas one of those who carry a benedic-tion on the countenance, and lift, bytheir genial presence, those who comenear them to a higher level of happi-ness. The great American, Emerson,makes a suggestion, that when a mangoes into society he should study how

to make life beautiful. This cannot bedone by those who cherish or permitrevengeful feelings to predominate orrankle in their hearts for any supposedinjuries received.

To be willing to forgive, and to trans-mute all angry feelings, is one of themost necessary steps in the art of livinghap py and beautiful lives. One of ourmembers who sits on the Court martialBoard relates a case of the great powerof forgiveness. A soldier had beenunished many times for his bad conuct, without amendm ent. The officerof the court martial said, sympatheti-

cally, that he was sorry that past punishmen t had not succeeded in re-forming him, and that he would beforgiven this time, and see what theresults would be. The effect of forgive-ness accomplished what punishment hadfailed to do, and gave the soldier backhis self respect.

If we cannot be perfect now, we canat least do our very best to live up tothis noble ideal of a perfect life, andthe more we try the happier shall we become. If we remember th at persons, places, and things are the working toolsthrough which our consciousness a ttainsunderstanding and perfection, our en-deavor for improvement and develop-ment will b ring happiness into our lives.

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We shall not reach any conceivableUtopia in this generation, or probablyfor many centuries to come. However,great strides forward will be taken,forced by the grim social exigencies ofthe atomic age. If the negative qualitiesof our present social structure force usinto the agonies and destruction of anatomic wrar, there will be an oppor-tunity for the survivors to build a morespiritual civilization. It may well bethat Jesus was right in predicting thatthe meek shall inhe rit the earth! The belligerent and avaricious mortals willdestroy each other, and many highertypes will survive to provide leadershipfor a new and better age.

Let us then boldly conceptualize theIdeal! It alone is ultimate ly Real! Allhistory advances toward the realizationand attain ment of the ideal. Civiliza-tions come and go, rise and fall, but theideal of the Divine Society everlastinglyremains, as a spur and incentive toaspiring human consciousness. Thehuman soul personality has its cycles, just like nations and civilizations, andwe shall return again to carry forwardthe collective body of humanity to itsineffable goal. This is our incentive tolabor for the realization of the Ideal,for we work beyond time, beyond allhistorical and temporal limitations, andfor God.



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T h e H um an Soul By E u s t a q u io P a s c u a A lc a b e d a s , N . D., F. R. C.

h i l e the existence of thesoul is generally believed,it has never been reallyunderstood except by avery limited num ber. Itsorigin, nature, purpose,ana destiny are still ob-scure even among ourwell meaning ministers of

God and so called saviors of the soul.It is not strange therefore tha t it is com-

pletely ignored ev eryw here in ourdaily, practical life. And it is no won-der that materialistic faith has crept upin our midst denying the actuality ofthe soul.

The materialistic thinker finds nosense in having a soul that is of no usewhatsoever in our daily activities. Inits place he can perceive nothing morethan physical vigor and mechanistic be-havior. A will to live, he opines, is allthat a man has and that is coeval withhis physiochemical existence. It is themechanical efficiency of his transitory being which begins with his bir th and

ends at his death. W hen the body isdemised, its characteristic vitality andmentality are doomed with it.

Radically opposed to this physio-chemical view is that of the scholasticthinker who maintains vehemently thatthe conception of a child means thecreation of a new soul by God. To himthis soul is tainted with the original sinof its ancestors, from which sin it must be cleansed to rega in the grace of itsCreator. It is imm ortal and will ascendto heaven, purgatory, or hell, according

to its deserts when it leaves the bodyat death. He reasons out that becauseit is imperfect and corruptible, it must be saved through a process of purifica-tion prescribed by the only true Chris-tian church—by holy grace of confes-sion and communion while on earthand by that of prayer and mass whilein purgatory . Otherwise, the soul will be doomed with a mortal sin to an un-rem itting torture in hell. All the livingand dead will be resurrected in theirformer earthly bodies for a final judg-ment by the Lord Jesus Christ who willseparate the innocent from the sinners:the former to enjoy the glory of heaven

forever; the latter to suffer a seethingfire of eternal hell.Regnant, although unperceived, high

over the smoke belching contenders ofthose two opposing views about thesoul, is a version that has held its owndeep in the hearts of the most advancedseers of all ages, past and present. Thisis the Cosmic conception which pro- pounds the fundam enta l duality ofm an ’s na ture . In accepted scientificmethods it demonstrates that the bodyis formed from the elements of theearth and the soul from the essence ofthe Cosmic Reing. It explains how thesoul from the Cosmic plane must needshave the physical body as a vehicle inorder to accomplish its constructive mis-sion on this earthly plane of manifesta-tion. We shall try to enlarge upon therelationship of these two aspects of our being , the bette r to comprehend theorigin, nature, purpose, and destiny ofthe human soul.



All sincere and earnest students ofontology are convinced by experience,after a demonstration from the lives ofthose who have mastered life’s funda-mental principles, that the soul is thespiritual projection of the Cosmic mindimpregnating the human body withvital life force and conscious power. Itmanifests as the ego or personality inits individualized instrument or body but is never separated from the Cosmicmind or universal soul from which itemanates. It is therefore connected withevery other human ego or personalitythat radiates from the CosmicCreator .It is from this unbroken soul essence orenergy tha t we acknowledge the liberty,equality, and fraternity of all menunder the Fatherhood of the SupremeDeity.

The Cause of Human Variation

If tha t is so, we migh t interpose, whyare we confronted with all kinds ofdisparity in the lives of our fellow men?Why are some bom in opulence andothers in poverty? W hat has madethat man a tyrant and this one a demo-crat? Plow is it that a certain fellow isquite healthy while his brother is oftenill? And wherefore is the contrast be-tween the idiot and the prodigy? Th atglaring inequalities seem to aboundeverywhere nobody will deny; but forlack of space a brief answer will bedeemed here sufficient for this verycomplicated problem.

It is true that the manifestation ofthe universal soul essence should besimilar in every hum an body. Unfor-tunately or fortunately, however, everyhuman being has been fashioned very

differently from the gross material ele-ments of a corruptible mundane exis-tence. This condition makes all man-kind more or less, comparable to a col-lection of bottles of varying sizes, colors,and shades. The universal soul essencewe may liken to the pure crystallinewater in a tank. Each bottle is screwedto a faucet on the tank from which allthe bottles are filled with the same lim-

pid stream. Does no t the variety of the physical make up or composition andclearness of the bottles explain why thecrystalline quality of the water is re-flected in various colors and shades tothe observer? In like manner, the soulis reflected differently according to the

physical body within which it is mademanifest.

Again, another illustration which wehave often witnessed ourselves is a net-work of incandescent lamps of variouscolors and sizes over an open air audi-torium downtown. All are similarlyattached to the same power plant fromwhich flows the same electric current.Yet, why is it that even among thelamps of the same size, shape, andcolor, the reflection of light is not ofequal radiance or intensity? Is not thedifference caused by the varyin g physiochemical quality of the glass bulbsthemselves? In a similar way thehuman body can reflect only that de-gree of soul radiance or manifestationof personality which its physiologicaltemper or sensitiveness may enable itto do. It is only through the completeattunement of the outer physical selfwith the inner psychic self that thesoul can regenerate and evolve the bodyto its fullest efficiency. Such a perfectcoordination and cooperation is not at-tainable in a generation or so: it can beaccomplished through repeated cycles ofspiraling evolution, maturing us for thelife principle in the eternal moment wehave to enjoy here and now.

Soul9the Guidinfj Spirit

The soul is the guiding, creativespirit that vitalizes and gives conscious-ness to the body, urging the ego or per-sonality generated therein to higherideals of beauty and perfection by itsexperience and wisdom. It is of the primal essence of God who is all Lifeand Mind, ever pure, divine, wise, andinfinite. It cannot be corrupted and

made imperfect, else God Himselfwould not be the Divine perfection andAbsolute ideal we acclaim Him to be.It needs no human dogma or racialscheme of purification, which is pettyand limited, to be of any value for itsown salvation. It remains unalterableat all times, either on the mundane orCosmic plane. The law of karma orcompensation spells for everyone either

felicity or retribu tion, peace or torment,heaven or hell, according as we mayfollow the wisdom of the soul or thefolly of the body. This law is Cosmic,universal and immutable, and does notexempt even the Divine author from itsoperation Hence if one will reap only




tha t which one sows in accordance withthis karmic law, God cannot very wellsow and reap an ignoble and corruptiblesoul. Otherwise, the event would boldlystand out as an indelible blot on Hisabsolute wisdom.

Objections have been raised againstthe statement that the soul is possessedof the perfection and wisdom of theAbsolute Deity. Most Christian believ-ers consider it a desecration of the sanc-tity of the Supreme Being to say thatthe soul, a mere attribute of man, should be thought of as a part of God who isdistinct and independent of all thethings He created. Yet the Biblical textso fondly quoted as authority on thesubject does not have any passage whichwarrants the belief that God created thesoul either before or after man wasmoulded from the dust or elements ofthe earth. Referring toGenesis weread, “And God formed man of thedust of the ground, and breathed intohis nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” It is ve ry im - portant to note th at when the physical body was finished, man was still with-out “the breath of life” and had notyet become “a living soul.” Nothing inthe Bible states that “the breath of life”with which “man became a living soul”was created with “the dust of theground.” On the contrary, we are defi-nitely informed that “soul” came with“life” (both of which were already ex-istent) with the divine breath of GodWho formed the body of dust to con-tain them. This subtle breath whichcombines the vital life force and soulessence of man, is the spirit of God.Man’s vital life and soul consciousnessare therefore essentially of the natureof God whose absolute being is all Mindand Life. The human soul being anemanation of the Infinite mind is evi-dently wise in all Cosmic laws and principles underlying all creation andmanifestation.

With the soul incarnated in a human body, the will of God could “be done onearth as it is in heaven.” The incarna t-ing soul bringing with it the funda-mental essence or nature of God makesof every human heart a veritable partof the heavenly kingdom. Both Johnthe Baptist and Jesus the Christ werefully cognizant of this truth when they

assured us that “the kingdom of heavenis at hand.” The Grea t Master Himselfmade this statement clearer when inanswer to the Pharisees He said, ac-cording to Luke, “The Kingdom of Godis within you .” The presence of theuniversal soul in the hearts of man orall mankind fully empowers us withthe ability and freedom to follow thewill of God, equally making us all Histrusted children and free agents.

Learning Through Reincarnation

By repeated incarnations here onearth, the soul personality gathers andadds mundane knowledge and under-standing to that of its Cosmic wisdom.Attuned with this soul consciousnesswithin us, we can discriminate betweenthat which is right and that which iswrong. Through lack of experience andtraining in the exercise of freedom weare led to be either fair or unjust inour behavior and conduct; and with the

objective mind consciousness in dishar-mony with the soul consciousness weoften fall by erring in our ways. Re-search pedologists have observed thatthe first decade of every child’s life isnotably psychic in character. Tha t is,the subjective or culture self makes thechild very receptive and responsive tothe subtle impressions of higher life.When left all alone in the cradle or

bassinet, the unconscious in fant is oftenfound playing, smiling and articulating,with some invisible presence commonly believed to be its guardian angel.Whether or not we entertain the same belief, we cannot deny th at infants areseen at times with their faces glowingwith expressive smiles even while fastasleep. Sir Joshua Reynolds’ paintingcalled The Age of Innocence presents

the psychic innocence of the child in itstender years before it is awakened tomaterialistic desires.

With the ma terial things of the world,the gross, showy, monetary com-modities emphasized as the only thingsworth while and dependable in this life,the physical self has been exalted highover the psychic self. Once made tooobjective, we seldom if ever listen to the

conscience or wise counsel of the soulwdthin us. By training and educationwe become slaves to the desires of theweaknesses of the flesh and forgetful of




H i t chhik i ng by Thought By R o b e r tM. F r e e d m a n ,F. R. C.

e c e n t l y I hitchhiked from New York toSan Fran-cisco. The journey tookfive days, and coveredabout 3400 miles. Thisincluded numerous di-gressions through sceniccountry, and the min-gling with many relatives

of Uncle Sam. M y purpose in hitch-hiking was threefold. First, I wished toexperiment with the power of thoughtrealization. Second, I wanted to dis-cover first hand some postwar thinkingof “Mr. Average Man,” on and off thehighways of America. Third, and to alesser degree, I wanted to get my “landlegs” back, after months of rolling and pitching, while on sea duty in thePacific and Atlantic oceans.

The first reason influenced the othermotives, from its manifestation flowed

sundry experiences which were instruc-tive and diverting. Space prohibits acomplete narration. Hence, only themore significant highlights will be men-tioned in the course of this article.

The cross country hitchhike beganin crowded metropolitan New York.Carrying a small but somewhat heavyovernight bag, I commenced walkingalong an accessory road leading to Lin-

coln Highway. To determine the direc-tion of the traffic, on the busy thorough-fare, was a problem. The “thought”filled my mind to get out of this con-fusion and on the free open road forthe West.

Our thoughts constructively developed

connection, if given faith and confi-dence. They never waste time noreffort by contacting the wrong people and places as we often do in our objectiveanxieties. Evidently, our thoughts seekonly receptive channels of expression inthose who have similar concepts. So,like a translucent soap bubble, the acti-vated thought flowed outward, sereneand calm, in its selection of the propervehicle for passage.

The driver of the big sedan required

about 300 yards to come to a stop, re-verse his gears, and return to pick meup. The thought of doing so had cometo him suddenly, he explained. Sixtyminutes later, this man, who happenedto be an automobile salesman, let meout in the outskirts of Newark, on theopen highway winding its way throughthe quiet of the countryside.

During the ride we discussed the postwar world and its problems. M yfriend in passing appeared sad eyed anddepressed. “After retu rning from thewar,” he told me, “I discovered some ofmy best friends, and many of my ac-quaintances, grabbing for all the moneythey could lay their hands on. They bragged th at money was their bestfriend in these days of black marketsand inflation. This was bad enough, but when I see industrial bickering andconfusion all around me, I don’t knowwhat to think. On the battle lines welearned to work together for self preser-vation; now, we need desperately toprac tice cooperative action ” he added




A succession of salesmen, tradesmen,mechanics, farmers, and ministers ofthe gospel drove me across country. Inmy mind, as I walked between rides,along the quiet highways, people andthings became sharply and impersonallydefined. It was interesting, also, toobserve how m y various hosts displayedtraits characteristic of their normal en-vironments; how some even overloadedme with the burden of their woes.

The salesman, gregarious and friend-ly, seems to be the best friend of thehitchhiker. The average factory workerand mechanic are next on the list—they have so little to share, and theydo it wi th understanding . The officetype, however, usually exhibits timidityand caution in giving strangers a lift.

An interesting personality was aPittsburg steel mill executive. This con-tact was the product of “thought crea-tion,” much of which cannot be elabo-rated here. Had I remained in Pitts- bu rg, the previous night, as had beenmy intention, this connection wouldhave been missed. However, an insis-tent hunch motivated me to sleep, in-stead, in a tourist home well out on thehighway. Early the following morningwe met at a crossroad as he approachedme from a different direction.

During the next few hours, while wewere together, we “let our hair down”as people sometimes do when travellinga long distance with little possibility ofany futu re meeting. Psychologically,confession appears generally good forthe mind. This personality just aboutexposed his soul.

From his conversation, I gatheredthat he was a general foreman in his plant an d had worked up the hard way.

Practicing the injunction, “Live and letlive,” he got along well with his fellowworkmen and his superiors.

It was intriguing to watch his steelrimmed glasses bob up and down on hisnose with the movements of his lips,and in addition, his hands displayedsome difficulty in remaining on thewheel when he wished to emphasize a point. During the course of the con-

versation, he stated, “I have never hadany desire to be rich. On the contrary,I just wanted a good living, which Ihave; and I do like to help others whenthe occasion arises. I have a cousin, a

meat cutter in a small town, who has been tryin g to supp or t four ch ild ren ona prewar salary of thirty five dollars aweek, and little more since. As a mat-ter of fact, he had built up the business by his cheerfulness an d in tegri ty , tosuch a point that customers wouldn’tlet anyone else wa it on them.”

“Why didn’t he quit?” I asked.“He was afraid to, during the depres-

sion, because jobs were scarce, andcapital to start a business of his owndifficult to obtain. If a man ever de-served a decent break, my cousin did.For a long time I have been trying tohelp him improve his position in life.When his boss died, the opportunity presented itself. I decided to purchasethe business and turn it over to him tooperate on a partnership basis. I hada double purpose in reaching this de-cision. Prim arily I wanted to see mycousin and his family enjoy a goodstandard of living, and secondarily, Ihoped to establish an independent in-come for the time when I could nolonger work, myself.”

It was quite evident from the waythis man talked that he tried to put in practice what he believed. He was suc-cessful because his demands were neverexcessive. His viewpoint was construc-tive, and considerate of his fellowmen.

Clinton, Iowa, was reached the sec-ond evening. It was very late to expectto get a room, but having “crystallized”a thought about it on my arrival, Iwent seeking for one. The first hotelhad no vacancy, but the second one re-ceived a room cancellation just as Iapproached the desk. My “luck” wasfunctioning smoothly.

Early the following morning, I pro-ceeded on my way through the richfarmlands with the thought in mind ofreaching Cheyenne, 900 odd milesaway, sometime that night. The “oldreliables” gave me a series of strategicrides which brought me to GrandIsland, Nebraska, at six o’clock in theevening. W ith only an hour and onehalf of daylight left, there still remainedabout 337 miles to go.

The last driver had let me off inthe business district of the countrytown. On the surface my prospectslooked quite dim. Neverthe less, I raiseda thought in mind “that it would be



pleasant if someone would stop an d in -vite me to ride to the main highwaywhere it would be easier to obtain along ride.”

Two minutes later, as I was walkingalong the busy main street, a crowdedcar stopped beside me. Th e door openedand a farmer quietly asked, “Wouldyou like to drive with us to our homeabout a mile out on the highway, whereit will be easier to catch a ride?”

It was more than a coincidence. Itwas uncanny to hear my own thinkingechoed back to me in such a short spaceof time. Not more than five minutesafter the farmer left me, a high poweredcar picked me up and took me to Chey-enne, which we reached at the turn ofthe new day.

Although the traffic was light acrossthe rugged range country of Wyoming,it was surprising how crowded somecars looked with only one or two per-sons in them. In decided contrast,about mid afternoon, a heavily ladensedan bore down upon me in this over-whelming land of vast silences. Itstopped just ahead. Two missionaries,somewhat travel worn but smiling, in-vited me in. As I crowded beside themon the front seat, one of them remarked,

“There is always room for one more,God willing.” Th en I noticed anotherservice hitchhiker, jammed among thesuitcases in the back.

My good missionary friends weredriving southward, so we parted aboutmidnight at Wendover, Nevada. Eighthours of riding in a high altitude nowtook toll of my legs as I started walkingaway into the night to seek a place tosleep. Although the hotel and touristhomes were all full, a local residentappeared out of nowhere, walking hisdog, and, discovering my predicament,cordially invited me to spend the nightin his home.

Thou ght creation an d materializationis a process which definitely works, asa final incident proves. My thoug ht onthe fifth morning was to obtain a liftof 675 miles to San Francisco. After

watching about a dozen automobiles pass me, a sedan with a stocky exservice man , his pleasant faced wife andlittle blonde daughter, stopped to pickme up. “W here are you going?” I asked.

“To Vallejo,” was the answer. “Rightnext door to San Francisco.”

“Well, James, let’s go,” said I; and believe it or not, th e driver’s nam e wasJames.

V V V

THE HUMAN SOUL(Continued from Page 270)

the constructive spiritual wants andways of life. Th e conscience is gradu -

ally stifled, making us dead to the divine promptings which the soul has for usfrom the Cosmic kingdom. W herev erthe soul is given free expression insteadof repression, the ego or personality hasalways become foremost in its line ofaccomplishment.

The soul is attracted to and incar-nated in a human body not only toevolve the ego or personality to itshighest capabilities but to keep the body properly fit fo r the purpose. It en terswith the initial breath of the newbornchild, direct from the Cosmic source towhich it is always kept attuned. Its cre-ative energy, its vital life force and sub-conscious mind functions through the

system which form the primary coilwhere the high frequency Cosmic vibra-

tions are directed in the body. Thro ughthe endocrines where many of the psy-chic centers are located, the Cosmicvibrations are transformed into the lowfrequency vibrations or physical energyof the secondary coil formed by thecerebrospinal nervous system. In thisway the Cosmic impressions of the soulare transmitted to the brain, or objec-tive, consciousness for the physical well-

being and pro per guidance in life. Thesoul functioning independently of thehuman will and physical consciousnessdirects the constructive and reconstruc-tive energy of the life force in the body.Of the ceaseless involuntary activity ofthe soul through the primary coil in



“Now the cerebrospinal man hasalready addressed you, and you willremember something of the part which

he plays in our family of shapes. The part which I play is the part which heleaves unperform ed. He is busy withthe sensations of consciousness, whichinclude the five senses, and with all physical activ ities th at are under theinfluence of the same; that is, he canwalk and talk and dominate the entiresystem of voluntary muscles to hisheart’s content so long as they have

strength enough to follow his bidding.But as the tubular man has told you,there is a set of muscles over which hehas no control. These are the muscleswhich are known as involuntary; theyconstitute one of the coats of the tubu-lar man , and the action of these muscles,and consequently the entire activity ofthe tubular man, is wholly dependentupon me. The he art cannot throb, thearteries cannot pulsate, the air cannotreach the lungs, the blood cannot get back to the hear t, the various glandsand tubular structures of the body can-not work; in short, no bodily commercewhatever can be accomplished exceptunder my direct and personal super-vision. The cerebrospinal system may boast of his senses and his power totransport the body from place to placeand employ it to his liking, but hewould have nobody to domineer overif it were not for me. Body buildingand repairing are my personal func-tion, and my task is so confining that itwould be a wearisome one indeed if itwere not a labor of love. You see thecerebrospinal system man sleep eighthours of the twenty four and loaf agood deal of the remaining time if he

chooses to do so. But if I should sleepfor an hour our entire family would becompletely wiped out of existence; and

whenever I even slow up or drag in mywork, as I sometimes do from sheerexhaustion, serious mischief is sure to be visited upon some part of the human body, and the loss must be quicklymade up or serious disaster is sure tofollow.”

To conclude, we say that the soul isincarnated in man’s body direct fromthe Cosmic. It is not intended to be-

come our prisoner and slave but toserve as our guard ian and guide. Itfurnishes vital life force and Cosmicconsciousness to every man regardlessof color and creed or nationality andreligion. By repeated incarna tions onearth the soul personality broadens anddeepens its human knowledge andunderstand ing. W ith its Cosmic wisdomand mundane learning it strives to toneand tune up the body to its utmostefficiency and gradually leads the indi-vidual along tlie evolutionary path to perfection. The soul keeps the righ turge brightly limned against the wrongimpulse. Because it speaks in the still,small voice deep within our hearts, it isoften referred to as our conscience. Itshould be given free expression insteadof being denied. To turn away from itsilluminating rays is to ruin our bodyand fail our ego and personality. Toabide by it is to alimi the Cosmic forceson our side and mate us masters of ourown destiny. It brings home to everyhuman being the essential nature ofGod who is all Life and Mind, makingall men equally the children of Godand inseparably linked together withHim in one universal soul.

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ceives of his experiences as taking placein measurable periods in relation to oneanother instead of in the eternal NOW.

Therefore, the mystic finds thattime, as such, is nonexistent in the actualityof Creation.

Without form, without space, withouttime—how is the mystic, then, to cre-ate?

God (Being) IS. Being wished to cre-ate and thereforeextended Itself. This extension became Existence. The Exist-ence that we perceive as Creation con-sists of the energy, or negative attribu te,of God directed and controlled by m ind,

the positive attribute. In being thus di-rected it reflects to us in patterns whichwe consider in relation to each other

and to ourselves as consisting of form,occupying space, and occurring in time.Existence to us consists in experiencingthat which was once only a thought

pat tern .How, then, are we to create?God (Being) felt the need to create.

God’s Will was toextend Himself as Existence. Extension implies movementin time and space. W ithout time andspace, there is only Will. MOTIONIS WILL. To create, man mustWill.

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W i t h Ear t h’s Fi rst Cl ay . . . By T h e D r e a m e r ,F. R. C.

powerful

n c e when Time was a beardless youth, I sawhim plan ting as in a field.I examined some of theseeds which he had flungto the wind and saw theMind as though in adream. I saw how in themind there arose certain

leaders — these were called


emotions and their Generals were also powerful, an d they were calleddesires; these leaders ruled over a people, andthey were calledthoughts.

Each leader worked and planned andtried to overthrow the other leaders.Their great ambition was to occupy permanen tly the eye of mind. Eachleader would hold this coveted positionfor a moment and then attention would be changed by another powerful leaderraising his Army and overthrowing thedominating chief. They fought andwarred ana m ade peace and umted, and bound and were bound in treaties, but,in the end, each tried to betray his

fellows and reign supreme in the worldof consciousness. Each tried to workhis own people into attention withevery impulse that entered into mind’sconsciousness. Striving for wealth urged

Mind not to linger too long over food,or loss would be the heritage. Love offood insisted that wealth should serveits desires.

Pleasure coveted the hours spent inrest, and love of self fought with loveof others. Love of power tried tostrangle love of God. Each fought theother, and their strength, instead ofdiminishing, increased; for Habit, thediplomat, recruited new thoughts foreach Army.

And so the struggle became more andmore fierce and the conflict greater andgreater. The ages flew and bodies be-came dense, and the people in the worldof mind were scattered and hid behinda veil, but their fight went on.

When bearded Time was reaping asin a field, I awoke out of the dream andsaw before me a world of great leadersand strong generals. They ruled overmany people and these were callednations. These nations fought withothers—all having a different ideal, all

trying to stretch their instant of domi-nation into a few seconds; and eachworked behind a veil—secretly. But Iremembered when Time was young,and I saw no mystery.



SEEDS FROM KING TUTS TOMBAfter being apparently “dead” for thousands of years in King Tut’s Tomb, ancient peas have come to

life in the v italizing soil of our times. Above left, Ja y R. Mc Cullough, curato r of the Rosicrucian Egyp-tian Museum , directs the chief gardener. P. D. How land, in plan ting the seeds in Rosicrucian Park. Theseeds are direct descendants from original “King Tut” peas reported to have been taken from the tombof that Egyptian King by Mr. Howard Carter, who was a member of Lord Carnarvon’s expedition in

1922 and 1923. Th e first pla nting of the seeds was in E ngla nd under the sponsorship of Lady Gilbert towhom How ard Ca rter gave them. The first of these peas were eaten on Ja nu ary 29, 1945, and provedto have a very appetizing flavor.



The

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■LV- attracts unlike. M yriads of minute particlesdance in frenzy about each other on the point ofa pin. O verh ead, whirling stars race throug h theinfinite reaches of space to find their affinity—drawn by an irresistible attraction. W ha t is thisinvisible field—this aura—which surrounds all

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In the study of this energy—magnet ic force —we learn the secret of polarity. W e come to un-derstand the orderly procession within the uni-verse. M oreov er, we find tha t the same laws ac-count for our mutual attraction and the subtleinfluence which things have upon us. Just as thecourse of ships depends upon terrestrial mag-netism, so, too, does the path of our lives dependupon mystical magnetism.

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Miami Ch apte r, 124 N. W. 15th Ave. L. F. H ol-lingsworth, Master; Mrs. Florence McCullough,Sec., 2015 S. W. 23rd Ave.

I LLI N O I S Chicago :* N efe rt it i Lodge, 116 S. M ichiga n Ave nu e. L. F.Wiegand, Master; Miss Ruth Teeter, Sec. Libraryopen daily, 1 to 5 p. m. and 7:30 to 10 p. m.;Sun . 2 to 5:30 p. m. only . Ro om s 408 9 10. Se s-sions for all members every Tues., 8 p. m.

LO U I S I A N AN ew O r leans : Ne w O rl ea ns C hap te r, 103 In d u s tr ie s Bld g., Bo x589. Jon es K. Krieecc, Master; Miss Em ily Frey,Sec., Bo x 2452. Sess ions 2nd and 4 th F ri., 8 p. m.

M A RY LA N D B a l t i m o r e :John O'Donnell Chapter, 100 W. Saratoga St.John E. .lost, Master; Mrs. Alice R. Burford,Sec.. Tel. Arb utu s 114. Session s 1st and 3rdWed., 8:15 p. m.

M A S S A CH U S ETTS Boston :*Johannes Kelpius Lodge. 739 Boylston St.. EarlR. Hamilton, Master; Mrs. Ceciline L. Barrow,Sec., 107 To wn send St., Rox bu ry 19. Session severy Sun. and Wed., 7:30 p. m.

MICHIGAN Detro it :*Thebes Lodge, 616 W. Hancock Ave., Carl J.Gu stafson. M aster, 23230 Pro spect, Tel. Fa rm -ington 0394: Mathew G. Tyler, Sec., Tel. ORegon1854. Sessio ns every T ues., 8:15 p. m.

M I N N ES O TA M inneapo l i s :Essen e Ch apter. An drew s Hotel. Mrs. AlfredHeifferon, Master; Mrs. Jessie Matson, Sec., 181044th Ave., N. Sess ions 2nd and 4th S un., 3 p. m.

MISSOURI St. Louis:*Thu tmo se Lodge, 3008 S. Grand . Mrs. ItalineMerrick, Master. Tel. RO 6151; Miss Myrna Gard-ner, Sec., 5215 E nrig ht. Sessions every Tu es,,8 p. m.

N E W J E R S E Y N e w a r k :H. Spencer Lewis Chapter, 37 Washington Street.Morris J. Weeks, Master; Rebecca C. Barrett ,Sec., 206 N. 19th St., E. Oran ge. Session s everyMon., 8:30 p. m.

N E W Y O R K

Buff a lo :Buffalo Chapter, 225 Delaware Ave., Room 9.Mrs. Eleanor K. Redner, Master; Mrs. Helen C.Palczewski, Sec., 80 Charles St. Sessions everyW ed.. 7:30 p. m.New York City:*

New York City Lodge, 250W . 57th St. Ru thFarran, Master: Ethel Goldenberg, Sec., 811 ElmAve., Ridgefield, N. J. Sessions every Wed.,8:15 p. m. L ibra ry open week days and Sun.,

OHIO ner. Sec., 1711 W. Hun tingd on St. Sessions every



A k r o n :Akron Chapter, Mayflower Hotel. Clayton Franks,Master, Tel. MI 3971; Mrs. Genevieve Hanlin,Sec., Tel. WA 5447 (eve ning s). Session s everyother Sun., 7:30 p. m.C i n c i n n a t i :Cincinnati Chapter. 204 Hazen Bldg., 9th andMain St. How ard L. Kistner, M aster, 3846 DavisAv e.; Mildred M. Eich ler, Sec. Sessions everyFriday, 7:30 p. m.C l e v e l a n d :Cleveland C hap ter, 2040 E. 100th St. W alte r W.Hirsch, Master, 10602 Harvard Ave.; Mrs. Ger-trude A. Rivnak, Sec. Sessions every Tues. ,8:15 p. m.D a y t o n :Elbert Hubbard Chapter, 56 E. 4th St. Mrs. WavaW. Stultz, Master; Mrs. Katherine McPeck, Sec.Sessions every Wed., 8 p. m.To l e d o :Michael Fara da y Ch apter. 1420 Monroe St. A. H.Menne, M aster; H ub ert A. Nodine, Sec., 234014 N. E ri e St . Ses sion s ev er y T h u rs ., 8:3 0 p. m.

OKLAHOMAO k l a h o m a C i t y :Amenhotep Chapter, Odd Fellows’ Hall, 514 S.W alker. W ard D. Brosam , Master, Tel. 9 1510;Mae Kutch , Sec., Tel. 8 5021. Sessions 2nd and4th Sun., 7:30 p. m.

OREGON P o r t l a n d :Portland Rose Chapter. Pythian Bldg., 918 S. W.Yamhill Ave. Herman T. Herrington, Master;Miss Ollie Fu ller , Sec., 5542 N. Haig ht Ave. Ses-sions every Wednesday, 8 p. m.

P EN N S Y LVA N I APhi l ade lph ia :*Benjamin Franklin Lodge, 219 S. Broad St.Rudolph J. King, Master; Mrs. Lucille B. Nen

ner. Sec., 1711 W. Hun tingd on St. Sessions everySun ., 7:30 p. rn. Tem ple and L ibra ry open everyTues. and Fri. , 2 to 4 p. m.Pi t t sbu rgh : •The First Pennsylvania Lodge, 615 West DiamondSt. Dr. J. D. Green, Ma ster; M arguerite Mar-que tte, Sec. M eetings Wed. and Su n., 8 p. m.

TEX A SF o r t Wo r t h :Fo rt W orth Ch apte r, 512 W. 4th St. Mrs. LouiseJohnston. Master; Georgia G. Appel. Sec., 3201 E.1st St. Session s every F ri., 8 p. m.H o u s t o n :Ho uston C hap ter, 606 Milam Bldg. Stephen Valcik. M as ter; Mrs. W inn ie H. Davis, Sec., 819Yo rksh ire St. Session s every Sun., 7:30 p. m.

U TA HSal t Lake City :Sa lt La ke City Ch apte r, 420 Ness Bldg. Philo T.Farnsworth, Master; Beth Leonard, Sec., 119Be ryl Ave. Session s every W ed., 8:30 p. in.Library open daily except Sun., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

WA S H I N G TO N Sea t t le :*Michael Maier Lodge, 1322E. Pi ne St. David H.Christoe, Master; Marjorie B. Umbenhour, Sec.,Te l. PR 6943. Se ssion s every Mon., 8 p. in.Lib rary open Mon. through Sat. , 1 to 4 p. m.

WISCONSIN

Mi lwaukee :K arn ak C ha pte r. 3431 W. Lisb on Ave ., Room 8.Amanda Metzdorf, Master; Wilfred E. Bloedow,Sec. Sessions every Mon., 8:15 p. m.

P r in c ip a l C an ad ian B ran ch es an d F o re ig n Ju r i sd ic t io n sThe addresses of other foreign Grand Lodges or the names and addresses of their representatives, will

be gi ve n up on re qu est .EGYPTA U S TR A LI A

Sydney, N . S . W.:Sydney Chap ter. Mrs. Dora Eng lish, Secretary,650 Pacific Highway, Chatswood.Melbourne, Victoria:Melbourne Chapter, 25 Russell St. Fred W hite-way. Master: Olive Orpah Cox, Sec., 179 Rathmines Road, Hawthorn, EE3, Vic. , Aust.

CANADAMontreal , P. Q.Mount Roy al Ch apte r. Hotel Win dsor, Rm. 129.Frank Lyons Peck, Master: Shirley M. Fyles,Sec., 410 1253 McGill College Ave.Toronto, Ontario:Toron to Chapter, 39 Daven port Road. R. WilsonFox, Master; Joseph Benson, Sec., 788 Windeme re Ave., To ronto 9. Session s 1st and 3rdThurs., 7:45 p. m.Vancouver, Bri t ish Columbia:*Canadian Grand Lodge, 878 Hornby St. . H. W.Richardson, Master; Miss Margaret Chamberlain,Sec., 817 Nelson St., Tel. PA 9078. Ses sion s everyMon. through Fri.Victoria, Bri t ish Columbia:*Victoria Lodg e, 725 Cou rtney St. Cecil Jon es,Master; Miss Dorothy Burrows, Sec., 1728 DavieStreet.Windso r, On tar io :W indsor Chapter. Norton Palm er Hotel. S. L. G.Potter. Master. Tel. 4 9497; Mrs. Stella Kucy,Sec., Tel. 4 4532. Ses sion s eve ry Wed ., 8:15 p. m.W inn ipeg , Man i toba:

Charles Dana Dean Chapter, 122a Phoenix Block.Mrs. Dorothy M. Wang, Master: Ronald S.Scarth, Sec., 155 Lyle St., St. James, Manitoba.Sessions every Wed., 7:45 p. m.

D EN M A R K C o p e n h a g e n :The AMORC Grand Lodge of Denm ark. Arth urSundstrup. Grand Master: Carli Andersen, S.R.C.,Grand Sec., Manogade 13, Strand.

D U TC H EA S T I N D I ESDr. W. Th. van Stokkum, Grand Master.

♦(Initiations are performed.)

C a i r o :Cairo Information Bureau dela Rose Croix. J.Sapporta. Sec., 27 Rue Salimon Pacha.H e l i o p o l i s :The Grand Orient of AMORC, House of theTem ple. M. A. Ra m ayv elim , F. R. C., Gran d Sec.,c/o Mr. Levy. 50 Rue Stefano.

EN G LA N DThe AMORC Gran d Lodg e of Great B ritain. Ruyrnund Andrea, F. R. C., Grand Master, 34 Buyswater Ave., Westbury Park, Bristol 6.

F R A N C EMile. Jeanne Guesdon, Secretary, 56 Rue Gam

b e tta . V il lene uv e Sain t G eo rg es (S eine& Oise).H O LLA N D

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De Ro zekruisers Orde. Groot Lodge de r Nederlanden . J. Coops, Gr. Sec., Hu nz estra at 141.MEXICO

Que tzalcoatl L odge. Calle de Colombia 24, Mexico.Emilio Martinez Guemes. Master; Juan Aguilar yRomero. Sec., Av. Victoria No. 109. Col. In-dustrial. Mexico, D. F., Mexico.

POLANDPolish Grand Lodge of AMORC, Warsaw, Poland.

SOUTH AMERICABuenos A i res , Argen t ina :Buenos Aires Chapter. Casilla Correo No. 3763.Sr. Aldo H. Obeje ro. M aste r; Sr. Manuel A.Mon teagudo. Sec., M aipu 39. Session s every Sal.,6 p. m. and every Wed.. 9 p. m.

SOUTH AFRICAJohannesburg , Transvaa l :Joh ann esb urg Chap ter. 10th Floor, Ansteys Bldg.F. E. Gray. M aster. E. E. Lau ren t, Sec., P. O.Box 9346.

S W E D E NGrand Lodge "Rose nk orset.” Anton Svaulund,F. R. C., Gra nd M aster. Vas terg ata n 55. Malmo:Inez Akesson, Grand Lodge Sec., Slottsgatan 18.Malmo.

S WI TZER LA N DAMORC Gra nd Lod ge, 21 Ave. Dapples, Lau-sanne; Dr. Ed. Bertholet. F. R. C., Grand Master,11 Avenue General Guisan. Lausanne: PierreGenillard, Grand Sec., 2 Chemin des Allinges,Lausanne.

Latin American DivisionArmand o Font De L a Jara , F. R. C., Deputy Grand M aster

Direct inquiries regarding this division to the Latin Americun Division, Rosicrucian Park, San Jose,California, U. S. A.

J U N I O R O R D ER O F TO R C H B EA R ER SA children’s organization sponsoredb y the AMORC.For complete information as to its aims and benefits, address Secretary General, Junior Order, Rosi-

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