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VOL. IX. APRIL, 1931 No. 3

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The Thought o[ the M onth .................................By The Imperator

Knowing God ...........................................By Frater Royle Thurston

The M oderni ty of the Psalms of D avid....By Frater Paul Beckett

Our N ext A nnual Convent i on ...........By The Supreme Secretary

The V alue of Rosicrucian E xperiments ...........By The Imperator

M an’s I nconsistencies .....................By Frater Gordon P. Langdon

Bui lding H appiness ................................By The Supreme Secretary

Cathedral N otes ...........................................................................

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T he Rosicrucian

D i gest A pr i l 1931

THOUGHT OF THE MONTHMastering Your Environment

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By THE IMPERATOR

of the most inter-esting controversies be-

ing carried on in thescientific world todayis in regard to the rel-ative potential powerof heredity and en-vironment. This con-troversy should inter-est every one of our

members and each should be somewhatfamiliar with the nature of the con-troversy in order to meet some of thearguments that he is hearing on eitherhand in speaking with persons who areseeking for light on the mysteries of life.

On the one hand, we find those whoare now ready to discredit the poten-tial power of heredity or hereditary in-fluence and credit environment with allthe subtle effects that have tended tomould and remould human nature.On the other hand, there are those whosay that environment counts for littleor nothing in the development and evo-lution of human nature.

Those who argue that environment

is the greatest if not the only realpower affecting the natural tendenciesand habits of man claim that the earlyassociation of children in their youthand especially in their childhood isresponsible for not only their mentaland physical habits but for their famil-iarity of features. It is argued thatthe reason that a child, either son ordaughter, looks like either the fatheror mother is because of the close asso-

ciation of the child with the parentsin the early years when the character is

being moulded. Taking this one point alone as a

starting point for our discussion I donot think that I need to point out howfoolish this argument really is. We allknow of intimate cases that would tendto contradict this argument, if notactually refute it. For instance, I knowof a young man nearly twentyeightyears of age who since his birth hascontinually developed a very pro-nounced resemblance to his father andhis grandfather, plainly showing a

strong resemblance to the father’s sideof the family. The resemblance is be-coming so marked that he and hisfather are often taken for brothers.

Change in features toward a familyresemblance became very marked afterhis seventh birthday and was well es-tablished before his eighteenth birth-day. Yet this young man lost hismother when he was but a year old andwas taken from the home of his parentsand given to some distant relatives ina farm city far removed from where hewas born and he did not come in con-tact with his father except for a fewhours two or three times a year duringthe first eighteen years of his life.During all those years he was in closedaily contact with persons who had noresemblance whatever to the boy’sfamily line or to anyone resemblinghis parents. There are many instancesof children who have been separatedfrom their parents while babies and



who were not located until adulthoodand whose resemblance to the parentswas one of the strong circumstantiallinks in proving their identity.

I know of one case where a peasantItalian left his home to come to Amer-

ica to start a new life in a new world.He left behind him his wife and threeboys ranging in ages from one to fouryears of age. Through unfortunate circumstances and the incidents of theWorld W ar he was not able to sendfor his wife and children to come toAmerica and enjoy his new home andnew fortune until nineteen years hadpassed and when he went to the im-migrant station in New York City tomeet his wife and family he was ableto pick out his three boys long beforehe saw his wife in the vast throng

usual in that place when a ship arrives.Friends who met him later were strong-ly impressed with the resemblance of the boys to their father and therecould be no mistake regarding an in-heritance of family features. Two of the three boys had been separatedfrom the mother for twelve years, liv-ing with an uncle on a farm in I talyand this uncle had very strong facialcharacteristics distinctly different fromthose of the father. Certainly closeassociation did not overcome the ten-

dencies of heredity in this case.It is also argued by this new schoolof scientists that such other traits asthe tendency toward music or art,literary work, mechanics, science, en-gineering, or farming, are acquired notthrough any inheritance but throughthe close companionship of the childwith the parent. Granting that a childlives at home with his father in an en-vironment of art and sees his fatherpainting and sketching daily and is sur-rounded with pictures and paintingsand art work of all k inds throughout his early years, will have a tendencyto become an artist, we cannot say thatif he does become an artist that it isdue exclusively to such association forin such a case what are we to say whena man who is an artist has three orfour sons and several daughters andonly one of them living in the samehome and same environment manifests

any artistic ability or inclination and the others show no interest whateverin art?

We will not take time to considerother typical examples or hypotheticalcases but give a few moments thoughtto the argument that man is enslavedby his environment instead of being amaster or creator of it. If man had notbeen able to rise above his environment,or to overcome the limitations of en-vironment, or free himself from the in-fluences of environment, we would allbe living in the most primitive ways,probably on wild grass fastened in thelimbs of trees or in mud huts alongthe banks of rivers.

There are thousands of outstandinginstances tending to show that en-vironment has had little or no effect

upon mans’ evolution and development.In the earliest records and pictures of the home and birth place of AbrahamLincoln we discover that the nexthome to him was the home of a closeneighbor. This neighbor’s home wasa better home in its material and physi-cal aspect and in its furnishings thanthe home in which Abraham Lincolnwas born. The country surroundingthese two homes was of a primitivenature and any effect it had uponhuman beings must have been identicalin the case of the occupants of bothof these homes. Yet notwithstandingthe fact that in the neighbors’ homethere was more education, more pros-perity or material wealth, and more of the luxuries of life than in the homeof Abraham Lincoln, millions of per-sons know of the outstanding accom-plishments of the one man who wasborn and lived in the one home whilehistory has completely lost the nameand identity of those who were bornand raised in the other home.

Why should environment play such

a trick as to concentrate its beam of good fortune upon one individual in itslocality and doom another to ignominyand historical oblivion? T ruly the con-tenders for the theory of the influence of environment may say that heredityhad nothing to do with the rise to heightsof Abraham Lincoln, and this may betrue. But most certainly envi ronment had nothing to do with it even if



heredity did not. Rosicrucians say thatCosmic influence, K arma, and otherdivine principles had more bearingupon the achievements and the attain-ments of Abraham Lincoln thanheredity or environment, but Rosi-crucians also contend that the influence

of heredity had some bearing uponthis matter and that it cannot be ignored.

One eminent educator said that ittakes a hundred years to evolve ahighly intelligent and cultured personand a great poet expressed the sameidea when he said that a child’s cul-ture and mental attainment begins withthe grandparents. This is unquestion-ably true and from the Rosicrucianpoint of view there is one other factorto take into consideration; namely, thatthe individual himself requires a num-ber of incarnations in which to evolveand become trained in right thinkingand right living.

Taking these points into considera-tion we see then that any individualmanifesting more than the average in-telligence or keenness of mind and dem-onstrating more than the averageamount of power to rise above themultitude, must have the advantage of preparation and progress on the partof his forbears plus his own advance-ment through several incarnations. Thisis why the Rosicrucian Order main-

tains that each one of us is now build-ing our destiny and futures for notonly the present incarnation but forfuture incarnations and we are likewisepreparing our children and the futuregeneration of our line for similar in-tellectual and spiritual attainments.

It is a wonderful thing to think thatour studies at the present time and ourexperiences and experiments are notonly serving us to good purpose atthe present time but preparing a foun-dation for us in the next and futureincarnations, and at the same time lay-ing another excellent foundation forwhat our children will inherit so thattheir progress and development will be

T he made more easy because of this adRosicrucian vantage.

D i gest In other words, each one of us who isA pr i l devoted to this work and living the1931 spirit of Rosicrucianism is building a

future generation of highly evolvedbeings who will manifest their attain-ment and development to a high degreein the future. On the basis that everyman and woman is potentially the forbearer of at least eight or ten individ-uals in a third or fourth generation,

we can plainly see that every loyal,devoted, sincere Rosicrucian of todayis creating a potential group of highlyevolved beings for the future. Most of us will reincarnate again during thelifetime of some of our own descend-ants and if they have inherited thefoundation that we are now laying andare living lives in accordance with thedoctrines and principles we are nowestablishing as our guides in life wewill find that we will return here tolive again among those who are highlyprepared and evolved and whose evo-

lution and attainment was made possibleby our activities and devotion today.

To those of you who think that allthis is a rather fantastic picture of theoretic possibilities, let me call yourattention to the fact that scientists witha tendency toward the study of socialconditions have recently revealed someastonishing facts. These facts tend toprove that the family history of in-dividuals and the tendency on the partof parents and grandparents are vitalfactors in the evolution and personal

development of every individual. Oneoutstanding proof is a very elaborateinvestigation that was made of twowellknown families. The facts re-vealed by this investigation should bevery interesting to all of our members.

Two individuals were born at thesame time a hundred years ago in twoparts of the world. One was a cul-tured, educated, refined man, of astudious and spiritual nature, living inEurope wellknown to many during hislife time. The other was an illiterate

individual born in Connecticut withtendencies toward the sordid things of life and with certain criminal instincts. The man in Europe married a womanof culture and refinement, who was alsowellknown, and the lives and activitiesof this man and wife were of sufficientimportance to be wellrecorded in many

records.



The man in Connecticut married aa woman who was slightly incompetentthrough gross ignorance and manysuperstitious beliefs. Because of theman’s criminal tendencies and thewoman’s low standard of life certain

records maintained in the city and statewhere they lived were replete with in-cidents of their lives. Both of thesecouples had many children and thesechildren married in accordance withthe degree of development and com-prehension of the things of life. Thescientists who made an investigationof these two couples and their des-cendants spent many years and manythousands of dollars carrying on a com-plete investigation for a scientific in-stitution in order to trace the precisehistory and activities of their descend-ants. In each case several hundredindividuals represented the fourth andfifth generations of these couples. Intracing the individual lives and activitiesof each of the descendants of the manand woman in Europe it was foundthat not a single one of the descend-ants has ever been convicted of acrime, charged with any illegal or overtact, and not one had died in an insaneasylum or from any inherited diseaseor had any other record than anadmirable one in every sense.

On the other hand, the descendantsof the couple who married in Connect-icut were constantly in trouble withofficials of various kinds and amongthese descendants were many criminals,many insane children, many who haddied on the scaffold or in prison, anda number who had committed suicide ordisappeared in the midst of their criminalactivities. The complete records showthat the state of Nl'ew York alone hadspent over three million dollars intaking care of and attempting to cor-rect the criminal activities of the des-cendants of this family and this did notinclude a large portion of the des-cendants who lived in other states.

Think of the one man and womanso inevolved and unprepared for thebetter things of life and so steeped insin and error that just a small portionof their descendants should cost onestate many millions of dollars to carefor them. Such facts as these have

been revealed in eminent recordswritten by such recognized authoritiesas Professor Wiggam.

In the Rosicrucian records there ap-pear the names of many eminentcriminals and typical inevolved persons

of the past who persisted in con-tinuing to ignore all the benefits offeredthem to rise to a higher stage of development and who married andleft descendants whose lives have beenwatched and studied in order to con-firm many of the doctrines taught inour teachings, and some of the des-cendants of these persons are beingstudied today by various branches of our organization in order to makemonthly and yearly reports to thecentral archivist who is completing

and compiling these facts.In one case the records begin withthe life of one man who was an in-tellectual as well as a military andcivil power in southern France beforethe year 1000 A. D. Because of hispolitical and social position and hiscoat of arms, as well as his lordshipover certain domains which passedfrom father to son for many genera-tions, and because the domains bore acertain significant name, still wellknown to history, it has been possibleto keep an accurate record and obser-vation of each of the descendants of this man who, incidentally, was of ex-treme helpfulness in the establishmentof the early Rosicrucian activities inFrance through his extreme tolerationtoward the mystic “Heretics’’ as theywere called in those days.

It is a remarkable fact that the rec-ords reveal that the men descending inthe male line of this family have allbeen rulers and controllers of greatindustries and large capital in eachsucceeding generation, while at the

same time being extremely social,humanitarian, philanthropic, and broad-ly tolerant in religious views. It isalso significant that each son in suc-cession has carried out the early ideasof the ancient forbears in regard tosupporting and contributing to the workcarried on by the mystical philosophiesof the various ages and to spreadingfree education and practical helpful-ness in the methods of personal devel-opment.



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The present descendants of this oldfamily live in America today and arewellknown and can probably be iden-tified by the description given here.Only recently did any of the presentdescendants learn of the true ancestoryof their family so far as their for-

bears in Europe are concerned, andnone of the present descendants knewuntil recently that their male parentsfor many generations had been carryingon the educational, mystical, and spiri-tual philanthropy in which they them-selves had been engaged for the pastthirty or forty years. In other words,they did not even suspect that theirpresent tendencies to promote educa-tion and liberal spiritual and religiousideas and the advancement of medicaland other scientific knowledge was an

inherited tendency manifested in prac-tically every one of the many genera-tions of their family preceding them.

Therefore, it was not a conscious prac-tice or one designed to carry out theearly desires of an old family plan.Nor do any of the present descendantsknow that the Rosicrucian organizationof today and yesteryears has been sointerested in watching the activities of each succeeding generation of thisfamily.

All of this should encourage us tobe more devoted, more sincere, more

earnest in our present studies and prac-tices, for we should realize that we arenot only evolving our own personalityand moulding our own fate and destinyin the present incarnation and assuring

ourselves of the greatest possible re-wards in our present life, but we arebuilding for our own future in the nextincarnations and creating cer tai nstandards and tendencies in our off-spring which will add to these inheritedacquirements and strengthen them to

even greater efficiency than we mayattain, thus building a new race of in-dividuals for the future among thepeople, of which we will come back tolive and enjoy the fruits of the seedswe may sow. Certainly this makes ourwork a glorious one and somethingworth living for and struggling for.

Those of our members who feel thattheir personal progress at the presenttime seems to be slow, and those whofeel that whatever development theyare passing through is seldom used in

a practical way should remember thateven though circumstances and ourpresent vocation and avocation maynot give us opportunities to apply anduse all of the wonderful knowledge weare attaining, or apply the abilitiesthat we are awakening and strength-ening within us, there will come a timein a future incarnation when thepresent development will count in aremarkable way and it will also mani-fest itself in our descendants.

Certainly not only our fates and

destinies are in our own hands at thepresent moment but the fate and des-tiny of hundreds, if not thousands of others, rest in our own consciousnessand our own activities of today.

V V V

THE NEW ROSICRUCIAN CREED

At the last Convention there was compiled a Rosicrucian Creed,setting forth in detailed articles, not what the Rosicrucians believe, but

what the Rosicrucians know. The Creed is very inspiring and was acceptedby all of the delegates at the Convention as the official one to be usedby all lodges and members.

Because those present at the Convention wished copies of it, we haveprepared for all members this beautiful Creed, on an attractive wall card,printed in three colors, size 11 x 14 inches, which may be had by everymember for the nominal price of 35c, postage paid. It is also ornamentalin nature, and will be an added improvement to your sanctum. Send re-mittance to AMORC Supply Bureau.



Knowing GodCHANGING OUR CONCEPT MEANS NEW LIFE

By F r a t e r R o y l e T h u r s t o n

V V V

F I WERE asked tostate what was the mostimportant or outstand-ing benefit in a generalsense resulting from thestudies and practices of the Rosicrucian principlesI would unhesitatinglystate that it is the be-

ginning of a newer and better lifethrough a newer and better conceptof God.

While it is true that the RosicrucianFraternity has always been a verypractical organization of real workersin the world we cannot overlook thefact that fundamental principles that en-able the followers of the Rosy Cross

to become more happy and successfulin their earthly lives are related tospiritual truths leading to an awakeningof the spiritual concepts of life.

Even he who is most busily engagedwith the material problems of life andwho thinks he has little time for spiri-tual thought and meditation often keen-ly realizes that he needs a better andmore intimate acquaintance with thespiritual things of life and especially abetter concept of God and God’s laws.It is useless for anyone but the foolish

atheist and the imbecilic mind to tryand argue that the average man andwoman is not benefitted by a betteracquaintance with the Supreme Mindthat rules this universe. It is a factthat is easily demonstrated that as aman or woman is attuned with a moreperfect understanding of God, so thewhole of life is changed for the better.

Fortunately, the Rosicrucian teach-ings have kept pace with the evolu-

tionary progress of man’s concept of all things. If in five, ten, or fifty thou-sand years of human evolution andhuman struggle toward higher idealsman has not brought himself closer toGod through a better understanding of God, then we would have to admit thathuman evolution is failing and that theperfection of the human race is im-possible. But I dare say that thereare few rational beings who wouldventure to make such a statement.

The nearer man approaches to Godin his understanding the more evolvedand more inclusive becomes his con-sciousness of God and God's principles. The concepts and ideals that satisfiedhim or brought a satisfactory under-

standing of God to him centuries agoare unsatisfactory today. Man’s betterunderstanding of man has had a greatchange upon man’s concept of God,and man’s experience of the workingof many of God’s laws even here inour daily material affairs has tended tochange mans’ concept of God and Hisprinciples and the general working of the laws of love and mercy and justicein all of our human affairs has likewisemodified man’s concept of what God’slaws and principles must be like. Eventhe continued evolution of human loveor the love of human beings towardone another and especially the love of parents toward children in the develop-ing civilization has taught man thatthe Father of us all must be a moreloving being than we understood in ourearliest concepts.

The Rosicrucian teachings have keptpace with these evolving concepts inthe mind of man and continually anti



cipated the newer questions, the newerproblems, and the newer explanationsthat man meditates upon in the periodwhen he lifts himself out of the mater-ial affairs of life and seeks to raisehis consciousness to a higher plane.

First of all, we find that the Rosicru-cian teachings reveal God as not onlya loving, merciful, just ruler, but as oneto be loved instead of feared. Howeasily many of us can recall that in ouryouth it was a commonplace expressionto say that this or that individual wasdoing wrong because he did not havethe fear of God in his heart. It seemsto be the accepted standard or conceptto think of God as someone to befeared with terror and awe. Littlechildren were taught that they shoulddo certain good things and refrain

from doing certain sinful things be-cause they should fear God and Hismysterious power of punishing themfor the evil they did. The fear ideawas developed to such an extreme thatthey were taught that they did notdare think of God while smiling orlaughing or to speak of Him in anycasual way or with any other attitudethan that of extreme fear. It is nowonder that the children came to be-lieve that God could be approachedonly at bed time through the week, orin the church on Sunday, while onbended knee and with hands upraisedin typical pagan attitude of fearfuladoration.

The erroneous Biblical quotation thatintimated that revenqe was a power ex-clusively given to God and that Godalso visited His Wrath and envy,hatred and retribution, upon men andwomen, and that He was jealous andsuspicious, were ideas commonly pro-mulgated by the religious leaders andbased their argument upon isolated andmistranslated passages in the Bible.

It is not a wonder that for ages menspeculated upon the loving and merci-ful nature of God and asked why Heallowed many sinners to succeed in

T he while those who tried to be piousRosicrucian an< honest were unfortunate. Reasonn . ing from such a false premise wasU i gest responsible for the doubt that graduallyA pr i l arose in the minds of millions of per1931 sons as to the love and supreme wis-

dom and mercy of such a God. In fact,we may safely say that the strongestarguments used by the atheists todayin their contentions that there is noGod are based upon the fact that Godhas been misrepresented to millions of persons or represented as such a beingas would warrant us in doubting thatHe was a merciful and loving Father.

The Rosicrucian conception of God is so wholly different from all of this and yet so consistent with what Jesus taught and the greatest disciplesand Lights among men have revealedin the past that we find the Rosi-crucians entering into a new lifethrough their better understanding of God and God’s ways. Such an under-standing brings peace and content-ment to the weary soul, to the tried

and sorely tested physical body and tothe perplexed mind. It brings hope andrenewed life and energy and a firmconviction that justice will prevail andthat truth will be demonstrated.

It opens up a new phase of life anda broader horizen here on this earthplane. It brings God closer to man,more intimate, more personal, and morefriendly in every human sense of theword. It makes God’s laws appear intheir true light as not only immutableand not only just but rational, reason-

able, and thoroughly understandable.It does away with all of the seeminginconsistencies and injustices and takesout of the picture entirely the idea thatGod is an arbitrary ruler and that Heis jealous or has any of the elementsof wrath and revenge in His con-sciousness. It makes man realize thathe and not an unmerciful God bringsinto his life the unfortunate results of his errors and that instead of Godfinding joy and happiness in our suf-fering that we have had visited uponus, He is sympathetic and willing toforgive if we but ask for it and makeourselves worthy of it.

Certainly the change of concept of God is the greatest change that cancome into the life of a man or womanfor as I have said above it is funda-mental to all of our thinking and doingin every phase of our existence, but wecannot realize this nor test the truthof it until our concept of God has been



changed and we enter into the new lifeand new way of living that result fromsuch a change.

The Rosicrucian teachings, therefore,are of extreme importance from a

purely religious or spiritual point of view inasmuch as this one great changeof concept in regard to God and Hislaws will bring that regeneration andthat rebirth that every religion claimsto be the ultimate end of their doctrinesand practices.

Let us keep this in mind and speakof this to those who may inquire aboutthe Rosicrucian teachings and the rela-tion of these teachings to religious andspiritual matters. It is not necessaryto have a religious creed or dogmatic

outline of religious principles in orderto become more Godly and more spiri-tual for a closer and better under-standing of God and His ways of working and enable every man andwoman to understand and adopt thetrue divine laws as the only creedthat is necessary for perfect living.

V V V V V

Short Studies of the Modernity of the

Psalms of David

By P a u l B e c k e t t

I.

FIRST PSALM

A uthori zed V ersion

1. Blessed is the man that walketh notin the counsel of the ungodly, norstandeth in the way of sinners, norsitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2. But his delight is in the law of theLord; and in His law doth he medi-tate day and night.

3. And he shall be like a tree plantedby the rivers of water, that bringeth

forth his fruit in his season; hisleaves also shall not wither; andwhatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4. The ungodly are not so; but are likechaff which the wind driveth away.

5. Therefore the ungodly shall notstand in the judgment nor sinnersin the congregation of the righteous.

6. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of theungodly shall perish.

Moffat t ’s Translation

1. H appy is the man who never goes

by the advice of the ungodly, whonever takes the sinner's road, nor

joins the company of scoffers,

2. but finds his joy in the Eternal’slaw, poring over it day and night.

3. He is like a tree planted by astream, that bears fruit in dueseason, with l eaves that never fade;whatever he does, he prospers.

4. Not so the ungodly! No, they arelike chaff swept away by the wind;

5. when judgments come, the ungodly

shall not stand, nor shall the sinfullast in the community of the just.

6. The Eternal cares for the life of the just, but the ungodly life shallperish.

It has been the observation of allcenturies that the ultimate goal in thelife of mankind, collectively or indi-vidually, is to find happiness, either inthis life or in some future existence.



“Hope,’’ it is said, “springs eternal inthe human breast.’’ Hope for what?Hope of what? Do we hope for wealth,power, health, love, and a heavenlyhome after death? And why do wehope and long and strive for these

things? Isn’t it in the thought thatthrough wealth, power, health, and lovewe may find happiness? We hope fora heavenly home with the thoughtthat there will we find eternal rest,bliss, freedom from cares, pains, andworries—in other words, we are hopingfor happiness.

This search for happiness that hascontinued throughout the ages, bypeoples of all nationalities, from thetime of the first man to the presentgeneration, may well be termed theworking of a natural law, the function-ing of a Divine Urge, the response towhich brings about the continued evo-lution of man throughout his cycle of earthly existence. So does man pro-gress. Why do we rejoice over theannouncement of a great invention?Because we see by it’s adaption aneasing of our labors; an expedition of our business; an increase in our com-forts. This new device will release forus more time for ease. We rejoice be-cause we feel that through the use of this new thing we will be happy. It

is thus proven by experience that theimpulse to search for happiness is aGodmade law, and through individualman’s ceaseless striving to obey allmankind evolves.

Now if we say we have found a law,we must seek further and discover thevarious ramifications of that law. Thusthe question arises of whether thereare any rules for the attainment of happiness, for the guidance of manseeking to render obedience to the law.In legal parlance, has the law ever

been interpreted? “Happy is the manwho never goes by the advice of theungodly, who never takes the sinner'sroad, nor joins the company of scoffers,but finds his joy in the Eternal’s law,poring over it day and night.’’ The

T he Bible is the book of God’s law —

Rosicrucian "P°re ov" it" or > edit?te uPon il daVand night. out to meditate means todwell in thought; to muse; to reflect.

To meditate means to carry a thoughtto the inner self; to communicate with

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the God within. And for what pur-pose? To obtain in this time of medi-tation some inspiration from the MostHigh—inspiration which may be latermanifested on this material plane —why? So that we may have more hap-

piness; so that we can bring more hap-piness to our fellowmen.But what other Divine Law do we

find in this Psalm? That law, thatnatural law known to Psychologists asthe “Law of Compensation,’’ and to theOccultist as the “Law of Karma.’’ If a man seeks happiness according toGod s law as laid down in this Psalm,then “He is like a tree planted by astream, that bears fruit in due season,with leaves that never fade; whateverhe does, he prospers.’’ Doesn’t thatalmost speak for itself? It amplifies it-self in our thinking and says, “I f Iponder over the laws of God, if I seekto understand them, if I will seek toapply them, if I will seek to obey them,if I will learn the art of communicationwith the Creator of all things, thenwill I have found the pot of gold atthe end of the rainbow. I will havefound happiness. Where? It makes nodifference because I will be happywherever I may be. I will be alive,watered by the streams of blessingsfrom the Infinite Father, my Father,

my ‘leaves will never fade.’ I willalways have an abundance of every-thing I need or desire to make mehappy.”

Would that we could dwell only onthat scene, but this “Law of Compen-sation,’" this “Law of Karma,’’ worksboth ways — “Not so the ungodly!No, they are like chaff swept away bythe wind; when judgments come theungodly shall not stand, nor shall thesinful last in the community of the just.” This is the other side of the

picture. If we fail to obey the naturallaws of God we achieve nothing, weare nothing; we are valueless to our-selves and to others, “like chaff.”When judged by ethical standards wecannot stand, for our foundation isunstable, built as it is in violation of God’s immutable laws. Evil may seemto flourish, but the inexorable workingof this great law eventually is theundoing of the evil doer. He mightas well not have lived, for he has



added nothing to the upbuilding of himself or of mankind and has failedwholly to render assistance in the greatsearch.

“The Eternal cares for the life of the just.” Isn’t that wonderful? The Cre-

ator cares for, looks after, and interestsHimself with all His Majesty andPower in you — in me — if we willbut follow His laws made solely forour benefit. That rather puts it up tous, doesn’t it? “But the ungodly lifeshall perish.” Again the dark side,the under side, if you please, of thelaw, from the operation of which thereis no escape.

Herein then lies the Royal Road toHappiness. Sought after according tothe laws of that Maker of all laws, we

find it, we have it, we enjoy it. Butif we violate this, His law, our Karmabrings to us that supreme tragedy —failure. We have failed in our quest,and the Holy Grail of Happiness is,for us, still unfound.

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FIFTH PSALM

A uthori zed V ersion

1. Give ear to my words, O Lord,consider my meditation.

2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry,my King, and my God; for unto Thee will I pray.

3. My voice shalt Thou hear in themorning, I Lord; in the morningwill I direct my prayer unto Thee,and will look up.

4. For Thou art not a God that hathpleasure in wickedness; neithershall evil dwell with Thee.

5. The foolish shall not stand in Thysight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

7. But as for me, I will come into Thyhouse in the multitude of T hymercy; and in Thy fear will I wor-ship toward T hy holy temple.

8. Lead me, O Lord, in Thy right-eousness because of mine enemies;and make Thy way straight beforemy face.

12. For Thou, Lord, wilt bless therighteous; with favor wilt Thoucompass him as with a shield.

Moffatt's Translation .

1. O Thou Eternal, listen to mywords, and hear the murmur of mysoul;

2. my King and my God, give ear to

my appeal, for I am calling outto Thee;

3. oh hear my morning prayer, for inthe morning I set forth my plea, andwait Thine answer.

4. Thou art no God to take delight invice, no evil man is any guest of

Thine,5. No arrogance can look Thee in

the face;7. but I have access to Thy house, by

Thy great generosity, I can bowreverently before T hy sac r edshrine.

8. O Thou Eternal, let not my foesthwart me, lead Thou me on, as

Thou are just, make Thy pathsmooth before me.

12. For Thou wilt bless the just, O Thou Eternal, shielding them safe,crowning them with T hy favor.

This Psalm is a song of David andwas taken from his Choirmaster’s col-lection. Its subject is given as Nehiloth;now Nehiloth means Inheritance. Thus

do we see the significance of the Psalm,for we, God’s children, are His heirsor inheritors. In the light of this greattruth let us consider this 5th Psalm.

“O Thou Eternal, listen to mywords, and hear the murmur of mysoul.” This is most beautiful poetryand indicates a great hidden meaning.“Hear the murmur of my soul” — amurmur is defined as an indistinctsound, or rather, a sound with no dis-tinguishing features. Can you picturethis communion between two individual

beings who obviously are acquaintedwith the language used by each, andthat in this communion the Psalmistexpected nothing less than that hismessage be heard? Confidence is ex-hibited, growing, no doubt, from formerexperiences wherein he knew that hehad been heard.

The Christ has informed us that“God is Spirit,” divine, imperishable.So too, the immortal, divine part of man is the soul, the soul being the true



man, the imperishable ego which isreflected in our manifested or visiblebody. Now, if this be true, the onlypossible point of contact between Godand man would be in the soul of man,for like can only commune with like—

God, divine—the soul of man, divine. This Psalm postulates the truth thatman can only commune with his Makerthrough the medium of the soul. Inother words, physical man cannot com-mune with God, but the real man,though invisible, can enter into com-munion with his Creator. Does notthis open our eyes to the wasted effortof many long drawn out lip prayersand vehement exhortations to which wehave in times past been subjected?“The murmur of my soul”—the soul of man in communion with the Great Soul

of God needs no spoken language. Thought is the true language used. Areyou willing that your God hear all themurmurs of your soul?

The Christ further teaches us thatthe kingdom of heaven is within us. Therefore if we seek to commune withor to petition the K ing, we must repairto the place where He is to be found.

The King rules and reigns in HisKingdom—within us. Now sound isvibration which in turn sets to vibratingthe sensitive receiving set attuned to re-

ceive it; so a murmur, a sound with nodistinguishing features, if you please,can only be registered upon a receiverset to receive this sound. Thoughtwaves, science tells us, are vibratory—thus the vibration of your thought, themurmur of your thought, emanatesfrom your soul into the very Presenceof your God and Father. The Psalmistgoes on with this recognition, "MyKing and my God, give ear to myappeal.”

We come now to a statement thatwill bear out the contention of a

modern religious cult, as well as a pre-cept long promulgated by occultteachers, namely: That a definite timeshould be set apart each day for'entering the silence’ or for a ‘period

rj ' fl e of meditation.’ The Psalmist prays,„ . . “Oh hear my morning prayer, for inKosicructdn morning I set forth my appeal andD igest wait Thine answer.” In this definiteApril ‘period of meditation’ or of ‘entering1931 the silence' it becomes possible for you

to get away from the material side of your life and let the spiritual part of you—the real you—come into directcontact with the Great Source of allthings, your Creator and HeavenlyFather. How sure is this singer of

psalms that there will be an answer;but he awaits it, he does not seek toforce it, nor does he seek to direct it;and if the answer be not just what wasexpected, nevertheless it is received asa proper answer.

Then this Psalmist—this man whohas experienced much—recites some of the attributes of this God of his withWhom he holds daily communion,‘‘Thou art no God to take delight invice, no evil man is any guest of Thine,no arrogance can look Thee in theface.” Does not this convey most

clearly that no evil man, no arrogant,selfsatisfied, selfcentered being needseek to commune with God? That manwho tells of his own accomplishments,saying, “See what I, alone, unassisted,have done,” is wasting his time in hislip prayer. But why should he notseek? Why do we say his time iswasted? It can but be wasted, misspenttime on his part to seek a contact withhis Creator, for the reason that hissoul, his thought is not in tune with thereceiving set of his Maker; the mur-mur of his soul is overburdened withstatic (material interference) and doesnot register clearly and truthfully uponthe clean, pure soul of God. Davidknew that his soul attuned properly.Listen, “But I have access to Thyhouse by Thy great generosity, I canbow reverently before Thy sacredshrine.” David knew that he couldcome into the house of his Father, be-cause that Father, the Creator of theUniverse, had so generously permittedit, and because of his life, because of his love, he, David, the son was wel-

comed into the house of his Father.“For Thou wilt bless the just, O ThouEternal, shielding them safe, crowningthem with Thy favor.” Here is the cli-max of the Psalm — the reward of happy communion was an answer tothe prayer, to the petition, to thatwhich was murmured by the soul,bringing the things asked for—bless-ings, peace, joy, safety, and crowningfavors.



i&Jk Our Next Annual ConventionIMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR EVERY MEMBER

OF THE ORDER

By T h e S u p r e m e S e c r e t a r y

V V V

AM sure that every oneof our members will beinterested in the plansfor the next NationalConvention, and I wantto take this opportunityto tell you the story of the convention for it isintensely interesting.

Whether you are a new member of the Order, studying in the lowestgrades in any lodge or chapter orbranch of our work, or an older mem-ber in the highest grades, you arecordially invited to attend the sessionsof the various kinds and hear the won-

derful lectures, discourses, and dis-cussions to be held at the Temple andother buildings in San Jose this comingsummer.

Every member who has visited theprevious conventions agreed in pro-claiming these conventions to be themost instructive, helpful, valuable con-tribution to our work that it is possibleto offer to the members at large. Tomeet the many officers, to hear themlecture, and listen to the discussionsand suggestions of the highest mem-bers and officers of our branches and to

witness the demonstrations of scientificpersons and the mystical laws taughtin our lessons is truly a wonderfultreat, and no member who can possiblycome to California this summer shouldmiss this annual convention.

The convention is set for the weekbeginning Wednesday, July 22, andwill continue its official sessions up toWednesday evening, July 29. Butscores of members will arrive in San

Jose on the 19th or 20th, and remainto the end of the month, and thereprobably will be many additional meet-ings and classes for discussion andanalysis of the work before and afterthe official convention, in addition tomany pleasant trips of sightseeing andentertainment. However, the dates of the official sessions of the conventionare during the week beginning July 22,and everyone intending to participatein the convention should be in San Josenot later than July 21.

There are many interesting surprisesand special features that will attractthe attention of members who visit the

headguarters of the organization duringthe summer and especially during theconvention week. Perhaps the mostimportant of these surprises will bethe improvements that have been madeat Rosicrucian Park in the matter of enlarging the grounds and beautifyingand decorating them, as well as add-ing to the number of buildings used bythe organization for its activities. Ourmembers will see that since the firstbuilding was built here at RosicrucianPark in the winter of 1927 and 1928,four additional structures have been

built to take care of the increasingactivities.

The first addition was the beautifulEgyptian Temple, a replica of the prin-cipal features of temples in Egypt andarranged for the beautiful ritualisticceremonies held by the Supreme Lodgeat certain periods. To this was addedthe museum, containing an intenselyinteresting collection of Oriental andmystical relics from all parts of the



spondence, and recording departments,as well as the many others that pertainto our members’ interest. By becomingacquainted with the officers and with

the department heads, every member isenabled to appreciate his relationshipwith each department, and to cooperatewith the great work that is beingcarried on.

Other new buildings contain thelarge mailing department, operating likea fair sized post office with mailingmachines that actually print the equiv-alent of postage stamps for our use,thereby avoiding the necessity of buy-ing stamps and putting them on thethousands of packages that leave hereweekly. The Supply Bureau building

with its stock of supplies and shippingdepartment is another interesting placeto visit, as is the department where thespecially prepared lectures are dupli-cated and divided into over four hun-dred classifications for the members invarious grades of the work. Then,there are the art and advertising de-partments, and the general correspon-dence departments, each of which isalso of interest to every member.

world. This museum is one of the at-tractions of the city of San Jose andhundreds of visitors monthly come herefrom all parts of the west to enjoy thepaintings, sculpture, and many uniquespecimens in the glass cases, and ourmembers particularly will like theseexhibits.

The other additions to our structuresare work rooms and offices built inthe same Egyptian architecture as themain building, and affording everymember a wonderful opportunity towalk about through the many depart-ments of headquarters and watch thescores of employees at work. This isalways interesting to the members be-cause they can spend much time inwatching how every department of ourwork is systematically and enthusias-tically carried on. At each convention,hundreds of members divided in groupsof eight or ten under a guide have

T he journeyed through every office andRosicrucian department, watching for a long timeD igest the working of the very complex sysA pr i l tem used in maintaining the Welfare1931 Department, Editorial, lecture, corre-

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Finally, the visitors go to the build-ing containing the printing plant andare amazed to find that it is one of thelargest printing plants on the PacificCoast, doing the highest grade of work.Here, there are a great many printingpresses of all sizes, some of them be-ing of the type of those used in news-paper plants. On one of these, theentire magazine is printed on one sheetat one time and on some of the otherpresses 128 pages of one of our bookscan be printed at one time on one largesheet of paper. There are also lino-types or typesetting machines, hugefolding machines and binding machines,and there is a complete book bindingdepartment where de luxe editions arebound like those made famous byElbert Hubbard of the Roycrofters.

Books of every size and descriptionfrom looseleaf binders to books boundin leather and silk of all standard formsare bound here in the most modernmanner. Tons of paper are brought tothis printing plant every week, andthere is a constant outpour of printedmatter from the Rosicrucian Press thatis not equaled by any other printingplant in any part of the state. In somecases, as many as three million copies of one piece of printed matter have comeout of this plant in two weeks. A

number of magazines are printed hereas well as all of our stationery, books,pamphlets, circulars, and system forms.

One of the beautiful additions toRosicrucian Park just completed is anopen air Egyptian Temple, made of stone and decorated by artists who arefamiliar with Egyptian art. This templeis purely a decorative feature and wasbuilt as a shrine in memory of theinitiation that occurred in Luxor, Egypt,on February 14, 1929, when oversevent y of the highest members and

officers of our organization journeyedto that country to receive a specialinitiation. This open air temple atRosicrucian Park is a replica of thearchitecture of the Temple in whichthe initiation occurred. And, with itsmany stone seats and pretty setting,it affords an outdoor sacred place formeditation, contemplation, and rest.

Recently, some additional propertywas added to the grounds around the

temple buildings by the purchase andremoval of a residence, giving morepark space to set off the Egyptianbeauty of our buildings, and as thisarticle is being written, ground is beingbroken for the largest building we haveconstructed in San Jose. It will adjoinour other buildings and will be usedfor our Conventions and other publicmeetings. This beautiful building, il-lustrated in this issue of the magazine,will be a combination of Egyptian andMoorish architecture inside and out. Itwill be one of the largest auditoriumsof its kind in this city and will beknown as the Francis Bacon Audi-torium named in honor of the greatwriter and educator who was an officerof the Order in England. The buildingwill contain not only the large audi-

torium with very comfortable seats anda large stage with dressing rooms backof it, but ample provision for movingpictures and information office, largereception rooms, men and women’sretiring rooms, registration office, andcloak rooms. In the center of the frontof the building is a grilled space inwhich chimes and bells will be in-stalled and there will be other formsof music of unusual nature pro-vided for the convention or othersessions.

Certainly our members will enjoyevery minute of their visit to head-quarters during the summer. Remem-ber that every member is welcome tocome, and there are no charges for seatsor admission fees to any of the ses-sions, and everyone who attends theconvention is welcome to share in all of the meetings, and discussions that takeplace as well as meet the officers andhave personal interviews and enjoythe scenic beauties of this gloriousvalley. San Jose is only a short dis-

tance from Palo Alto, the universitycity, and home of President Hoover,and only a short distance drive fromthe beautiful beaches along the PacificOcean, the attractive mountain rangesof Santa Cruz with its summer homesand hunting lodges, and there are othercities and sites nearby that make thiswhole valley an attraction to touristsfrom all parts of America. Rememberthat San Jose is the site of the first



pueblo or town established in Califor-nia and was the first capital of thestate. It was selected because of itswonderful climate and its beauty.

N ot i ce to L odges and Chapters

Every chapter, group, branch, orlodge of our organization in NorthAmerica should have an official dele-gate or representative attend the con-vention as a delegate. Make immediateinquiries among your members and findout who is coming to the conventionand appoint one of these as the officialdelegate of your local organization.All others are welcome and will partici-pate in every feature of the convention,except voting on certain matters. Sec-retaries or masters of each of our

branches or groups should immediatelynotify the Convention Chairman, giv-ing the name of the person who iscoming as a delegate.

For F urther I nformat ion

All who are planning to come to theconvention this summer by train orautomobile, or by steamer from foreign

lands, should write at once to the Con-vention Chairman asking for details of the most economical way to reach San

Jose. There is much important infor-mation which the Convention Chairmancan give you, and which will make yourtrip as economical and as interesting

as possible. Write at once for thisinformation. If you are planning to goanywhere else this summer or on anytrip at any time, you will find it ad-visable to write to our ConventionChairman any week or month in theyear for travel information because heis especially qualified to give you veryhelpful advice.

Remember that there is only oneNational Rosicrucian Convention heldin America each year, and this is theone conducted by AMORC in co-

operation with the International Or-ganization. Do not miss this oppor-tunity of coming in contact with thosepersons and those facts which will domore to help you appreciate the workof this organization than any otherthing in your life. Come to San Josein July and enjoy the pleasures andbenefits of a glorious congregation of those who think and live as you do.

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“SEVEN MINUTES IN ETERNITY”

It is our pleasure to again announce that we have, at a nominal price,the wonderful article entitled, “Seven Minutes in Eternity,” with theirAftermath, in book form. This article appeared in the American Magazine,and caused unusual comment among the occult and metaphysical studentsand persons of every trend of mind. It deals with the actual experiencewhich the author had, and which he terms as his “Seven Minutes inEternity.”

The author, William Dudley Pelley, has been well known in the

literary and editorial world, having written many articles for leadingpublications. His experience substantiates many of the profound principleswhich Rosicrucian students receive in their studies. It is a book which youwill be proud to have in your library; when the article appeared in theAmerican Magazine it brought comments from every part of the world.Mr. Pelley is an experienced writer, and writes in an interesting andfascinating way. This book may be secured from the AMORC SupplyBureau, postage paid, at the very nominal price of 35 cents.



The Value of Rosicrucian ExperimentsOUR EXPERIMENTS CAN BE VERY HELPFUL

TO YOU IF YOU TRY THEMBy T h e I m p e r a t o r

W O U L D like towrite at this time afew words regardingthe var i ous experi-

ments and exercisescontained in the dif-ferent lectures and les-sons of our gradedwork as issued to allof our students, either

in their home studies or in their studiesin the groups and lodges.

It seems to me, as I analyze muchof our correspondence and think of some of the past interviews I have hadwith members that we have really twoclasses of persons in our organization.We have those who have had a veryhigh or complete education in collegeor university or in special schools of study and who are fond of studyingand of acquiring knowledge. Theylove to study for the sake of studyingand they love to acquire knowledgefor the sake of becoming familiar withall of the facts that it is possible to jam into the mind. This type of personis what might be called the intellec-tual type. We find them going to lec-tures on travel and attending discourseson international affairs and we find

them buying the latest scientific, philo-sophical, and other books on moraland ethical questions. They like tohear eminent men speak and will goout of their way to listen to a dis-course on the roundness of a squarehole if it is delivered by some eminentspeaker.

On the other hand, we have theother class of members who are notoverfond of study and who feel thatif they are going to study anything at

all it must be of a practical nature andworth while in meeting the real prob-lems of life. They do not care forphilosophical discourses that begin with

a supposition and end with a personalconclusion. They have little time forreal concentrated study or reading andall the time they do have must be de-voted to something that is going toserve them in a very useful way in im-proving themselves and in helping themto help others around them. Theywant real knowledge but it must beknowledge that is of the present hourand of present usefulness.

They wouldn’t spend five cents orwalk across the street to hear a lectureon the origin of the Greek alphabet un-less the lecture ended with some in-struction as to how the Greek alphabetcould be used today to meet some of life’s problems. They do not wantmuch knowledge but they do wantuseful knowledge. They may notknow the exact name and birth dateof the first man in ancient Gaul thatput on knighthood armor and rode awhite horse at the head division of thesecond section of the first crusade, andprobably care less about him than theydo about some man who is working

today to discover how to live a betterlife right now and attain greater suc-cess in our every day affairs. Thisclass of persons will be those who arestudents because they want to build upa practical education and a practicalusefulness in their own lives.

Now the interest i ng point about these two classifications is that when it comesto our work the latter class of personswho want only a little knowledge andwant that knowledge to be very useful



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become highly enthusiastic about ourwork and delve very deeply into everylesson, analyzing it very carefully andspend as much time in trying all of the experiments and exercises as theycan give to them. T hey look upon each experiment and each exercise as

a very important point in the work andgo at each one with a determination tomaster it as though it was a matter of life or death to them.

On the other hand, the other classof members representing the intellec-tuals who love study merely for thesake of study and who want knowl-edge merely to build up a great libraryin their minds of diversified facts, havelittle or no interest whatever in theexperiments and exercises. They passover these things in each lesson like

some people pass over a picture in astory book. They always convincethemselves that they understand thelaws and principles without testing themand they look upon the exercise or ex-periment as an unnecessary and unim-portant explanation of the printedwords. When they come to such anexperiment as floating a match stickon a glass of water and seeing if theycan control it they pass it by. Theyprobably would look with a smiling,fatherly sort of attitude upon the child-like mind of our other members who sit

around a table with a glass of waterand a match stick trying to control it.

They probably think it is an innocent,harmless, childish pastime which somemay indulge in but which the high in-tellectual mind does not enjoy.

Now the results obtained by thesetwo classes of members are quitedefinite. In the first place, we soonfind that the one class of memberswho are not interested in the experi-ments at all gradually lose interest inthe work and either drop out of the

organization or continue to pay theirdues and read the lectures and ac-cept all of our work the same as theywould belong to a geographical societyor a historical society and occasionallyread one of their monthly bulletins.

They think it is nice to belong to theRosicrucian Order and that they aresupporting a good work by their mem-bership and that is all there is to itfor them. When it comes to their

personal development and inner prog-ress along psychic lines they are notable to demonstrate any developmentat all and do not even bother to testthemselves to find out whether theyhave made any progress. When theyare ill they call in a regular physician,

when they need advice they call upona lawyer or the minister of theirchurch, and when they want to knowsomething about what is being donein the psychic or metaphysical worldthey read some book or paper givingthe experience of others. They arequite convinced that the Cosmic worldcontains many manifestations but theyhave no desire to learn what these areat first hand. Naturally they are notable to do much for anyone else ex-cept to give them intellectual advice.

So far as the great work of ourorganization is concerned this type of member is absolutely nil. If he oncein a great while hands someone aleaflet about our organization he thinkshe is doing his share. He would notgo out of his way to help some seekerfind our organization but he mightspeak about us at his club or at hiscollege fraternity meeting if the sub-

ject of metaphysics was properly in-troduced, or he might speak of itamong his intellectual friends if he wassure none would smile at him. Henever wears a Rosicrucian emblem; henever secures a new member for theorganization; he never writes a letterto any newspaper contesting any mis-information that may be given aboutthe Rosicrucians; he never contributesan article to our magazine or writes aletter of appreciation to headquarters.He likes to be in contact with someother intellectual members of his owntype so that he can discuss with themour teachings and prove to them heknows more about them than they do.

He feels that if he pays his duespromptly and keeps out of jail, he issupporting the organization and up-holds its good name by his personaldignity.

The other members, on the otherhand, soon discover that they are de-veloping a wonderful inner self throughthe practice of the experiments andexercises. They soon become consciousof the fact that they are dual in



being and that the outer self has farless power and less education than theinner self. They also soon notice thattheir affairs in life are changing andperhaps for a while things are atsixes and sevens with them and con-

ditions not as good as before joiningthe Order, except that they still have allthe necessities of life, or nearly so.

But they also realize that the unsettledconditions or poor conditions aroundthem are in the nature of a greatchange that is taking place and theyrealize that when they move out of one small home into a larger and bet-ter home that there is a period of timebetween the two homes when they arealmost homeless and that things areworse than they ever were, but they

know the future is going to be betterand so they put up with the incon-veniences of the period of change andare much more hopeful and more de-termined and even happier than theywere in the former conditions and sur-roundings. They also soon realize thattheir health is better, that the stormsand winds, epidemics and hygienicconditions of the city, county, or statedo not affect them as in the past.

They notice that they can work longerand better and with a keener mind and

yet have less fatigue. They notice thatsome of their chronic conditions arepassing away. They find that they cando things in a business way and in asocial way that they were not able todo before. They find their mind grasp-ing the great laws and principles withan understanding they never had in thepast. Each month brings importantrevelations to them and convictionsthat they are making real progress to-ward a higher goal. Each time theytry the experiments of the past they

find they are more successful thanwhen they first tried them. They grad-ually make attunement with the Cosmicand Cathedral of the Soul and findgreat relief and help each time.

They find their home life more con-tent and their life better and the childrenbegin to take the same attitude andeverything is more agreeable. Theirfriends and acquaintances say theynotice the change that is going on andare happy about it.

This class of students not onlylove to study the lessons but theywant the whole world to know whatthey are studying. They never leavethe house without carrying some leaf-lets with them. They look for every

opportunity to distribute these leafletsor leave them where somebody willfind them. They like to talk to anyonethat will talk to them about mysticismor metaphysics and proudly tell themthey are a student of the RosicrucianOrder and want all their friends to

join with them. They go to the libraryand leave the leaflets in the books.

They attend other lectures and try tomeet people who are seeking. Theytithe themselves and use the money tohelp some poor persons. They write

enthusiastic letters to headquarters; buybooks to give to friends and libraries;make occasional donations to the pro-paganda funds; offer to do public lec-turing in their communities; submitarticles to the magazine; quickly joinin new special activities that we an-nounce in our magazine; write lettersto the newspapers talking about theOrder; write letters to publishers when-ever they find a book that says some-thing unfair about the Rosicrucians andin every way throw themselves into the

spirit of the work.Fortunately for us, this latter class

of members constitute the majority. There are nine of them to every oneof the other kind. The work of theorganization in the past centuries andat the present time is carried on andsupported by these real members andworkers. They are the backbone andlife of the organization, just as theyare the salt of the earth. It is notstrange that throughout the recent bus-iness depression such members suffered

the least in proportion to their worldlyholdings. Our records show that whenthe Wall Street crashes occurred, theintellectual members who do not caremuch about the testing and experi-menting of our principles and whothink that their intellect is sufficient toprotect them on all occasions, were theheaviest losers and suffered the most.

These two types of persons repre-sent similar types in all activities of the world. Even when the World War



started there were those who werewilling to go and do their bit in theservice to protect their country andthere were the other kind who thoughtthat they could stay at home and settlethe War by thinking. They believedthat their highly developed intellects

were superior to all material condi-tions and they did not have to soiltheir hands by getting down to earthand doing the commonplace thingsin life.

The great mistake that is made bythese persons is the overlooking of the fact that at the close of life theintellectual man and woman has lessto take with him and to carry over intoa future life than the man or womanwho has tried to improve himself andothers through the development of the

inner self and it is further true thatthe one who is striving to develop theinner self has a more happy, peaceful,contented close of life than the onewho has always been seeking mentalpower of a purely intellectual kind.Usually his mind fails him first beforethe rest of his body weakens and hespends the last part of his life almostignorant of his own existence with amind that is blank from having jammedit with inconsequential things whileallowing the real psychic constitutionof his health to weaken. He becomes

a pitiful, abject specimen of spiritualneglect while the other, who has at-tempted consistently to develop theinner spiritual part of his being, grad-ually rises to the greatest heights andenjoys the most wonderful blessings of life.

The real student who has triedevery simple experiment and discoveredin even a glass of water with a matchstick, a profound law that was notexplained in the lectures and a pro-found principle he can use in a thou-

sand ways, is the one who constitutesthe real power among men because heeventually finds new life and regenera-tion toward the close of his life whenhe needs it most. Thousands of such

T he students are writing to us telling usRosicrucian t iat even though they are fifty, sixty,

and seventy years of age at the presenttime they have gradually taken on anew life, new vitality, and a new mindand a new power that makes the close

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of their lives seem to be the most im-portant and the most beautiful of theirwhole existence. The others fail in allof this and do not know what theFountain of Youth means when it isreferred to in the Rosicrucian teach-ings. They have no idea what the

ancient mystics meant by the Elixirof Life. The others find that this is areal thing and not a philosophical,theoretical thing that has no tangibleexistence in the lives of men.

Do not make the mistake, therefore,of neglecting the most simple andcasual experiments or exercises thatare contained in any of the lectures.If a great thinker discovered a greatlaw of nature by the simple falling of an apple, and if a great inventor of the steam engine could discover the

great principle of the power of steamby watching the lid on the teakettlemove up and down, you may discoversome very profound psychic law orprinciple through one of the simple ex-ercises given in our work. The exer-cises we have placed in them are notput there merely to fill space or togive you something to do, becauseamong the many thousands of studentswho are anxious to do experimentalwork there are thousands who are of a critical mind and who would soontell us that the experiments were use-

less and that others should be put intheir place. Our Research Bureau andthe masters of our branches in all landshave collected from thousands of ex-periments on the part of many mem-bers, the very best that are the mosthelpful and by common consent thesehave been put into our lectures in justthe right place and in just the rightmanner.

Such simple things as a few dropsof oil on water will prove to you aftera few minutes that one of the greatest

of the scientific statements that oil andwater will not mix is untrue and youwill discover that there is one powerin the universe resident in each humanbody that can change one of the sci-entific laws, unknown to the man whodoes not try this experiment. The useof some of the vowel sounds maysound like a child’s first lesson in sing-ing but after you practice it a whileyou will discover that the whole uni



verse might be affected by these soundsif you could handle them properly andthat you are dealing with somethingmore powerful than dynamite or

T.N .T., or something more universalthan any of the known earthly forces.

The mere concentration on a speck of light until you develop it into a greatball of fire floating in your room mayseem like an elementary lesson in magicbut after you have once accomplishedit and discover that you can controlthis ball of fire and make it visible toothers and do many other things withit, you will discover you are doingsomething the greatest scientists in theworld have been unable to fathom andsomething that will serve you in hun-dreds of ways not mentioned in our

early lectures, and you finally discover,also, that the will to do these has notonly demonstrated the laws and prin-ciples to you and given you new powerto work with, but they have enabledyou to develop some faculties andpowers inside of your being that weredormant and sleeping and which bringyou new forces and new methods of accomplishing other things in life. Thisis why the Rosicrucian teachings andpractices have been the most astonish-ing known to the world and explainswhy the Rosicrucian Order has been

the recognized master school of per-sonal development through all the ages,

unequaled by any Oriental or WesternWorld system and unequaled by anypersonal philosophy or discovery of any human being.

It behooves every sincere member,therefore, to be simple minded in his

studies and as deeply interested in thelittle things as a child is interested inhis toys. The greatest work in the uni-verse is accomplished through the ap-plication of simple laws and not theaccomplishing of complex ones. It isonly through mastering the simple lawsthat the real master worker is able tocombine them and build up the com-plex principles that give him a com-plete control of his own life and overthe conditions which surround him.

Therefore, go back over your ex-

periments and in those that you wereunsuccessful find an interest in prac-ticing them again. After many monthsof development inwardly you may findthe old experiments easier to do and you will gradually find the new onesthat now seem a little difficult muchmore simple to perform. The real Rosi-crucian is one who practices and livesand masters the principles and notone who simply understands them withhis outer intelligence and accepts themon faith. His faith will lead him no-where while the one who practices and

accomplishes reaches the gr eat estheights.

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Man’s Inconsistencies

By B r o . G o r d o n P . L a n g d o n

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SO of ten meditateupon this topic, find-

ing it interesting andworthwhile; thereforeI now enumerate someof these inconsisten-cies, feeling assuredthat they will affordneeded food for pro-gressive, constructive

thought.My position in the matter will surely

be misunderstood, unless I offer a pre-liminary explanation, so I hasten todo so.

I occupy neither the position of cynic

or critic nor that of a pessimist, sug-gesting that many things are wrong;rather I earnestly feel the opposite tobe true; that is, that all things are asthey must and ought to be for ourpresent positions along the path.

The human race, as we find it andknow it at present, has just enteredupon the upward path of evolutionthat in due time must lead us intoperfect attunement with the Cosmic.In truth, part of our confusion is dueto the fact that not a few backwardegos are still evolving, having not yetreached the depths of material ex-pression; hence it is natural and notalarming that a condition almost of chaos exists in the universe today.

The word “we" as I use it in thesen • enumerations is broadly inclusive of ostcructan ancj Qf myself. You may

D i gest have mastered some of these problems,A pr i l ] may have solved others, and other in1931 dividuals may have conquered more or

T he

many of them, so that now no twopersons have the same problems con-

fronting them.Our true and only purpose here inthis earthly, physical life, is the con-quering or overcoming of obstacles,which, by the effort necessary to theirattainment, render us stronger andmore capable of attacking and sur-mounting other handicaps, which ulti-mately place us beyond the need of a physical body, entering into trueand pure Spirituality.

Our progress from materiality to theultimate, spiritual perfection, is verylike that of the modern auto racers on

the circular track. For the evolvementof each individual ego is along thespiral path.

To make this illustration clear, pic-ture the mile, circular track as beingone half bright, the other half dark,and that instead of going round andround the same course, we emerge andcontinue each time, a little higher, as if following the spiral or threads of ascrew. And let us realize, as a primarypremise, in the study of this subject,that the dark half of the course is theperiod of physical expression which wecall “Life” while the brighter part isthe spiritual development between in-carnations.

You and I may travel side by side,that is, be living contemporarily, andbeing very different in capabilities,privileges, or accomplishment; we won-der why. Remember that in the autorace of long duration, two cars maybe side by side, yet on the time



keepers record it will be found that oneis ahead of the other by one or evenseveral rounds; also that some will befound stopped for repairs or the changeof tires or renewal of the fuel supply.

The only sad or alarming cases, if

there are such, are of those who, ab-sorbed in material enjoyment, believethat they are sitting on top of theworld. Strength, development, prog-ress; these can be enjoyed only as theresult of effort and exercise, so reallythe one of whom I just wrote is loafingby the side of the track, sitting on thefence swapping jokes as it were, whileactually he is accumulating Karma,which later, as cause to produce aneffect, will appear in his life, makingit necessary for him to overcome an

accumulation of obstacles, so great asto cause him to feel that God is un- just and a respecter of persons, or thathe was born unlucky.

We have such cases all about us,our sympathy goes out to them and wehelp them and encourage them. Thus,by boosting them, their progress isaccelerated and we gain strength inthe effort.

Let us enumerate several of these in-consistencies and examine them. Thenif we can correct a habit here or

change a plan there, so as to expressmore love, more helpfulness to others,more harmony, health, and happinessamid seeming confusion and irregu-larities of life, we will, so to speak,find that we have gained time andmileage and that we are no longer theembarrassed, unhappy laggards, en-during the dust and other discomfortsthat others have passed over and be-yond.

1. We are spiritual Beings, of Di-vine origin and Divine destiny, but

we have formed the habit of actingas if we are physical beings only, andthat pleasure and accumulation hereare of vast importance.

Really, the event called Death, willbe only as the slipping out of or dis-carding of a coat that has encumberedus, so that we find ourselves adaptedmore perfectly to the new state of ourprogress and promotion.

2. We rejoice at the birth of a per-son and mourn at their death, while

the facts of the Divine and Eternalplans should cause us to do just theopposite. For the advancement is fromdarkness to light as we lay aside acumbrous and ill fitting garment to re-ceive and function in more perfect and

beautiful robes of spiritual attire.3. We know that only good, kindly,

unselfish, and useful acts here cansmooth the pathway and enable us toadvance; therefore, as a people, broad-ly, we incline to selfish and uselessacts that involve us more deeply intomatter and detain us.

4. We know that riches such asmoney and property are a hindranceunless passed rapidly on to help others,yet we often cherish them, selfishly,conducting ourselves as if our sole pur-

pose here is to accumulate and retainsuch possessions.5. We know that fresh air as a

necessary ingredient of our bodies,promotes health and strength, but wego to great labor and expense to ex-clude it from homes, offices, and con-veyances, impoverishing our bloodstream and making ourselves suscep-tible to bodily complications and ail-ments.

6. We know that water, pure andfree, is the natural and healthful drink,

yet we scorn it, paying instead foradulterations such as soft drinks, ener-vating beverages, narcotics, and hardliquors.

7. W e know that tobacco is not afood and that it offers no benefits, butwe gladly purchase it, including acough, lung or stomach troubles, animpure blood stream, and a pernicioushabit.

8. We know that vegetables andfruits are natural foods for man tomaintain strength and keen faculties

and healthy bodily organs, yet we gofar afield and pay willingly for rich,stimulating culinary creations, knowingthat because of such, soon anotherdemand will be made upon our timeand substance to pay the surgeon or undertaker for relief.

9. We should go slowly that wemay insure safety and comfort, yetwe use our ingenuity to change con-ditions and to create equipment forfurther speed, including danger, dis-



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comfort, loss of members, and fre-quently violent deaths.

10. We take medicines to alleviateor benumb painful effects instead of finding and correcting the causes andthereby insuring health and happinessthrough normal functioning of healthybodies.

In this performance we are no morereasonable or consistent than a manwho would pay for a fine burglaralarm or a fire alarm to protect hishome and warn him of approachingdanger; then deliberately insert somechemical or mechanical device to renderhis protective equipment inoperative.

You and I will agree that such anact, if ever done, would be irregular,even absurd, yet the two cases areparallel and of equal reason and merit.

11. We set ourselves up and makelaws, exacting an eye for an eye, dis-regarding the law of love and for-giveness, so clearly taught and empha-tically explained by the Great Teacher.

12. In our minds we create for our-selves a superiority over those of othercolors and conditions. This is absurdwhen we know that only spirit hasmerit and is continuous, while thisfrail and temporary physical form willreturn to earthly elements as soon asits purpose as a vehicle of expressionis completed and that the mind and fleshcan have merit, only to the extent thatthey are kept subservient to spirit.

13. History, whether ancient, medi-eval, or modern, is a record of almostcontinuous religious wars; men andnations persecuting and destroyingthose who differed in form of worship,though our Christian Bible clearly de-fines our duties; (John 1512) “This ismy commandment; that ye love oneanother, even as I have loved you.”Also other religious teachings empha-size the importance of love as a basis

for all of our dealings.14. We pray so unreasonably, asking

selfishly for things that we do notdeserve or need and that often wouldnot be consistent with our development.

What can men hope to receive froma just and impersonal God, when inwar, business, or pleasure, one praysfor victory while his opponent just asearnestly, as loudly, and as worthily

perhaps, is praying for the advantagealso.

If we have a thing or a condition,whether our mentality pronounces itgood or bad, it is pretty sure proof that it is a problem placed here for usto solve or an effect of some pre-vious cause.

If we give thanks for all such, masterthem or enjoy them, in due time theywill go out of our lives as we advanceand are prepared to appear and toexpress in ways that are more perfect.

15. We are inclined to boast or atleast to feel proud of our accomplish-ments; let us instead realize that withall our seeming cleverness and ingenu-ity, we have not even conquered thecommon house fly.

Natural laws, which are God’s laws,

do not change, so instead of over-coming these we must learn to bringour lives into conformity with them.

Our progress from materiality towardspiritual attunement takes place, in-dividually, just as rapidly as we areable to bring our minds and bodiesinto accord with Cosmic laws. Ouronly hope of accelerating this process,can be by recognizing the God within,giving spirit precedence and controlover the material details of our lives.

16. If some one should say to oneof us, “You are not a Christian,” or,

“You do not live up to the teachingsof the Christian Bible,” we resent thesuggestion and deny its truth. Buttruth it is. One of the simplest andmost concise statements in our Bibleis, “Thou shalt not kill,” yet we killthe animals indiscriminately, kill tensof thousands of humans in legalizedwarfare, and even our states, almost allof them, enact laws exacting the life,deliberately and intentionally of onewho deliberately and intentionally hastaken a life. Can two wrongs make aright?

17. We claim that we deplore thecriminal tendencies of the present age;yet we begin the day and end it, byabsorbing from the newspapers, descrip-tions of the latest crime, with lurid andrevolting details displayed in largetype. Our reading influences our think-ing and our thoughts soon manifestin our acts so it is not difficult torealize the result of this influence.



Many more irregularities, to whichwe as human beings are indulgent,might be enumerated.

You and I can examine each hisown life, his habits, and his thoughts,and can discover more of them.

Let each be his own detective, de-riving sport from this new exercise:the ferreting out of inconsistencies.And having found them, how will wedispose of them? We can either keepthem because they are comfortable, fitnicely into our plans and others agreewith them, or through the gloriousPower of the Spirit of God within us,we can clean house and cast them out.

Your physique and mentality, likemy own, may have wandered far,doing things in its own ways and get-ting into difficulties, paying many for-feits and penalties.

Let us elevate spirit to its rightfulplace; it has seniority as well as cap-ability, so place it in charge and re-

joice in the new found joy; of realizinghow willingly and perfectly all thoughtsand functions respond.

We are quite like the lady, who,when inquiry was made as to thestate of her health, replied, “I enjoy

poor health most of the time.” Weaccept, too often, the adverse con-dition which we find developing in ourlives, resigning ourselves to such, mak-ing little or no effort to elevate ourminds and bodies into a state of attunement and of higher vibration whichwould surely correct any inharmony.

In closing, may I repeat this littlestory to arouse us from passivity intoaction. An elderly lady hastened intoher pew at the church on Sundaymorning, half an hour late. “Is thesermon done?” she whispered earnestlyto a neighbor. The neighbor franklyand very truly replied, “It is about allsaid, but not done yet."

Building Happiness

By T h e S u p re m e S e c r e t a r y

T IS a peculiarity of man to seek beyondthe realm of his ownimmediate being thatwhich he most needs.Of the vast enter-prises attributed t o

man as they have be-come recorded in theannals of the past, we

find that regardless of varied motivesand actuating impulses, there was oneultimate aim back of all — THEACHIEVEMENT OF HAPPINESS.In the continued clamor for happiness,whether by a race, a nation, or an indi-vidual, the end most sought for seemedto justify the means. The annihilationof moral sense, the utter disregard of

Divinity, the degeneration of the stand-ards of society, cowardice, perjury,treason, murder, deceit—all of thesewere entertained if they but led theway to — H APPINESS.

Happiness, it has become evident, is

that famed but elusive reward at theend of the rainbow. The difficulty inobtaining happiness in the instance of the average seeker for the same, liesin his inability to clearly define in hisown mind just what happiness reallyis. It is commonly difficult for the onewho would move Heaven and earth toacquire that thing or state he terms“happiness,” to logically explain howit would result in happiness after itwas obtained.



Without the attempt to become peda-gogical, let us first frankly and im-partially analyze happiness, shelving,so to speak, our personal conceptionfor the moment. Has the human beinga right to demand happiness; that is,command it as an attribute of life it-self, something which should be apsychic part of his being like unto hisinstincts, emotions, and desires? Ishappiness but the blessings of the godof fortune and circumstance? Is it buta mathematically conferred honor upona percentage of every thousand accord-ing to some mysterious law of Natureunknown to mankind? Ponder uponthese three questions, for in the finalanalysis of them we take our first for-ward step toward REAL and lastinghappiness.

Man, as far as his birth here on this

plane is concerned, is not the directresult of his own thinking or doing,but rather the fulfillment of wellestab-lished and decreed natural laws. Manis a living manifestation of the im-mutability and perfection of Cosmicprinciples. Any existent imperfectionin man at birth, mentally or physically,is not an indication of irregularity orexception in the Divine laws of life,but rather a wilful disobedience of, orinterference with them on the part of man.

Therefore, if we are to assume anystandard as a basis to work upon, weaccept the Divine principles of creationas the acme of perfection. We agree,then, that if ignorance or wilful abuseon the part of mankind did not disturbthe natural harmony and balance of thelaws of life, man would be as perfect,physically and mentally, as the direct-ing intelligence of which he is the re-sult.

Reasoning deductively, i t would,therefore, appear that the normal state

of man should be one of perfection;that physically, he should be such thatthe blood, tissue, bone, muscles, or-gans, and members that compose his

T he physical self should be working in suchRosicrucian perfect relation and should performD i gest their special purposes so adequatelyA pr i l that there would be no resulting dis1931 cord or ill health.

Mentally, therefore, man should bealert, keen, intelligent, and quite cap-able of coordinating all of his facultiesso as to be able to direct his bodyproperly for his own wellbeing andpreservation. If you and I could con-stantly maintain such a condition in

ourselves as long as we were grantedthe privilege of life on this plane,would that not constitute a form of happiness? To the point, aside from thesuperfluities of life, if we could main-tain perfect health with its naturaladvantages and have the use of a welldeveloped intelligence with its resultingadvantages, that would be a prime fac-tor, at least, toward happiness, wouldit not?

What is the result of this reasoning?It is just this: That happiness is not afavored condition. It is not a special

blessing, nor is it a condition thatshould only be endowed on a certainpercentage according to the law of averages. But happiness should be anormal condition, like unto health andsanity. It is a condition that should bethe result of normalcy in mind and body;it is an attribute of life, therefore, andman has a right to demand it. Notonly that, but when it does not exist,it is because of the lack of some funda-mental, either within the physical, men-tal, or psychic selves of man.

Let us rest at this point with twolaws established in our analysis:First: Happiness is the result of

normalcy in man, physically, mentally,and psychically.

Second: As happiness is an attributeof life itself, it is man’s bounden right,and he may demand it.

Proceeding further, let us analyzethe nature of this condition termed“happiness." Working on the premisethat one is in the state of normalcymentioned above and is quite capable

of maintaining it, and is therefore apossessor of happiness, just what is thishappiness? Popularly, it is conceivedto be a pleasurable or joyous state.But true happiness continues withoutthe effort on the part of man to obtainit. Happiness is not a condition in andby itself which we must seek, butrather the pleasurable influence of notdoing certain things.



Keep always in mind our first law:Happiness is the result of normalcy inman. It is the harmonious sensation of the perfect balance of man himself. If we add to ourselves, something that isneeded that we haven’t the materialsfor, we will follow the path in thiserroneous thinking that millions havetramped toward the end of the rain-bow, which always keeps just ahead of them. Unhappiness is the indication,not of the lack of something that mustbe sought for, but rather the adjust-ment of something that we alreadyhave inherently, but have failed tobuild rightly.

We are often disillusioned by thebelief that at last we have found hap-piness, as if it were something to besought, by the fact that we do receivethrough impressions of our senses agratification of what we desired. Suchpleasure, such a state of enjoyment, isnot happiness in the true sense; it ismerely the gratifying of the demandsof the physical or mental self. Suchhappiness is transitory, relative, andleaves us groping, searching againwhen it deserts us.

To the starving or thirstcrazed manthe sublimity of the momentary satis-faction when fed or given drink is thepinnacle of human happiness. Thewarmth of fire to the cold, the fantasiesof the poisoned brain of a drugaddict—these are mere gratifications which,when regularly followed, lose their en-thralling sense of elevation and pleasureand compel one to seek elsewhere orindulge in excesses which are ruinous,in the attempt to attain false happi-ness. True happiness neither changesin its appeal or its nature. True hap-piness is not out beyond, somethingto be hunted and ferreted out of lifeand the world we are in.

We now have two more laws forthe building of happiness. They are:

First: Happiness is not the gratifi-cation of the senses but a rhythmicharmony among the outer, mental, andpsychic selves.

Second: Happiness, therefore, mustconstitute the adjustment of man him-self, and in him, not to be soughtelsewhere.

In conclusion, let us consider thebuilding of happiness, now that wehave some laws or materials to workwith. Is it not reasonable to say thatman himself must do his own buildingof happiness? We have found that thecharacteristics necessary for happinessand the continuance of it are inherentin man as a being, taking into con-sideration all phases of man; the physi-cal, the mental, and the psychic. Per-manent happiness cannot be brought toyou by others. It is true, others cancontribute to our relative happiness:companionship, the study of art, music,the sciences, sports, literature. What-ever our desires may be, the fulfillmentof them gives momentary pleasure, butwhen finally gratified, fades away andfails to satisfy.

If you long for happiness, long notfor others to give it to you or createit for you. Such happiness withoutthe knowledge by you of how it wasaccomplished would be useless to youbecause when the one who is creatingit for you ceases, the false happinessceases also. The most that others cando for you is to show you H OW TOBUILD HAPPINESS INTO YOUROWN LIFE.

The law of selfdependence andpreservation applies to happiness also.Stop caring for your outer, physicalbody, neglect it, abuse it, and whatare the results? Disease, suffering, andpain—even death. These consequencesinstinctively compel us to be cautious,always mindful of the best interestsof the body. So it is with happiness.Stop doing that which is necessary tobuild your own happiness and the re-sult is sorrow and grief.

No matter where you seek or whomyou ask to give you happiness, if youdo not BUILD IT YOURSELF, orneglect what you have built in the wayof happiness in your life, it will desertyou. Since according to the lawsbrought out in this analysis happinessdepends upon normalcy of body, mind,and psychic self, make the best of whatyou actually are. Improve your body;regard sane and rational instructionsfor the perfecting of health; heed thedictates of your conscience and inner



self; and attempt to make up the de-ficiencies that might exist in your ownphysical self.

Make the physical self NORMAL;then develop the mind; purge it of des-tructive thoughts, as those kind of thoughts leave their effect on the mind.Use your mental powers for construc-tive, creative work; be broad, tolerant;cast out biases and intolerance. Giveyour mental self a chance to expand,to broaden out, to at least functionNORMALLY in every way. Followthe direction of the socalled urges,hunches, or intuition. Allow the Cos-mic and Divine Intelligence, the soulforce in you, an opportunity to help—do not be an egotist and attempt tostifle the words of God as they ringin your consciousness.

The second law we have found is: You have the right to happiness; de-mand it; prevent interference in theperfection of yourself. Permit no otherto persuade you to disregard yourrightful heritage of happiness. Enterinto no relationship of any sort that

will bind you or prevent you fromacting and thinking for your own in-terest or unselfish happiness.

And our third law: We must con-stantly see that the balance and rhythmof our physical, mental, and psychicselves is not upset. We must not, in

the pursuits of our daily lives, neglectone at the sacrifice of the other. Inattainment of health, for an example,if we neglect the mental or psychicside, we merely build one wall of thestructure of happiness and leave theothers in ruin. To have balance, wemust have equality; common sense andproper thinking will assist us in main-taining the rhythm necessary among thethree.

Finally, our fourth law: Seek nothappiness elsewhere, but in man. Sincehappiness is of man, it is in him. Theworld of happiness lies within man.

The further man projects his thoughtsfrom himself in search of happiness, thefarther away he gets from happiness.

The world at large may be for man,but the source of happiness is alwaysof and within man.

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Cathedral Notes

The "Cathedral of the Soul” is a Cosmic meeting place for all minds of the mostadvanced and highly developed spiritual members and workers of the RosicrucianFraternity. It is a focal point of Cosmic radiations and thought waves from which radiatesvibrations of health, peace, happiness, and inner awakening. Various periods of the dayare set aside wrhen many thousands of minds are attuned with the Cathedral of the Soul,and others attuning with the Cathedral at this time will receive the benefit of the vibra-tions. Those who are not members of the organization may share in this unusual benefitas well as those who are members. The book called “Liber 777" describes the periods forvarious contacts with the Cathedral. Copies will be sent to persons who are not membersby addressing their request for this book to librarian S. P. C., care of AMORC Temple,San Jose, California, enclosing three cents in postage stamps.

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Reports coming from membersevery locality show that a great workis being carried on in the name of theCathedral Welfare League. Thousandsof members are tithing themselves forevery direct benefit they receive fromthe Cathedral and using this money un-selfishly to help others. In many casesthe tithe money is sent to the Cathed-ral Welfare Headquarters at San Jose

to be used in prison and hospital work,and to help individuals who are inneed, but a great many of the mem-bers are using this money in directwork in their own localities, and thereports coming to us from such help-fulness are very pleasing indeed. Wehope that every member receiving anybenefit from the Cathedral will bearin mind that for each blessing re-



ceived, some good deed must be per-formed for others in order to carry outthe mystic law.

There will be no special periodsduring the coming two months exceptthose announced in last month’s issueof the Digest, except during the lastdaily period for Sunday evening,March 22. This being the time for thecelebration of the Rosicrucian New

Year and sacred feast throughout theNorth American jurisdiction, it will bean appropriate time for those who areisolated or separated from groups orlodges to make contacts with the offi-cers in a special assembly at the Su-preme Temple and at the Cathedral.

H eali ng Treatments for N on-M embers

In the February issue of the Digestan announcement was made to theeffect that the demand for healingtreatments for nonmembers was be-coming so great that a change in theplans of the work of the Welfare De-partment would be necessary. Thehearty agreement on the part of ourmembers with the plan announced inthat issue has been very gratifying,indeed, and because of this instan-taneous and wholehearted expressionof cooperation with us in these plans,

we have decided to slightly modify ourdecision and have worked out a methodwhereby we can continue to help non-members through using the help of theCathedral of the Soul.

Therefore, our members should notethe following instructions. If there isanyone outside of your immediatefamily who is ill or in need of thehelp which our Welfare Departmentcan give so efficiently and the person isnot a member of the Order, please havethis person write a letter to our Wel-fare Department, making his own (orher own) request for help, stating ex-actly what help is required. If theperson is too ill to write, then some-one connected with that person's familyor closest friends should write to ourWelfare Department. In such cases,these persons will receive help and willreceive instructions and an acknowl-edgement of their letters. In otherwords, we cannot attempt to carry outthe healing principles and help those

who are not interested enough in whatwe are doing to write their own requestor to make their own plea. W"e havefound that when our members write tous in behalf of strangers, asking us togive them help, these strangers oftenresent this and do not cooperate withus in any way. Hereafter, we will beglad to help nonmembers in every pos-sible way, providing they, or someoneof their family, write to the WelfareDepartment, care of AMORC, San

Jose, California, asking specifically for

such help and agreeing to cooperatewith us in what to do. Please keepthis in mind and explain this methodto every nonmember who may desiresuch help.

TUNE IN ON AM ORC RADIO PROGRAM

Every Wednesday a radio program by the AMORC will be broadcast over stationKNX, between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m., Pacific Coast time. You will enjoy the highquality musical program, as well as the interesting talk. Invite your friends to listen withyou, or those who might be interested. The wave length is 285.5 meters, and the stationitself is located at Hollywood, California.

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WE WELCOME YOUR ARTICLE

We welcome articles for the "Rosicrucian Digest” from members and readers of this magazine. Some are under the impression that they cannot contribute articles forthis publication, but anyone who has a theme along occult, metaphysical, Rosicrucian,or psychological lines may prepare such an article, and submit it, and if it is acceptableit will be published with full credit to the author. If you would like to know moredetails about contributing articles to this magazine, address a letter to Editor of the‘‘Rosicrucian Digest,” care of Rosicrucian Brotherhood, AMORC, San Jose, California.



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The Rosicrucian Order, having existed in all civilized lands for many centuries, is a non-sectarian, fraternal body of men and women devoted to the investigation, study, and practical application of natural and spiritual laws. The purpose of the organization is to enable all to live

in harmony with the creative, constructive, Cosmic forces for the attainment of health, happi-ness, and Peace. The Order is internationally known as AMO RC (an abbreviation), and the AMO RC in

America, and all other lands, constitutes the only form of Rosicrucian activities united in onebody having representation in the international Rosicrucian congresses. The AMORC does not sellits teachings, but gives them freely to all affiliated members, together with many other benefits.

Inquirers seeking to know the history, purposes, and practical benefits of Rosicrucian asso-ciation, are invited to send for the free book, "The Light of Egypt." Address, Librarian, S. P. C.,care of

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Directory of the North American Jurisdiction

(Including the United States, Dominion of Canada, Alaska, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nic-aragua, Costa Rica, Republic of Panama, the West Indies, Lower California, and all landunder the protection of the United States of America.)

H. SPENCER LEWI S, F. R. C., Ph. D........................................................Imperator for North AmericaRALPH M. LEWI S, F. R. C.......................................................... Supreme Secretary for North AmericaCHARLES DANA DEAN, F. R. C ................................................................... National Grand MasterA. LEON BATCHELOR, F. R. C..................................................................... Director of CorrespondenceDR. ARTHUR B. BELL, F. R. C ..................................................... Director of the Welfare DepartmentHARRY L. SHIBLEY, F. R. C .................................................................Director of Editorial Department

The fol l owi ng pri ncipal branches are Distr ict H eadquart eres of A MORC

New York City:New York Chapter Reading Rooms, InquiryOffice and Temple, Roerich Museum Bldg.,310 Riverside Drive, cor. 103rd St. Opendaily and evenings. Telephone Clarkson 1700.

Boston, Mass.:Mass. Grand Lodge, Mrs. Marie Clemens,S. R. C., Grand Master, Lodge Building, 739Boylston Street.

Waterbury, Conn.:Conn. Grand Lodge, Grand Secretary, P. O.Box 1083.

Pittsburgh, Pa.:Penn. Grand Lodge, Dr. Charles D. Green,

K. R. C., Grand Master, P. O. Box 558,N. S. Dimond Street Branch.

Hartford, Conn.:Isis Lodge, AMORC, Mr. W. B. Andross,Master, Box 54, South Windsor, Conn.

Tampa, Florida:Florida Grand Lodge, Mrs. Frances Crescenzi, Grand Secretary, 3420 10th St.

San Francisco, Calif.:Calif. Grand Lodge, Mr. Elrod Ward, K .R.C.,Grand Master, AMORC Temple, 1655 PolkStreet.

Los Angeles, Calif.:

Hermes Lodge, Nos. 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and46, AMORC TEMPLE. 316)4 West PicoStreet, Dr. J. C. Guidero, Master. InquiryOffice and Secretary, Suite 813, Ne wOrpheum Theatre Building.

San Jose, Calif.:

Egypt Lodge No. 7, Mr. A. Leon Batchelor,K. R. C., Master, Rosicrucian Park.

Chicago, 111.:

Chicago Chapter No. 9. Offices and Read-ing room (open daily and evenings), Audi-torium Hotel (Club Room No. 4) 430 SouthMichigan Ave. Chas. M. Banta, F. R. C.,Master. (Telephone Harrison 5000).

Salt Lake City, Utah:

Salt Lake Lodge, Catherine S. Boes, Master,20 West 24th Street South.

Portland, Oregon

Oregon Grand Lodge, E. L. Merritt, K .R.C.,Grand Master, 19 W. K illingsworth Avenue.

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Portland, Oregon:

Portland Chapter, Clara G. Anderson, S.R.C.,Master, 424 Clay Street.

Washington, D. C. :Official Representatives: R. N. Trezise,3418 17th St. N. W.: Virgil McComas,4707 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.

San Antonio, Texas Texas Grand Lodge, Mrs. C. Wanblom,S. R. C., Grand Master, 1133 So. Laredo St.

OTHER AMERICAN BRANCHESChartered Branches and Groups of AMORC will be found in most large cities and townsof North America. Address of local representatives given on request.

PRINCIPAL CANADIAN BRANCHESVancouver, B. C.:

Canadian Grand Lodge, Dr. J. B. Clark,K. R. C , Grand Master, AMORC Temple,560 Granville Street.

Montreal, Quebec:AMORC, English Division, Albert E. Poad,K. R. C., M aster Apt. No. 4, 1431 MackayStreet.

Montreal, Quebec:Societe d’etude d'AMORC (French Section).E. G. Clossey, K. R. C., Master, 3839 Bern

Street.Verdun, Quebec:Mr. R. A. Williamson, Master 3809 Well-ington Street.

Winnipeg, Man.:A. G. Gaillard, P. O. Box 681.

Lashburn, Sask.:Mr. V. William Potten, Master, P. O. Box104.

New Westminster, B. C.:Mr. A. H. P. Mathew, Master, 1313 7th Ave.

Victoria, B. C.:Secretary, AMORC, Box 14.

Edmonton, Alta.:Mr. James Clements, K. R. C., Master 9533

Jasper Avenue, E.

SPANISHAMERICAN SECTION

This jurisdiction includes all the Spanishspeaking Countries of the New World. Its SupremeCouncil and Head Office are located at San Juan, Puerto Rico, having local Representatives in allthe principal cities of these stated Countries.

Hon. Manuel Rodrigues Serra, F. R. C., Supreme Grand Master, P. O. Box 702, San Juan,Puerto Rico.

Armando Font de la Jara, F. R. C., Secretary General, P. O. Box 36, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The name and address of other Officers and Branch Secretaries cannot be given general pub-

licity, but may be obtained for any information or special purposes, through the Head Office atSan Juan, Puerto Rico.ALL CORRESPONDE NCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO TH E SECRETARY GENERAL

A FEW OF THE FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS

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1931

India: The Supreme Council, AMO RC, Calcutta,India.

Scandinavian Countries: The AMO RC Grand Lodge of Denmark,Commander E. E. Anderson, K. R. C., GrandMaster, Manogade 13th Strand, Copenhagen,Denmark.

France:Dr. H. Gruter, F. R. C., Grand Master, Nice.Mile. Jeanne Guesdon, S. R. C., Corres-ponding Secretary for the Grand Lodge(AMORC) of France, 55 Rue Gambetta,

Villeneuve Saint Georges, (Seine & Oise).Austria:

Mr. Many Cihlar, K. R. C. Grossekreter derAMORC. Laxenburgerstr, 75/ 9, Vienna, X.

China and Russia: The United Grand Lodge of China and Rus-sia, 8/18 Kvakazasaya St., Harbin, Man-churia.

Australia: The Grand Council of Australia, Mr. S.Kowron, F. R. C., Grand Master, 40 FletcherSt, 3, Astoria Flat, Bondi, Sydney, N. S. W.

England:

The AMORC Grand Lodge of Great Britian,Mr. Raymund Andrea, K.R.C., Grand Master41 Berkely Road, Bishopton, Bristol, England.

Dutch East Indies:

W. J. Visser, Grand Master, Bodjong 135,Semarang, Java.

Egypt:

The Grand Orient of AMO RC, House of the Temple, Mr. A. Ramayvelim, F.R.C., GrandSecretary, 7, Rue Talkha, Heliopolis.

Africa: The Grand Lodge of the Gold Coast,AMORC. Mr. Stephen H. Addo, GrandMaster, P. O. Box 424, Accra, Gold Coast,West Africa.

Costa Rica:

William T. Lindo, F. R. C., Grand Master,P. O. Box 521, Limon, Republic of CostaRica. C. A.

The addresses of other foreign Grand Lodges and secretaries will be furnished on application.



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