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T h e Im p e r a to r is a b o u t to a n n o u n c e m a n y im p o r t ­a n t ch a n g e s a n d som e n ew fe a tu re s in t h e w o r k of th e O r d e r fo r th e n ex t cycle of t h r e e y e a rs . T h e s e c h a n g e s an d fe a tu re s a r e m o r e vita l to o u r p ro g r e s s t h a n even th e c h a n g e s m a d e in Fall of 1919 . T h e official a n n o u n c e m e n t will be m a d e to all L o d g es d u r ­ing S e p te m b e r of th is y e a r a f te r m a n y o f t h e E a s te rn Lodges h av e r e s u m e d w o rk .

Som e of th ese c h a n g e s m a y be e x p la in e d a t th is t im e so th a t m e m b e r s of th e O r d e r m ay b e p r e p a r e d fo r ce r t a in ac t iv i t ie s w h ich m u s t b eg in a t th e ea r l ies t possib le m o m e n t . A n d , in p r e s e n t i n g th e s e c h a n g e s a t th is t ime, we m a y safe ly a n t i c ip a te th e official a n ­n o u n c e m e n t (w h ic h will a lso a p p e a r in o u r n e x t issue of T h e T r i a n g le ) a n d ex p la in w h a t h a s o c c u r r e d in o u r official c i rc les to b r in g a b o u t th e p ro p o s e d ch ang es .

T h e I m p e r a to r re ce iv ed a n official w a r ra n t to b e p re s e n t a t a specia l c o n fe r e n c e in a n E a s te r n ci ty in J u n e w ith o th e rs as se m bled th e re , a n d a t th is c o n f e r ­en c e he m et th o se w h o r e p r e s e n t th e sev era l fra- f r a te rn a l o rg a n iz a t io n s of im p o r ta n c e in th is c o u n t ry an d e lse w h e re a n d a lso th e sec re t h e a d s of th e Rosi- c ru c ia n O r d e r in E u r o p e a n d o th e r co u n t r ie s . A m o n g th o se p re s e n t w as th e v e n e ra b le M a s te r w h o in i t ia ted o u r Im p e r a to r in to th e O r d e r in E u r o p e in 1909.

T h e c o n fe r e n c e la s ted a w eek , h o ld in g sessions in b e tw e e n o th e r m e e t in g s a n d g a th e r in g s a n d d u r in g th is t im e eve ry p h a s e of th e w o r k of A M O R C w as ca re fu l ly an a ly z ed , a n d a t i ts co n c lu s io n th e v a r io u s ch ang es , m od if ica t ion a n d a d d i t io n s w e r e a g re e d u p o n as o u t l in ed h e re w i th :

(1 ) A p lea s in g fo rm of s p o n s o r sh ip of th e w o rk of A M O R C in this c o u n t r y w as v o lu n te e re d by th re e , w h o spo ke fo r a n d in a u th o r i t y of a n o t h e r v e n e ra b le f r a te rn a l o rg a n iz a t io n h a v in g m u c h in f lu e n c e an d k no w led g e at its d isposa l w h ic h it in te n d s to re lease to o u r m e m b e r s th r o u g h o u r O r d e r — k n o w le d g e a n d p o w e r w h ich it h a s n o t so g en e ro u s ly re le ased in th e pas t .

( 2 ) C e r ta in affi l ia tions a n d official r e la t io n s w e r e es tab l ished b e tw e e n th e A M O R C a n d th o se r e p r e s e n t ­ing a n o th e r f r a te rn a l o rg a n iz a t io n w h ic h will fo r all t im e sett le o n e p o in t of a r g u m e n t a n d q u e s t io n in g , an d give to A M O R C a c o m p a n io n s h ip v ery a g re e a b le to ce r ta in m e m b e f s of its O r d e r w ho h a v e d es ire d th is v ery p le a s a n t in sp ira t ion .

( 3 ) F o re ig n re la t io n s h ip s w e re f u r t h e r s t r e n g t h ­en e d a n d a u g m e n te d , a n d th e affil ia tion of A M O R C in A m e r ic a w ith fo re ig n b r a n c h e s of th e R o s a e c r u c ia n O r d e r w e r e a p p ro v e d a n d officially s an c t io n ed .

( 4 ) P la n s w e r e d iscussed, p a r t ly evolved, a n d a p ­p ro ve d , fo r th e im m e d ia te ad d i t io n to o u r te a c h in g s a n d e x p o s i t io n s o f c e r t a in p r in c ip les , law s a n d h ig h e r l e c tu re s w h ich w e re b e in g he ld in a b e y a n c e p e n d in g official re lease.

T h e se ad d i t ion a l t e a c h in g s a n d h ig h e r lessons will be ad d ed to o u r w o r k in th e fo l low ing m a n n e r :

( a ) T h o s e n o w in th e N in th D e g re e b e y o n d th e f i f teen th le c tu re o r in h ig h e r d eg ree s will rece ive th e le c tu re s a n d lessons n e v e r re leased in th is c o u n t ry b e ­

fore . S u c h l e c tu re s will be g iven in d u e fo rm a t r e g u la r L od g e c o n v o c a t io n s of th e N in th D e g re e as h e re to fo re .

( b ) T h e le c tu re s be lo w th e N in th D e g re e will be g rad u a l ly ad d e d to o r a l te re d so as to in c lud e m a n y new p r in c ip le s a n d he lp fu l exerc ises .

( c ) T h e N a t io n a l L od g e of o u r O rd e r , a s e p a r a te a n d d is t inc t b ody of m e m b e r s n o t affil ia ted w ith a n y of th e o th e r L od g es of A M O R C , will h a v e a n add it iona l , o r F o u r t h D eg ree , to be ca lled th e P o s tu l a n t ’s G ra d e , w h ich will c o v e r a p r e p a r a t o r y c o u rs e of w o r k a n d te a c h in g s le ad in g to in d uc t io n in to t h e h ig h e r w o rk of o u r O rd e r .

( d ) T h e U n ive rs i ta t i s I l lu m in a t i is to issue its co u rses of le ssons an d le c tu re s to th o se m e m b e r s w h o h a v e a t t a in e d th e T e n th D e g re e o r w h o m a y a t t a in it t h r o u g h specia l h e lps to be g iven in th e n ew le c tu re s o f th e N in th D eg re e . T h is U n iv e rs i ty h a s T w e lv e D e g re e s to its sys tem a n d it is need le ss to say th a t it h as no c o n n e c t io n w ith a n y o th e r schoo l of I l lum inati e x c e p t th e R o s a e c r u c ia n . T h o s e w ho ta k e up its w o r k in classes m e e t in g o n e n ig h t ea c h w ee k in ea ch L o d g e o r specia l g ro u p will p r e p a r e fo r defini te U n iv e rs i ty D eg rees , such as D o c to r of P h i lo so ph y , D o c to r of P sy ch o lo gy , D o c to r of Science , M a s te r of Science , D o c to r of T h e o lo g y , D o c to r of O n to lo g y , etc . T h e s tu d e n ts of th ese co u rs e s will b e g iven th e benefi ts of th e in s t ru c t io n of v a r io u s o th e r s choo ls al lied w ith th e R o s a e c r u c ia n B ro th e r h o o d th ro u g h o u t th e w or ld a n d will be in c o r r e s p o n d e n c e w ith M aste rs a n d s tu d e n ts o f th e i r ch o se n s u b je c t in o th e r lands.

( e ) A t c o n fe r e n c e s h e ld in San F ra n c isc o a f te r th o se in th e E as t h ad closed, th e h ig h r e p r e s e n ta t iv e s of tw o o th e r o rg a n iz a t io n s m e t an d co m p le te d som e of th e p lan s o u t l in ed in th e East. T h is b r o u g h t a b o u t f u r t h e r a s s u ra n c e s of a g r e e m e n t s of affil ia tion a n d c o ­o p e ra t io n on th e p a r t of th o se w h o h a v e fo r som e t im e w o r k e d w ith us th r o u g h a l a rg e p e r c e n ta g e of m e m b e r s w ho w e r e affil ia ted with b o th o rg an iza t io n s .

( f ) F u r t h e r in s t ru c t io n s f rom India b r o u g h t a b o u t t h e affi l ia tion of th e Ind ian R o s a e c r u c ia n M onast ic O r d e r in A m e r ic a , w h ich p ro v id e s an o p p o r tu n i ty fo r o u r m e m b e r s in a n d ab o v e th e Sev en th D e g re e to b e ­co m e m e m b e r s of th e M o nast ic f r a te rn i t y a n d p a r ­t ic ip a te in th e i r teach ing s , p ra c t i s e s a n d m e th o d s of m e d i ta t io n a n d sp ir i tu a l a t tu n e m e n t . A n d th is sam e o p p o r tu n i ty will be p re s e n te d to th o se of th e N at io na l L od g e w h o co m p le te th e P o s tu l a n t ’s G ra d e ( t h e n ew fo u r th d e g re e of th a t L o d g e ) .

( g ) By a r r a n e e m e n t s w ith th e s u p re m e o u t e r h ead of th e long e s tab l ished O r d e r of fch“ W h i te C ross , th e on ly o cc u l t school h a v in g a rie;ht to u se th e svm bol of th e W h i te C ross , th e O . W . C. h as d isso lved its ex e cu t iv e o rg a n iz a t io n a n d re o rg a n iz e d as an affi l ia tion of th e A M O R C . Its te a c h in g s , c o v e r in g in de ta i l ce r ta in s u b je c ts n o t a d e q u a te ly p re s e n te d bv a n v o th e r school, will be o pe n to m e m b e r s of th e A M O R C w ho a r e in, o r above , t h e S ev en th D e g re e of o u r O rd e r . T h e s u p r e m e E so te r ic H e a d of th e O. W . C. is now in San F ra n c isc o a s so c ia ted w ith th e ex e cu t iv e staff a t h e a d q u a r t e r s . O . W . C. m e m b e r s t h r o u g h o u t A m e r ic a an d in fo re ig n lands w ho will rece ive a copy

of th is issue of T h e T r ia n g le will n o t be r e q u i r e d to v io la te th e i r a n c ie n t cu s to m of m a in t a in in g secrecy r e g a rd in g th e i r c o n n e c t io n w ith th e O. W . C., b u t will rece ive d ire c t co d e m essa g e s w i th in s t ru c t io n s f rom th e S u p re m e I. C. of th e O. W. C. All code o r p e rs o n a l m essages , r e p o r t s a n d re q u e s ts fo r a s s ig n ­m e n ts to duties , sho u ld b e sen t to th e I. C ., c a r e of th e H e a d q u a r t e r s of A M O R C , a n d n o t to th e fo r m e r a d ­dress in a s o u th e r n c i ty of th is c o u n t ry . S uch mail will be ab so lu te ly safe . (1 2 , 46, 3 69 , 2 ) .

( h ) A T e r r i to r i a l S e c re t a r y wil l b e a p p o i n t e d in e a ch of th e n ew sec t io ns of th e c o u n t r y to be div is­ion ed a c c o rd in g to th e n u m b e r of L o d g es an d G ro u p s ; such T err i to r ia l S e c re ta r ie s to h av e a s s i s t an ts in each L od g e a n d G ro u p ; a n d t h r o u g h th e s e specia l h e lps a n d g u a d a n c e will be sen t to all g ra d e s of m em b ers . T h i s sys tem of s e c re ta r i e s will m a k e it possib le fo r th e Im p e r a to r o r S u p re m e G ra n d M a s te r to issue a P ro n u n z ia m e n to o r o th e r official c o m m u n ic a t io n a n d t r a n sm i t it to o n e S e c re ta ry , a n d th r o u g h him o r h e r a n d th e o th e r S ec re ta r ie s , all th e m e m b e r s of a n y specia l G ra de , class o r b r a n c h of w o rk can be r e a c h e d w ith th e m essa g e w ith in tw e n ty - fo u r h o u rs , r e g a rd le ss of w h e re th e y live in th e U n i te d S ta tes , C a n a d a o r Mexico.

( i ) P e n d in g a N at io na l C o n v e n t io n of M aste rs a n d D eleg a te s f ro m all L odges of th e W e s te rn H e m is p h e re to be held in th e Eas t n e x t s u m m e r , w h e n ce r ta in a m e n d m e n ts to th e C o n s t i tu t io n will be m ad e , th e I m p e r a to r will issue a d e c re e a u th o r iz in g all L od g es to cease u s in g th e w o rd D E G R E E in c o n n e c t io n with th e c lasses of t h e O r d e r be low th e 12th. T h e w ord G R A D E is to be s u b s t i tu te d a f t e r S e p te m b e r 1st. 1923. M e m b e rs n ow in th e 4 th D eg re e , for in s tan ce , will be

in th e 4 th G ra d e ; a n d so w ith th e 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th , a n d so on. A b o v e th e I 2 th t h e classes wil l be k n o w n as DEGREES. T h e p re s e n t I Oth D e g re e will be k n o w n as th e I Oth G ra d e of th e O rd e r , b u t will also be the0 00 D E G R E E of th e I l lu m in a t i ; th e I I th G ra d e will b e th e 0 0 D E G R E E of th e I l lu m in a t i ; th e 12th G ra d e will be th e 0 D E G R E E of th e I l lum inati a n d th e n will fo llow th e I. II, III, IV, V, a n d o th e r D eg re e s of th e I l luminati . M e m b e rs will u se th e A ra b ic n um era ls , suc h as 1, 2, 3, etc. , fo r d e s ig n a t in g th e i r G R A D E S in th e O rd e r , a n d will u se th e R o m a n n u m e ra l s I, II, III, IV,, etc, in d e s ig n a t in g th e i r D EGREES in the I l lum inati o r U n iv e fs i ta t i s I l lum inati . It will be som e t im e b e fo re th e official l e c tu re s will b e c h a n g e d to c o n ­fo rm to th e use of th e w o r d G R A D E in s tead of D egree , b u t all should c o -o p e ra te in c h a n g in g th e w o rd w here - ev e r it is fo u n d in o u r l i t e r a tu r e o r lec tures .

T h is o u t l in e d oes n o t in c lu d e all of th e c h a n g e s n o r d oes it to u c h u p o n m a n y p o in t s th a t will be c o m ­m u n ic a t e d to th e M a s te rs of L od g es a n d P re s id e n ts of G ro u p s . Official c o r r e s p o n d e n c e will convey f u r th e r deta ils.

S om e v ery im p o r ta n t m a t te r s will be p re s e n te d in o u r n ex t issue of T h e T r ia n g le a n d o u r m e m b e r s a r e u r g e d to ca re fu l ly s tud y eveTy i tem in th is a n d th e n ex t issue. M uch h e re in is ca re fu l ly veiled a n d m u c h is a lso revealed , r e q u i r in g m o re th a n a casual read in g .

All in all w e a r e p r e t t y busy a t H e a d q u a r t e r s , even th o u g h it is s u m m e r t im e w h i le th is is b e in g w r i t te n , a n d m a n y a r e seek in g o p p o r tu n i t i e s fo r vaca tions . W e a r e e n th u se d , h a p p y a n d insp ired w ith th e new a n d g r e a te r w o rk t h a t lies b e fo re us. W e h o p e th a t so m e of th e e n th u s ia s m re a c h e s y ou a n d th a t you s p re a d it a m o n g th e o th e r s w h o m y o u c o n ta c t in the L od g e a n d o u t of it.

T H E W O R K O F T H E O R D E RG ro w th in N u m b er s , In c re a se in S t r e n g th a n d

A d v a n c e m e n t in A t t a in m e n t M a rk o u r L as t Y e a r ’s W o r k

T h e I m p e r a to r ' s t r ip last S u m m e r a n d Fall w as n o t only in sp ir in g to all o u r m e m b e r s w ho met h im a n d h e a rd him sp e ak , b u t it w as p ro d u c t iv e of m u c h good in th e in c re a se of m e m b e rsh ip .

H e left San F ra n c isc o on th e 2 3 rd of A u g u s t w ith h is wife a n d two y o u n g e s t ch i ld ren a n d did n o t r e tu r n unt il th e s eco n d w eek in D ec em b er . D u r in g th a t t im e he p as se d th r o u g h tw e n ty - fo u r S ta tes of th e c o u n t r y a n d visited p ra c t i c a l ly e v e ry L od g e a n d G ro u p in th e Eas t , N o r th a n d S o u th b e fo re v is i t ing th o se in th e m id -w est a n d Pacific C oast . In som e of th e la rg e r ci ties a s er ies of six to ten p u b l ic a n d sem i­p ub lic le c tu re s w e re given. In o n e city tw e lve le c tu re s w ere g iven d u r in g th e te n -d a y s top. In New Y o rk th e la rg e halls e n g a g e d h ad to be a b a n d o n e d b e fo re som e of th e m ee t in g s a n d a l a rg e r hall in th e sam e b u i ld in g m a d e re ad y to a c c o m m o d a te t h e v ery l a rg e a n d w ho lly u n e x p e c te d c row d s. H u n d r e d s of a p p l i ­ca n ts w e r e p e rs o n a l ly in te rv iew e d by th e Im p e ra to r , a n d he h ad th e p le a s u re in s evera l ci ties o f c o n d u c t ­ing th e In i t ia t ion of new m e m b e r s w h o s e a p p l ic a t io n s h ad b een a c c e p te d som e t im e b o fe re . But fo l low ing th e I m p e r a to r s visit in ea ch ci ty m a n y In i t ia t io ns w ere held by th e L od g es fo r som e m o n th s t h e r e a f t e r as a re su l t of t h e p r o p a g a n d a w o rk .

T h e r e c e n t t r ip m a d e by th e Im p e r a to r to th e E as t ( in th e m o n th of J u n e ) w as of a n a tu r e th a t did n o t p e rm i t h im to v is it th e L od g es ag a in , b u t a n o th e r le c tu re to u r is p la n n e d fo r th e w in te r , w e u n d e r s ta n d .

O n e of th e in te re s t in g fac ts of r e c e n t n o te is th e co m p le t io n of th e T e m p le fo r Isis L o d g e in H a r t fo rd , C o n n . L as t s u m m e r th e Im p e r a to r visi ted th e s ite of th e T e m p le a n d fo u n d th a t on its ow n p r o p e r ty th e L odge h ad ju s t c o m p le ted th e wal ls, f loo r ing a n d ro o f ­ing of a n ideal T e m p le b u i ld ing a n d p la n s fo r u n iq u e l igh t ing a n d h e a t in g of th e R ec e p t io n a n d L ib ra ry

ro o m s, a n te - r o o m s a n d L od g e ro o m w e re discussed. S in ce th e n a g re a t dea l of w o r k h a s b een d o n e to m a k e th e T e m p le t ru ly E g y p t ia n in its d ec o ra t io n s . T h e L o d g e is to b e c o n g r a tu la te d fo r its fine w ork in th is re g a rd , fo r ev e ry b it of th e m a s o n ry , c a rp e n t r y , in s ta l la t io n a n d d e c o ra t io n h as b ee n d o n e by m e m b e rs of th e L o d g e o r th e i r fr iends.

Inc iden ta l ly , w e m a y say th a t th e C o n n e c t ic u t G r a n d L o d g e h as a v e ry u n i q u e a n d a t t ra c t iv e E g y p t ia n sc h e m e of d e c o ra t i o n in its R e c e p t io n R oo m s a n d L od g e R oom . T h is Lodge, too , h as in c rea se d its m e m b e r s h ip a n d its activi ties.

T h e G r a n d L o d g e of M a ss a c h u se t t s is ab le to say th a t it h as th e l a rg es t n u m b e r of m e m b e r s u n d e r its c h a rg e of a n y L o d g e in th e U n i te d S ta tes e x c e p t th e G ra n d L od g e of C a l i fo rn ia ( w h e r e th e H e a d q u a r t e r s of t h e O r d e r a r e l o c a t e d ) . Its R e a d in g R o o m h a s o n e of th e m ost co m p le te co llec t io n of o ccu lt , m e tap h y s ica l , scientific a n d p h i lo so p h ic a l b o o k s to be fo u nd in th a t city , a n d ce r ta in ly th e la rg e wel l filled b o o k c a s e s offer a n o p p o r tu n i ty n o t fo u n d in a n y o cc u l t h e a d q u a r t e r s a n y w h e r e in th e East. So m a n y classes m ee t th e re e a c h w eek th a t th e L od g e h as b ee n fo rced to hold sessions ea ch n ig h t in c lu d in g S u n d ay . M em bers an d Off icers of o th e r o cc u l t a n d m e ta p h y s ic a l schools h av e al lied th em se lves w ith th e L od g e in Boston an d all a r e w o r k i n g in un iso n to m a k e th e L od g e th e r e th e d o m i­n a t i n g schoo l of suc h th o u g h t in M assachuse tts .

A g ro u p of m e m b e r s a r e la b o r in g s incere ly a n d well in W o rc e s t e r , Mass. to c o n t in u e th e i r s tud ies a n d es tabl ish a L od g e th e re . L o o k out , Springfie ld , or y o u r n e ig h b o r will r e a c h th e goal b e fo re y o u l

In New Y o rk C ity th e G ra n d L od g e h as s teadily in c re a se d its m e m b e r s h ip a n d ad v a n c e d its m e m b ers a g a in s t m a n y o b s ta c le s d u r in g th e p a s t y e a r . T h e old, w o r n - o u t , n e v e r - to -c o m e - t r u e - ru m o r a n d p ro p h e c y

w as a b r o a d th e r e a g a in d u r in g th e last n in e m o n th s , w h isp e r in g in a feeb le a n d se l f -c o n d e m n in g voice th a t th e w o r k of th e O r d e r in N ew Y o rk w as a b o u t to close fo r a t ime, o r suspend , o r c h a n g e its fo rm o r l e a d e r ­ship , etc. T h i s h as b ee n r e p e a t e d w ith a k n o w in g w in k o r m ea n in g le ss smile fo r a t least seven y e a rs . E ac h m o n th it h as b e c o m e h a r d e r fo r s u c h a p r o p h e c y to com e t r u e ; s ince o u r Im p e r a to r ' s visit to th e E as t a few w eeks a g o (w h ic h in c lud ed a t h r e e d ay s top in New Y o rk to m ee t th o se w ho d es ired to e x te n d th e i r co -o p e ra t io n a n d p u t a n e n d to th e on ly a n n o y a n c e th e O r d e r h as ev e r h a d ) th e w h o le p re d ic t io n , o r even p a r t of it, is im p o ss ib le ! In N ew Y o rk C ity w e h a d o u r first L o d g e a n d th e r e w e shall re ta in a L od g e , even if it b e th e last one ! T h e p ea ce , h a r m o n y , love a n d p o w e r m a n ife s ted by th e m e m b e r s th e re , a n d th e i r p e rs o n a l a d v a n c e m e n t , is a b r ig h t l igh t in th e w o r k of th e O rd e r .

fn P h i la d e lp h ia th e L o d g e is in c r e a s in g a n d is n o tab le fo r its s p ir i tu a l a t t a in m e n t a m o n g th e h ig h a n d low d e g re e m e m b e r s . R ec en t ly t h e M a s te r of D el ta L o d g e re s ign ed his office to c o n t in u e a n o t h e r w o r k in c o n n e c t io n w ith th e O rd e r . T h e m e m b e r s w ere , indeed , r e lu c t a n t to a c c e p t his re s ig n a t io n , b u t they rea l ized th e t r e m e n d o u s la b o rs w h ic h c a m e to th e h a n d s of th e M a s te r d u r in g th e p a s t y e a rs . T h e new ly e lec ted M a s te r is a fo r m e r officer of p ro v e d abil i ty a n d en th u s ia sm .

In P i t t sb u rg , th e P e n n s y lv a n ia G r a n d L od g e c o n ­t in u es its c a re of o th e r g ro u p s a n d its o w n m e m b e r s , w ith in c rea se in m e m b e r s h ip a n d a d v a n c e m e n t in th e w ork . T h i s w as th e firs t b r a n c h L o d g e in A m e r i c a a n d it h as c o n t in u e d w ith u n c e a s in g ac t iv i ty a n d e n ­th u s ia sm s ince its e s ta b l ish m e n t . W e call it o n e of o u r be loved s tan d by s .

T h e la rg es t p e r c e n ta g e of in c re a se in m e m b e r s h ip is r e p o r t e d by th e G r a n d L o d g e of F lo r id a , a t T a m p a . T h e in c rea se a n d e n th u s ia s m h a s b ro u g h t to th em th e i r o w n T e m p le ro o m s, t h e fo u n d in g of a l ib ra ry , a s ch ed u le of social m e e t in g s a n d a sys tem of p r o p a ­g a n d a w h ich will m e a n m u c h fo r th a t L o d g e in th e n e a r fu tu re . T h e b o o m th a t h as t a k e n ho ld of th e c i ty a n d th e d isco ve ry b y p r o m in e n t m en o f th e N o r th t h a t T a m p a is th e n a tu r a l “ p la y g r o u n d of A m e r i c a ” a s well, as a w o n d e r f u l y e a r - r o u n d p lac e to live m e a n s n o t only a c o n t in u a n c e of th e r a p id g ro w th of th e ci ty b u t a g ro w th in o u r w o rk . T h e G ra n d M aste r w h o fo u n d e d o u r w o r k in F lo r id a re s ig n ed re ce n t ly to c o n t in u e th e w o r k in a n o t h e r p a r t of th e c o u n t ry , a n d t h e D e p u ty G r a n d M a s te r w as e lec ted in his p lace . T h e re t i r in g G r a n d M a s te r h a d th e e x t r e m e p le a su re of t a k i n g th e first g ro u p of in i t ia ted th r o u g h all th e d eg ree s to th e N in th . It is a jo y to visit th e p eacefu l , en th u s ia s t ic g a th e r in g s in T a m p a .

T h e G ra n d Lodg&-of T e x a s m u s t a lso b e m e n t io n e d as h a v in g a h igh p e r c e n t a g e of in c r e a s e in m e m b e r sh ip . T h e r e th e w o r k is g o in g on in severa l p laces , n o tab ly in San A n to n io , w h e re th e G ra n d L o d g e is loca ted , a n d in Lufkin . D u r in g th e a b s e n c e of th e G ra n d M aste r of T ex as , d o in g s om e specia l w o r k a t o u r h e a d ­q u a r te r s , th e a f fa irs a r e in th e c a p a b le h a n d s of o ne of o u r e x p e r i e n c e d officers. T h e m e m b e r s in T e x a s h av e c a r r ied on som e v ery fine p r o p a g a n d a w o r k fol­low ing u p th e s ta r t m a d e th e r e last y e a r by th e Im ­p e ra to r . T h e r ig h t sp ir i t is a t w o r k in t h a t S ta te .

In N orfo lk , V irg in ia , th e m e m b e r s a r e p ro g r e s s in g in th e w ork a n d a d d in g to th e i r m e m b e rsh ip . S om e fine in it ia t ive a n d u n u s u a l abil i ty in o rg a n iz in g h av e b r o u g h t exce llen t re su l t s in t h a t ci ty .

W h i le w e a r e s p e a k in g of S o u th e r n L o d g es let u s n o t fo rg e t th e G ra n d L od g e of Mexico, in M exico C ity, a n d its b r a n c h e s in v a r io u s p a r t s o f t h a t c o u n t ry , such as T o r r e o n ( C o a h ) an d T a m p ic o a n d e lsew here . R e p o r t s show in c re a se in m e m b e r s h ip in all th e M exi­ca n L odges a n d G ro u p s a n d th e r e h a v e b e e n severa l r e q u e s ts fo r n ew c h a r te r s .

T h e n th e r e a r e th e L od g es even f u r t h e r S o u th a t P a n a m a a n d A n c o n . T h e G ra n d L od g e of P a n a m a h as b e c o m e o n e of o u r m o s t en th u s ia s t ic affil ia tions, r e a c h in g o u t in to w ide t e r r i to ry w ith its p r o p a g a n d a a n d it is u ns t in te d in p ra i s e of th e w o rk . S o m e day som e of th e officers a t h e a d q u a r t e r s will a c c e p t th e old a n d

re -n e w e d in v i ta t ion a n d visi t th e L od g es of M exico a n d th e C an a l Z o n e . It will be a p le a s u re t r ip , indeed , for th e r e a r e b ea u t i fu l b o a ts le av in g S an F ra n c isc o fo r th a t zo n e— a n d th e y t e m p t us.

W h ile we a r e still in S o u th e r n w a te r s ( o n t h a t m e n ­ta l jo u r n e y th r o u g h th e P a n a m a C a n a l ) le t u s slide o r g lide o v e r to P u e r t o R ico a n d C u b a . T h e G r a n d L od g e a t S an J u a n is c o n t in u in g its w o r k w ith i n c r e a s ­ing in te re s t a n d m e m b e r s h ip a n d re a c h in g h ig h in to th e w o r k w ith m u c h p ra i se a n d m a n y ex p re s s io n s of th an k fu ln e s s , ty p ica l of th e L a t in m in d . (A n d , w h y c a n n o t all o u r m e m b e r s h a v e a L atin m in d a t t im es ,) T h e n a t C ay o , M am bi, w e find th e sa m e in te re s t o n th e p a r t o f m e m b e r s o f o ne of o u r y o u n g e s t Lodges. T h e p la n s for th e w o r k in C u b a will b e p ro d u c t iv e of la rg e m e m b e r s h ip a n d m u c h ac t io n o n th e p a r t of all m e m ­bers .

In C h ic a g o th e Il linois G ra n d L o d g e is reo rg a n iz in g u n d e r its C h a r t e r b e c a u se of th e v e ry l a rg e in c re a se in m e m b e r s h ip d u r in g th e p a s t y e a r . C o m p le te d e ­ta ils a r e n o t a t h a n d a t th e p re s e n t t im e, fo r m a n y of th e p lan s a r e a w a i t i n g th e p e r s o n a l a t t e n t io n of t h e Im p era tor . H is visit a n d le c tu r e s t h e r e last s u m m e r s t a r t e d th e en th u s ia s t ic p r o p a g a n d a w h ich re su l ted in th e n ee d fo r a re o r g a n iz a t io n a n d h e will h a v e to visit th e ci ty ag a in fo r sev e ra l w e e k s to b r in g all th e p o in t s to a c o n c lu s io n . In th e m e a n t im e th e m e m b e r s a r e p u r s u in g th e ir s tud ie s a n d m a n y h av e re a c h e d th e v e ry h ig hes t d e g re e s a n d will b e re a d y fo r th e ad d i t io n a l t e a c h in g s a n d h e lp s to be re leased th is Fall u n d e r th e n ew sc h e m e of th ings . All m e m ­b e rs w ith in th e ju r i sd ic t io n of Il linois will be notif ied p erso na l ly , in regard to th e n e w p lans .

T h e G r a n d L od g e of New Je rs e y a t P a t e r s o n r e c e n t ly sen t u s a v e ry in te r e s t i n g a n d en th u s ia s t ic r e p o r t a n d in t im a te d t h a t it w ou ld soo n Send us som e in te re s t in g new s. W e a r e a w a i t i n g th a t n ew s! W e k n o w th a t it h a s c o n t in u e d w ith its w o r k a n d s tud ies, a n d le t te rs f ro m m e m b e r s th e r e p ra i se h ig h ly th e g u id a n c e a n d in s t ru c t io n th e y h av e rece iv ed a t th e h a n d s of th e G ra n d M aste r . E ls e w h e re in New J e r ­sey a r e sev era l g r o u p s of m e m b e r s w ith en th u s ia s t ic p lan s a n d w e e x p e c t t h a t th e N ew J e rs ey G ra n d L od g e is p l a n n in g to h e lp th ese g ro u p s in so m e in sp i r in g m a n n e r . R e p o r ts , p lea se !

T h e G r a n d L o d g e of N e b ra s k a a t O m a h a re p o r t s p r o g r e s s a n d c o n t in u e d in te re s t . T h e sa m e officers a r e se rv in g se c o n d a n d th i r d t e r m s an d h a r m o n y a n d c o -o p e ra t io n p reva i l .

T h e G ra n d L od g e of O h io r e p o r t s c o n t in u e d in te re s t a n d ac t iv i ty a n d w e re c e n t ly h ad a visit f ro m o n e of th e officers o f th is L od g e w h o w as s eek in g in fo rm a t io n r e g a rd in g c e r t a in p h a se s of th e h ig h e r ac tiv i ties . T h e G ra n d L o d g e is lo ca ted in C leve land .

T h e G ra n d L o d g e of M ich igan , a t Flint, re c e n t ly h e ld a n e lec t io n b e c a u se of th e re s ig n a t io n of th e G r a n d M a s te r w h o is n o w a t H e a d q u a r t e r s in C a l i ­fo rn ia . T h e n e w G r a n d M a s te r h as th e u n a n im o u s s u p p o r t of all m e m b e r s in his ju r i sd ic t io n if w e a r e to be l ieve th e lo n g t e le g r a m s ign ed w ith th e i r n a m e s a n d o th e r d o c u m e n t s w h ich c a m e to H e a d q u a r t e r s a t t h e t im e of his e lec t ion . T h e w o r k th e r e is p r o g r e s s ­ing w ith e n th u s ia sm too.

In C a l i fo rn ia th e G r a n d L od g e h as c o n t in u e d to a d d to its m e m b e r s h ip w ith a r e g u la r i ty t h a t is u n iq u e . F o r a p e r io d th e r e w e r e n ew first c lasses fo rm e d ea ch m o n th , w ith a la rg e n u m b e r in ea c h class. O n tw o ev en in g s ea ch w e e k tw o classes m e e t a n d d iffe ren t c lasses m ee t on ea c h of th e o th e r e v e n in g s of th e w eek e x c e p t S a tu r d a y . T h is L od g e is th e o n e h o n o r e d by so m a n y v is i to rs f ro m o th e r L od g es b e c a u s e of th e p r e s e n c e of th e ch ief ex e cu t iv es of th e O r d e r — a n d b e c a u se of th e C a l i fo rn ia -S an F ra n c isc o cl im ate. Y ou m u s t u n i te th o s e tw o n a m e s in t h a t w ay , fo r t h e r e is n o ideal c l im a te in C a l i fo rn ia e x c e p t in Sa-\ F ra n c isc o . (Yes, w e a r e San F ra n c isc o b oo ste rs , b u t go b ac k a n d re ad w h a t we said a b o u t T a m p a , F lo r ida , in th ese c o lu m n s ) .

A n d , w e m u s t n o t fo rg e t C a n a d a . T h e B r i tan n ia G ra n d L od g e sen ds us in te re s t in g re p o r t s , a n d le t te rs f ro m m e m b e r s in th e D o m in io n in d ic a te th a t all is g o ing well, e specia l ly in L a s h b u r n (S a s k . ) a n d V a n ­

co u v e r . O n e of th e officers f ro m th e C a n a d ia n ju r i s ­d ic t io n w ith h is family t a r r i e d w ith us a t H e a d q u a r t e r s fo r sev era l w eeks . A n d n o w w e miss J. B. C. a n d fam ily a n d w ish m o re C a n a d ia n s w ou ld call to see us.

R e p o r t s of p ro g r e s s a n d g ro w th h av e also b e e n r e ­ce ived f ro m officers of o u t w o r k a t : S to c k to n , A t a s c a ­d e ro a n d G uern ev i l le , C a l i fo rn ia : N ew cas t le a n d Y ork , P e n n s y lv a n ia : P o r t la n d , R e d m o n d a n d M edford , O r e . ; G re e n Bay, S u p e r io r a n d M adison, W is co n s in ; th e R o s a e c r u c ia n se t t le m e n t a t W e s to n , W y o m i n g ; L e th ­b r id g e , A tla , C a n a d a ; W ich i ta , Kansas.

Will th e S e c re ta r ie s in th e m a n y o th e r loca li t ies p lease send us r e p o r t s c o n ta in in g in te re s t in g facts as soon as possib le fo r o u r n ex t issue? T h e usual re p o r t s sen t to th e S e c re t a r y a n d A rc h iv i s t c o n ta in in g o n ly th e m o n th ly s ta t e m e n ts a n d figures a r e n o t in ­te re s t i n g e n o u g h fo r th is c o lu m n of T h e T r ia n g le , a l th o u g h th e y s e rv e th e A rc h iv i s t wel l. W e w a n t rea l n ew sy facts. A A A

FO R E IG N A C T IV IT IE ST h e w o rk of th e O r d e r in fo re ig n c o u n t r ie s is

ev id en t ly p ro g r e s s in g a n d in c re a s in g as ra p id ly as in th e N o r th A m e r i c a n Ju r i sd ic t io n . M ay w e su g g e s t to th o se fo re ig n b ra n c h e s w h ich re ce iv e a co p y of T h e T r ia n g le th a t w e w ou ld a p p r e c ia te m o re d e ta i led r e p o r t s th a n th e casu a l re fe re n c e s c o n ta in e d in th e le t te rs of fe l ic i ta t ion a n d c o -o p e ra t io n w hich a r e sent to th e Im p e r a to r of th is Jur i sd ic t io n . S uch re p o r t s s h o u ld be ad d re s se d to th e M in is te r of F o re ig n R e la ­tions, c a re of A M O R C , 1255 M a rk e t St., S an F r a n ­cisco, C a l i fo rn ia , U. S. A.

W e th o ro u g h ly a p p r e c i a t e th e r e c e ip t f ro m t im e to t im e of p a m p h le t s a n d b oo k le ts , m ag az in es a n d b o o k s issued by th e fo re ig n ju r i sd ic t io n s of th e O r d e r . S om e of th ese h av e p ro v e d v e ry in te re s t in g a n d all h av e b e e n h e lp fu l . W e will b e g lad to e x c h a n g e l i t e r a tu r e w ith all A M O R C L od g es in all co u n t r ie s .

O n e of th e in te re s t in g p a m p h le t s sen t to us, a n d to m a n y of o u r G ra n d L odges in N o r th A m e r ic a , w as o ne p r in t e d a n d issued by th e A M O R C A s h r a m a in S o u th ­e rn India a n d p r in te d a t th e A M O R C A c a d e m y in India u n d e r th e d ire c t io n of th e S ov ere ign G ra n d L od g e of A M O R C in th e M a d ra s P re s id en c v . T h is p a m p h le t is en t i t le d : A U n iv e rsa l P ra y e r . T h e ti tle b e a rs th e fo l low ing : " D e d ic a t e d w ith Blessings of P ea ce , O n e n e s s a n d D iv in ity , fo r th e w e l fa re o f th e B ro th e r s a n d S is ters of th e G re a t B ro th e r h o o d of th e A. M. O. R. C. of A m e r ic a a n d of e v e ry p a r t of th e w or ld , W ith th e k ind p e rm iss io n a n d s y m p a th y of B ro th e r H. S p e n c e r Lewis , F. R. C ., th e Most W o r s h ip ­ful Im p e r a to r in th e U n i te d S ta te s of A m e r ic a , etc. , e t c . " T h e a u t h o r of th e P r a y e r is H . . . H . . .O . , b e ­loved by so m a n y in A m e r ic a w ho h av e b ee n in c o r r e s ­p o n d e n c e w ith th e Off icers a t o u r Ind ian A s h ra m a .

S p e a k in g of th e A s h r a m a , o n e of o u r h ig h d e g re e m e m b e r s in to u r in g th e w o r ld t a r r i e d w i th us in S an F ra n c isc o a f te r le av in g New Y o rk a n d f ro m h e re w en t d irec t ly to India a n d a f t e r lo n g a n d te d iou s t rav e l l in g r e a c h e d th e h id d e n a n d sec lud ed e s ta te of th e Ind ian A s h ra m a . L e t t e r s t h a t c a m e f ro m th e m e m b e r in ­d ica te d th a t n o t h a lf of th e b ea u t i fu l s to ry of th e A s h r a m a h as b een to ld to o u r h igh d e g re e m e m b e r s a n d a f te r v is i t ing th e A s h r a m a for m a n y w eeks , p a r ­t ic ip a t in g in th e daily p e r io d of m ed i ta t io n , specia l e x e rc ise s a n d in s t ru c t ion , r e s t in g in th e T e m p le room s, g o in g in to th e s i lence in th e a d jo in in g caves a n d c o m ­ing u n d e r th e in f luence of th e m a n y w ho a r e s tu d y in g a t th e A s h ra m a , a b o o k w as w r i t te n se t t in g fo r th w h a t rea l ly exis ts a t th e A s h ra m a a n d this b o o k will be p ub l i sh ed a n d d is t r ib u ted free ly a m o n g o u r m em b ers . A t p re s e n t o u r D e leg a te to th e A s h r a m a is in E u r o p e v is i t ing o th e r L odges, th e last r e p o r t c o m in g from th e L od g e in C o p e n h a g e n .

T h e S o v e re ig n G ra n d L o d g e of India , T e m p le la sc -a m o rc , is c o n t in u in g to p r e p a r e a n d p u t in to official fo rm m a n v of th e a n c ie n t t e a c h in g s so t h a t th e y m a y be used in th e w o rk of th e v a r io u s j u r i s ­d ict ions, in c lu d in g A m e r ic a . T h e i r r e f e re n c e s to m a n u s c r ip t s b e in g p r e p a r e d , o th e r s b e in g c o n su l te d o r t r a n s la te d , an d so on, in d ica te th a t th e y h av e a v e r i ta b le s to r e h o u s e of a n c ie n t w isdom a n d th a t o u r

m e m b e r s in A m e r i c a will benef i t t h r o u g h this w o r k th is c o m in g Fall a n d W in te r .

W e m a y h av e s o m e official a n n o u n c e m e n t s r e g a r d ­ing th e A c a d e m ic w o r k in India a n d th e w o r k of th e M o nast ic O r d e r of th e R. C. in India n e x t m o n th .

F ro m th e G r a n d S e c re t a r y of t h e O r d e r in G re a t B ri ta in we le a rn th a t th e w o r k in t h a t ju r i sd ic t io n is c o n t in u in g a n d th a t a n o t h e r c h a r t e r is to be is sued fo r a L o n d o n Lodge. M a n y of th e m e m b e r s in G re a t B r i ta in h a v e b e e n in c o r r e s p o n d e n c e w ith o u r H e a d ­q u a r t e r s h e re a n d th e in te re s t a n d en th u s ia sm d is­p la y e d has b ee n p leas ing , indeed . It a p p e a r s f rom the re c o rd s e x c h a n g e d th a t th e Bri t ish Ju r i sd ic t io n h as th e la rg e s t m e m b e r s h ip of a n y in E u r o p e .

T h e G ra n d L o d g e a t C o p e n h a g e n h as c o n t in u e d to g ro w a n d h as d o n e s o m e v e ry fine p r o p a g a n d a w o rk if we a r e to ju d g e f ro m sp e c im e n s of l i te r a tu r e sen t to us issued by th em . O c c a s io n a l le t te r s f ro m som e m e m b e r s t h e r e to re la t iv es o r m e m b e r s in A m e r ic a in d ic a te th a t m a n y of th e h ig h e s t r a n k in th e g o v e r n ­m e n t as well a s m a n y in th e p ro fes s io n s a r e officers a n d m e m b e r s of t h e A M O R C in D e n m a r k .

A le t te r f ro m som e R o s ic ru c ia n s in H o l la n d rece ived a t h e a d q u a r t e r s h e re in J u n e in d ica te s th a t th e J u r i sd ic t io n of H o l la n d will affi l ia te with us in th e Fall. W e shall b e g lad to a n n o u n c e th e de ta i ls in o u r n e x t issue.

W h ile C h in a is p a s s in g t h r o u g h its v a r io u s s tages of re v o lu t io n a n d ev o lu t io n w e a r e g lad to n o te th a t o u r O r d e r th e r e is p r o g r e s s in g a n d in c re a s in g very rap id ly . F ro m a r e p o r t s en t by G ra n d M a s te r A h Soh W o n g , h u n d r e d s of e d u c a te d C h in e se a r e b ec o m in g in te re s te d in th e w o rk in v a r io u s p a r t s of th e c o u n t ry ; a n d from re p o r t s f ro m th e th re e ci ties w h e r e m e m b e rs a r e o rg a n iz e d w e see t h a t t h e r e will soon be a ch a in of ac t iv e L odges a g a in in C h in a as in th e p as t . O n e of o u r m e m b e r s w ho w en t to M a n c h u r i a som e time a g o to ass is t th e m in th e w o r k sends us v e ry g lowing r e p o r t s of w h a t is b e in g a c co m p l is h e d , a n d h e is a lso in to u c h w ith th o se in S iber ia w h o a r e en th u s ia s t ic a b o u t th e w o r k also. L e t t e r s f ro m som e m e m b e r s in C h in a w ho h a v e re a c h e d a h ig h g ra d e in th e w o rk sho w th a t th e C h in e se m in d c o m p r e h e n d s th e p r i n ­cip les in ju s t th e sam e fineness of p o in t as do th o se w h o h av e th e O c c id e n ta l m in d . W e m e a n to say th a t th e O c c id e n ta l a n d O r i e n ta l m in d s ca n a g re e in th e se fu n d a m e n ta l p r in c ip le s a n d p rac t i se s .

It m ay be a b ig j u m p to take , b u t r igh t h e re we w ish to re fe r to th e fine w o r k b e in g d o n e by th e m e m ­b e rs of th e A M O R C L o d g e on th e Gold C o a s t of W e s t A fr ica . T h i s a n c ie n t c e n t r e of R. C. ac t iv i t ies is o n c e a g a in in f low er a n d th e le t te rs co m in g from O ff ice rs o r m e m b e r s in d ica te t h a t m a n y of th e a n ­c ien t p ra c t i s e s a r e fo l low ed a lo n g w ith th e m o d e rn m e th o d s .

A r e p o r t of A th e n s , G reece , ind ica te s in c rea se d in ­t e re s t a n d ac t iv i ty a n d a re q u e s t h as co m e f ro m th e re a s k in g o u r a s s i s t an ce in m a n y m a t te r s of in te re s t to th e m e m b e rs .

In A u s t r a l i a , T a s m a n ia , a n d New Z ea lan d , th e m e m ­b ers h ip is in c re a s in g a n d n ew L od g es a r e b e in g fo rm ed in severa l ci ties.

M any m e m b e r s a r e r e p o r t e d in O n i tsh a , N igeria , A fr ica . T h e r e seem s to be so m e p r o p a g a n d a g o ing o n in th a t t e r r i to ry , th e de ta i l s of w h ic h w e w o u ld like to lea rn . P lease r e p o r t !

F ro m V ie n n a , A u s t r ia , co m es th e r e p o r t of new in te re s t a n d a p p l ic a n t s fo r m e m b e r sh ip . A n d we have re ce n t ly rece iv ed sev era l le t te rs f ro m th e G ra n d M as­te r a t M u nich , th e M a s te r w ho ho lds m a n y of th e a n c ie n t d o c u m e n t s a n d p a p e r s d e s c e n d in g from th e e a r ly R o s ic ru c ia n s of th a t c o u n t ry , s ta t in g th a t th e O r d e r th e r e a n d in G e r m a n y is b e in g in c rea se d a n d m a d e ac t ive in m a n y ci t ies a n d tow ns . T h e kindest w ishes a n d re g a rd s a r e s en t by th e G ra n d M aste r a t M u n ich to th e m e m b e r s in A m e r ic a .

Sev era l le t te rs h a v e b e e n rece iv ed f ro m Officers a n d m e m b e r s in C a i ro , E g y p t a n d w e h av e le a rn e d s o m e in te r e s t i n g de ta i ls o f th e e x c av a t io n s th e r e t h r o u g h th e s e re p o r t s . It is need less to say th a t th e m e m b e r s t h e r e a r e en th u s ia s t ic a b o u t th e A M O R C w o rk .

T h e G ra n d L od g e of A M O R C a t S o u ra b a y a , Java, E as t Indies, r e p o r t s in c rea se d m e m b e rsh ip , a d v a n c e ­m e n t in th e b u i ld in g of th e i r T e m p le on th e a c q u i r e d g ro u n d s a n d p ro g r e s s in th e w o r k of th e h ig hes t d eg rees . T h e y h av e c a r r ie d on som e p r o p a g a n d a w o rk th a t is novel a n d in te re s t ing .

Severa l of o u r A m e r ic a n m e m b e r s a r e v is i t ing in F r a n c e th is y e a r a n d r e p o r t m e e t in g w ith m e m b e r s a n d a t t e n d in g spec ia l sessions a n d w e will e x p e c t th e i r p e rs o n a l r e p o r t s nex t m o n th .

R e p o r t s co m e from a t least s even p la c e s in S ou th A m e r ic a w h e re m e m b e r s m ee t , a n d th e c o u n t r y of Brazil seem s to be th e s t ro n g h o ld of o u r O r d e r fo r th a t c o n t in en t .

D u r in g th e p a s t six m o n th s r e p o r t s h a v e co m e f ro m ove r tw e n ty o th e r fo re ig n c o u n t r ie s c o v e r in g p r a c t i c ­ally ev e ry p o in t of th e globe. A g a in w e say to all th e officers o r S e c re ta r ie s in fo re ig n ci ties, w e will be g lad to h av e new sy i tem s re g a rd in g y o u r w o rk to publish in th ese co lum ns.

N ev er in th e h is to ry of t h e R o s a e c r u c ia n O r d e r w as th e w o r k so s p re a d o v e r th e s u r f a c e of th e e a r t h as it is a t p re sen t . In so m e p a r t s th e G re a t W a r m ad e th e w o r k d o r m a n t fo r a t ime, b u t ac t iv i ty s ta r te d ag a in in 1919 a n d in th e p as t fo u r y e a r s h as m a d e u n ­e x p ec ted p ro g re ss . C o n s ta n t ly we h e a r th e s e r e ­m arks , w h ich s ho u ld be well co n s id e re d by m a n y of o u r A m e r ic a n m e m b e r s w h o a r e c o n f ro n te d w ith p leas on beh a lf of som e so-ca l led O r i e n ta l s ch oo l of p h i l ­o so p h y ; “ In o u r c o u n t r y w e h av e h ad so m a n y c e n t re s o f s tu d y a n d so m a n y cu l t s a n d isms s u p p o se d to be of o u r n a t ive re lig ion , th a t w e h a v e t i red of th e im ­p rac t i ca l a n d th e o re t ic a l v e rb ia g e th e y give us as lessons. T h e A M O R C te a c h in g s h av e p ro v e d to c o n ­ta in all th a t w as g ood in all th e s e a n c ie n t p h i lo so p h ie s as we O r ie n ta l s k n o w th em , a n d o u r B ro th e r s a n d

Sis ters in A m e r ic a sh o u ld b e t h a n k fu l t h a t th e y do n o t h av e to c o n te n d w ith th e in an e t e a c h in g s of th o se w ho a p p o in t th em se lve s as O r i e n ta l t e a c h e r s .” W e w o n d e r h o w m a n y in A m e r ic a a p p r e c i a t e th ese w o rd s f ro m th o se w h o live r ig h t in th e c o u n t r ie s w h e re m an y of th ese te a c h e r s a n d th e i r t e a c h in g s issue as w a te r f ro m a well.

W ith all o u r fo re ig n c o n n e c t io n s , w i th b r a n c h e s in sev era l p a r t s of India a n d in o th e r p lac es w h e r e such te a c h in g s a r e su p p o se d to co m e from , is it n o t logical to be l ieve th a t we w ou ld h av e in c lu d ed in o u r t e a c h ­ings, o r w o u ld in c lud e f ro m t im e to tim e, all t h a t is good a n d help fu l in all th e o th e r p h i lo so p h ie s in th o se c o u n t r ie s? H as a n y o n e ev e r fo u n d th a t th e te a c h in g s of A M O R C ex c lu d e d a n y t ru th s , a n y p rin c ip les , a n y he lps th a t w e re sou nd , p ra c t i c a l a n d ap p l ic a b le to m o d e rn t im es? O f co u rs e t h e r e is m u c h in m a n y a n c ie n t s choo ls of t h o u g h t th a t is in te re s t in g an d m u c h th a t w as o n c e v e ry h e lp fu l in th e c o u n t r y a n d in th e t im es w h e n first given, b u t o f n o h e lp to d a y in th e O cc id en t . O n e n eed re ad on ly a few of th e v ery old b o o k s by th e e a r ly m ystics to see how fa r w e h av e ad v a n c e d in such w o r k a n d how useless is m u c h th a t th e y co n s id e re d v e ry im p o r t a n t a t th e time. M any of th e a n c ie n t s choo ls of O r i e n ta l t h o u g h t n ee d r e ­v iv ing to d ay only b e c a u s e th e y p as se d o u t of ex is t­en c e th r o u g h th e evo lu t io n a n d a d v a n c e m e n t of m an . W h y rev ive th e m n o w ? O u r A c a d e m y in India s ta te s pos itive ly th a t th e r e is n o schoo l o r g ro u p of schoo ls in th e w ho le of India o r th e O r i e n t t h a t inc lud es th e h igh, help fu l a n d easily m a s te re d te a c h in g s n o w in ­clud ed in all th e g ra d e s of A M O R C . Is it n o t b e t t e r to t a k e th e w o rd of m e n l ike t h o se Jiving th e r e a n d w ho k n o w a n d h a v e no u l t e r io r m otive , th a n to t a k e th e w o rd o f th o se w h o w a n t to sell, a t a l a rg e fee, th e sec re t co u rs e s th e y h av e p r e p a r e d a n d w hich th e y co m e to A m e r ic a to sell to th e u n k n o w in g ? Jus t a th o u g h t to th in k a b o u t 1

W O R K W E L L D O N E In te re s t in g F ac ts fo r al l M e m b e rs

M any h av e ask ed a b o u t th e C o n s t i tu t io n of o u r O r d e r a n d w h e n a n d how A m e n d m e n t s to it m ay be m ade , lo o k ing to som e im p o r t a n t c h a n g e s w h ic h t im e a n d co n d i t io n s h av e revealed .

W e wish to ex p la in th a t th e first C o n s t i tu t io n of th e O r d e r w as ro u g h ly d ra f te d a n d te n ta t ive ly a d o p te d in 1916 p e n d in g a N a t io na l C o n v e n t io n of D e leg a te s f ro m all L odges.

S uch a C o n v e n t io n w as he ld in P i t t s b u rg d u r in g th e s u m m e r of 1917, a n d d u r in g th e first few day s of th e C o n v e n t io n a C o m m i t te e w as a p p o in t e d to revise th e C o n s t i tu t io n a n d b r in g it b e fo re t h e C o n ­v en t io n for d iscuss ion a n d a d o p t io n by vo te on ea ch p a r a g r a p h . T h e p re s e n t C o n s t i t u t io n is th e o ne a d o p te d a t th a t t ime.

In se lec t ing a C o m m i t te e to rev ise th e C o n s t i tu t io n c a re was t a k e n to select M a s te rs a n d O ff ice rs of o u r v a r io u s A M O R C L od g es w h o w e r e a s so c ia ted w ith o th e r f r a te rn a l o rg a n iz a t io n s so t h a t w e m ig h t h av e th e benefi t of th e i r k n o w led g e a n d e x p e r ien ce s . F o r th e benefi t of th o se w h o h a v e in q u i r e d w e pub lish h e re th e n a m e s a n d q ua l i f ica t ion s of th o se w h o c o m ­posed th e C o n s t i tu t io n C o m m i t te e a t t h a t C o n v e n t io n , m o st of w h o m a r e G ra n d M aste rs , M a s te rs o r Off icers of A M O R C L od g es to d a y :Dr. C h a r le s D. G re en , 32°, P a r k L od g e 6 76 F. & A. M.,

Pa. , R a n d o lp h C h a p te r No. 35, Ind., P e n n a . C o n ­s is to ry V al ley o f P i t t sb u rg .

C h a r le s FI. Soelke, 32°, O ld G lo ry L od g e 9 75 A. F. & A. M., C h ic a g o C ic e ro C h a p t e r R. A. M., A po l lo C o m m a n d e r y No. I K. T . . M edinah T e m p le , A. A. O. N. M. S., C h ica g o , Illinois.

O m a r T . . C ru ic k s h a n k , M. D.. M. E., F. T . S., F. O . ; 32°, 15, F. A . M. A ., L a fa y e t t e 6 52 , F. & A. M., C y ru s C h a p te r No. 2 8 0 R. A . M.. Mt. M o riah Council . No. 2, C h a r t i e r s C o m m a n d e r y No. 78, K. T ., P e n n a . C o n s is to ry S. P. R. S.

L. A. S h o e m a k e r , 3 2 \ H i l lsbo ro L o d e e 25, A . F. & A. M., T a m p a C o n s is to ry No. I, T a m p a . F lorida .

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A t th e co n c lu s io n of th e i r w o r k a n d b e fo re th e last session of th e C o n v e n t io n , th e s e m e n as M as te rs a n d Off icers of A M O R C L odges fo r v a r io u s le n g th s of t ime, s igned a p a p e r w hich w as re ad in o p e n session a n d th e n p re s e n te d to th e I m p e r a to r to b e p re s e r v e d in th e O r d e r ’s A rc h ive s . 1 h e s ta t e m e n t in th e i r own w o rd s th u s s igned is as fo llows:

“ W e, th e u n d e rs ig n ed , as m e m b e r s of th e A . M. O. R. C. of N o r th A m e r ic a , find n o th in g in th e t e a c h in g s o r r i tua l of th e ab o v e n a m e d O r d e r w h ic h conflic ts w i th th e te a c h in g s o r r i tu a l of a n y o th e r o rg a n iz a t io n w ith w h ich w e a r e affi l ia ted. H o w e v e r , w e h av e re ce iv ed such in fo rm a t io n from th e te a c h in g s of th e ab o v e n a m e d O r d e r w hich , to th e bes t of o u r k n o w l­ed g e a n d belief, is on ly o b ta in a b le in th e A M O R C , a n d h a v in g k n o w led g e of its u p l i f t in g c h a r a c te r , its p a t r io t i c a n d h u m a n i t a r i a n p r in c ip le s , w e ta k e th is m e a n s of e x p re s s in g o u r a p p re c ia t io n of th e O r d e r . ”

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W ith th is issue of T h e T r ia n g le w e e n la rg e its n u m ­b e r of p a g e s a n d w iden its s co pe a n d p u rp o se .

A t th e u rg e n t d e m a n d of m a n y of o u r m e m b e r s we will m a in ta in c e r t a in d e p a r t m e n t s o r fe a tu r e s e m b o d y ­ing in s t ru c t io n for th e s tu d e n ts in th e v a r io u s g rad es of o u r O r d e r ; as, fo r in s tan ce , th e D ic t io n a ry of R o s a e c r u c ia n T e rm s , w h ich b eg in s its seria l p u b l i c a ­t ion in th is issue.

F ro m t im e to t im e h e lp fu l n o te s fo r t h e m em b ers , to be a t t a c h e d to th e i r n o teb o o k s , a n d d ia g ra m s for th e sam e p u r p o s e , will be pub l i sh ed .

T h e p re s e n c e of such m a t t e r in th is p u b l ica t io n will n o t p r e v e n t th e d issem ina t io n of T h e T r ia n g le a m o n g th o se w h o a r e n o t m e m b e r s b u t w h o m a y be in te re s te d in b e c o m in g m e m b e r s ; fo r th e insigh t th e y gain in th is m a n n e r sho u ld e n c o u r a g e th e m to s eek fo r m o re L igh t a n d a t th e sa m e t im e te n d to dispel som e of th e false im p re ss io n s th a t m a n y h av e r e g a r d in g th e p ra c t i s e s a n d p h i lo so p h y of o u r f r a te rn i ty .

T h e r e f o r e o u r m em b ers , a n d o u r re a d e r s gen era l ly , a r e u rg e d to u se T h e T r ia n g le fo r co n se rv a t iv e p r o p a ­g an da . Its c o n v e n ie n t size a n d re a s o n a b le p r ic e ass is t in m a k in g it a d m ir a b le fo r su c h p urpo ses .

H e a r ty c o -o p e ra t io n on th e p a r t of th e a p p o in t e d L ib ra r ia n in e a c h L o d g e a n d th e m e m b e r s th e reo f w ith th e D e p a r tm e n t of P u b l ica t io n a t H e a d q u a r t e r s will m a k e T h e T r ia n g le in its e n la rg e d fo rm a p e r ­m a n e n t asse t. T h e ins is ten t call for m o r e in fo rm a t io n t h r o u g h T h e T r ia n g le d u r in g th e p as t y e a r s ho u ld find its re a c t io n n ow in th e en th u s ia s t ic s u p p o r t a n d dis­t r ib u t io n of ea c h issue.

Y o u r co m m en ts , sug ges t io ns , c o n t r ib u t io n s of in ­s t ru c t iv e r e a d in g m a t te r , a n d y o u r d o n a t io n s to w a r d th e g en e ra l p u b l i c a t io n fu n d (a ll to b e sen t to th e D e p a r tm e n t of P u b l ica t io n a t a d d re s s g iven a b o v e ) , will be a p p re c ia te d , ap p l ied , a n d m a d e p ro d u c t iv e of m u c h good.

R e m e m b e r : F ra te rn a l i s m m e a n s C o - o p e r a t io n ! A A A

C a n w e n o t be h a p p y a n d express ive ly jo y fu l o ve r th e t r e n d of th e t im es? A b o u t us on ev e ry h a n d , in ev e ry e le m e n t th a t is m a k in g fo r th e a d v a n c e m e n t of civi l izat ion, on ev e ry p a th t h a t leads to th e u l t im a te goal, we see, w e sense, we c o n ta c t a n d a r e in sp ired w ith th e b r o a d e r view, th e k e e n e r v is ion, t h e in n e r s igh t a n d th e to le ra n t m ind . Love is s u p p la n t in g hate , je a lou sy , in to le ran c e , en v io u sn e ss a n d in d if fe re n c e a r e g iv ing w ay to u n d e r s ta n d in g , s y m p a th y , c h a r i ty a n d c o n s id e ra t io n .

In th e a f fa i rs of S ta te , in th e p e r s p e c t iv e of th e C h u rc h e s , th e ac t iv i t ie s of b us in ess a n d th e c o n sc io u s ­ness of m an , th e r e is a m an ife s t a w a k e n i n g to th e call of h u m a n b ro th e r h o o d a n d D iv ine P a r e n th o o d . C lasses, creeds , sects a n d l im it ing d if fe re n t ia t io n s a r e b e in g a b a n d o n e d o r m o d ify ing th e i r re s t r ic t io n s a n d m a k in g th e i r d o m a in s m o re inclusive o r a l l -e m b rac in g .

T h e m ystic sees in all th is th e fulf il l ing of th e L aw ; h e d isc e rn s in t h e t r e n d of th e t im es th e a d v a n c e ­m e n t a n d w id e r a c c e p t a n c e of th o se t ru th s , those fu n d a m e n ta l s , fo r th e g r e a t e r c o m p re h e n s io n of w hich h e h a s la b o re d a n d se rv ed in th e r a n k s of d ic ip leship .

O u r o b l iga t ions , h o w e v e r , a r e in c rea s in g . W e m u st la b o r n o t less, w e m u s t te a c h n o t less co n vinc ing ly , a n d w e m u s t f u r t h e r o u r p r in c ip le s n o t less a g g r e s ­sively b ec a u se of th e g re a t a w a k e n in g ; b u t w e m u st b e c o m e g u a rd ia n s a n d p ro te c to rs , ad v iso rs a n d leaders as w e h av e b e e n p io n e e r s a n d in sp ire rs .

O u r d u ty is c lea r , o u r im p e r so n a l r e w a rd s u r r o u n d s us a t all t imes, a n d all is fo r th e G lo ry to G od a n d th e G oo d of M ank in d .

A A AW e a g r e e w ith th e s ta t e m e n ts p ub l i sh ed by H.

R id e r H a g g a r d in a n E ng l i sh n e w s p a p e r t h a t m o re re v e re n c e fo r th e c u s to m s of th e a n c ie n ts a n d less in ­d if fe re n c e to th e s a c re d n e ss of th in g s o n c e he ld holy by m asses of h u m a n m in d s a n d h e a r t s sho u ld be sh o w n by th o se c o n d u c t in g o r p e rm i t t i n g th e e x c a v a ­t io n s a n d re s e a r c h e s in E gy p t . If th e e lem e n t of t im e robs a n a t io n , a p eo p le , of its r igh ts to p re s e rv e th e la n d m a r k s of its p ro g r e s s th r o u g h th e v a r io u s s tag es of civi lizat ion, if t im e m a k e s null a n d void all th e sac re d n e ss a t t a c h e d to re l ig ious r i tes a n d cus toms, a n d if t im e a lo n e will ca s t th e p r iv a c y of p e rs o n a n d p r o p e r ty in to th e m e l t in g -p o t of p ub lic o w n e rsh ip a n d in d isc r im in a te co n f isca t io n — th e n we m ay look w ith h o r r o r u p o n th e possibi li t ies th a t a w a i t o u r p re s e n t in te re s ts in th e fu tu re .

W e m a y o r m a y n o t be l ieve th a t d i re d isa s te r is s u re to fall u p o n th o se w h o vanda lize o r c o m m e r c i a l ­ize th e s t r a n g e o r d if fe ren t p rac t i s e s of a r a c e of a n ­c ien t p eo p les , b u t in t r u t h d isa s te r h as b efa l len th o se w h o h av e r e n t th e veil a n d p ro fa n e d th e s a c re d p laces of E g y p t a n d o th e r lands. T h e h is to ry of O r ie n ta l r e se a r c h is filled w ith in c iden ts to o cons is ten t , too re la ted a n d too c e r t a in to b e c lassed as m e r e co- in c id e n ts o r su p e r s t i t io u s b a n q u e t s to feed th e m is­u n d e r s t a n d i n g fo r w ei rdness . T h e r e m a y be, a n d u n d o u b te d ly is, a law in o p e r a t io n — a law th a t is th e reflex of t h e c o n sc io u sn e ss es tab l ished by th e m inds of th e p e o p le of th e pas t .

T h in g s a r e m a d e s a c re d n o t by a n y in t r in s ic qua li ty , b u t by th e as so c ia t io n of th e th in g s w ith th e c o n ­sc io u sn ess of G od a n d m an . A th in g o r p lac e set a p a r t as sacred , en d o w e d by m a n w ith all th e a d o r a ­t ion , w o r s h ip a n d r e v e re n c e h e is ca p ab le of e x p re s s ­ing in his s ta te of d e v e lo p m en t , is t r u ly as s ac red as t h a t w h ich is to u c h e d in d e p e n d e n t ly by th e Divine H a n d ; for, a f t e r all, th e D iv ine H a n d , like u n to the D iv ine Mind, e x p re s se s itself t h r o u g h th e co n sc io usness o f m an , a n d r e g a rd le ss of th e s ta te of m a n 's d e v e lo p ­m e n t in w or ld ly affairs , th e p r im it ive , n a tu ra l a n d e v e r ­p re s e n t Div in ity of C o n sc io u sn ess is a s t ru e , as real a n d holy in th e p a s t a s in th e p re s e n t .

T h e p ro g r e s s of science, th e a d v a n c e m e n t of civiliza­t ion , th e i l lu m in a t ion of th e m ind , r e q u i r e s t h a t the p a s t be ex a m in e d a n d c o m p a r e d w ith th e p re s e n t ; b u t such r e se a rc h e s can be m a d e w ith d ue respec t , w i th c a re a n d c o n s id e ra t io n , aye , w i th holy a t t i tud e , w i th p r a y e r a n d h u m b le spir it , w h e n o u r s teps lead us in to such s ac red p laces as th e Shr ines , T e m p le s a n d T o m b s of a n a n c ie n t race .

A A AW h e n w e s top th in k in g of a L e a g u e of N a t ions a n d

W o r ld C o u r t a n d th in k in th e te rm s of indivisabili ty a n d u n i ty , w e wil l co m e n e a r e r to es tab l ish ing a L e a g u e o f M ank in d .

A A AIf H e n ry F ord , t h e r ich es t m a n in t h e w o r ld , c a n n o t

b r in g a b o u t his e lec t io n as P re s id e n t of th e U ni ted S ta tes w e will h av e an ex c e l len t d e m o n s t r a t i o n of th e fact t h a t m o n e y h as n o t all th e p o w e r a t t r i b u te d to it.

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D IC T IO N A R Y O F R O S A E C R U C IA N TER M S

(N o te : T h e fo l low in g defin i t ions a r e officially issued fo r use in th e p r e p a r a t i o n of all p a p e r s , le ssons a n d d iscussions. M as te rs a r e adv ised to k e e p a co p y of th ese te rm s fo r h a n d y r e f e re n c e w hi le c o n d u c t in g le c tu re s o r d iscuss ions o r in a n s w e r in g q ue s t ion s . A co p y sho u ld be in th e M a s te r ’s h a n d s a t e a c h l e c tu re of a n y g rad e . M e m b e rs a r e u r g e d to p a s te th e s e te rm s in th e i r n o te -b o o k s a n d u se th e m in th e i r e x a m in a t io n p a p e r s fo r re f e re n c e a n d fo r th e p r o p e r c o m p r e h e n ­sion of th e i r lessons a n d no tes . F u r t h e r in s ta l lm en ts of th e D ic t io n a ry will a p p e a r in o u r n e x t issues. T h e D ic t io n a ry will co n ta in d ia g ra m s a n d c h a r t s a t its c o n c lu s io n .)

AA b s o lu te — T h a t w h ic h inc lud es all, h en ce , th e C o n ­

sc iousness of God, p e r fec t , co m p le te , e m b r a c i n g ev e ry D iv ine Law , w o r k i n g in h a r m o n y , c o n s t r u c ­tive, pos it ive . C o m p a r e w ith th e t e rm re la t iv e .

A c tu a l ----T h a t w h ich c o m es w ith in th e pos i t ive d o m a inof th e o b jec t iv e a n d is in c o n fo rm i ty w ith th e s ta n d a rd s of th e o b jec t iv e senses, h a v in g w eigh t , b re a d th , leng th , bulk , e tc . A n y p h e n o m e n a w h ic h th e o b jec t iv e m in d a c c e p t s as sensib le to it, is ac tu a l , w h e th e r it b e a de lu s ion (m e n ta l c r e a t io n of th e o b jec t iv e m in d ) o r not . A c tu a l i t ie s n e e d n o t b e rea l i t ies ; see t h e t e r m re a l i ty .

A ld en -— ( p r o n o u n c e d A w l-d e n ) s o m e t im e s spelled A hlda in , A ’lda in ; th e n a m e of a f o rm e r M a s te r of th e G re a t W h i te B ro th e r h o o d w h o w as g iven ju r i s ­d ic t ion o v e r th e e s ta b l i s h m e n t of m ystica l c e n t re s on th e N o r th A m e r i c a n C o n t in e n t d u r in g th e te n th ce n tu ry , a n d a f te r w h o m th e first T e m p le in th is c o u n t ry w as n a m e d in 16 03 . H is p e rs o n a l i t y still af fec ts m u c h of th e w o r k in th is co u n t ry .

A m e n — A H e b re w word, in t r o d u c e d in to th e E g y p t ia n m ystic ri tes a t a n ea r ly d a te as a t e r m u se d to e x ­p res s th e h id d e n a n d invisible God, o r a t r u ly i n ­sp ired r e p r e s e n ta t iv e of God. In th is l a t t e r sense th e t e rm is u se d in th e C h r is t ia n Bible ju s t once , in Rev. iii, 14, Jesus is ca l led " T h e A m e n . " But a t a m u c h e a r l ie r d a te th e sam e w o r d w ith th e sam e m ystic vowel sounds, w as used to d es ig n a te th e n a m e of th e G od of T h e b e s , a n d th e t e rm A m e n -R a c a m e to ex p re s s th e n a m e a n d h i e r a r c h y of a p o w e r fu l God a m o n g th e E g y p t ia n s . A m e n -h o te p IV c h a n g e d his n a m e to K h u e n - A t e n b e c a u se of th e s ign if icance of th e te rm A m e n . A s used in m o d e rn re l ig ious p rac t i ses , t h e te rm A m e n m e a n s veri ly . The orig in of th e w o rd is fo u n d in th e S a n sk r i t A u m a n d a lso in O m .

A r c a n e — T h a t w h ic h is n o t h id den , b u t vis ible only to th o se w h o a t t u n e to it o r a r e r e a d y fo r its r e v e la t io n ; m ystica l . D iv ine , C osm ic .

A s t ro lo g y ----A n an c ien t sc ience based u p o n close o b ­s e rv an ce of the co in c iden ce of h u m a n ch a ra c te r is t ic s w ith the d a te a n d h o u r of b i r th ; t im e a n d ca re fu l ana lys is h a v e p ro v e d th e co in c id e n ces to b e based u p o n fu n d a m e n ta l laws rega rd le ss of w h e th e r th e p lan e ts have a n y effect u p o n b i r th o r u p o n the n a tu r e of m an a f te r b ir th . O n ly th e fa na t ica l e x ­trem is t m ak es ----o r believes----th e c laim th a t w e a r eru led by p la n e t s ; a t th e u tm o st , p l a n e t a r y in f luences can in sp ire a n d u rg e o r t e m p t ; th e in f luences m ay ind ica te , b u t n o t co n tro l . All m y s t ics s ho u ld h av e a k n o w led g e of th e f u n d a m e n ta l s of th is old an d evo lv ing science.

A s t ra l P la n e ----T h e Cosm ic , e the r ia l , D ivine p lan e .R o sae c ru c ia n s recogn ize b u t two p lan es of ex is tence ; th a t w hich is th e w or ld ly o r m a te r ia l p lan e w h e re w e live in b o th ob jec t iv e a n d sub je c t ive c o n sc io u s ­ness, a n d a n o th e r p lan e w h ich is b ey o n d th e m a t e r ­ial----call th a t o th e r p lan e th e A stra l , P sych ic , C o s ­mic o r w h a te v e r best ex p resse s y o u r id ea ; it is th a t p la n e w h e re th e Soul of m an fu n c t io n s free from the l im ita tions of th e b ody an d w h e re th e s u b je c ­tive m ind of m an fu n c t ion s a t t im es in d e p e n d e n t of the object ive.

A te n ----A n a m e fo r th e sym b ol of th e " so le G o d "m a d e u n d e r s ta n d a b le by A m e n h o te p IV. a f t e r h e es tab l ished a m o n o th e i s t i c re l ig ion in E g y p t . A t e n w a s r e p r e s e n te d by th e sun d isc ; th e s u n b e in g th e sym bol of th e l i fe-giving r a d i a n c e of th e invisible God. N ot as a G od o r even as a s a c re d sym b ol is th e sun disc used by m o d e rn R o sa e c ru c ia n s , b u t as o b jec t iv e sym b ol of th e c r e a t iv e m in d a n d D iv ine E ssen ce of God.

A t lan t i s — T h e n a m e of t h e c o n t in e n t o n c e o c c u p y in g a co n s id e ra b le p o r t io n of th e s p a c e o c c u p ie d n o w by th e A t l a n t i c O c e a n . A t l a n t i s w a s well a d v a n c e d in civi l izat ion in p a r t s a n d w a s th e a n c ie n t h o m e of m y st ic c u l tu re . Mt. P ico , w h ic h still ri ses ab o v e t h e o c e a n a m o n g th e g ro u p of A z o re Islands, w as a s a c re d m o u n ta in fo r m y st ic in i t ia t io n (S ee r i tu a l of 4 th D e g r e e ) . T h e s to ry of t h e lost A t lan t i s w as first to ld by P la to ; a n o t h e r s to r y of m ystic p eo p le s u s in g th e n a m e A t l a n t i c is to ld by S ir F ra n c is B acon (S e e : T h e N ew A t l a n t i s . ) R e c e n t in v es t ig a ­t ions by F r a n c e a n d A m e r ic a h av e p ro v e d th a t th e r e is th e c o n to u r of a c o n t in e n t a t th e f loor of th e A t la n t ic O c e a n . See also T h e L os t A t lan t is , by Ig n a t iu s D on n e l ly .

A to m — T h e sm alles t div ision of a n y defini te n a tu r e of m a t t e r : th e first d is t inc t ive c h a r a c t e r t h a t e le c t ro n s fo rm a f te r p e r f e c t u n i ty . D ivis ions of m a t t e r sm a l le r t h a n a to m s a r e e le c t ro n s ( s e e e le c ­t r o n s ) a n d su c h sm a l le r div isions h av e no c h a r a c t e r ­istic n a tu r e . A to m s fo rm th em s e lv e s in to g ro u p s ca lled m olecu les . (R e fe r to D a l to n ’s A to m ic L aw s in o u r d e g re e l e c tu re s a n d in s ev era l issues of th e A m e r i c a n R o s a e C r u c i s . )

A u r a — T h a t m a g n e t i c ot elec tr i f ied field w h ic h s u r ­ro u n d s th e an im a l b od y p a r t i c u la r ly a n d w hich c o n ­ta in s co lo rs d u e to th e v ib ra to r y r a te of th e e n e rg y in th e field. T h e e n e rg y is a re su l t of th e p sy ch ic d e v e lo p m e n t a n d th e v ita l fo rc es of t h e bod y . T h e a u r a c h a n g e s co lo r as p sy c h ic d e v e lo p m e n t p r o ­ceeds r e a c h i n g a b r i l l ia n t v io let a n d th e n p u r e w hile in th e h ig hes t s ta tes . T h e a u r a is visible u n d e r m a n y co n d i t io n s a n d h as b ee n p h o to g r a p h e d , a n d will a f fec t ce r t a in in s t ru m e n ts b a la n c e d to r e ­cep tiv i ty . E ve ry liv ing cell h as its a u r a as well as g ro u p s of cells.

BBelief—-C o n s id e re d f ro m th e m ystica l p o in t of view

belief implies lack of k n o w le d g e : it is like u n to h o p e w i th o u t fo u n d a t io n . A m y s t ic sho u ld h av e no beliefs b u t sho u ld s u p p la n t th e m w ith k n o w le d g e o r a f r a n k a d m i t t a n c e th a t he does n o t know . (See K n o w le d g e . )

B ir th— M y st ica l ly , b i r th o c c u rs w h e n th e an im a l b ody ta k e s its first B re a th of Life. T h e n th e b ody b e ­co m es a co n sc io us be ing . Bir th is th e o p p o s i t e p h a s e of th e p as s in g of T h e B re a th ( a n d co n sc io u s ­n ess ) w h ich is ca l led d ea th . (S e e D e a t h ) .

B lack M agic— A te rm used a n c ie n t ly to in d ica te m y s te r io u s p ra c t i s e s o r s ec re t m e th o d s — m e th o d s a n d p ra c t i s e s w h ich to d ay w e u n d e r s t a n d a n d k no w to h av e b ee n s tr ic t ly scientific th o u g h li tt le k n o w n . T o d a y , h o w e v e r , th e t e r m is u sed in s o m e p h i l ­o so p h ie s a n d bv som e ig n o r a n t m in d s ( a n d s o m e ­t im es used wilfully to f r ig h t e n ) a n d is m e a n t to c o n ­vey th e idea th a t o n e m in d can call in to p lay c e r t a in fo rc es of n a tu r e to w o rk in ju ry u p o n a n o t h e r m in d o r b ody a t a d is tance . It is a s su m ed th a t th e cosm ic s p a ce ex is t ing b e tw e e n tw o m in d s o r p e r s o n s car. be u ti l ized by o n e of th e m to t r a n s m i t evil a n d d es t ru c t iv e th o u g h t s to th e o th e r . In fact , h ow eve r , th e co sm ic s p a ce wil l n o t t r a n s m i t suc h d es t ru c t iv e th o u g h t s a n d th e p e r s o n w h o t r ie s to d ire c t th em in to s p a c e suffers f ro m th e a t t e m p t an d from th e c r e a t io n of s u c h th o u g h t s w h ich re m a in in th e c o n ­sc iousness . T h e on ly p o w e r th e r e is to Black M agic fo r o th e r s is th e f e a r of it.

Bra in 1— T h e phy sica l o rg a n for th e o b jec t iv e f u n c t i o n ­ing of th e m ind . Mind can , h o w e v e r , m a k e m an y m a n if e s ta t io n s w i th o u t th e use of th e b ra in .

B re a th of Life----Jn R o s a e c r u c ia n te a c h in g s th is te rmis used to re fe r to Nous. It is a co m b in a t io n , so to s peak , of b o th th e V ita l Life F o r c e a n d C osm ic C on sc io u sn ess . (S e e N ous a n d V . L. F . )

B o rd e r l in e S ta te — T his te rm is used to d es ig n a te t h a t m e n ta l a n d p sy ch ic co n d i t io n w h e r e th e o b jec t iv e c o n sc io u sn e ss a n d o b jec t iv e m en ta l fu n c t io n in g of m a n is m e r g in g in to th e sub jec t ive . T h i s s ta te can be in d u c ed t h r o u g h c o n c e n t r a t io n , o r o c c u rs n a tu ra l ly on g o ing to s leep o r w h e n a w a k e n in g , o r t h r o u g h s ug ge s t io n it m ay b e ex te rn a l ly in d u c ed ( b u t n o t w i th o u t th e co -o p era t io n or w il l ingness of

th e s e l f ) . A s im ila r s ta te ex is ts w h e re th e o b j e c ­t ive m in d o r th e o b jec t iv e fu n c t io n in g of th e b ra in is m a d e a b n o r m a l t h r o u g h d ru g , fever, o r in ju ry , fr ig h t o r s t r a in ; in su c h cases, h o w e v e r , th e b e n e ­fits d e r ived f ro m a p r o p e r b o r d e r l i n e s ta te a r e lost , fo r th e r e is n o t an in te l l igen t a n d c o m p re h e n s ib le e x c h a n g e of ideas o r c u m m u n ic a t io n b e tw e e n th e o b jec t iv e a n d sub je c t ive facu lt ies . O f t e n ju s t p r io r to so-cal led d ea th , th e first s tag e of t r a n s i t io n is a b o r d e r l i n e s ta te w h ich is r e m a r k a b l e for its C osm ic to u c h .

cCell— W h e r e th is t e rm is u se d in t h e R o s a e c r u c ia n

t e ac h in g s , re g a rd le s s of w h e th e r in c o n n e c t io n with p hy sio log y , physics , c h e m is t ry o r e lec tr ic i ty a n d m ag n e t i sm , it m e a n s a b o d y of s p h e r ica l o r o th e r s h a p e h a v in g a wall w i th n eg a t iv e p o la r i ty a n d a n u c le u s of pos i t ive p o la r i ty .

C o n c e n t r a t i o n — A m en ta l ( a n d p h y s ic a l ) s ta t e w h e re t h e w h o le o b jec t iv e a t t e n t io n a n d c o m p re h e n s io n is fo cu sed u p o n o n e defin i te o r indefin i te po in t , p lace , co n d i t io n o r p r in c ip le . P e r f e c t c o n c e n t r a t io n of this k ind re su lt s in c o m p le te inac t iv i ty of fo u r of th e five o b jec t iv e facu lt ies a t o n e t ime. W h e n c o n c e n ­t r a te d u p o n seeing, th e n see ing m u s t be th e only fa cu l ty n o t inac tive , w h e n h e a r in g , th e n all b u t h e a r in g m u st b e inac tive . It is im poss ib le to c o m ­p le te ly c o n c e n t r a t e w h e n tw o o r m o re of th e facu l t ie s a r e ac t iv e a t th e s a m e time. T w o facu l t ie s such as see ing a n d h e a r in g , m a y •rapidly a l t e r n a te in th e i r c o n c e n t r a t io n so th a t it m a y seem as th o u g h b o th w e re c o n c e n t r a t e d a t o n e t ime, b u t th is is n o t so. W e ca n be co n sc io us of only o n e o b jec t iv e im ­p res s ion a t o n e t ime. All else is r a p id a l t e rn a t io n . (S e e B o rd e r l in e S t a t e ) .

C o n c e p t io n — In o u r R o s a e c r u c ia n te a c h in g s we a r e to ld th a t o u r c o n c e p t of a n y th in g w h ich we c o m ­p r e h e n d th r o u g h th e five o b jec t iv e facu lt ies , d e ­p e n d s fo r its a c c u ra c y , a n d its effect on us, u p o n o u r e d u ca t io n , k n o w le d g e a nd beliefs. O u r c o n c e p t o f m a te r ia l th in g s c h a n g e as w e g ro w o lder , m o re e x p e r ie n c e d a n d m o re i l lu m in a ted . Not th e ac tu a l i ty of a n y th in g b u t o u r rea l i ty of it a n d o u r i n t e r p r e t a ­t ion of it fo rm o u r co n c e p t . By c o n ce iv in g a n d g iv­ing o u r c o n c e p t io n th e p o w e r a n d rea l i ty of a n a c ­tua l i ty do w e te n d to c re a te . In th e b e g in n in g of all c r e a t io n t h e r e w a s — a n d a lw ay s will b e — c o n c e p ­t ion . (S e e R ea li ty , also A c tu a l i t y ) .

C osm ic C o n s c io u sn es s — T h a t co n sc io u sn e ss ra d i a t in g f rom G od w h ich p e rv a d e s all s p a ce ( a n d h e n c e all t h i n g s ) , h a v in g vita li ty, m ind , c o n s t ru c t iv e p o w e r , D iv ine In te l l igence . In to th is co n sc io u sn e ss is p r o ­je c ted all th e p sy ch ic co n sc io usne ss of all M asters , a n d all A d e p ts m a y a t t u n e w ith it. It k n o w s all, p as t , p re s e n t a n d fu tu re , for it is all. (S e e A b ­s o lu te ) . A f t e r p r e p a r a t i o n t h r o u g h s tu d y an d m ed i ta t io n , a f te r d e se rv in g th r o u g h se rv ing , a f te r a t t u n i n g th r o u g h p ra c t i s e a n d w ith nob il i ty of desire , th e r e co m es to all A d e p t s an influx of i l lu m in ­a t io n a n d in sp ira t io n w h ich m a in ta in s a c o n t in u e d c o n n e c t io n w ith C o sm ic C on sc io u sn ess . T h i s is ca l led I l lu m ina t ion bv th e Mystics. T h is is o n e o f th e gifts d es i red by all A dep ts .

C osm ic M ind— R e f e r r in g m o re specifically to th e m in d o r in te l l igence th a t fo rm s a p a r t of th e C osm ic C o n ­sciousness . It is also ca l led th e D iv ine Mind. C o m ­p a r e w i th U n ive rsa l Mind.

C o n s c ie n c e — T h e te rm in o u r r i tu a l a n d t e a c h in g s to in d ica te th e “ still small v o ice" of th e M aste r W i th in ; th e C o sm ic Mind w ith its in sp ira t io n a n d u rg e ; the M ind of th e P sy ch ic Self, k n o w in g all t r u th , all law, all p r in c ip le , ev e r c o n s t ru c t iv e in desire , d ep en da b le , " e v e r p re s e n t w h e n th e t e m p t e r t e m p ts . "

C r e m a t i o n ----M ystically th is is a p ro ces s of r e du c ingth e m a te r ia l e lem e n ts of th e b od y to th e p r im a ry e lem en ts t h ro u g h fire, as th o u g h an a lch em ica l p r o ­cess w as b e in g used w ith c ruc ib le a n d fire. It c a rr ie s o u t the a n c ie n t law th a t th e body shall r e tu rn to th e dus t of th e e a r t h f rom w h e n c e it cam e. C r e m a ­tion s imply h a s te n s th e n a tu ra l p ro ces s in a m o s t s a n i ta ry way. T h e cu s to m of b u ry in g the d ea d in the g ro u n d to d ec a y was a lw ay s considered a b a rb a r o u s a n d u n c le a n p ra c t i se by the an c ien t mystics, a n d c r e m a t io n is n o t a m o d e rn m etho d a n d will in t im e b e c o m e un ive rsa l a m o n g civilized peoples . T h e R o s a e c ru c ia n b u r ia l serv ice a n d ri tua l call fo r c re m a t io n of th e b ody a n d the s ca t te r in g of m ost of th e ash es u n o n r u n n in g w a te r in b ro o k s o r r ivers o r in o p e n e d soil w ith in seven d ay s a f te r t ran s i t io n . (See D ea th a n d F u n e ra l S e rv ic e ) .

C yc le— A p e r io d of t ime, evo lu t ion , p rocess , m e th o d o r m an ifes ta t io n . M ystically , eve ry p ro gress iv e ac t ion is in cycles, defini te a n d im p o r ta n t . T h e cycle of h u m a n life is div ided in to p e r io d s of seven yea rs , e a c h of w h ich is a cycle in th e g ro w th an d d e v e lo p m en t of th e m in d a n d body of th e be ing ; even th e p r e n a t a l p e r io d is d iv ided in to cycles. T h e evo lu t ion of the un iverse , th e evo lu t ion of m an from a p r im it iv e b e in g to th e p re s e n t can be divided in to cycles. T h e tw e n ty - fo u r h o u r s co n s t i tu t in g a day is divisible in to p la n e t a r y cycles. T h e c o n ­sc iousness of m a n is a t p re s e n t in th e ea r ly p a r t of th e A q u a r i a n Cycle . C yc les fo rm an easily u n d e r ­s tan d ab le a n d signif icant m e th o d of m e a su r in g t ime a n d p ro g re ss .

D e a th — T h e m ystic n o t only looks u p o n d ea th as in ­evitable , b u t as a n ecessa ry e lem e n t in the cycle of life. D e a th a n d Birth a r e sy n o n y m o u s in this sense, fo r so-cal led d e a th is b ir th in to a n o th e r p lan e , w hile b i r th is l ikew ise a t ran s i t io n . T h e t r a n s i t io n of soul in to a b od y is co n s ide red ju s t as s t r a n g e a n d f r a u g h t w ith u n k n o w n possibilit ies by th e m ystic as is th e t r a n s i t io n of soul from a body. Both c o n s t i tu te th e G re a t E x p er ien c e . Both are a fo rm of In it ia t ion a f fo rd in g an o p p o r tu n i ty for g r e a te r a d v a n c e m e n t . T h e re fo r e b o th a r e looked fo rw a rd to by th e soul w i th o u t grief o r fear . O n th e o th e r h a n d th e r e is no d ea th w h e th e r we c o n ­s ider th e t r a n s i t io n f rom a m ate r ia l o r sp ir i tua l v iew poin t . M a t te r is in d es t ru c t ib le ; th a t is a fu n d a m e n ta l law of m a t t e r ; it can only c h a n g e its fo rm of n a tu r e of m an ifes ta t io n , a n d m a t t e r is inco n s ta n t c h a n g e----a n o t h e r fu n d a m e n ta l law. T h esoul is im m o r ta l a n d c a n n o t be d es t ro yed , lessened, in c re a se d o r o th e r w i s e m odified e x c e p t in g ro w th o f ex p e r ien ce . A f t e r t r a n s i t io n th e m a te r ia l p a r t of m an , th e body , does n o t c e ase to live, b u t is in fact still v ib ra n t w ith spir i t e n e rg y , even to th e most m in u te cell. H e n c e n e i th e r b ody o r soul ev e r dies, a n d th e r e is no d ea th . (S e e B ir th a n d C re m a t io n . )

D e d u c t io n ----A p ro c e s s of re aso n in g . T h e ob jec t ivem in d can reason by all processes , inductively , d e ­duc tive ly , syllogis tical ly , etc. T h e S u b je c t iv e Mind on th e o th e r h a n d , te n d s to re as o n d ed uc t iv e ly all th e tim e. S ta r t i n g w ith a t r u e a n d u n d e r s ta n d a b le p rem ise o r basic fact , r e a s o n in g by d ed u c t io n t h e r e ­from o ne will co m e to a log ica l conc lu s io n , if the d ed u c t iv e re a s o n in g h as b ee n logical a n d in a c c o r d ­a n c e with law. It is th e ex ce l len t re a s o n in g ab il i ty of th e s ub jec t ive m in d th a t b r in g s a b o u t th e c o r re c t c o n c lu s io n s th r o u p h its d ed u c t iv e reason in g . T h e O b je c t iv e Mind se ldom a p p r o a c h e s th e p e r fec t io n of th e S u b je c t iv e M ind in such rea so n in g . B r ing ­in g p b o u t a B o rd e r l in e S ta te of Mind will en ab le o ne to t a k e o b jec t iv e a d v a n ta g e of th e S ub jec t ive reason in g .

D isease----A loca l o r g e n e ra l d i s tu rb a n c e of th e h a r ­m o n io u s c o n s t ru c t iv e p ro c e s s of th e living, c rea t iv e

cells. R eg a rd le s s of th e cause , th e c o n d i t io n is, f u n d a m en ta l ly , th e sam e. T h e d is tu rb in g , b re a k in g - d ow n p ro c e s s a m o n g th e d iseased cells is b e in g s t ro n g ly o r w ea k ly fo u g h t by th e h e a l th y n o r m a l cells, a c c o rd in g to th e g en e ra l o r c o n s t i tu t io n a l s ta te of th e b od y . T h r o u g h th e c rea t iv e , c o n s t r u c ­tive p o w e rs of th e h e a l th y cells, n a tu r e a t t e m p t s to en d th e d e s t ru c t io n a n d re n e w th e d isease cells a n d r e s to re h ea l th . T h e b a t t le calls fo r c o n c e n t r a t io n of en e rg y a n d ro b s t h e g e n e ra l sy s tem of its n o r ­m al s ta tus , w hi le th e d isease is a lso d isq u a l i fy in g m a n y cells, o rg an s , t issues a n d p a r t s of th e b od y fo r n o rm a l , c o n s t ru c t iv e w o rk . H e n c e fevers , w eakn ess , m e n ta l a n d p hy s ica l d is tu r b a n c e s a n d pains . T h e logical p r o c e d u r e is to h e lp n a tu re , m ostly by n o t in te r fe r in g a n d by e n d in g th e c a u se of th e d is tu r b a n c e w h e n it is k n o w n . P r o p e r b re a th in g , p r o p e r ea t ing , p r o p e r exe rc ise , s leep a n d th in k in g a r e th e first essen tia ls in h e lp in g n a tu r e a n d re m o v in g th e c a u se o r in te r fe re n c e . G iv in g to th e b lood, t h e n e rv e s a n d th e g en e ra l sys tem th a t w h ich w as la c k in g ( a n d ca u sed th e d i s t u r b a n c e ) o r is now la c k in g in h e lp in g to r e s to r e n o rm a lc y , a r e th e n e x t essen tia ls . H e n c e th e v a r io u s schoo ls of th e r a p e u t i c s m ay assist a n d c o n t r ib u te to th e re s to ra t io n of h ea l th , b u t sole ly th r o u g h ass is t ing n a tu re . W h i le so-ca l led d e a th o r t r a n s i t io n is in ­evitable , d isease is n o t n ec e ss a ry . T h e p h y s ica l bod y can r e a c h a s ta te of a g e a n d e x h a u s t io n w h e re th e b re a k in g -d o w n p ro c e s s o f ce lls a n d p a r t s of th e b od y is m o re r a p id t h a n th e re c o n s t r u c t io n , a n d as a p r in c ip le of e c o n o m y th e soul wil l ca s t off o r v a c a te th e b od y a n d aw a i t a n o th e r a n d m o re useful o n e ; b u t such b re a k in g -d o w n a n d g ra d u a l w e a k e n ­ing of th e w h o le sys tem n e e d n o t be a c c o m p a n ie d by a n y specif ic d isease a n d ca n be free f ro m a n y p a in o r suffer ing.

D re a m s----D re a m s a lw ay s o c c u r ju s t a s o n e is p a s s in gfro m th e co m p le te s leep s ta t e to a w a k in g co n d i t io n ; th is t r an s i t io n is a s ta te w h e r e th e s u b je c t iv e c o n ­dit ion is g rad u a l ly m e r g in g in to th e ob jec t iv e . (S e e B orde r l ine S t a t e ) . S u c h a s ta te is v e ry s h o r t in d u ra t io n , usual ly , a n d in th e b r ie f p e r io d of tw o o r th r e e seco n d s o n e m a y “ d r e a m ” a lo n g s to ry of ex p e r ie n c e . T h i s is b e c a u s e th e e x p e r i e n c e is s imply rea l ized by th e m in d as o n e real izes a p ic tu r e a f te r a g lan ce of tw o seconds , b u t m u s t u se h u n ­d re d s of w o rd s a n d m a n y m in u te s in e x p la in in g o r descr ib ing . A f t e r o n e a w a k e n s o n e c a n n o t b e s u re ju s t w h e n th e d re a m w as e x p e r ie n c e d , e x c e p t in such cases as w h e re t h e a w a k i n g in t e r r u p t s th e d re a m . T h e cau ses of d r e a m s aTe m a n y . T h e m ost c o m m o n c a u se is t h a t th e firs t o b jec t iv e th o u g h t o r idea t h a t p as se s f ro m th e o b jec t iv e to th e sub je c t ive m in d a t th e b e g in n in g of th e B o r d e r ­l ine S ta te , s ta r t s a t r a in of d ed u c t iv e re a s o n in g on th e p a r t of th e s u b je c t iv e m in d ; o r s om e long fo rg o t te n p ic tu r e o r idea l i n g e r in g in t h e m e m o ry s to reh o u s e of th e sub je c t ive m in d is s en se d by th e ob jec t iv e m in d a t th e b e g in n in g of t h e B orde r l ine S ta te , a n d th e o b jec t iv e m ind , n o t k ee n ly a n d log ica lly a w a k e in its r e a s o n in g fu n c t io n in g , d is­to r t s o r ad d s to a n d c r e a te s a s to ry b ased o n th e first idea. O t h e r ca u ses a r e : e x te rn a l sug ge s t io ns f rom cold a i r b lo w in g o v e r th e face o r p a r t ly u n ­co v ere d bodv , s light noises n o t p r o p e r ly i n te rp re t e d by th e w a k in g m ind , a m o v e m e n t of th e b o d y as co n sc io usness s ta r t s its r e tu rn , a m e n ta l im p re ss io n

rece iv ed by th e su b je c t iv e m in d f ro m s o m e o t h e i p e rs o n w h o is c o n c e n t r a t i n g u p o n th e o n e w h o is a t t h a t t im e d re a m in g , a n d th e r e b y co nsc ious ly o r u n c o n sc io u s ly sen ds a n im p re ss io n . O f co u rse , such B o rd e r l in e S ta te s m a y o c c u r a t a n y t im e d u r ­ing sleep.

E go — T h e S u b je c t iv e Self as d is t in gu ishe d f ro m th e O b je c t iv e Self. T h i s t e rm is n o t used o f ten in R o s a e c r u c ia n t e a c h in g s fo r th e te rm P sy c h ic Self o r P sy ch ic M an e x p res se s m o r e co r re c t ly w h a t is m ea n t .

E le c t ro n — T h e firs t fo rm in to w h ich sp ir i t e ssen ce c o n c e n t r a t e s p r e p a r a t o r y to m a te r ia l m an ife s ta t io n . T h e e s se n c e w h e n s t re ssed u n d e r c e r t a in co n d i t io n s g a th e r s in to v e ry m in u te m a g n e t i c ce lls w h ich w e call e lec t ro n s . T h e y a r e b o th pos i t ive a n d nega tive . E le c t ro n s do n o t m a n i f e s t a n y defin i te ch e m ica l o r m a te r ia l n a tu r e un t i l th e y u n i te in c e r ta in c o m b in a ­t ions to fo rm a to m s . (S e e A to m s a n d M o le cu le s ) . S ingle e le c t ro n s a r e invis ible, b u t s t r e a m s of th e m m a y be seen a n d m e a su re d .

E lec tr ic i ty — C u r r e n t e lec t r ic i ty is a v ib ra to r y fo rc e in a c t i o n ; s ta t ic e lec t r ic i ty is a p o t e n t ia l v ib ra to r y p o w e r in ac t ive a n d u n d e r s tress re a d y to m an ife s t itself u n d e r c e r t a in cond i t io n s . T h e s e t e rm s an d defin i t ions a r e n o t as o n e finds th e m ex p la in e d in scientific w o r k s b u t will m a k e p la in th e te rm s as w e use th em . E lec tr ic i ty is a v ib ra to r y e n e rg y : n a tu r a l e lec t r ic i ty is th e re su l t of th e r a d ia t io n s of th e sun ( t h e r e f o r e o n e of th e m a n if e s ta t io n s of spir i t e ssen ce a n d N o u s ) ; all o th e r e lec t r ic i ty is a r tif ic ia l ly m a d e th r o u g h ch e m ica l o r m e c h a n ic a l ac t ion .

E le m e n t----O n e of th e m a n y d iffe ren t n a tu r e s e x p res se dth r o u g h c o m b in a t io n s of e le c t ro n s in to a tom s . T h e r e a r e 144 e le m e n ts co m p o s in g all m a te r ia l c r ea t io n . O f th ese 8 1 a r e defini te ly k n o w n to sc ience in p e r f e c t fo rm ; o th e r s a r e k n o w n t h r o u g h an a ly s is of th e v a c a n t p lac es in th e p e r io d ic ta b le of e lem en ts . S o m e ca n be sensed in a p sy ch ic m a n n e r on ly so fa r as th e i r n a t u r e a n d p u r p o s e s a r e c o n c e rn e d .

E le m e n ta l s — S o m e t im e s ca lled S a l a m a n d e r s a n d o th e r t e rm s used b y ea r ly p h i lo so p h e r s a n d by s om e m o d e rn sch oo ls of s t r a n g e th o u g h t . In th is sensea n e le m e n ta l is su p p o se d to be----" n a t u r e - s p i r i tp r e s id in g o v e r th e e lem e n ts of fire, a i r , e t c .” A sup e r s t i t io u s belief ex is ts th a t th ese e lem e n ta ls o r b e in g s ca n c a u se g ood o r evil, o r th a t th ey ca n fill a ro o m a n d c a u se d is tu r b a n c e s o r m an ife s ta t io n s , o r in f luence o u r th in k in g , h e a r in g a n d seeing. It is need le ss to say th a t t h e r e a r e no e lem e n ta ls in this sense .

E m a n a t io n s ----T h e ra d ia t io n s o r p r o je c t io n s f ro m allm a te r ia l a n d p sy ch ic fo rm s. T h e e m a n a t io n s a r e ex-te n t io n s of th e v ib ra t io n s w ith in th e fo rm ----th ev ib ra t io n s of th e sp ir i t e sse n ce c o m p o s in g th e fo rm . It is th r o u g h th e e m a n a t i o n s re a c h in g us f ro m all th in g s th a t w e sense , e i th e r s u b jec t ive ly o r o b j e c ­tively , th e e x i s te n c e -o f all th ings.

E v o lu t io n — T h e p ro g re s s iv e g ro w th a n d p e r f e c t in g of all th a t is m an ife s t o r in th e c o n c e p t io n of th e C o s ­m ic Mind. E ven so-cal led d ev o lu t io n a n d d is in ­te g r a t io n is a p a r t of ev o lu tion , a s o n e of its phases .

E vo lu t ion implies o n w a rd a n d fo rw a rd . It is th e f u n d a ­m en ta l law of n a tu r e an d ev e ry e le m e n t in n a tu r e is t e n d in g to w a r d p e r f e c t io n a n d b e c o m in g h ig h e r in its r a te s of v ib ra t io n s a n d m o r e evo lved in its m a n i ­festa t ion .

T h e re q u e s t fo r sym bol ica l p in s fo r m e m b e r s to w e a r h as b een so ins is ten t ag a in fo r th e p a s t y e a r th a t w e a r e c o n s id e r in g sev era l designs. T h e m ost a p p r o ­p r i a t e is a small t r i a n g le c o n ta in in g th e Rosey C ro ss . It will be v ery small a n d m a d e in tw o fo rm s ; o n e w ith a p in o n th e b a c k fo r t h e S is ters a n d o n e w ith a sc re w b a c k fo r th e B ro th e r s to w e a r o n th e c o a t lapels . If th e p in s a r e m a d e w e will n o t ify all L o d g e s a n d m e m ­b e rs d u r in g th e Fall.

A revis ion of th e m e th o d of re ce iv in g d ues a n d fees is b e in g w o r k e d o u t so th a t th e w h o le m a t t e r will be o n a m o re p ra c t i c a l basis th a n in th e p a s t a n d a new fo rm of M e m b e rsh ip C a r d wil l b e issued fo r t h e y e a r 1924 a n d de live red to th e Lod g es in th e Fall fo r im ­m ed ia te use. M e m b e rs m u s t give m o re a t t e n t io n to th e m a t t e r of p a y m e n t of dues. T h e p re s e n t sys tem h as p e rm i t t e d m e m b e r s to be s low a n d in d if fe re n t in th is re g a rd , m u c h to th e c o n s t e rn a t io n of m a n y of th e L o d g e T r e a s u r e r s a n d th e T r e a s u r e r a t H e a d q u a r t e r s .

SU PR E M E G R A N D M A S T E R ’S M E SSA G E

T h e R ad io C h u r c h of A m e r ic a h as co m p le te d an e n t i re y e a r of c o n se cu t iv e S u n d a y se rv ices in th e Bay reg ion , in c lu d in g S an F ra n c isc o a n d O a k la n d in C a l i ­fo rn ia . T h e first s e rm o n was, h o w e v e r , e a r l ie r t h a n th is f rom th e R o c k r id g e S ta t io n in O a k la n d , re a d by th e b r o a d c a s te r , b u t w r i t te n by th e Im p e r a to r .

It is p a r t i c u la r ly in te re s t in g to us as R o s a e c r u c ia n s to k n o w th a t f rom th e v ery firs t w e h a d in m in d not m ere ly a b r o a d c a s te d serv ice a n d ad d res s , o r a s e r ­v ice b r o a d c a s te d from a r e g u la r C h u rc h , b u t a R ad io C h u r c h d ev o ted e n t i re ly to R ad io serv ice w ith a s e r ­v ice a n d a d d re s s p r e p a r e d w e e k by w e e k exc lus ive ly f o r th is p urp o se .

T h is sp len d id field of o p p o r tu n i ty fo r th e d is s e m in a ­t ion of m ystica l t r u t h fo r w h ich th e w or ld is h u n g e r i n g a n d w hich th e r e g u la r c h u rc h e s seem u n a b l e to give o u t to e n t i re sa t i s fac t ion , w as g iven in to th e c h a rg e of th e S u p re m e G ra n d M aste r , w h o b r o u g h t to b e a r u p o n th e m a t t e r all th e w e a l th of his lo n g e x p e r i e n c e in th e m in is t ry of th e c h u rc h , his l i tu rg ic k no w led g e , m ystica l u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d ra d io in te re s t . T h is re su l ted in a s erv ice t h a t h a s d e m o n s t r a te d its u se fu l­ness a n d w ho se success is su c h th a t m o r e th a n a t h o u ­s an d p e r s o n s h a v e e x p res se d th em se lv e s as d e l igh ted a n d h e lped .

In th is se rv ice w e h a v e a specia l sec t ion fo r th o se w h o a r e shu t- ins , u su a l ly a p o e m of ch eer , a n d also a fable fo r t h e b oy s an d girls. W e s e c u re th e v e ry h ig h e s t ta l e n t fo r th e m u s ica l n u m b e r s a n d a lw ay s use th e fam il ia r h y m n s se lec ted as fa r as possib le f ro m a n u n d e n o m in a t io n a l p o in t of view. All th e re l ig ious w r i t in g s a r e u sed as s e lec t ion s o f t r u t h re a d in the serv ice a n d ev e ry p r a y e r is w r i t te n ca re fu l ly so as to be a c c e p ta b le to all w h o p r a y a t all. T h e u n d e n o m i n a ­t iona l a s p e c t a p p e a l s to all s o r t s a n d co n d i t io n s of p eo p le . A S a lva t io n A r m y c a p ta in a s k in g fo r a co p y of o n e of th e ad d resse s , o n e of th e m b e in g s y n d ica ted by th e press , a n d o th e rs c o m m e n d e d by th eo so p h is t s a n d h ig h c h u r c h m e n a n d by m a n y w h o n e v e r h av e a t t e n d e d c h u r c h a t all. In all th is p e r io d n o t a s ingle p ro te s t o r o b je c t io n to th e s u b je c t m a t t e r of th e a d d re s s o r se rv ice h as b een p re s e n te d .

T h e n u m b e r l i s ten in g in h as b ee n e s t im a te d as f rom s ixty to n in e ty t h o u s a n d s c a t te re d o ve r a la rg e a r e a of th e c o u n t ry , a n d in o n e in s ta n c e it w as p ic k e d up in T a m p a , F lo r ida .

T h e C h u r c h w as i n c o rp o ra t e d u n d e r th e laws of th e S ta te of C a l i fo rn ia A p r i l 14th, 1923, a n d is w e believe t h e first C h u r c h to be o rg an ize d u p o n a n u n -d e n o m in a - t iona l basis. T h e r e a r e o rg a n iz a t io n s u p o n an u n ­d e n o m in a t io n a l a n d a n in te r -d e n o m in a t io n a l a n d a m u l t i -d e n o m in a t io n a l basis, b u t th e y a r e n ecessa r i ly essen tia l ly d ifferent . W e q u o te f rom th e D e c la ra t io n p r e l im in a r y to th e by - law s o f th e C h u rc h .

“ T h e R ad io C h u r c h of A m e r ic a reco g n iz es all C h u r c h e s a n d all Relig ions, suc h as th e U n i te d S ta tes o f A m e r ic a reco gn izes as h a v in g r igh t a n d p r iv i leg e of e s ta b l i s h m e n t a n d ex is te nc e u n d e r th e C o n s t i tu t io n a n d L aw s of th e U n i te d S ta te s of A m e r ic a .

’’T h e R ad io C h u r c h of A m e r i c a does n o t ex is t to t a k e th e p lac e of an y o th e r C h u rc h , b u t to exis t, u n d e r R ad io co ndi t ions , fo r all o th e r C h u r c h e s in such a w ay as to a v o id th e ex c lus ion of a n y o th e r in R ad io s e r ­vice. P r im a r i ly it exis ts fo r a n d in b eh a lf of th o se w ho c a n n o t a n d do n o t a t t e n d th e i r o w n o r a n y o th e r p lac e o f w orsh ip .

“ T h e u n d e r s ta n d i n g of Rel ig ion on th e p a r t of th e R ad io C h u r c h of A m e r ic a involves fu n d a m e n ta l ly a n d essen tia l ly th re e fac ts :

F irs t : T h e fac t of GodS e c o n d : T h e fac t of M anT h i r d : T h e fact of re la t io n s h ip b e tw e e n G o d a n d

Man, a n d M an a n d God. T h is re la t io n sh ip is Relig ion.“S u b s id ia ry to th is u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d as a p a r t of

i t : S ince th is re la t io n sh ip is a n u n ive rsa l one , it ex is ts d i rec t lv b e tw e e n all m e n a n d G od, a n d ev e ry m a n a n d C o d ; a n d s ince it is a n invisible re la t io n sh ip

it ex is ts in p sy c h ic o r soul ex p e r ie n c e , w i th o r w i th o u t o u t e r signs, sym bols , c e re m o n ie s o r o rg an iza t ion s , sole ly u p o n th e fa c t of b e in g g en erica l ly , m e n ta l ly a n d p hy s ica l ly a m a n ."

T h e a p p r o v e d O r d e r of S erv ice w h ich h as b een th o ro u g h ly te s ted a n d evolved in ac tu a l b ro a d c a s t in g is as follows:

Chim es .Call to W o rsh ip .Music. ( A n u n d e n o m in a t io n a l H y m n . )L o rd ’s P ra y e r .O ccas iona l P ra yer .M usical S e lec t ion . (So lo o r A n t h e m . )P oem , w ith i n t r o d u c to r y r e m a rk s , fo r th e Shut- ins .M usical Se lec t ion .M ystica l A d d re ss .M usical Selec t ion .Fab le fo r th e Boys a n d Girls.Music.A n n o u n c e m e n ts .A ff i rm a t io n o r B en ed ic t ion .C him es .H ere , th en , is th e C h u r c h of th e F u tu re , th e C h u r c h

of M an, a n d th e C h u r c h of all Relig ions. T o som e it is v ery m u c h of a s u rp r i s e t h a t w e ca n m ee t th e d es ires of all th e s in c e re ly re lig ious. T o o th e r s th a t w e ca n k ee p u p th e in te re s t in th e ad d re s se s of a m y st ica l a n d c o sm o re l ig io u s c h a ra c te r . T o o th e r s th e in tens i ty of th e d ev o t io n in th e serv ice is m ost a p ­p ea l in g .

U n d e r th e d i re c t io n of th e M a s te rs we h av e g o n e fo r ­w a r d w ee k by w e e k a n d h av e seen in th e ev o lu tion m a n ife s ted th e so lu t ion of all th e eccles ias t ica l p r o b ­lems u l t im a te ly . T h e Invisibili ty o f th e S a c ram e n ts , P sy ch ic O r d in a t io n , O n to lo g y ins tead of T h e o lo g y ( s in c e th is inc lud es th eo lo g y , s c ience a n d all t r u t h ) , th e il l im i tab il i ty o f th e C h u rc h , its s epara t ion f ro m c o m m erc ia l , pol i t ica l a n d o th e r exc lus ive cond i t io n s— th ese a r e som e of th e th in g s to w h ich th e Radio C h u r c h of A m e r ic a will m a k e la rg e co n t r ib u t io n .

N ow th e p a r t i c u l a r p u r p o s e of th is a r t ic le is n o t i n fo rm a t io n , in te re s t i n g as t h a t m ay be a n d is, b u t to call a t te n t io n to th e fac t th a t in th is m a t te r o u r B eloved O rd e r , to d a y as a lw ay s in th e pas t , is a p io n e e r in th o se g re a t m o v e m e n ts w h ich h av e m ad e h u m a n h is to ry in its c ru c ia l a n d o p p o r tu n e p er iod s . A n d to enlist th e c o -o p e ra t io n of all th e M aste rs of G ro u p s , a n d L odges, t h a t th e y s e c u re in th e i r own ci t ies th e o p p o r tu n i ty to b ro a d c a s t s u c h a s erv ice f ro m a n e a r -b y s ta t io n . It will be fo u n d th a t th e r e will be a n e a g e rn e s s to p lac e t h e s ta t io n in t h e serv ice of suc h a n en d e a v o r , a n d o n c e well s ta r te d th e difficulty wil l r a th e r be in g iv ing it u p th a n in k e e p in g it up. A good r e a d e r w ith a R ad io voice a n d a dev ot io na l a n d to le r a n t sp ir i t is all t h a t is n ec essa ry , save for th e music , w h ich y o u will h a v e n o d if f icu lty in secu r in g loca lly .

W e a r e in c o r r e s p o n d e n c e w ith o th e r p o in t s w h o a re t a k in g up th e m a t t e r a n d soon w e ex p e c t to h av e th e R ad io C h u r c h of A m e r ic a v ery widely ex tend ed , so as to r e a c h e v e ry c o r n e r of th e land . T h e s u p re m e office is p r e p a r e d to fu rn is h all th a t is n e c e ss a ry in th e detail fo r th e se rv ice ( e x c e p t th e s in g in g ) , in c lu d in g th e O r d e r of Service, P ra y e rs , R ead ing s , A d d re s s e s Fables, Cal ls to W o rs h ip a n d A ff irm a tions , r e a c h in g each s ta t io n w ee k by w eek . But of c o u rs e th is a r r a n g e m e n t m u s t be m a d e w ith o r th r o u g h th e m as te r s of th e O rd e r .

T h in k it o ve r , a n d w ri te to H e a d q u a r t e r s . H e r e is p e r h a p s th e finest o p p o r tu n i tv th e O r d e r will have th r o u g h th e sev era l G ro u p s a n d L od g es to b r in g the b e n e v o le n t a n d t ru ly to le r a n t a n d d ev o t io na l c h a r a c t e r of o u r w o r k to th e n t te n t io n of th e g en era l o r a t least th e rad io pub lic . T h e th o u s a n d s of m ystics s ca t te red o v e r th e c o u n t r y will k n o w w h e re to find a h om e , an d th e u n f o r tu n a t e shu t- in s t o g e th e r w ith m a n v w ho n ev e r go to C h u r c h will say, " T h a n k G od fo r th e R adio C h u r c h o f A m e r i c a . ”

S C IE N C E N O T E S By D r. A . W . H .

T h o se w ho h av e fo u n d difficulty in a c c e p t in g th e th e o ry of th e ev o lu t io n of m a n m ay find a m o re a c ­c e p tab le ex p la n a t io n in t h e th e o ry of l inea l p a ra l l e l ­ism.

It m a y seem s t r a n g e th a t in th ese c o lu m n s we sho u ld b e so u n d e c id e d as r e g a rd s t h e tw o e x p la n a ­tions th a t we a r e wil ling to p e rm i t o u r m e m b e r s to select e i th e r one . S eldom a r e w e so indef in i te o r u n ­dec ided re g a rd in g fu n d a m e n ta l laws of n a tu re . In th is case, h o w e v e r , o u r m e m b e r s will d isc e rn t h a t e i th e r of th e tw o th e o r ie s co in c ide w ith o u r k n o w le d g e of th e t r u e ev o lu t io n of m an , w h ich ev o lu t io n is of th e co n sc io usness of m a n r a th e r th a n his phy s ica l b od y ,— its fo rm , o rg a n iz a t io n a n d p hy s ica l c h a r a c t e r ­istics.

T h e E vo lu t ion is ts c la im th a t all an im a l life is d e ­s cen d ed o r a s c e n d e d f ro m th e sam e p ro to p la s m ic cell ; th e th e o ry of l ineal p a ra l le l ism , on th e o th e r h an d , m a in ta in s th a t life ty p es h a v e h a d s e p a r a te b eg in n in g s . But even th e l a t te r th e o ry ad m it s th a t t h e r e w as an d is a “ co m m o n c rea t iv e so u rc e of th e in d e p e n d e n t ly d e ­v e lo p ed ty p e s of li fe," a n d it is t h a t c o m m o n s o u rc e th a t we k no w of a n d w hich in te re s ts us m o re th a n th e s eco n d a ry deta ils of th e m e th o d of d e v e lo p m e n t of ea ch ty p e from th a t sou rce .

M an is to d a y th e resu lt of th e ev o lu t io n of his c o n ­sciousness, n o t th e re su l t of his p h y s ica l evo lu t io n . A s R o s ae c ru c ia n s , as m ystics , as s tu d e n ts of n a t u r e ’s t r u e laws, w e m u s t m a in t a in th a t ea ch s tag e of ev o lu t io n in th e d e v e lo p m en t of m a n w as p re c e d e d by a d e v e lo p ­m e n t in his co n sc io usne ss of self, of s u r r o u n d in g s a n d e v en tu a l ly of G od o r th e D iv in ity in h im . T h e r e f o r e w e ca n a g r e e w ith th e scient is t th a t e n v i ro n m e n t an d its a t t e n d a n t ch a n g es , h av e h ad a co n s id e ra b le b e a r ­in g u p o n m a n ’s ev o lu tion , b u t d irec t ly th r o u g h its a f ­fect u p o n his consc iousness .

In d i s c u s s in g th e m er i t s of th e two th eo r ie s o n e of A m e r ic a 's g re a t scient is ts u sed th e fo l low ing w o rd s w hich g rea t ly p lea se us. H e is s p e a k in g of th e ev o lu ­t ion is ts ’ th e o ry th a t all fo rm s of life h av e d ev e lo p ed from o n e b as ic u n i t ; h e c o m m e n ts th u s ly : “ D ivers i ty is a u n ive rsa l p hy s ica l fact . U n i fo rm i ty is th e silver th re a d , th e cosm ic v e r i ty w h ich u n fo lds itself t h r o u g h ­o u t all d ivers ity . T h e g ra n d e u T of t h e u n iv e rse is n o t e n h a n c e d by n a r r o w i n g its m an i fe s t in g possibi li t ies a t th e s o u rc e ." N o te w h a t we h av e u n d e r s c o r e d . P h y s ­ical d ivers i ty w o u ld n o t m e a n co sm ic d ivers i ty . T h e co m m o n s o u rc e re fe r re d to a b o v e a n d sen sed by all sc ient is ts is t ru ly a silver th re a d , a cosm ic veri ty .

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T h e p a p e r s h a v e b ee n filled la te ly w i th i tem s a b o u t spir it p h o to g r a p h s a n d o th e r sp ir i tu a l is t ic o r p sy ch ic m a t te r s d ue to th e p o p u la r i ty of th e le c tu r e s by Sir C o n a n Doyle . M any u n u su a l p sy c h ic o r o cc u l t d e m ­o n s t ra t io n s of th e p a s t tw o o r th r e e y e a r s h a v e b ee n

‘ re p u b l i s h e d o r b r o u g h t to l igh t a g a in to fill th e c o l ­u m n s of p a p e r s a n x io u s to k ee p a b re a s t of th e times. O n e such in c id e n t w h ich h as b een re ce n t ly p ub l i sh ed in m a n y W e s te rn p a p e rs , in s om e m a g a z in e s a n d even in o ne of th e re c e n t b o o k s on p sy c h ic p h e n o m e n a , is th a t w hich w as r e p o r t e d in th e official re c o rd s of a C a l i fo rn ia un ive rs i ty . T h e r e is a D e p a r tm e n t of P sy ch ica l R e s e a rc h a t th e u n iv e rs i ty a n d so m e of its officials w e re p re s e n t a t a te s t m a d e in San F ra n c isc o to d e te rm in e w h e th e r a t h o u g h t co u ld be p ro je c te d u p o n a sealed p h o to g r a p h ic p la te . T h e success of

• th e e x p e r im e n t ca u sed co n s id e ra b le n e w s p a p e r c o m ­m en t a t th e t im e a n d led to th e p u b l i sh in g of th e p h o ­to g r a p h in m a n y n e w s p a p e r s a n d m a g a z in e s a n d e v e n t ­ually in th e b oo k by H e r e w a r d C a r r in g to n . T h e r e ­p u b l i sh in g of th e inc iden t a t th is la te d a te inc l ines o ne to believe th a t th e success of th e e x p e r im e n t h as n o t b ee n eq u a l led in c lea rn ess of p ic tu re , fa i rn ess of d e m ­o n s t ra t io n , ex a c tn e s s of te s t con d i t io n , n u m b e r o f w i t ­nesses, p rec lu s io n of f r a u d a n d m an ife s ta t io n of th o u g h t p o w e r . T h e p h o to g r a p h re fe r re d to show s a C h r is t ia n C ro ss in w h i te a g a in s t a b a c k g r o u n d of b lac k ; th e C ro ss b e in g a li ttle u n e v e n , i r r e g u la r a n d

soft a t its edges, b u t v e ry defini te in its c e n t r e a n d u n m is ta k a b ly im p re ssed u p o n th e p la te by som e m e a n s o th e r th a n th e co m m o n p h o to g r a p h i c m e tho d . T h e new ly re p u b l ish e d re p r in t s of th e w h o le d e m o n s t r a t i o n m e n t io n all th e n a m e s of th e scient is ts a n d p h y s ic ia n s p re s e n t , give de ta i ls of th e p r e p a r a t i o n , tests, c a r e to p re v e n t f r a u d a n d o th e rw ise ex p la in th e w h o le m a t te r to g re a t leng th . O n ly o n e fac t w as ex c lu d e d from all b u t o n e n e w s p a p e r re p o r t , a n d th a t w a s th a t th is u n ­usual d e m o n s t ra t io n , w o r th y of c o n t in u e d p ub lic i ty a n d a n n o u n c e m e n t fo r severa l y ea rs , w as p e r f o r m e d by th e th o u g h t p h o to g r a p h i n g ab il i ty of o u r Im p e r a to r in San F ranc isco .

A A AT o th o se w h o w o n d e r e d w h y an y o cc u l t o r even

m a n -m a d e law of th e E g y p t ia n s sho u ld b r in g d isa s te r to th e in te re s ts o r life of o n e w h o s o u g h t to ex c a v a te the a n c ie n t to m b s in th e n a m e of sc ience a n d k n o w l­edge, let us q u o te ju s t o n e p a r t of a le t te r by Mr. C h a r le s Breas ted , E gy p to log is t , son of P ro fe s s o r Breas ted , h e a d of th e D e p a r tm e n t of A rc h a e lo g y a t th e U n ive rs i ty of C h ica g o , a n d a n a u th o r of th e life a n d t im es of A m e n h o te p IV. H e says: " U n d e r th e law th e o n e c o n d u c t in g th e ex c a v a t io n s w ou ld rece ive half of th e d iscoveries re su l t in g from s u c h e x c a v a ­t io n s . ’ W h e n o n e th in k s of w h a t w as fo u nd in th e to m b s of a m a te r ia l n a tu r e o n e m ay well re a s o n as to w h e th e r th e ex p e d i t io n w as a scientif ic o n e ot a c o m ­m erc ia l one.

A A AT h e c h a ra c te r i s t ic s of o n e ’s h a n d w r i t in g v ery o f ten

b e a r a re la t io nsh ip to th e c h a ra c te r i s t ic s of o n e 's n a ­tu re . T h is h as b een c la im ed fo r c e n tu r ie s a n d th e b oo k-s ta l l s a r e re p le te w i th c h e a p a n d ex p en s iv e b o o k s on th e d e l in e a t io n of c h a r a c t e r f ro m h an d w r i t in g . But it h as r e m a in e d fo r a m a n w ho h as d ev o ted his w ho lelife to its s tu d y ----in fac t m a d e th e p r in c ip le s in to area l sc ience----to p r e p a r e a b o o k th a t a t o n c e lifts th es tu d y o u t of th e c a te g o ry of im p ra c t i ca l p as t im e s to a se r iou s a n d helpfu l a r t . I re fe r to n o n e o th e r th a n W il l iam Leslie F re n c h , o n e - t im e P ro fe s s o r in a u n iv e r ­sity a n d a m a n of a c a d e m ic t r a in in g a n d b ro a d e d u ­ca t ion . I h av e seen Dr. F re n c h a t w o r k in his s tu d y d ic ta t in g th r e e p ag e s of c lose t y p e w r i t t e n de l inea t io n of a c h a r a c t e r f rom a s p e c im e n of h a n d w r i t in g c o n ­ta in in g only ten o r tw e lve w ords , a n d do th is t im e a n d a g a in w i th a c c u ra c y a n d a s to u n d in g p e rc e p t io n of detail . T h is w as n in e te e n o r tw e n ty y e a r s ag o w h e n Dr. F re n c h cou ld be r e a c h e d in his li ttle s a n c ­tu m on B ro ad w ay , New Y ork , on ly a f te r p as s in g th r o u g h th e a t t r a c t iv e re c e p t io n ro o m with th e p la y ­ing fo u n ta in a n d b eau t i fu l pa lm s. S ince th e n he h as t rav e l led ex tens ive ly , g a th e r e d to g e th e r th o u s a n d s of s p e c im e n s of u n u s u a l h a n d w r i r in g , a n d d e m o n s t r a te d his a r t to h u n d r e d s of p ro m in e n t p e rs o n s w h o h av e c o ­o p e ra t e d with h im in th e p re p a r a t i o n of th is o n e g rea t b o o k , “ T h e P sy ch o lo g y of H a n d w r i t i n g ," p u b l i sh ed byG. P. P u t n a m 's Sons, N ew Y ork City.

A A AIt a p p e a r s f ro m som e r e c e n t e x a m in a t io n s of th e

w r i t in g s of N ew to n a n d o th e r s of his t im e th a t in c e r ­ta in p as sa g e s n o t p ub l i sh ed b ec a u se of lack of deta il , th a t th e E in s te in th e o ry w as k n o w n to th o se o th e r m en a n d th e fu n d a m e n ta l s of th e E inste in th e o ry w e re well k n o w n lo n g b e fo re E in s te in w as born . T h e claim is n ow m a d e th a t E in s te in a p p r o p r i a t e d t h e w o r k of th ese o th e r m en a n d is, th e re fo re , a h u m b u g . I c a n ­n o t a g r e e w ith th is co n ten t io n . T h e fac t t h a t sc ie n ­tists h av e cons is ten t ly ig n o red th e fu n d a m e n ta l s an d th a t E inste in saw in th e m g re a t t r u t h s a n d p r in c ip les a n d evolved th em in to a sys tem th a t th ro w s c o n s id e r ­ab le light u p o n m u n d a n e a n d co sm ic p h e n o m e n a , is suffic ient to w a r r a n t all m en in a c k n o w le d g in g a deb t of g ra t i tu d e an d giv ing E inste in c red i t fo r his f o r e ­sight, r e se a rch es , la b o r a n d v a lu ab le c o n t r ib u t io n to science.

A A AJus t w h e re th e p o p u la r i ty of rad io will lead a n d

w h a t its p lac e in o u r lives will be w h e n it h as ceased b e in g to y ed w'ith by c o m m erc ia l p ro f i teers , is h a rd to say. But it is a f e a tu re of o u r m o d e rn t im es th a t has

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c o m e to s tay a n d is su re ly d es t in ed to h av e a n im ­p o r t a n t p a r t in o u r e d u c a t io n a l a n d r e c re a t io n a l in ­te re s ts . T h e b ro a d c a s t i n g of m u sic a n d voice is b u t o n e p a r t of its ev e n tu a l p r o g r a m . P ic tu re s , m o v in g a n d still, co lo r effects , light, h ea t , p o w e r , e n e rg y of v a r io u s n a tu re s , a r e o th e r c o n d i t io n s to be b ro a d c a s t via ra d io b e fo re m a n y y e a rs a n d w e a r e n o t s p e c u la t ­in g w h e n we say th a t h ea l th -g iv in g a n d g e r m - d e s t ro y ­in g v ib ra t io n s will b e ra d ia te d to p lac es a n d p e rs o n s f ro m c e n t ra l in s t i tu t ion s in th e fu tu re as p a r t of a N a ­t i o n ’s c a re of its s ick a n d d isab led . All of th e f o re ­g o in g a r e c o n s t ru c t iv e re su l t s ; m in d s a r e a t w o r k ev o lv ing d es t ru c t iv e uses fo r th e p r in c ip le s of rad io in t im es of w ar . L et us hold in o u r co n sc io usne ss th is o n e th o u g h t ; th a t th is w o n d e r f u l m e a n s of r a d i a t ­ing waves, whi le h a v in g th e p o t e n t io n a l possibi li t ies fo r d e s t ru c t iv e use, h av e a n ev en g r e a t e r p o te n t io n a l p o w e r to p re v e n t t h e des ire o r n ee d o r to le ra t io n for such d es t ru c t iv e a p p l ic a t io n . It ca n be used m o re a n d m o re l ibera l ly fo r th e d is sem ina t io n of k no w led g e , a n d t h r o u g h k n o w le d g e all th a t is d es t ru c t iv e m a y be p re v e n te d . Y ou c a n n o t legisla te o r fight a n u n d e s i r ­ab le th in g o u t o f e x is te n c e----n o t even w a r ----b u t y o uc a n e d u c a te it o u t of th e co n sc io usne ss of th e p eople .

A A AI h e a rd th is f rom th e lips of o n e of th e m o st e m i­

n e n t sc ien t is ts in A m e r ic a , s p e a k in g in b eh a lf of o ne of th e w o r ld 's la rg es t r e s e a r c h in s t i tu t ion s :

“ In e n g a g in g em in e n t , o r p ro fo u n d a n d u n k n o w n , scient is ts to w o rk in th e v a r io u s d e p a r t m e n t s of o u r in s t i tu t ion th e r e is o ne p e rs o n a l qua l i f ica t ion th a t is p re - e m in e n t ly th e d e te rm in in g e le m e n t a s to th e m a n ’s fi tness fo r th e w o r k we a r e co n d u c t in g . H e m u st h av e a firm a n d s tead fas t co n v ic t io n r e g a r d in g th e ex is te nc e a n d o m n ip o te n c e of God. H e m u s t h av e such fa i th in th e D iv ine th a t h e a t t e n d s c h u rc h , reads th e Bible o r a t p e r io d s c o n te m p la te s th e g rea tn ess , g o o d n e ss a n d w isdo m of G od as m an ifes t in all n a tu re . In o th e r w ords , h e m u s t h av e m o re th a n a m e r e belief in G od ; he m u s t be d ev o t io na l . U nless a m a n is of t h a t m in d h e c a n n o t d isce rn o r d iscover , c o n te m p la te o r real ize , th e g re a t fu n d a m e n ta l laws of n a tu re . A m a n w h o is n o t d ev o ted to th e h ig h e s t c o n c e p t of m a n c a n n o t be d ev o ted to lesser co n ce p ts . A m a n w h o is p re ju d ic e d , b iased o r b l in d ed in his co n c e p t s c a n n o t find a p lac e in o u r in st i tu t ion . I a m h a p p y to say t h a t th e m en w ho h av e m a d e th e g re a te s t s tr ides in scientific r e se a rc h n ev e r lose s igh t of th e Div in ity of a l l ." A A A

N O T E S F O R MEMBERSBe s u re to cu t o u t th e D ic t io n a ry of R o s a e c r u c ia n

T e r m s p ub l i sh ed in th is issue a n d p a s te it in y o u r L o d g e n o te b o o k for fu tu re r e fe ren ce . If y o u do n o t w a n t to m u t i l a te th is c o p y b uy an e x t r a co p y . Even so, it is a n e c o n o m ic a l w ay to s ecu re a n d p re s e rv e such a he lpfu l ass i s tan t as th e D ic t io n a ry will p ro v e to be.

It is gen era l ly co n c e d e d by m e m b e r s w h o r e a c h th e h ig h e r d e g re e s th a t th e l e c tu re s o f th e firs t th r e e d eg ree s a r e th e m ost im p o r ta n t in th e i r b e a r in g u p o n a d v a n c e m e n t to h ig h e r w o rk . T h is is s e ldom real ized b y th o se p as s in g th r o u g h th e lo w e r d eg ree s fo r th e fi rs t t im e; it is a lw ay s rea l ized by th o se w ho find p le a s ­u re in rev iew in g th e w o rk of th ese deg rees .

T h o s e w ho a r e ju s t e n te r in g o r h a v e co m p le te d th e F ifth D e g re e w o r k ( n o w to be ca lled th e F ifth G r a d e ) a n d h av e fo u n d in te re s t a n d a n ew field of t h o u g h t in th e s tu d y of th e p h i lo so ph ies , will b e glad to k n o w th a t b e c a u se of th e d e m a n d from o u r o rg a n iz a t io n for m o re a n d m o r e co p ies of th e b oo k d u r in g th e pas t two y ea rs , th e C a m b r id g e U n ive rs i ty P ress h as b ro u g h t o u t a n o th e r issue of “ A S k e tc h of A n c ie n t P h i lo s o p h y ’’ by J o s e p h B. M ayo r , M. A. T h o s e of o u r m e m b e r s w h o c a n n o t s e c u re co p ies o f th is b oo k th r o u g h la rg e p u b l i sh in g h o u se s o r b o o k se l le rs in an y city , m av o r d e r th e m t h r o u g h th e A M O R C H e a d q u a r ­te rs a t th e r e g u la r p r ic e of $ 1 .7 5 p e r c o p y (p lu s six ce n ts p o s ta g e ) o r th r o u g h a n y b o o k s to re . It is a b o o k w o r th y of a p lac e in ev e ry m y s t i c ’s l ib rary .

H a v e y o u ev e r s to p p e d to rea l ize th a t in o u r co u rse of s tud y from th e e n t r a n c e in to t h e F irs t G ra d e to th e en d of th e E ig h th G r a d e ( w h e r e o n e b eg in s th e p r e ­l im in ar ies fo r e n t r a n c e in to th e I l lum inati o r U n iv e r ­sity of o u r O r d e r ) t h e r e a r e ex a c t ly 1 26 w e e k s of s tudy , n o t in c lu d in g th e w ee k s of e x a m in a t io n s , c e r e ­m onies , specia l co n v o ca t io n s , specia l s u p p l e m e n ta ry lec tu res , rev iew w eeks , etc. T h i s m e a n s t h a t to pass p ro p e r ly f ro m th e F irs t to th e N in th G ra d e w i th o u t s u m m e r - t im e v a c a t io n s a n d w i th o u t n u m e r o u s ho l i­days, " req u i res p ra c t i c a l ly t h r e e w h o le y e a rs of s tudy . T h e r e is no o th e r sys tem o r s choo l o f p re p a r a t i o n for e n t r a n c e in to th e H ig h O r d e r so co m p le te a n d t h o r ­o u g h as this , a n d it is eq u a l to a n y A c a d e m ic c o u rs e p r e p a r a t o r y fo r e n t r a n c e to U n iv e rs i ty priv i leges .

M any m e m b e r s h a v e v o lu n ta r i ly d e layed th e i r e n ­t r a n c e in to th e N in th G ra d e by d es i r in g to review th e lo w er g ra d e s a n d b e in g b e t t e r p re p a r e d .

M e m b e rs w h o h av e w r i t te n to H e a d q u a r t e r s so o f ten a s k in g ad v ice a b o u t t a k i n g u p 8 o m e \ o u i s e ot s tuay in A s t ro lo g y as a n a id to th e i r w o r k a n d to b ec o m e fam il ia r w ith th e w o r k in g s of o n e of th e o ldes t of all o cc u l t s tudies, a r e a g a in adv ised in th is g en e ra l w ay so t h a t o th e r s m ay re a d of it also, t h a t a special C o u rs e fo r H o m e S tu dy of A s t ro lo g y w as p r e p a r e d by th e official a s t r o l o g e r a t H e a d q u a r t e r s . T h o s e in te r ­e s ted m ay le a rn a b o u t th is c o u rs e by ad d re s s in g a le t­t e r to b r o th e r H o w a rd B reed ing , 1255 M a rk e t S tree t , S an F ra n c isc o , Calif . , U. S. A. T h e co u rs e is d iv ided in to easy lessons, co m p le te ly i l lu s tra ted , a n d in p e r ­son a l m a n u s c r ip t fo rm .

Let us re m in d o u r n ew m e m b e r s a g a in th a t th e so- ca l led p r in c ip le s o f S p ir i tua l i sm a re n o t in c lu d ed in a n y of th e t e a c h in g s of A M O R C ; n o r a r e a n y of its p ra c t i s e s e n c o u ra g e d o r p e rm i t te d .

T h e v ery m a n y T h e o s o p h is t s in o u r v a r io u s Lodges seem to b e th e m o st e n th u s ia s t ic in th e i r p ra i se of o u r t e a c h in g s a n d o u r w o rk . W e a r e g lad of th is fo r o ne r e a s o n o th e r t h a n th e obv io us o n e ; it ind ica te s th a t th e s e m e m b e r s h a v e fo u n d s o m e t h i n g w h ich th e y h ad n o t fo u n d b efo re . T h e i r an a lys is of th e “ s o m e th in g ” m a k e s it a p p e a r to be p ra c t i c a l in s t ru c t io n a n d th e o p p o r tu n i ty to se rv e h u m a n i ty .

Wil l o u r m e m b e r s p le a se k e e p in m in d th a t w e t ry to m a in t a in a c o m p le te m e m b e r s h ip list a t H e a d q u a r ­te rs . If a n y o n e in an y city h as m o ved o r ch a n g e d P o s t Office a d d re s s d u r in g th e p a s t y e a r , p lea se send th e c h a n g e of ad d re s s to th e s e c r e t a ry a n d A rch iv is ta t H e a d q u a r t e r s a t o n c e , ----now, while y o u th in k of it.V e r y o f ten th e specia l m e ssa g e s w e sen d o u t o r p e r ­so n a l le t te rs w e w ish to a n s w e r a r e de layed , lost o r r e tu r n e d b e c a u s e of w r o n g ad d ress .

W e a r e h a p p y to a n n o u n c e th a t th e n e w M e m b e r ­ship C er t i f ica te s a r e a b o u t re a d y a n d will be sen t to all L od g es ea r ly in th e Fall a n d to all G ro u p s o r m e m ­b e rs a w a y f ro m L od g es b e fo re th e en d of th e y e a r . T h e a t t e m p t to h a v e th e s e C er t i f ica te s p r in te d in Lat in , w hich w as m a d e last y ea r , p ro v e d to be an e x ­p ensive a n d sad fa i lu re a n d w e soon fo u n d th a t m e m ­b e rs p r e f e r r e d to h a v e th e m in E nglish . A n d so the p la te s h av e b ee n r e a r r a n g e d , th e des ign a l te red a n d th e n ew C er t i f ica te s on P a r c h m n t p a p e r will m ee t th e p o p u l a r d e m an d .

All m e m b e r s w ho a r e in o r ab o v e th e F o u r th G ra d e a n d w ho a re in g ood s ta n d in g a re en t i t led to o n e o f th e se C er t if ica tes . H e r e a f t e r th e y will be given to th o se In i t ia ted in to t h e F o u r t h G ra d e on th e occas ion of th e In i t ia t ion c e re m o n y as h e re to fo re .

T h e C er t i f ica te s h a v e a b ea u t i fu l sym bolica l design p r in te d o n th e w h o le of th e re v e rs e side as well as so m e sym bols on th e f ro n t w ith th e w o r d in g a n d m e m ­b e r ' s n am e . It h a s b e e n s u g g e s ted th a t th o se w ho w ish to f r a m e th e m sho u ld use glass in th e f ro n t a n d b ac k of th e f r a m e so t h a t b o th sides of th e cert if ica te c a n b e sho w n. T h e size of th e P a r c h m e n t p a p e r is e igh t a n d th re e - e ig h th in ch es by e leven inches . T h e C e r t i f ica te will c o n ta in th e d a te of th e m e m b e r ’s In ­i t ia t ion in to th e F irs t an d in to th e F o u r th G ra d e s as well as his o r h e r n am e , Latin n am e , n a m e of M aste r o r G r a n d M a s te r a n d n a m e of L od g e a n d d a te of is­s u a n c e of C er t i f ica te .