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ROSICRUCIAN1959

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What is Cosmic

Co nsciousness ?Ou r r ight toinfinity.

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Th e Kin g Wh o used His MindA learn ing tha t ou t -l ived seven centuries .

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On GravityAre rocke ts a l readyo u t m o d e d ?

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M ysticis m S cien c e T he A rts

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Ttext Prophet icDreamers

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The Cosmic Age

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Are You In Tune With The

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The Rosicrucian Digest March1959

THE

THOUGHT OF THE MONTH

Is Bloo d Tra nsfusio n M o ra lly W ro i

h e r e are religious sects, both in Europe and inAmerica, which prohibittheir devotees from re-ceiving blood transfusionson moral grounds. Theyquote sections of theBible which they inter-

pret lite ra lly as consti-tuting it a sin for one to permit the

blood of another to be injected intohis veins.

In Deuteronomy 12:16, we find:Only ye shall not eat the blood; yeshall pour it upon the earth as water.In Acts 15:20 we find: But that wewrite unto them, that they abstain from

pollutions of idols, and from fornica

cation, and from things strangled, and from blood. There are many otherreferences which can be construed tomean that man should have nought todo with blood, apart from that which iscreated in his own body. Conversely,however, there are many other quota-tions from the Old Testament and fromthe New Testament in which blood ritesare condoned.

In addition to this religious objectionto transfusions, there are other concep-tions which arise in the minds of some

individuals causing their objection to blood transfusions. The blood stream,with its cells and intricate particles, haslong been expounded in certain litera-ture as the transmitter of personalityand of traits of character. It has like-wise been taught, by certain occultistsand systems of philosophy, that the

blood is the medium of conveying cer-tain fatalistic impulses which shape thedestiny of the individual through whoseveins it flow's. Consequently, insuper-able moral deficiencies which shape evil

behavior are often believed to be trans -mitted by the blood. A recipient of the blood from a person thought to bedefinitely stigmatized for some reason,would, it is believed, inherit these char-acteristics. In other words, the recipi-ent would have his personality andmoral nature contaminated by the

blood of such a person. In the light ofmodern knowdedge, it is apodictical thatmoral characteristics cannot be trans-mitted through the blood by the processof transfusion.

Man produces within himself new blood cells constantly and in far greaterquantity during his life than any quan-tity he will ever receive by blood trans-fusion. Furthe r, the transfused cells do

not have inherent within them thosemoral factors or fatalistic impulses thatwill influence the behavior pattern ofthe recipient.

The practice of blood transfusion is by no means a modern one. Medical papyri from ancient Egypt make refe r-ence to it, but the manner in which itwTas accomplished in those ancient timesis not known. References to transfusionas a therapeutic practice have also beenmade by Roman poets. The w'orks ofPliny and Celsus likewise refer to it.Blood transfusion has definitely beenknown in medical circles for over fourcenturies. It became a legitimate prac-tice only since 1924 when Doctor Blun-dell published his work. Physiological and Pathological Researches.

Experimentation has also proved thattransfusion from different animalsmight prove fatal. The serum of oneanimal may be toxic to another, orcause a destruction of its blood cor-

puscles. As an example, the bloodcorpuscles of a rabbit added to the clear

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serum of a dog or cat are quickly de-stroyed with the liberation of theirhemoglobin. Human blood may beclassified into four groups. Only 10 per-cent of adults fall into Group I. It isessential, then, that a donor be selected

whose red corpuscles belong to thesame Group as those of the recipient.This conclusion led to what is known

as blood typing. Though a commonlyused phrase, this term still remains amystery to the average layman. Theremust be an agglutination (an adhering)of the red cells of one person with the

plasma of another. Red cells have twoagglutinogens , A and B, making it pos-sible for them to be agglutinated (ad-hering together). A plasma has twoagglutinins , A and B; note that theseare different from those of the red cells.For blood to adhere, to be agglutinat-ed, an agglutinogen and an agglutininof the same letters must come togeth-er. For instance, the cells of a personof Group I (AB) will be agglutinated by the plasma of a person of Group III(BA), or of Group IV (AB). Simpletests have been devised by which this blood typing is assured.

There are diseases and injuries whichnecessitate frequent blood transfusions.Bleeding gastric ulcers and hemorrhagesare specific examples. The lives of such

patients have definitely been saved bysuch transfusions. The foreign bloodin no way produced any psychologicalor moral changes in such individuals which, in itself, should put to rest thatsuperstition. But in the instance of theinterpretation of a religious edict to thecontrary, innocent childrens lives have

been jeopardized by the adam ant re-fusal of the parents to permit transfu-sions.

This attitude discloses a certain per-nicious influence do m in an t in the

teachings of many religious sects. Thisattitude demeans the importance of this present life. Such believers make thisexistence but a necessary interval and prelude to life after death. The future,ethereal existence is eulogized as theglorious state for man. Consequently, no matter what sacrifices men makehere for the next world, they are madeto appear justified. This even extendsto the very forfeiture of a childs life

by the refusal to permit the child tohave transfusions. Since the transfusion

is thought to be a violation of the sects belief, it constitutes to them a mortalsin. In the ir orthodox opinion such sinwould mitigate, if not completely omit,the childs chance for an immortal ex-istence in the heaven of their concep-

tion.F r e e d o m o f C h o i c e ?

In certain Provinces of Canada, Statesof America, and in countries of Europe,courts of law intercede in those in-stances where blood transfusions arerefused and where life is endangered

by the refusal. A child may then betaken forcefully from his parents andgiven the prescribed treatment in a hos-

pital ordered by the authorities. Thequestion then arises: is such an actiona violation of the freedom of religious

belief in those nations professing re -ligious freedom? If a refusal to submitto blood transfusions is an inherent ele-ment of a sects doctrine, would not theStates intervention then constitute arestriction of the principle of religiousfreedom?

This, of course, is a moot question.It concerns the philosophy of law andof sociology. The State exists as an in -strument for the welfare of the people

at least, that is the theory underlyinga democratic state. Consequently, it isnot to the public welfare, it may bereasoned, that any element of society,any person or persons, enter into such

practices that oppose the welfare of theindividual, no matter what the reasongiven. The state is a temporal institu-tion in contrast to the ecclesiastical orspiritual ones of religion. It is incum-

bent upon the state to protect thetemporal existence of the individual.Obviously, this brings the state intoconflict with the churchbut neces-sarily so.

Suppose a sect, as has been done inthe past, were to declare that its the-ology required human sacrifices or the

practice of anthropophagy, or rites thatconstituted sacerdotal prostitution? Ifthe state permits one act by religion that undermines temporal welfare itmust also allow others. Does this placethe state, then, in a superior status tothat of religion in presuming to prohibitcertain of the latters beliefs when putinto practice?

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The state cannot presume to inter- pret divine tradition or ecclesiasticaledicts. But the state has to assume thatevery individual, not an enemy of thestate, has the right of life. Tha t rightmust be maintained by it, or the stateas an institution, in fact, society as awhole, would disintegrate. The state

must further assume that life is a pre-cious gift to man. In theory, such lifeshould be sacrificed only to save otherlives. Consequently, blood transfusion

becomes a necessary imposition wherea life is at stake in the instance ofminors.

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By V i n c e n t E d w a r d s


i r R a b i n d r a n a t h T a g o r e may be gone, but hisgreat dream for the fu-ture is now more alivethan ever. Men every-where can take heartwhen they think of hisfar reaching vision.

When Indias celebrat-ed poet and philosopher passed away inhis native Calcutta, tributes to his mem-ory poured in from all over the world.His countrymen, of course, rememberedall he had( risked for a united India.The English speaking nations, on theother hand, did homage to the poetwhose genius had brought him the Nobel Prize.

Yet, these accomplishments seem oflesser importance alongside somethingelse.

Tagore dared to dream of a world where all men were brothers and were no longer divided by racial and national hatreds!

When he was still quite young, his benign father insisted he drop his booksand go up among the high Himalayas.Young Rabindranath had been medita-tive even as a boy, and the parentthought the sight of those lofty, snowcovered peaks might touch his spirit.

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er he grew, the clearer became the vi-sion of a free world where humanunderstanding would count more thannational boundaries.

There, men would be able to live likefriends, side by side, and scientistscould pursue their studies unhinderedas there was no reason for distrust. Warhad been outlawed by love and bro-therhood.

Does that dream sound crazy?It may to many, in this age of creep-

ing suspicion. But if beauty and good-ness are to prevail in the world, SirRabindranaths dream must come true.It remains mans only hope for the fu-ture.

Perhaps there could be no bettertime than the present for every patriotin his own land to join in the prayerthat the great Indian poet voiced forhis native country:

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;

Where knowledge is free;Where the world has not been broken up

into fragments by narrow domestic walls;

Where words come out of the depths of truth;

Where tireless striving stretches its arms toward perfection;

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary sand of dead habit;

Where the mind is led forward by Thee, into ever-widening thought and action;

Into tha t Heaven of freedom , m y Father, let m y country awake.


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(0 / 2 zavituAre Modem Discoveries Proving Age Old Rosicrucian Theories?

By E. J. R ic h a r d s e n , Ph.D.

INTRODUCTIONl l force is divided in three parts. One of them is ofelectromagnetic nature.Another pertains to phe-nomena which fall in thefield of space time andgravity. The third is theinteraction of the tiny

entities of which all mat-ter and energy is composed.The above terms are given here in

this form because they may help adidactic approach towards the miracu-lous phenomena that permeate our uni-verse. Moreover, this threefold categoryof recognition may facilitate the co-ordination with Rosicrucian principlesand their operational effectiveness interms of a general World View. It may

point out where our present conceptsare valid, and also where modem ob-servations require improved interpre-tation.

In which direction must our under-standing travel to approach more nearlyan adequate description of the cosmosin which we dwell and which pervadesevery fiber of our being?

Interaction between electricity andmagnetism has been proven. Either ofthem can be restrictea by proper mag-netic and electric insulation or shieldingrespectively. Under the proper condi-tions, one can be transformed into theother.

Conversely, no shielding is known for gravity. Gravity cannot be switched on and off like electricity. It penetrates allmatter. No insulation from the gravita-tional attraction of one body againstanother has been demonstrated to date.

As simple a phenomenon as the fall-ing of a stone to the earth is in realitya highly intricate expression of a mag-nificent universal phenomenon. Thesame laws that control the fall of astone seem also to underly the orbitsof the planets, the motion of the moon,

the pendulum, the gyroscope, and otherinertial phenomena.

To these forces there should be addedthose which only in recent years have become part of the fount of humanknowledge. We are referring to the submicroscopic world such as electrons,

protons, neutrons, neutrinos, the several

forms of mesons, and also the specialnuclides and particles of which as ofthis date 32 are known, with more be-ing discovered rapidly, as well as tosuch properties of space and the fieldsthat traverse it and that are still in astate of investigation. Here the physicsof the solid state enter, the properties ofdielectrics and the tension betweenopposing fields whether they be electricpressure or other physical distortionof a medium stressed between two op-

positesto mention but a few out of amuch greater number of establishedfacts.

Particularly in view of the extreme penetrating power of particles calledneutrons (because they are electricallyneutral), the structure of space, be-tween such distributions of matter andenergy tha t act to some extent as thoughthey were discrete points, acquiressignificance.

E d i t o r s N o t e : The author of thistreatise is a prominent physicist whoin his private laboratory has beenconducting extensive experiments inthe field of gravity. He is likewisea Rosicrucian. The material here pre-sented was exclusively prepared bvhim for the Rosicrucian Digest , and,in the light of the current CosmicAge and space travel, is most timely.Obviously, the subject with which theauthor treats as an authority is atechnical one, but he has succeededexcellently in reducing the technicallanguage to a minimum.

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E x p e r i m e n t a l E a r n s o f G r a v i t a t i o n

We know that a body falling freelyfrom a point of rest in the directionof the center of the earth gains increas-ing velocity, according to the following:

1. A body falling freely from restacquires a velocity which is essen-tially equal to the product of 32.2feet per second by the number ofseconds during which the motionhas lasted.

2. A body falling freely from restmoves over spaces essentially pro- portional to the consecutive oddnumbers (1, 3, 5, 7, etc.) in eachof the consecutive seconds duringwhich the motion lasts.

3. A body falling freely from restwill, in a given number of seconds,essentially move over a distancewhich is found by multiplying thesquare of the number of seconds

by 16.1 feet.Two bodies, one of which has the

mass Mi, and the other the mass M2,and which are separated by the distancer, are drawn against each other by aforce of mutual attraction (F) whichis equal to the product of the masses,divided by the square of their distanceand multiplied by a number called theuniversal gravitational constant G. This

proportionality constant (G) was de-termined originally in 1798 by HenryCavendish (18) with apparatus invented

by the Rev. John Michell.The value of G is called by definition

the Gravitational Constant. It equalsthe force with which two bodies of unitmass attract each other over a distanceof 1 centimeter.

Since the rotation of the earth coun-teracts the gravitational attraction, wefind that on the equator where the pe-ripheral velocity of our globe is maxi-

mum, the acceleration due to gravity is32.0878 feet / second2. However, at the poles where the peripheral velocity isthe minimum the acceleration due togravity is 32.2577, significantly largerthan on the equator.

The acceleration due to gravity isalso influenced by the altitude abovesea level. This altitude correction is dueto the differences resulting from achange of distance between the centerof earth and the point of observationas well as to the rotation of our globe.

It assumes extended significance in thisage of astronautics and orbiting missiles.

At a 200 foot altitude the correctionis 0.000617 ft./sec2; at an altitude of900 feet it is 0.002777 ft./sec2. Addi-tional corrections may be found in

tables of acceleration due to latitude,gravity, and free air correction for alti-tude. (1)

In addition to the aforementionedlatitude and altitude factors, apparentgravity is affected by large masses inthe crust of the earth. Thus, deposits ofoil, salt, rocks, and other geophysicalfactors influence gravity (and thus themapping of areas of significantly dif-ferent density as, for instance, subter-ranean oil deposits). Gravitometricmeasurements made at the side of amountain show a change in directionand magnitude of the apparent gravity.Long distance guns trained near theside of a major mountain range, ornear great ocean depths, cannot usespirit levels as reference points, butmust use stellar reconciliation of their position.

All gravitometric work on extended bodies is based upon the basic supposi-tion that whenever a body is suspended,e.g. by a cord from a fixed point so thatit has come to rest after moving freely,there is one special point which is al-

ways on a line vertically beneath the point of suspension, whatever may bethe point of the body to which the cordis attached where all the vertical linesintersect. This point is called the center of gravity of the body. The effect ofgravity upon a body of any shape is to

produce a force which acts in the direc-tion that we are accustomed to callvertically downwards. This force

passes through the center of gravity ofthat body.

M e t h o d s t o r D e t e r m i n i n g G r a v i t g

There are a number of differentmethods used for the determination ofgravity. One of them is the pendulum,

particularly in the advanced forms ofinstrumentation that originated withthe Hungarian Baron von Eotvos. Hisgravitometric measurements were madefrom 1891 to 1897.

Gravity measurement is today in ahigh state of experimental perfection:The requirements of oil and ore ex

{)loration have exerted a valuable stimuus on the perfection of this technique.

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Other ways of determining the gravi-tational constant with great precisionwere developed at the United StatesBureau of Standards. (2) Anew project,there now under way, is laid out to stillfurther improve the accuracy of this beautiful work with the advancedmethods of todays instrumentation.

Modem gravitometric work reducesthe size of the Eotvos torsion balanceinto a small apparatus with quartz fibersuspension.

Although accuracy of the originalEotvos experiment has been increasedfrom one part in 108to one par t in 1011,its basic concept still has not changed. Thus the findings resulting therefromremain unchanged. All theoretical workalong these lines, including the last ap-

proach that is made now in this direc-tion at two well known Universities,overlooks the fact that no mathematical t h e o r y can make statements beyond the experimental findings that were originally put into it. A simple refinement

just to drive precision to another deci-mal figure is inadequate. More basicthinking and particularly basic creative experimentation is needed.

No report on gravity would be complete without mentioning also someunorthodox methods of approach to thequestion of gravity. Some of them

were carried through by Ch. F. Brush.He proposed, in 1910, a kinetic theoryof gravitation in which he postulatedthat the ether is endowed with vastintrinsic amounts of energy in vibra-tory form. For a part ial list of his

papers, the reader is referred to theBibliography. (6) to (14).

Another series of experiments thatare still controversial concern them-selves with the electrogravitic interac-tion as shown apparently by unusualforms of electrical condensers and sim-ila r set ups. This Biefeld Brown effect,as it is called, has been experimentedwith both here and abroad. Despitesensational news coverage on same, theresults achieved to date must still beconsidered inconclusive. Also, as stated

by Hermann Oberth, the father of mod-em rocketry, the principle of electricwind as a propellant for electric spaceships, on which intensive work is done,is still experimental. This also refers tothe jet ion rockets and similar devicesshown in the professional literature.

There is in existence, though, majorwork that is of advanced character andirreproachable. The apparent interaction of what is termed gravitational and/or inertial mass with electricity,

sound, and certain other phenomena has been proven experimentally. Thiswriter has observed the phenomena andhas checked rigorously the basically new concepts. Their discussion in this

place and time, however, goes beyondthe scope of this essay.

H i s t o r i c a l t l ev i e w

The first known quantitative workon gravity in earthly surroundings wasundertaken by Galilei (1564 1642). Itwas, however, not until the precise de-terminations of Kepler (1571 1630)that stellar observations were broughtinto a form of sufficient accuracy inorder to make possible their subsequentgeneralized theoretical interpretation.

Keplers laws as found in his Astron- omia Nova (Heidelberg 1609) state asfollows:

1. Each planet moves in an ellipse,in one focus of which the sun issituated.

2. The radius vector drawn from thesun to the planet sweeps overequal areas in equal times.

3. The squares of the periodic timesof the motions of the planetsaround the sun are in the sameratio as the cubes of their meandistances.

These three laws form the founda-tions of that branch of astronomy gen-erally called physical astronomy orastrophysics.

Interpretation of Keplers final datawas subsequently attempted by the bril-liant Descartes (1596 1650), a Rosicrucian, as published in his Principia Phi- losophiae (Amsterdam 1644).

One should consider carefully thisand other important preliminary work before going to the efforts of the Rosicrucian, Sir Isaac Newton (1642 1727),who in his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia M ath em atica (London 1687)crowned the data then available bycombining them into one complete sys-tem. (3)

Within the inertial frame of refer-ence assumed by Newton (which is notrigidly applicable at all times accordingto more recent discoveries), the dynam

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ics of particles may be described by Newton 's Laws of Motion, as follows:

1. Every body continues in its stateof rest or of uniform motion in astraight line, unless compelled tochange that state by the action ofsome outside force.

2. Change of motion is proportionalto force applied and takes placein the direction of the line of ac-tion of the force.

3. To every action there is always anequal and opposite reaction.*

Newtons laws are valid within theaccuracy of observations which wereavailable to him. Thus they include thedynamics of the stellar bodies withinreach of his telescope.

Also, where the vectorial sum of allthe forces (F) acting on a particle be-comes zero, Newtonian dynamics in-clude such conditions where particlesundergo no acceleration. This is termed statics. For this idealized condition, Newtonian Laws are directly applicable.

L i m i t s w i t h i n w h i c h N e w t o n s L a w s a r e V a l i d

The Rosicruciati Digest March1959

However, there is nothing static in the universe. Even those particles whichseem to be in a condition of rest, withreference to an inertial system of ref-erence, are internally agitated by whatmay be termed atomic and subatomic motions. Moreover, they are traversed by fields of force and by particles pene-trating through them and interactingat times with the dynamic conditionsof their atomic and nuclear structure.

Thus, the Newtonian concepts must be considered an idealization. They arenot rigidly true beyond the limits ofobservation and factual evidence avail-able at the time of Newton. But this inno way lessens their value as a scientificand engineering concept within theenormous field that they cover ade-quately.

Such principles as the Conservationof Momentum (which is based on

Newtons Second Law) have enduringsignificance, and so has the Principleof Conservation of Energy, to mention bu t two of the conclusions that are based on Newtonian Mechanics. Thegrandeur of the Newtonian concepts is Students of the T riad will find it fascinating that both

Kepler and Newton formulated their famous laws withina concept of threefold structure.

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in no way diminished by establishingthe limits within which they are valid.

Newton consolidated all facts, observ-able in his day, into concise mathe-matical form. His laws of motionassume forces acting instantaneously ata distance according to the inversesquare law. Gravitation , electrical,magnetic, and other forces were sepa-rate and distinct.

The upper limits of observation avail-able to Sir Isaac were what the tele-scopes of his time could ascertain. Atthe lower end of the scale of size, onlythe modest microscopes existing thenwere available to him. Within theselimits Newtons Laws of Gravitationare essentially correct as has been con-firmed by many observers. Philosoph-ically, however, it should be realizedthat the above mentioned law is an ap- proximation, valid on ly with in certain limits of magnitude.

When we attempt to extend the Newtonian dynamics of particles in re-lation to forces acting upon them to thevery small and to the very large andto conditions of extreme speeds, then

Newtons concepts do not fully describecertain modern findings.

In the atomic and subatomic realm,quantum mechanics breaks down theclassical laws of the continuum, al-though these laws are asymptotic limitsfor large masses and distances (Pauliscorrespondence principle). (15)

At the macroscopic end of the scalewe know tha t galaxies apparently moveaway from each other. The fartheraway the nebulae the faster the speed.Their speed of mutual recession as afunctional of their distance was firststated by Hubble in 1929. He foundthat the recession of distant nebulaeamounts to 550 km. per second permegaparsec. (5)* In other words, overthese extreme cosmic distances we seem

to deal at this moment of time withrepulsion within intergalactic orders ofmagnitude, rather than with attraction of these enormous masses according to

Newtons laws.Whereas the mutual recession of the

distant galaxies as such does not con-tradict Newtons Laws (since it couldhave been caused by an initial explosiveimpulse), the apparent slowing downana possible reversion of the receding 1 megaparsec equals 3.26 million light years.


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nebulae at the outermost fringes ofresolution of our 200 inch reflectorsmay be non Newtonian. This requires,however, still final confirmation. How-ever, we do have experimental evidencefor a number of phenomena which dif-

fer from Newtons Laws, such as the bending of light passing near the sun,the precession of the perihelium, andthe relativistic curvature.

Only within the limits which describethe Universe essentially in terms ofgravitational properties such as our lim-ited solar system, it is helpful to con-sider it as a system of discrete entitiesheld in dynamic balance of centrifugalforce versus centripetal, gravitationalattraction.

A generalization of the NewtonianLaws is represented by Einstein. HisLaw of Gravitation differs the less from Newtons as the intensity of gravita -tional fields and the velocities of the

articles approach static conditions. Uner such limiting conditions Newtons

Laws tend to become correct. For thisreason, Einsteins Law of Gravitationmay be regarded as a refinement of

Newtons Law, just as the latter is arefinement over Galileis presentation.Again, from a dualistic viewpoint, itseems that at this moment of cosmichistory the universe, as we know it, is

expanding. This, descriptively at least,is tied in as one expression out of theseveral possible ones which conform tothe general theory of relativity.

However, it is not the one and onlysolution. A steady state model of theuniverse may be obtainedas wasshown by F. Hoyle, the British astro-

physicistwhich requires for its satis-faction the continuous creation of mat-ter. According to Hoyle one proton iscreated in each gallon of space on orabout every billion years. This is thenecessary postulate to keep constant thetotal density of matter in the universeas it can be observed from our view-

point. Thus we have on one hand thegalaxies receding from each other andon the other hand the creation of newmatter. When these young protonswall ultimately condense into enormousaggregations, they in turn will formthe source of new clusters of galaxies.At that stage, the latter will then againrecede from each other and the cosmiccycle will repeat. A first approach to

the simulation of galactic evolution inthe laboratory was by Bostick (20).

Recent data gathered with the MountPalomar 200 inch reflecting telescopeseem to offer evidence that we are, atthis moment, in the phase of cosmolog-

ical unfolding where the cosmos is expanding from its originally condensedstate. This may be the expanding phaseof a pulsating motion of such enormitythat its grandeur staggers the imagina-tion. When this expansion will be fol-lowed by another contraction, and thenagain another expansion, is a thoughtthat borders infinity.

The physicist viewing these phenom-ena with reverence cannot help feelingthen that gravity as such is time defined.Both contraction as well as expansionmust be aspects of the same universal

phenomena of which gravity, the waywe define it, is but a part . . . wherewhat is today contraction necessitates by the same inexorable laws expansion in the aeons to come. It is the largest,the slowest oscillation in the spectrumof vibrations, not limited any longer tothe electromagnetic phenomena such aslight, radio, and X rays but now also,in its comprehensive form, includingthe gravitational phenomena . . . fromthe breathing in and breathing out ofthe nebulae in intergalactic spaces to

the dance of the smallest sub entitiesin the order of magnitude of mesonsand, perhaps, even smaller . . .

What beyond Einstein? It is of farreaching significance that quantum mechanics proves that at the submicroscopic end of the scale the theory of relativity cannot be the last word.

It is hoped that correlation betweenthe quantum mechanical concept ofMax Planck (16), (17) with NewtonianPhysics as refined by Einstein may per-haps some day permit the presentationof a more comprehensive picture of theUniverse. This is the concept of theUnified Field Theory, the first approachto which was attempted by Einstein andin the direction of which we are movingtoday with the progress of Science.* Is it more th an accident th at a significant number of the

major scientists who concerned themselves with the phe-nomena of gravity are reputed to have been Rosicrucians?It is said that, for instance, Descartes, Kepler, and Newtonwere connected with the Order in some way according tothe period of history in which they lived. Einstein, too,was concerned with mystical pantheism. Will this grandtradition now be continued in terms of advanced con-temporary physics?

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d a i i i z o f d o f o z a n d (D

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

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This reprint from one of the writings of Dr. Lewis has not previouslyappeared in this magazine.

l l color comes primarilyfrom the rays of the sunor the vibrations of sun-light. White, as we seeit in pure sunlight, is acombination of all colors.In a scientific laboratory,this is proved by a re-volving disc combining

segments of various colors in the same proportion as they are found in thespectrum of the sun. When this discis revolved rapidly all of these colors

blend together and give the appearanceof a pure white disc.

Many of you have visited the lightand color laboratory in the AMORCScience Building and have seen how wetake the rays of the sun and througha prism break them up into a verylarge spectrum; then, through a simplecontrivance we allow the movementand vibrations of the sun to form thesecolors into magnificent mystical pic-tures of landscapes, water scenes, por-traits, emblems, weird and fantasticforms, and so forth.

All vegetation, including the flowers,derives its colors from these prismaticcolors of the sun spectrum. But thereis a Cosmic Law and principle involvedthat is very difficult to explain. Blackis the absence of color and should never

be considered a color itself. But every-thing in nature abhors darkness and

blackness and seeks to vitalize itself

with color. Therefore, it is a perfectlynatural inclination on the part of therose, the pansy, and the forget me not,and even the white lily, to attract toitself some color or a combination ofcolors. Primitively, all vegetation grad-ually adjusted the electronic elementsof its composition into such forms aswould attract and give the appearanceof color. Th at is why we never see anabsolutely black flower or any blackliving vegetation.[ 9 2 ]

I know that attempts have been madeto produce what is called a black rose,and I have gone far out of my way tosee some of these freaks of nature thathave been produced by specialiststhrough long processes of interferingwith and utilizing some of natureslaws. But even the blackest of the rosesthat have been exhibited are not actu-ally black but a very deep purple, sodeep that in ordinary light they appearto be black. When the brilliant sun-light was cast upon their surface, how-ever, in the sheen of reflection in vari-ous parts there could be detected thevery deep purple color. But even theseflowers with a little tone of purple inthem abhorred the darkness or black-ness of their color and very quickly

produced other roses th at immediatelytended toward reversion to the originaltype and color.

Odor is a result, also, of the arrange-

ment within the living matter of theelectrons that compose its elementarycells. It is easier to change the odor ofa flower or piece of vegetation than tochange its color, but here again anyoffspring of the adjusted flower willtend to revert to its original odor.

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from the flower or living flowers, andthis is called an essential oil. This oilis then diluted with cologne water or arefined spirits of alcohol to make per-fume.

On one tour through Egypt and Eur-ope, I took the entire party of touriststhrough the largest ana finest perfumefactory in France, at Grasse. Here themanager of the factory, a woman ofgreat experience and a personal friend,at my request demonstrated how theessential oils were made. She ended herdemonstration by giving every memberof the party present some samples ofthe various perfumes. It was in thisfactory that such marvelous productshad been made as the Christmas

Night perfume.

During the demonstration she re-vealed to us precisely what happenswhen roses or other flowers are turnedinto essential oils. In the first place,it takes several tons of the flower in

buds and their petals, minus an y of thegreen part, to make about one ounce ofthe essential oil. The fresh petals withall of their beautiful odor are placed incontact with grease; the so called oil inthe leaves is squeezed into the greaseand this is later refined and reduced toa small quantity of oil.

This essential oil is really the vital,living fluid of the plant and is com- parable to the blood in our bodiesthatis, the vitalized blood and not the de-

vitalized blood. It is, in tru th, the elec-tronic fluid that the Cosmic rays andCosmic forces create in the plant byadding certain vibrations to the ele-ments that are extracted from the earth by the living plant. When these essen-

tial oils are extracted, they are soconcentrated in form and odor that thesweetness of the odor is not detected.Only a very strong and really objec-tionable odor is produced. It is whenthe oil is broken up with air moleculesor molecules of deodorized alcohol thatwe begin to get the real sweetness ofthe flowers natural odor.

The art of making perfume is a veryold one but still contains so many se-crets that there are very few real

perfume factories in the world making perfumes from actual flowers. Most ofthe popular perfumes on the market aremade from synthetic oils or oils thatare chemically treated by the mixtureof certain chemical elements whichartificially produce a simulation of thenatural odor. Th at simulation is onlyabout forty per cent correct at its best,

but it gives us the faint impression ofthe natural flower, and we are fooledinto believing it to be a perfect resem-

blance or simulation. Therefore, youmay well understand why the attar ofroses, as an essential oil, or any otheressential oil, is very costly per drop,and why there are so few perfumes onthe market that are guaranteed to bemade from natural flowers.

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were hideously bloody in most Euro- pean kingdoms; the very name Moslemmeant anathema to much of the West-ern world, due to the Crusades, and inSpain this hatred burned even hotterafter the five long centuries of warfarewith the Spanish Moslems.And yet, in the midst of this hatred,and in spite of it, King Alfonso was soradical as to push aside considerationsof race, religion, and color. He sent forand brought to Spain the best brains ofthe thirteenth century. The best legalminds assembled at his court; professorsand scientists, whether Jew, Moor, orChristian, found welcome there. Thosewho studied and taught the so calleddark artsastrologers, for examplelived near this king; his reputation asa patron quickly spread abroad, andsoon artists, poets, German and Frenchtroubadours, Italian judges and lawyers,Portuguese and Provencal minstrels,were flocking to Castile. His court be-came the most intellectually stimulatingspot in the whole of Europe.

There had been richer Spanish kings,and kings more powerful. Why hadthey failed to accomplish what Alfonsodid for culture and the arts? Perhapsthey failed to seeor refused to see that the axis of learning had shiftedfrom the Latin and Greek civilizationsof the Western world to the Arabiccivilizations of the Eastern. As theWest lost its heritage of Graeco Romancivilization and culture, the Moslemworld picked it up and preserved it.In Byzantium, in Cairo, in Bagdad

}res, and in Moorish Cordova and Toedo and Granadascholars and scien-tists preserved a great body of wisdom,

not only from the ancient world ofGreece and Rome but also from themysterious East.

Few Europeans could read Arabic,the language of this culture. Alfonsosaw the need of translation and he setup groups of translators. The wisdomof the East had to be translated into aWestern language. Alfonso was radi-cal here, too, for he did not have East-ern books translated into Latin, thelanguage of Medieval learning; he hadthe books rendered into the language ofhis own people, and in this his mindwas exceedingly modern. His idea wasto provide Spain with a standard refer-ence library, for he knew that without

such a library there could be no true basis of education. To provide trans-lators, Alfonso had to employ Moorsand Jews, but he found nothing un-

pleasant in such contacts.In Toledo lived groups of men of

these races who in days past had trans-lated Latin and Greek learning intoArabic for Moorish kings. Alfonso setthem to translating Greek, Latin, andespecially Arabic manuscripts into Cas-tilian. The king paid good salaries, andwhat is even more incredible, he musthave personally supervised almost all ofwhat was done. Scholars today believehe read and edited and corrected allthat was produced by these professionaltranslators.

Even as the king faced the problem

of education, other problems came tohis attention. Spanish law was in a dis-mal state. King Ferdinands efforts toimprove it had helped, but there was

great need for more improvement.ome areas of the kingdom were regu-

lated by the debased remains of Romanlaw; in other areas fueros, or customlaws prevailed, handed down from thetimes of the Visigoths. A crime in one

place might not be a crime elsewhere.And in those parts of the realm inhab-ited by conquered Moors, even Moorishlaws existed. While still relativelyyoung, Alfonso faced this problem.After several experiments at law books,Alfonsos legal advisers produced anenormous code known as Las Siete

Partidas (The Seven Divisions).Wrote Samuel Ashley Dunham, a

foremost authority on the history oflaw: It is by far the most valuablemonument of legislation, not merelySpanish, but of Europe since the publi-cation of the Roman (Justinian Code).. . . No code in use during the MiddleAges is to be compared with this forextent, for natural a rrangement, for thespirit of justice generally pervading its

provisions, or for knowledge. It is, infact, a complete body of morality andreligion, defining the duties of everycitizen, from the highest to the loweststation; assigning the grounds for theirduties, and deducing one obligationfrom another with great precision andwith some force of reasoning.

The Seven Divisions have played a part in our own national history andeven continue to do so. We are for

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tunate, therefore, to have an excellenttranslation made in 1931 by SamuelParsons Scott. Its 1505 pages of law,with 47 pages of table of contents,make it an impressive book. In i t liesthe cross section of an era.

One of the most striking parts ofThe Seven Divisions deals with schoolsand teachers. How far ahead of his owntimes he was! How un medieval andhow modem for a book written sevenhundred years ago!

The salaries of teachers should befixed by the king, through his designat-ing exactly what each one shall have,dependent upon the science he teaches,and in proportion to his knowledge ofit. The sa lary to which each is entitledshould be paid at three different times:one third when the pupils begin theirstudies; one third at Easter; and onethird on the Festival of St. John theBaptist (June 24). . . . If any teachershould fall ill, after study has begun,and his sickness proves to be so seriousand so long that he cannot teach at all,we decree that his salary be paid himin full, just as if he had taught; wherehe dies of his illness, his heirs are en-titled to his salary just as if he hadtaught for the entire year.

Few schools today, even in America,do as much as this for ailing faculty

members. Most have to pay their ownsubstitutes, and if one dies, his familyis lucky to get his salary for the restof the semester or even the rest of themonth.

The Seven Divisions caught on slow-ly in Spain, and were not actually pro-mulgated until the times of AlfonsoXI in 1348. However, from the time oftheir writing they began to play a part,and by and large, were the law of theland even long before actual promul-gation.

These laws later spread to the Span-ish colonies in the New World, as wellas to North Africa, the Philippines, and

parts of Asiathe widest territoria lforce of any legal code in the historyof the world.

In 1769 Governor OReilly publishedan extract from the whole of the Span-ish law in his dominion (Louisiana),and Spanish law lingered on for a longtime in that areaand, indeed, is notent irely dead there now. In 1852 theSupreme Court of Missouri stated that[ 9 6 ]

We are informed that the first printed book brought into this state, containingany Spanish law, was the Partidas andthat event occurred later than the year1820.

Territory ceded to the United States

by Mexico natura lly had the Partidas. They remained in force in Texas until1840 and were frequently cited in earlycases in the state. In California theselaws lasted as late as 1850 and wereoften invoked by American judges.Traces still remain in California law.

As late as 1921 the Supreme Court ofthe United States published a series ofreports on Philippine law, and everyvolume of the series cites the Partidas.

King Alfonso saw the need of a his-tory for his coun trya history of Spain

itself, and a history of the world. La Primer a General (The First GeneralChronicle) covered the history of Spain

from the Moorish conquest of 711 A.D.until the death of Kang Alfonsos fatherin 1252. Then he gave his historiansthe monumental task of writing the his-tory of the entire world from the Crea-tion to his own times. Actually theygot no farther than the birth of Jesus,so detailed were they in their writing.Both histories, nevertheless, were important to the study of historical de-velopment.

Not un til ra ther recently have musi-cologists and artists realized the placeof the Learned King in the develop-ments of these fields. Art in the MiddleAges, or what has survived, was for themost part the product of churchmen.The subject matter was therefore likelyto be religious in nature. King Alfonso patronized secular art, as well as re -ligious, and caused to be produced,thereby, what may be regarded asSpains first books of painting.

Artists who have seen the gorgeouslyilluminated books on astronomy, chess,and backgammon, and on the miracles

believed to have been wrought by theVirgin Mary, say that the paintings aresurprisingly sophisticated, that they possess great spontaneity and fluidityof movement, and that the human andanimal figures are realistic. The colorshave such clarity and brilliance thatthey seem to have been set on the

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pictures are an important step in theevolution of Medieval art.

The music of The Canticles of theking has an importance all its own.There are over four hundred of thesesongs, replete with verses and music.The variety of the melodies show thatthe kings musicians drew upon numer-ous musical traditionsMoorish, thetradition of the Gregorian chant, ofcourse, and even upon the folk songsof Spain. Music lovers are struck bythe strange quality of these songs, likeno other music exactly, and one produc-er of Victrola records in this countrynow offers for sale an excellent long

play disc featuring the well knowncountertenor, Russell Oberlin, who singsto the accompaniment of lute and fin-

ger cymbals.Sociologists see in the hundreds of

illustrations of these books a wonderfulopportunity to observe, at first handalmost, how men lived in the thirteen thcentury. People of all walks of life are

portrayed, especially in The Canticles, farming, silk culture, fishing, hunt-ing, playing games, at war, traveling,cooking, living and dying. The first

picture of a baseball game appears inthese pages, as well as the earliest por-trayal of a Spanish bullfight. Manyeminent European sociologists considerKing Alfonsos books as great treasuresof Medieval art and life.

It is difficult to believe that a kingas busy as King Alfonso could find time

to look after the recreation of his people. But he did just that. Under his patronage, books on both outdoor andindoor games were written. His Book of Chess, Dice and Backgammon stillcan be seen in the Museum of the Es

corial outside Madrid. There in bril-liant colors that have withstood theages can be seen men and women, andeven children, playing chess. So clearlyhave these games been presented thatmodern chess players can play thir-teenth century chess with no difficulty.

Most of the royal books exist today.Of those dealing with science the mostfamous are The Book of the Wisdom of

As tronomy and the famous Lapidary, both of which influenced W e ste rnthought until well into the Renaissance.

Both have been printed in facsimile, thelatter even in color, and can be foundin some of the libraries in the UnitedStates.

Each year the Learned King isemerging farther and farther from the

past that shrouds him and from behindthe curtain of Spanish inability to pub-licize his greatness. Already recognized

by those who know his works as oneof the great personages of the MiddleAges, he will in time reach the promi-nence he so richly deserves abroad andwhich, in his human way, he wouldhave loved to have.

What produced such a different and powerful character we can only guess.That it was produced makes the worldthe richer.

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Some Early American Music By E l s ie D e a n

h i l e our Puritan fore-fathers were enforcingstern discipline forbid-ding the use of music orsongbooks in many of the

New England churches,the gay Cavaliers of theSouth were enjoying themerrie amusements

adopted from their Mother country.These pleasure loving Cavaliers intro-duced to America the love of music anddancing. Every m an or h ou se wasequipped with the harpsichord and fid-dle and balls for their own amuse-ments were not foreign to them.

To the Cavaliers nothing was quiteas important as their social activities.Every girl was encouraged to play theharpsichord whereas a gentleman wasnot recognized as such if he were not

an accomplished violinist. Ladies andgentlemen alike were ardent devoteesof the dance, having learned the Min-uet and the Virginia Reel at a veryearly age.

It is evidenced by the prominentSoutherners who fill the pages of ourhistories that this background of musicand dancing has played an active partin the development of America. Ac-cording to the Expense Account inGeorge Washingtons Journal, he wasa devout patron of the consort, the

theater, and the Ballad Opera whichwas quite the vogue of the day. At the present time, the imported harpsichordwhich he bought for his adopted daugh-ter may be seen at Mt. Vernon. Underthe direction of her grandmother, shewas obliged to practice, at least, sixhours daily.

Of Thomas Jefferson it is said that hewon the hand of his wife from manyeligible suitors because he was an ex-cellent violinist. In fact, Thomas Jeffer-

son was so interested in instrumentalmusick tha t he kept within his employonly those capable of forming a band.His servants were gifted with theFrench horn, bassoon, and clarinet.Patrick Henry was also a violinist and playing was his favorite pastime. Itwas not unusual for him to resin his

bow and frolic aboutsinging, dancing,and playing at the same time.

For more than half a century, musi-cal glasses known as the Armonica helda prominent place in concerts both inthis country and abroad. The Armonicawas invented by Benjamin Franklin.For this instrument, especial music waswritten by leading composers includingBeethoven and Mozart. Having invent-ed the instrument capable of thorough

bass and never out of tune , BenjaminFranklin learned to play it exceedinglywell. In addition, the chords of theharp and guitar held no mysteries forhim. And, his greatest love was sing-ing!

After the Revolution, the popularityof secular music spread from the South-ern States throughout the North andEastand late r into the undevelopedWest. At the beginning of the nine-teen th cen tury organs , fo rmer lyfrowned upon by pious objectors, wereaccepted into the churches. Songbooks

gained their rightful place and dancing masters found a congenial welcome.Thus, all America launched upon amusical career.

Today, more than ever before, theentire world is conscious of the im-

portance of musical training and of theappreciation of it. Great men havelearned that the joy of fame cannotequal that of the expressive soul. What

better way than through the heart ofmusic?

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As Rosicrucians we believe that onesingle law permeates the entire cosmos.Sincere seekers in all fields find that con-solidation of present theories approachesmore and more this viewpoint. (21)

At speeds approaching the velocity oftight such as we incur in atomic ac-celerators and cosmic ray particles, the

Newtonian concept of mass is over-shadowed by the apparent dynamicmass of a particle moving at velocitiesapproximating the speed of tight. This differs greatly from the static mass. Nosynchro cyclotrons, proton synchro-trons, and other atom accelerators couldhave been made to operate if the de-signers had assumed that the mass ofan electrically charged atomic bullet,at speeds approaching the dimension ofthe speed of tight, was identical with itsquasi stationary conditions. Relativisticadjustments were one of the means bywhich the giant accelerators were madeto work, and progress was thus made inthe field of nuclear physics.

The Einstein concept introduced theelement of space time. "Whereas this isnotas yeta full description of all the phenomena encountered in the Uni-verse, it does offer the following fasci-nating promise of a break through:

Those experienced in the history andthe development of the physical sciencesare familiar with the fact that often

before the ultim ate, final description isconceived, which permits a truly com-

prehensive description of the physical phenomena encountered, there is a fore-runner in terms of a dimensional con-cept. (22) This new dimension which bridges the gap between the electro-magnetic phenomena (as described, forinstance, in the famous equations ofJames Clerk Maxwell) and the Newton-ian Laws, that are operative within thequasi stationary field of gravity, have

been established already in Einsteinsassumption of a maximum limitingspeednamely, the speed of tight invacuo, an electromagnetic phenomenon. Thus, as a forerunner of the detailedelectrical magnetic gravitic parametersof space and the events within it, we

have already, at least in what is calledin terms of a physical dimension, theconcept of an electromagnetic event(the speed of tight) interacting withsuch parameters as inertial mass of a

body (e.g., a beam of tight bent nearthe periphery of the sun).

Newtons mass concept has thus beensuperseded in several places, for in-stance at extremely high velocities. Noweven his third law, conservation of mo-mentum, appears as an unwarrantedgeneralization.

Whereas the concept of an ether per-vading all the cosmos was disproved bythe precise experiments of Michelsonand Morley, there is reason to believethat the gravitational field describes notonly the masses operating in it but alsohas a strange inter relation to inertial mass which, however, could not be dis-covered in the manner in which theM. M. experiment was made. Neitheris it included in the experimental set-up that underlies the Eotvos and theCavendish instrumentation.

Before, Einsteins gravitational massand inertial mass were identical by def-inition only. Today the natu ral growthof the physical sciences demands im-

proved methods of description. A theorymust include such proven phenomenaas the change of mass of a quickly mov-ing particle (Einsteins Equations). Theconversion of mass to energy and ofenergy to mass and the relativity oftime require modifications of the classi-cal systems. Moreover, a comprehensivetheory must be able to account for theapparent recession of distant nebulae at

different speeds, for Plancks quantum,for the constituents of the nucleus,for particles moving or being bom inintergalactic space, and other recentlydiscovered experimental facts. Einsteinhimself anticipated the possibility ofinteraction of gravitational fields withthe structure of the elementary particlesof matter. (24)

Several attempts have been made byoutstanding scholars to correlate theseapparently diverging viewpoints. Re-sults of a conference on the role of

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gravitation in physics were published some time ago. (4)

All this brings about the possibilitythat gravitation may not be the un-alterable, immutable obstacle of freemotion which it now appears to be.Therefore, the way to overcome gravityand the effects of inertia under condi-tions of acceleration, and to gain ac-cess to interplanetary space, may not bethe brute force of high powered reactionmotors, but ultimately some method ofaffecting, neutralizing, or reversing thegravitational pull . . . or sailing with it.This is NOT the same as using thecrude force of rockets regardless whetherchemical or atomic . . . neither is it theuse of electric wind. Neither of theseconcepts overcomes the extreme G forcesto which a body contained in such fly-

ing objects is subjected when exposedto extreme accelerations.Is inertia affected by the total dis-

tribution of matter in the universe as postulated by Machs principle? If weconsider the so called fixed stars as aninertial reference frame, we may, per-haps, have there an absolute basis of acomparison for the theoretical equalityof inertial and gravitational masses ofa body. Thus, anisotropy of matter, asdiscovered by C. N. Yang and T. D.Lee, may perhaps result in the possi-

bility of an anisotropy of inertia whichin turn may also influence such con-cepts as the existence of anti-matter, the possibility of which was recentlydiscussed by E. Teller.

Could it be that matter does not actand react uniformly and symmetricallyin all directions? Could it be tha t wedeal again withto use a similestereo phenomena, the opposites that re-semble each other as though reflectedin a mirror . . . thus giving a twofold appearance and yet potential polar op position within one and the same con

cept? This nonequality yet similarity of polar opposites may well present afascinating approach of experimentally

proven modem thinking, in terms ofold duality that heretofore was ofsubjective significance only . . .

The symmetry of all laws, demanded by quan tum mechanics as well as byRosicrucian philosophy, has led to thediscovery of positrons, anti protons,right handed and left handed spins. Ifit discovers anti mass, this might offer [ 1 0 0 ]

a (highly explosive!) means to countergravity.

Will the Rosicrucian dictum asabove, so below hold in this instancealso? Will the law of dual and balanc-ing opposites be upheld in the instanceof Gravity above, and in the fields ofintramolecular structure and subatomicresonance belowH

It should be realized that all gravity measurement is closely linked to the

problem of time measu rement. Thusthe determination of time assumes addedsignificance, both from its philosophicalconcept as well as from the viewpointof precise instrumentation. By tradition,time and the fraction of it that we call

solar year the month, hour, and sec-ondis as yet an astronomical unit. Isit as constant as theory assumes? Al-

ready the cesium beam atomic clocksin operation at the National Bureau ofStandards in Washington, D. C., witha potential accuracy of one part in ten

billion, are furnishing important data.Will it be found that astronomicaltime is slowing down with respect toatomic time? Is the vibration of intraatomic matter (on which the atomicclocks are based) a truly universal con-stant? These are unresolved questionsand their deeper understanding may

perhaps throw important light not onlyon gravity but on practically every

single branch of science.From the viewpoint of Rosicrucian

philosophy, the extreme permeating and penetra ting power of particles andevents apparently coming to us fromcosmic space, their description in termsof billion electron volts and vibratoryenergy content (such as spin in certaininstances), and their interaction withother events might be interpreted as ex-

perimental evidence of a cosmic influxof power like that termed Nous by theRosicrucians of old. Will the more pre-

cise description of gravitational phe-nomena end the apparent gravity con-tinuum? Already in the major physicalwork referred to previously, gravitywaves have been found to exist, togetherwith other facts.

Again, a discussion of these phenom-ena goes beyond the scope of this pres-entation. It is mentioned only becauseit gives an indication that a deeper, in-spired understanding of the gravitic

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concepts, and conditions that seem tointeract with them, may perhaps offeran entering wedge towards the objec-tive investigation of all pervading eter-nal events that the great mystic Masters

possibly realized in a subjectively ideal-

ized manner. By taking this materialout of the realm of individual illumina-tion into the field of clear, provablefact, by establishing objective, repeatable experimental evidence accessible toall, a great step forward may well bemade to reconciliate the age old Rosicrucian beliefs with the type of think-ing that can be accepted by an openmind of intellectual integrity.

G r a v i t y a n d E l e m e n t a r y P a r t i c l e s

At the other end of the scale, in thevery small, we are confronted with thefact that neither gravity nor electro-magnetic forces suffice to explain mo-tions in the field of fundamental par-ticles. In the substructure of matter, re-

pelling forces are such that the internalcohesion of a subatomic structure is not

practically inf inite any longer.The nucleus in the atoms isin part

at leastconstructed of protons. Theselatter are electrically the equal and op-

posite of electrons in accordance withthe Rosicrucian concept of duality.

Therefore, the nucleus contains the fol-lowing strange condition if it consistsof two or more protons:

At the infinitesimally small distanceswhich constitute the diameter of thenucleus in an atom, or over the ap-

proximate distance of 10~12centimeters,*the force of electric repulsion between

protons exceeds one pound. Despite this prodigious force of repulsion, which is much greater than gravitational attrac-tion, the nucleus ordinarily does not fall apart. There must, therefore, be present

an equal and opposite force that holds the nucleus together. This condition be-comes the more pronounced, the furtherwe go in the atomic system towards theheavier atomic nuclei since they con-tain a greater number of protons. Pre-cise determinations have been made to

prove beyond doubt that, when theabove mentioned protons are broughttogether still more closely than 10~12centimeters, the large electric repulsion

1(T1S centi meters equals .000 000 000 001 centimeters or.000 000 000 000 4 inches.

between the protons is overpowered by an even greater force of attraction be-tween the protons. Hence fusion canthen occur, a process which takes placein the sun and in the hydrogen bombs.

Since electrons as well as protons

constitute particular charges of electricenergy in motion, they may be con-sidered the equivalent of an electriccurrent tha t is closed in itself. As suchit creates a magnetic field. Therefore,the magnetic properties in these pri-mary constituents of the nuclear events,underlying all matter and energy, as-sume added significance. (23)

Here, however, we reach the border-line of present understanding. Whereasa charged particle, such as a proton orelectron, can well be considered the

equivalent of a micromagnet or a combination of same in certain respects, itgoes beyond present theory to offer afull explanation for the fact that theneutron possesses a magnetic moment,even though it has no electric charge.

The phenomena with which we aredealing here are in certain respects soclosely similar one to the other that the

possibility exists tha t they all are but differing expressions of one and the

same major phenomenon.A fresh approach may open a door

here. The spin of the primary con-stituents of matter and their magnetismhave properties that may perhaps lendthemselves to explain truly the inter-action of certain of the nuclear andelectric forces. The break up of thenuclei may thus offer not only accessto vast amounts of available energy,freed from bondage within the smallestconstituents of energy and matter, butit may, perhaps, permit a deeper in-sight into the one comprehensive lawthat holds the universe together.

Today we can show the disintegra-tion of one single particulate entity ofmatter, be the same of terrestric originor a messenger that has travelledthrough the vastness of interstellar spacefor aeons of time. In some atoms thismay amount to the precise analysis ofmatter weighing but 10 18 grams.* Thusthe limits of our experimental analysishave been pushed in the last severaldecades to the range where we approach

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observation in the order of magnitudeof the constituents of ma tter and energy.A break through to a unifying theoryis, therefore, imminent in the micro-cosm as well.

The newly found ability of man todetect and measure the constituents ofthe microcosm has as far reaching asignificance as has his ability to extendhis view to the far reaches of the uni-verse where the distant nebulae seemto recede from each other . . . only tofind that at the very limits of spacevisible with the 200 mch telescope theexpansion seems to be slowed downwhere at the very fringes of the visibleuniverse a possible return of the expansion may take place. We are approaching the splendor of the DivineThought, the action of which expressesitself in the stars and the nuclei ofmatter . . . and in the heart of man.

At this stage where we have hardlyscratched the surface, it is importantto keep an open mind. Facts as honestly observed and registered by reliable in-

strumenta tion and skilled observers must be accepted whether they fit ourschool picture of physics or not andwithout regard to political expediencyand selfish interests of individuals andorganizations. Conversely, experimentalevidence cannot be disregarded by themystic whose illumination remains sub- jective. Both inspiration and hard, objective, scientific work are necessary to bear out the original illumination. To produce results, one without the otherwill not do. In the words of the greatThomas A. Edison (who, incidentally,was a thinker of the most liberal kind),Invention is 95% perspiration andonly 5% inspiration.

Will we continue to buck gravity bycrude rockets which are outmoded even before count down?

Has gravity already been understoodmore deeply and thus been brought un-der control elsewhere? Let us realizethat this probability does exist even ifwe consider but a minimum percentagefor this occurrence on the more than100,000,000 stellar bodies of reasonablesimilarity to our earthas so conserva-tive a scientist as Harlow Shapley,former director of Harvard College Ob-servatory, now estimates in the knownuniverse. (19)[ 1 0 2 ]

Are we going to finance some truly basic research , not just underwrite thefurther juggling of mathematical figuresderived from inadequate and partialobservations? Basic researchexperi-mental, analytical, and intuitional

should receive high priority without be-ing corrupted for destructive purposes.More facts are needed for a basis

upon which a truly unifying theory ofour universe may then, perhaps, be

proposed. So mote it be.

REFERENCES

(1) Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 39th edition, pp.3124 3125 (1958).

(2) Paul R. Heyl and Peter Chrzanowski, A New Deter-mination of the Constant of Gravitation, U. S. De- partment of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards,Research Paper RJP 1480, Vol. 29, July 1942.

(3) For details of chronology before and after Newton seeErnst Mach, Die Mechanik, pp. 448, F. A. Brockhaus,

Leipzig.(4) Conference on the Role of Gravitation in Physics atthe University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,January 18 23, 1957, Wright Air Development CenterTechnical Report 57 216, ASTUA Document No. AD118180.

(5) Sir Arthur Eddington, The Expanding Universe, p. 15.The MacMillan Company, New York, 1933.

(6) C. F. Brush, New Experiments in Gravitat ion,Ann. P hil . Soc. Proc. Vol. 60, 2 pp. 4361 (1921).

(7) Weight Mass Ratios: New Gravitational Experiments,Ann. Phil. Soc. Proc. Vol. 62, 3 pp. 75 89 (1923).

(8) New Experiments in Gravitation,Ann. Phil. Soc. Proc. Vol. 63, 1 pp. 5761 (1924).

(9) Change of Weight of Metals under Compression,Ann. Ph il. Soc. Proc. Vol. 64, 1 pp. 3650 (1925).

(10) Experimental Evidence Supporting the Kinetic Theoryof Gravitation, Journal of the Franklin Inst. Vol.206, pp. 143 150 (August 1928).

(11) Kinetic Theory of Gravitation Part IV, Correlationof Continual Generation of Heat in Some Substancesand Impairment of their Gravitational Acceleration,Ann. Phil. Soc. Proc. Vol. 67, 2 pp. 205 117 (1928).

(12) Kinetic Theory of Gravitation,Ann. Phil. Soc. Proc. Vol. 68, I pp. 55 68 (1929).

(13) Discussion of Kinetic Theory of Gravitation IV:Correlation of Continual Generation of Heat in SomeSubstances and Impairment of their GravitationalAcceleration, Phys. Rev. Vol. 31 (A), p. 1113 (1928).

(14) P. I. W old, Uni on College, Mass Weight Ratio of Metals under Strain, Phys. Rev. Vol. 35, p. 296(1930).

(15) W. Pauli, Die Philosophische Bedeutung der Idee der Komplementaritat, Experientia, VI (1950).

(16) P.A.M. Dirac, The Principles of Quantum Mechanics,Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930.

(17) W . Pau li, Die Allgemeinen Prinzipien der Wellenmechanik, Handbuch der Physik, XXIV (1933).

(18) Henry Cavendish, Experiments to Determine the Densi-

ty of the Earth, Philosophical Transactions, pp. 469(1798).(19) Harlow Shapley, O f Stars and Men, Beacon Press,

Boston, 1958.(20) W. H. Bostick, Simulation of Galactic Evolution in

the Laboratory. Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci. Ser II, 20(1). pp. 79 92 (1957).

(21) D. Bohm, Causality and Chance in Modem Physics.Van Nostrand, Princeton, 1957.

(22) A. T. Greskv, New Physical Constan ts from Dimen-sional Analysis. Joum. Franklin Inst. 265, pp. 85 96(19.58).

(23) J. J. Greebe, A Periodic Table for Fundamental Par -ticles. Ann. New York Acad. Sc., 76, pp. 1 16(1958).

(24) A. Einste in, Spielen Gravita tionsfelder im Aufbau der materiellen Elementarteilchen eine wesentliche Rolle?Minutes of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, part 1, pp. 349 56 (1919).


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The Cathedral of the Soul is a Cosmic meeting place for all minds of themost highly developed and spiritually advanced members and workers of theRosicrucian fratern ity. It is the focal point of Cosmic radiations and though twaves from which radiate vibrations of health, peace, happiness, and innerawakening. Various periods of the day are set aside when m any thousandsof minds are attuned with the Cathedral of the Soul, and others attuning withthe Cathed ral at the time will receive the benefit of the vibrations. Those whoare not members of the organization may share in the unusual benefits as wellas those who are members. The book called Libe r 777 describes the periodsfor various contacts with the Cathedral. Copies will be sent to persons whoare not members if they address their requests for this book to Scribe S. P. C.,care of AMORC Tempie, San Jose, California, enclosing five cents in postagestamps. (Please state whether member or notthis is important.)

THE VALIDITY OF COMMON SENSEBy C e c i l A. P o o l e , Supreme Secretary

t h a s long been recog-nized as a fact that theability to use commonsense is a gift whichmany people accept asinfallible. This quality isthen looked upon as if itwere an attribute of in-tuition. Often people aresatisfied by concluding an argument

with the observation that their final judgment conforms to common sense.Actually, it can be the very opposite ofwhat it is presumed to be. It may beno more than prejudice or opinion.When an individual makes prejudicessynonymous with common sense, thereis a tendency to limit the judgment ofthe individual and the expansion inthought of the society in which helives.

Throughout mans progress, philosophy, art. religion, and science have fre-quently represented a revolt againstcommon sense. When the customs andconventions of a group of people be-come so ingrained in their conscious-ness that the so called common senseof certain individuals reflects a general

oint of view for the group, it is onlyy those who are brave enough to enterinto other fields of thought and advancenew ideas that an effective means ofcombat is brought about against preju-dice and convention, both of which area part of mass common sense.

Science today has accomplished manythings that have resulted in assisting

people. It is justified by its usefulness.The fact that science has provided formuch practical application, and themeans of helping people to do work

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easier, proves this usefulness. Practicalapplication of theory has progressed indirect proportion to the remotenesswhich science has been able to achievefrom common sense.

Within the lifetime of many peopletoday, common sense has been held asthe basis of proof that a heavier thanair object would never fly, that a com-

bustible engine would never replacethe horse, and that radio communica-tion was only a freak condition to beseen in a side show or as an interestingdemonstration. In other words, in thefield of practical science alone, if com-mon sense had been the final basis of

judgment for the numerous ways inwhich science aids us today, theseachievements would never have comeabout.

When common sense becomes a standard for the conventions and preju-dices of a society, then all thinking in-dividuals proceed to seek liberationfrom such restrictions by turning toabstraction in science, philosophy, re-ligion, and art. Abstraction gives anindividual a taste and experience offreedom. It releases him from thoserestrictions that would otherwise bindhim in the society of which he is a

pa rt; and , as is typical, the abstractioncan also go to extremes as evidenced informs of art as well as religion and

philosophy, and lack of sound judgmentin the sciences. Nevertheless, convention reinforced

by common sense is a recu rring condi-tion. Those who depart from what isconventional today to turn to the ab-straction in the arts and sciences will

become the conservatives of tomorrow.So it is that concepts become established

by individuals strong enough to domi-nate society, and in some manner estab-lish a law, a procedure, or a system,which may be accepted by a futuregeneration as common sense, in spite ofthe effort required. Witho ut examina-tion of the nature and source of the

origin of a system, these conventions become accepted for themselves and notfor the benefit that man may derivefrom them. Convention and commonsense not only have a tendency todampen the enthusiasm toward progress,or the learning of anything outside therealm of so called common sense, butthere is also the tendency to simplify.For example, common sense says thata definition of reality is simple, and yetin all mans history of progress up tothe modern age, he is still uncertainof the fundamental realities of the uni-verse. It is not certa in tha t a time willever be achieved when philosophy andart on one hand and religion and sci-ence on the other will relate themselvesin a constructive manner, such as wouldresult in a more sane approach to the

problems that face society.Philosophy should lead the way, be-

cause philosophy is the one disciplinethat can be formulated within the mindwithout recourse to outside events orentities. To broaden man s vision,

philosophy must attack the errors ofcommon sense and, at the same time,must appeal to man s judgment. If manis to evolve in the manner he was in-tended, he must consequently be led tocriticize common beliefs and be able toappeal to reason and not base his deci-sions on some prior prejudices.

Wh en man tru ly philosophizestha tis, when he functions as a reasoning be-inghe is then appealing to the highestsource of his own nature. Man has theability to reach beyond the conventionsand prejudices set up in his immediateenvironment and to reach to a depth ofhis own consciousness that is related tothe energy which provides and main-tains life and which, as it is brought tothe level of consciousness, will make hisreason more dependable. Reason, whendeveloped, can become a better guideand a more valid one to human en-deavor than any concept of commonsense, convention, or prejudice.


IN APPRECIATION

I wish to express my appreciation for the many well wishes and greetings receivedfrom members throughout the world on the occasion of my birthday, February 14.I regret that it is not possible to acknowledge all of the kind thoughts personally, andam asking you to kindly accept this means as evidence of my sincere thanks.

RALPH M. LEWIS, Imperator

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S a z t i j < ^ / ^ o i a , z u c i a n

3. THE CONFESSIO

By Jo e l D i s h e r , F. R. C., Department of Literary Research

To the reader unac-

quainted with thehistory of mans quest

for spiritual maturity,it may seem curiousthat a universal bro-therhood such as theRosicrucians cla im edto be should havechosen G er m an y asthe place and the earlyyears of the seven-teenth century as thetime to bring them-selves to public notice.That they did so is afact, but the reasonsfor so doing in them-selves have some bear-ing on their purpose.

Mystics may be saidto have played a domi-nant role in the Chris-tian Church from itsfounding to the timeof Constantines visionat the Milvian Bridge in 312 A.D.Thereafter their exclusion from placesof influence both pastoral and doctrinalwas systematic. Secondary and covertas their influence was forced to become,it was still vital to the spiritual needsof the growing body of Christians. Ithad much to do with the developmentof the mythologythe cen

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