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T h e Rosierucian Fraternity in America

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11 The M ilitia Door into the Temple I I I A Challenge and the A nsw er I V Rosicrucian N a m es Exclusive Right to UseV

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P U B L IS H E R S FOR EW OR DIn this perm anent volume is republished six pamphlets dealing with the Authentic Rosicrucian Brotherhood in America and a cer tain spurious organization a commercial enterprise of H . Spencer Lewis, its fabricator and prom oter, parading under Rosicrucian appellations and doing business under the name of the Ancient M ystical Order Rosae Crucis. Others have used Rosicrucian names and appellations in connec tion with clandestine movements and organizations in America. H ow ever, none save only the Lewis organization above named have used the holy appellations of the Rosy Cross for private gain and unworthy purposes or submerged the sacred names of this H o ly Order into a cesspool of commercialism. T o the consideration of this spurious organization, the contents of Books Three, F our and Five are principally devoted. Books One, Tw o and Six deal almost exclusively with the authen tic organizations of the Rosicrucians in the new world. As an aid to all investigators and students of the subject, and for the special benefit and ls not lame,

But really a handsome and charming man. A man in the prime of life is the devil, A a man t^ world, and civil; le A gplom at,st too, well skilld in debate,talks quite glibly 0 f church and state. Munchausen o f ^ t h e ^ O c I d t S !llfuI> cunning, artful Baron ,k

places and would talk q u i t e T n 1 SeCret t h ngS P ,C orders and sacred institutions H 16 R Sy C r SS 1 a makeshift and subterfuge as a ^ u ^ T k ^ p/ ? p o *ed. SU raised, he did nnt . Pubhc debate to decide the issues an offer and proposal f o r a g e ^ ^ challenge would bring forth and final determination of all i s 'i e T " " ' C mpleu investigation te utter chagrin he receive,] c i when, to his surprise and the only thing he could ] U a ProPosal, w h a t did he d o ? H e did C1,

took to'coveAt the ^ the sIy fox that he is and This booklet deals with M n t * ^ genu,ne investigation, and our counter-offer a n d 1 Lewis challenges to public debate investigation, and the fin-,1 P,1 0 p o s a l a genuine and complete authenticity of the Rand 1 , etcrm,natlon of all issues as to the America and as t o M r /"e F n d a tio n the Rosy Cross in Ancient and Mystic O rder P W S ^ ' claims and his spurious, We u aer Kosae Crucis.and carefully cons^de^the^ conviction J h i s m ind W' l! f a ' th fu llS follow th ro u g h ^ Lewis claims are alt ogether falseA rt

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and th at his fabricated A. M. O. R. C. is wholly spurious. T h e question may occur to the sincere student and investigator: W h y have we not tested the authenticity of the conflicting claims in the courts of the land ? There are other reasons; however, the following reason will be sufficient: The courts are Public I'orums, their proceedings are public and as a tribunal in which to try the issue as to which have and give the authentic secret teachings of the Rose Cross, the courts, although conducted in an orderly man ner, are but slightly less objectionable than a public debate, because in both forums and in either event it would mean the exposure of the secret work of the Authentic Fraternity. W e invite and urge all interested students of the Occult, all sincere investigators and seekers of the Rosy Cioss and especially all members of A M O R C to give careful attention to the contents of this book* Fraternally submitted, R. S w i n b u r n e C l y m e r .

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In 1928 we published a brochure entitled T h e R o s i c r u c i a n s W h a t they are, and w hat they are not. A f t e r briefly discussing the authentic Orde r, its origin, purpose, laws and principles, we made a few pertinent observations about certain clandestine Rosi crucian organizations then operating in America. W e did not mention M r . H . Spencer Lewis by name or A. M . O. R- C., the name of his spurious order which he was then, and is now, ope iating. T h e reference, however, was so pertinent and applied to him and his fabrication with such unmistakable force and deadly accu racy th a t M r . Lewis recognized it to be a reference to himself a n d his brain child, A. M . O. R. C., and on June 8, 1928, he issued to us a challenge to a public debate. T h e challenge as set f or t h in a letter to us of th at date is in almost the same wor ds and in sub stance is the same as the recent challenge contained in his lettei to us of December 12, 1933, herein reproduced in fa c s im ile . W e ignored his first challenge to publicly debate the questions and issues involved, some of which cannot be publicly discussed, none of which can be settled by such methods. W h e n he m ade t h a t challenge, he was simply bluffing, as will fully and clearly a p p e a r as we proceed. M o s t of all, he hoped and p r aye d t h a t we w o u ld ignore or refuse his offer of public debate. T h a t such was iis intention, as well as his hope, appears from the hide-bound lestrictions he placed upon it by specifically stipulating th a t his cha enge must be accepted under all o f the provisions above stated, a n d with no exceptions. So, taking full adva nta ge of our ignoring his challenge and our failure to then call his bluff, he publisie u s letter, to which he appended the following note u nd er a conspicu ous h e a dl i ne : CHALLENGE NO T ACCEPTEDN o t e . T h e foregoing letter was mailed, registeied, on June 8th, and reached M r . Clymer June 13th. 1

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M r . Clymer accept this opportunity to have the whole wide world disprove his statements? No t at all! H e promptly returned the challenge marked Refused. Once again he has shut the door against any methodical, public, sincere investigation of his claims, even though he writes letters to newspapers and persons, and publishes many pamphlets, boastfully stating we court the strict est investigation. Hence this booklet our only method of bringing the facts before the public. W e knew then, as we know now, that M r . Lewis was and is not a Rosicrucian; that he never possessed any Rosicrucian authority and that A. M . O . R. C., which he fabricated and launched in 1915, is wholly spurious and absolutely clandestine. W e knew and under stood his methods of high-powered salesmanship, his clever propa ganda, deceptive advertising, appealing to every selfish instinct of mankind, all of which is contrary to every Rosicrucian law and principle. W e knew and esteemed him to be the cleverest pro moter, the most ingenious organizer and the most resourceful and inventive fabricator of spurious fraternal orders that this genera tion has produced. W e knew of his false and fabulous claims and th at neither he nor his synthetic, fabricated and spurious A. M . O. R. C. could stand a real test. W e knew then, as we know now, th at at the suggestion of a real test he would take the defensive, back and run. H e has always run from every real test, except where he could worm, squirm, talk, bluff or pay his way out. W e should have called his bluff then as we have now, though we must, in candor, confess that we did not then know the Baron quite as well as we do now he had not then completely won or fully estab lished his undisputed right to the title of T i i e B a r o n M u n c h a u s e n OF T H E O c c u l t . H e had not then taken or maintained as many different, inconsistent or impossible positions or made as many false and groundless claims and he had not grown so bold, at least not yet quite bold enough to openly declare himself the supreme Rosicrucian Authority in America and his spurious and clandestine order to be the Authentic Rosicrucian Brotherhood although he has, year by year, conferred upon himself many spe cial honors, titles and degrees and as by slow but steady accretion he has claimed more and more Rosicrucian rights and authority

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and has encroached more and more upon the rights of the A u t h e n tic and Legitimate Orde r, he h a d not then, as recently, a tt e m p t e d to steal it lock, stock and barrel and to take it unto himself in its entirety.

T h e B a r o n s S e c o n d C h a l l e n g e N o t S o S u c c e s s f u l T h e T r i c k D id N o t W o r kI n 1933 w e p u b l i s h e d a n o t h e r b o o k l e t u n d e r t h e t i t l e o f T h e A u g u st F r a t e r n it y T h e A u t h e n t i c O rder o f t h e R ose C r o s s F o u n d e d i n A m e r i c a i n 1858 b y D r . P . B. R a n d o l p h , t h e R osicrucian, and H . Spen c er L ew is, t h e B aron M u n c h a u s e n o f t h e O c c u l t / in w h i c h w e m a d e a b r i e f r e v i e w o f o n e c h a p t e r o f t h e s y n t h e t i c , f i ct i t i ou s , s o - c a l l e d H i s t o r y o f t h e R o s e C r o s s O r d e r by H . S pence r L e w i s ; c o r r e c t e d s o m e o f his g r o s s m is re p re sen tatio n s a n d false im plications a n d m a d e a few telling observ atio n s on the m e th o d s o f the said B a r o n M u n c h a u s e n o f th e O ccult a n d his sp u r io u s R o s ic r u c ia n O r d e r , A . M . O . R . C., f a b r i c a t e d a n d b r o u g h t f o r t h b y h i m in t h e y e a r 1915.

Now, inasmuch as M r . Lewis knows th at he is not a Rosicru cian; th at he is without any semblance of actual Rosicrucian Aut hority; th at his order is spurious; th at his so-called H i s t o r y of the O r d e r is unauthentic and wholly fictitious and th a t his m et ho ds are un-Rosicrucian and unethical, he realized th a t he could not answer the facts or justify himself in print. In o th er words, to use r ath er undignified, but expressive slang, his hand had been called and he was on the spot. D i d th a t stop hi m? It would have been sufficient for most men under like and similar facts and circumstance, but not for the Baron Munchausen of the Occult, who is an adept at wriggling himself out of tight places, at bluffing his way out of a bad situation, and in hiding or obscuring the t ru t h by directing attention away from the facts by raising false or im m a terial issues and arguing and talking about something else. H e is not only a good wriggler but also an expert jumpe r he can j u m p from one proposition to another so quickly, make so m an y a p p a r ently marvelous claims so fast, assert authority f ro m so man y different sources and from points so f ar distant th a t no one could possibly answer him in the allotted time of a joint debate in one evening or check the accuracy of his many statements and claims in so short a time so he knew if the wor st came to the wo rs t and

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his challenge was accepted, he might be able to save himself by employing all the crafty methods and deceptive tricks of a shrewd debater. T h e r e is an art in public debating by which the true is made to appear false and the false is given the appearance of truth, to which art M r . Lewis is not a stranger. Besides, T h e Baron Munchausen of the Occult is resourceful and most cunning in assuming the role of injured innocence and in turning accusations and positive proof of shameful guilt into sympathy, thus creating an avenue of escape for himself. By his dextrous art and adroit skill he created, out of the genius and vision of his own mind, A. M. O. R. C. in 1915 without author ity or right or even the slightest justification. By the excellence of his cunning craft and the extreme cleverness and endless variety of his bag of tricks he has sustained it and made it grow and pay by constant shifting of scenery and making of better promises and more enticing appeals to the curious, the gullible, the trustful, the credulous and the uninformed seekers of mystic and Occult lore. Even now in the face of complete exposure he would save him self and his spurious clandestine Order by the ingenuity of his cunning. H e will pull another life for the cat from his Bag of Tricks, an old trick that worked once for him like magic he will take another chance maybe it will work again. H e will boldly issue a challenge to joint public debate in the nature of a stinging rebuke to his accuser. H e will show his generosity and make it easy and cheap for his adversary he will pay all expenses, hire the hall, advertise it in his own inimitable way, manage the affair and keep it under his control so that if there is a miscarriage of plans and the debate takes place he will have every advantage and will be in the position to turn it into a magnificent publicity stunt for A. M. O. R. C. to be broadcast far and near. But the debate must not take place it is not so intended the advantage of a refusal to debate with him outweighs all other possibilities he will, of course, make the terms apparently fair, yet absolutely Impossible o f acceptance, and then, when his challenge is refused, as it must be, he will play his trump card : he will publish and broad cast the challenge and stress the refusal to show that there was no merit in our claims because, he will argue, we were afraid to meet him in public debate. H e will make much ado about it, the gullible will swallow it and he will save his face and incidentally secure

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additional members fo r his organization. I t is a g r e a t trick, if it works so, accordingly, he issued and we received his challenge for a joint public debate, reproduced herein in f a c s im ile , as follows:lo n g DISTANCE TELEPHONES. BALLARD 8208. 8*98

THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDERKnown as "THE ANCIENT, MYSTIC ORDER RO SAE C R U C IS " throughout the worldA Non-Sectarian Fraternity Devoted to the Investigation and Study of the Higher Principle! of Life ai Found Exprcsicd in Man and Nature

SUPREME TEMPLE FOR NORTH A M ER IC AROSICRUCIAN PARK SAN JOSE. CALIfORN IA. U .S.A .

Decem ber 1 2 , 1933 U r. R . 'S w inburne Clym er B e v e rle y H a ll' Q u akertow n, P e n n a . D.eai S i r : I n y o u r r e c e n t b r o c h u r e , i n w h ich you ta k e o p p o r t u n it y to c r i t i c i z e ALCRC, and condemn i t a s i l l e g a l , c l a n d e s t i n e , and g u i l t y o f t h i e v e r y and p l a g i a r i s m , you i s s u e a c n a l le n g e t o th e w hole w id e w o rm t o d is p r o v e th e s ta te m e n ts c o n ta in e d t h e r e i n . You h av e a l s o s t a t e d i n l e t t e r s to n e w s p a p e r s , a n d t o i n q u i r e r s , t h a t yo u c o u r t e d th e " s t r i c t e s t i n v e s t i g a t i o n . " A nd, f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s , you h a v e w r i t t e n l e t t e r s to u s s t a t i n g t h a t yo u w ould welcom e a n open I n v e s t i g a t i o n o f y o u r c la im s f o r y o u r s e l f , and y o u r c h a r g e s a g a i n s t u s.T h e r e f o r e , s in c e yp u " g l a d l y w elcom e t h e o p p o r t u n it y t o p r o v e and. f u l l y d e m o n s tr a te tiie' t r u t h o f my s t a te m e n ts b e f o r e any c o m p e te n t and i m p a r t i a l t r i b u n a l , " we a r e t a k i n g you a t y o u r w o rd , an d b e l i e v e t . i a t y o u w i-ll n o t m ind t r a v e l i n g a l i t t l e d i s t a n c e an d a f f o r d i n g tn e th o u s a n d s o f s e e k e r s an d i n q u i r e r s a n o p p o r tu n it y t o h e a r you p r e s e n t y o u r p r o o f s o f t h e c h a r g e s y o u make a g a i n s t u s , an d a t t h e same t im e , sup p o r t- y o u r c l a im s an d c o n t e n t i o n s o f y o u r a l l e g e d f a c t s . T h e r e f o r e , we h e re b y c h a l le n g e yo u t o a p u b l i c d e b a te u n d e r t.ie f o llo w in g c ir c u m s ta n c e s : Ho. 1 T h a t th e d e b a t e b e h e l d i n th e c i t y o f C h ic a g o , b e c a u s e o f i t s c e n t r a l l o c a t i o n i n t h i s c o u n tr y , a n d b e c a u s e i t i s l e s s th a n nali way a c r o s s t h i s c o u n tr y f o r you to j o u r n e y . O r, b e c a u s e yo u a r e a n x io u t o c o n t r o l a l l R o s ic r u c ia n a c t i v i t i e s i n C a l i f o r n i a , a n d h a v e s p e n t con s i d e r a b l e money i n a t te m p t in g .to i n f l u e n c e C a l i f o r n i a n s i n t n e i r u n d e r s t a n d in g o f y o u r s o le r i g h t s an d a u t n o r i t y , tn e d e b a te may t a k e p la c e t h e c i t y o f San J o s e . You may c n o o s e e i t n e r o f t h e s e c i t i e s . Ho.. 2 Tne h a l l , a u d it o r iu m , t n e a t r e , o r o t n e r p u b l i c p l a c e f o r 'd e b a te i s t o b e c h o se n b y u s to accom m odate a th o u s a n d p e r s o n s , o r w h at e v e r number w e b e l i e v e w i l l a t t e n d , an d we w i l l p ay th e e n t i r e e x p e n s e s f o r th e r e n t o f th e h a l l f o r th e n i g h t o f th e d e b a t e . No. 3 You a r e to a r g u e i n p e r s o n f o r , an d i n b e h a l f o f y o u r c h a r g e o an d c o n t e n t i o n s , and tl;e w r i t e r o f t h i s l e t t e r w i l l a rg u e an d sp e a k i n b e n a -lf o f AUORC and p r e s e n t c o u n te r c h a r g e s and d e f e n s e .

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Ho 4 - Ynu e r e to o r e s e n t f o r e x a m in a tio n to any c o m m itte e s o f t h e a u d i e n c e , o r t o an y ; depenaa.uxc, j i n c e x e ^----------- t i g a ^ a ^ e n a i nw in v e s ^ ^ tn e a u d ie n c e , o r to a n y d e p e n d a b le , t h e d e b a t e , a l l su c h l e t t e r s , d o cu m en ts, r e c o r c s , o r p a p e r s a s w i l l show y o u r e x c l u s i v e r i g h t to m a in ta in and o p e r a te th e o n ly iu e R o s i c r u c i a n O rd e r i n A m erica; and you a r e to su b m it f o r s i m i l a r e x a g i n a t i o n a l l su c h p a p e r s , do cu m en ts, o r l e t t e r s a s w i l l p r o v e y o u r c h a r g e s o f i l l e g a l i t y a n d t h e c l a n d e s t i n e n a t u r e o f ALORC, an d i t s a l l e g e d f r a u d u l e n t a c t i v i t i e s in A m erica. And you a r e to b r i n g w itn y o u su c h b o o k s o f y o u r t e a c h i n g s and le s s o n s a s w i l l show t h a t you h a v e th e g e n u in e R o s ic r u c ia n t e a c h in g s f o r s a l e o r a i s t r i o u t i o n th ro u g h y o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n . And, w ith th e p r o v is io n t e a t you b r i n g t h e s e t h i n g s f o r e x a m in a tio n a n d p r e s e n t a t i o n , t h e AtORO w i l l b r i n 6 s i m i l a r o a p e r s , d o c u m e n ts, b o o k s, r e c o r d s , l e s s o n s , a s - o r t . j , f o r t h e p u r o o s e o f d i s p r o v i n g .your c o n t e n t i o n s , an d a t th e s a e tim e r e v e a l th e a c t i v i t i e s o f y o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n a n a tr.e p o i n t s o f y o u r w o rk , w h ic h y o u h av e b e e n c a r e f u l to c o n c e a l from a l l p u o l ic i n v e s t i g a tio n . No. 5 And you w i l l p e r m it j o u r spee my own, t o b e ta k e n down i n s h o r th a n d oy a s t a f f o f e f f i c i e n t ? t e n o g r a p h e r s whom we w i l l p r o v id e , supplementedd y y . y!?t an d d 5 in e v i d e : an d y o u w i l l a l s o p e r m it y o u r sp e e c h e s in tn e d e b a te , a n d d u r in g t h e e n t i r e s e s s i o n , to b e b r o a d c a s t by r a d i o , p u b l i s n e a i n tn e new sp a p e r s , o r r e c o r d e d i n p u b l i c m a g a z in e s . No. 6-And you w i l l be w i l l i n g to a n n e x q u e s tio n s f i t t e d a y e e l f on b e h a l f o f o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n o r subm a t t e n d th e d e b a t e , j u s t a s I v>HJ. De t i o n s t h a t a r e p e r t i n e n t to t n e 'i s s u e . by

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A Clever A tte m p t to M a k e a Virtue of Sharp Practice and Subtle Shrewdness T h e gentleman errs, unwittingly, of course, when he states that we issued a challenge to the whole wide world to disprove the statements contained in our recent brochure, T h e A u g u s t F r a t e r n i t y , O r d e r o f t h e R o s e C ro s s i n A m e r i c a and H . Spencer L e w is, T he Baron Munchausen of the Occult, although neither M r . Lewis nor anyone else can disprove the truth of the statements contained therein. T h e Baron misrepresents us, in part, when he says that we have stated in letters to newspapers that we courted the strictest investigation. W e have never written letters to newspapers that is a favorite method of propaganda employed by M r. Lewis. W e do not care to use it. However, we do court the strictest investigation of the proper kind and in a proper manner, which does not mean that we are willing to, or will any reasonable being expect us to, publicly expose the points of our secret work or exhibit the private lessons of the Authentic Orde r to pseudo-masters of clandestine Rosicrucian Orders or to the curious seekers of Occult lore. W h a t we did say in our recent brochure we quote it verbatim is: I have written that which follows because I know it to be the truth. Let it be clearly understood that I assume full and complete responsibility for all statements made and will gladly welcome the opportunity to prove and fully demonstrate the truth of my statements before any competent and impartial- tribunal. W e said any competent and impartial tribunal and, of course, that is exactly what we meant and intended certainly by no stretching of the imagination or clever circumvention or crafty stratagem can it be construed to mean a public debate, under such provisions and conditions as prescribed by M r . Lewis such an offer and challenge may be stratagem par excellence, but it begs the whole question and ignores all vital issues it is, in truth and in fact, the worst kind of petty subterfuge a clever device or skillful artifice used to escape just censure and to evade the real

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questions at issue. T h e r e are certain stand ar d rules of public debate and certain courtesies due the pa rty challenged as well as certain well-defined rights and privileges to which the party challenged is always entitled which were completely ignored by M r . Lewis. I f we were disposed to debate such issues in public in joint dis cussions, we would not accept a challenge so manifestly unfair, with out modification. H a d we accepted we would have insisted upon our rights as the challenged party all of which were designingly withheld in the foregoing challenge. Le t the sincere and interested reader carefully note and tho ug ht fully analyze the requirements and stipulations of M r . Lewis, set forth in provisions numbered 4 and 6 of his challenge. H e requires that we present for examination to any committee of the audience, or to anyone attending the debate, all letters, documents, records and papers to show our exclusive right to maintain the only true Rosicrucian O r d e r in America, and to show the clandestine nature of A. M . O. R. C. and its alleged fraudulent activities. T h i s we could do. T h e r e is abundant p ro o f of the authenticity of the R a n dolph Foundation of the Rose Cross O r d e r in America, and of our exclusive right to maintain such authentic Orde r, and also proof in great abundance to establish the clandestine nature of A. M . O. R. C. and its fraudulent activities in America. H o w e v er , it would lequiie considerably more time than one evening, or the three or four hours allotted to a joint debate, to submit, much less to properly consider, the evidence which will conclusively prove both proposi tions, viz., th at ours is the authentic and A. M . O. R. C. is the clan destine Orde r. And, if the p ro o f were so submitted, w h a t assurance is theie th at the committee from the audience would be com petent and im partial? Since it is M r . Lewis debate, his own idea, just as A. M . O. R. C. is his own brain child, and since he proposes to have and to keep absolute control of it just how would he select the committee from the audience to pass upon and judge our cre dentials and the evidence offered? You d o n t suppose he would play a trick on us and fix the committee in advance? T h a t is not i ely we would not tempt him by affording the opportunity. H e next requires^that we bring all books (private unpublished oo s) of our teachings and (inner and secret) lessons as will show that we have the genuine Rosicrucian teachings; th a t we reveal oui activities and the points of our wor k (secret activities and

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secret work) which have been, and of course always will be, care fully guarded and concealed from all public investigation in brief, he requires that we, as Supreme Grand Master, violate our solemn vows and sacred oath and publicly disclose and lay bare the pro found inner teachings of the Authentic Order. Further, he requires that we answer any question submitted by himself or any person who may attend the debate that is, if we do not voluntarily dis close all desired information, he reserves the right to dig in and get the rest by prying with questions. T o be sure, a pseudo-master of a clandestine Rosicrucian Ord er with none of the true secrets, real mysteries and authentic teachings has nothing to lose and everything to gain by such an arrangement. A Rosicrucian Grand M a st e r of the Authentic Order will not and cannot consent to such an unholy and impossible arrangement. None other than a pseudo-Rosicrucian would make such a proposal or desire the secret work exposed. It was not Mr. Lewis intention to expose and reveal himself to be a pseudo-Rosicrucian. T h a t was entirely inadvertent and inci dental; his fixed design and real purpose were to prescribe such terms as would be impossible of acceptance; so as to thereby abso lutely insure himself against any possibility of our acceptance, and to avail himself of our refusal as an avenue of escape. The trick did not work. We did not propose to let him get away so cun ningly and so easily. H e had proposed a makeshift of an investigation that would settle no issue, one that would increase the controversy, further embitter the contestants and leave the earnest seeker of the true orde r still confused by the controversy for which reason Mr.L ewis desires to continue and increase the controversy. It enables him by deceptive methods and high pressure advertising and salesmanship to secure members from among the uninformed seekers of the real Rosicrucian Order. W e do not want to prolong the controversy we want the issues settled once and for all tim e ; therefore, we propose a full, complete and real investigation that would settle all controversy, determine every issue and decide which of the two organizations is authentic and which is clandestine. Accordingly on the 29th day of December we forwarded to M r. Lewis our answer by wire via Western Union, which telegram or night letter was confirmed by our letter of the same date in which the telegram is set forth verbatim, omitting

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H e would have you believe it was us and not he who was squirming how he would like to shift the blame! Unfortunately for him, the facts are th at in both instances he issued the challenges for a public debate in neither case did we accept his challenge. We have not modified our original proposition we are still standing on our original proposal as the reader may see for himself it is clearly evident that it is M r. Lewis that is shifting and attempting to confuse. Th e n he says : Since we have been very liberal in our acceptance of your flaunted desires, as publications of our letters were (will) revealed (reveal), we are now finally and completely through with any negotiations with you pending toward any consideration of your insincere and shallow challenges. Is that not a perfect picture of assumed injured innocence and righteous indignation? Yet he labors in vain to shift the blame or to justify himself. After much profound wiggling and twisting, he wiggles himself out of his own bad situation and how? By simply declaring himself out and all bets off. In other words, he ran away H E D A R E N O T S T A N D A R E A L T E S T so he ran, and as he ran he declared us to be running from him. Did you ever sit in a fast-moving train looking out of the window when the whole country-side seemed to be mov ing away from you? It was just an illusion, yet it very aptly illus trates M r . Lewis situation. H e has always been on the run and has always declared or intimated that others were running from him. And finally he says: It is quite evident that you have never truly desired an open public debate. Yes quite evident. This last statement contains the only true implications and correct state ment of fact contained in his telegram. W e never intend to join in public debate with M r. Lewis. W e have, we trust, set forth herein ample and sufficient reasons in justification of our course. Notwithstanding the foregoing telegram and M r. Lewis action in declaring all negotiations off, we desired to give him every oppor tunity to join in a real investigation before a committee or tribunal entirely capable and competent to judge and determine every issue, with ample authority to make full and complete investigation of all and every fact and, above all, a tribunal that is wholly impartial and without interest, except in doing justice with full power to render a final judgment and decree binding on both parties. Th e re fore, accordingly, on January 24, 1934, we forwarded to him by

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J a n u a r y 24, 193*-. H. Sp e n c e r L ew is, San Jose, California. D e a r Sir: Supplementing our telegram and letter of December 29, 1933, and in accordance therewith, we make fu rther reply to your letter of December 12, 1933, and submit herewith our counter-proposi tion and plan of investigation, which will afford you a fair and adequate opportunity to establish in a pr op er way your claims to Rosicrucian authenticity and authority, without exposing your secret work, and that will finally, effectively and conclusively settle all issues between us. Since you started your Rosicrucian organization, about the year 1915, without due w a r ra n t of authority, we have maintained th at you and your organization are clandestine; th at we only possess the rightful authority, and that ours is the authentic Rosicrucian F r a ternity, Broth erho od or Orde r. On the other hand, you have made the same claim for yourself and your organization. Both cannot be right. T h i s controversy has grown to undue proportions. T o continue it will serve no good purpose. It should be settled. It is our sincere hope th at it can be settled and ended. It is with this hope that we make this offer of settlement, without in the least degree receding from our position. It seems to us, th at if you are acting in good faith, if your claims are well founded and can be proven, th a t you will accept our offer and regar d the plan of inquiry as a golden opportunity to establish your Rosicrucian authority, authenticity and your exclusive rightr.

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to establish and maintain the authentic Rosicrucian Fraternity, O r d e r or Brotherhood in America. If you elect to evade the issue, to refuse a fair and proper investigation, and you are not willing to abide by the results of such an investigation, then how can you expect anyone to believe that there is a scintilla of merit or truth in your Rosicrucian claims? W e also feel confident that all just, fair-minded, thoughtful persons will, at once, agree that the plan of investigation is fair, just and adequate, that it affords and offers to you a fortunate and genuine opportunity to prove and conclusively establish your claims, under a binding agreement on our part, that, if you do so establish your claims, you will have the exclusive right to carry on and main tain the only Rosicrucian organization in America, without further hindrance or criticism on our part, and that if you cannot stand a searching investigation and cannot establish the truth of your claims under this plan, then, that you should, sportsmanlike, confess the truth that you have no Rosicrucian authority, discontinue the use of the name, all Rosicrucian appellations and symbols in your work and conduct it honestly under a name, appellation and symbols that will mislead and deceive no one. M a n y sincere men and women, more or less interested in the occult sciences, have joined your organization, upon your repre sentation that it is the authentic Rosicrucian Order and Brother hood. M a n y of them still believe that they have received from you the true Rosicrucian teachings and inner work, and that they have become and are Rosicrucians. On the other hand, many other equally sincere and earnest seekers have joined our organization upon our representation that ours is the authentic Fraternity and that we alone have and can give the true, authentic Rosicrucian teachings. In simple justice to our respective followers and also to the many interested seekers who desire to affiliate themselves with the Fraternity, yet do not because they are confused by our conflict ing claims-the issue should be and must be settled, once and for all time. W e have courted and earnestly desired the strictest, most sweeping and complete investigation of our respective claims. W e have said many times, and here repeat, that we would gladly wel come the opportunity to prove and fully demonstrate our claims and the truth of all statements which we have made concerning you and your organization, before any impartial and competent tribunal.

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W e mean exactly that. An impartial tribunal means one th a t is fair. A competent tribunal, in this case, means one capable and qualified to judge Rosicrucian evidence, to determine Rosicrucian authority and authenticity, th a t understands fraternal usage and law, and that can reach a correct conclusion and render true ju d g ment. It also means one in which the rights of all parties will be fully protected and the secret wor k and inner teachings of the Authentic O r d e r will not be exposed and its usefulness thereby destroyed, and th at is as it should be, without r e g a r d to whe th er it be your organization or ours, th at is authentic. You cannot meet or avoid meeting the foregoing proposition regar d it as a challenge, if you like by challenging us to meet you in joint debate, in the manner as set f ort h in your letter of Decem ber 12, 1933, in public, before a mixed audience to be composed principally of our respective followers. Such an audience, if a tribunal, and if competent, would not be impartial. O f course, you know and we know, as all are bound to know, if they reflect but slightly, th at a public debate of the issues between us, because of the nature of the issues, would be a mere fares and productive of no good. It would be decisive of no issue and would not settle a single controversy at issue. On the other hand, it would permit of much bluffing, blustering, ballyhooing, the making of careless statements and the discussion of immaterial matters, that would confuse rath er than enlighten those present. D o you desire t h a t ? W e do not. D o you want to confuse and confound? W e do not. W e want the issues clearly defined and an ample opportunity to prove our assertions and also to give you the same opportunity to do likewise, in a p ro p er manner, under protective due-guards, before an impartial and capable tribunal with the abil ity and authority to correctly, righteously and justly decide the issues, and one whose findings and judgment will be decisive, bind ing and final. Let us keep in mind th a t the controversy between us and the issues involved concern our respective Rosicrucian practices, methods, teachings, authenticity and authority; t h a t these issues cannot possibly be properly disposed of in two or three hours of public discussion, supplemented by documents to be hastily and casually examined by any committee of the audience, o r any dependable, sincere investigator attending the de ba te th at may or may not be impartial, competent, sincere or dependable. T o

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properly dispose of all of these issues, all statements and testi mony should be under the sanction of an oath and subject to rigid cross-examination; all documentary evidence should be given care ful examination and thoughtful consideration. T o conclusively establish the authenticity of the Randolph Rosicrucian foundation in America in 1858 and our Rosicrucian authority and authenticity may require the examination of many documents in corroboration of our statements or testimony; to show your many changing, con fusing claims and shifting positions to be without merit and to completely refute and disprove all your many different and diverse claims of foreign authority, will require the examination of many documents, the testimony of many witnesses in America and the depositions of many foreign witnesses abroad. All of this will require time, but if we are afforded the same opportunity, which we now offer to you, we are prepared to prove every claim we have made; to disprove and completely refute all your claims to Rosicru cian authenticity and authority. It must be remembered that the authentic Rosicrucian F r a ternity, Order or Brotherhood is a secret society; that its inner work is secret and ever has been, and is now closely guarded and fully protected by the sacred, binding oath of its members; that no mem ber who has prepared and proved himself worthy, who received the deeper and profound secrets and who, in reality, became a Rosicrucian, has ever violated his oath or exposed the real, deeper and profound secrets of the order although it must be admitted that some neophytes have proven unworthy, have been false to their vows and have exposed some of the preliminary and probationary work. However, this has not injured the Order. Therefore, it must appear to every reasonable creature, since one of the real and important questions at issue is the authenticity o f the secret work that the issues between us cannot possibly be discussed in public debate and that a real Rosicrucian cannot and will not answer pub licly any questions that anybody may ask. If you are a real Rosicrucian and your organization has and imparts the real, authentic Rosicrucian work, I have not the right, nor the slightest desire to expose it and to destroy its usefulness. On the other hand, if ours is the Authentic Order, then, in al) justice and fair play, you have no right to demand of us, as you did, that we appear in public and reveal the activities of our organiza tion and the points of our work, which we have carefully con

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cealed from all public investigation. All those who have the slightest understanding of frater na l laws and the elementary, fundamental principles upon which all genuine secret, fraternal or occult societies and orders are founded, will know and understand th a t they do not give undue publicity to their activities nor seek to secure members by high-pressure advertising or publicity stunts. T h e y will, also, readily u n d e r stand th at true and genuine Rosicrucians do not vulgarly flaunt themselves before the curious and generally uninterested public in spectacular publicity stunts, by broadcasting a public debate over the air. Th is in itself, aside from all other reasons, is a valid and sufficient reason for our refusal to accept your challenge of public debate under all of the provisions (as stated by you) and with no exceptions, although we are quite willing and anxious to have a real and pr ope r investigation and to meet you on every issue, with out the slightest evasion or mental reservation. W e believe th at you will readily agree th a t there is no finer body of select men, of better general repute, of higher moral and ethical standards than the Masons. T h e y are all bound by a sacred oath, which most of them understand and scrupulously respect. T h e y are not only obligated to assist and protect other Masons, but to render justice alike unto all men. It is only M asons of outstanding ability and fitness, of learning and u nd e r standing of fraternal law, of keen perceptive sense of right and justice and of tested honor, th at are selected for membership on the Committee of Masonic or Fr a te r n al Jurisprudence of the G r a n d Lodges of the respective Masonic jurisdictions. T h e r e f o r e , men selected from said Committees are well qualified, fully equipped and most competent to pass upon the issues correctly and to justly decide all matters of controversy existing between us, and certainly they may be relied upon to be fair and impartial. W e believe t h a t a tribunal composed of such men, so selected fro m said Co m m it tees, would be an impartial and competent tribunal. W e have not approached, either directly or indirectly, any Gr a n d M a s t e r hereinafter ref err ed to, or consulted with any Masons occupying official positions in any Masonic bodies. H o w ever, we believe th at the M aso ns he rei nafter r ef e rre d to will gladly render for us any service possible, upon our joint request. The r ef o r e, we invite and urge you to join us in a request to the G ra n d M a st e rs of the G r a n d Lodges (Blue L o d g e s ) of the States

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of California, Ohio and New York to each appoint a member from their Committee on Jurisprudence having the qualifications herein set forth and specified, to act as a tribunal, to determine, in the manner and upon the conditions as hereinafter set forth, all issues and all controversies now existing between us. W e have suggested three members to constitute the tribunal, which we believe to be sufficient for all purposes. Llowever, we are in no sense adverse to a tribunal composed of five or seven members, to be designated and appointed by the Grand Masters of four other Gra nd Lodges of any other States in the United States or by the Hig h Officer of any Grand Body of the higher degrees of Masonry, either of the York or Scottish Rites, provided that such members, so designated and appointed, shall possess the qualifications herein prescribed and that no two members of the tribunal shall be from the same State. If you prefer a tribunal of five or seven members, you may designate the Masonic officers who may appoint such addi tional members of the Tribunal. T h e use of the word parties herein shall be understood to mean yourself and your organization as one party, and myself and my organization, as the other party.W epropose t h a t t h e p a r t ie s hereto en te r in t o a n

A G R E E M E N T A N D S T I P U L A T E AS F O L L O W S :

1. T h a t there shall be appointed, in the manner as above set forth, a Committee or Tribunal whose members shall be learned in Fra terna l Jurisprudence, each of whom shall have been, or is now, a member of the Committee on Jurisprudence of the Grand Lodge or Grand Body whose Grand Master, or Hi gh Officer shall appoint him. Provided, of course, that no person who has been or is now a member of the organizations of either party, a n d /o r who has been associated with either party, a n d /o r who entertains any prejudice against Rosicrucianism or Rosicrucians or the parties or either of them, a n d /o r who has formed or expressed any opinion on the merits of the controversy between the parties shall be elig ible to serve on the Tribunal. The fact that some of the officers and members of either party are also Masons shall not in itself disqualify any Mason to sexwe as a member of said Tribunal. 2. T h a t each member of said Tribunal shall take and sub scribe to an oath to fairly and impartially try all issues submitted to them and to render true decisions on the facts, in accordance with justice and generally accepted fraternal law and practices and

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to keep secret and not to divulge any evidence produced before them. 3. T h a t we submit all issues and all matte rs of controversy between us to said Tribunal, which shall have full power and unlimited jurisdiction to try and determine all issues, to determine all questions of procedure and to make rules and regulations gov erning its hearings, the conduct of the parties, their counsel and the employees of the Tribunal. A major ity of the T r ib u n a l shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of all hearings necessary to be had before the Tribunal, and a majority of those present at any hearing may decide any question of procedure. H o w e v e r , a m a jority of the T rib una l shall be necessary to make the final findings of fact and to render final judgment. 4. T h a t the final findings of fact and judgment of the Tribunal, which findings and judgment must be in writing, shall be binding and conclusive on the parties. 5. T h a t the parties shall equally advance all expenses of the 1 ribunal and, as soon as the members of the Tr ib u n a l are appointed, each party hereto shall deposit with the te m po ra ry chairman the sum of One T h o u s a n d ( $1 ,0 00 .00 ) Dollars, a total of T w o T h o u sand ( $2 ,00 0. 00) Dollars, to be used by him for the defraying of the preliminary expenses of the first meeting of the Trib un al . T h a t the Tribunal, at its first meeting, shall estimate the probable cost and expenses of the hearings and shall give to each p art y notice thereof. T h e r e a f t e r each party shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Tr ib un al such sums fro m time to time as he shall determine and demand, and said funds so paid shall be used for the defraying o f all expenses of the investigation and the compensation per diem and expenses of the members of the Tribunal. T h e SecretaryI reasurer shall keep an accurate account of all moneys so received and disbursed. 6. T h a t H . Spencer Lewis and R. Swinburne Clymer shall each secure from the corporations having title to the pr o p ert y and assets of their respective organization their consent to enter into this contract and authority to bind them and their assets for the payment of all costs and expenses of the Tr ib u n a l and the investi gation as herein provided and they shall file certified copies of the resolution of the B oa rd of Directors or Tru ste es of such authority with the Secretary of the T r ib u na l at the time of the first meeting. 1 he T rib un al shall determine the sufficiency of such authority and

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if insufficient shall require evidence of proper authority to be filed. 7. T h a t the Tribunal shall determine the compensation to be paid to each member per day for each and every day such member shall use his time and services in connection with this investigation. It shall also determine the per diem allowance for each member of said Tribunal and shall pay out of said funds all expenses of each member upon his filing an account thereof with the SecretaryTreasurer. 8. T h a t the Tribunal shall employ competent reporters to take and transcribe all testimony, ai'guments of counsel a n d /o r of the parties, which testimony when transcribed shall be available for the examination of the parties a nd /o r their counsel. They shall also employ such experts as they deem necessary or advantageous in the performance of their duties for the purpose of the examination of any documents submitted or otherwise and accountants for the purpose of making the audits hereinafter provided for. 9. T h a t until the Tribunal shall hold its first meeting and jrganize, the member from the State of Ohio shall be temporary Chairman and after each party has filed with him their respec tive specifications and answers, as herein provided, he shall call the first meeting of said Tribunal, to be held at some place to be designated by him, in a city centrally located in the United States. Before calling such meeting, however, he shall give each party hereto thirty days notice to be present and testify at such meeting. T h e Tribunal shall first organize by electing from its own member ship a Chairman and a Secretary-Treasurer and shall prescribe such general rules for its procedure as it may deem necessary and adequate, and as soon as it shall have been organized, it shall pro ceed to hear the testimony of H . Spencer Lewis and R. Swinburne Clymer and such other witnesses as the parties tender, with all members, or a majority of the said members, present, and shall receive and file such documentary evidence as the parties desire to offer. 10. T h a t the Tribunal, acting through its Chairman, or Sec retary, as it may determine, may call such meetings of the Tribunal, with due notice to the parties, as it may from time to time deem to be necessary, such meetings to be held in a city centrally located in the United States. 11. T h a t the Tribunal shall apportion the United States into districts and designate a member to hold hearings therein to take

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the testimony of all witnesses tendered by either party, which designation may be changed from time to time to suit the conveni ence of the member previously designated. T h e T r ib u n a l may also appoint any of its members to make personal and secret investigations in America of any claim made by either party, and also to travel a br oa d to fully investigate the claims of either pa rty as to foreign Rosicrucian authority and their affiliations and con nections with other Authentic Rosicrucian bodies. A n d the reports and findings of such members, when made in writing and signed by them, shall be received and considered as evidence by the Tr ibunal. Provided, however, th at either pa rty may offer evidence in rebuttal of such findings. 12. T h a t upon the request of either party the mem be r of the T rib un al so designated shall hold hearings in any city or cities in his district for the purpose of taking testimony of witnesses which may be produced by either party at such hearing and when said member shall determine the time and places of such hearings he shall give to each party a sufficient notice of the time and places where such hearings are to be held. 13. T h a t all testimony of witnesses or parties shall be under oath or binding affirmation. T h a t all documentary evidence shall be of material form, concrete and tangible, and no spiritual evi dence of spiritual authority of either p art y shall be received or considered by the Tribunal. 14. T h a t either pa rty hereto may take the depositions or written testimony of any witnesses desired, by propou nd ing written questions to said witnesses and forw ard in g the original and a copy of the same to the other party, who shall have twenty days afte r the receipt of said questions to propound in writing cross-interrogatories, which shall be returned with the cross-interrogatories at tached thereto and copy thereof, to the original p art y propounding the direct interrogatories. Such pa rty may then f o r w a r d the same to any officer authorized to administer an oath in the jurisdiction where the witness resides, or is to be found, who, a ft e r the admin istration of said oath, shall take and write down the answers of the witness to all questions propo un ded to him, which answers, when transcribed, shall be signed by the witness and certified to by the officer taking such deposition. All depositions taken in foreign countries shall be taken before and certified to by U ni ted States Consuls or Consul Agents and shall be tra nslated into the English

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language before certification. Provided, that if cross-interrogatories are not propounded within the twenty days as above pro vided, the deposition shall be taken on the direct interrogatories. After the deposition is completed, such officer shall immediately forward the same by Registered Mail to the Secretary of the T r i bunal who shall remit for the fees of the person or officer taking said deposition. Or, the officer taking said deposition may attach the same, when completed, to his draft drawn upon the Secretary of the Tribunal to whom said deposition shall be delivered upon pay ment of the draft. All costs of depositions, witnesses expenses at all hearings, except the expenses of the parties and their counsel, shall be paid out of the funds in the hands of the Secretary-Treasurer for the purpose of paying the expenses of the hearing. 15. T h a t neither party will rely on any technicality or plead any technical defense, such as legal rights under any statute of limitation, latches or negligence of the other party and that the Tribunal shall decide all issues wholly unhampered by technicali ties of any kind whatever. 16. T h a t the proceedings of the Tribunal shall be private and secret. T h e secret work of each party, whether revealed by the testimony of witnesses or by documents, introduced into evidence, shall be fully protected by rules to be prescribed by the Tribunal and no part of the testimony or any document which may tend to reveal any part of the secret work of either party shall be copied, photographed, photostatted or otherwise reproduced. No part of the&proceedings shall be published, except the final findings of fact and the final judgment of the Tribunal. Each party and their counsel and all employees of the Tribunal shall bind themselves by a special oath not to reveal any part of the evidence or any part of the proceedings to anyone. Neither party nor their counsel shall make or receive copies of any of the evidence. However, they shall have free access to such evidence, to examine and study the same under the supervision of the Secretary who shall be the custodian thereof. 17. T h a t the parties shall have a right to appear at all hear ings and proceedings in person and with their counsel or by and through counsel and shall have the full and unrestricted right of cross-examination of witnesses. T h e counsels appearing for either party need not be attorneys at law. However, they shall be mem bers in good standing of the respective organizations for which

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ination into the records of the respective parties, to audit their accounts, and render a full report thereof unto the Tribunal. Each of the parties, hereby agreeing to submit all records for examina tion of said Accountants and to render every possible assistance in order for them to obtain and make a full and complete audit and accounting of all funds of the respective organizations of the parties and those handled individually by Messrs. Lewis and Clymer. 21. T h a t each party shall have a full and fair opportunity to present his or its evidence and proof and the hearings shall not be closed by the Tribunal until full and fair opportunity has been given to each party to present such evidence and proof. No tech nical rules of evidence shall be prescribed by the Tribunal. All evidence offered by either party shall be received and considered by the Tribunal, who shall be the sole judge of its relevancy, and the weight to be given to it. 22. T h a t the main or chief issue between the parties to be determined and decided by the Tribunal is stated as follows: W h ic h party is the Authentic Rosicrucian Fraternity, Order or Brotherhood, which has the superior Rosicrucian rights and author ity and which is, therefore, clandestine. T h a t all other controver sies between the parties are declared to be incidental and secondary to the main or chief issue above stated. However, the Tribunal shall pass upon all incidental matters in controversy that are in any way material a n d / o r relevant to the main issue. 23. T h a t in the event of a disagreement of the parties over any point or matter not covered by this stipulation, that cannot be disposed of by mutual supplemental stipulation or agreement of the parties, the Tribunal shall have full power to decide the same. 24. T h a t in the event either party shall at any time before final judgment abandon the proceeding a n d /o r refuse to continue or complete the investigation, the 1 ribunal shall nevertheless con tinue the same and proceed to final judgment. 25. T h a t in the event of the death or resignation of any mem ber of the Tribunal before final judgment, the Masonic Officer that originally appointed said member shall designate and appoint another, possessing the same qualifications, to serve in his place and stead. 26. T h a t after the evidence has been closed by the Tribunal, it shall, on due notice to each party, call a meeting of the entire

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Tribunal. A majority, however, shall constitute a quorum, for the purpose of hearing arguments of the parties a n d / o r their counsel, it being stipulated and understood th at full and ample opportunity shall be given to each pa rty to present all arguments and to make a full presentation of his or its case. 27. T h a t within ten days afte r said arguments each pa rty shall file with the Tribunal, certified under oath, a detailed statement of his or its expenses incurred in connection with the investigation, including the expenses and fees of counsel or attorneys, which said fees shall not exceed T e n Th o u s a n d ($1 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 ) Dollars, to be audited and approved by the Tribunal, which approv al shall be final. 28. T h a t the findings of fact of a majority of the T r ib u n a l and their decisions shall be final, conclusive and binding on the parties. T h e parties hereto especially agree and stipulate th a t as soon as said Tr ib un al decides th at one part y is the Authentic Rosi crucian Fraternity, O r d e r or Br o th erh o od and has the superior Rosicrucian rights and authority and th at the other is, therefore, clandestine, the other party shall thereupon, or within thirty days thereafter, discontinue for all time the use of all Rosicrucian names, appellations and symbols and abandon all claims to Rosicrucian origin or connection whatsoever. T h a t if said party, last r ef e rre d to, violates this agreement the other pa rty shall be entitled, upon application, at any time and as often as necessary, to the issuance of a permanent injunction by any court of competent jurisdiction solely upon the decision of said T rib un al and this agre em en t; no further showing or evidence being necessary and the p art y so vio lating this agreement shall not be entitled to notice of such applica tion or be he a rd in opposition thereto, notice t her eo f is hereby expressly waived. 29. T h a t the Tribu na l shall tax and assess all costs of the investigation and all expenses of the prevailing p a rty against the losing pa rty and each pa rty hereto for himself personally and his organization hereby agrees and binds himself and his organization to pay said costs and expenses to the prevailing p a rt y in accord ance with the decision of said Tribunal. T h a t upon failure to do so, the prevailing part y shall be entitled to a judgment t h er e fo r in any court of competent jurisdiction against the other p a rt y for the amount thereof, as by confession, solely upon the finding of said Tribunal and this agreement. Notice of the application for and

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the entry of such judgment being hereby expressly waived. 30. T h a t upon final decision, the Tribunal shall deliver to each party a certified copy of its findings and decisions, including a certificate of costs and expenses; return to each party all docu ments which he or it has filed or introduced in evidence and deliver the record of all testimony and all depositions to the prevailing party, which evidence, or any part thereof, may be published by the prevailing party, in the event the other party violates this agree ment. 31. And, finally, the parties agree that at the first meeting of the Tribunal, as a part of their respective specifications, they will file with the Tribunal a complete statement of the names and addresses of all domestic and foreign fraternities, orders, brother hoods, lodges, universities, colleges, schools, societies, clubs an d/ or other organizations or associations, with the names and addresses of their chief officers and secretaries, from or through which they have claimed or now claim any Rosicrucian initiation, honors, rites, degrees, ceremonies, instructions, information, rights, authority, certificates a n d / o r charters, and with which they have claimed or now claim any Rosicrucian connection, affiliation a n d /o r associa tion; and, also, from which they a nd/ or their Imperators or Grand Masters have claimed or now claim to have received any academic degrees, diplomas, certificates, decorations, honors, a n d / o r special mention or recognition, and in which they have held or now hold membership or with which they have been a n d /o r now are other wise, in any way, affiliated or associated; that the Tribunal may employ special secret investigators, without notice to either party, to make full inquiry into such claims and to report thereon to the Tribunal, in writing and under oath, which reports may be con sidered as evidence, subject to rebuttal by either party; and that the parties shall, from time to time, file with the Tribunal written statements fully setting forth, a n d /o r fully disclosing by testimony under oath, all information, without restrictions or reservations, which the Tribunal may require or the opposing party may demand, and neither party shall refuse to comply with such requirements or demands under the penalty that the Tribunal may then and thereupon render final adverse judgment against the party so refus ing to comply with its orders. W e trust sincerely that you will favor us with a prompt accept ance hereof. I f your acceptance is not in hand by M arc h 1st next

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we will conclude, as we must, th at you cannot establish your Rosi crucian authority and authenticity, nor successfully defend yo ur self or your clandestine Rosicrucian organization before an I m p a r tial and C o m p e te n t Tribunal. Respectfully submitted, R. S w i n b u r n e C l y m e r , Grand M aster.

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CONCLUSIONM r . Lewis did not make post-haste to publish his second chal lenge or to circulate it abroad over the land. Although more than a year has elapsed since we forwarded to him our offer to join him in a genuine, fair and complete investigation and urged him to accept the plan and end all controversy, to this good day he has made no reply. W e submit to the candid judgment of mankind that the plan offered to him was and is absolutely fair and will accomplish the object and purpose intended. Th e re is one only one conclusion that can be reached. Mr. Lewis cannot dare not put his claims and the genuineness and authenticity of A. M. O. R. C. as a Rosicrucian Order to such a test to a real test. H e dare not give us an opportunity to prove and establish the authenticity of the Randolph Foundation of the Rose Cross Orde r in America or to prove our claims or our charges against him before a Proper, Competent and Im partial Tribunal and bind himself and his organization to abide the judgment. We do not say this boastingly or in a haughty spirit to tantalize or embarrass M r . Lewis in calm sincerity we submit that our foregoing statement is the simple truth.

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FOREWORDT h e recent receipt of many letters from students of various se cret schools of the divine sciences, evidencing a deep interest in the occult, the mystic and the higher aspect of the L A W , is, indeed, most gratifying. These letters show, unmistakably, an awakening among those interested in things spiritual. They indicate a wholesome disposition toward independent investigation to T R Y to test all things to take nothing for granted and to know the truth. If all those who are interested in the occult and mystic if all sincere seekers for truth and those endeavoring to find the schools, orders, organizations and societies that point the W AY, that deal only with pure white magic and guide their students or neophytes upward along the P A T H would only investigate sincerely and intelli gently investigate the unpretentious claims of the true and con trast them with the bold, seductive and fabulous claims of false teachers and spurious organizations if they would only learn the simple basic distinctions between them then, indeed, will the death knell have been finally sounded for those false teachers and masters who have beguiled and misled so many sincere but un informed seekers of the ancient wisdom. Then the heyday of the black magicians and their spurious orders and counterfeit societies will end. Among the letters received, a large number are from sincere seekers of the truth who have been or who are now members of A. M . O. R. C., raising questions bearing directly on the subject matte r covered by this and other companion books. Therefore, we deem this a fitting time and opportunity to answer the questions so raised. F o r the sake of brevity, these questions may be covered under two general headings: 1. W h y should there be so much controversy as to who was first or last in the realm of spiritual science and truth for which the Rose Cross stands? 2. Are not all under the l a w and do we not all use the same law? Therefore, does it matter so much who teaches the law? Yes, indeed, it does matter who teaches the law and how it is