AMORC the Triangle March 23, 1921

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A N C I E N T A N D M Y S T I CA L

O R D E R R O S A E C R U C I S

No. 1 MARCH 23, 1921 Price 5 Cents

NEW YEAR GREETINGS

On Palm Sunday, March 20th, we cele- brated our Rosae crucian New Year. It is theR. C. year 32 74. Th e exact hour of the birthof this year was 10:35 in the evening in allEastern cities of the United States, and 7:35 inthe evening in the extreme West. As in the past,each Lodge held a special convocation with aspecial program of interesting events, includingthe installation of new officers for the comingyear, the Sacred and Symbolical Feast of Corn,Salt and Wine, and a lecture or talk with musicand other items of instruction and benefit.

The past year has been a g lor ious one for

our Order . The Irnperator’s vis i t las t August,September and October to most of our Lodgesrevealed a g r e a t growth, unusual enthusiasmand a firm found ation. In so m any ways theOrder prospered and benefit ted last year thatwe feel the prediction of “ 1920 a banner yea r” was fulfilled. But see w hat this newyear indicates! See w hat was accomplishedin the very last hours of the past year as prep-aratory for this new year and realize the work we have before us! From every Lodge of our Order, even those in distant lands, comesthe report that the mighty power contained inour principles, in our Love, our unity and our concentrated efforts is making itself manifest

in the live3 of the individual members and inthe advancement of large groups of peopleeveryw here. So, as the Chief Executive of the Order , as your big Brother and as onewho loves you all , 1 send at this t ime thekindest wishes and the most cordial greetingsfor a happy, prosperous, elevating, illuminat-ing New Year.

T H E 1 M P E R A T O R

INTERESTING ITEMS

The onetime Matre of the New York Grand Lodge who went to Europe af ter theending of the G reat W ar to take 500 of theorphaned German children to her estate in

Copenhagen and care for them, was electedMatre of the Grand Lodge of our Order inCopenhagen at its last election; and two of our former New York members are visitingmembers at that Lodge at the present t ime.

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Recently we received a package of booksfrom the Grand Lodge of Amorc in Java, EastIndia, and an examination showed that they

were a translation in the Dutch and Malaylanguage of our book, “The Litt le Brown

Casket.’’* * *

One or more of our members from NewYork and Boston will journey to Paris in Aprilto carry to the Master of a Grand Lodge inFrance certain papers and documents of con-siderable importance.

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New Lodges are being established in Medi-cine Hat and Lethbridge, Canada, and inM edford, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; W or-cester and Springfield, Massachusetts. A num -

ber of Dispensation Groups have organizedduring the past month, and lately the GrandLodge of Connecticut was established inW aterbury, the dedication ceremonies beingattended by the Master of the Grand Lodgein Boston, the Master and Secretary of DeltaLodge No. 1 in Ph i ladelph ia and o ther mem - bers. The Lodge in W aterbury is now pre- paring an Egyptian Temple of i ts own.

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In Flint, Michigan, the Michigan GrandLodge has secured a building lot on a corner of the Boulevard for the purpose of erectingits own Egyptian Temple in the near future.This should have the support and encourage-

ment of every member in Michigan.* * #

The Grand Lodge of Flor ida and the GrandLodge of I ll inois wa nt to have Egyptian T em - ples of their own and have invited the Su- preme Officers to move the Supreme Head-quarters to these two jurisdictions to assist inthe work of establishing these Temples, aswas done in New York, San Francisco andelsewhere. Ho w can we go to both places,----and which one will be our first new location?

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W hat are you doing to help the Junior Lodges in your city? Hav e you writ ten of-fer ing your help? G et in touch at once with

the Master of your Lodge.* * #

Have you ever read an excellent l i t t le mag-azine called The Harmonial Thinker? I t is published by our fr iends and coworkers atthe Harmonial Insti tute for ReEducation at4328 A labam a Street , San Diego, California.

A trial subscription for four issues of the mag-azine is offered our members for ope dollar.



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Send for a sample copy at least before youdecide that you do not need the help of this

magazine.* * ¥

A nd this rem inds us. Do not fail to en-courage the good work being done by“U nity” at Kansas City. Th ey have beendoing a noble and unselfish work for suffering

humanity for many years.* * *

Those of our members who delight in homestudy and wish a book or course in mentalismfor attaining success and power in the busi-ness and social world will find much help andinstruction in the H aanel "M aster Key Sys-tem ” of St. Louis, Mo.

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W e are contem plating a new edit ion of “The Litt le Brown Casket” because of the ur-gent demand for these as the best book for

propaganda work we have ever issued.

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We regret to notify our members that , as

yfe predicted some time ago, our old numbersof the A merican Rosae Cruc is ' are fast disap -

pearing. W e no longer have any copies of the March and April, 1916, issues, and theJun e 1916 issue is fast disappe aring. C om - plete sets should be well preserved as in-valuable encyclopaedias.

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The National Lodge of our Order has h^da phenomenal growth in the past six months.The work of the National Lodge members ishighly gratifying from every point of view.

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The Supreme Colombe and her sister theTorchbearer of the California Grand Lodge,are planning their long and interesting journeyto a number of our Lodges East and Southduring the summer months.

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Do not be mislead by advertisements or announcem ents em anating from publishinghouses using the name Fellowship or Brother-hoo d in conne ction with Rosicrucianism. Nor do not be mislead into buying one or more of the popular and new books enti t led Rosicrucian “Mysteries” or "Elements” or “SecretLaws.” Such announ cem ents are solely for

the purpose of selling unreliable books, andare misleading, so far as giving any part of the Rosicrucian teachings or secrets containedin our Order . Again we say there is only oneRosicrucian ORDER in America with regular Lodges established in each State and largecity, and that is the AM OR C. The wordsSociety, Fellowship and Brotherhood soundmuch like the names of a fraternal Order , butthey are not the same in meaning or intent.

TO A KHEN A TON

(Arpenhotp IV, o f Egypt)

First on the written page of Time, he stands

Forth from the phantoms of the reedy NileTh at haunt the tombs of Pharoahs. For a

whileHe dreamed, then woke and with inspired

hands

M ade him a city . Not with proud dem andsCalled he those Pylons up, but with a smile,As of a Brother, helped the builders pileStone upon stone above the yellow sands.

True comrade of all ages and a ChristOf those far centuries, he taught his dayW hat now the toolong silent years proclaim.To him the title— First Evangelist,Who in confusion of the tongues could say:There is one G od— Eternal Love His name!

(From an introduction to the Life of Akhenaton in "The Modernists,” by the Rev.R obert W. Norwood. Published by Geo rge

H. Do ran Co., New York. $1.2 5.)

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(W e will publish from time to time the old

Prayers used in the past by Mystics of our O rder. Th e first one herew ith is from the

book of prayers composed and used by LouisClaude de Saint Martin, the Master Rosicru-cian in France and England during the latter

part of the 18th century.)“O God of my life, I can find nowhere save

in Thee the root and realization of my being.Thou also hast said that in the heart of manalone canst Tho u f ind Th y repose. Go d of my life, the utterance of whose Name accom- plishes all things, restore to my nature thatwhich Th ou didst first im pa rt to it. Show

"“linto me the Sacred C hara cter and the DivineSeal of which Tho u art the Custodian. I leavein Thy Hands the task of erecting the com- plete edifice of this temple, and of laying Thy-self its first foundations in the depths of thatsoul which Thou has given me for a Torch,showing Light to the nations, that they mayno more dwell in darkness.”

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W HA T TO TELL THE SEEKER

Each one is obligated to help spread theLight. Th at means not only l iving the Lifeand thereby i l lustrating the principles taught

in our Order , but i t means f inding the seeker ,meeting him halfway on the path where hegropes for Light. Keep eyes and ears open ;say and do that which will at tract the atten-

tion of the seeker. M ake yourself available,convenient and willing. Go whe re seekerscong regate in their search. Listen for thecasual inquiry, the whispered plea: “W herewill I f ind the T ruth ?” A nd when you talk to the seeker tell him, or her, that real mys



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ticism, real Light, real power comes from the'Cosmic but dwells in the bodies here on the earth plane, and that while we as humans liveon this plane we m ust master the 'problems of this life and keep our feet upon the earth.We were not intended to live in the clouds or to deny or negate the material problems, testsand trials , but to master them and therebyevolve. Fo r this reason the real system, the

true philosophy making for mastership is thatone which is practical and applicable to theeveryday, common affairs of life, brings per-fect health, success in all our undertakings,love of all mankind in our consciousness, andattunem ent with the Go d of our souls. Sucha schooling or philosophy, practical in everystep, with each step proven and demonstrated,is found in the Ancient and Mystical Order Ro sae Crucis. This is the exp lana tion tomak e. This is the Key tha t seekers are search-ing for. Ho ld it as a symbol before the com- prehension of seekers and they will recognizeit. The dream er and impractical mystic hasno place in our Order, for he is of no value

to ma nkind . His w orld is in the clouds.---------- o----------

The unnecessary introduction of matters pertaining to “sex relationship” and ancientse x worship into some of the socalled mystic philosophies and occult books of today is notonly disgusting to the clean and wholesomemind, but it indicates a revival of a period of looseness and animal instincts which markedone phase of m an ’s primitive evolution. Itcaters to the low, debased, sensuous minds stillwearing a cloak of civilized advancement.Bew are of it I It is a mo st insidious subject;it is subtle and tem pting. It has no place in

true Rosicrucian teachings. Seek in eve ry old book, every old manuscript of the writingsand philosophies of the ancient Rosicruciansand you will find no reference to this “sex

philosoph y.” Ii wastaboo with the Rosicru-cians of all periods and is so considered andtreated tod ay by true Rosicrucians. If youfind any school, any philosophy, any occultteaching touching upon this subject, reject itas unclean, unwholesome and unworthy of your attention.

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A woman edi tor of a Chicago paper re-cent ly made the comment that every organ-ization of an occult or philosophical nature inAm erica having a “mixed” membership , or where men and women united in study, wasunder suspicion and apt to be dissolved or a t tacked by law. She could see naught bu t .

unwholesomeness in such a combination of 'sexes. She knew nothing o f. our orga niza-tion, of course. She did not kno\v that wheremen have their wives, daughters and motherswith them in sacred study and wholesome

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service tor many years, where they have their children study and find mental recreation andwhere all are pledged to help make this coun-try a nation of upright, clean, Godlovingcitizens, there is no fear of interference fromlaw of any decree. W e won der wha t typeof articles and reading matter such an editor selects as being wh at the masses want. Wewill find out and offer some of the titles in

anoth er issue of this pape r. W e lookedthrough a piece of scarlet glass one d ay' andwas surprised to find that all the world wasin shades of scarlet. Even our own handswere scarlet. W e shud dered at the wicke d-ness of G od ’s creation. The n we looked intothe mirror to see if we were scarlet from headto foot. A nd ,— the piece of colored glassheld before our eyes prevented us from see-ing our real bodies and we cast the glass asideas an obstacle to clear vision and suddenlyrealized it was also a wicked deceiver.

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THE DISCONTINUANCE OF DUESFor some time the Supreme Officers of our

Order have been annoyed with the detai ls of keeping accurate records of dues paid bymembers to each Lodge and the Royal Sup- port percentage paid by each Lodge to th§Suprem e Lodge. A recent attem pt to securSfrom each Lodge a detailed report of duescollected during the year with a lis t of theactive, duepaying members has shown usthat too much attention is paid in regard tothe details of financial matters with too littlestress upon the fact that the giving of mopeytoward the work is of secondary importance'1in the daily activities of the Supreme Execu-

tives. Our utmo st and conce ntrated att/htion should be given to the constructive and

spiritual work of the O rder and jar as pos-sible we should not have financial records, de-tailed reports and “monthly Statements” tocontend with as a routir.e^fceatore of our work.

W ere it possible we i n ouid do away withthe paym ent o f a n y iponey by any m em ber and carry on the great work with funds given by the few who have given their lives to themission of their jiresen t incarna tions. Butthis is not possiB’e and we must dependupon the financial support of all our members who are able to support the work.In each Jtodge we have members whohave not been able to meet the regular dues and we have been glad to havethem with us and accept our love and help.It has been a principle and law with the Im

perator of our Order, decreed at the first'National Convention, that no applicant who

was deemed worthy of membership in theO jder was to be re fused initiation if he or shedid not have or could not really afford the



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initiation fee. O ur organ ization is prob ablythe only secret , f raternal Order in the countrywhich has continued to accept such men andwomen as a re wor thy bu t unab le to pay the

initiation fee. It is no t a thing to boast of, but something which should typify our att i-tude in regard to financial matters.

But, we wish now to have the Lodges andour members look upon another plan whichthe Imperator has had in mind since the es-tablishm ent of the O rder. It is this: shall we

suspend all f ixed dues and have no stated feesof any kind? In other words, shall we putthe matter upon a voluntary donation basis,leaving each member to give each month sucham ount as he or she can afford to give? Thiswould bring about two very desirable condi-tions: First, eliminating the necessity of keep-ing accurate records by each Lodge Secretaryso far as paym ents by individual m emb ers areconcerned, and the keeping of complex rec-ords by the Supreme Secre tary and Treasurer ;

secondly, it would p ut all me mbers upon thesame basis, a most logical basis,— that of giv-ing what they can afford without any onefeeling that he or she is accepting a suspen-sion or reduc tion of dues. So far as the in-come to the Supreme Lodge is concerned, we believe this plan will bring the same results, possibly m ore and pro ba bly less. It is amooted point which is not of the utmost im-

portance at this time.

Another po in t tha t would be so lved bythis plan is that whereas under the presentsystem we have two accounts with all Lodges,the Royal Suppor t account and the “Main-

tenance and Extension Fund” (which in-

cludes only dona tions) , the new plan would bulk all remittances as voluntary Royal Sup- port and thereby do away with the existence

of the M. and E. Fund, which has never pleased the Impe rator . Each Lodge wouldsend month ly an amount equal l ing whatever i t can spare from the voluntary donations or voluntary dues given to i t by its mem bers. Areceipt for this amount would be sent to eachLodge Secretary and each Lodge could see

what i t was con tr ibu t ing each month towardthe funds of the S uprem e Lodge. 1 his

would simplify bookkeeping, i t would encour-age members to give freely when they couldand no t embar rass them when they d id no t

give as freely or at al l for some months.

The great blessing of this plan would beto take from our organization the unfair cr i t i-

cism that we "place a price” on our teachings by demanding certain f ixed dues, even thoughthey are small. I t would place our work upon a basis of voluntary support entirely, thisto apply also to initiation fees as well asm onthly dues. Th e Imp erator wishes eachLodge to discuss this and vote upon i t at the

meetings during the last part of March andsubmit the result of the vote to the SupremeSecretary by April f irst so that we may estab-lish this custom at once if it meets with theapp roval of the Lodges. Let us be able tosay to all inquirers more strongly than ever," i t does not take money to receive our teach-ings, it requires only a desire that is sincere.

Give if you can, if you cannot, come andshare with us w hat we have anyway. If youare blessed with material things and give of them freely ye shall receive o f spiritual things

just as freely. Th e giving is me asure d only by the stand ard of wh at can be given. Inlike manner do we give unto you.”

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THIS MONTHLY PAPER

This little paper we will issue each month,dating i t with the day of the full moon. Our next issue will therefore reach our members

abou t the 21st or 22n d of April . Each issue

will contain facts relating to the growth of theOrder and i t s var ious Lodges in Nor th Amer-

ica and other helpful ideas. The price of f ive cents is placed upon the paper to cover the cost of printing and m ailing. A small

quantity will be sent to each Lodge eachmo nth for general circulation. Save your copies and give the current issues to prospec-tive members to read along with other l i t-erature.

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