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FOREWORD.As this work is written principally for the students of

the Rosicrucran Order, Crotona Fellowship, much of thesubject matter herein may be unfamiliar to those outsidethe Order.Yet to those unacquainted with the subject ofOccultism this little work will introduce the study of thatwhich has been known and practised for all ages

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Many are the vexed questions concerning life anddestiny which man would seek to answer. Have I lived thislife on earth before? Does this Life continue after thlwhich is called Death? Is Mind and Thought independenof the human organism? Does man possess highe, L cult ; esthan those he is m the habit of using day after d y ndso, how can those faculties be unfolded?

_ Such questions every man of intelligence asks himselfIt is the purpose of this work to answer these questions mof rtl

1" P glCal manner and hl the USht of the experience01 the -Kosicrucians.tW LPn US &'St a11 SU1"ye>r' briefl^ the history ofthe Rosicrucian

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and in addition to promulgate Eastern Mystery Science andPhilosophy in a form adaptable to the minds of Europeanpeople.

During the centuries which have elapsed since theMedieval Age a vast amount of knowledge has beenaccumulated, furthermore, the accumulated knowledge hasproved to be practicable. That which could not be appliedto practice has been archived as " Mystery Teaching " andtreated in a manner more philosophic than scientific.

The Rosicrucian Order, Crotona Fellowship, is dividedinto two sections :The Fraternity and the Order.

The Fraternity consists exclusively of Occultists who

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_In a short work of this description it is not possible togive in detail the full history of the Fraternity, muchregarding the history has been written by others, and manyof these have forgotten or do not know that the Order doesnot advertise itself and that all writings for the outsideworld and for the purposes of tradition are written insymbolic form.

] Occasionally the Fraternity sends out a work dealingwith its Philosophy or Science for the purpose of enhancingdiscoveries made by the layman during any particularcentury, but the bulk of its Teachings are reserved for theaccredited members or given out in the form of novels orplays.

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Supreme Architect of the Universe, though the term" Universe," in the Rosicrucian sense, refers only to a Sunwith its attendant planets.

The Rosicrucians use the term " Kosrnos " for themillions of Universes extant in space, and the Ruler andGuide of all these is a Supreme Architect or AbsoluteConsciousness.

That this Supreme Ruler gives ear unto everyindividual being who asks for favours is not the belief ofthe Fraternity, realising as it does that the Supreme hasendowed man with faculties and powers (inherent withinhimself) by means of which he may overcome the difficulties

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Space is peopled by entities of all degrees of conscious-ness, some of these have been embodied in physical vehiclesand others have not.

That these entities irrespective of whether they havebeen embodied in the flesh or not, can help mankind, is theknowledge of all true Rosicrucians.

Man possesses a consciousness by means of which hemay know himself and the world about him. As to howmuch he may know depends upon the degree to which hisconsciousness has unfolded.

In Rosicrucian Philosophy, Mind is considered tofunction in three ways, as follows :

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nervous system.The Super-conscious mind is that which manifests asa result of the working's of the objective and subjectiveminds.The three minds respectively have their location in thethree brains, the Cerebrum, Cerebellum and MedullaOblongata.The Cerebrum concerns itself with the present state ofaffairs, the Cerebellum with the past, and the MedullaOblongata with the past, present and future.The Super-conscious mind may be considered the acme

E consciousness. The Objective and Subjective mindsnile the body and soul, the Super-conscious mind is the

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Before disease manifests in thehuman body, nature

always gives warning, and if man does not heed the warninghe will suffer. .

In mental diseases there is one which gives the key tothe functions of the three minds mentioned above. I hedisease is known as General Paralysis of the Insane, or toput it briefly, G.P.I. In this disease

the unfortunatesufferer slowly, but surely, loses his. consciousness, andpasses from a fully conscious man to the state of an infantincapable of controlling the voluntary function of the body.In the last stages consciousness withdraws completely fromthe cerebrum, cerebellum and medulla oblongata.Practical Occultism is to be able

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infant becomes a conscious thinker,In practical occultism, as known to the Rosicrucian thisprocess is reversed, and as the consciousness is centred inhe different brains by an effort of will, the experiences ofthe present and the past are reviewed. The result of this isnot only the acquirement of a long memory, but also achecking of those tendencies which retard unfoldment (inthe occult sense). vMan thinks to-day because minds have thought in thepast and as a result of that he thinks into his own life andworld for his own specific purposes.That_ which brings about unfoldment of higherfaculties is new thinking and new grooving of the

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their functions may be blended and linked up with thefunctions of the three brains and states of consciousness.It is the will which determines all this.The right use of the will and the method of controllingthe glands, brain and mind is the great secret of theRosicrucians.

The reader of this work will have noticed how every-thing works in a threefold manner, as examples :threestates of consciousness, three brains, three glands and manconstituted as a threefold beingbody, soul and spirit.

The mystery of the Trinity need not be sought anyfurther than the Physical Organism for the Kingdom of

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He learns that mind can exist outside of a physicalorganism and that by means of that mind he can link upwith other entities, either in or out of Physical bodies Timebecomes to him only an illusion for he perceives that thereis nought but Durationinfinite life everywhere from themeanest microbe to the mightiest of worlds.A world of magic opens up to the Occultist's mindwhen he has rightly unfolded the faculties which lie slum-bering within himself, when he sees how he can consciouslycause changes within himself or outside of himself as hedesires or wills.

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