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E R H A P S y ou areaware that in theopinion of ma nyp e o p l e t o d a y ,Christmas has degenerated into acommercial enterp r i s e . In fa c t ,these persons contend that the tradition is kept alivep r in c ip a l l y b ybusiness for thep u r p o s e o f e x

ploiting it. T hey s tate that the populace. the majority of men and women,are quite aware of this condition, butare content to use the occasion for anescape from the workaday world, fromtheir routine duties and activities, andto use the time for merriment and festivity only.

T hese critics severely criticize religion. T hey lay at the door of thechurch the responsibility for the factthat the new generation, the young menand women of today, are not as awareas they should be of the solemnity andsacredness of the tradition of Christmas. Howe ve r, we wis h to state thatthe church has not failed in its duty toproselyte. In other wor ds, it has done

everything within its power to make thepeople today conscious of the traditionof Christmas as they, of the church, expound it. T hey have, as well, the advantage of greater propaganda facilities than ever before in their history.

W e are al l quite well aw ar e how extensively the church today uses, as amedium for its dogma, its doctrines, andits traditions, the pages of the news

papers. the radio, and even the motionpictures.

W e can say , how ev er , that thechurch is guilty of one sin of a mission.and that is, it has not kept that with

which it has been ent rust ed as flex ibleas it should be. Its dogmas and tea chings are too standardized, too fixed.T hey have not kept pace with the expanding consciousness of the peopletoday, with their broader education andtheir knowledge of natural phenomena.

W h a t the church ex pounds today, asan interpretation of Christs life and ofthe traditions of Christmas, is mainlythe result of the viewpoint and conceptions of scholastics and school men orchurch men of the Middle A ge s people who at that time were mainly still

steeped in ignorance, and who hadlittle knowledge of even the rudimentsof science. Conse quently, modern people cannot accept such a limited presentation of five hundred years ago

with res pect and w ith sincer ity . T he incongruity of what the church offers today, in the light of the knowledge nowpossessed, is the reason for the shattering of the faith in the tradition ofChristmas.

It behooves us. therefore, with openminds, to consider the little known factsabout the events, incidents, and circumstances which led up to Christmas andthe establishment of the tradition itself,historically . T hese truths at first mayseem disillusioning, hut they are convincing. because they are factual, andthey will do more to establish a lastingand secure foundation for faith thanmany of the fabulous legends and tales

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First, we consider the words Jesus"and "Chr ist. T o most people, generally , these wor ds Je sus" and "Christ"are considered as composing a name.

W he n it is rev ealed to such pers ons

that in ancient times the word "Christ"was applied to othe rs tha n Jesus, theyare reluctant to accept such a truth, asit is disillusioning to them. How ev er ,

Christ is the Greek derivative of thew or d "C hr is tus ," w hic h lite rally tr anslated means "to anoint " or the anointed one." In anc ient times, centuries before the nativity of Christ, there weremany who were Christuses, and who

were said to hav e been anoin te d. Infact, when one was anointed, or thoughtto have been empowered in any way bya divine agency, or to have a divinemission here on earth, it was said thathe was Christed. T he Se ptuag int translation of the old Hebrew for the word"Chr is t" is Mess iah. Conse quently, wefind that the words "Messiah" and"Christ," in antiquity, were synonymous. and the word "Messiah wasused frequently, as we know from theold writings of the East, before the timeof Jesus. T he Disciples, according toChristian records and Christian chroniclers, very in f r e q ue n tly referred toJesus as Christ, but in their Aramaic

tongue or language, they called HimMaran. L itera lly translated, this means"our Master." Conse quently , since the

w or d "C hr is t" means, or is equiv alentto, Messiah, it is advisable that weknow just what "Messiah means, andfurther, how it originated as a name orterm.

In antiquity, among the early peoples,long before the advent of Christ, generally anyone who was sent as a Kingor as a Savior to deliver people, to liber

ate them from bondage, to free themfrom oppression, to lead them out of aland of misery and suffering, was termed a Mess iah. Mos t of the early religions were Messianic. T hat is. theyanticipated, hoped, or believed thatthere would be such a liberator or savioror Christ, and they looked forward tohis coming. W e find, for ex ample, that1500 years before the time of Jesusthere was a great Hebrew Messiah,Moses. Moses descended from themountain, we are told in the Biblical

account, with a tablet of the laws of

Sinai, laws which he declared were revealed to him by G od. T hese laws didnot merely constitute a moral code,they were not just spiritual principles,not merely doctrines for the establish

ment of a re ligion or church; they werealso laws for hygiene, for sanitation.T he y ins tructed the people on theproper kind of diet, on cleanliness, onthe care of their bodies, the care of theirhomes, how they should organize themselves as a social body, and instructedthem in matters of marriage and birth.In other words, the laws which Mosesbrought from the mountain top were intended to revolutionize the people, tobring them out of the mire into whichthey had degenerated, and make of

them almost a new race. He was thena Messiah to his people, and of course,w as so her alded.

Some four hundred years after Moses'time, or about 1100 B. C., there was stillanother great Messiah, David, the PsalmSing er . In his songs he admonis hed hispeople on the conduct of their lives, andhe told them the penalties they wouldpay for their violation of natural andspiritual laws. He endeavor ed to inspire them and make them conceive andunderstand the sole G a d. He truly was

also a Messiah, and was so accepted byhis people.

A s hur ba nipa l, the gre at A ss y r ia n conqueror, in 628 B. C., considered himselfa Messiah, and too, his people lookedupon him as one. W e know this fromthe writings, the cuneiform inscriptionsof his time; principally a portion of aprayer which he made to the femalegoddess Ishtar reveals his belief in hisMess ianic mission, for he said. "T houhast brought me forth from the mountains, hast made me the shepherd ofthy people."

In ancient Egypt and in Babylonia,all wonderful births, that is, all births

w hic h wer e unique , strang e, a little di fferent than normal, or which were surrounded by inexplicable circumstances,not comprehensible to the average manor woman, immediately designated theone being horn under such conditions asin all probability being a Messiah, Inother words, the circumstances, becausethey were different, indicated to theseancient peoples that the one born had a

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supernatural or divine circumstance surrounding the birth, and consequentlyhe was considered a Messiah.

The Star of the East legend is onethat is most confusing to many peopletoday . It has a tendency to cause theChristmas tradition to be accepted with

a great deal of incredulity. T o thesepeople it seems that such a phenomenonas the sudden appearance of a star inthe East presaging an event, then disappear ing, could not possibly occur. T othem it would have been an exception toall natural law. and one that has notbeen borne out by a recurrence in present or in prev ious times. T he persons

w ho so declar e themselv es are, in fact,not as familiar with the customs of theearly peoples as they should be, nor

w ith certain quite common as tr onomicalphenomena.

In the first place, during the Biblicalera or during the time of the advent ofChrist, most of the Semitics were nomads. T ha t is, they were tribes thatroamed the desert or its borders, particularly fringing the great fertile crescentin Asia Minor. Driving their sheep,their flocks before them, they went fromone oasis to another, sleeping out on thesands of the desert, looking up at theheavens and the shimmering specks oflight that seemed to be suspended bysilvery threads. Because of their studyof the heavens, they became the world's

first astronomers, and they charted fixedstars and the movements of the planets.But further than that, they conceivedthese stars as personalities, as beingshaving interests, family associations,creating for them a regular theogony.

A nd so they wer e also astrologers. Theconjunctions and configurations of thestars became to them predictions ofhappenings or ev ents to come. It is notunusual, therefore, that when they saw

w ha t appear ed to be a new star in theheavens, they attributed to it some definite meaning such as auguring a great

event.A s for the star its elf, there is one an

nual astronomical phenomenon whichcan be observed without the means ofan instrument, and without requiringmeasurements, and that phenomenon isknown as the rising of a heliacal star.

A hel iac al star is one that seems to riseonce a year, in the East, and just beforesunrise. In other words , once a year a

star seems to flash into the heavens justover the eastern horizon, burn brilliantly. and then with the appearance of thesun. diminish and become invisible toman. A str onomically this is accountedfor by the fact that the star is no longervisible because of the sun's movement

in the Zodia c. W he n, however , the sunreturns again to that position in theZodiac, the star again will appear orseem to rise. Such stars , as I have said,augured the coming of events to theSemitics. W e also know that they perceived these heliacal stars long beforethe time of the nativity of Christ, because, for example, we had a record in1880 B. C. of the Egyptian PharaohSenwosri III explaining to his peopleabout a heliacal star and proclaiming itsmeaning.

One of the most confounding elements in the exegetical account of thenativity of Christ and of the traditionof Christmas is His vir gin birth. Let usfirst realize that in the mythology, in thelegends, a nd in the so- called sacred

w riting s of the Eas t, supernatur al births,w onde r ful or str ang e bir ths , wer e quitecommon long before the time of Jesus.These virgin births, or rather the conceptions, it is said, were often timescaused just by a look or a glance, or thebreath of a divine being coming in contact w ith the vir gin. In other w ords, adivine look, glance, or breath was sufficient for conception, and therefore resulted in a virg in birth. A ccor ding tosuch a ccounts, the conception was sometimes also caused by the virgins contact

w ith a sacred object, such as her sw allowing a pebble, the equivalent of anamulet.

Historically , we are fold that Fo- Hi.founder of the Chinese Empire centuriesand centuries before the time of Jesus,

w as born of a v ir g in. It is related tha tw hile she w as in bathing a sacr ed flowerclung to her gar ment: she later ate this

flower, and thus conceived. Zor oas ter ,w hos e bir th is said to hav e occ urr ed a pproximately 600 B. C., and who is heldto be the father of Zoroastrianism andthe originator of the writings known asthe Zend- A ve sta, about which there isconsiderable literary dispute, was saidto be born of a virg in. T his, we r epeat,

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God, or the "A hur a M a z da , " as a shaftof light, was transmitted or descendedfrom the heavens to envelop a fifteen-

year- old v ir g in g irl , w ho the reupon co nceived, and became the mother of Zoro

aster. It is interes ting to note that inthe legends of Zoroaster's life, there aremany tales which correspond to theBiblical account of the childhood ofJesus. T hese tales purport to relate thegreat mental maturity of Zoroaster,immediately upon birth, and his earlysag acity. For ex ample, it is said thatupon his birth, he burst into laughter,and that as a child he was very erudite,and amazed the learned men and sagesof his time with his words of wisdom.

W e find, als o, tha t Gautama B udd ha

is said to have been born of a virgin,under circumstances which differedsomewhat from those of the other virginbirths. It is said that w hen residing inheaven, he decided to be reborn onearth so that he could enlighten mankind w ith his eig ht- fold plan, lead themupward into a closer communion withthe great divine, and into the final andperfect state of Nir v ana . T o accomplishthis rebirth, he selected his father andhis mother. How ev er, the earthly fatherdid not conceive him. T he conceptionoccurred by the mother having a visionof the sacred white elephant.

T heologians and orthodox ecclesiastics today contend that a belief in thevirgin birth of Jesus is necessary if weare to accept His divinity. In other

wor ds, they af firm that we must believeJesus had a virgin birth, if we are tothink of Him as a Divine Being. T his,

we w il l find as we proceed, is an il lo g ical arg ument. T hey further hold thatthe unique personality of Jesus Hismanner. His character, the events ofHis life, the things He did which were

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Father of All, and not just the Fatherof one.

It must be further realized that Jesushad such a superior consciousness, suchan understanding of divine laws andrelationships, and was so perfect in His

thinking, that it was extremely difficult ev en by the use of simple par ables 'to make his contemporaries understandex actly what He meant. It is thislack of understanding of the message ofJesus that has caused all of the Christian sects which we have today, eachone endeavoring to define, interpret, andplace different shades of meaning onthe same wor ds. Howe ve r, mystics aff irm that when He dec lar e d M yFather, He meant by that the Fatherof all men, that all mankind are Sons ofGod, by virtue of the fact that God is

the first cause and the creator of allmen.

A s an inter es ting s ide lig ht, the storyof the birth of Jesus in a manger is,likewise, the cause of much skepticism

w ith respect to the acce ptance of thetradition of Christmas . T hese skepticspoint out that if such a phenomenon asa star appeared in the East for the solepurpose of heralding the coming ofJesus, and if He was born with exceptional or divine wisdom, and of a virgin,and if gifts were given Him by princesand kings, and He was to become theleader of all mankind during His timeand in the future by the message Heleft, most certainly He would not havebeen born in such a homely place as amanger . In fact. Dr . H. Spencer Lewis,in his renowned work, T he Mys ticalLife of Jesus points out that in Christian records (not just referring to theBible alone) there are three versions ofthe birthplace of Jesus. Firs t, in Ma tthew. it is s aid and w hen they cameinto the house they saw the child.T hen there is the second ver sion, whichis the traditional and commonly accepted orthodox one. that of the birth in amange r. T hird is the version that He

w as bor n in a cave. Eusebius , thefirst ecclesiastical historian or chronicler of church events, and who was aprincipal participant in the church council at Nice in the year 377, staunchlysupporte d the ver sion of the cave. Hesaid that in records which came to himbut 377 years after the time of Christ.

it was very evident that Jesus was bornin a cave; and he insiste d upon thisversion, which, however, was not included in the present accepted accountin the Bible.

W e must unde rsta nd that the Bible,

as we have it today, is a book that hasofte n been re- edited, if we w ish to putit this way, to suit the opinions of men,and to conform to the doctrines whichthey wished to establish. T here werecertain sacred writings known as the

A po cr y pha w hic h were deliber ately expurgate d by the churchmen at thesecouncils. T hey dared to presume w hatsacred accounts should be included inthe Bible, and it was at this NiceneCouncil that Eusebius tried to insistthat the true account of the cave be included in the Bible as the birthplace of

Jesus, so history informs us. Later,Jerome, great Latin father of the churchin the year 375. supported the contention of Euse bius. In other wor ds, healso insisted that the cave be mentionedas the birthplace of Jesus.

Rosicrucian and Essene records, asexplained in The Mystical Life ofJesus." show that Jesus was born in agrotto house, that is, an edifice that wasa structure composed of a grotto anda house. No w it must be under stoo dthat a grotto in those times Was not anatural cave, that is in a precipice orrocky hill, the result of erosion by theelements, but was more an excavationby man, over which frequently there

w as a st ructure buil t. T ha t is, on thesurface was a house- like structure; beneath the surface was the grotto. Mos tof these grottos at the time were builtby that great mystical organization with

w hic h the Rosicrucia ns wer e as sociated,know n as the Essenes. T he Ess enesbuilt these grotto houses as hospices.from which our word hospital'* is derive d. T hese hospices wer e places forthe care of the sick and the injuredplaces for charitable acts, where thepoor were fed and clothed, where thoseseeking retreat from grief and thetroubles of the world could find solacefor a time. T he account in these Esseneand Rosicrucian records relates thatMary, accompanied by Joseph, went tothe hospice, as was the custom of manypeoples, for the birth of her child. Infact. I myself have visited the Church


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of Nativ ity in Bethlehem. T he presentchurch edifice was erected many centuries after the birth of Jesus, over thesite of His nativity. T he actual birthplace. after one enters the church and

descends, is a g rotto or cave- like excavation. Archaeologists contend thatof ail the so- called or purport ed histor ical Chris tian sites in the H oly L and, theone that is the most authentic is thisplace of the nativity of Jesusand that,

we re peat, is a grotto or cav e bene athw hat is now a church erected ov er it.

It is not uncommon in the literatureof the East to find tales of strangeplaces for the circumstances surrounding the births of Messiahs. T he Jataka s,later traditions of Buddha, especiallythose written about 70 B. C., are a seriesof birth tales relating his many and

w eir d bir ths , w hich in the ir fabulousnature, far exceed the uniqueness of thevirgin birth of Jesus.

W e find als o tha t the date of nativ ity ,or the time of Christmas, is a subject ofmuch controversy . Ca n we be certainthat December 25th is actually the time

when Jesus was bo m? How w as it decided upon for the occasion of celebration? It may appear to many as veryamazing that no celebration or evenreference to Christmas was made until

the 4th Century , A . D. In other words,Christmas was not even celebrated, norany public declaration of it made, untilnearly four hundred years after the nativity of Jesus. T he first celebration ofChristmas, or the nativity of Jesus, wason January 6th, and it continued on thatdate for some time. T he f irst timeDecember 25th became the date forcelebrating Christmas was in the year354, in Rome, where it was proclaimedas a feast and holiday by Liberius.Gregory introduced the custom andcelebration in the East in Constantinople in the ye ar 378. Mo s t stra nge is thefact that Christmas as a celebration wasnot introduced into Jerusalem, into theHoly Land, the place where so manyevents transpired relating to the life ofJesus and His time, until the year 425425 years after the time of JesusbyJuvenalis.

T he puzzling question for s tudentsand thinkers is just how the date wasdecided upon. W h a t was the premisefor selecting December 25th. when there

w as a gap of so ma ny hundreds ofy ears af te r the act ual ev ent? W h a t

records, w hat circumstances, were thebasis for the selection of the date?Great credit for the eventual selection

of that date must be given to the GreekChristian martyr of the 3rd CenturyA . D., Hi ppo ly tus . He ex pounde d tha t

the ve rnal equinox, the spring equinoxoccurring on or about March 25th, wasoriginally the first day of creation, because God conceived that on the firstday, the day and the night should bothbe equal, which is actually the phenomenon that occurs on or about March21st. Since that day was the first dayof creation, such a great event as theconception of Jesus, so reasoned Hippolytus, would naturally also occur on or

about March 25th, and if the conception of Jesus occurred on that date, thenthe birth accordingly would be ninemonths later, or December 25th. Scipio

A fr ic anus , Rom an conque ror and historian. taking the reasoning of Hippolytus as his premise, attempted to support it further by working out a mathematical system founded on cycles ofseven, to arrive at December 25th as thedate of the nativity of Jesus.

From a historical point of view, it isnot a coincidence that many great so-called pagan celebrations also occurredon or the day before December 25th,celebrations which had been recognized by the oriental religions for centuries before the advent of Jesus. Oneof these was the great feast of Saturnalia. T his feast ended on December24th, and of course it was a celebrationof the old Roman G od of Saturn. It

was a time fo r great rejoicing in anc ie ntRome, looked forward to by the populace. In fact, we know histor ically thatour present Christmas, insofar as itscustoms are concerned, has borrowed or

appropriated many of its activities ofthe lighter kind from the great feast ofS aturnalia. For ex ample, it was common during the feast of Saturnalia(which we must remember ended onDecember 24th) for people to exchangegifts, and for them to carry aboutlighted tapers or candles, and to singpublicly, and to have lighted tapers intheir homes, and to indulge in candiesand sweetmeats. T he feast of Saturnalia lasted seven days, and in antiquity, immediately following the establish-


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meat of the celebration of Christmas asa custom, Christmas also lasted forseven days as a period of rejoicing andcelebration.

There was still another feast whichoccurred exactly on the date of December 25th, and that is the feast known as

Sol Invictus. T his feast was especially celebrated by the votaries of Mithra-ism. Mithra ism was an old Persian religion. Mithr a was the sun god. and as

w ell the g od of lig ht and of goodness .T he followers of Mithraism were numerous. and the celebration was a greatevent, and had been held for severalcenturies on or about the same date.Consequently, it is held by historicalauthorities that the Christian selectedthe date of December 25th for the celebration of the nativity of Christ, for twoprincipal reasons. Firs t, to offset the influence of the purported pagan celebrations: that is, to detract from them, toestablish a competitive activity that

w ould ar ouse inter est in Chris tianity ,w hic h w as still new and comparat iv elyunorganized in contrast to the older andmore well established religions and customs of the Eas t. T he second reason

w as tha t these early church fathers accepted Hippolytus date of March 25th.or the occasion of the vernal equinox,as the time of the conception of Jesus,

w hic h, as 1 hav e said, w ould then na turally make the birth occur on or aboutDecember 25th.

However, the importance of Christmas to mystics and students of mysticism is not the time of Christmas, the

time of the life of Jesus, the place whereHe was born, or even the manner of Hisbirth. T o mystics, and to the mysticallyinclined, Christmas is a great symbol.a symbol of a life devoted to the expounding of spiritual truths which haveamounted to one of the most noblepaths which man could followto riseupw ar d in consciousness and to be absorbed into the Absolute and the DivineConsciousness of God, or the soul within his being. T he greatness of Christianity, to mystics, is not the advent of.or the man Jesus Himself, but rather.His message, the words He left behind,the truths He established as steppingstones for man in his upward climb insearch of illuminat ion. It behooves us.therefore, not to try to weigh oneagainst the other, the historical factssuch as they may be. and the legendsand traditions as they appear in theBible. T his can only add further to thecontroversy and confusion, and is aptto further shatter the faith in Christmas. Let us concern ourselv es w ith theimportant things, the important facts,the message, the words, the mission ofthe man Jesus. T hey are the things

w hich w il l live. T he y are the thing sw hic h shape the lives of men today .Christianity is not the only path

there are many others: but it has been

tested, and those who have followed it

w ith an open mind, av oiding the pit fallsof controversy and polemic discussion

about superficial incidentals, have gone

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INDIAN SYMBOLISM AND CUSTOMS

T he A merican Indian today , archeologically and ethnolagically, continues to remain a

myster y. T here is much discussion, controve rsy , and speculation with respect to the

origin of his race. On ly in the strange parallelism of his ceremonials, symbols, and rites

w it h thos e use d in rel ig ion s and by ra ces of the O r ie nt - Asia, an d E g y pt is the re a

definite clue concerning from whence he came.

M an y Rosicrucians, Freemasons, and students of mys ticism and philosophy hav e been

amazed at the mystical and philosophical content of many of the American Indian cus

toms. T he sg niflcance of their signs, grips, and passw ords give n at their initiations ar e

strangely familiar. Y ou w ho are interested in beginnings and in symbolism will be fas

cinated by the articles appear ing in the mag azine entitled 'T he S peaking L eaf . issued by

the Indian As sociation of A merica. It is the official publication of the Federation of

Indians of N or th A merica, and is a most instructive publication. T he proceeds help the

w o r th y ca use of the A s s oc ia ti on . T he s ubs cr pit ion ra te fo r one y ea r, 6 copie s, is o nl y

$1.00. Address: H ie Indian As sociat ion of Ame rica, Inc., 202 E. 52nd Street. New Y ork

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Music and CitizenshipB y S o r o r F l o r a S . R o g e r s

N t h e t i m e inw hic h w e are living to da y , thereis almost univers a l a c c e s s t omusic, both goodand bad, and it isha r dl y necessaryto stress the greati m p o r t a n c e o fg o o d m u s i c o nthe well- being oft h e c o m m u n i t y ,and the pressing

need of discrimination between thatw hic h is es sent ially g ood in music andthat which is actually harmful.

There is a law that applies throughout al! nature, which summed up in a

w or d is. the constant w ar r ing betweenthe forces of g ood and ev il; the positive and the negativ e; the spir itual andthe material. So we f ind in music, as inevery other department of life, that

w hic h is constr uctiv e and that w hich isdestructive.

For confirmation of this statement wehave only to turn to our Bibles where

we re ad these w or ds abo ut the creation,In the beginning was the W o r d "

w hic h pr obably means the v ibr at ions ofsound through which order came out ofchaos'and conversely we read in theOld Testament that the priests blewupon the trumpets and the peopleshouted with a great shout, so that the

walls fell dow n flat and the y w ent inand took the city (Je richo).'* Such isthe terrific effect of sound out of whichmusic is composed.

T hro ugho ut all ages philosophers , aswell as mos t of the great teachers, haverealized the supreme importance ofsound as expressed in music; and when

we speak of sound as a fundam entalprinciple, we get out of the bounds ofthe physical and right into the realm ofthe metaphysical.

Music has always held the highestplace among primitive peoples, and inthe ancient civilizations it is recordedthat as early as 2277 B. C.'at the time

w he n the pharaohs were building thepyramidsthe science of music held ahigh place in the ancient Chinese philosophy. T his is true also of the J apanese and Hindu civilizations; to them,as to the Chinese, music was held inhighest esteem and to it was attributeda divine origin.

W e hav e only to g lance thr oug h ourown Bibles to realize the place thatmusic held among the Egyptian andHebrew races, and everywhere and al

w ay s these peoples wer e enj oined topraise the L ord. Praise Him upon theharp. Praise Him upon the lute andtimbrel and upon the instrument of tenstr ings ." W het her in joy or in sorrow,throughout all Biblical history, the people turned to music in an effort to givevent to their emotions. On e can neverforget the poignancy of the words ofone of the psalms. B y the waters ofBabylon we sat down, yea, we wept

w hen we re member ed Zio n. W e ha nged our harps upon the willows in themidst thereof. For they that carried usaway captive required of us a songsaying: sing us one of the songs of


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Z io n. A nd the answer of these captiveHebrews comes home to us in thesedays w hen the wor d "refugee" has become one of the saddest of all words inour language, when they replied, Howcan we sing the Lord's song in astrange land?"

Let us pause here for a moment andremember that during these past fewagonizing months, when country aftercountry, rich in its national heritage ofliterature, music and art, was devastated. that from Poland, at the verymoment that it was being bombed fromthe air. the radio station in W ar s awkept up a constant connection with theoutside world by playing the music oftheir national composer, Chopin. T hesame thing happened in Finland, Sibelius stood out in those awful days as theone vital link with the past, and no onecould listen to the moving strains ofFinlandia without a sense of deep conviction that Finland would always live

w hile the music of Sibelius re maine dhidden in the hearts of the people. T hesame thing was true of Norway, whereGreig is held in deepest reverence because he not only gave the world greatmusic, but he gathered up all the colorful folklore, including the great Ibsenplay. Peer G y nt" and immortalized itin lovely melody. So too. does the spiritof France live on in French art andculture; and the music of Debussy andRavel, as well as that of many otherearlier composers, will always typifythe essence of the French national character. Somewhere , someone has said,"Let me make the songs of a nation andI care not who makes its laws."

Present day music derives most of itssystems and terms from the Greek civilization and we find Plato, that greatest of Grecian philosophers, havingmuch to say on the subject of music."Mu s ic al training." he - writes in hisRepublic, "is a more potential force

than any other, because rhythm andharmony find their way into the inmostplaces of the soul, imparting grace andmaking him who is rightly educated,gr aceful." A g ain in another part of hisRepublic he says , T he introduction ofa new kind of music must be shunnedas imperilling the whole state, sincestyles in music are never disturbed

w ithout af fecting the most impo rtantpolitical institutions."

A ris totle also held similar view sw hen he said. "M us ic has the pow er toform character." Other s including Pythagoras and Euclid, both famed fortheir mastery in the field of mathematics. held similar viewsindeed thevery word music, embraced the wholecircle of the sciences, especially astronomy and mathematics.

A lt ho ug h es sential ly w ar like in makeup and showing little native instinct forart and beauty, the Romans borrowedmuch of their culture from the Grecianera, and it is heartening in our time toread such a statement as this which Iquote:

"T he Powe r that rules the affairs ofmen, seems to have made provision forthe elevation of tl^e whole (human)race, by diffusing, at intervals of centuries. the treasures of art, science andthought, accumulated by a nation ofunusual power and energy. Egypt

y ie lde d to the Gr ee ks but left behindmuch that had enduring value and what

w as once center ed in one na tion andunder the control of the priestly caste

w as spre ad thr oug h much of the know nw or ld. In Gr eece, free ar t and especially music, played a great part and

wher ev er the Gr ee ks w ent as colonis tsand merchants, they carried with themthe principles of Greek art includingmusic."

So we find Rome superceding Greeceand becoming the political, social andartistic center of the world and themusic, oratory, architecture and sculpture, all borrowed from the Greeks,modifying and dignifying Roman society. Indeed music was the favoritedistraction of Roman high society, andto many a famous Roman has been attributed great musical skill, includingthat well- known, if somewhat dissolutefiddler. Nero.

W it h the grow th of Chr is tianity ,w hic h beg an w ith a small group of per

secuted humans, ma ny of the so- calledpagan arts were eventually driven fromthe historical stage and the story ofChristianity, like all the other developments mentioned, is fraught through

w ith music and the sing ing of song s.So we find Paul and Silas singinghymns in the night as they lay boundin jail, chained to the walls of theirprison, and these very walls wereshaken down and they were set free.


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Running all through the acts andteachings of Jesus, we find, just as wedid in the Old Testament, this glowingelement of praise. Ri g ht up throug h thestory of the Roman church, music play

ed a major role and the names of A mbrose, Bishop of Milan and Pope Gregory were prominently associated withthe dev elopment of church music. T heirnames to this day are mentioned wherever church music is chanted in the

A mbros ian and Greg or ia n chants ofthe Chr ist ian church. Indeed, our firstmusical scales were called church scales.

Outside the church another form ofmusic was growing up, fostered by thepeople and disseminated throughoutthe various lands by the bards and min

strels. T his was called folk music, andthese bards and minstrels were notonly musicians but they were, as well,the poets and historians of their time.

Side by side with this development offolk music, there appeared spontaneously at various intervals in all countries,the great composers; and who is there

w ho w oul d at te mpt to g aug e the pow erand scope of the music which thesecomposers gave to the world?

So we find that from earliest times,music is intermingled inextricably, not

only with the racial and historic development of nations, but with their spiritual progress as well. St. A ugus tinesang a Gregorian chant as he enteredCanterbury ; the Norma ns and Dutchhad their own music, and later Italianand German music rose to a pinnacle ofperfection, affecting all the nations ofEurope.

One interesting fact might be notedhere. A s the scene shifts on the historical stage, the center of culture movesfrom one w orld capital to another. A scommercial centers change, so we finda shifting of the art centers. Rig ht nowthe shift is being made from Europe to

A merica, wher e mos t of the great mus icians of the world are now gathered,because where there is wealth and leisure, there is also art and music.

Cyril Scott, a contemporary Britishcomposer, in one of his published books,sets forth an interesting vie w point. Ineffect it is this: that music not onlymirrors the times in which it is writtenbut the times are definitely and irrevocably affected by the music of every

period. T his agrees so ex actly withPlatos findings that who would dare tocontradict him?

T his view point is extremely thought-provoking in these days, when we hear

of the terrific spell which the intenselynationalistic music of W ag ner , with itsexpression of Nordic legendary hero-

w or ship. seems to cas t ov er the fana tical mind of Germanys present dictator.T his is by no means a disparag ementof the music of Wagner, because thereis much that is noble and even sublimein the Wagnerian operas: but even thesublime in music, as in relig ion or anything else, can be perverted to serveignoble purposes. A s we know. W a gner was a consummate artist and. as

such, he brought into his operas a greatdeal that was intended to act as contrast. T here can be no g ood w ithout itscorresponding evil just as there can beno day light were it not for night. T hislaw of positive and negative seems torun throughout all creation.

Even the most unmusical of us knowsthe effect that the music of Bach andHandel had over the time in which theylived. W e read that w hen the Mess iah

w as fir st sung in L ondon, so mov ed wasthat vast audience that they rose to

their feet as one man, when the elevating strains of the Hallelujah Chorusfell upon their ears. Dur ing the era ofBach in Germany, the period wasmarked by a religious fervour and enthusiasm in that country. No one whohas been privileged to listen to thisgreat master's musical setting of theSaint Matthew Passion, can wonder atthis. In the sublimity of its conceptionand the grandeur of its interpretation,it is unsurpassed in the whole realm ofmusical literature.

W he n w e co ntr as t this peri od ofmusical flowering, when Bach in Germany and Handel in England composedsome of the greatest musical works ofall time, with the present restless inharmonious machine and jazz age, it is nothard for us to agree in part, at least,

w ith the pre mise of Cy r il Scott.

Shakespeare mentions music numberless times all through his plays. W e allknow that very famous quotation fromthe Merchant of Venice, "T he man

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sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagemsand spoils. But over and over aga inShakespeare ascribes to music the highest and most elevated place.

So too, we And Milton paying homage to music, and were we to mention

all the references throughout literature,some of which pay highest tribute, it

w ould tak e much time and fill a ver ylarg e volume. Somewhere a poet hassaid, "Music hath charms to soothe thesavage breast and Carlyle in one ofhis essays has this to say, "Music is

w ell said to be the speech of ang els ."Music knows no national or racial

boundaries . It does not matte r fromw ha t soil gre at music spring s. For al lgreat music speaks the language ofpeace and goodw ill. T rue art has noenemies, it has only friends."

So it behooves us to open our heartsto good music and with a sympatheticand responsive attitude drink in itsbeneficent influence because, "G o d isits maker and not man, He laid the keynote of all harmonies. He planned allperfect combinations and He made usso that we could hear and understand."

Recently, a very stimulating andthought- provoking book called. 1Remember Him was published, writtenby one of the leading American biologists and research scientists. W hi le itpurports to be the biography of afriend, it really is the autobiography ofthe author, Hans Zinzer, whose wholelife was given over to study and research in the field of medicine, His

wor ds per haps carry special w eig ht because he died just before the book waspublishe d. In the closing chapters theauthor sums up some of his philosophicfindings and. among other things, hehas this to say about music.

"Science," he says, "however deeplyit might penetrate into the mechanismsof nature and the universe, could never

alone solve the ultimate problems or appease that hunger of the spirit, thaty ear ning to w ard an ethica l ideal w hic h,in one form or another is an inherent,biological attribute of human beings, asstrong as the hungers of the body.

"No w there were times." he continues. "for a while in Athens, later in

the Renaissance and possibly amongthe Elizabethans, when art was a livinginfluence in the lives of people. Butthese were simpler days without newspapers . cinema, or radio. T hen thetaste of the average man was formed

by the sincere artists of his time. T heartist was a hero, was close to earth,

w as clos e to man and comprehe nsiblein this common ex perience." T he author ,however, is optimistic of our time andgoes on to say:

"I believe the tide is turning and inA merica , at least, the creativ e ar tist w illplay an increasing role in the development of culture: and that this is thestrength of our future, ever more thanold go ld r eserves the sig nificance of

w hich by the w ay , I could neverunderstand,"

Now that is a rather strong statement, coming as it does from one who

w as a profe ssed ag nos tic , and it is astatement that we should take to heartin these days . W ha t Hans Zinz er doesnot point out is this very potent fact:that we have it entirely in our ownhands even in these days of newspapers. radio and the movies, to demand a higher standard of the outputof all these mediums: and as we growin musical appreciation we will not failto demand a raising up in the standards

of all these mediums of education. B ecause they are educating us, whether

we realiz e it or no t and that educa tioncan be a downward influence or an uplifting one. as we wish.

W e all hav e a duty to our co mm unity, to our province or state and to ourcountry, and as I see it. it is this: to liveup to the very best, the highest and themost noble ideal to which, as individuals , it is possible for us to aspire. Indoing this and in this way only, lies ourhope of contributing something of last

ing and worthwhile value to our dayand generation. One w ay of helping usto attain to this ideal is through the cultivation of the spiritual values, one of

w hic h is. the lis tening to and the pa rticipation in, goo d music. "In time ofpeace, music is the joy of the nations:In time of war it is the safety valve.

V V V

T he cy nic is one w ho know s the price of ever ything and the value of nothing. Os car W il de .

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Mystical Highlights of ZanoniBy O. G r a v e s , F. R. C.

Librarian, Rosicrucian Research Library

V E R Y student oft he o c c u l t a n dmystical sciences,as well as everyreader fond of them y s t e r i o u s , h a sat one t ime oranother been interested in LordL y t t o n ' s n o v e l ,

Z a n o n i . " T h i s

book is really several stories in one.It contains within

its pages romance, allegory, the old forgotten philosophy of the Kabala, thelore of the alchemist, of magic, of occultwisdom, and of Or ie ntal fantasy . In thepast few decades the medieval alchemists and mystics have been acknowledged to be savants, rather than sorcerers. So in the near f uture we can expect that similar truths, as expressed in"Zanoni, will raise this well known

novel to a still higher level.For example, psychology, with its

rapidly expanding treatment of thesubconscious and libido, must in timerecognize the powers which the character Glyndon aroused within himself.R ay m und A ndr e a, G r a n d M a s t e r o fA M O R C for Great Britain, has recommended and spoken very highly of

"Z a n o n i," So has Dr. H. SpencerLewis, late Imperator of this jurisdiction. Howev er, there are undoubtedlymany people who read Zanoni'' who

know very little about the real allegori

cal and philosophical truths in the work.Perhaps some enterprising student ofthe occult will someday qive to the

w or ld a comme ntar y on Z a n o n i asscholarly and helpful as Lotus Dudley s commentary on "T he Co mte deGabalis."

T he first step in fully comprehending' Zanoni" is to glance briefly at the lifeand occult connections of the author.Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-L y tton (1803 - 18 73), in one of his literary essays, insisted that all authorsshould make their works as autobiog raphical as possible. T herefore, onecan expect to find much of Lytton's ownlife and experience portrayed in thisnovel. One af L y tton's ancestors, justlike the relative of Glyndon in '"Zanoni.''a Dr. Bulwer, delved deeply into theoccult sciences. W it h this inheritance,and the fact that Lytton was raised inthe home of this grandfather, which

was lite ral ly flooded w ith books on

metaphysical and occult subjects, onecan realize the esoteric urge in Lytton'slife. T he author s know ledge of booksand human nature thus gained carriedhim quickly and easily through normalstudies at T rinity and Cambridge, andallowed him time on the side for hisesoteric studies. W he n he wa s aboutnineteen years of age he and anotherstudent at Cambridge, Chauncey H.T ow nshend. began actual ex perimentsand studies in clairvoyance, mesmerism,and the occult sciences. During his

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camps studying chiromancy, astrologyand occultism, and also spending muchtime alone in meditation. His biographers say that at this time he usedto spend many hours of the night indark and lonely graveyards.

Lytton's mundane interest was history. He wrote many historical novels.Ma inly , however , he used his historicaltr aining in politics. H e became a prominent member of Parliament and wasmade a member of the peerage. He w asmarried, but his married life was an unhappy one.

During all of his life Lytton was ano c cu l t a dv enturer. He i n v e s t i g a t e devery strange bit of knowledge, such asmental science, cart omancy, oniroman-cy, psycholog y, and herbs. His store ofsuch knowledge was immense as well

as reliable. Blav atsky refers to Lyttonmany times in her great works, "IsisUnve iled" and T he Secret Doctrine.It was Lytton who pioneered the workof hydrotherapy in London.

Ly tton had a dual nature. O n theone hand he was a polished man of the

w or ld, w hile on the other he w as amystic and psychic of the first order.

A lw ay s calm and collected, by my stic altechnique he developed an iron will anda powe rf ul brain. He was f ar more athome, however, in his own inner worldof vision and contemplation than among

his fellow men of the wor ld. Like mosto c c u l t i s t s , L y t to n ha d a w o n d e r f u lmemory. It is reporte d that he could repeat by heart all of the Odes of Horace.

Lytton's passion for occult studieslasted all of his life. He alw ays m aintained an Oratory, or, as the modernRosicrucians call it, a Sanctum, in hishome. In this Sa nctum he ke pt his occult manuscripts, his mystical paraphernalia, such as candles, censer, mystic mirror, and crystal halls. L y tton wasintroduced and initiate d into the Rosi-crucian Order by Kenneth MacKen2ie.T he gr oup to which he belonged wasthe continental lodge which had descended direct from the old medievalRosicr ucians. One can see proof of thefact that Lytton and Eliphas Levi were

T he both members of the same old Rosicru-

Rosicrucian cial} 9 P from the similarities of Lyt-n . tons work cal led ihe strange btory

and Eliphas L evi's wor k called T ran-Februdry scendental Mag ic." Ly tton was also1 9 4 2 connected w ith the Mar tinist Or der .

A cc or ding to Ma da m B la v at s k y he als obelonged to a certain mysterious brotherhood of India. Ly tton's son followedin his father's footsteps in this regard;in fact, his son, after extensive travel inthe Orient, established a mystic order

known as the Grand Lamaistic Orderof Light, 1882, in which were combined Rosicrucian teachings and Hinduphilosophy.

Lytton, like Socrates of old, believedthat he received aid from the other

w or ld in his w riting s . He belie ved s incerely that he was guided by a CosmicBeing in writing the novel Zanoni."

A s a m a t t e r o f f a c t, the Eng lis hmagazine, The Occult Review, published an article some years ago tellinghow once in the presence of a group offriends a higher being corresponding to

A do na i in the nov el, appea red and pos itively verified this belief of his.Lytton's transition occurred in 1873.

He was buried with other great members of the Eng lish nobility in W e s tminster Abbey, with these words: "LordLytton's life was a solid good to the

w or ld. B ut lik e Ham le t, his real inter es tw as nev er in 'this too, too solid fles h.'

In the introduction to the story ofZanoni," Lytton tells how one day heheard of the Rosicrucians in an old occult book store. T ruly this was the waythat Lytton first made contact with theOrder, and all events leading up to thestory are probably strictly biographical,as is Z ano ni" itself. T he author cultivated the friendship of the old bookdealer, and gradually won him over totelling him about the R o s i c r u c i a n s .Finally, upon the death of the old bookdealer, the author was given a longmanuscript written, as he first thought,in an unintell igible cipher. T his cipher,a few characters of which are given onpage 16 of the introduction, has puzzleda gr eat many people. It has never beenpointed out to the reading public beforethat this was an old Rosicrucian cipherpeculiar to the English Rosicrucians. Asa matter of fact, this cipher was considered by the English Rosicrucians to bethe language of the angels, or theEno chian alphabet. It is sometimes erroneously called the T heban alphabet.

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be the lang uage used in ancient A tlantis .Dr. John Dee. English Rosicrucian.

w as ins tr ume nta l in receiving the r udiments of this language from the other

w or ld. He obta ine d these rudim entsthrough the process of scry ing. A t onetime a book store in England had forsale an ink facsimile of the Enochiantablets of Dr. John Dee, called LiberLogath. This book store wanted $500for just the two pages on which (hecharacters were written. T here areother rare and expensive books today

w hic h co ntain many Rosicrucian ciphers. including all of those of SirFrancis Bacon, and Cryptomenyticeset Cryptographiae, by Gustavi Seleni(1624).

In view of the above, Lytton practically admits that he finally became amember of the Rosicrucian Order, because he was able to translate thestrange heiroglyphics of the old manuscript given him.

T he story of "Z an on i opens with adescription of a musician of geniusnamed Pisani who lived in Naples. Likemost men of genius, he was continuallybeing ridiculed and remained unrecognized for w hat he was. Howe ver , unlike most geniuses he had a very beautiful daughter who was a professional

singer. T his daughter, V iola , succeeded in having one of her father's operasproduced. She took the leading par t inthis opera, which proved to be a greatsuccess. B oth the father and daughte rbecame famous over night.

It was at this opera that our two maincharacters of the story appeare d. T heirnames wer e Z a n o n i a n d G l y n d o n .Zanoni was a peculiar person withperfect poise, handsome looks, richesand a strange look in his eye thatcreated a stir in society and a fluttering in V iola's heart. Gly ndon was a

y oung Eng lish ar tis t w ho, upo n hea ringV io la , immediate ly fe ll in lov e w it h her.

In the city there were many strangerumors circulating about Za noni. He

w as said to be a ma n one should av oid.He was a magician, learned in the dangerous and questionable arts of theOr ient. Some people said he had beenin this same city, Naples, eighty yearsbefore: yet he look ed as y oung in thepresent as he did in the past. He hadmuch money, marvelous jewels, and

strange Orienta ls for servants. He hadalso a peculiar locked room into whichno one w as admitted. Z an oni wasespecially reserved when any allusion

was made to his bir th or past. Hisriches, his fa miliar ity w ith the languagesof the East, his gravity, stateliness, andphysical characteristics of dark hair andeyes seemed to point to the fact that hebelonged to an Orie ntal race. If theForegoing description sounds familiar tostudents who have never read "Z a no ni.it is because this character was basedupon the famous Rosicrucian, le Comtede Saint- Germain.

T he reader is nex t introduced toZ an on is occult master. Za noni wentto this master, whose name was Mej-nour, for advice and knowledge . Mej-nour was a sort of intellectual giant.He had killed all his feelings and livedfrom his intellect alone. Z an oni, however. still possessed a very sensitiveemotional nature, as well as a keenintellect.

T he story moves along w ith the deathof V iola's father. T his left the younggirl alone in the w orld. Gl y ndon. theEnglish artist, took it upon himself topress his suit w ith V iola . In this heincurred the displeasure of Zanoni.

Zanoni made it a point to meet Glyndonw ith some of his fr ie nds and let G ly ndon know o f his displeasure. In fact,Zanoni said, astrologically speaking,that his ruling planet sat darkly inGly ndon's house of life. Za non i hintedto Glyndon that he possessed strangepowers and gre at w ealth w hich he coulduse against Gly ndon if necessary. Hedemonstrated this strange power oneevening by coming up behind a certaingambler, Cetoxa, who had been losingcontinually at the g ambling table. Ho wever, immediately Zanoni stood behind

Cetoxa the gambler began to win backnot only his losses, but a great dealmore. A great occultist of E ng land hasexplained this power of Zanoni's at thegambling table in the following manner:By deep breathing and certain magneticexercises Zanoni temporarily upset thebalance of the vital life force in Cetoxa'santagonist, making the antagonist verynegative. By a reverse process Z an on imade Cetoxa very positive. Being negative and upset, the senses of the antagonist began to reel, and he lost to the


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clear- headed, p o s itiv e ly strengthenedCetoxa.

Despite this display of power. G ly ndon felt himself unwillingly attracted tothe strange Za noni. Several apparentlyaccidental meetings between Zanoniand Glyndon served to strengthen thisattraction. However, Glyndon fell deeper and deeper in love w ith V iola , w ho

was not s tr ong ly a t t r a c t e d to him.Rather, she was fascinated with Zanoni.Zanoni in turn seemed to take only abrotherly interest in V iola . He seemedever ready to protect and advis e her. Infact. Za noni eventually advised V iola tomarry the English Glyndon soon, because of her loneliness in the world.Howeve r, V iola vowed that she lovedZa no ni alone. Za no ni then made it apoint to visit Glyndon and advise him topropose marriag e to V iola . Such actiondisconcerted Glyndon and made himuncertain of himself as regards V iola.Finally he decided that he wanted toknow the secret and attain to some ofthe wisdom of Zanoni. Zanoni toldhim he had better marry and live anordinary life, because it took great courage to foll ow in his footsteps. Such advice fanned Glyndon's desire to followZanoni definitely and to obtain thesuperhuman wisdom and eternal youthof the mysterious man.

Zanoni unintentionally removed the

last superstitious fear in V iola's mindabout himself by miraculously healinga sick w oman. Pre vious to this time

V io la had been somew hat fe ar ful of hisstrange powers, but when she saw thatthese powers were for good and not forevil, she vowed she would rather diethan live without him. Zanoni pled

w ith her to leave the city , because hehad heard she was in danger of beingkidnaped by a certain profligate prince,but she refuse d to leave. Za no ni consented to marr y her and protect her. It

was too late, how ev er . T he ruff ians of

the prince had already surrounded thehouse, and they temporarily overpowered Za noni. V iola was taken from himto the house of the reprobate prince.

Prior to this episode Zanoni hadfinally consented to lead Glyndon to theportals of the venerable brotherhood of

w hich he w as a member. He cautionedGlyndon again regarding the seriousness of the step. Lik e all Neophyte s.

Glyndon was impatient and wanted tojo in imme diate ly . T he n at the end ofChapter IV , Book III, Zan oni deliversone of the most stirring and remarkablespeeches about occult powers ever toappear in print. T his speech and themagnetic power of Zanoni caused Glyn

don to become fearful at the last moment. He ran aw ay to hide on the verytop of the volcano V esuv ius. Howe ve r,he had given his word that no matter

wher e he mig ht be at a cert ain time hemust follow Z an on i at his bidding . B uthe thought that by being on top of

V esuv ius Z a no ni could not find him.

Z a no nis soul was being troubled anddisturbed by his decision to marry amorta l w oman. He hoped to offset this

weakne ss by br ing ing ano the r personinto his venerable brotherhood. Za noni

began to be fearful of losing some ofhis supernatural power. Neverthelesshe proceeded to go to the home ofthe reckless prince who was holding

V io la pris oner. Pre vious to Zano ni 'sarrival at this princes house. Mejnour,Zanonis master, had already appearedto and warned the prince that Zanoni'spresence w ould defeat him. Howe ve r,the prince, undaunted by Zanonis presence, invited him to stay for dinner sothat he mig ht poison his wine. Z an on istayed and drank the wine, but strangely enough it did not harm him. T he

poison would have instantly killed othermen. It has been wr itten by a Ros icrucian who should know that Zanoni directed the water principle by the forceof his will into the fiery poisoned wine.Thereby was the burning heat of thepoison counteracted long enough for the

w ine to be re moved fr om his sy st em.(A similar instance of an occult studentovercoming the effects of poison is related in The Occult Review, Apr il, 1940issue.) A ft er the meal the prince became entangled in a drunken brawl withone of his guests and was killed. Zanoni

released V iola and they sailed aw ay tolive for a few years on a lonely island.A chi ld was bor n to them there.

T he story then shifts back to Gly ndon, who was found by Zanoni on topof Mt. Vesuvius and taken to the occultmaster, Mejnour. Mejnour took himaway to an old rock castle in the mountains. Here Gly ndon began his studies,

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numbers, the Kabala, and Rosicrucianhistory. G ly ndon's teacher took him onfrequent trips along the mountainsidefor the purpose of instructing people onthe lore of herbs. T he people w ere

taught that the essences of herbs wereex tremely beneficial. T oda y medical science has recognized the value of themineral and vitamin content of herbs.

One day Glyndon stole into histeacher's laboratory. His teacher hadexpressly forbidden him ever to enterthe laboratory. T he strange herbs, essences, incenses, the oil lamps and theelixirs were all examined by Glyndon:in fact, the taste of a certain liquid induced an ecstasy which produced astartling and disastrous result. The

elixir had caused at first an exquisiteecstasy, then the sensation of mentalexpansion, then shadowy beings of theother world appeared to his partiallydeveloped clairv oy ant sight. T hese beings were fearful, antagonistic and horrible. T he gr eatest of these was theInner Dw eller on the T hres hold, w hichconfronted him primarily because he

was u n p r e p a r e d and not d e v e lo pe denough to proceed furthe r. In the December. 1933 issue of The RosicrucianDigest, we were told that every Rosi

crucian must meet in conflict the InnerDwe ller on the T hreshold. For those

w ho are well pre pared and w el l tr ainedthe Dweller will not be as formidableas it was to Gly ndon. Its appearance

will be at reg ular inter vals of shortduration throughout the life of the student until the student develops to thepoint where he can overcome this obnoxious ex ternal vision of his conscience.Because of Glyndon's disobedience, andhis weakness before the Dweller on theThreshold, Mejnour no longer consid

ered him as a pupil. Mejnour droveGlyndon to travel the world over withthe Dweller continually appearing before him. G ly ndon f inally arrived inEngland, reckless and daredevil enoughto win in everything of a physical nature. Howev er, his nerves were w ornto a rough edge and he was practicallyex hausted phys ically. He never daredto be alone with himself. He finally toldhis sister of his misfortune and then shetoo saw the external vision of her ownconscience. He c ould not bear to have

her alarmed, so he left for Naples again.

In Naples Gly ndon found V iola, whohad left Zanoni. V iola was afraid ofZanoni because he had tried by occultmeans from other planes to get her interested in the study of occultism. Infact, he had carefully planned a methodso that she might, by the use of a certain essence, rise up and experience the

joy and wis dom of the Cosmic plane s.She attempted the experiment and certain phenomena occurred for her in asimilar manner to the method of Dr.James D. W a r d, in his discourse in

w hic h he tells us how "to know how tov ibrate on more than one plane " V io la sKarma was such that she could notproperly appreciate the psychic andspiritual values of this experience andit frightened rather than pleased her.Gly ndon told V iola that Zanoni was intruth a sorcerer, a devil, and bitterlyreviled Zanoni because he blamed himfor his own predicament.

V io la and G ly nd on fled to Fr ance,w hic h was in the throes of a bloo dyrevolution. Zanoni followed them toFra nce. He protected the tw o of themfrom danger and told Glyndon how todrive away the horrible phantom of thethreshold and make peace between hisconscience and his o bj e c ti v e mind.G ly ndon defied the fear caused by thespecter and resolved that come whatmight he would be strong and cling tovir tue at all costs. T he phantom leftand peace came into Gly ndon 's life.Zanoni proved to his wife, who was inprison, that he was not a sorcerer, buta saint. He died in her ste ad on theguillotine, somewhat in the same manneras the hero in Dickens ' "T ale of T w oCities." Before his death Za no ni received assurance that all of his supernatural powers would be restored inanother incarnation, with the added ex

perience gained in balancing his headand heart through the human love of

V io la . T he last part of the story contains a realistic and historical description of the most horrible of all wars, acivil war, known in France as the Reignof T err or. T he events of this period,and characters such as Robespierre,Desmoulins, Nicot, etc., are v iv id lydescribed.

T he most careless, matter of factreader will see in this work certain typesof symbols. T he mystical student will

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T he

Rosicrucian

D i g est

February

1 9 4 2

An Important AnnouncementO F I N T E R E S T T O A L L R O S I C R U C I A N S

B y T h e S u p r e m e S e c r e t a r y

N I T Y of pur pos e

i s e v i d e n c e d i na c t u a l c o o p e r ation which comest h r o u g h u n d e rstanding the different points ofview that each inindividual t r y ingto gain a certainpurpose may have.

A s R o s ic r uc ia nswe desire to bringabout certain ends

in our own lives and upon the part of

humanity as a whole. T o do this westudy; we seek to follow paths laiddown in the past by those who havegone before, and by fo llo w in g thebeacon lights of modern research andinvestigation we gain a knowledge andan experience that effectively make itpossible for us to adapt ourselves appropriately to our environment.

W e know that all thing s ar e cha nging: we change as indiv iduals. En v iro nment also changes . Consequently , theperson who gains happiness and is successful in the eyes of those who judgehis position is the one most capable ofkeeping a harmonious balance existingbetween himself and a changing enviro nment. T his is a time when environment offers more complexities than wemay have been accustomed to in thepast few years, but that does not discourage the sincere student. He facesthe seriousness of conditions and accepts them as a challenge to his ability

to ada pt himself to them. A t the same

time he realizes that his continued advancement, and in fact, the advancement of humanity, must proceed inorder to meet the challenge that comes

w hen env ir onmenta l condit ions no w a ffecting us are chang ed ag ain. It is anecessity for all Rosicrucians to preparethemselves for adjustment and peace,

w hile at the same time they should devote a large measure of their immediateenergies to the successful prosecutionof the obligations which their countryhas assumed. Rosicrucianism, as hasbeen stated in various communications

to officers and subordinate bodies ofthis org anization, is not a fair- weatherphilos ophy. It is a liv ing philosophy 'asystem to which we can turn and upon

w hic h we can continue to s tand, regardless of the storms that may playabout us.

For many years one of the outstanding events of the year has been theRo sic ruc ia n A n n u a l C o n v e n t i o n , a t

w hich time member s wer e able to ming lew ith each other, to ex change points ofview, to be benefited by each othersexperience, to receive instruction, to beguided, and to be inspired. A ll thesehave been purposes and activities of theRosicrucian A nnual Conve ntion, andthey have proven to be important tomembers from all over the world whohave participated in these activities.However, these activities never havebeen as important as they will be this

year . It is true that Rosicrucians cometo the Convention intending to receive.


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but the amount they receive in inspiraion and instruction will be directly

proportionate to the cooperation whicheach individuals renders in his or herparticipation in the actual sessions of

the C onve ntion itself. T here is no doubtbut what vacation periods must be restricted this year . T herefor e, the v acaion periods that are available to each

of us this year must be used with consideration of the most value we can obtain within the limited length of timeavailable. W h a t more useful, beneficialand inspiring vacation could a Rosicrucian consider than a week at theRosicrucian Convention? T ransportaion facilities by fast trains, buses and

by air make it possible for those even

from the Eastern Coast, from all LatinA me r ican countries, and in fa ct the entire Western Hemisphere, to attend theRosicrucian Convention in San Jose,w ith but a comparativ ely fe w day s inexcess of the Convention W e e k itselfnecessary for transportation.

W h a t can be ex pected and w ha t w il lbe some of the aims of this years Convention? A s in the past and as alreadyhas been mentioned, personal contactw ith othe r Ro sicrucians, w ith the S upreme and Grand Lodge officers and

staff of A M O R C that direct your work,s one outstanding advantage of Conve ntion attendance. T he officers will beat your disposal for class instructionand private interviews . Linder the persona] supervision of the Imperator andother officers as he may direct, members

of the staff and faculty of the Rose-Croix University will direct classes andactivities w hich will make Rosicrucian-ism a living power to take back with

y ou to meet the proble ms of these times.

Ma ny demonstrations in physical science as related to Rosicrucian principles

w ill be pres ented w ith ne w ins tr umentsand specially made apparatus preparedduring the past ye ar. Here you will seea correlation of practical Rosicrucianismand the problems of daily living that

w il l bet ter equip member s to do theirregular work, wherever it may be. There

w ill be adv ice and ins tr uct ion reg ar dinghealth, which is all important when ourlives are dedicated to a supreme purpose, and of vital importance will be

special discussion and instruction regarding the Rosicrucian's place in defensehow he can best serve his community and his country.

W h a t we w ant y ou to do no w is tomake a note some place where it will beconspicuous, such as in your study, in

y our off ice or place of da ily w or k, ormark on a calendar the dates'July 1218. V is ualize y our self as ac tua lly being here at Rosicrucian Park not onlyparticipating in all the instruction andinspiration that will be planned for you.

but in utilizing this period also for recreation and rest to prepare you betterfor your daily work when you return.Further announcements concerning thisimportant Convention will be made fromtime to time either through these pagesor direct to all members of the Order.

V V V

MYSTICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF ZANONI(Continued from Page 19)

see other m e a ni ng s into which theordinar y reader does not penetrate. Infact. Za no ni is a three- fold narr ative. It deals w ith romance, the highernitiation of a Master, and an historical

trag edy. T he hero is a Rosicr ucian w hobarters supernatural power for humanlove. He redeems his weakness by substituting himself for his wife as a victimof the guillotine. It is really a trag edyof the Soul. T he Soul, afte r deviatingfrom its course, is brought to itselfthroug h suffe ring and thus repents. In

the final sacrifice the Soul achieves vic

tory, regains its status, and sheds ablessing on one in particular and mankind in general.

In the notes to an old and rare edition of 'Zanoni'' Lytton personifies hischaracters as follows: M e jno ur science; Za non i idealism; V iol a humanintellect; G ly ndo n unsustained aspiration. T he book conceals a challenge,and with the keys furnished and theproper attitude on the part of the seeker, i t wi l l le ad him on to g re at e r

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T he

Rosicrucian

Digest

February

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Fundamental Experiments In Color

PerceptionB y E r w i n W a t e r m e y e r , F . R . G .

T hJa artic le, and others to fol low fr om time to t ime In the pages of the Roslfcrucian

Di g e s t" d u r i n g the c our s e of the n ex t y e a r , a r e c on tr i bu t i ons of F r a te r E r w i n W a te r me y e r ,w ho w il l, f o r th e c om in g y ea r, ca r r y on sp ec if ie d r es ea rc h In th e la bo r a to r ie s of th e Roa e-Cr oi x U n i v e r s i ty a t R os i c r u c i a n Pa r le u n d e r the d i r e c t ion of th e Imp e r a tor . T h e r e s u l ts ofhi a w ork w i l l be made avai lable to members, and certa in of his activ i t ies w i l l be announcedIn specia l communications to members of the organization.

S U P R E M E S E C RE T A R Y .

S U B J E C T w hic his of great interestto the Rosicrucianstudent is that ofC o l o r . W e us ecolors in our exp e r i m e n t s . O u rr i t ual i s t i c r ob es

ar e c o lor e d . V /eapply the scienceof c olor i n ourc o n v o c a t i o n s toproduce definitep s y c h i c e f f e c t s

w ithin our subjec tiv e minds. Co lo r incombination with music is the most important stimulus known to man in preparing him for a state of influx of Cosmic Consciousness.

T he student, w hen commencing hisstudy of the science of colors is faced

w it h several difficulties . T he facts w hic hpresent themselves to him are tangled

w ith co nfusion. For ex ample, thereexists, at the present time no uniformterminology in the designation of colors.

A color w hich one author specif ies asbeing blue, might by another author becalled violet or ultramarine. T he books

writt en fr om the point of view of thephysicist will, upon cursory examination, present aspects quite different from

the books written by a psychologist orby an artist. T his difference in point ofview is particularly apparent in thespecification of primary colors. For instance. in reading Newton's color experiments the student will be told thatthere are seven primary colors, namely:red. orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,

and violet. W he n reading books dealing with the subject of color mixtureshe will discover that the physicist willtell him that there are three primarycolors, which are respectively: red,green and blue. O n the other hand, apainter will tell him that the three primary colors are purple, blue- gre en, and

y ello w , w hile a psychologis t w il l statethat there are four primary color sensations, namely red, yellow, green, andblue.

T he reason for these apparent discrepancies is in the fact that the per

ception of colors is dependent uponthree distinct factors. T hese factors are(1) physical. (2) physiological and {3)psycholog ical. It is the purpose of thisarticle to discuss the fundamental experimental facts which any theory ofcolor must correlate and to explain someof the basic difficulties.

The fundamental color experiment isthe famous prism experiment of the


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phys icist Isaac New ton. T his ex periment demonstrates that when a verynarrow beam of white sunlight is permitted to fall upon the side of a triangular glass platealso called a prism

and the emer gent bea m of lig ht is a llowed to fall upon a white screen, thena continuous band of colors will be observed upon the screen. Ne w ton statedthat this band of colors was constitutedof seven principal hues: red. orange,y ellow , green, blue , indig o, and v iolet,each color merging gradually into thenext one follow ing. Such a continuousband of colors is called a spectrum.Ne w ton s ex periment demonstrates thatw hite lig ht is not a sing le color, but consists of a mix ture of all colors. Each

color represents a definite rate of vibration of electro- magnetic energy . T hecolor red vibrates at the slowest rate,w hile the v iolet vibrates at the mostrapid rate. T hus to the physicis t naturepresents no "color s." T o him thereexists only a keyboard of rates of vibration, from the slowest to the highest.

For a considerable length of time itwas bel ieved that the human ey e contained innumerable small receptor organs, each organ being receptive to thestimulus of one part icular color. It wasbelieved that when the vibrations of anyparticular color reached the eye andwer e focused by the lens upon theretina in the back of the eyeball, thisparticular rate of vibration would stimulate the sense organ which was particularly attuned to its vibrations. Ho wever the ex periments in color mix ingshow this ex planation to be erroneousand demonstrate that the process ofcolor realization within the human eyemust be quite different.

T he fundamenta l exper iment in colormixing is as follows . Cons truct three

projection lanterns, each capable of projecting a color ed bea m of lig ht upon aw hit e scr een. If the colors of thesebeams of light are so chosen that onebeam is red, while the colors of theother two beams are green and blue,respectively, then it can be demonstratedthat it is possible to create upon thewhite scr een the sensat ion of any colorof the spectrum by suitahle mixtures ofthese three "prima ry " colors. W he nthe red and green beam of light reachthe screen simultaneously their com

bined action produces an entirely new

color sensation, which is yellow,"W he n green and blue are combinedupon the screen they produce a blue-green." and when red and blue aremixed they will produce a color sensa

tion which has no counterpart in thekey board of electro- magnetic vibrations and which is the color called"purple." Lastly, when all three coloredbeams of light are projected upon thescreen together, they produce a colorsensation of "white."

T his process of color mix ing, obtained by projecting beams of colored lightsupon a screen is called "color addition."T he colors "r ed ," "g re en" and "blueare called additive primar y colors. It isthese ex pe r im e nt s in color addition

w hic h prov ide d the bas ic demons tr ableevidence of the fact that color is areality, and not an actuality . In orderto realize the full significance of thisfact let us examine it more carefully.

Colors are usually specified by theirw av ele ng ths ins te ad of their rates ofv ibrat ion. It is possible to calculate therate of vibration of any color wheneverits wavelength is known. T he wav elength corresponding to any color vibration is extremely small. Wavelengthsare usually specified in terms of a unitof length, called the "A ng str om U nit."One angstrom unit corresponds to alength of one hundred millionth of acentimeter. T he color of a cer tain representative "red" possesses an average

w av ele ng th of 6571 A ng s tr om Units ,the wavelength of a certain color "yellow" is 5793, while the wavelength of arepresentative green is 5164 AngstromUnits.

Returning to the experiment of colormixture. W he n a beam of wav elength5793 Angstrom units is projected upona screen we will obtain a color sensa

tion of yellow. B ut w hen we projecttwo beams of light upon the screensimultaneously, one beam being red, of

wav ele ng th 6571 and the other beambeing green, of wavelength 5164. wealso obtain upon the screen the color

y ellow . T his y ellow obtaine d by meansof addition will be identical in appearance with the yellow produced by the

w av ele ng th 5793. In fact, these tw oy ellow s w il l be in disting uis hable if pr ojected side by side. W e thus concludethat the combination of the two actuali

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ity, which is yellow. W e are able tocreate a reality, by c o m bin ing twoactualities.

One unusual result of the process ofcolor addition is the creation of thecolor called ' purple . T he color purple

is entirely a reality. T here exists nophysical rate of vibration which whenprojected upon a screen will producethe color sensation of purple.

The fact that it is possible to createthrough color addition all possible colorsensations by the combination of suitable mixtures of the three primarycolors red, green, and blue leads to the

Y oung - Helm ho lz the or y of Col or V ision. T his theory asserts that there arethree types of receptor organs located

w ithin the human retina, one re ceptorstimulated by the vibrations of red, and

the other two receptors stimulated bythe vibrations of green and blue respectively: and that the resultant sensationof any color results from the simultaneous excitation of these three types ofreceptor organs.

But when the structure of the humanretina is examined a new difficulty presents itself. W he n ex amined under themicroscope the retina exhibits only twotypes of receptor organs, and not three.These two types of receptors, each possessing a characteristic structure, arecalled rods and cones. T he rods are

sensitive only to sensations of light ordarkness. T he cones are sensitive tocolors. T he central area of the retina isoccupied entirely by cones. A s one recedes from the center and approachesthe periphery of the retina the conesbecome more sparse. T he ex terior ringof the retinal surface consists entirelyof rods.

Psychological examinations designedto test the color sensitivity of the retinalsurface reveal that the color sensitivityof the retina may be divided into threezones, each zone merging gradually into

the nex t one following. T he first orcentral zone is stimulated by all colors,the second zone which surrounds thefirst is stimulated only by the colors

T he Y ello w and Blue, w hile the peripheralzone is insensitive to all colors and isaffected only by lig ht and darkness. A ll

1S est three zones are affected by darknessFebruary anj light. T hus to the psychologist1 9 4 2 there are six primar y color sensations:

light, darkness, yellow, blue, red. andgreen.

W e now unde rs ta nd w hy the phy sicist speaks of the three "primarycolors, red, green, and blue, while thepsychologist speaks of four primary color sensations, which he calls red,

y ello w, green, and blue.A no the r series of ex per iments w hic h

demonstrates that the sensation of coloris a reality and not an actuality are thephenomena of ret inal fusion." If atransparent piece of red glass is heldbefore one eye and a yellow piece ofglass is held before the other eye thecolor w hich is perceived is orang e, Abright red glass held in front of one eyeand a green glass placed in front of theother will produce sensations of yellowor y e l l o w i s h blue . T he e x p e r i m e n t sdemonstrate that su

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