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February

1950

This is the eleventh of a series of articles by the Imperator about his observations on

a journey which took him and his party around the world and into remote mystical

lands.— E d i t o r .

n p a s t t im e s , if we mayrely on history, politicalevents followed patterns.The patterns rarely, ifever, occurred concurrently with about equalinfluence on the times.Today, however, we witness diametrically op

posed ideologies as patterns exertingnearly equal pressure upon the world.On the one hand, we have communismwith its claims of unified people asagainst states controlled by special in

terests. The consequence of this systemof political thought is to dissolve all allegiance to geographical areas and totraditions. In effect, if successful, itwould collect all peoples of the worldunder the administration of its singlesystem. The special merits or demeritsof such a system are not here underconsideration.

At the same time that communismis expounding its type of integration of

peoples, there is an active form of disintegration under way. Empires havedissolved or are tottering, as those of

the British, French, and Dutch. It isan outmoded type of unification; or, wemay say, the once forceful compressionof separate peoples into a whole is being split up. The released entities, asIndia, the East Indies, French Indo-China, and the like, are now placingemphasis on separation and individuality. This separation is nothing more

than a recurrence of nationalism andits attribute of isolation.Still again, the older nations, includ

ing the great powers of the world, areall too conscious of the ineffectualityof their own nationalism. They arequite aware that the kind of independence that nationalism once represented,or claimed, is an impossibility today.To abolish it suddenly, however, would be too drastic, economically as well as politically. Consequently, they resortto a substitution, the adhesion of theirseparate states into a federation known

as the United Nations. This bond, however, is at present but tenuous. To worktogether, the individual powers mustsacrifice something of their individualism and most have been reluctantto do so.

We have then the three political patterns under way during our times: first,the attempt to unify all peoples underone political system with a single administration; second, the establishmentof many separate states imbued withthe old spirit of nationalism; third, theattempt of the older nations to

strengthen their weakening positions ofseparation by a kind of federation.

To a country like India, which has been under the political domination ofa great power for several centuries, thecontrary or absolute separation makes astrong appeal. To certain minoritygroups, the complete separation or absolute nationalism seems to represent



all the advantages they have not en joyed while compressed into an empire.That such separation may have its disadvantages as well never concerns themuntil they are faced with its realities.It is like one being confined to a room.

To such a person freedom from theroom represents the ideal state. Thatsuch freedom may incur dangers eitherdoes not occur to this person or hethinks of them as inconsequential, com

pared with the benefits which freedomwill provide.

The legislators of the new independent government of India, meeting at

New Delhi, were confronted with this problem. At the time they were conscious of their full freedom from theBritish Empire, but the fruits of thatlong sought freedom were still to berealized. They were left facing problems with which nations, claiming independence, have long struggled. Thefirst major problem was the adoptionof a constitution to fully represent thespirit of their new sovereignty. It wasnatural that they should resort to athorough study of the constitutions ofother free nations. The constitution ofthe United States of America was openly analyzed by the legislators at NewDelhi as to its principles and theirmerits.

The reality of their disclosures, Ithink, would have been as shocking tomost Americans as it was to me. Weare too accustomed to thinking that thespirit of the original constitution pervades our whole government and its

practices today. The Indian legislators,in their frank review, pointed out howgreatly the spirit and rights of the original constitution of the United Stateshave been abridged. They cited laws

and common practices in Americawhich in effect have thwarted the ex pressions of the constitution.

Governmental Viewpoints

The remedial measures which theIndian legislators proposed for theirnew government very definitely constituted an exposure of the weaknesseswhich have crept into our own system.One of the important problems of Indiais its strong religious sects, the Hindus,Moslems, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains in

particular. Domination of the govern

ment by a single religion, that is, theformation of a church state wouldmake for intolerance and, in India,continuous religious war. The theoryof the separation of state and church,as advocated by all free states, was rec

ognized by the framers of the Indianconstitution. This was a courageous andliberal step on their part, especiallywhen one realizes that those in powermight have been inclined to retaliateagainst the religious opposition theywere still forcefully experiencing.

The press of New Delhi quoted legislators who pointed out that the principle of the separation of church andstate in America is being evaded ineffect by the practices of strong religious organizations within the nation. As

a result they proposed legislature that,in India, no religious organization orsect be permitted to influence the religious inclinations of the people as awhole under the guise of general education. General education is to be conducted by the state in public schoolsand by private schools having no religious affiliation. This would not prohibit religious organizations from establishing schools for instructions in theirown doctrines. It would, however, prohibit solicitation for general education

with the intent or practice of indoctrinating the child with sectarian principles. The principle is tha t generalknowledge is not of religious origin andis for the advantage of a free state and

people; it should not therefore be circumvented by any particular religiousideas.

What struck the observer from theWest most forcefully during this formative period was the sympathetic attitude expressed by many of the Indianlegislators toward the accepted enemies

of the Western powers. At this particular time, India was giving great consideration to whether she should enterthe British Commonwealth, which shehas subsequently done with qualifyinglimitations. In addition to her reluctance to enter into any political allegiance with Britain, there was also ex

pressed the fear that such might offendSoviet Russia. The oratory indicated agreat but subtle struggle within as towhether India should side with the Eastas represented by Russia or with the

West.



Political spokesmen, quoted in theIndian press, were often equally asfrank in their admiration of Japan. Tothem Japan had what they hoped toachieve for India. Japan conserved thetraditions of the East and yet had incorporated into its sovereignty, its industrial and economic life, the mech

anism and science of the West. It grewto rival the Western powers, whilechampioning the East. It was evidentthat, to these Indian spokesmen, Japanhad been the little brother who “madegood.” There was, too, at this time anundercurrent of hostility toward theUnited States in the matter of its warwith Japan. The attack upon PearlHarbor was defined as being necessitated by the expansion of Japan’s trade.America, it was claimed by certain ofthese spokesmen, was envious of Japan’scommercial expansion, particularly in

Asia, the great potential market forUnited States’ products. America im posed restrictions which compelledJapan to attempt to break the fetters

pu t upon her.We had the pleasure and honor of

attending a dinner given us by a prominent Indian merchant, who is, as well,a Rosicrucian. This merchant stilladheres to many Eastern customs andis a Hindu, well versed in his religionand its philosophical precepts. He is,however, very tolerant of other religious views. At the dinner, as his guests,were several professional people, an attorney, a teacher, and so forth, andtheir views were representative of theintellectual classes of India. They feltfree to express themselves, knowingtheir identity would not be revealed.Their experiences and opinion maythrow light upon Indian influence inAsia and the balance of world power.These we shall consider.

The intense feeling between theHindu and Moslem had been germinating for some time. When the breakfinally came, my informant revealed,whole villages of what is now Pakistan

were destroyed and the people slaughtered. With a display of great emotion,our Hindu host informed me that chil-

Rosicrucian ^ren were killed first and then oldwomen. The young ones were carriedoff. Obviously, the Pakistani have asomewhat different version, which weshall consider later.

Before the peace pact between Indiaand Pakistan, rich Kashmir, with itsgreat mountains and fertile valleys, was being demanded by both India andPakistan. Kashmir, of course, as all ofwhat is now Pakistan, was formerlyIndian. India claimed that the ma

jority of the populace of Kashmir were

Hindu and thus, since the partition wasaccording to religion, should be included in India. Conversely, Pakistanstated that the people of Kashmir were predominantly Moslem. Ind ia desired a plebiscite, and to this Pakistan eventually agreed. However, both sides accused each other of coercing the populace and falsifying information as totheir wishes. Even now Kashmir is the

powder keg of the India-Pakistan relations. If it explodes, another religiousmassacre can be expected.

Young India

The young university-educated Indian is an extreme nationalist. He hasa fanatical pride in his country. Beingtrained to take an objective view of hiscountry, its economy, industry, trans portation, and science, he realizes itsinferiority in these things. He is im patient to bring about a transition fromthe traditional philosophy of his peopleto the empirical Western point of view.He has little patience with his ownelders and often considers them in thelight of a hindrance to the “New India.” He has a new idealism. It is nolonger that of the subjective life, tranquillity of mind or satisfaction fromabstraction. His idealism is now theaggrandizement of material achievement. The young Indian is a chemist,a physicist, an engineer. He wants hiscountry to be evaluated in terms of ex pansion of trade, political and economic power.

These young Indians are the potentiality of the future greatness of theircountry as measured materially. Theyare, in their enthusiasm and the factthat they will control their country, a

menace as well. Their impatience andtheir sensitivity to actual or imaginedwrongs to their national pride portenddanger. These young men have no allegiance to the West. Britain is verymuch hated. America has been a friendof Britain. On the other hand, America is a world power which the strong



young nation must take into consideration. America cannot very well beoffended. Then, again, Russia appearsto be making tremendous strides. Indian relations with America or Russia will mainly be those of opportunity.

Her recent recognition of CommunistChina is an example. In the first place,regardless of what Indian envoys mayhave said in Washington and for publication in the American press, Indiahas no reason for devotion to America.These young Indians intend to maketheir country a power by entering alliances, pacts, or covenants, whereverand with whomever it is to theiradvantage.

India consists of 400,000,000 people.The intellectual ones and those converted to Western nationalism will re

main a veiy minor portion of that tremendous number. The remaining multitude will have, as in China, but one principal interest, enough food to live.The sovereignty of India, its newly wonfreedom, cannot affect the lives of these

people intimately, insofar as better living conditions are concerned, for a considerable time. In fact, most of themwill notice no improvement during thislifetime. The vast multitudes showedconsiderable interest in the religiouswar because religious concepts are a part of their daily consciousness. The

new political status of India means little to them. The average Indian in ter prets his country, in its religious traditions, as being a sanctuary for his faith.Its political ramifications are subordinate in his scale of interests.

The young Indian intellectuals knowthe attitude of the mass mind. Theyalso know that this attitude will makethe average Indian quite immune tothe spread of communism. ManyHindu contacts just shrugged theirshoulders with a gesture of indifference

when communism was mentioned tothem. The few communist riots inIndia, which were overemphasized inthe Western press, were actually unim portant and in no sense a menace. Theywere mostly young Westernized Indians who took delight in their new

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field of expression. The masses lookedon the eruptions of these young peoplequite dispassionately.

If Russia could suddenly feed these people (quite an impossibility), then aneffect might be made upon them. Even

then, the philosophical concept of lifehad by the average Indian would firsthave to be changed. He would need to be taught that objectivity is most im portant. He would have to be taughtthat things are a greater possessionthan the thoughts in which he now indulges. This change would be the oneto be the most reluctantly accepted.

India could perhaps be seized by Soviet Russia in a military maneuver, asshe spreads through Asia. Except for

possible strategic bases that she wouldacquire, there would be little advantage

to her in such a move. Indian industries are as yet few. Most were built by the British and are now deteriorated.By the time the public mind might betrained to accept communism, or thenew India be industrially strong enoughto be a prize, the world pattern willhave changed.

Gandhi was loved and respected bythe Indian masses because he madeIndia great in a way that they couldunderstand and was consistent withtheir traditions. He exerted a passive power, an influence born out of theirteachings. He did not borrow the strategy and weapons of the West to opposeEngland. He showed a disdain for ob

jective display and an inne r transcendency that made Indians feel aloof, atleast within themselves, to the mightof England. Educated in the West,Gandhi used such knowledge only tounderstand the Westerners. He did notshow, as do so many of the presentyoung Indians, impatience and a disrespect for the traditions of his ancestors. He confirmed the Hindu beliefthat, within the realm of their own

philosophy, they would eventually findsuccess. Time is nothing to the Hindu.Gandhi knew that time would work forIndia and against the ever-rushingWest.

(To be continued)

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“We all have some experience of a feeling, that comes over us occasionally,of what we are seeing or doing having been said before in a remote time . . .as if we suddenly remembered it.”—Charles Dickens.



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h e a c a d e m i c artist copiesnature with ‘artificial

owers,’ that is, guidedy scholastic education

and according to established rules—focus, view point, perspective, adjustment of color contrasts,and so on. He uses the

cold tones against the warm ones increating certain color atmospheres andromantic embellishments. In direct contrast, the painter of pure inspirationmanifests through a devotion to powersas yet unknown. These powers or magnetic influences reveal themselves instrange, figurative transcriptions.

“The exploration of these inexplicable

forces belongs to my sphere of work,and I have evidences of them. My mission is to show the way to creative persons in making them comprehend thedifference between the impersonal IT and the personal I in their spiritual efforts for posterity. The masters of colorwho created entirely through an impersonal channel seldom if ever signedwith their worldly name but with amark by which they pointed to the IT .”

The foregoing paragraphs are thoseof Heinrich Nuesslein, a painter whoseunique methods provide an innova

tion in the field of artistic endeavor.Physically, he was almost blind, but hesaw his models with the inner eyes andachieved the most amazing color com

positions. Most of his paintings are anexpression of religious feelings and ofarchitecture such as temples. As to hismethod, after preparing the palette andmixing the colors, he would concentrate

on some definite occurrence, epoch, or person, and then meditate, until a fieryimpulse to act would overcome him.Heinrich then would paint with swift

and flawless strokes pictures 13”x20”within twenty to thirty minutes. Whensuch impulse seized him, he often ignored his brush and accomplished whathe wished with his fingers, the ball ofthe thumb, or with a piece of canvas.Yet the results would be delicate andmasterful: structures resembling Gothiccathedrals or richly ornamented columnar temples of unknown architecture which Heinrich assigned to the period of Atlantis, and explained themas coming out of the subconscious storage of his memory.

He sometimes worked in the earlydawn and then again in complete darkness. He himself had declared: “OftenI have been astonished at the formswhich grew out of the paint. Thismethod operates like a garden. Thesoil is prepared, the seed put in, andthen with the aid of the sun the plantdevelops in structure and color.”

Heinrich copied not only the modelsemerging from his own subconsciousdepths but he accomplished as muchfor his patrons out of their own subconscious realms. For this he needed

the contact of the person himself, or aletter in his handwriting which theartist designated as the odic bridge. The many manifestations as he studiedthem led him to believe in the doctrineof reincarnation, and that the imagesof all former lives still exist in each person even though they ordinarily donot come to conscious expression. His



type of mentality afforded him a tele pathic contact; and his artistic ability,a graphic performance.

Antique Collector

Because his eyesight was only one-

ninth normal, Heinrich as a youngman was discouraged in ever becominga proficient artist. To compensate forthis disappointment he became a dealerin antiques and the works of art ofother painters. In this scope he achievedinternational reputation and financialindependence. As a middle-aged man,he again turned to technical training by taking private lessons, but for a period of time he painted only for hisfriends.

One day his business in antiques

brought him into the home of a formerChief of Police in Nuremberg—Ober-amtmann Zopfy. In the residence ofthis ‘feared’ officer, Heinrich, to hisastonishment, found a library occupying three rooms and treating exclusively of the profound study of life’s mysteries. Among other abilities, Zopfywas a master mystic and from himHeinrich Neusslein learned the powerof meditation and the reality of directcommunion with the Infinite. Heinrichalways referred to himself as a discipleof his friend and master , Zopfy. To

him alone he owed that clear judgmentand sound discrimination which is soessential in the study of the ‘border’sciences.

Heinrich Neusslein, the antique collector, was known as a painter to onlya small circle of friends, until one daytwo Englishmen, who were searchingfor old violins, came to visit him. Theirconversation somehow led him to showhis pictures. A few weeks later he received an order for 200 paintings to be used in an exhibition arranged bythe Alpine Club Gallery in London.Through this display it is said thatHeinrich Nuesslein became the talk ofthe world. Sir Conan Doyle sent hima photograph with a personal dedication: “We are fighters in a commonwar, God’s war!” The English RoyalFamily honored his work by attendingthe exhibit. Other shows followed inmany of the chief cities of the world,including New York, Sydney, Paris,and Prague. Among the museums hon

oring this artist was the famous RoerichMuseum of New York City.

In his lifetime Heinrich painted 30,000 pictures, many of them personal; all but 1200 were destroyed during the war.

The Universite Philotechnique inBrussels bestowed upon him the honorary doctorate; and the Institut SuperieurTechnique et Colonial in Paris, the professorial chair. It was his desire to putthe work before the artist and not theartist before the work; therefore, he didnot use his titles and honors. Also, henever signed his paintings, explainingthat credit was not due him but to IT .

During the war Heinrich lost all his personal belongings, bu t was able todeclare: “Before I started my intuitivework I practiced sobriety and logic,

and during my psychic developmenteverything arouna me was transmutedinto ideals and values. When the timecame that the earthly properties became harder to keep, I learned to recognize that such seeming losses led tonew values. For in times of sorrow,the creative power, a true possession,grew immensely, and the success on thespiritual plane became greater andgreater.”

Heinrich Neusslein passed throughtransition on the day that he predictedhe would, November 12, 1947, in the

Bavarian mountain place of Ruhpold-ing, Oberbayem, Germany. He left ashis last message these words: “Nothingin this world can be enforced by violence without again producing violence.The peace longed for by mankind liesin their hands and in the firm faith inthe coming reintegration.”

Wilhelm Nueaglein, the Son

The work of the father continues inthe son. I have had personal contactsand long discussions with him. Wilhelmtoo is a metaphysical painter. He intrigues and amazes his patrons by putting on canvas, accurately and in detail, the various images or pictures created by habitual thought in the mindsof his patrons from their field ofendeavor, profession, or occupation—and residing in the subconscious

background.Recently the following strange as

signment came: Twenty years ago acertain woman had a sitting in the



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studio of Heinrich. The picture shetook home was explained to her as onefrom a former incarnation. During therecent war this treasured possession wasdestroyed in an air raid. Could Wilhelm, without having seen the original

icture, pain t a copy for her? Wilhelm,

elieving nothing impossible if one can but tap the reservoir of the universalmind, prayed that he might “receive.”He then graphically reproduced hisvision, a painting closely resemblingthe one which had been done by hisfather: a Babylonian temple beside aspring, in which temple the woman

purportedly had officiated as a priestessages ago.

Another incident: A man who wasspending much time in the study ofIndian culture requested a metaphysical painting. The result was an Inmanhead, with a headband and various em blems. The sitter was profoundly im pressed, especially since the tribal in signia was comprehensible to him although meaningless to the artist exceptfor the visual aspect.

A professor in New York made atest. The response was the portrayalof seven faces having Jewish characteristics. The astonished professor ex

plained that although he himself wasnot a Jew, his scientific work was devoted to Jewish history and related sub

jects—all of which was unknown to theartist.In the interest of science, including

metaphysics, it must be emphasizedthat the Nuesslein methods do not em

ploy the “going into” any trance condition or hypnotic state. While at work,the artist is entirely conscious andaware of his activity. The Nuessleinsmust be described as reasonable, vigorous, practical, and intelligent men, withfeet firmly on the ground. A significantobservation is that Wilhelm, as hisfather before him, possesses that per

sonal characteristic of profound reverence for the Divine, supported by astrong desire to maintain a direct contact with the Cosmic current of inspirational power.

NEW YEAR RITUAL

The date of the Rosicrucian New Year will be announced by the Imperator in the

March issue of the Rosicrucia n Digest.

Home Sanctum members who wish to have a copy of the Rosicrucian New Year ritual

for use in the ir own Sanctum s m ay obtain one from the Gra nd Secretary. Please enclose

twenty-five cents to cover the cost of preparing and mailing this special ritual.

TWO NINTH DEGREE INITIATIONS

The Ben ja min Fra nk lin Lodge of AMORC, 1303 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Penn

sylvania, will confer the Ninth Degree Initiation on Sunday, February 19, at 3:00 p. m.

The First Pennsylvania Lodge, 615 W. Diamon d Street, N. S., Pittsbu rgh, P ennsy l

vania, will confer the Ninth Degree Initiation on Wednesday, February 15, at 8 p.m.

All AMORC members who find it convenient and are eligible are invited to be present.



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By J o e l D i s h e r , F. R. C.

Literary Research Department of AM ORC

From time to time, books, manuscripts, and documents of the past, recalling the historyof the Rosicrucian O rder in its struggle against the tra ditional enemies of mankind— Ignorance,Superstition, and F ear—w ill be presented by illustration and brief description.

Research Library reads “Original Master’s Jewel, First Rosicrucian Master’sCross to be brought to America—1694.”

In the winter of 1693-94, a small band of Rosicrucians numbering fortyarrived in America to found a mysticcolony in that section of Philadelphiathen known as Germantown.

They came there because as earlyas 1683 a tract of 1,000 acres had been

bought by their agent from WilliamPenn in his newly opened territory ofPenn’s Sylvania, as a spot on which to

begin a new cycle of Rosicrucian activity. Their agent had been in the newsettlement since 1687 and had charteredthe Sarah Maria sailing out of Rotterdam for their passage.

These mystic pilgrims were all possessed of a liberal education, and sixof their number were clergymen. Theycame mainly from Magdeburg and

Halberstadt in Germany. More thanmystic Rosicrucians, they were dissenters from the state church at homeand had been subjected to ridicule under the name of Pietists.

Ever since the publication of FrancisBacon’s The New Atlantis, they hadidentified the new land of Americawith that place described in the bookas a spot where the mystic way of lifemight be freely developed withoutreligious interference or dissension.

As Rosicrucians, they knew, too, that1694 was to be a significant year inthe history of their Order. One of theirnumber, Johann Jacob Zimmermann,whose reputation as an astrologer wasoutstanding on the Continent and whosename had been honored by the RoyalSociety of London as well, had written

prophetically of the far - reachingchanges that 1694 would bring.

On the eve of departure from Rotterdam, Magister Zimmermann, the leader, passed through transition; so it wasJohannes Kelpius, his deputy, who wasin charge of the party when it madeits way to Germantown.

Under his leadership the plans forthe new cycle of Rosicrucian activitywere put into operation. The far-reaching nature of those plans is onlynow beginning to be recognized, but ithas long been known that that littlegroup of mystics on the banks of theWissahickon set the tone for much that

has been honored as the Americantradition.It was from this group that the first

Master’s cross descended to Dr. H.Spencer Lewis when he was delegatedto begin another cycle of Rosicrucianactivity and continue the work “for theglory of God and the benefit of man’sestate.”



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I f a p h y s i c ia n wishes

to cure any illness,mental or physical, hefirst has to learn thecause of the illness. Inthe childhood of ourg r a n d f a t h e r s o n egroup of diseases wasknown as “fevers.”Various types of feverswere recognized: acute

fevers which came onsuddenly and lasted ashort time: chronicfevers which came justas suddenly and lasted a long time;acute and chronic fevers, some running high and others not so high—alsosome were continuous and others intermittent. It was then discovered thatsome lower forms of living things calledbacteria or germs had the ability to invade a person and that the type offever depended largely upon the kindof germ the patient was playing host

to, howrever unwillingly. Thus “germs”came to be considered the chief “cause"of fevers. Doctors then studied theways of developing agents which couldhelp the body overcome the unwelcomeinvader. Today, be the ailment mentalor physical, the physician must analyzethe mental aspect of his patient.

Just as there are various factorswhich enter into the cause of fevers,such as inherited abilities to resistgerms, the unusual circumstances affecting a person at the time of exposure(a very tired and physically exhausted

person is more susceptible to infectionswith some germs), as well as the presence of the germ which can cause aninfection, so are there several factorsto be considered in portraying the causeof mental illness. Also, eviaence ind icates that some types of mental illnessare possibly inherited.

From the physical aspect, the tendency to live long runs in families, and so

does the tendency todie young of hardening of the arteries.People who have suchhardening are generally the ones mostlikely to have prematurely the symptomswhich come from failing circulation throughthe brain because of

the hardening of thearteries of the brain.Some forms of mentaldeficiency (feeble

mindedness) run in families. Andsome feeble-minded persons inevitably

produce predominantly feeble-mindedchildren. Therefore, various mentaldefects have a hereditary background

but that is by no means the only cause.Probably of much greater signifi

cance than inheritance is the environmental factor. However, just how thisoperates is a bit obscure. So far as

criminal behavior is concerned, whichis often due to a sort of mental illnessspoken of as a “character defect,” our police records show that the incidenceof criminal behavior is much higherfrom the underprivileged areas of population. But the patients in mental hos

pitals come equally from the poor andthe rich, from the low and the highsocial strata.

Environment is a factor in the moulding of basic attitudes, and in these arefound many of the causes of mentalillness. In determining these attitudes,the environments which count are theintrafamily relations: relationships between parents, between the parent andthe child, and between the children.Moreover, the basic attitudes towardother people seem more important thanthe attitudes toward material things.When viewed thus minutely, the environment of the first child in a family is distinctly different from that of



the second; the environment of theyoungest in a large family is differentfrom that of the older. In fact, eachindividual in the family is played upon by different environmental factors. Aseach individual matures he comes incontact with many people and has vari

ous experiences. All of these mould his personality and determine what sort of person he is.

Accidents, fevers, successes, failures,and all the factors of experience fromthe cradle to the grave are constantlyetching their bit into the human personality, and thereafter are responsibleto some extent for the responses onemakes to future experiences. Thus, theenvironment influences all of us, butno two are influenced in exactly thesame way, nor experience alike thesame events.

From a broad point of view, mentalillness is caused most directly by oneof two types of “direct causes” : Insome patients the chief organ of the

personality—the brain and nervous system—is damaged. This results in mental illnesses known as “organic types.”Roughly, one third of all the patientswho collect in mental hospitals belongto this group. Among them are thesenile whose brains actually degenerate; those who have been injured incar or other accidents and have had

arts of the brain destroyed; those whoave had severe infections of the brain,

such as meningitis, encephalitis, poliomyelitis, syphilis, and so on, and thosewho imbibe too freely of poisons suchas alcohol.

The second group shows no definiteand consistent change of the brain, nostructural trouble. Our problem thenis to understand what causes the brainto function thus improperly. This brings us to a consideration of why thesame environmental experiences pro

duce different responses. The answerlies partly in the type of emotion theexperience arouses in the person.

Two Emotional Reactions

In general we react emotionally intwo ways: things arouse in us a pleasant feeiing or they arouse discomfort.The vague feeling of discomfort whichwe all experience at times we callanxiety. Anxiety is an unpleasant emo

tion, a vague indefinite sense of fear,or guilt, uneasiness, or apprehension.

Now, it appears that we could likenanxiety to germs. A person fights offgerms and reacts to them in an attemptto overcome them, and, as the personreacts, we get the various symptoms of

fevers. A person also fights anxietyand attempts to avoid it, overcome it,or react against it, and as one handlesanxiety, the various symptoms of manytypes of mental illness manifest. Thesecan be called collectively the functionalillnesses, or just neuroses.

How anxiety plays a role in eachtype of functional mental illness, ofwhich there are one hundred forty-fiveor more recognized different reactiontypes, we can illustrate with a few examples. First, the type called anxiety

reaction in which the symptoms aremerely an awareness of the unpleasantemotion, anxiety, and the direct physiological responses the body makes when being stimulated or aroused by anyemotion—symptoms such as a feelingof trembling, excessive perspiration, increased rate of breathing, a rapid actionof the heart, loss of appetite, stomachcramps, distress in the bowel, possiblywith constipation, frequent urge tourinate, general restlessness, insomnia,nightmares, general irritability, etc.

Another example is the obsessive- compulsive-phobic reaction, in whichthe distress of the anxiety is shuntedout of consciousness through excessiveconcern with certain trends of thought (obsession), or an irresistible urge to

perform certain acts (compulsion), or by certain obsessive fears (phobias). Athird example is the conversion reactions where awareness of the anxietyis avoided by “converting” the energyof the impulses, which generate theanxiety, into symptoms, such as paralysis of the muscles, or loss of the sen

sations in an arm or leg, or the conscious awareness of a pain when thereis no real inflammation of the organ tocause the pain.

The more dramatic examples are thedissociative reactions where the seam ofconsciousness is “dissociated” in suchmanner that the person may lose conscious awareness of his true identityand believe himself to be another person, or may lose his memory for a cer-



tain period of his life, or have otherstrange symptom complexes. A stillmore devastating reaction to the anxiety is the break with reality which occurs in a large group of mental illnesses called psychoses. In one type ofthis reaction the anxiety is shunted outof consciousness by “projecting” the

impulses which would arouse it. Thisis the basis for such symptoms as hallucinations and delusions. In one typeof hallucination the patient thinks hehears voices talking about him. Usuallythese voices are calling him vulgarnames. To him they are real—he hearsthem, but usually he cannot see the

person who he thinks is speaking. Delusions are fixed false beliefs. Usuallythey are that of being persecuted,

pursued, or threatened. A commonfalse belief is that of being watched bya “gang.” Often patients get the feeling

that some one in this gang has poisoneathe food, the air, or the water, and theyrefuse to eat, or to sleep in a certainroom, or to drink under certaincircumstances.

Can One be too Content?

Roughly, three fourths to two thirdsof all the patients who seek help at ourState Hospitals have some form offunctional mental illness in which anxiety is an important causative factor, but anxiety is a na tural and inevitableresponse to certain environmentally-

determined experiences. We all cameinto this world with definite basic psychological necessities. Just what theyare has not been too well defined, butcertain ones are quite clear—for example, the need for air, food, water; theneed to eliminate the waste products;to move or exercise our muscles. Thereare also basic essentials for relating ourselves to other people—the need for affection and love, that is, to get affection and love and to give affection andlove. There is the need to feel secure,to feel wanted, and possibly many oth

ers. We live driven by these needs, orrather by the desire to comply with theinternal urges to satisfy them.

'Yhe If our environment supplies us too Rosicrucian la™ h1/ satisfy mg these needs, we

are not sufficiently stimulated and may Digest not develop properly. The individualFebruary who has life too easy may fail to de-1950 velop the personality qualities which

would enable him to meet hardship.But even more of a problem is theenvironment in which one’s basic needsare not satisfied. This results in a sense of “frustration”—a tension due to one’sinternal requirements not being satisfied by the “supplies” of the environment. These frustrations are accum

ulative and in time amount to a strong built-up feeling of distress or anxiety.Healthy development requires a certainamount of “frustration,” but an amountthat only stimulates and thus drives usto grow—to develop new ways of meeting the problems. Too little frustrationhandicaps us by not bringing aboutgrowth, and too much leads to chronicemotional tension—the “germ” fromwhich develops mental ill-health.

Reduced to a simple formula, then,mental illness is caused in part by overly difficult experiences to which the

person cannot adjust without invokingthe symptoms of mental illness. Theconcrete experiences each person haswith his parents, especially during thevery early years of life, lay the foundation for his future personality. If therelationships of childhood are such as todevelop within the child the habit offeeling trustful toward people, if helearns to expect kind treatment, if hefeels secure, if he can give love toothers and feels that he is importantto them, then the chances for a healthy

personality are high. But deny him too

often, let him experience too muchfrustration, and he may not be able tomaintain a “normal” adjustment, butwill need to utilize ways of dealingwith his internal discomfort which ap pear to the rest of us as the symptomsof mental illness.

Such condition can occur at any period of life. It is more likely to appearduring those periods when society andcultural requirements place especiallyheavy demands on our psychologicaladjustments—puberty, adolescence, after marriage, during pregnancy, after

childbirth, during the change of life,or in our old age.

Model H ospitalization

With the knowledge that mental illness is in part due to “anxiety,” whichin turn is the result of difficult problems that the patient has to face in hisenvironment, we have some insight into



the sort of program which should be inaugurated within a mental hospital to

best enable patients to recover. Whenwe consider that it is because a patientcould not find in his environment adequate ways of deriving satisfaction ofhis basic psychological needs, then, to

counteract this, we must set up a situation in the hospital that is so conceivedthat patients can find satisfaction inlife. In short, to get results in helpingthe patients, a mental hospital must bemade a very interesting place. It should be capable of ministering to all theneeds of its patients.

We will try to consider what someof the physical needs of the patient are.To begin with, the food should be good —scientifically balanced as to totalcalories, protein, minerals, vitamins,carbohydrates, fats, and so on. Further

more, it should be served so that allthe aesthetic values are not only preserved but enhanced. The hospital dining rooms should be able to reflect thedesirable features of a well-cooked mealserved in the average American home.This means china, an attractively settable, and so on. Adequate time foreating the meal should be allowed, andevery reasonable measure taken tomake the experience of eating a pleasant one.

Clothing is also a physical need.Clothes do something for us. If we are

dressed in patched overalls, we cannotfeel our best. The sort of clothes that

patients wear has something to do withtheir recovery. In our culture we haveestablished certain standards as to whatwe wear, what clothes should look like,their style, quality, durability. Patientsneed to feel that they “belong,” thatthey are not different from “normal” people, and one factor in State Hospitals which undermines efforts to rehabilitate people is the patched andcheap clothing many patients mustwear. It is not so bad to wear such

clothing part of the time, but the feeling that it is the only clothing one hasis not conducive to recovery.

Another physical need consists ofcleanliness, bathing, and washing. Here,too, we have established standards inour culture which give us a feeling ofsatisfaction if we can maintain them,and which contribute to our anxiety ifwe cannot. Unfortunately, in State

Hospitals we often do not find it possible for patients to maintain the degree of cleanliness a healthy personneeds to maintain. A hospital should by all means provide patients with thewater, soap, bath tubs, showers, lavatories, and towels needed to maintain

a high standard of personal cleanliness.Among other physical needs which wewill only mention are: adequate opportunities for dental hygiene, the necessary equipment and space for sleeping,convenient space for personal belongings, an adequate number and properarrangement of toilets, ward furniture,etc.

A normal, mentally healthy personis a sociable person. A wholesome environment provides adequate outlets forour social needs. In ideal communitiesmany outlets are provided, and such

should be provided also in a good mental hospital. What are some of theseoutlets? In communities we have many“social clubs”: for mixed groups, formen only, or for women only. We havelodges, churches, service clubs, vocational clubs such as 4-H, and innumerable groups that meet to play bridge,to sew, to dance, or to sing. Our public schools, especially the coeducational schools, provide well for our socialneeds. But how can we organize aState Hospital to provide adequate outlets for these social needs?

For scores of years patients have beensimply locked up, the sexes rigidly separated, and the various wholesome accustomed outlets for satisfying socialneeds denied. No wonder State Hospitals have grown larger and larger.Such management is not treatment, but the patients are there. What can be done to provide suitable ways tosatisfy their social needs? This is avery big problem. People become ill because the cultural environment of ourcommunities is now so organized thatthey cannot get enough satisfaction for

their internal needs. To cure these patients, we must outdo the communitiesin making social outlets available andin urging their use.

Social Activities

A normal environment would be togive patients the freedom to come andgo about the hospital buildings and

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APPRECIATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL

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h e q u e s t i o n as to whetheror not aesthetic appreciation is instinctive or acquired has no satisfactory and final answer.Some psychologists, particularly in the latter par t of the nineteenthcentury and the early

par t of the present century, base theirconclusions on the premise that manis born with a certain degree of appreciation of the beautiful or at least ofform and order. Those who have conducted extensive research in the fieldof child psychology have in some casestaken exception to this belief. They

base their conclusions upon the objection that many children are not appreciative of order, form and beauty, butrather, sometimes very obviously, showmarked tendencies to enjoy or createconfusion and disorder. On the other

hand, few children are stopped in theirusual activities by their attention beingdirected, at least momentarily, towardanything of outstanding beauty.

We must bear in mind, however, thatthe beauty which can attract the mindof an infant or a child must be something which is possible for the immature mind to perceive within the immediate environment. A small child,for example, is not usually capable ofappreciating the beauty of a sunset, butmight appreciate the beauty of a picture, or a special arrangement in a window display of a store.

As a whole, adults show various degrees of aesthetic appreciation. Mostof us appreciate the things which weordinarily call beautiful; furthermore,the average individual appreciates arrangements of objects or details in

proper order and sequence.This is not a thesis on the philosophy



of the beautiful. We would have torefer to the history of philosophy andthe writings of many to come to ourown conclusion as to what exactly constitutes the beautiful. Here, we willconcede that beauty is expressed in

many forms by order, system, andthrough the expression of colors andarrangement. There are few peoplewho cannot appreciate beauty in nature. The degree of enjoyment variesover a large scope—from the one whowill merely take a glance at a scene,landscape, sunset, or some other visualexpression of the beautiful, to the individual who will find satisfaction insuch a scene for an extended time.

The amount of time and effort ex pended on something of an artistic or

aesthetic nature is truly dependent upon one’s associations, training, andideals. Realizing that this observationmay be in contradiction to some modem psychological investigation, wedraw the general conclusion that thereis an innate quality in all of us to ap preciate what is normally constitutedand believed to belong to the beautiful, but that this sense of appreciationcan be extended and enlarged in ourown consciousness.

Aesthetic appreciation is a form of

man’s realization of values which areof an intangible nature; it is the sim plest and probably the most often ex pressed consideration for those thingsthat do not lie immediately in the fieldof objective concrete expression. Whenmost of our lives must be devoted to theconcrete, the objective, and to facts, itis little wonder that our appreciation ofaesthetic qualities is generally at aminimum except on the part of thosewhose primary activities are directedtoward the field of the fine arts. Nevertheless, if a degree of appreciation ofthe intangible things does or can exist,as well as increase in the mind of thehuman being, that constitutes a pointof contact for every individual—between the material world to which heis so closely related and the immaterialworld of spiritual values which lie outside the immediate demands of the ob

jective environment.It is difficult to conceive of an in

dividual who devotes even a comparatively small amount of time to the ap preciation of the aesthetic qualities of

the universe, as expressed in man’screations, to harbor, at the same time,any ideas that are directly contraryto the aesthetical, moral, and idealisticsocial practices of humanity . The thief,the murderer, the embezzler, or the in

dividual who has such a degraded point of view that he believes himselfeligible to be served at the cost of anysacrifice to anyone else, would hardly

be the type of person whom we wouldnormally believe to have any degree ofaesthetic appreciation. Therefore, it isconcluded that if the ideals helping ourcomprehension of the fine things of theuniverse, of the intangible values as ex pressed in na ture and by man, can contribute to man’s higher evolution thatit is then logical that further develop

ment of this sense of appreciation willadd to the proper growth, physically,mentally, and spiritually, of all whowill give a little time and attention tothis phase of living.

We might go so far as to say thatchildren whose aesthetic sense has beenmade keener through proper trainingare less likely to become delinquents,and adults who pause in the daily demands that this world makes uponthem, would be less inclined to think interms of harming other individuals, or

to work toward war instead of peace,or to ignore the rights and wishes ofothers. Aesthetic appreciation then hasthe possibility of being a link betweenindividuals and higher ideals.

There is close association betweenthe highest ideals of which man canconceive and his appreciation of the beautiful, whether it be in art, music,nature, or in any form that he can perceive. It is therefore worth while—even if our ideas here advance our owntheories—for man to improve himself,and in turn to improve the society ofwhich he is a part, and through theideals of that society, to assist towarda closer relationship to the highestmoral and spiritual values of the universe. If man would give a little moretime and thought to the appreciationand assignment of value to the aestheticexperiences which he can find as a partof his life, and at the same time placehis objective experiences in a secondarycategory, he would be able to raise hisconsciousness and his concepts of beingto a higher and more sublime plane.



SANCTUM MUSINGS

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IDEAS WITHOUT AGE

R IS AA C N E W T O N U p o n

seeing an apple fall, inhis garden, is said tohave conceived the ideaof universal gravitation,now almost three centuries ago. This idea he setforth in his Principia, first published in 1687.

Perhaps Newton’s mental scope can be better appreciated in modern times.

His attempt to investigate the laws,according to which the Great Architectconducts His universe, is presented inthe following paragraphs from Principia. Herein, also, one versed in meta

physics readily recognizes the changeless governing forces underlying Manand Nature:

“Seven prim ary planets revolve aboutthe sun, in circles concentric with him,with motions directed towards the same

parts, and almost in the same plane.Ten moons revolve about the Earth,Jupiter and Saturn, in circles concentricwith them, with the same direction ofmotion, and nearly in the planes of theorbits of those planets. But it is not to

be conceived, that mere mechanicalcauses could give birth to so manyregular motions, since the comets rangefreely over all parts of the heavens invery eccentric orbits: by which kind ofmotion they pass easily through the

orbs of the planets, and with greatrapidity; and in their aphelions, wherethey move the slowest, and continuethe longest, they recede to the greatestdistances from each other, and thencesuffer the least disturbance from theirmutual attractions.

“This most beautiful system of thesun, planets, and comets, could only

proceed from the counsel and dominionof an intelligent and powerful Being.

And if the fixed stars are the centersof similar systems, these, being formed by the like wise counsels, must be allsubject to the dominion of One; especially, since the light of the fixed starsis of the same nature with the light ofthe sun, and from every system light

passes into all the other systems. Andlest the systems of the fixed starsshould, by their gravity, fall on eachother mutually, he has placed them atimmense distances from each other.

“This Being governs all things, not asthe Soul of the World, but as Lord over

all; and, on account of his dominion, heis wont to be called Lord God , or Universal Ruler. For God is a relativeword, and has respect to servants; andDeity is the dominion of God, not overhis own body, as those imagine whofancy him to be the Soul of the World,

but over servants. The Supreme God isa Being eternal, infinite and absolutely



perfect; but a Being, however perfect,without dominion, cannot be said to beLord God; for we say, my God, yourGod, the God of Israel, the God ofGods; my Eternal, your Eternal, theEternal of Israel, the Eternal of Gods;

but we do not say, my Infinite, or myPerfect; these are titles which have norespect to servants.

“The word God usually signifies Lord; but every Lord is not a God. It is thedominion of a spiritual Being whichconstitutes a God; a true, supreme orimaginary dominion, makes a true, su

preme or imaginary God. And fromhis true dominion it follows, that thetrue God is a living, intelligent, and

powerful Being; and from his other perfections, that he is supreme or most

perfect. He is eternal and infinite,omnipotent and omniscient; that is, hisduration reaches from eternity toeternity, his presence from infinity toinfinity; he governs all things, andknows all things that are or can bedone. He is not eternity or infinity, buteternal and infinite; he is not durationor space, but he endures and is present.He endures for ever, and is everywhere

present; and by existing always andeverywhere, constitutes duration andspace.

“Since every particle of space isalways, and every indivisible momentof duration is every where, certainlythe Maker and Lord of all things cannot be never and no where. Every soulthat has perception is, though in different times, and in different organs ofsense and motion, still the same indivisible person. There are given successive parts in duration, and co-existent

parts in space, but neither the one northe other m the person of a man, or histhinking principle; and much less canthey be found in the thinking substanceof God. Every man, so far as he is athing that has perception, is one andthe same man during his whole life, inall and each of his organs of sense.

“God is one and the same God,always and everywhere. He is omni

present, not virtually only, bu t alsosubstantially; for virtue cannot subsistwithout substance. In him are allthings contained and moved; yet neither affects the other; God suffersnothing from the motion of bodies;

bodies find no resistance from the omni presence of God. It is allowed by all,that the Supreme God exists necessarily, and by the same necessity heexists always and everywhere. Hencealso he is all similar, all eye, all ear,

all brain, all arm, all power to perceive,to understand, and to act; but in a manner not at all human, in a manner notat all corporeal, in a manner utterlyunknown to us. As a blind man has noidea of colours, so have we no idea ofthe manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.He is utterly void of all body and

bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched; norought he to be worshipped under therepresentation of any corporeal thing.We have ideas of his attributes, butwhat the real substance of any thing is,we know not.

“In bodies we see only their figuresand colours, we hear only the sounds,we touch only their outward surfaces,we smell only the odours, and taste thesavours, but their inward substancesare not to be known, either by oursenses, or by any reflex act of ourminds; much less, then, have we anyidea of the substance of God. We knowhim only by his properties and attri butes, by his most wise and excellentcontrivances of things, and final causes;we admire him for nis perfections, butwe reverence and adore him on accountof his dominion. For we adore him ashis servants; and a God without dominion, providence, and final causes, isnothing else but Fate and Nature.

“Blind metaphysical necessity, whichis certainly the same always and everywhere, could produce no variety orchange. All that diversity of natu ralthings which we find, suited to different times and places, could arisefrom nothing but the ideas and will ofa Being necessarily existing. But, byway of allegory, God is said to see, tolove, to rejoice, to fight, etc., for all ournotions of God are taken from the waysof mankind, by a certain similitude,which though not perfect, has somelikeness however.

“And thus much concerning God; todiscourse of whom, from the appearances of things, certainly belongs to

Natural philosophy.”



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CAN THESE TWO SPHERES BE RECONCILED?

By R a l p h M. L e w is , F. R . C.

LESSON TWO

mind of man advancesto what might becalled the formulation of religious ideas. Thisis the state of mindwhich is commonlytermed the “religiousattitude.” Now nei

ther the primitive northe early speculativeminds are withouttheir religious inclinations; in fact, aswe have said, all the states of mind merge —one into the other. There are nosharp demarcations. However, the religious mind has distinct characteristicswhich make it known to us. We recognize them, I am sure, in our dailyassociations with others.

With the religionist, the scale ofmind begins to tip from the objectivetoward the subjective. The religionist

becomes more conscious of his immanence, an indwelling sense—those inclinations or strange sensations whichwe all identify as the Self. The religionist begins, shall we say, the subdivision of his own being. Figuratively,he draws a line through himself. Asthe Rosicrucians say, there is an awakening of the consciousness of the dualityof being. The religionist is one who nolonger attributes aspiration, inspiration, the virtues, and the moral sense,to external forces, to physical being.These indwelling, or psychic experi

ences have a reality, of course, to thereligionist. They are just as real asanything that he is able to perceiveobjectively. But the distinction lies inthat, to him, these experiences are nowoutside of the human will and even beyond nature as well.

To the religionist, the whole cause of

our objective experience may truly be theresult of a physical, amaterial, universe. Heis ready to concedesuch a thing as matter, but the subjectiveexperiences which thereligionist has he conceives as coming from

a divine or spiritual source. He thinks thatthe subjective experi

ences originate apart from the mortalSelf and the physical world.

Philosophical Approach

The next definite stage in the development of the mind of man we mayconsider as the philosophical andrationalistic. There are numerous definitions of philosophy. You have readand heard many. Perhaps we can attempt to sum them up in the followingfew words. Philosophy is the attempt

to relegate all knowledge into a com prehensible order. Philosophy takes anaggregate of given facts, things or ex periences that are known, and it viewsthem. It finds that many of them reveal no apparent direct connection,that various of the facts seem irrelevantto each other, quite distinct—too widely separated. There are no obviouslinks tying them fast to anything else.The philosophical mind, then, deducesa sequence, an order for these things,so that they do not hang in a theoreticalspace. The philosophical mind also at

tempts to conceive final causes or ob jectives. In other words, it asks: Whydo these things exist? Further , whatends are served by them? Then, the philosophical mind attempts to fitthese parts, these facts of experience,to a hypothesis, to a comprehensibletheory.



It must be apparent that the philoso phical mind is not content with a statesuch as chaos. It proceeds with a general idea, with an abstract conception,an order or a purpose, and then fitsthe parts into such a pattern. Philosophy

is the grouping of all of our humanexperience into such an arrangementwhich helps us to better understand thewhole of existence andourselves. The philosophical mind placesnothing wholly outsidethe realm of thought.To the philosopherthere is nothing thatis without some com

prehension. He takesthe position that whatever falls into the cat

egory of experienceshould be capable oforientation, of being

placed in some relationship to human understanding and human needs.

What Isthe

Seientitie Attitude?

From this gradualdevelopment of thehuman mind, therecame that rationalistic,that empirical or materialistic p o i n t ofview, if you will,which we know of today as science. Whatis science? Notwithstanding the idolatrywhich is being shownscience today, becauseof the material benefits it has afforded theaverage man, it is not

a special endowmentor faculty from on high. It is not adivine gift or talent given to a certainclass of persons. Science is a distinctapproach to the age-old problem ofknowledge, just as the speculative andthe philosophical minds have longsought a solution to the same problem.

Let us say, for a better understandingof the relationship of science to theseother levels of mind which we haveconsidered, that I have before me here

an object of knowledge—something thatis known. We shall call it an apple.

Now, to the primitive mind this applewould just be an entity, another of themyriad things of life. The why andthe wherefore of the apple does not

trouble the primitive type of mind inthe least. To him, the apple is merelysomething which he cannot escape see

ing if his eyes areopen and it is exposedto his view. The ap

ple, to the primitiveintelligence, holds no

f)articular interest un-ess it commands his

personal attention byits exceptional coloring and pleasant fragrance. Then he either accepts it by eating it, or he rejects it.

The s p e c u l a t i v e mind, on the otherhand, ponders thevalues of the apple, itsdelicious flavor, itsfragrant scent and itsa p p e a l i n g c o l o r .“W hat a d v a n t a g e shave these?” it asks.The religionist is one

who takes the positionthat if this object ofknowledge, this apple,contributes to his welfare, if it is enjoyable,if it is nutritious, thenit is a good; and therefore, it must comefrom the source of allgood things—the Divinity. The philosophical mind is the typethat tries to show the

unreliability of thesignificance which we attach to the ap

ple, that it is not quite as importantas we believe it to be. The philosophersays that, after all, the color, the flavor,its sweetness, and its form—each ofthese qualities are not in the apple itself but are, rather, in the mind. Consequently, the philosopher argues, ifthe qualities which we attribute to anapple do not separately exist in it, thenhow can they be said to be collectively

By Lester L. Libby, M. S., F. R. C. Director, AMORC Technical Dept.

• Ph ysicis ts a t the Un ivers i ty ofRochester recently revealed thatthey are seeking evidence of amiss ing atomic par t ic le , the negative pro ton . Only posi t ive protons are known thus far ; bu t , beca use th e re a re b o th pos it iv eand negative electrons , i t issuggested that nature, in i ts o rder ly adherence to the pr incip leof symmetry or duali ty , shouldalso have a negative pro ton .

• The new “bevatron” to be constructed at the Univers i ty ofCalifornia will have a magnet 110feet in d iameter and a “race

track” accelerat ing chamber 400feet in circumference . I t will be cap able of acce le ra ti n g p ro ton par t ic les ( the nuclei o f hydrogen atoms) to a velocity of184,000 miles per second—nearlythat o f l igh t—wherein they wil lhave atom-smashing quali t ies ap p ro ach in g th o se of co sm ic ra y s,the most powerfu l known toman .

• Recent researches pred ict anionospher ic layer of "excited”oxygen molecules, probably located about 60 miles above theea r th’s sur face. This layer mayh av e an imp o r tan t b ea r in go n s o l ar - t e r re s t r ia l e n e r g yrelat ionships .



the apple? The philosopher furthersays that all these qualities of the ap

ple are, after all, just ideas. As Berkeley, the English pnilosopher said, ideascan never be anything more than justideas; they are not things.

As for the scientist , in practice, he is

a thorough-going empiricist. His ruleof measurement is his sense data, theexperiences of the senses themselves.They alone seem to have measurablereality. In connection with our illustration, he says: Here is an apple. Ithas a specific form, a texture, and acolor. He goes along with the philoso pher in saying that such sensationsarise in the mind and they apparently

produce the ideas which we associatewith such an object as an apple. Butthen, the scientist asks, what acts so asto produce these sensations? What are

the contributing causes which make ushave such impressions as we do of theapple? And again, what makes thisobject of knowledge appear not only tome but to others as well? He furtherstates that if he can discover what consistently causes this phenomenon torecur , then he will have discoveredlaws of nature.

Science, then, makes an analytical observation of phenomena to acquirea knowledge of the causes of them. Thetest of science at all times is its abilityto prove the nature of any given phenomenon. If it can show how a phenomenon can uniformly recur, it has proved its point. Sir Francis Bacon inexplaining the scientifc method said:“We must bring men to the particularsand to their regular sequence and order. We must have them begin to forman acquaintanceship with things.” Inother words, they must examine the

parts of everyday experience. He alsosaid: “The scientist seeks to dissectrather than to abstract nature.” Thus,nearly four centuries ago, Baconsounded the keynote for the modernmethods of science, the dissection of the parts of experience.

Since Bacon’s time the strictly ortho-The d°x scientist has thought it necessary

Rosicrucian *° assume a hostile attitude toward philosophy because of its abstraction; thatis, it did not confine itself to a dissection, to the taking apart of the particular thing. Such orthodox scientists

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misunderstand Bacon; they do not catchthe real spirit of his writings. They donot realize that he was inveiglingagainst the scholasticism of his period.These orthodox scientists call pniloso-

phers idle dreamers, men who dwell ina world of intangible realities.

Regardless of this disdain shown byorthodox scientists for philosophy andabstraction, science has gradually beenobliged, particularly during the latterhalf of our present century, to assumea philosophical attitude in its own ap

proach to the problem of knowledge.What is the objective of science? Letus put it this way: what is science trying to accomplish, by dissecting into

parts, by the examining of objectiverealities? Yes, but what shall it do withthe knowledge of the phenomenawhich it discovers? Nature will remain

chaotic to us, if we do nothing butcreate a series of little circles aroundcertain groups of laws.

Suppose we have one little circle hereand we call it physics. Then, we ac-

auire other little circles consisting ofle laws of chemistry, biology, astron

omy, and eventually all of the ap panages, or branches, of science. Arethese circles to remain unrelated? Unless there is some unity between thesespheres of inquiry, of investigation,what we call the universe must remainchaotic. There has to be some hy

pothesis, some abstraction, some contemplated end or order, as an incentive for science to show the relationship between these revelations which ithas made. With the consciousness ofthat necessity there began the philoso phy of science. Even today some illiberal scientists are reluctant to admita philosophy of science.

Philosophy is now regaining its prestige by slowly unifying the various discoveries of science into a comprehensi ble order. As the noted and liberal

scientist, the great physicist, Dr. Jeans,has said: “I t is for science to try anddiscover the pattern of events. It isfor philosophy to try and interpret itwhen found.” The observations of science—events and things—and the definitions and abstractions of philosophy,all revolve about Self. Man’s interestin the universe, in electricity, in magnetism, in the whole spectrum of en-



ergies, in the stars and planets, in theorganisms of his own being, dependon those sensations which we call theSelf.

It would be possible for man, as formany other animals, to perceive theworld, to have an awareness of externality without realizing an ego, or self. However, without a consciousness ofthe ego there would not arise that intermediate relationship which exists be

tween Self and the world, and whichconstitutes such notions as order, unity,God, space, time, and the like. It isthese notions which challenge and giveimpetus alike to science and to the con

cepts of religion and of philosophy.Likewise, it is this importance attachedto Self which has given rise to thosedoctrines and to those practices whichwe know of as mysticism.

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grounds as they choose. In a mentalhospital, there always wall be many patients who cannot, for their own welfare, be given full freedom. Such patients must be constantly supervised,

but we should strive to get them awayfrom their wards every day. Althoughunder constant supervision, they shouldstill be given every type of social activity. A program should be plannedto make available to every patient atfrequent intervals the chance to participate in a card party, a dance, a

picnic, a church service, to visit in formally with other patients includingthose of the opposite sex, to participatein organized discussion groups, to consider current news topics. They shouldhave opportunities to read in the li brary, to work with other patients, to participate in competitive games, es pecially in athletic games, and to enjoywith other patients various sorts ofentertainment.

A hospital program making such activities available to all patients, most

of whom must be constantly under closesupervision, requires a sort of socialleadership and an understanding of howto live. Such is difficult to find. We

probably can never employ enough peo ple to fully exploit the value which liesin putting such a program into effect.We are making considerable progressthrough the volunteer services of alarge number of Grey Ladies workingunder the auspices of the Red Cross,

but we have barely scratched the surface. Actually, one thousand volunteer

workers, giving one-half day a week,would be needed to get every patient

into some kind of daily social activity.Another aspect of our psychological

requirements might be called creative needs. Life seems most worth while toall of us only when we feel we aredoing something satisfying, “creating”something. Our jobs or vocations arethe “supplies” in which we chiefly findgratification. To be contented we must be doing something. We must work. For the occasional person, this maymean painting a beautiful picture, butmost of us do with our hands what the

world calls practical work. Every category of vocational pursuit of the community is available. We choose whatwe think we like to do best and becomemore or less proficient in doing it.

A State Hospital is also a community. Its patients too need to participatein useful activities. Many of them aremixed up or uncertain about their ability to do a job in the competitive economic world. They need to have anopportunity to improve their skills, toacquire more skills, and to learn new

facts. Our social organization in ourcommunities was inadequate to provideour patients with wholesome and satisfying outlets for their psychologicalneeds to create. Our hospitals should be so organized that they can do this job better than the communities did it.

Every patient should have the op portunity to improve himself, to increase his proficiency in whatever skillshe has, so that on discharge from thehospital he is better equipped for com

petition in the economic arena than heever was before. In short, a hospital



should do for a mentally ill patientwhat we expect a trade school to dofor a skilled craftsman. Hospitalsshould exploit every field of activityengaged in by normal people and should

provide intensive training in “vocational rehabilitation.”

In our endeavor to do this rehabilitation at the State Hospital South, everyemployee is required, in doing his job,to attempt to work with patients. Thehospital has an adequate farm, a largevegetable garden, a dairy herd, a flockof chickens, and some hogs. We alsohave maintenance problems. A hospital is a community with many buildings, machines, shops, boilers, gadgets,etc. The normal maintenance work

provides an opportunity to train patients in many skills: some patientswork with the painter, others with the

plumber or with the carpenter, some

with the cement and plaster repairman, and so on.

Opportunities for patients to acquireskills may be found in the laundry, inthe manufacturing and repair of clothing, and in the dietary and the stenographic departments. Patients work inall of these under the supervision ofthe employee responsible for the work.The employee is taught to feel thattraining patients is as much a part ofhis job as getting the work done.

Besides the regular help, we have aspecial group of employees who belong

to a department called “Occupational

and Industrial Therapy.” Their business is to get a group of from ten totwenty patients out of the locked wardsinto whatever activity is possible. Someof the patients work with the maintenance departments, others in specialoccupational therapy shops—we have alarge one for women and twTo smallershops for men. These persons partici

pate in athletic games two afternoons aweek and encourage their patients to

join in all the activities of the Recreation Department.

To summarize: The chief cause ofmental illness in most of the patientsin the hospital is a painful emotionalstate called anxiety. Anxiety, in turn,is experienced because of environmentaldifficulties which prove too great forthe patient to handle. The symptomsof mental illness are really a compromise solution, an adjustment the pa

tient makes to the environmental forcesand internal psychological needs he isstriving to satisfy. To rehabilitate themaximum number of patients, a mentalhospital should provide a more wholesome environment than the communities in which the patients were overcome.

What this means in terms of opportunities to satisfy our physical, social,and creative needs has been brieflyconsidered, and some of the efforts thatwe are making at the State HospitalSouth to carry out our program have

been herein outlined.

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beliefs. In his theory, there was aclotting mass of gas and dust whichrotated in space. The growing accretionformed planets and satellites. That portion of the nebulous condition whichdid not form planets contracted to formthe sun. Forty years later, Laplacetheorized that a rotating nebulous mass

of hot gas would cool and shrink. Asit shrank, it would spin faster andfaster on its axis, leaving rings of gasto condense into planets. That whichdid not condense formed the sun.

With the beginning of the twentiethcentury the science of astronomy beganto give serious thought to what was feltto be a more logical cosmogony. At theUniversity of Chicago, in 1900, Cham berlin and Moulton advanced the ideathat the chance passing of our sun byanother star might have precipitatedthe condition which formed the planets.

The near collision may have causedhuge eruptions on the passing star, andalso on our sun which is a star. Attheir nearest approach, each star drewgreat masses of matter from the otheras a result of the gravitational forceswhich were involved. The matter whichwas pulled out of the two stellar bodiescondensed into planets which revolvedand moved in orbits because of the motion which resulted from the chancenear collision of the two stars. Not onlydid our own star-sun appropriate afamily of planets, but it is supposedthat the receding star, which caused the

incident, assumed a similar planetarysystem.

Near the conclusion of the firstWorld War, the astronomers Jeans andJeffreys propounded the idea that, inreference to the preceding theory, itwas more than likely that the two starshad actually collided. The collisionforced a tremendous amount of gaseousmaterial from one side of each star, agaseous condition which has been described as being an elongated cigarshaped filament. This filament eventually broke up into planets—the larger

planets being formed from the middleof the filament, and the smaller onesfrom the ends.

Henry Norris Russell of PrincetonUniversity raised serious objections tothe last two theories. His logical ob

jections had to do with dynamical

grounds. If the collision and near-collision theories were to be accepted, theinteresting questions would be raised:What became of the other star? Arewe able to see it and its planets? Wasthe earth the only planet which becamehabitable?

In 1936, Lyttleton invited a third

star into the cosmogonical problem, andsuggested that originally our sun mayhave been a double star—both stars revolving around a central point. A passing star may have attracted the sun’scompanion to it and carried it away,leaving a gaseous filament movingaround the sun. Lyttleton suggestedthat this filament could have condensedinto planets.

Six years ago Hoyle explained thata star near our sun may have suddenlydisintegrated. The explosion may havethrown more gaseous material in one

direction than in another—materialwhich could be caught in the sun’sgravitational field. Planets would thenhave been formed in accordance withthe Jeans-Jeffrevs theory. An exploding star is called a nova, and is a fairlyfrequent occurrence.

Other theories advanced in recentears have suggested that the sun mayave passed through a gaseous nebula

in its travels—the presence of the sunin the nebula creating electrical chargeson the nebula’s atoms of gas. Thecharged atoms may have then formedrings of gas around the sun, whichwere eventually resolved into planets.On the other hand, Berlage theorizedthat the sun shoots out charged atomsand molecules, and that this action inthe distant past formed concentric ringsof gas in the solar magnetic field. Eachring formed of atoms or moleculeswould be in the same ratio of chargeto that of the mass.

In our final cosmogonical theory, werefer to Von Weizsaecker. Von Weiz-saecker returns to the Kant hypothesis

and suggests that originally there mayhave been a formation of vortices ofgaseous material which rotated aboutthe sun. The accretion which wouldtake place in the concentric circleswould form planets in direct rotationand in geometric progression from thesun.



We Know Very L ittle

Actually, we know very little aboutthe evolution of our sun or of otherstars, inasmuch as even with the veryfinest of astronomical instruments wecan observe only an infinitesimal frac

tion of the life span of a star. Stars asa whole are probably going through acondition of evolution; whereas, ourstar-sun, with its system of planets, isgradually experiencing devolution.

It must be understood that the conclusions regarding cosmogonies amountto speculation. How the world is toend, if it is to experience a transition,can only be theorized. In part, some ofthese theories must be related to threeof the cosmogonies mentioned above.For instance, in the Chamberlin-Moul-ton theory, a passing star narrowlymissed the sun. In the Jeans-Jeffreystheory, there was a collision of our star-sun with another star. And in the Hoyletheory there was the possible occurrence of a nova near the sun. If anyone of these three cosmogonies broughtabout the formation of the Solar System, then it is possible for them to reoccur. One does not have to be anastronomer to reason that if anotherstar should pass fairly close to our sun,or if a star should collide with oursun, or if there were an explosion of

a nova in the proximity of the sun andits system of planets, that that would probably be the end of the Earth planet, as well as the other planets. Itwould mean final and completedestruction.

A less sensational possibility, whichwould affect a limited area, would bethe falling of a large meteorite. If ameteorite of huge proportions were tofall on one of our cities, this wouldnot be the end of the world, but itwould bring death to several hundred

thousand people. Tha t this is possibleis supported by the fact that greatmeteors have struck the earth fromtime to time. The most recent occurrence of this kind was in 1908 whena meteor brought destruction to hundreds of square miles of Siberian forests.Fortunately the fall of the meteor wasnot in a populated area. We all knowof Meteor Crater in Arizona. Buriedin the sands beneath the crater undoubtedly is a meteor of tremendous

size, which fell perhaps hundreds oreven thousands of years ago. In 1949another large meteor crater was foundin Australia.

As far as we know, there has never been a loss of human life as a resultof the fall of a meteor. The streaksof light which flash across the nightsky at various times throughout theyear, and which are commonly spokenof as falling stars, are tiny meteors.Most of these are no larger than agrain of sand, and burn out beforereaching the earth.

The existence of the earth and themaintenance of life upon it are de

pendent on our sun. We receive life-supporting energy from the sun, andthe earth is held in its orbit by thesun’s invisible force of gravity. The

earth’s distance from the sun, theearth’s degree of tilt on its axis, itsspeed of rotation and period of revolution around the sun are all factors thatinfluence life and physical conditionson this planet. A degree of change inany of these would cause environmental changes which would subsequentlyaffect conditions of life. If a changewere marked in even one of these factors, it might become impossible tosustain life on the earth.

Moon9s Dramatic Role

Our satellite, the moon, may have adramatic part to play in the possibleend of the world. Astronomers believethat at one time the moon was muchnearer the earth than it is now. Oursatellite has been gradually drawingaway from the earth. It has been calculated that the earth’s speed of rotation is decreasing as a result of theeffect that the moon has upon tidesof the seas on the earth, an effect whichhas a braking action. Energy lost bythe slight slowing down of the rotation of the earth has, theoretically,

been transferred to the moon. As themoon draws farther away, its tidal effect becomes less pronounced, and thereis less retarding of the earth’s rotational period.

The moon, however, cannot escapefrom the gravitational pull of the earth;and if an equilibrium of forces is ultimately reached, it is quite possiblethat the moon may cease its recession



and begin advancing toward the earth. With the passing of millions and perhaps billions of years, it is believed thatthe moon will approach much closer tothe earth than it is now, causing highly increased tidal effects. It is presumed that at that time the earthwould still have its oceans. If the moonshould reach what is known as Roche’slimit, it would be unable to stand thegreat differences in gravitation of theearth and of the sun on opposite sides;our satellite would then disintegrate. Ithas been conjectured that its fragmentsmight encircle the earth just as thefragments of matter now encircle the

planet Saturn. Saturn has three distinct rings of fragmentary material. Insuch an instance, if the moon were toexplode, it would have a terrific effect upon the inhabitants of the earth.

World Destruction

Referring to the sun again, it must be acknowledged that it has been radiating great quantities of energy formillions of years. In line with the present accepted theories, the sun’s energyis produced deep within the sun’s interior by subatomic forces. This radiation is quite likely to continue for millions of years. It is the present beliefof astrophysicists that eventually anend must come to the supply of matterwhich can be converted into energy inthe sun, and the sun will then become

a cold dead star. Dark stars are knownto exist. If this should happen to thesun, the earth would immediately become a dark frozen world. On the other hand, inasmuch as there are exploding stars, which we have referred to asnovae, it is within the realm of possibility that our sun may ultimatelyexperience a novalike flare-up—theeffect of which would cause the earthto be scorched.

Thus we have reviewed some of the possibilities which may bring about thedestruction of the world. However, we

immediately rise to disperse the fears which may be in the hearts and mindsof those who would contemplate celes-

The tiaI tragedies. In the Cosmic realm the Rosicrucian e ement °f time is beyond our compre

hension, because it is measured in millions and billions of years. It must beadmitted that there may be an end tothe world at some time. However, this

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is a long-ranged possibility, which isnot likely to occur next year or a hundred years from now, or even withinthe next million years.

If the destruction of the world wereto come about through one of the cos-mogonical theories, astronomers would

doubtless be able to predict the eventhundreds of years in advance. Withtime and distance measured in light-years, we would know what to expectand perhaps witness the spectaclewhich would bring about the end hundreds of years in the future.

Let us use as an example the possibility of the chance passing or head-on collision of a star with our sun. Theapproach of the visiting star from theremote depths of the Cosmic regionswould first be observed by our astronomers. As the sta r would draw closer

to the sun, its brightness would gradually increase. Because of the distanceof travel, it might take hundreds ofyears for it to reach the sun; therefore,generations of astronomers could beobserving, with keen interest, the ap proaching star. As it would near theorbits of the planets of our Solar System, we would begin to notice a difference in the orbital speed of theearth, and a subsequent change in the seasons and the length of the year. The

planets, as well as the earth, woulddevelop queer or unusual movements.Such a condition would disrupt theequilibrium of the planets and theirrelationship to the sun. Temperaturesand atmospheric conditions would ex

perience a rapid change. Following this,it would be impossible to predict thenext occurrences. One thing is sure,however: the disrupted conditions onthis planet would bring about thetransition of all humanity on earth andno one would witness the passing of thevisiting star or its possible collisionwith our sun. With such a disaster ap proaching, no escape to other planetswould be possible, for they would be

experiencing the same conditions asthe earth.

Our statements which have taken usfrom the cosmogonies to the end of theworld are based entirely on theories.

None of the celestial catastrophes citedmay ever occur, although there stillmay be other Cosmic conditions which



could bring about the world’s demisein the far distant future. Speculativeas they are, however, the theories have

possibilities which are subject to occuronly millions, perhaps billions, of yearsfrom now. There is a satisfying thought

in realizing tha t geological surveys haverevealed that the earth has existed formillions of years; and there is no reason to feel that it will not continue todo so. Furthermore, contrary to present beliefs, the destruction of the earthwill not be brought about as a resultof certain nations’ precipitating an

atomic war. Great cities, and perhapsnations, would be destroyed in sucha war, but, in the over-all picture, theearth and a great number of its inhabitants would continue to enjoy life.

With growth of knowledge and the

adventurous advance of scientific mindsinto the Cosmic realms, fear and superstition are being dispelled. The onlyend of the world which we will everknow is the natural transition throughwhich each of us must pass, and whichis being experienced by thousands ofmen and women every day.

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A Message from Egypt By S. C. Saad, F.R.C.

Grand Master, Amenhotep Grand Lodge, Cairo, Egypt

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j t is t h e i n t e n t and understanding of the Initiate which determines thevalue of the Ceremonyof Initiation. For thisreason, the custom inAncient Egypt was forour brethren to preparevery carefully in advance

for such a Ceremony. Then at a prefixed day of the month and a predetermined hour of the night, the Initiateswould be led to the altar located between the paws of the Sphinx. Therethey performed the initial rituals required before passing through the secret portal—guarded by the silent guardian

—to the initiation Chamber within.In due course of time, the Initiate or

Initiates were led by stages, throughsecret passages, to the impressive Initiation Chamber in the heart of the Pyramid where the final Ceremony wasconducted, resulting in the Initiate’sreceiving illumination together withthe powers and privileges theretoappertaining.

It is very fortunate indeed that ourImperator, during his visit to Egypt in

January, 1949, decided to perform ashort Ceremony (symbolic in nature ) atthe altar between the paws of theSphinx and having for its purpose there-establishment of the AmenhotepGrand Lodge in Egypt. All the mem

bers of AMORC in Egypt are keenlyaware of the responsibility of eachwhich was tacitly implied as a result ofthis Ceremony. They feel proud of theopportunity to share in this responsi

bility and all are very appreciative ofthe many sympathetic acknowledgments and communications whichLodges, Chapters, and Fratres andSorores of the Rosy Cross throughoutthe world have sent to Amenhotep

Grand Lodge.It is hoped that Initiation Ceremo

nies similar to those performed withinthe Great Pyramid in ancient timeswill again be conducted under the aus

pices of Amenhotep Grand Lodge. Withthis thought in mind, we send ourgreetings to the membership of theA. M. O. R. C. everywhere, and particularly to those who have been kind tothink of us and give of their sympathyand assistance.



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Power of Fear By D r . H. S p e n c e r L e w i s , F. R . C .

(From Rosic rucia n Diges t , February, 1929)

Since thousands of readers of the Rosicrucia n Diges t have not read many of theearlier articles of our late Imperator, Dr. H. Spencer Lewis, we adopted the editorial

policy of pu bli sh ing each m on th one of his ou tstan ding artic les , so th a t his tho ug ht swould continue to reside within the pages of this publication.

o r e a n d m o r e am I im pressed that fear has agripping hold on theminds and lives of manymillions of persons in theworld today.

Fear has a power, thatis little suspected andcertainly not understood.

Once it entwines its body around theheart of a human being, it holds that

heart in its grip, and gradually crushesout all courage, all joy, all peace, andall life. The strangest thing about it isthat while many of us are more or lessaware that fear or fearfulness can enslave us, we are not aware that it is being created in our minds by the veryinstitutions, movements, schools, and

persons who are pledged to do theirutmost to free man from the shacklesof fear, superstitious beliefs, and enslaving ideas.

In our daily correspondence we findhundreds of letters from persons who

plead with us and implore for help infreeing themselves of some dreadfulfear. If you have never had the ex

perience of being hourly depressed andheld in gloom by an overwhelmingfear, or annoyed in every moment ofattempted peace and relaxation by aninsidious belief that keeps coming tothe center of your consciousness, until

you become a nervous wreck and hysterically cry aloud for relief, then youare fortunate, and may not be able tounderstand what I am talking about.But the time may come when such a belief, such a fearful idea, may be im planted in your consciousness by an unsuspected germ or seed transplanted bythe seemingly kind words or preachments of some school or system.

At any rate, sixty or seventy percentof human beings seem to be dominated

by some fear, and often it is one whichis difficult to describe or interpret, butis easily traced in its origin to the

psychological processes used by writersor teachers to frighten students orothers into accepting their particularform of philosophy.

I know that this will be taken as adiatribe against other schools or teachers, and that some will misinterpretmy motive and look upon this articleas a veiled criticism of some particular

pieces of metaphysical and occult litera

ture. However tha t may be, I havefound that the comments I am nowmaking have helped thousands of persons through correspondence.

It seems to be a common practiceamong some persons who are presenting personal philosophies or forms oforiginal teachings, to impress the student or the reader with certain nega



tive laws and principles, or a categorical list of “don’ts.” Most of theseteachings seem to indicate that beforeanything of a constructive nature can

be presented, a period of destructivework must be carried on . . .

We know how easy it is to frightenchildren, and to establish a fearful attitude of mind in their beings through

planting the seed of fear in connectionwith things that we wish to removefrom their lives. We have learned, ascivilization has advanced, that such a

process is not only wrong, but fraughtwith dire consequences in the later lifeof each child. But as adults we forgetthat the mind of the adult is no lesssusceptible to the implanting of theseeds of fear than is the mind of the

child, and we either continue to ex press the fearful ideas and plan t theseeds of fear in the minds of others, orwe accept the undesirable ideas and

permit them to become dominatingfactors in our thinking and acting.

is Incense Harmful

I am reminded, for instance, of anarticle in an occult magazine dealingwith the use of incense. The publisherof this particular magazine warned thereader that the only safe incense was

that which is manufactured by a mysticwho knows the mystic laws of makingincense, and the mystic laws of handling it, packing it, and putting it intothe mail for distribution . . . .

Now I think the real Rosicrucians,with all of their knowledge of thechemical and alchemical laws of Nature, and of vibrations and their effects, have had as much experience inthe past centuries in making incenseas any of the present-day operators ofmystic supply houses and bureaus. And

I think that every Rosicrucian knowsthe real benefit that is to be derivedfrom the use of good incense at propertimes and in connection with properideas. We recommend incense to ourmembers, and in the past we havemade, in our own laboratory, as good agrade of rose incense as can be made.However, we ceased making it becausewe found that we could not make itmuch better than many of the largeincense and perfume manufacturers,and that therefore there was no partic

ular advantage in turning part of our

laboratories into manufacturing propositions and demanding that our mem

bers buy our brand of incense in preference to any other.

We also found, during the processof making incense, that it was neces

sary to have wholesome and pure sup plies for the incense, and that the essential oils used to give the proper perfume or odor could not be of a syntheticnature, in order that the heat wouldnot change the rate of vibrations butmerely release those of the correctnature that were contained in the ingredients used. We found, too, tha t thelaboratory workers had to know the

principles of chemistry, and the propermanner of propounding the formulasthey were using, and that they had to

have clean hands, clean utensils, and aclean workroom. We did not discoverthat these laboratory workers had tohave any particular occult development or any particular spiritual attitude of mind , nor any unusual psychic at-tunement during the moments or hoursthat they were engaged in mixing theingredients or operating the mechanicaldevices for pressing and molding thecubes of incense. . ..

However, in the talk about incensein the mystical magazine we have re

ferred to, the publisher of the magazinewas determined to impress the readerswith the idea that no other incenseshould be burned in their homes exceptthat which was made by a mystic. Andinstead of attempting to bring aboutthis exclusive use of his particular product by properly recommending its goodqualities and featuring its merits, as agood advertising man would do, he proceeded to warn the readers about thedire consequences and fearful resultsthat come through the use of general

incense.As we read the horrifying details of

what would happen and must alwayshappen to those who use incense notmade by a mystic, we realize what afrightful field of fear was being plantedall over the United States, and what aterrible crop of consequences would bereaped. It was stated that incense notmade by a mystic was exceedingly dangerous; and that the burning of suchincense would bring such detrimentalresults to the mind and body of the

user as to cause various mental dis



eases and nervous troubles, as would practically wreck the life of the user.The article further explained that the burning of incense which was not made by a mystic would produce such resultsas the releasing of various classes ofspirits or invisible entities which would

affect the person, even to the extent ofcausing St. Vitus’s dance, epilepsy,frothing at the mouth, and similar conditions. The claim in the article wasmade that only a reputable occultistwho had evolved spiritual sight, andwas able to see the various entities inthe invisible world as he makes hisincense, should be permitted to makeit for anyone to use; and that ordinaryincense compounded by someone ignorant of occultism would simply be avehicle for spirits, who clothe themselves in the smoke and odor and enter

the bodies of those who are presentwhere the incense is being burned, andincite these innocent victims to acts ofdebauchery and sensualism.

I ask our readers if that is not theworst kind of fear-seed to put in theminds of thousands upon thousands of persons who are today using hundredsof different kinds of commercial incense for various purposes. The average incense made and sold in the commercial marts of America today is freefrom opiates or from any elements thatcould possibly have a detrimental ef

fect upon the user, even if used to greatextreme; and on the other hand, theaverage incense that we have examinedhad certain beneficial results of a germicidal nature connected with its use,and it is well known that most formsof incense help to purify the air ofother odors or vibrations which, whilenot detrimental in any way, are moreor less objectionable and unclean.

My attention was called to such articles by a simple incident that is typicalof the results that fear can produce. Acertain fine woman, who had used incense in a mild form for a number ofyears to keep her home sweet andclean, and not for any particular mystical purposes, was suddenly overtaken by a mild form of epilepsy, lasting fora few hours. The examining physiciansand the histology of the case revealedthe real cause of the epilepsy, and ithad nothing to do with incense, butwith a condition of a definite nature

dating far beyond the time when shehad begun to use incense. However,this woman happened to read an articleabout incense, and it came into herhands just at the time that she wascompletely recovering from the mildepileptic attack. She was a believer in

the honesty and integrity of the magazine that contained the article, and, asshe read about the dangers of incenseand came to the paragraph that saidthat even epilepsy could be producedthrough the use of incense not made by a specially evolved and selected occultist, she believed that she had discovered the hidden cause of herepilepsy.

The shock at once upset her nervoussystem, and for two days the thought

preyed upon her mind while she keptthe idea to herself as a secret; and

then, with her mind worked up to ahigh pitch, and her entire being quivering with the effects of the fear thought which controlled her, her reason andher good judgment became weakenedand the physicians were again calledinto consultation. They found that theyhad a form of obsession to deal with,of a more serious nature than epilepsy,and one which called for months ofcareful study and treatment in order to

prevent a very complex psychologicalcondition from becoming permanentlyestablished.

Of course, the publisher of the magazine never intended that such a resultshould come from the article published;and he undoubtedly would rather haverefrained from publishing the articlethan allowing it to affect anyone insuch manner. But the fact remains thatthe article was intended to create fear

—fear of the use of any incense exceptthat which was being recommended.

The claims made against the use ofordinary incense are absolutely unsound, if not ridiculous, and there isno more danger from entities, invisiblespirits, epilepsy, and so forth, in con

nection with the use of ordinary incense than there is from the use ofany perfume, perfumed soap, or perfumed talcum powder.

Other Warning*

We also find in our correspondencethat thousands of persons have beenled into the belief that “animal mag



netism, suggestion, hypnotism, andnecromancy” are the working tools ofmost physicians, and definitely of everymystical, occult, or psychological teacher and practitioner. We hear it said onthe part of many sane and sensible

persons that through certain preachments they have been taught to believethat healing done by any system otherthan the one issuing the warning isnot dependable but spurious, and thatinstead of doing good there would bean invisible disastrous result becausethe black magic tools, described, wereused in connection with making thecures and doing the healing.

We find from our correspondencethat persons have been allowed to passthrough transition without any medical

or therapeutic attention; that men,women, and children have been permitted to suffer agonizing pains untiltheir bodies weakened, their mindsgave way, and transition occurred, without any advice, help, or even sympathy.We find that many thousands are permitted to suffer all kinds of discomfortsas well as diseases, without any attention, solely because they believed thatsince they cannot secure attention andtreatment from the specific organization that has issued this warning, they

must not accept any help from eventhe most eminent metaphysician, themost sympathetic mystic, or the most proficient healer, because all of themuse animal magnetism, necromancy,and other dire black, unnamed things,as their means for bringing about healthand peace in the body.

I have read, in letters, heartrendingstories of how persons who were mildlyill and who received beneficial treatment from some healer or mystic werethrown again into a worse state of men

tal and physical illness, even to the extent of a condition bordering on insanity, because they had been told thatthe treatments previously given, whichseemed to have been beneficial and restored them to health, were given by

those who used animal magnetism,necromancy or magic, and had thereby

poisoned the system of the sufferer, andhad instilled a spirit of evil and destructiveness that could never be removed from their beings.

What a sad situation it is, in thesedays of enlightenment and modemscientific knowledge, to think that thosewho shake our hands or who greet uswith their printed literature, and comeinto our homes physically, or throughtheir words as friends and helpers, are

insidiously and wilfully doing their utmost to plant seeds of fear in ourhearts, so that we may become enslavedto their particular doctrines, and dominated by their forms of reasoning andliving!

Remember just this one thing, Goddid not make man in His own imageand then withdraw from him all that

power, all of that creative essence, andall of that Will which enables man tomaintain health and freedom, and protect himself against the enslaving idea

of others, and especially the enslaving powers of little invisible spirits that canfloat around on the clouds of burningincense, and slip into your bodies andmake you less than a beast of the fields.Only your belief that such things are

possible will make you a slave to them,and then you become a slave to yourown belief, to imaginary spirits andentities, and to imaginary powers and

principles, instead of to realities andactualities of this glorious, Divineuniverse.

NEW ENGLAND RALLY IN BOSTON

On Sunday, February 19, the Johannes Kelpius Lodge of Boston will sponsor a one-

day rally to which all members are invited, particularly those in the New England

States. Registration for the event w ill begin at noon, at the Joha nnes Kelpius Lodge

Tem ple, 284 Marlboro S treet, Boston, Massachusetts. An outstand ing and extensive

prog ram for the re m aind er of the af ternoon and even ing has been planned. The Su prem e Secre tar y will be in Boston fo r this ra ll y and will pa rt ic ipate in its prog ram.

Make your plans now to attend.



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u a k e r s , or the Friends,are the power behind theAmerican Friends ServiceCommittee in their international peace - making

projects. From their global experiences comes theconviction that “all menhave a Divinely given

capacity to respond to goodwill and self-sacrifice.” The Committee’s support isuniversal, including all faiths and backgrounds, and its help is extended to all

regardless of creed, color, or politics.In its around-the-world service for

this past year, the Committee, amongother duties, assumed the responsibilityfor administration of the United Nations emergency relief program for 215,000 Arab refugees in SouthernPalestine.

A survey of the rehabilitation being promoted in the Eastern hemisphere plainly indicates the centering of attention on the welfare of children andyouths, not only by the American

Friends Service Committee but by various other organizations. In the growinggeneration rests the future of civilization. To present this wide scope of cultural and educational activity, we quoteexcerpts from the observations printedin the American Friends Service Committee Bulletin:

Austria: Discussion groups on international problems. Little theatre work,folk dancing, language study, and religious discussions.

A truck equipped with projectors,

films and slides, phonographs and records, and handicraft tools and craftsequipment visits young apprenticegroups in rest homes maintained byAustrian trade unions.

Finland-. After the war, Finland’schildren received large shipments offood and clothing. Fifty girls’ vocational trade schools would have had to

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abandon sewing instructions had notcloth and thread been provided. Gaslamps were provided for student rooms

Germany: . . . after a defeat so greatas to leave most of its social and familylife in chaos . . . Their faith in yesterday’s concepts destroyed, Germany’sdisillusioned young people seek helpand genuine friendship.

Program emphasis is increasingly onself-assistance projects, and on spiritual

as well as material rehabilitation.A very large proportion of the ref

ugees in Germany are children andyoung people. A mobile unit equippedwith a library and with sewing, laundry, shoe repair and other self-helpfacilities began in the spring of 1949to visit camps where such services areneeded.

Ita ly. Probation for juvenile delinquents is being adopted in Italy forthe first time . . . . The government isalso hiring social workers to help de

linquents sent home on a parole basissimilar to the American pattern.

China: Young China and the Chinese of coming generations will benefit from the efforts of a trained agriculturist now on loan . . . This scientistis teaching methods of practical valueto Chinese who would improve the landof underdeveloped and famine areas.

Japan: A neighborhood center inTokyo will attract not only children

bu t the community as a whole. Facilities of direct or indirect benefit to chil

dren, such as laundry and sewingrooms, will be a part of the program.Planned activities and discussion groupswill be scheduled as in the Europeancenters—to offer spiritual, educational,and recreational service . . . A daynursery for children of working mothersis another project.— American Friends Service Committee Bulletin.



t j r i n g the month of December, an exhibition ofmodern Chinese art wasfeatured in the Rosicrucian Museum. On theday of its opening, ChangShu - Chi, Professor ofFine Arts in the Nation

al Central University of Nanking and one of China’s most outstanding modern artists, demonstratedthe two-color brush technique. Hiswork, according to Dr. Lin Yutang,embodies “par excellence that com

bined grace and strength which hasever been the esthetic aim of all goodChinese artists.”

On this occasion, the Museum wascrowded with a most enthusiastic gathering to watch Chang and to view theexhibit, which is sponsored by the

Chinese Art Research Council and theChina Council for International Cultural Cooperation. Writing in the San Jose Mercury Herald, Marta Morgansaid: “The exhibition is without adoubt the finest we have yet had the

pleasure of viewing in San Jose andthis department recommends the showto art lovers without reservation.”

V A VWhat many consider to be the best

concert yet given by the RosicrucianOrchestra was that of Sunday, Decem

ber 11. High points were reported to be the playing of Brahms’ Hungarian Dances V and VI, and of Franz vonSuppe’s Overture to The Beautiful Galathea.

A featured soloist on this occasionwas a member of the Order, Soror VeraDidenko, a dramatic soprano from SanCarlos, California. She sang One Fine Day, from Madame Butterfly, Estrellita by Ponce, and Because byD’Hardelot.

V A V

On January 26 and 28, the SanFrancisco Symphony Orchestra underthe direction of Pierre Monteux offereda charming work for flute and stringorchestra entitled Elibris, by AlanHovhaness.

Hovhaness, an instructor in harmonyand composition at the Boston Con

servatory of Music, has been writing“what is probably the most originalmusic in recent years,” according toHoward L. Goodkind in The American

Mercury (February, 1948).Of Armenian descent, Hovhaness

since 1944 has been composing in theArmenian style. Of his compositions,Virgil Thomson wrote as long ago as1947 in the New York Herald Tribune-. “It brings delight to the ear and pleasure to the thought. For all its auditorycomplexity—for ornateness is of the

essence—it is utterly simple in feeling, pure in spirit and high-minded. Andfor Western ears, it is thoroughly refreshing. Among all our Americancontributions to musical art, which aremany, it is one of the most curiousand original, without leaning at any

point on ignorance, idiosyncrasy, or personalized charm.”

In December, recordings of Hovhaness’ works, now collectors’ items,were played in the final of the Fridayafternoon series in the Rosicrucian

Museum. At that time, the forthcoming performance of Elibris was mentioned, and Peggy Granville-Hicks’note on its performance at a Com

posers’ Forum in New York was read.Miss Hicks wrote: “Elibris . . . is oneof the composer’s most beautiful pieces.Again it seems to grow outward fromthe fifth, playing all around it, comingto conclusive rest on it, as though allalong the whole piece had been a

pensive, florid, timeless, and climaxlessdeviation from the primal and ulti-



mate note. The pieces end as mostEastern music ends: they simply cease,their end unheralded, leaving the listening mind and heart to sigh theirway back to the mundane world.”

We are proud to acknowledge AlanHovhaness as a member of A.M.O.R.C.

V A VTwo soundproof meditation cham

bers have now been made available inthe Supreme Temple for the use ofindividual members. They are beautifully appointed and will afford idealsanctum conditions for those who momentarily might find such conditionslacking at home. At present, one afternoon and one evening of every week,visiting members may avail themselvesof this opportunity for meditation inthe Supreme Temple.

V A V

The Instruction Department reportsthat occasionally Neophytes registeran interest in the further interpretationof the ritualistic phase of their studies.In essence a ritual is but an orderlyand meaningful way of performing anact. Any habitual act by an individualor a group becomes a ritual—a practicethat scientific study is now showing to be a contributing factor to happy andstabilized family and community living.

In a study of some four hundredcases recently, a department of theUniversity of Pennsylvania found that

various rituals in which the wholefamily participates have a most beneficial effect. Such rituals may be nothing more than a period of group reading, a periodic gathering to make orlisten to music, a weekly outing, or afamily conference; yet those familiesin which they occur are bound togethermore closely and their members become individually better adjusted. Notice of this study appeared in Science

News Letter of September 10, 1949,and in The American Sociological Review.

This offers practical confirmation of our Instruction Department’s contention that rightly understood and cul-

The tivated, true ritual is an integrating„ . . factor in life which should never be

Rosicrucian underestimated. Digest V A VFebruary jn the East of the AMORC Temple1950 in Vancouver, British Columbia, there

hangs a painting of which the lodgemembers are very proud. It depictsthe desert as seen from a roof top inCairo. A crescent moon lights the skyand on the far horizon a pyramid isoutlined. The window through whichthis view is seen is suggested by an

iron railing at the bottom and at thetop, by the extended awning of brightly striped material. The lighting onthis scene is most effectively managed,and as one sits in the Temple, it requires little imagination to re-create thewhole Egyptian environment.

This painting, beautiful as it is, isvalued in Vancouver Lodge more sofor its having been painted and putin place by Dr. H. Spencer Lewis himself. Stories are still told of Dr. Lewis’taking Merritt Gordon, then GrandCouncilor of the Order, all over the

city to procure the necessary material(especially the striped silk for theawning), of his working until early inthe morning to finish the picture andarrange it in the East. So interestedwas Dr. Lewis in having Vancouver’sTemple just right, that he preparedstencils for the column decorations.

Today the Vancouver Temple is notonly the oldest in the jurisdiction operating continuously in one location but also one of the most active. Aglance at its very interesting monthly bulletin shows that every night in the

week is given to some worth-while phase of lodge work.

V A V

Some sixty members who serve onthe three ritualistic groups of the Su preme Temple enjoyed a turkey dinnernot long ago in the Recreation Roomof the Supreme Temple. The Impera-tor, the Grand Master, and his ritualistic assistant, Frater Paul Deputy, andFrater J. A. Calcano, who heads theSpanish ritualistic group, were amongthose present.

V A V

Traditionally, Rosicrucian Templeswere designed, constructed, and decorated by members of the A.M.O.R.C.For many years, because of labor regulations and building laws this practicehas not been possible; yet every Templestill bears evidence of the devotion andartistic talent of individual Rosicrucians.





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Rochester :Roc hester Chapter, Hotel Seneca. Dorothy M.Decker, M aster; William Rabjohn s. Sec. Sessions1st Wed., 3rd Sun., 8 p. rn.

OHIOC inc inna t i :Cin cinna ti Ch apte r, 20-1 Hazen BJdg., 9th andMain St . Gustav F. P. Thumann, Master ; Ber thaAbbott, Sec. Sessions every Wed. and Fri. ,7:30 p. m.Dayton:Elbert Hubbard Chapter, 56 East 4th St. MaryC. Hig h, M aster ; M ary T urn er. Sec., -136 Ho ltSt. Sessions 2nd and 4th Thurs. , 8 p. m.Toledo:Michael Faraday Chapter, Roi Davis Bidg. , 3rdF l.t 905 Jef fers on Ave. Do roth y Van Doren,

M aster; Hazel Schramm , Sec.. 1514 Freem an St.Sessions every Th urs. , 8;30 p. m.OREGON

Portland :*Po rtland Rose Lodge. 2712 S. E. Salmon. FloydK. Riley, M aster; W alter G. Allen, Sec. Sessionsevery Wed., 8 p. m. and Sun., 7 p. m.

PENNSYLVANIAPhi ladelphia :*Benjamin Frankl in Lodge, 1303 Girard Ave. Dr. S. Milton Zimmerman, Master; Fred A.Thomas, Sec., 2706 W. Allegheny Ave. Sessionsevery Sun. , 7:30 p.m . Temp le and library openTu es., T hu rs., 7-10 p. m.Pittsburgh:*The Firs t Pennsylvania Lodge, 615 W. DiamondSt. , North Side. David Stein. M ast er ; Lydia F.Wilkes, Sec. Sessions W ed. and Sun. , 8 p. m.

TEXASEl Paso :Ei Amama Chapter , 519 N. Santa Fc. Ernest G. Bourjaily, Master, 523 N. Campbell St.: Mrs.Rosa M. Licona. Sec. Sessions 1st and 3rd Sun.,2 p. m.F o r t W o r t h :Fort Worth Chapter, 512 4th St. Marjorie P.Doty, Master; Robert L. Proctor, Sec. Sessionsevery Fri. , 8 p. m.Houston:Hou ston Chap ter, 1320 Rusk Ave. Ro bert E.Ma rtin, M aste r: Alyce M. La Rue, Sec., 3105Chene vert. Sessions every F ri. , 7:30 p. m.

UTAH

Salt Lake Cits' •'

Salt Lake City Chapter. 211 Hopper Bidg. , 23E. 1st South. Clarence R. Parry. Master; ClaraJ . Parker . Sec.. 243 S. 7th East. Sessions everyTh urs. , 8:15 p. m.

WASHINGTONSeat t le :*Michael M aier Lo dge. W inton ia Hotel, 1431 Minor.Maurice V. Boldrin, Master. Tel. De. 5324; Ethel

J e ff erson , Se c. , Tel. Ra. 5059. Sessions every Fri.,8 p .m . Lib rary open Tues . , Th urs . , 1-4 p .m . ;Mon., W ed., 7-9 p. m .; Sa t., 1-3 p. m.

WISCONSINM i lw aukee :Karnak Chapter, Republican Hotel. 907 N. 3rd St.George W. Wood, Master. 3934 N. 2nd St.; BessieF. S mith, Sec. Session s every Mon., 8:15 p. m.

Princioal Canadian Branches and Foreign JurisdictionsThe addresses of other fore ign Grand Lodges , or the names and addresses of thei r representa t ives , wil l

be giv en up on re quest .AUSTRALIA

Sydney, N. S. W .:Sydney Chapter, I .O.O.F. Bidg. . 100 Clarence St.F. R. Goodman, Master, 2 "Girvan" 129 KurrabaRd., Neutral Bay; Victor Bell. Sec.. 60 DennisonSt. , Bondi Junction. Sessions 1st, 3rd and 5thSa tu rday a f t ernoons .Melbourne, Victoria:Melbourne Chapter. 25 Russell St. KathleenDodds. Master; Fred Whiteway, Sec. , 37 BlackSt., Middle Brighton S. 5.

BRAZILSao Paulo:Sao Paulo Chapter, Rua Taba t i ngue ra 165. SylvloE. Polati . Master; George Craig Smith. Sec. ,Caixa Po sta l 4633. Sessio ns 2nd and 4th Sat.,8:30 p. m.

CANADAMontreal, 1*. Q.:Mount Royal Chapter , The Lodge Room, Victor iaHal I, W estmo unt. Mrs. A. En gleha rd. Master;Jean Pierre Trickey, Sec, , 444 Sherbrooke St. , E.Sessions 1st and 3rd Thurs. , 8 p. m.Toronto, Ontario:Toronto Chapter, 12 Queen St., East. Oron C.Dakin, M aster; Ed ith H earn, Sec., 300 Keele St.Sess ions ev ery Mon., 8:15 p. m.Vancouver, B .C.:*Vancouv er Lodg e, 878 Ho rnby St. Do rothy L.Bolsover, Ma ster. T at low 2003: L ettie C. Flee t.Sec., 1142 Harwood St.. MA-3208. Sessions everyMon. throu gh F ri. L odge open 7:30 p. m.Victoria, B.C.:*Victoria Lodge, 725 Courtney St. Miss E. M.Burrow s, Master; D orothy G. Joh nsto n, Sec.,821 B ur de tt Ave.Windsor, Ont.:W inds or Chapter, 808 Marion Ave. Mrs. StellaKuc y, M aster; G eorge H. Brook , Sec., 2089Arg yle Ct. Sessio ns eve ry W ed., 8:15 p. m.Winnipeg, Man.:Charles Dana Dean Chapter, I .O.O.F. Temple.293 Ke nne dy St. A. G. W irdn am , M aster ; S.Ethe lyn W allace, Sec., 851 We stm inster Ave.Sessions 1st and 3rd Thurs., 7:45 p. m.

DENMARK AND NORWAY

Copenhagen :•The AMORC Grand Lodge of Denmark and Norway. Arthur Sundstrup, Gr. Master, Vester Vold-gade 104: Kaj Falck-Rasmussen, Gr. Sec.. A. F.Beyersvej 15 A. Copenhagen F. , Denmark.

EG Y PTCairo:Am enhotep Grand Lodge. Salim C. Saad, GrandM as t er , 1 K as r -E l-N i l S t .

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ENGLANDThe AMORC Grand Lodge of Great Britain.Raymond Andrea, F.R.C. , Gr. Master, 34 Bays-w a te r A ve ., W eg tb u ry Park, B ri st o l 6.London:London Chapter. Richard Lake, Master, 38 Cran-hrook Rise. Ilford, Essex: Lawrence Ewels, Sec. ,86 Datchet Rd., Catford, London, S. E. 6.

FRANCEMile. Jeanne Guesdon, Sec. . 56 Rue Gambetta,Villeneuve Sainte Georges (Seine & Oise).

HOLLANDAmsterdam :*De Rozekruisers Orde, Groot-Loge der Nederlan-den. J. Coops, Gr. Master, H un zestra at 141.

ITALY Rome:Italian Grand Lodge of AMORC. Orlando Tim- p ana ro P e r ro tt a , Se c. , V ia G. Bag livi, 5-D . 1,Quar t iere I ta l ia .

MEXICOMexico. D. F.:*

Quetzalcoatl Lodge. Calle de Colombia 24.Ruper to Betancour t . Master : Sr . Beni toKoster, Sec., Eureka No. 15, Col. Industrial.

INDONESIABandoeng, Java:*Mrs. M. C. Zeydel, Gr. Master-General. T. Mul-tatuli Blvd.

NEW ZEALAND Auckland:Auckland Chapter, Victoria Arcade, Room 317.Mrs. E. M. Wood, Master, 2nd FI., GiffordsBidg. , Vulcan Lane, C l; John O. And ersen, Sec.Sessions every Mon., 8 p. m.

PUERTO RICO San Juan:San Juan Chapter, 1655 Progreso St., Stop 23,Santurce . J . L. Casanova. Ma ster ; Jesu s Rodriguez. Sec. Sessions every Sat. , 8 p. m.

SWEDEN Malmo :*Grand Lodge "Ro senkor set . " A lb in Roirner, Gr. Master, Box 30. Skalderviken. Sweden.

SWITZERLAND Lausanne:*AMORC Grand Lodge. 21 Ave. Dapples. Dr. Ed.Bertholet. F.R.C., Gr. Master. 11 Ave. GeneralGuisan.

VENEZUELA Caracas:Alden Chapter, Vel&zquez a Miseria, 19. Sra. F.Briceno de Perez. Master; Sra. Carmen S. Salazar.Sec. , Calle Cuarta 2, Bellavista. Sessions 1st and3rd Fri. , 6 p. m.

Latin-American DivisionArmando Fo nt De La Jar a, F . 11. C., D eput y G rand Mast er

Direct inquir ies regard ing this divis ion to the Lat in-American Division. Rosicrucian P ark, San Jose ,Ca lifo rni a, 17. S. A.

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Rosicrucian Digest, February 1950