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J U R IS D IC T IO NA L CONF E RE NC E

A historic Rosicrucian international session of momentous importance was recen tly concluded in Paris, France. Aboveare shown in conference: from the leftJohn La Buschagne, Director of the Admin istrative Office of AMORC in England;Ralph M. Lewis, Imperator of AMORC; and Albin Roimer, Grand Master of Sweden. Follow ing the sudden transition ofSoror .Teanne Guesdon. Grand Master of France, it was decided, after considerable deliberation, that Frater A lbin Roimershould assume direction of the AMORC of France in the capacity of Grand Secretary. The further result of the Conference was the amalga mation of the jurisdiction of AMORC of Sweden with that of France and America. The officers flewto the conference from their various countries. (Photo by AMORC)


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"In the be ginning., .like a bolt from the heavensabov e . . . the word was s poken, and fr om themighty intonations of its sacred syllables therecame forth the creation of the unive rs e so re-lates a legend preserved by all races of mankind.Thr ough the ages men have s earched forthis lostword, probed the mysteries of nature, but foundin its stead the secret keys of wisdom. These keys,gems ofwis dom, unlock the hidden possibilitieswithin every man or woman. They re veal start-ling unuse d powers that make for a greater life.

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Fact or Fancy: 'What's in a Name?''.............World Honors Pythagoras

There is a Purpose .................ThreeWay BehaviorMiracles of HealingA Piece of Solomon's TempleThe Mysterious Cosmic RaysLife's IndifferenceSoul's Extension ...............................Temple EchoesThe Lotus .........................Cathedral Contacts: The Art of ExaggerationPerformance or Fame? ...........

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TheRosicrucianDigest

June1955

h e vastness of celestialspace has long intriguedthe imagination. To manyof the ancient peoples therelative size of the starsvisible to the unaided eyeand the apparent size of

the sun and moon wereconfusing. The dominant

question seemed to be. Are the sun andmoon comparatively small bodies closelo the earth or are they tremendousspheres at an infinite distance? Thelegends and creation tales that havedescended to us indicate that manypeoples of the past considered suchcelestial bodies not much higher thanthe great mountain peaks in their im-mediate region. They speak of the godsdescending from the sun and moon attimes to the nearby mountain tops.

The natural phenomena, the observ-able functions of the sun and moon, forexample, were conceived as teleologicalcausesas being intentional, the con-sequence of mind. As a result, theheavenly bodies were apotheosized,thought of as willful deities. Their ac-tions were said to have a correspondingrelation to the conduct or behavior ofman. The peculiar formation of thestar groups, as they appeared to thehumansight, suggested familiar earthlyobjects to man, such as a dog, a fish,a crab, or a bull. In centuries past,then, men in their imagination peopled

the great canopy of the sky with intelli-gent beings. The Egyptians had thehuman soul ascend into the world aboveby means of a celestial ladder. Smallladders, often not more than a fewinches in length, made of ceramiclikematerial were entombed with the em-

balmed bodies. These are symbolic ofthe ladder by which the soul of thedeparted was lo attain its place in theworld beyondand above. Some ofthese brightly colored ancient miniatureladders may be seen in the funerealgallery of the Rosicrucian Egyptian

Museum.In ecclesiastical circles, in the world

of religion, heaven or its equivalent wasalways considered as up, as above, in

point of direction. It was imagined tobe an infinite region because the onlyinfinity man experienced was the vast-ness of the sky above him. As lie gazedtoward his feet, he saw the earth andits material objects all relatively re-stricted in size in comparison with thespace above. It never seemed to occurto the average man that up" is onlyrelative to the position of mans head.He points to that above his head asup." regardless of where he stands. Asa matter of fact, those persons who liveupon the underside of trie earth, in rela-tion to his position, are also looking upwhen they gaze above their heads andyet they are looking in an entirely op-posite direction. In other words, theresident of Australia and the person inCanada both refer to the sky abovethem as up, yet each is looking downin reference to the position on the earthof the other.

Giordano Bruno, philosopher of the16th century, was greatly impressed

with the astronomical discoveries of histime, particularly the postulations ofGalileo proving that the earth was notthe center of our universe and that thestars "were worlds exceeding ours in size.This suggested to him that the wholeuniverse was alive, animated with a


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vital force. Life was not restricted justto the earth, he thought. Our globe wasnot alone the theater for intelligence.Bruno, in his enthusiasm, declared:Only one bereft of his reason could

believe that those infinite spaces, ten-anted by vast and magnificent bodies,are designed only to give us light, or toreceive the clear shining of the earth....What! Is a feeble human creature theonly object worthy of the care of God?No, the earth is but a planet, the rankshe holds among the stars is but byusurpation; it is time to dethrone her.The ruler of our earth is not man butthe sun, with the life which breathesin common through the universe.

In the Middle Ages, meteorites wereheralded by the superstitious and re-ligious as falling souls who were ex-

pelled from heaven for some dereliction.Certainly it seemed plausible that thesky was the habitat of all supernaturalbeings, angelic and otherwise. Evenmalevolent demoniac entities werethought to traverse the heavens onoccasion. At numerous times strangeobjects moving in space have been re-ported. In the pages of this publicationin the past, we have recited at lengththe objects reported to have been seenin the sky in various parts of the worldduring the past centuries. Some of thesehad been reported in technical journalsof the period; others were accounts ap-pearing in the daily press, offering noexplanatory comment. The diversity ofsuch objects ranges, for example, froma rain of frogs from the sky to longcylindrical cigarlike objects wdth flash-ing lights at bow and stem.

What intensified public interest inthe probability of life on other planetswere the discoveries of the noted Italianastronomer, G. V. Schiaparelli, in thelatter part of the past century. He em-phatical ly declared that Mars had pe-culiar wisplike filaments extending fromdark to bright areas whose geometrical

pattern resembled canals. This geomet-rical uniformity suggested intelligentdesign. Schiaparelli was particularly re-nowned for his research in connectionwith die planet Mars. He and his col-leagues pointed out that Mars had adiameter considerably less than has theearth, about 4,200 miles. Most strik-ing, however, was the declaration thatit had an atmosphere, as evidenced by

its polar caps and their seasonal increaseand diminution in size. Photographsfurther disclosed what was referred toas clouds in the Martian atmosphere.Some of these clouds could be photo-graphed only by the light of the violetend of the spectrum; others were photo-graphed in the red end only. The cloudswere really but differences in the at-mospheric density and appeared as suchon tne photographic plates. There wasno assurance that they were clouds inthe same sense as those visible in theearths atmosphere.

Sp e c u l a t i o n P l u n L o g i c

In many circles there was convictionthat life and a higher order of intelli-gence existed on Mars, though nofurther scientific evidence to supportthe concept was brought forth. In mod-em times, with the development of jet

propelled rockets and guided missilesand the harnessing of nuclear energy,the possibility of devices being shot intoouter space became technologically prob-able. The dream tha t man might travelto distant worlds seemed to the laymana fulfillment possible within a genera-tion. It was logical that speculationshould then center about what earthmen might encounter if they were suc-cessful in reaching the moon, Mars,Venus, and other planets. Again, in theminds of the adventurous and the imag-inative, the dominant question became ,Are other worlds inhabited? Being con-scious of the speculations and of mod-em technical progress, the alert observerwas responsive to all unusual phenom-ena he experienced in the night sky.For the first time perhaps, in the livesof many persons, speculation turned along and searching gaze heavenward.

Many of the phenomena reported asflying saucers or other celestial movingobjects are undoubtedly due to naturalcircumstances never previously noticedby the observer. Because of his interestin the subject and the fascination as-sociated with it, it is logical to assumethat all such things would he lookedupon as mechanical contrivances fromanother world. Eventually, with thenotoriety given the topic of flyingsaucers by the daily press of the world

particularly because the public wantedto read about thempeople began toaccept the accounts they heard or read


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TheRosicrucianDigestJune1955

THE

THOUGHT OF THE MONTH

FLYING SAUCER CRAZE

"OS OS

By THE IMPERATOR

l lT FrF. vastness of celestia]space lias long intrigued

the imagination. To manyof the ancient peoples tlierelative size of the starsvisible to the unaided eyeand the apparent size ofthe sun and moon were

___confusing. The dominantquestion seemed to be, Are the sun andmoon comparatively small bodies closeto the earth or are they tremendousspheres at an infinite distance? Thelegends and creation tales that havedescended to us indicate that manypeoples of the past considered suchcelestial bodies not much higher thanthe great mountain peaks in their im-mediate region. They speak of the godsdescending from the sun and moon attimes to the nearby mountaintops.

The natural phenomena, the observ-able functions of the sun and moon, forexample, were conceived as teleologicalcausesas being intentional, the con-sequence of mind. As a result, theheavenly bodies were apotheosized,thought of as willful deities. Their ac-tions were said to have a correspondingrelation to the conduct or behavior ofman. The peculiar formation of thestar groups, as they appeared to thehuman sight, suggested familiar earthlyobjects to man. such as a dog. a fish,a crab, or a bull. In centuries past,then, men in their imagination peopledthe great canopy of the sky with intelli-gent beings. The Egyptians had thehuman soul ascend into the world above

by means of a celestial ladder. Smallladders, often not more than a fewinches in length, made of ceramiclikematerial were entombed with the em-

balmed bodies. Those are symbolic ofthe ladder by which the soul of thedeparted was to attain its place in theworld beyondand above. Some ofthese brightly colored ancient miniatureladders may be seen in the funerealgallery of the Rosicrucian EgyptianMuseum.

In ecclesiastical circles, in the worldof religion, heaven or its equivalent wasalways considered as up , as above, in

point of direction. It was imagined tobe an infinite region because the onlyinfinity man experienced was the vast-ness of the sky above him. As he gazedtoward his feet, he saw the earth andits material objects all relatively re-stricted in size in comparison with thespace above. It never seemed to occurto the average man that up is onlvrelative to the position of man's head.He points to that above his head asup, regardless of where he stands. Asa matter of fact, those persons who liveupon the underside of the earth, in rela-tion to his position, are also looking upwhen they gaze above their heads andyet they are looking 111 an entirely op-posite direction. In other words, theresident of Australia and the person inCanada both refer to the sky abovethem as up, yet each is looking downin reference lo the position on the earthof the other.

Giordano Bruno, philosopher of the16th century, was greatly impressedwith the astronomical discoveries of histime, particularly the postulations ofGalileo proving that the earth was notthe center of our universe and that thestars were worlds exceeding ours in size.This suggested to him that the wholeuniverse was alive, animated with a


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vital force. Life was not restricted justto the earth, he thought. Our globe wasnot alone the theater for intelligence.Bruno, in his enthusiasm, declared:Only one bereft of his reason could

believe that those infinite spaces, ten-anted by vast and magnificent bodies,are designed only to give us light, or to

receive the clear shining of the earth ----What! Is a feeble human creature the only object worthy of the care of God?

No, the earth is but a planet, the rankshe holds among the stars is but byusurpation; it is time to dethrone her.The ruler of our earth is not man butthe sun, with the life which breathesin common through the universe.

In the Middle Ages, meteorites wereheralded by the superstitious and re-ligious as falling souls who were ex-

pelled from heaven for some dereliction.Certainly it seemed plausible that thesky was the habitat of all supernatural

beings, angelic and otherwise. Evenmalevolent demoniac entities werethought to traverse the heavens onoccasion. At numerous times strangeobjects moving in space have been re-ported. In the pages of this publicationin the past, we have recited at lengththe objects reported to have been seenin the sky in various parts of the worldduring the past centuries. Some of thesehad been reported in technical journalsof the period; others were accounts ap-pealing in the daily press, offering noexplanatory comment. The diversity ofsuch objects ranges, for example, from

a rain of frogs from the sky to longcylindrical cigarlike objects with flash-ing lights at bow and stem.

What intensified public interest inthe probability of life on other planetswere the discoveries of the noted Italianastronomer, G. V. Schiaparelli, in thelatter part of the past century. He em-

phatically declared that Mars had pe-culiar wisplike filaments extendingfromdark to bright areas whose geometrical

pattern resembled canals. This geomet-rical uniformity suggested intelligentdesign. Schiaparelli was particularly re-nowned for his research in connection

with the planet Mars. He and his col'leagues pointed out that Mars had adiameter considerably less than has theearth, about 4,200 miles. Most strik-ing, however, was the declaration thatit had an atmosphere, as evidenced by

its polar caps and their seasonal increaseand diminution in size. Photographsfurther disclosed what was referred toas clouds in the Martian atmosphere.Some of these clouds could be photo-graphed only by the light of the violetend of the spectrum; others were photo-graphed in the red end only. The clouds

were really but differences in the at-mospheric density and appeared as suchon the photographic plates. There wasno assurance that they were clouds inthe same sense as those visible in theearths atmosphere.

Sp e cu l a t i o n P l u * L o g i c

In many circles there was convictionthat life and a higher order of intelli-gence existed on Mars, though nofurther scientific evidence to supportthe concept was brought forth. In mod-ern times, with the development of jet

propelled rockets and guided missiles

and the harnessing of nuclear energy,the possibility of devices being shot intoouter space became technologically prob-able. The dream that man might travelto distant worlds seemed to the laymana fulfillment possible within a genera-tion. It was logical that speculationshould then center about what earthmen might encounter if they were suc-cessful in reaching the moon, Mars,Venus, and other planets. Again, in theminds of the adventurous and the imag-inative, the dominant question became,Are other worlds inhabited? Being con-scious of the speculations and of mod-

em technical progress, the alert observerwas responsive to all unusual phenom-ena he experienced in the night sky.For the first time perhaps, in the livesof many persons, speculation turned along and searching gaze heavenward.

Many of the phenomena reported asflying saucers or other celestial movingobjects are undoubtedly due to naturalcircumstances never previously noticedby the observer. Because of his interestin the subject and the fascination as-sociated with it. it is logical to assumethat all such things would be lookedupon as mechanical contrivances from

another world. Eventually, with thenotoriety given the topic of flyingsaucers by the daily press of the world

particularly because the public wantedto read about thempeople began toaccept the accounts they heard or read


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as facts. Many such persons were dis-inclined to accept any factual explana-tions of what they experienced othertha n that they were flying saucers. Onthe other hand, the thinking person isinclined to be, not necessarily skepticalbu t at least analytica l; and he will havenoted quite a few inconsistencies inthese reports of outer space objects

which we shall here consider.First, it would be absurd for one to

declare with any emphasis that life isa capricious condition of earth only.There are innumerable galaxies, islanduniverses, having globes or spheres farexceeding ours in size. Most of themare so distant that even our very pow-erful telescopes and radio detector de-vices, the latest method for scanningspace, can tell us little about them. Con-sequently, it is quite possible that theyhave atmosphere and other propertiessufficient to sustain life of a kind. It

would be a superstition not worthy ofour times to assume that the earth alonehas been selected as the habitat for lifeand intelligence. W hat we know ofthe properties of life on earth wouldsuggest that similar conditions wouldneed to prevail elsewhere to supportlife. However, it must be assumed thatlife, the phenomenon that animatesmatter and results in consciousness andwillful direction or intelligence, couldbe generated and sustained under en-vironmental conditions of which we arenot aware. We do know, through spec-troscopic research as revealed by light

from distant stars, that there is a homo-geneity of elements in the worlds above.In other words, many of the chemical

properties common to earth are to befound in these orbs in the reaches ofspace also. This being so, the phe-nomenon of life, it would seem, mayhave occurred many times elsewhere.

There is, of course, a vast hiatus be-tween simple protoplasmic substance onthe one hand and selfconscious, reason-ing beings on the other. When personstoday speak of life on other worlds, theyare usually referring to cognitive be-

ings, that is, thinking entities. As other7-fie celestial bodies have preceded ours inRosicrucian ; e ,the , phenomenon of life couldn . have also long preceded ours upon someVtgest 0f their surfaces as well. It could thusJune be speculated that upon these worlds1955 there developed complex organisms that

have exceeded man in intelligence anachievement. This probability can bconceded.

One may, however, posit the questionWhy have such intelligences just nowwithin the recent centuriessought tcontact the earth and to explore ouimmediate atmosphere? Are we to presume that such exalted intelligence

were until recently ignorant of eartand its hum an beings? If they wernot, why then the flurry of excursionto earth now, if all that is reported itrue about conveyances arriving fromouter space? The popular belief, anthe trite answer as well to such a quetion, is that these celestial visitors havrecently been greatly perturbed by ounuclear experiments and explosionthey fear, from the vantage point otheir superior intelligence, the dangemen might inflict not just upon themselves but upon distant worlds and th

harmony of our immediate universeBut from the physicists and the astronomers point of view, the radiation fromour nuclear explosions or even the ultmate destruction of the earth would nohave any serious effects upon the remotstars or even the planetswhere moof these visitors are supposed to originate

V i s i t o r s f r o m Sp a c e

One of the illogical elements relateto the current craze of flying saucers ithe purported method of communicatioof their occupants with earthmen. Thcircumstances of their visitswhich w

are asked to believe in the dozens obooks published on the subjectare nocommensurate with the intelligencwhich these persons are supposed tpossess. Let us presume that one of ouneighboring planets is inhabited by beings of high intelligence but that thespeople are lacking in selfcontrol andisciplinary action. They have deveoped nuclear devices which, we shafurther presume, threaten the securitof the earth. We shall likewise presumthat men have long had the means otraveling to this neighboring planet an

of identifying themselves, bu t they havnot cared to do so until the security oearth was threatened. Then men dcided to take off, with great speed, idevices powered by atomic or otheenergy to the neighboring planet. The

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from space are highly intelligent per-sons, eaucated and trained in the latesttechnical sciences and having the judg-ment, restraint, and diplomacy neces-sary for their mission. Certainly nolesser types of human beings would besent on such a venture in behalf of

humanity.What would we assume to be their

manner of approach to the beings ofthe planet they visit? First, they wouldevidence no sign of hostility or bellig-erence. After effecting a safe landing,they would immediately seek to com-municate with one of the beings resid-ing on tha t planet. It is said by personstoday, who write voluminously of theirsocalled experiences with crews of fly-ing saucers that have landed, that thesepeople from outer space speak the lan-guages of earth fluently. So we, too,

shall presume that men of earth, beingable to fly to a neighboring planet withsuch a mission in mind, would be ableto communicate intelligently with suchbeings as they would find there. How-ever, would earthmen be content, onsuch an excursion, to speak to just someindividual or individuals they chancedto come upon and then return to earthwithout further ado? Would they, sincethey were on a diplomatic mission ofthe greatest importance, not ask to be

brought before the ruling dignitaries ofthat planet? They would most certainly

want to communicate directly withthose in authority or else, obviously,their mission would not be effectual. Isnot that the way intelligent persons,capable of traversing interstellar space,would act?

What, however, do we find in thesebooks and in the comments heard onlecture platforms by those who claimto have spoken with visitors from outerspace? We find that persons in someordinary walk of life are always theones who chance upon the crew of acelestial vehicle that has landed in themountains or in the desert or some re-mote areanever is it found near awellpopulated area where millions ofpersons could observe it and verify thefact of its existence. Then, we are told,these highly intelligent visitors fromspace talk to these persons who havecome upon them and w'ho admit in theirbooks that they are not scientificallytrained. The space visitors never ask

WHAT S IN A NAME?B y E d l a W a h l in , M. A., F. R. C.

Librarian, Rosicrucian Research Library

T h e spiritual significance of names hasalways been important in the Mysteries. A mystic name denotes power, and has a transforming effect on the nature of the person,for it becomes a part of the personality. The Bible gives many instances of the change ofnames, to denote spiritual development.Thus Abram meaning uplifted father waschanged to Abraham, the elect father ofsound. Jacobs name became Israel, onewho sees God. Hosea, mean ing he is

saved, became Joshua, salvation of the Lord. Pythagoras, Plato, and Philo wroteabout th e significance of names, and Aesculapius said, The very power of the Egyptiannames have in themselves the bringing into act of what is said.

The bestowal of a name on a child was early accompanied by a ceremonial calledBaptism. For example, this rite was practised among the primitive New Zealanders.The Lapps relate an instance of a motherwho was told in a dream what name to giveher child, by an ancestor about to incarnatein the new body.

Early people believed that a person canbe injured through his nameand so camethe custom to give two or more names to achild. One of these was a secret, and used

only for mystical purposes, the other wasfor general identification. The value of amystic name is expressed in Proverbs: Agood name is rather to be chosen than greatriches, and loving favour than silver and gold. Stealing a name is stealing a reputation. and injuring the one who owns it. Inthe old fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, the kindly dwarf conceals his secret name and uses it only when he is alone.


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these persons to direct them to the gov-ernment officials of any nation wherethey are said to have landed. Further-more, they never seek anyone in author-ity before whom they could lodge theircomplaint or protestations. They arealways reported to have the welfare ofthe earths civilization at heart, yetthey make no effort, after traversingmillions of miles of space, to contact

persons here who would have the authority to act upon suggestions stem-ming from their greater wisdom. Suchintelligences would certainly know thatthe scientists, the intelligentsia, the au-thorities of our sovereign governmentson earth, would want to meet them inan official capacity. The event would

be one of the greatest and most vital inthe worlds history. Instead, however,according to the authors of these booksand those who are lecturing on the

subject and exploiting the popular in-terest, these spacemen prefer to meetrelatively unknown persons at some re-mote rendezvous far from the public atlarge.

It must be apparent that most ofthese tales of interviews with space-men and crews of celestial ships arepure fabrications. The inference can-not help but be drawn by scientists,educators, thinking persons and official-

dom that such interviews are falseThey are deliberate attempts to capitalize on the popular interest by sellinbooks that are fictional but reputed tbe fact. The socalled photographs othe landed ships are of no consequencas evidence. Such photographs could beasily manufactured. Such individualknow that, though what they say ihighly improbable and actually an insult to the superior intelligence claimefor the spacemen, these statements cannot be disproved because the instanceare supposed to have occurred in somsequestered place.

We are not opposing the theory, thprobability, that intelligent beings exiselsewhere than earth; neither do wdoubt that such intelligences coulequal and exceed the accomplishmentof man, even that of journeying to thearth, but we do say such intellect

would not confine themselves to talking exclusively with single individualhaving no position of importance in scence or government. Neither woulthey avoid making themselves knowto people at large in the proper mannerWe, as human beings, would not resorto such measures. Why should we ex

pect less of any intelligences superioto mortals? Let us be logical even iour fantasies.

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cJ-fon o l l ^J-^j jmaqo%aB y T . J. C r o a f f , J r ., M . A . , F . R . C .

a free and open mind; and that heshould examine all things, holding fastto those tha t are true, but rejecting thosethings that are false. These ideas werealso advanced later by St. Paul in thefurtherance of the teachings of theMaster Jesus. As was Christ, Pythagoraswas a firm believer and an advocate ofthe Golden Ruledoing for others asone would be done by.

Pythagorean organizations around theworld are now planning a World Con

tress to honor Pythagoras in Greeceuring the month of August this year

an event which will be of vital interestto Rosicrucians throughout the worldbecause of his associations with themystery schools of his time, as well ashis promotion of teachings that are to-day part and parcel of the RosicrucianOrder, AMORC.

Rosicrucians everywhere can be proudand appreciative of the ties that his-torically unite them with the mysteryschool established by Pythagoras on theIsle of Samos.

V A V

A TRIP TO ROSICRUCIAN PARK

i For many members throughout the world, a vista of Rosicrucian Park must remain

' a dream. To their friends, they can merely talk about the beautiful buildings, the large

i museum, library, planetarium, and the temple, all of which are sources of pride in

| the institution behind the organization.

' However, the members who do visit the Park, take no finer picture homeno more

i appreciative evidence of the buildings and groundsthan a set of postcards with views

of Rosicrucian Park. These view cards ma y be yours by mail. They are very hand-

i some and you may use them for your friends.

Order an assortment of twelve (six different views) for 80 cents (6/- sterling), post

paid. (6 views are in colorstate whether color or mixed is desired.) Additional

i cards, 5 cents each. No sale for less than twelve postcards.

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h e year 1955 marks the2500th anniversary of thefounding of the famousmystery school of Py-thagorasa man nowlisted among the worldstruly great teachers. His-torians are today virtual-ly as one in hailing this

institution of higher learning as perhapsthe finest school of all time.

Twentyfive centuries have passedsince this school was founded on theIsle of Samos; it really marked the birthof Greek Philosophy, the cornerstone ofmodern civilization and progress.

Through the centuries man has rec-ognized the need of a philosophy orreligion, expressive of life, by which hemight guide his thoughts and decisions.

Pythagoras taught many of the basicp rinc ip le s now incorporated in theChristian religion. He taught the idealof brotherly love under one Godhead.It was his belief that man should do hisown thinking; that he should maintain


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of life. His evolution and developmentare not complete; there is yet muchwork to be done. Perhaps tha t is whylife is said to be eternal.

We contemplate the great purpose.With the march of time, man has

broken down the molecule into atoms,and the atoms into their component ele-ments. He has found atoms in andaround him and everywhere. He hasfound atoms and isotopes of hydrogeneverywhere on earth, in the atmosphere,and in the stars. He has even usedhydrogen to make a devastating bomb,but also he has found how to use atomsfor peace.

Consider the development in mansknowledge of the stars. He is now ableto determine temperatures, diameters,masses, and densities of celestial ob-

jects which are so far away that eventhrough the greatest telescopes theypresent only tiny points of light. Wenow have instruments which receive asvibrational waves radio messages fromthe stars. From these radio waves wecan determine the area of special radio-activity in the heavens, and even de-termine the presenceof elements in theatmosphere of a star or in the condition

between stars.

L i g h t M e a n s L i t e

Man has learned that everything in

the universe is in motion, even the elec-trons and atoms that compose mole-cules. Nothing is static: the earth, thesun, the moon, the planets, and thestars all move. If the earth did notturn on its axis, there would be noseasons; furthermore, there would beno day or night. And even further, ifthe earth and our sun were to standstill, all life would perish. On the otherhand, suppose there were no sun. Itwould be continuous, eternal night, andthere would be no life on earth. Thesun is just the right distance from the

earth to sustain life. If it were closerto us, despite the atmosphere aroundthe earth, life would perish; and if thesun were farther away, there would beno earthly life.

The sun makes possible the processof photosynthesis that gives plant lifeits green color. This in the vegetableworld provides food for man. Even thismystery of the agesthat of photo-synthesisis said to be now practical-

ly solved. And man may be able tocreate it synthetically. Every schoolboy knows that the sun makes life pos-sible on earthnot simply because ofthe sunshine, but because of the warmthand the bringing about of certain ad-

justments and conditions conducive tolife. It now appears that we will soonbe able to capture energy from thesun which will conceivably provide

power for industrial use.We wonder what would happen if

the earth, the sun, and all the starsceased their spinning motion. Theymost certainly could not remain in thefirmament where we now find them.We get our time from the stars. Ourcalendar is based on the relationshipof the movements of the earth and thesun.

It is said that the age of the earthis possibly three billion years. It is be-lieved that human life has been existentfor only a few hundred thousand years.In order to maintain his life, man isdependent upon the systems of nature.He requires sunlight, water, and air;and he exploits all possibilities.

It is in the tremendous bulk of theuniversethe extent of which is un-known, and yet the known limits ofwhich are frighteningthat man be-gins to entertain certain concepts ofetern ity and infinity. He wonders what

might be its purpose. Is it a big ma-chine? Is the universe, as philosopherSchiller said, a thought of God?

With mans knowledge of the othereight planets in our solar system, onewonders if life is to be found elsewhere.With the instruments which astrono-mers now use for determining atmos-pheric and temperature factors, itappears that only Mars offers conditionswhich may be possible for life, at leastprimitive vegetation. From the theo-rizing and arguments of scientists, welearn that one or more of our other

planets, including Mars, may have al-ready sustained higher forms of life notnow existent; or, on the other hand,they may be approaching that optimumcritical condition which makes higherforms of life possible. With the extentof the universe now known, we feel tha tthe earth cannot be the only place ofabode for human life. In the vastscheme of things, in the myriad starsystems, it is inconceivable that in the


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alltime history of the universe the in-significant earth would be the only

place appropriate for human life andintelligence to flourish. If there is a

purpose in having conditions on earthsustain life at this point in the historyof the universe, then the purpose mustsimilarly apply elsewhere, at least in

the future if it has not already done so.In mans more recent findings, space

and time grow indistinguishable, andmass energy in its interchangeabilitybecomes the same thing. The distanceof 03 million miles between the earthand the sun shrinks into insignificancewhen we learn the distance to the farstarsystems or even iust to anotherstar beyond our sun. The nearest star,known as alpha Centauri, is 4.3 lightyears distant. A lightyear is the dis-tance light travels in one year, whichis approximately 6 trillion miles. Itrequires only slightly more than 8min-

utes for the light of the sun to reachus. Our own star system, or galaxy, isbounded by the Milky Way. We areinside of it. Galaxies are innumerable.

If creation is going on among theplanets of the suns family, it is reason-able to assume that creation is similar-ly being carried out in other systems inthe stellar depths of the sky. Becauseit takes the light of one or more starsthousands, perhaps millions, of yearsto reach us, we do not see that star asit now exists. During the great lengthof time that it has taken the light ofthe star to reach the earth, many

strange things may have occurred inand around the star and its system. Ifwe could instantaneously see the starcondition as it is now, we would un

?[uestionably find conditions quite (lif-erent from what the light of the starnow indicates. Perhaps it now has itsown system of planets; and perhaps oneof its planets may have appropriateconditions for sustaining higher formsof life such as that found on Earth.

Astronomers state that it is quitepossible that many thousands of starsnave their own planetary systems, much

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the same as our sun. Such things areRosicrucian my steries. They are subject to abstract

thought. It is in abstraction tha t wetRe i contemplate, theorize, and try to pene

June trate the mysteries of the universe. It1955 is through abstraction that ma ny of the

mysteries have been solved, that an-swers have been found to many enig-matic questions. Man may inquirewhat is behind it all? what is its pur-pose? The question has undoubtedlybeen asked since man became a think-ing entity. Perhaps there never will bea completely satisfactory answeran

answer satisfactory to everyone.This year, in the month of June,

there will again be an eclipse of thesun, which will be seen as a total eclipsefrom various places on earth . Astrono-mers will gather at those places wherethe eclipse of the sun will be seen inits totality in order to further checkand confirm Einsteins theory that thelight from stars passing through thegravitational field of the darkened sunis deflected or bent. This idea of bend-ing of light rays has now been acceptedby scientists, and provides for the the-ory of the curvature of the universe as

a whole.

So m e t h i n g F i n e r

In the beginning, life on earth wasundoubtedly crude. Throughout thou-sands of years it has experienced muchrefinement. Mans thinking and ob-jectives have become refined. He canreason, imagine, visualize, and create.He has learned how to use the facultyof thought, how to work with certainnatural laws and forces such as that ofgravity. His intellectual power hasgrown. He has grown as he has learnedthat there is more than the physical,

more than the intellectual. He hassensed a power greater than his owna condition, an intelligence of a su-preme nature.

Man has a consciousness of self. Heis aware of powers within him. Lifewould be meaningless without intelli-gence. Man has intelligence; and in-telligence exists throughout all naturein the en tire universe, throughoutall phases of life on earth, and inthe distant scintillating kingdoms ofstars. This intelligence in the mind ofman has found the reason for living.It has brought meaning to that whichseemed to be without purpose. Themind of man, as a segment of the In-finite Intelligence, is unlimited in itspossibilities. If new refinements andhappiness are to be brought to mankind,


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it is mans mind, his creative ability,which will do so; and it is through hismind that man will further improvehimself and advance civilization.

Natu re functions in accordance withcertain laws. Man has ascertained manyof these laws and has learned to utilizethem. Through them he is learning thepurpose of existence. With his increas-ing knowledge, the universe seems toexpand. In his search for greater com-

prehension and understanding, mantends to emulate the guiding intelli-gence of the universe and all therein.

The creations and developments ofman in the last one hundred years (infact, in the last twenty years) havecovered one of the most dramatic periodsin history since man appeared on theearth ly scene. Perhaps the greatest fac-tor in evolution and advancement andthought has been the achievement of

conscience. Without conscience therewould be no justification for anythingworth while, not even life itself. Withconscience, man can have altruisticideals; he can gain scientific knowledge,and go on to greater achievement in thiscorner of the universe, thus making his

reason for existence even more signifi-cant.

Just as there is order among chemicalelements, among atoms, stars, and gal-axies of stars in the deep, dark vault ofthe heavens, so can order be broughtamong thinking men on this planet whowill work for the same ultimate ideals,achievements, and purposes.

Because, through the universal proc-esses of nature and the fulfilling of Cos-mic purposes, a Supreme Intelligenceplaced man here as a living intelligententity, man, with his thinking andcreative ability, is bound to find thereason for his existence. He will thusmanifest more and more worthwhileachievements to further the expansionof intelligent life in all of its forms.

Without question, there is a universalpurpose. Every man and woman, everyblood cell, every atom, every grain of

sand, every star, as a separate entityhas an active part in completing thewhole of the universal plan and pur-pose, even though at the moment asindividuals we perceive it as througha glass darkly. Something finer is be-ing evolved; it cannot be otherwise.

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NOT ONE NOT TWO

but literally dozens of outstanding events are featured for the 1955 INTERNATIONAL

ROSICRUCIAN CONVENTION. Theres Ferde Grofe, internationally famous composer, and his wife stopping

by and honoring us with a piano concert.

Theres Dr. H. H. Nininger, director of the Meteorite Museumnationally recognized lecturer and authority on the subjectspeaking to us on Natures Bomb Craters.

Theres an unforgettable drama about the life of one of Historys three greatRosicrucians.

Theres a series of classes conducted in person by the class masters you have known only through correspondence.

There are demonstrations of doctrinal matters and scientific apparatus.

Theres an exhibition of paintings by Americas greatest artistsincluding,Whistler, Homer, and Sargent.

There are displays of AMORCs most treasured books and documents.

There are tours, mystical convocations, dramatic performances, a banquet, entertainment, and other events too numerous to mention.

These features are a ll available to a ll members of AMORC who register at the convention Sunday, July 10. So dont miss this opportunity to join with your fratres andsorores from everywhere for SIX inspiring, heart-warming days.

No t e : Members are cautioned to bring light wraps against the possibility of coolevenings.

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Th r ee-Way Behavior

By A n n a B. Jo h n son , F .R. C.

as human beings, liveon three planes: the

physical or ea rthly; the

mental and emotional;and the spiritual. Whatpercentage of our lives ispurely on the physicalplane? How many of ouracts are guided by our

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determinedjust happen?

Physically, man has very graduallyevolved from the animal nature. Ani-mals behave as directed by the ele-mentary forces of their environment.Human beings should, at least, modifythis response to environment by a pur-

poseful, planned, and determined efforttoward evolution.We have certain earthly possessions

money, clothing, books, and foodwhich are placed in our care temporar-ily and it is what we dowith them thatcounts. These are all physical; we cantouch themyet each has a spiri tualsignificance. For example: we are paidfor the work we do. If we receive grate-fully, and plan some unselfish use forthe money, we are already charging itwith positive radiations that will ensurehappiness for others and for ourselves.

It we hoard it, hide it from others, andrefuse natural requests, we lose it andcannot even enjoy it ourselves. By ournegative charges we block any helpfulservice this money could render. Moneyspent foolishly is lost. Money used fortne good of others replenishes itself.

When you hoard books, you will findthat you have no time to read them;but if you lend books to those who can

appreciate them soon you yourself wialso have time to enjoy them. Besidethe books you have read you own fo

ever, even if they are not returned.When you have clothes that you dnot use, give them to someone who cabenefit thereby. When you release themto others, you will find yourself witmany new ones, more becoming thathose you gave away. What you holyou cannot use. What you give, thayou will have forever.

Suppose you envy someone and dsire something he possesses so stronglthat you steal it. Even before it reacheyour hands it has been charged with thnegative vibrations of vour evil desire

and when you obtain the desired objecyou charge it with fear of possible dicovery of your act. In any case, i

presence in your house will give yono pleasure. Each act of your daily liis charged with the mental influencof your thinking and emotional natureThis charge affects objects and limitheir usefulness to you.

When the physical act that you peform, accompanied by the mental aurvou have projected around it, causehappiness or peace of mind to someonelse, then you are laying up treasure

in heaven. The contrary is just as truIf you act in a manner that causepain or discomfort to another humabeing, you are drawing away from youheavenly storehouse, and in some greneed of your own you may be unabto secure help for yourself.

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think of it in such a way as to create amental set against it. If we are eagerto go, and are creative in our thinkingabout this job, we charge ourselves witha spiritual aura that will set in motiona series of events which can result in avery satisfactory conclusion of our ef-

forts. But if we star t the day withcriticism of our boss or of fellow work-ers, with an attitude of unpleasantness,we are calling into being a whole seriesof events which will result in a veryunsatisfying day.

On the earthly plane, the spirituallife is hke a bank. In every daily actwe either make a deposit or a with-drawal. At the great moment of ourtransition we draw a line and examinethe balance. This may indicate thatwe are to reincarnate on earth again towork a little longer, until we have

learned how to save enough to deservethe happy reward of a lasting spirituallife. Tliere is no fatalism about life. Itis as changeable as a bank account. Wecan deplete it by our careless, selfishliving, or we can increase it with ourselflessness and devotion.

The answer to spiritual growth is tobe found in meditation. A day begunwith a few brief moments of prayerasking for guidance, a few thoughtfulmoments spent on how to begin theday, will make it possible for the lastmoments of wakefulness at night to be-

come a prayer of thankfulness for thehours passed inbetween. A day begunas Gods day places us in a frame ofmind that will reflect itself in all thathappens. A meditation at bedtime also

provides an opportunity for selfexam-ination. As we become aware of thespiritual part of our being and attemptto govern our lives by its concepts, wealso improve mentally and physically.

Moments of meditation should be-come more and more frequent. The

middle of the day is a good time to stopphysical activity and raise our con-sciousness. It is well also to managea brief interval at midmorning and midaftemoon. After some training we findthat meditation is possible even in our

busiest moments. When our physical

behavior seems to have its greatest holdover us, we can become aware of themental accompaniment of every act andthe resulting spiritual effect on our

present and future lives. We can learnto call ourselves to account sharplywhen tempted to gossip, or to tell a halftruthor when we are really misrepre-senting something said by someone else.

Does frequent meditation make uswithdraw too much from our normaltype of living? To some extentyes.Friends will realize that certain atti-tudes are not becoming to us and willnot expect them of us. On the otherhand, we will be definitely more trusted,and our advice respected. Those whoare in trouble do not turn to a gossipfor help.

Will this mean that we will be lesshuman? Yes, if having fewer humanfoibles means to be less human. Ourcomplete development is dependent up-on our behavior on the three planes ofliving. To assure harmony in our liveswe must learn the relationship of thethree planes to each other and estab-

lish a balance between them in ourdaily living. Our awareness of the spir-itual realm and our employment of itsDivine principles will enable us to es-tablish harmony in our own lives andallow us to render unselfish service toothers.

Our purpose in life, physically andemotionally, is to attain spiritualityto evolve from a completely selfcentered being to a Godcentered life inCosmic Consciousness.

EGYPTS YESTERDAY AND TODAY

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M ir acles of H eal i ngBy Dr. H. Spencer L ew is, F.R. C.(From the Mystic Triangle, September 1929)

Since thousands of readers of the Rosicrucian Digest have not read many of the earlierarticles of our late Imperator, Dr. H. Spencer Lewis, we adopted the editorial policy ofpublishing each month one of his outstanding articles, so that his thoughts would continue to reside within the pages of this publication.

his thinking and acting. Often those per-sons who believe they have a fair under-standing of all scientific principles willattempt to arpie scientifically againstany kind of miracles in healing. On theother hand, a few men, eminent spe-cialists in medicine and surgery, whohave been thoroughly trained in thematerial sciences relating to medicineand surgery, also claim that miraclesare impossible. They base their con-clusions and beliefs upon their reason-ing, which is also faulty because their

education has been limited to materiallaws of nature or the laws of materialfunctioning in nature. Broad and pro-found as their knowledge may be, it isstill incomplete if it does not includean understanding of the metaphysicallaws of life.

One of the arguments generally putforward by the superficially informedor by the learned physicians and sur-geons is that a conaition that has beenestablished in the human body for sometime cannot be instantly changed byany miracle, even of a divine nature,

since nature has certain fundamentallaws which are immutable, and requiretime and conditions for alteration andmodification. They righ tly argue thatif an eye is mutilated or taken out ofits socket in the head, a new eye cannotbe grown in its place in the fractionof a second by any miracle because

t is said that many of themiracles recorded in theBible, which practicallyare duplicates of recordsin other sacred writingsof the Orient, must beeither exaggerations instatement or misconcep-tions of facts. This point

is often argued, and so strongly thatwe find numerous persons doubtingmany of the other important passagesof the Bible simply because they have

no faith in the statements pertainingto the socalled miracles. This, of course,is tending to break down the religiousfaith of many people, and it is oneof the important arguments used byatheists.

Most generally the ones who argueagainst the possibility of the miraclesas recorded in the Bible and againstany presentday miracles of healing arethose persons who are somewhat fa-miliar with a few of the physiological,

athological, and biological laws of theuman body. Their knowledge of these

laws and principles is so superficialthat, like all superficial knowledge,itis a dangerous thing. A person whohas little knowledge of a subject is verylikely to have false conclusions derivedfrom incomplete reasoning, resultingfrom his lack of thorough insight; thesefalse conclusions very seriously affect


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The man who was paralyzed herein California, however, became so de-spondent and such an outcast fromsociety, so friendless and homeless, inmany ways, that he became obsessedwith the idea that death or transitionwas the only way out of his permanentmisery. If we as mystics, or any sci-

entist as a specialist, would have daredto step forward and state in the presenceof witnesses or in any literature or ina magazine article of this kind thatthere was a way by which the mancould be instantaneously cured of hisparalysis and in the twinkling of aneye given full possession of his body,so that he coula stand erect and walkand use his hands and arms and faceand other organs and parts of his bodyin a normal way, we would be criticizedand the finger of ridicule and charla-tanism pointed at us. Who among usis brave enough to face this sort ofthing in our own communities? Perhapsthe thought of ridicule causes many ofus to keep our ideas to ourselves andto perform in silence our duties, re-maining content with our knowledge

but hesitating to proclaim it before thedoubting multitudes. Certainly, to haveclaimed that this particular man could

be cured so instantly through a miracu-lous cure of an instantaneous naturewould have been to invite serious com-ment of a critical nature. And whowould have believed it?

But just see what happened. In his

despondency, this poor, crippled, hope-less man decided to commit suicide. Tomake sure that he would bring abouttransition in a quick and positive man-ner, he placed himself in a tub filledwith water, turned on the gas, and de-cided that if the gas overcame him, hisbody would slip into the water anddrowning would bring about his transi-

tion. Then he added a third methto his plan, and decided to cut tupper artery of his throat with a razblade. This he did. But before the loof blood could bring transition to himor the gas or water end his life, he wdiscovered in his predicament and haened to a hospital. There the flow

blood was stopped and consciousnewas gradually restored. Upon the rturn of consciousness, the nurse, t

physicians, and the friends of the mwere startled to find that his paralyshad left him and that he was capabof moving every part of his body.

We have on record in our files othcases similar to this. We know ofnumber of instantaneous cures thcame about, not through metaphysictreatment, not through any act that wintended to cure or relieve the condtion. The outstanding fact is tha t an injury or a shock to the nervous sytem, an instantaneous change w

brought about in the physical or mentbody which restored it to a normal codition, and in that way a natural mircleif we may use that termw

performed. This story proves that sucases are not hopeless, even thougmedicine and surgery have not learnthe secret of these instantaneous cureIt proves, furthermore, that nature donot always require time and certaconditions for the restoration of healor normality. And such cases open uthis possibility: If a material effect uon the nervous or mental system caresult in an instantaneous reaction uon the physical body, may we not finsome metaphysical means of applyinsuch a stimulus to the nervous anmental body as would bring about thsame result? This is something to thinabout.

V A V

A NEW AMORC CHAPTERRosicrucian members living in the vicinity of Allentown, Pennsylvania, will be

pleased to know that the organization work has now been completed for the Allentown

Chapter. Mee tings w ill be held on the first Wednesday and the third and fourth

Tuesday of each month at the Masonic Temple at 8:30 p.m. The Master is W. R.

Fritzinger, 1146 Tilghman Street.


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^Ufi rocured by the folowing devices:

(1) Electrical charg-es in he rm et ical lysealed vessels (elec-trometers) leak offwhen the gas insidethe vessels is electri-

fied by penetrating rays.(2) Sharp points inside metal tubes,

charged to a high potential, give riseto current pulses whenever a Cosmic

ray traversing the tube ionizes (that is,electrifies) the gas within. This typeof detector is called Geiger counter inhonor of its inventor.

(3) Cosmic rays are allowed to shootthrough a chamber filled with com-

pressed moist air. Th e particles ionizedby Cosmic rays become condensationnuclei, and upon sudden release of thegas pressure they form visible fogtracks, like the exhaust fumes of a highflying jet plane. This instrument iscalled the Wilson cloud chamber.

When the rays were first discovered,

it was believed that they were causedby radioactive substances in the crustof the Earthas indeed a small part ofthem are. But when detecting instru-ments were taken aloft in balloons, itwas discovered that after an initial drop,the radiation became much strongerthan on the ground; hence, the rays


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must stem from the upper air or fromCosmic space.

C o n f er r i n g w i t h N a t u r e

What is the nature of these CosmicRays? Are they electromagnetic vi-

brations like light, X rays and Gamma

rays? or are they matter in motion? Ithas been found that near the Earth,most of the rays consist of electricallycharged particles. Not only do theyionize gases, but they can be deflectedby magnets, proving that they con-stitute a corpuscular electric current.The softer or weaker part of the raysconsists mostly of electrons, generallywith a negative charge but with anoccasional positive one. Most of theharder or more penetrating compo-nents consist of negative or positivemesons.*

The power and composition of Cos-mic rays at great heights, and beyondthe limits of our atmosphere, cannotbe the same as that near the Earth. Forthese rays are extremely powerful andactive even on the ground. They can

penetrate many feet of lead armour;they have been observed in deep mines,and at depths of 4,000 feet below thelevel of the sea. Although unnoticeablewithout instruments on account of theirsmall number, they have energies rang-ing from a few million electron voltsto many millions of billions of electron

voltsincomparably higher than theenergy levels of a hydrogen bomb, oreven the interior of the sun. Projectilesof such power break up the atoms of airwhich tney penetrate, and also knockloose secondary particles which partici

*To avoid misunderstandings, one must remember the difference between Rosicrucianterms and scientific language: All particlesmore primitive than a complete atom are calledelectrons by Rosicrucians. The ir terms positive and negative , when applied to electrons, referto their vibration numbers or energy content.

Modem physics defines as electrons the par

ticles of one particular rest mass (about 1/2000 of a hydrogen atom mass) and an equally fixed quantum of electric charge which is usually negative. Electrons with a positive charge areunstable, and according to the Nobel physicist,Dirac, may be nothing but holes in an unobservable threshold sea of negative electrons.The positive constituent of the atom core, nearly equal to the mass of a hydrogen atom, is called proton. Some unstable particles of intermediatemassa few hundred electron masses androughly 1/10 of a proton massare called mesons.

ate in the destruction. Thus showers,ursts, and avalanches of derived Cos-

mic rays rain down on the Earth.How does Science derive the nature

of the primary rays on top of the atmos-phere from the welter of secondariesdown below? Surveys show tha t there

are fewer Cosmic rays at the equatortha n near the poles. This indicatesthat the magnetic field of the Earth candeflect them. Therefore, at least thegreater part of the primaries must becharged particles rather than lightvibrations.

They cannot be mesons, for mesonsare unstable and would not survive thelong journey from Cosmic depths. Theycannot be electrons either, because theselight particles would disintegrate in theuppermost parts of the atmosphere andcould not maintain the high penetrat-ing power observed on the ground.Hence it is concluded that most of theCosmic rays consist of heavy particles,that is, atom cores; and they are pre-dominantly, protons.

C r ea t i o n T h r o u g h E x p l o s i o n

Whence do these rays come, andwhence do they derive their fabulous

power? As to their materia lit is mostabundant. Probably more than ninetenths of the entire Universe consists ofhydrogen atomsbut from what source

do they and the ir power stem? It can-not be the Sun because about as manyatoms arrive at night as in the day-time. It may not even be our Galaxy,because their arrival does not seem toshow any preference for the plane ofour Milky Way. But whether from ourown galaxy or from unplumbed extragalactic depths, what mechanism can

build up energy potential so vastly high-er than that of exploding stars? The lateNobel laureate, Fermi, suggested thatprotons may be accelerated by the sling-shot action of vast magnetic cloudsas

by a galactic supercyclotron.Others believe tha t they may be rem-

nants from the cataclysmic moment ofcreation, about 5 billion years ago,when the entire known Universe seemsto have started with the explosion ofONE superatom.

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Su p e r p o w e r M e sse n g er s

Have the Cosmic rays, unobservableas they are to our unaided senses, any

practical value or any effect on man-kind? Even if their number and theiraggregate strength is relatively small,our instinctive belief in a purposefulCosmic design demands that a phenom-

enon of such unequaled energy poten-tial must have a profound effect.Rosicrucians are tempted to associate

high energy potential and high vibra-tion numbers with the higher emotions,such as Love and Creativeness, andthus to interpret Cosmic rays as mes-sengers of Cosmic Intelligence. But itis dangerous to attribute qualities ofMind and of Nous to material vibra-tionsno matter how high their rate.Otherwise, we might find ourselves con-fronted with the dilemma that the high

pr imary vibrations are lowered duringtheir descent through the multiple col-lisions with the atmosphere. Thus, crea-tiveness and love might be convertedand perverted into destructiveness andhate, by purely physical means.

It seems safer to reserve Mind vibra-tions to a nonmaterial domain and tolook only in the realm of matter for

possible effects of material Cosmic rays.These material effects may perhaps befound in organic evolution. The per-manence of species seems to be boundup with the selfreproducing patterns of

rotoplasmic cell nuclei. According tochroedinger, another Nobel prize phys-

icist, these nuclei can be altered onlby violent quantum effects such as thstriking of a cell nucleus by a Cosmiray.

Let a fertilized egg cell be struck ajust the right moment, and the inheriance of the offspring is altered. Usuallythe seed will be killed, crippled, cancer

ous, or otherwise deformed. But occasionally, a fortunate or providentiastrike may burst the fetters of inheritance and bring about an evolutionarspurtstronger, wiser, and betteadapted to a changing environment.

Our speculation may take yet another view. Man has a tendency tmaster and to harness any phenomenohe discovers in Nature. A few yearafter uncovering, in radioactivity annuclear transmutation, the source othe Suns vast power, physicists buinuclear weapons and power plants

Now, Cosmic rays show us the existencof energy potentials a million timehigher than even that at the Suns coreWill Man unlock their secret and unleash forces that may completely wrecour world, or will we use the newknowledge in constructive ways?

Let us hope that for once, mankinwill become wise before getting tosmart. Let us hope that we learn tutilize the unlimited spiritual influx oCosmic Consciousness before we attempto use or abuse the material mysterof Cosmic rays!

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ROSICRUCIAN INITIATIONS

CALIFORNIA, Hermes Lodge, 148 N. Gramercy PL, w ill confer Temp le De-

Los Angeles: gree Initiations on the follow ing dates:

First DegreeSaturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26, 8:00 p.m.

Fourth DegreeSaturday, July 23, at 8:00 p.m.

CANADA, The Toronto Lodge, 2249 Yonge St., w ill confer Temple De-

Toronto: gree Initia tions as follows:

Second DegreeSunday, June 5, at 3:00 p.m.

Sixth DegreeSunday, June 19, at 3:00 p.m.

(If you are eligible, mark these dates on your calendar.)


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{ J n d i j 'f z .X E n c i E

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

i l l i o n s of men and wo-men think that there isa Cosmically decreed cor-respondence between life ana happiness.They con-ceive happiness as a vitaland secret ingredient oflife. When happiness isnot forthcoming, these

persons believe that life has deprivedthem of their heritage or that they havefailed to discover her treasure.

Though the individual is promptedto prolong life by instinctive impulse,this notion that there is a relationshipof life to happiness is in itself a motiva-tion to live. Most men reason thus:If life is the medium of happiness, thenits prolongation increases the potenti-ality of happiness. It is common to pre-sume that the longer one lives, thegreater are the pleasures that mayresult.

Most men do not want life just foritselfand pleasures without it are not

{>ossible. Consequently, what men realy want is a happy existence. But the

human being does not actually derivehappiness from life, from the fact thathe is an animated being. Life is devoidof any such ideal as happiness, and itdoes not embrace within its nature anyspecific elements intended to provide it.As a living entity, man can but use life,his span of existence, to derive from theother realities of which he is a partthose experiences which, when im-

planted in his consciousness, producethat internal harmony realized as hap-piness.

Life, therefore, is neither the donornor the depriver of happiness. Rather,it is a sentient interval during whichman must struggle to satisfy and tounderstand its varied drives. To theextent that he does this, he is happy.Accept life as it is, a stream followinga channel. Learn to ride buoyantly onits crest. Neither dam nor turn againstits tide. It is art enough to keep afloat.

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ATTENTION, HIERARCHY MEMBERS

Those who have attained to the Hierarchy and understand the purpose and importance

of these special Contact Periods are invited to participate in, and report on, the following

occasions.

Arrange in advance for a few uninterrupted minutes at the given hour. Wh ile bene

fiting yourself, you may also aid the Hierarchy. In reporting to the Imperator, please

indicate your key number and the last monograph received, as well as your Degree.

The Imperator appreciates your thoughtfulness in not including other subject matter

as a part of your Hierarchy report. Mark these dates on your calendar:

Thursday, August 25, 1955

8:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Saving Time

Thursday, November 17, 1955

8:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time


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Th e

Rosicrucian

Digest

June

1955

< S o u L z x t z n i o n

By F r a n c e s V e j t a s a , F . R . C .

h e emotion of longing, amotivating force in thehuman consciousness, isthe great desire to be oneagain with the Absolute.It is a homesickness ofthe highest quality. Frominfancy to old age, the

___soulpersonality strives tospan, to conquer, time and space, andtnereby return to its blissful home, tothe Godparent. The souls pursuit ofits former sublime living fulfills, throughman, the Divine plan for humanity.

Human births punctuate the exten-sion of the soul from its original home.The flesh body, the cloak, creates adensity which makes contact with Di-vinity more and more difficult as thesoul with its personality, in obedienceto a greater wisdom, descends deeperand deeper into its earthly obligations.Once the soul had known the allgoodand its profoundness of peace, of purelove, but to experience time and space,with its related accomplishments, it haddescended from esoteric into earthlyliving. This descent or extension reg-isters on the human consciousness as aseparationas time and space. In thisfeeling of detachment, there begins thestrife to conquer the condition. Thepursuit to breach the seeming separa-tion assumes the qualities of rhythmwhich the human mind measures ininches and in seconds. After their mas-tery, time and space will be recognizedas an illusion of the consciousness.

The only contribution to life thatanyone can truly leave as a result ofhis sojourn on earth is his own com-prehension of it, derived from the ex-perience of the combination of the

physical body and the higher spiritualitythe consciousness of soul. Illum ina-tion reaches only to that point wherethe personality is able at the momentto partake of the divinely pure.

The occasion of the soulpersonalitysdescent into matter to claim the physi-

cal vehicle which has been preparedfor it, men call birth. An infant bodyactivated by its first breath becomes acomplete human entity, the potentialson of God (the potential Christ),even as a breath of air is allinclusiveof the entire atmosphere. Memorythrough its soul does not allow the for-getting of ones rightful bigness, evenas soul integrates farther and fartherinto the gross world of matter.

This extension the human mind hasqualified as a duality of two polarities,each attracting the other in its effort

to recapture the original wholeness. Theesoteric nature predominates as a posi-tive polarity; the exoteric, as a negative.

The newly bom personality accepts,explores, and proceeds to motivate theouter self, its little world. Later it at-tempts to integrate or blend its littleworld with the surrounding, the envi-ronmental, universe. Aware of its with-drawal from the recent bigness of thegreater universe, the personality seeksto restore that bigness by responding towhatever attracts itdesiring to builditself up. What child has not asked in

longing or wistfulness the question,When I get bigger, will I do this?can I have this, when I get bigger?In other words, the child moves for-ward in anticipation into the objectiveinterests even as it realizes its limi-tations.

Just as at birth the soul has soughtearthly living, it now seeks God, throughthe infant spirituality of ones beingthe bambino, the Christ child of an-cient literature, the nucleus of All-wisdom. In the physical form, whetherthat of a child or an adult, as the spiri-tual age increases the urge for commu-nication increases. It is the nonphysicalthat cries to Heaven for its fulfillment,while the physical listens to the call ofthe earth, since its evolution, its par-ticular bigness, seeks fulfillment in theearththrough earth ly ways. Only thesoul, in the infant as in the adult, is


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eternally wise. The age of earthyearsis relative and not a standard measure-mentsome die young. Childlike quali-ties (not childish) are normal; themind within is neither old nor youngand consists not of two nor three butof one.

Human activity as it manifests on thetwo planes, the nonphysical and thephysical, is continually seeking to com-plete itself in wellbeing. Between itstwoway attraction, the personality,striving to establish itself again in one-ness, channels its way from birth todeath. It dips into the lower frequencyor up into the higher in pursuit of thesoul bigness that it senses, and whichit will acquire after resurrection fromincompletion. The incarnated person-alities navigate in various strata: somein their lifework seek the soil, some the

underground or mineral world, somethe waters, and some the vastness ofair.

The chief servants of the nonphysicalphase of personality are the five sensesreaching outwardly and reporting in-wardly. In their service, the senses likethreaded shuttles weave a personality

pattern. Gradually th e unconscio usphysical body realizes selfconscious ex-pression. The soul has suitably clotheditself for the work and for the livingexacted by a world of Nature, of men,and objects.

Human awareness of divinity is inproportion to ones receptiveness of the

g eater life, the Cosmic consciousness,uman consciousness expresses itself in

its respective levels: (1) the highest,the purestthe Heaven; (2) the inter-mediarythe proving ground, the work-ing plane for the human shuttle, theweaver of patterns, serving both the

physical ana the nonphysical; (3) thelowest, the grossest, constitutes the sym-

bolic Hell, which has baffled religiousthought through the ages. The Heaven,the Hell, and the InBetween abide

within every human and challenge hischoice.The descent of the soul and its pas-

sage through earth cannot be dia-grammed; the purely esoteric is not a

prisoner of any form. The progress ofthe allpervading awakened conscious-ness cannot be pinned by diagrams intoany fixed pattern. However, a symbolcan be indicated and the sense of sight

given some opportunity to assist onesthinking. Only through directed think-ing can one consciously penetrate intothe soul.

A So ul des ce nd s into th e ph ys ica l (b irt h) the In-Between world of experiencesin time and space.

B Self-consciousness p ro je c ts into thephysical and vice versa.

C Counteractions (crossbars) safeguardmental and emotional balance on thephysical plane; D on the nonphysical.

E Soul a scends i nto the n o n p h ys i ca l(dea th- ? ) the journey homeward.

The mental, including the emotional,communicates between Divinity and theman. The service of this invisible selfis in proportion to its capacity. Thehuman shuttle of the InBetween chan-nel, by its contact with the upper world,transmits qualities which purify thegrosser qualities of the self, lifting theconsciousness higher and higher into

harmonious realization. Slowly the hu-man shuttle resurrects the grossness ofHell that it knows into the refinementof Heaven tha t it senses. God has notforgotten man on His earth planet.

The purification of that phase of mindand consciousness that expresses primi-tively is ones greatest mission or pur-pose in lifethe resurrection into soul-ful consciousness. And also, as the selfis elevated the selves in others withinthe environment receive the benefits tothe extent of their awareness. ChristsDisciples understood the crucifixion as

humanity in general does not to thisday understand it. The un ity of theconsciousness of all, with its onenessof mind aiding our selfhelp, is the gov-erning factor in this process. No onelives entirely alone and for himself.Ages ago the human being saw God asmany gods; today, he still clings to theconcept of many minds rather than onemind.


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In the nonphysical region of inade-quate illumination, the human reasonand will rule. Powerful motivationcombined with onetrack thinking, oractivity, leads into trouble. It is fromthe inbetween world of mental andemotional confusion that men commitcrime.

Emotions fed with narrow thinkingcause friction, giving rise to forces ofheat and flame. From this infernosprings hatredeven murder. Fromthis peculiar disintegration of the soulsvehicle, innocence flees in desertion ofwhat had meant to be a service of loveof one soulattribute to anothera giveandtake between the earthly and theheavenly. When truth about life ismade conscious, it liberates the grosserelements of the emotions and restoresthem to original love. This process con-stitutes resurrection of self.

The mind, a weaver of what it gath-ers, assumes a rhythm forward andbackfinding in the Absolute, the pres-ent, past, and the future. Eventuallyone discovers that he is unlearned as tohis own intimate interior of conscious-ness.

Psychology and psychiatry are la-boriously attempting to unravel fromthe individual human consciousnessknotted and distorted patterns of itsearthly passage. The physician probesinto the mind and the patient clings tothe physician and progress remains

slow. Awaiting recognition within theindividual himself is his own waytheCreator left no one destitute. As oneacquires knowledge of self, of the childwithin (the bambino of the ancientmysteries), one in that allness learnsalso to know others and God.

Slowly the interior is discovered andeven more slowly traversed. In the

jungle of untamed and ununderstoodforces, the pioneer explores the intima-cies of his own self, reads in wonder-ment every activity, and recognizesjoyously the enduring qualities of the

immortal.Material contacts hold their claimupon all inhabitants of the earth until

The the time for transition arrives, earthRosicrucian living is transcended, and the soul inDivest ite journey homeward makes otherj * claims upon the personality; the experil une ence of resurrection could not be the1955 result of one but of many incarnations.

At lifes beginning, the infant seefor his greater self even in the visiforms of a physical worldattractand being attracted by realities. Dcovered affinities enlarge the self to greate r consciousness. The more freaching the consciousness, the deethe understanding.

To know self, to understand humaty, it is necessary to understand onchildhood. In the preschool child, already finds the adult; in the adult oalso meets the infant. Both the chilike qualities of unsophisticated chaand the stagnant or inhibited childqualities exist in the adult. These posing qualities challenge each othethe sensitivity of soullife versus the sensitivity of earthlife. Selfknowlebrings solution and contains allevthe Christ consciousness. Jesus servbut each individual himself must

perience the way.It is in early life that the physibody and its related environment hathe most importance, both being esstial to the fulfillment of the souls msion in the experiences of the eaworld. The child mind often expresmore maturity than the adult minFor example, it meets with much mcourage, or faith, any material obstrtionand faces with much more graany physical handicap and the threaits terrifying consequences. Therefoin many respects, one needs always

seek to be childlike.Once incarnated, the personality comes open to whatever is in the enronment as its natural attraction, menor physicalgood or bad. For exampa child with a nervous system susctible to irritations (acquired throuexperiences of past incarnations as was of the present) will be approachas a host by whatever there is in environment that would be attractedsuch a nervous system. It need necessarily be a polio virus with its traction to living nerves; it could

something else but functionally relaand having presence in the immedisurroundings. In other words, it is nfated that a condition be specificaselective as to any one thing, but tonly to the law of attraction as a baagent. On the nonphysical plane, natural laws are similarly operative.child draws from its environment


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its mental activities, and in turn trans-mutes them into physical deeds.

At times a child, and even the adult,needs guidance as the personality pro-

jects into the world of objects: view

{joints have to be adopted, valuesearned, choices made, and confidences

established. Faith and conscience arethe quiet guides, but also needed is thecounsel of experience.

Because of too much attention tomelodrama perhaps and noisy living inthe staging of lifes activities, the moresubtle ways for a wholesome basis have

been passed by. It is beyond worldlynoises, that one senses comfort and in-spirationand love. But one must learnto listen inwardly to hear, from thememory of a past divinity, the impreg-nated silences. A revived memory actsas a stimulant, an awakener, to forgot-

ten potentialities.Time, a negative element, causes rest-

lessness; a positive state means con-tentment. Time and space, with theirtorment, do not exist in the universalconsciousnessin the depth conscious-ness. In earth ly life, the illusion oftime and space creates longing, un-certainty, worry, anxiety, grief, andunhappiness, and these one strives toconquer (and wisely so) in order to

bring harmony forever into being. Paincan have no duration where time doesnot exist.

One can live through periods of greatfrustration or seeming evil when heknows that the traversing of even suchexperience brings him closer to the God-

parent. Progress is slow* and ye t cer-tainone dare not y ieldwholeheartedlyto selfpity,

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