The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (1927)

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Order Rosae CruetsThe Inside Story of The Origin, Principles and Activities

of the Arcane Brotherhood. How Th e Founding of The

United States Was Greatly Influenced by the Secret Handof the Rosicrucians As Related

WH O are the Rosicrucia ns?

What are their principles?

Where did they comefrom ? These questions and manymore have been asked since thestories of their existence and work-in the city of Tampa was made public. By referring

to the old writers and the reports of discoveries ofarchaeologists in the old Egyptian ruins, one can readwhere the Rosicrucians existed centuries before thebirth of the great Master Jesus.

Tradition says that the Rosicrucians originatedthousands of years before Chr ist . This has been substantiated, in part only, by discoveries in the ancientruins of Egypt. The traditions of the order, handedfrom one grand master to another, say in the days offar away centuries there existed two classes of learnedmen, constituting the scientists of that day.

The one known as the priesthood used their knowledge for their own private gain. Throug h their know ledge of the great natural laws of theuniverse, theyexplained the unusual happenings of the elements insuch a manner that they were able to keep the greatmasses of the ignorant people in subjection throughfear. Consequently they were able to extract, under threat of dire punishments, the major part of all thata man and his family earned or grew in the land.

Opposed to this were another group of equallylearned men whose mission in life was to elevate their brother man, teach him as much of the natural lawsas he would be able to comprehend, and set him onhis way with kindly words of advice and instruction.These people charged nothing for their services andwere a great power for the uplift and alleviation ofthe ills to which mankind was subjected. The y quietlybanded together to promote the study of all the finearts and sciences and, through their studies, assist their fellow creatures in raising their standards of living.

Later these bands formed the councils of the wisemen to whom reference is made in connection with theold kings of the early Biblica l days. The y wtre calledon by the rulers of the countries when there was anything unusual happening or when there seemed to beomens of great portent appearing in the elements. TheOld Testament tells many facts about their great powersand skill along many lines and from them Moseslearned a great deal of the practical helps which helater passed on to the Jewish peoples.

The ancient Egyptian people were a highly educatedclass of specialists in every line of endeavor. Articleson Egyp t frequently refer to the lost civilizatio n. Th eir civilization was farther advanced than any since discovered and their art and sciences show the skill of

a well trained people.Among other of the lo.-t arts was map making. In

the last decade during the exploration of the ruins of the temples andpyramids of ancient Egypt, therewas found a well defined map ofthe world with exceptionally interesting insignia inscribed thereon.

This map was found on the walls of the ancient Rosi-crucian temples and also on a wall of the pyramidof Cheops, otherwise known as the Great Pyramid.

The map, reproduced in this article, showed thatthe ancient Egyptians had a fairly concise idea of theland surface of the world. It is interesting to notethat on this map Siberia is indicated by the great bearindicating the climate of the country and the conditions which man must conquer during his sojournthere.

One of the most remarkable things on the map is theinsignia assigned to the central part of the NorthAmerican continent. There the insignia was an eaglewith spread wings bearing a shield on his chest, in hisright talon a bundle of arrows, in his left talon anolive branch; in addition there was a pyramid assignedto the group. Dr. H . Spencer Lewis , Ph. D., and a

Fellow of the Rose Croix University of France, said,“Along with this symbolism allotted to the central portion of North America was the ancient phrase or slogan that this part of the world was to become thecenter of all advanced learning and that the land ‘wherethe eagle spreads its wings’ would become alert andwatchful of the interests of the world.” This slogani> found in the ancient philosophical writings of SirFrancis Bacon who quotes them from the early writings of Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian.

Sir Francis Bacon was, during his life, the grandmaster of the Rosicrucian order and has written a bookabout the brotherhood. In his book the “New Atla ntis” he pictured the establishment of a new countryacross the Atlantic ocean which would be established

upon the principles of a brotherhood republic. As im-perator of the Rosicrucian Order in Europe he wrotemany books under the name of Valentine Andrea andsimilar mystical names, some of which were publishedafter his death. In some of those he outlined howthe prediction of the ancient Egyptians would be fulfilled through the cooperation of the Rosicrucians inEurope as the descendants of the ancient Mysterybrotherhoods of Egypt. Lord Bulwer Lytto n, in hisbook Zanoni wrote about the Rosicrucians and the possibilities of their ideals and principles.

In the year 1690, the Rosicrucian Lodge bearing thename Philadelphia and located in London as originallyestablished by Sir Francis Bacon, proceeded to carryout the plans and predictions of their great founder.

W ith the cooperation of branch lodges in Germany(Continued on page 32)

By

O. A. SEAVER By Permission of the Author



REVEALED/ROSICRUCIANjV MYSTICISM ^ EXPLAINED V

t h e ANC IENT PO RTRAIT O F" C R C ”

Here are the Strange Facts

Sunshine Psychology(Continued from page 27)

represent responses to human effort to

sat isfy human wants. Sin and hate are

hut stepping stones to their opposites.

The motive behind all is human satisfac-

tion. Th e endocrinc glands never act for

the destruction of huma ns. They act to

help satisfy humans and preserve life.

Sin and hate are good.’”

* * *

"We do not quite agree with all that

our Los Angeles correspondent wri tes

anent ‘sin and hate.’ Good and bad are

relative terms. VVe use the wo rd ‘go od ’

for forccs that are wholesome, uplifting

and inspiring, and the word ‘bad’ signifies

forces that are unwholesome and detr i-

mental to the development of the mind,

soul and body. Little is know n of the

endocrine glands. Any force that is con-

structive can also be destructive. Glands

contain chemicals. An overdose of chem-

cials is destruction to the body tissue.Glands, nerves and states of mind are

very closely related. They are inseparable

for purposes of analysis .”

* * *

“Out of the great jungle of the un-

known the modern psychologist is drag-

ging the forces of the human mind for

investigation and analysis. An d in that

ju ng le ha s been fo un d mot iv at io n, th e

greatest field of mental power that has

yet been discovered. In this invisible field

of power springs the subtle forces of

human conduct .”

* * *“All blooded animals are moved to

action by urges, impulses and motives.

These moving forces originated in very

remote evolutionary days. In man, these

forces have been developed to a remark-

able degree because of their usefulness in

pro moti ng th e welf ar e o f the in divi du al

or the community; they are the ‘backbone’

of the present ‘infe riori ty’ com plexes ;

also, they are the driving forccs in the

pe rp et ua ti on o f the hum an rac e. The

exist ing races of today are those that arc

descendants and exponents of the plan,

‘survival of the fittest,’ mentally or phy -

sically."* * *

“Sunshine psychology has a relative im-

po rt an ce to suc cess . It go es to th e co re

of the motive s that influence action. The

reader desiring happiness and success

should put forth the necessary effort to

grasp the meaning of sunshine psychol-

ogy. In motivation there exists the fun-

damental principles that rightly motivate

education, vocation and the other activi-

ties of life. Succes s in life mea ns noth ing

to (he individual who has not developed

the faculties for appreciation and sym-

pa th y. ”

Does He Sti l l Live?

Fo r s e v e r a l c e n t u r i e s s t u d e n t s o f M y s t i c i s m h a v e a s k e d t h e s a me q u e s -t ion— “Does ‘CRC’ s t i l l l i v e? ” I t i sk n o wn t h a t h e l i v e d i n Eg y p t i n t h e

p r e C h ri s t ia n p eri od and r e tu rn e d th e reaga in in 1290 A.D. He reap pea red inGermany in 1604 and was in Amer icalong before the Revolu t ion . So sayt h e my s t i c a l t r a d i t i o n s o f ma n y l a n d s .I s he s t i l l ca r ry ing on the Grea t Work which a mi l l ion of the wor ld’ s i l lumi-n a t e d t h i n k e r s h a v e f o u n d t o b e th emo s t ma r v e l o u s i n s t r u c t i o n f o r ma n ’ se v o l u t i o n ?

Who Was ‘CRC’?

He wa s k n o wn i n Ge r ma n y a s“ Ch r i s t i a n Ro s e n k r e u t z . ” Bu t “ C h r i s -t i a n Ro s y Cr o s s ” wa s t h e n a me h ea s s u me d b e c a u s e h e wa s t h e r e i n c a r n a -t i o n o f t h e Eg y p t i a n f o u n d e r o f t h e“ Ro s y Cr o s s ” — t h e o l d e s t b o d y o f my s -t ics the wor ld has ever known. Theywe r e c a l l e d Ro s i c r u c i a n s a n d t h e Ro s yCr o s s wa s t h e i r a n c i e n t s y mb o l .

The Discovery of His Body

In 1604 the representa t ives of Si r F r a n c i s Ba c o n ( wr i t e r o f t h e Sh a k e s -

p e a re Pl a y s ) o p e n e d a s t r a n g e v a u l ta n d t o mb i n Ca s s e l , Ge r ma n y , a n d t h e r efound the body of the rea l “CRC” in

p e r fe c t condi ti on as th o u g h a s le e p f o r t h e p a s t h u n d r e d s o f y e a r s . W a s t h e r ea soul as l eep in th i s body? Only the

p r iv a te re co rd s o f th e R os ic ruc ia n s c o n-t a i n t h e a s t o u n d i n g f a c t s wh i c h s c i e n -t i s t s and real mys t i cs conceal f rom the i d le cur ious . I t was one of the pr in -cip les of the Ros ic ruc ians to keep the i r bod ie s we ll p re s erv e d a g a i n s t d is e asea n d ol d a g e . Th e i r s e c r e t me t h o d h a snever been g iven to those out s ide theRo s i c r u c i a n F r a t e r n i t y .

Rare Manuscript Fo u n d In the tomb wi th h i s body were

f o u n d t h e r a r e m a n u s c r i p t s o f th e a n -c i e n t M y s t i c Ro s i c r u c i a n s c o n t a i n i n gthe l aw's and secre t s of the Magi of theOr ient .

Th e s e ma n u s c r i p t s p a s s e d i n t o t h eh a n d s o f S i r F r a n c i s Ba c o n a n d o t h e r Ro s i c r u c i a n s i n Ge r ma n y , F r a n c e a n d En g l a n d , a n d t h e F r a t e r n i t y o f Ro s i -c r u c i a n s — the Order Rosae Crucis—w as r e e s t a b l i s h e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e wo r l d u n -d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n o f “ CRC” f o r t h e

e l e v e n t h t i me a t l e a st . Eu r o p e h a sn e v e r f o r g o t t e n t h e p o we r a n d i n f l u -ence of the Ros ic ruc ian Order .

Secrets PreservedTo d a y t h e F r a t e r n i t y o f Ro s i c r u c i a n s

cont inues as an exc lus ive secre t ,mi g h t y o r g a n i z a t i o n i n a l l l a n d s , i n -v it in g * t h e FE W wo r t h y s e e k e r s a n d s t u d e n t s o f n a t u r e ’ s h i g h e r l a ws t os h a r e t h e g u a r d e d k n o wl e d g e o f t h eRo s i c r u ci a n s . Th e y n e v e r p u b l is h e d a n y b o o k s — f o r t h e t r u e k n o wl e d g e o f t h p M a g i a n d Es s e n e s a s we l l a s t h es e c r e t s o f t h e Ro s y Cr o s s wo u l d f a d ef r o m p r i n t i f e v e r p u t i n t o t y p e f o r

publ ic sa le .

Do Not Be DeceivedTh e my s t e r y o f l i f e , d e a t h , d i s e a s e ,

p e r fe c t h e a lt h , h ow to a t t r a c t b le ss in g sa n d g i f t s f r o m t h e C o s m i c , t r a n s m u t a -t ion , t e l epa thy , success in persona la f f a i r s a n d p e r s o n a l me n t a l p o we r — a l l t h e s e p r i n c i p l e s i n t h e i r TRUEf o r m a r e t a u g h t i n a d i f f e r e n t a n d more prac t i ca l way by the Ros ic ruc ians ,i n S E C R E T L E S S O N S o n l y— n o t b y

boo ks o r pub li c c la ss es . A n d , th e n a m eo f th e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Ro s i c r u c i a n s i sth e Ancient M y s t i c a l ORDER Rosae Crucis, ( AM O RC) . Th e r e is o n l y o n eh e a d q u a r t e r s i n A m e r i c a — a t T a m p a ,Flor ida .

Are YOU the ONE?

On l y o n e p e r s o n i n a h u n d r e d o r d i -

n a r i l y me t o n t h e s t r e e t i s t r u l y p r e - p a red f o r th e rea l kn o w led g e . I f YO Ua r e th e “ On e i n a Hu n d r e d ” a n d n o t a me r e c u r i o s i t y s e e k e r — y o u ma y bor-row, without cost a s t r a n g e b o o k o f s u r p r i s i n g f a c t s c a l l e d “ Th e L i g h t o f Eg y p t , ” wh i c h t e l l s t h e s t o r y o f “ CRC”a n d e x p l a i n s how you may find a sim -ple way to have the Rosicrucian knowl-edge, i f y o u a r e f o u n d wo r t h y , r e a d y ,and rea l ly s incere . W r i t e a s h o r t l e t t e r a n d s t a t e t h a t y o u a r e s i n c e r e l y a n x -i o us t o ma s t e r * t h e s e c r e t t e a c h i n g s ,and address i t t o me. The book wi l l

be m ail ed , p os tp a id u n d e r t h e Sea l of the Archiv i s t .

Address: MAGUS RAMA

A M O R C T E M PL ERosicrucian Square

TAMPA, FLORIDA



Order Rosae Crucis B y A S E A V E R (Continued from page 17)

a n d Ho l l a n d , a p i l g r i ma g e wa s o r g a n -

ized composed of one hundred e ight

men and women carefu l ly se lec ted to

p ro c e e d to Am e ri ca . T h e p la n w as to

se lec t one person prof ic ien t or exper t

in each of the various ar ts , sciences, and

indus t r i es , a long wi th the i r wives and chi ldren . I t was three or four years

b e fo re th e p a r ty cou ld be p ro p e rl y o r -

ganized and the manufac tu re of imple -

me n t s a n d i n s t r u me n t s c o u l d b e c o m-

pl et ed .

Th e o r g a n i z e d p a r t y r e ma i n e d i n

London t i l l February 13th, 1694, when

they embarked on the i r own char te red

boat , th e “S a r a M a r ia ” a f t e r sa il in g

down the Thames in a smal le r vesse l to

Gr a v e s e n d . Th e r e c o r d o f th a t t r ip t o

the new world is one of the most fasci-

n a t i n g r o ma n c e s e ve r wr i tt e n. Th e

v e s se l wa s c o mm a n d e d b y Cap t. T a n -

ner , was a rmed, and car r i ed four teenla rge cannon. On Sa turday , June 23rd ,

1694, the sloop was fastened to her

d o c k a t t h e Bo h e mi a l a n d i n g n e a r t h e

pl ac e whic h w as g iv en th e n a m e P h i l a -

delphia . Thi s name was g iven to the

pl ac e be ca u se th ey wis hed to p ay h o n o r

to the Ros ic ruc ian lodge in London by

tha t name and a l so because the Greek

t rans la t ion of the word expressed the

fundamenta l purpose of the order ,

Bro ther ly Love . Thi s is the t rue or ig in

of the name of the ci ty of Phi ladelphia.

Ea r l y Ro s i c r u c i a n r e c o r d s ma d e b e f o r e

the Quakers had organized any church

or se t t l ement in tha t loca l i ty bore con-s tant r e fe rence to the name and p lace .

These documents can be seen today in

the Phi l ade lphia His tor i ca l Museum.

Jul ius Fr iedr ich Sachse has wr i t t en

exhaus t ive ly on the ear ly Ros ic ruc ians

and the i r cont r ibut ion to the es tab l i sh-

ment of the new count ry in the wes te rn

hemisph ere . Sachse, the l as t l iv ing de-

scendant of the or ig ina l Ros ic ruc ians

who se t t l ed in Phi l ade lphia , passed

away l as t year . In h is book “The G er-

man Pie t i s t s of Pennsylvania ,” pub-

lished in 1895 and recent ly republished

b y th e o rd e r of R o s ic ru c ian s w h o a re

cont inuing the work es tabl i shed by the

ear ly co loni s t s , he br ings before the

pu bl ic th e fa ct th a t th e Ros ic ru ci an o r -

der ass i s t ed in the p lanning and found-

ing of th i s Uni ted Sta tes of Amer ica .

The ear ly se t t l e r s of the order in Phi l-

ade lphia were dubbed the “Pie t i s t s”

b e cau se of th e i r pecu li ar re li g io us b e -

l ie f s and profound p ie ty in the i r da i ly

life.

In h i s book he says whi le d i scuss ing

t h e v e s s e l “ Sa r a M a r i a ” t h a t “ To t h e m

the prosa ic every day name of the sh ip in-

dicated ‘Glaube, Liebe, Ho ffnu ng ’ (fai th,

hope and love or char i ty) . Acco rdingto the i r mys t i ca l in te rpre ta t ion they

argued

“1. By fai th (Sara h) we got for our

jo u r n e y th e m e a n s th a t were n o t in

sight .

“2 . By Smyrncan love (Mar ia—in He-

brew M ar , b it te r, w hen ce M a r ia ) whi ch

i s not obta ined wi thout to i l and t rouble ,

but r e m a in e s fa it hf ul un to dea th . (R ev .2 : 8 10.)

“3. And at last , thro ug h ‘hope ’ we wil l

be ‘we ll ' (s a fe ly ) la nd ed . F o r so we

have been t aught of God.”

Discussing the arr ival in the ci ty

Sachse says "The par ty d id not t a r ry

long in the c i ty ; the ear ly Sabbath

morn , even before the sun rose in the

eas t , found them on the i r way to ‘Ger

mano pel , ’ as German town was then

cal led. Th eir path led up Secon d street ,

then a mere count ry l ane due nor th to

Fa i rh i l l ; t hence nor thwes t to the Ger-

ma n s e t t l e me n t u n d e r Pa s t o r i u s , wh e r e

the ‘to w n’ consisted of a few house s ona s ingle s t ree t .”

The f i r s t bui ld ings cons t ruc ted by

these Ros ic ruc ians cons i s t ed of a mon-

as te ry or genera l home and t emple , par t

of which st i l l s tand on what is known

today as Myst i c l ane in the hear t of

Fa i rmo nt Par k in Phi l ade lphia . Af te r

the c i ty grew through the e f for t s of

W i l l ia m P e n n a n d a Q u a k e r , t h e Ro s i -

cruc ians , grea t ly increased in numbers ,

mo v e d f u r t h e r o u t o f t o wn a n d e s t a b -

l i shed many bui ld ings , homes , f ac tor i es ,

and sc ient i f i c l abora tor i es , mos t of

which remain in fair condit ion to this

day . By the t ime they had been inAmer ica one hundred and e ight years ,

they had es tabl i shed a l a rge cente r of

cu l ture and l earn ing now known as

Ep h r a t a , Pe n n s y l v a n i a .

Wins ton says of Pie t i s t s tha t the

name w as or ig ina l ly appl i ed to some

y o u n g t e a c h e r s o f t h e o l o g y i n L i e p z i g

in 1689. “Th e idea of im par t ing theo -

logica l ins t ruc t ion in a popular way

came f rom the i r f r i end and t eacher

Sp e n c e r ( t h e Ge r ma n Fe n e l o n ) , wh o

had he ld re l ig ious meet ings in Frank-

fort f rom the year 1670 at which the

la i ty prayed, and were a l lowed to ask

ques t ions , e t c. Th e Pie t i s t s were noted for the i r pre fe rence of prac t i ca l as op-

pos ed to d o c tr in a l re li gi on , b u t th ey

n e v e r f o rme d a s e p a r a t e s e c t. ” Th e s e

t radi t ions and cus toms a rc cont inued

to the present day in the Pr i s t ine

c h u r c h mo v e me n t o f t h e Ame r i c a n

Ros ic ruc ian order .

Du r i n g t h e o n e h u n d r e d a n d e i g h t

years of ac t iv i ty in and near Phi l ade l-

phia th e R o s ic ru c ia n s carr ie d on w o r k

which c redi t s them wi th hav ing been

ins t rumenta l in the es tab l i shment of the

Uni ted Sta tes as a f ree and separa te re-

pu bl ic . T h is ca n be kee nly a p p rec ia ted

by an ex a m in a t io n of th e Ro si c ruc ia nrecords st i l l preserved in the Phi ladel-

ph ia H is to r ic a l M useu m and in th e w r i t-

ings of Sachse.

The o ldes t pr in t ing house es tabl i shed

in Amer ica and opera ted by Fra te r

Sa u e r wa s p a r t o f t h e e q u i p me n t o f t h e

Ros ic ruc ian colony. The f i rs t song

b o ok s ev er publ is he d w ere p ro d u c ed in

th i s p lant as were the l a rges t books of any k ind used for educa t iona l purposes .

Thi s f i r s t press and some of these books

are st i l l in existence in the museum in

Philadelphia.

Amo n g t h e s e e a r l y b o o k s we r e t h e

first quarto Bible publ ished in America

in Engl i sh . Fra te r Sauer a l so es tab -

l i shed the f i r s t type foundry in Amer ica .

Among the ear ly educa tors of the col-

o n y wa s He n r y Be r n h a r d Co s t e r , t h e

learned t rans la tor of the Septuagin t .

Th e p u r p o s e o f t h e c o l o n y wa s t o

es tabl i sh school s and ins t i tu t ions of

l e a r n i n g mo r e a d v a n c e d t h a n t h o s e i n

Europe . Fo r th i s purpose they bui lt

many bui ld ings and p laced them under

the care of the eminent sc ient i s t s f rom

the mos t prominent co l l eges and uni-

vers i t i es in Europe who were members

of the mys t i c order . To fur th er car ry

out the i r p lans in the es tab l i shment of

h i g h e r l e a r n i n g a n d t h e a d v a n c e me n t o f

sc ience and indus t ry i t was necessary to

bui ld a n d o p e ra te form s o f m a n u fa c tu r -

ing unknown to the coloni s t s .

For ins tance they bui l t the f i r s t paper

mi l l s in th i s count ry to make a super ior

grade of paper and the fac t tha t the

scient i f ic, rel igious, and educat ional

b oo k s an d m ag a z in es whi ch th ey

pri n te d a re st il l in exce ll en t condit io n ,

t es t i f i es to the super ior qua l i ty of the

p a p er m a n u fa c tu re d b y th em .

Si r Franc i s Bacon’s pr inc ip les on the

a d v a n c e me n t o f l e a r n i n g wa s t h e p l a n

fol lowed and to th i s end they opened

the i r l ec ture ha l l s to a l l men and women

who would express a s incere des i re to

s tudy. La te r they es tabl i shed a non -

sec ta r i an school for ch i ldren which met

on Sundays and whose s tudies covered

p ra ct ic al su b je c ts as wel l as re li g io us

ones . Reco rds show tha t the chi ldren

c a me f r o m g r e a t d i s t a n c e s a n d ma n yfami l i es moved f rom di s t an t poin t s to

Phi l ade lphia tha t the i r ch i ldren might

have the advantage of the f i r s t Sunday

school in Amer ica . Th i s was for ty

years ear l i e r than the f i rs t Sunday

school es t ab l i shed in Europe by Rober t

Raikes.

An as t ronomica l observa tory , the f i r s t

in Amer ica , was a l so es tabl i shed and the

l a r g e s t i n s t r u me n t s e v e r ma d e f o r a s -

t r o n o mi c a l p u r p o s e s we r e ma d e b y

these Ros ic ruc ians in the i r own labora-

tor ies . I t was here tha t David Ri t t en

house , a member of the Ros ic ruc ians

colony in charge of the observa tory ,gave to the world in 1769 the first defi

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Order Rosae Crucis By O. A. SI ' -AVER (Continued from Page 32)

ni te fac t s regard ing the d i s tances be-

tween the sun and the s ta r s . His con-

t r ibu t ions to the as t ronomica l and cos-

mologica l sc ience a rc ren own ed and a ll

o f them were the resu l t o f h is exper i-

m e n t s i n t h e l a b o r a t o r y a n d o b s e r v a t o r y

in this colony.

Thomas Je f fe r son , who was a l so anof f ice r o f the Ros ic ruc ian group , wro te

o f D a v i d R i t t e n h o u s e t h a t “ H e h a s n o t

indeed made a wor ld , bu t he has ap-

p ro a ch e d n e a r e r it s M a k e r th a n a n y

man who has l ived f rom the c rea t ion to

this day .” Inciden tal ly, we see by this

s t a t e m e n t t h a t T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n w a s

not the a th i i ' t tha t he has been p ic tu red

to be.

Dr. H. Spencer Lewis, Ph. D., F. R.

C. , Mas te r o f the Pr i s t ine church of

Amer ica , when asked about th i s sa id ,

“ I t was mere ly because Je ffe r son was

a mys t ic and nonsec ta r ian in h i s re-

l ig ious v iews tha t he was dubbed an

a t h e i s t b y t h e o r t h o d o x c h u r c h e s o f

h i s day . This i s fu r the r p roved by the

fact that w hile an off icer of the R osi -

cruc ian order l i e took the Chr i s t i an

Bib le and t rans la ted par t s o f i t in to

nonsec ta r ian mys t ica l l anguage ca l l ing

i t the “Tru e Bib le .” I t was such a

remarkable p iece o f work and pa id such

g r e a t h o m a g e t o G o d as D i v i n e P r o v i -

dence and the Al l Loving Crea tor tha t

c o n g r e s s a p p r o p r i a t e d a l a r g e s u m o f

m o n e y a n d h a d t h e b o o k re p r i n t e d u n -

d e r g o v e r n m e n t s u p er v i si o n . T h i s c o n -

s t i tu tes the f i r s t and on ly t ime tha t the

A m e r i c a n g o v e r n m e n t e v e r p r i n t e d a

re l ig ious document and a copy of i tcan be seen in the f i les of the Congres-

s iona l L ibra ry to day .

At th i s t ime the Ros ic ruc ian co lony

had grow n f rom th i r teen fami lies l iv ing

in th i r t een homes to a g roup of over

t w o t h o u s a n d t h i r t y s t r u c t u r e s u n d e r

the i r charge . At th i s t ime they a l so had

a l ib ra ry o f many books espec ia l ly made

or purchased to ca r ry ou t the l ib ra ry

pl an of B e n ja m in F ra n k l in w ho w as

also one of the off icers of the Order.

In th i s co lony the f i r s t move for the

f reedom of the negro s lave was propa-

gated. In fact the f irst pet i t io n to the

Amer ican co lon is t in th i s regard waswr i t t en by Magis te r John Pe te r Mi lle r ,

t h e M a s t e r o f t h e R o s i c r u c i a n o r g a n i -

s a t i o n w h o s e t o m b s t o n e s t i l l r e m a i n s

a t E p h r a t a .

Watson , the na t iona l ana lys t and pre-

c ise h i s to r ian of the ea r ly fac t s o f Amer-

ican history, relates in detai l how the

Cong ress o f the Uni ted S ta te s pe t i-

t ioned John Pe te r Mi l le r to t rans la te

the Dec la ra t ion of Independence in to

seven langu ages so tha t i t migh t be

read and unders tood by the fo re ign

me mb ers o f ibe i r co lon ics . So i t was

Mi l le r ’ s hand , accus tomed to the p rep-

ara t ion of manuscr ip t s and i l lumina ted

documents fo r the o rgan iza t ion , tha t

engrossed the Dec la ra t ion of Independ-

ence which now cons t i tu tes the g rea tes t

o f al l Amer ican documents .

This answers the o f ten asked ques t ion

as to who wro te o r engrossed tha t

famous paper and in the word ing of i t

i s to be found the mys t ica l key us ing

the same code tha t S i r Franc is Bacon

used when he wro te the Shakespear ian

p la ys . T h is co de has a lw ay s b ee n th e

Rosicrucian cipher and is found in the

d o c u m e n t s a n d n a t i o n a l p a p e r s o f m a n y

count r ies .

P h o t o g r a p h s m a d e o f t h e o r i g i n a l

D e c l a r a t i o n o f I n d e p e n d e n c e t h r o u g h

color sc reens and upon ce r ta in ac t in ic

p la te s re vea l so m e w ords on ev er y li ne

writ ten with a sl ightly different ink so

as to g ive unusua l emphas i s in the

p h o to g ra p h . W h e n thes e w o r d s a re

read accord ing to the c ipher d i scovered

a few years ago in the Baconian and

Shakespear ian wr i t ing , we f ind a p roph-

ecy of the des t iny and fu ture o f the

Uni ted S ta tes and i t s p lace in the wor ld

as the “ land where the eag le spreads i t s

wings .” We f ind tha t th i s docum ent has

i t s c iphered message s igned by Jaebez

a n d A g r i p p a b o t h o f w h i c h n a m e s a r e

s igned to many of the Ros ic ruc ian doc-

umen ts as the mys t ic name of John

Pe te r Mi l le r .

Dur ing the same per iod the g rea t sea l

of the Uni ted S ta tes came in to ex i s t-

ence . This l i t t le know n s to ry i s one of

in tense fasc ina t ion , and pecu l ia r in-

te res t . Soon a f te r the Dec la ra t ion

of Independence , Benjamin Frankl in ,T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n , a n d J o h n A d a m s

w e r e a p p o i n t e d a c o m m i t t e e t o p r e p a r e

a g rea t seal for the new republ ic. Th ey

e m p l o y e d a F r e n c h W e s t I n d i a n n a m e d

Du S imi t ie re , no t on ly to fu rn i sh de

>igns, but also to sketch such devices

as were sugges ted by themse lves .

Frankl in and Je f fe r son as has been re-

fated were both off icers of the Rosicru-

cian order.

In one of h i s des igns , the a r t i s t d i s-

pl ay ed on a sh ie ld th e a rm o r ia l e ns ig ns

of the severa l na t ions f rom whence

Amer ica had been peopled . On one

s ide was p laced Liber ty wi th her cap .and on the o t her was a r i f l eman in

uniform, with his r i i le in one hand and

a tomahawk in the o ther , the d ress and

weapons pecu l ia r to Amer ica .

F r a n k l i n p r o p o s e d a d e v i c e o f M o s e s

l if t ing his wand, dividing the Red Sea.

and Pharaoh and h i s hos t over-

w h e l m e d w i t h t h e w a t e r s . F o r a m o t t o ,

the words o f Cromwel l “ Rebe l l ion to

ty ran ts , obed ience to God.”

Adams proposed the “Choice o f Her-

cules ,” whi le Je f fe r son proposed the

Chi ld ren of I s rae l in the Wi lderness on

one s ide and Hengis t and Horsa , the

Saxon ch ief s , on the o ther . F rankl in

and Adams then reques ted Je f fe r son to

combine the i r ideas in a compac t de-

scr ip t ion of the p roposed grea t seal fo r

the infant republic. Th is he did and in

the off ice of the secretary of the state

a t W a s h i n g t o n i s t o be fo u n d th e o r i g -

ina l paper in Je f fe r son’s handwr i t ing .

Je f fe r son’s dev ice was approved by

t h e c o m m i t t e e a n d r e p o r t e d t o c o n g r e s s

011 the tenth day of Aug ust , 1776. Fo r

s o m e u n a c c o u n t a b l e r e a s o n t h e r e p o r t

was never ac ted on and the mat te r a l-

lowed to pass unti l March, 1779, Lovel

of Massachuse t t s , Sco t t o f Vi rg in ia , and

H o u s t o n o f G e o r g i a w e r e a p p o i n t e d a

commit tee to make ano ther dev ice .

They submi t ted a dev ice o f a sh ie ld

suppor t ing a war r io r on one s ide wi th

pea ce an d he r ol iv e b ra n ch on th e o th er ,

the sea l to be four inches in d iamete r .

T h i s r e p o r t w a s n o t a c c e p t e d h o w e v e r

and the mat te r aga in was tab led t il l

\p r i l , 1782, when Henry Middle ton ,

E l ias Boudine , and Ed ward Rut ledgew e r e a p p o i n t e d a t h i r d c o m m i t t e e . T h e y

repor ted as had the i r p redecessors bu t

t h e m a t t e r n o t b e i n g s a t i s f a c t o r y t o

congress , on the th i r t een th o f June the

w h o l e m a t t e r w a s r e f e r r e d t o C h a r l e s

T h o m s o n , i t s s e c r e t a r y .

I n a m o n o g r a p h o f t h e A m o r c c o l -

lege l ib ra ry o f New York the desc r ip-

tion of the f inal device is exceedingly

well p resen ted . Before quot in g from

that however i t is well to cal l to mind

the fac t tha t Benjam in Fra nkl in , an

officer of the Rosicrucian order, was in

France on a sec re t miss ion fo r the

U n i t e d S t a t e s , a n d J o h n A d a m s , h i s

f r iend and assoc ia te , was in Londo n on

a miss ion for the government a l so .

The f ina l account o f the accep tance

as p r in ted in th i s monograph i s ; “Af te r

va in ly s t r iv ing to per fec t a sea l which

would mee t the approva l o f congress ,

Thomson f ina l ly rece ived f rom John

Adams, then in London , an exceed ing ly

s imple and appropr ia te dev ice , sug-

ges ted by S i r Joh n Pres twich , a ba ro-

ne t o f W es t England , w ho was a warm

fr iend of Amer ica , and an accompl i shed

an t iquar ian and a Ros ic ruc ian . I t con-

s is ted of an escu tcheon bear ing th i r t een

pe rp en di cu la r st ri pes , w h i te and red,

with the f ield blue, and spangled withth i r teen s ta r s ; and , to g ive i t g rea te r

consequence , he p roposed to p lace i t on

the breas t o f an eag le , d i sp layed , wi th-

out suppor te r s , a s emblemat ic o f se l f

re l iance . I t met wi th genera l app roba -

t ion , in and ou t congress , and was

ado pte d in June 1782; so it is ma nif est

al though the fact is not extensively

known, tha t we a re indeb ted fo r our

na t iona l a rms to a t i t l ed a r i s toc ra t o f

the count ry wi th which we were then

a t war . Esch ewin g a ll he ra ld ic t echni-

cali t ies i l may be thus described in plain

E n g l i s h :

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The A N C IE N T A N D M Y S T IC A L

Order Rosae Crucis By O. A. SEAVER

(Cont inued from the Apri l I ssue )

■ TH IRT EE N perpendicular pieces, white

* and red: a blue field; the escutcheon on

the breas t of the eagle displayed, prop-

er ( facing f ront ) , holding in his r ight

talon an olive branch, and in his left a

bundle of th i r t een arr ow s, al l p rop e r

and in his beak a scroll , inscribed with

the mot to , “E Plur ibus Unum .” For

the cres t , over the head of the eagle ,

which appears above the escutcheon, a

golden glory breaking through a c loud,

p rope r, and su rro un d ing th i r teen s ta rs ,

forming a conste l la t ion of whi te s tars

on a blue field.

Reverse — A pyramid unf inished. In

the Zeni th , an eye in a t r iangle , sur-rounded wi th a glory, proper . Over the

eye, the words . “Annui t Coept is”—(God

has favored the under taking) . On the

ba se of th e pyramid , are the R o m an

l e t t e r s M D C C L X X V I ; a n d u n d e r n e a t h

the m ot to , “N ovus O rdo Sec lo rum ”—

(a new ser ies of order) denot ing that

a new o rde r o f t h ings has com m enced

i n t he W e s t e rn H em isphe re . Thus a f t er

many f rui t less ef for ts for near ly s ix

years , a very s imple seal was adopted,

and i t was in the arms of the Uni ted

States.

W as i t coincidence or was i t the re-

sul t of subt le yet in tense cosmic force

tha t p r om pte d t he adop t ion o f a g r ea t

seal of the Uni ted Sta tes which so

near ly resem'bled the ins ignia on the

maps of the ancient Egypt ian people

which was discovered one hundred for ty

years la ter in the ruins af ter being ex-

cavated? W ere these now extinct people

of that c ivi l iza t ion so much far ther ad-

vanced in thei r learning that they were

able to predic t wi th such accuracy the

coming events of the wor ld?

Summing up br ief ly , the ancient Egyp-

t ians predic ted that the “ land where the

eagle spread its wings” would be the

seat of advanced learning as indicated

by th e py ram id and wo uld be w a tc h -ful and a ler t in the interes ts of the

world. Th e colonia l congress adopted

the Great Seal wi th the eagle wi th

spread wings on one s ide and the pyra-

mid wi th the ever watchful eye on the

reverse . Both of these examples are

ident ical yet the one knew nothing of

the other . Subsequent events ' tend to

prove tha t ea r ly c iv il iz at io n had g re a t-

er knowledge than most of the peoples

today; wi tness the fact of the great

educat ional ins t i tu t ion constant ly pro-

gress ing in this country, the wor ld wide

humani tar ian interes t of th is country in

its fellow countries across the seas.

R e tu rn ing t o t he co lony a t Ph i l ade l-

phia we find t h a t he re was bu il t th e

f i rs t p ipe organ made in America as was

also the f i rs t water organ made s ince

H ero cons t ruc t ed h i s f am ous w a te r o r-

gan a t Alexandr ia . Men were t ra ined

he re fo r t he va r ious t r ades and p ro fe s-

sions so that they might go out in to the

world and contr ibute to the advance-

ment of the growing c ivi l iza t ion in the

new colonies.

I t i s i n t e r e s t i ng t o no t e t ha t adhe r ing

to the old t radi t ions of the myst ics they

mainta ined s t r ic t neut ra l i ty a long sec-tar ian l ines . In addi t ion to opening the

f ir st m ee t ing house used by the Q u ak-

ers , they t ra ined thi r tys ix men to be-

come preachers in e leven di f ferent de-

nominat ions throughout the colonies .

When the famous Chr is t church was

buil t in Phi la delph ia , th e R osic ruci an s

supp l i ed t he p ipe o rgan and fu rn i shed

the choir for the dedicat ion services . In

the archives of that bui lding s t i l l s tand-

ing, are to be found tes t imonials to the

b ro a d v ie w p o in t and lovin g he lp of th e

Rosicrucian myst ics .

From this colony a lso went for th the

first public school teacher, the first

American surveyor , the f i rs t s teamboat

inventor , and the f i rs t in many l ines of

sc ient i f ic achievement . The work of

these myst ics and thei r inf luence upon

the es tabl ishment of th is country has

not only been recorded by Watson, the

eminent his tor ian, but by near ly every

wri ter who has wri t ten upon other than

the mi l i tary or pol i t ica l aspects of th is

country.

Francis H . Wil l iams in an ar t ic le in

the New World in Boston, June, 1894,

w ro t e exhaus t i ve ly r ega rd ing John K e l

pi us , t he R osic rucian m as te r who p re-

ceded Pe ter Mil ler. In Croese’s His to ry

of the Quakers , tes t imony is found tothe g r ea t w ork t he R os i c ruc i ans pe r-

formed in behal f of the Quakers . In the

l ega l r eco rds o f t he F rankfo r t com pany

of 1700 is found the fact that Kelpius

was an eminent lawyer and di rector of

the school of law at the Rosicrucian

colony. He was but th ir ryf ive years of

age when he passed away. In the Cen-

tury Magazine of December, 1881, there

is a complete s tory of the work carr ied

on by these mystics in the Vast location

at Ephrata , Pennsylvania .

A f t e r £ hundred and e igh t j ea r s ac-

t ivi ty , the var ious members of the col-

ony sepa ra t ed , abandon ed t he bu i ld ings,

and w en t t o va r ious pa r t s o f t he coun-

try to carry on thei r ac t ivi t ies in seclu-

sion. Th is was in the ye ar 1802. A few

went as far west as Cal i fornia where

wi th the ass is tance of some f r iendly In-

dians they es tabl ished a secluded temple

w hich p rope r ty w as l a t e r p rocured by

the present organizat ion.

N o t in g t h a t peri ods of one hu n dred

e igh t yea r s s eem ed to m ark t he beg in-

ning and ending of any ser ies of ac t ivi-

ties of the o rder, the writer called on

Dr. H . Spencer Lewis , imperator of the

R os i c ruc i an O rde r o f t he N or th A m er i-can Jur isdic t ion in Tampa and inquired

whether there was any specia l s igni f i-

cance to this f igure wi thin the order .

He repl ied, “I t i s an old law of the or-

der , which s tar ted in Egypt , that for

one hundred e igh t yea r s t he o rde r

should be in seclus ion and apparent ly

nonexis tent so far as the profane wor ld

had knowledge. At the end of that

hundred e ight year per iod, i t would

again come for th f rom i t s secrecy, work

in publ ic and a l low the wor ld to know

of i t s exis tence through i t s ac t ive par-

t ic ipat ion in the evolut ionary const ruc-

t ion and g row th o f t he na t ion . Th i s

is an explanat ion of why the wri ters in

the encyc lopaed i a s t hough t t ha t t he

order had ceased to exis t . ”

D ur ing t he one hundred and e igh t

years of s i lence which fol lowed the dis-

band in g of th e acti ve g ro up a t E p h ra ta ,

var ious a t tempts were made to revive

the organizat ion in a publ ic form but

a l l these were met wi th the disapproval

of the Supreme Hierarchy unt i l in 1909,

D r . H . Spence r Lew i s w en t t o F rance

and t he r e m e t t hose w ho d i r ec t ed h im

to t he sup rem e au thor i ti e s . They spon-

sored t he r ee s t ab l i shm en t o f t he o rde r

in America for the next per iod of one

hundred and e igh t yea r s beg inn ing w i ththe year 1910 and in 1916 the organiza-

t ion came into nat ional recogni t ion

again.

In t h i s m anne r w as ca r r i ed ou t t he

anc i en t t r ad i t i ons o f Egyp t and t he

pri nc ip le s e s ta b l is hed and d ec reed by

the f i r s t G randm as t e r know n a s A m en

ho t ep IV , Ph a raoh o f E gyp t , w ho in

1350 B . C . des t royed a l l heathen wor-

ship, caused a l l s ta tues of heathen gods

to be t o rn dow n , and p roc l a im ed the

f i rs t monotheis t ic re l igion in the wor ld .

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My Stars Tell Me(Cont inued from fage 31)

stood for consta nt conflict. Tho se born

under the Scorpion are ever struggling to

gain more unders tanding of surrounding

conditions, but on account of their seem-

ing unwillingness to expand the mind,they find difficulties in many departments

of life. Their materialistic tendencies hold

them too close to the earth and thus they

repel the progress they might otherwise

attain.

Sagittarius, the ninth sign of the Zodiac

is represe nted by the Archer. It is the

symbol of high aspirations, and among

the Hebrews was the Emblem of Chairon

the great Archer. This sign was con-

nected with the Tribe of Manassah and

was symbolized as the open season for

hunters and thus the emblem of accom-

pl ishm en t. Tho se bor n unde r th e A rcher

are usually of progressive, prophetic and adventurous natures. They are ever

seeking or hunting for new expressions

of humanitarianism and principles of

spiritual understanding.

Capricorn, the tenth sign of the Zodiac

is represented by the Goat. In the He-

br ew Zo di ac it wa s re pre se nte d by the

supposed God Pan and meant the Emblem

or Ho rn of Plenty. This sign was dedi-

cated to the Tribe of Zebulon, and was

symbolized as the Giver. Tho se born

under the Goat are more or less pushed

around from place to place in life until

they learn their real mission, but when

they do grasp their opportunities theymake rapid progress.

Aquariu s the eleventh sign of the

Zodiac is represented by the Water bearer.

It is the symbol of service and among the

ancient Hebrews was given the name of

Delhi, meaning spiritual baptism from a

water urn. This Sign was assigned to

the Tribe of Reuben and indicated youth,

be au ty and af fecti on. Those bo rn unde r

the Waterbearer are therefore inclined

towards sympathy, consideration for his

fellowman and it is observed that they

retain their youthful vigour far into old

age.

Pisces, the twelfth sign of the Zodiac

is represen ted by the Fishes. It is the

Symbol of celestial hosts, and among the

Hebrews was considered the time to right

wrongs, confess sins and make ready for

starti ng anew. It was assigned to the

Tribe of Levi and had as its symbol the

march of events into a new sphere. Those

bo rn under th e fi she s a r e there fo re c ru -

saders in many lines of work, ever striv-

ing to clear the way for others, and co-

operate with their fellow men in their

efforts to bring harmony between all .

N e x t m on th : W h e n to A v o id A c c i

dents in 192 7

Rosae Crucis

"His adorat ions to God as found on the

wal ls of his temples , pay homage to the

sun as the symbol of the one sole God

whose spi r i t and consciousness only

emanates throug h the rays of the sun.

Because a l l mankind has l i fe through

the vibra t ions of the sun, a l l mankind

is one brotherhood, receiving light, l ife,

and love from the one God.” Dr. Lewissaid whi le discuss ing the representa t ion

of the sun in connect ion wi th the ear ly

r i t e s o f Egyp t i an w or sh ip :

“I t was this brotherhood e lement in

the s ac r ed t each ings o f t h i s g r ea t Pha-

raoh that led to the format ion of the

‘f ra terni ty of myst ics which l a ter bui l t

great temples of learning and advanced

the ar ts and sc iences in Egypt and

t h rough t he exodus o f t he J ew s , sp r ead

t he i r w or t i n to J e rusa l em and o the r

lands , thereby laying the foundat ion for

t he p r e sen t g r ea t i n t e rna t i ona l o rgan i-

za t i on know n a s t he “B re th r en o f t heR osey C ross” o r t he “H erm e t i c M ys t i c

Frate rni ty of Rosicrucians .” In a l l ages

and in a l l t imes the organizat ion has

appl ied i t se l f to the fur therance of

man’s pract ica l needs and desi res and

has careful ly avoided theological re l i-

gious sectar ianism and phi losophic spec-

ulat ion, unt i l today the organizat ion

which was once under the sole jur isdic-

t ion of Si r Francis Bacon and his group

of cont inenta l representa t ives now is an

internat ional f ra terni ty consis t ing of

twelve separate jur isdic t ions , the Nor th

A m er i can be ing t he l a rges t i n num ber

of members and s ize of ter r i tory.”

In t he “H i s to r i e des R ose C ro ix pa r

F ra t e r W i t t em ans , A voca t de l ’ o rd re”

and now a member of the Belgian

sena t e t he r e appea r s t he fo l l ow ing

which has been t ransla ted into Engl ish.

“H. Spencer Lewis , present Imperator

of the Rosicrucian organizat ion in

America es tabl ished i t d i rect ly in accord

wi th the pr inciples and decrees of Rose

C ro ix M ys t e r i e s o f Egyp t by and unde r

the author i ty and decree of counci l su-

prem e of th e o rd er , of th e ju r is d ic t io n

of F rance and Eng land . Thes e p r in-

ciples and decrees are as shown in the

h i s t o r y o f T h o t m e s I I I , P h a r a o h o f

Egypt, 1500 to 1447 B. C., which is the

ver i table foundat io n of the order . Th e

succes so r o f Tho tm es I I I , w as A m en

hotep, I I I , who was fol lowed by Atnen

ho t ep IV , t he Pha raoh w ho w as m ade

m as t e r o f t he o rde r i n t he Tem ple o f

K a r n a k ”

In ano the r chap t e r he s ays “A m ong

the var ious Rosicrucian socie t ies ac tual-

ly active, the one in America is now the

m os t im por t an t because o f i t s l a rge j u r-

i sd i c t i on and g rea t num ber o f m em ber s .

Since i t began i t s outer ac t ivi t ies , i t

has spread rapidly throughout the

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United Sta tes and i t s ramifications . The

official organ is the Mystic Triangle

This branch is a di rect descendant of

the o rder known as ‘L ’Ordre Ancien

et Myst ique de la Rose Croix’ founded

by T h o tm e s I I I , of E gy p t. ”

In 1923 and 1924 the North American

order f inanced the Egypt ian Explora

tior, Fund of London, that the work

might go on of explor ing the ruins of

King Am en ho tep ’s tomb. Discoveries

have prove n the value of the montv

spent as much of in teres t has been un-

folded in these ruins which shed light

on the civilization of bygone days.

Since the revival of the order in

N ew Y o rk in 1910, it has es ta bl is he d

char tered branches in every large c i ty

of the United States, Canada, Mexico

and the American dependencies. In 1910

the nat ional headquar ters were moved

to San Francisco to faci l i ta te the rapid

growth in the western par t of the con-t inent .

In November, 1925, the national head-

quar ters were moved to i t s own bui ld-

ing and proper t ies located a t Rosicru-

cian Square , Tampa, Flor ida , that i t

might once again be close to the eastern

popu la t ion and en la rge it s ac ti vi ti es

amo ng i t s thousands of memb ers in

every sect ion of the eas tern s ta tes. As

in the past the institution is legally

char tered in every s ta te in the union

and in every country as a nonprof i t and

noncom mercia! organizat ion. Many of

i t s huma ni tar ian act ivi t ies are carr ied on

in the names of five or six affiliated

bodies , but wh ic h are no t ge ner al ly

known to be connected wi th the parent

body.

Among plans for the es tabl ishment

of a large cul tura l center in the c i ty

of Tampa is the es tabl ishing of the

Univers i t ias I l luminat i , a ful ly char-

t e r ed un ive r s i t y em pow ered t o g r an t

degrees and which wi l l be devoted to

the fine arts and sciences. A plot of

ground was secured some years ago

which is now in the heart of one of the

choice developments for res ident ia l pur-

poses . In add it io n to th e co ll eg e bui ld -

ings there wi l l be an observatory bui l t

or, the campus, and a large office build-

ing wi th or ienta l shops of reputable

s tanding only on the ground f loor .

Dr. Lewis says "At no time in the

his tory of the order has there been a

pr of it . T h e univ ers it y tr a in ing is ac-

corded to those unable to pay wi thout

cost , the only s t ipula t ion being that a

s tuden t m us t com e r ecom m ended by

educators of s tanding before he wi l l be

al lowed admission. This s t ipula t ion ap-

pl ie s to al l s tuden ts , w he th e r t hey ar e

able to pay thei r way or not . ”

(Copyright 1926)