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HISTORY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN ROSICRUCIANS
A Strange Story of Facts Revealing the
Remarkable A chievements o f Some
of the Founders of This Republic
By H. Spencer Lewis, F. R. C.
Imperator for North America
Copyr ighted 1923 by H . S . Lewis
I N T R O D U C T I O N
T h e r e m a r k a b l e i n c i d e n t s w h i c h f o r m t
h is s t r a n g i s t o r y a r e t a k e n f r o m h i s to r i c
a l f a c t s a n d w i t h o u tmak ing d i s t rac t ing re fe
rence s the sources of h i s tor i ca l i n form at ion a re g iven
w herev er i t s eems neces sa ry .Her e we have tha t which f i c
tion could not dupl i ca te even when expres s ing t hro ug h the m
ind of the mos t ve rsa t i l ei m a g i n a ti o n . S o m e o f t
h e m o s t p r o m i n e n t c h a r a c t e r s i n t h e e a r l
y e s t a b l is h m e n t o f t h e A m e r i c a n Re p u b l ic
a r eimolved; many of the mos t v i t a l p r inc ip les l a id
down as the founda t ion for the e rec t ion of such a Republ i c a
res h e w n t o b e o f Ro s i c r u c i a n o r ig i n ; a n d a n
u m b e r o f A m e r i c a ' s f a m o u s i n s t it u t io n s a
r e t r a c e d t o t h e p i o n e e rwork of these f i r s t Amer
ican mys t i c s .
Thi s is t he fi r st t ime tha t the comp le te s tory ha3 been
pr esente d in au th ent i c form. It has requ i reds e v e ra l y
e a r s i n r e s e a r c h , c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , i n v e
s ti g a t io n b y a n u m b e r o f d e p e n d a b l e h e l p e
r s , t h e c o p y i n g a n dt r a n s l a t i n g o f m a n y r
e c o r d s a n d m a n u s c r i p t s , t h e p e r s o n a l v
is it s t o a n u m b e r o f a r c h i v e s a n d t h e t e d i o
u s v e r i-f i ca t ion of pr iva te ly owned records. M a n
y o f t h e records r e f e r r e d to are now i n
the pos ses s ion of the au th orand o the rs wil l be t rans f e r
red to the AMO RC L ibra ry w i th in a few yea rs , whi l e mos t
of the o th e r recor dsa re we ll p rese rve d in Na t iona l or S
ta t e a rch ive s in th i s count ry .
CHAPTER ONE THE INCENTIVE
O t h o r o u g h l y a p p r e c i a t e t h e m o t i v e s w
h i c hlead the Brothe rs R. C. to l eave Europeand come to Amer
ica a t t he c lose of theseventeenth century , we mus t have a fa
i r p i c tu r e of th e co n d i t io n s ex is ti n g in E u
r -ope a t t ha t t ime .
I n t h e y e a r s 1 6 1 4 a n d 1 6 15 t h e r e a p - p
e a re d in G e r m a n y th e o p e n p r o p a g a n d aof the
Ros ic ruc ian F ra te rn i ty in the form
of s evera l books , ch ie f ly “Th e Fam a F ra t e rn i t a t
i s .By m a n y t h e s e b o o k s w e r e c o n s i d e r e d a s
m e r e a t t e m p t son the pa r t o f the au thor to s t a r t a
new re l ig ious move-m e n t , a n d e v e n t o t h i s d a y t h
e s e b o o k s a r e c o n s i d e r e d by som e as th e fi
rs t fo u n d a t io n s to n e s fo r th e O rd er .Th er e is
proof, how ever, tha t in I 6 I 0, a sma l ler bo okon the s ame
subjec t was i s sued and c i rcu la t ed pr iv-
a t e ly , and the re a re so many re fe rences to the Bre
threnof the Ros ie Cros s in o ld books on mys t i c i sm, tha t t
os t a t e w h e n t h e O r d e r f i r s t a p p e a r e d i n G
e r m a n y i s
b e y o n d th e ab il it y of th o se w ho loo k m ere ly
u p o n the pu b l ic reco rd s . But th a t t h e O r d e r
ex is te d in o th e rl ands i s t oo we l l known to need explana
t ion he re .
T h e b o o k s r e f e r r e d t o a b o v e a n d i s s u e d
i n G e r m a n yw e r e w r i t t e n a n d d i s t r ib u t e d u
n d e r t h e n a m e ofJ o h a n n V a l e n t i n e A n d r e a .
T h i s is a n im p o r t a n t p o in tand i t i s we ll to have i
t c l ea r ly apprec ia t ed . An dreaw a s b o r n i n H e r r e n
b u r g i n I 5 8 6 . A f t e r c o m p l e t i n ga t h e o l o g
i c a l e d u c a t i o n a t T u b i n g e n h e o b t a i n e d e
c -c l es i a s t i ca l p re fe rment s in the P ro tes t an t
church ofh is n a t i v e c o u n t r y . H e e v en t u a l ly b e
c a m e Ch a p l a i nto the Cour t a t S tu t tga r t where , i n
1654, he pas sedto the h igher rea lms . He was repu ted to be one
of
the mos t l ea rned wr i t e r s of h i s t ime on the subjec t
o ftheology and the pr inc ip les of d iv ine wisdom.
There i s one poin t rega rd ing h i s l i fe , however ,which
is s e ldom ment ioned . He was re l a t ed , t h ro ughthe mar r i
age of h i s immedia te forbea rs , t o the fami lyof S i r F ranc
i s Bacon of England .
A t t h is t i m e t h e L u t h e r a n Ch u r c h w a s p a s
s in gthrough a pe r iod of s eve re c r i t i c i sm, a l l o f
which
cent red a rou nd the bas i c pr inc ip les of theology .M a n y
w e r e t h e t h e o l o g i a n s w h o w r o t e e s s a y s c o
n d e m n -i n g o r c r i t i c i s i n g t h e L u t h e r a n Ch
u r c h , a n d a m o n gt h e m w e r e J o h a n A r n d t , w h
o w r o t e a n d p u b l i s h e da b o o k e n t i t l e d T r u
e Ch r i s t i a n i t y , J a c o b Bo e h m e , t h ef a m o u s
s h o e m a k e r p h i l o s o p h e r , a n d J o h a n n V a l e
n t i n eA n d r e a .
At th i s t ime a l so S i r F ranc i s Bacon had comple te lyo
r g a n i z e d t h e E n g l i s h O r d e r o f t h e Ro s e Cr o
s s F r a t e r n -i t y a n d a s I m p e r a t o r o f t h e Ro s
i c r u c i a n O r d e r t h r o u g h -out the wor ld , was ve ry
busy wi th the organiza t ion ofo t h e r b r a n c h e s i n v a r
i o u s E u r o p e a n c i t i e s . H i s b r o t h e r ,A n t h
o n y Ba c o n , w a s h i s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a n d a g
e n t o nthe Cont inent , and S i r F ranc i s a l so made severa l
t r ipsto F rance , Germany, I t a ly and Spa in in beha l f o f
ther e b u l i d i n g o f t h e O r d e r .
Pa r t o f S i r F ranc i s Bacon’s p l ans , a s revea led
insome of his wri t ings , was to es tabl ish a s taff of co-
w o r k e r s t o b e a s u p r e m e c o u n c i l f o r t h e
O r d e r a n d a tthe s ame t ime to cons t i tu t e h i s c i rc
l e of grea t wr i t e r sw h o w o u l d c o n t r i b u t e , u n
d e r u n k n o w n o r f i c t i t i o u snames , l ea rned books
revea l ing the e s sen t i a l s o f thet e a c h i n g s o f t h
e Ro s i c r u c i a n s o r t o i n t e r e s t t h o s e w h ow e
r e d e s ir a b l e a s m e m b e r s . T h i s g r e a t p l a n
w a s s u c -c e s s f u l l y w o r k e d o u t a n d i t a c c o
u n t s f o r t h e m a n ys t r a n g e b o o k s o n m y s t i c
i s m a n d m y s t i c a l t h e o l o g ywhich w ere p ubl i shed
in the l a t t e r pa r t o f the I 7 thc e n t u r y b y u n k n o
w n o r k n o w n w r i t e r s .
H o w e v e r , t h e w r i t i n g s a n d p r e a c h m e n t
s o f J o h a n nA n d r e a a t t r a c t e d t h e a t t e n t i
o n o f A n t h o n y Ba c o n a n dwhen S i r F ranc i s v i s i t
ed Germany he spent some t imei n t h e c o m p a n y o f t h e y o
u n g A n d r e a a n d f i n d i n g t h a th i s v i ews of re l
ig ious thought were mys t i ca l i n t end-ency , p l anned tha t
the propaganda work of the Ord
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and o ther books ar e undoub ted ly Bacon’ s , f o r Baconrefer
s to them a nd r epe ats them in some o f hi s ac -knowledged works
.
On the o ther hand Jacob Boehme was jus t as ac t ive lyin ter
es ted in the cr i t ic i sm of the Ch urch and un -doub ted ly wro
te and i s sued more mat ter o f a mys t ica lna tu re than Andre a
. Boehme, was in f ac t , a mys t ica t hear t and was a t th i s t
ime exper ien cing thosemys t ica l r evela t ions known as I l
luminat ions , and the
p ri n c ip les th u s revea led w e re se t down by h im
as anoutl ine for a new school of mystica l philoso phy. He,too ,
in ter es ted Bacon and f ina l ly became one o f theBaconRos icruc
ian s ta f f o f wr i te r s and teacher s .
The in f luence o f Arnd t , Boehme, Andrea and o ther s b
ro u g h t in to th e fo ld o n e o th e r g rea t G e rm a n th e
o -log ian, Ph i l ip Jacob Spener . He was born a t Rap polts
weil er, in A ls ace , on J a n u a ry 13, 163 5. H e wass ti ll a
you ng man when he un i ted in the Arnd t Boehm eAndreaB acon
movement . I t i s to th i s manan d A n d r ea t h a t w e m u s t
t u r n o u r a t t en t i o n n o w , f o rwe wi l l f ind them
the foundat ion o f the g rea t move-m en t t o w ar d A m er i ca
.
Boehme’s wri t ings were the f irs t given to the publicwhich
con ta ined su f f ic ien t p r inc ip les o f the mys t ica
l ph i lo so phy to en ab le s tu d en ts to co n tac t th e
re al la wsand ideals held by these Rosicrucian s. As a resultg
roups o f s tuden ts were fo rming in var ious c i t i es
andhamlets fo r the purpose o f s tudy ing h i s wr i t ings ,
whichwer e at f irs t in ma nusc r ipt form only. So we find,around
the year 167075 , many g roups o f Boehmes tuden ts , meet ing in
secre t and g iv ing to the i r g roupsvar ious names , r a ther to
conceal than r eveal, the i rRos icruc ian connect ion . In to one
o f these g roupscame Spener . Fo l lowing the p lan th en ado p
ted ,Spener ag reed to open h i s home to a g roup o f s tuden
tswhi le he becam e the i r t eache r . It was a t th i s t imethat
a pecu l ia r na me was g iven to these s tuden ts andt h e i r g r
o u p s. T h e o r th o d o x ch u r ch m e n l ea r n i n g t h a
tSpener had b ranched o f f in to a mys t ica l and s incere
lydevou t s tudy o f mys t ica l theo logy , sough t fo r a nameof
r idicule for his s tudents , and hi t the very descr ipt ive
term, ’’Piet is ts” or the ’’Most Pious Ones. " Eventu
allySpener ' s home came to be ca l led The Collegia Pietatis
. S ince these mys t ics des i r ed names which would coverthe
r ea l na tu re o f the i r work , and s ince the namePie t i s t
ap t ly described the i r in ten ts and p rac t i ses ,t h e n am e
w as t o l e r a t ed o r p e r h ap s ad o p t ed an d b e -came a
genera l t i t l e th rough Germany fo r the as -sembly of the
Boehme, Andrea , S pener g roups .
One o f the ear ly conver t s to the teach ings in theS p en e r
h o m e w as A u g u s t H e r m an n F r an ck e , an o t h e rl
iberal theo log ian , and he ass i s ted in found ing agroup in
Leips ig . Th is Francke becam e a va lued anden t h u s i a s t i
c w o r k e r f o r t h e R o s i c r u c i an m o v em en t ,ev en
to t h e ex t en t of f o u n d i n g an acad em y an d o r p h an
-age in connec t ion wi th the movem ent , a t Hal le ,— ins t i-tu
t ions which r emain ac t ive to th i s day and which wi l l
have mu ch to do wi th the s to ry be ing to ld . Bu tF r an ck
e a t t a i n ed t h i s p o w er o n l y a f t e r h av i n g b
eensevere ly cr i t ic i sed in Leipsig by the o r tho dox c
lergy-men and was fo rced to leave the c i ty w i th h i s t
each-ings.
Spener died in 1705, and i t natural ly fel l to the loto f
Francke to take h i s o f f ic ia l p lace as Grand Mas tero f the
Ros icruc ian (P ie t i s t ) Orde r in Germ any . Hav -ing es tab
l i shed chai r s fo r the s tudy o f these mys t ic p r inc
ip le s a t hi s new u niversi ty at Hall e, F ra n c k e m ad eh i
s h ead q u a r t e r s t h er e . F r o m h e r e t h e w o r k s
p r eadth roughou t Nor th and Midd le Germany and the f i r s
tnonca tho l ic miss ions es tab l i shed in Europe fo r thes tudy
and p rom ulgat ion o f r e l ig ious th ough t werefounded by
Francke and h i s ass i s tan ts as t es t i f i ed to byal l h i s
to r ies o f the Pro tes tan t Miss ions in Germany .
The f i r s t o f 9uch miss ions were s ta r ted a t Z
iegenbalgand Hal le . As he g raduated h i s s tuden ts he ass
ignedthem work in var ious cen t r es and in a f ew year s thes t r
ange , mys t ica l t each ings o f Boehme, modi f ied byAndrea and
superb ly expressed o r i l luminated wi th p as sages by B
acon, w e re b e in g S EC RE TL Y s tu d ied inhund teds o f
hamlets in Germany .
In France , Hol land and Eng land the work was be ingcar r ied
on in a s imi lar man ner . G iven as a t e rm ofr id icu le , P ie
t i sm even tual ly became a name o f honorand s t r ange s ign i f
icance to those who comprehended .But i t was no t un iver sa l ly
adop ted . In Hol land mos to f the g roups used tha t name whi le
the o ther s usedvar ious names , some even us ing the te rm
Brethren R. C. In Eng land var ious names , inc lud ing
Pietists, were used , bu t in a l l cases the g roups were
under onegovernm ent , g iv ing the same teach ing s and d i r ec
ted
by th e sam e chie f Sir Francis Bacon . A l thoug
hFrancis Bacon had passed on to ano ther r ea lm in1 6 2 6 , h e h
ad m ad e p r o p e r an d ad eq u a t e p l an s f o rthe success
fu l con t inuat ion o f h i s work and fo r manyyear s he was the
d i r ec to r unseen o f the ac t iv i t i es o fthe Ros icruc ians
, jus t as today h i s sou l d i r ec t s thework th rough channels
especia l ly chosen fo r the endin view.
Thus , in a f ew words we have the impor tan t f ac t sr eveal
ing the cond i t ions which ex is ted in Europe a tt h e c l o s e
o f t h e s ev en t een t h cen t u r y an d a t t h e b eg i n -n
ing o f the e igh teen th . We f ind tha t be tween they ea r s 1 6
10 an d 1 6 16 A n d r e a p u b l i s h ed an d c ir cu l at edh
is f amous Ros icruc ian Mani f es toes in the
Fama Fraternititatis and o ther s imi lar books , whi le
Boehmewro te and pub l i shed h i s Aurora an d s o m e o t h e r m
an u -
scr ip t s r eveal ing the doct r ines and p r inc ip les of
thet each i ng s . D u r i n g t hi s s am e p e r i od g r o u p s
w e r e b e in grap id ly fo rmed , o r thodox r e l ig ion severe
ly cr i t i c i sed ,a genera l t endency toward mys t ica l s tudy
was develop-i n g am o n g l ea r n ed m en an d w o m en , s ec r
e t m ee t i n g swere be ing he ld to evade and avo id the per
secu t ionso f t h e C h u r ch , b o t h P r o t e s t an t an d R
o m an C a t h o l i c ,an d i n E n g l an d t h e g r ea t i n t
e r n a t i o n a l h ead q u a r t e r so f the Ros icruc ian
Order were ac t ive ly engaged inthe success fu l p romulgat ion o
f the f r a tern i ty underthe leader sh ip o f the Impera to r , S
i r Francis Bacon .
We need on ly the l i f e o f Jacob Boehme to see how b it
te rl y the P ro te s ta n t C h u rc h cou ld p e rs ec u te
thosewho held more l ibera l o r advanced though ts than i t snar r
ow creeds permi t ted , to r ea l ize what r e l ig ious p e r
s ecu t io n m ean t . W e n eed only the pub li c lyrecorded r esu
l t s o f the i s suance o f Andrea’ s books torea l ize what an ef
f ec t the announcement o f the RoseC r o s s f r a t e r n i t y h
ad u p o n t h e ad v an ced t h i n k e r s o fthe day . We need
no th in g more e loquen t o f the poss ibi l it ies of th e O
rd e r in it s in te l lec tua l sense attha t t ime than the r
ecord o f the work done by Si rFrancis Bacon, as told in his own
works, to see howquick ly , f e rven t ly and g lad ly the lead ing
minds o f theEuropean Cont inen t came to h i s s ide to fo rm the
g rea tschoo l o f wr i te r s and teacher s fo r the p repara t
ion o fthe mat ter to be g iven to the masses ou ts ide o f thes
tudy g roups .
Boehme and Bacon had passed on to h igher r ea lmsin 1624 and
1626, and A nd rea fol lowed in 1654. In1675 we f ind Francke a t
the head o f the work in Ger -many , succeed ing Spener , and we f
ind the work wel les tab l i shed wi th ins t i tu t ions ,
academies , o rphanage , a
un iver s i ty w i th sea t s o f l earn ings in the mys t ica l
a r t s ,many hundreds o f s tudy g roups , miss ions in manyci t
ies , and a l l these mys t ics look ing fo rward to thecomin g of
the year 1694 , the 108 th yea r s ince 1586,t h e y ea r t h a t A
n d r ea w as b o r n an d t h e y ea r w h enBacon , 25 yea r s o
ld and as a benche r in Gray ’s Inn ,f i r s t con tac ted the work
o f the o ld Order and es tab-l i shed the f i r s t g roup o f p
rospect ive s tuden ts fo r thenew Ord er R. C . The per iod s of I
08 year s each hadalways been s ign i fican t in the ancien t Orde
r , and , aswe shal l see , they r epresen t a psych ic cycle o r r
eb i r thfo r the Order .
A A A
C H A PT E R T W O
THE CONCEPTION OF THE JOURNEY
Dur ing the per iod o f 16 10 to 1616 Si r F rancisBacon wro te
o r i s sued h i s g rea t and mys ter ious Ros i -cruc ian book —
‘‘The New At lan t i s .” In 1607 the f ir stEng l i sh co lony to
se t t l e in Amer ica was p lan ted inJameatown, V i rg in ia , by
what was known as the Lon-don Com pany . The r epor t s f rom these
se t t l e rs becameof in tense in ter es t in London and Bacon
especia l ly
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showed keen in t e res t i n the pos s ib i l i t i e s of the
newc o n t i n e n t . T o h i m t h e g r e a t u n k n o w n c o
n t i n e n t , ri c hin a l l t he th ings needed to bu i ld a
grea t na t ion , p rom-i s ing f reedom f rom the l imi t a t ions
and o ld ideas ofE u r o p e , s u g g e s t e d t h e a n c i e n
t A t l a n t i s w h e r e a s i m i l a rf r e e d o m c o n t r
i b u t e d t o t h e a d v a n c e m e n t o f a n a t i o nlong
forgot t en . He was insp i red to wr i t e the NewAt lan t i s and
to make the count ry of h i s s tory a l andw h e r e Ro s i c r u
c i an s — m y s t i cs a n d c o n s e r v a t i v e r e l i g
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i o us s t u d e n t s — w o u l d o r g a n i z e a g a i n t h
e t e m p l e s a n dmys t i c orde rs a s ex i s t ed in th e o ld
, l os t A t l an t i s .T h e b o o k w a s t a k e n s e r i o u
s l y b y t h e m e m b e r s o f
t h e Ro s i c r u c i a n O r d e r i n E u r o p e a n d b y o
t h e r s i twas cons ide red a mere fanc i fu l t a l e ; bu t , t
he mys t i c ssaw in the s tory a prophecy , o r a pred ic t ion ,
and a tl e a s t a s u g g e s t e d p l a n ; a n d f o r y e a r
s t h e r e w a s m u c ht a l k a b o u t c a r r y i n g o u t Ba
c o n ' s p l a n f o r a r e b i r t h o fthe old Atlant is .
As the yea r I 694 a ppr oac hed , the rea l i za t ion tha ti t
w a s t o b e t h e y e a r o f a n o t h e r r e b i r t h o f t h
e O r d e rdawned upon the consc iousnes s of a l l t he members
int h e v a r i ou s g r o u p s a n d m a n y w e r e t h e s p e
c u l a t i o n sas to wha t would be done or s igna l ly accompl i
shedin tha t event fu l yea r . Many of the mys t i ca l bookswr i
t t en pr io r to I 694 co nta in r e fe rence s to the com -i n g
m i l l en i u m o f t h e O r d e r — t h e d a y w h e n t h e o
l do r d e r o f t h i n g s w o u l d e n d a n d t h e n e w o r
d e r b e g i naga in , a f t e r the pas s in g of the I 08 yea rs
.
F ina l ly a means toward fu l f i l l i ng the expec ta t ions
ofthe grea t New Year was sugges ted by one J acob I s aacVan
Bebber , who l ived in Cre fe ld on the Rhine nea rt h e b o r d e
r o f H o l l a n d . H e w a s o n e o f t h e m o s t e n -t h u
s i a s t i c m e m b e r s o f o n e o f t h e G e r m a n Ro s i
c r u c i a nS tudy Groups . He too had becom e d is sa ti s f ied
wi tht h e L u t h e r a n Ch u r c h i n i t s p e r i o d o f t r
a n s i t i o n f r o mi n t o l e r a n c e t o d o g m a t i s m
a n d f o u n d g r e a t e r i n s p i r a -t ion in two courses
of s tudy and wo rsh ip — the R. C.G r o u p a n d t h e n e w l y
f o r m e d Q u a k e r Ch u r c h . H i s b io g r ap h y as
p u b l ish ed by fo r m e r G o v e r n o r of P e n n -s y l v a
n i a , M r . P e n n y p a c k e r i n t h e P e n n s y l v a n i
a M a g a -zine, Vol . IV. , i s inten sely interes t ing . A man
ofw e a l th a n d g r e a t i n t el l ec t , h e f o u n d t h e
Q u a k e r C h u r c h
and i t s t eaching s rega rd ing the In ner L ight su i t ed
forh i s Sunday worsh ip , whi l e he s tud ied deeply of themys t
i c lo re in the R. C. Gro up on o the r days . Het o o k n e w o f
t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f t h e y e a r 1 6 9 4 , a n d h eh a
d r e a d Ba c o n ' s N e w A t l a n t i s w i t h u n d e r s t
a n d i n g .T o h i m i t s e e m e d t h a t t h e r e w a s b u
t o n e w a y a n d b ut o n e p la ce to fi nd th e r e b i r
th of th e O r d e r in 1694i n the new count ry ac ros s the At l
an t i c .
A t t h i s p o i n t w e m u s t r e f e r t o t h e p r o p a
g a n d a b ein g c a r r i e d on by W il li am P e n n . T h
e h is to ry ofh i s c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e Q u a k e r
m o v e m e n t i s o f l i t t l ei n t e r e s t a n d p e r h a
p s n o i m p o r t a n c e h e r e , b u t h e w a sre la t ed to
the Ros ic ruc ian movement in bo th a d i rec ta n d i n d i r e c
t m a n n e r .
I t was in I 680 tha t K ing Ch ar l es of Eng land s igneda p a
r c h m e n t m a k i n g W i ll ia m P e n n G o v e r n o r a n d
p r o -
p r i e to r of la nd in A m e r ic a . P e n n w as th e
n 36 y ea rsof age . "Sylv ania” was the nam e chosen for thed o m
a i n o f P e n n , a n d w h e n t h e c h a r t e r w a s b e i n
gs i g n e d t h e K i n g l a u g h i n g l y r e f e r r e d t o
i t a s P e n n ' sS y l v an i a . T h e n a m e s e e m e d a p p
r o p r i a t e , a n da g a i n s t t h e s t r o n g l y e x p r
e s s e d o b j e c t i o n s f r o m P e n nthe paper was a l t e
red by the King and the l and g ivent h e p e r m a n e n t n a m e
, P e n n s y l v a n i a .
Pen n h ad the r igh t to d i spose of some of th i s l andf o r
c o l o n i z a t i o n p u r p o s e s a n d h e p r o c e e d e d
t o d i s p o s eof i t by s a l e to those in Europe who would
promise toa b i d e b y t h e f o r m o f g o v e r n m e n t h e p
r o p o s e d t oes tabl ish.
Penn had a l so in t e res t ed h imse l f i n the t eachings
ofthe Ros ic ruc ians , a s i s p roven by some of h i s wr i t
ings ,s o m e o f h i s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e a n d s o m e h
i s t o r i c a l d o c u -ment s . He v i s it ed Hol l and and
Ger ma ny three times ,as we know, and he becam e a s tudent of
Boehme swr i t ings , and in som e o f P e n n ’ s c o
r r e s p o n d e n c e h ere fe rs to Boehme as h i s Mas te r in
the a r t and l aw ofd iv ine wisdom. Even Fox, the Qua ke r l
eader, ackno wl -edged h i s indebtednes s to the t eachings of
Boehme.In h i s v i s i t s t o Hol l and he spent much t ime in
Ams-te rdam wi th on e Gichte l , t he dev oted ed i tor of
Boehme’s works and h i s of f i c i a l gua rd ian of the mys t
i cwri t ings . Gicht el was then a Mastefr of one of theRo s i c r
u c i a n G r o u p s m e e t i n g i n t h e P i o u s T e m p l e
o ft h e Ro s e Cr o s s , a s t h e y b o l d l y n a m e d t h e
i r m e e t i n g p lace. P e n n d is cussed wit h G ichtel
th e p la n s h e h adfor the co loniza t ion of Pennsylvania and
Gichte l i n -t e r e s te d t h e P r i n c e s s E l i z ab e t h
( g r a n d d a u g h t e r o fJames I , and Abess of Her ford in
Wes tpha l i a , Ger -m a n y ) i n t h e w o r k o f h e r i n t e
r e s t i n Ro s i c r u c i a n i s m .
La te r P r inces s E l i zabe th wrote a l e t t e r to Penn ,
al e t t e r which for va r ious reasons i s p rese rved in theBr i
t i sh Museum, in which the P r inces s s ays of the p lan s b
e tw e en G ichte l a n d P e n n ; “ G ichte l h as b eenwel l p l
eased wi th the confe rences be tween you ."
D u r i n g h i s s e c o n d t r i p t o H o l l a n d a n d a
l o n g t h e b o r d e rs of th e Rhine , he m e t V a n B eb
ber a n d v is it ed ath i s hom e for two weeks . Her e Van Bebber
conf idedt o P e n n h is i d ea r e g a r d i n g t h e R o s i c
r u c i a n r e b i r t hin I 694 in the new Am er ica and th i s t
a lk re su l t ed inVan Bebber buying f rom Penn on Jun e I I ,
1683 , 1000acres of the l and in Pennsylvania . I t was d i s tinc
t lyunders tood , a s the records show, tha t t he l and wasnot to
be used for specula t ion but for co loniza t ion .
P rec i s e ly four yea rs l a t e r , i n 1687, Van Bebber wi
thhi s fami ly a r r ived in Amer ica and se t t l ed on the l andt
h e y h a d p u r c h a s e d f r o m P e n n ; b u t b e f o r e l
e a v i n gE u r o p e h e h a d m e t m o s t o f t h e o r g a n
i z e r s o f t h e p ro p o se d m o v e m en t to A m e r ic
a w h ich h e h a d fo s t eredand l a id the founda t ion s tone
in the fo l lowing manner .
F i r s t h e s u b m i t e d t o t h e S u p r e m e b o d y i
n E n g l a n dhi s p l an of having some of the l ead ing workers
int h e Ro s i c r u c i a n O r d e r i n H o l l a n d a n d G e
r m a n ysponsor the move to Amer ica , and s econdly to s e l ec
tf r o m t h e i r n u m b e r t h o s e w h o w e r e t o g o a n
d c r e a t ea mys t i ca l co lony in Pen n’s l ands . He volun
tee redto go f i r s t and de te rmine the f i tnes s of the move ,
andthen , i f a l l was we l l , t o dona te the neces sa ry l and
.T h e s u p r e m e b o d y i n E n g l a n d a p p r o v e d o f
t h e p l a n ,havin g in mind B acon’s pro jec t o f the New At
lan t i s ;and i t o f fe red to a s s i s t t he promotors in s
ecur ing pas -sage to the new wor ld . Wi th th is he lp prom ised
ands e c u r e d f u r t h e r p l a n s f o r t h e c o l o n i z
a t i o n w e r e m a d eq u i e t l y t h r o u g h G e r m a n y
a n d H o l l a n d w h i + e V a nBe b b e r m a d e h i s w a y t
o A m e r i c a a n d s e t t l e d t h e r e a sa wea l thy fa
rmer , and f ina l ly became one of Phi l a -d e l p h i a ’ s “ h
i g h m e r c h a n t s . "
E n t h u s i a s m o v e r t h e p r o p o s e d m o v e m e n
t t o A m e r i c amus t have been h igh , and the in t ens i ty of
i t i s i n -d ica ted in the event s which immedia te ly fo l
lowed VanBebber ' s o f fe r of he lp . Var ious Cou nc i l mee t
ingsw e r e h e ld i n s e ct i o ns o f G e r m a n y a n d H o l
l a n d a n dgrea t ca re was be ing exe rc i s ed in the s e l ec
t ion of thosewho should go to the new land to found th i s impor
tan tco lony .
F rom the records i t i s shown tha t the fo l lowingdef in i t
e p l ans or purposes for co loniz ing in Amer icaw e r e d e c i d
e d u p o n a t o n c e :
1. To est ab l i sh the Ros ic ru c ian O rde r or Bro the r
-
h o o d i n A m e r i c a , “ w h e r e t h e E a g l e s p r e
a d si t s w i n g s " a s p r e d i c t e d i n m a n y a n c i e
n t m a n u -sc r ip t s. Thi s to be not l a t e r than the v ea r
I 694 ,t h e y e a r o f t h e r e b i r t h f o r t h e O r d e r
.
2 . To es t ab l i sh a co lony the re of Ros ic ruc iansupon a
communa l bas i s , w i th abso lu te re l ig iousf reedom , a long
wi th f reed om for the mind , b o d y a n d so ul.
3. To es t ab li sh not on ly a Tem ple for Ros ic ruc ianc e r
e m o n i e s a n d s e c r e t w o r k , b u t a n a c a d e m
yfor the genera l i ns t ruc t ion of a l l ou t s ide thecolony
and a s chool of theology to spread ther i g h t r e l i g i o u s
p r i n c i p l e s t h r o u g h o u t A m e r i c a ,orda in c l
e rgymen and as s i s t i n the e s t ab l i shmentof churches for
re l ig ious worsh ip .
4 . To found and es t ab li sh a s chool for ch i ldrenw h e r e
t h e y c o u ld b e p r o p e r l y t a u g h t t h e t r u t h
sof God and na ture .
5 . Onlv those who were mas te rs and exp er t s inva r ious
subjec t s , a r t s and sc i ences a s we l l a st rades , would
be t ake n on th e f i rs t boa t to thenew land .
N ow we wi ll foll ow V a n B eb b er to A m e r ic a a n
d vie wwi th h im the s i tua t ion in the new wor ld .
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So mu ch good has been accompl i she d by s imi larmethods in
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we are anx ious now, to mak e th i sD ep a r t m en t a w o r l d w
i d e m o v em en t . W i t h m em b er sin over twen ty fo re ign
lands , w i th over a thousand a tleas t r ea l ly anx ious to co r
r espond wi th o ther s in th i sw o r k , an d m an y h u n d r ed
s r ead y t o h e l p o t h e r s i nvar ious ways , i t i a t ime
tha t a l l came together in some p lan , an d th is is th e
plan.
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i s was passed . Wewere p leased , however , to r ece ive a t e leg
ram of
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o t h e r w as ab l e t o b e u p an d ex p r e s s ed h i s ap p r
ec i a -tion. I t was u n u s u a l to get such
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thank ing as inask ing ; bu t the case i l lus t r a tes the poss
ib i l i t i es tha tar e w i th in the r each o f a l l our member
s .
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i es fo r the Depar tment .
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e T r i an g l e .
Address a ll l e t t e r s in th i s m ann er : Nat ional Ser -v
ice Depar tm ent , 1255 Ma rket S t r ee t , San Francisco
,California, U. S. A.
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SUPREME GRAND MASTER’S MESSAGE
HE mos t p rac t ica l word fo r the vas t con-s t i t u en cy o
f o u r R o s aec r u c i an m em b er -ship just at this t ime
would seem to be a p lain s ta te m en t of th e w o r k w
hich weare set at the beginning of this , the newA q u a r i an A g
e , t o d o .
From the po in t o f the t ru th which i ti s our p r iv i lege
to unfo ld by every meansin our power , f rom the Shek inah and
the hear t o f each ind iv idual s tuden t and th rough themfor
the wes tern wor ld and p reesn t age , i s the t r emen-dous one o
f r e conci l ing the eas tern and wes ternmys t ic i sm and o f p
rese n t ing such a means o f app roac hf o r t h e p o p u l a r m
i n d w i t h o u t u n d u l y aw ak en i n g an y p re ju d
ic e we m ay b r in g them to an inves ti gat ion of th emarvelous
syn thes i s and beau t i fu l symmetry o f ourR. C. t each ings ,
as an au thor i ta t ive enuncia t ion o f‘ ‘what is t ruth.”
From the point of view of the individual in his at-t i tude
toward the t ru th there i s ano ther r espons ib i l i tywhich we
shou ld very carefu l ly cons ider .
Apar t f rom the mat ter p re jud ices , there i s the a t -t i
tude o f man genera l ly which p resen ts a ser ious p rob-lem in
the work we have to do . Look ing ou t uponthe wor ld o f our oppor
tun i t i es as mys t ics , we wouldsay o f man tha t he does no t
know h imsel f ; he hasnot entered into real izat ion of what he is
in real i ty ,hav ing been obsessed by the over much consc
iousnessof his actual i t ies . To his object ive consciousness,(
an d a s h e ap p ea r s ) , m an h as i n d eed co m e s h o r t o
fthe g lo ry o f d iv ini ty . And the hab i t o f complacency ,ev
en t o t h e ex t en t o f m ak i n g t h a t co m p l acen cy avir
tue, has rendered i t extremely dif f icul t ihe taskof b r ing ing
the consc iousness o f what man r ea l ly i sto take the p lace o f
tha t which to h imsel f in ob jec t iveconsc iousness he i s by h
i s sense percep t ions and tha t
which he appear s to be to o ther s .
T h e g r ea t P r o p h e t E zek i e l , t h e t r em en d o u
s m y s t i co f h i s day , whom we have no t ye t come to fu l ly
ap -
p rec ia te , in de ta i l ing hi s m ys tica l ex p er
ien ce s te ll stha t he was taken to the wal l th rough which he
wasins t ruc te d to d ig and found wi th in the E lder s o fI s
rae l . He was asked ; "Son o f man , has t thou seenwhat the E
lder s o f the House o f I s r ae l do in the dark?Every ma n in h
i s cha mbe r s o f im age ry? ” Th is i sexact ly the case . Man i
s dark ene d in unde r s tand ingand impr i soned by hi s own
imagin ings . He is f e t te r edof h i s own hab i t s , obsessed
f rom the hypo theses w i th -ou t foundat io n which he has adop
ted fo r h imsel f . Heis ens laved by p receden ts o f h i s own
es tab l i shmentand conven t ional i t i es fo r which he i s h
imsel f r espons-
ib le , and has so long endure d these cond i t ions tha t hehas
a lmos t los t the des i r e fo r any th ing e l se .
Such i s the p i t i fu l cond i t ion o f the wor ld abou tus .
Impr i soned by the i r own l imi ta t ions and se l f im-
p osed condit io ns, they a r e read y to quest ion any
sin -cere ef for t to br ing them to a real izat ion of theirac tua
l cond i t ion . The y have ma de fo r themselves
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such l aws and enac ted such l ega l i s t i c compl ica t ions
,t h e y a r e s u f f e r i n g f r o m t h e m s e l v e s m o r
e t h a n t h e yare suf fe r ing from anyth ing e l se . Man i s a
k ing.He re igns over al l t he ea r th , bu t he has foo li sh
lyre l ega ted th i s , h i s d iv ine pr iv i l ege , t o ce r t a
in com-mi t t ees which , a l though cons t i tu t ed by h imse l f
, havemi l i t a t ed aga ins t h im unt i l he has forgot t en tha
t t hevery au thor i ty under which he i s g roaning i s h i s
own.He i s l i ke the ora tor whose subjec t has run away f rom
him so that he has los t in the s t ress of his own reason-ing
the ve ry pr inc ip le of t ru th which gave h i s s e l f imposed
l imitat ion s their exis tence at the f irs t. Hel ives in the
obsess ions which are di rect ly the resul tof h i s own ind i sc
re t ions of th inking unt i l he i s unableto rea l ize tha t t he
t ru th wou ld make h im f ree . Hel ives wi th in a c rea t ion of
repres s ions and l imi t a t ionsof h i s own which con s t i tu t
e the "g rea te s t c r ime " ofwhich man i s capable .
Thi s i s t he sor ry p ic ture of the wor ld which present sto
us the probl em tha t is pa r t i c u la r ly ours . W e havelea
rned the le s son of f reedom. W e wou ld en joy theredempt ion f
rom the overs t re9s of ma te r i a l and phys ica lth ings . W e
have en te red in to consc iousnes s of ou rd iv in i ty and a re
re ign ing as k ings and pr i e s t s andeven as God Himse l f re
igns . An d i t i s ours to dec la retha t man i s no t the spor t
o f condi t ions , bu t tha t hemay cont ro l condi t ions , making
them to s e rve h imra the r than to be conten t in the ignominy of
s l ave ryto condi t ions . We a re to t each the wor ld not to bea
f ra id of expres s ion o r of l e t t i ng the g lory f rom
theShekinah wi th in sh ine for th in a l l t he ac t s and waysof
l i fe . Rep ress ion is the cr im e of c ivi l izat ion. An di s
on ly the a r t i s t who runs the gaunt l e t o f be ing con-s ide
red ha l f c razy who has the courage to expres sh imse l f i n a r
t , o r the mys t i c who has become in-d i f fe ren t to wha t the
wor ld wi l l t h ink tha t has thecourage to expres s h imse l f a
s he i s f rom the hea r t ou t ,ra the r than accord ing to
convent iona l i t i e s , good t a s t eand form and the s tu l t
i fy ing inf luences of soca l l edcivilization.
S u c h i s t h e d a r k n e s s a n d e n s l a v e m e n t o
f t h e d a yand age which we a re to ca l l t o redempt ion .
A ca re fu l ana lys i s of our t eachings wi l l unfo ld as t
eady progres s f rom the poin t a t which a t t en t ion i sc a l l
e d t o t h e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e n o n m a t e r i a l i s
t i c u n -d e r s t a n d i n g , t h e b a l a n c e o f s p i r
i t a n d m a t t e r m a n i f e s -t a t ion , t he pr ior i ty
of rea l i ty , t he unre l i ab i l i t y of the
sense pe rcept ions , t he l anguage of the symbol , t heover va
lue of the subjec t ive , t he c rea t ive facu l ty of theimagina
t ion , the unders t anding by invers ion , thei l lumina t ion of
Tru th and the i i l imi t ab i l i t y of con-sc iousnes s in the
f reedom in which "God i s one andwe a re one in God," tha t i nde
f inable exper i en ce inwhich "al l i s one and one is a l l
.”
We have been l ed over the way by which we l ea rnnot to be
"cont ro l l ed by c i rcums tan ce but to cont ro l
c i r c u m s t a n c e , ” b y w h i c h w e d i s c o v e r w
e a r e n o t t h ec r e a t u r e s o f o u r i m a g i ni n g s ,
b u t t h e c r e a t o r a n dcrea t ion of our own subjec t ive
ha rmonies in the uni sonof be ing , f rom which we escape f rom
the ha l luc ina -t ion of be ing "cont ro l l ed by the unive rse
to where wec o n t r o l t h e u n i v e r s e . ” F r o m t h e d
e d u c ti v e m e t h o d ofresea rch , f rom the subjec t iv i ty
of consc iousnes s , f romthe symbol i sm of a l l mani fes t a t
ion , f rom the under -s t anding of the a l chemy of l i fe to the
inc identa l fac t sof the unive rse and s t a r s , when we grasp
the l e s sontha t a l l be ing mani fes t s in us , and tha t whi
l e the s t a r sseem to cont ro l us a s the oute rmos t and u
tmos t ofinf luences mold us , i n our d igni ty we do cont ro l
theunive rse ins t ead of be ing cont ro l l ed by i t. In thecons
i s t ency of our humi l i ty a s mys t i c s and in thePeace P ro
foun d of our impersona l i ty , we a re d iv ine ,we a re the
unive rse .
Ca n w e e v e r f o r g e t t h e w o r d s i n w h i c h t h e
t r u t hwe a re now ennunc ia t ing f i r s t fe l l upon our ea
rs .1 hey d id not a t t ha t t ime en te r our consc iousnes s .W
e c o u l d n o t a c c e p t t h e m u n t i l w e m e t t h e m a
g a i n u n -fo ld ing f rom wi thin . Many of ou r mem bers do
notf u l l y u n d e r s t a n d t h e m e v e n n o w , a n d m a
n y m o r e h a v enot ye t en te red in to the i r rea l i za tion
. In t e rp re t ed inthe t e rms of se rv ice . I t i s ours to
comm and a l l na ture .I t i s ou rs to kno w the inspirat ion of
God. I t i s oursto be equa l wi th the phi losophers . I t i s
ours to s e rvethro ugh the grea tes t i n t e l l igences and to
find our
p l ea su re in th e co n tr o l of al l th e e lem en ts
of b ein g .This is our task.We would do wel l to enter into the
ful l conscions
nes s of our he r i t age as Ros ic ruc ians tha t we mayqua l i
fy for th i s Cosmic s e rv ice in the unfo ld ing of the
p u r p o s e of th e A ge . A n d th a t th e m an if es
t i l lu m in a-t ion of our l i ves and the undeniab i l i t y of
our knowledgem a y e v i d e n c e t h e d i r e c t i o n i n w h
i c h T r u t h m a y b efound.
S1MPL1CITUS.
DICTIONARY OF ROSAECRUCIAN TERMS
N o te: T h is is th e th i rd in s t a l lm en t of th e
D ic t io n ary .The f ir s t i ns t a l lment was mis sed b y so m
any whocould not ge t copies of the Augus t i s sue tha t we a
re
p r in t in g a p a r t of th e fi rs t in s ta l lm en t
a t th e cl oseof the present ins t a l lment and wi l l p r in t
more of i t i n
our next i s sue .I
Idea li ze— From a mys t i ca l po in t o f v iew idea l i z ing
i smo re than mere v i sua l iz ing . We may v i sua l ize muchas
we would day dream and s imply bui ld up menta l p i c t u r e
s w i th o u t th e in t en t io n o r h o p e of ev e r b r in g
-ing them in to ac tua l rea l i za t ion ; bu t the mys t i c idea
l -i zes so lely for the purp ose of c rea t ing . Thi s d i s -t
inc t ion should be made be tween v i sua l i z ing andidea li z
ing, however . Th e mys t ic v i sual i zes , i n pr o-gres s ive s
t eps or s t ages , t ha t which he i s c rea t ingor br ing ing in
to mani fes t a t ion in the now; but heidea l i zes tha t which he
i s c rea t ing in the Cosmic to
be m ad e m an ifes t a t som e p ro p i t io u s ti m e o
r in som ec i rcums tan ces . The des i red a t t a inm ent in l
ife, t hegoa l of e th ica l , sp i r i tua l , menta l and phys
ica l power
is ideal ized by the myst ic as a s tandard, a model ,the rea l
i za t ion of which i s h i s cons tan t endeavor .I t becomes his
ideal i ty of what his l i fe should be.He adds to i t f rom t ime
to t ime and never ac tua l lyat ta ins a ful l degree of real izat
ion of i t because i ti s a lways ma de more d i ff i cu l t o f a
t t a inm ent . Theideal of today, in this regard, i s l i f ted a
degreeh i g h e r t o m o r r o w b y t o d a y ' s a t t a i n m e
n t s , t o d a y s
b r o a d e r co n c ep t io n s an d a k ee n e r a p p
re c ia t io n ofrequi re men t s and pos sib i li t ie s .
Impersona l ly , t hemys t i c idea l i zes a form of government ,
a race of
people , a sys te m of e d u ca t io n , a u n iv e rsa l
sp ir i tua las sembly , and whi l e thus c rea t ing in the Cosmic
an
ideal i ty in these things he s t r ives individual ly tomake h
imse l f a wor thy pa r t o f i t a l l and devotes h i se f for t
s to coopera t ing wi th evolu t ion in br ing inga l l t hese th
ings in to mani fes t a t ion .
I t" wi ll be not ice d tha t ideal izat ion impl ies c on -s t
ruc t ive th inking; us ing the pr inc ip le of evolu t ionra the r
than revolu t ion . In idea l i z ing any condi t ionno thought i s
g iven to t ea r ing down or des t royingany ex i s t ing th ing ,
bu t to evolv ing i t , p rogres s ingi t , o r supplan t ing i t w
i th someth ing be t t e r .
I n c a r n a t io n — S e e R e i n ca r n a t io n .I n d iv i
d u a li t y — T h e Ro s a e c r u c i a n t e a c h i n g s m a k
e a
very de f in i t e d i s t inc t ion be tween ind iv idua l i ty
and p e rso na l it y . T h i s d ist in c t ion w h ich is m
a d e a n dwhich i s ou t l ined he re , i s cha l l enged by those
whoana lyze only the words in the l igh t o f the i r de r iva
-
t ion and fai l to view the terms in the l ight of theiru s e in
o u r w o r k . W e m u s t c o n s i d e r t h e m a s t e r m sof
expres s ion ra the r than as words s e l ec ted becauseof com mo n
usage . Wh i le the word ind iv idua l i ty im-
pli es in div is ib il it y it a lso im pli es th a t w h
ich is dis-t inc t ive a s a s epa ra te and com ple te en t i ty .
I t i sin th i s s ense tha t t he t e rm i s used by us . Th e o
the r
b e in g in c o n tra d is t in c t io n to p e rs o n a l
i ty , w h ich d is -
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t i ngu i shes t he per son o f Di v i ne Consc i ousness
. R osae cruc ia n i sm te aches t ha t ou r phys i ca
l bod i esa n d t h e i r a p p e a r a n c e , o u r m a n n e r i
s m s o f s p e e c h ,ou r men t a l and phys i ca l hab i t s , a
r e t he e l emen t swh i ch cons t i t u t e ou r i nd i v i dua l
i t i es . They d i s t i ngu i sheach of ns f rom othe rs . Th e
soul in us , evolving,
b u i ld ing c h a ra c te r i s t ic s of a t ta i n m e
n t a n d r e a c h i n gt o w a r d p e r f e c t e x p r e s s i
o n , c o n s t i t u t e s o u r p e r s o n -a l it y . Conve r
sa t i on over a t e l ephon e af fo rds ani l l u s t r a ti on o
f t he d i f f e rence be t we en t hese t wot erms . We may hear t
he vo i ce o f a man and l i s tento him speak; by his voice, i t s
tone, i t s s t rengthand i t s charac t e r i s t i cs we may pos
i t i ve l y dec i det h a t t h e s p e a k e r i s a n o l d m a
n , a d o m i n a t i n g c h a r a c -t e r , magnet i c , pos i t
i ve , so educa t ed i n t he sub j ec to f chemi s t ry t ha t he
i s a chemi s t and r ecogn i zab l eas Dr . John Smi t h ,
descendan t o f an o l d Yankeefami ly . Th us we wou l d ana l yze
and know t he in -d i v idua l . As we l is t ened t o wha t he had
t o sayand d i scovered t he mot i ve back o f h i s conver sa t i
onand sensed t he deve l opmen t o f h i s consc i ousnesswe wou l
d fo rge t t o t h i nk o f h i m as John Smi t h o r asa doc t o r
o r as a man and say t ha t he was a sweetand l ovab l e , k i nd
and cons i dera t e exp ress i on o f sou l ,hav i ng l earned many
o f l i f e ’ s l essons , b road andt o l eran t , dependab l e i
n need , sympat he t i c i n under -
s t and i ng , a t t uned wi t h mi gh t y fo rces , acquai n t
edwi t h God . Th us we wou l d ana l yze and know t he pe r
so n a l i ty . H a v i n g b e c o m e a c q u a i n t e d wit h
th e pe r s o n a l i ty w e w ou ld gi ve s e c o n d a ry th
o u g h t to hi si nd i v i dua l i t y ; and wh i l e , under cer
t a i n cond i t i onsand i n cer t a i n c i r cumst ances , such
as wear i ng o l dc l o t hes and l abo r i ng i n a l abo ra t o
ry , d ress i ng qu i t ed i f f e rent l y and l ec t u r i ng
befo re a co l l ege c l ass ,d ress i ng d i f f e ren t ly aga i
n an d a t t en d i ng a warve t erans conven t i on as a so l d i
e r , we wou l d see t hei nd i v i dua l i t y change , we wou l d
never t he l ess l ooku p o n t h e p e r s o n a l i t y a s b e i
n g t h e s a m e , u n c h a n g e -ab l e excep t i n deg ree o f
evo l u t i on .
T h e m y s t i c l o o k s e v e r u p o n t h e p e r s o n a
l i t y e x - p re s s in g t h ro u g h al l b e in g a n d
co ns ide r s t h e in d ivid -u a l i t y a s a c l o a k w o r n
t o d a y , c h a n g e d t o m o r r o w a n d
compl e t e l y d i scarded t he nex t day . To make ou r p
e rs o na li t y a m o n u m e n t a l e x p re s s io n in th e w
or ldi s t he on l y wor t hy i dea l i n l i f e t ha t man o r
womanshou l d have , and fo r wh i ch each shou l d s t r ive .
Thei nd i v i dua l i t y i s so mor t a l a t h i ng t ha t i t
per i shesas the dust of the body returns to i t s indivis ib leun
i t y wi t h a l l t he ear t h l y e l emen t s ; bu t per sonal i
t ycon t i nues on and on , ever exp ress i ng aga i n t h rou ghi
ncarna t i ons , fo r i t i s i mmo r t a l . (See Re i nca rna-t i
on . )
Insp i r a t i on— In t he comm on ex per i ence s of li fe in
sp i r -a t i on com es t h rou gh t wo def i n i t e sou rces : t
her e a s o n i n g o f t h e o b j e c t i v e m i n d o r t h e c
o m p r e h e n -sion of the subject ive mind. In both case s the
re i sgenera l l y an ex t erna l i mpu l se o r i mpress i on wh i
cha c t u a t e s t h e t h i n k i n g o r i s t r a n s l a t e d
i n t o c o m p r e -
hens i on . The ob j ec t i ve mi nd has it s f ive senses—seei
ng, hea r i ng , f ee l i ng , smell i ng, and t as t i ng —
aschannel s fo r i ncomi ng o f ex t erna l i mpu l ses o r i
m- p re ss io ns . T h e sub je c ti ve m in d ha s it s s im
il a rchann el s— f ive senses un i ted i n one , and o f t encal
led the s ix th sense t h rough wh i ch i t r ece i vesi mpress i
ons as def i n i t e as t hose r ece i ved by t heob j ec t i ve
senses . The f ive ob j ec t i ve senses, how-ever , a r e so cons
t ruc t ed phys i o l og i ca l l y and ana t om-i ca l l y t ha t
t hey can be a t t uned wi t h v i b ra t i ons o f al ow ra t e o
r i n t he l ower oc t aves o f t he v i b ra t o rykeyboa rd . Vi
b ra t i ons o f a h i gher ( a nd somet i mesl ow er ) r a t e t
han t hose w h i ch c ome wi t h i n t heoc t aves o f t he key
board make no i mpress i on upont he fi ve ob j ec t i ve senses.
(See Cosmi c KeyBo ard ) .Many sounds a re t oo h i gh and some t
oo l ow fo rt he human ear t o hear ; t he same i s t rue o f co l
o r s
and app l i es a l so t o odor s , t as t e v i b ra t i ons and
sensev i b ra t i ons . Th e f ive f acu l t i es can be t r a i
ned t o bemore d i scern i ng , more d i scr i mi na t i ng , bu t
t he r angeof i mpress i on cann o t be g rea t l y en l arged .
Henc ethe object ive mind i s l imi ted in i t s recept ion of
im-
p re ss ion s to t ho se w h ic h e m a n a t e f rom th e
gro ss
p hys ica l p la n e . T h e s ub je c ti ve m in d a n d
it s on e,g rea t , co rob i naf i on sense i s a t t un ed t o
very h i ghra t es o f v i b ra t i ons cover i ng t he h i gher oc
t aves o fthe keyboa rd. I t s f ield of recept iv i ty , there
fore,i s qu i t e d i s t i nc t f rom t ha t wh i ch l i mi t s t
he wor l do f t he ob j ec t i ve mi nd .
T h e r e a s o n i n g d o n e b y b o t h m i n d s i s b a s
e d u p o nt h e i m p r e s s i o n s t h e y r e c e i v e a n d
t h e c o m p r e h e n s i o neach has o f t h i ngs ex t erna l t
o o r apar t f rom i t se l f .F rom such r eason i ng come concl
us i ons , i mpu l ses ,i n sp i r a t i ons o r u rges . W hen t
he ob jec t i ve mi nd isde t h r one d i n it s dom i nat i ng con
t ro l o f ex t erna l i m-
p re ssion s, m a d e in ac t ive in it s re ce p t iv it
y a n d p a s -sive in i t s th inking, the subject ive mind can
bea t t uned wi t h h i gher i mpress i ons , a l e r t i n i t s
com-
p re h e n s i o n of th e s e im pre ss ions , a n d u n
h a m p e r e di n i ts own met aphys i ca l and d i v i ne r eason
i ng . Atsuch t i mes and as a r esu l t o f t he r eason i ng on t
he
p a r t of th e s ub je c t ive min d, c e r ta in c on
clu s io ns o rconv i c t i ons r esu l t and pass across t he bo
rder l i nei n t o t he ob j ec t i ve consc i ousness as d i v i
ne o r Cosmi ci nsp i r a t i ons , j u s t as t he concl us i ons
and conv i c t i onsa t t a i n e d b y t h e o b j e c t i v e r e
a s o n i n g a r e a c c e p t e d
by th e o b je c t iv e m in d as in sp ir a t io ns .
G r e a t e r d e p e n d e n c e a n d r e g a r d i s ri g h
tf u ll yg i ven t o sub j ec t i ve o r Cosmi c i n sp i r a t i
on t han t o ob -
je c t ive im pu ls es b e c a u s e e x p e r ie n c e h
as sh ow n th a tt h e f o r m e r a r e f r e e f r o m t h e b i
a s e d a n d p r e j u d i c e d
bel ie fs w h ic h p re v e n t fa i r a n d a c c u ra t
e in t e r p re t a -t i ons o f i mpress i ons , and are a l ways
r ece i ved by anopen mi nd , a t o l e ran t consc i ousness and a
d i v i neu n d e r s t a n d i n g .
InvisibleFrom t he mys t i ca l po i n t o f v i ew t here i sno
t h i ng i n ex i s t ence t ha t i s e i t her i nv i s i b l e o
r i n -tangible, I f, how ever , we use the term s in a s t r ict
lymat er i a l o r phys i ca l sense , we mean t o say t ha tsome t
h i ngs many t h i ngs , i n f ac t are invisib let o ou r ob j ec
t i ve s i gh t o r i n t ang i b l e t o ou r ob j ec t i veconsc
i ousness ; and t h i s wou l d i nc l ude t he f iner andmos t i
mp or t an t th i ngs i n l if e. F rom the m at e r -ial i s t ' s
point of v iew the soul i s both invisib le andintang ible; just so
wi th elect r ici ty! Elect r ici ty can
be d isc ove re d by it s m a n i fe s ta t io n s w he n
it is ofso low a per iod of v ibrat ion that i t comes wi thinthe f
ield of objec t ive sensibi l ity . Such man ifesta -t ions,
however , cover only a smal l f ract ion of theamoun t o f e l ec t
r i c i t y t o be found i n ac t i on t h rough-ou t t he un i
verse . Man has i nven t ed dev ices wh i chmake man i fes t t he l
ow powers o f e l ec t r i c i t y ; hewas able to do th is because
elect r ici ty as a v ibratory
p o w e r co vers so m a n y lo w a n d m id d le o c ta
ve s oft he key b oard as wel l as t he h i gh oc t aves . By i tst
ang i b l e man i fes t a t i ons man has made t he i n t ang i b l
eelect r ici ty d iscove rable. Th e soul essence, al sov i b ra t
o ry and a l so comparab l e t o e l ec t r i c i t y i n i t sh i
gher r a t es , func t i ons on l y i n t he very h i gh oc t aveso
f t h e k e y b o a r d a n d m a n h a s n o t b e e n a b l e t o
m a k eany dev i ces , any o rgan i sms , t ha t wi l l be ac t ua
t ed by t h a t e n e r g y : h e n c e he says t h a t sou l
c a n no t be
ma de man i fes t and r emai ns i n t ang i b l e and un d i
scoverab l e .
To t he same deg ree t ha t i t i s necessary t o a t t unet he
ob j ec t i ve senses t o t he l ow ra t es o f v i b ra t i onst
ha t t he l ow power o f e l ec t r i c energy may be mademan i fes
t t o t he ob j ec t i ve consc i ousness , so mus t t hesub j ec t
i ve o r phych i c sense be a t t uned t o t he veryh i gh r a t e
o r power o f t he essence o r energy wh i chcons t i t u t es t he
sou l i n man . The n t ha t wh i ch isinvisib le to the object ive
becomes vis ib le to thesub j ec t i ve o r p sych i c and t ha t
wh i ch i s i n t ang i b l e b ec om e s d is c o ve rab le
al so . A n a lo g ie s a r e u n n e c e s -sary .
K
K e y B o a r d — O f t e n c a ll e d t h e C o s m i c K e y B
o ar d .Pure l y a hypo t he t i ca l key board o f s i x t y oc t
aves ,
as i l l u s t r a ted herewi t h . These s i x t y oc taves
c o n -s t i t u t e t wel ve d i v i si ons o r per i ods o
f m an i fes t a -t i on cover i ng every t h i ng t ha t i s ,
ever was , o r everwi ll be . He re i s i nc l uded every v i b ra
t i on f rom t hevery l owes t t o t he h i ghes t . We no t e t ha
t t he 4 t h ,5 t h , 8 t h and 9 t h d i v i s i ons a re marked
as “gaps . ”
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This means tha t phys ica l s c i ence (which has adoptedand
uses a keybo ard s imi la r to th i s ) has been unab leto f ind or
s ense a l l t he mani fes t a t ions of the v ibra -t ions in
these oc taves. I t does no t mean , h owever ,tha t t he mys t i c
has no t been ab le to s ense mani -fes t a t ions in these keys ,
o r in many of the keys ofthese pe r iods ; e spec ia l ly in those
marked 18 , 21 ,25 , 3 7, 40 and 44 he had d i s covered m any mani
fes -t a t ions and has l ea rned to apply the v ibra t ions of
those ra t e s .T h e l e c t u r e s o f t h e l o w e r g r a
d e s o f o u r O r d e r
t each us about the mani fes t a t ions tha t occur in thedi f
fe ren t pe r iods or d iv i s ions of the keyboard , andt h e l e
c t u r e s a n d e x p e r i m e n t s o f t h e h i g h e r g r a
d e sdea l w i th those in the th ree h ighes t oc taves . (Th ei l
lus tra t ion he rew i th i s f rom Volum e C of theCromaat Ser ies
, which dea l s wi th the subjec t o f N a tu ra l H ar m o n
ic s . T h e v o lu m e is n o w o u t of p r in t b u t ev e
ry lodge possesses o n e o r m o r e cop ie sw h i c h c a n b e b
o r r o w e d b y t h e e a r n e s t s e e k e r ) .
Know ledge— See Bel ie f.
( T o b e C o n t i n u e d )
EXPLAN ATION OF COSMIC KEY-BOARD
The i l lus t ra t ion above i s o f the 60 oc taves of
theKeyboard , each oc tave has the usua l twe lve keys .The s ix ty
oc taves form twe lve de f in it e pe r iods ofmani fes t a t ion ,
each pe r iod be ing symbol i zed by one ofthe s igns of the zodiac
. Th e symbols of the zodiacnot on ly typ i fy the na ture of the
mani fes t a t ions tha toccur in each period of f ive octaves ,
but in real i tythe re i s an in t ima te re l a t ion be tween
cause and e f fec t
to be found when we s tudy the re su l t o f the v ibra -t ions
in each pe r iod f rom the as t ronomica l as t ro logica l po
in t of vi ew .
We note that the f i rs t f ive octaves , compris ing thef i r s
t pe r iod under the s ign Ar ies , conta ins those v ibra -t ions
which mani fes t t o the s ense of touch . Th e nextf ive oc taves
, under the s ign of Taurus , mani fes t t o thesense of sound.
As s t a t ed above each oc tave has twe lve notes ( l ikethe p
iano keyboard) and each of these notes or keyshas a def in it e ra
t e of v ibra t ions . S ince eve ry th ing tha tex i s t s , ex i
s t s by v i r tue of v ibra t ions of the a l l pe rvad-ing ene
rgy , eve ry th ing i s in v ibra t ion , and the v ibra -t ions
emana t ing f rom a l l t h ings make a l l t h ingsmani fes t t o
our s enses or to such senses a s we havewhich a re cons t ruc ted
to rece ive the va r ious ra t e s ofv ibra t ions ; because the re
a re v ibra t ions of such h igh
f requency or ra t e tha t none of our phys ica l o r ob jec t
ivesenses a t tune wi th the v ibra t ions and no mani fes t a t
ionoccurs to our ob jec t ive consc iousnes s . Some h ighersenses
than the objec t ive or phys ica l one , l i ke thosesenses we ca l
l psychic s enses , can a t tu ne w i th thehigher ra t e s of v
ibra t ion s and can the re f ore s ense themani fes t a t ions be
ing made .
The fo l lowing i s a t ab le of the ra t e s of v ibra t
ions
which ave rage to each oc tave of the keyboard and asugges t ion
of wha t mani fes t a t ion occurs in the pe r iods :
O c ta v e V ib ra t io n s Mani fes t a t ion p e r Sec o
n d
I 2 T o u c h2 4 T o u c h3 8 T o u c h4 16 T o u c h5 32 S o u
n d6 64 S ou nd
7 128 S ou nd8 25 6 S o u n d9 512 S o u n d
10 1,024 S o u n d15 3 2 . 7 6 8 S o u n d20 1 ,0 4 7 ,5 7 6
Gap. No. 125 to 35 34 bil lion Electr ic i ty25 to 35 35,1 84
billion Gaps No. 2, 3
In the 46 , 47 , and 48 oc tave we have ra t e s reachingthe
poin t o f 281 , 474 , 976 , 710 , 656 pe r s econd andmani fes t
ing as hea t waves . In the 49th oc tave thevibra t ions reach 562
, 949 , 953 , 421 , 312 pe r s econdand mani fes t ing ligh t waves
. Th erea f t e r the oc tavescover ra t e s which mani fes t a s
chemica l rays and a f t e rtha t the h ighes t v ibra t ions cons
t i tu t e the mani fes t a t ionknown to us as Soul .
T h e r a t e s of v ibra t ions for each oc tave
can be
f igured by s imply doubl ing the ra t e of the prev iousoc tave
. For ins t ance , t he ra t e of v ibra t ion for the 16thoc tave
wi l l be double tha t o f the 15th , o r 65 ,535
p e r second.Dur ing the pas t few yea rs , s ince the
foregoing cha r t
was made , s c i ence has made some d i scover i e s of mani
-fes t a t ions coming wi th in or cover ing a few keys insome of
the oc taves of the above gaps .
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We promised you a surpr i s e for th i s i ssue. We
think the increase in s ize and price is some surprise , b
u t we h av e ad d ed sev era l o th ers . Note , for in s
tance,the His tory of Am eric a’s Firs t Rosicru cians . I t i s
awonderful s tory, thr i l l ing in some of i t s detai ls as youwi
l l d i s cover when you have read a l l t he s tory as wehave .
And the re a re wonder fu l l es sons to be l ea rnedf rom some of
the exper i ences which these ea r ly mys t i c s passe d th
ro u g h so m an y y e a rs ag o . W e will publ ishth ree or four
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r P r e s i d e n t o f a G r o u p a p p o i n t o n e m e m b e r
t osend to The Tr i angle some in te res t ing , newsy repor t
sfrom t ime to t ime? If you, af te r read ing this , wi l lth ink
about i t and ask your Lodge Mas te r or GroupPres ident i f a
repor t e r for The Tr i angle has been ap-
p o in ted , y o u wi ll help to b r in g th is ab o ut .
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abou t the twent i e th . P lease keep th i s in mind .
A A A
T h e season o f ho l idays i s c lose a t hand .
Ra the rmechanical ly we real ize that i t i s a season for
goodcheer, the giving of gi f ts and the receiving of compli-ments
. Likewise it i s a season for certa in social andfinearts activi t
ies . Bu t le t us not lose s ight of the realmeaning of Thanksgiv
ing , Chr i s tmas and New Year .We need not the insp i ra t ion of
the inc ident of t 62 I to t each us tha t p ray ers of thank
fu lnes s in the t ime of ar i ch ha rves t b r ing cont inued
rewards and b les s ings ;nor do we requi re the inc ident of 1623
to rea l i ze tha t p r a y e r s in the ti m e of d r a u g h
t wi ll b r in g re f re sh in g
ra ins. Deep wi th in our consc iousnes s the re is a
lways p r e se n t a se nse of ap p rec ia t io n an d th an k
fu ln e s s fo ra l l t ha t we have and en joy: bu t we should br
ing tha ts ense to keen objec t ive pro jec t ion in the a f fa i r
s o four l ives da ily and hour ly . Seasonable thankfu lnes s ,mos
t ce r t a in ly! Each h our of consc ious li fe is s eason-able ,
however.
At headquar t e r s these days the spa re moments forgeneral
discuss ions are f i l led with pos tulat ions ,theor i e s ,
hypothese s and l aws p e r ta in in g to so un
d vibrat ion s , ra tes , amp li tudes , keys , notes ,
octaves ,t r i ads , i nve rs ions , dominant s evenths , cadences
, modu-lat ions , degrees , harmonies , e tc . , for , please note
, as t a f f o f workers i s l abor ing on those l ec tures of
theSecond Grade tha t a t t empt to make p la in the l aws and
p r in c ip le s of th e C osm ic K ey b o ard an d al l
th e m a n i -
fes t a t ions of v ibra t ions , whi l e anothe r group i s s
tudyingunder the ab le d i rec t ion of Supreme Secre ta ry Moorein
a cl a s s in Har mo ny and mus ica l compos i t ion . Wewish tha t
a l l our members wi th mus ica l ab i l i t y couldshare in
Brother Moore’s several c lasses for in addi t ionto be ing a ve ry
succes s fu l composer he i s an ab let eacher , and ha rmony i s
such a wonder fu l subjec t i nso many ways . Indeed , the d i s
cuss ions a re becomingqui t e in t ens ive and some of the l aws
be ing examinedand analyzed wil l f ind their way into our revised
lec-tures .
A A A
We lea rn , w i th cons ide rab le in t e res t , t ha t p l ans
a re p rac t ica l ly co m p le te fo r th e o rg an iza t io
n of a Su p re m eLodge of Mas te r Masons for the Uni t ed S ta t
es , i t s t e r -r i to r i e s and dependenc ies . Near ly six
yea rs ago we
had the oppor tuni ty to s can a ve ry de f in i t e proposa ll
ead ing to th i s end and s ince then have hea rd of manychanges ,
modi f i ca t ions and objec t ions ; bu t a t l a s t t hef i r s
t o r p re l iminary s t eps have been t aken and semi -offic ia l
act ion is un der way. Th e presen t pol it icalformat ion of Blue
Lodge F reemasonry in Amer ica i swi thout war ran t or reason
unles s we v iew the Uni t edS t a t e s a s s e p a r a t e a n d
i n d e p e n d e n t k i n g d o m s o rna t ions . Tha t the re
should be a s epa ra te and sovere ign ju r i sd ic t ion of M
a so nry in ea c h s ta te wit h no o v er - body, no s u p re
m e o r gu id in g bod y, genera ll y k no w n assuch and so unive
rsa l ly acknowledged , has been oneof the causes of endless t
rouble in the set t lement ofin t e rna l p roblem s and ex te rna
l compl ica t ions . Thegovernment of F reemasonry i s e s sen t i
a l ly au toc ra t i c ,as i t should be, as i t must be; and whi
le each s ta te
ju r isd ic t io n h as a sep a ra te , so v ere ign p o w
e r w it h no
super ior au thor i ty , t he pr inc ip les of t rue au toc
racycannot opera te in the guidance of F reemasonry inAmer ica a s
one jur i sd ic t ion .
A A A
With the many rap id changes be ing made in s c i ence ,wi th
the many d i s cover i e s in a l l b ranches of thesc iences and a
r t s , and wi th the progres s be ing madein the sys tem of
teaching, i t i s imperat ive that the text
b oo k s of th e pub li c s chools k eep ab r e as t w it
h th e ti mes — a li tt le a h e ad of th e ti mes , in fa ct
. H a v e you everg iven t ime and thought to the examina t ion of
the booksw h i c h y o u r s o n o r d a u g h t e r c a r r i e s
u n d e r a r m e a c hday, s tudies from day and night and uses as
a bas isfor the cons t ru c t ion of a whole l ife of th inking
anddoing? A re you sure tha t the righ t v i ewpoin t o f
life
is be ing inculca ted? The ac t ions of l ife a re a re
sul to f o u r t h i n k i n g ; o u r t h i n k i n g d e p e n d
s u p o n o u r i n t e r - p r e ta t io n s an d c o m p re
h e n s io n of th in g s ; an d these int u r n d e p e n d u p o
n o u r f u n d a m e n t a l e d u c a t io n . B ia sand
prejudice color things too eas i ly la ter in l i fe toneed ea r ly
in t roduc t ion to our consciousness . Readyour chi ldren’s his
tories , out l ines of c ivics , readers ,c lass ical select ions
and topical composi t ion s . See i fthey a re fa i r , unbiased ,
f ree f rom propaganda , un-charged with sectarian principles and
social is t ic dis s en t ion ; for a l l o f these th ings have
been found inm a n y s c h o o l b o o k s a n d s u c h b o o k s
s h o u l d b e c o n -d e m n e d b y t h e p a r e n t s w h o a
r e t h e s u p p o r t e r s o f t h eschool s and the r igh t fu
l censors .
A A A
REPORTS FROM LODGES
The month ly news and repor t s of Lodges in va r iousci t ies
was not completed in t ime for this issue and wil lap pea r in ou r
i s sue next month . Many in te res tingrepor t s a re reaching us
da i ly .
A A A
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Page Thirty-three
THE INFLUENCE OF THE MOON
Some Important and Interesting Fact* Bearing Upon
the Rhythm of Life
We do no t have to r esor t to the p r inc ip les se t fo r thi
n an y a r can e s c i en ce t o d i s co v e r t h a t t h e m o o
n h ascer t ain defini te inf luence s on ou r l ives or on l i
fegenera l ly , and i t i s the purpose o f th i s a r t i c le to
se tfo r th in a s imple manner some o f the mos t v i ta l o
fthese in f luences and r e la te them to inc iden ts whichaffect
us all.
The sub jec t i s wor thy o f a vo lume, bu t a f te r a l l i
ssa id the whole mat ter r eso lves i t se l f in to a s tudy o
fthe s imple laws o f rhy thm . W e wi ll no t t ake thet ime, here
, to a rgue the po in t o r even comple te ly ou t -l ine the pr
inci ple of rhy thm in l i fe. I t is, or should
be , to o we ll k n o w n to m o st of o u r m e m b er s
o r re ad e r st o r eq u i r e s u ch p r e s en t m en t h e r e
.
Rhythm has i t s p lace in a l l the funct ion ing o f theorgan
iza t ion o f the an imal body and mani f es t s i t se l fin the
phys io log ica l and psycho log ica l phases o f
funct ion ing . We may r ef er to the per i s ta l t i c mot
ionof the in tes t ines , the cons t r ic t ions o f the
oesophagusand the pu lse o f the b lood in c i r cu la t ion . Thes
e andmany o ther s a r e typ ica l o f the phys io log ica l o rgan
ican d f u n c t i on a l p r o ces s r h y t h m . T h e p s y ch
i c o rem o t i o n a l s y s t em o f m an h as i t s r h y t h m
o r r h y t h m i cac t i v i t y , o f t en m ad e m o r e m an i
f e s t t h an t h a t o f t h eorgans , and in a l l men ta l o r
neuromuscu lar d i seasessuch as spasms , t i cs , t r emors and o
ther s , where excessenergy expresses i t se l f , there ar e per f
ec t ly rhy thmic
p er iod s of m an ifes ta t ions . A n d , we h av e le a
rne d th a trhy thmic b rea th ing i s an a id to bu i ld ing up
hea l th and b a lance .
Whi le a l l th i s i s genera l ly admi t ted by the massesand
by medica l au thor i t i es , and u ndoub ted ly ser ious lycons
idered by the s tuden t o f na tu re ' s l aws , the r e la-
t ion o f such rhy thm to the phases o f the moon i s no tgenera
l ly known. Recen t d i scover ies by sc ience , ho w-ever , has
conf i rmed many o f the p r inc ip les knownto a f ew and used by
them in ma ny ways . I t i s ther ecen t d i s cov e r ie s u n i t
ed t o w h a t m an y h av e k n o w nthat w i l l be p resen ted
now.
The moon , as a p lanet , has a very def in i te cycle o
f phases, the cycle co v e r in g a p e r i od of ap p ro x im
a te ly28 days and known as a lunar month o r a lunar cycle .We wil
l use the te rm cycle . Because th i s cycle isd iv ided in to
phases , and these phases ar e a l so d iv i s ib le ,we wi l l p
roceed to d iv ide the cycle in to un i t s , eachun i t be ing a
rhy thm ic un i t as we shal l see .
One ha l f o f the mo on’ s cycle i s four tee n da ys ; onehal
f o f th i s (o r one fou r th o f the cycle) i s seven days ;one
ha l f o f th i s i s th r e e and one ha l f days . Th is th r
ee
and one ha l f days equals 84 hour s .
The fu l l cyc le o f the moon , cons t i tu t ing one
com- p le te revo lu t ion f ro m p e r ig e e to ap o g ee a
n d b ac kagain to per igee , i s the lunar month r ef er r ed to
aboveand th i s comple te cycle i s o f ten r ef e r r ed to as
thelong cycle of the moon; whi le a shor t cyc le would bet h e o r
d i n a r y t i d e cy c l e co r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e u p
p e rand lower t r ans i t o f the moon . Th is shor t cyc le is,on
the average , I 2 hour s . Hence , we have two mooncycles to r ef
er to : the shor t one o f twelve hour s ,known as the moon ' s t
ide cycle , and the long one o ft w en t y e i g h t day s o n th e
av e r ag e . W e can d ea l on l ywi th averages because o f s l
igh t var ia t ions in t ime.
Because there i s a long and a shor t cyc le we wi l la l so
have long and shor t un i t s o f these cycles . Not
a s an a r b i t r a r y m a t t e r , b u t b ecau s e o f f u
n d am en t a llaws you wil l recognize, we wil l cal l the three
and onehal f days , a r r ived a t above , as the un i t o f the
longcycle, or a long unit.
Taking the shor t cyc le o f twelve hour s and d iv id ingit we
wil l have units of 3 hours as a shor t unit .
F i r s t l e t us no te tha t a long unit of th ree and ahal f
days equals seven shor t cycles , or seven t imestwelve hour s
.
"The two units , ar r ived at as above, one of three
hour s and one o f th r ee and a ha l f days , man i f es
tthemselves in the rhy thmic ac t ions o f mind and bodyl ike waves
o r undu la t ions o f a rhy thmic wave. Herei s w h e r e w e m ak
e i m p o r t an t d i s co v e r i e s an d can g o b ey o n
d th e fi nd in g of science, even, t h ro u g h o u r o th e
rknowledge o f cer ta in laws o f na tu re .
In the case o f d i seases we f ind some very in ter es t -ing
and he lp fu l f ac t s by analyz ing average cases andus ing the
averages o f un i t s o f the mo on’ s cycle. Theseaverages be t r
ay the ef f ec t o f anabo l ic and ka tabo l iclunar phases o r un
i t s o f the cycle as fo l lows :
The incubat ion per iod o f typho id f ever i s f rom 7 to2 I
days, or 2 to 6 long units . Th e incu batio n per iodof Var icel
la is 14 days, or 4 lon g units ; of Small Pox,7 to 14 days, or 2
to 4 long units ; of Scar let Fever ,31/2 da y s o r I l o ng u n i
t; of M e as le s, 1 0 d ay s, o r
3 long un i t s ; o f Wh oop ing Cough , IOJ/2 days, or
3long un i t s ; o f Dengue, 3 ' /2 days , o r I long un i t ; and
o fDipther ia, 3J/2 days to lOj/2 da ys or I to 3 long units
.
In all acu t e f ev e r c a se s t h e r h y t h m i c p e r i o
d o fthese un i t s i s very p ron oun ced and def in i te . Regu
larchanges occur every 7 days ( as has been no ted fo ryea r s ) o
r , in o th er words af te r every 2 long un i t s(one pos i t ive
and one negat ive , as we shal l see) .The longer the d i sease con
t inues the more def in i te a r ethe ch ange s every 7 days, and
even the s ing le longunit, 3 Y i days , i s wel l marked
and impor tan t .
These un i t s o f rhy thm a lso mani f es t in the p rocessof
germinat ion and ges ta t ion o f l i f e , and have theef f ec t a
l so o f de term in ing sex . Th e averag e t ime inha tch ing eggs
of man y species is 3 Ĵ 2 days o r one long
unit . In ma ny insects i t is \ / i weeks or 3 long
units .The hen lays eggs fo r 3 weeks (6 long un i t s ) and se t
son them fo r an equal per iod .
The ovum possesses s t ruc tu ra l ly , the e lements o f b
o th sex es, b u t by a s li gh t fun ct ion al c h a n g e is o
net ime ac t ive ly f emals and a t ano ther ac t ive ly male .T h
e p e r i o d s o f ch an g e ag r ee w i t h t h e u n i t s o f r
h y t h mrefer r ed to above . Fer t i l i za t ion o f the ovum ar
r es t sthese per iod ic changes in one o f i t s ac t ive sex cond
i -t ions , and th i s de termine s the sex o f the em bryo .
We have spoken o f the negat ive and pos i t ive un i t sor per
iods. I t is this dif feren ce in poten tial i t y thatde termines
the sex o f the un i t and a l so the s t r eng then-ing o r weaken
ing in f luence o f the un i t s dur ing d i sease .These d i f f
er en t po ten t ia l s can be de termined eas i ly .
Retu rn ing again to the shor t cyc le o f twelve hour s ,ca l
led the moon ' s t ide cycle we f ind tha t the ac t ion o fthe t
ides gives us the key to the potentials . Th e s ixh o u r s o f t
i m e p r eced i n g t h e m ax i m u m p o i n t o f h i g ht i d
e a r e s t r en g t h en i n g a n d the s ix hour s immedia te
lyfo l lowing the hour o f h igh t ime are weaken ing inthe i r e f
f ec t on the phys io log ica l and psycho log ica l
p ro c es s e s of li fe . T h e fi rs t th r e e h o u r
s b e fo re h ig ht ide po in t a r e pos i t ive hour s , o r cons
t i tu te a POSITIVES H O R T U N I T ( o r w av e ) o f t h e r h
y t h m i c cy c l e ; wh i lethe f i r s t th r ee hour s a f te r
the po in t o f h igh t ide ar en eg a t i v e an d co n s t i t u
t e t h e N E G A T I V E S H O R T U N I T .Each pos i t ive un i
t i s p r eceded by a negat ive and fo l -lowed by a negat ive ;
hence in every twelve hour s , o rt ide cycle , there ar e two pos
i t ive and two negat ive
u n i t s ; i n each d ay o f t w en t y f o u r h o u r s t h e
r e a r efour o f each o f these un i t s. Bu t, to be ab le to de
te r -m i n e w h en t h ey a r e n eg a t i v e o r p o s i t i v
e w e m u s t t ak et h e h o u r o f h i g h t id e a s t h e k ey
— t ak i n g t h e h o u r o fhigh t ide as i t is known for pach
local i ty on the faceof the ear th , r egard less o f whether the
loca l i ty i s neara body o f water o r no t .
T ak i n g t h e l o n g cy c le o r l u n a r m o n t h cy c l
e o fan average o f twen ty e igh t days , we have the long
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uni t of 31/2 days . Th ere ar e e ight of these long uni tsin
each long cycle . W e f ind that the f i rs t of
theseuni t s immedia te ly preceding the hour of fu l l moon i sa
pos i t ive long uni t and the uni t fol lowing a ful l moonis a
negat iv e uni t . Hen ce we hav e 31/2 days be forefu l l
moon as pos i t ive in na ture and 3] /2 days immedi -a t e ly fo l
lowing ful l moon a3 nega t ive in na ture . Th erea re four such
pos i t ive and four such nega t ive uni t s o f3 Y i days
in each lunar cycle of 28 days .
I t i s easy to see now that we are l iving under theinf luence
of a ve ry sys t emat i c , t hough s t range , s e r i e sof a l t
e rna t ing uni t s o f pos i t ive and nega t ive rhythmicwaves ,
s o m e 3 h o u r s l o n g a n d o t h e r s 3
/ i days long.Therefore , whi le one of the long pos i
t ive uni ts of 31/2days is in effect there wil l be 28 short uni
ts of 3 hourseach, a l ternately negat ive and pos i t ive in
effect a lso.A posi t ive short uni t in effect du ring a pos i t
ive longuni t wi l l give a very pos i t ive effect ; a negat ive
shortuni t in effect du rin g a pos i t ive long u
