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H is to r y
r e l a t e s ................
THESE MEN WERE
ROSICRUCIANSWhat is a Rosicrucian?
One who has learned, or is learning, aphiloso phy o f life—a path to confid ent
living.
Tod ay there are thousands o f men and
women who enjoy the influence, the
comfort, the personal power, the unique
science of living as taught by the Rosicru-
cians.
Their lives reflect the personal accom
plishments and understanding that come
with the mastery of life. As these teachings inspired these men, so can they
inspire you.
ISAAC NEWTON
English phi losopher and m athema tician. Discovered the law o f gravi tat ion. Experi m enter in wave band s of color. (1642-17 27)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Most fam ous French composer . The out s tanding figure of the impressionist movement in music. (1862-1918)
G O T T F R I E D L E I B N IT Z
German philosopher and mathematician. Atone t ime secretary of a Rosicrucian body.
Court librarian for life. (1646-1716)
FRANCIS BACON
English phi losopher. Credited with emphasizing the need o f science to em ploy induc
t ive reasoning and experimentat ion.
(1561-1626)
BENJAMIN FRANKl.IN
American statesman, author, and celebratedinventor. Well kno wn for his early electrical
experiments. (1706-1790.)
RENE DESCARTES
French philosopher. With him began theper iod of modern phi losophy; he proposed a
basis for t ruth. (1596-1650)
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The
MASTERY OF LIFEPrivately Issued by Permission of
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TheMysteryof Being “ Thir ty years ago, a young
doctor sat by a desperately i l l
baby on her death bed. The
parent s were franticall y begging for help, every
tre at me nt failing to aid. T he parents beca me grief-
s t ricken to the point of death. 1 am the doc tor who
had that experience.
“Tliis experience created a desire in my mind to
know why people are born and why nature allows
such a great difference between members of the
human race. The hunger for knowledge drove me to
laborator ies and l ibraries for the answer but 1 amstil l searching and determined to know.”
These are the wo rds of a pro mi nen t physician.
Unintentionally, he has spoken for mill ions of men
and women who today harbor the same thoughts .
This inequa l it y o f man is apparent to most of us.
You know persons who are radiant with health
from birth and seemingly i mmu ne to disease. You
know others whose l ives are preyed upon by nume r
ous ailments which rob them not only of enjoyment s but o f s imple comforts . Also, there are those
men and wom en whose every plan becom es a
successful venture. Each enterprise they enter turns
into a golden op po rtu ni ty —as if they had the touch
of the fabled King Midas. Around them, however, a
mult i tud e of un for tu na te beings live and struggle.
What makes one man more successful than an
oth er? Is it train ing in ju s t on e line? You knowtha t is not true! You can not mak e a goo d business
man out of a youth who has been taught nothingmore than buying and sell ing. You cannot make a
good physic ian out of a man or woman who has
been taught only the principles included in the
restricted four years in medical college. There
Th e R osicrucians an
august fraternity whose
doctrines, hinted at by
the earliest philos
ophers, are still a
my stery to the un
wo rthy. I do n ot blame
them for their discre
tion. — L o rd Edwar d
B u fw er- Lytt on .
(A R osicrucian.)
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appears to be some u n k n o w n e l e m e n t which some
seem to possess, or have discovered.
In our sanctuary al l
the hidden Mysteries
are preserved intact ;
they have never been
profane d. . . . Our sci
ence is the inheri tancepromised to the Elect .
-Cou ncilor Von Eck-
artshausen.
(A R osicrucian.)
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In your you th , y o u feared things which you later
came to recognize as harmless and really useful.
In yo ur days of developing observat ion, yo u were
puzzled by the unknown elements in l ife . It seemed
to you tha t the re were more e lements of the
unknown than o f the known.
It is always the un kn o w n in every d ay ’s activities
that causes us worry, c oncern , p erple xity, and even
suffering. In years s ince yo ur you th, you have
become well acquain ted with things once unkn own .
Today , you k n o w them; you can see them, sense
them, prepare fo r them ; i t is a power no one can
take from you. But even now, are you fully pre
pared to meet all of the obstacles of life, to sweep
them aside or su rm ou nt them easi ly? If not , begin
now to investigate further the st i l l unknown ele
ments of yo ur exis tence—the mysteries tha t make for
the inequali t ies between men.
Real knowledge by man a b o u t man is, today, the
greatest power any man can possess.
T H E T H O R O U G H F A R E O F L I F E
Let us begin with existence as we know it. Life is
a thoroughfare upon which we find ourselves travel
ers. Behind us is our immediate beginning—birth. It
is a vast eternity. Ahea d o f us is sti ll an ot he r
inevitable vast eternity—death. It is
a myst ery whi ch e ith er instills fear
or i s accepted wi th unders tanding-
depending upon the experiences wehave along this course of life. We
did not ask for this life; yet we
could not have refused i t . How,
then, shall we react to it? What
Every intel l igent t raveler know s w hence he came
and whither he goes. The span of l i fe can be freer of
obstacles and so m uch m ore en joyable i f all of its
purposes and ways are und ers tood and used .
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shall we do with this period o f conscious ness whichthe years afford us?
Many men and women resign themselves to the
influences of their environment. They allow them
selves to be drawn or impelled along this causeway
of life. They are like balls of snow, rolling at afurious rate o f speed dow n the side of a great
mo unta in. O ne mom en t, they are free, out in the
open, encountering few or no obstacles, and they
are unconcerned. The next moment, they have
collided with unanticipated events and happenings.
They are at a loss to avoid these conditions or to
rise above them. Thus they travel through the years,
sometimes wondering if the vicissitudes of life, the
bitterness, the pains, are worth the price, worth the
occasional pleasures and snatches of peace of mindwhich come their way.
WHY ARE WE HERE?
Certainly, at some time yo u m us t have asked
yourself as you looked back upon yo ur past activi
t ies and likewise con tem pla ted you r future: “ Is this
haphazard existence my destiny? Why are we
here? ” Also, is there a mother who has never gazeddown on the inno cent babe nestled in her arms and
wondere d: “ What does this span of existence hold
for him? ”
Is it not time that hu ma ni ty ceases plunging into
t h e u n k n o w n along this thoroughfare of life, hoping
to grasp the skirts of passing op por tun ity ? Would
life no t be entirely diff ere nt for you if you could
contr ol yo ur moods? If you could form desirable
habits and break those no t desired; if you couldknow how to see in the events happening about you
the trends of tomorrow, would yo u not be more
assured and co nfid ent in the strength o f such kno wl
edge? If you kne w how to develop yo ur will
power suff iciently to meet the demands upon you
and to make the right decision, would not many of
yo ur troubles, the result of indecision, disappear? If
you could reach into a dependable source and
The cosmic inf luen
ces are invisible, but
they act upon man.
Heat and light are
intangible and incor
poreal; nevertheless,
they act upon man, and
the same is true of
other invisible influ
ences. Paracelsus.
(A Rosicrucian.)
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Humans are not the
puppets o f fa te . The
roles we each play in
life can be intelligently
and personally directed
by ourselves.
The Adept on ly con
verses at his best with
the Adept. Around him
is a sacred circle, and
within it only th e Elect
are allowed to enter .
The Bro therhood of
Co nsecra ted Lives ad
mits al l who are w orthy;
and all who are exclud
ed, exclude themselves.
- “Fra.”Elbert Hubbard.
(A Rosicrucian.)
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prod uce helpful, const ructive , intelligent ideas at a
time when an important thought, a useful plan,
meant the difference between discouragement and
achievement, would you not feel equal to any
circums tanc e? Certainl y, such a life would be far
superior in its advantages.
DOES FATE CONTROL US?
Do not be deceived by some inadequate philosophy. Millions of humans try to excuse their perplex
ity or helplessness during this earthly span by
saying to themselves and oth ers tha t they are de pen d
ent upon the decrees o f fa te . These fatalists pro
claim that infinite pow ers have predestine d their
every act and it is useless for them to intervene.
T he fatalist, by such a belief, d enies his po we r to
reason, his will, and facu lty o f choice. Y et these
very faculties are evidences of man’s true relation
ship to the universal powers a bou t him. Th e powe r
of thou ght and the at t r ibut e of decision argue
against the noti on that we are mere puppets, with
every act along this span of life orda ine d for us in
advance.
It is true that there are universal forces overwhich we have no control. We cannot change the
inheren t structu re of the universe itself nor the
causes that bring its forces into play. B u t we can
harness these forces! We can attune ourselves with
them, and we can alter or contr ol their ultimate
effect upon us. Man can enjoy a great deal more
mastership over his environm ent than he presently
does. He c an arrange the affairs of his life so that
he can use the forces of life as an ally. Like a sailor
turning his sails to the wind, like a generatordirecting the flow of electricity, or like nuclear
fission heating water for power, man can harness
the other forces of his existence. This is not a
religious question; it is a philosophical question, one that concerns you and your l i fe .
Success in life me an s mastership , and mastership
means util izing every inner force and power of the
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being, as well as every oute r force. Man’s creative
abil i t ies do no t rest in the musc ul ar strength o f his
bo dy, nor in his fert i le imagination. He mu st be
able to bring his menta l imaging into material
expression daily, hourly. To do this, he must be
able to use other facul t ies than simple visualization.
Furthermore , he must use these powers according tothe purpose for which they were intended.
A BLUEPRINT OF LIVING
Since we are part of an orderly universe, with i ts
majestic and immutable laws, above and be low, then
there also exists for m an, as part of this great
cosmic scheme, a tru e pur po se in life. By knowi ng
this pu rpo se, by r elating it to his exist ence each
day, man discovers himself. He bec ome s the rightful
mast er o f his do m in io n—this wo rld —and relegates
suffering, misery, and ignorance to their proper
places and apart from himself.
Certainly, you have instinctively felt that there
was more to l ife than you have already experienced.
Let us assure y ou that ther e is a t rue b luepr int o f
living. Even those occur renc es which have been
painful to us are part of a chain o f causes which
can be made useful if we understand them. Those
who cont inuous ly suffer misfor tunes and whose
lives are not as progressive or inspiring as they
would want them can experience marked changes
when this cosmic blueprint is followed.
True happiness con
sis ts not in the knowl
edge of good things ,
but in good life; not in
unders tanding , but in
l iving understanding^.Neither is it great learn
ing but good will that
jo in s m en to G o d .-
Cornelius A grip pa.
(A Rosicrucian.)
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Did you ever stop to think why you do the
things you do? Is it
not often because
you had no a l terna
tive beca use ther e
seemed nothing e lse
to do, and you took
the chance that i t
Life is what you make i l . An
intelligent plan well directed can
provide personal power and a t
t a inment .
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might turn ou t for the best? Mil l ions of hum ans
throughout the civilized world today live just like
that, taking blind chanc es—and t hese same millions
often wonder, therefore, if the life they live is really
worth while.
CREATIVE FORCES WITHIN YOU
Within man there are constructive creative forces
always at work and always attuned with the creative
forces of the Cosmic. These forces mus t repair the
damage d one to the body, overcome the strains and
stresses upon the mental system, and guide the
indecision of man’s mind in the r ight direction.
From the natura l forces opera t ing throughout the
universe, certain harmonic vibrations, etherealenergies, and vitalizing powers affect man’s being
and change the natu re of his physical body or react
upon his mental eff iciency. Thus man is hourly a
complex being, inf luenced by forces and potent
principles of a serious and important nature.
Man m ust und erst and these things if he is to
become a success in life and use his fre ed o m to act
in a wise ma nner . He m us t eith er live com ple tely in
ha rm on y wit h the forces in and around him or atvariance with them. There is no middle course.
An understanding of natural, cosmic laws is the
only m eans of mastership of life. F or hundred s of
years, the Rosi cruc ians have been able to
prove this to men and women through
their remarkable teachings.
What it is, this bluepr in t o f li fe , this
plan for mastery, and how it may be ob
tained will now be revealed to you.
Th ere is an invisible bo nd w ith the power
beyond. Like a silver thread your inner
consciousness binds you to the universe.
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P a r t T w o
T he
Goldenq ^ ̂ Several th ou sand year s ago in an-o e c r e i cient Egypt, man first began his
investigation of those mysteries
which su rrounded him. The f irst and mos t s tupend
ous discovery he made was t he dua l it y o f se l f He
learned that in addition to his physical body, with
its limbs and organs, there was some ethereal nature
or e lemen t o f his being. Man then became, for the
first time, truly self-conscious, or rather conscious
o f the greater inner self
Whence came this ethereal essence of his natu re
or self? It could not be affected by that which
pain ed th e b o d y —by heat, cold, or hunger. It could
be active, think and conceive , while the body was at
rest or even asleep. Moreover, what would happen
to it at th e end o f life—or de ath ? Was it ind est ruc
tible? Did it survive? With such qu es ti on s as these
confounding the minds of the early Egypt ians and
y e t in tr ig uin g them , man began a search that hasnever ceased on the part of intell igent men and
women everywhere.
In the co m m on p he no me na of everyday l ife—in
the observation of the coming and going of the
seasons, in th e ebb and flo w o f the tides, in the
waxing and waning of the moon- these ea r ly men
discovered the law of cycles, the peri odi city o f all
nature. With the seasonal dea th of pla nt life and its
recurrent bir th inthe spring, they
I found the resurrec
t ion of na ture—a
strange immortal i ty
A rtist’s co nce ption o f an early
man s tanding between rows of
monoli ths making a salutat ion to
the ris ing sun. The phenomenon
was one of the earl iest mysteries
to man.
No business, no
movement, no act ivi ty
on the pa r t o f man or a
group of men can become any greater than
the thinking m inds and
consciousness of the
people w ho are back of
t h e m o v em en t .-Dr. H.
Spen cer Lewis.
(A Rosicrucian.)
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in l iving things. In the regular jo ur ne y of the
silvery specks or planets, and the apparent
path of the sun across the heavens, men dis
cerned the infall ibi l i ty of nature and the
suggestion o f a great universal ord er pervad
ing all things. All of this heightened their
inquisitiveness.
THE ANCIENT WISDOM SCHOOLS
In the grea t temples
of the Nile, the brother
hood m et as a school of
arcane w isdom.
What was man’s relat ion to the heavens
and the ear th? Did these forces affect his
daily affairs and the cycle of his existence?
These further questions, l ike great spades,
served man to dig beneath the surface of
his own consciousness. Since as remote a period as
5000 B.C., cer tain men and women have sincerely
and wi thout fea r or pre judice not only probed in to
the earth or scanned the heavens above, but have
investigated the mysteries of their minds and selves.
They formed themselves into arcane or my s t e r y
schools for the acquisi t ion and s tudy of such knowl
edge—and fo r the mas tery o f life.
He who knows most
grieves most for wasted
time .-Dartre. (A Rosi
crucian.)
Much of the start l ing wisdom they acquired wasreduced by them to wri t ing on s tone table ts and
papyrus rol ls-but the greatest port ion was con
veyed from one to another by w ord o f mou t h .
Sir E.A. Wallis Budge, renowned Egyptologist , in
one o f his learned works, relates with respect to
these mystery schools: “There must have been a
progressive d ev elo pm en t in the ‘mys teries ’ and i t
seems as if some of them were entirely unknown
under the old kingdom. It is impossible to doubt
tha t there were ‘my ste ries ’ in the E gyp tian rites,and this being so, it is impossible to think that the
highest order of the Kheri-Hebs (Masters) did not
possess esoteric (inner) knowledge which they
guar ded wit h the great est care. Each, if I read the
evide nce c or re ctl y, posse ssed a ‘gnosis, ’ a ‘super
iori ty of kno wled ge’ which they never put into
writing, and so were enab led to enlarge or diminish
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its scope as circumstances made it necessary. It is,
therefore, absurd to expect to find in Egyptianpapyri descriptions of the secrets which formed the
esoteric knowledge of the Kheri-Hebs.”
The disclosures of these ancient investigators are
astounding even to the scientific world today. Theeternal truth s they unveiled—the facts, the hit her to
unk now n laws o f na tur e—made them “m asters” of
fear and l ibera ted them from the undependable
elements of so-called chance and luck. What they
were able to a ccom pli sh in th eir lives, to do for
friends and members of their families, how they
were able to uti l ize nature’s forces to do their
bidding were the cause of the legends that have
come down to us today abo ut the ancient miracle
workers. To the uninit iated, to those still steeped in
ignorance who were dwelling in darkness and doubt,
these sages and m ystics seemed to be per for min g
miracles.
To those of the mystery schools who knew, these
dem ons tra tion s were not magical processes but
ra ther the simple appl ication o f a know ledge by
which m an can direct the laws of natu re and the
faculties of his own being. With the same un de r
standing, what they did, y o u can do.
THE SUPPRESSED KNOWLEDGE
Truth m akes m en free. Consequent ly, those who
sought i t and a t tempted to expound i t to their
fellows bec ame the objects of persecutio n by tyrants.
The tyrants were the ancient dictators who sought
to dominate the lives and think
ing of men and women to fur
ther their own personal gain or
their beliefs. For exam ple, the
Roman Emp eror Just inian was
“Make not thy mind
to be divided for the
sake of thy tongue.”
“ Le t al l thy plans
and behavior have a
sound foundat ion .”
( A b o v e i s a n e x a m p l e o f
t h e a n c i en t w i s d om t e a c h
ings o f l - 'gypt , w r i t t e n by
A me n-e in-a p t , ma gi s t r a tea mi s c r ibe of a w isdom
sc hool . H e l ive d dur ing the
X V I II D y n a s t y , 3 3 5 0 y e a rs
ago! Mis t i t le in the my s
t e ry s c h o o l w a s G e r - M a a o r
“ R e a l S i le n t O n e . ” T r a n s
l a te d f r o m P a p y r u s n u m b e r
10 ,474 . )
Rep rinted with permission of the Metropoli tan
Museum of Art , Wolfe Fund , 1931.
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Socrates, great A thenian philos
opher, condemned to die by
drinking the poison hemlock be
cause he taugh t the esoteric
(inner) wisdom which set men’s
minds free. ¥ ’
-« f> ; s
,4* m .
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one of these. He was a misguided religious zealot who
issued an edict in the Sixth Cen tur y see king to abolish
all the mys tery schools. He considere d the me n and
women who had acquired personal power and con
fidence in themselves from the unusual knowledge
they had discovered a menace to the or th od ox and
often superst i t ious dogmas which he wished to pro
mote. Thus it became necessary that this wisdom be
concealed and k ept for the inquiring, courageo us fe w
out of the mult i tudes.
This amazing knowledge, which the brotherhoods
have preserved, is available today to the seeker for
personal achievement and the mastery of l ife. I t
exists fo r y o u —for everyone with an open mind.
Its efficacy, its great power, can be applied to theaffairs o f yo ur life with startling beneficial results.
STRANGE EXPERIENCES
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Let us face facts. Y ou r life is in fl uen ced by ma ny
inexplicable things—ph en om en a and happ ening s that
you sometimes cannot quite explain or overcome.
You may call them uncanny. Perhaps you seek to
push them into the backgro und of you r consciousness. You may even laugh about them to others.
Nevertheless, they are often the direct or indirect
factors in preve nting you from realizing some ideal,
something you are seeking to at ta in
or accomplish , or fro m freeing
yours elf o f worry a nd strife. Have
you, for example, had these strange
experiences? You have met persons
for the first time who have been
presentable in appearance and in
sp ee ch —and yet imm edi ate ly a wave
of distrust and dislike for them
You are several selves and personalities in
one. Stop being a stranger to yourself. There
is no greater adventure than exploring the
f ron t ie r s o f the m ind.
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would sweep over you. Why? It is a manifestation
o f the human aura—an invisible, magnetic radiation
from the human body which we can detect . I t
either repels or a tt ra ct s —and it is scientifically
demonstrable . This emana tion also has a mos t prac
tical mys t ica l power which was known for centur ies
to the students of the mystery schools, to the sagesand adepts of old .
Have yo u ever ente red a roo m that depressed
you? The room, perh aps in a home, hotel, or office
building, might have been clean, orderly, and even
attractively furnished; yet while in it you were
unable to accomplish your best work or feel at ease.
Do you know that intense emotional outbursts ,
hatred, jealousy, and anger can and do affect ma
terial substances so that every room in which theyoccur takes on a depressing environment? These are
not superst i t ions— not supposi tions —but the effects
of l i t t le -known natura l laws aro un d us. Obviously,
understanding them, as do those who have this
esoteric knowledge, makes for the m as tery o f such
circums tances.
USING YOUR INTUITION
You have ofte n had the experience of an intuitive
impression, a hunch or idea tha t was most en
lightening but seemed to come from nowhere. Do
you know that intui t ion can provide an answer for
almost every question, a solution to many predica
men ts in whic h you find yourself? Do you know
tha t it can aid yo u in keeping the affairs of yo ur
l ife in order? Do y ou fur th er kno w that this
intui t ive knowledge is pa rt o f a universal cosmic
intelligence which pervades the entire universe andevery cell of yo ur being and that you can comman d
it to serve y o u —tha t yo u can draw upo n it as you
will? While millions of men and w ome n rely solely
up on their brains and the training which is given to
them through educat ion, those who know the
esoter ic wisdom wait for no hunches. They do not
rely solely up on their o ute r minds but are able to
draw up on the vast resources they possess and
which also exist in the cosmic forces around them.
Be persuaded first to
apply thyself to the
Eternal Mind, entreat
ing Him to grant thee
understanding; then
seek knowledge with
diligence and thou shalt
never repent having
taken so laudable a re
solution. -Francis Bar
rett , F.R.C. (A Rosi
crucian.)
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Life is a mission.Every other definition
of life is false, and leads
all w ho acce pt it astray.
Religion, science, philos
oph y, tho ugh still at
var iance upon many
points, all agree in this,
that every existence is
an aim. —M a zz in t (A
Rosicrucian.)
Psychologists today say that man uses only a
fraction of the inherent power with which he is
imbued as a human being. The mystic brotherhoods
have know n for centur ies how t o comm and and use
much more of this power to round out and enjoy
an enriched life. Hundreds of the so-called mysteries
are understandable and workable laws of the uni
verse to those who master this esoteric ( inner)
knowledge.
“W hy, ” yo u ma y ask, “ is not this knowledge
generally and widely disseminated to mankind
today? Why, if such il luminating truth s exist and
are available to m an, is he deprived of the m? ” We
have shown wh at occurred in ancient t imes when
the attempt was made to teach man these simpletruths. They were often suppressed. Even today,
such knowle dge ca nn ot be taught to everyone. To
those who are sincere in bettering their own lives
and advancing humanity, such knowledge becomes a
power for good. On the other hand, in the hands of
the selfish and the bigoted, the same knowledge
might become a factor for misuse and fur ther
persecution of the ignorant and the helpless. But
today, as we have said, it has survived because of
the careful guardianship of the brotherhood mysteryschools and societies.
The oldest of these hum anitarian societies, world
wide in extent and not a religion, is the Ro si cru
cians. It offers you this knowledge, as old as time,
for the fullness o f life, free of any religious intoler
ance or political or other prejudices or biases.
At tun e yourself with those who are
successful and happy. Cooperate withnature’s laws and revel in the power that
comes into your being with the dawn of
each day and abides l ike an unseen guest
in your home, your office, your places
of meditat ion and pleasure.
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O n c e m e nA N D w o M E Xwe r e r e lu c t a n t t o
d iscuss o r admit s t rang e
p h e n o m e n a in t h e i r l i v e s .Exper iences , happen ings ,
and even ts which cou ldno t be exp la ined by thel im i t e d k n o wle d g e o f t h e i rper iod were le f t un to ld
a n d uninvest igated. I g n o r a n c ea n d p r e ju d ic e re l e g a t e d th e
n o t - u n d e r s to o d f u n c t io n s o f t h e m in d a n d o f t h e i n n e r f a c u l t ies o f ma n to the ca tego ry o f
su p e r n a tu r a l i sm a n d m y s ter y .
T h e c o u r a g e o u s , t h e t h in k e r s ,lovers of truth d u r i n g s u c h t im e s
h a d to m a k e th e i i i n q u i r i e s i n to th e
m y s ter ie s o f n a tu r e b e h in dd o o r s. T h e y f e a r e d a b ig o te d p u b l i c
op in ion .
Today , th is sham, hypocr isy , and
p r e ju d ic e a r e a b o l ish e d . M a n y we lco m et r u th w i th o p e n a r m s ; th e y n o lo n g e r lo o k
u p o n h e r w i th su sp i c io n o r as a n u n w a n te d
g u e s t . T h e se u n iq u e t r u th s , w h ic h o n cehad to be concea led and wel l gu arde d in the
age o f darkness , a re now brought to l ight byth e Ro s i c r u c ia n s . S t r a n g e h a p p e n in g s a rem a d e u n d e r s t a n d a b le ; t h e y a r e sh o wn to b e u se fu l laws, w hich m ake fo r g rea te r mastery and
e n jo y m e n t o f l i f e b y th e i n d iv id u a l .
There i s no supernatural ism. E v e r y t h i n g o c curs by cosmic , na tu ra l law. T he re a rc no mysteries,
e x c e p t a s o u r i g n o r a n c e a n d m isu n d e r s t a n d in g m a k eth e m a p p e a r so. T h e r e is n o g r e a t e r t h r i l l t h a ne x p lo r in g th e n a tu r e o f y o u r se l f a n d th e u n iv e r se
which you l ive . T he re i s no g rea ter conf idence than
th a t wh ic h i s b o r n f ro m u n d e r s t a n d in g . T h e r e is n og r e a t e r p o w e r b y w h ic h y o u c a n a c h iev e , t h a n th a t
which ar ises f rom a usefu l knowledge , such as the Rosi -c ruc ian teach ings con ta in . Now, in the p r iv a c y o f y o u rh o m e , t h e n a tu r e o f all such ph enom ena, no t jus t a few
i l lus t ra t ions shown above , wi ll be revea led to you in anin te l l igen t , s imple , fasc ina t ing way .
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In our Monastery l i
brary the sacred, secret
manuscr ip ts o f the Ro-
sicrucians furnish a
never-failing supply of
rare knowledge; the
supply seems to be in
exhaustible in its rich
ness of i l lumination.—
Friar Dudley Ever-
sleigh. (A Rosicrucian.)
Pharaoh Akhnaton , Trad i t iona l Grand Master o f
the Ancien t Egypt ian Bro therhood of 1350 B.C.
P a r t T h r e e
TheAge-Old
The Rosicrucians are aL l C I d l l o f rat er na l ord er. T h e y are a
body of progressive men
and women, interested in exhausting the possibil i t ies
of life by a sane and sensible use of their heritageof esoteric knowledge and the facult ies which they
possess as human beings. This knowledge which
they cherish, and to which they add fur ther contr i
but ions, embraces every realm o f hu ma n endeavor
and every ph en om en on o f the universe known to
man.
They are men and w ome n such as you would
meet in any gathering of thinking, open-minded,
and inquiring pe op le—yet they are to be fou nd inevery walk of life, from the hu mb lest to the
highest . Your next-door neighbor, perhaps the man
or woman who works in the off ice or shop with
you, may be a Rosicrucian.
The Rosicrucian tradit ions which have come
down by word of mo uth , and those which are so
often related in literary reference works, tell how
the Order had i ts bi r th as one o f the mystery
schools of esoteric wisdom in ancient Eg ypt during
the 18th Dynas ty, or the reign of Phar aoh Akh na
ton, about 1350 B.C. Its fascinating sym b o lism and
rituals relate it definitely to the illuminating wisdom
of the sages of Egypt and the great centers of
learning o f the ancie nt lands o f the East. Its first
member-students, i t is further tradit ionally related,
met in the secluded cham bers of the Great Pyramid. In
the magnif icent temples, as candidates, they were
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initiated into the great m ysteries. These legends also
recou nt how i ts adepts , i t s great masters and
teachers, imparted some of their wisdom to thebui lders of King Solomon’s magnif icent and sym
bolic temple. Many tomes, rare books, and docu
ments of several centuries ago, reposing in the
archives of the Rosicrucian Order in this country
and in Europe, describe i ts early spread from the
Or ien t to Eu ro pe in ancient t imes, and the great
influence i t had up on the minds o f men and wom en
thirs ty for knowledge.
THE WESTERN WORLD ROSICRUCIANS
The Rosicrucians f i rst came to America and to
the Western w orld in 1694. Und er the leadership of Joh ann Kelpius, a Master o f one o f the Rosicrucian
Lodges of Europe, a smal l band of members who
sought freed o m o f th in k in g and of speech and the
right to search for t ruth wherever i t might be
foun d, desired the l iberty o f the new land to the
west. The y landed in what is now the great ci ty of
Philadelphia, and their first colony was located inwhat became the famous Fa i rm oun t Park of tha t
c ity. Thei r descend ants bui l t a colony at Ephrata ,Pennsylvania, and there they constructed the first
astro nom ical observatory in Ameri ca and the West
ern world, also the first paper mill ; they organized
the f i rs t American symphony orchestra and devel
oped the first botanical gardens. Their later leaders
and members act ively part ic ipated in the founding
of the Uni ted Sta tes of America as a nat ion.
The main portal to
Gorhambury , once the
home of the ce lebra t
ed Sir Francis Bacon
( 1 5 6 1 - 1 6 2 6 ) . A c r o s s
this threshold, in the
latter days of Sir F rancis
Bacon’s life, entered
Queen l l izab e th and
other great notables.
Bacon was an em inent
Rosicrucian,
Left
The picturesque old
dormitory used by the
u n m a r r ie d wo m e n m e m '
bers of the Rosicrucian
Colony established at
F.phrata, Pennsylvania,
over tw o cen turies ago.
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N O T A RE L I G I O N - N O N P O L I T I CA L
W hen n ature’s many
my sterious activities are
und erstood, man is able
to conquer the so-called
“evil influences” which
beset his path in life.
R ev. Geo rg e Ban ning .
(A Rosicrucian.)
Since its earliest inception, the Rosicrucian Order
has ke pt free of religious sectarianism and affilia
t ions, desiring rathe r th at each m em be r follow the
dictates of his own conscience in rel igious matters.
It has never been involved in political controversiesand has consistently fought supersti t ion, ignorance,
and fear as the greatest enemies of man and the
obstacles to his mastery of life.
Today the Rosicrucian Order, as a vast, progressive
movem ent, has Lodges and fraternal Temples throug hout the world. It no longer has to be secret as once the
ancient schools had to be because o f bigotry. In beauti
ful Rosicrucian Park, San Jose, California, at the See
of the Worldwide Jurisdiction for The Americas, Australasia, Europe, Africa, and Asia, the Order maintains
for its research and fo r the b en efit o f its vast tnember-
ship wherever they are located a research library,
science laboratories, a planetarium for astronomical
studies, a mus eu m o f Egyp tian antiquities, an artgallery, a physical science museum, and extensiveadministration buildings.
It is today known by i ts tradit ional and authentic
complete t i t le , the A n c ie n t M ystica l Order Rosae Crucis (abbreviated AMORC and used in that man
ner for simplicity).*
NOTE THIS RECOGNITION
• The following are b ut a fe w of the many well-known, impartial literary and reference
sources referring to the Ro sicrucian history and current activities of the A .M.O .R.C. The
references appe ar un der the subject of “Rosicrucian."
Encyc lopaedia Britan nica, 14th Ed ition; W inston's Cu mu lative Loose-Leaf Ency
clopedia and Dictionary; Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary, 1950; The World
Book; Concise Encyclop edia; Everym an's Encyclopedia; W ebster’s New World Diction
ary; New Standard Encyclopedia; American College Dictionary; Progressive ReferenceLibrary; Collier Encyclopedia.
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f W ' f r r v r r r "
PROOF OF AUTHORITY
A signed and sealed Manifesto issued in Brussels, Belgium, by a
federation of the authentic, historical, mystical brotherhoods and Orders
of the w orld. It declares the A.M.O.R.C. to be “ the only authorize d sector
of the Ancient Fraternity of Rosicrucians perpetuating the true traditions
of the R + C in North and South America.” The full-size original is one o f
the many documents in the archives of AMORC which establishes its
world-wide affiliation with the Traditional and Ancient Rosicrucian Order.
Seek no t too eagerly
af ter the grace o f de
votion, sensible sweet
ness, and tears; but let
thy chief care be to re
main inwardly united
to God by good will in
the intellectual part of
the Soul.— A l be rtu s
Mag nus.
(A Rosicrucian.)
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THE INSTITUTION
BEHIND THE
ORGANIZATION
Consecrated to Truth
. . . D edic ate d to
Eve ry Ros icrucian
WMifi
1. Obelisk in Rosicrucian
Park
2. Supreme Temple
3. Planetarium and Science
Museum
4. Sphinx in Rosicrucian
Park
5. Rose-Croix University
Science Building
6. Rosicrucian Egyptian
Museum
7. Administration Building
a
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P a r t F o u r
What Rosicrucian Membership Provides You
THE MANY BENEFITS YOU RECEIVE
V A V
The Rosicrucians offer you the opportunity to
reshape your life, to add to it those necessary
elements which make for personal satisfaction and
full living. They can help you find yourself, so that
each day becomes a joyful experience and not a
haphazard existence or an ordeal. You are required
to make no changes in your usual business or social
affairs to receive this age-old yet ever-new personal
guidance of the Rosicrucians.
Regardless of race, religion, social conditions, or
where you live, you can share the privileges of
personal, priva te members hip. Fu rth er, regardless of
how much you have read, what colleges or universi
t ies you may have at te n d ed —or even i f yo u have
never a t tend ed a n y —Vat Rosicrucians offer you
thro ugh their teachin gs a message of hope , fellow
ship, and a dependable, unique source of knowledge
not obtainable elsewhere.
Can yo u s pare ju s t a little time to give to
personal fascinating reading which requires no
laborious study or tedious memorizing? If so, then
you are well situated to receive the many following
membership benefi ts :
God is a Number
endowed wi th mot ion ,
which is felt but not
d e m o n s t ra t e d . Ba lzac
(A Rosicrucian.)
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FIRST
There is no chance, no
destiny, no fate
C a n c i r c u m v e n t , o r
hinder or control
Th e f irm resolve o f a
determined soul.
-E lla Wheeler Wilcox.
(A Rosicrucian.)
Rosicrucian System of Guidance
The Rosicrucian monographs or lessons consti tute
a fascinating revelation o f the mys terie s of life.
However, this great human engineering done by the
Rosicrucians, this building of lives and this implanting in them of the factors of confidence, success,
and happiness, is n o t accomplished by any impersonal, corresp ondence-cour se met ho d o f merely ex
tending knowledge to the member. Each lesson also
takes into consideration the need for the quickening
of the consciousness of the individual. It seeks to
awaken his dormant talents and to develop his
personal powers rather than to cram his mind with
cold and often-times useless facts.
The member, in the privacy of his own home, is
made to realize that he is com preh end ing andmastering his en vir on me nt and affairs, as well as jus t
learning. No one is accepted or permitted to remain
as a mere student of a system of study.
HOW THE LESSONS ARE PREPARED
The supreme executive of the Rosicrucian Order,known as the Imperator, decided that the Rosicru
cian teachings for this private, personal kind of
membership could not
be put in book form like
texts on accountancy or
mathemat ics , which infrequently change. Any
method for issuing the
Rosicrucian teachings
m ust he ke pt flex ib le .
This is so that new
discoveries—which Rosi
crucian researchers are consistently ma ki ng —may beincluded that members may enjoy the benefi ts
which they ma ke possible. Th us these teachings are
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issued in ma nusc ript form, four for every m on th in
the year. Their wording is in large, easy-to-read
type. Suitable i l lustrations are included with them
whenever it is necessary to make a topic especially
clear. No expense is spared by the Rosicrucian staff
to assure the mem ber of get t ing the u tm ost f rom
his membership.
NO COLLEGE EDUCATION NECESSARY
Edu cat ors have often highly praised the pres enta
t ion of the personal, private Rosicrucian instructions
at home. An yon e able to read and unde rstand his
dai ly newspaper would be able to comprehend with
great pleasure the marvelous b ut m ost simply pre
sented t ruths which these lessons contain. Themas tery o f any subject, the Rosicrucians know , is
shown by stating it simply, and in this, the
Rosicrucian monographs, or lessons, excel.
ARRANGED IN EASY STEPS
The stud ent is intro duc ed to each topic in i ts
order. Gradually and simply, a truth, the solution of
a mystery, vital knowledge, a useful fact, or a bit of information merges into another .
The member i s not p lunged into a
maze of terms and phrases which he
cannot unders tand and which annoy
and fatigue him. The lessons are
arrange d by degrees and grades,
each following in its proper order. The lessons, or
monographs , a re mai led to the m em ber in sealed
envelopes by first-class mail.
LITTLE TIME REQUIRED
You will be required to devote only one hour to
one hour and thir ty minutes once a week to obtain
the vital value from the lessons. During the rest of
the week , while walking, r iding, or even working, you
will f ind th at, wi th ou t inte rferenc e with yo ur affairs,
you can try some of the principles you read. In fact,
you can use the m freque ntly in master ing dai ly pro blems.
As B rethren of the
Rosy Cross, our per
sonal endeavors, our
minds, our laboratories,
clinics, and institutes
are devoted to the re
bui ld ing of the human
race and the advance
ment of c iv i l izat ion.—
Dr. II. Spence r Lewis.
(A Rosicrucian.)
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of t he pzadnat tK ty Taught
BELOW are indicated but a few of hundreds of fascinat ing
subjects taught and thoroughly explained as part of the
Rosicrucian system o f guidance. The limits o f space herein
make it impossible to list more of these topics of truth whichwill be extend ed to yo u as easily und ersta ndab le lessons.
The subjects shown are all included in the Rosicrucian
teachings, but they are presented to the member in a differentorder from that listed here.
Care of the Body.
Intuition and Judgment.
Using Mental Powers at Will.
The Mysteries of Time and Space.
Man’s Five Senses.
The Human Consciousness.
Drawing on Inner Forces.Inquiry into the Nature of Soul.
Mystical Laws and Principles.
Mystery of M atter—Cohesion, Ad
hesion, Magnetism.
Meaning of An cient Symbolism.
Attaining Cosmic C onsciousness.
Development of Personal Magne
tism.
Fundamentals of Mental Attune-
menL
What the Mystics of the Orient
Taught
The Human Aura and Its Vibratory
Effect.
Reg eneration—Health and Adding
Years to Your Life.
Rosicrucian Mystics and the Crea
tive Power of Mind.
Experiments on Thought Transmis
sion.
Discourse on Experiments in Creat
ing Life out of Nonliving Matter.
The Creative Power, the Cosmic
Mind.Experiments with Color, Thought
Vibrations, Sound, and Light.
Human E m otions and Instincts, and
Their Relation to Personality.
How to Improve Your Daily Af
fairs.
SECOND
A Lodge At Home
A unique method of Rosi
crucian personal, priva te m e m
bership is “ the Lodge at
Home.” Your “ s tudy co rne r”—
or a par t o f yo ur sleeping
roo m —may beco me you r tem
ple , your Lodge, without ex
pense or interference with the
in teres ts o f any member of
your family. You select one
A Lodge N ight at hom e. M any h usband s and wives
will wan t to enjoy R osicrucian stud y together. In this
case, a Companion Application must be requested
and filled out by the second party. You will share the
same set of materials, but otherwise enjoy all the
elements of individual membership, including per
sonal contact with a Class Master. Registration anddues for the second person are reduced. For further
inform ation on this plan, please write for details on
Companion Membership.
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night a w ee k —an y ni gh t will suf
fice—and tha t be co me s Your Lodge
N ig ht. At that t ime yo u review and
contemplate the wonderful dis
closures which are included in your
lessons.
THIRD
Demonstrations ...
Simple Experiments
There is nothing that establ ishes confidence in
wh at is offered as a fac t or as a princi ple of natu re
like being able to test it personally and experience
its “ wor king ” yourself . Tr ue knowle dge is experi ence, for you never truly know a thing until you
experience it . Thus wherever possible
every Rosicrucian lesson making
some emphat ic declara t ion tha t a
thing “ is,” or “ doe s,” has some sim
ple l i t t le exper iment which you—
whether a housewife or a business
m an —can perform to prove to yourself the accuracy
of the s ta tements made. These exper iments requi reno scient i f ic equipment or knowledge of science and
will take b ut a few minu tes to perfo rm each week.
Many are no t o f a physical natu re b ut ra ther are
m e n t a l exper imen ts. As these laws of natu re per
form a t your command, you immedia te ly begin to
sense a new-found power, and you know you are on
the path to the mastery of l ife.
Rosicrucian alche
mists in the Middle
Ages conducted exper i
me nts in secluded gar
rets to avoid persecu
tion by the supersti
tious masses. Their dis
coveries have advanced
knowledge. The results
of their labors con
tribute d to our heritage
of useful information
today.
FOURTH
Signs of Recognition
You will receive a membership card establishing
yo ur affil iation with the Worldwide Jurisdiction o f The
Americas, Australasia, Eu
rope, Africa, and Asia of the
Rosicrucian Order, AMORC.
You will be instructed in the
tradition al signs o f recog
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nit ion, and yon will be given the passwords and grips
which will enti t le you t o admission into t he various
Lodges and Chap te rs o f the Orde r th rou ghou t the
world. Wherever you go you will be recognized in
Rosicrucian Lodges and Cha pte rs by such signs, and
greeted as a Frater or Soror of the Ancient Myst ical
Ord er Rosae Crucis (AM ORC ). Likewise, you will begiven mo st inspiring, impressive, sym bo lic initiations
in to the var ious degrees of the Order . These beaut i fu l
yet simple ceremonies have a moral which will linger
long in your mind as a happy experience.
FIFTH
Fascinating Bimonthly Magazine
The Rosic rucia n Digest, official publication of the
Rosicrucians, is issued free to you bimonthly as one of
your many membership privileges. It is a
leading periodical for se l f - improvement . It
contains well-written, simply-presented arti
cles which contain useful facts, facts which
you, regardless of your station in life, can
apply with much benefit to yourself. Its
articles on natural phenomena, mental and
physical science, mysticism, travel, and itsunusual ph otogr aphs of ancient cultures
and peoples, contributed from throughout the world,
will fascinate you.
Good always f lows
in the channels it has
once selected. 1..C. clc
Saint-Martin. (A Rosi
crucian.)
SIXTH
Personal Attention
A s y s tem fo r d e t e rm in in g y o u r p erso n a l progress and unde rs ta nd i ng t h ro ug hou t the degrees o r g rades
of the Ros ic ruc ian gu idance has been es tab li shed .
Periodical ly , s imple exa min at io ns wi ll be g iven to
you and , by the i r resul t s, ways and mean s o f
fur ther a id ing you in your use of the teachings are
then p repared . Re por t s o f you r persona l wel fare a re
reque s ted fr om t ime to t ime. By them the Rosicru-
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cian staff will always be acqua inte d with y ou r needs
and requirements and thus be able to ex tend you
any special services within its province.
SEVENTH
Various Departmental Facilities
Faci l i t ies of the var ious depar tments of the Rosi
crucian O rder are at y ou r disposal as a memb er.
Each depar tment has as i ts ideal to contr ibute to
your personal enl ightenment , and to that perfect ion
which is your r ight as a human being. Such depart
me nts include th at of corresponde nce for answering
yo ur com mun icat i ons and necessary quest ions, the
Council o f Solace to aid you with certain personalproblems, the Research Library that arranges to
provide you with special information which you
may need, the cultural assistance of the Rosicrucian
Egyptian Museum, the research activit ies of the
various laboratories of the Rose-Croix University of
the A.M.O.R.C., and the scientif ic demonstrations in
the Science Museum and Planetarium. They provide
useful information and facts in s imple language.
How you ma y use, as yo ur mem bers hip privileges,
these facili t ies and others too numerous to be l isted
in this limit ed space, will be fully ex pla ine d to yo u
as a member.
I .e ft: T he Rose-Croix University. Unique research is
conducted here and the findings passed on to members in
simple language which they can use to enlarge their
personal p ower and scope o f living.
B elo w : Th e Ro sicrucian Research L ibrary. I ts infor
mation on nearly all subjects in addition to the teach
ings is made available by a un ique plan to mem bers nom atter where they res ide throu ghou t the wor ld.
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L e ft : The Supreme
Temple at Rosicrucian
Park, where fraternal
convocat ions are held .
B elo w : View of the
East.
Below: On e o f t h e
annual In ternat ional
Rosicrucian Conven
tions held in Rosicru
cian Park, San Jose,
California. Members
from al l over the world
at tend . At tendance a t
a Convention is not
necessary, however, toderive th e ful l benefi t
of Ros icrucian m ember
ship.
EIGHTH
Intimate Association
As a Rosicrucian member, you will be associated
with the largest and oldes t fraternity in the world
devoted to man’s personal development through the
utilizing of his natural powers of mind and the
simple and yet littl e-kn own laws of the universe.
Many are the prominent men and women in history
wh o were pro ud to disclose their Rosicrucian me m bership. You will become uni ted in thought and
p urp ose with thousands of individual mem bers and
those in Lodges and Chapters throughout the world.
This association with those of l ike mind, with its
exchange of ideas, is a valuable benefit, for it causesus to grow inwardly and in accompl i shment as we
become stronger in our convictions.
You will also have the opportunity of personal
association in a Rosicrucian assembly or templewith others when you have reached a certain stage
in the teachings of the Order.
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ROSICRUCIAN LESSONS
The Illustrations above show, reduced, the interior and exterior of the type ol lesson
material sent regularly to each student. .(The material above is not of one lesson. The student is never overwhelmed with
requirements.)In addition to personal letters—as many as are needed to answer your questions
pertaining to the studies—the lessons are accompanied by all necessary charts anddiagram s to fu rther exp lain and make perfectly clear the interesting subjects. You are also
given certain experiments and tests whereby you can PROV E and DEM ON STR ATE to
yourself the efficacy of the principles and teachings. I he lessons are printed in large,typewriter-style type, easy to read, and graded so as to advance step-by-step.
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P a r t F i v e
Ignorance is the true
original sin. Men are
bankrupts moral ly be
cause they do not know
the gold mine that is in
them. J. Brier ley. (A
Rosicrucian.)
A Personal Invitation
WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER
You are not being solicited to study some courses
of lessons. You are being cou rteo usly invited by the
application, which you should find attached inside
the back cover of this book, to affiliate with the
his torica lly renowned Rosicrucian O rd er -k no w n
thro ug ho ut the world as the Anc ien t Mystical Order
Rosae Crucis (AMORC).
When yo ur application is accepted by the Mem
bership Committee, you immediately become amember of an Order which has been the leading
mov eme nt in the tutelage of mankind for centuries.
Consequently, all the privileges and benefits, many
of which have already been enumerated on precedingpages, are made available to you at once.
FREE LESSONS AND INSTRUCTIONS
Let us again rem ind y o u that a unique feature of
Rosicrucian membership is that all the fascinating, use
ful, informative lessons and graded instructions you will
receive are extend ed to you as a benefit o f membership.
The Rosicrucians are not a mere school issuing studies by
mail. The lessons and teachings cannot be purcha sed or
contracted for. The teachings, therefore, are extended
fr eely to every active member.
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FEES AND DUES
The Order is strictly a brotherhood, operating in that
sense as do other fraternities. Membe rshi p in the Rosic ru
cian Order carries with it the many benefits distinct to all
fraternities and many others that are unique. As in fraterni
ties, there are membership dues, payable quarterly, and anominal “ registration fee.” This fee contributes towar d the
extensive process of establishing your membership file,
credentials, initial orientation material, and your assign
ment to a particular Class Master. Your quarterly dues
contribut e to the general operatin g funds of the Order, and
take care of its administ rative expenses, its building funds,
seminars, national and international humanitarian activi
ties, research, and scientific expeditions.
In addition to these general activities of the Order, the
Rosicrucians conduct the courses mentioned on previous
pages. These courses o f study are given without a ny extra
charges or fees. Therefore, we wish you to keep in mind that
the study and instruction work is a separate and distinct
feature of the Order, not fo u n d in any other fraternal
organization.
(The Rosicrucian Order, A MO RC , is registered thr ough
out the world as a nonprofit organization.)
The Supr eme Council has purposely made the Registra
tion Fee very nominal. Quarterly dues are payable in
advance and should reach the Grand Lodge prior to the
first o f the mon th for which they are due. Lessons and all
frate rnal benefits will continue for as long as you maintain
your current dues status, and express a desire for active
membership. These fee s include all the benefits o f the
O rder ’s activities. There are no other assessments, nor
bo oks which m ust be purch ased in order to study, and no
limitations to the degree o f advancement that members
m ay m ak e in their studies. For the amount of the Registra
tion Fee and Dues payable in your country, please see
A pplic ation form in rear of this book. The bimonthly ma g
azine, the Rosicrucian Digest , is also sent gratis to all active
members of the Rosicrucian Order.
The Eternal Truths
are revealed through
spiritual meditation,
and make all men who
receive them the Magi
of their time. Sir Ed
ward Kelly. (A Rosi
crucian.)
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Final Instructions
The one remains, the
many change and pass;
Heaven’s light forever
shines; earth’s shadows
f ly .- She l l e y . (A Rosi
crucian.)
VERY IMPORTANT
Th ere are several ways in which this boo kle t ma y have
come into your hands. It is intended for careful and discreet
distr ibution only to those who seem wo rthy o f admission intothe Order.
It may have been handed to you by someone who wishes
you to realize th at ther e is som eth ing vital in life tha t may
answer your desires and end your quest. It may have been
passed along to you by a friend or acquaintance who feels
that it will arouse an inquiry in your mind. Therefore, there
may be no applicatio n blank or lette r of invitation enclosed.
In tha t case, if yo u feel inter este d, writ e at on ce to the Grand
Secretary at the address on the title page of this boo klet and
ask for an application form. If your inquiry appears to besincere, the Secretary will invite you to file an application
with him.
You may have written to the Rosicrucian Order for this
booklet and it may have come to you accompanied by a
letter and with the Application Blank attached in the booklet.
It is then a direct invitation for you to become a member ,
issued after your request has been properly considered.
How To Proceed
FIR ST : Carefully fill ou t the Application Blank. The answerto each question is important and will be treated as strictly con
fidential.
SECOND: Having answered all the qu estio ns in the Applica
tion Blank, sign it accurately. Enclose with it the Registration
Fee and on e q u ar te r’s d u c s 4 H H M H H ^ I H H t t ) K ) -THIRD : Mail your Application and Registration Fee prom pt
ly to the Grand Secretary. Send a check or m one y order, making
it payable to AMORC FUNDS.
Ac know ledgm ent should reach you within several weeks or
less. If your application is rejected for any reason whatsoever,
your remittance will be returned to you with a frank explana
tion.
Attention please:
Kindly mail your completed Application and Registration
Fee to the address on the application.
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^ r e c o m e uru n i t e d w i t h
EN LIGH TEN ED M IN D S EVERYW H ERE
~TRUTH knows no barrier! The
A.M.O.R.C. (not a religion) is one of
the oldest authentic organizations
and societies perpetuating the
ancient truths for the advancement
of mankind. By becoming a member
of the Rosicrucian Order, A.M.O.R.C.,
you will be brought into contact
with other great mystery schools
and their renowned teachings
throughout the world.
This is a rare privilege and a
great additional benefit you
will enjoy. Become in tun e with
the times—and the th ough ts of the
greatest m inds everywhere.
GYPT SO. AMER ICA HOLLA ND ENGLAND INDIA ORIENT AUSTR ALIA
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The matter contained in this booklet is officially issued through the Supreme Council
of AMORC. The Ancient Name and Symbols of the Rosicrucian Order are Registered
and Pr otected by the U nited States P atent Office exclusively in the name of AMORC.
(The initials A.M.O.R.C. indicate the authentic Rosicrucian Order.) The above name
and the symbol below are also registered in Great Britain. Canada, Australia, New
Zealand. France, and more than sixty other nations.
The use of the cross in Rosicrucian symbolism hasno religious significance. The cross predates modern
religions, and its symbology is fully explained to
the beginning student.
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