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Vol. II. No. 2

SEPTEMBER 1923

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THE RECENT CHANGES

Our M embers A re U rged to B ecom e A cquainted
W ith Them
N the co rrespo n dence th at has com e to
H ea d q u arters d urin g the past few w eeks
w e notice th at m ost of o u r m em bers have
noted the m an y chang es a n n o u n ced in
o u r last issue, while quite a few do not
seem to u n d ersta n d their exact n a tu re or
im portance.
O n e of th e m ost pleasing signs w as the
alm ost universal ch ang e from the word
degree to grade in reference to the various divisions of
the w ork of the O rd e r; and all seem to ap p rec ia te the
distinction an d the value of it. It m akes for uniform ity
in reference to o u r w ork th ro u g h o u t the world.
T h e m ost m ysterious elem ent, however, is th at p e r
taining to recent affiliations. Som e have w ritten that
they firmly believed th at we haVe becom e affiliated
(n o t u nited) with the C hristian Science C h u rc h or
som e phase of its w ork, while o th ers believe th at we
have affiliated in some w ay with the T heosophical
Society. W hile only a few have held this th ought,
it indicates th at we should p erm it no o ne to m is
und erstan d in this regard. So, let us say th at w e are
not affiliated with either one of these institutions or
m ovem ents. T h e h u n d red s of T heosophists an d T h e o
sophical students in o ur O rd e r often express the de
sire that such affiliation with their Society should
result, an d offer m any suggestions and often open
m an y avenues leading to such affiliation; b u t no
definite step has ever been taken. T h e h un dred s of
C hristian Science C h u rc h m em bers in o ur O rd er, on
the o th er hand, know th at affiliation with th eir C h u rc h
is im possible; not because of any difference of opinion
or any criticism of th eir C h u rc h on o u r part, but b e
cause the w ork of the two m ovem ents is not alike to
an y extent to w a rra n t affiliation; and this w ould apply
equally as well to every o th er C h u rc h in A m erica.
T h e time is coming, how ever, an d is very close,
w hen all the large b ro th erh o o d and uplift organizations
in A m erica will be affiliated. For several y ears th ere
has been a com m ittee, headed by a m an well know n
to all fraternal and b ro th erh o o d bodies an d a high
officer in som e of them , w hose business has been the
investigation of the v arious mystical, b ro th erh o o d
bodies and the com pilation of facts ab o ut them , look
ing to a general affiliation of the m ost im p o rtant ones.
T h e diplom atic co rrespo n dence em anating from and
passing into th at com m ittees h an ds has sm oothed aw ay
m an y problem s and has b ro u g h t ab o u t a g reater
friendship betw een m any of the bodies that w ere fo r
m erly considered unacq uain ted. Some of the c o rre s
p o n den ce has passed th ro u g h o ur h an ds and we note
with pleasure th at a rra n g e m e n ts are being m ade for
a general convention of delegates from all the possible
co n tractin g parties in th e wear future.
O ne thing m ust be k ep t in m ind; the R osicrucian
b ro th erh o o d is very old. O nly one or two o th er
fraternities in the w orld can point to a ca re er as long,
as im portant, and as u nb ro k en . T h e A M O R C of
todav represen ts the culm ination of all the endeavors
of all the R osicrucian bodies in the various parts of
the world to system atize and com bine their activities

and affiliations; for, it m ust be rem em bered, the Rosicrucians w ere alw ays so fundam ental in their teachings,
so to lerant in their consideration of o th er schools of
th o ug ht an d so broad in their w ork w ithout political
or religious bias, th at they very naturally included
from tim e to tim e m an y o th er m ovem ents and o rg an i
zations.
T o d ay the A M O R C has n u m ero u s affiliations. This
does n ot m ean th at it controls a great m an y o th er
bodies, for this is tru e to a small degree, but it is
associated with an d officially related to a great n u m
b er th ro u g h its relation to T h e G reat W hite Lodge.
P erh a p s a w ord or two reg ard in g T h e G reat W hite
Lodge m ay n ot be amiss right here. A s this is being
w ritten the w riter is sitting n ear a w indow with his
typing m achine. T h e w indow faces on M arket Street
of San Francisco, in the tw o-block area k now n as
the Civic C en tre; for o u r H e a d q u a rte rs are located
in a building n ea r the great City Hall, the w onderful
Civic A ud itoriu m w h e re the greatest of conventions
a re held, the larg e public library, p a rk and State
Building. R ight across the street from this window
is an o th e r building with v arious lodge room s for rent
for social an d public m eetings. O n Sundays a n u m
ber of m eetings are held in th e halls or lodge rooms,
several of them being spiritualistic m eetings of the
general kind. A m o n g the signs displayed at the door
o r h u n g on cords in the vestibule of the building each
Sunday is one large card bo ard b earin g the display line,
am o n g others, G reat W h ite Lodge.
You m ay w on d er at this sign, as do m any. T he
sign an n o u n ces a public religious meeting, sem i-spirit
ualistic or m etaphysical, attended regularly by from
tw enty to fifty persons an d presided over by a v en er
able p rea ch er of occult an d uplift th o u g h t know n in
this district for over twenty-five years. A nd the
claim is m ade th at his little organization, his w ork
and his teachings are sponsored by or are a p art of
T h e G reat W hite Lodge. Despite the m a n s sincerity
and good w ork, he is m istaken in regard to such
association and T h e G reat W hite Lodge is not located,
in p a rt o r wholly, on M ark et Street of San F rancisco;
n o r would its n am e be printed u p o n a sign to hane; at
the doo r across the street an y m o re than it w ould be
flaunted by us on a sign at o u r T em ple door.
W e read so m uch, h ea r so m uch, ab o u t T h e G reat
W h ite Lodge that it would seem to be a very indefinite
and open-to-all sort of organization, p erm itting any
group, an y leader, to assum e its n am e and claim its
sponsorship. Such is not the case, of course. T hat
its nam e carries such w eight with seekers, m eans so
m u ch to som e self-appointed ex p ou n ders of law, and
covers so m u ch territory, indicates that th ere is an
alm ost universal T eco sm itio n of th e fact th at th ere is
a great assem bly of M asters constituting a high b<-*dy
know n as the W h ite Lodge. But, it is not located in
an y one place except on occasion an d u n d er circum
stances that only a few, com paratively, know an ything
about.
T h e re are ab o ut tw enty persons in the U nited
States w ho know an y th in g definite ab o ut T he G reat

W hite Lodge or w ho com pose it. T h e re are ab o ut

thirty persons in the United States w ho form a secret,
in n er circle, w hich circle functions in A m erica as a
C om m ittee of the G reat W hite Lodge. This inner
circle has as its m em bers a n u m b er of those w ho are
acq uain ted with T he G reat W hite Lodge and a n u m
ber w ho are high officers in the th ree or four leading
fraternities or b ro th erh o od s of A m erica.
It is th ro u g h T h e G reat W h ite Lodge, then, ai.d by
o ur m em bership in the inner circle com m ittee, that
A M O R C has so m any affiliations an d is establishing
m o re as rapidly as negotiations, correspondence, visits
and arra n g em e n ts can be m ade.
It is the p urpo se of T h e G reat W hite Lodge to m ain
tain w orld-w ide uplift w ork an d to govern the various
o rganizations com ing w ithin the scope of its very
definite p ro g ram . T ho se organizations, like the
A M O R C , w hich derive their au th o rity and pow er
from the G: W. L., co -o p erate in m odernizing and
p rogressing th eir w o rk an d th eir teachings in tu n e with
the p ro gress of civilization. T h e re are two sure signs
or la n d m ark s w hereby one m ay know w h e th er a
school or m ovem en t com es w ithin the possibility of
G. W. L. sponsorship: first, the com plete absence of
claims of personal invention or personal discovery
or o w nership of the teachings; secondly, the absence
of revision, m odification and addition in the teachings
as tim e passes, science discovers, n atu re reveals, m an
progresses and the inner self com prehends. W h en we
find a school p resen ting its teachings as being a
revelation to one person w hose sole in terp retatio n
m u st be accepted and credit given to the personality
as the a u th o r or founder, refusing o th er m aster minds
to change, modify, im prove, am end or pro gress the
teachings----then by this token we will know that the
school, no m atte r how w onderful its w ork for h u m a n
ity, is not a p a rt of T h e G reat W h ite Lodge. E ach
m ovem ent may, an d should have, its leader or leaders,
its chief executives, its director in chief; this is neces
sary for the m ainten an ce of the physical organization
an d to p ro tect the dissem ination of its teachings and
th e m a n n e r in w hich they are p resented; but w hen
such leader o r chief executive also claims personal in
vention o r discovery of the principles an d laws being
taught, the d oo rw ay to G. W. L. supervision and
sponsorship is directly closed and the fact indirectly
acclaim ed. If the A M O R C, for instance, issued today
the sam e teachings th at w ere w ritten and expounded
by the early R osicrucians, and said: "this w as the
an cien t law, these w ere the principles as m an learned
them centuries ago, an d they m u st not be changed,
m ust not be added to, th en n either the G. W. L. nor
the A M O R C o r any of the affiliated bodies, would be
able to accom plish the w ork th at is n ecessary today.

H en ce changes com e into th e A ^ O R C into its

general schem e of things, into its teachings, into its
m in o r details of operating. W ith the ch anges com es
an increasing affirm ation th at w hat is being presented
as its course of study and practice in life is not the
w o rk of one person, o ne m ind or one individual, but
the com bined efforts of m any, all rem aining n am e
less so far as credit for effort is concerned. By this
token will you recognize the value of the changes
an n o u n ced in o u r last issue an d referred to in this.
T h e new lectures now being issued to the higher
m em b ers th ro u g h the channel of the Ninth G rade con
vocations, m ark a distinct advance in o ur teachings
and reveal the ultim ate aim of all the lessons an d lec
tu re s of the low er grades. T h e y truly open a great
vista, cast a scintillating beam of p u re light on the
N arro w Gate that gives en tran ce to the Straightened
P ath. This series of h ig her lectures is also a token
of w hat has o cc u rred in the official circles of the
G. W. L. and A M O R C .
M em bers w ho are an xious to know w hen the U n i
versity courses will be to u ch ed upo n and w hen the
lessons of o th er courses from allied m ovem ents are
to be offered, are u rg ed to be p atien t an d continue at
p resen t with the lessons of th eir grade as they com e
alon g in p ro p e r sequence. E verything else will follow
in time.
O th e r ch anges are to be m ade from m o nth to
m onth until we reach a com plete re -a rra n g em e n t of
o u r organization and w orking system about the first
of Jan uary , 1924. Few of these changes will affect
the individual Lodges and few er will affect the w ork
o r plans of officers and m em b ers; b ut g reater efficiency
will result an d g rea te r ad v an cem en t for all will be
manifest.
A change has been m ade in th e m a n n e r of sending
lectures to lodges or ra th e r in the form of presenting
them and p reserving them . A q uick er m ethod of a n
sw ering the very large co rrespo n dence has been in
stituted and some o th er office details have been
established d u rin g the past m onth.
W e place great d ep en dence u p o n one thing; that
every m em b er will read T h e T riang le each m onth,
p reserve it for fu tu re reference, and then buy a n o th er
copy to loan to those w ho are seeking or enquiring.
T h ere is no b etter w ay of dispelling m isinform ation
ab o ut the A M O R C th an by giving the m isinform ed
one a copy of T h e T riang le; th ere is no b etter w ay
to dissem inate the tru th ab o ut the grow th an d progress
of o u r O rd e r th an by freely loaning this reading m atter
to those w ho can benefit from it; an d th ere is no
q uick er w ay to end insidious m isrepresentation than by
show ing the facts th at d are to be placed on p a p e r in
black ink.
R O Y LE T H U R ST O N .

CREATING IN TH E COSMIC
A Short M essage From The Im perator
S H O R T tim e ago this possibility was
im possible! T his epitom izes the various
expressions one h eard in the W est at the
conclusion of the air-m ail tests betw een
coast and coast. A n d in th at sentence 1
find the text for m y little talk. A short
tim e ago the possible w as impossible!
It m ight be in referen ce to ev erything
in general in the abstract, so to speak;
it m ight have reference to a th ousand an d one of the
p resen t day accom plishm ents.
First of all w e find in the chosen text th e elem ent
of time. O nly a short tim e ago! T im e an d its d u ra
tion is relative; short an d long periods of tim e are
likewise relative. W h en we speak of national affairs
as they p ertain to the deveolpm ent of civilization or
the needs of civilization, a h un dred years is a short
time. W h en w e speak of the im m ediate needs of the
individuals com posing a nation, even ten years is a long
time.

So far as the elem ent of tim e is concerned, each

m inute of o u r lives is frau gh t with potency in the
possibility of change, for all things change, ever; and
change is the only p e rm a n e n t condition of all
things. W e h ave lost a tru e ap p reciatio n of existence
by giving it a periodicity th at it does not have. W e
think of life, of the w hole of existence, in the term s
of past, p resen t and future. Relative th o ug h these
periods be, they m aintain in o u r objective conscious
ness a divinity of assum ed p ow er to segregate, relegate,
an d consign all action, all thinking, all being, into
dom ains that are either past o u r control, within our
im m ediate*but chang in g supervision, o r not yet within
the extension of o u r influence. And, by this process
of th in k ing with its a tte n d an t prem ise for all action,
we create or at least m aintain various dom ains w h e re
in obstacles m ay foster and thrive or o thers evolve
from false conception an d grow to giant size and even
becom e m ontrosities.

How often do we find the dom ain of the past liter

ally inhabited by m ultitudes of nationals in the cloak
of obstacles to o u r p resen t progress, grow th or
achievem ent? A re these crea tu res any less p re s u m p
tive in their influence, any less cruel in their assassina
tion of o u r hopes and desires, th an the B robdingnagians
of the kingdom of the future, who rise in all their
am plitudinous, C yclopean bodies and shout that suc
cess-killing refrain: "It ca n 't be done, for the time has
not yet co m e? "
S u rro u n d in g us all the time is that still g reater
arm y of m alco nten ts an d pilferers of successes---p resen t obstacles. W h a t convincing arg u m en ts they
offer us! W h at m o untains of b arriers they build in
o ur paths! Form idable, unassailable, im m ovable! W e
are co rn ered in the ch eck er-bo ard of o u r plans! W e
are chained to a post and can move but in a circle,
ever re tu rn in g to the sam e point again! W e are
limited in o u r needs, deprived of o ur freedom , denied
the open path, refused the assistance we require! It
is fate! It is K arm a! It is the unfair decree of an
unjust god! It is p ro of that we are m ere paw ns
m oved ab o ut an d placed by a designing, cruel law
of n atu re!
W ith such an attitude, with such beliefs, an d with
the cry an d anguish of disappointm ent, we resign o u r
selves to the situation th at confronts us, indifferently
hoping that it m ay change, tru stin g w eakly th at som e
thing m ay happen, but ready to accept the w orst c o n
clusions as a fiat of his satanic m ajesty. Should we
discover (n o t really cre a te ) a way out of an y dilemma,
we take full credit for o u r personal prow ess in o ver
com ing the obstacles; an d if we find no such o pening
th ro u gh w hich we can escape like a fugitive from his
own m achinations, we blam e everyone and everything
but ourselves for o u r predicam ent.
'Tis h u m an n atu re !
Should we spend half an h o u r in p ro p e r th o ug ht we
w ould find th at the obstacles of the p resen t are the
van gu ards of the arm y of fu tu re obstacles, m oving up
in place to take the tren ch es vacated by the obstacles
that have m oved on into the arm y of the past.
Day by day, h o u r by hour, the obstacles of the
future m ove stealthily fo rw ard into o u r im m ediate
environm ent, attack o u r am bitions, th w art o u r plans,
frustrate o u r actions, fall victims of periodicity, and,
crippled and w eakened, devitalized and im potent b e
cause of the ch ang in g of time, unite with the obstacles
of the past and m ak e w ay for those of the p resen t and
future.
It is a dizzy p ag eant!
A s we analyze this p ara d e of pusillanim ity, sneaking
from a real n ow h ere into the now u n d er cover of time,
and pitching its big tent, setting up its side shows and
blazing the air with its c o n q u erin g ro ar while it a r
ranges for its early d ep artu re in the m orning, we think
of o u r childhood days w hen w e looked forw ard with
great anticipation to the com ing of th e circus that
great and w on d ro us thing th at was som ew here off in
the fu tu re an d slowly m oving to w ard us. A nd then
cam e the great p a ra d e w ith blasting whistles, beating
drum s, stirring m usic and flying banners, victors
from o th er places here, now, to c o n q u er us! T h e lions
roared, the tigers snarled, the snakes spit at us, the
wild cats dared us to m ove closer! W e w ere enthralled
and w e trem bled with the excitem ent of at last
realizing o ur anticipations of a great day u n d er the
big tent. A nd the h o u r cam e and we found ourselves
spellbound, enslaved, m astered! Oh, it was all as we
h ad visualized, hoped, feared! T h e n m o rn in g cam e
after a night of terrific struggles with th e beasts we
had seen an d com bats w ith the aw esom e sights we
had w itnessed; and we saw the wi Id anim als quiet in
their cages, the m usicians u nrob ed an d with quiet
instrum ents, the p erform ers divested of th eir superb
and im pressive garm ents, the w hole mass of conciuerors
denuded of th eir form idable impressiveness, slipping
quietly and unostentaciously o ut of o u r p resen ce to
becom e allocations of th e oast.
W e have w ondered, in later life, just why we an ti
cipated so m uch, was so greatly im pressed at the great
crisis, and could not realize sooner that we w ere

thrilled an d aw ed m o re by o ur creative im aginations

th an by o u r realizations.
F or thus it often is, especially with the obstacles
th at seem to surrou n d us or are distant, or p erh ap s
occupy the centre of the p ath we are treading.
"1 he fu tu re is the p resen t in th e m aking, the past is
the p resen t realized, says an ancient proverb. But
it is false, it is u ntrue, it is enslaving!
Both th e seem ing past and fu tu re are of the now !
All th at ever will be an d ever was, is now is Cosm ic
term s in fact. In objective realization all things
assum e a relationship in the term s of space an d time,
b u t such objective realization is not a Cosmically c re a
tive factor; it does not m ake things have such relation
ship in C osm ic reality.
Let us look at this m atter from an o th e r point.
W e know th a t the objective consciousness can no t be
cognizant of two m anifestations at the sam e time.
C oincident p h e n o m en a are not coincident in o ur reali
zation. W e can no t see with com prehension and u n d e r
stan d ing while listening with co m p rehension and
understanding. W e m ay look at a p icture with co n
cen tratio n an d realization and at the sam e tim e believe
w e are listening to the p hrases or passages of music
being played. W e find, how ever, by carefully analyzing
o ur attentiveness an d com prehension, th at we are
ch a n g in g th e focal point of o u r attention alternately
betw een the p icture and the music, and at no time
conscious of both. T h e altern ation is rapid, so rapid
th at we believe w e have missed little in the c o m p re
hension of either the p icture or the music. If we
p roceed to enlarge the periods of altern ate c o n c e n tra
tion an d th ereb y m agnify also the b reaks betw een
these periods w hen we are shifting o u r focus of a tte n
tion th at m ay be illustrated by a long line divided into
a lte rn ate white, black an d red segm ents the red
represen tin g the periods of realization of the music,
the w hite represen tin g periods of p icture realization
and the black represen tin g the periods of no realiza
tion, w hen th e focus of attention w as shifted.
As we look at such a line we see an excellent re p re
sentation of o ur false conception of the relation of
things. By this line we would believe th at the periods
of music an d of the picture p reced ed each o ther or
followed each o th er in time an d d uration and w ere
not coincident. A nd in like m an n er we give false
relationship to all the things of life, in term s of time
especially.
W e p ause to think of that w hich seem s to be in
the future, and at once it is of the p resen t; an d before
we can fairly realize an d ap p reciate this m agic tra n s
portation, we discover that it is now in the past.
W e p ro ve to ourselves that the past is not a period
of time distinct from the present, w hen, in retro sp ec
tion, we "live over ag a in with all th e thrill, all the joy,
all the keen m ental and psychic realization, som e in
cidents of a yesterday. T h a t it is simple so to live
over again the things of the so-called past m akes pos
sible m any of the h ao p v h ou rs of our p resen t davs.
Should we, how ever, believe that such tran sp o rta tio n
of events from one relative and assum ed position to
an o th er, is only tru e in the case of retro spection ? Is
th ere any reason to assum e th at introspection is not
just as p reg n an t with life and realism?
I re tu rn again to my text. A short time ago the
possible was impossible! Reverse the o rd er and say,
the impossible today will be possible to m o rro w or a
short time from now ! T he obstacles that surrou n d us
today, like those th at surrou n ded us a y ea r ago, will
pass aw ay and th at w hich is now seem ingly impossible
will becom e possible.
T he point I wish to call to y o u r attention is the false
prem ise in such reasoning, or ra th er the false in te r
p retation of the facts. T h e obstacles of the future are
the obstacles of today as they are of the past, and
likewise the possibilities of the future are possibilities
of today in Cosmic verity.
W h en the new sp ap ers w ere filled with repo rts of
the success of the air-m ail service I was reading in
cidents from the life of A b rah am Lincoln. 1 noted
th ere that on one occasion he had sent a m essenger
with an im p o rtant com m unication to a place seventy-

five miles distant. T im e was an elem ent of im p o rt

an ce in the m atter, and m an y Kills an d rivers had to
be crossed and land covered against m any obstacles.
T he best horse and th e best rider w ere chosen as
aids in the overco m in g of the obstacles. W e read,
now, that Lincoln th o u g h t highly of the achievem ent,
for the m essenger succeeded in going the distance of
seventy-five miles, against the greatest obstacles, in
ab o ut tw enty-six hours. Lincoln re m ark e d that it w as
a notable ach iev em ent and looked fo rw ard to the day
w hen the obstacles to speedy com m unication across
such m o un tain ou s lands w ould be som ew hat lessened
or possibly overcom e.
If it had been suggested th at a rider be sent over
such g reater obstacles and form idable m o untains as
the Sierra N evadas an d R ocky M ountains for a dis
tance of seventy-five miles in twenty-six hours, the sug
gestion w ould have been decried as impossible. Such
g reater obstacles could not be overcom e by m an!
A n d 1 looked again at th e n ew spapers and read
th at com m unication has been sent this day from coast
to coast, across all the m ountains, over all the land,
against all obstacles an d for a distance of several
tho usan d miles in ab o ut tw enty-six hours----the sam e
tim e consum ed by the rider of the h orse in going a
distance of seventy-five miles.
T h e obstacles had been overcom e!
T hinking, planning, determ ination, has enabled
m an to rise above the obstacles, literally and figura
tively. Science com es to the rescue, determ ination
gives wings to rise far above all things, an d the im
possible of y esterday is possible today.
W e o vercom e the obstacles not by w aiting until, in
the sense of tim e-duration, the obstacles of to m o rro w
assert them selves in the present, but by elim inating
all sense of time, an d decree in th e now, th at w hat is
desired shall be m ade m anifest, w ithout a conscious
ness of predicting or co m m an d in g it for either present
or future.
W h en Lincoln co n centrated his mind upo n the
obstacle th at p rev en ted rapid co m m unication in the
h ou r of need an d conceived that q uick er m eans m ust
be found, he there an d then set into o peratio n the
pow ers of mind w hich at once overcam e the obstacles
to such results. W h en the W righ t B rothers first co n
ceived the possibility of flying and for one fleeting
m o m en t visualized m an flying in the air in a large
m achine heavier th an air, they then an d there d e
stroyed the arm y of obstacles, the a rra y of in terfer
ences, the hin dran ces to the solution of the m any
problem s, and it was done, finished, com pleted,
achieved at th at m om ent.
T ruly, both Lincoln and one of the W righ t b ro th ers
passed on after living a n u m b er of y ears w ithout seeing
the result of th eir m ental action. Cosmically, w here
all things are attained, achieved, accom plished and
decreed first, the solution of the problem of rapid
co m m u nicatio n was solved at th e m o m en t of co n cep
tion; in the physical w orld w ith its limitation of space
and time, the results of the conception had to wait
their tim e to becom e m anifest.
By crediting the physical w orld with such relative
an d unreal qualities as space, time, duration, w e force
all action, all objective co m p rehension an d all objective
m anifestation to tak e sequence. O u r objective co n

sciousness can co m p reh end but one th in g at a time,

h en ce all things m ust com e to o ur objective realiza
tion in objective sequence and each m ust have d uration
in the term s of time.
In the flash of a second I m ay conceive, an d th ereby
cosmically create, a scientific achievem ent, the eventual
objective realization of which will requ ire the o ver
com ing of m any conditions, the m eeting of m any
p roblem s an d the passing th ro u gh m any stages of
developm ent. In objective com prehension these stages
of developm ent m ust take sequence, have d uration of
tim e an d becom e m anifest one by one in the future.
My objective co m p reh ensio n of the grow th and final
m anifestation of the conception requires tim e; my
m ental, cosmic, tru e realization of the conception and
its acco m p lishm ent is instantaneous, and of the now,
n ot the future.
All th ro u g h life those things w hich a rra y them selves
b efore o u r objective consciousness as obstacles in the
p ath of o u r desires, a re things w hich are placed in
sequence an d in term s of relative distance from the
p resen t in tim e; w e th in k of th e first obstacle to be
overcom e today, th en th ere are two o thers w hich will
be met to m o rro w , and next w eek will arise another,
and shortly still a n o th e r obstacle will arise and p e r
h aps a few o thers before we will be able to reach the
goal, gain the end or accom plish the result. W ith this
belief as a prem ise for action o r p ro ced u re, we plan
and co n ce n trate upon contesting with the first obstacle
an d w hen th at is overcom e we will p re p a re to m eet
the next one or two. W e have invented a p ro verb to
ease o ur conscience in such unjustifiable p ro ced u re
and say we will cross no bridge until w e com e to it!"
Let us cease th in k ing in term s of the past, present
an d future, fo r th e re is only th e now . T h e p roblem s
of the fu tu re are problem s of now. T hey will be
overcom e in th e fu tu re by being overcom e now.
Refusing to adm it th at an y obstacle can stand in the
w ay of p rogress of C osm ic creation we at once, now,
destroy every giant co n testo r of success about to be
b orn for fu tu re activitiy. By visualizing the th in g
desired, creatin g it m entally now, com pleting the p ic
ture, giving it creative life, realizing it as a n ac co m
plishm ent now existing in the Cosmic, we m ay dis
miss the gloom y p rospect of obstacles to arise in the
future, an d then abide by th e law of the objective
w orld an d give this w'orld the time it dem ands to m an i
fest that w hich the Cosm ic has com pleted.
It requ ires m o re th an faith, how ever, to thus create
an d aw ait m anifestation with confidence. It requires
th e utm ost sureness of vision, the m ost com plete devo
tion to idealization, an d the readiness to co-operate
w ith th e Cosm ic in the labors of now to serve in the
w hole schem e of things. F o r in this w ay all men,
m ade in the im age of God, h aving the divine conscious
ness of God with the atte n d in g attributes, are creators
with G od; and in th e consciousness of God th ere is no
tim e b ut the ever present, no d uration but the eternal
now, no space b ut the here, no distance but w hat is
in to u ch with th e n ea r at hand, no com prehension but
w hat is created by co nception of it, no past but that
which is p resent, no p resen t except th at w hich was
th o u g h t by th e past to be in th e future, and no future
but that w hich is conceived in the now.

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L odge is ab o ut to open in an y locality, the N ational
Lodge m em bers in that locality have rallied to the
w ork and greatly assisted. In the m ailing of literature
to friends, in listening an d w atch in g for seekers and
giving them an introduction to o ur w ork, an d in
speaking of the O rd e r at public m eetings, these
N ational m em b ers have rend ered valuable service. In
o th er ways too, as m ak in g large contributions to the
E gyptian explorations, donations to w ard tem ple funds,
helping prisoners w ho w an ted to start life anew , look
ing after o th er m em bers o r strang ers w ho w ere in
trouble, an d in h u n dred s of h um anitarian acts, the
N ational m em b ers have b ecom e a great body of real

Rosicrucian w o rk e rs th ro u g h o u t the co u ntry ready

to meet problem s of m any kinds.
O ne of th e m ost striking illustrations of w hat the
co-operation of these N ational m em bers m eans is in
dicated by the m an y letters constantly received show
ing that in business affairs, in lifes requ irem ents
generally, th e co -operation has b ro ug ht success and
p ow er b eyond an y th in g ever expected.
Really, we have a very large an d h ap p y family in
the National Lodge an d we rejoice in o u r w ork and in
the fact that we a re grow ing each day and each w eek
in n um b ers and strength.
T h e N ational Lodge Secretary.

THE NATIO NAL ROSICRUCIAN LODGE

Som e Interesting Facts A bout This Special
Branch of Our W ork
ANY of o u r m em bers and h un dred s of
o thers w ho are seekers are not as
fam iliar with T h e N ational R osicrucian
Lodge and its w ork as we should like
them to be. It offers unusual o p p o r
tunities to those w ho wish to study and
ad vance in the fundam entals of the Rosi
crucian philosophy, and for those w ho
desire the special benefits of practice
and study with ex perim ent in the silence of o n e s own
sanctum , there is nothing just like th e w ork of the
National Lodge.
First of all let us m ake it very plain th at the
N ational R. C. Lodge is a sep arate institution. It is not
a p a rt of the S up rem e Lodge an y m o re th an is any
o th er of the C h a rtere d an d In co rp o rated b ran ch es of
o u r O rd er. A t the first national convention of o ur
O rd er in Pittsburgh, Pa., th e schem e of the National
Lodge was discussed after a few m o n th s trial an d it
was ap p ro v e d by the delegates of the convention, em
pow ered to continue an d has grow n since then into an
organization of over 1,500 initiates. So successful
has been its w ork th at the A M O R C of G reat Britain
conducts a British N ational R. C. Lodge w ith rapidly
increasing m em bership.
T h e N ational R. C. Lodge of N orth A m erica has
its own officers an d its own system of co n ducting its
w ork. Its initiation rituals, lessons an d reading m at
ter a r e , different from those used in o u r regular
Lodges. T h e m ain point of difference is this: th e in
itiation rituals are designed so th at the m em b er con
ducts his or h er own cerem on y in the privacy of
some p art of the hom e (on a T h u rsd a y evening w hen
possible) and the weekly lessons an d prescribed ex
perim ents are read an d followed in the sam e p a rt of
the hom e set aside as a sort of a sanctum .
T h e w ork is so arra n g ed that it does not in co n ven
ience the m em bers. Usually a p a rt of a room is a r
ranged each T h u rsd a y evening, or some o th er evening
especially selected, and for th e tim e being this b e
com es the m em b ers sanctum . In h u n d red s of hom es
in A m erica th ere are small room s p erm a n e n tly a r
ranged as a sanctum and used only for that purpose,
foT m em b ers will find m u ch th at can be done in such
places m any times a week.
T h e weekly lessons are graded into the th ree grades
or degrees, each grade having its initiation cerem ony.
The first g rad e has twelve weekly lessons, and ex
p erim en ts followed by a special exam ination. T he
second grade has its initiation ritual, twelve lessons
and experim ents, with w o rk to do at o th er tim es for
im provem ent and developm ent, an d is followed by a n
o ther special exam ination. T h e third grade has fo u r
teen weekly lessons, m an y experim ents and tests of
laws and principles an d outlines a great deal of w ork
that the m em bers can do as service rend ered to others
w hen ev er the o p p o rtu n ity arises. T hese th re e grades
constitute the p re p a ra to ry w ork of the N ational Lodge
and then after an o th e r exam ination th e m em b er may
petition to becom e a P ostulant for the fourth grade
of the National, w hich leads to m uch h igher w o rk ; or
the m em b er m ay rem ain a m em b er-at-larg e of the
National Lodge, or m ay unite w ith one of the regu lar
Lodges of the O rd e r an d p ursu e the w ork, o r join
one of the m any special study g roups organized
th ro u g h o u t the country.
W h en m em bers w ho have finished the second or
third grades of the national Lodge wish to unite with
a regular Lodge in their own or nearby locality, they
do not have to pass th ro u g h any special exam ination
or p rep aratio n for qualification as do o th er candidates
for the regular Lodges, but they m ust take the first
g rade initiation in the reg u la r Lodges as do all ca n
didates. In o th er w ords N ational Lodge m em bers are

not ex em p t from the first grade initiation of the

regular Lodges or an y of the o ther initiations, no
m atter how far they have gone in the National Lodge.
T he initiation cerem onies of the N ational Lodge are
not th e sam e as those in regular Lodges, although the
sam e fu n dam en tal lessons of the initiations are taught.
T ho se in the National Lodge w ho com pleted the
P o stu lants G rade (o r fourth g rad e) will be entitled to
th e w o rk of th e h igher Lodges, but if affiliation with,
or m em bership in, a regular Lodge is desired, all
National m em b ers m ust pass th ro u gh the regu lar in
itiation cerem onies like o th er candidates. This has
been one of the points th at has puzzled o ur m em bers
and som e of o ur L odge officers.
T h e lessons of the National Lodge are different
from those of the regu lar Lodges, as has been said.
T hey a re designed for personal ex p erim en t an d test
of the simple fu n dam en tal laws. Even the very fine
m ethods for practising the laws of healing are different
from those ta ug h t in the w ork of the regu lar Lodges.
T he reason for this is obvious. Since so m uch m ust
be covered in th ree grades of only twelve to fourteen
lessons, the w ork can no t be so extended, so illustrated
an d com plete as it is in th e regu lar Lodges and it
cannot cover so m any h un dred s of points. O n the
o th er h an d th ere is this th at m ust be said ab o ut the
lessons of the N ational Lodge. T hey are very p e r
sonal; th ey give m o re personal w ork to be done, and
they p erm it of m o re devoted attention to som e points.
A bove all this is the one great o utstand in g benefit
to be derived from the National Lodge w ork. T he
m em bers assem bled in their hom es or sanctum s on a
T hu rsday, or even a W ednesday night, at certain hours
all over the co u ntry are told how they m ay be a t
tuned with one an o th e r in the practise of certain
principles and the h o u r or m ore thus spent each w eek
has becom e a m ighty p oten t factor in the personal,
psychic developm ent of each m em ber. T h e h un dred s
an d h u n d red s of letters received by the M aster of
th e N ational L odge in the form of repo rts show that
the m ost unusual m anifestations have occurred at
these periods.
T h e w ork of the National Lodge has especially a p
pealed to those w ho live in small com m unities or
far aw ay from cities or centres w here we have regular
Lodges. A nd yet it is safe to say that most of o u r
officers and advanced m em bers in the regular Lodges
have at one time p ursu ed the w ork of the N ational
Lodge and thereby laid a foundation that could not
have been established otherwise. W e are constantly
rem inded of this by letters from o u r high grade m em
bers w ho refer to the benefits of their early National
training.
T h e initiation or application fee for the N ational
Lodge is five dollars. T his covers the induction into
the first grade of the National Lodge. T h e initiation
fees of the second, third an d P ostulant grad e are two
dollars each. T h e m onthly dues for the National
Lodge are one dollar. T hese fees and dues cover all
the benefits of the Lodge.
M em bers of regular Lodges w ho desire m ay also
join the N ational L odge and take u d that special w o r k .
Such m em bers should w rite to T he National Lodge
S ecretary, 125 5 M arket Street, San Francisco, Calif.,
being sure to state th at they are m em bers of a regular
Lodge and stating their grade. A booklet explaining
the w ork of the N ational Lodge will then be mailed
to them.
T h e N ational Lodge m em bership, as a sep ara te bodv
has often rend ered great service to the O rd er. It.\
m em bers have been consistent boosters and en th u si
astic p ro p a g a n d a w orkers. W h en ev er a regular

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SEPTEMBER 1923
EDITOR IALS
O u r first issue of T h e T riangle in the new form,
dated A ugust, 1923, b ro ug ht to us m any letters of
p raise and app reciatio n and o th er letters an d tele
gram s asking for m o re copies to m eet the dem and.
T h e entire issue was gone before w e had a chance to
realize that it was in circulation and we regret that
so m an y w ere disappointed, especially the N ational
Lodge m em bers who, in their totality, w ere deprived
of any copies.
O f course this issue, the Septem ber, will be in
creased in the n um b er of copies printed, but th at will
not co m pensate for the loss to those w ho did not get
a copy of the A ugust n um b er. T h e D ictionary of
R osaecrucian T erm s is especially desired by so m any
m em bers and will be w anted by the m an y new m e m
bers initiated this Fall and W in ter; so the best w e
can do is to reprint the first installm ent of the D iction
ary from A to F in a fu tu re issue. If those w ho receive
this S ep tem ber n u m b er an d all succeeding ones, will
p reserve them they will have the com plete D ictionary
as well as all the o th er helpful articles.
W e think it well to rem ind o u r m em b ers of w hat
h ap pened in regard to the old A m erican R osae Crucis
m agazine. Many of the old n u m b ers of that m agazine
are b rin g ing one an d two dollars per copy an d even
m o re has been offered by some w ho are anxiou-? to
m ake com plete sets. A s time passes those m agazines
becom e m o re valuable an d th e dem and on th e p a rt of
new m em b ers is increasing each m onth. T h e sam e
situation will com e in regard to th e new Triangle.
P reserve y o u r copy I H ave an extra one to loan to
others.
W e th an k all those w ho have w ritten such glowing
an d sincere letters ab o u t o u r little m onthly m o no grap h.
W e have some new features p lan n ed but tim e is re
q uired to have them p rep ared . O u r next issue will co n
tain a p leasant surprise.
A A A
W h en a m a n s business and political enem ies join
w ith his friends in p ay in g tribute, w hen the hearts of
children are united with the h earts of older perso ns in
p ay in g respect to his m em ory, th en we m ay be sure
th at a m an good an d true, fair and square, kind and
gentle, loving and considerate, is the object of the
trib ute an d respect. A nd such a m an was the late
President H arding.
His passing h ere in San Francisco, w h e re the city
was decorated in h o n o r of his presence, w h e re ev ery
th in g w as still in festive a rra n g e m e n t in anticipation
of his co m p lete recovery, was a shock to the city an d
state th at bid him w elcom e and h ad p lan n ed to m ak e
his visit one of the m ost enjoyable events in hia life.
Yet it w as no less a shock to the w hole nation, to the
w hole world, an d all the w orld m o u rn e d for th e loss
of H arding the man, H ard in g the friend, H ard in g the
President, H ard in g the genial exam ple of h um an kin
ship.
A great m an y letters have been received at H e a d
q u a rte rs calling o u r attention to the fact that at the

time of the late P resid en ts elecion our lm p erato r was

visiting certain cities in the East and in speaking p u b
licly to all the m em b ers in different gatherings he
to u ch ed upo n national events and m ade the p rophecy,
from w hat a p p ea red to be a copy of a rare m anuscript
found in the archives of the old m ystic books of the
R osicrucians p reserved in W ashington, th at the newly
elected P resident w ould fill but little m o re th an half
of his term of office. T h e p ro p h ecy in all its details
is recalled in these letters and m an y questions are
asked ab o u t the new President.
W e feel th at it is within o ur province to state a few
facts a b o u t Calvin Coolidge not generally known,
especially since these facts are of interest to those of
the mind w hich constitute o u r class of readers.
Calvin Coolidge is a m ystic of a definite school of
philosophy. H e is v ery positive about this w hen he
is questioned by som eone w hom he considers suffi
ciently inform ed to u n d erstan d. T hose w ho can read
b etw een th e lines of his re m ark s will discover a con
nection, an association.
First of all Mr. C oolidge is not a m em b er of any
ch u rch . T his is not because he is not in sym pathy
with the ch u rch es and th eir w ork, for he is enthusiastic
ab o ut the w o rk th at all of them are doing, and is a
regular a tte n d an t while in W ash in gton or in his hom e
town. But, he explains, he has no sectarian or d e
nom inational religious beliefs, despite th e fact that
he was raised a Calvinist in the strict New England
form. His religious views are too broad, too spiritual,
too mystical, to be limited by sectarian creeds or
dogm as. A nd the m an n er in w hich he explains his
attitud e in this regard tells quite a story.
W h en fu rth e r questioned ab o ut his philosophy of
life, he m ak es this very illuminating, though veiled
answ er. Y ears ago a great m an y men and w om en
w ere influenced in their th in k ing by the philosophy of
a hum ble cobbler w ho m editated while he cobbled and
th en discoursed on th e laws of God an d n a tu re to
those w ho g ath ered a ro u n d his little room at night.
T h a t was in an o th e r land. T h e cobblers teachings
have rem ained as a guide in life to this day. Well, I,
too, have a cobbler for my te ac h e r an d his philosophy
is iny philisophy. From him 1 have learned w hat 1
know of the p ro blem s of life and it is my intention
to ap p ly these teachings at every o pp o rtu n ity an d in
every w ay th ro u g h o u t my adm inistraion as I have in
all things of my life.
W h at are the essentials of his philosophy? Let us
state a few of them in the following term s, w hich are
taken from an au th en tic acco u nt:
Life is b ut the p a th of duties an d h onors th at befall
men.
Duties and hon ors are, essentially, incidents on the
way, an d m an is not to be unduly elated over honor,
disheartened by failures, b ut alw ays exercising earnest
en d eavo r to fulfill the duties to the best of his abliity.
A lw ays m aintain calm dignity and show peaceful
serenity in the face of a great crisis.
M aintain an ab id in g faith that a m ind befogged by
selfish, p erso nal interests or hiding beneath an artificial
veneer, ca n n o t p ro p e rly com m u ne with the minds of
noble men.
If P ro vidence places a duty, a p o w er or some
a u th o rity in y o u r hands, m eet it with all y o u r wisdom
and fulfill the obligation to the best of v o u r ability.
Man can no t assum e au th o rity w hich he does not
have, n or should he ever fail to use the au th o rity
which is his birthright.
Radicalism in a n y form is unw holesom e.
Love of o rder, system and law is a m o un tain of
strength.
Labor, even of th e most hum ble kind, is a dignitv.
T h e time will com e w hen it will be disgraceful to be
rich and idle.
Class favoritism in all things is catering to the
recognition of classes, and th ere are no classes in the
eyes of the su p re m e laws of God and nature.
T h e tru e valuation of all things in life is the spiritual
valuation w hich the inner m an can discern and the
o u ter m an m ust learn to co m prehend.

A few m inutes spent several tim es each day in silent

m editation will give m an g reater p ow er an d insight
and place him in m o re intim ate co n tact with his fellow
men.
A A A
O nce again a cata stro p h y has visited a nation, a
people, and the Law of N atu re has m ade m anifest its
m ighty p ow er an d its cyclic processes. A s hum ans,
as kin of those w ho suffer and w ho will suffer as a
result of this disaster, we sorrow and a re in m ental
pain, while o ur h earts extend to them the sym p ath y
and help that is within o ur beings and at o u r m aterial
disposal. A s students of laws, as m etaphysicians, as
adepts ever so little illum inated in o u r com prehension,
we extend even m o re th an sym p ath y an d m aterial
assistance, we transm it to them collectively an d in
dividually the m o re subtle an d m ost expressive assu r
ances of o u r unity with them in the tim e of their a n
guish th at they m ay sense, as we do, th e non-exist
ence of racial distinction an d class prejudice.
T h e Little Flower D an cing Girl of Asia lies crushed
and bleeding. N ot by an y act of h e r own h as suffering
been inflicted upon her body. She has not wilfully
to rn down h er gilded shrines and set afire h er bam boo
hom es; nor has she know ingly cast the bodies of in
fants into the fire-pit of to rtu re an d disease. T he
Law of Law s has visited her as it has visited o thers and
will continue its visitations th ro u g h o u t eternity.
T h e little garden spots we loved to visit, the quaint
atm osph ere w e cherished as p a rt of o u r h u m a n eccen
tricities, the p orts of o ur A siatic jo u rn ey s, the atliers of
oriental art, the quaint a n d efficient factories of the
toys th at have am used millious of little h earts all
these things th a t h av e been a p a rt of th e life of so
m any A m ericans, have been taken aw ay, laid to waste,
an d await the daw n of an o th e r day.
A n d in the m eantim e th ere rises from above the
lands far across the Pacific, the crys an d pleadings,
the sobs and m oans of th ousands w ho suffer an d know
not why, but ask God, o ur God, their God, the only
God, for m ercy, help, strength, relief. O u r heads
are bowed dow n with the heads of millions everyw h ere
in the p resen ce of this event w hich brings us all closer
to the realization of the exactions of n atu re an d the
o m nipotence of G od's Laws.
A A A
W e are rem inded at just this time, and in connection
with the foregoing, of an o th e r event, in co m p arable

in its far-reach in g effect, but equally as impressive

in the lesson to be learned.
O n the S unday following the transition of President
H arding o u r S up rem e G rand M aster delivered a special
serm on th ro u g h Radio C h u rc h of A m erica, b ro ad ca st
ing it as usual from the C h u rc h station in California
to the h un dred s of th ousands w ho listen in. T he sub
ject of this special discourse was " T h e re is no D eath ."
W e learned la te r th at one w om an w ho h ad been a
regular listener-in at the C h u rc h services prevailed
u p o n h er fath er to listen in on this p artic u la r Sunday
for the first time. Not only the topic of the discourse
and its special m essage im pressed him, but the b ro a d
ness, the logic, the mystical p resen tatio n of the facts
involved in life and its transition, deeply im pressed
him to such an extent that he m ade a n u m b er of favo r
able com m ents to his dau gh ter. D urin g the aftern oo n
and evening, and even up to the h o u r of retiring he
spoke ab o u t the serm on as th o ug h he had received
some inner Light, as th o ug h som e sp a rk of realization,
of Divine A ttu n em e n t, had been his experience. All
in the family w ere im pressed with the incident. T he
next m o rn in g as the father d ep arted from th e hom e
to go to w ork he spo ke again of the im pressions that
lingered in his m ind and he seem ed to be infused with
a new faith, a great hope. O nly a few m inutes after
he left the hom e news w as b ro u g h t to the family that
he had been instantly killed in an accident. W ith
m o th er an d d au g h te r still im pressed with the m an 's
chang ed religious views, the d au g h te r telephoned to
H e a d q u a rte rs ask in g th at a copy of the S erm on be sent
them to re-read in their h o u rs of sorrow and to p r e
serve as a m em ento of the G reat A w ak en in g that had
com e to th eir loved one at so crucial a time.
H ow m an y of us really stand at this very h o u r on
the brin k of a great adventure, at the very threshold
of transition, and give little th o u g h t to the suddenness
w ith w hich changes are m ade? Each eventide m ay be
the setting-sun h o u r of this life's p eriod; each night
m ay be the last o p p o rtu n ity to a ttu n e the mind with
th e C osm ic Mind and p re p a re it for the jo u rn ey into
Divine C onsciousness. A s we close o u r eyes and
close th e day of activity, let us close o ur lives with a
p ra y e r of th ankfulness to God and all, with n au g h t but
love an d to lerance an d kindness in o ur minds, and
th en w hen th e sun of an o th e r day begins a day of a
new life, here or on an o th e r plane, we shall be ready
with a clean spirit and a w holesom e mind.

N O TES FO R MEMBERS
H E R E is a book w hich m ost of o ur m em
bers will enjoy reading if they can buy
it o r b o rro w a copy. It is probably
difficult to obtain in som e localities, but
can be secured th ro u g h placing an order
w ith alm ost an y bookstore. T h e co m
plete title is: T ertiu m O rg an u m , (T h e
T h ird O rg a n of T h o u g h t), a Key to the
E nigm as of the W orld, by P. D. O uspensky, published by the M anas Press,
R ochester, N. Y.
It is a large book p rin ted with large clear type,
well indexed and co n tain in g a large folded ch art of
"T h e F ou r F orm s of th e M anifestation of C onscious
ness."
W ritten by a mystic and translated from the Russian
by those w ho have taken care to p reserve the bril
liancy and c h a rac te r of th e original, we find the book
deals com pletely with such subjects as T h e M ystery of
Space and Tim e, Shadow s an d Reality, O ccultism .
A nim ated N ature, V oices of the Stones, M athem atics
of the Infinite, Logic of Ecstacy, Mvstical T heosophy,
Cosm ic Consciousness, the New Morality an d the
Birth of the S up erm an .
In one copy of this book ow ned by o u r S uprem e
G rand Master, Rev. G eorge R. C ham bers, Ph.D., w e
find the foflowing w ritten on th e p ag e facing th e table

of contents, as one of his m any penciled notations:

"O u sp en sk y s philosophy is com plete in its u n d e r
standableness. But this is not com plete enough. It
is theory. It is n ot com plete enough to b rin g to p r a c
tical experience. It p resen ts th e concept to the fourth
dim ension, but it doesnt bring to the actualization of
the reality. O nly a real and practical Mystic can do
that! A nd in all the w orld of tim e and space, Rosicrucianism is the only philosophy th at can say: " O u r
philosophy is com plete----ideally and factually----really
and actually theoretically an d practically. A n R. C.
of the highest degrees know s ab o ut the fourth dim en
sion and is able to function in the p o w er an d m arvel of
its consciousness in experience. He, o r she, not only
know s about it, b ut know s it and uses it."
A A A
A n o th e r interesting boo k has com e into th e 1mp e ra to rs library. It is: T h e Obelisk and F reem asonry,
A ccording to the Discoveries of Belzoni an d C o m
m an d er G orringe, by John A. Weisse, M. D.
This book is interesting because of the light th at it
sheds on the history and m essage of the great obeli?!'
that was b ro u g h t from Heliopolis, Egypt, to New Y ork
City and erected th ere in C entral P ark. T h e book
contains m an y illustrations in colors, detailed tr a n s
lations of the hieroglyphic w riting on the four sides
of the obelisk, and reveals the m eaning of the various

foundation stones an d their strang e m arking s as dis

covered by these scientists and Freem asons.
T h e book is an a u th en tic one a n d ab o un d s with
M asonic references of special interest to Freem asons.
But it will prove interesting to the Rosicrucians as well
an d for th at reason it should be placed in the Rosi
crucian catagory.
In giving the history of the early Egyptian secret
societies we find m any references to the existence of
the R osicrucian b ro th erh o od , an d a few of these refer
ences are given h erew ith :
A fter speaking of th e R osicrucians and their exist
ence in the year A. D. 3 0 6 and how they espoused ce r
tain an cien t teachings an d added them to their own in
evolving a higher w ork, reference is m ade to the
guilds an d secret societies being form ed in the y ear
A. D. 614, an d "soon the intellect of the A lchem ists
and R osicrucians was felt am o n g the guilds. T hen,
later on, we read this: H ere we m ust not omit the
Rosicrucians w ho had th eir m ain strength in G er
m any, b ut had their ram ifications all over the globe.
T h e ir g reat learning an d erudition gave them m uch
influence d u rin g the D ark A ges and medieval times.
T h e R osicrucians have been trac ed to O rm us, who,
ab o ut A. D. 46, founded an O rd e r that w ore a red
cross and w ere th en ce styled Rosicrucians. O rm u s
has been considered as a convert of St. Mark, the
Evangelist. W e are told that they w ere joined by
the learned o rd er of the Essenes. T h e K nights T e m p
lar seem to have borro w ed the red cross from the
Eastern and W estern Rosicrucians, so th at this badge
dates from A. D. 46 to o u r day. W e give a short list
of the celebrities claimed by this order:*
T h e n follows a list of im p o rtant ch a rac te rs in his
tory, m any of w hom are well know n as Rosicrucians by
their w ritings and their m anuscripts p reserved to this
day. In the list we find this co m m en t: T h u s has Rosicrucianism great intellects, extending from Britain to
P ersia."
A A A
Many books have ap p ea red on the m ark e t within
the past ten years dealing with the subject of
Mysticism. Few of those w ritten by A m ericans
equalled th at exquisite b ro ch ure, Essentials of
M ysticism," by Cobb, published a few y ears ago and
reco m m en ded by us to o ur m em bers. But, now th ere
has ap p ea red an o th er, with th e title: " W h a t is
M ysticism ? by the Rev. C harles M orris A ddison, D.D.,
published by M acmillan Co., New Y ork City. W e ca n
not do better th an p resen t here a review of the book
as p re p a re d by the Rev. J. W ilm er G resham , D ean of
G race C athedral, San F rancisco:
A t the outset w e are rem inded that mysticism,
bein g but a spirit and a m etho d ," can no t be defined,
any m o re th an love can be defined or God proved by a
syllogism. This is not an e n c o u ra g in g beginning in
view of the fact that the book sets o ut to tell us w hat
mysticism is. But, after all, it is m ore honest and a
b etter policy to confess on the first page, ra th er th an at
the end, th at th e subject eludes definition and that
no categorical an sw er m ay be expected.
O n the o th er hand, it is reassu ring to be told that
the m ystic is quite a practical sort of person, living
in a very real world and differing from o th er folk only
in th at he w an ts God m o re an d takes m o re pains to
find Him. If this be true, then it m ust follow that
the difference betw een th e m ystic an d the rest of us is
but a m atte r of degree.
If th ere seem s to be a difference in kind it is only
because w hen we view a M eister E ck art or a Phillips
Brooks, a William Law or a St. John the Divine, the
degrees are so multiplied that we behold a heightened
intensity in o ur com m on ad v en tu re for God. In this
sense if the tru e mystic be different it is only in a
relative sense, as the Lord C hrist w as different.
"In the course of his study of mysticism Dr. A ddison
traces the well w orn p aths w hich traditional religion
has followed th ro u g h the ages. First, the w ay of
organized fellowship, with its m ore or less elaborate
ritual, seeking to draw God dow n to m an or lift m an
u r to God. T hen th e intellectual way by w hich re a

son, as a seasoned guide, directs the seeker after God

at th e various crossroads of the m ental field.
"Finally th e way of th e will by w hose successive
triu m ph s the m ysteries of life are shot th ro u g h with
spiritual m eanings, and the violent take the kingdom
by force. A gainst this b ac k g ro u n d Dr. A ddison places
the mystical way, called by S ch ure "the art of finding
G od in o n e s self," an d by R ufus Jones "the aw areness
of G od," or direct consciousness of His presence.
"T h is last way, the w ay of mysticism, underlies all
the rest. Not all m en are influenced by an elaborate
ritual n or inspired by a sense of fellowship. A nd
not all m en can repose in reason as a guide, for God
is felt out m o re truly th an He is th o ug ht out. Nor
is the m ercurial will sufficient to the unequ al task.
T h e m ystic holds th at while these m ethods are good
for som e m en always, an d for all m en sometimes,
mysticism is universal an d universally necessary.
All m en w an t God. T h e m ystic tells us that this
satisfaction com es m ost com pletely, not by belonging
to a society h ow ever great, n or by going th ro u g h a
form of w orship h ow ever beautiful, n or by believing
a dogm a how ever true, but by feeling an inw ard and
personal touch of God upo n the soul. In the Sufi it is
the God of M oham m ed, to the Buddhist it m ay be N ir
vana or D ha rm a k a y a , with Plotinus it is a vague abyss,
with St. F rancis it is God personalized in Jesus Christ.
T h e m ystic im pulse is the sam e w hatever th e th e o
logical form of its object. M oreover, the action of this
im pulse rests upo n certain facts an d laws as definite
as those of m usic or arch itecture.
"It becom es ap p are n t, then, th at mysticism rises to
the dignity of the finest of the fine arts. If it be asked
how we are to relate it to the well defined stages of
religious exp erien ce as expressed in term s of re p e n t
an ce an d faith, ato n em e n t an d sacrifice, the an sw er is
not difficult to find.
" T h e m ystic is seeking th e com panionship of God,
th e high and lofty O n e th at inhabiteth eternity. But
G od dwells with him w ho is of an hum ble and contrite
spirit. O nly by rep e n tan ce an d faith the w ay that
all m en kno w can the veil be d raw n aside and the
b arrie rs to th at com panionship b u rn e d away.
Seeks to T race Relation
"D r. Addison, whose well train ed mind is steeped
in the literature of m ystical experience, enriches his
succeeding pages with a w ealth of biographical allusion
in w hich th e th re ad of his ow n clear th in k ing is never
lost. His p urpo se th ro u g h o u t is to trace the relation
of mysticism to life. In tim e past we should have
described his mystical philosophy as em pirical in its
accent, but today we reg ard it as touched with p ra g
m atism ."
A A A
H ere is a m a tte r in w hich all o u r m em bers can
help. W e w ant to be sure th at we are giving our
read ers just w hat they w an t or need most. W e are
cognizant of som e of their needs and from m onth to
m o nth will publish in T h e T riang le those articles or
features w hich w e are sure com e u n d er the classifica
tion of n ecessities. But it has been suggested by a
n u m b er of read ers th at we publish, serially, a few
m ore installm ents of T h e Cosm ic Pilgrim, the story
w hich was not com pleted in the A m erican Rosae
Crucis, while o th ers suggest that we publish an article
each m onth dealing with a review of the w ork of
each grade. W e w ant m ore suggestions. Please let
us h ea r from you.
Some have w ritten to us saying that they were
doubtful if we w ere doing right in using T h e T riangle
in its new form for dissem ination am o n g those who
are seeking but are not initiated in o u r O rd er. If there
is that in T h e T riang le w hich seem s to be too plain
and covering too m uch of o u r teachings, then there is
one good reason w hy a copy of T h e T riangle should
pass into the h an ds of an y o n e w ho is really sincere
in the search ; for then T he T riangle will give them a
fair idea of the w ork covered by A M O R C and help
to rem ove any false im pressions or m isunderstandings.
T he T riang le is not a secret publication and should be
used to spread th e Light.

From all Lodges th ere com es one general com plaint.

M em bers are absent from lectures occasionally and
then they plead to be allow ed to read the lecture they
have missed. T h e rule alw ays has been th at w hen a
lecture is missed the m em b er m ust com e early to the
following convocation and read the missed lecture be
fore pro ceed in g with the next. But from tim e to time
the M asters of Lodges, o r the Secretaries, have loaned
the lecture to some m em b er to read at hom e an d these
lectures have disappeared. Now the M asters an d
S ecretaries are sorry. T h e ir files show from ten to
twenty lectures m issing an d the call on h ea d q u a rters
for duplicate copies has increased to a point w here
it m eans extra expense and time. T o help the M asters
m aintain a com plete file of lectures w e have devised
a plan of binding them an d th e rule will be enforced:
no lectures loaned or to b e ta k e n aw ay from th e office
of the S ecretary o r Master. T oo often has a M aster of
a Lodge or class been ready to o pen a convocation
w hen he has found th at the lecture for the evening
was gone finding sweet repose in the hom e of some
m em b er who forgot to re tu rn it o r w ho believed that
any day next w eek o r next m o nth would do.
A A A
W e have a n u m b er of visitors at h ea d q u a rte rs again
from various cities. T w o from Philadelphia, one from
New York, one from London, England, one from
W aterbu ry , C onnecticut, one from C hicago an d one
from Los Angeles. M em bers are alw ays w elcom e to
visit h e a d q u a rters and consult with the chief officers
an d also to attend the grad e convocations of the
California G rand Lodge. W e can help to m ak e y o u r
visit to San F rancisco en te rtain in g and beneficial.
A A A
T he C alifornia G rand Lodge now has eight Colom bes on its m em bership list, but one of them , the
S up rem e Colom be, w ho has served so long, has just
been retired as an active Colom be, having reached the
age w hen the term of office is com pleted. A nd soon,
on next T h ank sg iv in g Day, she is to be m arried with
the T em ple C erem ony, in the C alifornia G rand Lodge.
Best wishes a re in order.
A A A
T h e re has just com e to o u r office a copy of a book
sent to o ur Im p erato r by the G rand M aster of the
O rd e r in A ustria, Jo h an n u s Kelpius. It is a tra n sla
tion of S ch u res book, T h e High Priestess of Isis, p u b
lished in G erm an. T h e au th o r, co m m en ting on the
shortage of m odern occult an d m etaphysical literature
in his country, asks w ritten au th o rity to tran slate and
publish in G erm an th e T housand Years of Yesterdays
by our ImpeTator a n d Man T riu m p h a n t, as well as
articles from the A m erican R osae C rucis m agazine.
O f course we are h ap p y to give all the assistance p os
sible, fo r we h ea r constantly ab o ut the shortage of
m odern m ystical books in m an y lands.
T h e T h o u san d Y ears of Yesterdays has been tra n s
lated in various lands into the D utch, the Malay, the
Spanish, D anish an d now the G erm an languages.
Elsew here in this copy th ere is the D ictionary of
T erm s and you will find one of them , T he Fourth
D im ension, intensely interesting. Right h ere a n o th er
th o ug ht in conection with th a t dim ension can be given
simply to p ro vo ke th in k ing and also to help o ur
Seventh G rade m em b ers u n d ersta n d som ething that
often confronts them.
As is said in the D ictionary in this m o n th 's issue,
the F ou rth Dim ension should really be the First. It
precedes th e o th er three, o r ra th e r the o th er three,
of length, b readth an d thickness, can no t be applied

until after the so-called F ou rth D im ension is operative.

H ence it is really the First Dim ension. T h e in terest
ing point is that only on the objective or worldly
plane are the o th er th ree dim ensions necessary. A
psychic experience is usually of or in the first (o r socalled fo u rth ) dim ension and th erefore has no o bjec
tive actualization on the objective plane. W hen we
try to p ro ject a psychic m anifestation into space to
becom e visible we im m ediately brin g the m anifestation
out of the exclusive dom ain of th e fourth dim ension
into th e first a n d second, w hereby w e add b rea d th or
length, th en into the third by adding a n o th e r limiting
dim ension; and som etim es we even add the fourth
dim ension (o r in o th er w ords the th ird ) and give the
m anifestation depth or thickness.
T h e re fo re if we look u p o n the so-called fourth as
really th e first dim ension and th in k of all psychic
m anifestations as being of th at dim ension alone, we
will u nd erstan d w hy such psychic m anifestations have
color, te m p e ra tu re, definite n atu re an d personality,
an d o th er attributes, even affecting devices w hich can
m easu re weight or specific gravity, and yet not have
length, b rea d th o r thickness. A nd, for the sam e re a
son, such m anifestations are not limited or affected
by m aterial things o r conditions, such as enclosures
o r m aterial limitations, an d have n a u g h t to do with
time and space.
T h o u g h ts are purely of the first (o r fo u rth ) d im en
sion, b u t not until they are p ro jected into the o th er
dim ensions are they sensed by the objective c o m p re
hension.
This subject is one w hich som e of o u r advanced
m em b ers would do well to dwell upo n an d p erh ap s
som e of them will take up the points found here and
in the D ictionary of T erm s an d p re p a re an interesting
thesis o r boo k on the m atter. W e would w elcom e such
helpful w ork.
M em bers in th e Second G rade, o r others, will find
this an interesting experim ent. T ak e the Second
G rade A lp h a b e t an d then in terp ret from it w hat is
indicated by such w ords as MAN, LOVE, FEAR, JOY,
PAIN, an d so on. Even such term s as D E A T H are
m ade plain w hen translated, letter by letter, by the
Second G rade A lphabet.
A A A
T h e Nodin M anuscript in the F o u rth G rade continues
to be greatly ad m ired for its language an d beautiful
phil osophy, and the continued researches an d dis
coveries of science show that N odins contentions and
explanations w ere co rrect and prophetic.
A A A
Does the M oon affect th e m ind of m an an d the
m ental-nervous organization of his body? L ong ago
it was noted that those m entally unsound had "bad
spells" at certain phases of the M oon and for this
reason they w ere called lunatics. T h e observations
w ere correct, even though th e reasoning therefrom
w as faulty in som e points. In o ur next issue w e will
publish an article by the Im p erato r show ing w hat
effect the Moon really has upon m an v of o u r m ental,
physical and psychic experiences. This will be one
answ er to the above question.
A A A
M em bers have w ritten expressing their pleasure at
the receipt of the new M em bership Certificates. If
you have not received one be sure to co m m u nicate
with the M aster of y o u r Lodge. It is not necessary for
the M aster who initiated you to sign th e certificate,
so long as th ere is a record of y o u r initiation. T he
present M aster of y o u r L odge can sign it.

DICTIONARY OF ROSAECRUCIAN TERMS

viewpoint, how ever, this is not exact. A distinction
Note:----T h e first installm ent of this D ictionary a p
m ust be m ade betw een faith, belief and knowledge.
p eared in the A ugust, 1923, issue of T h e T riangle.
T h e mystic should have no beliefs, but k no w l
R eference should be m ade to the in trod ucto ry re m ark s
edge; his know ledge m ay create faith or give him
m ade therein.
faith in certain laws an d principles, but it woulc.
F
supplant belief. T h e re fo re we m ay say th at faith
is an expression of confidence, an d confidence is
Faith----W e find the te rm faith often defined as active"
born only from experience----know ledge.
(See
belief, or a belief w hich am o u n ts to a basis far action
K n ow led ge).
u po n the accepted prem ises. F ro m the m ystical

F ourth D im ension From the R osaecrucian teachings

th ere is n othing m ysterious ab o u t the fo u rth dim en
sion. T w o points should be rem em bered, it is a
dim ension and it is the fourth. T h e o ther th ree
dim ensions are length, b readth and thickness. E ach
of these is expressible by num bers, whole, fractions
or decimals. E ach of these th ree dim ensions w hen
expressed in n um b ers helps us to have an objective
realization of som e a ttrib u te of the things referred
to. W e m ay w rite on p a p e r these figures, 2 x 4 x 3 /\
A t once we know th at w hatever the thing m ay be
it is four feet long and th ree inches wide and two
inches thick. R egardless of how irreg u lar in form
the th in g m ay be we can m entally picture it or
express its form with num erals, and from these
actually draw upon p a p e r a diagram of its form.
(N ote the com plicated yet exact designs an d dia
g ram s of p arts of m achinery, arch itectural elements,
etc., expressible with n u m b e rs). Intelligently as
do these th ree dim ensions express a thing to
o u r consciousness th ere are still essential elem ents
missing in the expression one or m ore attributes
or qualities lacking. W h a t is the nature of the
above thing th at w as 2 "x 4 'x 3 " ? Is it wood, or
iron, or stone? W h at is its weight, its color? Is
it h ard o r soft? W e say that all these questions
can be answ ered by expressing the fourth dim en
sion, an d expressing it in num erals as the other
th re e are expressed. In this case, as an example,
the figures 2 //x 4 x 3 / l 2.0 I 47 would m ean that the
thing referred to was a piece of South A m erican
(n o t any o th er k in d) m ah ogany, with a color
equivalent to a certain line in the sun's spectrum ,
and having a specific gravity, a certain degree of
hardness, tensil strength, etc. W ith the first th ree
dim ensions and know ing the specific gravity one
could figure the exact w eight of the piece of w ood
to within a dram , if the first th ree dim ensions w ere
exact. O n the o th er h and these figures 6'x7 x ? /12 00 6.04 2 would m ean that the th in g referred to
was a misty, light blue-gray cloud of a certain
density of opaqu en ess but u nk n o w n thickness,
covering an area of six by seven feet and form ed
of cosmic energy in a very high rate of vibration, so
b alanced in space as to be easily controlled (m o v ed )
by m ental pow er. (M em bers in the 8th an d 9th
G rades will ap p reciate this.) By m eans of the
fourth dim ension (a n d a dictionary of all the
figures) one could easily express the n atu re and
attribu tes of all things m ade m anifest on th e ob
jective plane. Likewise one w ould be able to d e
term ine w hat fourth dim ension w ould neutralize or
com bine with an o th er. T h e fourth dim ension is
n othing m ore or less th an the rate of electronic
vibration. All qualities an d attribu tes m anifested
by all m aterial things result from this rate.
From an o th e r point of view the fourth dim ension
should really be the first. It is the p ro jectio n from
cosmic space into the worldly, m aterial p lane of
m anifestation, of all m aterial things. Such p r o
jection is the first p hase of m anifestation. T he
com ing to g eth er of electrons into atom s an d from
this into m olecular form ation, constitute the first
p hase of creation into the m aterial world of o b
jectivity. T h e next step or p hase is that of lim ita
tion, or form, caused by n atu ral laws or by m a n s
desires and handiw ork. H en ce the th re e dim ensions
of length, b readth an d thickness should follow the
dim ensions of objective projection, w hich is a m ore
co rrect term for the fourth dim ension. Mystics will
see, now, w hy the fourth dim ension, in its true
n ature, has alw ays interested the philosophers and
was one of the laws carefully studied and ultilized
by the alchem ists of old, an d the advanced mystics
of today use the law in m any strang e m anifestations.
Funeral Service----T h e R osaecrucian funeral service is
a cerem ony of celebration in its spirit, at w hich
time those assem bled aro u n d the body of the
B rother or Sister take p a rt in a ritual significant
of the passing th ro u gh a H igher Initiation of the
one w ho is no longer limited by the w ork of the
O rd e r in its m aterial form on this plane. Purple,

ra th er th an black, is used to express the sacredness

of the occasion (th a t is, w herever decorations or
drap in g s are used in the T em ple or h o m e ). Flowers
a re used to express th e beauties of life. Sorrow is
expressed only because of the absence of the m em
b er from fu rth e r personal contact as had been en
joyed in the past. T h e tim e for the T em p le C e re
m ony is late in evening so that th e service m ay end
a b o u t m idnight and the body rem ain in the T em ple
(b efore the A ltar in the E ast) until after sunrise
the next m orning, w hen it m ay be taken to a vault
but p referably to a place for crem atio n (see C re m a
tion.) T h o se not m em bers of the O rd e r m ay be in
vited to the services an d such friends and m em bers
of the family should be seated on special seats at
the N orth-east of the T em ple. T h e rule is that the
R. C. cerem on y m u st be the last cerem o n y p e r
form ed; if th ere is any o th er religious or fraternal
organization cerem ony, it m ust p reced e the R. C.
service. O ne of the m ost beautiful p arts in the cere
m ony is w hen, after the o pening of the service, a
special p ray er, and som e o th er points, the M aster
of the T em ple perm its the G ua rd ia n of the T em p le
w herein the B rother or Sister has attended, to stand
beside the body and rem ove from the Lodge a p ro n
(w hich is on the b od y) the Rose, while speaking
these w ords: "F ro m o u r midst has d ep arted one
expression of Soul we have loved. A cross the C os
mic T hresho ld has passed an o th e r Initiate into the
T em ple of God. In th at T em p le th ere are degrees
of u nd erstan ding , grades of advancem ent, cycles of
progression an d then the Sublim e D egree of P e r
fection w herein thou, oh, d ep arted one, shall be
one of the Divine Illuminati an d enter again the
School of E xp erien ce w here we shall once m ore
enjoy thy noble, loving com panionship. In thy
earthly initiation the Rose an d the Cross Were given
unto th ee in the form of this ap ro n to w ear as a
sym bol of y o u r readiness to serve hum anity. Thy
body and personality w ere cnsconsed by the Rose
and Cross. In thy Divine initiation thou shalt have
no need of the Cross, for thou hast b orn thy Cross
well an d God has laid it aside; but the Rose in all
its sweetness and perfect developm ent shall rem ain
with th ee as a symbol of the unfolding of thy soul
experience. T o symbolize this, 1, G uardian of the
earthly T em p le of thy w ork, do now rem ove from
thy a p ro n the Rose and in the h and of thy earthly
body I place an o th e r Rose, fresh with Life, F ra g
ra n c e and Puritv, th at it, too, m ay retu rn unto the
dust of the earth to rise again and th ro u g h re su r
rection becom e m anifest in all its glory."
G
G anglion A mass of cells organized into one body,
w hich body serves or functions as a centre for v ari
ous nerve impulses, the exchange, translation or
tran sm u tatio n of such impulses, an d a co-ordipaticn
of the influences passing into or th ro u g h such body.
A panplion is, therefore, like a central station of
a telephone system or a sw itchboard for certain
electric tru n k lines. T he ganglia of the Sym pathetic
N ervous System are intensely interesting in their
functioning an d intended purposes. The nervous
system and the physiological and psychic function
ing of ganglia are explicitly and interestingly p re
sented in the w ork of th e Sixth G rade of the O rder.
God To R osaecrucians th ere is but one God, ever
living, ever present, w ithout form an d w ithont limit
ing attribu tes or definite form or m anifestation it
is the God of our hearts, a p h rase found throug^on*
our ritual and m editation practises. T h e God which
we conceive, w hich we can be conscious of, w hich
sooner o r later m anifests in th at strang e intim acy
within us, becom es the God of our hprt. R o stc crucians are of m any creeds and religious faiths
in all p arts of the world, b ut th ere is absolute unity
in this one idea of God, the S up rem e Intelligence,
T h e Divine Mind. In ancient rituals we find this as
part of the R osaecrucian pledge: Man is God and
Son of Cod, and th ere is no o th er God but M an."
But this has a mvstical m eaning and is not to be
taken literally. W e repeat the fam ous statem ent of

can no t be utilized to assist, and once the objective

Max Muller: T h e re never w as a false God, nor
is sound enough to be called upo n to assist, the
was th ere ever really a false religion, unless you
hallucinations w ould autom atically end. If the u n
call a child a false m an-" W h en the so-called
soundness of the objective is due to physiological
h eathen p ray s to or w orships a n idol he is not w o r
causes, these should be rem edied first, but th e re
shipping a false God, but ra th er a false in te rp re ta
after the subjective should be reached an d en
tion of the one tru e living God, th e God th at he
listed in the w ork of cu rin g th e mind. T his calls
is trying to idealize, atte m p tin g to interpret, the
for psychic processes applied by those well ex p eri
God of his heart.
enced and know ing all the laws.
G ravitation In the earliest lectures of the low er
grades of o ur w ork as given in A m erica m any years H yp n otism A subject it is well to a p p ro a c h c a re
ago the statem en t w as m ade m any times that the
fully and in detail. T h e re are two distinct m ethods
force of gravitation is not a pull but a push. T he
of inducing a hypnotic condition by the use of
postulations of science in the last few y ears tend
drugs o r by m eans of m ental processes. In either
to p rove th at the R osaecrucian contention in this
case a condition of sleep need not result n o r is the
re g a rd is correct. W hile in the u ltim ate m anifesta
condition of sleep an indication th at th e p erso n is
tion the results are the same, in the fundam ental
u n d er control m entally or physically. W h e th e r
laws involved th ere is considerable im p o rtance in
hypnosis is p ro d u ced by d ru g or by an y m ental (o r
the difference betw een a push an d pull action,
m in d )process th ere m ust be certain co-operation on
especially as regards gravitation. It is impossible
the p a rt of th e subject; in the case of m ental in
to overcom e the force of g ravitation; at best it can
duction such co-operation is not only essential but
be lessened in its action; its best application is in
fundam ental, an d w ithout it hypnosis cannot be in
being utilized. If it could be o verco m e it would
duced. H en ce th e process of induction is not a
not solve an y of the great problem s now confronting
contest betw een minds, thte stro n g er overcom ing
scientists, but w ould brin g ab o ut g rea te r problem s
the w eaker, b ut a case of the s tro n g er m ind c o n
th an m an could cope with.
ce n tra tin g its whole attention upo n the idea of
H
passivity. U nless this is the attitude and the ability
H abit In the early grades of the O rd e r habit is c a re
of the subject a small degree of success will be a t
fully analyzed and studied. T h e re is a short, too
tained no m atter how co m p eten t the o perator. Only
short, definition given to the effect th at habit is an
certain classes of m inds can no t yield to some degree
unconscious law of the subjective mind. This brief
of hypnosis the infant mind, the u nsound mind,
explanation following the long explanations and
and the d rugged or intoxicated. A w eak m ind can
presen tm ent of laws is quite u nd erstandable to the
rarely exercise sufficient co n centratio n to assist in
student, but, of and by itself, it may give a w ro ng
bringing ab o ut hypnosis by any m ental process.
im pression. A b etter form for the brief definition
O ccasional hypnosis is not d an gero us to either the
would be th at habit is a law of the subjective mind
m ental o r physical organization of the body; co n
w hich law has becom e unconscious to the objective
tinued ex perim ents with one subject m akes th at
mind. H abits are usually, if n ot always, form ed
subject en ter the state m o re readily as long as the
consciously by the objective self; such acts are not
sam e o p e ra to r conducts the experim ents. No one
habits at the time, regardless of how system atically
w as ever placed into the state against his or her
they m ay be p erform ed ; n or are such acts intended
will an d co-operation, for it is impossible (except
to becom e habits unless one is striving to m ake the
in som e ra re cases w here d ru gs are used and then
acts or series of acts a subjective or unconscious
the state will m o re nearly ap p ro ac h a heavy or
practise, such as m aintain in g rh y th m in music, the
deep sleep as w hen choral, sulphonal, hypnal, ether
form ation of letters in w riting, etc. It is only w hen
and similar drugs are used; in this state the subject
the act becom es subjectively p erform ed th at it is a
is not u n d er the m ental control of the o p e ra to r or
habit, a law of the subjective self, unconscious to
physician and the mind of the subject is not in
the objective self.
hibited as w hen a m ental process is u sed). But
H ealth See D isease.
while all this is true and is intended to dispel the
H allucination----Im aging of the mind. Such im aging
fear of an d false statem ents about hypnotism , there
m ay becom e fixed in intensity an d interest and
is seldom any need for its use (especially that w hich
limited in regard to subject or unlim ited, an d is then
is induced by m ental processes) and the practise
a hallucination. O n the o th er h and im aging m ay
should be limited exclusively to physician or
be rational, intense, not fixed but u nd er control,
scientists w ho have m ade a careful study of the
in which case it is creative thinking. A definite
laws and principles an d w ho have n au g h t but the
hallucination, such as that w hich ch aracterises the
highest ethical an d scientific reasons for inducing
unsou n d m ind, is a fixed idea b orn of illogical or
the state. Psychically, it is a state w herein the o b
p urely deductive reason in g an d w hich becom es the
jective mind is at least four-fifths passive or d o r
obsessing th o u g h t of the subjective m ind while the
m an t in functioning and the subjective m ind is
objective th in k ing is held in abeyance. T his latter
consequently and p ro p o rtio n ately active or supercondition of the objective th in k ing m ay be caused
active. F or psychic experiences of the av erag e and
by injury to th e m ind o r an y o th er cause of u n
desirable n atu re the B orderline state is m ore
soundness. Such hallucinations are of th e sub
efficient and calls for no assistance from any o p e r
jective entirely, they can be rem oved o r modified
ator. See Borderline State.
only by dealing w ith an d th ro u g h th e subjective, for
the objective, being incapable of sound reasoning,
(T o be c o n tin u ed ).
NEW S O F T H E LODGES
E regret to say that all of o ur L odges and
In four new places ch a rte rs h av e been delivered
G roups have not sent official re p o rts for and w ork has begun d urin g the past m o nth an d in
T h e T riangle d u rin g the past m onth.
th ree o th er places requests have been m ade for the
In general we find th at a great n u m b er w ork. This is a good sign for the Fall. Before J a n
of Lodges held no sessions d u rin g the u ary is here th ere will be m an y others ask in g for
su m m er m onths an d w ere so busy th e r e C harters.
fore d urin g the first w eeks of S ep tem ber
Following is a p artial list of the cities w h e re the
th at official repo rts could not be p re organization has its b ran ch es with such co m m en 1*
p ared until all arra n g e m e n ts for the Fall as have com e to us d u rin g the past m onth. W e hope
and W in ter has been com pleted.
to have com plete repo rts next m onth.
Q uite a few Lodges and G ro up s have ap p ointed one
NEW Y ORK CITY. T h e G rand Lodge repo rts co n
m em b er to act as re p o rter for T h e T ria n g le an d from tinued grow th and enthusiasm . A large new class is
these re p o rters we expect new sy items each m onth.
being planned and the excellent p ro p a g a n d a w ork is

going on. T h e dem an d for T h e T riang le was very

large in this city.
BOSTON, MASS. No re p o rt of details has co m e
from this Lodge, but it has resum ed its large classes
and m any activities again after a vacation of several
wcc k s.
W A TERBU RY, CON N. A com plete repo rt from
the G ran d S ecretary shows increased m em bership
an d continued enthusiasm for the w ork. This is the
m ost detailed rep o rt w e have received and it indicates
that this G ran d Lodge has an excellent system for the
keeping of records of each p a rt of the w ork. T he
Lodge is seeking a n o th er building for its T em ple.
H A R T F O R D , CONN. O n S ep tem ber 2 I st, the
A n n u al Fete Day of the O rd er, Isis Lodge held dedi
cation cerem onies in its own new building constructed
by the Lodge on its ow n p ro perty . M em bers from
the G rand Lodge in Boston an d from the G rand Lodge
in W a te rb u ry w ere p resen t an d th ere w ere others
p resen t seen by a few. A gain w e co n gratu late Isis
Lodge for its rem arkable grow th and w ork. T he
new T em ple building faces a highw ay an d its odd form
and sym bolical em blem s and Rosey Cross on the
front of the building attra ct the attention and a d m ira
tion of the h u n dred s w ho pass by in autom obiles, for
the T em p le is in the outlying districts of H artford an d
beautifully situated.
W O R C EST ER , MASS. No definite report at hand,
but co rrespo n dence from m em bers indicates th at all
is progressing well.
PA TE R SO N , N. J. A long com unication from the
G rand S ecretary indicates that this Lodge opened in
S ep tem ber for the Fall an d W in te r w ork with re
new ed enthusiasm and interest.
T A M P A , FLA. Several initiations have been held
in the G rand L odge recently, an d a new junior
Colom be was ordained in A ugust. T h e th re e C olom bes
of this Lodge will be a great help in the m any plans
being m ade by this rapidly grow ing b ran ch of o ur
work.
P H IL A D E L P H IA , PA . T h e w ork is continuing
with enthusiasm here. A special interest is being
taken by this Lodge in having one of the an cien t la n d
m arks of the early Rosicrucians kept in b etter co n
dition by the city as an interesting sight for visitors.
PITTSBURG, PA. T h e G rand Lodge is again active
after a sum m er vacation and a new class is to be
initiated w ithin a few weeks. Som e fine repo rts from
the highest g rad e m em b ers indicate the pro gress being
m ade here.
SAN A N TO N IO , T EX A S. O n S eptem ber tw entythird the A n n u al Fete picnic w as held by this Lodge
an d d urin g the course of events the m em bers g ath ered
aro u n d an open air sanctum an d held an election for
M aster of the Lodge to ta k e the place of the A cting
Master. T h e A ctin g M aster w as re-elected by u n
anim ous vote and the joys of th e day w ere continued.
T h e Lodge is pro gressin g and m em bers are very e n
thusiastic.
O M A H A , NEB. T h e G rand L odge re p o rts grow th
and continued enthusiasm . M ore repo rts in detail,
please.
FLINT, MICH. A very fine re p o rt is m ade by the
G rand Lodge indicating growth, interest, p ro p a g a n d a
and m an y services re n d ered to those w ho require
help.
C LEV ELA N D , O H IO . T h e G rand Lodge continues
with its active w ork an d sends very favorable reports.
SAN FR AN C ISC O , C ALIF. T h e G rand Lodge
h ere repo rts increased m em bership to a point w here
it has ab o ut reached its limit an d an o th e r Lodge will
have to be form ed. M eetings a r e held five nights a
w eek with two classes on som e nights.
LOS ANGELES, C A LIF. T he m em bers of the
O rd e r in this city are form ing a new lodge and some
of the officers from the G rand Lodge in San Francisco
are visiting Los A ngeles and will help in the form ation
w ork during the next th ree m onths by personally call
ing on every m em b er and candidate on the list.
C H IC A G O , ILL. M em bers h ere are form ing a
new Lodge here an d it is expected th at the Im p erato r
will visit to assist in the o pening of the new Lodge

this w inter. T h e m an y m em b ers now in th at city

w ho constitute the Illinois G rand Lodge will also
assist.
S T O C K T O N , CA LIF. T his city is witnessing the
grow th of the w o rk an d recent reports show a good
degree of ad v an cem en t on the p a rt of m em bers in
the higher grade.
P O R T L A N D , O R EG O N . T h e enthusiasm for the
w ork h ere is responsible for the im p e ra to rs decision to
be with them for a w eek at th e end of O ctober.
SEA TTLE, W A S H . Interesting letters have com e
from this city show ing th a t a very active cam paign
of som e sort is being carried on th ere and the de
term ination is to ju m p far ah e ad in m em bership.
SPOK A N E, W A S H . Not to be o utdo ne by Seattle,
th ere is a n o th er form of p ro p a g a n d a cam paign going
on here that m ay w a rra n t the Im p erato r visiting the
city for the opening of a Lodge this Fall.
GUERNEV1LLE, C A LIF. T h e w ork h ere is p ro
gressing well an d m em b ers visiting th e C alifornia
G rand Lodge m ake e n c o u ra g in g reports. T h e recent
fires in California, destroying forests an d towns, cam e
very n ear to Guerneville, b ut it was saved.
W IC H IT A , KANS. W o rk h ere is p ro gressing well
an d m em bership increasing. A m em b er of this city
has visited H ea d q u arters d u rin g the m o n th brin g ing
interesting facts.
A A A
THE OTHER LODGES
R eports are especially desired from the b ran ch es
in C an ad a, Mexico, P u e rta Rico, Cuba, C en tral
A m erica, and o th er p arts of the O ccident. Please
bear in m ind that such repo rts should be newsy and
of a n atu re that will interest o ur readers.
A A A
NEW CHARTERS
T h ro u g h the G rand L odge of Mexico ch arters were
g ranted to the following A M O R C bodies d uring the
past m o nth:
C O R D O B A , V E RA CRUZ. To N ostrad um u s Lodge
No. 25.
T O R R E O N , C O A H . T o X iu hte No. 18.
In the C an ad ian territo ry the following ch a rte r was
g ran ted:
ED M O N TO N , A L BER TA . T o E dm o nton G roup No.
24.
In the A ustralasian te rrito ry the following ch a rte r
w as gran ted:
MELBOURNE, VJCT., Australia. T o M elbourne
G ro up No. 26.
W e are especially pleased at the activity now being
carried on in A ustralia, New Z ealan d and T asm ania.
In m any cities of A ustralia m em b ers are planning new
Lodges or G roups an d o ur co rrespo n dence from this
co u ntry has greatly increased.
A A A
FOREIGN BRANCHES
C o rresp o n d en ce from foreign lands indicates that
the O rd e r and its w ork is grow ing everyw here. If
we w ere to pick tw o countries in w hich the grow th
shows the m ost activity at present, we should say that
this is so in G reat Britain an d A frica. India, on the
o th e r hand, is g ro w in g well and there is good work
being done in G reece and Spain. W e would like to
have newsy items from all the foreign branches. T he
official co m m u nicatio ns received seldom allow for ex
tracts to be published in T h e Triangle.
A A A
THE IM PERATORS TOUR
A gain the Im p erato r will m ak e a tour, this time to
the C anadian N orthw est and th ro u g h the states of
O rego n and W ashington. H e will devote a week to
P ortland an d one w eek to V ancouver, B. C., an d m ake
o th er stops en ro u te. H e will leave San Francisco
ab o ut th e last w eek of O ctob er. M em bers of the
regular Lodges o r the N ational Lodge living in that
territo ry or n ea r the route of this visit desiring to
meet the Im p erato r or attend his public lectures should
co m m u nicate with the S up rem e Secretary at H ead
q u a rte rs and m ak e arra n g em e n ts or learn of the
dates he will be in the various cities. H e m ay pass
th ro u g h T ac o m a and also stop at Seattle.