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TABLE OF CONTENTS

W o rk of th e O rd e r 2 * A m erican P roclam ation No. 3 .......................... 21

God S poke! ........................................................ 3
E dito rial E xpressions ..................... * ................ 5
L aw of P r o p o r ti o n s ............................................. 7
C harts and D iagram s ................................... 13-15
B aby W illiam K im m ick ................................... 16
R osaecrucian H ym n ............................................17
Suprem e R. C. T e m p le ....................................... 18
H ieroglyphic C harts ..................................... 19-20
H ieroglyphic In te rp re ta tio n s .......................... 22
N ational C onvention ........................................... 23
T h e C olor of M u sic..............................................24
S uper S ecreta ........................................................ 26
L o st A rts of M asonry ....................................... 28
Jo u rn ey to Q uaint Book S to re ................. 29
E v er P rese n t P roblem ....................................... 30
K ey to R eincarnation ......................................... 31

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 THE AMERICAN
T h e W ork of 4\e O rder Rosae Crucis
T he w onderful activities of our Officers in
every S tate, as w ell as the enthusiasm of our
m em bers continues increasingly. M ore appli
cations for Lodges are received each m onth,
each of them in the form of hum ble petitions
signed by sincere souls seeking L ight. E v ery
w here the sam e in tere st is s h o w n ; free from
selfishness or personal gain, void of big o try and
egoism , thousands are knocking at our doors
and we are busily engaged in carefully consid
ering the w orthiness of all requests and g ra n t
ing them w hen deserved.
In P ennsylvania the M aster of the L odge in
W ilm erding in stitu ted a new L odge in
M cK eesport which now bears the nam e and
title of O rientas L odge No. 6. M aster S ta rritt
and his officers have w orked h ard and dili
gently to organize this L odge w hich w as first
requested by m any in M cK eesport who have
been atten d in g the L odge in W ilm erding.
G rand M aster H odby of the P ennsylvania
Jurisdiction w as present a t the in stitu tio n and
re o rts the w ork as unusually well done and in
spiring to all. W e are proud to have so in d u s
trious a w orker as M aster S ta rritt; his own
L odge, w ith its recent entrance into th e T h ird
D egree, indicates th a t in this section of P en n
sylvania we are building our O rd er stro n g ly
and successfully. M ay Peace and P ow er be
w ith you alw ays, M aster S ta rritt!
T he G rand L odge of P ennsylvania has also
entered into the T h ird D egree and the Lodge
in P hiladelphia is also prep arin g for it w hile
they are also fitting and decorating th eir own
Tem ple w hich they have recently acquired.
G rand M aster H odbv of P ennsylvania re
cently visited the Suprem e L odge in N ew Y ork
and there received the F o u rth D egree In itia
tion along w ith those of the Suprem e Lodge
who w ere prepared for th is unusually sacred
and beautiful cerem ony. W e w ere delighted
w ith the visit of G rand M aster H odby w ho
has alw ays instilled g reat cheer and love in
o u r hearts.
G rand M aster C ham bers of Iow a visited
G rand M aster P eticolas of N ebraska d u rin g the
m onth and addressed a num ber of M asons and
others on the subject of our ideals and our
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w ork. H e contributed m aterially to th e or
ganization w ork in O m aha and th e Lodge there
is now prep arin g for Initiations. G rand M aster
P eticolas is likew ise enthusiastic ab out the
w ork and rep o rts excellent prog ress in his city.
In T am pa, F lorida, the G rand L odge held a
christening w hich is reported by th e Rev. Ar-
th u r D. A nderson, C haplain of th e Lodge, as
follofcyB: In the S cottish R ite C athedral at
Tam pa, Florida, on the evening of T hursday,
N ovem ber 16. the F lorida G rand Lodge
A.M .O.R.C. perform ed a cerem ony th a t will
m ake th e date long rem em bered by its m em
bers. T he occasion w as the first Rosaecrucian
ch risten in g in the State. John L ostin T erril
w as the m ite of hum anity who was honored on
this occasion. H e w as born O ctober 6, 1916,
and is the son of B ro th er Noble George T e r
rell and Mrs. E d ith M. T errell. In th e early
p a rt of the m eeting there w as a pardonable
curiosity show n by the m em bers b u t th is feel
ing w as soon lost in a deeply devotional atm os
phere as the cerem ony developed in deep solem
nity and g reat beauty. E ven th e little fellow
seem ed to realize the im portance of the event,
rem aining silent th ro u g h o u t, excepting only a
slight cooing as if of assent at a proper and
m ost im p o rtan t p a rt of the program . T he
usual officers assisted in full regalia. F lorida
G rand Lodge is prospering and th e m em bers
are very enthusiastic and loyal.
W e send our very best w ishes and greeting
to the baby and our congratulatio n s and love
to the parents.
An organization m eeting has been held in
N ew Y ork for the purpose of establishing a
I odge in the B orough of B rooklyn. I t is ex
pected th a t the L odge will be in stitu ted early
in F ebruary.
In L os Angeles, California, th e organization
w ork is progressing rapidly w ith m uch en th u si
asm w hile in San F rancisco several public
m eetings have been held for prelim inary work.
B oth of these L odges w ere greatly helped in
th e ir w ork by the publication in th e Los A n
geles T ribune of a very excellent article p rais
ing the w ork of th e O rder.
M inister, Dept, of Extension.
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N our m ad am bition to conquer the
form idable and attain the very pin
nacle of m aterial heights, we lose
sight of the little, sw eet essentials
of life; and it is often in the tw i
lig h t of life only th a t we realize we
have w andered fa r aw ay from th a t n arrow road
which, after all, leads to the only goal of con
ten tm en t and peace.
M ore especially do we w an d er far from the
n atu ra l elem ents of religion. W e enter those
m odern, recently constructed, and as yet u n
tram m eled p ath s of in te rp re te d religion
w here th e tru e and real God is little or n o t all
considered or understood. W e lose sig h t of the
sim ple law s and w ords of God and our w orship
of H im becom es so involved, so com plex, so
profound, th a t God actually becom es a s tra n g tr
to o ur h earts and consciousness.
Y et God is so close, so n ear to us, so intim ate
and so easily understood th a t w e m ay hear the
Divine Voice, feel the Divine P resence and
realize the D ivine M ind every hour in the
day.
I m ake plea for a re tu rn to th e sim ple w o r
ship of God. I urge th a t we unite in an en
deavor to realize God, consciously, as a living
presence, and to hearken unto the Vfeice and
observe H is handiw ork.
God sp o k e!
You have th o u g h t th a t exclam ation to be a
d octrinal reply from the over-zealous Bible
student. You have, perhaps, th o u g h t it to be
the blind belief of the religious fan atic; or you
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Spoke!
m ay have th o u g h t it to be th e m etaphorical re
ply of the religious idealist.
B ut, m y beloved friends, I have heard God
speak; and I say it, declare it, in the coolness
of careful th o u g h t, w ith o u t undue fervor or
zeal. T o m e it is beautifully true, w onderful,
inspiring, b u t it is no t phenom enal, su p er
natu ra l or m ystic in any sense.
God spoke!
I have w andered idly th ro u g h a field of
daisies, lying in a peaceful valley w ith the
g re at blue heaven above me, the sun shining
b rightly, birds light-heartedly passing from
bough to bough, all n atu re gay, b rig h t, sw eet
and glorious; strife, turm oil and evil far aw ay ;
n o thing around me b u t goodness and Godli
ness. A nd I have felt the oneness of all nature,
all G ods m a n ife sta tio n ; I have fo rg o tten p er
sonality of self and individuality of ego; I have
lost m yself in the sim plicity and gran d eu rnot
the com plexity and m arvels of all ab o u t me.
A nd, I have sat dow n in the m idst of the daisies
to try and attu n e m y consciousness w ith their
sim plicity. A nd I have reached ou t and draw n
close to m y cheek one of th ese daisies th a t I
m ight feel its soft, innoent face ag ain st mine,
and I have looked into its eyes, its soul. T hen
;.he o .-casion will ever be rem em bered I saw
the harm ony of its fo rm ; the grace of its de
sign, the sym m etry of its yellow head, the reg u
larity of its petals, the m ethod of its unfold-
m ent, the sim plicity of its anatom y andGod
s p o k e ! T h ro u g h the daisy God revealed to me
in unm istakable language, th e infinite w isdom
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of H is m ind, th e superiority of H is w ays and
H is laws.
God spoke! T ru ly , and I heard, and u n d er
stood ; God spoke as only God can speak.
Could m an b u t speak as God speaksah ! the
v an ity of th e th o u g h t. Yet m an dem ands th at,
to be heard and understood, God m u st speak in
his lim ited, self-m ade, finite language, and man,
therefore, hears n o t the voice of God.
T h e organist, ram bling over th e keys w hile
his soul expands and v ibrates to g re ater area,
hears sw eet chords, beautiful notes, harm oni
ous, euphonious arias, peal forth, w hile he .s
still unconscious of the m echanical featu res of
his playing. A nd w hen he has com pleted one
passage of divine m usic he know s th a t God
spokeand in a m anner as only God can speak.
T he a rtist, the w riter, th e sculptor, each has
h eard the Voice of God and has understood
w hile others seek the Voice in place and m an
n er dem anded by doubt, skepticism and higher
criticism .
W a tc h th e little im prisoned gold fish in the
cry stal aquarium s. L e t a beam of su n lig h t
strike the silvery surface of th e w a te r and re
fract its rays th ro u g h th e w orld in w hich they
live and you w ill soon see the revived activity.
D rop som e crum bs upon the w ater and note the
in stin ct of p re se rv a tio n ; tap the aquarium sud
denly and see th e instinctive action of frig h t,
basic law of self-protection m anifested. S tudy
the periodicity of breathing of w ater, th en a ir;
analyze the perfect m echanics of m otion in
sw im m ing, diving, rising and im m obility. And,
as you do these th in g s God will speak to you
and you w ill learn a lesson as only God can
teach.
L ook into the eyes of th e heart-h u n g ry , pov
erty-stricken child as it gazes into th e w indow s
of th e stores a t this holiday tim e. N ote its
pathetic, quiet, philosophical acceptance of con
ditions w hich in tru th are m aking th e young
h ea rt and m ind bleed and ache. A nd as you
look, sm ile! T ake the child into th e store and
buy for it, give it, those sim ple not com plex
o r luxuriousth in g s w hich it longs for and
w hich o u r children in th e ir advanced (!) edu
cation w ould sp u rn ; and w hen those deep set,
longing, sw eet eyes look up into yours w ith
tears and silently say th an k you, you will
know th a t God spokespoke as only God could
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speak.
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A nd tu rn your w ay to the desolate hom e
w here the fa th e r has n o t h eard th e Voice of
God bu t has so u g h t th e voice of ev il; w here
th e young-old m o th er is striv in g to m ake the
w idely separated ends m eet; w here sickness
has stricken one child and m edicine is unob
tainable, and foodof the sim ple kind, not
luxurious is required for th e baby th a t
b ro u g h t G ods voice once to th e m o th e r; w here
all is sad a t the tim e of g re a te st rejoicing else
w here. Go there, n o t to Tem ple, C hurch or
C athedral to hear God speak, and give th a t
w hich you w ould give w ith less appreciation to
yourself. A nd, as you sleep in y o u r bed of
com fort th a t n ig h t th e poor m o th ers prayers
of thankfulness will come to yo u in th e silence
of the n i g h t ; and y o u r soul, you r consciousness,
will know , if you do not, th a t God spoke!
And, pass the corner of the busy th o ro u g h
fare w here tim e and tide pass so sw iftly b y ;
w here each in eager p u rsu it of self satisfying
in tere sts see n o t th e lips of God ab o u t to s p e a k ;
w here stan d s upon th e corner, n eath shelter
from the cold and storm , the ragged urchin
boy u rg in g all to buy his w a re s ; his hands are
cold, his face is w an, his eyes are filled w ith
te a rs ; a t hom e th ere are a few w ho w ait for
his late com ing in ; he is h ung ry , too, y e t he
m u st n o t spend one single penny of the fund
his m other needs for food; his th o u g h ts are
of th e fam ily and sister, his chum and frien d ;
he w ould gladly sacrifice m ost an y th in g to take
h er ju s t a g e m ; stop there and speak to him, as
you pass by, and th e n go on and re tu rn a g a in ;
this tim e give him ju st a big red rose and s a y :
for sister, lad, as friend to friend ; then
w atch the eyes enlarge w ith p rid e; and see
th e sorrow s flee; youll find th e boy is a m an
a t once, w ith G od-light in his soul. A nd then,
as in y o u r th ro a t you feel th a t lum p, and in
y o u r veins a tingle comes, yo u ll know th a t
som ew here in the au ra of your life, God spoke,
as only God can speak.
Yes, God speaks, and H e has spoken to me.
God w aits and w aits to speak to you and if in
th is life you give no chance for interview , a
tim e will come, w hen life is done, th a t th rough
the sorrow s, pains and lessons of the past, your
soul w ill feel, y o u r h e a rt will know , your m ind
w ill hear and you shall find th a t God did speak
a t last as F a th e r to H is child.
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Editorial Expressions
T H IS M O N T H S IS S U E
U ndoubtedly our readers w ill recognize in
this m o n th s issue a w onderfuul am ount of in
stru ctiv e and tru ly valuable reading m atter.
In fact a g reat p a rt of the valuable m a tte r in
this issue is no t in th e form of type b u t in
ch arts and p lates w hich have never before been
m ade so available and so plain in expression.
In reg ard to this feature we feel im pressed to
say m uch. T he cost in tim e, m echanical and
( a rt w ork to produce these plates and charts
has been unusual. F ew m agazines have offered
th eir readers so m uch research w ork, so m uch
a rt w ork and such im p o rtan t revelations as are
contained in this single issue. Take, for in
stance, th e article and plates on D alto n s L aw
of P ro p o rtio n s. T h is m a tte r has never been
fully published since D alton him self issued his
first papers on the subject F u rth erm o re D al
to n did n o t m ake public all th a t he knew re
garding th is subject, but left m uch to those few
w orkers in o u r O rder w ho knew the source of
his in spiration and w ho have given to us the
resu lts of D alto n s research. B ut since no
w here in A m erica can o u r m em bers obtain the
necessary details of D alto n s w ork for study
in connection w ith our teachings, we prevailed
upon our Im p erato r to tran slate and sim plify
D alto n s original m anuscripts and p resen t them
* to our read ers in this w ay. In no lib rary in
th e world, in no reference w ork, n o t even in
D alto n s ow n original P U B L IC papers are all
th e points of th e A tom ic L aw s m ade so clear
and illu strated so well as in th is article. And,
we m ust alw ays feel than k fu l to our Im p erato r
for th is u n u sual trea t, requiring as we well
know, so m uch study, tran slatio n , and careful
a rt w ork, all of w hich w as perform ed aside
from his re g u la r duties.
W e m ig h t say the sam e of the ch arts and
lessons on th e tra n sla tin g of the E g y p tian
H ieroglyphics, H ere, too, o u r readers w ill
find u n usual m a tte r no t to be found in any
o th er reference book or paper in Am erica.
T h en th ere is the beautiful page of m usic so
ap p ropriately designed and illustrated. All our
ROSAE CRUCIS
m em bers m ay unite now in singing this in sp ir
ing ode in the Tem ple and a t home. T he other
illu stratio n s in th is issue only add value to the
m agazine in a w ay b est appreciated by our
m em bers. C ertainly this issue, if the m atter
w as purchased in separate articles, w ould be
w o rth several dollars a copy. B ut this is only
a sam ple, a forerunner, of w h a t is com ing, and
your help is required th ro u g h increased circu
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O R IG IN A L IT Y
Speaking of our m agazine and its contents
rem inds us to call your atten tio n to the fact
th a t all the m a tte r appearing in th is m agazine
since its first issue has been original. N o th
ing has been taken from o ther publications
except an occasional scrib or the H om e-Study
for M em bers. T he purpose of this m agazine
has been to give the very b est m a tte r possible
from the m inds of those who are especially
qualified to help our m em b ers; and for this re a
son alone w e have found it in consistent to
e x tra ct from o th er occult or scientific journals
as is com m on practice in th e field of occult
journalism .
T he bound volum es of th is m agazine for
1916 will m ake the m ost com plete encyclopedia
of R osaecrucian facts and teachings ever pub
lished and in tim e these volum es w ill be price
less gem s of occult literatu re, biography, his
to ry and doctrine.
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T H E P R E S ID E N T IA L E L E C T IO N
A fter all is said, and all analyses m ade, the
p o ten t, th o u g h subtle reason for th e re-election
of W oodrow W ilson is to be found in the
possibly very trite slo g an : H e kept us out
of w a r! Such an a ttitu d e of m ind, as a
genuine cause for re-electing a m an who
seem ed too conservative, w as laughed a t
by th e opposing factors and by the m ost criti
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cal of national affairs. Yet, deep in th e h earts
of the national atom s, the souls w hich com
prise this c o u n try s national body, th ere w as
th e realization th a t w h eth er we are too proud
to fight or not, w h eth er we have sacrificed
som e little of our w ell established d ignity and
honor, the fact rem ains th a t P eace reigns in
th is land and P eace shall continue to reign, to
the G lory of God and th e w elfare of all tru e
A m ericans.
F ro m our point of view W ilso n s election
seem ed inevitable because of the occultthe
psychicinfluences for Peace w hich perm eated
every fibre and tissue of our national body.
Some day all A m erica, regardless of political
differences, will appreciate w h at th a t m eans,
and w hy W ilso n s re-election is tru ly a blessing
a n a tu ra l resu lt of som e natu ral, psychic
laws.
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N A T IO N A L P R O H IB IT IO N
O nce again the questiono r ra th e r the p rin
ciple of P ro h ib itio n w as an im p o rtan t factor
in the n atio n s political affairs. F ew th o u g h t it
an im p o rtan t m a tte r before the election and
now m illions find it a one of the m ost im p o rtan t
of all national issues. A nd w hy? Because,
like the issue of slavery, it has grow n, subtly
and silently, reverentially and honestly, until
it now forces its w ay into the very v ital p ro b
lem s of com m erce, industry, econom y, taxation,
prosperity, and n atu ra l liberty.
In this last election not only did a few m ore
statesfive of them add P rohibition to the
statu tes, b u t some S tates w hich had tried it
had lived under and th ro u g h itfor some
years, dem anded a continuation of the law in
spite of the efforts of the liquor in terests and
others to have it cast o u t as a failure and as
ag ain st the public dem ands.
F o r som e years p ast the N ational organiza
tion of th e P rohibition P a rty has been using
the slogan: N ation wide P rohibition by 1920.
T h a t year is a significant one to all R osaecru-
cians, for m any w onderful and revolutionary
th in g s w ill occur th a t year, and it is possibly
no t m ere coincidence th a t P ro h ib itio n ists have
selected 1920 as the culm inating y e a r of th eir
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activity. A lready 85 p er cent, of the te rrito ry
of th e U nited S tates is u n d er P ro h im tio n laws,
w hile 63 per cent, of th e population live in
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P ro h ib itio n S tates. I t requires the approval
Pag* Six (T he foregoing rem ark* were w ritten during the m onth of N ovem ber)
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of only tw o-thirds of the S tates to bring the
m a tte r to a natio n al issue. T h en well, p er
haps R osaecrucianism can take th e w heel and
lend its aid in gettin g rid of A m ericas w orst
institution, the saloon.
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IN T E R N A T IO N A L P E A C E
T he various m ovem ents now under way
looking to in tern atio n al peace th ro u g h th e set
tlem ent of th e w ar in E urope by arb itratio n
will m eet w ith su cc ess; no t because of th e pre-
ponderous influence b ro u g h t to bear by the
peaceful nations of the w orld, b u t by th e influ
ences w hich tend to bring all th in g s to a cul
m ination in due tim e. And, th e tim e is near
a t hand. W e have every good reason to say
th a t P eace w ill be declared in 1917 and th a t
a t o u r N ational C onvention in Ju ly we will
unite in rejoicing a t the resu lts attain ed by th a t
tim e. W e have a m ap in our Im p erato rs office,
prepared by the R. C. M aster, w hich p re tty
clearly show s how E u ro p e will be rem apped
after the settlem ent. W e will w atch, w ith the
eyes of stu d en ts learning the first g re at lessons,
the w orking of those law s w hich produce the
results know n to some and unknow n to others.
B u t a P eace m ore grand, m ore perfect, m ore
noble an d m ore inspiring th a n ever know n is
com ing to E urope and to all the w o rld ; indeed
it w ill be P eace Profound.
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A C O L O S S A L F A IL U R E
T h is is the term now applied by P rof. J. S.
H aldane of O xford U niversity to sciences a t
tem p t to explain life as purely m aterial. In
his lecture before the H arv ey Society in New
Y ork in O ctober he said: T h e a ttem p t to
analyze living organism s into physical and
chem ical m echanism , is a colossal failure, not,
as its p resen t defenders suggest, because the
facts we already know are so few, b u t because
the facts we already know are inconsistent w ith
the m echanistic theory.
A nd so, gradually, science of the w orld will
come to realize th a t the atte m p t to take facts
and m ake them fit theories w ill come to an end
som e time. I t m ay take m any years for so-
called science to u n d ersta n d this, and in the
m eantim e R osaecrucian science disregards
theories and applies th e know n facts to dem on
s tra tin g the know n law s w hich m anifest and
reveal unknow n laws.
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D altons Law of Proportions
T he S tory of the A tom
(E specially P rep ared for All M em bers of th e O rder)
Illu stra te d w ith C harts on P ages 13, 14 and 15.
B y T h e Im p erato r
(C opyrighted and F ully P ro tecte d )
R O T H E R S and Sisters, perm it m e
to introduce Dr. John D alton, the
public expounder of the atom ic
laws, the m ystic of his day and the
scientific puzzle of the scientific
w orld.
A nd w ith this, D r. D alton steps upon these
pages to give you those facts and those law s
w hich prejudiced science and skeptical hum an
n atu re have k ept in th e dark to decay and
o b literate th e nam e of one who has done m uch
for chem istry b u t now receives such belittling
com m ents a s : crude and unpractised w orker
in science, careless and indifferent observer
of facts, unskilled m eddler in fields too p ro
found for him , and unscientific dream er and
propounder of alchem ists fallacies.
F o r several years I have had in m ind an
attem p t to revive a serious in tere st in D alton
and D alto n s w ork. I t has seem ed to me th a t
* not only do th e reference w orks slight him and
chem istry now ignores him, bu t th a t w hen
chem istry continues to use his law sand can
not do w ith o u t th em and then w illfully, con
sistently and w ith good, selfish purpose sees to
it th a t his law s are k ept from the searcher for
tru th , it is tim e to have th e searchlight throw n
stro n g er th a n ever upon those th in g s w hich
D alton spent a life-tim e in evolving from
th eo ry into fact dem onstrated.
And, D alton has a special in terest for us,
because he W A S a m em ber of the O rder and
D ID a tten d the lectures and w orked in the
labo rato ry of th e L odges in tw o different cities
w here he pursu ed his experim ents and observa
tions. T he principles upon w hich he w orked
and w hich form ed th e foundation of his P hilos
ophy of C hem istry he learned in o u r L odges in
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the first three degrees and in the 8th, 9th and
10th degrees. E very m em ber of our O rder to
day, who has passed th ro u g h th e F irs t D egree
and then th ro u g h th e F o u rth know s th a t D al
ton's principles (as they are outlined here in
his ow n w ords) are a logical re su lt of the reg u
lar stu d y of our teachings. T he g re at m ystery
w hich puzzles the scientists to-day as to w here
did D alton get his first ideas, and did they come
from N ew ton? is easily answ ered by those
w ho are in our O rd e r; for D alton and every
o ther m em ber M U S T receive such principles
in order to un d erstan d even the elem entary
w ork of o u r D egrees.
B u t le t us consider the value of D a lto n s
w ork. Soon after he had m ade som e im p o rtan t
discoveries he w as called UDon to address cer
tain scientific bodies, the m o st im p o rtan t in the
country a t the tim e, and so g re a t becam e the
in tere st in his w ork th a t he decided, like m any
an optim istic disciple of tru th , to help the
science of chem istry and physics by publishing
some of his theories in such form as w ould be
available to those very scientists w ho later con
dem ned his w ork as crude. B ecause D alton
w as no t one of th eir colleagues; because he
w as n o t of th eir school nor of th eir narrow
view point and n arro w m aterialistic training,
,he w as considered a heretic in science and
unfit to en ter th eir dom ain and show them th a t
w hich they did no t know. W ith th e zeal of
w anderers seeking for a guide th ey seized his
theories w hich are now ad m itted to be laws,
and afte r having m ade them a stepping stone
to the accom plishm ent of m any g re ater discov
eries, they ignored D alton and up to th e p res
en t h o u r have succeeded in keeping his original
papers and actual statem en ts from the eyes of
the tru e seeker for light.
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D alto n s papers as published by him in 1805
to 1808 contained n o t all th e law s he had
form ulated by his researches and experim ents.
H e knew w ell enough th a t to give all the law s,
to explain all the w orkings of the R. C. T ri
angle in th e com position of m a tte r (as now
explained to all our m em bers of the F irs t and
F o u rth D egrees) w ould be to reveal th a t w hich
w ould n ever be understood by th e u ninitiated
and alw ays m isunderstood by his critics. B ut
D alton did refer to th e triangle in some places
of his m anuscript and in some of his public
speeches. In fact th e triangle w as the key to
his w ork, th e use of it becom ing an obsession-
w ith him . All in all, D alton m ade m any th o u
sandsn o t h u n dredsof observations of the
w orkings of n a tu re and k ept them w ell ta b u
lated and classified. H e m ade m any h u n dreds
of laboratory experim ents, and he had stu d en ts
and friends co-operating w ith him in m aking
oth er experim ents. H e clim bed m ountains al
m o st daily to reg ister certain effects; he had
certain in stru m en ts in his hom e and outside of
it constantly attu n ed to re g ister various m ani
festations and d em onstrations of nature. H e
lived the life of a herm it in m any w ays, isolated
from all pleasure, building his ow n in stru m en ts,
devising his ow n m ethods and accum ulating
facts w hich w ould tak e a dozen volum es to
record. A nd all th is because he searched for
th e trian g le and its law in everything th a t w as
or seem ed to be. A nd am ong all these trials
he m ade 200,000 m eteorological observations
w hich are still preserved in records ow ned by
a foreign scientific society.
In a le tte r to Jo n ath an O tley in 1796 (six
years before he m ade public m uch of his dis
coveries) he s a id : I m ay answ er th a t m y head
is too full of triangles, chym ical processes and
electrical experim ents to th in k m uch of m ar
riage.
In th e m a tte r w hich follows I w ill attem p t to
m ake plain to our m em bers th e law s w hich
D alton evolved, based upon th e w orking of the
triangle. I will m ake plain to them th a t w hich
m ay no t be so plain to those not in itiated into
o u r O rder. F u rth erm o re, I have added to D al
to n s original charts, reproduced herew ith,
those points and illu stratio n s regarding Atom s,
w hich he did n o t m ake public. T he charts
them selves have n o t been published in this
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form , o r com plete in an y form , since his tra n si
tion and no do u b t stu d en ts of chem istry gen
erally, as w ell as research w orkers in th e field
of physics will appreciate this ra re treat.
T h e life of D alton m ay be learned from m ost
any good reference book o r encyclopaedia. B u t
w h a t follow s is taken from his ow n w ritings
an d from m y ow n R osaecrucian m anuscripts
and S ecret M andam uses. I t gives a fair exam
ple of how com plete and replete w ith valuable,
unpubiished, and little know n inform ation are
the papers possessed by the M asters of our
O rder
P assin g then from th e generalities to the
specific points of D alto n s w ork, w e m ust m ake
reference to the ch arts from tim e to time. I
w ill quote D a lto n s ow n w ords w henever his
language is plain enough for o u r m em bers (for
it is often robed w ith sym bolism w hich requires
in te rp re ta tio n ). B u t I shall use m y ow n m eth
ods of presenting the facts m ore often and
w hen statem en ts are n o t distinctly quoted they
are in m y ow n w ords, giving the facts as I
K N O W th em and have h ad them dem onstrated
to m e in the O rd ers w ork and in m y own ex
perim ents in a typical R. C. laboratory.
I t is difficult to approach a su b ject like this,
for so m uch leads up to it w hich m u st be passed
in a sh o rt m agazine article. B ut, essentially,
the first tw o lectures of the F irs t D egree of o u r
O rd e r show th at m a tte r is com posed of those
p articles w hich m anifest the first distinction
of m aterial expression.
I n o th er w ords, th e p artic u la r th in g s w hich
m ake a book, are the pages in size and num ber,
the cover, and the title page. T h e pages alone,
do n o t co n stitu te a bo o k ; th e cover alone, re
gardless of its appearance of a book and having
the distinction of a book, does n o t co n stitu te a
book; n o r does th e title page of a book, alone
and independent, co n stitu te a book. Y et each
of these th in g s is necessary to a b o o k ; w ith o u t
them a book is not possible, and each m ust
have certain qualities of its ow n in order to
m ake it assist in com posing a book. T h u s it is
w ith m atter. M a tte r as a w hole is a com posite
thing. B u t the elem ents w hich com pose it m ay
have the n atu ra l distinctions or qualities neces
sary to m ake m atter, w ith o u t being m atter
them selves.
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T herefore, the R osaecrucians s ta rt th eir
stu d y of m atter w ith th e n a tu re and quality
of th a t w hich enters into the com position of
m a tte r and one of th e particles th u s studied is
th e A T O M .
In some n e a r issue I will probably accede to
th e req u est being m ade co n stan tly by our ad
vanced m em bers and publish, serially, a com
plete text-book on physics from th e R osaecru-
cian p oint of view. F o r we have all found, in
th e advanced degrees, th a t th ere is no t p u b
lished to-day a correct explanation of the
n atu ra l and v ery sim ple law s of ph y sics; and
th a t m atter, light, heat, sound, etc., as w ell as
cohesion, adhesion and o th er sim ilar subjects
are n o t tre a te d in eith er an u nderstandable or
correct m anner. O n the o th er hand, th e Rosae-
crucian explanation and presen tatio n of these
th in g s becomes so fascinating th a t even the
lay m ind and the m ind of th e u ninitiated will
stu d y them for th e w onderful exhilaration one
experiences in, a t last, know ing the law s of
n atu re and K N O W IN G THAT ONE
K N O W S.
T o re tu rn to th e A to m : D alton did n o t dis
cover th e A tom , n o r did he ever publicly or
privately claim to have discovered it. B u t
he did find th a t the A tom w as su b ject to some
w onderful law s and these law s are unchange
able and universal in th e ir application.
S tartin g , th en, w ith the prem ise, th e FA C T ,
th a t m atter in all its expressions, in all its
classifications, is com posed of m olecules, and
th a t th ese m olecules are only a collection of
atom s u nited and held to g eth er by som e force
or pow er, we are a t once ready to stu d y the
A tom s them selves. A nd o u r first conclusion is
th a t th ere m u st be different kinds of atom s in
order to m ake different kinds of m olecules of
m atter.
T his conclusion is som etim es disputed by
those scien tists w ho have a different th eo ry of
th e com position of m atter, or by those who
have no th eo ry and w ill accept none. B u t we
will w aste no tim e in arg u in g the F A C T in
th is case.
D alton proceeded w ith th e fact and d eter
m ined th a t th ere w as n o t only a definite quality
to each atom , b u t also a definite w e ig h t to
each atom , as he called the other distinctive
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featu re of each atom . Andrig h t here I find
m yself in a quandary. I m u st explain w h a t he
m eant by w eig h t and to do so I w ould have
to refer to term s w hich I do n o t care to p u t
into public print. M em bers of our F irs t D egree
w ill recall th a t m a tte r is m ade m anifest by a
certain condition, a certain a ttrib u te, w hich
distinguishes one kind of m a tte r from another.
T h is featu re of m a tte r is according to num bers
and the difference in th e num bers m akes a
difference in the m anifestation of m atter. T h e
particles w hich com pose atom sas explained
in th e first tw o lectures of th e F irs t D egree
are a resu lt of th is distinctive condition w hich
has different num bers of expression. N ow
w hen D alton referred to the w eights of atom s
he did n o t refer to th e w eig h t as is usually
u n d erstood by th e w ord. C hem istry has al
w ays supposed th a t he did m ean w eig h t in
its physical and com m on sense, and gradually
th ey have found th a t th ere is a difference b e
tw een th e ir observations and w h a t they
th o u g h t he m eant. T h a t has occasioned con
siderable criticism of D alto n s theories and I
do n o t suppose th a t chem ists w ill give any
credence to m y explanation, so I w ill n o t ex
plain to them b u t to o u r ow n m em bers.
So, D alton began to classify A tom s according
to th e ir inner nature. W h en I say inner nature,
I m ean th a t n atu re w hich th ey have and w hich
is a re su lt of th e sm aller particles com posing
them . O ur m em bers w ill rem em ber th a t m at
te r is expressed by the trian g le in o u r w ork,
and th a t a t the three corners of th e trian g le
are certain steps in the evolution or com posi
tion of m atter. T he A tom is a t th e second
point. So I w ill call A tom s point T W O of
th e triangle, and th e particles w hich com pose
them point O N E of the triangle. N ow point
one is a resu lt of certain num bers and th ese
num bers assist in com posing the A tom s.
T herefore, D alton w orked to discover the
N U M B E R S C O M P O S IN G E A C H A TO M .
H e avoided the large figures and used a scale
by calling one thousand, o ne; tw o thousand,
tw o, etc., up to 200,000, w hich he called 200,
etc. T h a t m ade it easy to w rite brief notes.
T h e re su lt of his years of w ork produced
w h a t is to be found on the u p p er p a rt of
P L A T E O N E follow ing this article.
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PLATE ONE
H ere we have D alton s division of A tom s
into E lem ents. L e t us consider first the Sim
ple E lem en ts num bered from 1 to 37. T hese
num bers do no t refer to w eights, size or
nature. All num bers on th e plates refer only
to th e m a tte r in the text.
D alton invented a series of sym bols to re p re
sen t th e A tom s, each sym bol based upon a
circle w ith a definite m ark or letter inside.
M any of these sym bols he took from the Rosae-
crucian w ork, especially th a t w hich pertains
to A strology, A lchem y and the T rian g le and
Cross. (N ote, for instance, sym bols num bered
1, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 20, 32, 33. 34, 35, 36, and 37.)
T hese first 37 sym bols show th a t there are
37 definite form s of m a tte r w hich show th eir
n a tu re clearly and accurately W H E N C O M
P O S E D O F O N L Y O N E A T O M . Some
form s of m a tte r are n o t definite in n atu re until
tw o, or three, or four, o r possibly seven atom s
are united. B ut these first 37, or th e Simple
E lem ents, are com posed of only O N E A T O M
E A C H . N atu rally th e A tom s are different, dif
ferent in size, in w eig h t and in constitution,
or th ere w ould be no difference in th e m atter
th ey m anifest. So, D alton listed these E le
m ents as show n below and at the sam e tim e
gave the w eight of each A tom . R em em ber
the w eig h t is the num ber of the particles of
point one of the tria n g le w hich com poses the
A tom , b u t each num ber should be read in th o u
sands. T hus, th e first A tom has 1 as its w eight.
I t should be read 1,000. N um ber 4, O xygen,
has 7 as its w eig h t ; th a t should be read
7,000.
L IS T O F S IM P L E E L E M E N T S
No. N ature W eig h t
1. H ydrogen ......................................
2. A zote (n itro g en ) .........................
3. C arbone or ch a rco a l.....................
4. O xygen ..........................................
5. P h o s p h o r u s ....................................
6. S ulphur ..........................................
7. M a g n e s ia ........................................
8. L i m e ................................................
9. Soda .................................................
10. P o ta sh .............................................
11. S tr o n t it e s ........................................
12. B ary tes ..........................................
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13. i r o n ................................................... 38
14. Zinc .................................................. 56
15. Copper .............................................. 56
16. L ead .................................................. 95
17. Silver ................................................ 100
18. P la tin a ..............................................100
19. Gold ..................................................140
20. M e r c u r y ............................................167
21. N ickel ............................................25 or 50
22. T in .................................................... 50
23. B i s m u t h ............................................ 68
24. sAntimony ...................................... 40
25. A rsenic ............................................ 42
26. C obalt .............................................. 55
27. M anganese .................................... 40
28. U ran iu m ......................................... 60?
29. T u n g s t e n ......................................... 56?
30. T itan iu m ......................................... 40?
31. C erium ............................................. 45?
32. M a g n e s ia ........................................ 17
33. A lu m in e .......................................... 15
34. Silex .................................................. 45
35. Y ttria .............................................. 53
36. G lu c in e ............................................ 30
37 Zircone .............................................. 45
T h e foregoing, as stated are th e sim ple ele
m ents. N ow D a lto n s w ork w as to dem on
stra te and prove th a t from these and a few
other elem ents cam e all th e know n form s of
m atter. A t the p resen t tim e w e have enlarged
D alto n s nu m b er of sim ple elem ents to 80.
B u t from the foregoing 37 a v ery g re at num ber
of the b est know n form s of m a tte r are evolved,
so to speak, by com bining several of th e above
sim ple elem ents.
D A L T O N S L A W O F P R O P O R T IO N S
I t is in th e com bining of tw o or m ore atom s
to m ake an o th er form of m atter, an o th er m ani
1 festation of m atter, th a t D alton discovered the
5 w orking of the triangle. H e did n o t express
5 it in the term s of the trian g le as we do in our
7 ow n Tem ple lectures, for his lectures w ere for
9 the public; b u t he did express it in th is w ise:
13 O ne added to tw o to m ake one is equivalent
20 to tw o added to one to m ake on e; and in add
23 ing tw o to tw o to m ake one or one to th ree to
28 m ake one, th e sam e law in its square is m ain
42 tained by its conform ity to the law of th r e e ;
46 and every o th er m ultiple is a duplication of
68 the original law .
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T h is is beautifully illu stra te d in the charts
h erew ith and as we come to each exam ple I
will call atten tio n to th is law.
B IN A R Y E L E M E N T S
One added to one to m ake one, is illu strated
here w ith five exam ples. No. 38 represents
one atom of w a te r or steam , com posed of 1
atom of O xygen and 1 of H ydrogen, retained
in physical contact by a stro n g affinity and
supposed to be surrounded by a com m on a t
m osphere of h e a t; relative w eig h t is 8.
T he above are D a lto n s ow n w ords, and they
m ean ju s t th is : th a t w a te r or steam , in its
m olecule, is com posed of one atom of H y d ro
I gen and one atom of O xygen. T he w e ig h t
of H y d rogen is 1; th e w eig h t of O xygen is 7;
therefore th e com bined w eig h t of th e two,
m aking the m olecule of w a te r or steam is 8.
T he tw o atom s are held to g eth er by the strong
affinity of ------------------- w hich is the quality
referred to by D alton w hen he uses the w ord
w e ig h t to sym bolically rep resen t this quality
as explained in the 18th p arag ra p h of this
article. T his stro n g affinity, o r quality, or
pow er, is explained fu rth e r on by ch a rt and
w ords.
W h en atom s unite as do H ydrogen and O xy
gen and o thers, they do so according to a law.
T h a t law is the basis of the so-called affinity
betw een certain elem ents. Briefly put, it is th a t
L IK E A T T R A C T S U N L IK E A N D R E P E L S
L IK E . In o th er w ords, tw o atom s of a like
n atu re repel each o th er and will n o t unite ac
cording to th is law ; b u t tw o or m ore atom s
of an unlike n a tu re w ill a ttra c t each other.
T herefore, if the atom s on P la te No. O ne w ere
m arbles and w ere th ro w n to g eth er on a table,
th ey w ould m ove to w ard each o th er and form
into as close and solid a u n it as possible. B u t
if you added a few m ore m arbles w hich w ere
duplicates of those already on the table, they
w ould be pushed aw ay by those w hich w ere
like them and pulled tow ard those w hich w ere
unlike. 1 dissim ilar A tom pulls the o ther tw o closely to
A n o th er featu re of this law is th a t w hen
three, four, five or six or m ore of these atom s
are p u t n ea r each other, again like m arbles on
th e table, th ey w ill unite and form them selves
in to a u n it of som e definite form and these
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form s are based on the triangle, square and
circle o r a com bination of them . N ote these
tw o features of the law in the follow ing exam
ples of atom ic com binations.
No. 39. 1 A tom of A m m onia, com posed of
1 of A zote and I of H y d ro g e n ............... 6
No. 41. 1 A tom of N itrous Gas, com posed
of 1 of A zote and 1 of O x y g e n ............... 12
No. 42. 1 A tom of O lefiant Gas, com posed
of 1 of C arbone and 1 of H y d ro g e n . . . 6
No. 43. 1 A tom of C arbonic Oxide, com
posed of 1 of C arbone and 1 of O xygen 12
T he above five exam ples are of tw o atom s
united to form an o th er elem ent. E ach th u s
form ed has an A tom ic w eig h t equal to the
to tal of th e tw o A tom s com posing it, as show n
by th e num ber at the end of the line.
You will note th a t the tw o A tom s in these
exam ples, hug each o ther closely. W h eth er
one is above the o ther or aside the o th er in a
diagram is u n im p o rtan t; b u t alw ays w ill tw o
unlike atom s touch each o th er in som e relative
position.
TERNARY ELEM EN TS
N ow we com e to an o th er form of elem ents
those com posed of tw o A tom s of one kind and
one of an o th er kind. In such form , th ree
A tom s com posing an elem ent, the three A tom s
cannot be of the sam e nature, because in th a t
case, th ey w ould not unite, b u t w ould repel
each o ther according to the law of like repelling
like. Therefore, when an elem ent is com posed
of th ree A tom s tw o of them are like and one
is unlike, and T H E U N L IK E A T O M IS A L
W A Y S IN T H E C E N T R E . T h e reason is
easily explained in th is way. In th e first place
the tw o sim ilar A tom s, in th eir repulsion of
each other, w ill separate as fa r as possible.
T h a t perm its the dissim ilar A tom to come in
betw een them , for both of the sim ilar ones are
a ttra c te d to this single A tom , w hile it in tu rn
is a ttra c te d to them . T herefore, the single
it, w hile they try to push each o th er aw ay. In
this m an n er th e tw o sim ilar A tom s w ould be
on th e opposite sides. T h is is plainly show n
in the diagram s Nos. 44, 45, 46 and 47 of P late
One.
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T h e diagram s rep resen t elem ents as fo llo w s:
No. 44. 1 A tom of N itrous Oxide, com
posed of 2 of A zote and 1 of O x y g e n .. 17
No. 45. 1 A tom of N itric Acid, com posed
of 1 of A zote an d 2 of O x y g e n ............... 19
No. 46. 1 A tom of C arbonic Acid, com
posed of 1 of C arbone and 2 of O xygen 19
No. 47. 1 A tom of C arb u retted H ydrogen,
com posed of 1 of C arbone and 2 of H y
drogen .......................................................... 7
In each case of th e above four T ern ary ele
m ents, th e w eig h t of the elem ent is given at
the end of th e line. I t w ill be noticed th a t tw o s
of them , w hile to tally different in n atu re, have
the sam e w eight. Such an inconsistency m ay
be difficult for science to u n d erstan d or explain
but it w ill be m ade plain to our m em bers in
a la te r article.
QUATERNARY ELEM EN TS
N ow w e come to those elem ents com posed of
four prim ary A tom s. In fact, the four exam ples
of q u atern ary elem ents given on P la te O ne are
m olecules com posed of several Atom s.
F irs t note the m anner in w hich these A tom s
u n ite w hen th ere are th ree of one kind and one
of an unlike kind. H ere is an o th er beautiful
exam ple of like attra c tin g unlike and repelling
like. T ake No. 48, for in stan ce: the unlike
A tom rem ains in th e cen tre w hile the three
o ther A tom s arran g e them selves in perfect o r
der around the unlike A tom . E ach of the
th ree outside A tom s is attra cted equally by
th e unlike A tom in the centre. T h a t m akes
them hug, so to speak, the centre A tom as
closely as possible, all th e w hile pushing the
o th er like A tom s aw ay. B ecause each of the
th ree outside A tom s is pushing the o th er aw ay
from it, th e y keep eq u id istan t and the space
betw een each of these th ree is alw ays as m athe
m atically equal as th o u g h it had been placed
in its position by som e carefully ad ju sted in
stru m e n tin fact m ore perfectly posited in this
reg ard th an any system of m easurem ent we
know of could do it.
A nother law, dem onstrated by th is a ttra ctio n
and repulsion betw een A tom s, is th a t w hen
th ere are m ore of one kind th a n of another, as
& )
in Nos. 48, 49, 50 and 51, the g re ater num ber
of like A tom s w ill be on th e outside.
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Also please note th a t four A tom s arranged
in th is w ay m ake th e form of a tria n g le ; thus
the trian g le on the m aterial p lan e is used to
indicate q u atern ary elem ents as show n before
th e w ord q u a te rn a ry on P la te One. Some
of th e m ost in tere stin g and profound problem s
of chem istry are solved th ro u g h a stu d y of the
com position of th e q u atern ary elem ents, and
th is is w h a t D alton referred to m any tim es
w hen he said, as do m any R osaecrucians in
th eir \vork in chem istry, th a t he w as busy
w ith trian g les.
No. 48 is a m olecule of O xynitric Acid,
com posed of one A tom of A zote and
th ree of O x y g e n ...................................... 26
No. 49 is a m olecule of Sulphuric Acid,
com posed of one A tom of S u lp h u r and
th ree of O x y g e n ...................................... 34
No. 50 is a m olecule of S ulp h u retted H y
drogen, com posed of one A tom of Sul
p h u r and th ree of H y d r o g e n ............... 16
No. 51 is a m olecule of Alcohol, com posed
of one A tom of H ydrogen and three of
C arbone ....................................................... 16
PLATE TWO
L e t us exam ine now tw o o th er form s of ele
m ents, called Q uinquenary and Sextenary.
These are illu stra te d as num bers 52 and 53.
In num ber 52 we have a very different a r
rangem ent of five A tom s. T h ree of th em are
alike and tw o of them are unlike. In th is ele
m ent, called N itro u s Acid, we have a com bina
tion of N itric A cid and N itrous Gas. By refer
rin g to num ber 41 on p late one, you w ill find
th a t N itrous Gas is com posed of one A tom of
A zote and one A tom of O xygen. T h e tw o com
bined m ake N itrous Gas. B y referrin g to n um
ber 45 on P la te One you w ill also see th a t
N itric Acid is com posed of one A tom of Azote
and tw o A tom s of O xygen. In o th er w ords,
th e difference betw een N itric Acid and N itrous
Gas is a difference of one A tom of O xygen
m ore in the Acid. B u t to tu rn these into a
N itro u s A C ID w e m u st com bine th e N itric
A cid and th e N itro u s Gas. T h a t m eans com
bining the five A tom s. Illu stra tio n num ber 52
show s th e only possible w ay in w hich these five
A tom s of tw o different n atu re s w ould combine.
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William Henry Kimmick

T he F irs t C hild to be C hristened in a R osaecrucian Lodge
in A m erica
W B orn Ju n e 15, 1915, to B ro th er and S ister Kim m ick, of W
W ilm erding, Pa., and C hristened Ju n e 28, 1916, in
P ara g o n L odge No. 2, A.M .O.R.C.,
W ilm erding, Pa.
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 God, nioseAl
} o ---- ty and

m v g h - l y vmrd, C h a o s a n d D a r k - n e s s h e a r d a n d to o k t h e i r
b l e s s e d T hree, G lo i i o u s T r i n - i - t i f , T r u - t h , L o r e a,

u s we h iim -b /y p r a y ,a n d where the sy m b o l o f th e d a y sh e d s n o t lls

less a s O ceans tid e , r o l l m y w ith m i o h - t y sweepingpnoe, tftro u y k the ea rth
I I fc I V ~ r- i - = .!----------------- A----1-

g io r -io u s r a y , L e i th e r e be -L ig h t!
f a r a n d w ide, L e t th e re b L i g h t !

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^X H E P&.l_i IPIH1 A . I 3 E T
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B ra h ^ K ^ TCH(f)
W O B D S A N D I D E O G R A P H S

1. F 3 joet. T h a t which is above, 8. tO - 'RdP, Symbol o f Egyptian

her, H e a ven ; the Divine Su n-G od.
World; th e b l u e dom e. At te m p le gd.

\r \ I >1 iC e r h S h y or Heaven at night 9. Q # u s, T h e s u n sending forth

with sta rs shining clear i t s rays; beams o f
fiber*,
blinding sun light. Fire
ly; a clea r night. From the sun.
.s~ \.
A brigh t lamp (lig h t)in
V
th e sky. 10 j[ Jep t ( The s t a r Sonus").
Water f a l l i n g fro m sky; To be provided!, with.
r a in ; d ew (ifadded to M> 7). That which is given or
S torm ( i f a d d e d to Wo. 4.) acquired..

11 o S u n s symbol with, ureei.

4. Seken
L ig h t e n in g ; fo r k s o f
l i g h t com ing down from
Heaven.
5 F ( fe r t O n e -h a tf o f Heaven ; 12. \s = m a j T h e Winged Sun.
the C a st e m h a lf o f the
sky.

6 O <*. The Sun, Day, Souret 13. ^ Th e s u n risin g in Fas t;

hr ip ,
o f f , 1f e ; Symbol o f God
fa /
beginning o f day; the
f i r s t h o u r of th e Day;
in th e Heaven A ten ,;
Mid-day; noon e a s te r n h o r iz o n ,.

7- O ^ S u n s h in in g b r ig h tly ;
radiance; splendor o f
p a n t, C a k e ; an o ffe rin g , a
p r ic e d p ie c e o f food;
I
pnq
l i g h t ; sp a r k lin g . enneaeL o f Gods.

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 E g y p tia n H ie r o g ly p h ic s
P is te d /b . Two

sp er. JL r i b ; t o & r n y e a t ; 27. ^ L a n d on loth sides o f

bo reach (a p la ce o r con the diiile , liszta/ly desig
d itio n ); te r m in a tio n o f nates all o f JE yyft
a jou rn ey.
J tC o o n ; o n e m o n th ,, L a n d in a sm a ll meaning,
a p e r i o d o f 8 d a ys s p e c i f ica/ig, a bounded lot.
plot, f a r m , e ity , e tc

17- NJ/' sba, S t a r ; s ta r o f c/a urn ; 29. T T U a t, dL roadway, an established

A lu s . one howr; o r p u h h c hiyhway, th e
to p r a y ; way to a place
%
IS. t u a l. 7 t?e u n d e r w o r ld , tie 50. tZ. kes, S id e , one p a r t o f a thing.
World f d a r t ness, s/n, m.
a n d d is p a fr .

19. c= -d a , Sm ooth hand; la n d o f 3i. rzzi anen d l la rg e s t o n e o f one

g o o d ,fin e s o i l ; th e
most f e r t i l e la n d ; a
very receptive mmd.
20. i i ta b , F o u y h la n d ; l a n d o f
^O OO I
s o i l m in e d w ith large
ston es, wood, etc; a m in d
f i l i e d w i th s i n o r d e lu s io n
a. set Ji/Zountainous la n d ;
land o f hills a n d valleys
p i e c e ; a sin i t o f sto n e
w ork o r m a so n ry ; used
to som etim es in d ica te the
innerha// o f stone Temp/es_or
32 fTTTTrn the iood-E"
S ton e w ork composed o f
m any sto n es, a cot/ecti on
o f s t o n e s , s o m e t i m e s u se d
to mean a tile d fl o r .
33. O
(srvid M , S3, Sand, grain sm a// f r u i t
c irc le ;
o r nuts.

22. [ V T I ftd s J d o u n ta in o f wickedness, rz, The s u r fa c e o f w a te r ,

Feai/g, a Vatf e y o f wlc red
ness a n d d e s p a ir ; a
ba rren Valley.
23. V u t, d / o r i j o n ; u s u a lly the 35
F a s t h orizon jh u tW , 13.
is at t used to mean th r
F ast h o r ig o r v ) .
2-f. rv^n F o r e t y n ; b a r b a r ia n ,
"d s tr a n g e r on o u r
m o u n ta in lops."/dfpphes
to things a n d con dition s
a s w e ll a s p e r s o n s /
25. -it=4=4-- h e s p .
dL n o m e an in fected 37.
p la c e ; a place o f e v il
the fa c e o f th e sea. late,
river, etc.
/V W V W > m u. d l h ody o f w a lop, wa ter
o f a n y am ount, sm a /t r
/arge; w a fe r gen era t/y.
e
36 * | / C leaning the same as the
l e t t e r 'B on tk e Z d
d e g r e e a l p k a b e t .)
/ m e a n in g the sa m e as
the le t t e r 'H on. th e
2m d d e g r e e a Ip h a k e t )

T
m anifested; e r r o r corn -
mg f o r th ,.
26 (illca n in g the sam e as the
aiteb. L a n d on e i t h e r sid e o f 38. l e t t e r "F ' on th e 2 M<
t h e J Y ile . d e g re e a l p h a b e t , we. IA
L "attached a t b o tto m ,)

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F o u r w ould unite, as show n, w ith th e fifth
A tom clinging on one side of th e A zote A tom
as far aw ay from its com panion A zote A tom s
as it could be w ith o u t severing the a ttra ctio n
th a t exists betw een it and th e O xygen Atom .
T he relatio n of these five atom s to each o ther
and th e form they th u s take illu strates one of
D a lto n s principles in his law of proportions
th a t in com bining, the A tom s adhere to the law
of th e trian g le, th e square or a com bination of
them . F o r in num ber 52 w e can see both the
trian g le and the square. Its "w eig h t is 31.
In nu m b er 53 a different problem is p re
sented. H ere we have six A tom s of th ree dif
feren t natu res. I t rep resen ts a m olecule of
A cetous Acid and is com posed of 2 A tom s of
C arbone and 2 of W a te r. B u t w hereas C ar
bone is com posed of only one sim ple elem ent,
w ater is com posed of tw o A tom s (one of H y
drogen and one of O xygen). T h e m anner in
w hich these six A tom s arran g e them selves is
in terestin g , y e t in no o th er w ay could these
six be placed and still m aintain th e ir a ttra ctio n
and repulsion. T he relative w e ig h t of this
is 26.
A nd now we come to S eptenary elem ents.
N u m b er 54 represents N itrate of Am m onia.
I t is com posed of one A tom of N itric Acid,
one of A m m onia and one of W a te r, as w ill be
seen by referring to num bers 45, 39 and 38 on
P la te One. Its relative w e ig h t is 33. N um
ber 55 represents S ugar and is com posed of
one of Alcohol and one of C arbonic A cid as
show n in N um bers 51 and 46 of P la te One. Its
relative w eig h t is 35.
B oth of these elem ents are com posed of 7
A tom s and in form th e y p resen t th e outline of
a circle inside of w hich are th ree triangles, the
centre A tom being the v ertex of each of the
th ree triangles. T h u s again we find the law
of th e triangle, square and circle being dem on
strated.
C O N C L U S IO N
B eginning w ith the n ex t installm ent of this
article (in the D ecem ber issue) I shall explain
th e A tom ic Fixed L aw s as described on P lates
T w o and T hree.
M em bers are urged to stu d y th is and the
o th e r articles to follow, very carefully. R efer
ence to any stan d ard text-book on chem istry
w ill be helpful, b u t w here contradictions ap
pear, th a t is, w here th ere are contradictions m
the text-books in reg ard to w h a t is published in
th is article, you will n atu rally rem em ber th a t
such contradictions are erro rs w hich we are
striv in g to have overcom e by establishing cer
tain tru th s.

American Jfrnrlamattnn
N um ber

I, Im p erato r of the O rder for the N o rth A m erican C ontinent, hereby proclaim th a t on W e d
nesday, M arch 21, 1917, a t 9:33 A. M., N ew Y ork (E a s te rn ) Tim e, the R osaecrucian Y ear 3270
w ill be born in Am erica.
In accordance w ith an ancient decree of th e M asters, all L odges in m y Jurisdiction shall
fittingly celebrate th e occasion by holding th e annual N ew Y ear B an q u et or Sym bolical F east
som e tim e betw een sunset of M arch 20th and m idnight of M arch 21st. A t this tim e it is cus
to m ary for all M asters to bestow such honors or titles upon m em bers as are deserved and to
m ake such n ew appointm ents to offices as are necessary.
L e t us all rejoice this day in the good w ork th a t has been accom plished and in th e w onderful
privileges th a t God has bestow ed updn us. So m ote it be!

D ecem ber 1, 1916. Im perator.

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T h e Correct Rosaecrucian Interpretation
of Egyptian Hieroglyphics
(Especially Prepared for the M em bers o f the O rd er by the Imperator)
Referring to Charts on Pages
NY considerable explanation of the
tw o ch arts published in this issue
is not necessary, for in m aking
these draw ings I have m ade them
sufficiently explanatory.
H ow ever, a few w ords m ay help
o u r m em bers to appreciate the value of these
ch arts and th e in terp re tatio n s they give. E ach
m onth hereafter I w ill prepare tw o ch a rts and
continue the com plete dictionary of w ords and
ideographs. W h a t I say now of th is m o n th s
charts w ill apply to all those w hich w ill be pub
lished during the year.
In the first place all -the w ord-signs and
ideographs w ill be num bered consecutively
th ro u g h o u t the com plete dictionary. T h is will
m ake it easy to refer to certain signs by th eir
num bers later on.
In th e second place the definitions or in te r
p retatio n s w hich I give to each sign are based
n o t upon any individual u n d ersta n d in g b u t
upon those fundam ental and w ell-established
in terp re tatio n s w hich w ere originally given to
these signs by the E g y p tian s and others w ho
com posed and established them . T h e m any
m istakes w hich others have m ade in th eir p u b
lished in terp re tatio n s of these E g y p tian H iero
glyphics are due to th eir dependence upon the
in terp re tatio n of som e o th er stu d en t, or upon
tran slatio n s m ade by those who have n o t the
au th o ritativ e definitions.
In fact the p resen t article and its series of
ch arts co n stitu tes th e first correct and com
plete in terp re tatio n of these signs ever p u b
lished outside of o u r O rder and given to the
public generally.
A s an exam ple of how m uch m ore com plete
the tru e definitions are le t m e cite the follow
ing exam ples:
O n P la te No. Tw o, sign num ber 29 repre
sents a roadw ay. In nearly all E n g lish and
f ) foreign gram m ars of th e hieroglyphics th is sign
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is said to m erely re p resen t a ro ad w ay or a
wdy to a place. T he correct definition or in
terp retatio n is as I have given it. I t rep resen ts
an E S T A B L IS H E D roadw ay, a publicly built
and publicly m aintained highw ay, so to speak,
and no t a m ere p ath o r tem po rary roadw ay.
T he E g y p tian s m ade th is plain by rep resen tin g
the roadw ay w ith tw o stra ig h t lines (w hich
they alw ays used to indicate a p ath or ro ad ),
but they have added th e sym bol of flowers to
these tw o lines and have p u t th e sym bol of the
lotus flower, tw o on one side and one on th e
other. T his, to them , m ean t th a t th e roadw ay
w as lined w ith flowers, or palm s or greens or
som e such perm an en t m arks as w ould be found
on the sides of only a w ell-established and
purposely planned roadw ay. T h ere is a great
difference betw een a sim ple road and a g reat
highw ay. T h a t is w hy a correct in terp retatio n
is alw ays desired.
As an o th er exam ple of the value of a correct
in terp re tatio n (especially valuable to R osae
crucian stu d en ts) exam ine sign n um ber 22.
T he stan d ard dictionaries of th e language call
this A m ountain of w ickedness. B ecause this
in terp re tatio n is so universal I have left it
stand, b u t it is no t correct as you will plainly
see. I t should be a V alley of W ickedness, for
it does re p resen t a valley betw een tw o hills
(see nu m b er 21). B ut this is only its m aterial
in te rp re ta tio n ; like in the E g y p tian philosophy
and teachings, m ost of these signs had th eir
dual in terp re tatio n and m eaningth e m aterial
and the philosophical or m oral. So, the
philosophical in terp re tatio n of n um ber 22 is
th a t it rep resen ts a valley of despair or a b ar
ren valley. B u t this la tte r in terp re tatio n is
w holly ignored by all o th er dictionaries and
gram m ars of th e hieroglyphics.
T h e sam e can be said of num ber 19, w hich all
books say m eans sim ply land. In tru th it
m eans m ore th an th a t as I have indicated. T he
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sam e w ith nu m ber 20, w hich the books give as
lan d also, m aking no distinction, or hardly
any, betw een 19 and 20.
N um ber 31 w ill be especially in terestin g to
F reem asons fo r I believe this is th e first tim e
th a t th e tru e definition of th a t sign has been
published and it w ill m ake plain to F reem asons
th e possible o rigin of a sign they often use.
C om pare it w ith num ber 32. B oth of these
signs are considered alike by o th er in terp reters,
and th e d istin ctions and occult or tru e m ean
ings are n o t given.
N um bers 36, 37 and 38 are R osaecrucian
sy m b o ls; th a t is, they are to be found on m any
w alls and stones as w ell as o th er m aterials in
th e tom bs and Tem ples of E g y p t belonging to
R osaecrucians. T hey are no t often seen on the
general E g y p tian stones, b u t w hen they are
seen th ey indicate th a t th e m a tte r p ertain s to
th e R. C. w ork or teachings. T he definitions of
these th ree (as w ell as m any o th ers to follow
in fu tu re ch a rts) are given in a w ay th a t only
o u r m em bers w ill u nderstand. T h e reference
to th e Second D egree A lphabet is to th a t A l
p h ab et (A to Z) given to each m em ber by the
M aster in th e Second D egree of our O rder.
E ach le tte r of th a t alphabet refers to som e law.
condition or th in g referred to in our teachings
HTie N ational C o n ten tio n
P ittsb u rg h , P a., Ju ly 24th to 29th
M any very attra c tiv e features are being
planned for th e convention and the m ail at the
Suprem e Lodges indicates th a t the attendance
will be very large if all w ho are planning to
atten d do actu ally attend.
G rand M aster H odby of P ennsylvania, d u r
ing his visit to th e Suprem e Lodge, explained
th a t the G rand L odge in P itts b u rg h has con
stitu ted itself th e h o st of the C onvention and
th a t all are looking forw ard to th a t week, w hen
every possible m eans w ill be used to en tertain
the B ro th ers and S isters from every Stfite.
I t is expected th a t each L odge w ill have ifs
M aster atten d , or if th a t is no t possible, then
th e D ep u ty M aster or som e o th er appointed
represen tativ e w ho w ill com e officially in be
half of his or h er Lodge. A nd it is likew ise
expected th a t as m any m em bers of each L odge
will atten d as is possible.
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and these hieroglyphics rep resen t some of those
le tte rs of th a t A lphabet.
W h en in terp retin g , or w ritin g , any m essage
or inform ation in the E g y p tian H ieroglyphics
one should bear in m ind th a t the signs are w rit
te n from th e rig h t hand tow ard the left w hen
w ritten in horizontal lines, or from the top
dow nw ard w hen w ritten vertically. W hen
th ere are m ore th an one line, vertically, th e suc
ceeding lines are placed to th e left hand side of
th e first line.
T oo literal a tran slatio n m ust never be given
to any m a tte r under exam ination. A fter each
sign is literally tran slate d and the various sen
tences or phrases are p u t dow n upon paper,
then a general in terp re tatio n m u st be taken
from th e whole. T h is requires an insight an
in tu itio n of the lives and custom s and n atu re
of the E gyptians. F irs t of all one m u st alw ays
try to determ ine w ho w ro te th e m a tte r w hich
is to be tran slate d seeking for som e sign or
m ark w hich represents th e w rite rs sig n atu re;
and secondly one m u st learn the period or pos
sible date of the w ritin g and from w hence it
came. W ith these points established before
hand one is b e tte r able to read and un d erstan d
the tran slatio n and get the proper view point of
th e m a tte r being presented.
I t w ould be well, inspiring and beautiful to
see th e V estals of each L odge atten d w ith a
p aren t or som e guardian. T he Im p erato r
w ould especially appreciate a congregation of
th e V estals d u rin g the w eek of the Convention.
B oth a large and a sm all hall w ill be engaged
for the various m eetings to be held tw ice or
th ree tim es daily during th e week. T h e Im
p e ra to r is planning to give a num ber of dem on
stratio n s to a regularly assem bled L odge con
sisting of all m em bers atten d in g the C onven
tion.
T h e C hairm an of the E n terta in m en t Com
m ittee in N ew Y ork desires to h ear from those
w ho w ill a tten d the C onvention reg ard in g vol
u n ta ry offers of ta le n t in m usic, eith er vocal or
instrum ental. A ddress him in care of the
Suprem e Lodge.
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Q lie Color of M usic
Interesting Demonstration at fhe Suprem e Lodge
D uring the p a st m onth th e Im p erato r gave
th e m em bers of th e S ixth D egree of th e Su
prem e L odge a dem onstration of the colors of
m usic.
T h is m ethod of in terp re tin g m usic and dem
o n stratin g the color value of m usical notes
has in terested th e scientific w orld for som e
tim e. V arious attem p ts have been m ade to
have the vibrations of sound produce colors
in a w ay th a t certain qualities of each sound
w ould be th ro w n upon a screen or otherw ise
m ade visible. B u t m o st of these attem p ts have
failed to dem onstrateor illu stratethe sev
eral fundam ental law s involved.
P rim arily the object of such a dem onstration
should be to m ake visible to th e naked eye the
relationship betw een harm o n y of color and
harm ony of m usic, and it is in this resp ect th a t
all the attem p ts of science have failed. In the
w ork of the Im p erato r before the m em bers of
the S ixth D egree th is phase of th e dem onstra
tion w as very successful.
I t is com paratively recent th a t some em inent
scientists discovered th a t in chem istry there
w as a law of octaves. I t w as foundpurely
by accidentth a t all the principal elem ents of
m a tte r arran g ed them selves in a scale like
th a t of the key-board consisting of octaves of
seven. B y this system every eighth elem ent
w as sim ilar in potential points w ith th e first.
In evolving th is system w ith o u t know ing the
law , m any m istakes w ere m ade, w hich m is
takes still appear in every scientific text-book
on chem istry. T h e m en of science called the
system a Periodic L aw , a term w hich is highly
significant to R osaecrucians th o u g h it has now
a sim ilar m eaning to science.
R osaecrucians knew of this law of the oc
taves for hundreds of years, yes even a th o u
sand or m ore years. A nd the sam e law applies
to m usical sounds o r sounds of all kinds, to
colors, and to every m anifestation of n a tu re s
forces. A nd R osaecrucians learn to relate all
m anifestations to each other according to th eir
place in the key-board of octaves. F o r in
stan ce : the th ird note of m usic in an octave
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finds affinity and harm ony w ith the th ird ele
m ent in the octave of chem istry and w ith the
th ird color in the octave of color and likewise
w ith the th ird expression of th a t secret elem ent
in m an s body and soul w hich is expressed to
o u t m em bers, by th e letters E , H , and I
in th e sym bolical alphabet of th e Second D e
gree L ectures.
T h e Im p erato r has w orked for several weeks
planning and for several days carefully con
stru c tin g the com plicated device used in the
Suprem e T em ple in N ew Y ork for th e dem on
stration. I t is, apparently, constructed along
new lines and consists of a large w hite opal
globe, ten inches in diam eter, w hich w as placed
high upon a slender stan d of th e A ltar in the
centre of the T em ple. Inside th e globe an in
cense was lighted and allow ed to burn until the
air of the globe (w hich w as inverted to p re
v en t th e escape of the incense) w as charged
w ith th e vibrations of the incense. T h e globe
w as kept practically air-tig h t th ereafter.
T he m usic w as played by th e Im p erato r on
th e sw eet M ason & H am lin organ, and after all
lights had been extinguished in th e Tem ple,
th ere g radually appeared a fain t lig h t in the
globe. T he stre n g th of the lig h t increased as
the volum e of m usic increased u n til finally each
note of the octaves produced a different light.
I t w as show n th a t n o t only did each note
of the octaves have its ow n lig h t or color, b u t
th a t as th e higher notes w ere reached th e color
w as m ore intense. T h e note, E , for instance,
produced th e sam e color in every octave, b u t
the higher the note the m ore intense or b rig h t
becam e the color.
W hen harm onious chords w ere played the
colors of the notes blended beautifully in the
globe, w hile discords or inharm onious chords
produced a blending of colors w hich appeared
as a m uddy, u n attra ctiv e color. F u rth erm o re
it w as show n th a t w hen tw o notes w ere played
follow ing tw o others in accordance w ith the
definite law s of m usic th ere w as a v ery h a r
m onious blending of colors, w hile if th e same
tw o notes w ere played preceding th e o th er two,
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in opposition to some law s of m usic, th e blend
ing was im perfect. W hen som e chords w ere
playedth o se w hich usually arouse intense
em otions because of th eir w eirdness instead
of th e tw o or m ore colors blending as in the
case of o th er chords and th ereb y producing a
soft blended color, tw o of th e colors w ould
blend w hile the th ird o r fo u rth colors w ould
predom inate for fractions of a second a lte r
n ately betw een th e blended color of the tw o
notes of the chord. T h is resu lted in a v ibrating
lig h t of very w eird effect and m ade plain w hy
such chords produce such unusual stim ulus on
th e em otions.
Some p a rts of sim ple m elodies w ere played,
such as H om e, Sw eet H om e a n d A uld L ang
Syne, and it w as th en dem o n strated why
these sim ple pieces have such a hold on our
em otions, for not only the w ords b u t the
m usical no tes and th e colors aroused a very
sw eet and peaceful em otion, the colors in the
globe being beautifully blended and attractiv e
in th eir passage from one shade to another.
T h e colors them selves w ere unusually soft,
n o t like those produced by electric or o ther
lights. T h ey radiated for some distance o u t
side th e globe and a t tim es illum inated th e cir
cle sittin g ab o u t th e A ltar w ith very w eird ef
fects. T h ere seem ed to be a wide a u ra su r
rounding th e globe w hen some blends w ere
produced and during the half hour exhibition
there w as probably produced a t least sixty
blends o r shades of colors.
N aturally the m em bers of th e S ixth D egree
w ere pleasantly surprised w ith th is dem onstra
tion w hich came as a p a rt of th e lecture for the
evening. I t is only an o th er exam ple of no t
only the genius of our Im p erato r in being able
to devise and construct, unassisted such com
plicated an d delicately ad ju sted in stru m en ts as
w ere used, bu t of the R osaecrucian m ethod of
d em onstrating to our m em bers the tru th and
fact of those law s w hich are being revealed to
them in th e course of th e ir lectures, elim inating
all theories and speculation w hich solely
abounds in nearly all o th er philosophies and
sciences.
T h e Im p erato r is busy now w ith an o th er and
even m ore delicate in stru m en t w hich he calls
th e P honaudion. In it he w ill use a delicate
device used in w ireless teleg rap h y for the re
ception of w ireless m essages, b u t it w ill be
attach ed along w ith o ther in stru m en ts espe
cially m ade by the Im perator, to a phono
graphic horn w hereby the hum an voice or the
notes from a violin, cornet, etc., w ill be m ade
to produce the proper colors in accordance w ith
the octaves of vibrations, so th a t such vocal
and in stru m en tal sounds m ay be seen, recorded
and even pho to g rap h ed in th eir v ib rato ry n a
ture.
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Super Secreta
Spiritus S an ctu s; Rosae C r u c is ; Philosophorum Lapide

H enri Kkunrath

(T ran slated by H. Spencer Lew is, F.R .C .)

N ote: The m anuscript of this m a tte r is over 300 years old and has never been published. K hunrath
was a very advanced Rosaecrucian and a M aster in G erm any betw een 1595 and 1622. H e w rote m any
occult and scientific w orks but the follow ing m atter constituted the culm ination of his life w ork in the
O rder. T he end of the w ork does n ot seem to have been attained for the last pages seem to be
unfinished.

D E D IC A T IO N actual division into planes and spheres and the

U nto the A. M. of the glorious S ixth D egree
of our B rotherhood and to those w ho have
risen, by the goodness of ou r God, to heights
and degrees beyond the S ixth, do I give and
dedicate these w ritings. T h a t C ross and th a t
Rose w hich have sustained them , h ath illu
m inated them , and shall forever guide and di
rect them , reveal still g re ater tru th s in the lines
w hich God and our M asters have perm itted me
to present in these m any pages of w ritings.
All glory, all thanks, all u n d erstanding and all
w orship be unto our God, the God of Goodness,
Love, P eace and Life.
H enri K hunrath, F.R.C. X II.
P R E F A C E (O R IN T R O D U C T IO N )
B rothers and Sisters m ine, perm it me to an
ticipate some of your questions and explain
th a t all w hich I have w ritten here, th a t is, in the
pages w hich follow and w hich m ay follow ere
I finally give the w ork to w hom soever shall
publish it, are no t the re su lt of steady ponder
ous w o rk ; bu t ra th e r have I devoted hours and
som etim es days at a tim e to recording those
things w hich I have found to be of value to
m e and to my colleagues in th e w ork of the
O rder. T herefore this w ork represents a col
lection of m anuscript notes, experiences, and
laws, classified and arran g ed in the m ost con
venient order so th a t each step is progressive.
T he very g reat errors m ade by those who
practise the healing a rts and apply the a rt of
chem istry and physics to th eir healing are very
serious m atters. M any of them are due to a
false un d erstan d in g of the hum an body, its
m
assignm ent of the correct pow ers and influ- l
ences of chem icals and n a tu re s pow ers to each
plane or sphere.
L e t him or her who w ishes to heal others
first know w hereof the healing pow er comes.
I t is to help in th is direction th a t this w ork of
m ine w as undertaken.
Incidentally I have added some in terestin g
m a tte r on n atu ra l m agic, w hereby th ro u g h n a
tu re s law s w onderful feats m ay be perform ed
for the good of m an, physically, m entally, sp ir
itually and divinely. Likew ise have I w ritten
of those th in g s w hich are dear to th e M aster
of the m ysteries of the R osey Cross.
I beg the indulgence of the B ro th ers and Sis
ters w hen I have no t m ade m y w ords as plain
as m ight be, for I m u st ever keep in m indas I
ask of you th a t o th ers w ho are n o t so well
prepared for these th in g s m ay see these pages
and, perchance, experim ent w hen such experi
m ents m ight bring fo rth harm and evil th ro u g h
ig n o ra n c e ; hence I have resorted to veiled illu
sions and hidden laws. T h e Key you have,
and here now are those doors w hich lead to the
Secret C ham bers of our noble O rd er R. C.
T he A uthor.
(T h e follow ing note w as added to th e m anu
scrip t by the author, presum ably after the
g re ater p art of the m anuscript w as com pleted) :
T h e illustrations and diagram s w hich I have
hurriedly, th o u g h correctly, penned in their
proper places th ro u g h o u t the pages are un
doubtedly crude in artistic skill. Since they
m u st be re-draw n in m any instances if they are
to be cut upon wood or otherw ise used, I tru st

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th a t no v ariatio n w ill be m ade in the exactness
w hich I have m aintained even at a sacrifice of
neatness and space.
B O O K (or C hapter) O N E
T he H u m an B ody
T he terrene expression of divinity finds its
culm ination in the physical and spiritual body
of m an. I t is a culm ination because it has
evolved, slowly and steadily th ro u g h ages,
from th e low est expressions of divine life. And
since th e body of m an has w ithin it the divinity
of life, m an is dual in essence.
In one term m an is a co u n terp art of the di
vine above him and a co u n terp art of the m u n
dane below him. W ith in him are tw o w orlds
which find th eir correspondences in th e tw o
w orlds of all n ature, th e w orld of spirit and the
w orld of m atter.
I t is th e perfect blending of the two, th e h a r
m onious relationship, the affinity of both,
which m akes for perfection in m an leading to
th e ideal expression as God conceived m an in
H is mind. Before such perfection is attained
or evolved m an w as a n d s, to some degree b e
low th a t perfection due to an im perfect balance,
an im proper relationship of the tw o essences
w ithin him.
T h e g reater the preponderance of the m un
dane or earth ly essence, the low er in the scale
of evolution is the beingthe expression of
life. And a g re ater preponderance of the spir
itual in expression is not desirable for it tends
to unbalance the perfect equilibrium and to
low er th e fo rtitude and stability of the m aterial
p a rt of the body.
T he ideal expression is, therefore, a being
com posed of the m aterial body of m an nicely
(.evenly; balanced w ith the spiritual body of
m an. P erfect h ealth consists of the perfect
harm ony betw een these tw o and ill-health and
disease is a re su lt of an unbalanced condition
of these tw o essences.
T herein is the w hole process of healing and
it shall be explained unto you how sfc^h bal
ance m ay be attained and m aintained. Bijt
before this m ay be accom plished in your m ind
(u n d erstan d in g ) it will be necessary to analyze
and explain w h at is m eant by the spiritual
body and by the m aterial body.
R em em ber I do n o t hold to the th eo ry now
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advanced by som e philosophers who have been
to E astern valleys in speculation, th a t m an pos
sesses tw o bodies, per se; th a t m an has in ad
dition to his m aterial body an o th er w hich is
im m aterial but w hich has form or proportion
or likeness unto the m aterial one. W h eth er
th a t be tru e or no t is to be dem onstrated and
u ntil such tim e as it is dem onstrated we m ust
forbid our u n d erstanding the phantom revelry
of such convenient hypothesis. W hen I speak
of spiritual body I m ean spiritual essence as
differing from the m aterial body; and I have
no idea of form , proportion or likeness in my
conception of the w ord body.
T hen, too, the m aterial body m u st be well
understood, no t in its general sense and com
position, bu t ra th e r in its principal essences
w hich m ake for the perfect u n ity in the form
of a tissue (body) susceptible to anim ation and
infusion w ith life.
T oo long has the a rt of healing based its
questionable theories upon th e illogical as
sum ption th a t the body of m an is a sim ple
com pound instead of a com plex and m ultiple
com pound. A nd w holly has it ignored the
indisputable fact th a t disease in itself and of
itself is not a condition exclusively of the flesh
th e m aterial body of m an. T h a t disease
m anifests in the flesh, th a t it gives fo rth its
m aterial signs in a m aterial w ay to our m ate
rial u n d erstanding and senses is due to our
com plete ignorance of its o ther m anifestations,
its o th er im m aterial results. B u t as the body
suffers disease and pain to th a t sam e degree
does the spiritual body of m an require a tte n
tion. F o r it is in the spiritual body of m an
th at disease originates and the effects are p ro
duced upon the m aterial body.
In perfect ignorance of any u n n atu ral con
dition in the spiritual essence of the body we
know n o t o u r tru e condition until it has become
a m aterial condition. T hen we perceive and
sense our condition th ro u g h m aterial, physical
signs and judge our condition to be w holly of
a m aterial nature. Believing th e origin to be
in the m aterial body solely we tre a t th a t body
and its com position to those practices of the
healing a rt w hich we believe will rem ove the
cause and alter the result.
T his has been m y practice in th e early p art
of my life; and as I look upon those days of
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years of such false belief I re g re t th a t I was
w rongly tau g h t. B u t I m ay never have the
re g ret w hich is upon those w ho will not learn,
w ho will n o t know . Still, such th ere are, even
in m y im m ediate acquaintance, and w ho recog
nize in m y practices now unusually successful
resu lts th e w hile denying any tru th to m y ex
poundings.
In tw o w ays h as God given th a t w e shall
n urse and m atu re the duality of m a n ; and by
tw o processes m ay w e m aintain an even bal
(T o be continued n ex t m onth.)
T h e Lost A r ts o f M asonry
B y a Rosaecrucian G ran d M aster
L ight, for some, upon th e question as to the
contem poraneous or antecedent origin of the
A.M .O.R.C. and M asonry, and th eir relatio n
ship each to the other, m ay be found in an an
cient M anuscript, found and certified to, by the
learned John Locke, in the B odleian L ib rary of
O xford, E ngland.
T h is M anuscript consists of a series of ques
tions and answ ers betw een K ynge H enrye
the S ixthe of th e Nam e, and faythfullye copyed
by m e Jo h an L eylande, A n tiq u arits, by the
com m aunde of his H ighnesse. concerning the
M ystery of M aconrye.
I auote from th e G eneral A him an R ezon,
a book published in 1826, the single paragraph
concerning th e m a tte r of th e caption of this
a rtic le :
Q uest. W h a tt dothe the M aconnes con-
cele, and hyde?
A nsw . T h ay concelethe the arte of ffynd-
ynge neue artes, and th a tty s for here ow ne
proffytte, and p re is e : T h ay concelethe thhe
arte of kepynge secrettes, th a tt soe th e w orlde
m ayeth nothinge concele from them . T hay
concelethe the arte of w underw erckynge, and
of fore sayinge th y n g es to comme, th a t so
th a y sam e artes m ay n o t be usedde of the
w yckedde to an euylle ende; thay also con
celethe the a rte of chaunges, th e w ey of
w ynnynge th e facultye of A brac, th e skylle
0
Q n jj
of hecom m ynge gude and p arfy g h te w y th
o uten th e holpynges of fere, and ho p e; and
the universelle longage of M aconnes.
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ance betw een th e tw o essences. B oth m u st be
fed th a t th ey m ay continue to sustain. B y the
taking of food and w ater do w e feed th e m ate
rial, physical body of m a n ; and b y (E
of th e Second D egree Sym bolical A lp h ab et) do
w e feed th e spiritual body of m an.
I t w ill be m y privilege now to p resen t to m y
stu d en ts a careful analysis of the tw o essences
and th eir elem ents and to explain th e various
m ethods by w hich th ey m ay be influenced m en
tally and physically.
In this p arag ra p h eig h t th in g s are p articu
larly m en tio n ed :
1. T he a rt of finding new arts.
2. T h e a rt of keeping secrets.
3. T h e a rt of w onderw orking.
4. T he a r t of prophecy, or forecasting.
5. T he a r t of changes.
6. T h e w ay of w inning the faculty of Abrac.
7. T h e skill of becom ing good and perfect.
8. T he universal language.
N um bers 2, 7, and 8 are understood in Rosae-
crucianism in a fuller sense th an M asonry con
ceives them , b u t we pass them w ith th is m en
tion.
B ut w here in M asonry is the a rt of discover
ing new arts, of w onder or seem ingly m iracle
w orking, or prophecy, or th e tran sm u tatio n of
m etals? As a Y ork R ite M ason, and upon the
testim ony of S cottish R ite b ro th ers I declare
them to be lost to M asonry.
A nd th e faculty of A brac (o r A bracadabra,
as Jo h n Locke says in a fo o tn o te ): In the
days of Ig n o ran ce an d S uperstitio n , th a t w ord
had a m agical sig n ificatio n ; b u t th e explanation
of it is now lost.
Yes, it is lost to M asons. B ut, R osaecrucians
know w h at the w ord m eans, and declare th a t
it, and the o ther m entioned lo st a rts of M a
sonry have never been lost to them , and they
propose to resto re th em to th e w orthy.
W hile th ere is no direct relationship betw een
M asonry and R osaecrucianism , in th e A.M.O.
R.C. M asonry m ay not only find again its lost
arts, b u t refind itself.
 THE AMERICAN
A Journe}) to a Q uaint Book Store
i E R E W IT H I tell of an interesting
visit to a quaint book store in P itts
burgh, Pa. So m any of our readers
will be glad to know th a t th ere is
one store one h ead q u arters for old
and stran g e booksw here ones
needs m ay be supplied in a courteous and effi
cient m anner. T he store really deserves re
n o w n ; it should be know n to all w ho w ish
books of an u n usual n atu re at nom inal prices;
and th a t is w hy I w rite of m y v isit to th is odd
shop.
On one of P itts b u rg h s busy and prom inent
streets, am id th e h u stle and bustle of m odern
com m ercialism , stan d s th is little building, old,
odd, an tiq u ated, even foreign in its appearance.
I t adjoins th e T em ple in w hich the G rand
Lodge, A.M .O.R.C., of P ennsylvania m eets for
its re g u lar convocations. T h e T em ple is a
m odern building tow ering high and m agnifi
cently above the sm all building next d o o r; yet
R osaecrucians seem to feel m ore, or as m uch,
a t hom e in th e old book store as they do in the
T em p le; for th ere the B rothers and Sisters
are w o n t to m eet a t tim es and th u m b over the
ra re and in terestin g books w hich contain the
w orlds published know ledge.
T he store is aptly labeled Ye Olde Booke
Shoppe. T h e address is 624 P enn Avenue,
P ittsb u rg h , Pa. M ake a note of th a t address,
ye seekers for books so old and good th a t they
are u n contam inated by the m odern false view
of n a tu re s laws. F or, all m ay w rite freely to
th e p ro p rieto r and ask for books on any subject,
of any age, at any price, and m ost likely he will
be able to find th e book and will w rite and let
you know its m ost reasonable price and in addi
tion will hold the book in reserve for tim e suffi
cient for you to order it by m ail if you w ish it.
I found th e shop to be a veritable storehouse
of rare treats. In fact th ere are about 200,000
books on th e shelves of Ye O ld Booke Shoppe.
M any are so old th a t tim e and use have left
th eir m ark s plainly upon the bindings and
pages. O th ers have reached a m atu re age b u t
show it n o t ; for like som e real unknow n tre a s
ures, th ey have rested for years in closed cases
w aiting anxiously fo r a careful reading. O th ers
are perhaps only five, ten or fifteen years old
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and w hile costly a t one tim e, now sell for a
song. T hen th ere are th e new books and partly
new, selected because of intrinsic w o rth and
value and likew ise reasonably priced.
T h e subjects covered are so m any th a t they
could n o t be classified in even a large diction
ary. T h ere are books on m edicine in all its
phases, on science generally, and on applied
science; there are occult, "psychic and w eird
books; there are those w hich deal w ith m eta
physics, m ental healing, astrology, and New
T ho u g h t. T here are books on trav el to every
country, real and im aginary. T h ere are te x t
books, story books and picture books. T here
are som e very sm all books and som e large
booksim posing and profound. T hen there
are the m ystics books, those strange, unclassi
fied, sacred books w hich m u st be asked for
reverentially and w ith appreciation. T hese are
dear to the h earts of R osaecrucians, for not
m any of them are to be found in A m erica on
shelves open to public purchase.
I have seen clergym en of different de
nom inations, physicians specializing in various
branches of m edicine and surgery, m echanics
evolving th eir progress in certain fields, teach
ers and professors perfecting th eir u n d ersta n d
ing of law s and m any others of high and hu m
ble w alks of life pass into th is old shop and
w ander up and dow n the aisles before the
shelves seeking such books as alone contain
th a t help they need.
And, ever is a helpful suggestion ready, a
kind w ord, a reasonable offer and real book
tre a t given to those w ho knock a t this door of
the tem ple of know ledge. No m a tte r w here
you live, if you cannot get to P ittsb u rg h and
v isit th is place, you can w rite a le tte r or a
, postal and state plainly w h a t books you w ould
like to buy and you w ill surely receive an an
sw er and very likely an option on ju s t th e book
you w ant.
N eedless to say th a t a m an w ho devotes his
tim e to such good w ork as this, w ho tru ly aids
in enlightening the m inds of so m any, is in
reality a R o saecru cian ; and in actu ality the
p ro p rie to r of Ye Olde Book Shoppe is a
B ro th er of o u r O rder.
T H E IM P E R A T O R .
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The Ever Present Problem
B y H atchuep, A ncient R . C .
W hence? W h a t? and W h ith er? are questions
th a t have alw ays been of param o u n t in tere st to
th in k in g hum an beings, in all ages and climes.
A ll our researches indicate th a t the prehistoric
races Lad their religious observances, and re
ligion in itself adm its som ething superior or
som eone superior to the individual being.
W e, therefore, draw the conclusion th a t the
problem s of hum an existence and destiny w ere
questions of in te re st to our forefathers as well
as to the races preceding know n and recorded
tim es.
In his qu est for know ledge, m an alw ays
found him self facing th e G reat U nknow n, the
hidden crypts and recesses w here m ystery p re
vailed, and w here the m ind and reason refused
to follow and superstition and im agination en
tered as a factor.
T h e know n religious system s and dogm as
are exam ples of the m inds conception of the
ideality, flavored w ith superstition and im ag
ination as th e case m ay be. S igns and tokens
w ere produced, or said to have been produced,
of a su p ern atu ral origin in order to bring about
a com pliance of observances th ro u g h fear.
Science, on the o ther hand, seeking the sam e
objects th ro u g h its p ersisten t digging and
delving into every dep artm en t of the visible
world, has provided us w ith a w onderful tre a s
u ry of facts, w hich are full of valuable deduc
tions and applications, b u t yet we grope in the
darkness of the U nknow n, not the U nknow
able.
T he first g reat principle Science has proven
to exist in N atu re is the indestructibility of
M atter and the C onservation of E nergy. W e
know th a t nothing is lost and th a t only a trans-
form ationoccurs. All th a t has ever been
evolved from m atter m u st have been originally
involved in it, and re tu rn s to it in one form
or another. E n erg y on th e o ther hand is u n
lim ited ; its source is the Infinite, and th is E te r
nal F orce supplies every w an t w hich finds ex
pression in accordance w ith N a tu ral Law .
0 W ith o u t the one, energy, th e other, m atter,
could no t find expression. All form s of life
w hich w e see around us have b u t a tem porary
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expression and will re tu rn to th a t invisible
supply, and give place to o ther form s, w hich
will be evolved from the sam e source. W e
see the vegetation apparently dead in W in te r;
the living green com ing forw ard in Spring, and
Its culm ination and germ ination in Sum m er
and Fall*
A nother g re at law th a t exists in N ature,
w hich Science has proven to exist, is H arm ony
the general uniform and ord erly m ode of
operation of n atu ra l forces in every departm ent
of N ature. I t is tru e we can only discover the
w orkings of th e law, b u t we can see it operate
on th e larg e st as w ell as the sm allest scale
w ith the sam e uniform result.
M an, as th e hig h est expression of Life in
organic N atu re, is necessarily dual. H e has a
body of the earth m aterial, and a soul (call it
w h at you please), w hich connects him w ith
th a t Invisible Force, from w hich he can draw
th a t w hich gratifies his unlim ited aspirations.
T herefore he is n o t only the pro d u ct and the
m aster of th e M aterial W orld, th e E a rth , b u t
also the legitim ate heir to th e Infinite, the
W o rld of Cause, to w hich the objective w orld
of E ffects is subordinate.
M an is the self-conscious link betw een the
two. H e sta rte d on the bottom , on th e m ate
rial plane of conscious life, and by th e force of
his own m ental constitution and sp iritual a s
pirations he has ever raised him self h ig h er to
w ard the goal of his ideal aspirations.
T h is grad u al developm ent, from prim eval
ages to our p resen t tim e, in environm ent and
in m ental and physical as well as m oral con
ditions are th e re su lts of th o u g h t and reason
of consciousness. T he m ost im p o rtan t point
in o u r developm ent is to cu ltiv ate th e pow er
to th in k log'cally, candidly and earnestly.
As a m an th in k eth in his heart, so is he. All
th a t m an is to-day is re su lts of thinking. A fter
thin k in g com es action. If we consistently act
according to our b est th o u g h ts, th a t is suffi
cient. T h e tru e concept of w h at we ou g h t to
be, united w ith th e m oral courage to act in
accordance to our requirem ents is th e only and
tru e road to advancem ent and progression.
 THE AMERICAN
N O T I C E
T k e K ey to Reincarnation
H E R E w as a form al announcem ent
in the M arch issue of this m agazine
of the com pletion of a form ula by
o ur Im p erato r by w hich the b irth
date of ones p resen t life could be
used, astrologically to m ake an
astrological m ap o r horoscope of ones previous
incarnations on this earth. T hose in terested
in such m atters w ere invited to w rite to us and
it w as planned to let all know how and w here
fu rth e r w ork of this kind m ig h t be secured. I t
seems th a t so m any m isunderstood and b e
lieved th a t th e Im p erato r w as prepared to m ake
individual horoscopes of p ast lives or else re ay
to give the form ula for the process to all who
w ro te for it. Several h u n d red letters have
been received since last M arch in reg ard to this
m a tte r and it has been im possible for th e Im
p erato r or his S ecretary to answ er all of them
or g ra n t the requests made.
A rran g em en ts have been m ade now for those
who w ish horoscopes or b irfh m aps m ade ac
cording to th is form ula. T he Im p erato r has
given the form ula to one of our B rothers well
versed in general astrology so th a t he m ay
m ake a num ber of careful tests and thereby
*
prove th e correctness of the form ula. T his
B rother, w ho w ishes to rem ain know n only as
M ystic A stro , will, therefore, be pleased to
hear from those w ho sincerely w ish to have a
m ap m ade of th e ir la s t incarnation in accord
ance w ith this m ystic form ula. B ut th e Im
p erato r has insisted th a t th e B ro th er w ho has
offered to do this shall receive some slight
com pensation for th e tim e he will expend on
each m ap and interpretation.
Please bear in m ind th at, to m ake g careful
m ap of ones p a st or previous life, to aiscover
its im p o rtan t revelations, to in terp re t the signs
of th e place of birth, tim e, conditions, etc., and
item ize these in readable form , necessitates
from five to ten h o u rs w ork for each map.
And it is tedious, m athem atical and fatiguing
w ork w hen done after the usual w ork of the
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day. A nd w hen the hour of the p resen t birth
is n o t know n or only approxim ated th e w ork
is considerably m ore difficult and lengthy.
T herefore, the Im p erato r has suggested th a t
tho e desiring th e R eincarnation M aps should
feel obligated to the B ro th er in accordance w ith
the follow ing scale:
1. R eincarnation M ap m ade of p ast life
based on th e exact h o u r and date of
p resen t life .............................................$2 00
2, R eincarnation M ap m ade of p ast life
based on p resen t date of b irth w ith
out th r know n hour of birth. In
such case a p h o tograph m u st be sent
so th a t th e exact hour of present
b irth m ay be d e te r m in e d .................... $3.00
In o ther w ords, if you do no t know the exact
h our of b irth of y o u r p resen t life, you m u st
send a p h o tograph along w ith your req u est for
m ap and an ex tra charge is m ade for w orking
ou t th e hour of birth, approxim ately, for you.
B u t if you do know the exact hour of b irth of
y o u r p resen t life, as well as the b irth da.e,
then only $2 need be sen t for a map.
In sending y o u r req u est for these m aps
please be sure to send y o u r full nam e, w hether
a m em be. of the O rder or not, your com plete
gddress. place w here born (city, state, country
and c o u tr e n t) , d ate of birth, and, if possible,
the h o u r of birth. Send your le tte r registered
and sealed, w ith the inform ation and m oney
carefully enclosed. Do no t send such letters
am- o r :er \ ay than registered and sealed, and
do ; end checks or m oney orders, for
we do not desire stran g e rs to know of your
personal m atters. A ddr ess all such le tte rs to
M ystic A stro, care of the R osae C rucis S u
prem e Lodge, 306 W e st 48th S treet, N ew Y ork
C ity. All m ail will be sent you properly
sealed also.
T H E SECRETARY.
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