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No. 3 I MAY 21st, 1921 Price 5 Cents

ONE REASON FOR OUR EXISTENCE

The British Am bassador, Sir Auck landGeddes, recently said:

"The next fifty years are going to be themost glorious or the most disastrous in thehistory of the world . Th e present genera-tion .cannot hope to see a successful end tothe wor ld revolution now in progress. Th eway out of world turmoil must be led by

those who keep in view three essentials,Beauty, Service and Truth. Keeping thesethree in view, civilization will sail safely. Le tone be occulted and civilization is in danger.Le t two be occulted and peril is nigh. Le tthree be occulted and civilization fails. Thus

X^Babylon fell, thus Egypt, thus Rome and>oubt not, fell all the civilizations of the past.

>^ day civiliz^akyr potters.

Many of our readers have heard in ouFlectures that the Rosicrucian teachings are pre-pared around and upon a basis that is as de-void of theories or hypotheses as is possible;and our high degree thembers know that it

has been our greatest ambition to make fewer —, positiv e statements and have these based upon

knowledge than to give a great many state-ments and admit afterwards that they wereguesses or presumptions. W e have called your attention to the fact that science, today, yesterday, like unto last century, is fil led withtheories, and that it changes these theories,modifies them ~ o r makes them obsolete onshort notice. W e have stated also that someof science’s fundamental propositions relatingto the most important things in our lives andpurporting to explain the most vital and in-teresting conditions of our existence, and the

existence of our universe and the operationof nature’s laws, are theories and not to be considered as laws, or facts. W e have beencriticized for making this statement and somehave smiled and said that we could not prove

v this statement. But, now let us call you r at-tention to what we read in one of the univers-ally recognized authorities of scientific mat-ters, put upon the market within the past two years and being used by researchers andscientific persons as indisputable authority.In true Rosicrucian spirit we will not mentionthe name of the publication nor the author

making the follow ing statements. W e arequoting from an explanation of the nature andcause of "T ides ” and being interested in whatrelation man had to the tides we were sur-prised to read the following statements. Aftermaking an explicit statement of how both theSun and the Moon lull the waters of the earthand do so in inharmonious periods and rela-tionship, and after go ing into ver y minutefacts of heights, depths, and all the technicali .

ties that would puzzle the average investiga-tor, we com e to* this ve ry beautiful expressionof the scientific mind:

“ The foregoin g explanation is called theequilibrium theory o f ihe\^ides. It is ve ryplausible, but unfortunatelyfails to agreewith the observed facts, thoiigh it1®^>£vertheless of great ‘use in leading up to a >theory. * * * Unfortunately, this theoryis not in accord with observation. Ther€f areplaces where the high water comes as muchas six hours away from the meridian passageo f the moon. In other words, this equilibriumtheory is at times in error by the maximum

possible amount. The trouble is that it tellsus what would happen if the forces gover y^ ing the tides had plenty of time to act.” /

Now we ask our members to stopthink and mentally say tdrTjiem selves wha*.they would say to us in letters and otherwiseif any one of our lectures closed one of itsscientific explanations with any such apologyas this. And wha t wou ld science 8c*y'oftss— as mystics if we admitted that one of our ex-planations contained in it an error o f themaximum possible amount? A fte r all, is itscientific knowledge we want or merely thatsimple, beautiful, unpainted, unmeasurable,

uncenotaphed thing called Troth.

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IS PRESIDENT HARDING A MYSTIC?

W e know that our President is a Free -mason, but he is also a mystic essentially, forread what he said recently:

"I b elieve in prayer. I believe in prayerin the closet, for then one faces God alone.1 can understand how these Prophets of old,in their anxiety, problems and perturbations



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and preplexities, found courage and strengthwhen they ‘gave their hearts to the ‘Great Om-nipotent’ in prayer.”

It is easy to picture the occasion when thisstatement was made and to whom, and why.

LODGE ITEMS

In one of the high degree convocationswhen the members were sitting in soft blue

light concentrating and watching the variouscentres of violet lights pass through the room,one of the brothers noticed that a brother sit-ting near him was breathing so deeply as toaffect the violet lights that came near him.Reaching over and tapping the brother on thebrother quickly spoke and said: “ Oh, I am notasleep, I am simply practicing some deepbreathing principles.” Then the other replied:“ Oh, I did not think you were asleep, but yourbreathing is blowing out my lights.”

In the mail received at headquarters in the

past week were several interesting letters, ex-tracts from which we give now:

From The Unity School of Christianity,Kansas City : “ It is our pleasure to bless yourgood work, and unite with you in the Spiritof loving se.»ce for humanity.”

Fi om the Rector of one of the largest Me-morial Episcopal Churches in a large Eastern

city: “ Le t me assure y o iL o fjn y continued ap~—f t ^ d that it would be more profrtafe^ ^ a*.,preciation of the splendid work you are do ing nounce the authorship in this new fashion bein lead ing souls through the Gates of Truth. cause many are easily mistaken in their com

From the editorial department o f a large Prehension o f names and titles. There was

week ly devoted to improving conditions in a tline ™ he-n thls, au$ or and organizationAm erica comes the request for more informa criticised the title Imperator and claimed

S io n regarding the great work we are doing. that * was outside the pale of Rosicrucian terX . mmology. But today,— ah, that is different!

\rom Calcutta, India, came a ^tte r Surely none of our members will be fooled,the'sS*4preme Magus of the R. C. Illuminati kut w}ia t of the seekers who are dazzled by

ox the Orie fltrvu which letter the usual greet an attractive title, highsounding words andmgs and acknowledgment o f fraternal relation tempting indications?ship preceded congratulations on our workand increasing power. The new issue o f the Little Brown Casket

has been completed in a new and attractiveIn another letter from Vienna, Austria, there form with some slight additions to fit our new

is a request for more intimate relations be form of propaganda. There has been such

tween our American Order and a v ery old a continued request for this new edition thatgroup still existing under a charter granted by we do not expect the present edition to lastthe Christian Rosenkreutz Council. very long. Thousands of copies would be

A t e r» i used the first month if we were to ship theAn d, from Pans France, has come a re new edition in quantities to each lodge as we

quest tor the establishment o f a small Lo dge have heretofore, but we will now await theunder our direction for those who visit Paris, expressed desires o f each Lodge. Informthe request is signed by one who is a mem your L odge Master or Secretary if you are

" er J" . der 1” France and connected with planning to use many copies of the Littlethe Masonic Grand Onent o f France. Brown Casket, so that each Lodge will know

W e wish to announce that new membership hoW many to have shipped’ certificates are to be issued to all members o f Someone in the Grand Lodge of Floridathe Order in America who are now in or has designed and had printed a very attrac

above the Fourth Grade. These certificates tive paper seal to paste over the flaps of enare in Latin and are issued under the name velopes. It has a gold cross in the centreand power of the International Order R. C. containing a red rose and bears the legend in

Two representatives of our Order v.jfll visitcertain R. C. Lodges in Europe this summerofficially presenting and receiving certain pa-pers and documents. The importance of these matters will be revealed in Septemberor October.

Some of our members have sent us circularswhich are being distributed by a publishingand supply company in New York, wherein

a book on Rosicrucian Symbols is advertisedas being “ an authoritative treatise cn construc-tive symbolism by the Imperator of the Amer-ican branch of the Rosicrucian B'otherhood.”A ll of which is very misleading. Fo r instance:W e have a copy of the book among our relicsof Rosicrucian pretentions, and nowhere onthe title page or elsewhere in the book can befound the statement that it was written orauthorized by “The Imperator of the AmericanBranch of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood.” Infact, the author’s name is ve iled behind acoined, symbolic name and all the early ad-

vertising o f the book gave this same odd .nameas the name of the author. Furthermore themovement originated by the author and stillfostered by him as a prolific entelechy of mys-tic books, has always announced itself undera different title than the rather indefinitethough insinuating title of “ American Branchof the Rosicrucian Brotherhood.” It is orevident ths£ Jie^who^pj^p^YetLthe circuy



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gold "A d Rosam per Crucem.'* W e havenot discovered who is responsible for thispretty c, evice, but we shall learn, psychicallyor otherwise.

Bro. Irwin Winterhalder, the Swiss sculptorwhose huge statue ‘‘The End of the Trail"was admired by millions at the PanamaPacificExposition in San Francisco, and is repro -duced in photographs and wall plaques inevery city, is engaged now in making eightlarge wall panels in relief, depicting in Egyp-tian figures, and hieroglyphs the principleevents and features of our Order and its work.

The panels will be donated to the CaliforniaGrand Lodge and arrangements will bemadeto have dup icates for any L od ge desiring todecorate their own Temples with them.

Those o f our members who have fo r a year or more sought from headquarters therecommendation of an efficient, sincere anddependable astrologer connected with our

Order and worthy of the confidences neces-sarily placed in his hands, will be glad toknow that we now recommend he who hasbecome an associate of the Executive Staff aswell as Official Astrologer to the Imperator.H e is prepared to calculate and mathematical

inscribe a birth map for those who desiregpd render an interesting, enlightening and

■I reading oJLjtb̂ ̂ y iijjbolical indications

^\ka£U>iis found therein accOrding^to—thetrue and ancient system o f astrology. Pleasewrite direct to him for his terms and requisitedata. Ad dress: Mr. Howard Breeding, 1255

Market Street, San Francisco, California.

W e would suggest that if you have neverhad a true and conscientious astrological de-lineation of your life or character made, that

you have one made. It opens a new vistaand teaches many wonderful principles which

your bias or prejudice toward astrology mayhave kept from your understanding. Toknow one’s natural though undeveloped orhalfdeveloped abilities, to have suggestedone’s greatest talents and fortitudes as well asone’8 weaknesses, is unquestionably a greathelp, making for success and more rapid prog-

ress in this period of evolution. T o knowalso when and how the greatest success mayattend one’s endeavors through cooperationwith natural or planetary laws is even moreimportant. Parents should not overloo k thevalue of such a character delineation of theirchildren as a guide for the present and future.

Th e Grand Lodge of Flor ida is planning tohave its own Temple and the scheme includesan attractive reading room as well as an officefor the Grand Secretary.

Th e Supreme Grand Master is arranging to

move his office and home to San Francisco soas to be in closer contact with the work and

with the greatly increased activities of theorder due to the unusual stimulus that hascome to it during the past six months. W ewill hail with great delight the close compan-ionship and help of our beloved Brother.

The Grand Lodge o f Massachusetts has re-cently changed some, of the features of its

Temple and have added an additional officeto their suite of rooms for the convenience of their members. The Lod ge is growing withenthusiasm and in number of members.

The Grand Lodge o f Pennsylvania reportsincreased activity among its members in thevariouslines of work and are m^tiflfl^arrangements fo r increased member^r*^ v—̂ ..

A large Lo dge is being hfganized in St.Louis with the help of a number of our mem-bers who are located there and who are giv-ing a great deal of time to the establishmentof an important center of a large territory.

An interesting proposal regarding the newform of, propaganda and the acceptance of the members into the order, and also bearingupon the initiation fees for new members isbein g submitted to a!F't“the Masters o f theLodges since they cons titu te the SupremeCouncil. Their vo te upon this proposal willmake it a law. A ll our members are urgedto speak to the Master of the Lodge regard^/ing the changescontained in this propbsaFrfS. 'fore they invite seekers to become membershf our order and in this way avoid any errorin regard to initiation fees and the method of

accepting new members.If any of our members have any music writ. '

ten for, or suitable for, the cello, which? theyfeel they can dispose with, it woulcLbe appre-ciated if they would send i£*o Headquartersaddressed to the Supreme SigbT' IT1' i**,

News regarding Lodges is scarce thismonth because Lodges have not appointed areporter in each group to send us items andwe wish that this would be done right away"because we want to make the Triangle brimfull of interesting items regarding each Lqdge,

the activities of its members, or personal mat-ters of interest to all.

If any of our members have bound sets of Ephemerides (Astrological Almanacs) whichthey no longer have any use for and wouldcare to send them to Headquarters, theywould be very much appreciated.

The New York Grand Lodge has elaboratedupon the plan of holding a monthly generalmeeting of members and hereafter will addmusic and an appropriate form of entertain-ment and refreshments. This plan should beadopted by every Lodge even if such special

(monthly meetings are held at some home orat some other special place so that the mem



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bers will have an opportunity of becomingshatter acquainted and fraternizing upon a so-cial basis. W e note that some of the easternlodges during the summer time hold monthlyoutings or trolley trips and this plan might bemade more general in localities where thereis Warm and pleasant weather in the summer.

The Master of the Delta Lodge in Ph ilade l-

phia has invited the members of the New YorkGrand Lodge to come to Philadelphia andspend a day visiting some interesting andhistorical sites in Fairmont Park.

The Grand Lodge o f Michigan at Flint willhold two initiations (i of new members during,the r n / ^ ^ o f May and report that they donot l i lr jfe ir Lod ge for the sum-mer despite*'tLb warm weather.

M O N T H L Y P R A Y E R

The prayer for this month is taken fromthe very old and authentic ritual of the Mithriac Cult, a complete copy of which ritual wasfound in the great Paris Magic Papyrus in theBibliotheque Nationale and is of the fourthcentury A. D.

“Hear Me, My Father, Father of all father-hood, Boundlef^ Light, Who are in the Treas-ure of Light! May the Supporters come, who

i&eoeven Virgins of Light who preside'over the Baptism of L if e ! May they come.and baptize My disciples with the V/ater of Life of the' Seven Virgms of Tig ht , and waspaway their sins and purify their iniquities, andnumber them among the heirs of the Kingdomof Light!”

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JS So many of our members are familiar withon l y the last two lines of this poem that wethought it well to publish it in full:

■ j H E C A P T A IN O F M Y S OUL

K^j>Jght that covers me,Black as the pit from pole to pole,1 thank whatever Gods there beFor my unconquerable Soul.

m the fell clutch of circumstanceI have not winced nor cried aloud,

Under the bludgeonings of chance,My head is bloody, but unbowed.Beyond this place of wrath and tears.Looms but the horror of the shade,And, yet the spectre o f the years,Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gateHow charged with punishment the scroll,I am the Master of my fate, ■■■_ I am the Captain of my Soul. T L

Henley.

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ‘ ̂ Those desiring to receive the teachings of

this order and wishing to become a member of one of the weekly study groups or enter one

of the higher Lodges should write to th/e Head-quarters in California for application blank andinformation. Study Groups are becomingmore numerous each month and We cannotpossibly mention them all in this small paper.

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A new book has been published by theEgyptian Exploration Society i n Boston,

Massachusetts, entitled The Rock /Tombs of El Amarna. The book contain^ many of Am enhotep ’s hymns and writings,/ for it mustbe remembered that it was he w*ho built thecity o f El Amarna and who had/ most o f themystical writings engraved uponv the walls o f the Temple and Tombs there so as to be pre-served for the future. W e are delighted withthe fact that some of the hymnal which appearin this official book, and given to the readingpublic for the first time, are identical withthose which are found in the rituals we havebeen using for some years. Within recent

years this man’s life has become o f intenseinterest to the philosophical and religiousworld, and we hope to see him given theproper credit and praise as well as adorationdue a man so gpreat as he.

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W e hear so much these days about BlackMagic and sometimes the words are spelled''with a capital B and a capital M. The y is dignified because iK represents an iipkelemestu lFis so ridiculous.out in our magazines of the past that the only■power that resides in Black Magic is in the fear

that each person may have of it. It shouldnever be given thought, never even admittedto have existence, and we would be justifiedin excommunicating from our Lodges and ourGroups those members who like to use theterm, and try to instill fear of it in the heartsand minds of others. The only destructiveprocess that might be called Black Maggie isthat process which reverts upon and consumesand destroys the person who is attempting tosend forth evil toward another, but this is notBlack Magic, it is Nature’s White Jlfegic~fbiteaching men a great lesson, and should teachus that we need have no fear or even need to

protect ourselves against the evil intentions of others so long as we live uprightly and do ourbest at all times.

ANNOUNCEMENT

It is our plan to slightly increase the size of the Triangle beginning with a near issue by adding an insert sheet On which will be pub-lished two long articles, the one being a story for the children of our members to read, giv-ing them helpful principles and the other im-portant points to our members in regard to the Rosicrucian method of educating children. We

trust our members will put the&e triangles in places where they will fall into the hands of seekers and thereby do good missionary work.

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