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P U B L I S H E D M O N T H L Y B Y T H E S U P R E M E L O D G E

A N C I E N T A N D M Y S TI C A L O R D E R R O S A E C R U C I S

1 2 5 5 M A R K E T S T R E E T S A N F R A N C I S C O. CA L I F .

No. 3 \ M A Y 2 1St, 1921 Price 5 Cents

ONE REASON FOR OUR EXISTENCE

The British Ambassador, Sir AucklandGeddes , recendv said :

“The next f if ty years are going to be themost glorious or the most disastrous in thehistory of the world. Th e presen t gene ra-

tion cannot hope to see a successful end tothe wo rld revolution now in progress. The

way out of wor ld turmoil mus t be led bythose who keep in view three essentials,

Beauty, Service and Truth. Keeping these

thre e in view, civilization will sail safely. Le t

one be occulted and civilization is in danger.Le t two be occulted and peril is nigh. Let

three be occulted and civilization fails. Thu sBabylon fell , thus Egypt, thus R ome and

'ou bt n ot, fell all the civilization s of the pa st,oda y civilizzi_o. totters .”

Many of our readers have heard in our lec-tures 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 members know that ithas been our greatest ambition to make fewer

positive statements and have these based upon

knowledge than to give a great many state-

ments and admit af terwards that they wereguesses or presumptions. W e have called

your attention to the fact that science, today,

yesterday, like unto last century, is filled with

theories, and that it changes these theories,

modifies them or makes them obsolete on

short notice. W e have stated also that someof science’s fundamental propositions relatingto the m ost imp ortant things in our lives andpurporting to explain the most vital and in-teresting conditions of our existence, and theexistence of our universe and the operationof nature's laws, are theories and not to be considered as laws, or facts. We have been

criticized for making this s tatement and some

have smiled and said that we could not provethis statem ent. But, now let us call yo ur at-

tention to what we read in one of the univers -ally recognized a uthorities of scientific m at-

ters , put upon the market within the past two

years and being used by researchers and

scientific persons as indisputable authority.

In true Rosicrucian spirit we will not mentionthe name of the publication nor the author

mak ing the following statements. W e arequoting from an explanation of the nature and

cause of “Tides” and being interested in whatrelation man had to the tides we were sur-

prised to read the following statements. Aftermaking an explicit s tatement of how both theSun and the Moon lull the waters of the earth

and do so in inharmonious periods and rela-tionship, and after going into very minute

facts of heights, depths, and all the technicali-

t ies that would puzzle the average investiga-tor, we come to this very beautiful expression

of the scientific mind:

“The foregoing explanation is called the equilibrium theo ry of the *ides. It is very

plausible, but unfortunately it'fijils to agreewith the observed facts, though it is ' 'seyerthe

less of great 'use in lead ing up to a be ttertheory. * * * Unfortunately, this theory

is not in accord with observation. Th ere areplaces where the high water comes as muchas six hours away from the meridian passageof the mo on. In oth er word s, this equilibriumtheory is at t imes in error by the maximum possible amount. The trouble is that it tells

us what would happen if the forces govern-

ing the tides had plenty of time to act."

Now we ask our mem bers to s top andthink and m entally say to ' themselves whc>t

they would say to us in letters and otherwise

if any one of our lectures closed one of its

scientific explanations with any such apology

as this. A nd wha t wo uld scieneeK's«y'of us

as mystics if we admitted that one of our ex-planations contained in it an error of the maximum possible amount? After all, is itscientific knowledge we want or merely thatsimple, beautiful, unpainted, unmeasurable,uncenotaphed thing called Truth.

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IS PRESIDENT HARDING A MYSTIC?

W e know that our Pres ident is a Free-mason, but he is also a mystic essentially, for

read what he said recently:

“I believe in praye r. I believ e in pray er

in the closet, for then one faces God alone.

I can understand how these Prophets of old,in their anxiety, problems and perturbations



and preplexities , found courage and strength

when they gave their hear ts to the ‘Great Om-

nipo tent’ in prayer."

It is easy to picture the occasion when this

s ta tement was made and to whom, and why.

L ODGE IT E MS

In one of the high degree convocations

when the members were sitting in soft blue

light concentrating and watching the various

centres of violet l ights pass through the room,one of the brothers noticed that a brother s it -t ing near him was breathing so deeply as toaffect the violet l ights that came near him.Reaching over and tapping the brother on thebrother quickly spoke and said: ‘‘Oh, I am not

asleep, I am sim ply practicin g some deepbreathing principles.” Th en the other replied:

"Oh, I did not think you were asleep, but your

breathing is blowing out my lights ."

In the mail received at headquarters in thepast 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 your

good work, a nd +£> unite with you in the Spirit

of loving service for humanity.”

Fiom the Rector of one of the larges t Me-

morial Episcopal Churches in a large Easterncityr “Let me assure you of my continued ap-preciation of the splendid work you are doing

in leading souls through the Gates of Truth.”

From the editor ia l dep ar tme nt of a largeweekly devoted to improving condit ions inAmerica comes the reques t for more informa-tion regarding the great work we are doing.

From Calcutta, India, came a letter s igned

by the Supreme Magus of the R. C. I lluminati■ aivthe Orient, ui which lette r the usual greet-

ings and acknowledgment of fraternal relation-

ship preceded congratulations on our work

and increasing power.

In another letter from Vienna, Austria, there

is a request for more intimate relations be-tween our American Order and a very o ldgroup still existing under a charter granted bythe Christian Rosenkreutz Council.

An d, from Paris, F rance, has com e a re-

quest for the, establishment of a sm all Lodgeunder our direction for those who visit Paris .The request is s igned by one who is a mem

Der of the Order in France and connected withthe Masonic Grand Orient of France.

We wish to announce that new membership

certif icates are to be issued to all members of

the Order in America who are now in or

abo ve the Fou rth Grade. These certif icatesare in Latin and are issued under the name

and power of the International Order R. C.

Two representatives of our O rde r v.'i ll vis it

certain R. C. Lodges in Europe this summe rofficially presenting and receiving certain pa-pers and documents . The imp or .ance of

these matters wil l be revealed in September

or October .

Some of our members have sent us circulars

which are being dis t r ibuted by a publ ishing

and supply company in New Yors , whereina book on Rosicrucian Symbols is advertised

as being "an autho ritative treatise r n construc-t ive symbolism by the Impe rator of the Am er -ican branc h of the Rosicrucian Br Jtherhood.All of which is very m isleading, l or instance:

We have a copy of the book among our re l ics

of Rosicrucian pretentions, and nowhere onthe title page or elsewhere in the book can befound the statement that it was written orauthor ized by "The Imperator of the American

Branch of the Rosicrucian B rotherh ood .” In

fact, the auth or’s nam e is veiled behind a

coined, symbolic name and all the early ad-

ver t is ing of the boo k gave th is same od d name

as the name of the author . Fur thermore the

movement or ig inated by the author and s t i l l

fostered by him as a prolific entelechy of mys-tic books, has always announced itself under

a different ti t le than the rather indefinite

though insinuating title of “American Branch

of the Rosicrucian Bro therh ood .” It is C

evident tha. ' he who prepared the circi’1iieved th at it wo uld be mo re profitab le o' a*,

nounce the authorship in this new fashion be-

cause many are easily mistaken in their com-prehension of names and titles . Th ere wasa time when this author and his organizationcriticised the tit le “Im perato r” and claimed

that it was outside the pale of Rosicrucian ter-minology. But today ,— ah, tha t is different!

Surely none of our members will be fooled,

but what of the seekers who are dazzled byan attractive tit le, highsounding words and

tempting indications?

The new issue of the Little Brown Casket

has been completed in a new and at t ract ive

form with some slight additions to' fit our new

form of propaga nda. The re has been sucha continued request for this new edition thatwe do not expect the present edition to lastvery long. Th ousan ds of copies would beused the first month if we were to ship thenew edition in quantities to each lodge as wehave heretofore, but we will now await theexpressed desires of each Lodge. Inform

your Lodge Mas ter or Secretary i f you are

planning to use many copies of the Little

Brown Casket, so that each Lodge will knowhow many to have shipped.

Someone in the Grand Lodge of F lor ida

has des igned and had pr in ted a very at t rac -

tive paper seal to paste over the flaps of en-velopes. It has a gold cross in the centrecontaining a red rose and bears the legend in



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gold ‘ 'Ad Rosam per Crucem.” W e havenot discovered who is responsible for this

pretty cevice, but we shall learn, psychically

or otherwise.

Bro. Irwin W interhalder, the Swiss sculptor

whose huge s ta tue “The End of the Trai l"

was adm ired by m ill ions a t the Panam aPacific

Expo sition in San Francisco, and is re pro -

duced in photographs and wal l p laques in

every ci ty is engaged now in making eight

large wall panels in relief, depicting in Egyp-tian figures, and hieroglyphs the principle

events and features of our Order and its work.

The panels wil l be donated to the Cal i fornia

Gra nd L odge a nd ar rangemen ts will be .madeto have duplicates for any Lodge desiring to

decorate their own Temples with them.

Those of our members who have for ayear or more sought f rom headquar ters the

recommendation of an efficient, s incere and

dependable as tro loger connected with our

Order and worthy of the conf idences neces -

sarily placed in his hands, will be glad to

know that we now recommend he who has

become an associate of the Executive Staff aswell as Official Astrologer to the Imperator.

He is prepared to calculate and mathematical -

ly inscribe a birth map for those who desire>̂.nd ren de r an interestin g, e nlig hte nin g and

il rea din g <>} the —sym bolic al—ind ica tions

.__ ations found therein according to thetrue and ancient system of astrology. Please

write direct to him for his terms and requisite

data. A ddre ss: Mr. H ow ard Breeding, 1255Market Street, San Francisco, California.

We would sugges t that i f you have never

had a true and conscientious astrological de-

lineation of your life or character made, that

you have one made. I t opens a new vis taand teaches many wonderful principles which

your b ias or prejudice toward as tro logy mayhave kept f rom your unders tanding. To

know one’s natural though undeveloped or

halfdeveloped abilities , to have suggested

one’s greatest talents and fortitudes as well asone’s weaknesses, is unquestionably a greathelp, making for success and more rapid prog-

ress in this period of evolution. To k nowalso when and how the greatest success mayat tend one’s endeavors through cooperat ionwith natural or planetary laws is even moreimportant . Parents should not over look thevalue of such a character delineation of their

children as a guide for the present and future.

The Grand Lodge of F lor ida is p lanning tohave i ts own Temple and the scheme includes

an attractive reading room as well as an office

for the Grand Secretary .

The Supreme Grand Master is ar ranging to

move his office and home to San Francisco so

as to be in closer contact with the work and

with the greatly increased activities of the

order due to the unusual s timulus that has

come to it during the pa st s ix months. W e

will hail with grea t delight the close com pan -

ionship and help of our beloved Brother .

The Grand Lodge of Massachuset ts has re -

cently cha nged some, of the features of its

Temple and have added an addi t ional of f ice

to their suite of rooms for the convenience of

their mem bers . The Lod ge is growing with

enthus iasm and in number of members .

The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania repor ts

increased activity among its members in the

various. lines of wo rk and are ma1’"" arran ge-m en ts fo r inc reas ed m em be r ’

A large Lod ge is being organized in St.

Louis with the help of a number of our mem-bers who are located there and who are g iv -ing a great deal of time to the establishment

of an important center of a large territory.

An in teres t ing proposal regarding the new

form o f p ropaganda and the accep tance o f

the members into the order, and also bearing

upon the initiation fees for new members isbeing subm itted to all the M asters of the

Lodges since they constitute the Supreme

Council. Th eir vote upon this propo sal willma ke it a law. All our me mb ers are ur^crl

to speak to the Mas ter of the Lodge regard -ing the changes co ntain ed in th is proposal be

fore they invi te seekers to become membersof our order and in th is way avoid any er ror

in regard to initiation fees and the method of accept ing new members .

If any of our members have any music writ-

ten for, or suitable for, the cello, which they

feel they can dispose with, i t would be appre-

ciated if they w ould send it "to Hea dqu artersaddressed to the Supreme Secretary.

News regarding Lodges is scarce this

m on th becaus e Lodges have no t appo in ted a

reporter in each group to send us items and

we wish that th is would be done ' r ight awaybecause we want to make the Tr iangle br imfull of interesting items regarding each Lqdge,

the activities of its memb ers, or personal m at-ters of interest to all.

I f any of our members have bound sets of Ephem erides (As trological Alm anacs) whichthey no longer have any use for and would

care to send them to Headquar ters , they

would be very much appreciated .The New York Grand Lodge has e laborated

upon the p lan of holding a monthly general

meet ing of members and hereaf ter wil l add

music and an appropr iate form of enter ta in -

m ent and refreshments. This plan should be

adopted by every Lodge even i f such special

monthly meet ings are held a t some home or

at some other special place so that the mem



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bars wiH have an oppor tuni ty of becoming

•better acquainted and fraternizing upon a so-cial basis . W e note that some of the eastern

lodges dur ing the summer t ime hold monthly

outings or trolley tr ips and this plan might be

made more general in localities where there

is wfarm and pleasant weather in the summer.

The Mas ter of the Del ta Lodge in Phi ladel -

phia has invi ted the m embers of the New York

Grand Lodge to come to Phi ladelphia and

spend a da y visiting some interesting a ndhistorical s ites in Fairmont Park.

Th e G rand Lod ge of Michigan at Flint willhold two initiations of new members during

the m of May and repo rt that they don o t 11. ' ~\ e the ir L odge for the sum -

mer despi te / t i . e warm weather .

MONTHLY PRAYER

The prayer for this month is taken from

the very old and authentic ritual of the Mithriac Cult, a complete copy of which ritual was

found in the great Paris Magic Papyrus in the

Bibliotheque Nationale and is of the fourth

century A. D.

“H ear Me, My jvrfher , F ather of al l fa ther -

hood, BoundlefS 'Light , Who are in the Treas -

ure of L ig h ts May the Supp or ters come, whosgrvetne Seven Virgins of Light who pres ide

ove r the Baptispn of Life! M ay they com e

and b aptize My disciples with the W ater of 'Life of the'Seven Virgins of Light, and wash

away their s ins and purify their iniquities , andnumber them among the heirs of the Kingdomof Light!’’

So many of our members are famil iar withonly the last two lines of this poem that we

thought it well to publish it in full:

THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOULat of the r^ght that covers me,

Black as th« pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever Gods there beFor my unconquerable Soul .

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the b ludgeonings of chance,

My head is b loody, 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 f ind me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate

How charged with punishment the scroll,I am the Master of my fate,

I am the Captain of my Soul.

Henley.

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP

Those desirifrg to receive the teachings of

th is order and wishing to become a member of

one of the weekly study groups or enter one

of the h igher Lodges should wri te to the Head-quar ters in Cal i fornia for appl icat ion bfank and

information. S tudy Groups are becoming

m ore num erous each m on th and we canno t

possib ly me ntion them all in this sma’il pap er.* * *

A new book has been pub l i s hed by the

Egyptian Explorat ion Society in Bos ton,

Massachuset ts , ent i t led The Rock Tombs of

E l Am arna . The book con ta ins m any o f

Amenhotep’s hymns and wri t ings , for i t mus tbe remembered that i t was he who bui l t theci ty of El Amarna and who had most of the

mystical writings engraved upon the walls of

the Tem ple and Tom bs the re s o as to be p re -served for the fu ture . W e are del ighted with

the fact that some of the hymns which appearin this official book, and given to the readingpublic for the first time, are identical withthose which are found in the rituals we have

been using for some years . W ithin recent

years this man ’s life has becom e of intense

interest to the philosophical and religious

wo rld, and! we h op e to see him give n the

proper credi t and praise as wel l as adorat ion

due a man so great as he.* * ¥

W e hear so much these days abou t Black

Magic and sometimes the words are spelled

with a capital B an d a capital M. Th e t

is dignified because it represents an upk •

elem en t, it is so ridiculo us. W e ha ;.;._

out in our magazines of the pas t that the onlypower that resides in Black Magic is in the feartha t each person ma y have of it . I t shouldnever be ' g iven thought , never even adm it ted

to have existence, and we would be justif iedin excommunicat ing f rom our Lodges and our

Groups those members who l ike to use theterm, and try to instill fear of it in the hearts

and minds of others . Th e only destructiveprocess that might be called Black Magic is

that process which rever ts upon and consumes

and des troys the person who is a t tempting tosend forth evil toward another, but this is not

Black Magic, it is N atu re’s W hite^ Magic forteaching men a great lesson, and^should teachus that we need have no fear or even need toprotect 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 s lightly increase the size of

the Triangle beginning with a near issue by

add ing a n insert sheet .an which will be pu b-lished two long articles , the one being a s toryfor the children of our members to read, giv-

ing them helpful principles and the other im-

por tant points to our members in regard to the

Ros icrucian method of educat ing chi ldren. We

trust our members will put these tr iangles in

places where they will fall into the hands of

seekers and thereby do good miss ionary work.

amorc the triangle may 21, 1921

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