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. 'STATEDCO'NVOCATIONS FORUJI7JaD. 12-16 .. . "·A~r. ~ i3~27<: . . ."S~ 14:28Feb. 9-23 May,·lH5., Oct. 12-28M.....~23 Juii~·,·s.;22 .. N". t-:23.
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.' REGULAR OUARTERLY 8USINESS MEETINGS .of· MetroPolitan ColltlSe Will be held In Peb. May, Sep~ and Noy. at 8uehtlmea anel places .......y be clesfarnated by special announeement.. '
THE HIGH COUNCIL, S••• R. -. I.'. A.',Stated Conafatory, Wednesday, March 21st. ® 0 rr 18-18Stated. Consi8iOrt, Monday, September 24th. ® 0 ~ 51-25
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'the'erOis'-tiar 'wuat:8eotplo., '(The ',preaent e,olutlon raised, It 'to 0 Tlienext stage'ot evolutloll' ,wlU ':emTlt to'~ the :Lar1nx~ and whenruture evelutlon lifts It up to the head, maD' wlll
',"walk with GoeL" Jobn 3 :5. ,,'. , , In ,this Eiryptlan ,s)"lnbollsDl of e"olutlon, the wbole purpose ,of life WllS
to ral~"up't1ie cross·.bar. 'Interpreting this In R081~ruclan symbolism, thequ~tion Is;'!hat 18 the:meanlng of the "'aters of Ufe upon the lOwer ex-, 'treIilltY'of tbe ~tatJ: of' $pl~lt.or' ~e spinal column? ,',' ,,','
c Kere we must enllupoll utrology fOr the key. In our present time the;',unltersall)'.. accepted Idea' of tbe cross has evoh"ed to Fig. ,p.8tud)1ng, tbe.)'w1)oIlc Rosicrucian, crotlS from the, astrolOllc~.l basis. '1WlIl '1aseen, to be
, a :cteatureof'CoStDlc, evolutloD, therefore bls cross Is slftnlfted,by Signs oflb. 'ZOdiac, whleb sr CoSmic, rather than by the Planets. wblCh ar Solar.Tli18 Is' repreliented, In FIg. E.; C'f'liead. l:I ,larynx; [J breaSts, 0' stomacb.(80larPlexus,) Ohear&. nv,8pl~n, :Q:apl~l~ III genital... ~n this sYmbol, 1·~:. *ar_ not c~mflldered, as ther al' only' branches, not part of the trunk· Of theTree ,of Lite.. (Ule' spina system.) BenL"8 Rosicrucians do not kneel, thelower extremities haYing little relaU\"e significance In "our usages. -
In past ages wben man's stateot evolution wa~ lower, In a state ofsplrltual'drouth, tM crossbar,:was '&een:to' be at m; In' our present evoluUoll
ltbaa ,been ral~ to '[J. ',rills Is sy."boUzed In making I the "sIgn ~f the cross" when, we toucb 'the forehead. C'f': the 80larplexu8, 0,:111 1l1aklng't11e stacr of splrlt~ Tben we make tlle'croB8.bartoucblnlJ 'the t~o, breasts, ruled by [) 1b~ dual idgn. ' ' ,
Present spiritual eveluUoD colicerDS Itself,chiefly with the mngnetl~currents that flow froiD, ..'tli~·80iar plexus to' the head, therefore Ute' signo~, ,the croatJ ~tll.lzes the b8.nd ,In Its slgnUlcatlon ,only aaloweJown' as the solar plexus. ';q ,', ' ,..,..
" In exoteric' religions. only ,one current ofevolutlo~ 18 utilized, U!e :asplrant working out his
, salyatloll tbru pra:etfee! ::ci,dll',;:heace b1aslgn' ofthe crOss'ls made with' 'o,ur' hand', onl)'. But theRosicruclao .works ooth'" salvation by botb Practice, (evolutlon,)-,.and by.....Fllo80fY.(the HIddenWisdom)" a dual patb. nenceblsslgnoftbecr088 sbould be given with both hands, as ,utilb:-'Ing the duality of the current.· which' creates themagnetic circuit. '. ", ,__~-,-----+-----------IJ"~ To accompllsb this ar.mbollcally, the True
Jehovah H. G. Cbrlstos ,Rosicrucian Sign of tbe Cro8a must be 'gl\'en;8:. S:. Sun Spirit which Is aa follo\V8: ,'- .
1-41 God Tbe Logos The -01111("----4I.1t The rlgbt hand touches, first. the forebead;Master second, the plexus; third, the right breast; tour~
the left breast. At the same time the left, band,18, used synebronoulily, ~IDnhig first. at ,tb'e,.plexus; ,ReCond, the forehead; third; the left ",breast; ,fourth, the rlgbt breast. (See Fig. F.)This ends 'wlth Ule arms In the sign of the G. : .S. :. ", ,.1~ tile ;1i~~Il)gy of]be: '~8Icruc~8Igno,',: ,
. th.e -eross, .~~ :_see·:-tJult·-.tti~·~~o~· :grow8 ~-Ua:D ~·~a··· ....lltlill'of tboms.Tbeandent wat:cl1ersat the River',of:·Llfe~~:'Jn~~:,~at "ben .tbe purifying waterswe,. low,bat~neeaprevIlUedaDdour symbol
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. . " Fr. Cleo, Director. ,Elementary:CIll88, 18t.· 3rd and 3th:T"'~~lU~8,712 \Vest .180n, Street. Sr."l1rOg~8i,ti.Z,IDstruct~r.. '. Ad\'8118t Cln8tii··2nd.and 4tlfTU~tI"Ys'··il$)"W~~·a'tu.1:Strec~.Fi':: Cleij; 'ln8tr~#~i:":' , .. '
:', . Next ,!leetingqf Ad"anst,CljUlS 'W'I.:~.ln J~uaryby speclaLnoWlcatl~n:., ' .. 01I1ojl8e8 wW,~oilveQe:at 8 p. m.:preelscl)',·. ',.,:
.: /<: .' '..... ';':' ~":Fr "~~8~i~,>;'~~~·~~~'~~;':~ ··,f·.. >'J~Kti::~:· '.,. All' :m~mbers of Metrojlolltan' Who"were"present';'at't1fe "·last,CotiTQcatlon~·aiid~".recelve<l:an
invita.U«»n:to.:;.Fr. ~~8cl.i,lti' ;c.brl8.miiia.Evetullctl~n .arrem.lndettthat. ,~.Ql{tGHT:I.§.;~ 'NIGHT-DONT ,li"ORGET .IT..-....:n<Thi"T "MtS$~ IT:'" "Wttc!'I\Vllnt ''8,'.; goodly"titteniance.·,0f.~Fraterii>8nd..Sorores
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. ~. On: W~ne8da)' e'·ening•. ~o~;:~'t~~td~Jl.~~I~M!g?:~p.·)\\"~·aduil~iedaild RecogniZedall an InU,ate member of' t1!e .Jrni~rQI~ '(01' ~(etropolltan. College bI the.8eeretary General, atthe House otthe S. :~S.: .Fr. Aeo\u!! ns~'he·cwm·bo:known to the' Fraternity WB8 presented,·b)·the ItnperatClr. b)' l\'hom hehad.been adinlttecJ::to tbe C.of O. September 23rd" 1915. Fr, AeoluKwas at tbat. time stationed .at 'nremerWn•. S~ttle.' Wash., on board tbe U. S. S. Soutb Dakota.He Is now8tatloned ,on the U.S.A~. NOR'I'H CAROLINA, where Fraters 100el al1dItefleio ,'Isltedhim Frld8J\ No,',. 30tll, A .new star ~reaeDJlng Fr~ Aeolu8 bas been placed uponthebeautitul~r\'lce "'hilt ot Metropolitan and. IVls: ~'tbJlIt!8u.re that we record hl8 nllme on the Honor Rollof the College of whlchwe:,ar proucl toacnoli!dgehlm a member.
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cblld) atdO.45. P. lU,.PIIlJnnf!l~. N.J. ..". .. 01' Sun41}Y; ·~ecemf)e'" .9,' at,:'j.:Ill,l~;. Newar", N. 'J., a 80n W88 bOJ:)l to Saror Concordia and
";:'~I;-b!~,.Y.=~WRi;i'~l~~~~;~a~~;~~:e~,i:n~:~~~e~~"~I.;~DJ~~ni1,~~70{~~~IJ::t~t~e;a~:~. ~. At tbe last Con\'ocatlon n beautiful Croiu(~rid:nose Ina Shadow Box was speelallyconsecratedbv the Celebrant. It Is'to go ;at'Christriuu, to "Friiter Aeolus,·U.. S.Nortb Carolina asa tra'l"elll1g
8i'm~~:,r ~~et::a:::r.I.F'~n·~~tion~.;.Frate~ i/h: ~', .(~/;ofO.~~ A~g~. Apr.~ 14th.. ~~14)Wlt8 Recognized .as·an:.Inltfll~"ot.::1I~tl'9P.Ult4n,:,,~W<:kaJtd:·.:WUI,bekno~q ,.to .tb~. ;F'J'awrnlty 8SMarcion, He will make' hIs' bome"ln 'New ~.YOl'k·.;clty. :1lfie.Neofttes .D¢gree· was '; conferd b)~ Rt.·Wor~ Fr. Reftcio·I~~"""~f)·:~~".~¥.;~J'k;;;~iA~lIr~YUJ~._.:.. ',.: .,'.:
Tbe thnnkso!. tlie' C(,lIcme ,:.ar\~~tfd~~1f.:cir:~"l~~i·rS; J\.n~,ny: fOr.; the generils,clon'8~IQnoC a SUPPlY. of Lib- Cups tor useatC·g~J"'~!'9~:'~.~1.teFti.:.,.~~!~n•.... ' ", '.' '.'. .' UAngeso...,·~otWc "Nam.-. .. '.' ..
. At the Annllnl Meeting of the·;C.()rp'o~·tjf;~Y:·~~jiges.of~terJcN~\\-ere gr.Lnted ·itttheir o\\'n reqUest8, to Fr. Enueleowlio \Vln. hereuf~r'be known. U 'l\laftellu8, and' to SororJ.umblnl who will be hereafter known all Deatrlx. :..... . . .
.. ' . '. '. "Relnstatement: " ..At the Jut Convocation o....r (~er F~~r '~t.E... J~, :w.bo reslgri~ In ,the Fall oC' 1915 ,,'as',
reltl8tated by "ote of the colleg.e. He will :Iie:known to.·tt1e ;'F;,a~r~lt)· tl8l"ra~er MI\U~1It18.
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In' R081cruclan rttual8~ the grand($t tr~Uls~rparklel~"~d "8ti~ted ,for the Inquiringmind.. tIll'U seemlngl, ordlnar1 exoteric parables. ' .' . ". ' ',". .
E"er)' uconte will remember tile 8tory of the Cr08B and the Nile.
I . l'l ~h~,tI~~dE~~~r8~el~~~n'=~c;:-.=:m~e~s~ :.~:::-' -' rose upon the uprlgbt staff and' 80 ;lIfted ttie cross·bar 111gber and
B blgher.But here the question occurs; "Wby' was the crOIlll used? Why
, did they not use the upright ,stair alone. as Is dODe ID. all othercountries wbleb border flood·streams r'
A 0 D In analytically .seeklng the l<'Jlosofer's Stone in tbis bit ot ourritual. tlte RosicruCian will bear In mind that the uprlgbt, or stair,
(Fig, A.) symbolizes the proJection, emanation or Involution of Dh'lne Spirit downward 'intomatter. ID maD, the bJgbest Involutlonary type' ot creation, tb18 represents the 8plnal nervous~et. The ero88·bar, (Fill:. B.) s}"11lbollzes that world of matter and the SUblime s)'1DbologJ ofthe Nile Is that of tbe "River oC LIli'E".
StDdy Christ's definition oC being born again. Tbf'n eouple It with Jobn 3 :5.: Except il iDaI'be borD of water and tbe Spirit. be cannot enter Into the kingdom of God. .
All thru the New Testament the symbolism otwater 18 that of wasblng. eleanslng, parlftcation. Hence It becomes "tile water of Lite"; LIFE Dot being of the ftslcal. but ot the Spirit.
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