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The meaning of a term is often the key to the proper understanding of some technique or specialized study. Various studies in the sciences and arts have their own gradually evolved terms. Without knowledge of such terms the student may grope with the subject as though it were in a language foreign to him. The Rosicrucian teachings are no exception-time has developed certain Rosicrucian words or terms that convey mportant truths in a simple and effective way. The terms, however, may consist of words that have distinctly different connotations than common usage provides. Therefore, to gain the utmost from his studies, the member must be certain that he has the right comprehension of the term-so that there is no misunderstanding. This Glossary, in a simple, alphabetical order and concise manner, sets forth words and terms with meanings unique to the Rosicrucian teachings and philosophy. It will be found to be a most practical aid in deriving the utmost from membership study. Prepared under the auspices

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A and B Elements: The two qualities or elemental natures that compose the life essence in our bodies. The A element is the immaterial, invisible, Divine essence; B, the material, earthly, chemical element resulting from what we eat and drink, and from the magnetic and other forces we receive from contact with the earth. Absent Treatments: Those given to a person at a distance, whether it be a few feet or many miles. In absent treatments we make ourselves channels through which metaphysical forces may be directed so that harmonium may be restored in another person without immediate contact with him. Actions- Voluntary and Involuntary: Certain processes go on inside our bodies which we do not control. They continue whether we think of them or noto These are involuntary actions, such as those of the heart, stomach, and lungs. Voluntary actions are those of which we are conscious, such as speaking-those for which conscious effort is produced. Actuality: The phenomenon or manifestation of the vibrations of Spirit. It is that which involves action, and is the law and order of vibrations. Reality is the law and order of consciousness. It represents the individual appreciation of actualities or manifested vibration. Reality is the product of the individual reception and assimilation of vibrations. Actualities cannot become realities to man until he realizes them. Realization can be affected only by interpretation. Adept: Mystically, one who has attained illumination and a mastery in applying his knowledge of Cosmic laws and principIes to the affairs of life. He has a mastery of the knowledge and application of spiritual or Cosmic laws-the fmally and completely enlightened personality.

Akashic Records: The indelible, eternal records of all events and knowledge which are an integral part of Cosmic Consciousness, the Divine mind. They contain all things past, present, and future. They are not material, written accounts, but the Divine consciousness of past and future events. Consulting the Akashic Records means attuning with Cosmic Consciousness. Alden (Ahldain, A'ldain): The name of a former Master of the Great White Brotherhood, who gave jurisdiction over the establishment of mystical centers on the North American Continent during the fifteenth century, and after whom the first Temple in this country was named in 1603. His personality still affects much of the work in this country. Allegory: A symbolic story or drama in which the characters and the story represent ideas, emotions, situations, etc., other than their literal nature and meaning. In Rosicrucian allegories, this symbolic meaning is philosophic and mystical. A ritual drama is an allegory based on ritual or initiatic rites and may constitute in itself a ritual or initiation. Altar: In the East of the Lodge is situated the Altar of the Master, who represents the Greater Light and is, in fact, the Lesser Light in all Lodge convocations, except when the "Vestal Light may more symbolically represent the rising of the Greater Light in all its glory." Sacred and Holy shall the Altar be, that from its bosom may come intellectual and spiritual illumination. From the Altar come forth "Life, Light, and Love." Amen: A contraction of the old mystical word Aumen. Its origin is in the Snskrit Aum and Om. It is a Hebrew word introduced into Egyptian mystic rites to express the hidden and invisible God, or an inspired representative of

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God. The effect of the word in conjunction with proper breathing is to fix or stabilize certain vibrations previously aroused in the surrounding ether, and to bring about a Cosmic manifestation. AMRA: If you petition for special help and your petition is answered, you are obliged, by the Law of AMRA, to make compensation by passing along to others some portion of the blessing you have received. Aquarian Age: The position of the sun. on the vernal equinox moves through the path of the ~odla~ ea.stward at the rate of a sign in about 2200 years. This penod ISreferred to astrologically as an Age. Due to this precession, the spring equinox does not begin in Aries as it once did, but in Pisces. When it crosses into the sign Aquarius, the Aquarian Age will have begun. Assumption: Exchanging places, persons, and power. y ou assume you have exchanged places with the other person, assuming the other's personality. In Divine Assumption, you assume you are exchanging your limited self-conscousness for the consciousness of God. Attunement: During its temporary residence in the human body, the soul essence keeps in touch or attunement with the great Divine source from which the soul came and to which it returns. All soul-personalities on this earth plane and on the Cosmic plane are in constant attunement. It is because man's soul-personality is attuned with all other soulpersonalities that thought vibrations operate at great distances. By attuning ourselves to the Divine mind we can receive the laws, rules, and facts of knowledge which we can depend upon as being truthful.

Aura (human): An admixture of positive an~. negative vibrations. The negative vibrations are of the Splrl~ energy of the atoms which compose the substance of our bodies. !he positive source of the aura is the Vital ~if~ ~orce taken mto our bodies with each breath. The aura ISvisible under many conditions and has been photographed and will affect certain instruments. The stronger and healthier the physical. body, the more deeply we breathe fresh air, the more magnetc will the aura be. Our auras are not constant. Changes in envronment, health, and thinking may change the colors. Just as every living thing has an aura, so do inanimate bodies. In addition, such bodies acquire the magnetic influence of the human aura of those in whose possession they have been. They retain in their own nature the radiations of the human aura. Belief: From the mystical point of view, belief implies lack of knowledge. A mystic should have no beliefs, but knowledge, or frankly admit that he does not know. We either know or do not know; and what we know, we must realize that we do, so that we can demonstrate it. Birth: Occurs, mystically, when the animal body t~kes its first Breath of Life. Then the body becomes a conscious being. Birth is the opposite phase of the passing of the Breath and consciousness which is falsely called death. Borderline State: The merging of the objective and subjective processes into the subconscious. This state ~a~ be induced through concentration, or by drugs, fever, mjury, fright, or strain. It occurs natura.lly on going to sle.ep or awakening. It may be externally mduced, but not 'Yl.thO~t cooperation of the self. Often ~e first s~a~e of t:ansltlOn IS a borderline state. In a borderlme state t IS possible for the

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two phases of the one mind to hold communion and transfer the ideas, impressions, wishes and desires from one to the other. When we are wholly in the subconscious, we are not immediately aware of what the subconscious received, and we must wait until a borderline condition comes and the idea or impression is released from the subconscious to the objective. Brain: The physical organ for the objective functioning of the mind. Mind, however, can manifest without the use of the brain. All action of the brain is vibratory. Thinking accelerates and stimulates the vibrations. Sleep slows them down. The brain and mind are two distinctly different things in function. Mind is a manifestation of the soul which functions independently at times from the brain. The brain is the medium by which the objective consciousness functions. Breath of Life: In Rosicrucian teachings this term is used to refer to Nous. It is a combination, so to speak, of both the Vital Life Force and Cosmic Consciousness. Brotherhood, Great White: The school or fraterpity of the Great White Lodge. Into this invisible Brotherhood of visible members every true student on the Path prepares for admission. There is an assembly of Master minds, some on the Cosmic plane, some on the earth plane, who constitute the Holy Assembly. Under their care, a group of high Initiates are prepared in each incamation for still higher work in the next. These Imperators, Magi, and Hierophants in various lands, together with the Masters, compose the Holy Assembly of the Great White Lodge. There is no authoritative physical group termed the Great White Lodge.

Cathedral of the Soul: A Cosmic meeting place for all minds of the most highly developed and spiritually advanced members and workers of the Rosicrucian fraternity. It is the focal point of Cosmic radiations and thought waves from which radiate vibrations of health, peace, happiness, and inner awakening. The Cathedral is a concentration of the spiritual selves of all those members who seek Cosmic attunement. It is, abstractly, aplane of consciousness where there are assembled the many minds who have similar impersonal ideals. Cell: A body of spherical or other shape having a wall with negative polarity and a nucleus of positive polarity. The cell is the fundamental form of all creation. Every living cell floating in a liquid is connected with every other cell in that liquid by a force which pervades them all. Man's relation to the universe is identical to this. We have no distinct individuality so far as our beings are concerned. We are all united in the universe as the cells are united in a mass of flesh, bone, or blood. The sun is a cell with a positive polarity. The earth is also a magnetic cell with a negative polarity. The nucleus is the focal point, the center of action, the heart of any creation possessing, latent within itself, all the potentialities of development in connection with a cell. On the earth plane the nucleus of the cell is positive in polarity and the rest negative. On the immaterial plane the elements are in reverse order. The nucleus has within itself all the characteristics of former unions in previous generations, and in each successive manifestation blends in the additional characteristics of the present union, thereby establishing the conditions and qualities of heredity.

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Character: The conscious code of thought, practice, emotion, and act, which the school of personality has established for the person, and which the traits of personality are emulating as an ideal. The code, the ideal, toward which progress is being made may be consciously realized, the acts tending toward that ideal may be unconsciously committed. Christ Consciousness: The Christian delineation of the highest form of consciousness attainable. The moral values, powers, and insight had by Christ are attributed to his allembracing consciousness, the result of his attunement with t~e Divne of his own nature. The term has no significance diferent from Cosmic Consciousness. The non-Christian mystic prefers the latter term because ths universal or Cosmic Consciousness has been had by other illuminated personages and should have no personal designation. Colombe: The word Colombe means dove. In earlier Rosicrucian Temples there were one or more Vestal Virgins who not only kept the important symbolical and holy fire in the Vestal Stand ever burning, but who also served in t~e r!tualis~ic work and mystical exercises as a symbol of fire, hght, life, and love, and the dove of consciousness. The Colombe also represents the conscience of each Frater and Soror of the Lodge. Concentration: A mental and physical state in which the whole objective attention is focused on one point, place, condition, or principIe. Perfect concentration results in complete inactivity of four of the five objective faculties at one time. We can be conscious of only one objective impression at one time. All else is rapid alternation. Concentration is not merely the focalization of attention. The real art of concentration consists in turning the objective thoughts inward

until they become fixed ideas of the Inner Self. The Inner Self becomes possessed with the thought or idea, and lives it, senses it, seeing and feeling it with all the living vitality that a thing alive could possibly have. Concentration is not will power. Passivity is necessary to concentration and preeludes the use of energized will power. Conscience: The "still, small voice" of the Master within; the Cosmic mind with its inspiration and urge; the mind of the psychic self, knowing all truth, all law, all principIes, ever constructive in desire, dependable, "ever present when the tempter tempts." Consciousness: An attribute of the soul. It is the mental aspect of life which includes sensation, realization, and reasoning of which the active principIes are imagination, aspiration, and inspiration. It is the center of man's life, poised between two worlds, and naturally open to both. One of the functions of consciousness is the response to its environment or surroundings. Another is the response which the animate thing has to its own innate actions or being. The Divne Consciousness in man has its own faculties for the perception of truth and its own doma in of functioning. This spiritual consciousness is the inner self. The physical consciousness can become acquainted only with things of a material nature. Consciousness, life force, and mind are related and come into and go out of the body together. Contact Treatments: The technique whereby the fingers are placed upon the patient's back close to the spine is called the system of "Rosicrucian contact treatment." This is because the one who is giving the treatment has to be in actual physical contact with the patient.

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Cosmic: Used both as a noun and adjective to mean the Universe as a harmonious relation of aIl natural and spiritual laws. It is the Divine, infinite intelligence of the Supreme Being permeating everything. It is not a place, but a state, or condition of order and regulation. The Cosmic is the totality of laws and the phenomena which manifests in man and nature-the forces, energies, and powers which account for the finite and infinite worlds. It is therefore a unity; the particulars which man experiences are but expressions. Cosmic Consciousness: That consciousness, radiating from God, which pervades all space, and hence all things, having vitality, mind, constructive power, Divine Intelligence. Into this consciousness is projected the psychic consciousness of aIl Masters, and aIl adepts may attune with it. It is the unity of aIl, past, present, and future. The universal force exhibits the desire to be; therefore, t manifests intelligence. That which has mind and inteIligence has consciousness, so the Cosmic force has a Cosmic consciousness which is the inherent sensitivity of this universal creative force by which it at aIl times opposes any possible depreciation of its own nature. Consequently, it extends its Cosmic consciousness into all things which it forms or which are formed of it. It accompanies the universal Cosmic energy as an attribute into every living cell where it manifests with the vibratory force. Man must attune with the Cosmic consciousness, be in accord with it, be in sympathy with its oneness. Council of Solace: An association of officers, staff, and certain high-degree Rosicrucian members who use the principIes of the Order's teachings to assist other individuals. Absent treatments are given for conditions of health, and

other problems of a personal nature whenever they are brought to the attention of the Council. Crux Ansata (Ankh): The looped cross, a tau or T cross with a loop at the topo It is of ancient Egyptian origin and was referred to as the Ankh or key of life. It was a symbol of life and immortality. Cycle: A period of time, evolution, process, method, or manifestation. The cycle of human life is divided into sevenyear cycles of the growth and development of the mind and body. The evolution of the universe, and of man from a primitive being can be divided into cycles. The twenty-four hours of the day are divisible into planetary cycles. There is a cycle of existence or incarnation for each being, according to which each human being is reborn on the earth plane on an average of every 144 years. Death: A necessary element in the cycle of life. Death and birth are synonymous in this sense, for death is birth into another plane, while birth is likewise a transition. Both constitute the Great Experience, a form of Intaton affording an opportunity for greater advancement. There is no "death" either material or spiritual. Matter is indestructible; the soul essence is immortal. Hence neither body nor soul ever dies. In death the soul has departed from one state of existence to another. The soul continues but manifests differently. The consciousness has crossed a threshold from the chamber of life into the Cosmic and has been initiated into a higher Degree. Disease: The outer manifestation of something wrong on the inside. Treating the last stage of a wrong condition is not the way to regain health and prevent recurrence of the trouble. Disease is a disturbance of the harmonious constructive process of the living ceIls. The logical procedure is to

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help nature by not interfering, and by ending the cause of the disturbance when it is known. Giving the blood, nerves, and general system what is lacking is the next essential. Hence the various schools of therapeutics may assist in the restoration of health through assisting nature. Disease cannot exist in any area of the body where the negative and positive polarities of the cells are evenly balanced. Disease, or mental or nervous disorder may result from a lack of harmony between the outer and inner man, or from an unbalanced relation of the A and B elements. Divine Mind (Universal Mind or Cosmic Mind): The consciousness of God which pervades all. It is not only the mind of God but also the consciousness and mind of allliving beings on the earth planeo These are so united as to be a consensus of mind and thought, in which every inspiration, idea, and express ion of universal importance is registered and may be contacted through proper attunement with this Universal Mind. The Supreme Mind is not a collection of individual intelligences. No sum of things alone could equal the Universal Mind, because it is also potential with that which is as yet without discernible nature or formo The Universal Mind as an Intelligence, permeates every cell of our being, and is accessible as an infinite wisdom. However, the Cosmic Mind does not contain within it all the particular details of human knowledge and experience, but is an exalted form of evaluation. Elements: Chemistry refers to the 144 elements composing all material creation. Of these, more than 100 are known to mano Fire, earth, air, and water are not elements. They are combinations of elements. They are considered as the four principals, because they are the first four principal mani-

festations of the elements. In Rosicrucian terminology the term is used to express the three forms into which Nous organizes to compose or manifest matter: electrons, atoms, and molecules. Divinities is a term expressing the first three manifested forms of the elements: solids, liquids, and gases. Esoteric: Refers to that which is indwelling, innate, secret, or priva te. Esoteric knowledge may refer to Cosmic enlightenment or intuitive impressions as contrasted with objective experience. The secret wisdom Imparted to the initiate is esoteric. The antonym of esoteric is exoteric, the oter aspecto Evolution: The progressive growth and perfecting of all that is manifest or in the conception of the Cosmic Mind. Devolution or disintegration is a part of evolution. Evolution is the fundamental law of nature, and every element in nature is tending toward perfection and becoming higher in its rate of vibrations and more evolved in its manifestations. Evolution begins when the initial impulse of a new or higher order or purpose is manifested. Devolution begins when the highest form or express ion of evolution is completed. Eye: The All-seeing Eye depicts the all-inclusve vision and consciousness of God from which nothing is excluded. It appears in most Rosicrucian lodges and chapters throughout the world on the Master's lectern in the "East." Eye, Third: The pineal gland is a transformer of the Cosmic consciousness into rates of vibration which are discernible by our objective minds. This is the Third Eye, the true eye of the soul, Faith: Reliance upon the implied quality of things and conditions. It should only arise from circumstances of strong probability. Such justified faith should be but a temporary measure to be replaced with knowledge.

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Formation of a Lodge: We are asked to form a lodge when the Master enters the Temple and again when he leaves to signify our respect for the office of the Master as the representative of the Order and the Cosmic, symbolic of the Greater Light. Formation of the lodge indicates our readiness to receive the light and instruction which the Master is the means of disseminating. Fourth dimension: The vibratory nature of an object by which it is realized by one of our senses to be a specfic object. It signifies to our consciousness what kind of object or physical phenomenon it is. The fourth dimension is the rate of electronic vibration. All qualities and attributes manifested by all material things result from this rateo Without the fourth dimension, there could not be the other three. From the Rosicrucian concept, the fourth dimension should probably be the first. Funeral: The Rosicrucian funeral service is a ceremony of celebration in its spirit, at which time those assembled around the body of the Frater or Soror take part in a ritual significant of the passing through a Higher Initiation of the one who is no longer limited by the work of the Order in its material form on this planeo God: There is but one God, everliving, ever-present, without limiting attributes or definite form of manifestationit is the God of our Hearts. God is wholly a subjective experience and thus a personal interpretation. The concept of God reflects the intelligence, education, religious, and social background of the individual. For these reasons it is impossible to crea te a uniform conception of God acceptable to all men alike.

Guardian of the Threshold: Your conscience, your inner self, the sentinel of the subconscious mind, acting as your guide and protector. The Guardian also stands at the Threshold of the Cosmic, of the Unseen, and is at the threshold of every soul, of every chamber of privacy, of every mind. Hahit: The pattern formed in the subconscious mind through repetition, or by purposely deciding that a thing shall be done over and over again. We order the subconscious mind to do the thing, and it does it. Habit is an unconscious law of the subconscious mind, a law which has become unconscious to the objective mind. Harmony: Within the individual includes health, rhythm, coordination of action in all parts, plus the properly balanced relationship between the psychic and objective functionings. Applied to the relationship between humans, harmony is unity of thought, agreement of purpose, the direct communion or kinship of souls. In the relationship of the Cosmic to the human soul, it means that state of ecstasy where the human becomes conscious of the attunement of the natural forces of his being with the Absolute, or the source from which they emanate. Healing: The Rosicrucian system of healing does not deny the good that can be done by medicine, surgery, or other established systems of therapeutics. It is based on the fact that the sympathetic nervous system carries and distributes to all parts of the body an intangible energy that vitalizes organs and cells of the body. It takes into consideration primarily the psychic side of man and the psychic cause and nature of disease and pain. Hermes Trismegistus: Rosicrucian records tell us that there actually was such a character as Hermes or Thoth. He

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was not a god, but a sage born in Thebes in 1399 B.C. He received the appellation "Thrice Illustrious" (Trismegistus) because he participated in the organization of the great mystery school, had the experience of seeing the illustrious Amenhotep IV initiated as a Grand Master, and the honor of assisting in the initiation of the successor to Amenhotep IV. The best known work attributed to Hermes is the Pymander, or the Shepherd of Men.
Hierarchy: The Celestial Hierarchy consisted of a group or assembly of enlightened personalities, not resident in physical bodies, who, as a part of the great Cosmic Mind, were arranged according to their rank of development and enlightenment. The Hierarchy consists of nine spiritual orders, each of three ranks or degrees of development. These enlightened beings become mediators for man; man communes with them, and thus becomes the recipient of an influx of knowledge. Hypnotism: A condition induced either by use of drugs or by mental processes. Sleep need not result, nor is t an indication that the person is under control mentally or physically. In mental induction, cooperation on the part of the subject is essential. Use of hypnotism should be limited to physicians or to scientists who have made a careful study of its laws and princples and who have the highest ethical and scentific reasons for inducing the sta te. Psychically, it is a state where the objective mind is at least four-fifths passive and the subconscious mind is proportionately active. Illuminati: Enlightened ones, those who have received illumination or Cosmic consciousness. The Illuminati were well established in Southern France and were one and the same as the Rosicrucians. In 1776 Adam Weishaupt estab-

lished a sect called the llluminati which had no connection with the older movement, and which concerned itself greatly with politics and carne into bad repute.
Illumination: Refers to enlightenment of the mind. It means not only intellectual but intuitive knowledge imparted directly to the individual from transcendental sources such as the Cosmic. As a result of gradual awakening of various centers of psychic comprehension, there results an awakening of the whole psychic consciousness, and then comes the great influx of illumination. Rosicrucians distinguish illumination fram knowledge. The former is apperception or clear understanding, a mere accumulation of ideas gained from experience. Imaging and Imagining: Imaging is visualizing images, making mental pictures of them. Imagining is creating things by bringing together unrelated elements and building them into something concrete and definte in your mind. Imagination includes imaging, but imaging or visualization need not be a form of imagination. Individuality: A separate, absolute distinctiveness. That which is real in man is an inseparable part of the Great Soul, the Universal Mind. That soul may express itself differently in one body than it would in another body. This dfference makes up the personality. It does not give the individuality, which is a material, transient thing. Personality pertains to the Inner Man, the Soul, the Psychic or Divine Being within the physical body. The individuality refers to the transient and mortal, objective side of mano , Initiation: An experience of the consciousness, the soul, mind, and emotions. It is a simple ceremony which attunes

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the inner consciousness with the higher principles of the universe, and reveals to the consciousness many laws of God and nature. It is an awakening of the inner consciousness. "Initiation brings into the realm of reason the purpose and into the realm of emotion the spirit of one's introduction into the mysteries." The initiate is the candidate for the initiation. Inner Self: The spiritual consciousness within the physical human body. It has its own immaterial faculties and functionings, and constitutes a separate form from the physical form in which t temporarily resides. This consciousness constitutes man's real being and is part of the soul or the divine element of man's existence. The spiritualconsciousness of man is different in essence from the material part of mano The two are related, for they are both part of the same Cosmic whole. However, matter and Divine consciousness in man constitute two different realities working in harmonious parallel. The outer self with its material, physical consciousness is limited in the nature and quality of contact it can make. The inner self, the spiritual consciousness, is unlimited and in no way restricted by "time" or "space," or by the nature and quality of material things. Jntuition: Intuitive knowledge is that knowledge which appears self-evident and which flashes suddenly into the consciousness and about which we entertain no doubt. It is the intelligence of the Cosmic Mind, resident in the subconscious, which periodically enters the objective mind as a complete idea commonly called a hunch, Intuition is an expression of the Cosmic consciousness in man through the attunement which the Inner Self has wth the Universal Mind.

Karma: The law of compensation and causality. This means that for every cause we institute, an effect follows. Por each sorrow or pain we cause another, we shall suffer in like degree and manner when the lesson to be gained will be most impressive. However, the prnciple does not exact an eye for an eye. It is not retributive, that is, vengeful; rather, its purpose is to teach a lesson and evolve the understanding. The law works two ways; that is, one may have karmic credit due as well as debt. There is collective as well as individual karma. Keyhoard: The substance of the Universal Being or the Cosmic consists of all the forces and energies of which we have knowledge. They compose a Cosmic keyboard. The Cosmic Mind works through a sea of vibratory energy which is one vast spectrum or keyboard. The highest octaves produce what is termed psychic phenomena. Knowledge: The Rosicrucians hold that one cannot know of a thing except through personal experience. Por this reason, a distinction is made between belief and knowledge. The necessary experience may be through objective realization or psychic reality, but there must be the personal realization. It is customary for the mystic to say that he either knows or does not know when speaking of experiences, problems, or facts of life and nature; he accepts nothing on faith, and he has no beliefs. Life: The combinatio~ of the vital life force with the manifestations of spirit. The essential characteristics of the live body are activity, voluntary and involuntary, and consciousness. In the human body, every cell possesses and manifests the existence of an energy called spirit, which is found in everything that exists. There is also a form of

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consciousness in every cell of the animate body that is of a higher rateo This vitality is called life. Lodge: A body of Rosicrucian students united for the purpose of working and studying together under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of AMORC. In the Rosicrucian system, active members of the Grand Lodge receiving monographs and carrying on their studies in home sanctums may further promote the work by organizing lodges, chapters, or pronaoi. A lodge is required to have permanent quarters, conduct at least three convocations a month and maintain a library available to members and the public at least four days a week. Only a lodge is permitted to conduct Temple Degree initiations. A chapter represents at least forty active members and is required to conduct a minimum of two convocations a month. A pronaos is the smallest body that may be organzed and must have at least fifteen members. Its status is expected to change as soon as its membershp increases to the minimums set for chapters and lodges. Lodge Chamher: This is the central chamber devoted to the general convocation and formal study of God's works. It is the "inner" or "middle" chamber, the Soul of the Temple, the first circle within the great circle. Our Lodges represent the surface of the earth with four cardinal points. The East of the Lodge is the first point on the horizon. In the East the new life is begun. It is the place of Divine Illumination and Resurrection. The South is the point where the sun shines in greatest glory, and where the Divine Mind finds fullest spiritual expression. In the West the sun of life closes its journey. It is where the Fratres and Sorores seek

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peace, rest, and attunement with the Cosmic. The North is the place of "dismal darkness" where the sun sheds not its glorious light. It is the abyss of evil, the valley of death, the realm of darkness, the hours of the night where the Seeker for Light dwells and the Neophyte enters the Lodge in search of more light. Lodge, Grand: This is a body subordinate to, and deriving its existence and powers from, the Imperator and the Board of Directors composing the Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC. It is a separate and distinct body from the Supreme Grand Lodge, and with its properly authorized subordinate bodies and members at large, constitutes the membership section of the Order in The Americas, British Commonwealth, France, Switzerland, Sweden, and Africa. Lodge, Supreme Grand: This is the legal, corporate body of the Rosicrucian Order, incorporated under the laws of California as a nonprofit organization. The general administration of the Order is governed by the Board of Directors of the Supreme Grand Lodge of whom the Imperator is President. The general membership of the Order constitutes a separa te body under the direction of the Supreme Grand Lodge through the Grand Lodge Executive Committee, composed of the Grand Master, the Grand Secretary, and the Grand Treasurer. Lost Word: To the natural Cosmc forces, the physical laws of the universe, man attributes a once uttered Word as their source, which continues to reverberate throughout the universe and which he can no longer, at least in its entirety, apprehend. The Word is conceived as a vibratory, undulating energy in which the basic essence of all things exists.

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All manifestations owe their existence to the continuous reverberations of the Word throughout the universe. The vibratory nature of each thing thus fits into a gigantic scale or keyboard. Maat: The Egyptian word for truth. The symbol of Maat was a feather. Cro-Maat means "The Truth shall be," or "So mote it be." The Confession to Maat is taken from the confession-contained in the Book of the Dead-spoken in the Chamber of Maat in Egyptian Temples of Initiation. Magic: Presumes there are occult powers in nature which must be invoked by the application of certain agencies. Both natural and supematural forces, it is believed, can be brought to serve human will. Black magic is the superstitious use of magical rites for malevolent purposes. White magic is the use of these rites for benevolent purposes. Magnetism: Results from action in the aura that surrounds all matter. It is not a result of the atomic or molecular structure of matter, but rather of an electrical action taking place within the substance or which can be set up in the substance. Master Within: The Inner Self. The conscience is this Master's voice. The soul force brings into our being aDivine Intelligence. The aggregate of this intelligence is our psychic body, and this intelligence is our personal Master. Masters, Cosmic: Not deities. They are intelligences who were once mortals. They were on earth at one time, and successfully mastered their lives. They became Masters by learning how to awaken and apply the powers of Self so that they could direct the affairs of their lives consonantly with Cosmic purposes. By such development, they rose to that soul-

personality development where it became no longer necessary for them to incamate in physical formo One cannot expect that a Cosmic Master will be literally assigned to him as a personal servant and guide combinedl Until we have prepared ourselves, we are not worthy of the assistance the Cosmic Masters can give. A Visible Master is one who has attained some degree of perfection, or a high sense of mastership of laws and principIes, but who lives in the fiesh on this earth planeo Matter: The theater of motion, in that the force which produces matter and is the essence of matter, is motion or the vibration of Spirit. Matter is constantly changing. It does not exist independent of the spirit energy of which it consists. Matter is essential to expression or existence on this earth plane and should not be negated. In the composition of matter there are three elements: the electron, the atom, and the molecule. Meditation: A transformation of consciousness. When we meditate we change our state of receptivity, like tuning to a higher wave length. Meditation is attunement. Concentratiori is the focus of consciousness. Contemplation is the in terrelation of thought. Concentration is the focusing of the mind upon some precept or idea. Meditation is the passive process of the mind. In meditation we employ concentration to will ourselves to be sensitive only to impressions other than those of the objective sense faculties. We suppress the objective senses and force a passive state. Memory: That function of mind which receives, conserves, and reproduces impressions. It begins with the first conscious thought of our first incarnation and continues through all incarnations to the present time. We call the perfect memory

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the complete storehouse of facts and experiences. It is located in the subconscious mind. In order to reach the storehouse of memory, it is necessary to make the objective mind dormant so the subconscious mind may rise in power.
Microcosm: The little world or miniature of the uni~erse

stand what is meant by natural Iaw. A miracle is any occ~rrence which appears to be contrary to nature and for whch no natural cause is evident.
Mysticism: The intimate and direct awareness of God or the Cosmic through seIf, that is, thraugh the domain of the subconscious. The ideal of mysticism is the ultima te attainment of conscious union with the absolute, or the Cosmic. !v1ysticism:eaches Cosmic Iaws and principIes by which man IS br?ught mto closer consciousness of his divine power. The myst~caI experienc~ ofunon with the One imposes upon the mystc a moral oblgaton. He must utilize his knowledge for the weIfare of other men. Mystcsm is ~ot mystery. Mystery is commonly related to magic, decepton, and delusion. The mysteries of Egypt and the Orphic and Eleusinian SchooIs of Greece alIuded to a secret gnosis or wisdom, not to be profaned by divuIging it to the masses. -r:0.the ancients it was a sacred knowledge to command the sprtual response of the individual. Naming. or A'ppel!ation Rite: A Rosicrucian ceremony, performed m ROslC~uclantemples, for the naming of children. The age of the chld must not exceed eighteen months, and one ~r both parents must be members of the Order. Certain promls.es ar~ exacted from the parents, such as pledging that the c~Ild wll be properly educated during his youth in nonsectaran schooIs; that he wilI be given every opportunity to enter the Order at the proper age without interIerence or unnecessary urging. Natural Law: That Iaw or set of Iaws decreed in The Begir:ning by ~he Divin~ Mind as the working basis of alI

or Macrocosm. The words come from the Greek, Mkros, meaning small; Makros, meaning great; andoKosmos, meaning world. The vital movements of the Mlcrocos~ e:cactly correspond to those of the Macrocosm and from ths IS derived the expression, "As above, so below." Man, the Microcosm, is a counterpart of the universe.
Mind: The mystic makes a distinction between brain and mind. The brain is a physical organ for some. of the Iunctioning of mind. Mind works through the bram to a gr~at extent but not exclusively. Mind is divided into two domains of fun~tioning, subconscious and objective. -r:he objective has associated with it a subjective aspect, as m memory and imagination. We may think of t~e whole of consciousness as being like a graduated scale of vibratory ener~. At one ~nd are those levels with which we are most familiar, the objective and subjective aspects. The subconscious is that le.vel which lies behind our realization of self and of externalty. The objective mind is the consciousness of ext~rn~lity, ?f t~e actuality existing beyond ourselves. T?e sub~ectwe .~md .IS consciousness of vibrations having an immediate ongm d.lfferent from those of our objective senses, such as reason, will, imagination. The subconscious mind constit~tes those. functions of mind of which we have no consciousness m the same manner as we do objectively and subjectively. Miracles: The result, not of supernatural, but of natural law. They are miracles only to those who do not under-

creanon and wthout whch no manifestation can occur and exist. It is universal in scope and manner of operation,

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simple and directo Natural law is always constructive even when it seems indisputably destructive. It is the express ion or manifestation of Cosmic energy and order which man is able to discem. There is no such thing as supematural law. There is nothing more divine than nature, nothing super beyond the natural. The greatest of miracles are not the result of the application of some supematural law, but of a natural law. Nerves and Nervous Systems: Nerves are long cords of tssue distributed through the physical body by means of which the parts of the body are supplied with nerve energy. The source of this energy is the vital life force. It is Cosmic energy like electrical energy which is of a high rate of vibration. The central location of the spinal nervous system is in the cerebrum, that of the sympathetic system in the cerebellum. The points of intercommunication are the two small glands in the head. Every part of man's body has both spinal and sympathetic nerves connected to it. The sympathetic system belongs to and functions almost exclusively in the psychic body of mano The spinal system belongs to the physical part of man and functions almost exclusively in it. It is the sympathetic nervous system that sends to every part of the body the curative, creative energy that cures, repairs, and builds the body. Nodin Manuscript and Nodin's Laws: These concem the nature and function of Nous, and may be found in the Fourth Degree of the Rosicrucian teachings. Nous: A universal cosmic creative force, a harmony of dual polarities of energy. It operates through a system of harmonics by means of a Cosmic Keyboard of eighty octaves.

The positive aspect of Nous emanates a . . which impregnates matter and k . 1"s. a VItal life force 1t is predominantly positive bu~h es it lvm.g and c?nscious. negative polarit of N .' .. as a negatve quality. The Spirit also has Ya osi~~s IS SPt~lt, meaning ~i~erally energy. Nous is infinite, i~efin~: q::1"ltY:t lh;b pOSltlV<:q~ality of definite, limited Nous is' b l~l e.' negatrve IS finite, l nature, triune i~ manifesta;l. ra ory m e aracter, binary in on.

. the Obscure co Night [ust b e fore one attans a quickening of inner .. nsciousness a real ps h f Id a period of great darkn~ss for the ~~ulc o m~nt, ~ere is :nereth~e firs.t to call this the Obscure Night ~f ili~IS~~1 s~nes mg IS penod the individual is stri d f ... ~rself-assurance, and pride i h ppe.o all hs vanttes, he may have. He standes lnnakw datbevferaCh~levement or talents . h. e e ore IS own i . . sdeemg IS.weaknesses and realizing himself as h m:er vldslOhn, oes not like what he sees It is a ti e IS, an e ment of one's s iritual . t IS a time of personal readjustof the whole bei~g It iSa~ mental sel~bes, a reorganization purged of ou .k ~ great cruci le in which we are D r wea nesses m preparation for th G Id awNn,the .grea.t initiation just ahead. The Gold e D o e? t h e ew Brth nto the Greater Light. en awn IS

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Ontodlogy: The true science of all being It beg ith t h e stu y of man the Mic b . ms Wl creation of God ;nd natur:o:ili' h~hse mban is the highest ed in the true Ontology. w lC we ecome acquantCo;~~cc~~~hfb~i~d: The harmony of man's accord with the out one's whole beY~ a ~ow of conte~tment throughfound within o .g. we ave truly gamed Peace Proconditions with u:

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. M's capacity to gain impressions, or to PerceptlOn: an .' The obcause impressions t? register h :e c~:~~~o~~:~~. Psychic jective mind perililves throug d by the subconscious other Pthercepthionshrilie ::di~~c~;ilie objective senses. The sUh~ an t roug tion When psyc IC total of our experience colors our perceJ'. t' ms of objective impre~sions reach ~s th%r:~~lint~JeeJe cl~rv~yance, for infacultles. What lbs co hi Y ng Psychic impressions are stance, is said to e psyc IC.seei wa of understanding so interpreted becad~s~d~ereth~~o i~toerftve Ydivisions like our them. However, IVI mg objective senses is artificial. th 1 Philosopher's Stone: The principal s~~;~~h:ch !h~~ chemists was for apure and penetratmg ma 1 hem' This applied to the met~ls, plants, or veget.abl~;t:xi~stsn~tur~ to all perfect essence, t!llS soul of ma~~r,.:mthis substance which that is brought into cont~c~ WI 1 ~alled the philosopher's transmits its perfect qudahtltes wlacshemists the philosopher's T o the transcen en a l a '. d 1 d stone. b b t the spiritual gnOSISan exa te stone was not a s.u stance u tes man to a higher plane of wisdom whose vrtue transmu consciousness and personal power. 11 1 d . the . 1 d Pituitary Glands: Two sma g an s m . ce!:e~f fue head. P~ysiologically they :Ch'e t~ir~~h~;:! as rfg~at~~o~t~~~~!hn~:l~h! ~~~Yti:sues, .development o ~e~ and ~motional factors. They act essentIallr as govof Psychically they are transformers, steppmgb.do,:"n ernors. , th hi 1 e for o ]ectlVe vibr~tions dhif~ ~~~: f~; a s:ri~~y~f ~x!~~es these glands

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Planes: Rosicrucians recognize but two planes of existence. One is the worldly, material plane where we live in objective and subjective consciousness. The other is beyond the material, and is that plane where the soul of man functions free from limitations of the body. The latter is sometimes called the Astral, Psychic, or Cosmic Plane; the former the Earthly or Mundane Planeo The Psychic Plane may be reached at any time provided the purpose is pure and noble. It is here we carry on our psychic work as our share in the uplift of mankind. Polarities, Positive and Negative: The negative phase of polarity is the complement of the positive. The negative receives the positive elements and nurtures them to fruition. The result will manifest the blending of the two phases. The negative is passive, static, receptive, and nurturing. The postive is active, creative, dynamic. The coming together of the negative and positive under proper conditions allows for the perfect blending of the two when a third element, the product of the two, is created. Positive applies to an active function or pleroma, that is, fullness of some quality or condition. That which appears by contrast to be of a lesser quality or function is termed negative. Man's body is a result of the negative side of Cosmic manifestation, just as the soul is the positive manifestation of the Cosmic. The Cosmic is the one central source of divine power. It is dual in its manifestation. The first three fingers of the right hand radiate a positive form of energy, those on the left hand a negative formo Positive vibrations require deep breathing, negative vibrations require exhaling the breath. A positive thought is one which will induce mental or physical action toward the achievement of an end. The opposite is called negative.

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Postulant: One who is a candidate of a philosophical, religious, mystical, or initiatic school, who ~leads for furth.er knowledge or enlightenment and assumes m return certam obligations. One who has advanc:d th.rough th~ ele~entary or Neophyte Degrees of the Roscrucian teachmgs IS proclaimed a Postulant. Projection: The act of releasing at will, on. the psychic plane the psychic self with its consciousness,. mmd, powers, and hmctions, free from the limitations of time a?d space. Projections are made for the purpose of. contactmg t!'lOse whom we wish to aid, or by whom we wish to .be asssted and inspired. They are endowed :vi~ a~l the trats, char~cteristics, and mannerisms that dlstmg~lsh the pe~sonahty. A projection wilI act in fuIl accord with the ethcal code characteristic of its soul-personality. Projec~on is co~monly done during sleep, but can be done at wdl.. ~ensmg ~nd recognizing a projection is also a matter ~f trammg. ~rolection is the phenomenon of being conscious of one s own being in an immaterial form located in space, near or far, ~nd distinct from his physical entity. It often develops as a km~ of dual awareness of seIf. One is simultaneously a:vare of .hlS physical being, and then sees an identical image of t stand.mg or seated at a distance. Psychic projection makes possible the extension of man's powers of perception so that ~ey annihilate time and space. This should not be confuse~ wth mental telepathy. It is not the projection or r.eception of thought, but the projection of the whole pSy?hlC ~eIf.to a distant place. The psychic seIf then has a direct ntmacy with its surroundings. Psychic: The true mystic does not draw a distinction between the material and divine insofar as essence and source

are coz:cerned. ~hat lies beyond the range of our physical senses ISch~ractenzed as the divine and psychic. The psychic re.alm consnturos octaves or Ievels of the same stream of conscrousnsss as those to whch our receptor senses respond but which are of a higher frequency than those of the physical senses.
Psychic Bo.dy: The term is reaIly a misnomer but it helps t~ convey the lde~ .. The psychic body is an aggregate of the hlgh;r, rz:ore se~sltlve IeveIs of consciousness that permeate man s bemg. It IS that consciousness and intelligence which accou~ts for the involuntary actions of the body. The psychic body. IS a kind of ~onscious ~eld that corresponds to the physlcaI.body. The sIlver cord IS the connecting link between the phys.lcaI and psychic orga?isms so that the two may work cooperatlvely. The sympathetlc nervous system is the medium for th.e subconscious mind to carry out the commands in the psychic body. The psychic body carries with it a behavior pattern from the most primitive states of mankind and the pattern of Cosmic order of which this energy of lif~ consists. Thero are seven important psychic centers or gIands which re~elv: and transform the psychic vibrations which we recerve mto grosser ones, causing us to have a consciousness of them. These are the thyroid, the pituitary, the pineaI, the adrenaIs or suprarenaIs, the thymus, the parathyroids, and the pancreas. Psychic Expe.rience: A phenomenon related to the higher levels of conscrousness, beyond or behind those IeveIs that respon~ the physical world only. It may originate as a transmlsslOn from other minds or from attunement with C~smic forces and in:elli?ences outside the individual organic bemg, or from a reahzatlOn of the Cosmic consciousness. To

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realize a psychic experience, the phenomenon has to be translated into terms of our sense faculties and associated ideas. Psychology: From the Rosicrucian point of vew, psychology is the science which treats of the soul, its attributes -mind and consciousness-and its purpose, place, and Iunction, as well as its influence in our lives as regards habits, their formation, adoption, rejection, or transmutation; together with the action and interaction of the two phases of mind and other forms of psychic and mental existence. Reasoning: Deductive or structural reasoning is the Iunction of the knowing mind; inductive or genetic reasoning is of the cognition. Induction is progressing from results to cause. Its weakness is in the process. Deduction consists of logical steps forward from the primary idea to its ultimate conclusion. Its weakness is in the premise. The objective reasons by all processes, the subconscious mnd tends to reason deductively. Reincarnation: The Rosicrucian doctrine of reincarnation is that the soul-personality is reborn in human Iorm again after a particular period on the Cosmic planeo At transition this soul-personality moves into the Cosmic plane along with the Universal Soul Essence. There it remains until the right time for another incarnation of the Soul in another physical body. The personality remains conscious of itself on the Cosmic plane and can carry on the psychic manifestations of itself more easily than on the earth planeo Each personality may incarnate many times, the limit being unknown. Reincarnation should not be confused with transmigration. The personality never retrogrades or enters the bodies of lower animals. The mystical doctrine underIying the necessity of reincarnation is the absorption of the soul-personality

into the Universal Mind the f . personality. Life by life thro Phocess'edperfe~tmg the soulsonality unfolds as b ug van expenences the perthe Cosmic intelligen~: w7:w~e more and more conscious of is equivalent to the soul forceU~it~en oU soul-perso~alio/ realized. We are then o ith th m us? t en perfection lS mico At such a time rcl,~rWth1. e clonsclOusness f the Coso . ' lS no onger necessary.

an~l~;:bo~ltd~:~~~dce:;rr:~dies are a cOI?bination of acts experience The uc: a pSyCh1C and emotional ideas inte~ded c~~~e nor an 1 intellectual presentation of Ev ery is a well-organized psycholo~~~t~f~t d . edmystdical ritual produce particular s h' d . esign an tested to the part of the inifvldu~l. aRi emotional exp:riences upon e pr:scnbe~ patterns of action to discipline a d . tuals experiences to which imp~rta~~~rh~ss e!nm:~~c:d~ certain b

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tw~~i[m~~~~SItA~~t~li~~! ~heart~ci.alsymbol consisting of arms outstretched facin the u hi )slcal body of man with n ~orizontal arm joins th! verti~~ s'tafI ~~hceenter, ",:here the imposed th 1 cross, lS superpartially unfo~!d' ro:e r:~d:;~o ~! !~~t-personality. The as it receives the Greater Lght, vmg consciousness ed ~~:!~:ili~nSh~r Lhdge ~t i the place or condition Iocatreserved exclusively c:~ai~ ~~~~arfIt is kJPt holy a~d or convocations and must not be d f sacre ceremornes TreCspalssinbgthe. Sanctum is forbidd~: too~ll ~~reuMrpostes. in o or o om e and lS a "ser' d' as er a lesson from the CosmiclO~San th gnevous error bringing passer." pon e Lodge and the tres-

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Sanctum, Home: A sanctuary within the home, a temple dedicated to the highest ideals and concepts of which one is capable. It is a refuge, a place to which you may retire from the usual conditions with which you are confronted, free from encumbrances and distractions. It is as well a little eminence upon which you can stand to look up to the Cosmico A sanctum is a place you have consecrated to your better self, to your God, to your ideals. Entering it constitutes a rite of transition from the world of your usual thought to one of devotion, where you may receive and learn. Shekinah: In the center of the Lodge, where lines from the four points of the horizon would meet, is the heart of the soul of the Temple. This is the fifth point, occupied by the Sacred Triangle, the Shekinah. The Shekinah is the symbolical place representing "the Presence of God in our Midst." It is "the point within the inner circle," the outer circle being the Temple, the inner circle the Lodge. Thus, it is the triangle within two circles. The Shekinah represents the presence of the concentrated power of the Holy Assembly of the Cosmic in the center of the Temple. Sign of the Cross: This represents the Obligation and

each living'be 1v mgVital Consciousness of God. Within , emg t h is an uns ere d universal Soul. Ths is the soul f eparate segment of that a part of the universal Soul Th o maz:o1t ne.v:r ceases to be Ul the d1~me consciousness which accompanies th~ it of God in man Ma VI a 1e orce. It is an extension . n can respond to it b t h or possess it Every h . b ,u e cannot control force to every other m~~i~ lS ound by this universal soul

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SouI-personality: The pers aIi . . expression of the soul wth 1:;' SSelf, and Self lS an 1 manifestation of one's res m e o y of mano It is the of the universal soul WithP~hi~to the yn.separated segment sonality is the image and th man 1.S1mbued. The peras an image is but a refIec/ soul ~e object, The personality imal?e because it needs to l~;H~ct ~eWu~ It ishnth0t perfect \ a passmg elements of the h . oug e encomsciousness. uman organrsm and objective con-

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Solar Plexus: It is located in the center of the abdomen and is part of the sympathetic nervous system. It is not one of the seven important psychic centers, but is important in its physical and psychic functioning. It requires many years of careful development of this plexus to make it of real value in true mystical work.

Space: Like time, space depend h lat consciousness to other thin s. S supon t e re aton of our tween the obiects hi h g pace appears as an area beconveys the ~otion':f 1hav~:gpedefiv~ and o~lrSelves;it falsely ly man has associated the d a nrt r:alrty .. Unconsciousof space. Because rnan mea~ra o~ o time with the extent

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dual and has a positive aspecto When the vital life force combines with the manifestations of spirit, we have life. Spirit is a vibratory energy, the number of vibrations determnng the nature of a thng. Suggestion: A subtle command, a request, a wish~ an order, or a law of one's objective mind to the subCOnSCl?Us. Mental suggestion means that through the power of will a certain desire is directed or concentrated upon a given point. When the objective consciousness is at rest, the subconscious is susceptible to suggestion. Autosuggestion is suggestion to oneself. Symbol: A device or object used .to r.epreser;t an idea. It is the embodiment of a thought which t concisely suggests. Natural symbols are those things in nature which by experience have come to represent a phenomenon. Artificial symbols are those which men devise to depict some idea. Time: The duration of consciousness, or the period that consciousness requires to be aware of the material things of IHe. Time is not a material element of the universe; it does not have an external reality. The objective consciousness and the inner or subconsciousness of man have a different sense of "duration." Time and space are illusions of the objective mind-but not illusions to be denied, for they are essential. Transition: Since there is no death in natural or spiritual law, the term is erroneous and contradictory. The great change that takes place is a transition and transposition of the component parts which constitute the living human being. This transition consists of separation of the dual parts of man, soul and body. Transmutation: Both an alchemical and a mystical termo It may be mental, physical, and spiritual. It means the

chan~ing of the vibratory nature of a material element or the vlbr~tory :xpr:ssion of a spiritual manifestation so iliat the mamfe~tatlOn IS different after the change. The hi hest demonstration of tran~mutation is the changing of the ~aser elem~nts of our physcal natures into the highest ideal exPdressllOns nd of our desires and thoughts into living spiritual a 1 ea S. . Triangle: A symbol of the numeral 3, and of perfection m the use of natur.a~ laws or in any undertaking. There are h two pases or qualites of things. From their blending comes a thhlrdf0hr new condition or sta te, having the attributes of b ot o t e separate ones. ~rut~: Whatever is real to us is truth. Whatever lacks reahtY.ls not accepted as truth. Nothing is true merel because.lt has the sanction of tradition. The intimacy ~f an expenence must include one of two factors: First, the full exftent of our.powers of perception; second, the full capacity o our reasonmg. f ribratio~: A.periodic impulsation or wavelike oscillation o orces. ylbratlOns occur in solids, liquids, air, and in electlba~netl~ p~enomena. According to Rosicrucian ontology a emg.ls vbratory. There are two forms of vibrations~ those ~hlCh emanate from the universal force or energy of the umv:rs:, and those which are set in motion by mental ?r psychc Impulses. Everything which exists in this world IS sehnsed by uso or known to us through vbratons which reac our consciousness.

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been. These vibrations affect our sympathetic nervous systemo We become conscious of certain psychic impressions of the personalities whose auras were in contact with the material substance. Visualization: Consists, mystically, of painting on the screen of consciousness an image, simple or complex. A person paints on the screen of his mind representations of that which he desires. In his mind's eye he gradually sees a pietu re of his desire. When he sees the picture as complete as he can visualize it, he dismisses it entirely from his mind. This transfers the image from the objective to the subconscious and thence outward into the Cosmic. The individual, by the positive thought transmitted to the Cosmic will be drawn to those conditions and circumstances by which he will bring the visualization into reality in objective ways. The image on the screen must become so realistic as to be actualized. Vital Life Force: The form of energy which vitalizes the human body at the moment of birth and which leaves at the moment of transition. It is not spirit energy which exists in all matter, and which does remain in the human body after transition. The positive polarity of Nous manifests as vital life force. It is this which animates matter, brings into existence the living energy. An attribute of the vital life force is consciousness. It is infinite and unlimited and becomes soul when in mano Vowel Sounds: The oldest form of ceremonial formula known to man employed sounds and syllables to bring about attunement. Spoken properly, these syllables produce unusual results. They start certain rates of vibrations in the room which harmonize with other vibrations of the universe

and affect a certain condition connected with the aura. Vowel soun.ds produce vibrations that pass through one's own being to stimulate the psychic centers and to produce the beneficial effects explained in our teachings. . Work: Th~ work of the Order consists of studying, testmg, and teachmg such laws of God and Nature as will make our members Masters in the Holy Temple (the physical bo~y), and :V0rkers in the Divine Laboratory (nature's domans). ThIS enables us to render more efficient help to th~se who do no: ~~ow, and who need or require help and ~ss~stance .. Each mtiate has an obligation to serve, making tt rmperatvs to study and practice the laws taught in our Order, and to apply them at every opportune time.

W~rship: A process by which the soul of man becomes c~nsclOusl~ a~are of its oneness with that of God. It gives him a ~eahzatlOn of his part in the great scheme of all that is. Wor~hIp, .never a~ en~ in itself, should be the evidence of man s ~eSIre to bn?g hmself to a higher plane of realization of th.e. Ideal worshpped, Worship is essentially a process or C?ndItlOn WhICh e~ists wi~in mano While certain physical aids a.re valuable m creatng a favorable environment real worshIP. must be carried on wthn the sanctum of :nan's own beng,

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Index of Terms Defined Under Another Word The following is not a complete index of terms in the Glossary, but of terms which are defined under some other word. For example: Nucleus is defined under Cell. The first column contains the word for which you are looking, the second column is where you will find it.
Cosmic Mind Deduction. Devolution Divinities East, West, North, South Exoteric Golden Dawn Holy Assembly Imagination Induction Macrocosm Mystery Negative Polarity Nucleus ~!j:~~~~t~i~~::::::: .. ::::::::::: :.. :::: : : Princi pals Reality Ritual Drama Silver COrd Spinal Nervous System Subconscious Mind Subjective Mind Sympathetic Nervous System Universal Mind .Divine Mind Reasoning Evolution Elements .Lodge Esoteric Obscure Night Brotherhood, Great White Imaging Reasoning Microcosm Mysticism Polarities, Positive and Negative Cell :: i:!~~~iduality; Elements Actuality Allegory Psychic Body Nerves Mind Mind Nerves .Divine Mind Soul-personality
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