AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAA The ROSICRUCIAN FORUM ‘A PRIVATE PUBLICATION FOR MEMBERS OF AMORC, THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER. ed Sond Clan Mato he Pt Oo Sn Jone, Cal, der Act of An 2, 112 Vol. Vil ‘AUGUST, 1936 Ne. ure v We live in doeds, not years: in thoughts, not breaths: In feelings, notin figures on a dial We should count time by hear-throbs, He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. Life's but @ means unto an end: that end Begining, mean, end end 49 all things, — God. Philp James Bailey THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM IS PUBLISHED SIX TIMES A YEAR (EVERY (OTHER MONTH) BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICATION OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF AMORC, AT ROSICRUCIAN PARK, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA ‘SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, ONE DOLLAR and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ANNUALLY FOR MEMBERS ONLY VVVVVVVVVVVYVVV VV VVVVVVVVV9 THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM Greetings! vv Faataus AND Sonores, GREETINGS: (Once more the Forum comes to you, and this time the magazine goes to press during the hectic hours and days of preparation for our great an- sul Ganvetin, and al of the relesmes and ‘upset routine conditions it is posble ¢o imagine. However, during the preceding weeks we ‘tp have our litle Forum talks, and hhope that the extracts from them contained in this ise of the Forum magazine will be interesting a5 other issues have been. Your remarks and comments from week to ‘week have been very encouraging, and very help fal. The enthusiasm which is growing daly in the hearts and minds of our members and su dear everest mot encoraging tog fand our most valued asset. From time to time T have warned our mem- bers to preserve their copies of this magazine, and our other publications, because they have become more and more valuable as exch year pases. Already this summer the eaely arrival of Convention delegates and members brings us a flood of demands for back copies of this maga ine, and of The Resicrucian Digest in order that complete sts of each year'tisucs might be made into. separate. volumes. Our supply of these apps is alot eahasned for etery mond and every year of the past, and premiums are being offered by those who’ want an occasional single copy. Do not allow yourself to create this predicament through falling to file away and preserve, carefully each copy. Sometime in the future the Forum may be discontinued through lak of tine to had the Forum sessions bee, or through my personal incapacity to continue this ‘work. In such a case every single issue, and every Year's st of ‘asues will be a priceless thing in the hands of future members. If all copies of the Forum that have been issued to date and mailed to the members of our, Forum family were bound together, they would constitute the most complete encyclopedia of Resicrucian principles and ideals ever printed and published. Future members will make all sorts of sacrifices to be able to see and read the very issues that. you ‘now lay aside and perhaps fail to preserve, This is unfair to yourslf and to future members who will gladly buy the publications from you when ‘you no longer want them. ‘The Forum family is rapidly increasing and is accomplishing a great amount of good in the better understanding of our principles and our ‘objects and purposes, and in the solving of #0 many personal problems, May chi copy anda the others be of real help to you from month to ‘month. Fraterally, 1H, Spencer Lewis, Imperator Rosicrucianism and Material Gain This afternoon we have an interesting subject for discussion submitted by Frater Boden of England. He receives our Forum magazine and says that the subject he wishes us to. discuss fone that was brought to his attention by the English members, and he wonders whether T would like to talk about it over here in the Wester World ‘The discussion arose over the question as to whether the study of Rosicrucianiam and the practice of ts principles brought any material fain into the ives of its members. In the final Ana of te dco in England wat pointed out that practically every one of the members of the Order there admittedly had i proved in financial sanding and in worldly matters. ‘Then the question arose as to why the Rosicrucians in their literature didnot empha: size this point. Prater Boden immediately came to the protection of the dignity of the Order by stating’ that he knew from his contact with European ‘Rosicrucians that it would be undig nifed and improper for the Order to claim that nce you became its initiate, student, and fal- Tower, you could improve your finances and your worldly affairs Now the truth of the matter is that here in the Western World where our attude toward things of this Kind is slightly different, we have heen a little more bold in referring to the fact that Rosicrucianism will improve your material affairs and the physical part of life as well as the mental and spiritual In other words, we hhave purposely avoided the impression that the AMOR was concerned wholly with mental and Spiritual things, and therefore probably a re- Tigious cult. We have said over and over that the duty of 2 real Rosicrucian was to set his howe in ore and make is ie afte more happy, prosperous, and contented. We have not said, and never will say or imply that if a person fakes up the Rosicrucian study and sincerely practices its principles, he will increase his fiTHE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM. Page 3 ances, fre himelf from poverty, get started fn the goad to aflence, and ata physcal power, fresiom from worry, and a domination I all of the afar of le. Even if eich an elaborate pictare as this would te pomible in the lives of a great many of the meer of he Or wold meng ht could not toed to all persone who en: tered the onginiaton, for there are thane who are capable of reaching greater improvement than dthery and there would be no way of quale Sing the development and. progress = tat al ‘would stain the sume benef, the same desire, 3nd the same ambitions But there is this to say, and we emphasize it swith as much conseratin as we posbly ean nd yet try to tll the story in the Western ‘World fashion that i 5 popular on the North ‘Amrcin Continent Out Boropeanenbert and many of our American membere must please tear this in mind the residents of the United Suates and Canada have become accustomed in the. post hondred year to elaborate. and bom’ teste advertising and propaganda of all kinds One needs only to read the daily newspaper and compare the merchant advertisements inf with those appearing in European papers to sx the Sic the method of srg a {orth even 4 more sling diflerene. in Brope se psi for man who fa see Bnd merely sate that he ha shoes of an exelent ‘qualey on ale at nominal prices” Such an ad- Certsement in America would mean abecutely rothing to the average reader, He must be tld hae hy are noe only shoes of aly, bot why they are shoes of quality, and what fe meant by ual, and how his shoes are beter or a8 good 2 the best, and why hin pros are lower or as iow ae the lowes, and all the other fanantic ‘eae that can be auocited ‘with a description of shoes and price, Ita baker in America bakes good loaf of bréad, be cannot be sted by fying, Te i + god loaf of bred” Everyone ‘sho feads the adverthement or announcement Swould say, “All bakers are making good bread™ Fre must say, "My bread isthe best at man ever made, and the formula was invented by God, — ina aie) sions and used by talass are expert, who shave every morning, bal {en tnca a day polh thier a keep their hair trimmed. properly, and. wear patent leather shes snd certain apron, knead the bread in crystal glam container, bake it in spies forclin ovens, wrap iin wtxed paper and the fread is never touched by human Singers fom the tne the wheat i grown unt reaches your table" We are so gllile here in the Werern ‘World that we believe sich stories a that, and wll drop the wholesome bread that 2 rel, honest faker is making, and go chasing wildy after the “manna from heaven that is wrapped in waxed paper, impervious to the atmosphere, ete. We fren ‘belive the fantutic and imposible sory that. oafee ie packed. in vacuumrealed cant ‘Sespite the face tae science mye has ot Been able to create a perfex vacuum in anything or ny place. Even if an individual herein the Unie States wanted to sells gold brick made of pure gold for one dolar he could never sell ir by advertising it or deseribing it as 2 brick of gold. He would have to sy that it wat fester gold, «Tanger brick, highly poled, aid teed, carefully cleaned, and wor 2 million times more than price "When AMORC fre bran its propaganda here in the Wesem World i had to seeming com petition, What it had t0 offer was unlike any: Uhing eee that was being offered to the publ, and it merely fad to announce what i had in Goneervative dignied terme, Bot as the onan ‘atlon grew every paychology lecturer and any” oy who could ope an fics in wal bul ing or rent a bor a a ce began ining an alling ‘course in peychology, ‘mysticism, imetaphysic, ef. To ovecome or a least meet {he growth and development of AMORC these Ay byrnight and inconsequential organizations and inddals peed Tage ayetements the teen pltcing, and made their caine co bombastic that the inevitable rele was that the reader looking at the small advertisement of AMORG andi digiged, conservative. cima, uncon sal deed hit AMOR war 3, ey fall and. unimportant proposition, while the Ones with the fag headline andthe Bonbaai claims mast be greater and bette. ‘We may argue and say that the more intelli- gent and more cultured perons are not deosied Ey bombusic statements, and that they seek the Conservative claims, and that’ AMORG would feach them better by being. very conservative ‘That iden was exploed some years ago when AMORG sent a questionaire to ten thousand tnembers selected at rindom from it fle, and {Bled them ninetyseven questions pertaining t0 the work of dhe Onder, its propaganda, ts adver: ing, We funda bey eres re fests in and. persone highly inmusc andthe ne arte and extremely cleared ad aniwered advertiements of oure that ap- peared in every kind of magazine, and of every hes and nature. "We found that their recom. Inendations forthe kind of advertising we should ontinye ocided every bombastic form that trey Kind of a merchant, manufacturer, oF pro”Page 4 THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM ducer in America used. If you think that cule tured men and women in America are averse t0 bold advertising, what about the colored. photo- araphs that appear on the back covers of popular magazines showing some of the women members of America’s highest, cultured society circles in- sorsing cigarettes, and allowing themselves to be photographed in their homes for the purpose of advertising such cigarettes in the most popular and often the cheapest of magazines? T hope that our European members will not look upon my remarks as 2 reflection upon the rea culture and refinement of the average American citizen, I is simply that they have been trained to this fom of adrsing, adsl for gre This sort tic propaganda was popular when I was a boy, and had its beginning when iy father was a boy, and we probably have frown so weed to it that we are Unaware of its ‘unreliability. However, to meet the competition of the allur- ing advertisements and forms of propaganda which the serker reads and analyzes before he starts choosing the path he wants to tread, we have added into our propaganda the references to the inevitable improvements in the financial, socal, physical affairs of man, a8 well as in bis spiritual and cultural affaira. And such ad> Vantages are true, ‘They are possible with the average student who is sincere and who practices the Rosicrucian principles. We can do here in ‘America just what Frater Boden did in Europe. We an ‘ask each and every member to. sate ‘whether it is not 2 fact that after being in AM- ORC for two years and practicing its principles diligently, he has not noticed a very definite ime ‘provement in some of his material affairs as well asin his spiritual affairs and in his health, Now ‘hat does not mean that each and every member ‘wll have more money in the bank, for the truth of the matter is that many have les after several years of Rosicrucian practice and study, but these members have attained and secured and rough into ther les cea things with the money they spent which they did not have before Many members have voluntarily written to us that yeare ago before they joined AMORC they ‘eared about the same as they earn now, but Inad more saved up in the bank, yet with all of their vig they ad ehig bt money. Today these persone have lese money in the bank, but they have homes, they have good pianos, better clothing, better Books, better pieces of art, have enjoyed trips and tours and visits, have attended lectures, and have been benefited intellectually, and have had the AMORC teachings, and have learned how to share some of their worldly pos sessions with others, Yet each one of these persons claims himself to be in a better worldly, physical condition than he was before he joined the Order, But 5 far as finances alone are concerned, our seer thar the sere ment daly we more money at his disposal for the things of fe thon he had fee he pede Order.""Take just one concrets example. that came to my atention this morning, of a an and Wife who have been menbers for thre or four Years, the huskand having joined a year before the wifes They csim now that because of ther studies, because of the few Roscracan friends ‘hey made who Vise their ome inthe evenings, or whose homes they vise, because of the better reading that they do, and beaue of the Ros rucan practices, they have. abandoned certain fabs ‘and customs the sed to be caried out very consistently. They used to vise three mow" Ing picture shows a week at leat, would go t0 sce 4 that! producton, or vis night elu, tr go hunting somewhere inthe late hours of the night for some form of wld entertainment: or lure, mui, or strange pastime that would hold their interest and keep the day and night from tecoming monotonous’ They also used to spend Agee del of money on trashy magazines and heap books which had to be read tapily and {quite often in order to “kill time.” ‘Their vaca flons were spent in foolih places with comly hotel bile oquiring «great deal of additonal dloching, a great dea of activity, and the result twas that they ‘would return home: more tired than when they eared. Furthermore, when they Wisted frends they abwaye indulged. in cart ames and ocher games that required the epend- {ig of money in moderte forms of gambling, ani the same was true when there was a constant dow of vistors to thee home, ‘The changing of all of this has resulted in 4 considerable sing Of Snes, a well en inprveet he peace, happiness, harmony, and culture of the Individual and an improvement in health, Ie is trve tat being a Rosicrucian member, and being well-tudied inthe principles and well practised in the laws, doce not prevent a man From losing the postion he holds, or nding him: self unemployed for atime, and perhaps losing ‘what litle money he has saved. But if he isa food Roscrucan student the loss of these tings Will not throw him into die depresion, despon- ‘encyy and i heteh Te wl nt allow im to be driven to drink or habite resulting from mono ‘ony and discouragement, nor will it upset the tranguily of hia home, the peace of his mind, or his personal dignity.” The teachings will en- athe him to face the situation diferent, to pre himself for a beter poston, co hold himselt feady and qualied for something beter, and thieTHEROSIGRUGIAN FORUM ae js precly what has occurred in thousinds of inane ‘No man or woman who sincerely follows the Rosirucian teachings and pts into practice is ciple, can deny alter a'year orto of mem” Eerhip in the Order that be has improved hin, sell personally in a soil, physical, mental, and Spiritual way, and be cannot deny that he ie Jetung more out of life, i happier, and senes 2 preater dogresof the blessings and benedictons of life tan one who i not a member of the Order. ‘Rosicrcianism rounds out the lifes rounds out one's nature, ones posites, o's iste abies, and makes the indvidal a master of sittin tnd conditions to a greater extent hg ay ths form of wy and rc Bat {edocs not make him a white magiean whereby hscan force all of the conditions around im to ‘vhiit to his ditaton. Theres a tifaction and’ power in knowing that one i capable of Adjusting oneself and finding peace and hap ress, harmony, goad healthy and an inner oy hae i unawocited withthe common things of ie Dream Scuff [Lswant to have all of you smiling this morning in opening ovr Forum Becasse I think i i well to begin in this manner, And.so Tam going to {alk about dream fora fexy minutes and thereby Shower a large number of questions that bave ome to us recently, 1d tan to nia hat ee are always something to smile abot, bt some dreams Gan be extremely humorous and atthe sane time ‘ef at an analogy, or in other words t0 aid tus in distinguishing’ che diference between Sham and ao oye aprons From the questions coming in it ie apparent cpm dat many of out eer have cede She difielty distinguishing in the mosming tween what they think may have been a dream Shoe ig or mye e chic ema svt soe place operon Tn ove monographt we ditnct call attention to the fact tat dreams are ually very illogial Sand ridiculous in some facts or conditions and Yet we accept al of the absurdities, contrader ‘ions, and inconsistencies without quetion, with: Gut analysand even thous any attempt deny them.” We may dream, for instance, that wwe are not of the white race but of the colored ‘ce and all through the dream we look upon ourselves a8 colored and never for a moment auestion the change or question the fact that heretofore we were white and now we are not. Such lack ‘of analyst on our part, and. euch willingness to Sccepe everything in the dream as true and correct even when itis physically, ion, mentally pala and ely im: possible, proves that the experience was composed of just that peculiar “suf that one of the great poets said dreams were made of. In a psychic projection or a mystical contact with other persons oF members, the mind is not inhibited and tied up in a knot to sich an ex: tent that it accepts anything with extreme gull bility. "We smile nowadays atthe guliility of the average person in eases of believing every- thing they read in advertisements or that is told to them by high pressure salesmen. But the gull bility ofthe average waking mind is nothing compared to the guilty of the dream mind: In the dream state we are ready ad willing to be: lieve sidewalks are made of gold and tam rows on ham trees, to paraphrase the old story Of Macintyre and Heath in their famous vaude- ville skit. And we not only accepe these strange absurdities with gullibiity but wich a sense of perfec loge. This sort of thing does not occue in a psychic projection or contact. Tf we suddenly fd our Selves standing in the middle of the plaza at Copenhagen, Denmark, we are surprised and astounded and argue how we got there, and Bow we know it is Copenhagen, and whie we are fing to do about i. We even wonder what is Feing done with our body and mind that is at home in an apartment somewhere in Chicago, And we wonder how we tavered menaliy ot sychically all the great space between Chicago End Copenhagen. Or if in a peychie sate we suddenly find ourselves surrounded with wealth, wwe begin to analyze where ie came from, whether Wwe secured it honestly, what obligations we may have, how our selatives may be faring, and whether we should share our wealth with them. Ina dream we ake everycig for rated, never auetion anything al an do not em eve poueat the mental ability to make comparisons and judge things by the present and the pat. Dreams are generally composed of the most i- logial elements chat one can put together. When ever they are really sane and rational and prove tobe prophetic or instructive, they are not dreams ‘but Cosmic revelations or paychic contacts, Rosicrucian Healing and the Medical Physician ‘This afternoon I am going to interest the Forum members here and throughout the world who consitute our happy Forum family in the subject of Rosicrucian healing methods and their telationship to the standard medical practices of licensed and reliable medical physicians.All of our students and members know that AMORC fs not attempting to bud up ea ‘ult among ite menbers, ot teach the np pated apd ungualiged menbers a method of heal- fg wbershy they can go out in the weld ab Prcttioners and attempt to compete with duly ined. and Teensed physica, Our hesling tnethods are intended to be wed by oor member Ii the prevention of dae rater than ine hr the er ds ome of thew cs tn emergencies within thr family a fhith themociver aid not withthe general public. ‘Over and over in our leone we urge the men: Een to conmle eompetet’ physics whenever ‘fee yal eo din fee fay. fecempendations of 2 thecoughly trained ‘phys Gian form an excllene foundation fora rational Slog sytem of healing, ‘No matter ‘what ihe phycan i ding for the patient the Roa Srvcan methods and: principles can be cd ab Sm accompanying help withow any interference Gr wtboue any eetigam of what the physician abing, ‘To sists the Rocerocan methods tcxcunvely for thre of a regular physician is ‘Suing 4 responiity thatthe avenge meme ier ungualfed and unprepared fr such mater, tieuld hoe aasume ise whe T wanted to ay was thts ‘The most ial ‘uation is'when the physica, who hat fen trained in hie spec col of therapeutic tnd Tao qualified inelf and posed an cxame Intton aa received 4 loeme fo practice, adds to ho methods the Roscracan‘principies of Healing, "This is ot only the Weal apt, but the most eficacous the mow sane, and the most Sovimble ‘When we sy that every phyicn has eases come to Lim which he canis Care we ae not init any one or all of the syatone of there peutcs Eecatse,fonoath, there te ces hich fer one of the Routrucan pringpies oa com ation of al, could cue, We have reiterated tine and again that if there was any one system fr any combination of estan in which or by which all cues could be made cach and cvery Tine, then we would be face to face with the probity tht transtion could te indefinitely Postponed and thar human beings might lve Efeally in the one and same Fayscal body. Dor inasmuch ab transition it ine, pat cf the aime fandamenal law as that of bet then there must bea time inthe life of each individ when though lines, deat, othe ftadial breaking down of pat, or the coming bn of seniy, adage, feeblenes, and wesknes te cus can be make by anyon cx say oytoms “Thar this inevitable prod of Canton nay come to come early in fe inead late in He does THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM rot indicate that it is not the proper time and that the transition occurring at an. unexpected period indicated that the system of healing oF ‘treatment was in error, wrongly applied, im proper, or otherwise. Inasmuch as there seems to be come unknown though excellent reason for the transition time in the life of each individual to be fixed or suddenly selected by God or the Cosmic laws, and inasmuch as there appears to be ‘no human method whereby this event can be definitely foretold in each and every cate, not altered, extended, suspended, or modified, we hhave no right t0'think that an early transition indicates 2 fallacy, weakness, or error in the therapeutic methods used, nor have we a right to assume either that when a person lives to a ‘very, very old age he has always received just the right medical treatment, used just the right diet, and lived according to some magic formula which ‘we could all copy to attain the same results, But now T want to speak to you about this combination of medical practice and Rosicrucian Inealing methods, We have many, many hundreds of physicians in our organization and Tam happy ‘to say thae this is not a unigue situation inae- ‘much a5 at one time in the history of ancient ‘Rosicrucianiam the number of physicians and pro- fessioally qualified healers was s large that the principal work of the organization was not only the healing of the sick but the development and advancement of the healing art. That phase of the Roscrucian work in the past contributed very largely to the development of the medical and therapeutic siences a they are known today land many of the leaders and greatest workers in the development of the medical art and healing art were devoted Rosicrucians TThope that my present words spoken in the Forum here today and probably published in our Forum magazine will fall into the hands of some of our members who are physicians. hope that they will lay aside their bias and prejudice and read thio matter with an open mind. Some of these physicians are reluctant to accept many of the statements contained in our lessons and often in their biased attitude with which we are very tolerant, they write to us and say they enjoy al ‘of our work except that which pertains to heal ing, and that they wish we would eliminate this from our work because the principles we teach are not provable and are not compatible or con ‘Snent with medical and healing practices which they have learned and with ‘which they have ‘worked. But we always call their attention to this fact: The average qualified and licensed physician today is using methods and doing things fn which he would have had no faith if they had been offered to him twenty-five or fifty years ago. The practice of healing has made so many‘THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM go 7 revolutionary changes, and especially so many ‘evolutionary modifications and improvements, that it hardly behooves anyone in that field of science for art to say what is lw today and what will be Taw tomorrow, We ask all those who are more fr less unconsciously biased and prejudiced re- ‘garding any phase of our work to bear with us patiently in the study of our monographs and Tessone and to note that we are rational and con- servative even though we are progressive and ‘unquestionably in advance of the times, We need ‘hot quote oF paraphrase the words used ina Shakespeare play to the effect that “there are ‘more things in. heaven and earth than one dreams of,” but there are more laws of nature applying in our individoal lives that we are con- ‘ious of and in addition to this each new sci- tntic application of a natural law produces new fects and new conditions with which we must fontend in our health, our mental attitudes, and fn our social and business afar, For instance, before the event of radio brad- casting and the development or nationwide se of high frequency devices there didnot exit {i the homan syn ether phytally or pcr Ini ef the complex duran hat row exh, Therefore, methods for treating, cor resting. of overcoming thee ew conditions coud fot hie been evolved and dhcowered years a0 Bot today the medial scknce i learning how to tu high frequency to combat the effets of high FRequency and to combat the efoce of other things a well We di not know years ago tat the un, wots produced magnetis elec or Uther efecs tat caused diutbances in out Seater, climate, plant life, and even ania life. Bur today elect is forced to recognize these tnigee rls and to ind ways and means of concting them Iwas only & few years ag0 Sthen the medal fraternity and all competent and relable physiane united in ridiculing the ieme use of cectricty through simple tle electrical devices forthe cue of eases or reat trent of human ailmenta, The decree then wat thar "you canot cure the body with electrical cuenta!” These remasks were jsifed 20 far ts they pertain tothe harnles,inefiient, and Stholly theoretical “media cae” popularly ad Yeried andy of course, to the later fraudulent Gonces known ap clei bet ec. But the whole electrical feld was condemned a8 an ally Of the physician, Today electricity in various forms, and expecially electrical high frequency, ie being constructively waed in very important ‘ates. The dium regarding electicty must he rmodifed immediately. Te wil bea biter pill for {ome to take but fortunately fr al of ws laymen, ‘while medial science hasbeen reluctant to adopt new ideas, it has never been so stubborn a8 t9 refuse eventually 0 change is opinion, ‘Now to rad alter that has come to me today from De. Ru HL, a wellknown physician and srgeon and medical man of ‘wide practice end cellent education. He lives in a very large city and has a large practice. He writes 9 me as follows: “I have been so pleased with the mart velo results obesined through the Roscrucian Inethods of ‘healing with one of my patients ‘at T fos! induced fo send you this report “RNa child ten years old, was alfected with cute’ Otis Media from the left car which , heya on May 5. He developed a severe cae of cute mastoidis, Another phyeican, had ad> ‘ised an immediate operation but his father and Inother didnot want ie performed for fear that he might die “He was brought to my office on May 14 in a critical condiion™high fever with a pulse of 130, Sntermittent and ieegulsr, His face was pale with aca perspction on the forehead. He was %o weak that he fainted in the chair in my ofice Allo the symptoms indicated an advanced toxic condition of the blood and enti system, The purulent dicharge from the ear was abundaae "The pain, swelling, and redness of the mastoid region was ery pronounced “TL told his pazents that ehe physician who had previously examined him was right and that an tmmediate operation ssmed tobe the only dunce of siving his life. Igave him the proper medial attention indicated in such cases Bot Knowing from previous experiences that the ‘Rosicrocan treatment. and method was the only hope of stving him from an operation, 1 guve him what we are taught in our special healing lectures as a. negative treatment, followed tn rinutes later by-a. postive one “Tadvised his father and mother to take him at once tothe hospital and that if his condition did not change he should remain there, but that in ase of any improvement I would expect father nd son in my ofice the next morning, “I was very geeatly surprised the following smorning to sce the child in my ofice. His face ‘was smiling a8 well ae those of his companions Fe ad a dee al ight ng Tor the St time in long per also had’ a breakfast "The jin and tenderness inthe aso was very light) and the supuration from the eat Thad diminished to about Half, as had his tem perature “TL gave him once again a negative and posi tive treatment and continued this for three con secutive days and his condition improved each day in an amazing manner, His parents had to deve him a long dance to my ofce and therePog THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM fe ete ma ie gee corsair cies ig rue ee Se SCPE ers She Sees fe condition eae cured fear ol a a ayn wall oy gen ge Sa Saked tne methods as taught in our AMORC Sixth De- Sinetork eer ee Specie ante meres ee Pe ere i Sic eae ees faaies Migros gar i Seite eae errr eae ee ee She atigeswaree coriact St be ik cme Riera ete ok peseoy cee Sao sheer Beran alae rate ace eases Er eau bs goa Sa ta cach tenga nae! Sis eS Bargain Sales in Myst Te isa. good thing to amide once, in a while {nthe mid of your serious work and there 0 ‘ean inthe world why a good tre Roseriian should not langh aa be happy and ie the Ihumorour side of things and get a2 mu tuto ie ar pone fol personaly that my Sense of homor and my intincive ability So fhe fanny side of any seuton has swved me from many years of eufering and worry and bas elpod to exp me happy and posbly in a sate oferta sects a home ‘ous aide to even the most complex and profou ‘uation or problem, if we would only lok for ionce int wil insead of sing only the dace and. gloomy” sie of everything “when trouble omes upon us At any rate, whether you believe in Taoghing or sot, Tam going to present to our Forum this afternoon, fora litle break in our serious studies, this Targe poser which Told in fy hand and’ which i belog sent through the mule "You will notice that the large red and Hack type reads at follows: “Your Chance t9 Obeain the Fall Orginal Peychiana Teachings of ‘Dr, Frank B. Robinson. for Practically Nothing.” Now Dz, Robinson ie referring to his “orginal tenleson courte” of Payehiana lesions, In smal {ype he aye on this announoement that he has on and several sete of his coure which are not in perfect condition. He says tht the inside part Of ahve eno ther wo the pied es are practically perfor “but in sime {ese eta he type faces are diferent" Not de Sing to tend out these ses of leone that have 2'aigey diferent eype in them and charge the fall regular price of $29.0 for them, “we are cffeing you one of these complete set for only i198," "Then De, Robinson ads thee words ven at this unheard of low prise you may wyrte peronally to Dr, Robinson for Bis advice Foeceoary™ Now you sce that intead of this being your tas chance or your ony chance to get Dr, Raby inon’s marvelous couse often lessons for "pac. tially nothing.” you cam get i for the spedal farain price of $498. Remember, this isnot a fre sle or Bankruptcy sale; remember, this tnerchandie is oe pare of the bargin tale he ‘use it has been injured or damaged, or besuse they have made a change in models, or have tought out a new version of truth and the old truth is now being offered ata cheap price. But the special bargin price i made because in the lectures sme of the less have dg diferent type than the ethers, What a treble thing fis As eth be pelle of cheaply adm bargain pce becawe it happens to, bein two dlferene Kinds of type. Ju think of if truth {ball eet in the same kindof type, then the ten lesions are worth §2750, but if the printer makes 4 mistake and sets some of the truth in evo iinds of type, then the value drops from $27.50 to $498 ‘What would happen to the price of some ofthe rare old manuscripts of the fest books of the Ghritian Bile if we were to jodge them by the Giference in handwriting oe manvseript TeterTHE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM Page 9 ing? Some of them would probably sll now for $224 intead of twenty, thity, or forty thow fund dallas a8 some museums have pay simply Because these carly books of the ‘ible were veriten at diferent times and the manbscrpts rein dferee forms of handwriting." Accordng qo Dr. Robinson the truthfulness and goodest of old manuscripts is low ifthe syle of type 8 Eien ay eo fh esos, ery by Dr. Rabinaon is printed in sven kinds of ‘pe on the one sie. "Acconding to his sandard oF meaeurement that should mate this cular worth about 1/4¢ to anybody who reads it, herean if had printed i all in one Kind of ‘ype ie would be woreh 114—maybe Remember tht for sve yeart De Robinson tas advertied that his cour of “Paychiana is the greatest, moe marvelous revelation of divine truths and ‘secret information that any human being has discovered or had revealed to him, and that through the infomation in his “ten orginal lesone" he was able to build nice home for Himself and expecially have a big organ in Bue now anybody can have the truth of thom ten lemons for $098, if he can jut pt up with the terre, unfortunate handeap of reading the truth in two diferent Kinde of ype, ur ow meni ow at many of ou monographs contain various sacs of pe an thar at we improve the lewone from year fo year, swe give ae litle attention to the syle of 8 Or the kindof type und on he cover or inetd of the lecture as'we would give to the precise Color of the ink AS Tong 4s the Jesons. ae feadable and understandable andthe truth in them does not go up and down hill to econ Nenint condiony, we are noe eoncemed abot the type, and do not thik tat any of our ‘members woud place a vale upon any one of out Iesone simply because we hive ued diferent type at dierent tines Mysterious Stigmatist Some time ago we discussed in our Forum here the strange forms of religious enthusiasm that have manifested with certain persons in Europe who claim to be stigmatists in a divine or sacred ‘manner. Since we introduced this subject in Forum we have received many mare clippings garding other cases. This sort of thing used to be rate indeed and, in fact 20 rare that each, case was an outstanding one in its period of time and warranted everyone in thinking. that pethaps some miracle was being manifested in certain parts of Europe for the purpose of awak- ning religious interew and thie each rare case ‘was in accordance with some divine lw. Unfortunately, one very outstanding case in Europe received 80 much publicity that caused a large umber of persons to chim similar at “Many, many years ago and centuries ag, the occasion rare ca of stgmation. was Tooked Spon with such sared interest. and with such a devout consideration that oly the who deemed themetvesreligouly worthy and of syepatheic tndrsaning were allowed to interview the ine ‘viduals volved and the newspapers and maga nes made no attempt 0 ae or dere tas looked upon as something beyond the ken of the normal human being. and beyond the purview of science. In recent years, however, the newspapers, magazines, and their writers and Investigators have taken’ the wewpoise that thing relating C0 religious matters i foo sacred for thei profane consideration and that noching looked upon aaa miracle i tao divine to be sckntifcally analyzed and rudely and uncoutly ‘weighed, measured, and torn apart and nothing isto transoendental to be joked abou, laughed bout, or given the widest Kind of common pub iy” ‘The result that inthe lst few years the cone or two outstanding cases of stignatism have bien publicized and the individual photographed and. staged in moving picture productions. and ‘news rels and torn to dred by thousands of 20- Called investigators, exch of whom has attempted to explain away the sacred or religious elements Of the ‘manifexation. For this reason cach of fhe recent unuaval cass hasbeen brought to the scion of than of eae edd sons who are hungry for publicity and anxious {oer thomeles reproduced in newopapers and ‘magasines oF thrown upon the mowing picture screen, Tt safe to say tha in hundreds of come Imunites throughout the ‘world today there are Such individuals claiming that they are now being MMfcted by some miraculous condition “or Ut {sual condition of 4 distinctly divine nature. If this condition continues, hardly a newspaper fdtor or reporter vill bother to go Bve mies on a tain or wate leer to make an inquiry Or investigation of any report of stigmatist that comes thi” Bu nth mete, oa new rs in these communities wl ‘continue to Ennounce. another case of this kind. and our dnembers and others ofan inguiing type of mind wll continue fo ask us to expres an opinion. Ta the fn place, these matters come whally within the doctrinal belief and religous prin- {iples of various denominations and are there- fore noe a proper subject for our consideration If we attempt to separate the religious doctrines and principles from thee cass and Took upon them in a cold sentiBe manner, we find thatge 10 THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM we have very litle to analyze and very litle {0 consider In other words, there 4. very ‘wide diference between the caine made by the Person involved and the explanation of the ine Presion she has (and tsaly iis 2 female who Sr involved) and her belie and the actual phye ical evidence." When one of these indiviuale Claims that Bleeding occurs rom the eyes and the hands and makes no father claim, scene, tnd eapeclly the various dearements of med Sine could truly Took upon the case ann sul one from a purely physiological point of End's realy for the Hestings and peut ire But when the individual adds tothe phys Sal condition the pyehoogal elects and’ state- ‘monte that each Heding ocsry only on sr {ays ofthe week or month that are bly to her (Gnd not universal or general holy days) and that Sch Bleeding ie precded by strange von of ‘iigioos nature (ohich no one but er san see) and that during the bleeding she has strange Spiritual dreams (of which there jt no evidence reape her own statements and mental and motional atte) and that angel or others fave told her why these blesdings are stigmatl of divine nature, then we havea combination Sf condition and attude and cline th con. Seute a poely relgioss mater Beyond the scope of either medicine or sence. ‘Whether sich shings are tcl what they ap pear to be or what the person cams them tobe, S something dat T cannot answer, and T have tot found in any relable aatements made by Ithorties any. attempt to guarantee the ce chins are abwltely trve The statement. of rests or clergymen and potentates ofthe church Enno be considered in any see invest: tion because you cannot put the yards of “pc on# rg ie od men nd you cannot put a physical microscope vet a religous belief or det and examine it and you annot put the acid tet of material examination spon a religious doctrine, Such a thing would te incompatible and most certainly una Becae ofall the foregoing reasons we prefet ae to artempt to aealyee te cae. We stl fetiowe in miacles"‘We sill belee that some? thing can happen that has never happened befor ‘Werstll believe that God can cause through a oman being, o aie fom any human agency, 2 manifestation of one of Fis laws o one of is lear even though ft be contrary or esmingly incompatible and inconsitent with every law of fatre as we think we know them, And we ai Ietiewe tha there are thoumnds of faws of God and nature that we know nothing about and sshich may manifest anytime and wpa all of bur theores and all of or belief excepe our knowledge of facts that have been proved funda- mental. With these beliefs we cannot consistently say that any of these cases of stgmatism ae im possible or improbable. But again we aay, since they fall within the province of religious beliefs and these beliefs are based upon certain doc~ trines and creeds or cereain principles of doe trinary, religious nature, they do not come within ‘our purview or our consideration. Each and every fone of the cass being reported now so frequently may be absolutely true and genuine and in ac cordance with the claims made. We have our suspicions about some of them because of the strange manner in which they are rapidly in- creasing duc to the publicity which quite ev ently many of them are seeking, but our sus picions may be unfounded in fact and it is beter for us to be merciful in our judgment and leave the matter for decision in the hands or in the minds and hearts of those who are more com: petent fo deal with such matters Double Incarnations T have several questions here before me re: garding rinernation again and appears that tre are going to enter the feld of multiply in connetion with reincarnation jus asthe whole told haa fecome interes recently in mul Dbcty of birt with quadruples and quintples "The question now before me is as to whether 10h fief wo wet nc inthe sane body rater Babcock who submits this question sates ehae a cllege frend of his sems to be a case of jor nich double inaration, He says that tnowt pervons who hear his frend talk and speae OF hi aleve fees nll Cause there appears to be two personalities, ne cultured, rine, and considerate, and the caer iow, couse and Beta manifesting through hin cr ia him a times and in the pausing of years the brutal persnaiiy seems to have developed the greatest He has been dnqulifed inthe tac {ng profession, and becuse of his threatened vine lenee to hie cidren he has been confined at ‘aout times ‘Our Frater also sates that when this man is unaware that he is being observed, he haters Himself or with himself in two diferent pitches of voce and in two diferent mannerisms of Speech a though the two diainct personales were carrying on a convertion. While talking ‘with echer penions the two diferent personalities vie with each ther in wanting to answer ques tions and in taking oppeite view pints of any "Now all of this makes a very pretty prin faci eat of dole personality, whith, of cout‘THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM age I aight be interpreted by some as indicating the onal of dbl incarnations. We have heard Ituch in the past about scaled. dole peron- Altes and netly everyone of uf more or Tess 4 representation of dual personality: that 8, at ‘ute, cbjecive personality that is nthe making, in the molding, and being created from day to dhy and hour to hour by our education, experi ence, and belief and deeper personality that fe something of the soul bom in us through physical inheritance and Cosmic inheritance. tiny features of the objective, outer personality fradlly ad themsclver tothe Inner personality fd help to bud up the ier pereonality als. ‘At tansiton the outer peranality i completly disolved, being of a transient, temporal, moral {quality while the inner personality is fee from the limitations of the outer self and remaias a fted association of the soul to become incarnated “epaychiatry thas long recognized the manifesta: tions of dal phases of peronality and. popular feominlogy for ths hat been such as t0 cause the layman to think tha there are wo distinct. Snd“umaeciated personalities in nearly, every india, a pty dite and dt and oppesing to cach other in those complex iypes Of persone who ave what we might call fretional tendencs often of a riminal nature Gn the ether hand, the experts of pycho-analyais fd students of human nature generally, realize that there is phase of dual peraonaliy in ech human being. Theve isthe oster personality that i ether couse and Brot uneined un Educated, uncultured, brave of lack of oppor funy, lek of ediction and ack of proper en seer or hem an ee py That ie highly polished, diplomatic, cultured, a fatremely refined toa magnied degree This futer petonalty of wich a nature 1 often like hveneer or cloak that certain types of persons Sein pl of oes, Oi cnhetion {ith spedalied plans of business oF profesional SERA and dh clo ent thy ly ae tr drop completly the moment they ate at home ‘e among intimate friends or off guard, 50 t 4 Gtr matern “pole” education and culture and our scl ethical customs and habia have ‘veloped to a high degree of hypocrisy. We Se texthing our children at wel 3 cortiocs to Sand ay things im public and. on oszasions tac are nee natural and have no other foundae tion than "ie is being done™ andi Toke nice, ‘or i considered nice For that raion we have tdopted as a sort of cloak of fale habit great imany practices and mannerias that ae no ony Smactral ue which change from time to fine tnd are purely for the eke of “putting on ape pearances"” By thit display of these artificial mannerisms on occasions, we present to others 4 personality that is no our rel personality. The thoment we are lone and free {fom ebservaton, fr among oUF most intimates, we wall drop the Srifcalities and. become natura, In this way lone we are attempting to carry from day day a dal personality and ican go ao far that the artical’ personality wall build ielf up into 4 distinc entity that will think and act co difer frily from the natural self a5 at times to be a differen indvidval. Thi, too, can go Tar enough to cause eccentricities in habits and to be mit tsken by observer as the manifestations or dem Drs of a ssn mind or een ofan T think the type we have described to us inthe leter from Frater Babcock is typically that of shun mind werng a clk f ne pe tonality at one tine and dropping into a maura feonality at another time. "Te has nothing in the world to do with the presence in the body ‘of two ditince personales through birth or ‘otherwise and. certainly har nothing to do with 3 theoretical dual incarnation, for there ie 10 uch thing as two sous being in one body. each of them expresing a different personality. One soul may have various phases of personality according tormany pas incarnations and these may atime ‘manifest n certain manner, but afterall here iSonly one soul in that body and not two. Tike questions of this Kind because having teen a deep student of peychistry and of men talism and the mind of man for many, many years, and having had special opportunity in eure gone by to study the various types of found ‘minds, it has enabled me to teat. those who are temporaily aliced or afected by ex: Traneous or external conditions or by internal ones fd my experiences prove to me the truthfulnes of the statements T Rave jut made in regard 0 this particular case and of mankind gency American Indian Mysticism (One of our members cills our attention to the strange designs, emblems, and symbols used by the various tribes of American Indians. While ‘sme of these may have been intended to be tribal symbols or symbols of tribal distinction, and some of them eventually became such, neatly all of the symbols of the American Tndians were ‘originally symbols of mystical and religious ideals and principles, "We have called attention before tothe fact that although the American Indian tribes greatly dif- fered in their anguage and dialect, and although cach tribe had many distinctive habits and customs and a greatly varied list of holidays, holy days,ge 12 THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM celebration day, ceremonial periods, ete, a care fal compilation of all of them shows that there ‘were certain days throughout the year when all ff the tribes had almost identical ceremonies, ‘This astonishing fact led investigators, of cours, to reach a conclusion that at one time the origin ‘ofall these American Indian tribes was in one dis tinct class of ancient people. They had held fast 1 certain ceremonial days with definite ceremonial rituals and practices while modifying some and creating new ones to meet the history, back round, and environment of their separate loca- Hons. Tn analyzing these ceremonial periods, ritual tc, it wat found that those which were identical famong all of the tribes and which fell on the ‘ome oceasion each part of the year, were also identical with certain Jewish ceremonial days And ceremonies. In other words there was avery ‘definite similarity between the Indian ceremonies tnd the Jewish and these fell also on the same Gay or pare of the week, month, and year when the Jews had similar ceremonies ‘Nearly all of the important American Indian symbols used in their decorations and_hiero- lyphic markings that are really distinctive are ‘Similar with all of the tribes and these are neasly always religious or mystical symbols and much like some that were used by the Jews and even by the Egyptians ‘That the American Indians did have mystical initiations and ceremonies which they had brought down through the ages from their contacts with the Egyptians is proved by some of their prayers and ceremonial chants, especially when put into picture form for modcen interpretation, for then Ive easly discover the thread of mysticism. Take, for instance, the prayer and chant in regard 60 rain and the plea to God to bring rain. The chant and prayer reads almost lke a section of fone of the old Rosicrucian initiations, sil carvied fon by us in our Fist Degree Temple ceremony. Te wall be noted that in this prayer the Indians, like the early Egyptians, symbolize God by the word and picture of the sun. Here isthe prayer Here and now we bring you, Oh! our old ‘men gods, Sun Fire Deity and Blue Cloud Person of the North, Sun Fire Deity and Yellow Cloud Person of the West, Sun Fire Deity and Red Cloud Person of the South, Sun Fire Deity and White Cloud Person of the Bast, Sun Fire Deity and All-colored Cloud Per- ‘en of the Above, Hereat we bring you now your special rayerstick, ‘We make for you an offering of sacred meal, A little bit forall, we make these offerings to you! Stand ready, then at dawn to walk ‘With rain upon the northward mountain top, (eee, ete) twill be noticed in the above that the thought fof the petitioner moves from ne point to the other of the four cardinal paints of the earth and. the reference to God as the sun and fire and light and above all other things, is quite dis- tinct, ‘and the reference to rising at the dawn and beginning the day's work and walking and action at dawn is alo significant. Members who hhave passed through the fist temple ceremony of initiation in our temples in North America or in Europe will se the similarity between this old “American Indian prayer and chant and the theme of the fire part of our initiation. Prenatal Influences ‘This afternoon we have an interesting subject Irought to our attention bythe recene newspaper Anouncements sent out by the Associated Pres from Yellow Springs, Ohio. It isto the effect that recenecentife tee have shown that an ‘nor child de sna to sounds produced in the environment of the ther. According 2 fhe announcement of Dr. L- W. Sontag and Dr. Wallace of Antioch College, che experiments per formed in tehalt of the Samuel 8. Felt Fond Ginic and decribed in the American Journal of Disease of Children, appears that the sens bility of the unborn child to sound increas a8 the unborn child develops, ‘The fst response 2 found is noticed during the fourth month before ivreh, By Titening to the hearebeat of the un born child and the movement of its litle body, ‘twas found that cerain sounde applied to the mother's body of close tothe mothers bay caused Heart and body. reaction, These responses 9 sound increaed from the fifth month ont in the tna two weeks before birth the child responded strongly to sound in more than ninety per cent of the instances, report the experiment Teis not many years ago when Twas so greatly interested in the subject of prenatal and had discused the mater so mach with that wonderful woman, Ells Wheeler Wileor, who was aso an Advocate of reviving the ancient methods of the Greeks in caring forthe mother morally, eially, and otherwite before the birth of her chien, that [tried to have such magasines ae The Ladies Home Journal publish some special articles onTHE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM prenatalisn in connection with thei other articles Gn the cae of children after birth. At that time the editor ofthe magne, in common with most editors and neal all physics and men of nce, citer snl at‘oFsced ae the Kea of Anything alfetng the mental or" hysial con- dition of the unborn child exept acedent and diseaz Twentyive years ago. the Hea. chat singing bells or loud ‘lapping. noses could be heard and appreciated by an waborn child three or four months before bith would have been clasiged a2 not only a supentious belie but fs something developed by the pagans, the ieathens and the mo. primitive, uneducated, and ignorant peoples of tant lands Tam sure that ino clits, hospital, nstitons,o bor aries could we have encouraged any medial man or sents eo have conducted sich exper? tment have recently been carried og this regard. Yet we who were vitally interested in prenaalim never lost faith, and’ we continued fo prepare advice for expectant mashers and had to depend upon sending through the mae in fed ein hae win td ofc iy the information we pone Te was even considered impotte and unmoral, if ae nmol o dc pit nyo te facts pertaining t prenaalian or expectancy of bigh in the ire even the pc ees and pices of eating” apparel for expectant imohsrs were advert in sich a veled wy that the sey men who for sch gs dd rot recognise by the advertsng that the artices swore being ofered 9 them, Such wa our fale idea of modesty and propriety For many cen- tures young. women ‘and oder’ ones auflered for the lack of helpful advice only Because ft as considered very improper to refer tothe coming o's cild ntl the at moment when it was recesary to very diplomatically nd secretly Tt ome physician” Know that he was urgently ware "Woon. wen pec ctrl ino Inarrage and all of ie respons without 3 Pope fondo knee of the import Tenorant though thy were ofthese vt fats, sha enn on ined al od noteworthy modesty, What was thought by the fren, theme behind tan wef ocd oy we wil not comment upon. We d GOP tht ontone se much ifn toy However, those who have known for many, pany yea of tha Fath ae nt wri suring any announcement repuring external roies oF extemal “conditions eting ith tnother and child in a vital manner during the prenatal period. We would argue in thie case fd sy fiat the chi doe noe have any con: ‘Sous appreciation of sound an sand. Even the B child after birth has to lea gradually to recog nite sounds and interpret them as such. Every tmother who has raul children knows that it takes time for the child to recognise. sounds, lights, colors, faces, movement, and various things which the eyes and. cars may recive as impresions in vibrations But tht sounds can simulate certain nerves into action and cause a reaction of response it unquestionably trae. A Title child who wail noe recognize the singin ‘of the door bel a a signal that someone is com fing, oe even tur ite face toward the direction ‘of sound ora spoken word and thereby indate that it has interpreted the sound corectly, can be frightened by the sound through nerve stimu Tntion’ and reaction, “This is precatly what is taking place with the unboon child who is af fected by loud or unuesal sounds, The exper rents conducted by these men prove beyond ony doubt the contention that has Been held by men sn some wi an deed hems tthe Subject—that the child will respond to. certain nerve stimulation and that the actions of the rmothee physically and mentally cause reactions in the unbom child through ‘ts own ‘nervous sytem and these reactions of a fightening, sing "pln dere ot meal Poionous nature are sure to leave ajurious eects For many years we have conducted a special course for expectant mothers."We have toed ‘wooly Issn containing information about their Conduct and the preduation and training of the child before bith This course culminates in our Ssiance at the time of bith to make the de> livery as simple, shore, nd free from sufering as posable and is fllowed by a course of instruction for the ate of the shld after bith, ‘Thi special course ised under the direction of the Child Galeore Institute ‘During the past years several thousand women who are members of our Order or in the families Df our members have had our assitance atthe time of the bith of their children and the re Corded results show that our help is of a very Special mature. We Know of soreral hospitals where atthe time of delivery when it i delayed ‘or complicated in any manner, the noes and in some cases the superintendent of ‘mrss or in ether cases the doctor, have telegraphed or telephoned ue for immediate metaphysical aw ‘Stance dhould not be dificult to understand, for strange 0 comprehend, that metaphysical treatments can do more atthe time of cldbisth snd during the prenatal period than any other form of treatments We do no mean to sy that amare an spp the ir logial examination of the mother doing the pre- ratal period or the advice that her physician wll give in regard to diet, ealth, exercise etPage 14 THE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM But there is more to be done by the mother, ‘more thought ¢o be given, more care to be taken, seve te a et i Ret yee a Hegre parse oie rae at Sa aS Pett ie fa cae a edt Seiten rare oer ethan sheers fale jar haorkeenec ner See ak aes © eee a aut te ge eraioaeimg et et An Unusual Psychic Projection ur next interesting subject this afternoon is selected from among the many letters that come to us in the way of reports from our members ‘who are having sucess with the practice of our ‘various principles. This time we Select a report dealing ‘with projection of consciousness to a stant point. The letter Tam reading comes 10 us from a Soror in Chicago. She says that she has very often contacted the personality of ad+ vanced members who seem to aid ber during her meditations and concentration periods and that she has no dificulty at times in allowing her consciousness to extend itself to distant points and to make contacts which are later verified. ‘AS 2 typical illustration of this, but also a6 an ‘unusual ‘experience because of its nature, she sites the following incident: ‘She says that on one Sunday evening she had a strong urge to go and vist a Christian Science Church, She said ie was her frst vist there and doring a quiet msi period she allowed here to attune with the Cotmic to make any pychic Contact that might be cay” or directed by the ‘Gowmic. ‘She states thatthe Rat impression she fad vas of hearing’ a wace elling for help Wither Gye clone and he min op ceive any vison or impreaion that might come to er wih the cal te found heal tuned with a steamer that was in distres on the ocean. She seemed tobe taken out ofthe church and tome manner to have her consciousness projected tova point where she could see the seamer on thevosean with the saver footing the decks and the pasengers moving abot willy and in great Ae Ten ste the lt 0 sh ld scene a mother and a litle daughter in agony tnd. praying and. eying for help. Almost ur Consdously and. without intention of her own, ‘hevaled oot to the mother and daughter and fo the par she aid, "Don' fear, the steamer will net gordo, oak trae ura ae te She noted that calm, peaceful atitude of mind came over the masher and daughter az she made the statement and that they moved back Ot of the serambling crowed to retire in peace. ‘Then the ecene and vision ended and in a moment cur Soror was conscious of her place in the church and fle no further contact with the tae ‘rhe following Wdnst she lowing, Wednesday eve wat dravm again to this charch to Hien to the Cal testimonial service. She was surprised when a woman arose with her daughter and gave testi- inony to the eft that she and her daughter had twithin the past few days exaped from a veel that was in serious danger and that during the high of her fright and fear mesage seemed to come from the heavens fling her not to feat sol te he weal old po ok Beate ds being Taito spiritual ams She tld the congegnion that he words she heard were clear and dente that i be beard the voice again she would recognize i ‘Our Soror was preatly astonished but waited wnt the sree wat ovee and then went fo the fear ofthe church to sake hands withthe masher and daughter and to congratulate them. Instantly: the mother and daughter recognized our Soror® soice and excsined, “You ae the one who spoke torus for we Know your voice!” ‘The mother and daughter were very grateful in thee expresions of appreciation and but out Soror wae more aonished than they for the had not aniited uch an immediate and Complete werifston ofthe cnet she had made This i i one eof many ta et usin reports and prove tha fe leave ot i Sh eats open to che Comic in pride of mecTHE ROSICRUCIAN FORUM tation, and especially at night when we retire, the Cosmic will use'us and the Coamie Masters will direc us ia doing some good, in accomplish- jing some end and acting as 2 Cosmic Channel for the carrying out of the work of the Great White Brotherhood in the name of God's in- finite wisdom, However, when members sit in concentration with their minds centered exclusively upon their town personal needs or some specifc thing that they ean accomplish for themselves or someone tlse, they do not make themeeves receptive £0 a (Cosmic ell that may be beyond the scope of our understanding. Being a Cosmic Channel ‘The foregoing incident illustrates alto what is taught in many of our monographs and is 3 fandamental principle of Rexcrocanism: nately, that while the Great White Brotherhood of in moral of advanced members may be diligently ‘working and striving to accomplih reat. good Inthe live of individuals hereon earcy el with all of their powers and understanding they. re Squire earhly, physica channels through which operate. They require the andetance of men snd women tobe thet instrument, their workers, in carrying ou ceir desires Sometimes we may ‘wonder why the Cosmic anne give, arin the ‘Se juke quoted above, a direct warning tthe pron in danger without needing the asitance Sf some earthly being, but itis not os place for our right 40 ank'why we are required 10 te'a channel of wy we are needed render ssitance, Our duty les notin. questioning but in offering ourselves at a channel a8 an instru ment, 48a servant. Too often out concentration Perods and mediation contacts with the Cosmic bre prescribed and presente by our own antic pton, our own desies, out own Blue pint of (hat we sant and would like to da. In such Css we naturally close the door to any Cosmic tall or Cosmic purpose and at the same time fall in bringing forth 3 realation of our own plas Gr own necds shold alway be made subservient to thoar of the Cosmic. The proper atte of mind duting meditation of pon reiing 3 night for seep is to. definitely attune ouralves with the Cosmic wih the statement on our lips and the thought in our heart and mind that TF the CCaanic has no work for us to do and there is 0 pore that we ean serve in behalf of the Great White Brotherhood, or no higher thought t cary out i he mame of Gl thn we ero featon or our own desire or question. But our Gren reguiements of hopes sould be secondary Sd our fat offering shouldbe to acts a chanel fand an instrument for the Great Masters, of a8 Page 15 a personal repressatatve of God in whatever He may wish us to do, lying aside our own needs 2 unworthy of consideration in the ace of divine of Cosmic cll. Tn auch cass we will often Sod ourselves carried to places and into the presence of persons where word, a sme, an ct of some kind isto be peeformed by vs that will be like miracle to the minds and hearts of other. And’ we may not always remember in the morning what we have done. ‘We may not al- ‘ways be consion atthe time that we are making an undoal contact. But at leat we have the Sisaction of knowing tha if ou servos biog {realy offered have not been accepted, then pers haps our plea and prayer may have been heard and wil be answered. If our members. would try this method of offering themselves 2s Cosmic hannels and instruments more often and with treater sincerity, they would more often become Spried atthe efilene results they are geting from practicing the principles we tach ih oUt lesions “Soul Mates” In an issue of the Forum in 1935 we discussed this subject of soul mates again and ever since then there have been many comments about it think the members of our Forum wil recall that was very wary about touching on the subject, realising that +0 many occult and mystical cults throughout the world foster and encourage some" thing that ie called “free love” and a complete abandonment of all the niceties and ethics that Surround the unval relations between men and ‘women. Furthermore, as I pointed out, the thetic and ethereal principles involved in ‘what is truly @ principle of natural attraction between certain individuals whereby they are spiritually and materially mated, is used by a great many individuals to cover up indiscretions and as alibis for their unmoral and immoral practices. For those reasons, and since the true Rosicrucians have always been free of all discussions of sex matters and have very diligently tried to pre ferve the most conservative attitude in regard to all love maters, forbidding any exception to the tigid ethical and moral codes of the Western ‘World, we wanted to avoid even a casual dis- usd ofthe matter of afin and oul mater asked our readers of the Forum to give me their opinions on the subject and T was pleased to find that a large majority thought it would be far better to leave this ubject alone than to break four rules and discuss it from an ethical angle ‘But sill letters come from men and women who ‘think chat through our organization they might