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 THOUGHT OF THE MONTH

DUCATION and particularly has invei hed against ,the notion of an

naturalism or the sci- external 8eavenor hell. Buddhahas
ences have compelled been declared by eminent modern his-
modification of thetra- torians to be, in effect, “the world’s
ditional position taken by first psychologist.” The higher aspects
some of the religious sects of Buddhism relegate to thehuman
with respect to the inter- consciousness such states as heaven and
retation of some of their hell;the ecstasy of heaven and the
octrmes.Even
I ; ’ the Ro- torment of hell are wholly within the
man Catholic Church has conceded the bounds of thehumanmind. Modern
doctrine of evolution as an empirical psychology has endeavoredtoprove-
fact-butexcluding man. The human whatcertain hilosophical schoolshave
being,one of their bishops recently long contenLd-that many notions
contended, is a Divine exception to the with regard to supernaturalism are or-
development from lower organisms. ganicor functional intheir origin.
The Roman Catholic Church, through Theyhave shown the nature of com-
one of its prelates, has alsoadmitted mon dreams;theyhave affirmed the
that it couldbepossible,from a theo- precepts of mysticism thatthe self is
logical point of view, for living beings integrated, that it functions on various
to be existing elsewhere in the universe. levels of consciousness and is not single
However, he added that the salvation in its nature. They have also indicated
of such souls would have to be through thatthe moral sense or conscienceis
such doctrines as aretaught by the not a substance implanted in manat
church on earth. birth.
Science has proved that many of the There is, however, a radical tendency
cosmological and ontological arguments on the part of the supporters of natu-
for the creation of theearth a,nd of ralism, the sciences, to strike at ideal-
being, as expounded by religion, are ism, In certain branches of the sciences,
generallyunsound. Geology andan- thereareadherents who denythat
thropology, for example,disprove the there is an absolute universalintelli-
popularly held conception that
the gence either existing in or lying behind
world began approximately 4000 years natural phenomena. Consequently, this
B.C., a datethought to correspondto disparages the basic prece t of religion
the Bookof Genesis. They have shown which is the recourse of tge individual
that the six days of creation cannot be to asupreme intelligence. Theindi-
construed as eriods of twenty-four vidual is made in his entirety a product
The hours
each. R
T ey are but allegorical
Rosicvuc~anreferences to periods of time which may
of unthinking, unconscious natural
laws. He is thoughtto have no more
correspond tothe eons of astronomy unique relation to the fabric of reality
Digest and geology. than does a treeor a rock. Self-con-
January One of the earliest of the still living sciousness is declared not to be an
1956 religions, Buddhism,
or in its doctrines, extension into man of a universal con-
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sciousness by which hecan gain an Whenever applied science roduces a
especial power that transcends nature. new device which gratifies &e desires
and ap etites of man or provides longer
Laws or M l ~ a c l e s
5,
life wi accompanying leisure and the
Further,tomanyunthinking men, means of overcoming ennui, it is her-
religion isnowbeing disqualified. It alded by the multitude as a triumph.
is held to be a past phase of man’s It is proclaimed as a gift to maxhnd
sychological development when a be- andenhances man’sdevotion to, and
ief in supernaturalism was a substitute reverence for, science as against tradi-
forhislack of knowledge of natural tional and historical religion.
phenomena. Religion has a dependency Sptrttual ldealiem
on beliefand faith. Most of whatit
purports cannot be substantiated in an It must be apparent that without a
empirical way. Its claim that what it revolutionary trend in religion, which
teaches is of a realm or plane that ex- will accept naturalism and also prove
ceeds the powers of human perception to men in some convincing manner the
and reason is no longer convincing to need of a s iritual, unifying idealism,
many persons today. The reason for religion is Boomed. The educated per-
this is that education and the sciences son, the intellectual, will drift from it
have transformed much of what were in the decades to come. He will either
once thought phenomena confined en- become a rank materialist or subscribe
tirely to the realm of the supernatural toa metaphysicalsystemwhich does
to the working of natural law. To the what religion needs to do. The i o-
man in the street, educationhaspro- rant and su erstitious-as well as &e
duced miracles nearly as great as those who have ,&e vision to see behind re-
religion has attributed to the supernat- ligion’srestricting dogma-will continue
ural.Further, science hasmanifested to support it, butin decreasing numbers.
them in a wa that any man can per- Perhaps some will reply to this that
form,when t i e techniquehasfinally there is no decrease in religion today
been simplified. Religion, to these same in the United States of America. That
men in the street, however, isstill is true. The larger of ,the religious sects
promising that its fundamental miracles at themoment are booming. They have
will come someday. Still disquieting largerattendance and morechurches
to religion is the fact that science dem- are being built. However, with the ex-
onstrates rather commonly what have ception of the Roman Catholic Church
beentraditional miracles-or explains where political and other factors enter
,them onthe grounds of natural law. intoitsmembership-increase, ,this in-
The averageindividual is far more crease of attendance is of older persons
objective than he is subjective and so from middle age onward. The greater
idealism, meditation, abstraction, and number of these persons are not of the
contemplation are functions beyond his higher educated classes.
capabilities or else he finds them irri- At the moment in the United States
tating to him. He cannotgrasp the of America a great division is under-
reality and the satisfaction of unitary way. On the one hand are those who
principles and ideals about the Absolute are more and more entering the tech-
as expounded by either nical fields and are influenced by the
religion. Existence %hilosophy
for ese persons,
Or sciences, as well as ;those who are
who constitute the multitudes,means university graduates. On the other
em irical experience, thin s directly hand, we find those who have no such
a n i immediately realized tfrough the background, who are merely consumers
senses. Happiness, for
example,
is of whatthe technical era provides.
things. It is notastate of calmand The how and why of these technical
composure to them. Success in life is to products and the natural laws under1 -
this multitudenotaharmoniousad- ing them remain mysteries. They S U ~
justment tolife’s demands.Rather, it consciously feel-if not consciously-
is conceived by them as a dynamic ag- an insecurity andafear of thenew
gression which seeks to surmount the knowledge andits power. They feel
forces of natureand bend them to isolated in their personal lack of such
human desires. knowledge. Theyare conscious of an
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 era whichtranscendsthemandtheir rites are the methods necessary to as-
lives. Thisinducesemotionalism, a sure them the security that they emo-
kind of blindfaith
a
in aower
they do not feel compelle to under-
that
stand from their pointof view. Religion
tionally crave. These persons are not
the ones who will ultima.tely advance
religion and secure its place in a future
offers them this emotional security. To society. Their greatest contribution to
them, in some way, God is greater than religion is their political numberand
all theastounding feats of science. They financial support.
feel a sense of protection in this thought. We have, of course,spoken in gen-
These persons, though increasing the eral terms. There are, in the minority,
church attendance by their number at those who realize the need of spiritual
the moment, are not necessarily religious idealism and who believe formal re-
in the full sense of ,theword. Mystical1 ligion is the channel for it. Even their
they cannot besaid tobespiritualg number is growing less fortheyare
motivated. There is not inherent with- reluctant to waste effort and years of
in them the desire of aunion with their lives oposing an obsolescent
God. There is not necessaril within mediaeval the$ogy. The individual
them the wish to establish a Jeocracy mystical ap roach makes an increasing
ora divinely inspired moralway of appeal to $em. They find a greater
life. They do not seek totranslate intimacy with the Cosmic, the divine,
intuitive concepts into a spiritual order through theliberal pla of ,their per-
and society. Religion is to them but a sonal consciousness widin the bounds
harbor in a storm. Their prayers and of their understanding.

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As told to ALICESTICKLES,

W Eweregathered
in groups out-
side a l e c t u r e h a l l
answers, however,
only made me curious
for more. I wanted the
waitingforthe doors rest of thestoryand
to open when this in- decided to get it!
cident began. How the While I waited for
conversation started, I
don’t remember, but
somethingwasbeing viewed inmy
f
the op ortunity to talk
to Jac again, I re-
mind
said about the use of the Bernadette storyas
mysticism in PO ular told in the novel and
fiction. The boois of portrayed in the mo-
Marie Corelli had been tion picture. Berna-
discussed. James Hil- dette, as I recalled, was
ton’s Lost Horizon was a sensitive peasant girl
mentioned. Atall, dark l i v i n g in t h e l i t t l e
man, who might have town of Lourdes in the
been a writer himself, Pyrenees Mountainsof
was expressing him- France.Atacaveor
self quite effectively grotto near the river,
when up spoke a vi- she beheld, while in a
vacious girl, eager for trancelike state, a vi-
her share of attention, sion of a beautiful fig-
“Whataboutthe novel, T h Song of urewhichshe called “the lad ” In
Bernadette, by Werfel?” communicationwith this lad sge was
The tall man looked at herindulgent- instructed to dig in the mupnear the
ly and smiled. “The Werfel book is not river. In adorationshe obeyed and
mystical fiction,’’ he explained. “What thereby discovered asprin of clear
happened at Lourdes are historical facts water which soon acquired &e reputa-
ingeniouslydramatized. Now thinka tion of havinhealing roperties. The
moment of what a universalist Franz fame of the pface s r e a l throughout all
Werfel must have been to subjugate all Europeand brougit astream of pil-
his own Jewish religiousviews while grims to Lourdes in search for relief
he ca tured the Catholic viewpoint with to their suffering bodies. This fame
its cororing and background as he care- resulted in plots and counterplots for
fully fabricated the numerous m stical exploiting the girl and her discovery;
principles as expressed througi the it ledto misunderstandingsand in-
young girl, Bernadette. He either used ,trigueswhich were feltover the Empire
a wonderful imagination or he did an of France and in the Church of Rome
unusual amount of research work while, as well. Many were the attempts to
as Jewish
a refugee, he lived at break down the claims of the girl and
Lourdes.” dissolve them into a myth. Herpersecu-
M y interest in this conversation had tors wanted her to saythat shehad
been very casual until I heard Jack, a seen the Virgin Mary, or an angel, or
big, jovial fellow, tell something about had ima ined the whole tale. But noth-
having visited theShrineat Lourdes ing shoo%:her story or altered her faith,
and being cured of an injury to his leg. her utter simplicity or her unbounded
Immediately I was alerted to a dramatic integrity, for she had been attuned to
possibility. I asked him a fewques- something beyond the mundane world
tions and got sketchy answersbefore we and of a hi h level of consciousness.
were interrupted by #thegeneral move- It was a f a y or so later when I again
ment into the lecture hall. Thosefew saw Jack. I told himwhat I wanted
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 and asked him for thewhole story. This I have a terrific hunch (that something
time I wasreadywith notebook and is snarled up!”
encil and a lot of questions. At first He could have ordered me to a hos-
e! hesitated. “You wouldn’t have to use pital for an examination for shell shock
m y real name, would you, if the thing or insanity or had me court-martialed
ever reached the printed page?” for stalling the works, but he did nei-
“Not if youwant it that way,’’ I ther.Foronethinastrongfriend-
assured him. “It is the incidentthat shiphad develo e f betweenmyself,
counts.’’ the Cha lain, an$ the Lieutenant, and
With that Jack gave me a broad grin they hagconsiderableconfidence in me.
and began to tell his story, answering So, although it took valuable time, he
all my questions and giving me long ordered a thoroughinvestigation and,
quotations. The name Jack as you now to our amazement, found that the sheet
know is fictitious. given to me was one intended for mock
During the First World War, I was warfare. Later,when wehadmore
stationed in France with the A.E.F. as time, we carriedthe investigation a
a member of the 63rd Coast Artillery little further and found that had my
Corps, Jack explained. At La Crotine, intuition not been heeded, and had the
weweretrainingartilleryunits in a firinginstructions been sent out, we
School of Fire in mock warfare at what would have shelled an observation post
wasknownasa“datum point.” My nine miles distantwhereeighteen of
position was at a telephone switchboard our men were on duty.
from which we sent instructions to three This demonstration of my psychic
Batteries of four guns each of 9-inch abilities, which surprised me as much
English howitzers.Most im ortant in as anyone, brought me an unexpected
my work was a sheet which sIowed our 30 days’ leave-of-absence which was to
own positions and the hypothetical osi- be taken after the war was over, and
tions of enemy installations. This s? eet
I 1,000 francsfor spendingmoney. I
chose the following March of 1919.
P
had been com iled by our observation
posts and Inte ligence Department. In
mock warfarewe usedhypothetical
Jack reflected a moment andthen
continued.
data. The big question arose-Where should
At the time of my story, September, I go? The Chaplain he1ed me decide.
1918, I wasto issue instructions for He had a catalogue of tRe show places
firing i n genuine warfare practice. and landmarks of Southern France and
When I took the data sheet, a strange, running his finger down the list he gave
disturbingfeelingcame over me that the points of interest. T h e Shrine of
something was wrong. I stared at the Lourdes,” he read.
sheet of statistical matter,butwhat “Lourdes!” That ranga bell with me.
could I do? There were many items I had read articles in the Sunda news-
on it; they were as accurate as our ex- paper su plements of the k a c L cures
perts could make ,them, and to recheck atthe &Ottoof Lourdes writtenby
them would reuire a long m i
t e skeptical writers for a sensation-seeking
especially on su% a frail excuse as a public. Not many of the fellows in the
mere hunch. So I shrugged off ,the dis- service would have chosen such a spot
quieting feeling
and
turned
to
the fora holiday, butthat was the lace
switchboard tocarryout my duties. for me.“Read no more,” I t o l l the
Upon this, a premonition of disaster Chaplain. “I’m going to Lourdes.”
came over me so strongly that I made I had been limpingaroundwitha
a n emphatic protest. barbed-wire injury to my left Achilles’
M y commanding officer, Lieutenant tendon atthe ankle. Thearmy doc-
........, came over to see what was de- tors had advised that nothing but sur-
The layingthe proceedings. “What
the
is gery would help it, butanotherpre-
matter, Jack?” he asked. monition had warned me to keep away
Rosicrucian “Something is haywire here, Lieu- from surgery, althou h for the life of
Digesf tenant,” I answered, slapping the sheet. me, I could not give ategitimate reason.
b u W “I don’tknow what it is. All I know However, nothing was farther from my
1956 is thatit gives me goose bumps andthat mind now than to try for acureby
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going to the Grotto. It would be just a of radiance that surrounded him. It was
lark, a delightful holiday, a chance to only after I had taken up metaphysical
get away from camp andvisit the quiet, studies years later that I reakzed the
mountain resort in the Pyrenees, and significance of that first impression.
just take a casual look at the place of What had caught my attention was the
such a colorful tradition. man’s other self, or the real self behind
Uponarrival atthe peaceful little the physicalmanifestation, and this I
town I left my bags at the depot and had seen with my own psychic sight.
decided to wanderabouta bit before After this first impression faded out, I
looking fora hotel room. I strolled saw objectively thattheman was of
downto the Grotto, withits rows of medium height, had graying hair, and
chairs placedbefore thenichewhere that he bore himself with a quiet dig-
stood the statue of the Virgin Mary; nityand poise that was elegant. H i s
around it candles burnedcontinually. eyesheld mine with a gaze that was
I saw thecrosses whichhad been erected intentandma etic. They looked at
at various pointson the surrounding me and througpme at thesame time.
hillsides which turned the place into a He greeted mepolitely in broken
vast, simulated cathedral;and I watched English as he observed that I was an
thepenitent pilgrims asthey walked American soldier andthat I limped
on padded knees from one cross to an- when walking. We chatted a few mo-
other. A few feet away stood the ments and I was soon telling him of the
church. Within it hung,the crutches, incident a t the communication center
canes, and braces of invalids and trip- which brought me my leave-of-absence.
les who had been miraculously cured. Upon this, he ave me apenetrating
Each crutch or brace bore the name of look and said, ou must come in, and
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its owner, ,thenature of his malady and wewill look intothismatter. I am

length of time he had suffered, and the interested in you!”
date of his recovery. Thisstatistical He took me ;to a little parlor or con-
matter is required by the Government sultation room, and there followed an
to discourage indiscriminate claims to hour of conversation that markeda
miraclehealing.
Although I am a turnin point in my life. As we sat
Catholic, I wasn’t much impressed with there, [e talked-words of wisdom that
the idea of the miracles, but was en’oy I can hear to this day. It was as if he
ing the peace and quiet of the piace was telling me ,things that I had always
and its religious atmosphere. known yet never really thought of, like
After resting awhile before the shrine, seeds that may lay dormant for years
I went to the fountain whichis so vital andthen come to life andbeen to
to the whole tradition. Here again, the grow. Every sentence of his expressed
long restraininghand of the Govern- some mystical truth which could have
ment is seen, for posted at the fountain served as the topic of a whole lecture.
was a sign stating thechemical analysis “God is in everything, in every creature
of the water and indicatin that it was and in every man,” he said. “The Cre-
no different from any oo!, mountain, ator of all things could no more alien-
spring water. I took a fong, cool drink. ate himself from, or deny, that which
It was refreshingand even exhilarating. he has created than afather could
I be an to feel somethingunusual-a deny or re udiate his paternity of a son
bubbqing elation. Now, wait a minute! he has fagered. We must remember
Was I letting the charm and magnetism that we areall sons of onefather
of this place cast a spell over me, too? -one God! And while, like the
Curiosity nowdrewme toward the prodigalson, we may turn our faces
hospital. Still I was not thinking of m awayfrom Himand forget Him,He
injury-I just wanted to look a r o u n i never ignores or forgets us. That is the
I walked up the ramp andsoon was ap- Great Miracle.”
proaching the front entrance when the As if he had given me enough food
dooropened. A man was just coming for thought for the present, he paused
out of the buildin . Atfirst I was and examined myinjury.Then sud-
pleasantly surprise{ at the impression denly taking my affairs into his own
of the gentleness of the man and a sort hands, he looked up and smiled. “You
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 will get your luggage from the de ot
andstayhere for treatments.”
showed me to a tiny room containing
he f
sent me out for a lon tramp over the
hills to stretch ;the ten ons and exercise
the muscles of my leg. That was pain-
a cot and a dresser. “This will be your ful, and on my return I was instructed
room while you are here inLourdes.” to plunge my foot and ankle into hot
“NOWtell me, why are you doing all water to relax the muscles and hasten
this forme?” I asked. “You haven’t the healing process.
told me who you are or why you should “Perhapsyourhead hurts, too,” he
take so much interest in , . .” suggested, seeing me pressing my hand
“I am here to he1 all who are will- to myhead, as he began to massage and
ing toreceive help,”\e answered quiet- mampulate the injured area. I admitted
ly, “and to treat sick minds as well as that I had beenbotheredwithhead-
sickbodies. The doctors here cancut aches, especially after walking had ag-
away morbid tissue in the body, but I gravated the soreness inmy ankle.
try to reach the morbidareas in the “That is natural,” he told me, “since for
patient’s mind by changing the thought every lesion to nerve or muscle in the
patterns and directing them into ho -
f u l and constructive channels. As
me, I am just a humble workerin God’s
gr body there is a corres onding area in
thebrainwhichisagected also. We
must treat your head,too.” Whereupon,
vineyard, I am Director of this hospital he gave treatments to my head, spine,
by an appointment of the French gov- and neck. These treatments have since
ernment.” become familiar to me through a course
“Then tell me,” I said when I had of metaphysical studies.
recovered mv wits. “did Bernadette Although I stayed at Lourdes for five
really see a &ion of ‘the Virgin Mary?” days, the ,treatments were finished in
“She beheld anap arition, or ex- three days and my ankle was healed.
perienced what is c a l l 3 a psychic phe- I was not charged a sou for the treat-
nomenon.” ments, nor for my board and room at
Then I asked if he would explain the the hospital. On returning to the United
so-called miracle cures that had taken States after the war, the seeds of mys-
place there. This was his explanation: 4cal truths which had been planted in
“When a numberof people get together my mind at Lourdes were stirring and
with a lofty and worthy purpose and demanding attention. For this reason I
become highly emotional, man unusu- started searching for occult andmys-
al things can hap en because &ere 1s a tical truths.
vibrantenergyievelopedthat flows When I tell people this experience,
,through all the organs and cells of the they always ask: What is there about
bodies of those participating inthe the Grotto at Lourdes and the vicinity
ecstatic experience.There is then es- to account for the young girl’s sychic
tablished a harmony that transcends all andspiritualattunement, a n a what
the ills of the body and the results are causes all those who visit the Shrine to
what we call miracles. But this hospital feel such exalted moods and emotions?
is herewithits staff of doctors and M y answer is this: There havebeen
nurses, and I am here as Director, be- andaremany places throughout the
cause the Government officials main- world where people feel closer to God.
tain that
faith
healing or miracles These are temples, ancient and modern,
should not be allowed to take the place, or shrines and cathedrals-or maybe a
completely, ofood common sense and little isolatedspot in a person’sown
the regular orttodox methods of heal- home. PerhapstheOracle of Delphi
ing, The Governmentis also keeping belonged to such a place.
awatchfuleye
ists. who
I .
B
over the op ortunists
and promoters, the cultists an religion-
would like to nut their own
The people throng to these holy
laces in worshipful adoration and as
Rumble seekers for assurance that God
The label of ownership upinthe whole has not forgotten them. It is my firm
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place withallits possibilities and its conviction that in time longpast, the
Rosicruciun appeals,3s Grotto at Lourdes was used as a place
Digest I settled myself thein little room of worship and retreat and for the en-
buaV andthetreatments started. The Direc- actment of sacred rites, and,thatthe
1956 tor
supervised them himself. Firsthe wholearea is chargedwith Cosmic
energies of the highest potentiality. The Grotto is a focal point (as are the
Bernadette, in her youth and innocence temples and cathedrals) of divineand
and sensitivity, sensed these sublime spiritual essencesbecause of the faith
andpsychic energies, which, in her and hope which the eo le themselves
mind, took the form of a supernatural bring with them. Wi% Leir own grati-
beingwhichshe called “the beautiful tude and humility, such persons create
lady.” I believe that there is a “beau- the exalted atmosphere which is a part
tiful lady” in the lives of all of us, but of the place. Then ;they find the en-
we need the attunement of our psychic lightenment and strength
they
are
sensibilities to see her. seeking.

J. CROAFP,
By THOMAS JR., F.R. C.
(Member,State Bar of Arizona and Bar of U.S. Supreme Court.)
OME possessors of great for the anticipated future.
wisdom tell us that we Eternity b e y now, and in making
should plan systematical- plans weoug t to keep in mind con-
ly for tomorrow, and that tinually that the law of cause and ef-
weshouldbe ready for fect, or action and reaction, operates in
the future (whatever that each and every instance; no one is ex-
may be).However, would emptfrom its operations. Realizing
it not be more practicable that such is the case, we can then a p
to viewourselves in the preciate theimortance of living ef-
light that we are always living in the fectively in the {ere and now, making
hereandnow?Then as we sensibly the most out of every situation as it
perform the responsibilities and obliga- presents itself; therein lies the realistic
tions of the present, we will meet all approach to successful and progressive
the essential elements of daily living. daily living.
Most of us place too much emphasis A great deal of our trouble today
on things that may or may not ha pen. stems from man’s failure to relate him-
We anticipate occurrences to suci an self to present circumstances; too many
extent that often we inhibit ourselves people spend their energies in esca e
andactuallypreventhappyand suc- episodes as they seek to avoid facing $e
cessful everyday living. After all, we facts of life.
are wasting our time when we cry bit- By keeping our feet on the ground
ter tears over the past and its troubles; and in facing life as it presently is, by
we canlearnfrom the so-called past coping with the problems arising in the
without a doubt, but it should never be eternal now, weneverneed fearthe
allowed to checkmateour progressor so-called future. To accomplish this
to prevent our successful performances magnificent task,however, requires of
in the here and now. us that we avoid becoming escapists-
The factisthat we always Live in that we accept the duties and obliga-
thehere and now, and,in actuality, tions of the present.
there is no past, nor is there a future- Wecannever do better with our-
only the eternal now, which is all that selves than to live effective lives in the
concerns us vitally. here and now because thus ?thefounda-
As we realistically meet ,the current tion stones are laid for successful liv-
problems of life, we need have no re- mg. We are surely living in the here
morse for the imagined past, nor fear and now.
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 Group Power in Action
The 1955 Creative Writing Workshop of the Rose-Croix University concentrated in general
on the necessity for human understanding. Among others, they probed and analyzed qualities
such as love, enthusiasm, fun, beauty. An overnight contemplation was assigned to each topic.
Then,writingsimultaneously andunderdeepconcentration, the class of 25 conditionedto
express as a single unit devoted 10 minutes only to eachsubject. The instigator of his topic
acting as a dynamic center and keeping the viewpoint of oneness then compiled a single paper
of expression from the 10-minutepapers of the entire class, choosing words or statements which
appealedto him or her as highlights. The following is one of the IO-minute writings. More
will appear.

ON ENTHUSIASM
Compiled by HELEN
E. HOOL
HAT doesenthusiasm ters, and suddenly (the little seed fiids
mean? How is it ac- itself interested-even enthusiastic. En-
quired? W h act a u s e s thusiasm comes from within and is no
football and baseball fans doubt an attribute of all human beings
to scream with joy? Why although itmay be sleepin in those
are some people enthusi- who do not express it. Per aps it is
astic and others not? the awakening of God within.
a
Enthusiasm is the ca- Acting under D i v i n e i n s p i r a t i o n ,
acityto enjoy life-to Wagner-composer-musician-was so
be happy a n 1 thankfulforit. It is enthusiasticabout the composition of
more than mere joy-it is an exciting his drama-operas that his physician ad-
of the wholeperson. The Greekword vised him to work on something lighter
enthusiasm meansto be inspiredor because he was depleting his strength.
possessed bythe god. The birds have But his Lohengrin was so urgently de-
it when they are building their nests, sirous of expression that he had to con-
or a dog when you throw a stick for tinue until it was complete.
him. A prayerfulattitudetowardlife is
Where there is enthusiasm there is one of the eatest aids in bringing
activity-never stagnation. It is a sort about an enxusiastic approachtoen-
of living energy, indicating an attune- deavor. Without it, work or play is dull
ment and understanding of life in its and uninspiring. All the great achieve-
many phases. It inspires one to give ments of mankindhave come about
his best efforts to any project. through enthusiastic attitudes.
Perhaps enthusiasm has its very be- As an aid to human understandin ,
The ginning in a need planted in good en- group-work will bring people from dif-
~ ~vironment.~ The seedbecomes
i ~
softened ~stations of~ lifeintoa ~ common i
ferent ~ ~
and its hard outer shell begins to dis- activity. Contacts naturally spread to
Digesr
buarY
1956
integrate,
gradually
K
o ening to con- other interests, and we learn to know
sciousness-at first,per aps, in protest. andunderstand peo le we would not
It is caught by thewarmthit encoun- otherwise meet. Engusiasm for activi-
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ties spreads spontaneously and tends to for him, chan es the world and makes
break the ice barrier that separates hu- it a bright a n f shining thing, naturally
man bein s. he wants to tell everybodyabout it-
Leaderslipis dependent onenthu- wants others to know the joy he feels.
siasm; the followers are inspired by the However, he must mix caution with his
leader’s attitude. It is the fuel that joy for his listener may be bored-or
starts energy flowing, the spark of the completely without understanding and
locomotive. It is an attribute of the soul even definitely antagonistic.
-thevehicle onwhich love travels. We need to temper our enthusiasm
Surely the Creator endowed all of us to the mental set of others. We need
with the qualitycalled enthusiasm. enthusiasm to understandourselves and
But this feeling can spread like fire neighbors. This r w e r accomplishes
and needs to becontrolled-tempered much and attracts uman beings to one
with reason and harmonium. At apoint another. This feeling assists us to un-
of excess it can have a negative effect. fold our highest capabilities. Yes, God
When one takes hold of an idea which, loves an enthusiastic person.

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 The Twelve Disciples
By LYMANB. JACKES
F ou, as a reader, would Acts, in t h i s opening verse states: “The
1i%e to consider the con- formertreatisehave I made, 0 The-
ditions and mode of liv- ophilus . . .” What was this former
ing of 2,000 years ago, treatise? Was it the book now k n o w n
there is readily available as the Gospel According to St. Luke or
a mass of information to was it somelost manuscript, one of
formabackground for hundreds ;that were written during the
additional m a t e r i a l . I first centuryanda half of this era,
have in mind great
a many of which still exist and are care-
mystery of the New Testament, ascon- fully tended in the great libraries of
tained in the ordinary copy of the Holy Europe?
Bible. The question is, ‘‘Whatha -
R Most readers areawarethatthere
pened to the eleven disciples after t e an Apocrypha of the Old Testament.
resurrection of Jesus Christ?” Many of the older rintings of the fam-
is

The New Testament records that one ily Bible con,tain gese writings. They
of them died, but it givestwo, andare writings thatare contemporary
greatlyvarying, details of thedeath of withthe accepted books of the Old
Judas Iscariot. Matt. 27:5 states thatTestamentwhichare considered to be
Judashanged himself. Peter, in The notquite canonical. Buthow many
Acts I: 18 says, “Now this man (Judas readers are aware that there is also an
Iscariot) purchaseda field withthere- Apocrypha of the New Testament?
ward of iniquity;andfallinheadlong,There is sucha volume but you will
!
he burst asunder in the mi st, and all have to look far and wide for a copy.
his bowels gushed out.” HOWis one to It is a very rare publication. The copy
correlate those two and greatly varying I have, which I ac uired after ears of
accounts of theonlyone of the twelve searching, was pu%lished in %ndon,
disciples of which there is any mention England, more ,than a century ago. It is
of his end? If it is assumed that John a translation of numerous writings that
wrote the Bookof Revelation, he did so were made at about the same time as
as avery old man,spending his last ,the acceptedbooks of our New Testa-
days on the Island of Patmoswherementwerebeingpenned.These little-
he died of natural causes at a very ripe known writin s not only throw much
age. %
light on what appened to the remain-
It is therefore of little use to search ing disciples but they also includeil-
throughthe books that now make upluminatinginformation on travel and
the New Testament for information living duringtheearly decadesof the
The concerning the other ten of the original presentera. As an example,Judasis
~ ~ twelve disciples.
~ i
But-and this ~isa ~ referred~ to as Judas~ Iscariot. i
generally ~ ~
veryimportant but-the very first What does the word Iscariot mean? A
Digest verse of The Acts gives clue
a to the little study of these rare writings dis-
January keythatmay throw some lighton this closes that it is not one word but two.
1956 great
mystery. Luke, author of The These two words from the ancient He-
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brew are difficult to translate into in the tin mines of Cornwall, in Britain.
Greek and for this reason a very crude He had a fleet of ships, or cargo vessels,
phonetic spelling of the twowordsis that brought thetin to Palestine. In
continued m the New Testament. extensive metallurgical plants which he
The word scariot, from the old He- owned, he mixed and meltedthis tin
brew, suggests that Judas came from a with cop er and was the greatest pro-
family of leather workers. The <‘i“ in ducer of Eronze at that time. The New
front of scariot implies that Judas wore Testament ‘ves twomeagerglim ses
a leather apron into which was sewed of his weal% It is stated that he Rad
astrong pocket for thecarrying of arock-hewntombon the outskirts of
money. The NewTestament gives a Jerusalem-andalso thathe walked
hint of thattranslationwhen it d e rightintotheprivateapartments of
clares thatJudaswas ;theone of the Pilate during the late afternoon of the
twelve who carried the money. first Good Friday. Pilate was very
There was a command given to the keenly interested in anyone who had
eleven disciples afterthe resurrection a large quantity of loose changeon
of Jesus Chnst. This commandis found hand. In Matt. 27:57-58, it is stated,
in Mark 16:14-15. “Afterward he a p “When the even was come, there came
peared unto the eleven as they sat at a rich man of Ar-i-ma-thaea, named
meat, and u braidedthemwiththeir ..
Joseph . He went to Pilate . . .”
unbelief a n t hardness of heart, be- Many years ago in England, a small
cause they believed notthemwhich book appeared that attempted to prove
had seen him after he was risen. And a rather startling assum tion. This book
he [Jesus] said unto them, Go ye into declared that this Josepi of Arimathea
all the world, and preach the gospel to and Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus,
every creature.” were f i s t cousins. It also declared that
The books of the Apocha1 New Joseph,before he married Mary, was
Testament tell much noton ”py of how a widower and had six children of his
the elevendisciples carried out that own. Thisis to some extentsubstan-
command but also they throw a great tiated in the Apocryphal writings.
deal of light on travel and living con- This English book stressed the fact that
ditions of that period. the Gospelsgive noinformation con-
There is one basic fact of which the cerning Jesus between his stay-over in
readershouldbe fully aware: that is the temple, at the age of ,twelve years,
the tendency to look upon the disciples
as poormen-almost paupers, in fact.
They werenot aupers. Theyall had
and his appearanceatthe weddin
where he performed his first recorde
miracle at the age of thirty. The book
I
tradesand coupd supportthemselves. boldly asked the question, “Where was
But what I desire to make very clear Jesus during those eighteen silent
is that during the three years of the ears?” It attempted to prove that Jesus
earthlyministry of Jesus Christ the i a d gone with his father’s cousin,
movement had attracted ;the active at- Joseph of Arimathea, to England; and
tention of some very wealthy persons. it tried to build u this theory with the
Two of these received more than pass- backin of atra&tion that avery an-
ing notice in the New Testament. cient g u r c h i n the southern part of
The first is Nicodemus, a ruler of the England was actually founded by Jesus
Jews, who came to Jesus by night dur- Christ himself.
ingtheearly days of theminis
Nicodemus also stoodup in the Y.
temp e
enclosure (just before Judas enters the
But putting aside fantasy, there can
be little doubt concerning the possibili-
ties that the eleven disciples, after the
story)andwarnedthe Council that ascension of Jesus, went to Jerusalem
they had better leave things alone. and had a serious talk with these mon-
Nicodemus wasa very wealthy man eyed men concerning ways and means
and controlled large blocks of roperty of carrying out the command to o into
in thebusiness center of JerusaEm. An- all theworld.Joseph offered a% pos-
other very wealthy man who became sible means of transportationon his
attracted to the new movement was cargo ships. Otherswhohad business
Joseph of Arimathea. This Joseph was connections with countries east of the
a mining man. He had heavy interests Red Seaalsooffered the fullest co-op-
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 erationwiththeir business setup. If
this sounds a bit far-fetched, the reader
should realize that much of the gold
that went into the decoration of Solo-
mon’s magnificent temple at Jerusalem
came from what is now Rhodesia in the
a
southeastern art of Africa. Also, the
recious woo used for the interior em-
Bellishment came from Ceylon. Hiram,
&
king of T re, had fleets on the Red Sea
d
that ma e journeys over the Indian
Ocean. That was some twelve centuries
before the events that are being con-
sidered in this story.
The early portion of The Actsdis-
closes that the eleven were together at The questions in t h i s columnaretwo of
a meeting called for the purpose of ap- many submitted b readers. They have been
pointin someone to take the place left chosen as of s d c i e n t generalinterest to
vacant %{ Judas. There is no mention warrant inclusion here.
of their eingtogether again. Some of e . .

them, in small groups, started out on Question: What is Brahmanism?

their distant journe A few went west- Answer: Brahmanism derives its name from
warddirectlytogomeandanother the worship of Brahma, the personification
groupwenteastward.Thomas was in of Brahman, the AbsolutePrincipleand
this latter group,andthere isconsid- Supreme Self of the Universe. Grouped un-
der Brahmanism are the followers of several
erable evidence to support the sug es- sects and schools of religiousphilosophy,
tion that he got as far as Madras, InfZia. whichdiffermateriallyfromeachother,
The Acts described minutelythe but which have a common root, origin, and
journey of Paul to Rome when he was relation to the one eternal religion of India,
whichhasasits basis the belief in aOne
a prisoner and had appealed to Caesar. Infinite Reality, a Being or Existence from
T h i s account goes into details of the which the phenomenal universe and the in-
shi wreckon the southern shores of dividual soul proceed. The various sects and
Mapta. This trip of Paul probably took schools thataregenerally regardedunder
the head of BrahmanismorHinduism,by
placeabout 40 A.D. WhenPaular- Westernauthorities, may be divided into
rived in Rome he was taken before the threegeneral classes: (1) Vishnuites, (2)
local judicial authorities, and because Shaivites,
and (3) Abstract
Monists, or
none of his accusers hadappeared to Brahmans. The third class are comparative-
ly few in number,and are thosepeople
support thechar es againsthim,he whorefuse to acknowledge the need of
wasreleasedon fail.Paul nowhad names of personification of Brahman,and
the freedom to move about the city. who maintain a philosophical religion based
What did he find there?-a large and upon pure reason, withBrahman(THAT
or The Absolute)as their object of love,
influential group of early Christians. veneration, and meditation.
Paul himself states that they included 0 . 0
“even members of Caesar’s household.”
Among this groupwere persons of Question: What is theHindu Mythology
of Siva?
wealth and
l
station. The established
Paul in one of the finest owes in the
best residential section of Rome at that
Answer: Gradually in India there developed
the idea of theHinduTrinity, composed
of Brahman, the Creative Principle; Vishnu,
period. The rent that this
for this accommodation YP
woul
alent to $4,000 amonth today. They
be equiv-
paid
the Presel-ving Principle; and Shiva (Siva),
the DestructivePrinciple -the manifesta-
tion of three principles causing the universal
manifestation of life. There are two aspects
provided Paul with scribes,household of Shiva, but only one Shiva in name. The
servants, and messen ers. It wasby one aspect is derived from the ancient Shiva
The means of this service tfmt Paul dictated or Rudra. I n this lower aspect, Shiva was a
~ ~ many of the ~ letters or iepistles that~ are fierce
~and terribledevil-god
~ aspect ofof ~themoun- i ~ ~
tains. Inthe higher Shiva-wor-
included inthe New Testament of ship, the followers devote themselves to the
Digest today. studyandcontemplation of Brahman, the
January One of the disciples who made
a Supreme Being or THAT, with which they
1956 (Continued onPage)
Next hold the impersonalShivato be identical.

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visit to Rome prior to Paul was James trays Bartholomew as holding his own
-described as James the Lesser. There skin in hishands.
were two mennamedJames among Philipwentsouthwardinto
the original twelvedisciples.Onewas The priests at Hierapolis o r d e r 3 T k
a brother of John, the son of Zebedee, execution. James, the brother of John,
and a full first cousin to Jesus Christ. visited Syria, Arabia, Mesopotamia, and
This was not James the Lesser. James Persia. During his returnfrom this
the Lesser, after a stay of a few years journey he was killed, in a mobvio-
i n Rome, went westwardas far as lence, in Syria. Andrew went to Greece
Spain. He was awayfrom Palestine and,aftera period of preaching, so
for some fourteen years. Upon his re- excited the ammosity of the local dig-
turn, he was orderedbefore ,the court nitaries that he was crucified at Patras.
of Herod Agrippa. He told, to this be- John and Peter went to Samaria where
sotten ruler, such an extraordinary ac- the local authorities decided to show
count of his travels, that Herod decided them what they thought of their new
he wasamad man and ordered that doctrine. Johnwasimmersed in boil-
his headbe cut off. It is stated that ing whale oil but survived that torture.
after the execution his body was taken He escaped b shiptotheIsland of
back toSpain. There is amonument Patmos, one oJthe small islands off the
amidtheruins of aformer coastal coast of the Greek mainland. He died
town that supposedly marks the burial therefromnatural causes atthe old
place of James. age of about ninety-five.
It is claimed that Bartholomew went FromMadrasonthe east coast of
eastward with one of the first known IndiatotheAtlantic shores of S ain
copies of the Gospel of Matthew in was a fair piece of territory for ties,
the Hebrew tongue. Most of the other men to cover in a few years. For the
copies were written in Greek. He was most part they were repaid with vi+
in Mesopotamia (Iraq), Persia, and lence andbrutalityfortheir efforts.
Two ,thousand yearslater,the world
India.Theseancientwritings in the saw the leaders of today's four
New Testament Apocrypha declare nations journey toGeneva, SwitzerEz:
thathe wasflayed alive in India. to see if it might bepossible to
This claim is
fromthefactthat
somewhatsupported
Michelangelopor-
into practice those same -ci
Y l % &2
les
the early travelers preac ed a out.

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ATTENTION, HIERARCHYMEMBERS
Those who have attained to the Hierarchy and understand the purpose and importance
of these special Contact Periods are invited to participate in, and report on, the following
occasions.
First, mark the dates given below on your calendar. Arrange in advance for a few
uninterrupted minutes at the given hour. While benefiting yourself, you may alsoaid
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Thursday, February 23, 1956

8:OO p.m., Pacific Standard Time
Thursday, May 17, 1956
8:OO p.m., Pacific Daylight Saving Time
 By ALEXANDER
F. SKUTCH

0 NE of the roblems
which phgsophers
have discussed for cen-
might be less eager to
support it. If not
determined
strictly by
immediately
,the reaching
without turies pre-
convincing a conclusion cedingansituation,
is that of free will or event, physical
whether
or our Arefreedom.
moral y y c h be
i i would
volitions determinate in who ly ca ricious and
the aresense
they that unpredicta le. If our
i n e v ti ht aeb l e volitions con- in free were
1
s eu e n c e so fr i g i d ,
un causal
eviating
uences? .some-
or does
se-
the sense that they did
not obey any sort of
causation,
might
anyone
%ing n e w ,s p n n p g do anything at anymo-
spontaneouslyfrom the depth of ourment,andhe could nomore beheld
being,somehow enterintothem?Daily responsible for his act than aman
we are called upon tochoose between can be held accountable for the course
alternative courses in matters great or taken by his runaway horse. We should
small. We must decide which of sev-be continually doing things which we
era1 competingclaims we shall fulfill, would at the nextminute regret, be-
or whetherwe shall act or refraincauseour choicewas not controlled
from action. As we face sucha choice, by our total personality and did not
weneverdoubtourfreedomtotakefaithfully reflect it. In accepting the
whatevercourse we deem best. Until doctrine of free will to avoid the disa-
the decision has been made and carried greeable implications of determinism,
into effect, the alternative routes seem we jump from the frying pan into the
equally available to us. It is only when fire.
wereflect upon our decision in retro- The truth seems to be that our vo-
spect that we begin to doubt whether litions are determinateor subject to
we were in fact as freeto select the causality, but that ina developed mind
re'ected courseaswe ima'ned our- the causal nexus follows a path so dif-
selves to be while it still g y in the ferentfromthat in any mechanical
future. system thatmental causation is of a
We see thatthereweremany fac- different orderfromphysicalcausa-
tors, rooted in theverystructure of tion andcanhardly be understood
our temperamentand character, that by it. So far as we know, no physical
compelled us irresistibl to select one system attempts to look into the future
alternativeand reject &e others. We beforeres onding to the forces acting
wereindeedfree to choose theway immediateyy upon it, as a thinkin be-
which, considered in the light of all ing does whenever he faces a cEoice
its foreseeableconsequences,most ap- whoseconse uences romise to bemo-
pealed to us; but the fact that it did mentous to k m . &en it moves, an
ap ea1 to us was determined by our inanimate body takes a path deter-
d e r i t e d constitution and all our pre- mined by the resultant of all the forces
vious experiences. In what sense, then, acting u on it; whereas, no matter how
did our choice escape the rule of iron powerfuby some course of action solic-
The necessity? its us beforeour decision is made,
Menargue so heatedly in favor of once we have dismissed it in favor of
Rosicrucian free will because they resent the bond- some other plan we often act just as
Digest age the past
to which
denial
its though therejected attraction were non-
knuar?' implies. But If they grasped the im- existent.
1956 plications of the opposing view, they Even plants have not achieved this
cis1
independence of competing attractions. As stated earlier, whenfacinga
When agrowinggreen shoot is ex- choice scarcely anyone doubts his per-
posed to light commg from different fect freedom to elect the course which
directions, it bends toward a point in- apears best to him; and it isonly
termediate to ;the two sources instead
of turning straight toward the stronger
K
w en viewing in retrospect a decision
which has been irrevocably made that
light. If organized like ah sical sys- we sometimes doubt whether ourchoice
tem or even like a plant, %araam’s ass was as free as it appeared to be. Since
in thephilosophical riddle would in- our solution of the problem of freedom
deed starve to death if placed exactly hardly exerts an appreciable effect up-
midway between two equally tempting on our actual choices, the active man
bundles of hay; yet, no one who knows might look upon the question as of no
donkeys has any doubt what the out- importance to himself, but merely one
come of such an experiment would be. of thosepuzzles which fill the leisure
In all probability, then, our volitions of armchair philosophers. But freedom
areintypical cases causally deter- of choice cannot be so lightly brushed
mined,not by the kind of causation aside even by men of action; for two
that prevails mphysical systems, but momentous questions of ractical impor-
bya unique form of causal se uence tance are indissolubly found up with
that gives us a control over our 8estiny it-personal responsibility and retribu-
such as no inanimate body enjoys. tive unishment. The problem of moral
This istrue even if weaccept the freefom is implicit in everysentence
contention that mind or consciousness handeddown in a criminal court.
is only an attribute of a complex ma-
terialsystem. If, as seemsprobable, Condaet and Reeponelblllg
mindisnotmerelyamanifestation If adamantine causal sequences rule
of matter,itsthoughtsmay still be our thoughts and govern our volitions
strictly determinate, although obedient no less than the courses of #theplanets
to causal rulesdistinct from thosewhich and the reactions in a test tube, how
reign in the realm of matter. Although can anyone be held responsible for his
in either case mental causation is CLf- deeds? No onedoubts that one’s con-
ferent from physical causation, on the duct is in largemeasuredetermined
second view it is even more radically by his heredity, the influences of his
distinct. I see no reason for anyone’s home, his education, and the prevailing
rejecting the conclusion that our voli- social atmosphere. The onl question
tions followsome form of causality is whether it is completely Jetermined
mere1 because t h i s seems incompatible by these precedent and external influ-
with H s notions of human dignit or ences. If one’s conduct is wholly so
his aspiration for freedom. C o u d w e determined, how can the murderer be
be free unless our every volition were held responsible for his murder and the
strictly determined bv what we essen- robber for his theft? Would it not be
tiallyare? most unjust to unish him for what he
could not avoif doing?
Philosophersand scientiststhrough the As a practical measure,whatever
ages have considered from many viewpoints view it takes of the problem of moral
the problem of free will, and the exercise of
freedom andchoice byindividuals. Articles freedom, society must for itsown safety
on this subject have appeared before in the treat its members as though they were
Rosicrucian Digest; and, of course, studies wholly responsible for all (theydo. The
of it have been made in otherRosicrucian man may indeed be merely a focus of
literature.
Here, we have a presentation which
events which flowed into him from the
should be of much interest to every thinking most distant past and from all sides-
individual.The author is recognized
a a merepuppet in the hands of fate.
scientist in a s ecialized field of biology. In But it is impossible totrace back all
this writing, {e hasapplied his scientific these contributory causes and deal with
knowledge, as well as his own philosophy,
to thissubject.Each age in historycreates each onese arately, dividinga mur-
its peculiar problems, and man shouldcon- derer’s punisiment between his drunk-
stantly analyze his o w n position of res on en fatherand his profligate mother,
sibility in dealing with the world of wbch his incompetent teachers, all those who
he is a part.
set him a vicious example in his im-
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 pressionable childhood, andthe com- ing, the evils of contemporary society,
munity atlarge for permitting so many and a thousand other contributory fac-

rther
unwholesome situations in its midst. tors over which we had no control. In
Society must, so to speak, view of theobscurity envelo ingthe
all these contributing stran s where
they are entangled in a tight knot
up
in
l
problem of moral freedom an the de-
terministic explanations of human con-
the culprit himself, and deal with the
knot rather than with the
filaments. It is notaquestion of jus-
converging
duct in which modern
abounds, wehave every rig
this course. Therecanbenodoubt
? l a
sycholo y
t to ta e

tice so much as of necessit . And that ancestors, early environment, edu-

even if it decides to make ,tKe mur- cation, andthe contemporary atmos-
derer’s punishment vindictive rather phere exert a powerful influence upon
than merely corrective and preventive, every man’s conduct; yet, we did not
perhaps this procedureisnot so un- select our parents, coulddo scarcely
reasonable as it is often alleged to be. anything to improve the conditions in
We cannotseparatea man from his which wepassed our earliest years,
deeds mere1 by claiming thatthey were rarely allowed to choose OUT
are ,the res& of an ineluctable neces- teachers, andhavea negligible influ-
sity. The man himself is aroduct of
the same necessity; he an his acts B
are inseparably interwovenof the same
P
ence upon the socie into whose midst
we were cast as help ess infants. When
we throw the blame for our aberra-
causal strands. If the whole course of tions and failures upon causes beyond
cosmic events has resulted in a noi- our control, we do nothing wicked or
some concrescence
t
atthatarticular
locus in time and space whic we call
John Brown, it does not seem unfair
absurd, and no one can prove that we
are wrong.
Yet if it is ermissible totake this
thatother men, whohave been out- attitude towar?ourselves, it is morally
raged by his flagrant misdeeds, should fatal to do so. Such a willful surrender
retaliate u on him. of one’s autonomy is the annihilation
~ l t h o u g lthe uncertainty as to the of his ethical personality. We view our-
nature of moral freedom must alwa s selves as a mere focus of causal se-
be allowed to cast adoubtupon Ke quences, as littleable to altertheir
fairness of vindictive punishment, the course as the point in empty space
question is of mere academic interest, upon which rays of light converge can
because there are other and better rea- change ;their dxection. We divest our-
sons foravoidingit.Even if it were selves of radical res onsibility atthe
not considered unreasonable to inflict price of our human &pity.
retributive pains upon a miscreant who Whatalternative course is open to
is in the grip of iron necessity, the us? Wecanvoluntarilyassume the
momentpunishment ceases to becor- responsibility for all those causal se-
rective or preventive it breeds resent- quences, stretching as far back into the
ment and further crime, and one who remote past as we care to project our
punishes in an angryandvengeful thought, which have made us what we
mood departsfrom the highestmoral
principles andharms his own spirit.
These are the reasons for our scrupu-
K
are. Our arents, who were not of our
choosing, ave transmitted to us weak-
nesses andfaults of characterwhich
lously shunningretaliatory punishment. have been a constant tribulation to us
When arraigned before the court, the and perhaps also physical defects that
criminal or his counsel urges every ex- handicap us.
tenuating circumstance and uses every Inthe impressionableears of our
art to make it appear that he is not childhood we were exposeito unwhole-
responsible for his crime.And in a some influences which have left indeli-
smallerway,we alltend to do the ble scars uponour spirit; our present
The same thing before the
tribunal of our circumstances are not aswe strove to
Rosicruc~anconscience or the judgment of OUT in- make them. Very well, we voluntarily
timates. We excuse ourshortcomings, accept all this sadlegac of the years
Digest weaknesses, and surrenders to passion 1
and make it our own. T e burden was
January by recalling our perhaps
unfortunate thrustupon us byalienpowers;but
1956 heredity, the errors in our earlytrain- we bear it bravely,withoutremon-
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strance or complaint. We do not pause unbroken, withinthemind as inthe
to discussbaffling metaphysical ques- external world, with all the iron rigor
tions of causation and responsibility; which nineteenth century materialism
by a voluntary act we make ourselves ascribed toit.Yetweare as certain
accountable for all that we do, and by as wecanbe of anythingthat in
this free acceptance of our own person- choices of the sort which we call vol-
alitydemonstrateourautonomy. The untary, the causal sequencefollows a
behaviorist may, if it amuses him, ex- uniqueroutewhich sets it sharply
plain all our attitudes, words, and deeds apart from the causal nexus we ob-
as the necessary outcome of circum- serve in purely physical systems. Such
stancesbeyond our control; butwe choices are madewitha view to the
make every choice as though the full future, and in reaching them we can
weight of it rested upon ourselves alone. give our ideals and aspirations a voice
Only by such full and uncompromis-
ing acce tance of everything which the
unalteragleasthas poured intothat
f
in shaping the course of comin events.
Necessity may rule in the wil no less
than in the falling stone, but it is now
which I caly myself can I constitute an enlightened nota blind necessity.
myself an ethical person. I do not wait Causalsequences which,for allwe
until society for its o w n ends fixes know, have since the beginning of time
responsibility u on me, forsuchim- coursed throughtheworldwithouta
puted responsibiEty is a fiction. I antic- definite end are by the moral will at
ipate society, claiming responsibility last 'ven a purpose and redirected to-
as my birthright, andthereby assert w a r f a n ideal goal. By thefree ac-
my freedom. ceptance of responsibility we begin to
This voluntary acceptance of respon- make ourselves what we aspire to be,
sibilityis noidle boast, no childish autonomous units dedicated to the sa-
gesture of defiance toan inexorable cred task of increasing harmony every-
fate. The chain of causation may pass where and in all its forms.

V A V

TRUTH CLOSE AT HAND

BELOWare the comments of Benjamin Franklin, famous American statesman,
on the tolerance of Michael Wohlforth. The latter was associated with a sect at
Ephrata,Pennsylvania.This sect was composed of mystics whoperpetuated
many Rosicrucian doctrines, rites, and symbols brought with them from Europe.
This modesty in a sect is perhapsa singular instance in t h e history of mankind. Every
other sect supposes itself in possession of full truth and thatthose who differare so far in
the wrong; like a man traveling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the
road he sees wrapped up in a fog, as well as those behind him, and also the people in t h e
fields on eachside, but near himall appearsclear,though in truth he is as much in the
fog as any of them.
"BENJAMIN FRANXLIN

Reckon the days in which you have not been angry. I used to be angry every
day; now every other day, then every third and fourth day; and if you miss it
so long as thirty days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to God.
"EPICTETUS

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 The “Cathedral of the Soul” is a Cosmic meeting place for all minds of the
most highly developed and spiritually advanced members and workers of the
Rosicrucian fraternity. I t is the focal point of Cosmic radiations and thought
waves fromwhichradiatevibrations of health, peace, happiness,and inner
awakening.Variousperiods of the day are setasidewhen many thousands
of minds are attuned with the Cathedral of the Soul, and others attuning with
the Cathedral at the time will receive the benefit of the vibrations. Those who
are not members of the organization may share in the unusual benefits as well
as thosewho are members. The book called Liber 777 describes the periods
for variouscontactswith the Cathedral. Copies will be sent to persons who
are not members if they address their requests for this book to Scribe S. P. C.,
care of AMORC Temple, San Jose, California, enclosing three cents in postage
stamps. (Please statewhethermember or not-this is important.)

SOLITUDE
By CECILA. POOLE,
Supreme Secretary
r was oncebelieved that anyone else,some went to the moun-
solitude was essential to tains and lived in caves, orotherwise
man’s spiritualgrowth. isolatedthemselves fromtheir fellow
A few hundred ears ago, men.* The erroneous conceptdevel-
there developdthefa- oped that isolation in itselfbecame a
natical idea that those key to mental, and
even spiritual
who were p a r t i c u l a r l y growth.
advanced spiritually, who The idea is, of course, based upon a
attained r t power of wrong premise. Nature did nat intend
mindandwereto beooked u on as that man should isolate himself from
examples, werethose who isolatecfthem- the existence of othermen, or rather
selves and lived alone. Hermitswere it was not intended that God would look
regarded as holy men, and at one time with favor only upon those who re-
the monastic life was considered to be fused to associatewith their fellow men.
The ideal only if it werelife
a of absolute Consequently, the idea of solitude as a
Rosicruc~ansolitude and denial of all physical pleas- means of growth became less and less
ures
and conveniences. These ideas acceptable, until in more recent years
Digest were carried tosuch extremes that some the
individual
who isolates himself
January individuals lived on top of columns completelyfrom society is considered
1956 awayfrom any physical contact with to be unique and even erratic, rather
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than one to be pointed out as a person him, and #thatthis is due to thecomplex
who has achieved more than those who interrelationships of society as it now
choose to relate #themselvesin the nor- exists. We need the services of other
mal way with other human beings. individuals in order to live with a rea-
The way in which man lives today, sonable degree of convenience.
except for those who are isolated due The factthatthose who isolated
to some physical barrier or condition, themselves completely from human
has brought about less of the concept society were not found to be #theonly
of solitude than has existed at anyother ones that grew in stature and develop-
,time. Man neednot bealone today. ment is not conclusive proof that soli-
Cities and suburban areas tend to cre- tude does nothave some advantages.
ate social grou s. If an individual does The injunction-man know thyself-is
T
live a few mi es away from someone
else, he stillcan, by means of telephone,
a recommendation for man to stop oc-
casionally in 'the process of daily living,
radio, and television, be in contact with and realize thatcertain potentialities
otherhuman beings. If that contact for growth and for happinesslie within
does not in the physical sense enable himself. If man is oing to realize and
one to touch ather individuals who com- come to understant these possibilities
pose society about him, at least one can or otentialities, he must at some time
participate in the same recreation, the in Hfe have ;the time and o portunity
same events. We can be up to date with to associate exclusively with Lmself.
the news and be, through the medium Actually, theother extremefrom
of communication as it now exists, in the practice of the hermits of the past
actual contact with any individual that may exist in some people today. Some
we ma choose. Today we can pick up eople are afraid of themselves. They
a telepione and talk to almost anyone so not risk any possibility of solitude.
in the civilized world. It has become They seem to cravea life in which
common to talk longdistances within thereis acontinualattempt to avoid
our own immediate area, as well as solitude. No moment is left alone or
throu hout the world. In other words, unplanned. Outside of the working
solituse is no longer a physical neces- period of the day, some people must be
sity. It is a rare condition thatmay constantlywitha group-either at a
be brought about by unusual circum- partyor participating m some enter-
stances orbyourvoluntary isolation tainment or activity that will complete-
from fellow individuals. ly occupy their objective mind.
Like many other things, the belief Solitude, on the other hand, is a di-
in theadvantages of solitude was at one version for theinner self, orforthe ,

,time exaggerated. It has been gradual- subjective mind. Solitude gives us the
ly determined thatthereweremany opportunity to use reason, to h ~ over n
men of saintly character whodid not in our consciousness the concepts that
follow any unusual behavior or pat- haveenteredourmind, those thin s
terns. In other words, living alone in which we haveerceivedandwhi&
acave does notmakea man a saint are ours to consigr. It is on1 in soli-
any more than living in the most con- tude that we are able to 1ooc clearly
gested area of a large city-neither withinour o w n consciousness and to
could contributetonor detract from bring out of it those aspects which are
the saintl attribute of any individual. exclusivelyours to consider. Whether
Man has yearned that he is responsible or not we have abilities to meet with
to a certain extent to other individuals, the complications and demands of our
and that they, too, are responsibleto lives is little known to many people. It
would be advisable if every individual
would take some time alone, whether
*During a certain period in the early history it be a short walk in the morning or
of the Christian church, to retire to caves and
mountains became an obsession with those the evening, or mere1 a relaxation
who wished to practice extreme forms of from the demands of t i e day to con-
monasticism. In parts of what is now the templatethecircumstances of his life
territory of the Easternchurch, hermits sat and environment.Solitude will open
on columns exposed to the elements, and
there performed their monastic practices the ability of the mind to perceive the
where all could see. more subtle impressionswhichreach
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 us, and it will cause us to relate these a few minutes a day in complete soli-
impressions to the circumstances about tude, or isolation to the extent that the
us. hermit isolated himself; that is,we
We live in an age when, according need moments when we can close the
to the things which we are taught, we door of our room or go for a walk where
are the recipients of more advantages no one will see or bother us. Merely
than has ever beforebeen the rivilege thinking, permitting every memory,
of man. But what good will gese ad- every impression to register itself upon
vantages dounless we make ourselves the consciousness, and directing our at-
aware of them, unless within our o w n tention to those thoughts that inspireus
consciousness the advantages which or seem to hold a possibility of a solu-
seem to be ours canbe consolidated, tion to some problem, may prove to be
can be made to register in the conscious- the key that we need to unlock the door
ness of our objective being? W e need to the mastery of life.

V A V

Sanctum Musings
By L.H.EWELS,F.R.C., of London
SUBJECT conducive to “reversed” drawings of the Zodiac dis-
meditation often leads to covered in same parts of the world. The
anewlighton a n old change to an eastern rising may have
enigma. A memory stirs come aboutthrougha nat-too-violent
and,then, with intelli- inversion of the Earth’s axis. From
gent direction, restores to these possibilities we may well look to
conscious life a lost seg- the Antarctic Continentas once “hyper-
ment of the Cosmic pat- borean.” Does the future hold out an
ternburieddeep in the hope of clearinpupthe m ste 3 %
think it does. Ihscoura@ng o l s t a g s as
human heart.
A perennial topic amongmystical the ice-covered mountams of the South
students is the origin of man. Even in Pole may be, the mind of man (now
written records much remains hidden. deep in the processes of redirecting the
Beyond the golden age of Egypt of the atom into channels
stretches the f a r vista of Atlantean $%g%power) is fast approaching
civilizations-and, farther still, those of the age when it will uncoverlands
Lemuria. Did aetmoreancient con- which have been uninhabited for eons
i
tinent provide a ome for a humanity of time. Beneath the preserving cold of
so remote that even “science fiction” Antarctica there may yet befounda
has not found a theme for it? In Greek very exciting ancestry.
mythology the sun-god Apolloretreated Sone of the Sun
to a“hyperborean” land whichhas
been described by Helena P. Blavatsky Moving forward to the era of writ-
as the continent of the second root-race. ing on stone, clay, and papyrus,the
Postulating the existence of a far searching mind focuses upon some in-
northern continent, where may we ex- triguing names in religious history.
pect to find some remains? Around the Abraham, the name of the Patriarch of
North Pole there exists mainly frozen Shinarlivingabout 1750 B.C., hasa
ocean. A change inthe geographical cognomen which, according to some au-
position of the axis of the earth is quite thorities, signifies “No-Brahman,” the
The
Rosicrucian present- a
a fair ex lanation for the absence of a “A-” being a negativeprefix
ay hyperboreos, but is it the Sanskrit and Greek. Did this courageous
only one? How about Antarctica? More man lead a branch of an ancient race
as in

Digest than onethinkerhasinclinedto the which had divided againstBrahman-

January view that the sunrose in theWest long ism? If so, what of his son Ismael and
1956 ago. Suchatheory finds support in his grandson Israel? Hereare two
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termswitha suspiciously E ypto-He- delving into an expanding-Universe
braic influence. It is true ti?atwhen concept. Distant galaxies of suns have
transliteratingfrom one alphabet to emitted light rays whose colours appear
anotherthere is a risk of losing the toolow in rate of vibration to beac-
value of some letters, but can we fairly cepted as comingfrom stationary
ignore the syllables MA, RA, EL? EL sources.
is Hebrew for God; RA is Egyptian for The reason for this intriguingidea
the God of the Sun,while MA may arises as follows: Let us suppose your
well be part of the word MAAT, mean- daily bussespass your localstop reg-
ing Truth in the Egyptian language. If ularly every five minutes. We would
our inference is correct, Is-MA-El stood figure this frequency, as twelve busses
for people of the TrueGod and provided per hour. Now suppose that one morn-
thegrandtraditionforIslam;while ing you are up early enough , t o walk
Is-Ra-El, the name acquired by Jacob to work.
not long prior to his leaving with his
familyfor Egypt, suggests amutual Each five-minute bus must now take
recognition of oneSupreme God for a little extra time in overtakingyou,
both Hebrews and Egyptians. sayoneminute. If you are observing
Around 2250 B.C., a great Baby-
loniankingpromulgated a Code of
9
how fr uent the bussesnow are, you
will fin them passing you every six
minutes, that is to say, at the rate of
laws which evidently influenced Moses ten busses per hour. Conversely, a
some centuries later. H i s name was edestrian going towards the same
Hammurabi which couldbe written gusses would be able to countmore
Ham-Araby. Did the true Arabian peo- than twelve an hour. Without discuss-
ples arise fromHam,the secondson ing which frequency is the correct one,
of Noah?Thisis an interestinques- we canbegintoappreciate the argu-
tion which may never be ful& an- ment for the theory that the “shift” in
swered, butcertainly offers a lme of the light frequencies for remote nebulae
research. in space implies movement away from
Before leavin archaic names,
we us at phenomenal speeds of thousands
might be reminled that the word al- of miles per second, increasing with dis-
cherny came from the ancient name of tance. So the Universe is said to be

E”B t-the land of KEM-through the

Ara ic A1 Qemi.
expanding, or, asthe Hindus would
have it, Brahma is breathing out.
What about the timedimension in all
Point within the Circle
this? Some of thelightreaching us
Yesterday, as it were,modern man
learned to travelthrough the “sound
barrier,” where, but for radio, the sense
lf
like our Mi y Way, Kt
from far-off alaxies ( ou ings of stars
%oking more
like smallpatches of light) shows US
of hearing would be of no more use to what existed many hundreds of mil-
him.The greatest velocity in Nature lions of ears ago! What hasoccurred
is attained by light and similar electro- during &at interval we cannot know.
That ancient history is “distant” future
E& etic waves. Supposing man even-
develops a space-ship to approach
this critical speed relative to, saythe
to us! May not the so-calledevidence
for a fantastic expanding-Universe be
Earth?Whatthen if he accelerates just another re resentation of remote-
(a ain relatively) through the speed of ness in time? $0 put it another wa ,
ligtt? Will he penetrate a “time bar- does the Universe (meanin One WorJ
rier”? Will he “see” his own or Earth’s appear to expand or breatYle outwards
history in reverse? The mind of man is because of ourmental conception of
causative. Whodareplacealimit to Time’s arrow? As our particular minds
itsfuture?The nation of time-travel expand in their turn towards Cosmic
has, apart from fiction, been the pre- Consciousness, their focus on Past, Pres-
rogative of the mystic who can project ent,Farand Near, will uniteinthe
his consciousness psychically intothe Pointwhich St. Augustine said was
past, or, where karma has foreordained Lbeverywhere,”bounded bythe circle
It, intothefuture. Our o m century which was “nowhere”-but in Eternal
has, however, seen experimentalscience Now.
[%I
 By A. G. VARRON,
M. D.
Reprinted from Ciba Symposia-October, 1939issue, pp. 220-223-publication 1 6 i n the
interest ofthemedicalprofession, by Ciba PharmaceuticalProducts, Inc.,” now no longer
published.

HE mode of life inthe slee in their clothes or at least in their

great Cluniacmonasteries un$rvvear, each one had his own bed.
of the 12th century was Seven hours of slee were considered
probablynot essentially sufficient. Hands aniface were washed
different from that of in a commonwashroom; four towels
contemporary wealthy hung near the washstand-one for the
laymen. However, at this riests, one forthe deacons, another
time a number of monas- !or the subdeacons, and the fourth for
tic orders appeared in those whose hands were sick. The en-
opposition to these “secularized” orders, ;tire body was washed only on Saturday
and demanded a fundamentally differ- evening, in order to prepare in a worthy
ent attitude from their members.Entry .
manner for Sunda At the same time
into a monastery was intended to indi- the clothin was aLo changed. Bathing
cate a complete change in the individ- was avoide% as far as possible. Among
ual’s mode of living, and ,the founders the regulations of a Cistercian monas-
of these new orders demanded that the tery, we are told: “Men usually bathe
“departure from this world” be treated after the shave, but the monks should
seriously. ForBernard of Claimaux do so o d y #twicea year, at Christmas
(12thcentury)and his brothers, the and Easter. Then any one who wishes
worldisnotalonea “slou h of de-
s ond,” it is above all a senseyess s t r u g -
gye for things of no value. Man loves
wi&
ma bathe. Otherwise, it can occur only
permission of the abbot, when the
state of health makes it necessary.”
himself and his body. Yet what is this The washing of the feet wasare-
if not jdolatry? Onlyasc$icism and $e ligious practice, expressive of humility,
exclusion of all sensual JOYS can bring and cannot be included among the hy-
the soul back to its original state of gi&c measures.
righteousness; and the monasteries are The Cistercian meals were scanty.
the chosen places where this strict mode F~~~ Easter to Pentecost, during the
of life may be practised.
joyousperiod of the paschal resurrec-
In man respects the Cistercian or- tion, there were two meals daily, noon
der founcZd t~wardstheend of the and evening.FromPentecost to S e p
1Ith centurytypifies these ideas. Every tember there was only one meal, except
aspect of the life of these monks, their onSundays,when two were served.
entire mode of living, including the re- Duringthe following period of strict
lated hygienic regulations is sub’ect to fastin , however, only one meal was
the fundamental principle of g o k e s s . provifeddailyeven on Sundays. Be-
n e influence exerted by the rule Ob- sides fruitsor
raw vegetables, two
served in these monasteries penetrated cookeddishes were served. Fowl was
farintotheranks of the laity. The strictly forbidden,“notevena bishop
architectural simplicit Of the Cister- macommandamonk to partake of
cian cloisters was in .$rect .contrast to S U C ~food, except in case of sickness.”
the C l d a c abbeys pvlfh then frequent- Fat was notemployed in the repara-
The
ly ~ X L K V X S furnlshngs. S1mphc.W
marked the dwelling of the Cistercian
i;
tion of food, and only twenty ays be-
fore Christmas,before thefortnightly
~ ~ abbot, the~ refectory, and
i to an ~even period~ of fasting,
~ was butter~ orfat i ~ ~
greater degree, the cells of the brothers. added to the food to strengthenthe
Digest The daily activities were regulated to monks for the rigorous period ahead.
IanuarY theminutest detail. Although therule Every monk was permitted to consume
1956 of the
order
required that
the monks one pound of bread daily.
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 It was permissible to drink approxi- religious and ecclesiastical considera-
mately one third of a liter of wine at tions. Atfirstnursing facilities were
meals, yet complete abstinence was re- provided for the sick members of the
arded as moreagreeable toGod. A monastic communit . Thefamous
b e n e d i c t i n e precet likewisesays: Benedictine “Rule” &votes a special
“Whomever God e n J w s with the pow- chapter-“De infinnis fratribus”-to
er to abstain completely from wine, let ,the care of the sickmonks. Each sick
him know that he will receive a special brother should have his own cell, and
reward.” be attended by a “sedtor.” In addition
Thesestrictnutritional regulations to caring for sickmonks, the mon-
were sometimes mitigatedb gifts of asteries also opened their doors to trav-
food from pious laymen. Trlen again ellers and pilgrims. The beginnings of
the increasing secularization and grow- this practice are unknown,but it is

k
in wealth of some monasteriesgrad-
ua y transformed the originally scanty
dietary into sumptuous repasts, where
quite certain that ,they goback to the
earlyMiddleA
B es. Atanyrate,the
monasteries gra ually began to receive
there was no dearth of meats, rich pas- sick pilgrims and travellers seeking
tries, and strong wines. shelter, and to minister to their wants.
Monastic dress was originally as As a result of their efforts to meet these
simple as the diet had been. The Cis- demands the monasteries brought into
being the first hospitals inWestern
tercians, the “gray monks,” wore a kind Europe. To be sure, these monastic
of linen or woolen tunic, and over it a hos itals had little in common with the
cape. A long, cowled habit of some moiern institutions known by the same
coarse material was a protection against name.Frequently, they werenothing
both cold and heat. Most of the regula- more than small houses where some
tions dealing with the clothing of the sort of nursing care was provided.
monks recommended,that it be in keep
ing with the geographical situation of Owing to thedualnature of their
the individual monastery and the cli- origin and function, it is difficultto
mate of the locality. Judging from some establish towhatextentthemonastic
inventories, shirts, stockings,leggin s, hospitals wereactually employed for
garters, slippers, and in particulaAy the care of the sick. It is probable that
cold re ‘ons, muffs, and sheepskins were all degrees of variation, ranging from
ownedfy the monks. infirmaries, devoted almost exclusively
Themanner in which the monks to thenursing of the sick,to simple
cared for their own sick became a model lodging houses, existed in ,the Euro ean
for the laity. The monasteries had an monasteries. The character of inzvid-
“infirmitorium,”where the sick were ual hospitals was frequently determined
taken for treatment,awell-equiped by local andpersonal factors. On the
whole, it may be said that from about
pharmacF and frequently also a ar en
with me icinal plants. There is fardly
a single order, whose rule does not con-
the 9th to the 12th centuries the monas-
tic hospital was almost the only insti-
tain detailed instructions concerning tution in Europe whose chief function
the care of the sick, as well as hygienic was to care for the sick.
adviceforthosewhohave recovered, The monastic hospital was generally
dealingwithQeirbathing andthe directed by an official known as an hos-
cleaning of their utensils. The begin- pitalarius. It is likely that his duties
nings of asystem of social hygiene, were notimmediate1 concernedwith
such as was later adopted and developed medical activities of$e institution, but
by the cities, may be discerned in the were rather of an executive and super-
monasticregulation to care for both visorynature. The actualcare of the
richand poor alike. The Franciscan sickwas entrusted to an infirmarius,
and Augustinefriarswere especially who had some knowledge of medicine
prominent in this respect. himself or was supervisedby a medical-
The monastic hospitals were a prod- ly trained monk.
uct of attempts to fulfill the Christian In accordance with ancient traditions,
commandment of brotherly love, and the chief hygienic measure employed to
owed their origin almost exclusively to keep the monks in good healthwas
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bleeding and urging.Repeatedblood-
lettin s proba ly appeared to them to
be afequate means of lightening the
teachings. Yet, since they had deprived
themselves of all the comforts of life,
since they wore neither shirts norshoes,
asceticism of monastic life. The cere- and begged for their food, their influ-
moniesconnected with the rather fre- ence on religion was far eater than on
quent blood-lettings and ,the so-called social hygiene. In the Etter field the
bleeding-houses, e.g., at the monastery influence of thelay hospital orders,
of St. Gall, are evidence of the impor- whose sacrificial nursing activities bene-
tance of this measure in the life of the fited particularly the cities of medieval
monks. Switzerland and southern Germany,
The mode of life of the greatmedieval was muchmore significant. The vari-
monasticorders differed considerably ous knightly orders, the Lazarists, ,the
from that of mendicant orders of the Teutonic Knights, and the Hospitalers,
ascetic reformmovement withinthe were very active in the construction of
church. The home of thelatter was hospitals especially duringthe13th
not the monastery, for they were con- century. It is worthy of note that the
stantly wandering from one city to the statutes of these orders exerted a favor-
next. As a result of their peregrinations able influence onthetreatmentand
the
came into
much closer contact care of the sick in hospitals. Of e ual
w i t i all classes of people than did the importance with theknihtlyorlers
cloistered monks. They could easily were the afore-mentioned ay orders of
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have spread hygienic as well as moral the medieval cities.

V A V

ROSE-CROIXCURRICULUMCHANGES
IMPORTANTANNOUNCEMENTFOR ALL MEMBERS W H O ANTICIPATE
ATTENDINGTHE 1956 SUMMER TERM OFROSE-CROIXUNIVERSITY:The
course, Mind,Magic, and Mysticism w l
li notbeofferedthisyear. All studentswho
have registered, or who intend to register for this course, please make a second choice.
ALSO: A newcourse, Food and Nutrition, isbeingoffered for thefirsttimethis
year. In thecurriculum, it isdesignatedasCourse D undertheCollegeofMundane
and Arcane Science. It covers the field offoodsanddiets, the effect offood on bodily
and mental health, the mystical properties of certain foods, and the physiology of the
body with respecttofoodassimilationandelimination.Alumniparticularlywillwel-
come t h i s new course.
If you have not yet applied for entrance into the next three weeks' term of ROSE-
CROIXUNIVERSITY,write at onceto:TheRegistrar,ROSE-CROIXUNIVERSITY,
San Jose, California,for full particulars. Ask for The Story of Learning, which describes
the objectives and requirements of attendance.

PROVERBS
The 0 If everyone swept in front of his house, the whole town wouldbe clean.
Rosicrucian -POLISH
Digest e Only
the evening will show whatthe
day
has been.
-RUSSIAN
January
0 God gave us teeth; He will also give us bread. "CZECH
1956
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 Path toMastery
By DR.H. SPENCER
LEWIS,F.R.C.
(From Man Triumphant and The Mastery of F a t e 1 9 2 1 Edition)

Since thousands of readers of the Rosicnccian Digest have not read many of the earlier
articles of our late Imperator, Dr. H. Spencer Lewis, we ado ted the editorial policy of
to reside within the pages of this publication.
&
publishing each month one of his outstanding articles, so that thoughts would continue

HERE is but one road, one tion and accomplishment far more com-
way, by which Mastery mandingthanthe learned lips and
ofSelf andMastery of dictatorial voice is the silent influence
Fate is attained. It is of a dominating will.
throughtheproperand Intellectual mastery of the material
systematicstudy of na- knowledge of the world suffices only in
ture’s l a w s t, h e laws the mastery of the material problems,
which govern theuni- and leaves every man to battle with his
verse, govern manand wits ,to hold and maintain that which
affect man’s relation t o all that exists. he has but lately won. Nature knows
To know man’s true relation to the naught of thematerialwarfare,and
universe andto other men, to know ma’estically stoops tohelp those who
man’s unlimited powers, latent possi- understand herwaysand cooperate
bilities and unusedfortitude of mind with her in universal construction, be-
and soul, is to make each man a power nevolent creation and human pro-
for greater constructive, creative good; gression.
a success in the world, a credit to the Man has ordained for himself and
world, a real part of the world. for his children, schools of illusions and
Mastery ofone’s own powers, abili- effects. He revels in his education of
ties, and potent forces, working in phenomena, and is delightfully ignor-
harmony with all of nature’s rules, at- ant of thefundamental causes-ven
tuning with the divine mind, maintain- of his own existence and the meaning
inga poise of eace andradiant love, of life.
is mastering of PATE and the conquer- Schools and branches of science vie
ing of the contesting forces which come with one another in the pro ounding of
from darkness and ignorance. theories, the explaining of oY3servations,
More important than seein with the andthepromulgating of illusive hy-
mortaleyeis seein with t i e eye of potheses. Books are written as
au-
intuition.Greater&anhearingwith thoritiesforeveryphase of nature’s
the mortal ear is hearing the voice of manifestation only to become obsolete,
theinner self andthe voice of the untenable and rejected before the print-
countless master mindswhichspeak ing is finished.
without tongue. In the world of crea- Children are born, raised, and edu-
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 catedwitha false understanding of Superstition we find fostered on all
nature’s most helpful laws, andwith sides by the gluttons of material gain
absolute ignorance regarding the pow- andthehierarchy of commercialism.
ers and abilities that are resident with- The forces of evil, rampant in the past,
in the soul and mind of the inner, the still crouch in hiding, everready to
real, self. prey upon the weakness of man in his
Children grow into adulthood and as inability to compete with the cunning
men, successful or failures, are unable of the world.
to utilize the forces which would turn Truth must be given with unbiased
their paths into the highways of life’s intentand unpre‘udiced conception.
real mission, andcannot combat the God‘s laws are w d o u t creed, nature’s
destructive forces of disease, disappoint- manifestations for all alike. Sectarian-
ment, disaster or dejection. ism, personal idolatry, dogmatic limita-
The age of higheraccomplishment tions andearthbound beliefs, have no
;through higher aim and a higherpower place in the presentment of TRUTH as
is here. Call it the Aquarian Age, the the revelation of facts.
Metaphysical Age, the Awakening Age, Throughallthe timestherehave
or the New Age. The prevention of beenSages-illuminated and inspired
disease is the keote of alltherapeu- minds,whohavegiven their lives to
tic research, a n r i n like mannerthe the search for TRUTH and the spread-
prevention of failures in life, the pre-
vention of sorrow, the revention of ing of the Light. From the dawn of
sin bya true understangng of God‘s civilization in Egypt and into theestab-
laws and man’s salvation, are the prin- lishment of every new kingdom of man,
ciples andlawswhich constitute the these avatars of truth, these torchbear-
GREAT TRUTHS now being sensed by ers of Light, have gone with unselfish
all and being taught to those who seek purpose and with personal sacrifice to,
the Light. redeem man from no other false god,
Man is to enterthe Kingdom of from no other fall, and from no other
Light and to emerge from the feodal- serfdom, thanthat of ignoranceand
ity of darkness. Man is to be the superstition.
Master of his Fate, the Master of Self, The wisdom of these sages, accumu-
the Captain of hisSoul. God so or-
dained itinthe beginningwhen He lated through centuries of time, through
created man inHis own Image--in H i s ever-changing periods in the evolution
spiritual image He created man. Man’s of man, have been added to,. perfected,
real fall was not from essential good- preserved, and made simple In compre-
ness, but from the mountain of under- hension for all who would come to the
standinginto the valley of ignorance door of the Temple of Light and feast
and superstition. with the sages of life.

U A U

G. E. WORLEY of Georgia writes of a expressed complete contemptfor his ac-

padcularly vivid dream experience cusers and for death itself. Thereupon
which seemed to him to remain outside he was immediately shot. m e most
the Ordinary pattern Of OccLIX” peacefuland
contentedsmile
came over
rences: his face. At the same time, I seemed to
“I was a spectator Of a scene,” he be going to my dea,& with him with a
The states, “duringthereign of Napoleon
Rosicrucian inerSOn
France. In thedream, an official ormost exmarating
of high rank-it could have been which lasted for some five or ten Sec-
Digest kapoleon himself-was accused of mak- before I ~ ~ o k e . ”
January inp a certain statementandwas re- Mr. Worlev declares himself puzzled
1956
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quested to retract it orbeshot.. He by the experiknce. Canyouexplain it?

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 N AFFAIR that has become who offer such unselfish service for the
traditional in Rosicrucian Order throughout the year.
Parkisthe Imperator’s V A V
annual dinner in Decem- Another December event that is fast
ber tenderedto those who becoming traditional, too, is the bene-
serve on the Supreme fit show presented by the women em-
Temple ritual teams and ployees’ organizationknown as the
as Masters of the Convo- Kepher-RaClub. The Francis Bacon
cations duringthe year. Auditorium is filled on this occasion,
It may bedescribedas a combination for the program is fast-moving and en-
Thanksgiving Feast and Family Reun- tertaining. More thanthat, ,the pro-
ion dinner. ceeds are used to further the charitable
This year it took place on Saturday work of the Club.
evening, December 10, with the Recrea- This year’s president, SororLouise
tion Roomcrowded to capacity, Al- Anderson,turned librettist and com-
;though professionally catered, the poser for the choice humorous offerin
Apron Brigade of table attendants was of the evening,a pithy Comedia dc!

rf
recruited from the wives of officers and Arte bit of buffooneryhavin to do
staff members. This proved-if with “Embers from a Frozen Yufe Log.”
is necessary-that the distaff si e of Talent, effort, cooperation, brought
theexecutivedepartments is quite as forth good entertainment on this occa-
much at home with matters of food as sion, and money as well, to further the
with those of philosophy, and on occa- worthy enterprises undertaken byKeph-
sion can concern themselves as agree- er-Ra.
ablyand creditably with entrees as V A V
with the quantum theory or the cate-
gories of Aristotle. Through the Bulletin of Tell-El-
Amarna Chapter, Santiago, Chile, this
Postprandially, the affair rested as departmenthaslearned of two items
usual in the capable hands of Chaplain of especial interest. The first concerns
Paul L. De uty of the Instruction De- the fact that last summer Frater Mario
partment. FFrater Chris Warnken whose Salas, as special representativefrom
wife, Josephine, is Colombe Counselor, Tell-El-Amarna to the International
demonstratedgreat versatility atthe Convention, presented the Imperator,
piano duringthe community sing in Frater Ralph M. Lewis, with an en-
which all participated. A special vari-
ety show of serious and humorous num-
bers introduced both old and new tal-
signed wig
graved co per tray and aparchment,
the names of many Fratres
and Sorores of the Chapter.

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ent, including Gladys Perez, Alejandro The second item is the announcement
and Jose Alvarez, Joan Buttazoni and of theformation of a Pronaos-Vifia
upils, andthe well-knownSan Jose del Mar-in Valparaiso, Chile. Its of-
garitone, Clyde Dodson. ficers are Master, Seiior Eduardo Qui-
Mr. Lewis, ashost,spokebriefly at roga V; Secretary, Seiior Juan J. Araya
the beginning, voicing his genuine per- Jorquera;and
Guardian, Sefior G.
sonal appreciation of the efforts of those Ovalle L.
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 Due to the fact thatthese items were over the effect of some television ro-
hidden under beautifulSpanish phrases, grams on teen-agers. She thought l o w
this department begs to excuse itself for beneficial it would be if therewere
its long delay in mentioning them. It aprogram constructively acquainting
isalways exciting andgratifyingto teen-agers with worth-while occupations
learn of the activities of ourFratres and professions that would be available
and Sorores in South America. to them. Shegatheredher ideas into
U A U acceptable form and sent them to the
The well-known West Coast artist, editor of the NewYork Herald Tribune.
Maurice Logan, offered oils and water She then visualized them in print. On
colors in a one-man show in the Rosi- September 23, the Herald Tribune
crucianEgyptian,Oriental
Museum printed herletter under the caption,
early in November.Following onthe “Mother’s Plan for Youth.” Hers was
heels of the exhibit titled “New Talent a positive,constructive thought and
in the United States,” Mr. Logan’s through her application of Rosicrucian
work furnished that acceptablecon- principles, she was able to disseminate
trast by which appreciation and criti- .
it widel A simple but certainly com-
cal judgment are encouraged. mendabre way of putting Rosicrucian-
Belonging toamore conventional ism to practical use.
period of painting, Mr. Logan is more V A V
easily classified, stamped and ticketed The Volksvagen is becoming a fa-
in matters of conception, color, subject
wig
matter. He is a enre painter, whose
preoccupation water, boats, and
miliar object on California hi hways
and a week or so ago one pulle up in
Rosicrucian Park. It was driven by
d
peopleprovedagreeable to the many FraterArnoldLeuzinger of Zurich,
visitors to the Gallery. Teachers and Switzerland, who before his retirement
their students made up thebulk of those was a n automotive engineer concerned
who came to study Mr. Logan’s method, with Volksva ens. Havingarrived in
and theyexpressed themselves as amply Montreal, he folksvagened across Cana-
rewarded. da and down the Pacific Coast to San
V A V Jose and Rosicrucian Parkwhere he
Those attending the weekly Convoca- devoted a n afternoon to sightseeing.
tion in theSupreme Templeon Novem- His journey began a ain shortly after,
ber 8 were treated to something out of taking him southwar! through Central
the ordinary-a mysticalpageantre- America and on toVenezuela where he
lating the story of the Order’s methods will visit his brother who is also a mem-
of extending knowledge of its activity. ber of the Order.
I n simple episodes the history unfolded V A U
dramatically, each member present be- A local television program devoted to
ing made individually awareof his per- Corla Panditand his music has won
sonal responsibility to demonstrate and many friends.EachSunday evening
thereby spread the Order’susefulness KNTV, San Jose, aelevizes Mr. Pandit’s
in hiscommunity.How? Seebelow: organ selections-some featured selec-
tions being illustrated by rare old art
Soror Dorothy Garcia of Long Island objects from the Rosicrucian Egyptian,
told us notlongago of her concern Oriental Museum.

V A V

Profitby the instructions of yourunhappyfriend!Theyare so clear that

The danger exists for themtofallintohandsother than yours, . . . Remember only
Rosicrucian that all of it is to serve you. . . , an obscure line, an omitted character would
Digest preventyourliftingthe-veilwhichthehand of the Creatorhas placedover the
lanuary
sphinx. “ C O M T E DE SAINT-GERMAIN
1956
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 By GASTONBURRIDGE

N IXOLA TESLA
probablythe
strangest man Ameri-
was Could he, for instance,
have pondered, even
slightly, his greatest
ca ever knew. Un- invention, the rotating
he stands mapetic field,which
2&$te great men ma es the alternating
of ourtime. Inthe current induction mo-
minds of many, he is tor possible, and see
one of the greatest of onlythe ‘science’ of
all time. Certainly, he it? Could he ponder it
rankswiththe most and only feel the me-
brilliant inventors. He chanics of only it,
counted 115 p a t e n t s know the physical ef-
grantedhimbythe fect making it possible?
United States Govern- Probably,no
man
ment, and held many has accomplished
others from foreign greater feats in bend-
countries. ing to his will the
Tesla’s mind was force we choose to call
photograhic, enc clo- electricity t h a nd i d
edic. I! he rea{ in- Tesla, buthe never
formation once, he learned what that force
could repeat it, nearly verbatim, years was!Nikola Tesla was a strange man,
afterward. He saw each invention as but it is quite inconceivable thathe
a unit. He completed it to the finest was so strange as to have never pon-
detail, in his mind, before ever begin- dered what he was actually manipulat-
ut it into actuality. Without ing, where it came from, or w h y - a n d
ning to
even a sP,etch torefresh his memory, most of all-why he was picked to do
he could build a machine or a d y k e , the manipulating! As always, the world
years after he had ‘thought it out. was then full of bright young men.
Not only was he able to receive, in- Is it possible Tesla was afraid of
tercept,or select the ideas he needed those things he could not work out fully
from that highest Source-or from in his mind? Being afraid of them,
wherever ideas come-but he was also perhaps he hid them behind the door,
ableto so mentallymanipulatetheir so to s eak, bydenyingthem. Or,
exterior design, their three-dimensional
material coatings, before he began to
build them,thathe needed noother
h
could it$, he felt, in his youn er days,
that his scientific position in t e world
was insecure-insecure enough so that
reparation. He was, most emphatical- he must avoid anything which might
fy, not a cut-and-try inventor. shake it? Then,in later life, perhaps
To be so in tune as to accomplish he did not wish to admit he had been
such results would in itself estabhsh a wrongearlier, thathehadnot been
f i foundation in concluding that Tes- able to work out everything in his
la
was indeed a mystic. However, mind beforehand?
Tesla himself would have been the first Tesla never got around to writing his
to deny such a conclusion. Several times memoirs. Thus we will never be sure
he ap eared to wish to make it plain ‘ust what he really thought. Norwould
he be8eved the Soul of man was part he allow anyone else to write a biog-
of the body, and that when the body raphy of his lifewhilehe was alive.
died the Soul died with it. But did he So, as is the case withmany others
really believe that which he indicated? who have seemed to tap the Universal
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 Flow, one way or another, Tesla died small trees and woundthem into its
with most of his secrets in his head. speeding, increasing mass. Young Tesla
He believed he would live to the age looked on in awe-spellbound, trans-
of 130 years, or erha s to 150. When fixed.
he reached 80, l e feghehad much The awechanged to horror as the
time left. Being the thinking man he rushinggiantbeganpicking up large
was,how he could rationalize all the rocks withits snow. It tore out, or
ous illnesses, w8
i
months he had s ent in bed, with seri-
his reaching an age
of even 100 years is difficult to under-
snapped off full-grown trees and wound
them, like an octopus, into itsrumbling,
trampling, crushing ath of destruction.
stand. But again, Nikola Tesla was a This monster finafiy landed in a val-
strange man. ley below. Its crash shook the sur-
When he was but 12 years old, Tesla roundingmountainswithnearearth-
learnedthat dee rhythmical breath- quake proportions. Teslanever forgot
ing overventilateghislungs, driving out what Nature can do if conditions are
residual carbon dioxide and stimulating correct!
them with hard-working oxygen. This AlchemB and Zllumlnatloa
chamedthe chemicalbalance of his
body: It set his brain to producing ex- At one timeduri his early college
life, Tesla was the s 3 e r e r of a peculiar
~

periences similar to those known to

occult practitioners. While $there are disease.Yet, was it a disease? All his
no records of Tesladoing his deep bodily senses became extremely acute,
breathing to the extent of experiencing so keen in factthathe could hardly
levitation, there appear to be such rec- live with them. The ticking of a watch,
ordswhereotherworkershave been several rooms away, sounded like #the
concerned. ringing strike of a heavy hammer on
Everything Tesla did leads us to con- an anvil. The vibrations of ordinary
clude he was an ori a1 thinker.He city traffic seemed like acontinuous
wasconstantly r e a c K g out for new earthquake. The feeblest light was like
concepts, eager to prove them oncethey the sting of alightning flash. The
entered his consciousness. If he hap- slightest touch on his skin felt as if he
pened u on a demonstration unknown had received crushing
a blow. H i s
to him, [e was always alert afterward
for places he might apply it in original
ways. Especially, was he interested in
B
heart would race at 150 poundin -beats
per minute, and then would fa1 to al-
most no beats at all.
‘ti ger actions,’ actions by which slight Hisconditionattractedattention of
ap %cations of force would develop and several renowned doctors, but they
retase concentrations of force. could do nothing for him. He was un-
His first lesson in this came while he doubtedly fighting for his life and he
was still a boy. He was hiking in the was fighting against an invisible some-
mountains of his native Lika-which is ;thing nooneappeared to know any-
now a part of Yugoslavia-when he was thing about. T h i s illness occurred
caught in a wet snowstorm.Boys and duringthetimehewasstruggling to
snowballs go together. Young Nik develop the rudiments of his alternating
moulded somebetween his almsand current induction motor. He knew, in-
threw them down a hill. T i e y rolled tuitively, duringthosemonths of ill-
a short distance, grew as they rolled, ness tha,t he wascoming nearerand
then stopped agamst some stumpor nearer to the solution of his invention;
fallen
branch. It was absorbing to yet, he felt as if he were a fly in the
watch-until the final one. sticky meshes of a giant spider web. He
For this last one,conditions, time, believed that his determination to live
and place wereall correct. He threw towork out the problem of his motor
the snowball. It rolled and mew. and kept him from dying. In other words,
The kept rolling and growing. Tke moun- he felt he must live to bear this child.
~~~~~~~~i~~ tainside waslong. The snowballgrew It apparently did not occur to him that
bigger and bigger. It picked up fallen it might have been the palrticular prob-
Digest brushand forest litter with the added lemwhichcaused the condition, that
January snow. Its speed increasedrapidly as it he might have been ‘anointed with oil,’
1956 expanded. The great ball snapped off so to speak.
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 He lived, but the brain child was not in the alternating electric current field.
born for many months. When it was He found while experimenting with a
born, it arrived in a sunset! coil wound for a s ecific wavelength
This happened in Budapest. It was a that certain other coiys in his laboratory
mild February afternoon in 1882. Tesla reacted also, whereas others did not.
saunteredaboutacitypark with a Investigation proved that thecoils which
friend. A flaming sunset crept over the reacted bore a definite relationship to
city. The vast orchestra of clouds the one with which he was working.
swelled into a symphony of color, then This relationship was discovered to be
rose to a crescendo. Tesla was recitin a ‘harmonic’ wavelength.
lines of Goethe’s Faust to his friend Some present-day investi ators be-
He never finished ;thoselines, for out lieve it is possible to tap the &smos for
of the glorious colors came something. energy if we learn how ;to tune in on
A light
An8
Tesla stopped-mouthopen. its oscillations includin proper har-
flooded hs e es andburned like the monic relationships. it is in these
light in the sly. And then the answer harmonic relationships that
to his induction motor problemcame! ap aren y the hysical and meta hysi
Teslasaw it in full detail. Each part capmay be a i e tofirst join land:
fit precisely. The windings were exact, Thus again we see, Tesla was a proach-
.the diagram of connections complete- k g closer to occult matters J a n per-
andone of the eatest boons to man- haps even he knew.
kindwas indeligy incised on Tesla’s The full story of what Tesla accom-
mind. In thosefew seconds,Nikola plishedduring his Colorado experi-
Tesla had made it possible to put the ments was never published-and never
men of the earth on wheels! will be known. It passed with Tesla.
Material Resrltn It is known, however, that he himself
It was more than a year later before was corn letely satisfied that the earth
he found time and facilities to actually was highpy char ed with electxicity and
construct a working model of his ap- that Nature h a t some mysterious way
paratus. It was in aStrassburgma- of keeping it so charged. Thus, it would
chine shop, when withoutadrawing, appear, that those who have contended
the earth was a gigantic dynamo whose
a sketch, or a written note of any sort, energy could be tapped, were-and are
Tesla built, piece by iece, his first -not so ‘scatter-brained’ as some would
model. He knew the&ferent pieces
would fit together because he had
‘thought them out.’ Whenallparts
w8
i
beleased to have us believe. Perhaps
properharmonics established on
the top of a rod thrust into the earth,
were finished, he be an toassemble we could do away with the unsightly
them.All of them fid fit! His ap- poles and the wires upon them!
paratus worked as smoothly, forward
and reverse, asany inductionmotor In Colorado, Tesla definitely ascer-
built today. tained that electric power could be both
In 1892, Teslawrotea lecture en- transmitted and received without wires.
titled, “ExperimentswithAlternating Heactually accomplished this over a
Current of High Frequency and High distance of more than 25 miles. When
Potential.” I n 1904 this lecture was this fact is cou led with that of his
published in book form. Onpages 53 learninthat tEe earth was highly
through 58, he relates information re- chargecf electrically, there is consider-
garding his “one-wire motor” and his able evidence pointing toward the prob-
“no-wiremotor,” as well as various ability of existence of ‘free power’ in
dataonlightingvacuumandsemi- the earth-or Cosmos-or both.
vacuum tubes. Ourneon signs ofbo- If weneed further evidence that
day are the result of Tesla’s early work, Nikola Teslahadmore than atouch
and so is much of our X-rayknowledge. of mysticism about him, we will find
Just as harmonics play an important it onpages 316 and 317 of John J.
role inthe vibrationrange we call O’Neill‘s book, Prodigal Genius, the Life
music, Teslalearnedearly in his ex- of Nikola Tesla. Here is revealed one
periments that coils of wire, or induc- of the most beautiful stories ever writ-
tances, respond to harmonic vibrations ten about any scientist-a story that
E 35 1
 fills thethroat full, that touches the every day. He appeared to be looking
very depths of .the heart. for something, or
someone, among
The White Light them. When asked about this, he an-
swered only, “After all, who can tell-.”
Tesla loved New York City’s pigeons. NikolaTesladied as hehad lived
He fed them for years-even at the ex- most of his life-alone. Duringthe
pense of his own eating! In the hotels last few months of 1942, he remained
where he lived, his window was always in bed most of the time. His mind was
open so his favorites could fly inside alertbut he seemedweak physically.
and rest in the nests he had especially He had requested the hotel employees
builtforthem. Among his favorites, notto bother him unless he wanted
Tesla had one which he held very dear- something. On Tuesday morning, Jan-
ly. She was pure white with light gray uary 5 , he permitted a maid to come
tips on her wings. He said ,that no mat- and straighten up his room. Then he
ter where he went this pigeonwould gaveorders that it be closely guarded
find him. If he should want her, he because he did not wish to be disturbed.
would merelycallandshe would al- Nothingmorewaseverheardfrom
ways come, no matter how far away Nikola Tesla. As far as is known, those
she was. Tesla loved this bird, and he were his lastwords.
believed that she loved him. H e felt
that so long as he had her, thereseemed OnFriday, January 8, a maiden-
a purpose i n his life. tered his room and found Tesla dead.
Tesla told this story: one night as he The police were notified. The Coro-
lay in the darkness of his room work- ner’sdecision was that Tesla had died
ing out roblems as usual, this pigeon a naturaldeaththenight before-
flew in &rough the o en window and 7, 1943. Representatives of the
perched on the top of h s desk. He said %:yBureau of Investigation came
he knew she wanted him, she wanted and openeda safe in his room. It is
to tellhim something important.He reported that they removed papers for
got up from his bed and went to her. examination. Tesla was
supposed to
Tesla knew as soon as he looked at have been working on a secret inven-
her what it was she came to tell him. tion which might have had a war po-
Shewasdying. This knowledgecame tentiality.
to him from a powerful beam of light Because of the war, Nikola Tesla’s
throughher eyes. He said thislight death received on1 scant headlines. Be-
was intense; it was brilliant to thepoint cause of the tumugsince, he has nearly
of beingdazzling,-and white. It was beenforgotten-but not quite. Recent-
more powerful, he explained, than any ly, a group of Tesla admirers, headed
light he had ever produced in his lab- by Mr. LelandI. Anderson, formed The
oratory. Tesla Society. A greatdealhas been
Whenthe pigeon died, something
wentout of Tesla’s life. Uptothat K
accom lished ,toward collecting Teslana
and t ere are preparations afoot for
important reco ition of Tesla’s 100th
moment hehadalways possessed the
feeling that he would fully accomplish birthday in 1 9 g
anything he began, no matter how am- Out of a dazzling sunset came Tesla’s
bitious the planmight be.But after greatest invention-and his career was
that moment, he knew his lifework was launched. Out of a dazzling white light
finished-and it seems to have been! from a pigeon’s eye came that career’s
He continuedto feed the pigeons end. Was Nikola Tesla a mystic?

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Master, 1069 N. Brawley. Honolulu:HonoluluPronaos. V. F. Davies. Mas-
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Everglade 4-8627. EileenAhlborn.Master,
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Do OTHER planets have trees, mountains, and lakeslike ours? Are
peopletherewhoresemble the life f o r m of earth? Certainly one of
the most intriguing specuiations of our day concerns the probable
nature {of our neighbors in spacc. We lmuw that there isa unity of
many forces in the universe. The spectroscopewhichmeasures the
wave lengths of incandescentelementsshows thatthe elements of
distant stars correspond to those of the earth.
What willbe the philosophical and theologicalconsequences of
interplanetary travel-when man finds other worlds and peoples in
the vastuniverse beyond? The earth, considered up to this time as
the center of God’s attention, takes a new and relativelyinsignificant
role in the great drama of life. How will orthodox theologiansmeet
this challenge to theirarbitrarily setdecrees concerning man‘s i r n d

portance in the universalscheme?

“It is riot conceivable that our small g,ir:he :lone bas heen designed
lor thephenomenon of life. In thc inf~nityof time, therls must be
other Lodies that have been the locale, and that m e n o w the habitat
of life and of intelligence.”