AMORC - Man Triumphant and the Mastery of Fate (1923)

MA N TRIUMPHANT AND

T H E M A S T E R Y OF F A T E

C O N T A IN IN G

“ THE SECRET DECALOGUE”

777 C O P Y R I G H T E D 1921

AMORC MOVEMENT

T H E H O M E O F P E T E R M ILLER (M A STE R JA E B E Z O F O R D E R ) IN EPH RATA. PENNSYLVANIA, W H E R E T H E D ECLA R A TIO . O F IN D E PE N D EN C E W A S T R A N SL A T ED AND E N G R O S S E D .

MAN T R I U M P H A N T AND

The Mastery of Fate

C ontaining th e

SECRET DECALOGUE

By H. Spencer Lewis, Ph. D. A uthor of A T housand Y ears of Y esterd ay s. C hancellor A m orc C ollege

19 2 3 Approved by the Department of Publication, Amorc Movement in America

TO YOU This little book, with unpretentious cover and most pretentious title, is a personal message to every man and woman, and especially to you-----—you, who seek to know the power that some men have and which seems too subtle to be given a name; —you, who would have fortune smile and bring its abund­ ant riches to your hand; —you, who feel that somewhere, somehow, nature reveals her mysteries and offers unusual help; —you, who believe that there is a way to control the forces in and around your being, but have not found the key; —you, who lack that confidence, that sureness and that might which comes from a positive power within; —you, who ask for Light, for Truth and knowledge of the things that are and those which only seem to be; —you, who ever need a better understanding of this life and what it means to you; —you, who would share with others the advantages they have found and which they freely offer you; to you, Brothers and Sisters of one great human family of one beneficent creative principle, separated, segregated into tongues, classes and creeds, but ever seeking unity with the source of triumphant Good—this book is dedicat­ ed as a first step on the path that leads to Mastery.

THE MASTERY OF FATE Bewitching fate, the terror of one’s life in hours of forlorn hope, the solace of the heart in days of grief and pain, and the easement of the vanquished spirit when the victor wears the palm. Yet fate is not the hand that writes upon the wall and casts the die that molds our lives. It writes, ’tis true, but only prophesies the destiny which we have made and which we will to be. . Each setting sun sees days of fate fulfilled; each rising sun sees days of fate decreed. Each hour, each day, brings in its wake a past of destiny, while in the future days there lies the fate we make today. From cradle to the grave, one span of life, one segment of the whole, our fate is made, our destiny revealed. And at its close, what’er has been, spreads out before our dimming eyes as history writ on page of life; and in each act, each conscious thought, each willful deed or undone thing, we see our m il, our inner-self, revealed as Master at the Wheel. We credit here and debit there, we condone, excuse and then forgive; but back of each unwonted act, each failure or mistake, we see our self, our conscious mind, and know that self alone must take the blame. We stop today to look behind and fly back through the years, and o’er each path, each chosen road, we walk again in mind. We stop and smile at pleasantries, we sadden at the griefs; we rise afired at triumphs won and sigh at every wrong. We feel our strength when

we chose right and wish that now a chance would come to choose again when we were wrong. Our lessons learned, we know now why and when and where we failed; and in it all we see no fate except our writing on the wall. We did not know, ’tis sadly true, we could not know the what to do. We lived in darkness of the laws, and even of ourselves. We called what we had written, “chance,” and what we earned was “luck.” What we decreed a yesterday we labeled “fate” today. And now we see that all of it, or most of it we’ll say, was what we made of it and what we fated life to be. Still, in the absence of a law and in ignorance of the facts we lived our lives as best we could. Submitting where and when we feared what else to do,—prod on with pride’s persuasive prong when humbleness with lowly heart were urging from within. We stood aghast at others’ might, and prayed that God would help, when all around within, without, were nature’s forces keen to serve. We knew it not, we cried in vain, it seemed as though all nature mocked our aim; and yet fate’s hand extended then from arm of ours with mind and strength we gave. The Inner Man no victor knows; no truce, no grace or stay. It conquers all, it never fails and will not be dethroned. It asks for naught but offers all and seeks but God for power. It waits and hopes for man to break the chains and open wide the door through which it passes from within to master all before. It reaches out in Cosmic Space and uses forces fine; it creates life in every cell and makes the mind a mine. It scatters doubt and fear as light dispels the dark; it lifts man from the rut of life unto the mountain’s height. It senses when and where the evil is, and find its strength in love. It gives forth radiance more sincere than man’s most cultured thought. It solves the problems as they come and points out ever}7 step. It makes man what his God conceived,—the Image of Himself. How then shall Inner Man be freed and inner-self unchained? What God has giv’n must Holy be, how comes it fettered, prisoned, there? W hat greater problem faces man than this most personal one? Yet man seeks everywhere and hopes to find without the answer which should come to him from silent voice within. There are some simple laws which rule the universe; no miracle

or mystery but finds its cause in them. Great truths are veiled, not clothed to hide them from the mind; but man has made that veil a shroud and worships at the shrine. Truth, like diamonds in a mass of nursing soil, must ever be extracted from the facts which form its' womb and life. For facts alone do not make TR U TH , they give it only strength; from countless facts a truth may come,—the Logos of the Light. The truth is not for all to see or sense or understand until with heart and soul attuned we free the Inner Man. We cannot ask the Great Divide to bridge a path for us; we cannot hope to pierce the veil or apprehend God’s mind save through our effort first we learn to take the simple steps. And yet it seems as though some men were bom to walk the path, and to their minds there ever shines the In­ spiration Light. Does fate select the master mind? and does it favor some? Can all men find the gift of God,-—the Secret of His Ways? If some are destined to be great, then God is fair to none; for victory to the longest spear hangs contest’s glory to the staff. Alike we are unto our God, in goodness were we born. With mortal mind and vain concept we glorify the outer-man. “No God! no sin! no sacred self!” the atheist proclaims; and yet all men w'ho seek not truth deny the God within. From time beyond all earthly ken the wise men have declaimed that in the study of His laws God’s greatest gift has come to them. The Wisdom of the Sages is the wis­ dom of God’s mind, the power of the mighty man is the power thus divined. It is for you and everyone, regardless of your creed, and for the asking each may have the knowledge all men need. To know the laws, to live in mind with them; to use each one in every act, in every thought or plan, is just to make yourself attuned with forces greater than the wealth of worlds or crowns of all the kings.

THE OFFICIAL AT E P H R A T A , SE A L O F

THE P E N N S Y L V A N IA

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THE PATH TO MASTERY There is but one road, one way, by which Mastery of Self and Mastery of Fate is attained. It is through the proper and systematic study of nature’s laws, the laws which govern the universe, govern man and affect man’s relation to all that exists. To know man’s true relation to the universe and to other men, to know man’s unlimited powers, latent possibilities and unused for­ titude of mind and soul, is to make each man a power for greater constructive, creative good; a success in the world, a credit to the world, a real part of the world. Mastery of one’s own powers, abilities, and potent forces, work­ ing in harmony with all of nature’s rules, attuning with the divine mind, maintaining a poise of peace and radiant love, is mastering FA TE and conquering the contesting forces which come from dark­ ness and ignorance. More important than seeing with the mortal eye, is seeing with the eye of intuition. Greater than hearing with the mortal ear, is hearing the voice of the inner-self and the voice of the countless master minds which speak without tongue. In the world of creation and accomplishment far more commanding than the learned lips and dictatorial voice, is the silent influence of a dominating will. Intellectual mastery of the material knowledge of the world suffices only in the mastery of the material problems, and leaves every man to battle with his wits to hold and maintain that which he has but lately won. Nature knows naught of this material warfare and majestically stoops to help those who understand her ways and co­ operate with her in universal construction, benevolent creation and human progression. Man has ordained for himself and for his children, schools of

illusions and effects. He revels in his education of phenomena, and is delightfully ignorant of the fundamental causes,— even of his own existence and the meaning of life. Schools and branches of science vie with one another in the propounding of theories, explanations of observations and the pro­ mulgation of illusive hypotheses. Books are written as authorities for every phase of nature’s manifestation only to become obsolete, intenable and rejected before the printing is finished. Children are born, raised and educated with a false under­ standing of nature’s most helpful laws, and with absolute ignorance regarding the powers and abilities that are resident within the soul and mind of the inner, or real self. Children grow into adulthood and as men, successful or failures, are unable to utilize the forces which would turn their paths into the highways of life’s real mission, and cannot combat the destructive forces of disease, disappointment, disaster or dejection. The age of higher accomplishment through higher aim and a higher power is here. Call it the Aquarian Age, the Metaphysical Age, the Awakening Age or the New Age. The prevention of disease is the keynote of all therapeutic research, and in like manner the prevention of failure in life, the prevention of sorrow, the pre­ vention of sin by a true understanding of God’s laws and man’s sal­ vation, are the principles and laws which constitute the GREAT TRUTHS now being sensed by all and being taught to those who seek for the Light. Man is to enter the Kingdom of Light and to emerge from the feodality of darkness. . Man is to be the Master of his Fate, the Master of Self, the Captain of his Soul. God so ordained it in the beginning when he created man in His own Image,—in His spiritual image He created man. M an’s real fall was not from essential good­ ness, but from the mountain of understanding into the valley of ignor­ ance and superstition. Superstition we find fostered on all sides by the gluttons of material gain and the hierarchy of commercialism. The forces of evil, rampant in the past, still crouch in hiding, ever ready to prey upon the weakness of man in his inability to compete with the cunning of the world. Truth must be given with unbiased intent and unprejudiced conception. God’s laws are without creed, nature’s manifestations for all alike. Sectarianism, personal idolatry, dogmatic limitations and earthbound beliefs, have no place in the presentment of T R U T H as the revelation of facts. Through all the ages there have been Sages, illuminated and

inspired minds, who have given their lives to the search for TR U TH and the spreading of the Light. From the dawn of civilization in Egypt and into the establishment of every new kingdom of man, these avatars of truth, these torchbearers of Light, have gone with unselfish purpose and with personal sacrifice to redeem man from no other false god, from no other fall, and from no other serfdom, than that of ignorance and superstition. The wisdom of these sages, accumulated through centuries of time, through ever-changing periods in the evolution of man, have been added to, perfected, preserved and made simple in comprehen­ sion for all who would come to the door of the Temple of Light and feast with the sages of life. Of all the organizations created and maintained, sponsored and supported for the sole purpose of unselfishly disseminating these truths, there is none so old in principle, so original in purpose, so successful in its mission and so ready to give to the masses that which it has unified and proven true, as the movement known today by the symbol of its name,— AMORC. Known to the scientific and metaphysical world as the Rosicrucian Brotherhood, and ever preserving its dignity and cherished repute by the use of various names for local or national bodies, this historical school of fundamental truths has ever been the leading movement in the uplift of man through the dissemination of nature’s laws. As Lord Edward Bulwer Lytton wrote in regard to this broth­ erhood: “ It is- an august fraternity, whose doctrines—hinted at by the earliest philosophers— are still a mystery to the greatest scholars not initiated. Its members still prosecute their profound researches into natural sciences and occult philosophy, and no monastic order is so severe in the practice of moral precepts.” Sir Francis Bacon, who was the chief executive of the movement in England, devoted most of his writings and secret works to the advancement of its prin­ ciples. In all ages, in all climes, the movement has worked diligently, secretly and successfully for the one goal which constitutes its only reason for existence,—the rebirth of man, the self-mastery of his Godgiven abilities, and the building of a greater man through the Mastery of Fate. The movement is still operative, still unlimited in power and activity in many lands, in all the principal centers of civilization. But in America today it constitutes one of the most essential activities for the development of American ideals and the fredom of man from material shackles. It is to this American movement that this little book is devoted.

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS Perhaps no other incentive leads man to study the universal laws of life as does the determination to succeed in life and become a mighty factor in the building of business, the attainment of personal, social and political power. The pursuit of wealth is not in itself and of itself a thing in­ consistent with the highest ethics of spiritual development. M an is living, essentially, on the earthly, material plane. He is placed here to overcome, to master and conquer the conditions of this life, not to evade them, negate them and shut his eyes and ears and say, to me. they exist not! The ascetic, the hermit, the mystic, the fanatic and the irrational, alike seek seclusion or take themselves to the mountain top, the valley or the plains and live not with the world. They may be free from the cares and responsibilities, the tests and trials, the suffering and the pain of this material world, but they are also isolated from much of its beauty, most of its nobility, and all of its purposes. They attain little at the sacrifice of so much. The man or woman who seeks to master this life’s problems and attain success in the affairs of this world is the real victor of self and self’s purposes. Wealth in material things is not only one symbol of success and accomplishment, but it is a power for good just as surely as it is a power for evil. There is no more noble purpose in life than to succeed first in the mastery of the activities of this earth plane, then materialize that success into material wealth so that the noble instincts of man, the good impulses and tendencies may have a medium with which to express, demonstrate and accomplish. The Secret of Success lies in the utilization of every power, every faculty, every law and process of nature for the attainment of an ideal,— so long as that ideal embodies all the elements that make for the peace, comfort, happiness and development of the individual and through him the race of man generally. The successful lawyer is one who has had a high ideal,—else success would not have come to him. If he has attained wealth through his success he has become a mighty factor for good and is a more potent power in the community than the unsuccessful, poor

lawyer who may have unusual spiritual insight but is unable to carry out even the most simple of his altruistic or humanitarian ideas. The successful physician who attains wealth or freedom from financial worry, is, likewise, a more effective force for the uplift of society than the most learned scientist who dreams his ambitions to help mankind but is hindered in the least attempt through the lack of material means. And, the attainment of wealth is not a secret process limited to the few. All may have wealth and riches through the proper applica­ tion of laws and principles. It is a fact, indisputable and beyond any question, that there is no surer road to the attainment of wealth, success and material power, than the road which takes the man or woman through the closed fields of arcane knowledge,—knowledge which reveals the secret laws and principles of man’s personal power, man’s personal, hidden, undeveloped abilities and forces resident within him and surrounding him at all times. Every successful man who has mastered step by step, grown greater in his art or profession day by day and has built up a fortune or a great material possession, has admitted in personal and private interviews that his success was attributable to one thing,—he found the key to the possibilities and used that key. He has labored, truly; he has been untiring in his efforts, persistent in his plans, unchanging in his direction. But so have been many others who have failed. There was something else, something too vague for him to describe to you, something which is his secret, his very own and which he can­ not give to others. It is his key. The successful man’s life has consisted of labor, diligent applica­ tion, steadfastness and undaunted ambition,— all this and something else Something PLUS. W hat is the plus? What is it that the suc­ cessful have found and the unsuccessful cannot even name? What is it that is known by the wealthy man and woman to whom money and the riches of this world come freely as if strangely bid welcome by some unseen hand that directs the course of their successful lives ? It is a Secret Key! The Key that has made lowly men great, unknown men famous, weak men strong, humble men majestic, poor men wealthy, submissive men dominant. It has been so since the dawn of civilization and it will be so long as men live on this earth plane and must master the conditions here before they may feel worthy to master the conditions of another life. The M an who knows how! How in everything, how at the right time. No other mind of man can come before him and deceive

him, for he is master of mental forces. No other man can come to him and present an offer, explain a problem, submit a condition, dictate a law, force a conclusion or suggest a venture without finding that the man before him knows the law which unlocks the forces to carry out what would otherwise remain an abstraction. The master mind has the Key,—the key to forces which bring success, attract power, demand wealth. All the world becomes the workfield of the master mind, and all the wealth of the universe; the success of nature’s own existence is his to command. And, these master minds are those who have quietly and secretly perhaps, delved into the study of nature’s laws and man’s hidden, latent and undeveloped abilities. It is another fact that none who has given sufficient time or thought, proper study and realization to the secrets of these powers has ever failed to advance to greater success and become wealthy in the things of life. T hat they may have given, in many cases, much of their worldly things to others, or may have shared their wealth with less fortunate ones, does not disprove the fact that first they attain. It has been demonstrated over and over that those who have studied with us and along the same lines have found success and prosperity blessing their every act and plan from the first moment of contact with nature’s laws. No other Key to success and Prosperity has so quickly unlocked the doors and opened wide the portals in their lives as has these studies, these secret principles, given to those who have taken time and trouble to follow the simple methods and the surprising facts contained in the various courses of self develop­ ment and material mastery.

COUNTLESS PH ILO SO PH IES PERPLEX T H E M IND.

Perhaps at no other age in civilization have so many “man-made philosophies” and pseudo sciences been offered to the seeking mind as within the past twenty years. And undoubtedly the United States is the veritable dumping ground for millions of books published in many countries, but without credit as authority and without profit from sale except in this land, where the great awakening has made the American people the most desirable subjects for every personal philosophy which has ever expressed itself through the vagaries and wandering of a self-deluded brain. In one high-class book store on Fifth Avenue in New York

there were for sale at one time 308 so-called uplift, metaphysical, New Thought, occult, psychological books by as many authors. Seekers for the fundamental truths stood in a maze of claims and counter-theories, and after buying and reading book after book still cried out: “How and where shall I find the truth, the fundamental laws and principles which must be back of and behind the awakening we feel each hour of the day?” It must be apparent to any earnest seeker that if any two or three of these books, issued at the rate of thirty a month, contained the TRUE PR IN C IP L E S and laws, there would be no need for the others. And, it must also be apparent that movements which vie with each other in proclaiming each has the truth alone, and the while find no agreement among their teachers, no agreement in their books and no increasing following,-—are far from knowing funda­ mentals and the definite, unchanging laws of nature. Unreliable public lectures, books written only for profit, personal philosophies boastingly offered merely to aggrandize an individual­ ity,— all these cannot be reliable helps to sincere seekers.

T H E AMORC M OVEM ENT IN AMERICA. Over two hundred and twenty-five years ago the foundation for the AMORC movement was laid in America. Today it represents the oldest educational movement of a scientific, religious, humani­ tarian nature on the North American continent. Leaving the European universities of learning, selected from various centers of the movement in six countries, there gathered to­ gether in London between the years 1684 and 1694 those highly specialized masters and adepts in all the arts and sciences. Their purpose was to unite in one great sacrifice of personal interest and with but one aim, the bringing of the Light, to journey to the New World and establish here the foundation of America’s first institution of metaphysical learning. In 1694 the group of selected masters and teachers, with their wives and children, set sail in their own chartered boat. They had selected as necessary for their new institution men who were the most advanced in such subjects as: astronomy, medicine, physics, chem­ istry, botany,' mathematics, languages, music, art, paper making, printing, bookbinding, architecture, building, engineering, theology, alchemy, metaphysics, hermetic arts, astrology, general manufacture,

farming, milling, cloth making, and other trades involved in the founding and building of a community of homes and industry. In July of 1694 this group of humanitarians, leaving all that was dear and near and facing all that was new and harassing, settled outside of a district which now forms the city of Philadelphia. The records they kept, the deeds of their holdings, their personal diaries, the books they printed, the records in various archives of our national government,— all still extant and many of them in duplicate form or in photographic copy preserved in the archives of the Amorc Move­ m ent—prove that no more wonderful demonstration of unselfish ser­ vice to humanity ever came to the shores of this country in its whole history than the coming of these brethren of the Rosey Cross. For one hundred and eight years—the period of their cycle of activity in each rebirth of the work, these teachers and workers added to their staff, built academies, schools, factories, mills and scientific laboratories. Their buildings still remain, the monuments in stone and spiritual power have found their way into many states, and although for another period of one hundred and eight years they continued their work in silence and seclusion, they came forth again some years ago with a far greater scope of activity than in the past. Today the Amorc Movement, the brotherhood of the Rosicrucian teachers, the schools and study groups, the temples and colleges of this enlightened workfare to be found throughout the North American continent from coast to coast and from the colds of Canada to the sunny climes of Mexico. Just as the early workers made their own homes, spun the cloth for their own garments, sought nothing from the outside world, and offered all it had '-without price for profit, so to-day the workers in the Amorc Movement give nobly and without hope of financial gain their time and worldly interests. And, as in the days of old, the movement today numbers as its teachers and officers the advanced minds in every art, science and field of thought. Clergymen of every denomination, physicians of every school, scientists of every law, artists, lawyers, musicians, mechanics, teachers, government officials, editors, inventors, re­ searchers, investigators and every type of thinking mind are united in this one movement, working harmoniously, agreeing in principles and ideals, unifying all thought, concentrating upon one aim and manifesting in every field of human endeavor one great law,—that T R U T H and the knowledge of nature’s laws, properly applied, per­ sonally to one’s own affairs or in the affairs of business, church and state, will bring man’s 'redemption and advancement through the Mastery of Fate.

With study groups in over a hundred localities, with Temples for higher work, with schools or academies for the demonstrations of principles, with a college teaching the highest subjects of pro­ found knowledge, the Amorc Movement offers every man and woman, even every child, an equal opportunity to know those laws and prin­ ciples which will make man free. Just as the early workers in this great scheme were the ones to establish the first Sunday School in America of a non-sectarian nature (forty years before a Sunday School of any kind was established anywhere else in the world), and just as they established the first academy or college of metaphysical science in America, so the Amorc Movement of today retains its first place among the special educational movements of this great land. Free from commercialism or financial profit, operated along true { humanitarian lines, non-sectarian, devoid of personality and the idolization of any leader, limited to those who have a firm belief in God, of good moral character and urged only by a sincere desire to know the truth, this movement is open to all, regardless of sex or social position.

W HAT T H E AMORC M OVEM ENT TEACHES.

Its teachings are graded in lessons and classes in the same man­ ner as are the subjects and lessons in a collegiate course. The pre­ sumption is that each who takes up the course of study knows nothing at all of the great truths underlying nature’s true operations and mani­ festations. This is absolutely necessary so that there will lie no dif­ ficulties in comprehending the later subjects and so that a firm foun­ dation for the fundamental laws, principles and terms may be laid. Therefore the first lessons in the first grade are simple and easily comprehensible. Intensely interesting, profound, and affecting prac­ tically every point of our daily lives, they are, nevertheless, in simple words and so illustrated with examples and rules that one absorbs them without the least effort. It has been said that no system of teaching ever introduced in America is so well graded, so aptly illustrated and so psychologically arranged for inner-comprehension as well as intellectual mastery, as are the lessons and lectures of this system. In regard to such a system of education Mr. Abraham Flexner of New York, working in behalf of the Rockefeller General Educational Board, says: “The Modern

School undertakes a large and free handling of the phenomenal world, appealing in due course to the observational, the imaginative and the reasoning capacities of the student.” And in criticising other schools and colleges the same writer says: “ Generally speaking, it may be safely affirmed that the subjects commonly taught, the time at which they are taught, the manner in which they are taught, and the amount taught, are determined by tradition, not by a fresh and untrammeled consideration of living and present needs.” In this one regard the educational work of the Amorc Movement is admittedly superior to any other system. It teaches those laws and those principles which our ever-present needs show us must be master­ ed to have a full and enjoyable comprehension of life. Tradition, like theory, is cast aside in our work. Not the opinions or findings of one great master mind, as is the case with some philosophical or re­ ligious schools of today; not the theories of any highly paid specialists who are seeking only to prove their beliefs, as is the case in so many research laboratories; not the dogmatic creed of some ecclesiastical authority, as is the case in many schools of divine thought; not the conventional thoughts of a conservative, antiquated philosophy, as one finds in some movements of this period,—but the new, living, everchanging and continuously improving thoughts and laws revealed by hundreds of unbiased minds. This is what you find in the courses and lessons of the Amorc Movement.

SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS.

It is difficult indeed to place in a few pages, even in a large book, an outline of what the various lectures and lessons of the twelve grades of the study include. But, taking the principal subjects in their order of presentation, we find that they are as follows: The Geometry and Law of creation. The material world as a systematic scheme. The symbolism of creation. The laws of har­ mony and evolution. Matter and its formation. The manifestation of matter. The true relation of matter to spirit. The conception of man. The creation of man. The relation of man -to God and the Universe. The inner and outer man. M an’s special powers and latent abilities. M an’s personal and undeveloped assets. M an’s mem­ ory, reasoning and mental equipment. Laws and principles of mind power, concentration and development of mental functions. The na­ ture of Life. The vital force. The normal man. Health and disease.

Cause of all disorders. Prevention and cure of disease. The develop­ ment of psychic or divine power. Mental phenomena. Metaphysical and alchemical laws and principles. The work of the ancient philoso­ phers. The discoveries of the mystics of old ancf of today. The de­ velopment of will. The development of personal magnetism and its proper use. Transcendental laws and principles. The work of the Magi. Pristine Theology. Ontology (complete). Essentials of Psy­ chology. The Hermetic Arts. S elf. Mastery'. The Attainment of Success and Happiness, etc., etc. Many of these subjects cover a great number of lessons. The subject of Man, for instance, treated from various aspects in the various degrees, is a complete schooling in itself. In one of the grades more surprising facts in simple language are revealed about the body of man and the true functioning of all the organs and the process of digestion, circulation, breathing, maintaining health and the preven­ tion of disease, than will be found in a dozen of the largest medical works. The same applies to the work of the mind of man. More methods for the development of will, memory, mind training, reason­ ing and general psychological processes will be found in the lectures and experiments of the various grades than can be found in any of the most exhaustive courses in psychology at any university or college. HOW T H E EDUCATIONAL WORK IS CONDUCTED. The educational work is not conducted with books or printed pamphlets. Each lecture or lesson is in typewritten form because they are being continuously added to, improved and made more illus­ trative or applicable to special work and individual cases. The Amorc Movement does not have lesson books for sale. It is N O T in the publishing business. It does publish from time_ to time a quarterly magazine or some propaganda literature and these are sold or dis­ tributed with financial loss rather than profit. Study groups are permitted wherever four or more persons will apply for the privilege, agree to unite in study one night each week and thereby form a nucleus for a larger group. To this group are sent the special lessons, one each week, graded as in all the college courses and with additional reading matter assigned or given. Stu­ dents in such study groups are not asked to buy anything and the lessons or lectures are not sold but given without charge to the selected reader of the group. Each group is to select a permanent reader, or a different reader may be assigned each month. There are only a few obligations and these are: agreement to continue the group for the

benefit of those who unite with it, a promise to withhold from public dissemination what is sent to each group (thereby preventing the printing, selling and commercializing of the educational work), and a further promise to uphold the humanitarian spirit of the movement in offering to do for the benefit of others that which time and oppor­ tunity present. Groups may meet in the homes of the individual members and when sufficiently large may have their own school or class room. In addition to the study groups there are located in the prin­ cipal cities branch headquarters or “Lodges” and Temples of our movement, where members of Study Groups may attend for further work after completing the regular studies or where Degrees or Honors may be conferred and certain ceremonies and demonstrations par­ ticipated in, as in the Temples of old. This work in the Lodges and Temples constitutes the nation-wide activities of the humanitarian section of the movement as well as provides for the Collegiate course in the mastery of higher subjects requiring greater study and more devotion to the work. Thus the Amorc Movement now presents itself to the American people. For a number of years it has worked with little publicity, building its foundations in every state and in most large cities and preparing the way for the close of 1920 and the dawn of 1921 when the Amorc Movement was destined to once again reveal itself as the very soul of American advancement. As one eminent historian says in his comments regarding the early workers who came here at the very beginning of the building of America: “The history of these people forms a most romantic episode in the national history, and the influence they exerted in the early days of our (American) development extends down even to the present day.” ' If you seek the Light of Truth, if you would be free from the material shackles of fate and become a Master of the powers within you and the forces around you,—then learn the laws, study the prin­ ciples offered in the AMORC studies and unite with this progressive movement for the uplifting of humanity and the freedom of man’s soul and mind. ' Note: AMORC COLLEGE OF T H E U N IT E D STATES OF AMERICA is a National university of advanced learning, in-corporated and chartered by law to provide complete collegiate and academic courses in those subjects of greatest practical benefit to mankind, and to confer degrees and honors to those who complete its courses of study. There is no other university or college like it in America. It was created and chartered as a non-profit institution.

THE SECRET DECALOGUE I. TH O U SHALT D ESIR E W ISDOM W IT H A HEART FREE FROM DOUBT! Doubt is, and always has been, the poisoned spear of the Evil One, with which he prods us on in our inquiries and searches, but tortures us so greatly that nought is finally desired but relief from the poison of the specific anxiety. Doubt leads us through a long, dark passageway toward that door where we anticipate finding light, and rejoices in the fact that it keeps us in darkness and prevents us from perceiving the many, many doorways which we pass unnoticed and unknown. The second command of this decalogue is: II. TH O U SHALT N O T BE CREDULOUS! Credulity is defined as “a weak or ignorant disregard of the nature or strength of the evidence upon which a belief is founded; in general, a disposition, arising from weakness or ignorance, to be­ lieve too readily, especially impossible or absurd things.” Wherein do doubt and credulity essentially differ? In doubting, do we not disregard offered evidence? do we not show a disposition to believe? do we not substitute one belief—often our own precious credulity— for that which someone else possesses? The Mystic neither doubts, nor is he credulous. He demands proof and seeks it. He believes nothing, but either knows or does not know. The third command of the decalogue is: III. THOU SHALT SEEK W IT H AN OPEN M IND ! How simple—because logical and therefore easy—this seems. But we venture to say that the average business man does not open his morning paper with the desire to learn certain facts, nor opens his morning mail with the purpose of learning other facts, without a certain determination to find therein that which he must find to verify his'predetermined ideas, or strengthen his doubts and credulity. An open mind? The shifting of a membership in the average denominational church is accounted for, by those who know, as a direct result of the determination of the seeker for Biblical truth or Holy Light to have only such revelations made to him as coincide with his predetermined ideas or meet the changing beliefs of his vacillating mind. An open mind.' The average patient visiting his physician expects and secretly demands that the learned doctor, to maintain his reputation as wise and experienced, must finally conclude his examination and consideration of the symptoms with a diagnosis

which completely verifies and substantiates the patient’s own beliefs as to the nature of the trouble and its cause and remedy. A n open m ind? The average seeker for Light—unusual knowl­ edge—demands of the one who offers the key to the chamber of learn­ ing an outline of what may be expected therein. Truth must first establish her ability to resemble the character of things within the seeker’s mind, or, forsooth, the inquirer will not enter the chamber and learn. Is this an open mind? The fourth command of the decalogue is: IV. TH O U SHALT ASK W IT H H U M ILITY AND SINCER­ ITY ! To the humble all things are possible. This is not an abstrac­ tion nor a philosophical truism with the Mystic; for he knows it to be so. The history of man’s progress and the history of nations are fraught with the events that have brought chaos and disaster because man has believed that might makes right, greatness gives dominion, and aggrandizement conquers. The field of evolution is covered with the skeletons of vain-glorious attempts to master nature and revolu­ tionize staid simpleness by egotistical world-power. Humbleness is not meekness in the sense that meekness pre­ cludes the existence of character, moral strength and personal magne­ tism; it rather directs these into the most efficient channels and tends to give more free expression to the personality within while the outer cloak is silently dropped. One must leam that the soul is but a part of the infinite, tem­ porarily resident within a mortal body; and that comprehension and attunement with perfect, harmonious understanding is dependent upon the realization of the soul’s humility and divine association, free from worldly titles and honors or material powers of any kind. Sincerity seems an obvious qualification; yet like an open mind, it seldom exists to that degree which is necessary to fulfill the dictum of this command. Lord Lytton said: “Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity,” and unless one’s sincerity manifests itself in the nature of enthusiasm, with an attending degree of willingness to make sacrifices in behalf of the quest, the search for anything like the Light which revealeth itself only to the humble and sincere, is with­ out fruition. The fifth command of the decalogue is: V. APPROACH W IT H REVERENCE TH A T W H ICH IS HOLY! In the sense that that which is sanctified is Holy, we can agree with the Mystic’s statement: “I sanctify that which is purified and purged and made free from moral, physical and spiritual error and

sin; and that which is elevated in character, pure, inviolable and proves to be an efficient means for soul-happiness and spiritual bless­ ing, is truly sanctified.” In this regard Dr. Andrew Pattison, Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburg, says that the philosophy of the Mystics “appears in connection with the endeavor of the human mind to grasp the divine essence or ultimate reality of things............... The thought that is most intensely present with the Mystic is that of a supreme, all-pervading, and indwelling power, in whom all tilings are one.” The truth is that the Mystic, newly initiated or profoundly learn­ ed, is ever conscious of the fact (not theory) that in God and through God are all things. In the working of every law and the evolution of every principle throughout all natural (not supernatural) phenom­ ena, the Mystic sees the mind of God and recognizes divinity. To the Mystic all is sacred and holy by its very7 nature and because it exists at all. To approach the threshold of mystic knowledge with reverence is like unto approaching the presence of God with holiness of heart and mind. The sixth command of the decalogue is: VI. N O T BY R IG H T BUT BY PR IV ILEG E SHALT THOU EN JO Y KNOW LEDGE! It is so easy to believe that knowledge should be the common property' of all men by right. It is true that God hath given us eyes with which to see, ears with which to hear and a brain with which to understand and remember. But these gifts are privileges, and all that is retained in the brain or consciousness as a result of the func­ tioning of the eyes and ears and other faculties is a privilege and cannot be claimed as a right. So, says the Mystic. The acceptance of a gift carries with it no greater obligation of appreciation and reciprocity than the use of a privilege obligates us to realize the unselfishness of our benefactor. Therefore, with logic and rational reasoning, the Mystic finds agreement with the next command of the decalogue: VII. W IT H AN U N SELFISH HEART SHALT TH O U D R IN K OF T H E W IN E AND PARTAKE OF T H E BREAD AT T H E FEAST OF T H E M YSTIC SAGES! The wine which fills the body with the spirit of life, and the bread which strengthens the tissues of mortal being: of these the Mystic partakes with an unselfish heart. Unselfish? to seek knowledge that one might become greatly learned and boast of the power thus attained or acquired, or to use' such unusual knowledge as a means solely for self advancement in

any channel, or to withhold from others whatever service or assistance might be properly rendered through the advantages such knowledge gives one,— all this in its entirety or in part constitutes that selfishness which must be purged from the heart and mind before the illumina­ tion from the divine may manifest itself in comprehension of the greater truths and laws. The eighth command of the decalogue is: V III. TH O U SHALT LOVE T H Y FELLOW B EIN G FOR T H E LOVE T H A T GOD H A TH G IV E N ! It may seem purely philosophical to- say that all Love is of God. If we qualify the term Love and interpret it as being the principle of sympathetic or pleasurable attraction in sentiment and thinking beings which is good, pure, free from sin and lust, and inspiring to noble­ ness and kindness,—then we may safely agree with the Mystic that Love is of God and is God in manifestation to us on earth. With this Love from God—the Love that God hath given to and inspired in us—should we love our fellow' beings. The Mystic realizes, along with many other realizations of a similar nature, how impossible it is practically and in the circum­ stances of human weakness and frailties, to love his neighbor as himself. But it is possible, as the life and every act and thought of the true Mystic proves, to love his fellow man with that inspiration to be kind and tolerant, fair and considerate, tender and helpful, which each man expects God to manifest toward him, because of the Love that abides in God. This is the essence, the seed, of the bond which makes for the great universal brotherhood existing between all true Mystics. To them there is no other need or necessity for the establishment of a universal brotherhood than the Love of God which is, potentially, in the heart of all humans. As the dawning of mystic consciousness comes to the neophyte mystic, there comes a realization, never to be altered or removed, that all mankind constitutes a human brotherhood divinely united by an infinite bond. The ninth command of the decalogue is: IX. THOU SHALT PREPARE TH Y SELF FOR T H E M IS­ SION OF T H Y EXISTEN CE! Bom to fulfill a mission in life! This is what is often said of those who accomplish some great purpose or inaugurate some unique and praiseworthy undertaking of an altruistic, religious or humani­ tarian nature. But why should the use of the word or term be limited to such accomplishments ? It is not necessary to believe that each soul born into a physical body on earth is so placed because of a pre­ determined mission it must fulfill, to believe that each of us must

perform that mission in life which coincidence, chance, luck, goodness, or any other motive or accident affords an opportunity or impulse for performing. As indicated by the preceding explanations we come into this life ignorant and without power or abilities, except those which God hath given us. With these gifts we acquire through privileges, other abilities and knowledge; and the privileges and gilts obligate us to use them for the purpose that God has in mind when they are given to us,— and this becomes our mission in life; to do that which will help and benefit others and bring the Light of knowledge and the peace of understanding to those who have them not. And, we are to prepare ourselves for this mission. We are to learn to see well; for the more perfect we make our sight and the more correctly we interpret what we see, the better will be the comprhension of our perceptions. We are to improve our hearing, train it and edu­ cate it, so that we may more perfectly and understandingly interpret the multiplex sound vibrations registered in that faculty. We are to increase our storehouse of memory so that we may avail ourselves of the faculty and function of recalling that which will serve us or others when most desired. We are to make ourselves acquainted with the laws of nature that we may avail ourselves of the potent possibilities which are ever about us and always await our application. We are to prepare ourselves so that when the opportunity or command comes for the fulfillment of the mission, we will be ready and efficient in knowledge and experience to do that thing which our preparation in­ spires us to do as our mission, individually. The tenth and last command of the decalogue is: X. TH O U SHALT ABIDE BY T H E T R IN IT Y : CONSECRA­ TIO N , CO-OPERA TIO N AND ORGANIZATION! And, this last command reveals the purpose of this booklet. It is to offer you an opportunity to enter into ways and means of abiding by the commands of the decalogue and, with that preparation which can come only to the few, fulfill your mission in life; and with con­ secration to principle and ideals, co-operation with others similarly inspired, assist in an organized way to spread the great Light in the darkened valleys of our country. Consider this, then, an invitation to inquire further and to obey the third and fourth commandments herein. And, having digested well the message of this booklet, you shall, in accordance with the seventh commandment, pass it on and on to those who should feast with you and share with you the opportunity which has so freely come to you. In this wise this message will come to many and not remain in the heart of but one.

N A TIO N -W ID E ACTIVITY OF T H E AMORC. The Amorc Movement covers practically every center of congested population in the United States and many cities of Canada and Mexico. The following list of cities shows where we have active study centers: St. Louis, Mo. Lancaster, Ohio Little Rock, Wash. Lynn, Mass. Divide, Sas., Canada Fulton, Kentucky Elk Prairie, Canada Emporia, Kan. Jackson, Mich. Hartford City, Ind. Austin, Minn. Tillery, No. Car. Green Bay, Wise, New Castle, Ind. Wilmerding, Penna. Fremont, Neb. Indianopolis, Ind. Vancouver, B. C., Canada Louisville, Kentucky Greenport, N. Y. Huntingburg, Ind. Camden, Me. Regina, Sask., Can. Guerneville, Calif. Newburgh, N. Y. Hayti, So. Dak. Leadville, Col. Columbus, Ohio Lufkin, Tex. Jersey City, N. J. Brooklyn, N. Y. San Jose, Calif. Hartford, Conn. North Bergen, N. J. Hoboken, N. J. Lethbridge, Al., Can. Carbondale, 111. Eatonville, Wash.

Woods, Oregon Port Arthur, Tex. Waterbury, Conn. Shreveport, La. Kokomo, Ind. Globe, Arizona W est Orange, N. J. Tippecanoe, Ohio Quebec, Can. Rochester, N. Y. Puyallup, Wash. Cradlock, Va. Petaluma, Calif. Portsmouth, Va. Warsaw, Ind. East Lansdowne, Penn*. Los Angeles, Calif. Tucson, Ariz. Seattle, W a sh .. Estherville, Iowa Chattanooga, Tenn. Newton, Iowa Fort Morgan, Col. Eureka, Calif. San Antonio, Texas Berkeley, Calif. San Diego, Calif. River Falls, Wise. Edmonton, Alta., Can. Bakersfield, Calif. Centerville, Iowa White Plains, N. Y. Darien, Conn. Trinity Center, Calif. San Rafael, Calif. Calgary, Alta., Can. Sacremento, Calif. Alicel, Oregon

Williamsburg, Va. Sonoma, Calif. York, Penna. Chico, Calif. Lewiston, Idaho Greensburg, Penna, Sutterville, Penna. Medford, Oregon Medicine Hat, Alb., Can. Watkins, N. Y. Milwaukee, Wise. Oriskany, N. Y. Winnipeg, Man., Can. Prince Rupert, B. C., Can. Oakland, Calif. Vallejo, Calif. Whitefish, Mont. Buffalo, N. Y. San Bernardino, Calif. Davenport, Iowa Glendale, Calif. Syracuse, N. Y. Horseheads, N. Y. Palatine Hill, Oreg. Victoria, B. C., Can. Galveston, Tex.

Jacksonville, Fla. Saskatoon, Sask., Can. Lashburn, Sask., Can. New Orleans, La. Sallisam, Okla. Durango, Col. Hibbing, Minn. East St. Louis, 111. New Castle, Calif. Stockton, Calif. Sawtelle, Calif. Portland, Oregon Pitt City, Penna. Greensburg, Ind. Alhambra, Calif. Erie, Penna. Los Angeles, Calif. Cristobal, Canal Zone East Akron, Ohio Hudson, Ohio Canyonville, Oregon Columbus, Ohio Jersey, Ark. Newark, Ohio Ft. Worth, Texas Canmore, Alta., Can.

D IS T R IC T LODGE HEADQUARTERS. In many sections of the United States, Canada and Mexico there are located active executive headquarters, in some cases possessing or occupying an attractive Temple, where special work is conducted, Degrees are conferred and control of the Amorc activities is maintain­ ed in their respective jurisdictions. Some of these Grand Lodges are as follows: New York City, N. Y. Boston, Mass. Chicago, Illinois Tampa, Florida Harlan, Iowa Pittsburgh, Penna. Omaha, Neb. v Paterson, N. J. McKeesport, Penna. Wilmerding, Penna, Weston, Wyoming Waco, Texas

Mexico City, Fed. Dist., Mex. Lashburn, Sask., Canada San Francisco, California Waterbury, Conn. Philadelphia, Penna. Flint, Mich. Worcester, Mass. Cleveland, Ohio San Juan, Porto Rico Madison, Wise. Lethbridge, Alta., Can.

FOREIGN BRANCHES. In the following cities there are either Grand Lodges or groups of our Movement with whom we maintain special association for the exchange of foreign information and instruction as well as co-operation in the work: London, England......(The A. .. Order Rosae Rubeae et Aureas Crucis) Toulouse, France................................. (Order, A. . . A. . . Rose Croix) Copenhagen, Denmark............(Den Gamle, Og Mystiske Orden Rosa; Crucis, Kobenhavn) Java, East India....(Oude & Mysticke Orde van het Rosekruis, Inc.) Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa...........................(A. M. O. R. C.) Halle, Prussian Saxony, Germany.............................(Collegium R. C:) Gurukula, Dis’t of Bijnoor, Upper Province, India....(A. M. O. R. C.) Shigatse (Lassa District), Thibet...........................(G. W. B. L., R-C.)

HOW TO JO IN T H E AMORC M OVEMENT Whatever may be.your desires in life,—success, happiness, innerdevelopment, prosperity, strength of character and personal power, remember that all effort is lost, all endeavor without fruition and all hope without realization unless definite laws and principles are used. The development of self can come only through knowing self,—know­ ing the relation of self to the universe and the powers of the universe that lie within self. The attainment of success can come only through knowing the laws that make for success,—laws which are definite, immutable, fundamental, as dominating and universal in their ap­ plication as the laws which govern the successful transits of the planets, the rising and setting of the sun and the manifestation of life itself. - Man triumphant is man mentally and inwardly potent. Mental potency is a dynamic force unbending to all other forces and direct­ ing them all. Attunement with those who are successful, association with those who are mentally dynamic, and affiliation with the activities of those who are devoted to the building of a better race of triumphant men, victorious women and enlightened, happy, prosperous individuals, is the first step in the direction of accomplishing one’s ambitions. There is no other organization in America today which is mak­ ing the successful and powerful men and women of the next decade as surely and as effectively as the Amorc Movement. It has always typified the American spirit of advancement, freedom from slavery,

power in peace, majestic in dictation and independence. From the very- conception of America’s independence in 1775 and 1776,—even fifty years before that time—the early founders of our movement in this country taught the patriots the secret principles of attaining suc­ cess, prosperity and happiness through the knowledge of carefully preserved principles and laws. Today the Amorc Movement carries on the same work begun then, the same work which made its first teachers the leading patriots and officials in the founding of America as the mightiest of all republics. Association, affiliation and co-operation with others is offered to each who seeks to advance and share in the affluence and success of this great work. The following forms of association or membership in the Amorc Movement are open to those who apply in all sincerity and free from all bias and prejudice. Those who are earthbound,— imbued with the idea that failure in life is inevitable, poverty an unavoidable condition, sectarianism a necessity to man’s salvation, disease and ill health a natural quality of the mind or body,—these are not ready for the great work and will find no place in the membership of the Amorc Movement. ' S tu d y G r o u p s :

Meeting once a week in local places throughout the country, in homes or selected class rooms, pursuing the full course of six or more grades of instruction in all the subjects outlined elsewhere in this book. The dues for membership for this work are Fifty Cents a month and include the use of certain rare or unusual books sent to the members from the Amorc College Library during the course. The usual Study Group consists of twenty to thirty selected men and women of refinement, culture and advanced thinking, receiving a new lesson and lecture each week, participating in mutual discussion of problems and their solution, the application of certain laws helpful in the mastery of everyday activities, and sharing in the instruction and advice given for special purposes. Membership to such Study Groups is secured through making application by letter to the Eastern or Western Headquarters or to a local Secretary when such Secretary’s name and address-appear on the last cover of this book. ^ • " P r iv a t e M

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For those who wish to pursue a private and distinctly separate course of instruction in the development of personal abilities, the attunement of the inner-self with cosmic forces and the attainment of mastery over the psychic and metaphysical conditions of life, the

National Lodge of our Movement is designed to meet every require­ ment. Membership in this Lodge is conducted partly by mail and partly by means made known only to those who become its members. The Fee for Initiation is Five Dollars and the dues are $1 monthly, which includes the personal, private lectures and reading matter, as well as secret formulas for self development experiences in the home, covering four Degrees of Development and Mastership, and consist­ ing of thirty-eight weekly lectures. Membership in the National Lodge may be secured through com­ munication by letter direct to The National Amorc Lodge, 12S5 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Members of this Lodge meet individually in the privacy of their own homes to pursue the work and study especially prepared for them. G r a n d L odge G

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For those who wish to associate with the advanced work of the Colleges or Grand Lodges of the Movement, arrangements have been made whereby membership in such Grand Lodges is possible in many of the largest cities. These Grand Lodges meet in special stated con­ vocations, often in their own Temples, and usually each week or semi­ monthly. Here various grades or classes of from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty members meet to study the prescribed courses of higher instructions in the mastership of nature’s laws and the unfoldment of man’s inner powers, with learned discussions and demon­ strations from some of the most advanced scientists and professional men and women in America; and also conduct sacred and symbolical ceremonies based upon the old mysteries and Temple services of Egypt and the Orient. This constitutes the highest phase of our work and it brings the members into close contact with the great material affairs of life and their successful operators. It offers all the advantages of a fraternity of national and international scope, the benefits of humanitarian activities, and channels for the promulgation of altruistic principles. These Grand Lodges form the AMORC ORDER, the most successful fraternity of its kind in this country. Membership in the Grand Lodges will be limited, after March 21st, 195}>4 p those who have taken the preliminary work and initiations in tTltt^National Lodge of six weeks (not the complete National Lodge worKirf~qQe year) or have otherwise passed the re­ quirements of a neophyte’s prepttrMion. The Dues in the various Grand Lodge Collegii are usually one or'Twa«sMlars a month. Appli­ cations for membership to these Lodges may be^ltradejo the Eastern or Western Headquarters of the Amorc Movement, by wrvEtrtg--a4etter asking for further instructions.

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'ICjjis consists of those who desire to read the various magazines, pamphlet&^ajid other secret matter issued from time to time by the Amorc Movemeitt^^or the purpose of becoming acquainted with the national and personaT'&stmties of the Movement in the uplift of man and the promulgation of cm e^^piritual, or humanitarian ideals. Such membership includes the receivmgvQf such matter from time to time and opens the door to those who w isntb'Jjeaffiliated with the move­ ment in order to give it moral support and aftvice. Men and women in all walks of life are admitted to Associate Membersjiip upon elec­ tion to such membership and the payment of the annual dues, two dollars, in advance. Applications for such membership in the form of a letter, should be sent to the Eastern or Western Headquarters.

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361 W . 23rd St., N . Y. C ity. W eekly m eetings and lectures for m em bers only.

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There are no life-insurance, sick or other benefits connected with the Amorc Movement. In its nature, scope and plan of activity it is distinctly different from all other schools, educational systems and fraternities.

T H E F IR S T R O S1 C R U C IA N A C A D E M Y IN A M E R I C A , B U IL T IN E P H R A T A , P E N N S Y L V A N IA , IN 1708

THE SYMBOL OF THE AMORC MOVEMENT IN AMERICA