AMORC Photo - Fortitude.pdf

FORTITUDE In the In itiatio n s of tin* m y ste ry schools of an tiq u ity, the im portance of the v irtu es w as im pressed noon the m inds of the i andidates m a dram atic m an ner. A bove, the candidate is exp erien cin g the test of fortitude He i arries a torch, sym bo lic of the light of understandin g which is g u id in g him . A t the threshold, deni, tin g the passing t m m the old to a new order of liv in g , lie is confronted w ith skeleton allu d in g to the fear o f death, p u rp o sePl'nl ' n i" , *ln )ll«l> *he vapor at the candidate's feet represents the tem ptation to abandon his noble A M O R C Phola )