AMORC - Pronunziamento on Anti-Matter (1976)

PRONUNZIAMENTO ROSICRUCIAN ORDER

This pronunz pronunziamento iamento is one one of a series series of adva nced advices to members members of the Rosicrucian O rder, A M O R C , which contain the latest postulations in the sciences and arts, and which substantiate certain fundamental principles conta ined in the official offic ial m onographs. onograph s. The information herein is the result of a spe cial compilation of useful and little known facts, prepared under the decree of the Imperator. The contributors of these pronunziamentos are all Rosicrucians, members of the International Research Council of A M O R C . Each is an authority in his his respective respe ctive science or art. It is by the means of these pronunziamentos that Rosicrucian Rosicru cian members will will be be kept abrea st of the the times. times. They constitute the acquis ition of o f new new knowledge, knowledge, and with them Rosicrucians will be able to meet challenges of the accuracy and dependability of our transcendent teachinqs. 3C (P22)

PROLEGOMENON This Pronunziamento is a special monograph whose subject matter will be of particula r interest to Rosicru cian students. students. It is sent in in addition to to your regular monograph, and we suggest that you study it at your convenience. The contents of this Pronunziamento are particularly related to the subject matter of the First Degree, the monographs of which you have recently received. However, as that Degree contained a considerable amount of material, including also another Pronunziamento, we are therefore including this one with this Degree. This Pronunziamentorefers to the latest findings of science and its theories with regard to one of the greatest of modern mysteries. Also, as you will note, it will confirm several fundamental Rosicrucian principles. The compiler of this Pronunziamento. as are the compilers of all the Pro nunziamentos, is a member of our International Rosicrucian Research Council. This particular Frater is an eminent physicist and engineer, and he writes with authority on this subject. He has tried to reduce this fascinating but technical subject to as simple terms as possible. We would like to add that the members of the Research  Research   Council perform their work gratuitously as a service to the Order. It is from such material as this that the work of the Order progresses not only in the realm of philosophy, metaphysics, and mysticism, but in the sciences and arts as well. (I. R. C. No. 8)

(The Latin phrase Cagilo, ergo sum on the cover is from the famous statement by the French philosopher Descartes which means I think, therefore l am.)

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ANTI - MATTER I n r ecen cent year year s t her e has has com come t o publ i c at t ent ent i on t he wor d ant ant i - mat t er , t hat whi ch i s st at ed t o be opp opposi t e t o mat t er as as we know know i t. Many any t echn chni cal abst abst r act s h ha ave be been wr i t t en upon t he su sub bj ect by ast r ono onomer s, physi ci st s, and che chemi st s. What do t he Rosi cr uci ans ans say say of t hi s i mpor t ant su sub bj ect , and can can i t be be r el at ed to ou our Rosi cr uci an t each each i ngs con concer cer ni ng t he nat ur e an and st r uct ur e of mat t er ? As we have r el at ed el sewher e, t he Rosi cr uci an Or der has an I nt er na t i onal onal Resear esear ch Co Counci l consi consi st i ng of member s who ar ar e em emi nent i n t he var var i ous ous sci ences. ces. These member ber s con cont i nue t o add add t o our f ont of Rosi Rosi  cr uci an t each achi ngs as di d t he l ear ned mast er s an and ven vener abl abl es of of t he past . An emi nent Fr at er ha has pr pr epar epar ed f or us us t echn echni cal l y cor cor r ect and si mpl y pr esent sent ed f act s exp expl ai ni ng t he su sub bj ect of ant ant i - mat t er wi t h whi ch ever ver y Rosi cr uci an sh sho oul d be acqu cquai nt ed. Al so, so, you you wi l l see see i n t he r eadi ng and and st udyi ng of of t hese f act s how how seve sever al of our basi basi c conce concep pt s and and l aws r egar egar di ng t he nat ur e of of mat t er and and i t s f undament ent al ess ence ar ar e sub sub st ant i at ed by t hese l at est f i ndi ngs. I n Pr i ncet cet on Uni ver si t y they they t el l t he f ol l owi ng anecdo cdot e ab about Dr. Edwar d Tel l er , t he br i l l i ant but none- t oo- popul ar desi gner of t he hydr ogen bom b omb: One day day Dr . Tel Tel l er was was pon pond der i ng on t he capab capabii l i t y of mat t er pl pl us ant i - mat t er to t r ansf or m t hei r ent i r e mass i nt o f r ee ener gy, not j ust a smal l f r act i on l i ke t hat set set f r ee by by ur ani um f i ssi on or hy hydr ogen f usi on. What a wond onder f ul l y ef ef f i ci ent and power f ul nucl ear bo bomb t hi s woul d make, ake, he t houg hought ht ! I mmer s ed i n deep deep cont empl at i on he dozed of f and was ar oused oused by a vi si t or who ann announ ounced hi msel f as Ant i - Tel l er .  The  The i nt r uder uder r esem es embl ed Dr . Tel l er l i ke an i dent dent i cal t wi n, or , r at her , l i ke hi s mi r r or i mage; t hat i s, hi s hai r was par t ed on t he opposi t e, or r i ght , si de; hi s coa coat but t one oned on t he l ef t , and he was l ef t - handed.  The  The t wo men began a di s cuss cus s i on, and and bei ng of t he s ame f i er y t emper  ament but of di amet r i cal cal l y opposi t e opi opi ni on on al l su sub bj ect s, t hey ar gued vi ol ent l y. At l ast , a secret secret and power f ul mut ual at t r act i on over over came t he di di s agr eement and and t hey hey appr appr oached each ot her her t o shake hands. The Ther e was a t r emendou ndous s exp expl osi on, on, and and bot h sci ent ent i st s van vanii shed shed i n a f l ash sh..  Thi  Thi s pl ayf ul s t or y i l l ust r at es t he pr obl ems r el at ed t o ant i  mat t er . The und under l yi ng conce concep pt st at es t hat f or ever ever y f undament al part i cl e t her e exi st s anot her one one of op opposi t e pol pol ar i t y. I t must b be e st at ed, however , what i s meant , f i r st by a "f undament al par t i cl e" and, seco secon nd, by " pol ar i t y. " The Rosi cr uci an t eachi chi ngs def i ne at oms as t he smal l est uni t s of mat t er , and el el ect r ons ons as t he el ement ar y uni t s or or par t i cl es en ent er i ng i nt o t he com composi t i on of mat t er . These t eachi chi ngs di st i ngui sh bet ween el ect r ons wi wi t h po posi t i ve and negat i ve vi br at i on

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number s, ' ' posi t i ve” meani eani ng even even number s, Modul odul o 9— t hat i s, havi havi ng an even ven r esi due af t er di di vi si on by 9. Conver ver sel y, " negat egat i ve” ve” mean eans od odd, Modul o 9. Accor ccor di ng t o t hi s def i ni t i on, pol ar i t y of vi vi br at i on number means eans even even or odd excess excess over over mul t i pl es of of ni ne. I n Quant ant umph mphysi cs, as t aught out si de of of t he Rosi cr uci an Or der , a par t i cl e i s r ega egar ded as a concen concentt r at i on of ener gy. The mass of of t he par t i cl e i s a measu surr e of i t s en ener gy i n accor ccor dance wi t h Ei nst ei n' s ba basi c r el at i vi s t i c eq equat i on: ENERG ENERGY Y EQUALS MASS MUL TI PL I ED BY THE SQU SQUARED ARED VEL VELO OCI TY OF LI GHT. An " el ement ar y p pa ar t i cl e" i s one t hat has has bee been n obser ved ved t o r eoccu eoccurr f r equent l y and i dent i cal cal l y. But what ab about t he wor l dl y sci ent i f i c def i ni t i on of po pol ar i t y? Fi r s t of al al l , what t ype of po pol ar i t y ar e we r e f er r i ng t o? Ther e ar e ver ver y many pol ar opposi t es i n nat ur e: l i ght i s t he opposi t e of of dar kness, l i ght ness of of hea heavi ness; hot i s th the e opposi t e of of col col d, smal l of b bii g, aci d of al al kal kal i , good of evi l . One see sees, however , t hat many any of of t he op opposi t es nam named above ar e scal ed pr oper oper t i es; t hat i s, havi ng onl y r el at i ve pol ar i t i es. For For i nst ance, ce, l ukew kewar m wat er ap appear s hot compar par ed t o i ce but col d compar ed t o boi boi l i ng wat er .  Th  The pol ar i t y most f r equent equent l y r ef er r ed t o i n phys physii cs i s t hat of el ect r i c cha char ge. When obser ved ved on a l ar ge scal scal e, t hi s, t oo, i s a scal ed or r el at i ve qual i t y. For ex exampl e, a 10- vol t bat t er y i s posi t i ve r el a t i ve t o gr ound but negat egat i ve com compar ed t o a 20- vol vol t bat t er y. But i n el ement ar y par t i cl es t hi s i s di di f f er ent . An el ect r on has a ver y def i ni t e and and const ant ant char char ge, t he am amount ount of whi c h has has been been measur eas ur ed many t i mes wi t h accur ccur acy bet t er t han oneone- hundr edt h of one per cen cent . Pol ar i t y, t her ef or e, i n t hi s el ect r i cal cal sen sense means t he pr esence sence of ei t her on one posi t i ve or or one nega egat i ve uni t of cha char ge.  Thi  Thi s acc ount ount s f or t he maj or i t y of ant i bodi bodi es: es : t he " nor mal " el ec ec  t r on has on one negat i ve uni t . I t s ant i body, or op opposi t e, cal cal l ed a posi  t r on by sci ence, ce, has on one posi t i ve uni t of cha char ge. Conver ver sel y, t he much heavi eavi er nucl eus of at at oms i s nor mal l y posi t i vel vel y cha char ged. I n t he case case of t he l i ght est el ement , hydr ogen, t he at at om con consi st s of of one negat i ve el ect ect r on buzzi ng ar ound t he po posi t i ve nucl eus l i ke a mosq squ ui t o ( wi t h a know known spe speed but wi t h an i ndet er mi nat e i nst ant ant aneo aneou us po posi t i on, so t hat i t app appear s mor e l i ke a cl oud or r i ng) . The nucl eus eus con consi st s of of a si ngl e heavy par t i cl e, cal cal l ed by sci ence a pr pr ot on, whose posi t i ve cha char ge i s equal and op opposi t e t o t hat of t he el el ect r on so t hat t he at omap omappear ear s t o be el ec t r i c al al l y neut r al . The ant i - par t i c l e of t hi s pr ot on i s t he negat i ve uni t cha char ge. I t may be not ed t hat t he " nor mal " pr ot ons ons and and el el ect r ons ons cor r espon espond t o ou our Rosi cr uci an do doct r i nes r egar di ng t he cen cent er of a "cel "cel l " as as po posi  t i ve and i t s wal l as ne negat i ve. Ant i - mat t er , or t he op oppos i t e of of el e l ec t r i c al al l y c ha har ged par t i c l es , i s eas i l y vi s ua ual i z ed ed. However , t her e al s o exi s t el e l ec t r i c al al l y neut r al par par t i cl es— such as neut neut r ons ons — t hat have ave abou aboutt t he sam same mass as as a pr ot on,

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and and neut eut r al mesons esons wi wi t h a wei ght i nt er medi edi at e bet bet ween een pr ot on and and el ec t r on. Then Then t her e ar e what sci ence cal cal l s neu neut r i nos whi ch have excee exceed d i ngl y smal l mass. I t i s cl ai med by t heor eor y and and con conf i r med by exp exper i ment t hat even t hes e el el ec t r i c al al l y neut r al par t i c l es ha have t hei r an a nt i  par t i c l es . The pol ar i t y her e i nvol ved i s of a di f f er ent n na at ur e. It is a "spi "spi n"— t hat i s, a r i ght - handed or l ef t - handed r ot at i on. The di r ec t i on of t he r ot at i on sen sense de depends on t he posi t i on f r omwh mwhi ch t he spi spi n ni ng axi s i s vi ewed; what see seems r i ght - handed f r omt he f r ont i s l ef t hand anded f r om t he r ear , and vi ce ver sa. sa. Al i gnment of ax axi s i s t her ef or e i nvol ved. I f t he sp spii n i s r el at ed or com combi ned wi t h an el ect r i c cha char ge, i t pr odu oduces magn agnet i sm j ust as a cur cur r ent ent - car r yi ng wi r e woun ound ar ound an i r on cor cor e pr oduce oduces s an el ect r omagne agnett . Hence t he r el at i on of of sp spii n t o magnet i c p po ol ar i t y i s al so r ever sed sed i n ant i - par t i c l es . A t hi r d i mpor t ant pol ar i t y i s t hat of mass. P. A. M. Di r ac, who f i r st pos t ul at ed t he exi s t enc e of ant i - par t i c l es , vi s ua ual i s ed ed el ec t r ons wi t h negat i ve mass. Si nce r el at i vi t y equat es mass wi t h ener gy, t hi s i mpl i es " negat i ve ener gy" wh whi ch i n t he absol absol ut e sen sense see seems sel f - cont cont r a di ct ory. One may, however ver , al so r egar egar d ene ener gy as a scal ed qual i t y. In such su ch an i nt er pr et at i on a st at e of of negat i ve ene ener gy woul oul d mean a r el at i ve l ack, ck, or r educe educed d amoun ount , of en ener gy con cont ent . Conseq onsequ uent l y, Di r ac as  sumed t hat t her e i s a vast , unobser obser vab vabl e, ave aver age age l evel vel of ener ener gy i n t he uni ver ver se and and t hat we can can onl onl y ob obser ve t he posi t i ve an and negat egat i ve dev devii a t i ons ons f r om t he mean, j ust as we can can see t he cr est s an and t r oug oughs of ocean ocean waves aves but not t he dept dept h of of t he ocean ocean bene beneat at h t he sur sur f ace. ace. Why do we cal cal l one pol pol ar i t y t he "nor "nor mal " par t i cl e and t he ot her an ant i - par t i c l e? Ant i - par t i c l es oc oc c ur ur i n nuc l ear ex expl os i ons , i n c os mi c r ays, and and can can be gener ener at ed i n t he bi g cycl ot r ons ons or " at om smashe asher s" of physi cal cal r esear sear ch i nst i t ut es. Ther ef or e, und under nor mal ci r cum cumst ances ces t hey ar e exce excee edi ngl y r ar e he her e on on ea ear t h and we ca cal l t hem " ant ant i  par t i cl es. " The quest i on, however , ar i ses ses as t o whet her t hi s i s i n her ent i n t he nat ur e of mat t er , or acci dent ent al . As i mpl i ed by by t he an anecdot ecdot e at at t he beg begi nni ng of our di scour scour se on on t hi s s ub ubj ec t , eac h par t i c l e has a ver y gr eat af f i ni t y f or i t s a nt nt i - par t i c l e. When hen t hey meet t hey hey dest dest r oy each each ot ot her by t r ansf ansf or mat i on i nt o " phot ons" ; t hat i s, uni t s of r adi ant ener gy pr opagat i ng wi t h t he sp spe eed of l i ght . One may vi sual sual i ze t hi s mut ual dest r uct i on by a pai r of f l ywheel s of of equal si ze r ot at i ng on t he sam same sha shaf t wi t h equal , but opposi t e, t r e mendo endous us sp s peed eed of r ot at i on. on. I f t hey hey com come i n cont cont act t hey hey smash each each ot her i nt o smi t her eens. I f one su surr mi ses ses an an i ni t i al st at e i n whi ch bot h ki nds of of par t i cl es exi st ed i n near near l y but not qui t e equal abu abundance, ce, t hey hey woul oul d con cont i nue dest r oyi ng each ot her , pai r - wi se, se, unt i l onl y t he sl i ght excess cess of of one t ype r emai ned. New ones ar ar e cr eat ed f r om phot ons, i n pai r s, and and r e dest r oy each ot her or equal su sub bst i t ut es, so t hat t he uni pol ar r esi due r emai ns appr appr oxi oxi mat el y con const ant ant .

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 The  The r eader eader may ask: " Why i s i t , t hen, en, t hat hat negat i ve el ect r ons and and posi t i ve pr ot ons d do o not dest r oy each ot her ?" They ar e equal opposi t es onl y wi t h r egar d t o t hei r el ect r i c cha char ge but not wi t h r egar d t o t hei r si ze, ze, mass, sp spii n, and ot her pr pr oper t i es. Ther ef or e, t hei r mut ual af f i ni t y i s l es s s t r ong and t he el ec t r i c al al at t r ac t i on i s ov over c ome, at cl ose r ange, by f or ces ces of of r epul si on t hat keep keep t hemapa emapar t . We do do not know know whet het her her t he pr pr epon eponde derr ance ance of nega negatt i ve el ect r ons ons and and posi t i ve pr ot ons, et c. , pr evai l s i n the the ent i r e cosm cosmos or or on onl y i n t he smal l par t of t he uni ver ver se accessi bl e t o us. Spect r oscop oscopi c measur easur e ment ent s of el ement ent s i n space space al al one one can cannot deci de t hi s quest quest i on becau ecause a wor l d consi consi st i ng of of ant ant i - mat t er woul oul d have t he sam same at omi c and and chem chemi cal com composi t i on, t he sam same vi br at i on f r equenci es, t he sam same t ype ype of of mechani echani  cal cal mot i ons ons and and or or bi t s as our our own. I t ha has b be een con conj ect ur ed t hat di st ant gal axi es or cl ust er s of of gal axi axi es may consi consi st of ant i - mat t er . We woul oul d onl y f i nd out wh when t wo gal axi es of of opp opposi t e t ype ypes i nt er penet r at ed each ot her . The cosm cosmi c expl expl osi ons ons set set of f by such such encoun encountt er s woul oul d be st upend pendou ous s ! Thi Thi s may accou ccount f or t he vast con concen cent r at i on of ener gy obser ved ved i n t he cel cel est i al obj ect s ast r onomy cal cal l s quasar sar s t hat sh shii ne br i ght l y as con concen cent r at ed poi nt s at t he i nc r ed e di bl e di s t anc e of bi l l i ons of of l i ght - year s f r om our own l i t t l e wor l d. A f r agm agment ent such as a com comet or met eor , st r ayi ayi ng f r oman oman ant ant i - wor l d i nt o our s, woul oul d wr eak eak t r emendo endou us h ha avoc. voc. Ther Ther e i s som some specul specul at i on t hat t he met eor eor t hat l ai d wast e t o an an ar ea of of 200 mi l es of f or est l and i n Si ber i a ab about out t he begi begi nni ng of of t hi s cent cent ur y may have ave been een such a cosmi c " ant ant i - bomb. " Thi s r emai ns a specu specull at i on t hat poses as many any quest i ons ons as i t answe swer s. We kno know, however ver , t hat we can can cr eat eat e a pai r of par t i cl e an and ant ant i  par t i cl e by by t he i mpact of power f ul r adi at i on of hi gh vi br at i on number upon a heavy heavy obst acl e, and and t hat t he pai pai r can be r e- conve converr t ed i nt o r adi at i ng power of t he sam same i nt ensi t y by mut ual anni hi l at i on of of t hei r masses. The exp exper i ment al ver ver i f i cat i on of such such even vent s con conf i r ms t he Rosi cr uci an asser t i on t hat mat t er i s not hi ng but t he mani f est at i on of ener gy i n a f or m t hat Rosi cr uci ans cal cal l Spi r i t Ener gy.  The  The pr oper t i es and i nt er act i ons of t hes hes e quant quant i z ed par t i cl es do not f i t i nt o our accust accust omed f r amewor k of t i me, sp spa ace, ce, and cau causal sal i t y. If t hi s, t hen, i s t r ue of even ven so- cal cal l ed "de "dead" mat t er , smal l wond onder t hat t he "l i vi ng" wor l d of mi nd, con consci ousn sne ess, or i n our Ro Rosi cr uci an par  l ance, ce, Nous, i s even l ess su sub bj ect to t he r est r i ct i ons of of mat er i al i st i c cat cat egor i es.

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