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The Rosicrucians in the United States. BY S. C. GOULD, V l l l   1 OF MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE.

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earliest known reference to the Rosicrucians in literature is clated a t Cassel, 1614. Then there appeared an anonymously printed print ed bo book ok entitled Fama Fraterni Frat ernitati tatiss Bened Benedicti icti Ordinis Rosre Crucis, o r translated, T h e History of the Fraternity of the Meritoriou Meritoriouss Or Order der of the Rosy Cross,'' addressed to the learned in general and to the governo governors rs of Europe. There is evidence that this work was circulated in manuscript in r6ro. Soon afterwards, perhaps in the same year, but certai certainly nly in The

Fama Fraternitatis was reprinted, and with it still anotherr tractate entitled Conf anothe Confessi essio o Fraternita Fraternitatis, tis, bei being ng a statem sta tement ent of the doctrines of the Soci Society, ety, withou withoutt the history. The doctrines and objects in this second tract are m o r ~ fully explained. I n the first first there are reference to the Refor Reformed med Church; while in the second the curre current nt of thought is plainl plainly y Lutheran. The chief work of the Reformat Reformation ion took place ber6r6, t h e

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9 tween 161o-166o; that is, between the dates o f the closing and opening of the vault, 1484-1604. Post cmlum v r nt nnos pattbo.) I t has been generally conceded by nearly all writers of Rosicrucian history that tl tl)e )e auth author or of " Farna Fraternitatis, was Johann Valentine Andreas, who claimed o r assumed that the founder of of the Rosicrucian wa wass one Christian Rosenkreuz, on which name there has been much speculation a s to the per· wnage, whether real or pseudonymous. The real authorship of the second tractate has been held somewhat in doubt, although Andreas became its publisher. H e was Abbot of Adleburg, a theologian, a mystic and reformer. These books created an immense ·stir in the public mind and among amon g mystics. \fa• \f a••y •y other oth er tra tracts cts soon fo follo llowe wed, d, both for for and agai against nst the existence of such a Society. Many editions and several translations of these books soon followed. The first English translation was by Thomas Vaughan '') , in 1652; and this translation has (" Eugenius Philalethes been reprinted reprin ted several times in Engl England and and America. America. Fro From m 161o 161 o to 17oo, 17oo, there ther e were were publ publish ished ed to the worl world d a large number num ber of books in support of the real history of the Rosicrucians, and some that discredited their doctrines and even their existence. We have already published several quit quitee length lengthy y e s ~ a y s on the orig origin, in, history, object objectss and purpose purposess of this arca ne society by those who are authorities, Drs. Franz Hartmann, Kenneth R. H. Mackenz Mackenzie, ie, W. Wynn Wes Westcot tcott, t, Alex. Wilder; also by Charles )lackay, Albert Mackey, Hargraves J e n n i n ~ s John Yarker, Yark er, and others. wh whic ich h articles should be read by all who desire des ire to becom becomee familiar wit with h the Society fr from om 14oz 14oz to 1866. SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA IN ANGLIA.

The Society in Atiglia wa wass founde founded d in En Engl glan and d

by Robert Wentwort Littleh, an eminent Freemason. H e became the first Supreme Magus and Master General of 'the College in 1867, and con inued as such till I8j8 whe when n he died on April 1 2 a t the age of 39 years. Frater Little left a sealed letter appointing as his successor as Supre_ Supre_me Magus Dr. William Robert Wood-

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man who accepted the office on April 5· and continued until r891 r8 91 when when he di died ed Dec Decemb ember er 2 0 lea leavin ving g a se seal alcl cld d lett letter, er, with his nephe nephew w addressed to the Soci Society, ety, appointing as hi hiss UC· .cessor as Supreme Magus Dr. Willi William am Wynn Westc Westcott ott wh who o on February 2 5 1 9 0 2 the next regular qu:u qu:uterl terly y session, was officially proclaimed as such. H e is the present Supreme Magus of the Society in Anglia. The Metropolitan College in London dates from I 867 . Supreme Magus Little soon founded other Colleges by warrants and otherwise in England, Scotia, Canada1 and other countrie countries. s. Several of the Colleges in England and Scotia hav havee prin ted a portion of their transactions, and the papers read, read, and fur· nished them to their members, and exch exchanged anged them wit with h other. Colleges. The Metropolitan College of London have preserved all records, or nearly so, and thus precludes their loss by fire o r otherwise. The Rositrutian a quarterly journal, published published in London r86 r868-r 8-r87 879• 9• co cont ntai ain n > a resume of its proc proceedi eedings ngs for time, e, wh when en tha thatt publication ceased. From 1885 to 1 9 0 7 that tim

inclusiYe, the College has privately printed its transactions, and papers read as suppl supplements, ements, in annual ann ual volumes. volumes. A list of these essays, with tht: names of the authors, and dates when read, have already been published in The Rosicrucian Brotherhood (Vol. I, No. r, and Vol. I I No. 2), 23 volumes thus far having been printed; and some of the papers have been reprinted from the annual volumes for the use of their authors. The Rosicru · cian archives arch ives of of the edito editorr of this journal contain these Trans. actions and papers. THE

ROSICRUCIAN SOCIETY

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THE UNITED STATES.

The fame fame of the Rosicrucian Society in Engl England and led led a num· ted d Sta States tes to to an effo effort rt in ber of eminent Freemasons in the Uni te

1877, to introdu 1877, introduce ce it here here.. Accordingly these bro brothe thers rs in July, Ju ly, 1878, received fr from om York College admission to the Society in England. They petit petitioned ioned the High Council of Eng Englan land d for Warrant to constitute a Society in the United States, but owing These t o some delay or misunderstanding the petition lapsed.

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100 Fr ate rs then petitioned for a Warra Frate Wa rra nt fr from om the Rosi Rosicru crucia cian n Society in Scotia (chartered by the English Society) which w s duly received, and in December, 18 1879, 79, Phila P hiladelp delphia hia Col Colleg legee wass establish wa established, ed, fo forr Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, under the special rule of Frater Charles E. Meyer; and in April April,, 188 188o, o, th thee New Yor York k College, for New York Stale, under Frater Albert G. Goodall; being charted by the High Council of Scotia, for the purpose of forming form ing a Hig High h Counc Council il fo forr the United Unit ed States. These two Colleges met April 19, 188o, and formed and established a High Council for th thee Un Unit ited ed St Stat ates es,, wh whic ich h wa wass offi officia cially lly recognized in Jun June, e, 188o 188o,, by the Supr Supreme eme Magus of Anglia. Applications for tw two o mor moree St Stat atee Colleges having been made the sa same me were granted o ~ for Boston College, for Mas Massac sachus husetl etls, s, on May g 188o; 188 o; and fo forr Baltimore Colle College, ge, for Marylan Maryland, d, on May ro, 88o. These four Colleges, through their representatives, met in Boston, Mass., September : 1, 18 188o 8o,, and wi with th the their ir inh inhere erent nt powers formed and adopted a Constitation and consecrated the four Colleges, Boston under Frater Alfred F. Chapman and Baltimore under Frater Thomas J. Shryock. The Council also chartered Burlington College for Vermont under Geo. 0 . Tyler; and " reproclaim reproclaimed ed said creation, formatio formation, n, and constitution of such Soc Societ iety y and Ord er under the distinctive title, title, Sodetai s Rositruciana in the United Slates of America, holding the Sovereign power of governing itsel itselff and regulating all the gra des o f the Society of the Rosicrucians wi with thin in the boundary of the Unite United d States; of determining and perpetuating the Ritual and Philos· ophy of the Society, in subs substant tantial ial accorda accordance nce wi with th th that at unde underr which it was warranted." The of offi fice cer: r:;; of the Hi High gh Counc Council, il, Soc Societat ietatis is Rosicrucia Rosicrucianre, nre, 'in the United States of America, were as follows : Meyer, Philadelphia, Pa. Supr Su prem emee Magus - Ch Char arle less E :Meyer, Senior Substitute M a g u s - Albert G. Goodall, New York. Junior Juni or Substitute ~ f g u s Alfred F. Chapma Ch apman, n, Boston, 1\l 1\lass ass.. Treasurer Gen er al - T h o m a s J. Shryock, Baltimore, Md. Secretary G e n e r a l - Charles f . McClenachan, New York. The complement of the offi officer cerss fo forr the Hig High h Council was:

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101 6 Primus Ancient; 7 Secun Secundus dus Ancient; 8 Tertius Ancient; g Quart us Ancient; Ancie nt; 1o ,Quintus Ancient ; 11 Sextus Ancient; 12, Septus ~ n c i e n t 13, Precentor; 14, Conductor of Novices; 15 Torch Bearer ; 16 Heral Herald d ; r 7 Guardian of the Caverns ;

18, Medalist.

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September 18 r88o, affirmed September 21 r88 r88o, o, wa wass prin printed ted and promulgat promulgated ed to the four Colleges and these at once commenced active wo work rk.. Members were selected from Master Masons in goo good d standin standing. g. Only one College in each State o r Terr Territory itory without without the consent of one o r al alll already existing there. Each Coll College ege had 17 officets: Chief Adept; Celebrant; Suffragan ; Treasurer; Secretary; Primus, Secun Secundus, dus, Tert Tertius, ius, and Qua rtu rtuss Ancients ; Conductor of Novices; Organist; First and Second Heralds; Guardian of t ~ C a v ~ r n s Medalist; and Acolyte. Each College, in conformity with the history and traditions of 72

the Society and anc ancient ient s. usage, is limited members, shall who shall be Active Members. Member Every Frater Fra ter,to , on admisson select sele ct fo forr hims himself elf a brief Latin motto to be registered with with the Secretary, wh which ich motto is to be append ap pended ed to hi hiss sign signatur aturee in communications relating to the society; no two Fraters can select the same motto. There are Nine Grades (or degrees) in this Rosicrucian system divided into three orders of four, three, and two Grades: The First rder 1° , Zelator; I l 0 Theoricus; I l l 0 Prac Prac·· ticus; IV 0 J hilosophus. hilosophus . The Second rder V0 Adeptus Junior; V l 0 Adeptus Seinor; V l l 0 Adeptus Exemptus. The Third Order - VIII 0 Magister Templi, (an official grade); IX IX°° Chief Ade Adept pt,, wh whic ich h is is held by an of offic ficia iall appoin appoint t

ment and constitutes a Provincial Magus. Onee of the leading purpose On purposess of this Society is to explore into the Archeological, his histori torical cal and traditional subjects of Ancient and Aboriginal Societies, pertaining to Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Druidism, and other Secret Cults and Orders; to read paper paperss on these and allie allied d subj subject ectss ; to print and dis-

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1 2 tribute the same for the enlighc::ntment of the Brotherhoods. These American Colleges for several years did important work along these lines of research and inves investiga tigation. tion. We are not cognizant of what and how many such papers were read before the New York and Baltimore Colleges as none have come under our notice, a nd supp ose none of of them ever e ver got into i nto print. However, in the middle 8o s they became became inactive and are now dormant. The Phil Philadel adelphia phia College College flourished for a few years, were read, and printed. printed. and some e x c e l l ~ n t and elabor ate pap ers were We have one of these in our collection, by Frater John Sartain, which has passed into its second edition, but is withoot a date: T h e Four Elements. A Paper read before the Philadelphia College, Societas Rosicruciana Rosicruciana,, U. S. A. Out of chaos and darkness into light.'' By Frater John Sartain. Second edition. Frontispiece is a portrait of the author. R ~ ; ~ y a l octavo in paper covers ; pp. 30. , This copy contains a facsimile copy of Frater Sartain s certificate tifica te of elevation to to the thi third rd or highest Order of the Society, on the 22d day of July, 1887, and that h was enrolled in the 30th h day of July, 18 1887 87,, a s a member and L i b ~ r A u r ~ a s on the 30t Signed Sig ned Wm Wm.. Robt. Woodman, Supreme Ron. V I l l 0 Degree. Magus, and Wm. Wynn Westcott, Secretary General. The Philadelphia Colleg Collegee appears to have beco become me inactive in the late '8o's and is now dormant. The Boston College w ~ r r a n t e d May 9, 188o, and chartered June 5 x88o, grew slowly the first years. The writer of this article was was the eight eighteenth eenth Frater enrolled in chronological order and thus completed the fi firs rstt quarter quart er of its limited membership. H e also attended nearly all stated m e ~ t i n g s and some specials, from fr om his admissi admission, on, duri during ng its activi activity ty.. H e privately printed the quarterly leaflet membership r e g i ~ t e r , with their selected mottoes, and admission dates, presenting these to the Fraters Banquetss were held Banquet a t the banquets for reference and record. a t the quarterly sessions and quite elaborate ones a t the annual and some special convocations. convocations. The literary features were usually produced a t the quarterly meetings, after the business and conferring o f grades. Papers

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103 on subjects within the scope of the Society were read and dis-

cussed ; some of these wer weree read a t the banquets, betwe between en the course cou rsess serve served, d, thes thesee feasts las lastin tin g froru froru seven to tw twel elve ve,, P, M. Room 16 for obvious reasons, was The Adytum a t Young's. We will here pres ent the titles of pap papers ers r e ~ d and dates, all of whic which h wer weree pr prin inte ted d in octavos, the most of them in appropriate colored covers, and distributed to the Fraters and ex ex-changed with other Colleges : B y Chiif Adept Alfred F Chapman IX 0 Relation of Grades of Masonry in the York Rite, April 1 , 1882 Obituary Sketch of Frater :Benjamin F. N o u r s ~ . Mar. 7 1887 May 17, 1887 Our Rosicrucian Society and College, B y Frater D r Seranus Bowen V lll   Rosicrucianism Rosicruci anism in the Earl Early y Days. • Memphis and the tombs of Sakkar Sakkarah, ah, . The Meaning of the Rod, . The Druses, o r the Mysterious Fraternity,

Jerusalem and Its Surroundings, The Pyramids of Egypt, Reminiscences of a Visit to Egypt, The Pantheon at Rome, . . . Survey of Egypt and Syria, by James V, 1422,

Dec. 18, May 7 . May 17, Sept. 5,

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B y Frater S C Goultl V l l l 0 June 7, 1886 The Master's Mallet, o r the Hammar of Thor, The Staff of Adam and the Shem hammephorash, June 2 , 1887 The Path of Rectitude, o r Ye Samian Y, Sept. 1 1889 Jan. 27, I892 The Secret Discipline, o r Catechesis Arcani, The Grand Central Sun, Alc Alcyone yone of the Pleiades, Nov Nov.. 9 , 1893 I The Arcane Societies in the United States (64), (Oct., 1 ~ 9 6 The Arcane Societies in the United States (44), (Mar., I9o6) (The last two papers were printed but not read, the College and no meetings held since the decease having becomeChief inactive o f the second Adept, John Haigh, August 20, I896. I896 .)

B y Frater E L Baker

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History and Philosoph Philosophy y of Mathematics,

Mar. 6, I888

B y Frater Willard C Van Dtrlip VII 0 Ancient Secr Secret et Societies. Mysteries o f t Osiris and Isis, Eleusis, and the Cabiri,

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104 B y Rt11 Prato- 7olm W. D t l l i - 0 • B y Frakr W. T. R . Afllnfitl The two papers on

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Arcane Societies in the United States,"

by the editor, have been revised, re·written, with additions of many others othe rs and some recently organized, and will will be publis published hed in Tlu Rosicroddn BrotlurluJotl the first chapter being in this number. In July, t88j, nine Fr Frat aters ers fro from m th thee Colleges in th thee United States made a social and business trip to Europe. These members were Charles E. Meyer, l l o , S. M . of U. S. A. ; Charles Roome, IX 0 , S. S M ; Alfred F. Chapman, rxu J . S. M ; Thorn· as J. Shryock, t 0 , Treas. Gen.; Charles T . McClenachan, rxo Sec.·Gen.; John Sartain, Vl11°,; Daniel Sutter, V l l l 0 ; Charles W . Packer, Vl l l 0 ; John L. Young, Vlll 0 • The Societas Rosicruciana in Angii Angiia, a, called a Special General Convocation, and a quarterly meeting of Metropolitan 22,

a t Maso 1887 , College, nic ent Hall, Great Queen July Jul yed States and receive rec eived d Masonic the enin eninent Rosicrucians from fr omStreet, the Un Unit ited States, at a Jubil Jubilee ee Convocation. Th They ey wer weree welc welcome omed d by William R. Woodman, Supr Supreme eme Magus of Anglia, in an elo eloqu quent ent add addrl rl ss of congratulation, observing that, Rosicrucian ian Soci Society ety of the Uni United ted Stat States es of Am Amer erica ica T h e Rosicruc was conceived in Engl England, and, born in Scotlan Scotland, d, nur nurtur tured ed by Yo York rk,, and now heartily welcomed, and its dignity and importance recognize ogn ized d by a General Gra Grand nd Convocation of of the Societ Societas as in Anglia.'' Angli a.'' " The Th e presence of Frat FratE. E.rs rs fr from om America, Scot Scotland land,, and and from Yor York k and Lancast Lan caster er wa was a demonstration of the greatness and the union of Rosicrucianism- the Fa Fath ther er of Science ar ar.d .d the Chemistry of the Future." These welcoming and congratulatory addresees were heartily

responded to by · the visiting Fraters al)d the occasion was " a feast of reason and a flow of soul " to all all preser.t, as well as a current of inspiration to the Brotherhood a t large. The Master of the Temple, Fra Frater ter Robert Ro Roy, y, v m 0 , then performed the ceremony of Zelator, assisted by Fr Frat ater er S. L. Macgregor Mathers, as Conductor of Novices, Frater Rev. T. W . Lemon, Lem on, as Chaplain, Chaplain, and four Frat Fraters ers as Ancients. Ancients. The S. M.

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105 of thr United States expressed hi hiss deep appreci appreciation ation of excellence of the work of the College, and acknowledged the perfect skill, memory, and eloquent manner that the ritualism had been performed, perform ed, in wh whic ich h sen sentime timents nts al alll the visitors also expr expresse essed d themselves. The Supreme Magus of Anglia, Wil Willi liam am Rob Robert ert Woodman, then conferred the Honorary I X 0 Grade upon Fraters Meyer, Roome, Chapman Chapman,, Shryo Shryock, ck, and McClenachan and the Ho Hon· n· orary VIII 0 Grade upon Sartain, Sutte1· Packer, and Young; and an d certificates wer weree gra grante nted d each and the record of each duly made i n The Golden Book. S. M , Charles E. Meyer, in behalf of his honored brethren, returned thanks in an appreciative address, also giving a sketch of the progress o f the Order in the United States. Each of th thee other oth er visitors also adde added d remarks of appreciation. .Fr .Frat ater er Jo John hn Sartain introduced into his address the curious Rabbinic legend of the Ironworker Ironwor ker and hi hiss contes contestt wi witth King Sol Solomo omon, n, wh whic ich h called fo fort rth h mu much ch enthusiasm. Th Thee Fra Fraters ters from our Colleges were entertained at a royal banquet, a t which eloquent unifying addresses w ~ made so characteristic of Rosicrucianism. In October, 1887, the Supreme Mag Magus us of the Unit United ed States conferred the Grade Honoris Causd upon fou fourr Fra Frater terss of the High Council of Anglia, namely, the I X 0 on Dr. Wm. R. Wood· man, Dr. Wm. Wynn Westcott, and James Lewis Thomas; and the V l l l 0 on Robert Roy. The certificat certificates es of each wer weree duly forwarded and acknowledged, and announced October 13, 188 7 i n Metropolitan College, a t which quarterly meeting Frater John Sartain of Philadelphia, Bon. VIII 0 was a visitor. At this quar quarterl terly, y, meeting of the Metropolitan College, Dr Dr.. Wm. Wynn Westcott, VIII 0 and then Hon. I X 0 , read a very interes inte restin ting g paper, with with comment comments, s, upon upon the Zelator Ritual o f Rosicrucianal ianal of the Unite United d States of Amer America. ica. the Societatis Rosicruc H e al also so read to the Frate Fraters rs present the Historical Lec Lectur tures es which are supplementary to the Ritual. Frater S. L. MacGreg • o r also added explanatory information in reference to the same. The erudite paper of Frater Westcott on the Zelat Zelator or Rit Ritual ual

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106 was printed in the Transactions of the College for 1887, and we may reprint t in this quarterly in the near future. The Massachuse tts College College issued issued appropriately appropriat ely colored, color ed, sealed notices fo forr its meetings, to all members, and neatly uniformly uniformly printed; the las t receiv received ed was for the an annu nual al conv convoc::. oc::.tion, tion, on March 2 , 1896. The untimely decease of fou fourr of its leadin leading g spirits within a few years so disheartened many of the Fraters that it became inactive, and has not yet recovered, although sev· sev · eral efforts have been made to revive it. Among those Active Fraters, all chief officers, who deceased, were Alfred F. Chapman, JX 0 , Chief Adept; John Haigh, Hon IX 0 , Chief Adept, successor t o Frater Chapman ; Dr. Seranus Bowen, V l l l 0 , Secretary; Rev. John W Dadmun, V l l 0 , Chaplain. As a matter of record we will here give a list of the Fra ter terss in order of admission, as we have them in our memorandum: Sylvester C. Gould, Alfred F. Chapman, John Haigh, Henry P. Glidden, Albert Saunders, C. Smith, · C. Caleb W. T . R. Marvin, Frank W . Hale, Winfield L. Tucker, Leo nar nard d M. Averi Averill, ll, Eugene A. Holton, Benjamin F. Nourse, G . Howard Jones, James D. Ronimus, Edward Edwar d Cogg Coggins, ins, Josiah T . Dyer Dyer,, Willard C. C . Van Derlip, Augustus Augus tus Ridg Ridgeway eway,, Albert H . Hayes,

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John Dadmun, Samuell VI. Samue Bedlington, William Will iam H . Wright, Seranus Bowen, William H . Ruddick, Carroll A. Thayer, Frank W Wardwell,

Oliver F . Briggs, John F. Calhoun, Jerome Smith, E. Junius Edwards, Georgee C. Bates, Georg Benjamin W. Rowell, F. M. Frif Frifet. et.

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United States t6,a tt88s, Ona September theBrunswick, High Council theMass., a t which held convocation Hotel Boston, meeting Fraters Sylvester C. Gould and Dr. Seranus Bowen were duly received, and elevated to the V l l l 0 o r Magister Templi, the ritual ritualism ism being performed by Charle s T . McCien· achan, Secretary General. The Seve Seven n Ancients are the representatives of the Sciences

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and Philosophy as taught by the Rosicrucian Rosicrucianss in their earl earlier ier ages. terss of t is a par t of their duties to enlighten the Fra ter the Colleg College, e, on convenient occasions, occasion s, on matters ma tters relating to the Society, whether of a scientific, philosophic, or historical nature ; also to suggest subjects for investiga investigation tion and discuss discussion ion in scop e of inquir inquiry y into the histor history y and a nd order to enlarge the scope myths of Freema Freemasonry, sonry, .a .and nd its kindred studies ; and they shall also secure fo forr the archives of the High Council, Council, the origina originals ls o r copies, of all papers of educational and intellectual interests pertaining to the Rosicrucians. A majority of the paper paperss read before the College by by tht Bos· ton Fraters were published in The Li6eral Frmnason, a monthly journal, edited and published by Frater Alfred :F Chapman, ior a dozen or more years, thus giving them a wider circulation among amo ng the mystic fraterni fraternities. ties. Limited ed1 ed1ti tions ons of of the rep reprin rints ts were made for the members and exchanges. Also,, all th Also thee papers pap ers read by the editor of this magazine magazine we were re published in the otes and Queries, succeeding the dates of the College meetings. Some of these also were reprinted in other serials: The Master's Mallet, in Tlu Liberal Freemason, June, 1886. Boston, Mass., and The Keystone, August 14, 2 r, 28, r886, Philadelphia, Pa.; and The Catechesis Arcani, in Tiu Trestle-Board, March, 1892, San Francisco, Cal., and 1 /u Freemason s Rtpository, June, 1892, Providence, R I All these papers were reprinted in pamp llets for the Frat Fraters, ers, and exchange purposes, but we were re exhaus exhausted ted long lon g ag ago. o. New soc socie ieti tic: c:ss have been formed and new correspon· several.of al.of them. We have decided in in th thee dents have called for sever near future to revise and rep reprin rintt some s ome of of them in this mag· azine, probably T h e Master's Mallet," and T h e Staff of Adam Ada m " ; an and d may reprint a small edition fur exchange. A wor word d of preface ma may y be st stat ated ed here th that at the pap paper er " The Staff Sta ff of Adam and the Shem hammpho hammphorash rash " is is really tw two o papers und under er a composite title title,, and then it was was thought best to present them as one. In a reprint these will appear as two, I Ancien ientt Sctptns. Sctptns . Illustra· Tlze taff o Adam,· and 2 · Two Anc tions of the. two Sceptres were given in that paper June 2 , 1887.

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108 We have thus far very very brief briefly ly ske sketch tched ed the succe succession ssion of th thee Rosicrucia Rosic rucian n Society in its of offi ficia ciall or more organ organize ized d outward ff rm in 18 1866, 66, whe when n it wa wass form formula ulated ted upon relics, doc documen uments, ts, and an d cryptic history, down down to 1879, 1879, when it was int introdu roduced ced into the United States as an exoteric body. A Society had been organized in Canada September 19, 18761 by a Warr Warrant ant fr from om Princ P rincee Rhodocana Rhodocanakis, kis, Supreme Magus of of the Kingdom of Greece. I n 187 187o, o, Harg Hargrave ravess Je Jenni nnings ngs published his wo work rk in London, •· The Rosicru Rosicrudans. dans. The Their ir Rites and Mysteries Mysteries." ." A vo volu lume me 3s6 p a ~ e s althoug alth ough h quite sporadic, and perhaps ubiquitous, as to contents, soon found its way to Ameri America, ca, an and d the incognito of the Brotherhood Brothe rhood were were soon familiar wi with th the gist of it. I n less than ten years, a second edition of this work was published by J. W . Bouton, in Ne New w Yor York, k, the same year th that at the College College in Philadelphia was established, Who are the the Rosicrucians, and wha whatt are their teachings? has been propounde propounded d to us hundred hundredss of times wi withi thin n the pas pastt t was in the early 'so's when we were a youth fifty odd years. that we became mu much ch inter interested ested in the cult of several arc arcan anee S o c ie tie s, - Druidism, Rosicrucianism, and Fn emasonry. , T h e Rosicrucians lived among men, yet were apart from them; they could not be found, b ~ c u s e they ha had d no organiza organization tion o r society; they are humble and quiet in exterior, and yet judge thee wo th worl rld d somewhat benea beneath th them in exterior show; they are quite indifferent as to putt putting ing thei theirr knowl knowledge edge to a commercial use ; they do not seek for fame, and care not for distinction o r honors; they are generally quite sociable." I t was not necessary, therefore, to be identified with a Lodge, Society, or Order, to be a Rosicrucian There haYe been many such in even this country; there man yare such today, today, but the world does not kno know w them, neither ne ither are they members of organ·

ized societies, but we know some of them. t hem. Suf Suffic ficee it to sa y we bec me one in the 'so's, the theosophical sum of which year is 16, but no matter here ho how, and i d e ~ t i f i e d ourself with the English Order, February 1 0 1885, in Boston Boston,, so as to be in. touch with wit h other oth er congenial congenial spirits, and other avenues of of fraternal strength.

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King Solomon s Temple. BY AUGUSTINE

J.

H. DUGANNE, NEW YORK CITY.

The following poem was first published in' the ' 'American Freemason ." ·This

of

by published July 1870 . The editor : cit7, in poem Brother Augos tine J15, Duganne. of Newsays York 1860,was and an d written was then in the . H.1870. " American Freemason " for December, December, o f that year. Whether we consider its unusual length (in two parte), the facility of its expression, the fervent ftow . of its imagery, its ftowing versification, or that grand poetical conception which bespeaks its author truly a poet, it may be regarded certainly, and with out a fault, as the finest Masonic poem in the English language.") This poem was re repri printe nted, d, in a ne neat at,, duod duodecim ecimo, o, blue-cov blue-covered ered pamphlet, by Brothers Tweddell and Sons, Yorkshire, England, 1870.

PART

I.

i told, in a quaint old nursery tale, That perchance you have often read, How a castle lies hid in some charmed vale, Remote from all usual tread ; And within, an enchanted Princess, Asleep in her silken bed : Whilst roundabout, under slumberous charms, Lie the forms of her lordly train, And their squires, and archers, and yeomen-at-arms, As valia valiant nt as ever dre drew w rein ; But with helmets, and bucklers, and lances, All clouded with mildew stain. t

All corroded and mildew'd with rust of time, They are lying in court and hall ; Every you young ng knigh knight's t's beard bears a frosty f rosty rime Like the bead of the Seneschel, Seneschel, Who waite, in his chair, a t the postern, The sound of the trumpet call : While below, in the crypts of the castle strange, Overbrooded by self same spell, There are shapes like friars, in cloister'd range, Lying each a t the door of his cell, And awaiting in motionless slumber, The st stro roke ke of a summ summonin oning g bell who is wold, ForRides whenever a Knight tried and true, late o'er the haunted And peals a loud summons the trumpet through, That hangs a t the postern old, Then, in all the crypts of this castle. A bell is solemnly toll'd. And the Princess arises, in royal gear, . From the couch of her charmed rest, And her knights and her nobles take shield and spear, At their beautiful beautiful lady lady's 's behe behest; st; And they hie to the gate of the postern, To welcome their midnight guest

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110 Then afar through the cloisters and corridors o u n d ~ monotone stroke o f the bell ; And each friar steals forth, o'er the marble floors, From the door of his darksome cell ; And he creepeth away to the postern His marvellous story to tell ; While the bell of the castle is ringing amain, And the wandering guests come in ; And the Seneschal leading his ghastly train. Away through the ghostly din ; . That the Friars rehearse to the stranger Their sto storie rie of sorrow and sin. With a patter of prayers and a dropping of beads, They recount, to the shuddering man, How their souls wax'd heavy with sinful deeds, In the days of their mortal span ; And how Heaven's avenging sentence Their earthly yea rs o' o' erran And the Princess reveals to the stranger knight How she needs must slumber away, Till a prince of the Temple, in valorous fight. Shall a Saracen sorcerer slay And the spell of his midnight magic Disperse under morn's sweet ray

But alas for that guest of the haunted grange, I f no Templar Knight he be ; And woe when be listeth that story strange f no memories pure hath he To the spell of the sorcerer's magic He must bow his powerless knee ; He must sink into sleep, with the shape he sees, And his buckler and helm will rust He must lie in the cloister cloist er and crypt crypts, s, with thes thesee Who have risen, to greet him, from dust An·l await, with them, an awakening By hero more pure and just Like that charmed castle, castle , in haunted vale, Past Is thethe wondrous Masonic Where heroes and yeomen History''s tale o f History Are reclining in slumbers fast ; With the speJI of an indolent seeming Over all their memories cast But the Princess, who sleeps in her silken bed, Is the spirit of ancient i"ruth ; Lying evermore shrouded with tatter and shred, But for evermore fresh with y o u t h And awaiting the pure-hearted Seeker To come with his valor and truth

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Like the knights and the nobles in slumber profound, Are our riddles and fables o f old; In their rust and their dust they encumber the ground, And abide in their garments of mold Keeping truth, like a charmed Princess, Asleep in tht ir ghostly hold. 'Mid the haunted cloisters of History's script, In the-House of the Past they dwell: Lika. the souls of the friars, they hide in each crypt, And emerge from each darksome cell At the blast of a summoning trumpet, Their wonderful stories to tell In the volumed marvels of Grecian mind, And the records of German lore, There ar e riddles of wisd wisdom om for human kind, To ponder a life-time o'er ; And to all of their musical meanings Each heart is an open door Every human heart is a postern gate To the house of the wondrous Past, Where the heroes and sages of History wait Theshall sound of athe trumpet blast,slumbers That break enchanted For ages around them cast How the voice of song, out of Dorian aisles, With their Iliad and Odyssey swell How tbey rolled from the shadows of Tuscan piles, Where the Florentine chanted of Hell And how grandly, through Gothic chancels, Of Paradise Lost they they tell And the whispen of hearts, and responses of souls, Flow round, like the west-wind kind, When the song of the Singer of Avon rolls Through the gates of our listening mind, And the plaint of our listening Harold Sounds strange and fitful behind All the climes of the earth are as Holy Lands To the feet of the children of Song : Every realm hath h ath its i ts Mecca Mecca,, where pilgrim bandq bandq To some Kaaba of Poesy throng ; And the homes and the tombs of the poets To the whole wide world belong. In the paths of the minstrP-ls the nations tread. And the kind on his bard awaits ; For Ulysses is dumb, and Achilles is dead, Until Homer their soul creates ; And tis Tasso who frees Jerusalem, Though Godfrey wins her gates.

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112 Through the twilight of oaka and of mistletoe bowers, The hymns of the Druids I hear : And the Fai Fairie rie Queene Queene,, through lab'r l ab'rint inths hs of ftow ftower ers, s, Lures me with her melodies clear : From the echoes of " woodly Morven," To the murmurs of sweet Windemere Windemere : And I hear the old Norseman chanting their tunes, Under arches of boreal ftres, And An d the Troubadour Troubadourss sing, through long, rich Junes, June s, To their soft Provencal lyres : And the bards of the Cambrian mountaina, O'erweeping their 'wilder'd wires. those voices of Song how they ebb, how they ftow How they swell, like the tides of the main Every age, every clime. has its life-giving throe, And its utterance of genuine pain Tilll its master-thought Til mas ter-thought leapeth, full armor'd, armor'd, From out some Jove-like brain Oh the heroes and kings have no story to tell, In the dust of their funeral urns ; But the songs of the poets immortally dwell Wbersoever a true heart yearns In the halls of the royal David, David, Oh

Or the cottage of Robert Rurns

God Defined.

By Theophilus of Antioch.

D o you who see God explain to me the appearance of G o d . - AUTOLYCUS.

" Hea Hear, r, 0 man. The appearance of God is i n ~ f f b l e and indescribable, indescri bable, and cann cannot ot be seen by eyes Jf tl sh. For in glory H e is in comprehen comprehensible, sible, in greatnes greatnesss unfathomable, in heightt inconceivable, in power incomp heigh incomparable arable,, in wisdo wisdom m un un rivalled, in ~ o o d n e s s inimi inimitable, table, in kindne kindness ss unutt unutterab erable. le. For if I say H e is Light, I name but His own work; if I call Him Word, I name but his s o v e r e i ~ n t y if I call Him Mind, speak but of His wisdom; if I say H e is Spirit. I speak of His breath; if I call Him Wisdom, I speak of His offspr offspring; ing; if I call Him Strength, I speak of His sway; i I call Him Power, I am men tioning His activi activity; ty; if if Provicence, I but mention His good ness; if I call Hi:n Kingdom, I but mention His glory; if I call Him Lord, I mention His being Judge; if I call Him Judge, I speak of Him as being just; if I call Him Father, I speak of all things as being from Him; i I call Him Fire, I but mention His ang anger. er. You wi will ll say, say, then, to me, me,'' is God angry?' Yes, H e is angry with those who act wickedly, but H e is good, and kind, and merciful, to thos thosee who who love an and d fear Him ; for H e is a chas chastene tenerr of the goaly goaly,, and father of the righteous; but H e is a judg judgee and a nd punishe punisherr of the impious. impious."" - Anle-C ,rislian Library, Vol. III, p. 55·

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Arcane Societies in the United States. ' IHE PERSIAN ORDER

OF SUFIS.

" I am a hidden treasure, and I would fain become k';lown."

This is a Persian Order and represents the Sufiistic Teachings and what is known as the Unitarian Theosophy of the Persians. The term Sufi is der;ved fr from om th thee Arabic Stl/ which means wool, in allusion to the dre dress ss adopted by the Dervishes, who are the Masters and Teachers of the sect in those countries. The similarity o the words Sufi and Sophos is said to be bu butt accidental. The system consists in an effort to reconcile . Phi losophy with revealed Religion, and in assigning a mystical and allegorical allegori cal interpr interpretation etation to al alll doctrine doctriness and precept >, The The candidate first principle of the.system i s I am Truth. for enlightenment in thi thiss Order represents a Traveller in search of Truth itself.'' The question recorded of David who said: ? ome " andknown whytreasure, "" IOh, hast thou created mankind God said: am Lord a hidden treasure , and I would would fain fa in become bec known,'' ,'' as quoted tro trom m Gt Gt:o :org rgee Sale's "Pr eli min ary Discourse Discourse " to T h e Koran," is to the purpose. The cou couri riee of the Trav Travelle ellerr is to exert himself and strive to attain to the Divine Light, and so on to a knowledge of God. Here He re is the Ascent . 1 A Talib, o r a search after God. 2 A Murid, o r One who inclines. 3· A Sa Salik lik,, or Traveller. The There re are eight stages : Worship, Love, Seclusion, Kn9wledge, Ecstacy, Truth, Union, Extinction, o r absorption into Deity - LtGHT. The especial poets of this cult are Hafiz, and Bayazid Bistami. The best exposition of their philosophy is a small work entitled Oriental Mysticism," compiled from native sources by E. H . Palmer, Cambridge, 1867 . The proposition is : There is no road from man to God." This is interpreted slightly different by the two branches, one of which is is called Unitari Unit arian an (no (nott its cur curren rentt fo form rm of belief belief). ). The members are Travellers. Th There ere are also ten practices, na name mely, ly, Search Sea rch after God, Wisdom, etc Th e fello fellowshi wship p of the th e Wis Wisee i s the pat path h to the C. C.oa oal. l. Th e Suf Sufis is hold to thre threee aids, Att Attrac rac tion, Devotion, Elevat Elevation. ion. " Wherever you turn your your fac facee God i s the there.' re.''' " From From Him wa wass the orig origin, in, and to Him the ret ur urn. n.'''' Sufiism s one of the most most int interes erestin ting g of Arcane stud studies ies for formu· mu· lated into a path fo forr the Trav Travelle ellerr · or ::iearcher for God. For further information address Thomas M . Johnson, Osceola, Mo.; C . H . A. Bjerregar Bjerregarrd, rd, Ast Astor or Library, New New York City; or S. C. Gould, Manchester, N . H .

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114 HERMETIC BROTHERHOOD OF ATLANTIS, EGYPT AND INDIA.

This Brotherhood was organized in Chicago in r883, and by the late Dr. W. P. Phelon, I t has had a continuous and quite successful development, and has brought light to many souls in earnest desire for Truth. Its primary designs have been well carried that of expounding the Hermetic philosophy to ut The Brotherhood the hungry who are asking for more Light. has published its annual proceedings in handwme octavo pamphlets, containing the papers read, and much esoteric knowledge from the Hermetics. Also quite a number of the papers read have been reprinted separately for distribution l\nd the further enlightenment of tho those se who desi desire re to penetrate into the mys· teries, some of which have been hidden from the foundation of the world, and were hinted a t by the Younger Brother just roo lunar cycles ago, by the most correct chronology, when that adept astounded his hearers with his understanding and answers. This Brotherhood prints its serial and Temple Lectures

distributes that all to its following; so have its members receive teachings. Six volume already been publi published shed the esotericthem in octavo and quarto form. The superior teacher is titled the Elder Brother. Dr. W. P.• Phelan was the Superior o r Elder Brother for many years. H e departed this life, December 30, 190 t. The p r e s ~ n t Elder Brother is Francese I Rogers, and the Hermetic Brotherhood's officbl office is San Francisco, Cal. ORDER OF THE

O IIA

H LANGUAGE.

Order of the Omah Language. The Omah tongue is the root o f the Language. The primal language was the link which allied man to Yahveh; through it he comprehended a know]. edge now lost in a labyrinth uf confused sounds. The language in its fullnes s of meanin m eanin g, revealed to man the science of materi;ll life ; n:ade him an alchemist and a prophet; through its symbols h e calculated the mathematical construction of the universe, and comprehendtd the finite mean ing of his plane tary existence. This language 'now upon this planet has once more reached the identical point from which it was diff11sed. Men daily pronounce the magic words, having no conception o f their occult power and meaning. I t is the purpose of this these se magic words. A wor word d to t ~ e wise i s Order to discover the sufficient. The organ of the Order is the Psy. hic M e s u n g ~ r The head of the Order is at the head of the nation.-Washing on, D . C.

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115 T H E WHITE BROTHERHOOD.

that thetheme The and evolution humanity and thecauses destiny dest iny of guide nations hasadvance been the and of study of all of human minds, and today the same is as intense as ever. These

energies and activities are the head lights and guides in what is called T h e Great Work of The White Brotherhood, with its Temple o r White Lodge a t Syracuse, N. N . Y. The stages or the periods of a Manvantara are manifested in seven grades into which the Grea Greatt Lodge is divided, and each one of these are divid.-d divi d.-d into seven minor steps steps,, makin making g 49 steps in all, and every human being in such cyclic period is in or on one of the 49 steps. steps . The seventh degree of the Cycle IS compos composed ed bf all those wh who o reach reach a defin definite ite point of developme development, nt, and are then admitted by the Masters. The sixth degree is composed of the Teachers o r Leaders. The fifth degree is composed of members and students of Occult and Psychic societies, both Esoteric and Exoteric. The fourth degree is .c•) c•)mpo mposed sed of Ini Initi tiate ates, s, whet whether her members of the Temple o r not. The three inner degrees co con n tain the secret and sacred thing things. s. White Star, Red Red,, etc etc.., are applied to to the teach teachers ers and leaders. Initiat Initiates es are no nott informed of the real standingof their Superiors and Teachers. Teachers . I t is stated that there are organized Temples in different parts of the world. The address i s The Temple, Syracuse, N . Y . SOCIETY ARCH-TRIUMPHANT.

KORESHAN

The Koreshan Unitv is a Communistic Order.

UNITY.

I t is not a

reform movement but ·a revolution, but not a revolut revolution ion in any s ~ n s that conf conflicts licts wi with th the processes of the Gove Governme rnme nt as institu inst ituted ted by the people of the country, according accordin g to their Con· Con · stilutionnl acts. acts . The general syst system em embra embraces ces orders genera, and speci species. es. The objec objectt is to rebuild humani humanity ty on the stand· ard - th thee sc scie ien nce of th the co cove vena nant nt o r law of God. There are three divisions : tht> Church Triumphant. the Colle College ge of Life, Society ty Arc Arch h Trium phant phant.. and the Socie The Ecclesia or Home centers are specific groupings. groupings . People going to this Unity Koreshanity Koresha nity is im must go in a simon pure, pioneer life. im-perialism, a kingdom of right uses . I t is not yet a Utopia, but way. y. Six months pro· hopes and believes it is p r o g r ~ s i n g that wa bation required. Each shares in the wealth of the Order. The organ is The Flaming Sword monthly. The heads of this Unity are Victoria Gratia, Pre Eminent, and Koresh, Prime Counse lor. Address Kores Koreshan han Unity, Estero, Florida.

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116 GENll OF NATIONS, K.'iiOWLEDOBS AND RELIGIONS.

This is indeed an arcane society.

The monitorial book tha t

contains the ceremonial and exoteric work is a handsome vol ume ·of 2 0 0 pages: G N. K. R. A Call to t h e Awakened, from T h e Unseen and Unknown. I t was conceived in 1873, and the new child came int into o material li life fe in 18 1888; 88; the t he child was able to walk in r896, and commenced to care for itself i n 1 9 0 0 and has has no now w matured thi thiss present year. A special message irom the Interior of the Inmost'' by Vidya-Nyaika, of 24 pages is quite explanatory. There are three branches, thus, Ethnomedom, Ekphoron, and Vidya-Nyaika; and three Laws of Ens, Movens, and Om; and the secret wc wcrk rk connected there with. The Objects of the Pantognomos, in organizing t h e branchess are explai explained ned fr from om the Genii Genii of Reli Religion gion stand three branche point. Power belongs to hi him m who knows. H e who has correct concepts of Natu Nature re knows.'' M a n is Nature risen up to look a t herself. '' There must exist somewhere a light fo forr gu idanc guid anc e of man ; I wi will make myse myself lf bold an and d seek out a new law.'' Happiness comes to him who does a s well as he knows. Pantognomos Pantogno mos has a great wor work k to perform. A syst system em of upon those facts wh whic ich h have been accu accu·· Culture based entirely upon r:ltely determined, and are well understo understood. od. An Adep t said said : Emerson said that Goethe said that Plato satd C u l t u r ~ . Plato believed that there existed an absolute and ideal Good aim .  A magnificent syste system m of phibsophy. Our e i n g < ~ end and aim. A which wi will ll be mani manifest fested ed in the inevitab inevitable le futur futuree of of YAVEH. A College Esoteric is now in process of formation. Further information inform ation may may be had by addressing PROTOGNOMOS, care of the Esoteric Fraternity, Appiegate, Calif. THE COMMONWEALTH OF JESUS.

Believing that the fundamental principles of the li life fe,, death and teachings of Jesus Christ are the essential conditions condit ions of perfection in human soci society, ety, and that the present degenerate age demands such a demonstration of the truth and power o( resurrection, ion, as will convince the t he ske skepti ptic, c, the materialist His resurrect and the luke-warm Christian, that H e is the same Immanuel yesterday, today and forever, and that the fai faith th of the Son of God is still on earth (in us), and thatfai/h is able to conquer every fo foe, e, especially esp ecially tha thatt hideous mons monster ter P Q f / ~ r l y , with its legion of (d) evils, we do hereby unite in one co operative body for the purpose of practically demo demonstra nstrating ting the above prorosition. Art Arthur hur W. Do Dowe, we, San Francis Francisco, co, Calif Calif.. , is a t the head.

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117 ORDER OF S . S. S. AND BROTHERHOOD OF Z Z. R. R. Z. Z.

T h e Hidden Way Across the Threshold i s the text-book. of this Order in the Wes:. The autho r of it is a student and a medium for occult forces, and his union and intercourse with of the East, the Adepts of many lands, Dervishes and Lam mas of enable ena bled d hi him m to furnish some very valuable va luable information co n· cerning the mystries of the occult world. The author dedicates the volume T o him whose tender affection is like a mother's, •• The Count A . de G ., Hierophant of the Order, S S . S . The significant inscri inscription ption on a the cube of the cream whi white te stone presented to the Order of the Z Z , by by a Mexica Mexican n chief is: The Torch of Love is the Secret o f the Soul.

• Love, wit ith h Wisdom, is th e secre secrett of of Liie Liie.. T h e torch of Life is fed by the oil of Lov Lovee .  Neither height nor depth can measure the possibilities of the human soul. These are some o f the concepts t h a t stirs wi with thin in us, and points out the way . The Mexican cube, says tradition, is of great antiquity, was one of of the chief sto stones nes in the alta a ltarr of Teocall Teocallis. is. and that it was The s ~ l is a circle, compose composed d of three cobras cobras,, divided into three pans by three swasti swastikas kas also enclosed

in three circl es; and within this larger circle is tw two o equi equilate lateral ral t r i a n g l ~ c ; inter inter·· laced, a whi white te one poin pointin ting g to the zenith zenith,, a black one to the nadir; above the circle, All things come from within, and below it S. S. S . hidden way is the mystery whi which ch The hath been hidden from the foundation of the world . The wise will understand. with T h e r e will I meet thee and commune with thee. The School of Ora Oracl clee is illus i llustrat trated ed wi with th a fu full ll pag pagee frontispiece cut represtnting the Oracle a t Delphi. The Orient forr this cou countr ntry y is Boston, Mass. o f the Order fo ORDER OF THE WHITE ROSE.

The objects of this Order are to establish a Universal Re-

ligion, generically designated the Spiritual Movement.

t

does

not occupy the place or sphere of any other kindred organiza· organiza · tion. Any graduate of the College of Physical Sciences o r member of the Order can organize a Chapter where such reApplication Applic ation fo forr members memb ership hip in the Main Order must b e s i d ~ presented through an official channel, o r addressed to J. C . F . Grumbine, 24 Strathmore Road, Brookline, Mass. I t was organized in Syracuse, N.Y., about 1 9 0 0 ,

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118 THE ORDER OF THE

FIFTEEN.

This Order primarily emphasizes a statement in italics, thus : " We are a re not conne connected cted,, in any wa way, y, wi with th the ou oute terr or inner wiJrk of any organi organizatio zation n on on the ea eart rth h plane.' " Nevertheless, we ~ t n d for Truth wherever found. our motto bein being, g, ' By their

The Order has no constitution or fruits ye shall know them.' by-laws, no officers (except the Secretary ' , no pledges, and no dues, and does not restrict a mem member' ber'ss activit activity y in any other society or organization . All that is nece necessa ssary ry fo forr membe member· r· ship in this Order is " to express a sincere desir desiree fo forr help in your efforts to climb the heights.'' Humanity is not yet ready to be int intrus rusted ted wi with th til tilee knowledge of the perso personalit nalities ies o f the agents through whom the instructions are g i v n ~ and it has been considered best that for the present they remain incogn ito to.. Those who are athirst for the Living Waters will drink ftom the stre st ream am ; those th ose wh who o are not will pass it by by.. " The Great White Lodge, Lod ge, like like the cosmos, is div dividt idt:d :d into seven degrees degre es o r grades of matter, matt er, lnd all all the wor work k must be thro through ugh Deg Degree reess and Orders correspondingly. This is the geomet geometrical rical plan of crea· tion and hence evolution fo foll llow owss this orde o rder. r. Eac Each h deg degree ree has

(but eight step seven Steps is or divided Orders Orde rsinto stepss .in We the are fourth degree) The century four quarters four quarters. in the eighth. yearr of the firs yea firstt quarter, quarte r, and " No Master Mas ter of wis wisdom dom fr from om the East will appear ur send any one to Euro Europe pe o r America till after 197 1975" 5" - the begin beginning ning of the fourt fourth h q:.t .tar arffer er.. The four quarters correspond wi wi th the fo four ur seasons, Spri ng beginni beginning ng with 19 1900 00,, the growing time (til (tilll 1925), 192 5), cau causin sing g great creative activity in the psychic world. world . Madame Blavatsky came in 1875 and she w a s The Sower,"and for 5 years sowed. sowed . The E . S. was materialized in 1888, developing much fruit . For further information as to the '' Teachings of the Order of 15,'' address, F . Homer Curtiss, 3639 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, P a . BROTHERHOOD O F THE HOME SILENT THOUGHT •.

The brotherhood wass developed wa produced produc ed itsdeceased). light in Chicago, Ill. , in 1902, Ill., by Ernestand Loomis (now There are 2 degrees, se\•en of which are exoteric and five are esoteric.. The members are endeavo esoteric endeavoring ring to to unlock the latent powers tha t are withi within n themselve themselvess and thereby reveal the ''Kingdom of Heaven.'' The initial publication is ·· ·· Powers of Heart Culture Cooperative Thought to Produce Results" was its organ . 49th Street and Calumet Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

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119 THE TANTRIK ORO.:R

~

AIIIERICA.

' ' T h e International Journal of the Tantrik Order, furr.ish es the off offici icial al infor informati mation on of this cu cult lt and its American Branch. T h e 1 e exists a large number of edu educat cated ed minds wh whic ich h take the delight delig ht itruths n the wisdo wi m of the Ancie Ancients nts and strange ofsdom the world's oldest oldes t rel religi igion onin; to tpromoting o them we are quite sure the demo demonstr nstrated ated fact factss will play their part in the work--along lines laid down by experienced men. work I n Re. Fifth Veda. Theory and Practice of Tantra. is the leader, being a critic critical al analysis. " This Tantrik science is the essenc ess encee of the Vedas, Ved as,"" says Mii Miiller ller.. Tantrik Worship, the Basis of Religion," the second article. man desti destitute tute of sacred knowledge is indeed, a child. The Tantrik documc.;nt used by initiates since A. D. 2 0 0 is given in the Jo Journ urnal al.. " As a te ar fro from m heaven he has been dropped dro pped into the Ocean of of the Tantrik Brotherhood on Earth. Om mani padme Om Pierre Arnold-Bernard, is Primate of the Tantrik Order in America. Narendra Nath Dutt (Vivekananda, Swami), a Vanl achari Tantrik, Indian Division o r 3° Tantrik Order, American

Division. Warren n Tornes, Secretary, Mosooo This copyPas ofcal t h eWarre Journal is Vol. V, No. St. 1 . Louis, EditionMo for the Ameri American can Branch. Quarto Quarto,, pp. 190. Robert I mile, New York, 1906. ANCIENT ORDER

OF

FREE BUILDERS.

The A. 0 . F . B. wa wass re-instituted on Sept Septembe emberr 8, 1905, by the Representatives of the Exalted Temple. A Proclama Proclamation tion

was duly issued to the members which is here given : T o All the Rich and Poor Poor,, Kings and Pote P otenta ntates tes : T o all the nations that these Presents may Com Comee : Be it known that we the Ancient Order of Free Buil Builders ders do extend to all good believe ve in the Fath F atherh erhood ood of God and the and true men who belie Brotherho Broth erhood od of Man, and are wil willi ling ng to obey the Ancient cus toms of our Fraternity and abide by its Laws and Usages and comi ng in in the bumble spiri spirit, t, to such is exte extende nded d the protection and Charity that characterizes us as Free Builders Builders.. DR. JuAN ANTJGA 38 t;: . Exalted Master of the Temple (Mexico, D. D . F.). DR. R. S. CLYMER 38 t;: . Exalted Rec(Jrded ~ A l l e n t o w n Pa.).'' There are 38 degrees, divided into four Temples ; and part of these are conferred only in in the Supreme Temple. Addresss Addres Dr. Ira L. Keperling, E. M., Beverly, Richland Center, Pa.

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120 THE SECRET O ~

E i t

OF EGBO.

new even to those who who keep in This Order is in name quite new close communi communion on to the incoming now orde orderr of things. This peculiar system depends entirely upo upon n the religious beliefs of the people, people, upo upon n wh which ich rests their governmen government, t, acti acting ng through

this the .Order of Egbo. They are practically Spiritualists, and believing that all who who die here her e live in another sphere, and be come good or evil, wit with h power to comm communic unicate ate wit with h and act directly upon those who live here, and such have their mediums who act as oracles and promulgate the systems of signals by certain certai n sounds. No ev evil il can harm a person unless he does wrong.. In this belief the people ar wrong aree fir firmly mly convi convinced, nced, an and d the power lies in this Secret Order. I t is composed of Lodges c f various degrees of powe powerr and dignity, according to the rank and wealth o f its members. The Supreme Lodge consists of kings, princes, and higher chief chiefs. s. Sir Richard Burton Burton,, the the English traveler, savant, and lingu linguist, ist, became me somewhat familiar wi with th the peculiar ritual and an d the wh beca descen ded fr from om the ancient chants, judged that the Egbo is descended Freem Fr eemast ast>n >nry ry of Egypt and Abys Abyssinia sinia.. Strict obser observance vance f a member breaks a of the ritual is emphatic emphatically ally ordered. law or misuse law misusess a symb1l he wi will ll soon betr be tray ay him him.;e .;elf lf un unle less ss he survives surviv es the ordeal wit with h repe repentan ntan ce and mu much ch self-composure. The Order is strong on the West of Africa bord borderi ering ng on the Gulf of Guinea. I t has alr alread eady y been voiced in the American press for the information of of those who who can discern the signs of the times. times . The se seal al co cont ntai ains ns th thee fu fund ndam amen ental talss - a six sixtee teen n celled squar squaree doubly doubly encircled, encircled, the th e enclosure of the two circles and the square each containing four Hebrew words.

MODERN ORDER OF THE CIIALDEANS.

The Modern Orde r of the Cha Chalde ldeans ans wa wass organized in a newspaper office a t Brownsburg, Ind., in 1888. I t is fraternal

and benef beneficial, icial, and is broadl broadly y founded founded on the universality of

mankind. t was organized for the purpose of giving the more common laborer an opportunity for protection at a quite mod· erate expense. The chief of offic ficer er is style s tyled d Grand Illumina tor. The work and discipline are quite different from that practiced in other secret societi societies. es. that at its off officer icerss t is stated th are ra ratt her d.esirous esirous of perfection o f its system of wor work k th than an a large membership and following.

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121 THE ORDF:R O F T H E SACRED HEART.

The announcement for the propaganda of this Order is not dated, but it comes from the Pacific coast. The prefac e says : A s yet this Order has no Rules, no Ini Initia tiatio tion n fee fees, s, no no fo forrmal ito rwi b e entire Its cannot ceremonial rules willtrust freedom, for will ll have noInitiations. members memb ers who in Gocl. Its Initiation fee feess are the voluntary service of each one to the same beneficent ends. Its Initiations are the sacred and private ones that must come to each before h e o r she wi will ll eve r dre am of entering upon service. Some of its its recognitions are here given: That I will recognize the Solar Plexus as the heart of man physically, and that I will work for its supremacy over the head. That I will recognize the world a s a grand man, a living being, and Palestine a s the center of the Solar Plexus thereof. That I will recognize as the central and true heart of love the realization of the androgynous 9r primal state of man. That I wiii recognize a s the heart of truth, Intuition, and make m y motto of life to be that wise saying, K n o w Thyself. I will recognize a s the heart of history the will of God acting through the higher self of the individual. The heart of joy toward which I dil dilll ever st sttt ive from from within, rather than from without, until I shall have entered Nirvana. Such are some o f the rungs of the ladder to be climbed. h ~ forewords of the Order i signed by George Chainey, but the address of. the headquarters is not yet divulged. (This Order is not t o be confo confounded unded wi with th the School of Interpretation,'' presided over by Rev. George Chainey, a t Williams Bay, Wis.) ORDER OF CHYLENA AND ETHIOPIA.

This order wa wass founded by Alber Albertt Stale Staley, y, in Philadelphi Philadelphia, a, P e n n , in 1879· The manual is called The Standard United States Guide, bound in a thin duodecimo. The Order has "~: :

'Five Poi Points nts uf Its Fellowship, Fellowshi p, given from Evangel the true and Pluribus Unum Evan Point. flag bears the legend, Philosophy of Universal Life geline in six pointed sta rs. appears to be the chief funda,mental tenet, and the lost world o f the temple a s an element. element. Ethiopia, she is the bride; Chylena, he is the redeemer. The l-Am seems to be the You see this sacred heart; the outline shows you that 1, says Chylena. ·

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THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE WHITE STAR .

The Brotherhood of of the White White Star, or Or Order der of of St. John of

Jerusalem, is announced in a handscme pamphlet to be a Pyth· agorean Schcol of Prophets, of the New Jewish Empire. Empire . ''The Chu rch of the Bride or Temple of of the Sun " is to to be the org organ an of the New Empire. Empire . The Word wh whic ich h shall come to sa\ sa\'e 'e the the World shall be uttered by a Wom Woman an . (Referring to Anna Kingsford in T h e Perfect Way.") The Mother Messiah and the Celestial Hierachy has come . Triumplzalii s Extalis. ) The Triumplzal work of this Order is vouchsafed to Moth Mother er Alice of Sk Skyla yland, nd, California . The White Star signifies the Santa Cruz County, California. Mercurean Sphere or Virgin Soul (Mother). There are three degrees, a year for each degree, and their names are Saturn, F.arth, and Sun." R e Terrestia will be the name of the Home Station Station.. " I Secun Secundus dus,, Jesu Maria, Christus of the Fourth Fou rth Day, bid thee enter the Beautifu Beautifull Gate of the Holy H oly Land .'.''' One hundred Lunar Cycles completed the' the' firs firstt r goo yea years, rs, and their new kalendar \.,egan with 1 9 1 ; hence hence,, this announce· ment is chronicled as Tebeth 1, 111). The seal is Saint Andrew's cross X ) in a circle . The edict of regulations , sixteen pages, double columns, in an Hebrew books. books .

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ORDER OF TH ;; TEMPLE ARTISAY:..

The organization The Temp Temple, le, the members of whi which ch belong

by evolutionary right to a certain Degree of Cosmic 'Life, which Degree is ap-ain subd ivi vide ded d into seve seven n Orders, Order s, in the con contin tin uation and expansion of the word of the Masters revivified in this country, a quarter of a century ago by certain chelas or disciples. The Masters are the guardians of Ancient Wisdom and Know). edge, and the work of The Temple is to cultivate and embody the highest highest principles of all such such endeavors in one stupendous living organic whole. I t is the common common belief tha t the fires fires o f the altar altarss of the Ancient Temples Temp les have been permitted to die are out; but true;o fthat who of know say this is notdoors they hidden fromthose the view the "masses . The The Tern· pie of the Mysteries' ' once more swing outward . When a n Apprentice Appren tice or Craftsman to to any Degree has fini finished shed hi hiss term of service and bas mastered all all its details he is recognized by the Master Builder. Builder. The official organ is The Temple Artisan monthly, completing eight volumes with June, 1908 1908.. Address Oceano, Calif. Calif. Behold I give unto thee a key," ( .

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123 THE SOCIETY OF THE EVERGREENS.

The prime object in life is to Jearn Jearn to thi think nk n >nen ent, t, Sountlvittu is publ publishe ished d fo forr the

delect ation of the appreciative and the conversion of the un delectation wary. I t is so named because it is is edited and published on Puget Sound, and endeavor endea vorss to give sound views views on all topics. Twelve numbers a year, and $r.o), membership fe feee secures the magazinelet. No othe r fe fees es are connecte connected d wi with th membership . Requ Re quir irem emen entt is to think al alll yo you u ca can n an and d the be5 be5tt yo you u can, Ji Jive a s lon long g as yo you u can and the best yo you u can and rn rn1k 1kee the ann annual ual pilgrimage pilgri mage,, if you can. Life ma may y grow swe sweete eterr ea each ch year year.. Alll annual members are recorded in the Green Bo Al Book ok,, and the perennial memiJers in the Red or Degree Book ; while all who manifest sufficient interest to secure sample copies o r indi· cate a desire to to kno know. w. ar aree place placed d in the Bl Blue ue Bo Book, ok, till su such ch time as they may decide to advance to be recorded in the Gre¢n Book and thus become Progressive, or Perennial, Evergreens. Evergreens . FRATERNITY DI\'INE COMMONWEALTH,

ORDER OF ESQUIRES.

This Fra Fratern ternity ity was organiz organized ed as a Hom Homee fo forr the Workers· The Master Workman says in his add addre ress ss to the worl world d that The Order of Esquires F. D. C. seeks to surplant the pseudo· charitable institutions by establis establishing hing one that is self self-supp -support· ort·

ing, and aims to unite men an and d wo wome men n in in a close bro brothe therh rhood ood of right nses in secular affairs, regardless of rat:e, color, o r previous condition, o r religious cu cult. lt. We aim to unif unify y all movements moveme nts that seek to upli uplift ft fa fall llen en humanity into one Divine Fraternal whole. The Frat Fraterni erni ty Divin Divinee Commonwealth was to blend into the Kingdom of Heaven Among Men.

The advan advance ce pronounce pronouncement ment is signed by Henry He nry Elton, M. M. W. of Zion's Commandery, F. D C . , Chic.1go, 1904. Their organ was an eight·page she sheet et announcing the details. We have not heard from the organization since 1 9 0 ~ and therefore opine that the Kingdom has not yet been ushered in.

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THE INITIATES OF THIBET. The Initiates of Thibet have an Oriental Esoteric C e n tu , under obedience to the Supreme Esoteric Council, a t 1443 Q Street, N. W. Washington, D . C. whi which ch is conc ucte ucted d for fo r the aid of those seeking a knowl knowledge edge of the Easter u Wisdom. The Supreme Council of the Adepts or Mahatmas resides • where it desires, and possesses powers still unknown in the West, but has it Center of Action in the North of Thibet. This Council has it Inspectors in the West, a s in the East, t o see th a t The Law of the Lotus'' be not reve revealed aled to to the profane. T o go forwar forward, d, ever forw forward, ard, and ever higher. higher."" T o Think is to Create Create,, to Create is is t o Love, and to Love is to Live. The propaganda of the The Initiates is T h e Radiant Truth,'' and under that device they say they wi will ll proc proceed eed with their Venerattd Master, DR. SARAK " forward, ever forward," and in.. due time Tlze Radiant ruth will appear as a R eview. in " Strong in our Right, invested with the p w ~ r s bequeathed t o u s by Him who had the power to give them, w e initiate here in the Capital of the United States." They claim t o receive their powers from from the Supreme Council of the Mahatm Mah atmas as of of Thibet.

Among the are Seven the globe, the sun, the tau, tsau, the the kneph, chakra, chakr a, symbols and Abrak. Esoteric Members Member of the Coun-

cil reside in Washington, D . C . Address for information Librarian, H 3 Q Street, N. W.

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CONCATENATED ORDER OF HOO HOO. The Hoo Hoos are a Western organization, forme formed d by The Supreme Nint-." The Snark of the Uni Univer verse se is William Eddy Barnes, St. Louis, Mo. The succeeding officers are designated Senior Hoo, Junior Hoo, Bojum, Scrivenoter, Bundersnatch, Custocatian, Arcanoper, and Gurdon. There are also Vice gerent Snarks for each State and territory. The Order was or ganized in 1g91 at Kansas City by nine traveling lumbermen, detained there on a