The Aryan Race (AMORC, 1940)

AMORC TRADK MARK 

Supplementary Monograph PRI NTEO IN U .8 . A .

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THE ARYAN RACE The Course of of Pol itic al Development.

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The political development of G-reece and Rome is of interest in this connection, as ind ica tin g one of the the two natural me thods of unfold ment  me nt^o ^of f the Ar ya n system. It is the deve de velo lo pmen pm en t due to the in flue fl uenc nce e of city life as contrasted with that arising from the agricultural condition. Its pure set disp lay is that seen in Attica. Rere we hav e to do wit h a eea-going commer cial people, i ndustr ial in habit, habit, except

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un der his lav/s ga in ed increased, or at least be tter define d, rights, and bec becar arae ae an elective, a legi slative, slat ive, and to some exte nt a gover ning body body. . But the the bottom of the difficul ty was not touc hed by by these reforms, and could not be while the gent ile fa milie s hel d all po pov/er. The final refonn was that made by Cleist henes (509 (509 B.C.). He divi ded  the people on a strictly territorial basia, without regard to their ties of kin kinclr clred. ed. Abo lishi li shi ng -t -the four anci ent Ionio tribes, he for me d  ten new tribes tribes, , whi ch inc lud ed all the fre eme n of Attica. The territor y was divide d into into a hundred deces or township townships, s, care care being taken that the dem es of each each tribe should not be be adjacent. It was

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in GG-reece, we fin d the peopl e gr adua lly risi ng in power, power, and the gove rnm ent becor becorai aing ng a more a nd more de cla red democracy, though the struggle was here a ver y bitter and prot rac ted one one. . It was fin fina.ll a.lly y  br ough ou ght t to an end by the inor in ordi di nate na te grow gr owth th of the army arm y and an d of the  powe  po wer r of its leaders lea ders, , by wh om a v igor ig orou ous s de sp otis ot ism m w as establish estab lished. ed. In G-re G-reec ece, e, however, the pow er of the people peop le gr ew rapidly, all arist ocratic aut hori ty quic kly dis disap appe pea. a.re red, d, and a dis pos iti on manife sted  itself to combine the several minor states into a confederacy, with a general democratic government. government. The antique Aryan system was here exex-

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sir siraple apler r and more central!zed, and being one to whic h wa r ad ded  strength, rose firs fi rs t to pov/er, and in some sta tes dev elop el op ed into a degree of absolutism, though its lack of control of the religious estáb ilshment prev ent ed it from beco becora rain ing g complete ly autocratic. But the demo crat ic idea, idea, though slow er in its de ve lo pm en t, neve r died out, out, ñor did the subjection of the people ever extend beyond their bodies to the ir min ds and souls. souls. The eventual ev entual supr emac y of of deraoc deraocrac racy y v/as inevitabl e. In every era of peace it gai ne d vigor, an d to the extent that peace became the prevailing rule its demands grew more energetic and its victorles more decided. decided. At present it it has risen into into complete

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slav ery of the Ori ent al systenf. Every Eve ry effort of the ki ng s to to seize spiritual author ity has failed, failed, the spirit of of democracy has steadily grown, and the promi se is that ere man y cen turi es not a trace of absolutism will be left on Furopean soil.  Ar ya n poli po li tica ti cal l ev olut ol utio ion n h as everyv/h everyv/here ere follov/ed follov/ed the same gene ge nera ral l direction; but its rapidity has been greatly affected by the conditions of society. society. Un der de r the civic insti in sti tuti tu tion ons s of of G-re G-reeo eoe e and Rome, democracy, territorial división of the people, and private ownership of land early appeared; v/hile with the agricultural but warlilte

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THE ARYAN RACE The Development of Language Language formed the clew through whose aid modern research traversed  the the Aryan labyrinth,— that that mysterio mysterious us time-vei time-veiled led región región in which so  man y wo nd er s lay conceale conc ealed. d. It cannot, indeed, inde ed, be do ub te d that even eve n  wi th out ou t the ai d of lang la ngua uage ge this thi s hi ad en pr ob le m of the pa st v/oul /ould d have ha ve  be en in part pa rt solved. We ha ve al re aay aa y shown show n that the Ar ya ns have ha ve mu ch in coramon besi des their speech. speech. Thei r ind ustr ial relations, their

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of a seri series es of of ex pedi ents It has bee n ada pte d to the the ne eds of a peopl e of active literary tendencies. Philologists are generally satisfied that man first spoke in monosyllables, each each of v/hich conv eyed some some gen era liz ed Informatio n. The sentence h ad not yet bee n devi sed, sed, ño r even the phrase; and langua ge consisted of isola ted e xcl ama tio ns, or root-words, root-words, each of which told  its own story, while no endeavor was made to analyze the Information conveyed into its component eleraents.

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dialects. Why it was not adop ted by them, them, is an an intere sting question, question, of whic h a possible solution may be offered. The study of Chínese indícates that its original vocabulary was a very lim ite d one. one. The language seems seems to possess but but about five hundred original words. But each of these ha s several dist inc t mea, mea,ni ning ngs. s. The ancestors of the Chinese people would appear tó have made each of thei th eir r ro ot -w or ds perf perfor orra ra a v/ide ran ge of duties, ln st ea d of devisdev ising new wor ds for new thoughts thoughts. . To advance beyond thls primitive stage stage either an extensión of the vocabulary or sorae less simple expedíent

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 A Chín Ch ínese ese wo rd stan st andi ding ng alone alo ne ha s no gr am ma ti ca l limita lim ita tion. tio n. It ma y  be noun, vero, adject adj ective ive, , or ad vero ve ro at pleasu ple asure. re. Its sense is as indefinite as that'of the English v/ord "love," which may be'used at  wil l as verb, noun', or adject adj ective ive. . This genera,lism of sense, foun fo und d in some some English words, is common common in Chínese Chínese words. The special special meanin£  wh ic h each eac h v/ord is inte in tend nded ed to con vey ve y depe de pend nda a upon up on its posi po si ti on in the sentence. sentence. Every change in its its rel ati on to to the other words of the sentence gives it it a new sense or gram matic al meaning. Chínese gram mar, therefor ther efore, e, is all syntax. There The re is no rhe tori to rica cal l fr ee do m in the arrangement of words into into sentences. sentences. They must be place d according to

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The inordinate length to v/hich words thus tend to grow is somewhat reduced reduc ed by an expedient expedie nt of contractioh. In forming the compound compou nd v/ord  the whole of the the partióle is not used, used, but only its significant significa nt portion tion. . Thus the Algonki Algo nkin n word-sen word -sentence tence naühol naüh olln lnee een, n, "bring us the canoe," is made up of na n a t e n , "to bri br in g;" amochol~ 11oanoe;" i, a euphonic letter; letter; and an d neen, neen, "to "to us.n us .n Savage tribes generally display an inability to think abstractly or to for m abstract words, words, their langua ges in this respect agreeing  with  wi th the Amer ica n. A Soc iet y Isla nder, nde r, fo r insta nce, can ca n say " d o g ’s

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THE ARYAN RACE The Dev elo pme nt of Langua ge.

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 All this ln dica di ca tes te s a ve ry pr im itiv it iv e stage stag e of lang la nguag uag e, in v/hi v/hich ch e ver y expression had its imraedlate and local application, and each utterance told its whole stor story. y. There was no divisi ón of of thought into sepárate  parts.  part s. In the adva ad vanc nce e of thou th ough ght t me n go from fr om the id ea "d o g” to that tha t of "dog's tail," tail," and from that to "dog's tail wags." They could not think of an action by itself, but could think of some object in action.

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having havi ng gained gain ed a new purpose purpo se or signl fic ance. an ce. In some some of these languages each verbal root may be made to express an extraordinary variety of shades shad es of meani me ani ng by the the aid of suffixes. In the the Turkis Tur kish h each root yf yfelds about fifty fi fty deri de rive ved d forms. Thus if we take the root sev, sev,  whic  wh ich h has ha s the genera gen eral l mean me anin ing g of "loving," "lov ing," we may ma y obtain obt ain such com poun  po unds ds and se v- me k, "to love;" sey-m_ sey-m_e-m e-mek, ek, "not to love;" love; " sev-dir sev- dir-mek -mek, , "to "to cause to love;" sevse v- ln -m ek , "to love lov e one's self;" and so so on. on. By a continued addition of suffixes we arrive at such a cumbrous com poun  po und d as se v- 1sh1s h- dlrdl r- 11 -e -m e-me e- me k, "not to be capabl cap able e of bein be ing g made to lov love e one one another♦ Tenses Tenses and and moods moods are are indicated indicated in the same same  manner.  manne r. An d there ther e is a second, indi in dire rect ct conjuga con jugation tion, , ba se d on the

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The cominon characteristic of Semitic and Aryan speech is their power of verbal variation. There is is no tend ency to to preser ve the integri ty of forra of the ir words, words, as in oth er lingu ist ic types. The root readily rea dily varies; and this var ia tio n is is not euphonic, bu t indica tes a change of of  meanin  mea ning. g. Simi Si mila la r va ri at io ns take tak e place pl ace in the suffixes, suffi xes, part pa rt icul ic ul ar ly in Aryan speech; speech; and the word-corap word-corapound ound is we ld ed into a s ingle persi stent word, wor d, whose who se elerae eleraents nts cease ceas e to rer reraa aain in dist di st in ct in thought. though t. But aside from this common princ ipie of inflection, the Semitic and Aryan languages differ widely in character, character, and display no other signs signs of of relationship.

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 wo rd -c om po un dl ng is so litt li ttle le us ed that it p er ha ps form fo rmea ea no part par t of the original linguistic idea, but is of later introduction. To so great an extent do the vowels of the Semitic root change, and  so persi sten t are the the consonants, that the the latte r are are cons ider ed as as the actual root, there being no basic root-forms with persistent vowel or vowels. A Semi tic root thus usua lly consists of three con sonants, sonants, and changes its signi ficance v/i v/ith eve ry va riat ion in the vocaliza tion of of these consonants. consonants. There is is some some reas on to belie ve that that originally the roots contained two consonants only; but at present the three consonants are almost invariably present.

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the Semitic family. family. Hany of their roots are are si milar to to Semitic roots, roots, and in gramm atical structure structure there are marked traces of Semitic affinity. Yet there there are cha ract eris tics diff erin g from the Semitic. Semitic. It may he that the two types of speech were derived from a single source and have developed somewhat differently. The The Egyptian language is monosyllahic, and its forms are almost as rigid and archaic in structure as those of the Chinese. This mon osy lla bil ism has been traced by some some writ ers to to a Nigr iti an source. source. The mon osyl lahi c character pertains to several of the Negro languages; and the fact that their vocabularies differ from the Egyptian proves nothing,since savage vocabularies often change with great rapidity.

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THE ARYAN RACE The Deve lopm ent of Language.

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In the Hongo lian. langua ges root -inflec tion faile d to to appear, and the the  princi  pri ncipie pie of wo rd -c om po un di ng took too k its place pla ce as the ordi or di na ry expedien expe dient. t.  We have hav e tr ac ed this thi s lin e of de ve lopm lo pm ent en t of lang la ngua uage ge thro th roug ugh h its arrested stage stage in Chinese, Chinese, and its its unfoldmen t in American and Hongolian spee speech ch, , to its its culmlnatlon in Aryan, — a linguistic type type which seems seems to be in direct continuity with the Hongolian agglutinátive method.

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in English speech, but it is also strongly declared in the Latín derivative languages, in modern Persian and Hindú, and to some extent in modern mod ern Greek Gre ek and Cer Cernía nían. It appears app ears to have met m et wi th most mos t re si stance in Slav onic speech, speech, in wh ich the synthetic t ende ncy has vigorously retained its ascendency. In all the ancient Aryan tongues the use of word-corabinatlon for grammatical expression was vitally active active. . Highl y complex languages aróse, which are often spoken of v/ith an admiration as if they had  attained the perfection oflinguistic structure, and as if modern languages were barbarous in comparison. comparison. And yet they are superior

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forward in the the evolution of of language language had been gained. gained. As in ancient  wr itin it ing g the char ch arac acte ters rs at flrst fl rst expr ex pr esse es sed d ideas, then the n wor w or ds and syllables, lables, and fina lly alphabe tic sounas, so thought became divi ded into its prime elements, and instead of spoken.words expressing complete ideas, ideas, as in Ame ric an speech, speech, or sectional pa rts of ideas, ideas, as in agagglutinative and early inflectional speech, they became reduced into the compon ent elements of ideas. ideas. A sort of Chemical analy sis of of thought though t ha d taken place. Tho ught ugh t had, had, if we ra raay so exp ress re ss it, it, been reduced to its alphabetic form. This, This, the the highest, and probab ly the final, final,

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valueless, valueless, and kept what was val uable In inflectional speec speech, h, adopting an analytic expedient wherever available, available, though freely using the  prin  pr incip cipie ie of synthe syn thetic tic comb co mbin inat atio ion n of words wor ds wher wh ere e the la tt er yield yi eld ed  the advantage.It advantage.It stands in the foref ront of ling uist ic development,  po sses ss esse sed d of the best bes t of the oíd and an d the new, ha vi ng cer tain ta in link li nks s of affinity with every cultivated type of language that exists, rid of all use less les s and cumb cumber erso sorae rae forms, yet poss ess ed of a flexibili flex ibility, ty, a  ming  mi ngle led d softne sof tness ss and vigo vi gor r of tone, a rich ri chnes ness s of voc abular abu lary, y, and a  powe  po we r of expr ex pres essi sing ng deli de licat cate e shades shad es of thought, thoug ht, in w hi ch it is sur pa ss ed by none, and equa eq uall lled ed by few fe w of exist ex ist ing langua lan guages. ges.

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"sung." In this resp re spect ect the Teut Te uton onic ic rn rnakes an appr oac h to the Sera Serait itic ic  me th od of inf lect ion, ion , tho ugh ug h the pri ncip nc ipie ie with wi th it is prob pr obab ably ly of re  cent origin. origin. Of the the Lett o-S lavi c group, the Lithu ania n is mark ed by a highl y archaic structure. In some some few points its gra mmar is of older type than even even the Sanscrit. The Slavonic dial ects are are charact erized   by pho net ic and gramrnatical gramrnatical comp co mple lexi xity ty and a g rea t powe po wer r of form fo rming ing agglut inativ e compounds. compounds. The indic ati on of langua ge is that the the Slavonians have been the least exposed to foreign influence, and are the nearest to the primitive Aryans and to their probable Mongolian ancestors, of any sec tion of the race. As an instanc e, Say ce quotes from the Ru ian the two rds Bez bo "with out G d ” Thes be

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THE ARYAN RACE The Age of Philosophy The assertion that the Aryans are intellectually superior to the other races of mankind may be held as not proved by what we have yet relat ed concern con cerning ing them. them. In the grow th of the primit ive conaition s of religión, statecraft, industry, language, etc., there was no in dividual action. action. These were all results of of involunt ary evolution evolution, ,

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ized, ized, and their developme nt has been steadily progressive. This pro grese yet acti vely continúes; while there is no no hope for China, exexcept in a complete disruption of its antique system and a deep in fusión of of Arya n ideas ideas into into the Chinese intellec intellect. t. This general  Ar yan ya n sup erio er ior! r!ty ty is indi in dica cati tive ve of a h ighl ig hly y act ive and capabl cap able e in tel te l lect, lect, even though no no one mind exer cised cis ed a cont roll ing influence. The general mentality of the race, the gross sum of Aryan thought and  judgment, must have guided the course of Aryan evolution and kept our forefathers from those side-pits of stagnation into which all their compet itors fell fell During Dur ing its its primi tive era the Arya n race move d 

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and the the JBabylflnian. nian. As for the the America Amer ica n ci vi li za ti on s, the y viere  wh an dest de stro roye yed d still in the stage of mytholog myth ology. y. Everyw Eve rywher here, e, indeed,  m;  m;yUx>logy ap pear pe ars s as the resu re sult lt of the ear lie st effort eff ort oí the huma hu man n rnind ío exp lain lai n the the mys ter ies of the universe. unive rse. The forees fore es and forms for ms of Nature are looked upon as supernatural beings, with personal histories and man-like consciousness and thought. thought. This is but little displayed by the practical Chinese, who had not imagination enough to devise a mythology. \7e find it much more strongly man ifes ted by the Egyptians, who had much of the fervor of the Helanochroic fancy.

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this stage; the gods were l eft to the un ques qu esti tion onin ing g v/or v/orsh ship ip of the  people, and an d thin th inke kers rs be ga n to devise dev ise systems syst ems of phil ph ilos osop ophy hy outsi ou tside de the U n e s of the oíd mythology. The same same was wa s the the oase of India; India; but nothing that can be called a philosophy of the universe aróse among the the Semites. Semites. Certai n hig hly fancifu l cosmolo gical ideas were 'dev 'devis ised ed; ;  but  bu t the reli re ligi giou ous s syste sy stem m rema re main ined ed larg la rgel ely y in the heno he noth th ei st ic stage. Of the super ior gods of of the the oíd mythology, each Semitic natio n selected one as as its supreme deity, deity, or perh aps raised to this hon or its own divine a ncesto nce stor r after his ances tral significance h ad be becorae great ly dimmed. These Thes e supreme sup reme deit ies beca becarn rne e each the the Lord, the King, King, the

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a bright, wise, all bountiful spirit; Ahriman an evil and ¿ark Intelligence. Fr om the the beg inn ing an ant ago nism exist ed betw een t th hern, v'MT v' MTCl ClTw Twas as destined to to continué until the end end of ti time me. . Zarvan j a r a na next createa the visible v;orld, destined to last twelve thousand years, and to be the_seat of a terrible contest between the great deities of 11 g h t

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Ormuzd mani fest ed his power by cre ating the earth and the heavens, heavens, the stars and the planets, and the Fravashi, the host of bright spirits;  whil  wh il e Ahr Ahrima iman, n, hi his s equ equal al in Cr Crea eati tive ve ability, abilit y, pr prod od uc ed a darle worl world, d,

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THE ARYAH RACE The Age of Philosophy (Cont’d.) The Philosophlcal svstem of China is a curious one, which, however,  we can T> T>ut ut ver v er y b briefIy' riefIy'“ “de descr scrTb Tbe' e'. . con^triGous con^triGous d ev el op m en t , its antique basis being bei ng ln the myatical myat ical symbol symbol s of Fu-hi nar ch of some such du dubi biou ous s d date ate as 2 2800 800 3. C . ~l?hese" ~l?hese"'gy 'gyiirb iirbül^c ül^consi onsisted sted simply simpl y of a wh whol ole e and a divide divided d l lin ine, e, "c "cbK bKst stit itut utin ing g t th he diagra diagram m (— -)

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ideas seem seem exceedi exc eedi ngly obscure. obscure. Tao was the the unnamable , the empty, empty,  but in ex ha us t ib le ? the the Invi si ble» .belnjft and an d not be lng^, lng ^,.^h e ~ o rlgj rl gjn n of All Al l things thi ngs are born bo rn of being. Being is born ó f  n o^ 5 e i n g 7 All ^hinas origínate origínate from Tao. Tao. To Tao Tao all things thin gs return. Y,re have ha ve here a vag ue oo ncep nc epti tion on of of the emgna ti on  phi losoph los oph y. The creed cre ed of the fait fa ith h is based ba sed on the virt vi rtue ue of'T of'TSa SasssiyT si yTty ty-^ -^ No¿_to-Aety-tfi-ilxe. .saurjoe„,.a£__all p o w e r . T h e 'pas 'p as s iv e concon quers. quers. Pa &s ivity identl fies fie s one one w ith Tao, Tao, ar arfa yields the strength of _TaP _Ta P .tjQ the th e h e l i . e v . e i 7 A certairi f lavo avor"'o r"'or" r"Bt BtXd Xddh dhrr rrgf gffi fi pe p e r v a d e s this th is theory, theory, and it may have had its orig in in a prev ious know ledge led ge of the the

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eter et erni nity ty of Egy Eg y pti pt i a n tho t houg ught ht, , w e he h e r e ljso ljsok k Junto. thjg__.papt and_ an d_th the e fnt.nrg nf ~4>h ~4>hrot rottg tghh-a léns. lén s. of .elear .elear t r ansjD an sjDare arency ncy /  We have now to deal wi with th a th thor orou ough ghly ly pa pant nthe heis isti tic c do doct ctri rine ne of the veja ve jase se, ,— the abundant abunda nt fountain foun tain of all subsequeñt~ subsequeñt~paft paftthei theism. sm. In the..bofeijijitnfr-RvahTTia^.alone exis ex iste ted, d, — an allal l-pe perv rvad adin ing, g, self se lf-e -exi xist sten ent t e^s enc e, in whlch a l l t n l n g ,& b 1 a y '1ft the th e §eé&. §eé &. ' T h l s divi di vin ne  progen  pro genito itor, r, “Cf CftB tB^i ^ill llir iraT aTtá táhl hljS jS éss é sseh ehcé cé of deity, v/ v/il ille led d the un univ iver erpe pe int in to_ o__b _b.e .ein ing g fr from om h l a own ow n su subs bst' t'an ance ce, , create cre ated d the wate wa ters rs by b y meditati medit ation, on, and p la lace ced d in thern a ferti fer tile le seed, seed, v/ v/hi hich ch 'devel 'de velope oped d into a golde gol den n egg. egg. e

 AIíORC - Ro  AI Rosi sicr cruc ucia ian n Or Orde der r Lecture Number Ninety-Nine ROSICRUCIAN ANALYTICAL DISCUSSIONS

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For these many man y m&n ifesta ife statio tions ns of of the one eternal soul soul there was  but nne rnad t.n pimi  pimi r  i nafri) n n . Thls Thl s lay th throu rough gh subjectio subjec tion n of the sense se nses, s, purity of U f e , and- knowl edge of t the he de it y. ^ Á s c e t i o isiq,  mo-rtlf  mo-rtlflcaí lcaílon lon^o'f ^o'f the t he anima ani mal l .^ .^ps psti tinc ncts ts, , na natu tura rall lly y ar aros ose~ e~as as á^resu á^r esulltant of this th is do doct ctri rine ne." ." The vi virtu rtues es of te mperah mpe rah c e , gelf gel f -Cbnt -Cbntro rojL jL f an and  d  self se lf-r -re e st st rain raint. t. iu&r % h i g h e s t of h u ma m an § tt tt ai ai nm nm en e n ts t s . T o r e d u e e th e frg5K frg5K"" ""gn gncf cf exalt exa lt the soul was wa s the consta con stant nt effort eff ort "of the ascetic, an and  d  t^jw ean th-c-mind c-min d fyoauall fyoaual l care for the the things thin gs of this U f e wa was^ s^th the" e"" " true path p ath toward towa rd purif i catión. Finally, KHó wl wlé’ é’dg dg é ”b f -i -ihe he deity deit y coüld  coül d  com co me' ó n l y '"tfirougft' a d e e p study stud y óf the In Inst stit ituy uyes es of 'r e l i g i ó n r i g i S

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 AM  AMORC - Rosi Rosic crucia cian Or Order Leeture Number One Hundred and One ROSICRUCIAN ANALYTICAL DISCUSSIONS DISCUSSIONS

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The Aryan Race The Aryan Literature It is not our lntention to enter upon the task of a general review of the vast field of Aryan recorded thought, but merely to offer a compa rative statement of of the lite rary posi tion of^the several several racea o f t n cy yl l d em em r rg g'~'oT~tKe s u pe pe r rX X d nt n t y or or the~'A r y a n ln ln t e l l e c t . Literar y labor has been by no no means confined tó tnis'T&ce tnis'T&ce; ; Every  pe op le that tha t has ha s re ac he d the stag st age e of eve n an lm perf pe rfec ect t ci vi li zati za ti on has considered its thoughts worthy of of preservation, its heroes worth y of honor, its its deeds wort hy of of record record But so far as the intellectual

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ever that be, be, it cann ot be claim ed that e,l e,l£her in po etic et ic or arti sti c al2.ility it y Jtilfi. -Samli -Sa mlilc lc m l n d d i s p T g y é d any' an y'ex exal alte ted, d, .ep .epic ic pqw pq w §xg §x g . ‘So f a r as we are able to Judge of this wo'rJT wo'rJTrrom rrom íts scanty scant y remains, it is devoid of all that we are accustomed to consider literary merit, and  is full of hyperbolical extravagance. Of _the Sem Semltl ltlr» r» pfl pflap apf fi- indeed, indeed , the H ebre eb rews ws alon al one e pr o du c ed p oetr oe try y of of a high hig h gr&cle or merit. merit. Of this this Hebre w llté ll térá rátur tur é we shall ^péak ^pé ak mor e ftn.Ty farther on, and it must suffice here to say that none of it r eached eac hed the epic le ve l. It is, is, as a rule, rule, lyrlcal l yrlcal in tendency ten dency. . Hebr He brew ew lite l ite ra ture, ture, however, is not witho wit hout ut its heroic hero ic cha¿ cha¿*a *ant nter ers. s.  We find fi nd them in Noah, Samson, David, Daniel, Dani el, and othé ot hérs rs who might mi ght

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 pr es se d with wi th h ls sing single le arm up on the foe foe, , plun pl unge ged d in he roic ro ic fury fu ry six times into their midst, covered the regió n with de dead, ad, a nd regained  his army to to boast of his glor iou s explolts. explolts. It is a bomba stic and  inartistic production; but such as it is it seems to have struck the Egyp tian taste as as a wor k of wonder, and has been engr ave d on the walls of eeveral of the gre at temples of the the land land. . The most compi eTé cbpy of-i t is writt^ir writt^ir ór órT T a papyru pap yru s now in the B ritis h Museum. The remain ing antiqu e non-A ryan civilization, tha that t of China, China, is utterly vold of any epic product lons, either in the the ultí mat e oF^TrT^h e gSTOTT^ffié imagination necess&ry to work of this kind was wanting to the th e Chí Chíne nese se. . Their decided practical tendency is is abund antly shown

 AMOR  AMO RC - Rosi sic cru ruci cian an Order Lecture On One e Hundred and One ROSICRUCIAN ANALYTICAL DISCUSSIONS

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The style s tyle of this po poem em is of a hi high gh grade of merit, merit, and it takes a lo ft y"~ "~ra rank nk~~ ~~ám ámon ong g the wo work rka a of the hu huma man n imAglnati imAgl nation. on. In the flrst flr st twu "kecílohá th'er'é'Ts li litt ttle le of extr ex trav avag agan ant t fiction, ficti on, th thou ough gh in the third the beauty beau ty of lts -t -tte tesc scri ript ptío íons ns is marred marr ed by wl ld exaggeration exagg erations. s. It is evid ev iden entl tly y in the main ma in the nf> y\*n¿\ j   not a welding of several disjoi dis jointe nted d fragmente. There are few episodes, episodes, while the the whole latter portion is one unbroken narrative, and there is shown throughout an un varying vary ing skill skill and poetica poe tical l po powe wer r and facility. facility. It is credited to a single si ngle *^oeir, -V -Val almi miki ki, , This Thi s ñame slgn s lgnifl ifles es "white "whi te anthill anth ill," ," and it it is^very is^ very d oub tful If it repres enta a histor ioal personage. However that be be, , the Ramaya Ram ayana na is a homogeneo homo geneous us and strikin str iking g outcome of ancient thought.

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