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( U N I V E R S A L C A B L E A ND T E L E •

G R A P H A D D R E S S : A M O R C O )

R A D I O S T A T I O N ! W 6 H T B

L O N G D I S T A N C E T E L E P H O N E S

B A L L A R D 8 2 9 S , 8 2 9 6

THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER

Known as "THE ANCIENT, MYSTIC ORDER ROSAE CRUCIS" throughout the world

A Non -Sec tari an Fra tern ity Devo ted to the Inv estig ation and Stu dy of the High er Prin cipl es of Lifeas Found Expressed in Man and Nature

SUPREME TEMPLE FOR NORTH AMERICAR O S I C R U C I A N P A R K S A N J O S E . C A L I F O R N IA . U . S . A .

A Special Communication

to the Seeker of Light

Respected Seeker:

Perhaps you were curious when you wrote to us.

If so, we are pleased. Strange? No ; for curiosity is an

indication of the exciting of your interest. Like a magnetic

attraction, something pulled you toward the Rosicrucians. There

was a sympathetic bond even though but for a moment. It might have

been a word, read or heard, a leaflet received, or a public an-

nouncement seen. What concerns us both, NOW, you and ourselves,

is why the bond has not become stronger.

Having had your interest centered on SELFADVANCEMENT and

the method whereby you may attain MASTERSHIP OF LIFE, why have you

not availed yourself of these? No longer interested? Hardly. Our

fundamental interests do not change so easily. May we assume that your hesitancy in bringing into your life the profound and helpful

teachings of the Rosicrucians is for one of these three reasons:

1. That the claims of the Rosicrucians are pretentious

and extravagant. That the organization is not capable

of aiding the student in the way and with the means

proclaimed, and you are perhaps dubious.

2. That circumstances and conditions which seem uncon-

trollable are limiting you— limitations in finance, in

employment, lack of privacy, or doubt as to the neces-

sary time for the hourly period of study.

3. Perhaps you do not sense at the moment the ultimate

purpose of the Rosicrucian teachings. Do you ask

yourself these questions: "What will I accomplish

by the study of Rosicrucianism? How will my indi-

vidual life be benefited? What will I add to my under-

standing that will successfully improve my spiritual,

intellectual, business, and material status?



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Frankly, if these three reasons can logically be removed

to your satisfaction by the Rosicrucians, there could be little

objection to your being one of this worldwide Brotherhood. We

can and will remove these three reasons to your satisfaction.

I. First, the Rosicrucian Brotherhood for years has been known

to historians, writers, and prominent teachers of the profound

laws of life. Hundreds of books have been written about the

Order. It is not a newly organized, fantastic society, spring-

ing into existence today and dormant tomorrow, having neither re-

sponsibility nor concern for the welfare of its students. It does

not pretend to be a worthy school or university, actually lacking

in facilities or complete staff. It is not represented by an in-

dividual, expounding impossible claims, here today and gone to-

morrow. There are now, and have been for years, hundreds of

eminent men and women who are students of the organization. The

Brotherhood is equally known and recognized by thinkers and by

the practical business men and women who have contacted its

lodges and Grand Lodge. Its buildings and staff and its outer

activities are known to such institutions as the post office,

telegraph companies, Chamber of Commerce, and Better Business

Bureau.

II. As to the second reason, if we, each of us, you and I and

thousands like us, were the acme of perfection, had ample wealth,

knowledge, time, and happiness, the Brotherhood could offer us

naught. But it is comprised of men and women who lack one or

all of these, and it is the duty of the Rosicrucians to aid

them to attain it. So, if you are faced with the lack of any

of the above conditions, that is your qualification to enter the

portals of the Order.

III. Man has in him the union of two planes: One from whence

he came and to which he will ultimately return; the other, the

plane of his daily world. To deny one is but to half live.

Rosicrucianism recognizes these two planes ; it aids man in solv-

ing the mysteries and phenomena of life, free from creed or sect.

But, on the other hand, it prepares him to MASTER his PROBLEMS of

HERE and NOW, TODAY.

This may be interesting— yet you wonder. Can you test

these things, try them before affiliating with the Brotherhood?

You are tolerant, ready to be convinced, and HERE IS THE OPPOR-

TUNITY.

The enclosed leaflet will explain to you about the maga-

zine, "The Rosicrucian Digest." The wonderful articles contained

therein will present to you the PRACTICAL principles of the Rosi-

crucian teachings. This is an exclusive magazine, not sold on

all newsstands. We permit those who are thinking of affiliating

with the organization, yet hesitating, to subscribe to it BEFORE

becoming members; and later, if they wish to become active



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student, they are privileged to have the subscription price applied

on their registration fee for membership, according to the explana-

tion in the enclosed leaflet. This is a genuine opportunity to be-

come better acquainted with the Rosicrucian teachings. Renew your

interest in the better things, the important things of life through

the pages of this magazine. Hoping this may be your key to the

chamber of inner membership in this Brotherhood, I am

RML:EZ ROSICRUCIAN ORDER (AMORC)

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THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER • SUPREM E TEMPL E FO R NORTH A ME RICA

R O S I C R U C IA N P A R K S A N J O S E . C A L I F O R N I A

Wra. L . D428 So. Main St.,

Urbana , Ohio

Dear Mr. Dirnond:

Harch 22 1935

Just three weeks ago, in response to your request, I sent

you the book, "THE WISDOM OF THE SAGES."

When you asked for the hook I know you were sincerely

interested in attaining HAPPINESS and PERSONAL POWER. You were

ambitious to achieve the desires of your life, whether they be

spiritual, intellectual or material. You reached out for the

promised help of the ROSICRUCIANS in the hope that you would find

the key to release your inner powers and realize your secret

aspirations.

YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. The key to selfunfoldment

is the invitation in that little book. Men and women in all

parts of the world have been led by it to a study of the natural

and spiritual law3 and through these laws to understanding and

mastery of life.

I wish you could sit here with me this morning and read

some of the letters that lie before me. Letters that PROVE what

the booklet promises. Letters of new hope, new life, new suc-

cess! If you could read the stories of achievement that flow in

from every corner of the globe you would not hesitate to ACT upon the invitation we have extended to you. You would not lose a

single moment in accepting the opportunity presented to you with your copy of "THE WISDOM OF THE SAGES."

Here is a letter, for example, from Dr. H. Gordon Hargett

of 1417 7th Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Hargett is a special-

ist and well known in the city where he lives. In this __

letter he says: "I am more convinced than I was a

year ago that the Rosicrucian teachings and simple system will reveal to the sincere seekers the great

truths that will enable them to perfect their lives.



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111 have tested all of the simple laws explained in your in-

structions and have put them into regular practice, and find that

they never fail, especially the law of 'Ask and ye shall Receive.1

I find in the Rosicrucian Organization everything that will make

life better and more prosperous and happy. I have been able to

go through the business depression with no worry and it is remark-able how I have been helped from unseen and unexpected sources

ever since I adopted the Rosicrucian methods, and have followed

your advice and help.'1

Dr. Hargett has tested the simple fundamental laws of success

and finds that THEY DO NOT FAIL. What a message this letter car-

ries for those who fight against a world of obstacles and adverse

conditions without apparent progress! What encouragement for

those who appear to be tied down by some invisible, strange power which seems to hold them back from the happiness they seek! What

a lesson for those who look OUTSIDE OF THEMSELVES for the cause

of failure when all the while the real trouble is lack of under-standing of simple fundamental powers which lie within themselves.

Perhaps you are one to whom the application of the Rosicru-

cian teachings in a material way makes no appeal. Perhaps there

is a longing in your soul to know, to fathom the mysteries of the

universe. To you, perhaps, there is no greater joy than MENTAL

AND SPIRITUAL CONQUEST. If so, then the pure mysticism of the

Rosicrucian principles will intrigue you. It is only the ignor-

ant who wrongly associates mysticism with superstitions of past

ages. True mysticism is the seeking of the knowledge of infinity

through man to God. Even the greatest MODERN DAY SCIENTISTS ARE LxSTlCS.

Recently the "New York Times" interviewed Sir Arthur Edding

ton, scientist and astronomer, who expounds a MYSTICAL COSMOS.

Says the "New York Times": "He is the mystic among relativists.

Mathematical equations proclaim to him not only the glory of God,

but the crying need of mysticism. There is not only a world of

the senses to him, but an unseen world, which can no longer be

ignored." Sir Eddington says, "Physical science cannot give us the whole truth. No one should even believe that a leaf is green.

The leaf sends out waves that splash on the retina of the eye with

the result that we see green. But what is sent out from the leaf

to produce the sensation of green no one knows. We behold these

innumerable suns rolling on: trees, flowers, oceans that heave in storms. What does it all mean? We cannot answer in terms of

leaping electrons and mathematical equations. So when we seek

the meaning of consciousness, we find that it is about a spirit, within which truth has its shrine.

"We cannot say that the atom has a will of its own. But I

BELIEVE THAT THE MIND HAS THE POWER to affect groups of atoms and

even tamper with the odds of atomic behavior." Sir Eddington

further states, "I believe that the mind has the power to set

aside statistical laws that hold good in organic matter. The



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course of the world is not predetermined by physical laws. It

may be altered by the uncaused volition of human beings.*'

This is the view of a modern, mystical scientist. MYSTICISM

IS ALIVE TODAY. It is alive in the Rosicrucian teachings and it

continues to afford explanations about man's being and the uni-verse in which he dwells, that physical science concedes as the

nearest approach to truth.

To further reveal the growing tendency among prominent people

in the world to recognize the value of the spiritual powers of

man, allow me to quote the words of Charles F. Steinmetz. He was

one of the most critical scrutinizers of material laws, a master

of electricity and the other hidden, secret powers of the material

universe. He seemed almost Divine in his ability to create arti-

ficial lightning. A distorted, crippled, and grossly unpleasant

being to look at, physically, one would have been inclined to

believe that with his personal regret at God's gift to him of a

crippled figure, and with his close study of nature's material

forces, he would have been so steeped in materialism that the

spiritual powers of man would have meant nothing to him.

Yet in answer to a question as to what would be the next great field of research and revelation for the human mind, he said, "I

think the greatest discoveries will be made along spiritual lines.

History clearly teaches that spiritual forces have been the great-

est power in the development of men and nations. Yet we have been

playing with them, merely, and have never seriously studied them

as we have the physical forces. Some day, people will learn that

material things alone do not bring happiness and are of little

use in making man and woman creative and powerful."

Remember, those who now enjoy the success, and mastery you

covet did not achieve these things by accident. At one time they

had nothing more to guide them than the opportunity that is now offered to you. A copy of "THE WISDOM OF^THE SAGES" fell into

their hands, and they responded to its invitation. They united

with the Rosicrucians, READ and APPLIED the simple, easily under-

stood monographs sent to all members of the Brotherhood, and FOUND

THE KEY to Health, Happiness, and Understanding.

What these men and women have done YOU CAN DO. Have you

the determination to make the start, to grasp the opportunity,

to work out your destiny as they have worked out theirs?

For your convenience we enclose another invitation. Do not

lay it aside. This application may be the turning point in your

life. The present is NOW. The future YOU can make.



THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER * SUP REM E TEM PLE

R O S 1C H U CI AN P A R K S A N J O S e .

FOR NORTH C a l i f o r n i a

AMERICA

Ti m. L D Feb.28, 1935

428 S . wain S t .Urbana, Ohio

Dear ^r.Dimond:

Before writing this letter to you and a few others I was

alone in my study. All my assistants had gone home for the day,

as had other officers and members that compose the staff here

at the Grand Lodge. Everything was quiet, still and dark at

Rosicrucian Park; just the one light in my study, myself, and

my thoughts. The deep shadows cast by the single light made the

outline of the room quite indistinct. It was an ideal occasion

and atmosphere for reflection.

I thought of the many, like yourself, to whom I was to write

those interested in the Rosicrucians, interested enough to have

written for information about this old worldwide fraternity.

What more could I write to convince you of the benefit and sheer

happiness that could come from affiliation with the Rosicrucians?

Suppose you were grouped about me here in the study. How could I have you see or feel what I and thousands have gained

from these studies? Of course, I could take from the archives

old, yellow manuscripts written by illustrious persons of the

past, or crisp new stationery of prominent persons of the pres-

ent, and read to you what they say of the Rosicrucian teachings.

These recommendations, however, though interesting to hear, would

not give YOU a firsthand experience with these teachings and

principles. It would be like comparing the description of a

beautiful painting to the sensation that actually comes from

really seeing it.

If you were here it would seem more logical

to have you TRY THESE THINGS YOURSELF. Because of

distance and other personal reasons it is impos-

sible for you to be here for a demonstration, so I

decided to bring to you some of these principles.



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I want to convince you that these mystical laws and principles

do exist, and that they are practical.

Enclosed you will find a simple experiment and a test.

This experiment will reveal to you in a fascinating manner ONE

FUNDAMENTAL LAW. The test will indicate that there are forces

and powers which you can use that are of tremendous assistance

in life.

In your own home, your own environment, IN YOUR OWN WAY,

try these things today. If they are demonstrable, do you need

further proof that the Rosicrucian teachings can help you to

use your own latent powers? Frankly, the reason why so many persons do not accomplish their aims in life is because they

are using but ten per cent of their Godgiven faculties.

Now, READ THE ENCLOSURES CAREFULLY, and then proceed. With the satisfaction that will come from the doing of these

things will also come the sincere desire to SEND IN YOUR APPLI-

CATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.

If, after demonstrating these principles to yourself, you

don’t become a member to learn more about these natural laws and

phenomena, then I won't have to tell you WHAT YOU'RE MISSING be-

cause you, yourself, will know.

You are on the threshold of a greater life— one that will

make it possible for you to ACCOMPLISH THINGS, mentally and ma-terially, that you did not believe possible before.

Written this day in faith by,

P. S. Set aside an hour AT ONCE if possible and try the experi-

ment and test. On back of the experiment card are the instruc-

tions for its performance. Read the test folder through first before answering its questions. REMEMBER, first the experiment,

then the test.



( U N I V E R S AL C A B L E A N D T E L E

G R A P H A D D R E S S ! A M O R C O )

R A D I O S T A T I O N : W 6 H T B

L O N G D I S T A N C E T E L E P H O N E S

B A L L A R D S 2 0 5 , 0 2 9 9

THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDERKnown as "THE ANCIENT, MYSTIC ORDER ROSAE CRUCIS" throughout the world

A Non -Sec taria n Fra tern ity Devot ed to the Inves tigat ion and Stud y of the Hig her Pri ncip le* of Lif eu Found Expressed in Man and Nature

SUPREME TEMPLE FOR NORTH AMERICAR O S I C R U C I A N P A R K S A N J O S E . C A L I F O R N IA . U . S . A .

To Those Who

Appreciate Something New:

Now you will be able to plan your future and

avoid mistakes.

You can know which days of the week, month, and

year are most fortunate for you in anything you

wish to do.

The enclosed circular describes the new system

that has been awaited for many years. Each day you

are without it — is a day of risk. Each day you use

it is a day that will count in the building of success,

happiness, and prosperity.

Read the cicular very carefully. It has a

message for you that is as personal as any letter or

communication that we could send.

There is nothing fanatical about this new

system but it is startling and fascinating. Fur-

thermore, it is absolutely dependable.

I will be glad to have you order this book, and

see for yourself what it will do in changing your

career. This is the most important book announcement

we have ever made.

Very sincerely,

MANAGER ROSICRUCIAN SUPPLY BUREAU.



P. S. Before it is forgotten, let me call this to your atten-

tion. You have read considerable literature which we have sent,

in which we have spoken of the merits of the Rosicrucian teachings,

and what you would derive from them. However, through the mail at

times you have received much literature from other sources, ALSO

PROMISING MANY THINGS, and you are naturally SKEPTICAL — you have

a right to be in this day and age.

This organization is wellestablished, and has an enviable

reputation to maintain; therefore, it desires to prove to you in

FACT, not alone by word, the value of these inspiring teachings. To

prove what the organization has said of itself, we introduce to you

a TEST MEMBERSHIP. This test membership, explained in the enclosed

folder entitled "With the Handclasp of Fellowship," gives you the

opportunity of receiving each month one copy of "The Rosicrucian

Digest" magazine, also a special lecture of any series you select,

and the publication, "The Rosicrucian Forum, " when it is off the

press, all for the TRIFLING SUM OF $1.00 PER MONTH. By reading these,

you have the opportunity to acquaint yourself with what the organi-zation expounds.

When later CONVINCED of the value of the Rosicrucian studies,

you can assume, if you wish, complete student membership. Is this

not fair? The dollar a month merely pays postage and printing

costs. YOU ARE THE JUDGE. Read these magazines and supplementary

lectures ; analyze them carefully. Try one month or two — but at

least try it !

If you are already receiving the magazine entitled, "The Rosi-

crucian Digest," then you need not avail yourself of this unusual

opportunity; but if you do not receive the magazine then TRY THIS ECONOMICAL TEST MEMBERSHIP with all of the things it includes and

convince yourself of what Rosicrucianism can mean in your life.

Remember, read carefully the folder entitled, "With the Hand-

clasp of Fellowship," and see what it offers for merely one dollar.

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