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8/2/2019 AMORC the Triangle September 29, 1921 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/amorc-the-triangle-september-29-1921 1/4 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE SUPREME LODGE ANCIENT AND MYSTICAL ORDER ROSAE CRUCIS 1255 MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. No. 6 SEPTEMBER 29th, 1921 Price 5 Cents AT WORK AGAIN This issue of* the Triangle. No. 6, is dated S eptem - ber instead of August becauae of the vacation season and the nonissue of the Triangle during the month of August. Th e consecutive num ber is six. however, so that there is not break in the numbering of the issue. All our activities are renewed for the fall and winter with great encouragem ent, as will be noted in the article in this iasueiregarding our order’s affilia- tions. The last issue or the Trian gle served its pur poHf excellently well and has hern put to very good use. However, notwithstanding what was said in the last issue and w hat is told again in this issue th ere are those in some cities as, for instance. New York City, ( hiratfo, and even a a close to us as Oakland, Califor- nia, who claim th;«t on#* or two other. Rosicrucian movements or societies in this country hre authentic «»n«*s «»r bra lie hen of ihe Ancient Rosicrucian Brother- hood and carefully avoid the definite claims made in nur last issue of the Triangle. In Ch icago, for in- stance, there has appeared one who claims to be a great Rosicrucian Light, revealing the Rosicrucian teachings of Eg} pt and offerine these in series of ten and eleven lectures lor a hundred or more dollars along with some other Hermetic verbiage. This great teacher held forth in England for a long time and then in New York under different names and conducting different movements, all designed to reach the inner- most. 'recesses of the purse. Some .are mislead into believing that in such manner as a few brief lectures or lesions and under the cloak of mysterious phrase- ology and incomprehensible ceremony the great se- crets of life will be revealed and mystic power at- tained. The hour is soon at hand, how ever, when such methods and movements will come under a for- midable ban and cease to exist even in the deepest' shadow s of the darkest valley. In the meantime don’t be deceived or led from the path upon which you have entered if you have been fortunate enough to find the path. A A A REGARDING OUR AFFILIATIONS Referring to the matter presented in the last issue of the Triangle under the Pronunziamento No. 777. we wish to sny that the A. M. O. R. C. has received official comm unications front various parts of the world relating to the reconstruction of Jurisdictions of the Rosicrucian Order decreed since the great war ended. From these com munications we learn that our Rosicrucian Order fin its Latin name or transla- tions) is organized in the following countries: North Am erica, South Am erica and it* countries, Norway, Sweden. Denmark. Great Britain. Russia, Poland, G er- many. Austria, France, Switzerland, Spain and Portu- gal. Italy, Persia, Arab ia. Egypt. Sicily, Malta, North <o:«sl countries of Africa, South Africa, Gold Coast of Africa, Australia, New Zealand* Tasmania, South Sen Islands, Japan, China and India. In such other coun- tries as Belgium and Holland, Turkey and the Balkan States, plans arc not completed, while in Palestine the Order ia about to announce its reorganization. We further learn that the Jurisdiction of our Order here haa been added to and that we are alao empow- ered to act aa repreaentatives of certain English Lodges in other countries. But more important than this are the official papera of affiliation and fraternal relationahip aent to ua from many foreign centera and the honoring of our Imperator aa an official of the highest Lodges of the Order in other countries. One other i te m may interest our members. A large and interesting docum ent was received during the month of August from a Sovereign Sanctum of Freemasonry abroad conferring upon our Im perator the highest Masonic degrees such as Honorary 33rd and ihe <)Oth and <)'Sth Degrees of the Ancient and Primitive Rites of Memphis and M izraim (und er a charter of authority issued by John Yarker, 3 3rd, the eminent Masonic authority and historian and Sover- eign Grand Master General of England) whereby our Imperator is given the Masonic titles of Prince of Memphis (Egypt), Member of the Sovereign Tribunal and Defender of the Order: and Sovereign Patriarchal Grand Conservator of the Rites, Sublime Prince of the Magi. The Honorary 33rd Degree carries with it the title of Knight Grand Inspector General. The docu- ment further makes the Imperator an Honorary Mem- ber of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Switzerland. Aus- tria and Germany. These Masonic honors are con- ferred under the charter and authority of Grand Orient of ancient Gaul and the Supreme Sanctuary of Great Britain. Also the Ordo Tempi* Orientia (Orien- tal Order of the Temple, Fraternity of the Hermetic Light), has conferred its high degrees upon our Im- perator with the title of Moat Illustrious Sir Knight and Fratre R. C., appointing our Supreme Lodge in ^his country as Gage of Amity for the Ordo Templi Orientis of Europe. Furtherm ore, the world council of the Rosicrucian Order, under its official title (translated), “The Su- preme High Council of the Universe,” through i ts Great White Collegium (Lodge), announces its forth- coming annual pronouncements, conferring upon our Order some high honors and making all our high cfrv gree members of the Supreme Grand Lodge of Nfcrth America, Honorary Members of the Grand Shrine of Egypt and of the Illum inati of India by virtue of the pow er of the M agister of the Tem ple R. C. at Cal- cutta. This Supreme High Council of the Universe has under its immediate direction more than thirty of the Secret Orders of the world which have existed since the dawn of civilization, which means 'all the esoteric Orders or FrgterniTies, including the Esaenes, Oriental Thcosophifl?"Esoteric Masonry, RoseCroix de He redo m« K rata Repoa of Egypt, Rites of M ithras. Knights of Jerusalem, Oriental Druids, L’Ordre du Martinisme, O riental Knights Tem plar, the Order Rosae Crucis, etc. Th e practise of all the ancient 17 815

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P U B L I S H E D M O N T H L Y B Y T H E S U P R E M E L O D G EA N C I EN T A N D M Y S TI C AL O R D E R R O S A E C R U C I S1 2 5 5 M A R K E T S T R E E T S A N F R A N C I S C O . C A L IF .

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O n e o t h e r i te m m a y in t e r e s t o u r m e m b e r s . Al a r g e a n d i n t e r e s t in g d o c u m e n t w a s r e c e i v e d d u r i n gt h e m o n t h o f A u g u s t f r o m a S o v e r e ig n S a n c t u m o f  F r e e m a s o n r y a b r o a d c o n f e r r i n g u p o n o u r I m p e r a t o rt h e h i g h e st M a s o n ic d e g r e e s s u c h a s H o n o r a r y 3 3 r dand i he <)Oth and <) 'S th Deg r ees o f t he A nc i e n t an d

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b e r o f th e S o v e r e i g n S a n c t u a r y o f S w i t z e rl a n d . A u s -t r ia a n d G e r m a n y . T h e s e M a s o n ic h o n o r s a r e c o n -

f e r re d u n d e r t h e c h a r t e r a n d a u t h o r i t y o f G r a n dO r i e n t o f a n c i e n t G a u l a n d t h e S u p r e m e S a n c t u a r y o f  G r e a t B r i t a in . A l s o t h e O r d o T e m p i* O r i e n t i a ( O r i e n -t a l O r d e r o f th e T e m p l e , F r a t e r n i t y o f th e H e r m e t i cL i g h t ) , h a s c o n f e r r e d i t s h i g h d e g r e e s u p o n o u r I m -

p e r a t o r w i t h t h e t i t le o f M o a t I ll u s t r io u s S i r K n i g h t

a n d F r a t r e R . C ., a p p o i n t in g o u r S u p r e m e L o d g e i n

^ h i s c o u n t r y a s G a g e o f A m i ty f o r th e O r d o T e m p l iO r i e n t i s o f E u r o p e .

F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e w o r l d c o u n c i l o f t h e R o s i c r u c i a nO r d e r , u n d e r i ts o f fi c ia l t i tl e ( t r a n s l a t e d ) , “ T h e S u -

p r e m e H i g h C o u n c i l o f t h e U n i v e r s e , ” t h r o u g h i tsG r e a t W h i te C o ll eg i u m ( L o d g e ) , a n n o u n c e s i ts f o r t h -

c o m i n g a n n u a l p r o n o u n c e m e n t s , c o n f e r r in g u p o n o u r

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p o w e r o f th e M a g i s te r o f t h e T e m p l e R . C . a t C a l -c u t t a . T h i s S u p r e m e H i g h C o u n c i l o f t h e U n i v e r s eh a s u n d e r it s im m e d i a t e d i r e c t io n m o r e t h a n t h i r t y o f  

t h e S e c r e t O r d e r s o f t h e w o r l d w h i c h h a v e e x i s t e d

s i n c e t h e d a w n o f c i v il iz a t io n , w h i c h m e a n s ' a l l t h ee s o t e r i c O r d e r s o r F r g te r n iT i e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e E s a e n e s ,

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d e H e r e d o m« K r a t a R e p o a o f E g y p t , R i t e s o f M i t h ra s .

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M a r t in i sm e , O r ie n t a l K n i g h t s T e m p l a r , t h e O r d e rR o s a e C r u c i s , e tc . T h e p r a c t i s e of a ll t h e a n c i e n t

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a n d p r i m i t iv e r i te * o f t h e s e O r d e r s , t h e c o n f e r r i n g o f  

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t h e r e b y a l l a r e u n i t e d i n t o o n e l a r g e a n d c o o p e r a t i v e ,

h a r m o n i o u s , s e c r et o r g an i z a ti o n O u r I m p e r a t o r is ah i g h o f f ic e r of t h i s1 C o u n c i l a n d a l l o u r m e m b e r s w h or e ac h , t h e T w e l f t h ( I l l u m i n a t i ) D e g r e e o f o u r O r d e r

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i n t e r e st i n g s t o ry , m a k i n g p l a i n e v e r y p o i n t t o o u r

m e m b e r s w i t h o u t r e v e a li n g a n y t h i n g t o t h o s e w h oh a v e n o t h a d o u r s t u d ie s . h w i ll n o d o u b t b e o n e o f  

t h e m o s t v a l u a b l e h e l p s w e h a v e e v e r g i v e n to t h o s e

o f o u r m e m b e r s w h o a r e a b o v e t h e 7 t h d e g r ee .

T i m e a n d f u n d s a r e t h e t w o e l e m e n t s w h i c h a t t h ep r e s e n t t i m e p r e v e n t th e i s su a n c e o f t h e s e b o o k s . At h i r d p u b l i s h i n g m a t t e r is in o u r m i n d s a t t h e p r e s e n t

t i m e a n d t h a t i s t h e i s s u a n c e o f l i t t l e l e a f l e t s , o n e f o r

e a c h d e g r e e o f o u r w o r k c o n t a i n i n g a n a b s t r a c t o f  t h e t e a c h i n g s o f t h e d e g r e e i n s u c h f o r m t h a t t h e

m e m b e r s w i ll u n d e r s t a n d a n d b e a b l e to u s e t h e m h u t

r e v ea l n o t h i n g t o t h o s e w h o h a v e n o t h a d t h e c o m p l e t e

l e c t u r e s . T h e s e le a f l e t s w i ll s e rv e in p l a c e o f t h e t a k -i n g o f n o t e s a t l e c t u r e s a n d a t t h e s a m e t i m e b e m o r e

a c c u r a t e a n d h a v o c e r t a in c r o s s r e fe r e n c e s a n d i ll u s-

t r a ti o n s w h i c h th e m e m b e r ' s n o t e b o o k s d o n o t h a v e .

U n l e s s w e h a v e s p e c if i c h e lp i n t h e m a t t e r o f f u n d s f o r

t h e p u r p o s e o f p u b l i sh i n g t h e s e v a r i o u s b o o k s a n d

l e a fl e ts t h e y w i l l re m a i n f o r t h e t i m e b e i n g i n e m b r y o

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M E M B R I ! ! A T T E N T C E Z ! !

M e e s a s p r e p a r a t a n u n k o r e k t a r l a t e x t a l i b r i ev o r t a l i b r i d i c i m e m b r i q u a d e s i r a s h a v a r La K b ri

ko re k t i s a c a da to . . Se vu de s i r a s v ua l ib ro ko re k t is*skr iba s a me t a le ke me pova s d ic a r vu ka £de s e z xdLa r

o l . M e h a v a s k e lk a ld o A n g l a v o r t a l ib r i , q u o v e n d a s

p o k i n c e n t i . E a r l W a y n e S u t t o n , E l y j ia ^ . O h i o . .

A A A

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t h e i n n e r s e l f y o u m a y f i n d t h e f o l l o w i n g f a c t a h e l p f u l

i n m a k i n g t h a t p e r s o n r e a l i z e o f w h a t l i tt l e i m p o r t a n c e

t h e p h y s i c a l m a n i s : A c a r e f u l a n a l y s i s o f t h e p h y s -

i ca l b od y o f m a n s h o w s t h a t t h e i n g r e d i e n t s a r e a s

f o l l o w s : h a t e n o u g h f o r s e v e n b a r s o f s o a p , i r o n

e n o u g h f o r a m e d i u m s i z e d na i l, s u g a r e n o u g h t o f il l

a sh a k e r , l i me e n o u g h to w h i t e w a s h a c h i c k e n c o o p ,

p h o s p h o r o u s e n o u g h t o m a k e 2 2 0 0 m a t c h t i p s, m a g -

n e s i u m e n o u g h f o r a d o s e o f m a g n e s i a , p o t a s s i u m

e n o u g h t o e x p l o d e a t o y c a n n o n , s u l p h u r e n o u g h t o

r i d a d o g of f le as . T h i s w h o l e c o l l e c t i o n w o u l d c o s t

a b o u t 9 8 c e n t s , e v e n d u r i n g t h e h i g h w a r p r i c e s , a n d

t h e r e i s j u s t e n o u g h w a t e r i n t h e b o d y t o d r o w n i t a ll .

A A A .

S M I L E S

( W r i t te n S p e c i a l ly f o r T h e T r i a n g l e b y P l a c i d u s )

O u r l i v es a r e s o f i ll ed w i t h t h i n g s w o r t h w h i l e

T h a t i t o n l y b e h o o v e s u s t o s m i l e , s m i l e , s m i l e .

S m i l es a r c n o t t h i n g s w e s h o u l d h u s b a n d o r g u a r d

F o r s m i l e s wi l l c o m e b a c k i f s m i l e s y o u d i s c a r d .

H o w l i tt l e w e k n o w , a s w e g o d o w n l if e* * p a t h .

T h e g r e a t g o o d w e d o w i t h a s mi l e o r a l c ^ ^ h .

I t w il l l i g h t e n t h e h e a r t s o f t h e c h i l d r e n a t p l a y .

T h e s u n wi ll s h i n e b r i g h t e r t h a t s h i n e s o n t h a t d a y .

I t w il l b r e a k d o w n t h e f o r t r e s s o l v o i d l i . i n lc i i t rd h e a r t s .

I t w i l l i t i . i k r . t h i ngs run s m oo t he r i n l i f e ' s hu : »y m a r t s .

I t w i ll u p l i f t t h e w i d o w b o w e d d o w n g r i e f s w e i g h * .

I t w il l t h r o w o rF t h e b u r d e n p l a c e d o n y o u b y f a t e .

S o d o n ’ t t r y t o k e e p t h e m , b u t l et t h e m g o f r e e .

A n d t h e n y o u ’ ll b e h a p p y , as h a p p y c a n b e. ^

A A A

BOOK RECOMMENDATION

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gard ing a se t o f books en t i t l ed "Sacred Books

of the Eas t” b ro ugh t ou t a few years ago by a

research soc ie ty and con ta in ing as vo lume two

the wr i t ings o f Amenho tp and o thers o f Egyp t ,

wh ich vo lume waa ed i ted an d the i l lu s t ra t ionsse lec ted by ou r Impera to r , tha t we are p leased

to announce now tha t the pub l i shers o f these

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mem bers may purchase . T he f ir s t ed i t ion was

l imi ted to members o f the research soc ie ty and

were expens ive ly bound and cos t ly to secu re .

T h rough the k ind o f fer o f a rep resen ta t ive o f  

the pub l i shers in San Franc i sco we are ab le to

ann oun ce that the ent ire set of I 4 volum es

bound in b lue l ib rary c lo th wi th deck led edges ,

go ld top , and go ld l e tt e r ing , m ay be pu rc hased

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pend ium to ' the Sacred Books o f the E as t , "

which is real ly a key to the symbolical wri t ings

con ta ine d in i these vo lumes . Tho se in te res ted

in hav ing a se t o f these ra re books shou ld wr i te

direct ly to the repre senta t ive here, Mr. J . H.

Joyn t , 256 Su t te r S t ., San Franc i sco . Cal i fo rn ia ,

bu t p lease be su re and men t ion tha t you are

a member o f Amorc in o rder to secu re th i s low

pr ice apd these reasonab le t e rms .

THE FLIGHT

I held my soul^ within my han d,

A r a d i a n t a n ^ r e st le s s b ird .Ev e ry i r i d e s c e n t p l u m e

Gleamjad^and qu ivered in the g loom

Cover ing the s i l en t l and .

Every sh in ing fea ther s t i r red ;

B re a s t a n d b a c k a n d c r e s t a n d w i n g

Were l ike j ewels sh immering .

As I s tood m en cam e to me

A n d s a i d , " Y o u m e a n t o l e t h i m g o

bu l l p in ione d? Ra ther c l ip h im f ir st .

Les t f rom the ne t o f n igh t he bu rs t .

And ris ing in the sunlight , free.

S ink no t to darkness here be low.

1 s o o t h e d h i m w i t h a w h i s p e re d w o rd .

A nd sa id , " I wi ll no t c lip my b i rd ."

"T hen b ind h im with an oa th . they ,~

“ T o f l y bu t to a midd le he igh t .i

Les t sp r ing ing up too fas t and fa r .

Lured by the mag ic o f a s ta r .

He van ish in to heaven , f l ed

B e y o n d t h e b o u n d a ry o f n i g ht . "

I sa id . "H e sha l l go f rom me f ree ;

I wil l not b ind my bird to me.

" I f he bu t r i se above the t rees

And see the s ta rs sh ine c lear and co ld .

Or , a t a g rea te r he igh t , a ' s t reak  

Of sun l igh t on an eas te rn peak .

Yet he wi l l come and te l l o f these

V i s i o n s a n d w o n d e r s m a n i fo l d ;

Or a t the sp lendor o f the s igh t

Whirl up t r iumphant in ful l f l ight .

"His wings sha l l bea t aga ins t the sun .

Blaze for a moment in i ts l i re;

He sha l l l eap beyond i t s l igh t

In to the vas t and s ta r s t rewn n ight .

Ti l l s t a rs have in to chaos spun .

Then sha l l the s t ing o f h i s des i re

S u d d e n l y a n d s t r a n g e l y c e a s e .

In h i s hear t sha l l come a peace .

He shal l fo ld his wings and res t

T r a n q u i l l y u p o n G o d ' s b r e a s t . "

----Th eod ore I I. Banks .