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A N C I E N T M Y S T I C A L O R D E R R O S A E C R U C I S

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ROSAECRUCIAN NEW YEAR 

Official Instructions for the Arrangement of Its Celebration

HE Rosaecrucian New Year wil l be born

on March 20th. It wil l be the yea r 3277of the Order’s tradit ional bir th.By official Pronunziamento issued by

the Imperator , Thursday, March 20th, isto be celebrated by al l Lodges, Groups,study classes and members as a FeteDay.

The hour of bir th for Europe is set bythe entrance of the Sun into the sign of Aries. Thisoccurs at 9:20 p. m., Greenwich t ime, and wil l varyin different par ts of the world according to the cus-toma ry differences in t ime. In Am erica the t ime isset for the Eastern ci t ies as approximately 4:24 in theaf ternoon; for Central ci t ies as 3:24; for Middle Westas 2:24, and for the Pacif ic Coast as 1:24. Fu rthe rWest, in Java, Japan and the Oriental countr ies the

time, and even day, will be different.The year is a signif icant one from many points.

Let us look at the significance of the numer als. 1hedigits of the num ber 3277 w hen added give us 19 andwhen thes e are added we have 10 or 1. This is itskey number. I t is a num ber signifying the beginning,the star t ing point; and i t wil l prove to be so during thewhole year so fa r as impor tant mat te r s for the Orderare concerned. On the other hand, according to theChrist ian calendar , the year or number 1924 is re-ducible to 7; and this number is significant also to allmystics. The year the Impera tor went to Europe andfirst contacted the Order there was 1909; this is re-ducible to I 9 or I ; and it was the b egin ning for ou rOr der here. Th e year that the f irst comm ittee meet-ings were held was 1915, reducib le to 16 or 7. It is

signif icant that al though the star t was made in 1909( I ) , a pause had to be made unt i l 1915 (7) to makethe f irst move or manifestat ion on the proper plane.The following year , 1916, the f irst Lodge was estab-lished, and that number is reducible to 17 or 8, anumber signifying mater ial foundation or objectivesolidity, the double square. The n followed the year1917, reducible to 18 or 9, the number of the tr ipletr iangle and spir i tual growth, truly signif icant of theyear . Then came the mem orable year of 1918, re-ducible to I 9 or I ; an d t ruly it was a year when a newstar t , a new plan, prove d necessary. All the forcesof evolution and devolution as relate to our Order , began their ac ti vit ies ri ght a f te r th e Ne w Year ce le - b ra ti on and reached their culminat ion in th e Nat ion alConvention of Rosaecrucians held in New York inAugust , 1918. We shall never forget that occasion,

that year , that wonderful t ime of rebir th IThen came the year 1919, reducible to 20 or 2,

signifying unity and duali ty of action making forunity. Many imp ortan t chang es were made in theOrder tending to give i t a more unif ied existence, in-cluding the move of head qua rters to the West . Theyear 1920, reducible to 3, proved to be a year of per-fect manifestat ion of the spir i tual and mater ial forces,and the growth of the Order in that year is too wellknown to need comment. This was followed by theyears 1921 and 1922, reducible to 4 and 5, and these

years proved their signif icance. Last year , 1923, re-

ducible to 6, the double tr iangle, was a most inter-esting and successful year.Today we stand upon the threshold of the New

Year. It is the Chris tian year of 1924, reducible to7; it is the R. C. year 3277, reducible to 1; it is the9th year since the f irst committee meeting was heldor the 8th year since the f irst Lodge was establishedin Ame rica. This l ineup of num bers should be in-terest ing to many of our members who know the lawof numbers.

The beginning of Spr ing, born a t the Spr ing Equi -nox, has been the beginning of a new year in manyorien tal coun tries for centuries. It is very logical,and only by man’s at tempt to f ix things to suit him-self has the calendar been arranged as we use i t inoccidental countr ies. But in America we will agreewi th our Or iental bre thren and ce lebrate the newyear 's bir th on the date stated above.

According to the Consti tut ion of our Order , a l lLodges or groups shall hold a special fete on that dayto which all mem bers shall be admitted. Certain off i-cial matters of the Order and i ts Lodges must be at-tended to at or before the fete . Acco rding to SectionTwo of Article Eleven of the Consti tut ion, “The NewYear Feast wil l occur about the 21st of each March(on the exact date decreed by the Imperator) .Such New Year Celebrations shall be held in the Tem- pl es of the Lodges and at tended by the Co un ci ls , Of fi -cers and mem bers of the Lodges. . . . Th ereshall be a symbolical Feast consisting principally ofCORN or i ts products, SALT or that which tastesmost strongly of it, and WINE, consisting of unfer-mented grape juice, a n d other delicacies or refresh-

ments suitable to the occasion. (Please note thatthe clause about unfermented grape juice was em- bo die d in th e te xt when th e Consti tu t io n was adopted, — before the day s of pro h ibi t ion .) Al l Of fi ce rs sh al lwear their ful l regalia and al l others their aprons oroth er insignia. Th ere shall be only sacred music,symboll ical addresses, and sincere rejoicing."

Further Sections of the Consti tut ion state that onsuch an occasion i t is customary for the Master whoopens the ceremony to bestow any honorary t i t les oroff ices upon members or Off icers as he may have con-templa ted during the year . By Amen dmen t to theConsti tut ion i t was provided several years ago thateach Lodge should hold i ts annua! election of electiveOfficers a few days prior to the New Year’s Feast andon the occasion of the Feast the new Master and new

Officers would take charge of the Ceremony af ter theSymbolical Feast, or in other words, at the last halfof the evening’s program, the old Officers retiringwi th ceremony and speechmaking, welcoming thenew. This refers only to the elective Officers of eachLodge or Group, and these are: The Master , Secretaryand Treasure r . The newly elected or reelected Mas-ter has the power to appoint his staff of r i tualist icOff icers (which includes al l except the foregoing elec-t ive ones) and this he proceeds to do at that par t ofthe New Year’s Feast when he (or she) is given thestat ion of Master and thus instal led in power. The

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Council of the Lodge is also appointed by the Masterat this t ime. Th e Council consis ts of all the r i tual-istic Officers, the elective ones, and the Past Masters,Pas t Secretar ies and Pas t Treasurers of that Lodge.Former or active r itualis tic Officers may be teap

 po in ted by th e new M aster if he so desi re s.Thus the Feas t becomes an occas ion of ceremony,

re jo ic ing and s tar t ing anew of the act iv i t ies of theyear. "The Symbolical Feast is usually conducted by passing to al l m em bers within the Tem ple a sm al l p la tecontaining corn bread, salted nuts and a small glassof grape ju ice . The Colombe or Colombes of theLodge usually serving the grape juice to each in turnas they come to her with glass to be served from a

large g lass bowl . Dur ing the par tak ing of the threefood elements the Master delivers a short talk on thesymbol ism of these e lements and how they have beenused as such for many centur ies and in ancient form.

The year before us is fraught with many possibili t iesand many of these r ise before us a t th is very t ime asnecess i t ies . Let us uni te and make the year the most

success fu l year of our Order in th is country and e lse-where for growth in every sense .

Repor ts of any specia l fea tures a t any New YearFeas t wi l l be apprecia ted by the edi tor of The Tr iangleand we natura l ly expect a complete repor t of a l l e lec-tions and appointments of officers .

A MASTER HAS RISEN

The Passing from this Earth Plane to the Highest by  one of our Beloved Masters

announce with res t ra ined emotions the

 pass ing to th e Highest P lane of our be -loved Master, Dr. Olin Wright, F. R. C.,Grand Inspector General I l luminati(AMO RC) and Sovereign Grand Inspec-tor General 33° and the F irs t GrandEquerry of the Supreme Counci l ofthe Thir tyThird and Las t Degree of theAncient and Accepted Scottish Rite of

Freemasonry , Southern Jur isd ic t ion , and member ofthe Supreme Counci l of the Ancient and Mys t icalOrder Rosae Crucis , Nor th Amer ican Jur isd ic t ion .

Brother Wright passed through the Subl ime Exper i -ence and Initiation on Monday evening, December17th last , being completely freed from physical ex-

 press ion and limitati ons th ro ug h a sudden stopping ofheart action while auto driving with his wife in Tampa,

Florida. I t was a peacefu l passing of a wonde rfulsoul, a wonderful and greatly beloved personality.

Brother Wright was born Decem ber I , 1852, andearly in l ife became a practis ing physician (M. D.) ,a t ta in ing cons iderable repute for h is sympathet ic andkindly man ne r as well as his unusu al efficiency. Inthe seventh year of h is pract ise , however , h is a t ten-t ion was a t t rac ted to a record he had kept of unusualcases and an analysis of these confirmed the opinionthat had been growing in his consciousness ,— thatmany laws and principles pertaining to the action ofthe mind and the psychic funct ionings of man had been ignore d in the general p ractise of therapeutics .He finally decided to pursue a special course of s tudyand this lead him to the portals of the schools ofh igher thought , eventual ly br inging h im to the thres -hold of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucii .

He also became one of the foremost members of theMasonic Fraternity in the south and gradually rose inoffice until he became Master of Kadosh in the Con-sis tory in 1904 and received the honorary degree ofKnight Com mand er of the Cour t of Honor . He wasgiven the Thir ty th i rd and Las t degree and crownedInspector General Honorary in 1897 and was e lectedto membership of the Supreme Counci l of the AASRof Freemasonry in 1917 and became Sovereign GrandInspector General.

One year previous to th is h igh e levat ion in Free-masonry he was in i t iated into the AMO RC (Octob er26, 1916) , uni t ing with our O rder in i t s ear lies tdays and soon became an officer and councilor of his

AMO RC Lodge. From that time onward h is in terestswere d iv ided between the two organizat ions and he

 becam e a m em ber of the S u p rem e Council of A M O RC because of hi s m any valu able an d helpfu l suggestionsgiven to the Imperator as well as the services he ren-dered the AMORC in Masonic circles .

He passed through the degrees and grades of theAMORC faithfully, often adding to the lectures fromhis s tore of knowledge and experience, and was giventhe Lat in name of Potes tas when he entered the Thirdon October II , 1917, coincident with his becominga member of the Supreme Counci l of the AASR of  

Free maso nry. On F ebr ua ry 21, I 9 I 8, he entered the

Four th Grade of the AMORC and f rom that t ime has been one of th e most active advisors and ass is ta nts tothe Impe rator and the Suprem e Counci l . In 1918 hewas made a member of the International Loyal FidelityLegion of the AMORC and af ter en ter ing the 9 th grade becam e G ra nd Inspector G eneral I ll umin ati of A m orcand President of the Universitatis I l luminati ofAMORC.

Brother Wright has devoted the las t few years ofhis l ife to the one big problem in the solution of whichthe AASR and the AMORC are uni ted and working to-gether in many c i t ies and th rough var ious channels ,—that of nonsectar ian educat ion for ch i ldren in publ icschools . I t was because of this activity that BrotherWright accepted the Pres idency of the Univers i ta t is

I lluminati and directed its policy. He journe yed tomany ci t ies, a t tended many convent ions in var ious jur isd ic tions and th roug h an inne r circ le of b ro the rsof both the AASR and AMORC was accomplish ingmuch good, the real fruit of which will become mani-fest within the coming year.

Dur ing the lmperator ' s las t v is i t to the home townof Brother Wright the specia l work refer red to abovewas discussed in detail again and an exchange of dataand p lans revealed the hear ty cooperat ion that was being gi ve n by bo th organiza tions in thei r unit ed p ro b -lems . Brother Wright was then qui te v igorous for aman of h is age and was enjoying the Ninth Gradework of the Am orc Lodge to the fullest extent. I twas general ly known that he had a t ta ined the psychicTwelfth Grade and was in the early Degrees of theIlluminati , and his s imple but positive reports of hiscontinued success with the laws and principles of the8th and 9 th grades sounded l ike repor ts which emanatefrom the Monastries of the Himalayas.

Brother Wright is survived by a wife, two daughtersand a son. His successor as Gra nd Inspector GeneralI l luminat i , AMORC, has not been announced, but un-doubtedly he will also be a Sovereign Grand InspectorGeneral , 33° , of e i ther the Southern or Nor thern Jur -isdictions.

In the last letter received by the Imperator from our belo ve d Broth er, dated N ovem ber 23 , la st , Dr . W righ tsaid this , speaking of the great work that was in hischarge and which he and the Imperator d i rectedthrough var ious channels : " I t i s such a hard mat ter tohave our members realize that this work is constant,every day and every hour work , and that i t mus t berepeated day by day, for only so can we be in any waysure of results . May Peace Profound attend you, is thes incere wish and prayer of your Brother .”

We shall miss him in the expression we were accus-tomed to and in the manner by which he made us andthousands so happy; but we shal l know him bat ter and

 be guided by him m ore ef fi cie nt ly th roug h the bea u -tiful personality that remains and which shall expressagain and again .

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A ROSAECRUCIAN WEDDING

Former Supreme Colombe is Married With Ancient Rites in Our Temple

 N Thanksg iv ing Da y, N ovem ber 29 , 19 23 ,the Rosaecruc ian Mar r iage Ri tes wereconduc ted in the Temple of the Cal i for -nia Gran d Lodge. The br ide was MissHar r ie t Riesener , former Supreme Col-ombe , known to many in the Order as"Benevolent ia ," and the groom was Mr .Paul Leaman of Pennsylvania .

The marr iage is the result of a child-hood romance . Miss Riesener and Mr. Leaman were b orn on ly a fe w m onths a p a r t in a li tt le to w n ad jo in -ing Ephrata, Pennsylvania, where the f irst Rosicrucianswho came to Am erica in I 694 estab lished their co m-muni ty ins t itu t ions and Temples . Thro ugh the youn gyears of chi ldhood they were playmates and becamesepara ted only when Miss Riesener moved wi th her

family to San Franc isco. La te r the war took youngLeaman to the West an an avia tor and then into se rv-ice. After his discha rge he return ed to California andfinally found his way to the point of his unbroken cor-respondence ,— San Franc isco.

Dur ing these years Miss Riesener and her parentsand three s i s te r s had been ini t ia ted in to the AMORC.She became a Colombe for the Cal i fornia Grand Lodgeand a f te r Headquar te r s was es tabl i shed in the Westa number of o ther Colombes were in i t ia ted and she be-came the Supreme Colombe and as such made a vis i tto many of the Eastern Lodges, visi t ing her JuniorColombes dur ing the summ er of 1921. Recent ly shecompleted her term of off ice as Colombe and was re-t ired as Colombe Emeritus, a t i t le she wil l a lways hold.

Having reached her twenty f i r s t year and be ing im-

 p o rtun e d by th e yo un g m an w ho had w on the a d m i ra -t ion and respec t of those a t Headquar te r s who knewhim int imate ly , our Colombe asked tha t she be per mttted to be marr ied in the Temple with the full r i tes.We re joiced in the oppor tuni ty to thus se rve our for -mer Colombe,— and i t was a wonder ful occas ion.

The Temple was decora ted wi th a bower of r ibbonsand greens over the Sanc tum f rom the Al ta r to theShekinah, and a t the la t te r p lace there was an a rch ofroses under which the couple and the i r a t tendantscould stand for the second par t of the ceremony . Alarge pipeorgan was instal led for the ceremony andthe appropr ia te music was ably a r ranged and executed

 by S u prem e Se cre ta ry Mo or e.The groom's mother and brother came f rom the

East , the brother to act as best man for the groom,

while the br ide’s relat ives and fr iends were also per-mi t ted to wi tness the ceremony.

The f i r s t par t of the ceremony was conduc ted inthe Eas t of the Temple , where the groom and his bes tman awai ted the a r r iva l of the br ide . Af te r a pre -l iminary ta lk by the lmpera tor he ca l led for the br ideand wi th the r ich music of the organ and the sym-

 bo li cal ca ll of the chim es , the bri de en te red the T em pleon the arm of her father , preceded by a l i t t le f lowergir l , a r ing bearer and br idal at tendant, a sister of the

 bri de. Nev er did ou r C olom be lo ok sweeter in wh it e ,moving wi th her gracefulness toward the Eas t of tha tTemple l Accustom ed as we were to the s imple whi terobes of the Colombes , the r ich wedding gown andlong veil seemed so proper , so natural , and so beau-t iful th is t ime . S tanding before the lmpera to r the

couple answered the formal ques t ions which give war -rant for the ceremony. They were then direc ted tos tand in the cent re of the Sanc tum, a lone , benea th thecanopy of white r ibbons, while the Chaplain from hisstat ion and the High Priestess f rom her stat ion spoketo them and in turn of fered prayers . Then the Col -ombe of the Cal i fornia Grand Lodge , s tanding a t theShekinah, spoke to the couple , r eminding them of theser iousness of the ac t they were contempla t ing andcall ing at tention to the symbolism of promises made

 befo re a Colombe. A t th is po in t th e lm p e ra to r to oka place near the Shekinah and asked a number of ques-

t ions of the two, while the Colombe t ied a white r ibbonto the a rms of the br ide and groom. These r ibbonswere then drawn across the top of the Shekinah andheld by the Colombe while the Medalist placed a redrose in the centre where the two r ibbons crossed.

With fur ther appropr ia te ques t ioning and answers ,the lmpera tor di rec ted tha t the "mater ia l t ies whichunite you in symbolism be severed by the mystic f lameand fire of test and tr ial .” He re the Medalist placedthe Sacred f lame from the Altar under the two r ibbonsunt i l they burned and separa ted, f r ee ing the only phys-ical t ie then u nit ing them. "T he Holy Fire of ou rAl ta r now f rees the mater ia l bondage and yoar soulsmay unite in the bonds of love and peace profound,’*cont inued the lmpera tor . "Thu s a re the bonds of in-dividual l iving separated and as one in mma, in hear t

and soul, shalt thou continue this l i fe .”With a few more symbolical acts and words the

anc ient r i tua l was comple ted wi th the words Consumation est I An d in this way were the two divine ex-

 pre ssions unit ed in mysti cal m arr ia ge . It is one of themost impressive ceremonies ever performed in ourTemples.

Whi le s tanding where they were before the She-kinah, the lmpera tor then proceeded to per form thelega l ce remony as requi red by law, the lmpera tor ac t -ing this t ime as a Pr iest of the Prist ine Church of theRose Cross.

Here again the at tendants stood at the side of thecouple while the parents and f lower gir l and r ing bea re r sto od near . T he w ord s use d by the lm p e ra to r

for this par t of the ceremony are also signif icant ."And now tha t your souls have been symbol ica l ly

uni ted in the Holy union of spi r itua l mar r iage , 1 mustdi rec t your thoughts to the honorable es ta te of phys-ica l mar r iage as orda ined by the Word of God and in-st i tuted by the customs of ou r land. We must reco g-nize in this act the holiest decree of the Lord Jesus,who reminded the people of His day that whereas Godmade them male and female they shall c leave to eachothe r in ma rr iage and the twain shall be as oneflesh.”

With fur ther ques t ioning and answers the Churchr i tua l proceeded and the mar r iage culmina ted wi th the

 p lac ing of the r ing on the b r ide’s fi nger by the g roomwhile he made this statement: “With this r ing as a

symbol, c ircle without end, symbolizing eternal t ime,and with my hear t , and with my soul, and with al l the pure s t in tentio ns of my consc io us min d, I thee we d,and with all my worldly goods 1 thee endow, as I giveunto thee a l so my name, and pl ight my t roth .”

Then the lmpera tor made this dec la ra t ion: "Foras-much as ye have consented toge ther in holy mar r iageand have witnessed the same before God and in the presence of thy b ro thers and si st er s, and have mademutual pledge before me, the sacred Sign, and thesewitnesses, I pro nou nce ye be man and wife tog ethe r inthe name of our God and a t the sacred points of ourTr iangle represent ing the Holy Tr ini ty of the Cosmos.What God and Love ha th jo ined toge ther le t not man pu t asunder . So m ote it be!"

A pleasing incident following the ceremony was the plac ing on the fi nger of each of the two ch ildre n whoacted as r ing bearer and f lower gir l , a special r ingas a token of the services they rendered.

A mar r iage record book, hand i l lumina ted, andsigned by the witnesses and relat ives and members presen t, was donate d to th e couple , who al so re ce ivedmany pretty gif ts f rom fr iends, relat ives, members andthe Cal i fornia Grand Lodge . Members throug hou t theOrder wil l unite with us in wishing the couple thegrea tes t amount of happiness and success in the i r newventure in life.

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THE COSMIC PILGRIM

The Story of Ruth and the Children of Light  in Eight Episodes

ON THE COSMIC THRESHOLD

Episode Number Four  

Ruth awakened rather early this morning with asudden realization that she was still in the world ofromance and l iving physical ly on the earth plane; butthere remained a clear recol lect ion of a s t range inci-dent of the night. In fact, as she reasoned and al-lowed all the details to arrange themselves into log-ical order she was impressed with the fact that theincident had been an unusual psychic experience, un-l ike the many she had in recent years .

That the whole incident should centre around Rol-l ins was not unusual . For many months he had comeinto int imate associat ion with her in various psychicexperiences, the progress of which indicated that hewas becoming more and more f ree f rom ear thbound

thinking. But the experie nce of last night ,— was it p rop het ic? Ro ll in s neve r ap pea red m ore who ll yspiri tual , more completely freed from earthly l imita-t ions ! And, the Chi ldren of Ligh t 1 That g roup ofCosmic beings at tending his every move, seeminglyguarding and direct ing him, the great book he had inhis hand, the ring with its setting of fiery red, and hiscont inual cry of “ 1 am content , I am content I” Atthe last moment of the scene ju st before sh e a w ak -ened to this worldly consciousness, he was there, bril-liant, beautiful, noble and . . . Could it be mor ethan a psychic experience?

Ruth went to the phone, even though i t was s t i l lvery early, and called Roll in '* mother. Guardedly,she asked: “An d how is Wil l iam; have you seen himthe last two or three days?”

There was a brief pause; i t was very brief, but in-tui t ion and the s i lence that seemed to last for manyminutes , warned Ruth that the answer about to begiven was as guarde d as her quest ion. The n it came:'Why , William is not home, dear. Don ’t be frig ht-

ened, but he had a spell the other day— the day afterhe had been with you and had such a pleasant t ime.He went to a specialist and was told that it was a mildrecu rrenc e of his old t rouble, chron ic appendici t is

Ruth gasped; she could not control theemotion s tha t swept over her. Mrs. Rollins must haveheard the gasp, for she added hurriedly: “Oh, pleasedon't worry, my dear little girl, for it is really nothing.You know he didn’t have a real attack of appendicitis,as is commonly experienced, but the specialist saidthat now was the t ime to have the appendix removed

 befo re any acu te co ndit ion se t in, ne cessi ta ti ng a h u r -

ried operat ion. So, they operate d on him, day beforeyeste rday, and last night he was doing just fine. 1 waswith him for a few minutes and he told me that he was p lannin g to be wit h you on Sunday as he was la stSunday. Of course, he didn 't want you to know any-thing about it until i t was all over, but now that he ison the way to recovery, 1 don’t suppose he will objectto your knowing al l about i t ; but he didn 't want youto wor ry, so please feel that he is all right an d— youmay go to see him I am sure.”

So, Rollins was in a condition where he might easily pa ss over th e Threshold! T he th ough t was ter ri fy -ing, despite the reassurance of Mrs. Rollins.

Telephone inquiry revealed that the vis i t ing hoursat   the private hospi tal were  f ro m a ft er te n  o ’clock. Itwas now not qui te seven o’clock. Thr ee whole hoursto wait! If the expe rien ce of the night was proph etic,then every minute was of importance. She could tele- phon e th e head ph ysi c ia n an d w arn him , bu t w ha t ph ysic ia n woul d ta ke su ch a w arn ing fro m an o u t-sider? and with nothing more substantial to base it onthan a midnight dream! She knew well the at t i tudeof those who were unfamil iar with the laws governingsuch experiences. So, there was nothing to do butwait.

How long the minutes can be, and how endless the

hours when l i fe seems to hang in the balance and whenthe hea rt cries in desire impat ient! Ruth was deeplyin love with Rollins; he was her William, her all . He,too, seemed at tached to her, for often he had been onthe verge of saying so, but Ruth had checked him,knowing as a woman always does, what was in hismind and hear t ; bu t p refer r ing to have the a t t rac t iongrow and grow in the way that unexpressed love doesgrow until i ts very vitality forces it from its secretcha mbe r as the but terfly outgrow s i ts prison. On the

 psychic p lan e Wil li am had proved hi s na tura l ag ree -ment wi th her , fo r the agreement between auras , theat t ract ion between soul expressions and the uni ty ofmind on that p lane when two meet who are a t -tuned, is a natural agreement , a law of nature un-affected by man 's assumption s or wom an’s desire. Asthese thoughts came to Ruth’s mind she also recal led

the last words she had said to him in a serious strainthe last evening she had seen him: “When the romanceof affection ends the reality of love begin s.” Formonths she and Wil l iam had dwelt in the world of ro-mantic affect ion; had an end come to this? and   wasthe reality of love to be born , now? No! for love was born! it was here, it was a li vi ng rea li ty ! It h ad Ruthin its spell. Th ere was no longer need to hold backits power, its expression, its natural indulgence.

Ten o’clock and the vis i tor 's room at the Sani tarium.Ruth s tood nervously toying at her handbag. Shemade a beaut i ful picture, i f one should judge from the pure ly impersonal poin t of view. Ner vo usn ess , a n -xiety, hurried walking, the fine morning air , the resolu-tion to admit, this very morni ng, her love to him,—all these gave her a color in her cheeks, a sparkle in

her eyes, a magnet ic aura and a gent leness in her poisethat added to the charms Ruth natural ly possessed.

The Secretary was makin g inquiry. She would re-turn in a few minutes and direct Ruth to his bedside.Minutes , hours , years! Why the delay? Whyco uldn ’t she rush to his bedside? Conve ntions, rules,regulat ion, office customs,— why does man surroun dhimself with all these things to veil or color his acts?Why is there a l i t t le screen in the corner of that room?It is only to hide the porcelain sink that everyone  knows is there. Why is a curtain hung over thatdoor? For anyone can see there is a door behind it .Why go and ask Mr, Rollins if he wishes to see me,Ruth, when the youngest s tudent of human naturecould tell that he was mine, my very own, and thatI will not leave without seeing him? The se wer e the

thoughts that passed through the mind of Ruth, Ruththe girl , Ruth the woman of superior understanding,Ruth the awakened one. Ruth the anxious one.

Th en came the soft s teps of the Secretary. The rewas a serious expression on her face and she spoke inwhispers to the man in white who accompanied herdown the s tairs . They app roac hed Ruth. The manin white spoke first:

"A re you wait ing to see Mr. Roll ins? Are you amemb er of his family? You have been directed byhis mo the r to call? Will his mo the r call shortlv?Yes, we sent for her. You didn ’t know that? Willyou wait unt i l she comes?” Th e quest ions may have be en m ore connecte d th an th is , bu t th is is al l th a tRuth heard and she knew,— there was someth ingwrong! Quick thinking was one of Ruth 's s t rongest

assets; it was undoubtedly a result of her keen intui-tion. It cam e to he r rescue again.

"1 am very close to Mr. Rollins,” began Ruth, "and,  as I said, was directed here by his mother early thismorning, perhaps before you had sent for her, and Iam sure that Mr. Rollins would wish to see me if h^knew 1 was in this bui lding. Therefor e, you will

 ple ase take me to him and w hen hi s m other co me sinform her that I am here !”

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There was that , posit iveness abou t he r words w hichmany had noted in Ruth’s na ture and which never le f tany doubt as to her de te rmina t ion. Her ins inua tionthat Mr. Roll ins did not know of her presence in the

 buil din g at once ca st as id e the g uardedness tha t had bee n us ed by Secre ta ry and physic ian .

“Very well , Miss," said the man in white , "you

will be taken to his room, but we must tel l you thatMr. Rollins is in a deep sleep; in fact, let us be frankand say, that he is in a coma. W e hav e notified hisat torney and his business associate , as he directed be-fore the operation, and would have sent word to oneother , perhaps you

"Yes, to you, Miss,” said the Secretary.

“But, notwithstanding his present state , we are notalarmed. His pulse is fair ly regular , though weak,and while his breathing is unnatural , in a way, i t ismain taining a rhyt hm that is def inite . He has beenin the state since some t ime last evening, for he en-tered this coma while in a natural sleep and we didnot detect i t unti l ear ly this morning Ou r nightnurse not iced tha t he brea thed di f fe rent ly about mid-

night , but did not try to awa ken him. Th ere are threeother physic ians wi th him now, his a t torney havinginsisted that we call Dr. Pierre Dresser , the eminent

 b ra in and min d sp ec ia li st , bec ause Mr. Rol li ns has be enmaking s t range s ta tements and we wish to de te rmineif there is any indication of a drug inf luence or brainaffection,— oh, only of a tem po rary nature. You willaccommodate yourself to the wishes of the physicianswho are at his bedside now, please!"

And with these words, meaningless and meaningfulto Ruth, she was taken to his room.

There in a sunli t room was a picture that Ruth wil lnever forge t . S tanding diagona l ly near one shadowedcorner was a large white bed, larger than the usualhospital bed, and on it rested the body of William, hisarms lying l imply on the pale blue covering, his face

 pa le and wan , li fe le ss ly tu rn ed tow ard the ce il in g.There was not the s l ightest movem ent to indica te breathing, th ere w as n o th ing in th e pos it ion of the body o r the color of th e flesh to indic ate tha t Wil li amRollins had not passed over the Threshold of ear thlylife. Near the foot of the bed sat one elder ly man,unmistakably a Frenchman, with his eyes f ixed in astare at the face of Roll ins; while on the other side ofthe room s tood two men of profess iona l appearance ,nervously fumbl ing the i r watches and cha ins whi legazing intently at the f igure on the bed. Th e roomwas still, significantly still. Th e one large wind owhad i ts doors open to the f loor , leading to a small bal-cony, over the rai l ing of which were vines; and onthese vines perched, on a strong twig, and baskingmer r i ly in the sunshine , was a spar row chi rping cheer -

ily.As Ruth looked a t the bed in the shadowed corner

of the room and then at the l i t t le soul in the sunlight ,she could not help but think of the book that Roll inshad given her for her bi r thday a yea r ago “Sunli ghtand Shado w." He re she stood in the Shadow of Lifeand the Light of Life. So m uch of our l i fe is spentin the shadows, so much of this ear thly l ife is but ashadow of the realities of life.

Pausing a t the doorway, w ai t ing to be’ invited toenter , she soon realized that no at tention was to be

 pai d to her . H ere was a c h a m be r of conte st . Sh esensed tha t at once. Life, deat h, science, divine law.man mad e law, opinion, belief , fai th,— all were co n-test ing. The physician who spok e to her dow nstairswas hopeful ; these men in th is room were doubt ful ,—

aye, even more, they were posit ively sure that therewas no hope. Th e ear thly life of Roll ins was the cen -ter of the contest , and only the song of a bird gave acheer ing note to the aspec t . Here were these menawai t ing what they ca l led dea th as though i t weresomething that must be, regardless of t ime or condi-t ion. The fact that i t was morn ing, daylight , and thesun shining br ightly and the essence of l i fe evervwhere,made l i tt le difference to them. Ruth recalled thewords of Job: “For the morning is to them even as theshadow of death: if one knew them, they are in thete r ror s of the shadow of dea th ."

Roll ins’ mo ther would arr ive short ly. Someth ingmus t be done at once. T o witness such a sight as thiswould brea k down the strongest woman. She must besaved such a somb re scene. The re was but one thingto do and that must be done by her .

“ I beg your pardon," began Ruth, “but the Secre-ta ry informed me tha t 1 may ente r th is room. May I

inquire if it would be injurious to his condition, if 1app roac hed his bedside? We are very close fr iends."

The two men who were s tanding near the bedsidelif ted their gaze for a moment while the one spoke:

"You may go to him, but do not excite him withany emotional display of any kind. He is hoverin gat the border of death and al l depends upon a chance.He has a chance of coming back to consc iousness andwe must not lose that chance."

As Ruth moved slowly to the bedside the man whowas s i t t ing there in deep thought , rose and whisperedto Ruth, in broken English:

"If you are a very, very close friend, then it is goodyou come near to him. If, ah, perha ps, you love him,or , perhaps even better , he loves you, then we shall

see, yes, then there is more than what these doctorscall a chance . 1 see, you do love him, tha t is so bet-te r, it makes me hope . 1 speak to these doc tors ,'—you si t here and take the patient’s hand, there, justl ike, well , as when he was with you, sometime, per-haps? Sol" With these words the man placed Rol-l ins’ han d in Ru th’s and clasped them. Th en standingerect he spoke as to al l assembled there: "Now weshall see if perhaps I am r ight or maybe wrong andyou gent lemen per fec t ly r ight or wrong. This pa t ientis in wha t you call a coma. Psycho logy knows noth -ing about this coma, but i t does know th at man sleeps,sleeps in, oh, man y ways. Th is is sleep, bu t different.Anyhow, it is sleep, sleep of the body, sleep of themind, sleep of the consciousness, but not sleep of thesoul. This patient sti ll has soul, otherwise he be dead,no? Th en his soul is sti ll here. You do not treatsoul , you t rea t his body. 1 cannot t r ea t his soul , 1can treat only his mind and brain. But this you nglady, ah, tha t is different, so different! She love him.She is close to his soul. If he love her, his soul isclose to her , more now, while he sleep this way, thanwhen he awake. Her soul wil l speak to his soul, hissoul will hear, it will unde rsta nd. If he is not to pass beyond her call , sh e wil l be ab le to m ake him come back . H e is gone fr om here, hi s so ul I mean, the bodyis nothing. Now we watch. We take his pulse, we,what you call i t? tabulate his pulse and breathing . Iwatch his reaction. You watch his body, she hold hishan d and whisper in his ear . Please, youn g lady,you forget we are here; you act l ike natural , as whenyou are alone with him. I t is a l l r ight . We are gen-t lemen of honor , we do not l isten, we only watch.”

The tears were f lowing down the red cheeks ofRuth ; f ire bu rned in every cell of her body. Th eman’s consideration, his apparent tenderness, his un-derstanding of nature and natural laws, his intenseser iousness and the responsibil i ty that was placed inher , made Ruth feel that the most crucial moment ofher l ife had come. Her resolution of the morning!This day she would no longer hold back the power ofher love, i ts expression, i ts natural indulgence; shewould confess or admit her love for him. W hat ac i rcumstance to apply tha t r esolut ion!

Gett ing down on her knees she buried her face inthe palm of his r ight hand while with both heT handsshe grasped his forearm and permi t ted the warmth ofhe r body to flow freely into his flesh. Aft er a mo -

ment’s pause she began to speak, sof t ly and sweetly,while science tabulated the pulse beats in the wristof the lef t arm and the sl ight sound heard through theelectr ical device at tached to his chest .

"Please, Will iam, please!” thus began Ruth. ” icall to you to come back to this bodily expressionagain if i t is in your power to choose and to do.Wh erever thou a re , look upon me, Ruth, praying asI would pray to God, that you answer the call of thesoul in me. I pra y not to God, for I can no t ask Godto intercede and change His divine mind in any plan inany case. If it is God 's will that the soul which is

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you must pass on to a higher plane, then so shall i t be and 1 shal l know it is well . Bu t if there is anychoice in thy going, if it be within thy power, listento this plea of mine. Not only for me, William, butfor your Mother whom you have loved so dear ly andwho may be here soon to see you; do not leave hernow. Stay with her until she has passed beyond. Be

her protector, her joy, while she has her l ife 's workto do on this plane; then at the call of God we maysee her pass in happiness , not in sorrow as she mayif you do not come to comfort and love her.

“ It is sweet whe re you are. It is so real, and th ethings of this life are so false, but mere shadows, that pass and rep ass and ever de ce ive . Bu t there is onegreat reality that is born of the divinity that ever re-sides on this plane . Th at is Love. Love is here, asthere wh ere you are. Love of a soul, a pur e love, alove that is eternal and canno t die or change. Th atlove calls to you now, for, William, it is the love inmy soul, in my heart , for you, just you. Come backto me and your Mot her! Let us spend many daystoge ther as you have hoped. In our love let us ac -complish that which can be accomplished only by the

unity of love. Let the life in my body give you r bodylife; let the strength in my flesh give you strength.Let me weaken to that same degree that you growstrong, that we may be as one in united s trength asin our love.

“See, William, my aura r ises from around my bodyand sur rounds yours . There is a great l ight gather -ing over you, even now. Let the tears from my eyeswash into your pores and burn there with the f ire thatcomes from a heart that admits now it 's love for you,its adorat ion of your nobleness. This is my confes-sion and it is my pra ye r. Come, Willia m, come tome! Come back into this holy body that God hasmade; come and animate the spirit of i t and let us b ring the Lig ht of th is expe rience to the worl d tha twe may be Children of Light and shed the Light to theWorld. My William! My own! My darling one!My beloved! Com e!”

Then Ruth felt a turn of the hand that was pressed,against her face. She sensed a tremb ling in the fore-arm in which she had pressed her f ingers so deeply.She heard hurr ied movements in the room, some whis - pe red orde rs quickly gi ve n and a door was cl osed .Slowly she arose and looked at the face on the pillow.Th ere was color in the pale face,— just a l i t t le, but itwas to her as a rose. She bent over the still figureand pressed her l ips to his. Wa rm, moist, magnetic,she allowed the very life of her being to flow into hislips . For a minu te or mo re she held this contac t andthen she felt l ife responding and exhaustion overcom-ing her. Weak ly she s tood erect and faced the physi-cians. The y nodded to her and said one word ‘'Re-act ion !” And with th is word science a t tempted toanalyze and classify the answer to a heart’s call , theresponse of soul to soul.

Ruth remembered but l i t t le of what followed, forshe was lead to an adjo in ing room, where she re-clined for a while and regained a l i t t le of her s trength.Perhaps an hour later Mrs. Rollins came to her and,taking her by the hands, said in a tenderly way:

“They have just allowed me to see William and heseems to be doing well, thoug h he is very weak. Hemumb led that he would like to see you. You don' tth ink there is any danger , do you, dear ie? 1 had noidea he was so weak. I do hope that no thin g seriouswill set in, because sending for me fr ightened me soand they kept me waiting a whole hour while they bathed him and p re p a red the room for my vis it ."

“No, l i t t le mother," replied Ruth, "there is no dan-ger now of anyt hing happening. William is going togain s treng th every hour. I saw him just before youcame, tha t is, just before they, eh,— the nurse gavehim his bath and dressed him; and he is so muchstron ger now they say. 1 will go in to see him nowand will come to your house this afternoon to see you.Goodbye, l i t t le mothe r, my m othe r; William and I haveanswered each other 's call of love and each of us hasfound LIFE.”

(What t ranspired dur ing the s ta te of Coma wil l be expla in ed in Episo de N um ber Fi ve.)

NEWS OF THE LODGES

E are pleased to s tate that Lodges aresending us better reports than in the past,that is , reports which can be used forthese columns. Again we urgs eachLodge to appoin t a repor ter for TheTr iangle and through such repor ter sendus weekly notes that can be util ized in

 p rep a r in g it em s fo r th is depar tm en t ofThe Triangle. Here follows a partial list

of the cities from which reports have been receiveddur ing the pas t month:

 NEW YORK CI TY . W ork is prog ressing wit h theusual enthusiasm and interest. Th e special form of

 p rop a ga nd a a r ra ng e d so me tim e ago is a t t ra c t in g th eat ten t ion of many profess ional men and women andmany new applications are being received. Thosewho have vis ited the Temple of the New York GrandLodge state that they found the convocations andmeetings in the Temple wonderfully inspiring and weredelighted to find such a fine Egyptian Lodge room withsuch peace and quiet in the heart of such a busy city.Visitors to New York are always welcome to call atthe Temple and see the building or attend sessions practically eve ry ni ght of the wee k. T he address ofthe building is 361 West 23rd Street.

BOSTON, MASS. Many chang es are occuring inthe Grand Lodge due to rearrangement of the classes ,advancement of members and the appoin tment ofMasters for the various grades. Repo rts indicate thatthere is unified interest and action in this city, makingfor a greatly increased membership. The Lodge hasa very f ine library adjoining its Temple, known tomany as the Ath ena Library. I t is open every aft er-noon for vis itors or those who wish to come and readany of the many hundreds of good and rare occult ,metaph ysical or highe r thou ght books. I t is one of 

the best libraries of its kind in the East. Th e addr essof Lodge and Library is 739 Boylston Street, nearCopley Square.

WATERBURY, CONN. As an examp le of the kindof reports we like to receive, we print the followingextract sent to us by the two Colombes of the GrandLodge of Connect icu t , who were appoin ted repor tersfor their Lodge:

“On December 6 th a c lass of twenty two new mem- bers were adm itted to the fi rs t gr ade. W e be li ev e th isis going to be an exceptional class , to judge by themanner in which the members take par t in the d iscus -sions at the close of each lecture. We expect to addanother c lass of members very shor t ly .”

HAR TFO RD, CONN. We have received two veryfine photographs of the new Temple building of Is isLodge No. I 6 of our O rde r, s itua ted in the o utski rtsof Hartfo rd. This building was built completely bythe members on property donated to them, and it is acredit to any organization. The Lodge room wherethe convocations are held is picturesque, eff iciently ar-ranged and commodious . Adjoin ing i t are an te-rooms, s tore rooms, Library and reception room, withlarge open fireplace. On the occasion of i ts dedica-tion last Fall , when members from other Lodges par-ticipated, the usual procedure was followed by firs trais ing an American flag over the building while alluni ted in prayer fo l lowed by s inging “America ." The p h o tog rap hs al so sh ow the A m er ican flag as a p r in -ciple symbol on the altar, as is also customary in allour Ame r ican Temples. This Lodge has s tar ted avery f ine library room and it is the desire of the mem- bers to have a l ibrary open to vi si to rs . For th is p u r - pose they ask the assis tance of all m em bers in any jur isdict ion who can do so to se nd them copi es of anyappropr ia te books which the owners can spare , as a

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donation to the library. I t will not be a donation toa small group, but will really constitute a donation tothe Order and our work generally, for Is is Lodge hasa large membership, an active one, and many strangersand seekers will be able to read these books. Addresssuch books to: Post Office, Box 54, South Windsor,Conn.

PATERSON, N. J . The Grand Lodge of New Jer -sey is continuing its active work and members report

 progress and increasing in te re st .1AMPA, FLA. We are very glad to rep ort an en -

thusiastic boost in the work of the Florida Gran dLodge. The rapid increase of membership warrante dthe members in extending the lease on the buildingthey occupy and in making many alterations so as tomore than double the seating capacity of their Lodgeroom. New classes have been initiated and othe rclasses are progres sing with increasin g interest. ThisLodge was the hrst to establish a new form of generalservice to humanity, as noted elsewhere in this maga-zine. The work ot the Squa re of the Four is respo ns-ible for many changes taking place in the Lodge inTampa and we are watching with keen in teres t a p lanto be established there to carry out the scheme forlarge temple building, college building, experimentallaborator ies and o ther ad jo in ing bui ld ings under a$100,000 fund p lan inaugurated by the Grand Mas terof Florida.

PHILA DELP HIA, PA. The Master of Delta Lodgerepor ts cont inued in teres t and growth . We are plea sed to announce , al so , tha t the clergyman of oneof the largest Episcopal churches in the city is broad-casting his Sunda y evening services by radio. Theyare f il led with profound mystical laws and he has beenof great help to our Lodge and now augments this byreaching a very large audience. Than k you, Brother l

PITTSBURGH, PA. The Grand Master for Pen n-sylvania reports that the Grand Lodge has been very busy , the cl as se s p rogress ing and new cl as se s beingformed. The advancem ent of the members in th iscity has been one of the encouraging features of ourwork.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. The work in the Texa sGrand Lodge has been advancing with unusual activityof late. The Master has secured the cooper ation ofcertain members who have used their influence to aug-ment the general ins t ruct ion . Two eminent phys i-cians and scientis ts have been addressing the 6th gradeclass on the subject of physiology, anatomy and othersubjects . This is an excellent plan that might beadop ted by othe r lodges. Members repo rt keen in-terest in the work there.

OM AHA , NEB. The work here is continuing withthe usual interest and enthusiasm.

FLINT, MICH. The Grand Master reports growthand advancement .

CLEVELAND, OHIO, The work of the GrandLodge is continuing with keen interest and advance-ment .

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. The Grand Lodge helda special meeting of the Grand Council to arrange p lans fo r in creasing the office, l ibrary and Lod ge fa-cilities. Th e discussion resulted in a decision to oc -cupy the entire building on Market Street where theTemp le is now located. Variou s comm ittees were ap - pointed to take care of the increasing p rop a g an d awork and other activities . Several new classes were

IMPERATORS

In answer to the many inquiries we wish to an-

nounce that the Imperator has informed us that heforesees anothe r tour dur ing the spr ing months . Ac -cording to his map of events and tendencies he willleave San Francisco about the I 0th of April an d goto Chicago, where he will remain a few days andthence to Florida via the Dixie Flyer, which will takehim through or into Kansas, Missouri, and adjoiningStates, to the Southe rn ones. A stay of several weekswill be made in Florida on official business and a re-turn will be made early in May via the Seaboard AirLine from Jacksonville through Washington, D. C., to

•New York City, with, possibly, several stops en route.

initiated recently and classes are held five nights aweek. Monthly socials are being planne d so as to perm it the very large m em bership to become betteracquain ted .

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Members of the GrandLodge of California are in Los Angeles assis ting in theestablishment of another Lodge there and we expectto have a complete report for our next issue.

CHICAG O, ILL. Fifty membe rs in this city havesent a pet i t ion to headquar ters ask ing that anotherLodge be established and members there of the I ll inoisGran d Lodge are assis ting also. Th e Impe rator will probably visit Chic ago du ring the sp ri ng.

STOCKTON, CALIF. The work here is progress -ing and the members advancing as usual.

PORTLAN D, OREGON. The work is going on inthis city with the usual enthusiasm.

BANES ORIENTE, CUBA. An interesting reportfrom this Lodge s tates that in addition to the initiationof new members, three children were chris tened in theTempl e there recently. This Lodge is growing rapidlyand with excellent enthusiasm.

LONDON, ENGLAND. The Grand Secret ary forEngland reports that the Lodge in London is growingin interest and members. He also repo rts man y newapplications from time to t ime and many inquiries .From correspondence received by us we know that themembers there are very happy in the work .

COPEN HAGEN, DENMARK. Reports from thisLodge indicate an increas ing membership and enthus-iastic att i tud e towar d the work. We receive man yvery f ine letters from members in that country.

SOURABAYA, JAVA. Here the work is going onwith increas ing membership and remarkable in teres t .Monthly repor ts exchanged show that the members inth is country great ly apprecia te thei r Order and Lodge.

MELBOURNE, AUSTR ALIA. Reports from thiscity indicate that the work is intensely interesting and

the membership increas ing .INDIA. Repor ts from various parts of India indi-

cate cont inued growth of the Order there and specia linterest in the American revision of the lectures , whichare eager ly sought and made a par t of the work inthat country .

 NEW LOD GES

A char ter has been granted to members in Beau-mont, Texas, and we expect a very f ine Lodge there.The Alden Lodge in Lufkin, Texas, has been doingsome propaganda work that has reached many c i t iesand has been of help to the various centres in Texas.

From Secondee, Gold Coast, Africa, has come a pe tit ion fo r he lp in establ is hi ng an o the r Lodge thereund er the jurisdiction of that country. We have as-sis ted the members in Accra, Gold Coast, to form a

fine Lodge of English members and now Secondee issecond in line.

In Nigeria, Africa, a new Lodge has been formedand we unders tand that the work is progress ing withexcellent interest.

OTHER LODGES

A great number of o ther Lodges and centres havenot made repor ts dur ing the pas t month and o thers arein process of formation. We expect to mention allthese in our next issue, including those in Canada,Germany, France, the Orient, Japan, China and else-where.

NEXT TOUR 

After a week’s stay in New York some trips will be

made to o ther Eas tern and Nor thern poin ts and areturn made from New York via the PennsylvaniaRailroad, s topping at Pittsburgh, Pa., and other mid-west points. This will bring the Impera tor back toSan Francisco about the middle of June.

Those Lodges or groups near this scheduled routedesir ing to have the Imperator vis it them will pleasecommunicate a t once to the Secretary to the Im-

 pera tor , ca re of AM ORC, 1255 M arket Stre et, Sa nFrancisco, Calif . The schedule must be completed be-fore the 25th of March.

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REL EAS ED_ FEB RU ARY 25th. 1924

We have publ ished no issue of The Tr iangle dur ingthe holiday season because of the many activit ies tak-ing our a t tent ion and the a t tent ion of our members ;and we have decided to stop dating our issues withmonthly da tes , s imply number ing them consecut ive ly .This issue i s numb er Four of Volume Two. At thehead of this column we will put the date that the issueis released or sent to press, simply that i t may havea mater ial t imedating, that is a ll .

Our last issue met with unstinted praise and re- pea ted ca ll s fo r m ore co pie s. W e a re gl ad tha t someof the features in that issue were so highly appreciatedand we have continued the story of the Cosmic Pilgr imand the His tory of the F i r s t Amer ican Rosaecruc iansfor that reason. Th e slight increase in pr ice wastaken in the r ight spir i t and i t enables us to continuethe large size of the publication. Yo ur gracious ac -ceptance of these changes and your k ind commentsand joyous pra ise a re gra t i fy ing and inspi r ing .

A A A

This i ssue conta ins the s t range combina t ion of twoimportant stages in the l ife and evolution of mankind;

 — the sto ry of the marriage of one of    our Colombesand the passing from this plane of one of our Masters.Both of these remind us of the passing of the ear thlyelement, t ime; for not long ago   our Colombe was buta child and our Beloved Master was a man of active physical body; bu t the one has grown in to adult lifea nd the o the r ha s advanced to  spir i tual l i fe. Time  seems to make changes, but, in truth, evolution causes

changes and the changes express as pass ing t ime .There i s the de lus ion!

A A A

We watch wi th keen interest the   changes tha t a retaking place in the churches.

Wh ere will i t end? Th e writ ing on the wall is very p lain and m any can rea d. O n the surface it app e arsthat there has r isen a dispute between one factionca l led the Fundamenta l i s ts and another ca l led theModernists and that these two factions divide thechu rche s. But it is mo re than this: it is a division ofthose who have awakened to a myst ica l unders tandingand realization of The Inspired Word of God and thosewho read and see only the c rude le t te r s and the i r ob- jecti ve meaning. Beyond th is th e re is the leaders hip

of those who have been i l lumined and who haveevolved to intimate cont act with the Cosmic. Suchleaders have thrown off the cha ins tha t bound them —as, perforce, they must have done to become il lumined

 — and a re tru ly m odernis ts of today as w ere A khenaton IV, Moses, Naaman, The Prophet of Chebar , So-crates, Vashti , Jesus and others, successively in theirday.

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The Supreme Cour t of the S ta te of Ca l i fornia had* b ro u g h t before it r ecently the question as to w he therthe Bible consti tuted a sectar ian book while on theshelves of the l ibrar ies of the public schools. A lowercour t had dec ided tha t the S ta te law forbidding sec -tar ian books in school l ibrar ies included the Bible .The dec is ion rendered by the Supreme Cour t was so

 b ro ad tha t it m ade a point of no ting tha t the Koran,the Ta lmud and s imi la r books l ikewise were not sec -ta r ian and proper ly be longed on a l ibra ry she l f a sgood li terature. Know ing the Chief Justice of theSupreme Cour t a s we do, we a re not surpr ised a t thedec is ion and we a re p leased wi th the broad v iew thustaken. This incident is repo rted by us merely as acompar ison wi th another inc ident tha t happened inOhio recently. A United States Flag and a Bible were

 p re sen te d to a public sc hool in A k ro n by a  pa tr io ti c  society. Th e school board, dominated by mem bers ofone religious sect, refused to accep t the gift . TheRed Men of the city took up the mat ter    and calledthe board ac t ion an insul t to God and the F lag; o ther -wise we might have never known about i t. The news-

 p a p e rs of the cou n try have sa id no th ing ab o u t th isinc ident , but i t cannot happen of ten before the re wi l l

 be a general ri sin g aga inst sec ta r ian in fl uen ce s in public sc hool boards. W ha t do you k now ab ou t theschool board in you r ci ty? If your school board pub -lishes a monthly or semiannual report , make i t your

 bus iness to get a copy and stu dy it. You m a y   be su r - pri sed at some fa ct s. If the b oa rd does not publi shany repor t , inquire why tha t is so. The re may bes ta r chamber proceedings tha t a re even more danger -ous.

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NOTICE

As predicted some time ago, the various copies ofthe books ca l led Cromaats , numbered f rom A to G,a re out of pr in t and our supply a t Headquar te r s i s ex-hausted. We are receiving earne st pleas for copiescont inua l ly and

 fr om groups  or individuals in parts of

the world wh ere such l i terature is very scarce. Weregre t tha t we have to d isappoint these members andgroups and advise a l l our members who have copiesto preserve them well . If any have extra copies thatthey can spare we would apprec ia te them and wi l l putthem in to hands where much good will   result. Cromaat "B” is especially desired.

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TWO WORLDS MADE ONE  

Edwin Markham

I love the mystic in his dreams

When earth a f loating bubble seems ---

Love, too, the bluff mater ialist ,Tho the re a re k ingdoms he has missed.

1 love sou l m e n ( You a sk m e why? )

They have a GodhoId in the sky,

1 love e a rth m e n ,— the y ha lf know God ;

They have a Godhold in the sod.

But best I love the twoinone,

The man who holds both ea r th and sun;

A man, who, l ike a tree, has gir th

Tha t grapples h im to rock r ibbed ea r th ;

And yet a man who, l ike a tree,

Lif ts boughs into the airy sea,

To hear the whispers of the l ight

And a l l the wonders of the n ight .

Great is that man who stands on high!

Two wor lds a re captured by h is eye ;

He sees these little days of Time

Whirled into a drama, vast , sublime;

Ear th has a meaning f ine and fa r ,

When lighted by a mystic star .

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HERE IS A BRAND NEW IDEA

Something: that Every Lodge and Every Group Can  Put Into Practice at Once

For the f irs t t ime in several years a brand newmethod of help ing the needy and a t the same t ime b ringing the seeker cl os e to hom e has been ev olv edand put in to pract ice with profound success . Theidea originated in the ferti le minds of the several offi-cers of the Grand Lodge of Florida and we feel thateach Lodge could adopt the same means and shoulddo so at once.

The p lan began i ts operat ion with the inser t ion ofthe fo l lowing smal l adver t isement in the "Personal”column of the newspapers , f irs t in the Sunday issue,then in even the weekday issues.

FREE help. If you are s ick or in trouble,write for psychic and spiritual help. This

is the Service Department of the oldestBrothe rhood in the world. Use it if inneed. No fees or obligations. ‘‘Th e Squa reof the Fou r.” P. O. Bo x ......................................

Such an advertisement is not costly and is boundto attr act the atten tion of those in need. A differentversion of the same advertisement could be as follows:

IN TRO UBLE ? If sick or wor ried or inneed of psychic or spiritual help, write forhelp and advice, strictly confidential. TheService Department of a nat ional brother-hoo d is rea dy to help all. No fees or obli-gations. “The Square of the Four," P. O.B o x ................................

From a purely theoretical point of view, such ad-vert isements would seem to be inadequate to reach

those who are real ly in need of    that sort of help thatour members can give. But the proof of the puddingis in the dem and it creates. And, dema nd there is,to judge from the success of the plan in Tampa, Flor-ida.

Just why the originators of the plan decided to callthemselves the "Square of the Four" is not known andit is immaterial, for it is a name that is as good as anyand at the same time seems to indicate secrecy andconfiden tial dealings. This, you will admit, is an im- po r tan t poin t wit h m any who ne ed he lp , and it a p - pea ls to th em .

From those in Tampa who are working the planwe learn these facts. Th at there are from two to fiveinquiries a day and these are assigned to various mem-

 bers of the li tt le co mmit tee in charge of th e work. To

each writer a letter, personal and friendly, is sent,giving whatever advice can be given and promisingthat, if desired, a personal call will be made by oneof our members, or the troubled one may cal l and seethe member who has charge of the individual case.

The "troubles ” submitted by the inquiring onescover the whole range of human problems, from healthand illness to marriage, divorce, separations, childrenand adults lost or strayed, others in prison or chargedwith crimes of which they claim they are not guilty,

 bir th s and th e at te ndin g proble ms with out he lp oradvice to meet them, discouragement, wayward chil-dren, and a hundred other minor matters, most ofwhich can be met by advice, kindly suggestions orreal, personal assistance. The large majori ty DO

 N OT as k for mon ey . In fact , qu it e a n u m b er hav e

 be en wi ll in g to pay for any hel p th ey co uld ge t butthey could not find anyone ready to take a PERSONALinterest in their case. Most of them are simply hu n-gry for friendly advice that is not biased. Few of uscan realize what this means, for most of us have thissort of friendship, but there are thousands who do nothave it and are forced to try and find a friendly handsomewhere.

 Natu ra ll y no fees a re permit te d, but in so me ca se sthe ones who have been helped have sent anonymousdonations after they were helped and this l i t t le com-

 pensatio n ha s been us ed to conti nue th e adverti se-ments, which are not costly.

Quite a few have become interested in the kindly phi lo sophy us ed in writ ing or talkin g to them and hav einquired where such philosophy was taught . Whe nliterature was given to them later it proved to be thevery thing they sought, and these persons united withthe Lodge.

In classifying the work, each Lodge or group adopt-ing this plan should have the cooperat ion of one

 ph ys ic ia n, one at to rn ey (i f po ssib le ), one who iscapable of giving good business advice, one who cantalk to women on women's personal problems, onewho can help in psychic and spiritual affairs. Then,when the let ters come, they should be turned over tothese various members according to the requirementsof the wri ters. Those needing treatm ents can be as-signed to various members who know our 6th and 8thgrade work.

Mention of the AMORC should not be made unti lrequest is made to know who or what is back of thework being done. We suggest that the term “Squar eof the Four” be used by all Lodges in their plan andthat all letters sent to needy ones be sent in the nameof the Square of the Four, then signed by the Latinname of the writer, unless it is considered desirableto meet the needy one. In such case make an ap -

 p o in tment or se t tw o ev en in gs w hen th e cal l ca n bemade and sign your ful l name and address to indicatethat you are not t rying to hide behind any secretscheme.

If the quest ion is asked: Who const i tute the Squareof the Four? this answer can be truthfully given:“This is an organization of men and women of alldenominations and creeds, in all walks of life, living inthe principal cities of this country and all united in prep ar in g to do hum anitar ian work and rea dy toserve. We are mem bers of a local branch of thewo rk in this city." This should be sufficient answ erfor the average inquirer and wil l do unti l after com-

 ple te or su ff ic ient he lp has be en ren dered. If, the re-after, the one who has been helped desires to knowmore, he or she may be told about the Amorc.

If problems are presented which the individual mem- bers or Lod ge s cannot mee t, th en th e Lo dg e may cal lupon our National Service Department, as announcedin our last issue of The Triangle: but it must be keptin mind that the average writer for help is in need of

IMMEDIATE advice or assistance and no time should be lost in answerin g th e appeal wi th so me ad vi ce an dsome encouragement .

By making this plan a truly national one in scope,it will enable each Lodge or group more efficiently tosolve some of the problems. We are remind ed of onesuch problem where a mother was seeking her lostson, 2 1 years of age. She had the last letter receivedfrom him dated from a small town in California. Bytransferring the case to Headquarters here and fromhere to a group in that town, the son was locatedwithin seven days and after some talks and advicewas willing to return to his old mother and help her.

We have some members in every Lodge who are prol if ic le tt er wri te rs . How wel l we kno w it! T heylike to write and like to recieve letters. Her e is a

chance for them to come forward and offer their as-sistance in writing to those who need advice and sug-gestions. Please inform the Impe rato r by mail assoon as you put this plan into operation in your city.Let us have it in national operation before our NewYear celebrat ion, on March 20th, and thereby add thisnew feature to our year’s accomplishments.

A A ANATIONAL LODGE NOTES

What a joy has come into the lives of those whohave entered the Fourth or Postulant 's Grade of the

 Nati on al Lod ge ! The corre spondence is th e mo st in-spiring and encouraging we have ever received. Mem-

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 bers of th is grade live in m any p a r ts of th e worl d andin every state of this country, in as many diversifiedl ines of business or avocat ion and al l are agreed in

 p ay in g t r ibu te to th e w ork of the Nat io nal Lo dg e. T heMaster of the Postulant’s Grade is planning to organizethese enthusiast ic mem bers into a band of specialworkers; for these Postulants have been t r ied and

tested for two or more years , have had special t rain-ing and are being t rained along dis t inct ive l ines fordefini te construct ive work in behalf of the Order.

 N ew Po stu lan ts a r e being accep ted week ly  fr om   t heranks of those who have completed the three prel im-inary grades of the Nat ional Lodge and who havestood certain tests and t r ials for the past two years .

A A A

Those now in the prel iminary grades of the Na-t ional Lodge are pursuing their work with enthusiasmand carefulness , real izing that the lectures were espe-c ia l ly p repared for home s tudy and exper iment andthat each member is given such personal at tent ionand help as is necessary.

Members in any grade of ei ther the Nat ional orregular Lodges who have friends who may be inter-

ested in our teachings should send the names of suchfriends to the Secretary of the National R. C. Lodge,125 5 Market Street, and we will send the m in terest ingl i terature.

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Recent ly we received a package from one of the Nati onal Lodge m em bers along wit h a no te w hic h readas fol lows: “Recal l ing the Imperator 's special messageto the Nat ional Members of last year, 1 am sendingherewith a box containing such art icles as I have nouse for at present but which can surely be used at

hea dqu art ers ." In the box was a good fountain pen,a number of draughtsman’s instruments , such as com- pa ss es, pe ns , rul er s, et c. , an d so me o th er arti c le s whic hwil l serve wel l in ma ny ways at Hea dqua rters . Haveyou ever thought of how such l i t t le gifts are appre-ciated and turned to good use instead of remainingunused a t home? One member once sen t us enough

typew ri t ing carb on pap er to last us ful ly a year,— a jo b b e r ' s lo t th a t was le ft on hi s hands and for whic hhe had very li t tle use. Per hap s you, too,— but thiswas not intended to be an appeal ; we do not think i t isnecessary I

CHANGING YOUR ADDRESS

Have you ever thought o f the inconvenience andexpense tha t resu l ts f rom changing your address? N ati ona l Lodge m em bers an d o thers who rec eiv e le t-t ers o r l ec tures regular ly f rom Headquar ters , havetheir names and addresses cut on special metal platedfor use in the Addressograph machine which addressesthe envelope. Each t ime an address is chan ged itmeans a f ivecent cost for a new metal s tenci l , the ar-rangement for the change, and the care to avoid dupl i -ca t ion and er ror . Some membe rs change thei r ad-

dresses or the ini t ials of their name at an average ofonce a month, usual ly because of some whim. Thisdelays sending of lectures while the changes are madeand often resul ts in a few let ters going astray unt i lthe change is in work ing orde r again. Some others,or rather qui te a few, change their address and forgetto not i fy us unt i l mai l comes back, rubber s tamped,“moved , address unknow n.” Then we have to makeinquiry or wai t unt i l the member wri tes and complains.Keep your Lodge and Headquarters here posted al l thet ime in regard to such matters .

DICTIONARY OF ROSAECRUCIAN TERMS

(Cont inued f rom the Thi rd Number of The Tr iangle ,

dated Octobe r, 1923.K 

Knowledge— The Ros icrucians ever held tha t onecould no t know of any th ing except th rough personalexperience. For this reason a dis t inct ion was made

 betw een be li ef an d know le dge. T h e experiencewhich is thus necessary may be through object ivereal izat ion or psychic real i ty, but there must be the

 perso nal re ali sm . It is custom ary for a myst ic tosay that he ei ther knows or does not know whenspeaking of the experiences, problems, or facts ofl i fe and nature; nothing is accepted by him on fai thand he has no bel iefs .

Karm a— A term used by us to mean the work ing ofthe Jaw of compensat ion. Rosicrucians do not con -

tend, however, that the exactat ions of the law ofcompensat ion wil l resul t in any reversal of the lawof evolution, as is claimed by some modern schools.That a human being may be re incarnated in theform or body of a lower animal as a punishment ,is inconsis tent with the law of reincarnat ion andevolution, both of which teach us that each stage is

 p rogressive an d we shal l never desc end in th e sc aleof physical expression regardless of the karmic debtto be paid. One of the fundamental principles ofthe law of compensat ion is that for each sorrow or pain we cause an othe r, we sh al l su ff er in like de-gree and manner and at a t ime when the lesson to

 be gain ed th ereb y will be th e mo st im pr ess iv e. Onthe other hand this principle does not exact an eyefor an eye or a life for a life, for there is no ven-geance in the process and no intent ion to cause

suffering: the sole purpose of compensat ion is toteach us the lesson, to make us real ize the error andto evolve the understanding thereby.

For these reasons one cannot be sure just whenor how the law of compensat ion wil l exact i ts re-quirements . Of this we can be sure, however, wewil l not suffer through any requirement of   karmaand be unconscious of the fact that i t i s a karmicdebt we are paying. Such suffering without a keen

realization of why it is so and what we are com- p ensa ti ng fo r, would be in consist ent wit h th e fun da -mental principle of karm a,— that we wil l learn alesson through i t and advance in our understanding.

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Life and Life ForceThe mystery of al l ages. Twomethods of examining i ts nature lead to false con-clusions: the chemical method would reduce al l l i feto chemical action, the spiritual would reduce all todivine essence and ignore the material elements oract ions. Rosa ecrucia ns insis t that due conside ra-tion be given to all parts and all actions, realizingthat in i ts pris t ine essence al l l i fe emanates fromGod through Cosmic forces; but animal l i feforceas i t expresses and manifests on this earth plane isnot solely a spiritual essence devoid of chemicalact ion.

M

Magnetism— Ever y electri f ied body has its aura, andwhen that aura is act ive i t const i tutes a magnet icfield and the aura is sometimes cal led magnet ism.Magnet ism from a purely electrical point of viewis described somewhat different ly, but even so thefundamental law involved in the foregoing defini t ionremains . The fac t tha t some minera ls are “na t -ural ly” magnet ic, as i ron of a certain nature, whileothers can be made magnet ic, indicates that mag-net ism is not a resul t of the atomic or molecularst ructure of matter, but rather of an electrical ac-t ion that is taking place within the substance orwhich can be set up in the substance. In electricalscience we are instructed how to induce magnet ism

in a metal ic body by surrounding i t with an elec-t r ical charge; but this further i l lustrates the lawthat magnet ism resul ts from act ion in the aura thatsurr oun ds al l mat ter. This aur a is fundam ental lyan essent ial part of the electron and the molecule,therefore, has an aura which is a mixture of theaur as of the electrons composing it . Some aurasare passive, some are recept ive or repulsive andsome are al tern at ing in their act ion. Those whichare not rest ive or passive cause a manifestat ion

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which we term, in physical science, magnetism, witheither an attractive or repulsive tendency or posi-tive or negative polarity.

The cel ls compos ing the human body are sur -rounded by an aura and the body of man also hasan aura. This aura can be made active, radiatingits magnetic energy, or passive, or even repulsiveor receptive. The hu man mind, with its control ofthe electr ical energy in the body, is the guiding fac-tor in t h e  p rocess of e x c i t i n g the electr ical c h a T g ethat arouses the aura of the human body to i tsfullest power. Th e word mind is used here in the

 psy chical sens e. (This su bject is trea ted very fu ll ywith charts a n d diagrams in the December, 1916,issue of the American Rosae Crucis .)

Master— Th e term is used in several ways in our w ork, but we will not touch upon the use of the w ord toindicate one who is an officer of a Lodge or directorof a grade of the work. Otherw ise the term isused to represent one who has attained some degreeof perfection in evolution or a high degree of mas-tershi p of laws and principles . In this sense we

have visible and Invisible Masters. Th ose classifiedas visible are: masters living in the flesh on thisearth plane and seen by us with our objective phys-ical senses; and those living in the flesh on this

 plane who are abl e to pro ject thei r psychic body ,thoughts and impressions, irrespective of dis tance,so that such psychic bodies become visible undercertain conditions and the thoughts and impressions becom e se ns ibl e to ou r psychic or objectivecompre hension. Invisible Masters , on the otherhand, are those who have passed from this

 plane to the Cosmic Plane and fr om thence p ro ject thei r personality to the psychic planeand never funct ion or express upon the ear th plane un ti l re inca rnated . In o rde r that we maysense these Masters— not see them with objective

eyes ight— we mus t a t tune ourselves to the psychic p lane to su ch a degree that fo r the time being weare psychically functioning on the psychic planecompletely ( that is , with our psychic bodies whileour physical bodies are dormant or inactive in allfunctioning except that of a purely physical nature,as when asleep, in a transe s tate or in deep and profound m edi tation) and at su ch ti me contact the personality, mind , thoughts and mess ag es of the In -vis ible Masters . These Masters may be "seen” atsuch times, but not with objective eyes and in factit is not seeing at all but a Cosmic state of sensingwhich we interpret as seeing after we have returnedto consciousness on the objective plane for want ofa better term to describe our sensing.

Complete funct ioning on the psychic p lane for a

few minutes or hours at a t ime, as desired, and therecontacting the personality of the Invisible Masters ,is a condition much desired by all mystics and isa t ta ined by carefu l s tudy and preparat ion , many

 prelim ina ry experim ents and a pu re ness of purpose .I t is this way that Cosmic I llumination or CosmicConsciousness is realized.

Mat ter— Rosaecrucians v iew mat ter f rom almos t thesame viewpoint as physical science. Differing fromsome schools of metaphysics , we know that matter

is essential to expression or exis tence on this planeand has i ts place in the scheme of things and shouldnot be negated , ignored, humil ia ted or— agg ran-dized. We know that ma tter has no consciousnessor mind independent of that consciousness or mindwhich resides in all l iving forms; and we k nowfurther that matter does not exis t independent ofthe spirit energy tha t animates it . This knowl-edge enables us to place matter in i ts r ight categoryand shows us how to make it serve us rather thanrule us. (Th e fundamental laws regard ing thecomposition of matter are fully covered in the lec-tures of the 1st, 2nd and 4th grades.)

Mind— The mys t ic makes the imp or tant d is tinct ion be tween brain and mind. The brain is a physicalorgan for some of the functioning of mind just as

the lungs are organs for the funct ioning of breath-ing . Mind works throug h the bra in to a great ex-tent, but not exclusively thro ugh that organ. I t is po ss ib le for th e mind to fu nction in many w aysafter the brain is removed. This has been provedwith tests on lower animals. Mind is divided intotwo domains of funct ioning ,— subject ive and ob- je c ti ve; and whil e it is comm on to speak of thesetwo domains as two minds, it is not correct in a broad sens e. T he mind of man is im mortal becauseit is a part of the soul and personality, while on theother hand the brain, l ike all the physical organs,are mortal. Mind and personality persis t aftert rans i t ion f rom the phys ical body and re ta in as par tof thei r a t t r ibutes or equipment the complete s tore-house of mem ory. The psychic body util izes the

subjective functioning of the mind as i ts essentialconsciousness, hence in all psychic work and pro- jections of the psychic bo dy , the subjectiv e min d iskeenly active. (See Borderline State.)

Molecule— See Atom and Electron .

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 N aming (C h r i s t en in g )— T h e Rosa ecrucians have aceremony for the naming of ch i ldren to be per -formed in their Temples. No restr ictions is placedon the age of the child, but one or both of the p a ren ts must be m em bers of the O rde r and certa in promises a re exacted from the parents , su ch as thatthe child will be properly educated during its youthin nonsectarian schools, that it will be taught toknow and love obedience to God’s laws, that thechild will be given every opportunity to enter theOrder a t the proper age wi thout in ter ference orunneces sary urge. Such chris tening may take the pl ace of any o ther ce rem ony or may supplem ent it.The ceremony is , of course, nonsectarian.

HISTORY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN ROSICRUCIANS

(Copyrighted 1924 by H. E. Lewis

C H A P T E R T H R E E

The New Mystic Land

What Van Bebber found upon h is ar r ival in Amer icaand his settlement at or near Philadelphia, would be

intensely intere sting if we had all the facts. But wecan gather only a few fragments of that early his toryand of the conditions exis ting there.

We will not be interested in the early establish-ment of Penn’s Province of Pennsylvania, nor are weconcern ed with the early emigrants . But, we mustrecord a few facts regarding the establishment of thecity of Philadelphia, for i t reveals some interesting

 po in ts .

Just as the various s tudy groups were being formedin all parts of Europe, so some were formed in Eng-

land. The one in London had been formed by oneDr. John Pordage , recto r of Bradfield, in 1652. In1670 this group came under the leadership of Mrs.Jane Leade, an eminent mystic and scholar. At thistime the group reorganized itself , dropping the guiseof being solely a s tudent body of Boehme's writings

and adopting the name of the “Philadelphia Society"or Society of Brother ly Love. This was the first En g-lish use of the Greek word Philadelphia  by any bo dyof people or organization, and we must note that, al-though there may have been one or two Quakers inthe group, the name Philadelphia was not adopted bythe Qua kers at all . Pord age had been severely crit i-cised for his mystic work by the Church, but under theleadership of Mrs. Leade the li t t le Rosicrucian groupgrew and there came into its membership Francis Leeof Oxford, a well known theologian and writer . Heeventual ly marr ied Mrs . Leade ' s daughter and became

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one of the most enthus ias t ic workers for the Order ,l iving in Leipsig later , as teacher at one of the uni-versi ties, and aff il ia t ing with the Ord er there. But,the most prominent member of the Soc ie ty of Phi la delphists (as some histor ies refer to the body) wasWil l iam Markham, one t ime tutor to George , Pr inceof Wales, and Archb isho p of York. He too was aneminent theologian, an acknowledged myst ic and s in-cere wr i te r and lec ture r on myst ica l subjec ts . Heha d be e n a ppo in t e d Pe nn ' s D e pu ty G ove r nor a nd w a s p re p a r in g t