October Dhe 1927 MYSTIC TRIANGLE A Modern Nbagazine of RosicRUcIANPHLOSOPHY History of the A.M.O.R.C. A Thousand Years of Yesterdays AMORC Broadcasting Increasing Interesting Letter on Reincarnation Living the Rosicrucian Life Membership Forum Healing Department Questions Answered Entered Second Class Matter atthe Tampa, Flore, PostoficePublished by THE SUPREME COUNCIL of AMORC OCTOBER, 1927 Rosicrueian Square, Tampa, Florida VOLUME V, No.9 Imperator’s Monthly Message vv" summer is over and the days andl evenings of work, study and promotion are here.” We know What this means to the average tember, for the interest ia the ‘work inereases and the enthus- fas also Increases, But the fall really offers everyone an excel- lent opportunity in so many diferent ways ‘Start in now and make errangements to at~ tend lectures, libraries, Chureh, Sunday Schoo! ‘and other means of education and self provement. Carry this out thronghout the Fall, Winter and Spring and you will turn Tong’ evenings and cool Sundays Into proft. Encourage some educational work in your neighborhood. In even the smallest communi ties the publie school ean he used In the even- Ings for lectures and discourses. ‘Tale about it tnd see if you cannot arouse interest. Tras- logwes, scientific lectures accompanied by mov- Ing pletures, an evening with Shakespeare, and other items are possible through verious lee ture boards working on a philanthropic bass. In larger communities the public schools have such lectures daring the winter and the Churches encourage them. Do your share and help them in every possible way. Make your public library place of study Ben lectures are posse there, alo. If you live in'a community where there Is no publi library and there should be one and there are suficient persons in the nelghborood to pat- Tonle a small one write to me About Ie and T will see that the Started. Benjamin Franklin, one of our early Ronlrucian brothers started that ides and the Rosierucian have fostered Iibrares In America ver sine. 1 your Chureh hai no adult Bible Cass, go and urge it and solct members for i.” You wil he surprised at the real interest that can he found and the profit, mentally and spieitual- Iy, that will come from ich an Institution 'f there W no group of students of paychol- ogy oF myatiinm in Your community oF neigh- Sorhood, get busy at once aid help” us and thers to Start one. Write tous about and Se will tell you how you can make this pos sible. TE need not bea Resirucian oF en AMORC group—but real study grovp, for all the schools of higher thought et us unite in sharing, encouraging and promoting higher thinking, better tiving and tnore wonderful evolution in the mental and Spiritual ream of mankind Operating Radio Station WJBB—870 KillocyclesThe Mystic Triangle October 1927 The Authentic and Complete History of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis Compiled by H. Seener Lawss, FRC. Imperator ofthe Order in the United Stater. vovvy 0 MONG the very earist of the Philosophers who were Oficers SF Rosierucian Lodges, or wo ontebated to the iosieracen Philosophy’ were: the fellow Workers of Hermes Mena, Busies, Simandias, Serostesy Mies 'Sethon, Amaii, Adtar Alextndrinay and’ King Cala ‘Then there was “Marla Hebraeses"¢ Hebrew veomnan supposed to have been Mian, ster of Monee But after the golog of Pythagoras to Italy ‘many’ came from Greece and other lands to be Initiated in Egypt and teom there returned to their native funds "or elsewhere’ to establish Lodges and "become Masters” and “Oficers tern Most of these—whose names are listed below, published doring their fete one or more Sov papers ding wy vain pines oF the Rencrucian philosophy or seizes Some of these writings were kept secret others were written for public reading with the true doctrines carefully welled. in Order thet the Rovicrucian students may study Such weit- Ings ar ave, extant to-day these Roslerslan Philosophers? names are given and sometimes Tetname or tiie of ther" work "which cpecally recommended. Solon, 640 to 550 B.C. ‘Anaximander of Miles, 610 to 540 B. C. Anasimenes of Mets, $80 Ib: Hrerecltus of tphesusy 520 B. arenids tor 56, « Empedocle of Agrigemim, 600 B. Democritas of That, Jao B.C. Socrates of Athens, #70'B.C Bndides of Negara, 99 iC. Piato of Athens 28 to B47 B.C ‘Aristotle of Thrace, 885 0 322 B.C. Epicurus of Athens, BH to 270 B,C. Metrodoras, Hermarehus, Coote, Leontews and his wife ‘hemistay and Leonie all of Shon were papi of “Epleurus in his BR. © Thdge In Athen in 806 to 801'B. C. il, 10 BC Antiochus of Asclon, 100 B.C: ¢ Seneca, 70 B. C le: This history began in the September, 127, ious) ‘Tho Christian Period After these came philosophers from the Christien period beginning «ew line “of writers From this time on the work spread very rapidly throughout many Tands and only n brief list of the most prominent Tosieruclans ean be given.” The following not ‘only con tributed Tnteresting writings fo the B.C. Tit crature, but were either ‘Masters of various Lodges’ or assisted In bringing the Order nto thelr respective countries, tier (or Vier) a iar So na erate fe cas Si Roi (or Rat) am Arabian, bom a 80D Cres ph sans oe Dace crean nos peg Aura of Pars Asin Minos, bom about sak Cog ar ty ft Marne of Ancona (or Bb Sin) of Baca, Pers Bon iblt nA.B wan In the 8th cen (Mead: "Tractatsion Alebea.") Morien of Rome (who after his Initiation in ie Order in Buypt remained there athe thief Alchemist for 40 years). Born about 130 A. ‘Und: “Liber de Compositions chee,” pa inant nus a¢ be Rovira Albertus Magous of Sub born In 1205 A. D. Thomas Aquinas (St. Thoms) of Italy. Roger Bacon of England, born 1214 A. D. Alin de Lisle ‘Goad: "Dice de Laide Piloopico.") Raymond Lully of Spain, born 1299, Arnold de Villanova, of Montpellier, France ‘Born 124s, Jean de Meung of France, born 1250, ‘Two Hundred Thirty-eight‘erarius, The Italian Monk, born In Tealy, 1808. Nicholas Flamel, born at Pontoise, France, 1900 Peter Bono of Lombardi, born 1880 Johannes de Rupecissa, born 1886 (na "Pie Mook of Light"? Basil Valentine, of Mayence. (ead: "Ourrus Tumble Antinonis) Isaac, of Holland. head “Opera Miner" emardi Trevisan of Padua, born 1406 “Thomas Norton of Briseto, died in 1477. (esd: "Ordinal of Alchemy") ‘Thomas Dalton, of England. ‘Sir George Ripley, died 1400. Picus de Mirandola (Sohn Pieus, Rarl of MI- ‘randola), born February 24, 1868 hlippus A. ‘T, ‘Bombas_Von Hohenheim (known in the Order as “Paracelsus”, born 1408 in Switzerland. Johann ‘rithemius Denis Zachaire of Guienne, born 1510 Berigard of Pisa (Claude Berigard), 1614 (Glad! "Create Pisaman “Thomas Charnack, of Isle of Thanet, born 1624. Giovanni Branccesco of Brescia, 1580. “ead: "Leena della Vita.) ‘Leonardi Floravanti of Italy, 1511 ‘Stivers and Alshemys"y) ATa® of Medicine John Dee (or Dr. Dee). (Wad: Diey of Dr: Dow") Sir Edward Kelly (or Talbot) of Worcester, ‘born 1685 ‘Reads “Testrum Chemioum Betansea.") Dr, Nicholas Barnaud and ‘Thaddeus de Hozek, Tuperlal Physician at Prague, 1588 Henry Khunrath of Saxony, bora 1060. Bs- fablished frst’ Rosiervelan’ Library” in Ger- many. ‘Gad: “Ampbhentram Sapient”) Michael Maier, Deputy Grand Master of the TC. Order in Germany for many ‘years Born in Holsteln, 1507, died 1022. Jacob Bohme of Old Seidenberg, born 187 sem, tet geo ae so Slee, Ateal and ‘To Hundred Thirty-nine J.B. Van Helmot, of Botse le Due, born 1887 {aad “De Vien Bters.") Dr. (Ralph) Butler of Bngland, 1557 Jean dEspagnet. aA Plloaphine Nerina Alexander Sethon of Scotland (known “Sethonius.") bo in Molier. Michael Sendevoglus of Moras (Gad: "Now Light of Alchemy”) Gusenhover of Strasburg, 1608 “Baron Chaos” (Busardier) of Prague, 1648. Albert Belin, (Benedictine) of Besuncow, born 1610. pt Aden of an [irenaeus Philalethes of England, born 1628 (Glead; "Fogo an Contention of the Fraternity ee bratn che Wasa of te ‘Thomas Vaughan of England (a Welshman), Thora, 1621, died” 1665. He translated the “Fama” into English for the English RC. Order and was commlssioned to bring to ‘Americn the Rsierucian atone” to deposit inthe soll of the United States, whieh was one” The “Stone” will play an important pert inthe American RC. work in the Ratare Pierre Jean Fabre of Montpellies, Grand Ma ‘ern France from 1010 to 1630, De, John Frederick Helvetins of Amsterdam. ‘Grand Master in 1607 Guiseppi Francesco Bort (Chesalier), bora in ‘Milun 1027, ‘amous “Atlantis” into the Rosieruclan story intended by ‘Francis Bacon, who wat alto % ‘Master in the Order. Delisle, of Provence, 1710 ‘ohn Herman Obercit of Switzerland, bora in 1135 ‘Roa: La Connesion Orin dea apt") Count Caghiastro of Sicily (falsely called “Joseph Baleama), born 1748, He was Initiat- ‘in the Temples in egypt ‘With this lst of prominent Rosierulans the fiat part of this history Is completed. "The meat part, wil deal with the estalish- ment of the, Order in Pranee, Germany, and plan, making pain the rea fact cnc Ing’ the’ supposed original establishment of Rbsenlreuts or Rosenerans in Germany. When the Rosicrucian movement reached France, early th the Christian ra, 1 found there Is greatest welcome “The Pageims to the Holy Land had brought hack to the Counts and Lords of the South of France reports of the activites of a certain seoret society devoted to science and brother Tiood. Charlemagne Was at the time conduct. Ing his great school of learning. History willfell the laymind considerable regarding this school famous Gftclemngne "seaised® that nalone could ‘he bull Ms the reigns of government. He [athered around bint the brightest scholars of fhe dag, the learned men of many countries fn “oHered. them excellent. remuneration {hey would devote all their Une tothe teaching ff tae pupils in thi schol. ‘These pupils com Sisted ot hinmelt, Me faly, in sclatives and few of the oficials he ad appointed. Nor were these lerned set limited to tench- Ings Charlemagne desired to promote rain He gave his tutors every opportunity to make xtenive researches in ever Rel, and inthis Stay provided thea with an experiment fatoeyr The philosophers —siong tem was fhe’ famousAlevin=were permitted’ to travel, {ovother lands and bring back the eream of all Knowledge: In this school the grest St. Gul lem received his education, fing ‘nephew of Charlemagne ‘One of these philosophers, Arnaud, was dl- rected fo go to Jerusalem in'te year 118 A.D. {Seam he col f the wonder secret stciety which pontested the hey to all sclnce tnd cart." Renaud journeyed to Jerusalem tnd was there airetedto egypt “Iti record ‘i'thnt he made humble application for sais Sion into the Order in The snd then, i cordance With the Law "AMA applied for fpermision to establish «branch Wodge in Frence "Arnau completed his study in Egypt in ap- prosinataiy ta yearend onc month Becetbe Df the diftalty of communication hi several letter nd reports to" Charlemagne falled to reach thelr destination and’ France he was fen up es deadiwa fate which fell to many tho journeyed far in those days. One of Ne tote to Charlemagne, written on papyrus inthe Ro G. Temple af Thebes, wes afterward found ts monastery’ near Mian in. rance, where it had heen deposited ina vault among {her rare papers for some unimown, rea n't Arnal makes a very glowing report of bs discoveries, "and “refers tothe body of ‘Silent students clothed in white as pure and spotless thelr characters tut diligent in Unit hstery of Gods laws and. priveges” Te losing his report he sages Should 1 be my privilege, my rest honor, to bring tour land ie aeal and’ lg of this great schoo} we shall Ihave ‘our midst the- ower which one be= loved ‘Master mey_sse in destroying ll igno- tance, provide, of course, our” Master shal deem ite and heneiial to humble himself, ‘ot to those who any bt to God, By bocnme aa one of the disciples Sus” "The slgniteance of this closing sentence will be Drought to mind when fr recaled that he ‘eligious feeling in ‘Charlemagne’ school was ery intense and sincere. “Ady bear i ‘Arad was trying diplomatically to it would"he necessary for Charlemagne fo. be= ‘ome a humble mupplicant for admission ine the" Order Ihe wished to become m Master of the Onder in" France. position “end honor ‘which “Armand and bis eoleagues would ore {inp ve insisted upon ‘Avoaud returned (0 ance in 802, however, and was given a very interesting ovation in the chamber “of Chariemagne's throne.” ‘Charle- agne didnot hecome 4 Master In the Order, huts after two years delay permitted s Lodge {0 be established In ‘Toulouse. "The ‘original Todge was founded in a temporary soonastery tn the outskirts of Tolosathe ancient city ‘thich is now in ruins some ite distance from the present ety of Toulovse. Part of the Altar ‘of ths fiat Lodge in Prance fs stil preserved by ‘the archivists of the ‘Order in Prance though it is much the worse. for very severe Iandling during the many religious wars in the Provinces “Arnaud became the Master in that fist Lodge "which eld it opening’ convocation about 804808, (The diticulty with exact dates is'due tothe many changes nthe ealendar and in interpreting the various methods of Keeping records in thse days) ‘The first Grand Master of France was Frees, who relgned from 889 to 699 AD. Unt that {ime Grand Masters were not appointed. "There in ‘en country, c= Cording to the orignal plans, andthe Master ff that Lodge held no other power or authority an rule over the one Lodge. ‘The granting of charters was still nthe hands of the Supreme Council in" Egypt. But it was. Brees who brought before the Couneil the advisability of citablishing «Grand. Lodge in certain. coun {ties and ving’ to it Master ‘the right to ant charters to other Lodges within the same tional confines, Tt was otly one year before Frees passed to the beyond, o 898, that he te- ceived his authority and instruction to estab: Aish other ‘Lodges in ‘France andthe second Landge was immediately established in Lyons. “There were many devout students of the {Qrder in Toulon wo ive in Lyons and hey jst no time--after fears of waiting in getting very flourishing Lodge "established “thers Many years Inter-=1028—the ‘Masons tn Lyons ‘organiacd a Rose Croix degree n the same city {to please ‘the many’ Wosteruclans who" were Masons. ‘This Masonic body. was organised at'a Council held there Tune 28rd, 1028 rapidly. and had attracted. wide attention. “Some of the Monks in the various ‘monasteries im the South of France became i= terested, and without mentioning memes at this time let Ite known that some of these Cath~ lie souls, devout and sincere, rendered a great Service to the upbullding of the sanctity of the Order by contributing many beautiful moral fand spiritual creeds and’ dogmas Finally in 1001—the year when all the South ‘of France as expecting the end of the world fecording "to. an” old Biblical propheey--the Order in France established. a Rosieruc the frst in the world-in the Roman city of Nemausus-now Nimes. ‘This Monastery became the nucleus for the great Rostcrucian College or Ecole R. 0. which flourished in France from the 12th Century to the middle of the 10th snd whlch was revived ‘again in 1882 in Montepelier ‘The history of the Order in France is very Interesting. ‘The ‘most minute facts of the early history were recorded by Phanalre, who To Hundred Forty‘was the Oficial Historian of the Order in 1192 to LBL, The later history hee been compiled by a number of Masters 0f the R. Cy Re F- and Jf preserved in the archives in’ the Bongeon in MToutouse. This latter ity" bas. been the iecting place of the French Supreme Counell nce d6r.” France held second’ "place in Strength of number of members, Germany holding fret place and England third. Egypt, the reat Supreae Cente, but this very hourthe loss of membership. through he reat. wat Is" enor mus Even of the, French Supreme Counel Gr twenty-five there were living in December of To16 only seven. Bat the lst in Gertany cen even greater. So manyof the Brothers of the Onder in Prance were living in the South oF erance, that although they weve ealed pon fo bear arms, they not reach the front. ‘Then, again, «great. many "ofthe French Brothent were olfer men and ‘men who. bald mh ofices In the Army, Navy and. general Government ‘and they dd not’ participate in fhe" actual conflict in" Germany the lost has been beyond ex snate. ‘Without doubt it wil reduce Germany's Strength to third or fourth and leave France inthe lead. ‘The Order ise spread into Germany short- ty after the Grand Lodge was established Ih Bronce, Chatlemagoe Nucl was the fat to Introduce the Order into Germany, for by his ‘command one Mause settled somertiere alos ie in ear abane andere eens ropaganda for members ina quit, dignie Bint: He never lived, however to sce hi trork ear feu for the estritions placed “round application for mentership were Severe Sihd'too Hringent. But in 1100 8 Lodge was ‘Stablished in Worms, which bycame the Grand Todge “The Order grew rapidly in Germany during ta Toth centy, but i remained so So inactive Ins outward mane Tita was inown of the Order or its "Toward the beginning of the 15th century & Spell of quietudeof dormancy came t0 the er and ay ts members passed on few were Simited.. Religions controversies and” other ‘roubles not “of interest here. thretened he Complete Westruction of the’ Order. At the ‘epning of the bth century there were only tout 100 Brothers and Sisters of the Order Iiving. within the juridiction of the German ‘Grant Lodge, which was then ot Leip hatin the Toth centary--at almost the ast rmoment—the grest revival came. And whist this great revlval brought new life, new vigor find itew hope to the Order in Germany, has proven to be the mont disastrour bow that ver came to the Order anywhere throughout the world, Te has lefts question, doubly am answered and unsettled, ithe layman's mind fnd has caused more misunderstanding of the Order’ true’ history and ancestry than this mble attempt by’ me will ever be able to rae ear Tn fact it Is necessary to speak very plainly ‘on this matter, more plainly than Rosier Ihave ever hoped to ste put Inte publie pent, ‘Two Hundred Porty-one though one and all have felt that in some way the apparent myatery--not_ to sy"misundet- Bending would he removed from te publics Bub, as I stated In the frst instalment of this "History, there is no probibition against part of the ruth of the German estalisnent, find the part which i unpronioted T wil now lve to the public for she fest tne. Be it known, then, that notwithstanding the usual absurd and contradictory stories of thowe tho do not know, the Rosieracan ‘Order in Germany" was NOT established by Christian Rosenkreuta or by Andrea Valentine or Johann Valentine Andres, nor hy’ Martin Lathery in 18 ‘In 1099 there journeyed to Egypt one Chris- tan Rosenkereutz who was born it Germany in 187, Te had been initiated nto the Order in Germany’ om bis Bist birthday (according. (0 the offelat records kept hy Krautenof, Master of the 18th Lodge RC. in Germany). Hewas tn ambitious young fellow and had been ‘edu. fated in a Catholic Monastery and was expect: Sly proteent in chemistry. (One of the great fermi formas of chemity tr attuted to him), In" the Rascructan ‘Temple. in. Egypt he laid before the Supreme Council a most e- tarkable document ving the status ofthe Order in Germany. ‘hie document, w prede- cessor of many” how ‘compiled, showed Dre fname, bir atttnment ad re- fof every member of the Order in Mermany.” On the basa of the figures he pre- ented ‘he argued that “immediate steps ust, ie taken to reestablish the Order and! ree ‘ate its life inoue land” He offered several plane to thie Counell held on December ‘nd, Too" Ao DL" Tiree propose. were. unconsia? fred and one was rejected beesuae i thentens the secrecy of our internal organization? Dut ‘hth proposal war accepted and after heing tuted’! Magi of the ‘Order om January “ths Ot, he returned to. Germany prepared to ner} out fis pans. Twill spare many minute details and give Ue the" fats of import Tri evan thre of the Mastery of the oddest existing Lodges in Gernany tracd se ral Manifeson, the lat one being numbered 520, "These ‘enled upon ail the-Moscrucans thn hte ell to'cmdt gu an” Tass for new members i 110 In Rosercin ‘Temple was opened in Leiprg and’ very active campaign tas insttated for increasing the membership Through noncsetarian lstares on religious sul jects In 1430 the membership of the Order ned been’ Inereased to. 14 ‘Tn 184 Rosenkreuts passed on to the Spleit- ual Realm, satised that he had. one all he ‘ould to rej Germany: fe the life of the Order in 1d here Is the very dlfenlt story to those ot ‘initinted-in 1480" there ce Masters asso lated. With Rasenirets, Rosenkreute predicted would some day become the Grand Master of the Order in Germany. Rosenkreuts.gured that he. would. be born gain -Peinearmited-and. that he would beThe Mystic October 1927 ligible to the Order, "Therefore Rosenkreuts ‘ordered, on his transition bedy that al his ovig- nal papers and documents should be buried with his body in vault and that such vault Should not’ be opened until the year when young would be of age. This period of 130 years after Roseakreut's_ transition wwould test the theory of reinearnation, for cer= {nin signs and seals were placed in the tom which, ft seemed sure, the Felnearnated “——" would recall from his previous work in. the Order ifthe theory of reincarnation was tru ‘Our records show that in 1608 a certain Master of the Order in Germany, with due ceremony, opened the Vault, as ditected, and turned over to a new Initiate nemed Hof, the papers ‘and documents bearing ‘certain signs lind seals. Why Hoff was selected to receive these and what the papers contained is known to the advanced Brothers and Sisters of our Order, ‘Hoff, however, found in the papers certa instructions ‘which he immediately commu cated to one very dvanced Brother of ‘Ue Onder “Sir "Francis ‘Bacon ‘This, T realize, Is the fest mention ever pub- liely tande, of the connection of Sir Francis Bacon with the Order in Germany, although It was long ago established that’ Bacon was an ‘enthasastie Brother of the Rx C. Order. The, rit wan that thrty thereafter ep peated the now famous PAMA TIATER! TAS, translated Into German by J. V. Andres Other pamplets also appearedone even antie- Ipating the opening of the Vault—and all of these were walten by, or under the direction ‘of Bacon, who carried out Rosenkreute's wi ten directions for spreading the work In Iman through printed, veiled, public prop la literature. “(Why have so few—and there are a few— noticed that the portrait used in some of these Gorman RC. publications, purporting to be Uikeness of Andrea, was in reality = most fait fal portrait of Bacon?) ‘On many of the pages of these propaganda books clevery writen to completely ell their true meaning’ from the casual rea there were the same symbols and signs as used Bacon in some of hit acknowledged Works Teese inti ©. watermark ‘The plan worked successfully but unforts- nately fave Such wide publlelty to the Order tnd its work in Germany that mang, through ‘misunderstanding of the veiled meanings, De- Tieved that Andes, or even Tensenkreuty was the. founder-—the “original founder—of the Order in Germany..'Some even belleved because: Martin Luther, who as a Master In the Order, used the Roce and the Cross on bis family coatof-arms, he was probably the founder of the Order and author of the PAMA FRATERNITAS. In closing this section of the history, and specially that portion of it dealing with the tmlerepresentation of the founding of the Order in Germany, 1 wish to point out the great les~ son which may be learned by the unblased lay- ‘mind through comparing the TRUTH of the Kistory of the Order’ in Germany with the “stories” and “histories” so widely published fn books and encyclopaedias. Tels $0 easy for the most lever, careful and conscientious historian OUTSIDE. OF OUR ORDER to be mistaken about facts which ‘deal with the INSIDE, You must be inflated te KNOW, although, of course, you may SUR- MISE at any time ‘This i Hlustented by the fact that one of the most prolific of occult writers and’ inves- Ligators—A._E. Waltepublished. in. 1887 0 akepe npn book tractive ented: “The Real History ‘of the. Rosier founded on thelr own Manifestos, nd on Pacts sand Documents callcted from the Writings of Initiated Brethren.” ‘That is tile warranted to make anyone feel that the teal truth would bye Tevealed at last. The book had a tremen- lous sate and was hailed by many asa blow to the “antiquity” of our Order.” From it 50 many ‘of our present-day’ eneyclopaediasy in- lading the very brainy’ nd “original” eleventh faition, of the Britannica, have ‘eopled like Sheep ‘following a wandering leader ‘But Waite, who so strongly presented the wrong, history, of the Order” In! Germany by tnisunderstanding all the mantfestor und Docu Tents he chanced. to. sea, was NOT a Rosi. eruclan and COULD NOT know the: veiled ‘meaning of them. Tn Tater years he became « Roslerucian and in the first fatue of the “Unknown World,” Published in 1804 in London, he wrote on page BoP Much has come to light in these matters Since 1887 and the work [his book] as It stands iin need of « thorough revision.” A few years—1867 to 1801 will make a great Aiflerenoe in one’s understanding of Rosier canis and its history, expecially if during ‘those years one becomes’ a Rosleruclan "That tp the lesson T wish to point out to all our, contemportey sora fn writers on Suljcets pertaining to Roses “the nett instalment of this History will deat swith the Order as established jn America, with {2 brief outline of the many. attempts to start ‘or found similar organization in the United States beginning with the visit to this countey ‘of Vaughan, and of the unsuccessful plans of ‘One Randolph and his followers who attempted to create a secret society through the sale of nos-deseript books ‘and miscellaneous writings ters Nonicr—Members desiring Rosierucian emblems may now obtain them from headquar- ‘They are made of gold, beautifully imaid with of the Triangle and Rosy Cross surmounted by the Egyptian Cross. Men's style, with screw back, 2. Women’s style, with patent safety catch pin, $2.25. Temittances must ‘accompany all orders. Address: AMORC, Supply Dept, eare Headquarters. smels, neat in size and consist ‘Two Hundred Forty-teoA Thousand Years of Yesterdays A STRANGE STORY OF REINCARNATION By H, Srexcer Lewis, Ph.D. Author of the Wisdom of the Sages, ‘The New Ontology, Ete ‘This story was publched iw book form by The Collage Press in 1980 and has had an international sale. ‘The edition io now ezhauate Te wil be ‘published in serial form in thie magacine for the beneft of thowsande foho have asked for i PREFACE ‘One may or may not believe in the strange ‘theories of continuous existence of personality, land one may reject the more or less unsclen: {ite ‘theories “regarding the ‘probability “of Feincarnation, but one eannot feject with the ‘tite atoluteness the apparent “completeness ‘of memory’ records. Almost every one has ‘expenfenced the sudden conselous Teatiation of atts released from the storehouse of the meme Sry. involving incidents long forgotten inthe conscious recollection: and coupled with the Felense of suet facts a3 one knows were stored {vay within the present span of earthy if, there comes an array” of incidents, associated And unastociated, which could not have been Stored im the memory through any experience in this ite. nad Psychology offers, as an explanation for the possession “of. suchscemingly” inexperienced Facts, the theory that In our dreams we charge our tinds with experiences whieh are not cot Selously realized at the time, oF possibly for= fotten in our waking state but which Tetum {consciousness by asoctaton of Mens. An- ‘ther theory offered attempts 0 explain the imass of inexperienced Incidents and eas that ome from the subeonslous mind as belng the Feauit of the process of imagination ‘Shakespeare wrote: And as imagination bodies forth ‘The Form of things unknown-—the poet's pen ‘Turns them to shapes, and gives to alry nothing A"Toeal habltation and a ane. But such theories leave the enuse and. na ure of dreame_and imagination unexplained. ‘To conceive of the tind mechanically creating from nothing Uhose wondrous things which the imagination of man’has_given us in the past and: present, Is more diffeult than to conceive ff unconscious experlenees—or experiences of the mind, stored away in the memory, resulting ‘rom forgotten realizations. Leaving aside the prophetic nature of some reams and Ukewlse the prophetic nature of ‘many things seemingly drawn from the imag hation, Wwe still have-a great mass of facts and Incidents resulting from dreams and imagina- tion, which coinelde with experiences, facts and Incdents which have had eetwaltty ta the past, ‘outside of our conscious knowledge. And very bften these actualties were In the remote past, Ins period beyond one's present span of life ‘To Hundred Forty-three Tt was copyrighted, 1920, by The College Press How came these facts and incidents. to be stored away In the memory to be recalled, re- Wewed, analyzed, in the present span of life? ‘This is the question which confronts the scien- fist today. ‘The present story attempts to throw some light" on this question and ‘ts possible answer ‘That the matter Is presented’ in story form ather than in heavy, sclentie arguments, dacs hot argue thatthe principles Involved are with- font etentifie fountlation, or that the: process whereby the “Yesterdays” are revenled is a Unnatural, uncommon, or unsclentise. proces. Tels, in fact, typleal of the experiences of ‘many individuals nd may find is simftude In'some experiences of the reader With the sole idea that, in-« pleasant, oF at least fascinatingly strange story, some wll be brought to the threshold of realization that the ‘explored. aetlities and functions of ind. contain many profound. mysteries principles of considerable import, and that those to dumined may be tempted to sec for ‘more light In Use Chamber of the Uninoven-— this book is offered to those constantiyaaking for the unusual in fction snd the mgbtical ‘Tae Avro. Temple of Alden, Valley’ of AMONG, California, November 25, 1919" vy CHAPTER 1. ‘The Strange Diary To the man of trontnerve, eel business sharpness and intense concentration to. busi ness” hige William Howard Tellinsthe ending ‘fa business year is lke the ending of « seg" tment of lite “The closing of a fseal year brings with the losing hours the summary, the review, of acts ‘done and undone, profits made and lost, pres- tige and power gained or decreased, greater sucess atfalned or unattained. ‘The closing of {he fiscal year marks milestone in the cycle ff the basiness; it is an entity, « thing nto Itself and must be considered as an independ ent lifetime In the evolution of the business "To William Howard. Rolins it meant all this, and more, "The fscal years. of his bus ness began and ended at midnight of the ea fndar ‘years. To hi ‘day of rebirth, personally and in every ness ‘sense. ‘fo! ‘his astocates,