Chapter X XI, Book of Numbers, how Moses was

When He Said What directed to place before his followers the image of He Said, He Knew of the serpent lifted up, or directed upward upon a Moses Lifting Up the pole, that ‘those who were bitten’ might have Brazen Serpent for knowledge of its upward direction, govern it, be Regeneration. regenerated and live.
_ “The serpent is representing. the spinal column in man’s body through which the solar force manifests Refers to Serpent on the physical plane. In its passage from one Power as Taught in ganglion to another its voltage is raised, and it the East. He Should awakens the power peculiar to each ganglion which Read His Own Article it dominates. Knowledge as to the development and and Be Ashamed. control of this force has been sacredly guarded in all ages, lest man, through ignorance, should employ it to his destruction.
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The Ancients Under- stood the Symbolism of the Serpent.
The Crawling Serpent That Poisoned the Foot—That Is the Old Devil and That Symbolizes Death
and Destruction.
When Lifted Up
As Used by Us in Our House, It Is the Great Lightbearer, the Hope of Humanity.
“The Persians, the Greeks, the Hebrews, the Hindus and the Chinese, yes, even the Norsemen, all give prominence to the serpent with various inter- pretations.
“In the Zend-Avesta Ahriman, the principal of Evil made the great serpent of winter the arch- enemy of the creation of Ormuzd. In the Greek, Apollo is represented as destroying Python, and Hercules slays the monster who poisoned the foot of Philoctetes. It was a serpent that tempted Eve, and in the New Testament the Devil is spoken of as ‘that Old Serpent the Devil.’ In India, it appears among the emblems of Siva Rowdva, typical of death and destruction. In China, the Dragon and the Serpent are the fifth and sixth signs of their Zodiac. The God Fo-Hi was said to have the body of a man ending in the tail of a serpent. It is on the banner of the Emperor as well as on his scepter. In the Norsemen Eddas we find Fenrisulfven in a form of a serpent representing the power of dark- ness. In fact, in every country this symbol is para- mount on monuments, ornaments or in mounds.
“The Serpent, like Lucifer, is the lightbearer, strange as it may seem, and im the serpent is the great hope of humanity, as well as the fulfillment of the mystic’s dream when the great year of Plato begins anew and humanity is once more ‘raised’ to
the state of happiness and power from which it has fallen.” ®
The Symbology of the House of Clymer
In our House, Coat of Arms, or Signature, the Serpent is used
with a double meaning; first, as the physician, the Healer; and sec- ondly, as a teacher of salvation and philosophy. Will the reader kindly turn to our Reproduction No. 35, at the close of this chap- ter, and note the illustrations on the right? The upper one is the original symbol of the healer. The lower one is the modernized form of the Caduceus of Hermes, the present symbol of the phy- sician. These tell their own story. Thus it does appear that we HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO THE USE OF SYMBOLISM IN THIS DOUBLE
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SENSE. When the healing, saving, regenerating serpent is thus raised up, it forms an “‘S,’’* the initial of our middle name, and this “S” 1s raised between the other initials of our name, the ““R” and. the “C,” which are also the initials of Christian Rosenkreutz, the mythical Father of the Fraternity—the symbolic letters of the Rose Cross. Thus it is revealed that the Clymer Coat of Arms is truly symbolic of both the Physician and the Rosicrucian teacher. There- fore, in the light of Lewis’ published interpretations of the sym- bology of the serpent in 1917—before he deemed it necessary to destroy us—and in view of his recent use of the Satanic Snake crawling on its belly beneath the Holy Rosy Cross,’ his recent scur- rilous reference to our use of the Cross and the Serpent falls back into the black pit of his own heart, like a creeping, hissing, writh- ing viper, from whence it came, to shame and torment him.
Concerning Scarabs
It also appears that the pseudo-Rosicrucian, with writhing vipers of bitter vituperation in his bosom, finds much fault with the use of the Egyptian Beetle or Scarab in the symbol of our House, Insignia or Coat of Arms. With poisonous hatred he scornfully asks: ‘‘Who ever heard of * * * the Egyptian Beetle taking the place of the Sacred Rose on the Cross?’* Despite his deep concern about the misuse and abuse of the ‘‘Sacred Rose,’ he should not feel so bad nor should his followers be too quick to conclude that any serious Rosicrucian mistake has been made or any great wrong or severe violence has been done to the Sacred Rose of the Rosy Cross by a Rosicrucian. Because, after all, when the ‘‘much ado about noth- _ing”’ has subsided, and those who listen to the Lewistonian ballyhoo stop listening and begin to investigate, it will be found that “The Sacred Rose’ and the awful Egyptian Beetle (Scarabeus) sym- bolize the same thing, stand for the same truth and are synonymous symbols.
For the benefit of those who may hastily jump at conclusions or who have been misled by the sophistry of a pseudo-Rosicrucian, and
1 See our Reproduction No. 37 and note that when the Brazen Serpent is raised upon the Cross it forms the letter “S” and is the symbol of healing and regeneration.
2See our Reproduction No. 36 at the end of this chapter.
3 See our Reproduction No. 34 of Lewis’ “Exhibit No. 2.” Note our primary Coat of Arms, insignia or signature, marked “4,” and his ugly insinuating statements.
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also because the subject is of general interest to students of the occult and symbolism, we shall quote briefly from a few of the -many authorities on the subject:
A. Moret, in his book, The Nile and Egyptian Civilization, at Page 370, says:
Italics Ours. “The Helopolitans adopted the Scarab as one of
He Who Becomes. the ‘Becomings’ of the Sun. The Sun Ra was a Scarab Beetle (Kheperer), rolling his ball in the sky. Kheperer sounds like the verb ‘kheper,’ zo
Symbol of Rising Sun. become. ‘He who becomes’ was the word for the rising sun.”
The Scarab, or Beetle, kheperer, was the symbol of the God Knorpi or Khepera, and represented generation, new life, virility and resurrection. The heart symbol of the seat of life in the bodies of gods, animals and men, and emblem of the conscience; it brought to the wearer the protection of both Osiris and Ra. The heart was associated with the Scarab and the same “hekau’”’ or words of power were written on the heart and on the heart-scarab. The importance of this amulet is shown by the fact that in the Book of the Dead, by Budge, a well-recognized authority, six chapters are devoted to the Scarab and the heart.
It may be that the recent book, The Wisdom of the Egyptians, by Brian Brown, will be available to more students. Accordingly, we quote fromit. At page 250, the author says:
Italics Ours. “The Scarab was the symbol of KHEpeERa, a form If the Scarab Signified of Sun-god who transforms inert matter into action, No More, Its Use in creates life and typifies the glorified spiritual body Our House Is Justified that men shall possess at the resurrection.” and Proper Usage in “From the enormous number of Scarabs that have Symbolism. been found, this must have formed the most popu- — lar of the talismans. The symbol was derived from a beetle common in Egypt, which deposits its eggs in The Reason for the a ball of clay, the action of the insect in rolling this Symbolic Meaning of ball along the ground being compared with the sun the Scarab Should Be itself in its progress across the sky; and as the ball Clear to All. contained the living germ which (under the heat of the sun), hatched out into a beetle, so the Scarab became the symbol of creation.
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Sun Disk, Scarab and the Rose Are of Similar Symbolic Significance.
All These Things
Are Symbolized by the Rose on the Cross. Especially the Evolution of
the Soul.
sun between its claws, with the wings extended, and it is thought by some authorities that the Scarab was taken as an emblem of the sun, because the burial of its ball was symbolic of the setting sun from which new life arises at each dawn.
“Tt is said that the Scarab was associated with the burial as far back as the fourth dynasty (about 4600 B. C.); it represented matter about to pass from the state of inertness into active life, so was con- sidered a fitting emblem of resurrection and immor- tality, typifying not only the sun's disk, but the evolution of the Soul throughout eternity.”
After All, He Is Fond of Beetles Especially the Salable Variety
Once upon a time, the ‘““Most Perfect Master Profundis” of
incomprehensible inconsistencies thought well of the Egyptian Beetles, and still esteems them as valuable articles of merchandise to be sold to the gullible by a fraternal racket for the benefit of its Royal Revenues, as we shall see presently.
In the early days of his adventure in fraternal racketeering, when he was collecting material from occult publications for the fabrica- tion of his “Ancient and Mystical’ fraternal swindle, he collected and published some very interesting facts about the ancient Scarabaus or Egyptian Beetle, as follows:
All Italics Ours.
The Scarab an Ancient
Symbol Like the Serpent.
From This He Should Have Known Its Symbolical Meaning, and if He Understands the Symbolism of the Rose, He Should Not Have Said What He Said About Our Use
of the Scarab.
“Foremost among the many symbols of antiquity is undoubtedly the Egyptian Scarabeus, and unlike other ancient symbols it is the only one which has not received universal adoption, like the serpent, the cross, the pentagram, or other geometrical figures.
“The Scarabzeus is a beetle of which no female specie is known to exist. The male Scarabzeus pro- duces the element of life, rolls it in a ball of earth, and leaves it to be brought to birth by the warmth and life-giving forces of the Sun. Therefore, the Scarabeus became the fitting symbol of the Divine or Solar Life Force in man, placed in the earth sphere that it may be regenerated and brought to ‘the birth from above’ by the rays of the Solar Force.
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Emblem of Osiris. Osiris, the finite symbol of the Omnipotent Eye of
Symbol of Light. the Sun, the Light of the Logos, which in mani- festing and energizing becomes what may be de- scribed as living conscious electricity of incredible voltage and hardly comparable to the form of elec- tricity known to the physicist.
“The Egyptians replaced the heart of their dead
Symbolizing the by a stone scarabeeus, and it is certainly a mute evi- Awakening or “Raising dence that the ancient Egyptians had positive knowl- Up”—Then How edge of that center in the human heart whose Could It Take the awakening or ‘raising up toa higher plane of evolu- Place of the Sacred tion or consciousness reveals to man the vista of Rose on the Cross? his immortal destiny. ‘Homage to thee, O Gover-
nor, of those who are in Amentet, who dost make men and women to be born again. —Papyrus of.
Nu-Nefer.”’ 4
The Scarab and the Rose
Synonymous Symbols
To those who are familiar with the meaning of the symbolism of the Rose, verily it does appear, from the Lewis publications as well as from authentic sources, that the Egyptian Scarab symbolizes the same truth, the same state of becoming, development and un- folding of the Soul as the Rose. However, the symbolic meaning of the Scarab is, perhaps, more all-inclusive of occult and secret virtues which many may develop and some now possess, than the Rose; since the symbolic meaning of the rose is confined to the development of the Soul or to Soul Illumination. Thus it does appear that the symbolism of our House or personal Insignia and Signature is good and correct symbolism, that it is true Rosicrucian symbolism and does not run counter to or, in the slightest degree, violate the sacred teachings and high ideals of the august Fraternity.
The Imperator and the Scarabs
When he fabricated his spurious R. C. Order, now operated as a family enterprise, he adopted as the “seal of the Founder”—a seal for himself—in which the Scarab or “Egyptian
4 The American Rosae Crucis, July, 1917, p. 120.
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Beetle’ is the most prominent symbol. In the marg'n © hereof is a reproduction of his seal from page 30 of pny Cromaat B, purporting to be all the symbols and a photo-
graph of “Original Paper of French Sponsorship,” of ‘08 AMORC, being ‘‘Pronunziamento F.R.C.No. 987601.”
He has continuously, unto this day, conspicuously used his ‘Beetle Symbol Seal” in his publications.°
Now, since the “‘founder”’ of a spurious Order uses the Egyptian Beetle in his Seal, it certainly does not lay in his mouth to criticise the Supreme Grand Master of the authentic Order for using it in the symbol of his House.
He Sells Egyptian Scarabs
Some time ago, he discovered that the sale of Egyptian (7?) Scarabs (made in San Francisco) was. a_ profitable business. Originally he sold them through one of his handy men, the then head of his ‘‘Welfare Department,” as though he had nothing to do with it. Now he sells them openly in the name of his fraternal enterprise.
Now, it is more or less generally known that genuine Scarabs cannot leave Egypt unless and until they are certified as being genu- ine by officials appointed for that purpose. One of the members of AMORC who had bought several of those “San Francisco” Scarabs learned of this ruling and wrote for certificates, and here is the answer :
Italics Ours. “Enclosed you will find two Scarabs which were
secured by me in Luxor, Egypt, in February, 1929. No Official Trust you will find them pleasing. J have no certif- Egyptian Certificates cates such as you ask about. ‘The inscriptions for San Francisco invariably refer to the position in life of the wearer Beetles ! and the God of his choice and other significant sym-
bols. Practically all Egyptians wore these symbols Scarab Symbolizes in some form, for in general they signified to them
5 These symbols and the French (?) paper of alleged authority or “sponsorship” will be further considered in Chapter Six.
6 See all Rosicrucian Digests. It appears on every odd numbered page or the right hand pages.
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Everlasting Life or ‘everlasting life’ and were thus regarded as most Immortality. fortunate. 924" oc
The admission, “I have no certificates,’ proves conclusively that they were not genuine Scarabs, that they were grossly misrepre- sented, and that the buyer, a sincere AMORC student—or member- victim—likewise many others—was crudely imposed upon and defrauded. Moreover, it was petty, contemptible fraud, unworthy
even of a fraternal racketeer as cunning as the ‘Most Perfect Master Profundis.”
The next statement, that the Scarab signifies everlasting life, 1s significant as far as we are here concerned, because it is an admis- sion by the Lewis Hierarchy that the Scarab signifies “Everlasting Life,’ that is, Immortality or Soul []umination, which is EXACTLY WHAT THE FULL BLOWN ROSE ON THE CROSS SYMBOLIZES—which, of course, is the Rosy Cross.
Szill Sells Sea Shells
In several recent issues of his Rosicrucian Digest,* full-page color advertisements have appeared on the front inside cover, contain- ing the most alluring, modern high-pressure sales propaganda to fraudulently induce the sale of Scarab rings, manufactured by the gross in San Francisco, as original and genuine Egyptian Scarab rings, for sale by the Rosicrucian Supply Bure in typical Lewis- tonian manner and style, as follows:
“Rings of Hie Gods”
; “Lineal descendants of the gods they declared All Italics Ours. themselves. Proud Pharaohs. Vain, not because they were leaders of men, but because through their
veins coursed the blood of immortals. Ra, the god
Symbol of Light. of the sun; Osiris, god of light; and Isis, the beau- tiful, originator of the arts, were their progenitors.
A token had to be given men by which they at all
times would know that they were in the presence
7 The original letter in which this statement appears is in our possession.
8 See the Rosicrucian Digest, October, November, December, 1935, and other issues. In the issues above mentioned he was advertising for the Christmas trade—rather clever, these Imperators of Fraternal Enterprises and Mystic Swindles.
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of a work of the mighty Pharaoh. So for the first time in history, the need for a personal seal arose. A scarabeus (small native beetle), adopted as Symbol of Immortality. the symbol of immortality, was inscribed on its under surface with the name of the Pharaoh and that of his divine ancestor. These inscriptions were in hiero- glyph, the first writing of man. Upon all impor- tant papyrus scrolls and documents was this sea] impressed. he custom spread; the crude scarabs were mounted on narrow silver and gold bands, to be worn on the finger, and became the world’s first
jewelry. These Scarabs Came “Today from Cairo, Egypt, we have received an Not From Egypt. assortment of selected scarabs, similar to those worn Like Other of His by the ancients, and we have had them mounted on Fraudulent Wares, rings as of yore. The rings are exact duplicates of They Were originals to be seen in the Egyptian Museums of Manufactured in AMORC. The design shown in the illustration con- Calitornia, U.S. A. sists of the entwined cobra, the sign of royalty, and
the Scarab is mounted on a swivel, so that the mysterious hieroglyphics underneath may be seen. Nothing so breathes the exotic and mysterious air of the Ancient East as these rings.
Not a Genuine One “These rings are exact duplicates of ancient rings in a Carload of Egypt. Every Scarab is a genuine importation —But— from Cairo, Egypt. Reasonably Priced for. REASONABLY PRICED. Quick Clearance. SILVER RINGS, with Scarab, complete, postage Delite pale omen dale her ee tal ka ao a"s $3.75 GOLD RINGS, with Scarab mounted complete, POStATCAD al ire tween ee rl alacant eee 4.75 SILVER NECKLACE with Scarab mounted (17 HUTS CHAM IO)FON Vite aca ney oa cymee deres tana ¥ Zeros
And so, this is modern high-pressure salesmanship in fraternal merchandising® of “ancient” occult and mystic wares, newly made in San Francisco, but “reasonably priced”’ to be within the means and reach of every curious and gullible prospective victim!
To be sure it depends—it al] depends—on who deals with the
9JIn Chapter Six we shall consider at some length the extensive merchandising business carried on behind the show-front of fraternal assistance and brotherly con- sideration, by this non-profit-sharing family racket.
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‘Egyptian Beetles,” and how they are handled and used—also, for what purpose and with what intent, as to whether it is right or wrong.
The Great Difference
Now, it may be perfectly all right for a pseudo-Rosicrucian, run- ning a family racket and occult swindle in the Holy Name of the Rosy Cross, to sell faked Egyptian Beetles as “Symbols of Immor- tality’ to increase the Royal Revenues of a Hierarchy of Fraternal Fraud, but when a Rosicrucian Grand Master uses such a symbol for non-commercial purposes and in an entirely proper manner as a symbol of immortality, it is all wrong, says the mystic racketeer of San Jose—the Baron Munschausen of the occult world—the ‘“‘Rev- erend Sobhita Bhikkhu” of the Great White Lodge of Tibet, also made in San Francisco, and the ‘Rex Universitatis [lluminati,’”* meaning perhaps, in reality, the king of unexcelled, universally mystifying fraternalized illusions—but, “reasonably priced.”
Another Misleading Exhibit On Page 19 of White Book D he publishes his “Exhibit No. 3’”
which is not a photograph of ‘“‘one of Clymer’s large ‘conclaves’ or annual ‘conventions’ in the uncultivated ground of his farm,” as he falsely states, but of the degree team of the Osirians, taken in June, 1916, at the sixty-eighth semi-annual convocation of the Fra- ternity of the Rosicrucians in America. He asks us to ‘note the dragon and ‘evil man’ figures on the wall of the tent used as a ‘temple’.”’ Thus with such unjustified insinuations, falsified sarcastic ridicule and recurring references to ‘‘temples”’ he cunningly attempts to place the authentic order in a false light and at a disadvantage in the eyes of the gullible and uninformed, whom he would vic- timize, by making it appear ridiculously small and insignificant, with a ‘vacant barn” or “tent” for a temple, in contrast with the “largest occult organization in the world,” with its magnificent temples and “show-off” headquarters, dedicated to mystical merchandising,
1 See Rosicrucian Manual, Sixth Edition, 1934, p. 12, for some of the titles and pic- tures of the Imperator of the Hierarchy of Cunning Fraternal Merchandising, which we will reproduce in the next chapter.
2 Reproduced herein for convenience of. reference. It is our Reproduction No. 39 and will be found at the close of this chapter.
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predatory ideals and fraternal racketeering. He prefers to talk” about the exteriors of magnificent temples—to direct the attention of his victimized members to the outside lest they discover the money-changers within and drive them therefrom with lashes in hand, applied with the fury of righteous indignation.
Willfully Misrepresented
The picture reproduced in his “Exhibit No. 3” is grossly and willfully misrepresented. As stated above, although taken at that time, it is not a picture of those present at the Sixty-eighth Convo- cation of the Rose Cross Order then assembled in June, 1916, which was one of the largest, most representative and successful convoca- tions held in recent years; it is the picture of the degree team of the Order of the Sons of Osiris, and by no means does it indicate the - number present at the convocation. He knew all of this and all the facts in connection therewith; therefore, he published the picture, and deliberately misrepresented it with malice aforethought, as a part of his wicked purpose to destroy the real to perpetuate his spurious Rosicrucian Order.
However, he hints at a half truth when he says that the Grove of Osiris has naught to do with the R.C. The claim has never been made that The Osirians, Sons of Isis and Osiris, also known as the Fraternity and Order of Osiris, isa part of the Rosicrucian Frater- nity proper, although it is connected and an auxiliary thereto. In the Classification of Orders, Temples and Degrees of the Grand Fraternity this order is classified as a subordinate, aux.liary and preparatory order.* The Rosy Cross is not, in any proper sense, a college of rites. It is truly a school of spiritual training and esoteric teachings in which the neophyte by and through his own efforts and conte experiences reaches in his consciousness certain stages of ‘initiation and becomes—is not made—a Rosicrucian. ‘This is never undertaken or intended to be accomplished by means of symbolical ceremonial rites of initiation. The Fraternity does have a sublime system of Philosophy, treated at length in many books and publica- tions by Rosicrucians. This Philosophy is also taught in prepara- tory symbolical ceremonial rites as an adjunct to the main order and its esoteric teachings and training. The Order of the Osirians is merely an auxiliary, preparatory and outer body of the Fraternity:
3 See the Pamphlet, Rosicrucian Names, etc., p. 10, or Volume I, p. 178.
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In that way and only in that manner does it have to do with the
Roe The Grove of Osiris
The symbolical ceremonial rites of initiation were worked by the very efficient degree team shown in said “Exhibit No. 3” of the Osirians at the Rose Convocation in June, 1916, in a mountain glen and grove especially prepared and excellently well adapted for the impressive working of said rites; and many there were who came to take them and to see them so efficiently administered and worked. These are beautiful preparatory rites, that teach truly and well the exoteric philosophy of the R. C. We are proud of them and value them for the good they have and will accomplish. No student entering the preparatory work of the R. C. or of any other school of spiritual training has had or ever will have any regrets that he or she has passed through these rites. hey do not deserve the unjust or sneering sarcastic criticism leveled at them by the fraternal racketeer of San Jose.
Which One Clymer?
Lewis desires to know “‘which of the strangely dressed mystics” is Clymer. Unfortunately for the effectiveness of his dirty asper- sions and back-biting sarcasm, Clymer is not in the picture. How- ever, and fortunately for Clymer, he is not an ego-maniac and has no desire to flaunt his features in the face of the public on every possible occasion. Only once or twice has he permitted his picture to be published. That was years ago; since then he has devoted him- self to the Rosicrucian task of conquering the worldly vanities to which mortal man falls heir. If Mr. Lewis regards it a worthy undertaking, he has our permission to imitate it to the best of his ability.
As Reported at the Time
In the limited space to be devoted to this particular matter, we can give you no better idea of the Sixty-eighth Convocation of the Authentic Order of the Rosy Cross in America held in June, 1916, and of the ceremonial symbolical initiatory rites of the Osirians, conducted at that time in the Grove of Osiris at the National Head-
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quarters of the Fraternity, than to reprint an account of the same,’ as prepared for the press at the time by Grace K. Morey, of Buffalo, N. Y., and as it appeared in the Buffalo Express, issue of July 16, 1916, as follows:
‘““ANCIENT MYSTERIES OF EGypT GIVEN IN AN INITIATION OF THREE DEGREES
"Under ithe’ authority of the Rose Cross Order, founded in America in 1858, prominent delegates of the Order were gathered in the most remarkable conclave held during the last 5000 years, the publication of whose records now opens to the world the connection of Egypt in her ages of true religion, power and glory, with the Mystic Seal of the United States, whose heraldic symbol- ‘ism declaring the mighty destiny of America has, until now, only been known to a limited number.
“At ‘Beverly Hall’ in the beautiful Tohickon valley about four miles from the town of Quakertown, men and women of all ranks of life, and from all parts of the world, high Masons, and members of the Eastern Star, physicians, teachers, authors, and members of all denomi- nations inclusive of the Hebrew, all these assembled at the call of the Grand Master of the Rose Cross Order for the Sixty-Eighth Convocation.
“Some years ago, R. Swinburne Clymer, author of the ‘Philosophy of Fire,’ ‘The Rosicrucians, Their Teach- ings,’ ‘Mysteries of Osiris,’ ‘Soul Science and Immor- tality, and over thirty other works, bought a moun- tainous tract of land, and on this was built ‘Beverly Hall,’ an assembly hall, press rooms and libraries, and chemical laboratory which, surrounded by orchards, vineyards and rose gardens, set in terraced lawns, presents, with its collie kennels and poultry plants, a splendid combination of the beautiful and practical.
“To this has been added the mystic, for in a secluded and wooded tract of fifty acres of this land, an artificial lake was made from a mountain stream, a throne room
4For a full account of the proceedings of the Sixty-eighth Convocation, 1916, see Fundamental Laws, Philosophical Publishing Company.
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erected and other improvements made which would be needed for the initiation of neophytes in the Egyptian mysteries.
“The Convocation was called to order on June 1 in the assembly hall, built over five years ago for that purpose, and the delivery of a series of lectures upon practical as well as mystical subjects began and continued until the close of the Convocation. The delegates and teachers presented the lectures, which were followed by discussions upon the subjects of Eugenics, Scientific Motherhood, Code of Ethics for the Schools and Home, Spiritual Christianity, Personal Hygiene, Diet and Health, Sin, Authority and Individuality, Jacob’s Ladder, Initiation, Reincarnation, Soul Development, The Second Coming of the Christ, and the Mystic Significance of the Seal of the United States.
“In the time of Solomon, as in the times of the Egyptian Priesthood, no ceremony was ever held, unless the circle of Solomon, commonly called the Sacred Seal of Solomon, had been previously prepared, but since the fall of Egypt and of the Temple of Solomon this seal has been practically unknown, except to a limited number of students of ancient religions and mysteries.
‘During the first week in June, in the grove especially prepared for the dramatization of the Ancient Mysteries of Osiris, the Seal of Solomon, often called the Magic Circle, was especially built, and on June 11 the dedication of the Magic Circle took place in the presence of the dele- gates of the Rose Cross Order, some of whom were natives of Germany, England and Russia. This was in accordance with the system as practiced by the ancient priests of Egypt and the Sanhedrin of the Temple of Solomon. :
“On the night of June 13 the first section of the class, including those of the Order taking part in the initiation, assembled in the Grove of Osiris, which was illuminated by electricity from a central power house especially pre- pared for the purpose and the initiation of the Ancient Mysteries of Egypt in three degrees and six scenes.
‘All students of the Ancient Mysteries and religions
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know that in the Temple of Solomon there were three Courts, the outer Court for the people being composed of seven hundred selected teachers and leaders. These were members of the First Degree, Illuminati, called also seekers, travelers or soldiers. ‘The middle Court, or members of the Second Degree, were seventy in number, and were supposed to be in the Hall of Meditation, and acted as mediators between the people and the inner Sanctuary. Above all was the inner Court, or circle of the Seven Priests, and the Master or High Priest, who were the teachers between God and man, mediators between the seen and unseen.
“In the Egyptian mysteries, the first Court was made | up of the royal youth of Egypt, and such students from foreign countries as desired to enter the Temple and Priesthood, and these, during probation, were often known as the ‘Soldiers of the Priesthood,’ as it was their duty while undergoing the preliminary training and tests to guard the priesthood and its work even to the death.
‘The second class, corresponding to a second degree, were those who had passed this test and who were in the Hall of Meditation, and Purification, in preparation of the second, as well as the various stages of development required of all students in the Halls of Meditation.
“In the Royal Third Degree, which took place in the Temple, the neophyte received the final instruction. After this came the final test in the beautiful ceremony of the death of the old life, the giving up of the body and its temptations and the raising of the slain Osiris or Spiritual body by his faithful spouse, Isis, the Soul, with the final Illumination.
“On the fifteenth of June, the first section of the repre- sentatives left ‘Beverly Hall’ for their respective homes and the second section began to arrive for the prepara- tory lectures, and on the nineteenth of June the cere- monies were repeated so that all might witness the initia- tion and take part init, so as to become members.
‘So far as can be learned either through travel or his- tory, never before, since the fall of Egypt and its priest- hood and the fall of the Temple of Solomon, has there
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ever been a grove, a lake to represent the Nile, a Magic Circle, or a Temple prepared, nor is it believed that anv- where in the world does there exist today such a Circle.
“Nearest to this, however, is Stone-henge of the Druids of Britain, to which their descendants travel each year at a certain time to greet the Sun. and renew their vows.
“This is the first time, therefore, in five thousancd years that any order has attempted to build un this sacred emblem under the stately oak, so that people of modern civilization might witness the beauties of .the life and religion of the ancient people, whose teachings of ind:- vidual soul development made the glory of Egypt, the los dreams of all Israel, the teachings of the Magi of Persia. all that was true in India, the splendid Philosophy of Greece, the magnificence of the early Romans, the basis of pre-Christian Ireland’s great schools, as well as the familiar Holy Grail legends of Briton, Celt and Gaul. In this light of Brotherhood of Man and Fatherhood of God was founded this great Republic foretold by Virgil, upon whose seal is set the Egyptian Pyramid, completed by the White stone of Spiritual purification as the crown of the ages.
“The American Constellation of thirteen stars set in the form of a double triangle was foretold by Merlin of King Arthur’s Court, and the Philosophy of the Holy Grail and of Egypt’s glory and Solomon’s Temple has been the day star of every great American statesman from Washington to Abraham Lincoln.
“After the ceremonies in the grove, there was given in the dining room of ‘Beverly Hall’ at midnight a ‘Feast of the Gods,’ at which neither meat nor spices formed part of the menu, but only fruits, nuts and other products of sun-kissed foods.
“The conclusion of the rites was held at sunrise in the grove with a musical communion service, in which nectar of roses, distilled from the thirty thousand roses bloom- ing each June upon the lawns at ‘Beverly Hall,’ was served as emblematic of the wine of the Soul, and for this service the rose bushes were planted several years ago.
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“I wish that all the readers of this article might have been present at the preparation, at the building and at the dedication of this Ancient Magic Circle. Or, I wish that I might be able to give a detailed description of these sublime ceremonies. However, I cannot do this here, though I hope that in some future work I will be able to do so. Sufficient be it to say that when the stone, made out of cement by one of the Brothers, was nearly finished, the dedication took place, and the emblems placed in the stone itself before it was completed were:
‘The American Beauty Rose in full bloom. This is a representation, or symbol, of the Soul that has reached full illumination.
“The Mystic Ring. This was a solid gold ring, belong- ing to one of the members present, upon which had been engraved the Cross and Pentagram. All members of the Magi will know what this symbol stands for. The ring itself, as is known to the Magi, is a protecting agent against all evil or malignant influences when worn during any ceremonial or developing work:
“The True Magic Mirror. This is an emblem of the Soul, which, when fully developed, will act as a mirror to the universe wherein may be wisdom and truth.
“Lastly, a complete copy of the private text book, ‘Ritualistic Occultism,’ which contains the ceremonies as made use of by the Magi, and four of these ceremonials were made use of by four of the Magi, in the dedication of the Magic Circle.
“When all of this had taken place, the stone was com- pleted, and then later in the day the characters were engraved upon the stone by the Brother who had com- pleted the stone.
“Of the midnight ‘Feast of the Gods’ and of the morn- ing services which took place in the grove it is not lawful for me to speak at this time, but it is my sincere prayer that all who are enrolled in the Sacred Schools may some day be present with us and witness these sublime cere- monies, especially as they are conferred in the Spring of the year.
‘Arrangements were made by the delegates present,
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through voluntary contributions, to either buy another large grove, or if that is found impracticable, to build a much larger hall in the ‘Grove of Osiris’ so that advanced ceremonies may be held the coming Spring at the Sixty- ninth Convocation of the Rose Cross Order.”
The Mystic Seal of the U.S.A.
The lectures and lessons given at the Sixty-eighth Convocation twenty years ago, on the Great Seal of the United States and rts mystical significance, were truly illuminating and become of greater interest since the uncut or reverse side of the Great Seal has been officially used this year for the first time on the new one dollar silver certificates.
They Have Been Fully Answered
We have fully answered all of the false statements, ugly insinu- ations and malignant sarcastic innuendoes of Mr. Lewis as set forth, in concentrated form, on page 10 of White Book D,’ and as con- tained in his ‘‘Exhibits Nos. 2 and 3.”* To do so, perhaps we have gone to unnecessary lengths—it may be that we have used heavy artillery, when a pop-gun would have done as well. However, we have taken the pains to give the public a true picture of this unscru- pulous fabricator of spurious orders and fraternal racketeer, and have answered his petty subterfuges and despicable acts and meth- ods so completely that his most ardent admirers and most preju- diced followers can find no justifiable defense therefor.
5 See our Reproduction No. 33, of page 10 thereof. 6 See our Reproduction Nos. 34 and 38 of his Exhibits.
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Southern view of the Temple, the hydrangea in bloom and nature smiling. ‘The New Library (Exhibit I) is a few feet south and connects with the Temple by concrete walks.
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A promenade looking west from the porch of the Hall. Delightfully pleasant when the sun is hot in June during Spring Convocations and Rose Festivals.
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EXHIBITG
This large building in the Borough of Quakertown, constructed in 1923, is the “little print shop” wherein, Lewis alleges, ‘““a German or Dutch printer” .. . “leaving his hobby of printing to spare-time indulgences in his amateur -press shop,’ where the “pamphlets” (meaning Books Two, Three, Four and Five of Volume I exposing his fraternal racket) were “printed piece-meal by him in his little shop.”
He had his spies take several pictures of this building at the same time they took the tricky snapshots which he used in his “Exhibit No. 2,” but for reasons of his own—apparent to everyone—he did not reproduce or pub‘ish any of the pictures of this building as Exhibits in his White (?) Book D.
He knows full well that this building houses a modern printing plant elec- trically operated for the printing and publication of pamphlets, magazines and books. It is owned by the Fraternity and is also used in other ways and for other useful purposes.
This work, The Rosicrucian Fraternity in America, in two Volumes, was printed in this “little print shop.” For “amateur press’ work, we dare say that the work is fairly good.
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One of the lily plants in bloom. There are on an average of 28 such plants in each pool. Some specimen blooms are 10 and 12 inches across. There are four pools. One of these pools contains specimens of all of the known sacred Lotus of Egypt. These are things of beauty, as well as Nature’s sacred symbols of deepest meaning.
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SYMBOLISM OF THE SERPENT ON THE CROSS
Upper left: Tau Cross with uplifted serpent—the Mosaic Symbol of salvation. See our Reproduction No. 37. Lower left: Masonic symbol of the Knights of the Brazen Serpent. Upper right: Original symbol of the physician, healer and teacher of healing or salvation. Lower right: Hermetic symbol, Messenger of Peace—the modern symbol of the phy- sician, healer and teacher. For an excellent study of Serpent symbolism, see The Encircled Serpent, by M. Oldfield Howey, David McKay Com- pany, Philadelphia, Pa.
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THE SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCES IN THESE SACRED SYMBOLS
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THE LEWISTONIAN SATANIC SNAKE
Here we reproduce from page 464 of the Rosicrucian Digest, January 1935, some of Lewis’ specially designed symbolism, with the serpent groveling in the dust, creeping on its belly under the “Sacred Rose” and beneath the Rosy Cross. This is a genuine and typical “Satanic Snake” which is often found in his publications and used by him personally in connection with his own articles, as witness the above fac-simile reproduction.
He falsely accuses us of designing a symbol containing a “satanic snake” as the
symbol of our house, personal signature or Coat of Arms, although and not withstanding “he had previously designed and personally used symbolism which gives undue promi- nence to the satanic snake.
Consistency and discretion are jewels, indeed, but—
“Good name, in man or woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their Souls.”
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FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 37
THE BRAZEN SERPENT. From engraving after A. Strihuber.
This illustration of Moses raising up the Brazen Serpent on a pole or the Cross is familiar to every student of the Bible. Mr. Lewis claims to have been brought up as a good Methodist, yet he accuses us of using the satanic snake in the symbolism of our House or Coat of Arms, although we use the serpent raised up on the cross in our symbolism, just as Moses lifted it up on the cross in the wilderness to heal and save the children of Israel.
Evidently Moses did not regard, and the Masons and Christians do not regard, the serpent lifted up on the cross as a “Satanic Snake.” No one, except Lewis, regards it as an evil or “devil” symbol—and Lewis does not so regard it. He wanted to say something mean, ugly and nasty about us and finding nothing true that is mean, ugly and nasty, why, he just said that we had used a “satanic snake’—because, we suppose, since he uses it himself and knows the low, base, ugly and nasty things that it symbolizes. See text.
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A LEWISTONIAN PAGAN SYMBOL
At the very time that the Christian Gentleman of San Jose accused us of “actually” taking “symbols of old pagan cults and adopting them,” he was using a pagan or often called “heathen” symbol on one of his letterheads, that is, the Crux Ansata, shown in the above reproduction.
Now, if there is one symbol that is universally and emphatically condemned by the Christian Church, regarded and universally spoken of by all Christians as a “heathen” symbol, it is the Egyptian Crux Ansata. We are not condemning the symbol. We understand its meaning. We are simply pointing out the un-Christian and inconsistent conduct of the Christian Gentleman of San Jose.
He denies any connection with Crowley, the Notorious Black Magician, or his orders and organizations, and yet, at the same time he condemns Crowley he uses (A) in the circle of the Crux Ansata the letters A. A. O., which stand for the Crowley Order A.*.A.*., which he founded in the early part of this century, before he Crowleyized and took over the O. T. O. (B) The letters O. T. O. would seem to indicate that AMORC is a part of the O. T. O., from which he claims to hold a charter—which would put him under the jurisdiction of Crowley. (C) The letters M. M. stand for the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim, by which he evidently intends to show that AMORC is also a Masonic organization. All these matters last mentioned will be fully discussed in Chapter Four hereof.
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PROVES HIS CLAIMS WITH DELETED RECORDS
The Imperator Defends Himself With the Meanest Tricks of His Black Art, Using Mutilated Documents and Petty Chicanery
In this Chapter we shall continue to deal with the unbelievable trickery and petty chicanery of the author of White (?) Book D. We shall conclusively show, not only that his statements are false, but that he has attempted to prove them and to sustain his spurious claims by the publication of misrepresented, falsified, deleted and mutilated documents; that his so-called ‘‘Important Rosicrucian Documents” are not what they purport to be; that they have been grossly misrepresented; that they are spurious and have naught to do with the authentic Rose Cross Order; that his various, much advertised, so-called Rosicrucian International and World Councils are myths, delusions and snares; that his so-called Rosi- crucian International or World Conventions were not R. C. Con- ventions at all, but Masonic Congresses of the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim—and that those in which he participated were spuri- ous and clandestine.
In this connection we shall prove, beyond question, that he has abused and misused Masonry as much as, if not more than, he has desecrated the Holy Name and Sacred Symbols of the Rosy Cross, and that his family racket and fraternal swindle is a Masonic- Rosicrucian Fraud.
The Fuposi, the fraudulent device which he set up to proclaim the R. C. authenticity of his fraternal racket, will be stripped of its disguise and the naked truth will appear.
We shall establish absolutely his connection with Crowley, the notorious Black Magician, and that he teaches Crowley’s Black Magic doctrine: “Do what thou wilt, is the whole of the law; love is the law, love under will.’
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Chapter. For convenience of study and discussion we shall divide the subject matter into five parts, of which this is Part One.
Things Masonic and Rosicrucian
At all times maintaining a cordial fraternal relationship, the Masonic and Rosicrucian Fraternities have existed and functioned side by side, but entirely independent of each other, without in “any manner interfering with each other and without either en- croaching upon, or attempting to encroach upon, the rights, privi- leges or prerogatives of the other. It has been the accepted custom and practice of the Rosicrucian Fraternity in America to leave to Masons those matters which concern Masonry, which custom and practice we recognize and regard as wholesome and most desirable.
We regret that the necessities of the present case require that we discuss many matters purely of a Masonic nature. However, we are forced to do this, that we may better show and more fully demonstrate the true nature and extent of Lewis’ fraternal swindle, which, although ostensibly conducted as a Rosicrucian Order and Brotherhood, yet nevertheless seriously involves Masonry, because he has continually used Masonry and Masons, in various ways, as a device and contrivance to promote and perpetuate his swindle to the extent that it has become and is a Masonic-Rosicrucian Fraud.
Preliminary to and as an aid to a better understanding of the false claims and unfounded assertions of Lewis as to his Masonic affiliation and his spurious Rosicrucian authority and genuineness, which he asserts by virtue of and as coming to him through cer- tain Masonic Rites and by reason of his Masonic affiliations, it will be helpful to accurately define and correctly state wherein they differ and the exact relation which Masonry bears to Rosicrucian- ism, and conversely.
Of Common Origin, Yet Distinct
As noted by Harold V. B. Voorhis in his recent, well-considered History of Organized Masonic Rosicrucianism, the Masonic and the Rosicrucian Orders have a common spiritual descent, and to some extent interlace, yet they are two distinct and separately func- tioning organizations. Although they have the same high ideals
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and both seek to teach the same sublime truth, to aid and direct mankind along the upward path to better and nobler things and to bring about brotherhood, with “peace on earth and good will to men’, they undertake to accomplish those ends by different methods, yet both achieve their objectives and serve mankind well. Under these circumstances and conditions, there must be and there is the closest, most friendly and helpful fraternal relationship. Let us, then, consider how and wherein these two great fraternities with a common purpose differ in their fundamentals and as to meth- ods of the presentation of their teachings.
The Masonic Fraternity
The Masonic Fraternity, while its teachings are secret, is an exoteric order. It is a school of rites. It teaches its great lessons and sublime doctrines by means of and with symbolical, ceremonial rites of initiation administered by degrees and in separate bodies, to which spiritual teaching and training are only incidental. It is, therefore, possible for a man to pass through the initiatory cere- monies of the Craft degrees of the Blue Lodge and be made a Master Mason without understanding the mystical significance and meaning of such symbolical initiation. It operates under a lodge system with subordinate lodges that affords its members close fra- ternal and social relationship with one another. The fraternal spirit of this organization is unsurpassed. Of this great frater- nity, none but words of highest commendation may be justly spoken. The good that it does and all the blessings that it has bestowed on mankind are unknown and immeasurable. Its symbols carry and conceal the Secret Doctrine and the Wisdom of the Ancients and its ceremonial initiatory work of the different degrees, stage by stage, graphically depict and teach all of the sublime truths of the Ancient Wisdom of the Sons of Light.
The Masonic Order is open to men only, while the Rose Cross Order receives men and women alike and on equal terms.
The Rosicrucian Fraternity
On the other hand, the Rosicrucian Fraternity is a School of Spiritual Training, of individual teaching and initiation by and through individual efforts, accomplished by following the Rosi-
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crucian secret training and teachings and by living the life. Its initiates are self-initiated and become Rosicrucians by virtue of their own efforts, as a result of their own spiritual experiences. They reach different degrees or stages of initiation as they achieve and open up to themselves new and larger visions and fields of soul-consciousness. ‘They become Rosicrucians when they under- stand and know. Rosicrucians are never made or initiated by sym- bolical ceremonies. To the Rosicrucians, symbolical ceremonies are only incidental and are never used in the inner or Esoteric Section, which is a School of Spiritual Training, as above described. For that reason, it is not necessary for its neophytes to be publicly iden- tified with a lodge, society or order to become a Rosicrucian. For many years the Rosicrucians, while living among men, could not be found, because they had no organization, lodges, or meeting places, known to the uninitiated. It has been and still is the most secret of all secret societies and orders. Even unto this day, its high initiates in this and in every land and their meeting places are still unknown to the public, and even unto its neophytes and students who have not, as yet, become Rosicrucians.
Although the lodge system and symbolical initiatory ceremonies are incidental to the Great Work which is accomplished in its Esoteric Section or School of Spiritual Training, yet it does main- tain a system of lodges for its neophytes with symbolical initiatory ceremonies as auxiliary, preparatory and outer bodies or orders for the teaching of its exoteric philosophy, such as the Order of the Osirians, referred to in the last chapter,’ and-also lodges for its initiates, who have become Rosicrucians, wherein and whereby the Path which they have trod in their self-initiation is depicted and vividly represented in symbolical ceremonies.
Inter-Exchange of Members And Other Causes of Confusion
For centuries, many Rosicrucians have been members of the Masonic Fraternity and many Masons have been neophytes in the R. C. Order and have become Rosicrucians. Indeed, there have been restricted Rosicrucian organizations to which Masons only were admitted. Since the year 1865 there have existed Masonic
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societies composed only of high, learned and scholarly Masons, known as organized Masonic Rosicrucianism, which we shall pres- ently discuss. The inter-exchange of members, the limiting of Rosi- crucian membership to Masons in certain bodies, the use of Rosicrucian appellations in connection with certain Masonic organi- zations and the use of the term ‘‘Rose Croix’’ to describe a degree in certain Masonic rites have brought about much confusion in the public mind, as well as much confusion among many Rosicrucian students and Masons.
In Europe, some of the Grand Masters of Rosicrucian Orders are also interested in Masonry and in some instances the same individual holds the office of Grand Master of an Order of the Rosy Cross and Grand Master of a Masonic Grand Lodge or Sovereign Sanctuary, although they are entirely separate and dis- tinct bodies, having no connection with each other whatever, yet, the two, having a common head or being presided over by the same individual, give a surface appearance and furnish prima facie evidence that are altogether misleading and untrustworthy.
Then, there are certain secret orders or organizations in France and other foreign countries of an esoteric nature, founded entirely upon certain Masonic rites and of Masonic origin, that, by com- mon but erroneous practice or custom, are spoken of and by the general public regarded as Rosicrucian organizations, whereas, in truth, they are in no manner nor in any sense Rosicrucian organiza- tions and have naught to do with the Rosicrucian Fraternity. A striking example of this is the Martinist Order,’ founded upon Masonic rites, and which only Master Masons in good standing may join. This order was named after that illustrious French mystic of the eighteenth century, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, who was supposed by some uninformed writers to have been a Rosicrucian. The Martinists have a Rose Croix degree; therefore, one initiated in that degree is known as a Rosicrucian, though he may. not have had the slightest Rosicrucian training and has not become and is not a Rosicrucian.* ‘Thus has arisen a misconcep- tion relative to the connection between the Masonic and Rosicru- cian Fraternities.
2 We shall later give further consideration to this Order.
3See The Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis, by Clymer, pp. 167 to 181, dealing with Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.
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Organized Masonic Rosicrucianism
There have been and still are societies of organized Masonic Rosicrucianism, such as the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia; Socie- tatis Rosicrucianae in Civitatibus Foederatis, and others of a like or allied nature. Only high Masons or those of Masonic erudition and scholarship are eligible for membership in these organizations, which are not esoteric R. C. Orders, yet, they are, nevertheless, Gages of Amity between the Masonic Fraternity and the Esoteric Orders of the Rosy Cross and greatly assist in the maintenance of the closest fraternal relationship between these great frater- nities. ;
These organized Masonic Rosicrucian societies claim no connec- tion with the Rose Cross Orders of the Esoteric Rosicrucian Fraternity. This is clearly shown by the statement of Frederick W. Hamilton, [X°, Supreme Magus of the Societatis Rosicrucianae in Civitatibus Foederatis, in his foreword to Harold V. B. Voorhis’ HisToRY OF ORGANIZED Masonic RosIcRUCIANISM, in speaking of the Societas Rosicrucianae founded in England in 1865, as fol- lows:
“So far as I am aware the work which follows
Italics Are Ours. is the first one to set forth in detail the history of the Societas Rosicruciana since its foundation in
England in 1865. Although the Society has never
had a large membership, it has shown astonishing
Does Not Claim vitality. Not claiming descent from the Rosicru- Connection With the cians of the later middle ages, it has no tradi- Esoteric Rose Cross tions to propagate and no assertions to defend. Order. Unconnected with other organizations of more or
less Theosophical tendency which make use of the
Rosicrucian name, it has always held closely to
its own aims and purposes. It is neither mystic nor
esoteric. It is a society of students and investigators
Deals Only With interested in the history, traditions, philosophy, and Freemasonry. symbolism of Freemasonry or allied to it.
“Just at this time the Society, especially in the
United States, is taking on a new lease of life.
The Purposes and Interest in the study of the more philosophic aspects Nature of These of Freemasonry and of its history and traditions. Societies Clearly has been greatly stimulated. As a natural conse- Stated. quence Masonic scholars. and investigators are
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moved to unite in groups in which they may find sympathy and assistance. The time is fully ripe for the production of such a work as this.’’
We have taken the pains to explain the differences between the Masonic and Rosicrucian Fraternities, their relation to each other and, also, to show the relation which Organized Masonic Rosi- crucianism bears to each, because the public at large does not under- stand these differences, and being unaware of the causes of con- fusion that exist, is, therefore, easily misled in regard thereto. Mr. Lewis, being fully aware of this, has capitalized this confusion which so generally exists and has used it successfully in the pro- motion of his fraudulent fraternal scheme. He has used it as a device and drawnet to catch and exploit alike those attracted to Masonry as well as those interested in Rosicrucianism. With his combined, mixed, blended and confused claims of Masonic and Rosicrucian authority, he has built a house of cards and is using the good names and high standing of the two great fraternities to increase and swell the Royal Hierarchal Revenues of his mystic
Masonic-R. C. swindle.
AMORC and Masonry
Continually asserting and constantly denying the connection of AMORC, his spurious R. C. Order, with Masonry he has used every plausible method and cunning device to create for his fraudu- lent fraternal enterprise Masonic sanction as well as Rosicrucian authority. His latest device and stratagem has been to combine Masonry with Rosicrucianism,’ in, by and through the Ancient Masonic and Primitive Rites of Memphis and Mizraim, and to create for himself an International Masonic and Rosicrucian body® to give plausible fraternal recognition to his mystifying swindle. However, his International Congress for the creation of FupostI, his latest faked International R. C. Council, turned out to be a congress of clandestine Masonry, infringing upon the Sovereign Sanctuaries of the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim and had naught
4 The History of Organized Masonic Rosicrucianism, p. 5.
5 See our Fac-Simile Reproduction No. 40 at the end of this part, ‘which we shall presently discuss.
6 This refers to Fupos!, to be discussed at length in Part IV of this chapter.
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to do with Rosicrucian Orders, and which has been fully exposed and denounced by legitimate Memphis-Mizraim Masons, as we shall presently see.
That we may better understand and fully comprehend the con- stant ever-present stratagem which he has used to give to his spurious fraternal enterprise the apparent sanction and approval of Masonry and Masons and the methods employed to secure for himself and his Hierarchy of Fraud the valuable advantages of Masonic connections and affiliation, we shall briefly review a few of the Masonic devices employed and used by him, and the pro- nouncements he has made on Masonry, to impose upon uninformed Masons and those attracted to or interested in Masonry, to exploit them and secure for himself and his enterprise the advantages which he derived and wrongfully used:
Masonry Closely Allied to AMORC (!1)
Shortly after he launched his fabricated spurious Rosicrucian Order, he made his first pronouncement on the subject of Masonry being connected with and allied to his fabrication in his First? Authentic and Complete History of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, as follows:
All Italics Ours. “The claim has always been made that the Fabricated in 1915, AMORC is the oldest fraternal or secret order -AMORC Antedates known to man. ‘This claim makes the order ante- Freemasonry ! date Freemasonry, and the latter has always claimed
great antiquity. Here again the casual, aye, the deep investigator, is confronted with a mass of de- tails purporting to be the history of Freemasonry, but gradually classifying themselves into two groups which one may label ‘inexact’ and ‘indefinite.’
Mystery Clarified. “Right here is where some of the mystery becomes Freemasonry Is an clarified. Rosicrucians claim, and can prove, that Offspring of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons is an off- AMORC. Masons, spring of the AMORC, and for this reason its Note This Claim. origin is so veiled and indefinite except to those Justifies His Own who have passed through the Scottish Rites. Because
R. C. High-Pressure of its frankness, publicity and public propaganda,
7 Since then he has written and published other “authentic” and “complete” histories of his spurious R. C. Order, ‘called AMORC. :
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Public Propaganda.
Masonry Not Silent. It Is Denouncing the Alleged Connection With AMORC.
Confounds Confusion. A Falacious Argument to Mislead.
AMORC Only Has the Real Masonic
Work. Masons Must Join AMORC to Get
Real Freemasonry!
Copied Master Ma- son’s Degree Work and Uses It in His Own First Degree
Work.
Freemasonry has grown into a powerful organiza- tion, overshadowing in the public’s mind all other secret and fraternal orders.
“On the point of its connection with the AMORC, Freemasonry is very silent. It traces its
antiquity to ‘Solomon’s Temple’ and refers to char-
acters whose history, if not actual existence, are cloaked with doubt. Its published history is very esoteric and mystical, although its actual history, as known to all advanced Rosicrucians, is a living testimonial of the truth of the noble principles of brotherhood which underlie Freemasonry.
“So closely are the two orders allied that many of the great exponents of the one are active workers in the other. Freemasonry has acknowledged its debt to the AMORC by adding a Rosicrucian degree to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, making it the 18°. It has also established ‘Societas Rosi- cruciana’ in England and various parts of the United States, to which none but an advanced Mason may apply for admission.
“In these Rosicrucian societies, as in the A. & A. S. R. 18°, certain elements of the Rosicrucian initia- tions and doctrines are used (in the crude form resulting from tradition by word of mouth, since none but the legitimate lodges of the AMORC have the correct work), and the tendency on the part of these brother Masons in such degrees and societies is to practice and emulate the noble rules and doc- trines of the AMORC.
“Naturally, all genuine Rosicrucian lodges prac- tice many of the elements of the work of Free- masonry, since the latter adapted its WORK from that of the AMORC. The first degree in all Rosi- crucian lodges is very similar to the third (or Mas- ter Mason’s) degree in Freemasonry. Many of the latter's symbols and terms are taken from Rosicru- cianism (as explained elsewhere), and in general the two orders are aiming to accomplish the same great and noble purpose, except that the R. C. work is OPERATIVE, while Freemasonry is SPECULATIVE.’’®
8 The American Rosae Crucis, his then official organ, Volume 1, pp. 3 and 4.
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Used Masonry for Promotion Purposes
Thus within a few months after he fabricated his spurious R. C. Order, he began and has since continued the use of various kinds of false Masonic propaganda to promote his fraudulent fraternal enterprise. In the beginning it was his original idea to model his fabrication after Masonry with symbolical initiatory degrees to be conferred only in lodges under a lodge system. He still adheres to the original lodge system, but he soon found that it did not produce the cash fast enough; accordingly, he instituted a National Lodge on the 25th day of April, 1917, to accept correspondence members and to deliver lectures by mail. The combined plan proved successful and is still followed. ‘To make his scheme of combining Masonry and Rosicrucianism more effective, he gave to his fabricated order a Rosicrucian name and unto himself a Ma- sonic title combined with an alleged Rosicrucian title, namely: “Grand Master General and Imperator of North America,” the former being a Masonic title employed in the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim.
Having thus induced Masons to join his spurious Masonic- Rosicrucian institution, in 1917 he appointed a committee com- posed entirely of Masons, on his proposed constitution, and secured from them the following endorsement:
‘““We, the undersigned, as members of AMORC of North America, find nothing in the teachings or rituals of the above-named Order which conflicts with the teach- ings or rituals of any other organization with which we are afhliated. * * * However, we have received such in- formation from the teachings of the above-named Order, which, to the best of our knowledge and belief, is only obtainable in the AMORC, and having knowledge of its
uplifting character, its patriotic and humanitarian prin- ciples, we take this means of expressing our apPreC a
of the Order.
Dr. Chatles D: Green, 32: ,)Park: Lodge 6/6, base A. M., Pa., Randolph Chapter No. 35, Ind. Penna. Consistory, Valley of Pittsburgh.
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Sa ee view C nicago,. Cicero: Chapter, RK: A.) M., Apollo Commandery No. 1, K. T., Medinah Tem- plewaseOaN. MS. ‘Chicago, {linois.
riage Cruickshank, MiD.,.M:i Ex Fx boS., F. O.: Cyrus Chapter No. 280, R. A. M., Mt. Mariah
- Council No. 2, Chartiers Commandery No. 78, Kew; Perna. Consistory, S. P. R. 5.
ie shoemaker, 32°, Hillsboro Lodge 25,-A. F. & A. M., Tampa Consistory No. 1, Tampa, Florida.
Walter E. Hatch, 32°, McCandless Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 390, Pennsylvania Consistory, Valley of Pitts- burgh.
S. Lindsay Dorsey, Lexington Lodge No. 1, A. F. & A. M., Lexington Chapter No. 1, R. A. M., Webb Commandery No. 2, K. I., Lexington, Ky.
Edward L. Bark, Past Master Jefferson Lodge 288, Pete Ane Vay eittsburoh,..Pa.
Conrad H. Lindstedt, Past Master Progressive Lodge 354, F. & A. M., New York.
Frederick C. Santaiello, 32°, Normal Lodge 523, F.& Pom ine ken tA Oe No M.S., New York?
This is a rather clever and effective ‘‘voluntary endorsement” by Masons, cunningly obtained under the duress of deception, which he has persistently used in his propaganda literature from
foto, 1930."
In 1921, from his headquarters in San Francisco, California, he announced, notwithstanding that he was not an accredited Mas- ter Mason in this jurisdiction, that a Sovereign Sanctuary of Free- masonry abroad had conferred upon him the “highest Masonic degrees, such as Honorary 33rd, the 90th and the 95th degrees of the Ancient and Primitive Rites of Memphis and Mizraim”’; also that the O. T. O. (Ordo Templi Orientis), another Masonic organization, founded on the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim, chartered by John Yarker, had conferred upon him its high de- grees and appointed the Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC as a
9See Rosicrucian Illumination, pp. 9-10, a Lewistonian Propaganda booklet issued in Tampa, Fla., 1926-27.
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Gage of Amity.’ Later he assumed and conferred upon himself the 97th degree, The Grand Hierophant of.the Universe, of the Rite of Memphis.’
“The Greatest Living R. C. Authority”
Instructs on Masonic History!
Again making a bid to Masons and continuing to misuse Ma- sonry and the historical conflicts and confusion that exist in rela- tion thereto in the promotion of his fraternal business, Mr. Lewis, writing under a nom de plume, about Swedenborg, in his then official
organ, The Mystic Triangle, May, 1926, at page 73, says:
Very Best of Masonic Writers Are Dumb— Only H. Spencer Lewis, the Pseudo- Mason and Rosicru- cian, Knows the True History of Real Masonry and the True Rosy Cross! AMORGC, his Own Fabrication, Is the Father of Genuine Masonry!
Italics Ours.
Emphasis Ours.
All Real Masons Be- long tc AMORC. He Is Saying “Why Don’t You Invest in AMORC?” Sweden- borg Was Not a Rosicrucian. Masons
Should Join AMORC.
“Macoy, Dr. Oliver, Gould and numerous other Masonic authorities might have searched longer and looked deeper into ‘the facts of the case,’ and prayed for Light just a little bit more earnestly. Then, surely, they would have discovered what was dis- closed to the greatest living Rosicrucian authority, Dr. Harve Spencer Lewis, BEFoRE Dr. Lewis wrote his wonderful ‘duthentic and Complete History of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis. Why are Masonic authorities so silent? Have they not found out YET that their institution is an off- spring of AMORC? Is it surprising, then, to wit- ness Brother Swedenborg trace the best in Specu- lative Masonry to its Operative Source? Was Free- masonry always speculative? It was not! Why are Masonic writers so dumb and blind? wHuy Has AMORC so MANY WONDERFUL MASONIC BROTH- ERS? * * * What are Masons speculating for? Why are they not ‘investing’ instead? Just as their Brother-Swedenborg, who was our Brother-Rosi- crucian, did! May the best of our Brother-Masons soon become ‘Living Question Marks!’ * * * AMORC is helping you to contact your glorious Brother! Wrote our Beloved Imperator recently, ‘God bless his great soul!”
1See Chapter Three, this volume, pp. 135-136, also Volume 1, p. 345, for a full statement of his most unusual claims.
2 See his signature on his “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 3,’ our Reproduc- tion No. 46, at the end of Part III, this chapter.
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Occasionally denying the physical connection of Masonry, yet, constantly insisting that AMORC, his own recent spurious fabrica- tion, is.the parent of Masonry, he has continually used this type of miserable misrepresentation in many variations, to lure unin- formed, credulous Masons and gullible persons interested in Ma- sonry into his fold as paying members to support a Masonic-R. C. swindle. Many such examples of his misrepresentation and mis- use of Masonry are to be found in his high-pressure promotional magazines and literature.
Denied AMORC’S Masonic Connection
When charged in 1926 with misusing the good name of Masons and Masonry for the promotion of his fraudulent, fraternal and spurious R. C. enterprise, in a full-page advertisement published in a Tampa, Florida, newspaper,* he denied that AMORC claimed any Masonic connection or “physical relationship with the Free- masonic Order’ and quoted from an involved and ambiguous statement made in his first propaganda booklet,* published in New York, in 1917, as follows:
“When we say that the Order has absolutely no connection with any branch of the ‘Theosophical Denying the Physical Society, the New Thought Movement or Free-
Relationship, He Con- masonry, we do not mean to say that such connec- tinued to Use Masons tion would be displeasing or detrimental; but it is and Masonry to Pro- unnecessary and—impossible. On the other hand, mote His Spurious nearly all of our Grand Masters in the various Masonic-R. C. Fra- states as well as fully seventy-five per cent of our ternal Enterprise. Brothers in the Order are Freemasons and gener-
ally in the higher degrees (Scottish Rite, K. T., HEME. etc. yc wi.
A rather cunning way of denying the physical connection of AMORC with Masonry, yet continuing to use the good name and high standing of Masons for promotion purposes. When carefully studied, it is a badge of fraud, but well calculated to fool naive Masons, and the credulous and gullible. It is such an explanation —a kind of a saving clause—as a shrewd promoter would insert
’ Tampa Morning Tribune, November 3, 1926, p. 13. 4 Rosicrucian Initiation, p. 6.
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in his high-pressure promotional literature to save himself in event his devious ways are discovered and exposed.
Hs “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4” Conferring “High Masonic Honors”
In November, 1933, he published’ a fac-simile of a certificate issued to him by the O. T. O., a Masonic organization based upon and chartered under the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim, confer- ring upon him the honorary 33rd, 90th, 95th and 7th degrees of the O. T. O., and making him an honorary member of its Sover- eign Sanctuary for Switzerland, Germany and Austria, which he falsely represented to be a Charter issued by the ‘Supreme Magus and Frater Superior of the Ancient Rosicrucian Order” and as conferring upon him Rosicrucian authority.° The O. T. O. is a Masonic Order, an “Academia Masonica, a high school of Mystic Masonry,’ and in no sense an R. C. Order, as we shall show in