I. N. R. I. — Unter diesem Titel erscheinen die Publikationen des

Z Ordens der Orientalischen Templer. Herausgeber ist Theodor Reuss, 4, Duke Street, Adelphi, London.
Ori — Amtliches Organ des Gross-Orient von Deutschland. Oriflamme. Herausgeber ist Dr. Carl Lauer, Schulstrasse 30, in Lud- wigshafen a. Rhein.
i ,. —Amtliches Organ des O. T. O. in England. Herausgeber The Equinox. ist Aleister Crowley, 3, Great Jamesstreet, Redford Row, London, W.C. — Jeder Band kostet 10 sh. 6 d.
*Tnitiatr — Offizielles Organ des Memphis- und Misraim-Ritus und
L Initiation. des O. T. O. in Frankreich. Herausgeber ist Dr. Papus, 15, rue Seguier, Paris. — Preis 12 francs per Jahr.
The Universal Freemason. — Amtliches Organ der American
Masonic Federation. Herausgeber ist M. McB. Thomson, 585 Mainstreet, Evanston, Wyo., Rishi
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This fac-simile of page 24 of the Oriflamme shows that the publications of the O. T. O. appear under the mystic sign of I. N. R. I. (See Lewis’ “Exhibit No. 10”— Our Reproduction No. 56). Crowley’s personal organ, The Equinox, is shown to be an official organ of the O. T. O. It is the only official organ of the O. T. O. today and Crowley is its Outer Head and Secret Chief. The photograph is that of Theodor Reuss, former Outer Head, who died in 1924.
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Grossmeister-Commandeur des Obersten Rates 33° Schottischer Ritus, Grossorient von Deutschland. General-Gross-Administrator des Suverinen Sanktuarium fiir das Deutsche Reich. Meister vom Stuhl der Loge ,,Pythagoras“, Or... Mannheim,
DR. CARL LAUER, A MEMPHIS-MIZRAIM MASON AND HIGH MEMBER OF LHE,O./T: 0:
The German is freely translated as follows:
“Grand Master Commander of the Supreme Council 33° Scottish Rites, Grand Orient of Germany, General Grand Administrator of the Sovereign Sanctuary for Germany, Master of the Pythagorus Lodge in Mannheim.”
AN ANSWER TO LEWIS~ WHITE (1), BOOKe 0s FAC-SIMILE. REPRODUCTION No. 57T
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Br. Paul Kirmisis, 330, 90%.°950, 1X General Gross-Kanzler des Ordens der Alten Freimaurer vom Memphis- und Misraim-Ritus in. Deutschland. M.°. vom Stuhl der Loge ,,Renate zum Licht vom Osten", Or.. Berlin. Kanzler unseres Ordens
O-T-O MR. PAUL KIRMISS, A MEMPHIS-MIZRAIM MASON AND CHANCELLOR OF THE 0; 10; Page 26, opposite, is blank. The German is freely translated as follows:
“General Grand Chancellor of the Order of the Old (Primitive) Freemasons of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites in Germany.- Master of the Lodge: Renate zum Licht vom Osten in Berlin. Chancellor of our Order O. T. O.”
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0-T-O MR. ANDREAS ULLMER, a MEMPHIS-MIZRAIM MASON AND SECRETARY OR LHEFOeTs OF
Page 28, opposite, is blank. The German is freely translated as follows:
“General Grand Expert of the Order of the Old (Primitive) Freemasons of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites in Germany. Master of the Lodge ‘To the Holy Grail’ in Munich, Secretary of Our Order O. T. O.”
AN ANSWER TO LEWIS WHITE OC?) BOOK Ds FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 57V
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MR. ALEISTER CROWLEY, A MEMPHIS-MIZRAIM MASON, AND A TENTH DEGREE O. T. O.
Page 30, opposite, is blank. The German is freely translated as follows:
“National Grand Master for Great Britain and Ireland of the ‘Mysteria Mystica Maxima of the Order of Oriental Templars,’ O. T. O.” Crowley, the first in line of succession, succeeded Theodor Reuss as the Outer Head and Secret Chief of the 0. T.O.
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AN ANSWER TO LEWIS WHIT EG) BOO
FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION .No. 58
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(Ordo Templi Orientis)
Ax open letter to those who may wish to join the Order ;
enumerating the Duties and Privileges
This letter should be shown to all intending Candidates aud Jurther explained if necessary
ALL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
Name and address of Brother charged pith the duty of distributing this letter. Or from
The Grand Secretary General O. T. O. AT OFFICES OF M..M..M.. 93 REGENT STREET, LONDON, W.C.
The M.:. M.*. M.:. (Mysteria Mystica Maxima) is the name of the British section of the O. T. O. This includes all countries where English is generally spoken. The O. T. O. is international, and has existing branches in every civilised country of the world.
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The title page of an official document of the O. T. O. showing that the M.°.M.:.M.°. i.e., Mysteria Mystica Maxima is the official name of the O. T. O. in all countries where English is generally spoken. This, taken in connection with the Book of the Constitution and the Oriflamme, proves conclusively that since 1912 Crowley has been the Supreme Authority of the O. T. O. in the United States, and therefore, iz any event, is Lewis’ Secret Chief whom he denied and denounced—while teaching his
Black Magic-Sex doctrines.
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ake Epistle of BAPHOMET to Siv GEORGE MACNIE ~ COWTE, Very Illustrious and Very [luminated. Pontiff and Epopt of the Aveopagius of the VIII" Degree O.T.O. Grand Treasurer General, Keeper of the Golden Book, President of the Committee of Publications of the O.T.O.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of
the Law. It has been represented to US that some persons who are worthy to join the O. T. O. consider the fees and subscriptions rather high, This is due to your failure to explain properly the great advantages offered by the Order. We desire you therefore presently to note, and to cause to be circulated throughout the Order, and among those of the profane who may seem worthy to join it, these matters following concerning the duties and the privileges of members of the earlier degrees of the O. T. O. as regards material affairs. And for conven- ience we shall classify these as pertaining to the Twelve Houses of the Heaven, but also by numbered clauses for the sake of such as understand not the so-called Science of the Stars. First, therefore, concerning the duties of the Brethren. Yet with our Order every duty is also a privilege, so that it is impossible wholly to separate them.
4 FIRST I. There is no law beyond “Do what thou wilt.” Yet it is well for Brethren Concerning ,_ to study daily in the Volume of the Sacred Law, Liber Legis, for therein the Duties of HOUSE. is much counsel concerning this, how best they may carry out this will. the Brethren
SECOND 2. The private purse of every Brother should always be at the disposal of any Brother who may be in need. But in such a case it is a great HOUSE. » mischief if the one ask, and the other consent ; for if the former be really in need, his pride is wounded by his asking ; and if not, the door is opened to beggars and impostors, and all manner of arrant knaves and rogues such as are no true Brethren, But the Brother who is possessed of this world’s goods should make it his business to watch the necessity of all those Brethren with whom he may be personally acquainted, anticipating their wants in so wise and kindly and delicate a manner that it shall appear.as if it were the payment of a debt. And what help is given shall be given with discretion, so that the relief may be permanent instead of temporary. 3. All Brethren shall be exceedingly punctual in the payment of Lodge Dues. This is to take precedence of all the calls upon the purse.
THIRD 4. The Brethren shall be diligent in preaching the Law of Thelema. In HOUSE all panies they et be careful to use the prescribed greetings ; likewise * in speech, even with strangers.
5. They shall respond heartily to every summons of the Lodge or Chapter to which they may belong, not lightly making excuse.
6. Brethren should use every opportunity of assisting each other in their tastes, businesses, or professions, whether by direct dealing with Brethren in preference to others, or by speaking well of them, or as may suggest itself. It seems desirable, when
AN EPISTLE OF BAPHOMET
Page 2 of the official document of O. T. O. shown in Reproduction No. 58, which declares that there is z0 Jaw beyond “Do WuHat Tuou WILT.” It is the detestable and dangerous Black Magic-Sex doctrine of Lewis’ Secret Chief which he teaches, yet de- nounces, as he repudiates his Chief. Is the Imperator of Fraternal Fraud an ingrate or did he just “take” Crowley’s teachings, as he has “taken” the name of the Rose Cross and used Masonry as fraudulent devices to promote his Masonic-Rosicrucian swindle?
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AN ANSWER TO LEWIS’ WHITE (?) BOOK “D” FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 59
ANORC - Rosicrucian Crder ELEVENTH GRADE TEMPLE LECTURE PAGE THRE - NUMBER TEN 2 ¥ It is strange to say, however, that the guardian always warned his S) pupils that others in the past nad occasionally disobeyed the word or aoe ignored it, and that in such circumstances, they had quickly learned that such an act brought them grief and sorrow. Of course, we are 211 human and the human element in us is very apt to cause us to Teel “i at times that our own reasoning is superior +o any other thoughts that may come from the outside or the inside. In other words, the voice of he Tempter often tries to make us ignore the inner word and listen to our own reasoning. In such cases, we inevitably fail and learn a lesson.
nner word or thought will come to you at times when you are in doubt or when you need the still small voice to guide you. I am not going ~ to tell you, however, how, when, or where, the word will suddenly S Teas itself manifest to you when you most need it. This, you must
‘ You will judge from what I have said here in this veiled way that this
learn from experience.
-3 We have an excellent examolé in the very old mystical stories of Moses in the Christian Bible of a person wno at times disobeyed the Divine Voice and paid no attention to the inner word. Perhaps you heve never realized that the story of Moses in the Bible is more allegorical and symbolical than the truthful presentation of facts. It is one of the dYhost veiled stories that the Bible contains and at times it would seem that Moses was not one person but several persons, and if we keep in mind the fact that Moses simoly symbolized the one who had ~~ been initiated but who swayed back and forth between earthly temptation q and Divine urge, we will realize that we are not reading e story 0 alities. The one outstanding lesson that we set from the story of QD Moses in the Christian Bible is the beautiful mystical fact that while aman is both spiritual and physical and can have in him the Divine «4 Voice, ready and willing to urge him and advise him, God has ordained it that man shall have free will and shall hear the temptation of the world as well as the advice of the inner consciousness, and that ne has the privilege of choosing as he pleases.
This leads me to a point where I_may safely anc confidentially comment on one of the ancient Rosicrucian laws which we have refrained from using in any of the lower grades because it is so apt to be misuncer- stood. That law is this: "Do what thou wilt, is the whole of the
law; love is the law, love under mill.” The rirst part or that Law is a7 most Signizicant,. Po what thou wilt, is the whole of the
law." Wow that does not mean that you can do as you please and that there is no other law except the law that you go through life doing anything and everything that you desire to do. You would see at once that such a principle would not be any law at all. The key to the whole law lies in the word "will." To do the things you will to do means to do the things that Jou Rave reasons eer have reasoned upon, examined, analyzed,
ang finally agreed upon, with the understanding that you will assunie all the responsibility for your act, and bear all of the karma that results therefrom. You see, therefore, that the law is very much like
LEWIS TEACHES CROWLEY’S BLACK SEX-MAGIC
This fac-simile of a page from his lessons proves conclusively that Lewis does teach the Black Sex-Magic of Crowley. It also demonstrates to a certainty that his “vir- tuous” indignation and hypocritical denunciation of Crowley and his infamous Sex- Magic is just another of his many fraudulent devices used to promote and sustain his fraternal racket, which is a vile, wicked and dangerous swindle under the guise of Brotherly Love and in the name of a Holy Order!
Can you imagine anything more reprehensible?
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Peer CHET Pe eAND BLACK SEX-MAGIC FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 60 IN MEMORIAM—JOHN YARKER
[This Manifesto following has been issued by order of the new MI. Sovereign Grand Master General for G. B. and 1.| To all Sovereign Sanctuaries, Supreme Councils and Masonic Bodies in friendship with the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland.
We, Grand Secretary General of the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland, hereby give due Notice to all Sovereign Sanctuaries, Supreme Councils and Masonic Bodies in friendship with the Sovereign Sanctuary in and for Great Britain and Ireland, and to all Members of the said Rite, that the lamented Most Illustrious Bro. John Varker, 33°, 90°, 97°, Sovereign Grand Master General of the Antient and Primitive Rite, departed this earthly life and was called to the Grand East on March 2oth, 1913, E.V., and that a Convocation of Prince Patriarch Grand Conservators of the said Rite on June 30th, 1913, E.V. held in London, unanimously elected the Very Illustrious Bro. Henry Meyer, B24800, 90, henceforth to be Sovereign Grand Master General in and for Great Britain and Ireland.
With fraternal greetings, Yours in the Bonds of the Order, Leon Engers-Kennedy, 33°, 90°, 95°; Grand Secretary General.
Follows a copy of the Minutes of the Special Convocation of the Supreme Sanctuary of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry held at 33 Avenue Studios, 76 Fulham Road, South Kensington, London, S.W., on Monday, June 30, 1913, at five o'clock of the afternoon.
Fac-simile of page 23 of Vol. One, No. 10 of The Equinox, September, 1913, showing the death and the election of the successor of John Yarker, Sovereign Grand Master General of the Ancient and Primitive Freemasonic Rites of Memphis and Mizraim for Great Britain and Ireland. Continued in our Reproductions Nos. 60A and 60B.
AN ANSWER TO LEWIS’ WHITEX(?) BOCK pe
FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 60A
THE EQUINOX
The brethren present having proved their right to sit, speak and vote, Brother Quilliam called the Convocation to order, and called upon Brother Crowley to read the summons, a copy of which is here appended. This was done.
Brother Crowley remarked that no written protest against the present Convocation had been received from any Prince Patriarch, and that it might therefore be taken that no question could hereafter be raised as to the legality of the Convocation.
Brother Crowley proposed, and Bro. Theodor Reuss seconded, that Bro. Henry Meyer take the chair. This was unanimously agreed to.
Brother Meyer having done so, Brother Quilliam moved that a letter of condolence should be sent to the widow of the late Sovereign Grand Master General. This was agreed to.
Brother Meyer then called upon Brother Crowley to read his report of the proceedings at Manchester. Brother Crowley complied.
The report of the proceedings at Manchester was approved and adopted and ordered to be recorded in the Minutes of the Convocation. Follows a copy of aforesaid report.
The election of the Sovereign Grand Master General was then duly held.
RECORD OF THE ELECTION OF THE SOVEREIG GRAND MASTER GENERAL
THe Members of the Sovereign Sanctuary having pro- duced their certificates and all other documents requisite for the purpose of establishing their right to be present and vote in this Convocation of Prince Patriarch Grand Conservators, and the same having been examined and found to be legal and Fac-simile of page 24 of the same issue of The Equinox shown in the preceding re-
production. Note that Crowley and Reuss were closely associated in the Sovereign
Sanctuary of the Order of Memphis-Mizraim for Great Britain, as well as in the O. T. O. and in the teaching of Crowley’s Sex-Magic. ;
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IN MEMORIAM—JOHN YARKER
in due order, Bro. W. Henry Quilliam, 33°, 90°, 96°, called the Convocation to order, and called upon Brother Crowley, 33°, 90°, 95°, to read the summons calling this Convocation. This was duly done, and a copy of such summons so there read is set out in extenso in the minutes hereinafter written.
On the motion of Bro. W. Henry Quilliam, seconded by Bro. Aleister Crowley, 33°, 90°, 95°, the Very Illustrious Prince Patriarch Grand Conservator, 33°, 90°, 95°, Bro. Henry Meyer, of 25 Longton Grove, Sydenham, S.E., County of Kent, was unanimously elected Sovereign Grand Master General of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland. The Most Illustrious Sovereign Grand Master General then took the chair and, after returning thanks for the election, closed this Special Convocation. Done in our Sanctuary in the Valley of London, this thirtieth day of June, Nineteen hundred and thirteen, E.V.
HENRY MEYER, 33°, 90°, 96°, Sovereign Grand Master General. SainT Epwarp ALEISTER CROWLEY, 33°, 90°, 96°, ea ’ Patriarch Grand Administrator General. : Wy. Hy. QuiLziaM, 33°, 90°, 96°, Patriarch Grand Keeper General of. the Signed Golden Book. LEON ENGERS-KENNEDY, 33, 90°, 95°, Patriarch Grand Secretary General. THEODOR REUSS, 33°, 90°, 96°, | Sovereign Grand Master General ad Vitam é for the German Empire and Grand In-
spector General.
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Fac-simile of page 25 of the same issue of The Equinox. Note that the proceedings of the election of the successor of John Yarker were signed by Saint Edward Aleister Crowley, 33°, 90°, 96°, and Theodor Reuss, 33°, 90°, 96°, both high officials of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Great Britain as well as bosom cronies in the O. T. O.
FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 61
The above is a reproduction of the ancient “Alchemical and Hermetic” Rosy Cross which AMORC has used in some of its literature. Clymer, with astonishing display of ignorance of Rosicrucian or Hermetic history and symbolism, says that this ancient, sacred and dearly beloved symbol, is “a Black Magic Cross invented by Crowley, the black magician, in 1910 or 1911.°° What can one say to such gross injustice and maliciousness? Every writer on true Rosicrucian symbolism in the past three centuries has referred to this “encyclopaedic symbol,” which contains the “keys” to the most sacred truths of the Christian Rosy Cross. The letters I]. N. R. I. in the four points of the star are symbolical of the Christ Consciousness. To associate this with “black magic” is a deliberate display of sacreligious insult which the Hierarchy of the Cosmos can never forgive. Only a mind devoid of respect for the sacred symbol of highly cultured persons would think of offering an insult of this kind—solely to further his personal, mercenary grievances.
Exhibit No.l2
Lewis’ falsified “Exhibit No. 12.” This is not the “Alchemical and Hermetic” Rosy Cross. It is the Skying Cross of the Order of the Golden Dawn. It was published and used by Crowley, in uncompleted form, in his A.*.A.*. work. See text. For the genuine Alchemical and Hermetic Cross, and the trwe Rosy Cross, see our Reproductions Nos.
62 and 63.
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This is the golden Rosy
Cross, which every Brother makes from his Gold
and carries on his Breast.
TINCTUR.
This is the genuine ALCHEMICAL AND HERMETIC ROSY CROSS, reproduced from the Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians of the 16th and 17th Centuries, by a Brother of the Fraternity, as copied from an old manuscript and published by Dr. Franz Hartmann (see Vol. One, p. 389). Compare this Cross with the Skying Cross of the Order of the Golden Dawn in Lewis’ “Exhibit No. 12,” our Reproduction No. 61, and note the many false statements and flagrant misrepresentations in his state- ment shown thereon. See text. Such deceit and denunciation of those who point out his trickery and devices are typical of his methods to promote and perpetuate his fraternal swindle—they are typical of Badges of Fraud.
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FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 63
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THE GOLDEN AND ROSY CROSS
This is the original and true GOLDEN AND ROSY CROSS of the Rosicrucians. It is reproduced from the Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians. Its authenticity may not be questioned. The Skying Cross of the Order of the Golden Dawn follows the general outline of this cross, but not its proportions. Measure the arms and standard of each cross and note the difference. It is obvious that the meaning of these entirely different Ree are not the same. From a study of the Crosses, shown in our Reproductions Nos. 62 and 63, it becomes apparent that it is Lewis, Not we, who has insulted the ee of ie Cosmos” to protect his Hierarchy of Fraud.
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SUPPLEMENTAL REVIEW OF CLAIMS
HopGEPopcE of CLAIMS of CLAPTRAP AUTHORITY ASSERTED by Lewis for His FRATERNAL SWINDLE
In the last preceding chapter we reviewed and exposed Lewis’ several false and fraudulent claims of Rosicrucian authority and recognition by and through Universal, World or International R. C. Councils and Universal or International Rosicrucian Conven- tions or Congresses. To enable our readers to ascertain the truth for themselves and to aid the official and independent investigators in determining for themselves, aside from our assertions and con- clusions, that the AMORC was fabricated by Mr. Lewis in 1915 and as since operated by him as a Rosicrucian Order is a rank fraud and vicious swindle, we shall in this chapter make a supplemental review of the various contradictory, preposterous, utterly impossi- ble and wholly false claims to Rosicrucian authority which he has made for the fabrication, promotion and operation of his fraternal racket, fraudulently conducted under the name of the Rosy Cross' as a Rosicrucian Order.
To make this exposé more complete, it is desirable to quote the principal claims’ made and to point out the contradictory and ab- surd nature of the same for three important reasons: First, because Lewis himself has made the written record which within itself is sufhicient, without resorting to other or extrinsic evidence, to prove conclusively that his claims to Rosicrucian authority are altogether false and that his family enterprise and fraternal racket is a swin- dle. Second, because complete files* of his propaganda literature
TSee our booklet, Exclusive Right to Use of Rosicrucian Names, or Book Four, Vol- ume I, pp. 176 et seg., to which Lewis did not reply in his White Book D.
? For convenience of reference, identification and comparison, we shall designate each quotation in the text from Mr. Lewis by a number in the parentheses preceding it. We regret that the limited space of this work will not permit the quotation of all of his contradictory and preposterous claims. However, we shall refer to many of them in the footnotes. It is, therefore, important to read the footnotes carefully.
3 We have complete files of all his propaganda and promotional literature, publica- tions and so-called lectures or lessons and rituals issued to date.
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AN ANSWER ‘TO LEWIS* WHITE (Gr)? BOOKS Ds
and publications, wherein he has from time to time made the vari- ous exorbitant, ridiculous, contradictory and impossible claims con- cerning his fraternal enterprise, are not available to the general reader and investigator. Third, because, when his principal claims are grouped so that the readers and investigators may compare and see the hopeless hodgepodge of contradictions, and may study and analyze them in the light of reason to determine their utter impos- sibility and absurdity, then it becomes obvious that they are snares and delusions—mere fraudulent devices for the promotion of a swindle.
Fabulous Claims Preposterous Statements Are Badges of Fraud
Let us start with the beginning and review the principal claims of this fraternal racketeer, as nearly as possible, in their chrono- logical order. Shortly after he launched his fabricated, fraudulent R. C. Order in 1915 he issued his first propaganda and promo- tional booklet under the title of Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis,* being ‘Official Publication Number Two AMORC,”’ in which, with all the cunning of a “high-pressure” promoter and salesman of questionable and fraudulent wares, he made the most unique and fabulous claims for his newly fabricated, “ancient” se- cret and fraternal enterprise. These are set forth on pages 8 to 10 of the booklet under the bold heading: 4 Few of the Claims for
the Order, which we number for convenience and discuss, as follows: (1) “This, the oldest secret and fraternal order known to man.”
This, notwithstanding that it was in the process of fabrication and it had not then been determined whether it would be modeled after and in imitation of the Masonic or Rosicrucian Fraternity. At that time Lewis called himself the Grand Master General, a title, as we have seen, of the Freemasonic Order of Memphis- Mizraim, and the initiation was ceremonial, held only in the lodge room, as in a Masonic Lodge.*®
4 The title page of this booklet is shown in our Reproduction No. 69. This is the name adopted by Léwis for his new fabrication. See our Booklet, Rosicrucian Names, pp. 36 to 53, or Volume I, pp. 207 to 224.
5 See our Reproduction No. 67.
6 This is shown on page 13 of his first propaganda booklet from which we are quoting.
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PeobormcelAIMS, OF RR. C.-AUTHORITY REVIEWED
On the first page of the same booklet, which also purports to give the history, purposes and symbolism of this “oldest secret’ Order, he states that:
(2) “The Supreme Council of the World’ and the highest author- ity of the Order now living agree that there are no reasons (except those of pride and love of mystery) why the true history of the
Order should remain secret.” (Official Publication Number Two, AMORCG, p. 8.)
Whereupon he proceeds to unveil, briefly, the “true” history of the “Order.” Now, it must be and is apparent to all that to write and publish the true history of the ‘‘oldest secret’? Order, which “‘teaches the world’s most profound secrets,”’ or of any secret or- der, would of necessity expose its secret work. Therefore, and for that reason, the true history of the Rose Cross Order has not been written. The “Claims for the Order” continue:
An “Autocratic’ Fabrication
(3) “It is autocratic in nature, select and exclusive in member-
ship... - (id.,.p. 8,)
These representations are false in so far as they purport to re- late to the authentic Rose Cross Order. Its membership is not ex- clusive. No sincere seeker is denied. It is select only in the sense that it seeks the sincere and would only bar the unworthy. There is no class distinction among the Rosicrucians. And the Brother- hood of the Rosy Cross is in no sense autocratic.* These are false conceptions of a fraternal racketeer and fabricator of a spurious R. C. Order which he later converted into a family enterprise or Hierarchy of Fraud. His claim that his fabrication is “autocratic” has been proven to be true by subsequent events. He now claims the AMORC is the exclusive property of the Lewis family; that “the Order” is a hierarchy consisting of himself, as Imperator; his wife, his son Ralph, as Supreme Grand Secretary; Ralph’s wife and a fifth person whom the Imperator “‘hires and fires’? when and
7 We have shown in Chapter IV, supra, that there exists no “Supreme Council of the “World” with which Lewis has ever had any contact or connection.
8 This has been discussed at some length in Part Three of Chapter IV, pp. 335 to 363, supra, in connection with Lewis’ false claim that Rosicrucian Grand Masters are suc- -ceeded by their sons or near blood relations or the next of kin.
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as he pleases, and that the paying members—the victims of his fraud—who supply the ‘Royal Revenues” for the Lewis Hier- archy are the “Brotherhood,” but have no interest in and cannot become members of “‘the Order,” except by special dispensation and royal decree of the Imperator, who may expel them therefrom at will under his autocratic power of excommunication, as we shall see in Chapter VI. However, the representation as to the “‘Broth- erhood” of his fabrication being “select and exclusive in member- ship” is false, because it appears that “the Order,” 7.e., the Lewis Hierarchy, have and will accept any and all applicants—whom they constantly solicit with high-pressure and widespread advertise- ments—as paying members of the “Brotherhood”’ who pay the en- trance fee’ and who remain in good standing only so long as they continue to pay the regular dues of two dollars per month. The next claim for “‘the Order’’ is that:
(4) “It has an initiation and many degrees, just as has Masonry, and the members meet with their Officers in a Temple where the Grand Master conducts a service as solemn and as inspiring as any held in the most high churches, yet without religious dogmas or creeds and teaching and instructing rather than preaching.” (Jd.,
pic.)
Here we see clearly his original design to model his fabrication after Masonry, to operate exclusively under a lodge system, with ceremonial initiation degrees and with temple lectures, but the plan did not pay, so it was soon enlarged to include national mem- bers with lectures by mail,’ as we shall presently see.
9 In a published letter to Lewis, dated April 5, 1935, A. Leon Batchelor, former Grand Treasurer of AMORGC, said to and of Lewis: “Through exaggerated advertising, which is against the rules of the Order, you have taken the money and issued membership to anj;one who sent in the $5.00 initiation fee. You have reduced the high and dignified plane of the order to the level of a commercial correspondence school with much bally- hoo and falsehood.” We have commented on Mr. Batchelor’s letter in Volume I, p. 401, et seg. In 1929 we find Mr. Lewis explaining: “It is true that we have lost, and continue to lose every year, a few members who find it uncomfortable to belong to an organiza- tion that is not more exclusive in its selection of applicants for membership.” The Mys- t'c Triangle, January, 1912, Volume VI, No. 12, p. 707. In the American Rosae Crucis, February, 1916, p. 34, he declared that “the teachings of our Order are not for everyone.” But in his propaganda booklet, “Rosicrucian Illumination,’ p. 4, he declared that his fabrication shared “its benefits with all’—that is, with “every worthy and sincere ap- plicant.” Subsequent events have demonstrated that he considers all applicants worthy who have the fees.
1 This is also shown to be true by statement of William Riesener, former Grand Mas-
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Gross Exaggerations Out of Proportion to All Reason
Gross exaggerations seem to please the gullible, to lull them into submission and to make them obedient supporting members of hierarchies of fraud. However, when they are out of proportion to all reason they are guiding signs and signals to the wise to beware and are Badges of Fraud.
Let us, therefore, consider some of the most ridiculously ex- aggerated claims which he made for his fabrication when he launched it in 1915. They are (still quoting from his first propa- ganda booklet) as follows:
(5) “It is purely scientific, philosophical and helpful—mentally, morally” and physically.
“The world’s greatest physicians, scientists, philosophers, writers, thinkers and doers have been Rosaecrucians, many of them officers of various lodges.
“Rosaecrucianism is a philosophy, a science, an art and a secret— all of these inseparable and one! The Alpha and Omega of all learning.
“It teaches the world’s most profound secrets. It explains life and its phenomena; it makes plain biology and ontology; it reveals life and death in a different light from that generally understood. It deals as comprehensively with cosmogony, astrology® (the origi-
ter of California, who financed the reorganization of AMORC in San Francisco, 1920 to 1925, in an interview of April 18, 1936, from which we have heretofore quoted. Mr. -Riesener said: “When Mr. Lewis organized the AMORC he intended that it should be all temple work, as he contended that the lessons and lectures could not be put into written form except for the masters of the temple to read to their pupils, but all that is -changed now. It is all written, and the mail-order members know nothing whatever of the temple work, but they get the same lessons as the temple members. . . . I cannot ‘believe some of the things he is charged with. I think it is a mistake to accuse him of ‘beirg connected with Crowley and the O. T. O. I have his rituals upstairs, and the -ceremonials of the AMORC Temple degrees are most beautiful and impressive and nothing like what Crowley would have.” Thus it was that the original “initiation” in AMORC was ritualistic, ceremonial and symbolical, like Masonry with temple lectures -on each degree.
2 Especially his sex teachings and the Black Magic of Crowley. See Part Five of ‘Chapter IV, supra.
3 In his early literature he lays claims to teaching astrology; had much to say about horoscopes. Note what he said about the horoscope of Alfred H. Saunders a few pages -back near the end of Chapter V. In The Triangle of September 29, 1921, p. 3, he -advertised a course of lessons in “Practical Astrology’ at $5.00 per complete course.
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nal science of astronomy as taught by the Rosaécrucians first) and geology as with metallurgy, medicine, art and philosophy.
“Tt takes from science in all its branches the great mysteries which have defied solution by the lay mind and the uninitiated.”
(Id., pp. 8-9.)
The true Order is scientific, philosophical and religious. Its se- cret work is deep and profound. In its long and honorable exist- ence a number of men of ability and eminence have been connected with the August Fraternity, but it has never claimed, nor has any Rosicrucian ever claimed for it, that the world’s greatest men in every endeavor and walk of life have been Rosicrucians, and that it has a monopoly on learning and wisdom. No Rosicrucian would claim that Rosicrucianism is the beginning and the end of all learn- ing. An initiate of the Order might in modesty admit that the Or- der teaches a sublime philosophy, the pure principles of religion, the occult sciences and the deeper laws of nature, and that he is seeking more light and ultimately The Light. Therefore, it is ob- vious that these bombastic claims, exaggerated beyond all reason, are the claims of a charlatan and pretender made for the promotion of a spurious order and not on behalf of the authentic Order of the Rosy Cross.
Bombastic Inflated Promotion
Continuing in the same propaganda booklet the claims for his spurious R. C. Order, Mr. Lewis asserts:
(6) “It has naught to do with any religious sect, but vests its power in God and in the Grand Master.
“It is the most powerful secret organization in the world today, with millions of members in every country on the globe.
“Six of the Kings of France, three of the Emperors of Germany
See also The Mystic Triangle, September, 1928, p. 574, where he stresses the importance of astrology. However, when he began to fight the Max Heindel organization, the Rosicrucian Fellowship which does teach astrology, and also after he discovered that the authentic R. C. Order does not teach astrology, he changed his tune and very em- phatically denied that AMORC taught astrology, to show that his and not Mrs. Max Hein- del’s organization was the true Order. His literature in recent years contains many state- ments to the effect that his fake R. C. Order and family racket do not teach astrology. This, however, is only a minor contradiction and inconsistency.
* The last Kaiser of Germany placed himself upon a parity and equality with God, but he was unable to hold his position and has since retired.
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and five of the Kings of England were Grand Masters of the Order.®
“There are Chapters and Lodges of the Order in every country in the world today, including’ America. ;
“It is the real Universal Brotherhood and Sisterhood and _ pro- claims the equality of the sexes and the unity of man and woman.
“Tt brings together physicians, scientists, artists, artisans, mechan- ics, lawyers and laymen in one unit, working for one end—the bet- terment of mankind and the uplifting and unfoldment of the indi- vidual’s character, personality and abilities for material and moral achievement.
“Tt makes of all members real Brothers and Sisters ;° it makes the humblest mechanic or artisan in America the equal, the peer, of the most powerful ruler in Europe, not by humiliation, but by the true law of equality.”” (Jd., pp. 8-9.)
The authentic Fraternity has never made idle boasts. Idle boast- ing is not Rosicrucianism. It has never claimed.to be the ‘‘most powerful secret organization in the world,” with millions of mem- bers, with Chapters and Lodges in every country in the world. Such a boastful, bombastic claim is ridiculous upon its face.
Speaking with knowledge of the true tradition, the inner un- written law and the real history of the Order of the Rosy Cross, as shown by the secret archives, we assert as a historical fact that no King of France or of England and no Emperor of Germany has been a Grand Master of the Order. Therefore, the statement that fourteen Kings and Emperors have been Grand Masters of the Order—preposterous on its face—must be regarded as wholly fic- titious and highly fantastic.
These extravagant and absurd claims made by a pseudo-Rosicru- cian who displays complete and contemptible ignorance of Rosi- crucian fundamentals need no further comment from us. It is
° This claim should not be taken seriously; it is only the megalomania of a young promoter whose ego was expanding into infinite greatness, who was fabricating a fra- ternal racket worthy of his exalted self, that he might be the Imperator of the “most powerful organization in the world.”
6 All members of AMORC may have been regarded as “real brothers and sisters” in the beginning of the fabricated Order, but in 1928 Lewis converted it into a family racket, and now he claims that only members of his family are members of the Order— that the Lewis family is the Order and that the paying members of AMORC do not belong to the Order, as we shall see in Chapter VI.
* The foregoing claims as made by Lewis are correctly quoted. We have rearranged the paragraphs in groups for convenience of discussion.
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apparent that they are the claims of a pretender and fraternal rack- eteer made as promotional propaganda for his newly fabricated Masonic-like spurious R. C. Order. They are the frenzied reveries of an impostor—the fantastic and illusionary ballyhoo of a fakir and cheat; they are the preposterous, extravagant, Don Quixotic romancing of an expanding ego building glorious castles out of golden day dreams and airy nothings to appease its vanity and to satisfy its longing for greatness; and, last but not least, they are the inventions and false representations of an unscrupulous sophist to promote his fraudulent fraternal enterprise. They are so high- flown, so improvised and impossible that they mark it a fabrication and a swindle from the beginning unto the end. ‘They may be food for the gullible, soothing potions for the credulous, but to the thoughtful and the wise they are Badges of Fraud.
First Published Claim
The Order “Born” in America
Most likely the first published claim made by Mr. Lew's to for- eign Rosicrucian authority, as an excuse for the fabrication of his spurious so-called Order, or in justification therefor, was set forth in said first propaganda booklet—‘Official Publication Number Two,” on pages 9 and 10, as follows:
(7) “On the 9th of August, 1909, the present Grand Master of the Order in America again renewed his eighth annual application for the privilege of establishing the Order in America (the United States). Already prepared in the principles, he was given the final tests in the City of Toulouse, France, where the Grand Lodge was established in 883 A.D., under the charge given to one Arnaud II of royal lineage.* The necessary papers were prepared, certain jewels assigned and the sponsorship guaranteed by Raynaud Emil de Belle- castle-Ligne, Grand Master of the R. C. Order in France and its colonies. The papers permitted public negotiations to be made in the United States only after January 1, 1915, for the year 1915 was the one designated centuries before as the proper time for the Order
8 To have “royal lineage” and many kings and emperors as a background for his fab- rication seemed to be essential in his mind for the establishment of “the Order” in America. This, though, like all of his ideas of false superiority and vanity, runs through all of his puffed-up promotional propaganda. See page 284, supra, of this volume.
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to be born® in America.” (Jd., pp. 9-10.)
It is apparent from his first published statement that he launched his spurious, so-called R. C. Order, “‘established”’ it in the United States and caused it to be ‘“‘born” in America’? without charter and without any authority whatever, as will be conclusively affirmed as we proceed. His credentials, as we have seen, consisted of a ‘‘Black Book” and “‘charter” which he made himself,’ certain jewels? and “sponsorship guaranteed’* by Raynaud Emil de Bellecastle-Ligne, a mythical Grand Master of the R. C. Order in France with alleged headquarters in Toulouse, which did not exist at that time and has not since existed. The Grand Lodge and the Supreme Council of France in Toulouse was and is a fiction—a myth—a device for the
fabrication, promotion and perpetuation of his fraudulent ‘‘ancient eoounystical’’ R: C, Order.
By Mythical “Sponsorship” Only No R.C. Authority for His. Fabrication
Although he made or caused to be made and ‘‘exhibited” certain “papers” from time to time, which he claimed and falsely alleged were given him in some mysterious way by some strangely mystical and unknown method, the exclusive authority to establish the only true Rosicrucian Order in America, perpetuating the original and genuine teachings, rituals and laws thereof, and notwithstanding that in 1921 he received his certificate of honorary membership in the O. T. O. and the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Freemasonic Or- der of Memphis-Mizraim for Switzerland, Germany and Austria, which he falsely claimed to be a Rosicrucian Charter’—which is not
® It is important to note that “only after January 1, 1915,” could the order be born. Later he changed it to “reborn” and changed the birth date, as we shall presently show.
| As a matter of fact, it was Made in America, fabricated entirely by Lewis from his meager knowledge of the Rose Cross and the gossamer filaments of his prolific imagi- nation.
2 See our booklet, Rosicrucian Names, p. 30, or Volume I, p. 202.
3 Jewels were a very important and necessary implement of fabrication, as we shall see as we proceed.
* “Guaranteed” sponsorship is another unique feature of the still more unique fab- rication.
° See our Reproduction No. 40 and translation thereof, pp. 281 to 283, and the text of