CHAPTER XXI.

ROSICRUCLE."

Reference has been made in the preceding pages
to the Rosicrucians ; and the work in the main is
claimed to be an embodiment of their principles : not
all expressed however, by any one sect, class, clime
or era; and it is well, in closing, to anticipate the
query as to who, what and where are the Rosicru-
cians, that will naturally arise in the minds of most
people, because there is so little known of them.

The Rosicrucians may more properly be termed a
fraternity than an order ; though many attempts have
been made in modern times to materialize it as an
order, some of which are a success, though of neces-
sity veiled in profound secrecy. The Rosicrucians
are numerous — of all nationalities and all climes ;
but they are scattered. They meet occasionally —
not drawn together by " press notices " — or the
ringing of bells, but by the moving and drawing of
the spirit — as "of one accord/ '

They were known in history among the other
appellations as the Essenes, the Illuminati, etc.,
but since Christian Rosencrutz's time, as the
Rosicrucians. It was evidently once the universal

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religion — long ere written history began ; for evi-
dences of " FiRE-worship " are scattered over all the
earth in the form of Rosicrucian symbols.

The curious reader is referred to Hargrave Jen- /
nings' great work, entitled "The Rosicrucians,"
published in England. There was a time when all
learned men believed in magic (another term for
magnetism), and those who studied the occult forces
of nature, and practiced the powers derived therefrom,
were styled priests, and later, magicians ; but after
the destruction of the Magi of Persia, and during the
rise of Catholicism, magic became associated with
the idea of diabolism, and was styled "Black Art,"
and all who practiced it were shunned, and sometimes
hunted to death.

Wherever God is found among men you will find
a spirit of investigation into the mysteries of being,
and a corresponding love of freedom ; hence, the true
man is free to take intellectual flights — aye, even to
God's throne, and there question him face to face.
There is nothing too sacred or secret for him to
question for the truth.

Recognizing the possibility of the great good God,
and the impossibility of the Devil, they laughed in
secret (for they dared not even smile publicly), at
priests, bishops, cardinals and popes, and treasured
the ancient lore in cipher, worshipping the undying,
unquenchable fire, while they dwelt in caves, or fled
before the terrors of the Inquisition. This revived
the ancient Pagan secret societies and mysteries.

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To learn and know something more than ordinary
is dangerous when such knowledge is unpopular, or
at least, when the masses are ruled by ignorance and
superstition. It was at the cost of life to be known
as a member of such secret orders — hence arose the
proverbial secrecy of the brethren of the Rosy
Cross. Time was when no man would admit that
he belonged to that mystic fraternity ; furthermore,
they shrouded themselves in a cloud of mysteries —
not, perhaps, with a view of mystifying others so
much as from the idea that all power is a mystery,
and that " God's ways are mysterious and past find-
ing out/' and they wished to be God-like. Further-
more, Rosicrucians have learned from past experience,
that popularity is a dangerous thing ; upon this rock
all religious systems have foundered. The Magi of
Egypt, Arabia, Persia and Assyria, in ancient times
were the ruling class — they were the priesthood and
ruled the crowned heads, and had charge of the edu-
cation of such as were eligible thereto. They recog-
nized that the equality of man was based in his eleva-
tion ; and that undeveloped man must of necessity be
ruled. To such as are not capable of self-govern-
ment, intellectual education is an evil. They knew as
we know to-day that the only true education is of the
heart. To attain this end they established religious
systems, and the common people were taught as
children are taught — with stories or fables ; while
the priests kept for their own use ideas altogether
different. Their ideas expressed as allegories entered

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into — and became the foundation of quite all — the
religious systems of the civilized world. From the
ancients came all the symbolism of the world. It is
woven into art, customs, literature and science, as
well as religious systems. Our Bible is full of Rosi-
crucian lore — not however known under that name
at that, or any other time. For Rosicruciae has little
respect for names. While at all times leading the
world, it assumes names to suit circumstances, and
of itself is hidden and not known. Why? Because
it is a spiritual organization (if it can be called such)
and works wholly in spirit. Its methods are not the
world's methods. We worship fire ; but this fire is
not material fire. Says one of the Bible Prophets —
" Our God is a consuming fire/' All thrones and
crowns grow out of popularity. And now the masses
have turned upon them, and their days are numbered.
Where are the ancient Magi ? Gone with the
grandeur of the countries wherein they flourished !
The very circumstances they created overwhelmed
them and they have sunk to rise no more. The fate
of all nations and religions is the same — still the
Rosy Cross principles remain and keep along with
the people ; unseen but not unfelt.

Another reason for secrecy is this. The most
potent forces of nature are silent and secret. They
manifest themselves openly at times, but are mainly
hidden. Behold the earthquake and the cyclone !
Think you there is no power in silence ?

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ual — hence, it has nothing in common with materialism,
except intellectually, and even then the conclusions of
materialism are all reversed. It has no affinity with
this mammon- worshipping age — hence, it has no
golden basis or " insurance plan " to lure men into a
semblance of brotherly love and fellowship. Unob-
trusive, unpretending men, they pass mainly unno-
ticed through life ; they look with pity upon a world
of gold- and treasure-gatherers as upon children heap-
ing dirt in the streets. No wonder such men are not
understood ; they are in the world, but they feel they
are not of it, and they wish to get done with it as
quietly as possible. Knowing they can leave it only
by doing good, they are always secretly doing all
within their power. Indeed, they are conscious of
having been sent here for that purpose — to help the
world in its efforts to humanize the race.

The Alchemists of the middle ages believed in the
" Elixir of Life and the Philosopher's Stone/'
and diligently sought for them. To drink of the
former was eternal youth and life ; the latter was
sought as a universal solvent, in the use of which the
baser metals were changed or transmuted into pure,
virgin gold. No wonder these men were called in-
sane ; but, nevertheless, they gave the world the
principles of chemistry and medicine.

Think you such men were fools ? Nay ! but they
had an idea which the masses could not comprehend,
and they masked it in material that they could grasp.
No philosopher ever supposed for a moment that

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matter in any form could confer immortality upon

any other form whatever, for there is no changeless

f substance in existence. That there is a power in the

j human soul capable of eternally renewing youth and

I beauty is a cardinal doctrine of the Rosy Cross.

As to the transmutation of metals, it is not only
possible, but true. The idea is of kin to the first ;
(they constitute "the Secret " of the order ;) and has
already been explained as transmutation of spirits
into forms of matter ; such as cloth, flowers, bread,
wine, or any metal. The Rosicrucian concealed the
real idea of transmutation under the title of transmu-
tation of metals or the changing of one form into
another. Many alchemists tried to reduce the spirit-
ual gift of creation into a material science ; and it is
said some few succeeded so far as they were individ-
ually concerned ; but to the true Rosicrucian the
latter is of no value whatever, further than as used
in the middle ages as an excuse to stop too close
espionage, and to compel not only the respect of
common people, but the patronage and protection of
those in authority ; for the practice of alchemy, or
dealing even with his "Satanic Majesty'' for the pur-
pose of enriching the earth with gold, would be
deemed a laudable avocation. They, at least, found
protection in it, although prizing it not — for the
true adept has all he needs of all things without re-
sorting to any such resource, for he needs but little.

There is a providence for every man and woman
who stands high enough in the scale of being to be

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conscious of it, and to be its recipients. The ravens
fed the prophet Elijah in the olden time.

Not every man can be an adept in anything, for
this capability is born in a man as genius is. Neither
is it possible for every man to be a Rosicrucian, no
more than education can impart sense ; or no more
than a child born blind could be made a master artist
by learning the terms used to designate the philos-
ophy of light and shade and blending of colors.
There must be an innate feeling of rapture at the
bare idea of mystery ; a hunger and thirst for the
unknown, and a conscious and abiding belief in one's
own immortality.

Such are initiated with profit to themselves and
mankind ; for in Rosicrucia's Temple they eat and
are filled, and drink to thirst no more. Here they
find teachers and brothers. We are the children of
" the Shadow/' and we love it, though oft we may
not see the way clearly through tear-dimmed eyes,
yet we cry out in our anguish, " Not my will, Father,
but thine be done ! " And then " the Shadow "
reveals its mystery and departs, leaving the heart
chastened and lightened with increased purity and
peace.

We are cast down in order that we may go higher.
Thus, alternately cast down and exalted, we are pre-
pared to meet all the changes of this mundane life.
No stoic, agnostic, nor egotist can be a Rosicrucian :
it requires feeling, and that intensified. Without this,
no initiation could possibly impart that baptism: of the

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spirit which gives birth to new or dormant energies ;
or awaken soul germs of a higher and better life,
where will reigns over all, and matter becomes trans-
mutable.

s* Who are Rosicrucians ? I may not answer this
question! " By their fruits shall ye know them."
No better test, or one more unerring or unmistakable,
could be given than that given by our Master, " the
man of Sorrows " whom they hanged on a cross
long ago. Let others speak for themselves ! There
is nothing in Rosicruciae to be ashamed of, and I
glory in being one, though an humble builder of the
Temple in these degenerate times. And if I speak
of myself in this connection it is because I am free
to do so — while I may not mention others. It has
been my lot to be a teacher most of my life. I write
and speak to aid others, not for pay in coin, or in
popularity. Unfortunately, however, some fail to
grasp ideas in their fullness, and carried away by
enthusiasm, rush into occult studies and practices
expecting immediate results. This is wrong. There
must be a certain growth and ripening ere fruits can
be expected. Some seem to think, that if they can
find a lodge of Rosicruciae and be initiated that they
will come out with a diploma, and become at once a
full-fledged Rosicrucian. Initiation is something
more than taking an oath and going through certain
forms and ceremonies — no matter how imposing or
awe inspiring. It is something more than a course
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deeper and higher than intellectual culture. // is the
knowing of truth. To know is something higher than
learning — it involves mind, soul and body. Ah,
what a work is this ! A life is far too short for some
to attain the goal of knowledge. It is said that
Pythagoras spent twenty-two years among the mys-
tics of Egypt, in his initiation. Mind, however deep
and subtle, cannot bear immortal fruit. It takes the
entire man — soul, mind and body ! The Rosicru-
cians think very little of the ways of the world — its
pride, arrogance and dignity — he is simple, for he
finds truth is very simple. The fruits of truth are
free from pretence. But unfortunately there are
many pretenders, and some knowing ones assert that
"whoever makes claim to being a Rosicrucian is a
pretender and a fraud" and that no true initiate ever
annoimces himself as such. I frankly admit that
such used to be the case — in " the olden time " —
when men were afraid of the Inquisition.

Behold Cagliostro miserably perishing in a Catho-
lic dungeon in Rome, also the tortures inflicted upon
Galileo for daring to think and express his thought.
Such have been the facts. It has also been a fact
that women were not admitted to membership in the
Rosy Cross or other secret societies, and were even
denied a voice in the Christian Church, — but the
world has outgrown such things.

The Rosy Cross is not a fossil, nor is it ever in
the rear of progress. It has no creeds and issues no
mandates. If the law of Silence is enjoined, it is

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upon such as are not fully initiated, — or whose
Voice is not fully formed. Women are now admitted
upon equal terms with men.

The true initiate is free in all essentials, — free to
think, to be and to express himself, for himself —
always for the good of others and in the cause of
progress, — but " by their fruits ye shall know them."

But fruits are not always confined to acts. They
are visible to the acute sense, even in the embryo —
in the thought and in the spirit, as fruit may be
known in a tree by its buds. I meet many Rosicru-
cians, and although total strangers, we know each
other at sight. The true artist has a feeling which
transcends his thought in viewing works of art. It
is his best and safest guide to a just and true esti-
mate of what he beholds.

God fashions all things and paints them in all
colors possible. There is nothing in existence that
is not of kin to intelligence. They are all suggestive
of thought — nay ! they are thoughts materialized.
And He has fashioned men with thought-reservoirs,
as a flower, for receiving the pollen and the dew ; and
the Rosicrucian may be known by the stamp that
God has put upon him, whether he is conscious of it
or not.

^ Pre-exist ence is a cardinal principle of the Rosy
Cross, and men who have existed on this earth pre-
vious to this existence, as men, have forms, expression
and motion more suggestive of peace, rest and har-
mony than those who have only just commenced life

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on this planet. The former have more receptiveness,
prescience, and intuition ; for they have not wholly
forgotten the lessons learned in other bodies ; neither
have they entirely forgotten the friends and compan-
ions of that other life ; and when they meet they feel a
mutual attraction and friendship for each other —
a kindred feeling, more real than that of the blood.

During my studies of nature, and my travels as a
lecturer and practitioner of phrenology and kindred sci-
ences, I have met with many men, and many strange —
and, I might say, weird — experiences. I have looked
into eyes of all shades of color that contained nothing,
but which reflected all the phenomena of the outer
world. Other eyes I have met that looked deep — as
into a world of causation, without limit — as looking
into an eternal past, and out of which rise up shad-
ows, not dark or many colored, but fiery, as it were,
or of a burning, melting tenderness. Such shadows
are portents of power. Of such are Rosicrucians.
Many such have I taught the true principles of human
life and action, and sent them on their way rejoicing.
Many a false step have I arrested, and infused hope
into the minds of the desperate — aye ! and turned
the would-be suicide into the ways of love, labor and
usefulness. The evil is always too apparent in the
young : the good is mainly hidden. To find the truly
good in the soul, and display it to the consciousness,
is to make it loved and followed as a beacon of life.
The will needs an incentive, high and noble, in order
to its growth ; and no matter how lofty one's own

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ideal of himself and his powers may be, to find them
recognized by another, and that other a stranger, is
like doubling the powers to its attainment. Alas !
how many of mature years are in doubt and condem-
nation of themselves, because they are not, and never
have been, understood, i.e.y the best part of themselves.
We long to have, the good of ourselves understood,
and not the evil. And herein, in the knowing the good
in ourselves lies the whole secret of life, health and
happiness, both here and hereafter. This idea is the
basic floor of " Mental Science healing/' and as I said
— I reiterate — this is the leading school, this day, in
philosophy — in which the religion of Christ becomes
real and practical. We are slowly turning back to the
time when man had more faith in the Gods than in
physical substances, and diseases were prevented and
cured by the use of talismans, incantations, invoca-
tions, words, thoughts, spells, charms, etc., all of
which were mere forms of expression for that spiritual
power of which I have spoken, having an effect upon
the mind primarily, and secondarily upon the body.
But man's spiritual nature has gradually become more
and more dense, or physical, arid instead of carrying
or wearing talismans, charms, etc., as a protection or
cure, people now invoke the doctors instead of the
gods, and swallow their amulets whole at a gulp ; and
yet people die now as then, or as when Moses set up
the brazen serpent in the wilderness.
_ Gautama said that the most fatal diseases enter
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this is true in a sense ; for through the eye the imagi-
nation (in most men) is fed, and the passions may be
aroused to the commission of acts unhallowed and
unnatural. By reason of which the soul is tainted
with moral poison, which in the blood produces vene-
real infections, hereditary and deadly — the foundation
of all known diseases.

If disease enters ever, or in any form whatever,
through the eye, it cannot be removed by agents
which act upon the physical or chemical organization
only, for the reason, it being of a spiritual or psychical
origin, it enters directly into and deranges the harmo-
nious action of the mind, which holds supreme control
over the physical. To cure these phases of disease
the remedies applied must be of a character that will
influence directly the subtle, spiritual forces of the
individual, and through them produce vital and chemi-
cal changes in the physical structure.

But disease does not enter in any manner from
without. That which is external simply wakens up
that which is already in us. Disease is not a thing —
it is simply a depolarizing of the self. That sights
and sounds lure the imagination into activity, I claim,
and in this faculty of the mind, depolarization of the
spirits action takes place, which causes a sudden con-
densation of spirit in some parts of the system, to the
damage of other parts left destitute. Thus the system
is all thrown out of harmony, because the normal ac-
tion of the spirit is disturbed.

Now, belief being the fundamental principle of

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power — and man being more physical than mental,
his belief is more readily aroused and sustained by
physical substances than by ideas — hence the Magi
used charms, amulets, and talismans, to inspire the
belief of the ignorant and material. Furthermore :
who can doubt for a moment that drugs, metals, vege-
table substances, etc., have a peculiar affinity for cer-
tain spirits or an antipathy for others ? Who knows
why Dr. Hotchkiss had his room hung round and
round with rags of all shades of color except blue ?
Were these things talismans calling and binding mag-
netic spirits to himself, thus strengthening him in the
cure of diseases, and in the retaining of his youthful
vigor and prolonging his life ? Why did he fall into
a towering rage, and lose his magnetic power, if one
came dressed in blue into his room ? Why did he fill
his cellar with such a dense smoke — so thick that
no one but himself could endure it upon certain occa-
sions ? Don't tell me there is no truth in magic, for
I know better. Still I care not who doubts it. The
higher magic set forth in these pages is for the use
of a higher order of mankind than this world is much
acquainted with. Sakyi Mouni knew of these powers
and attained thereto. The sick either recovered or
died immediately, in a certain radius on either side of
the road along which he passed. And that without
evena thought of his. When scholars came to con-
verse with him, those who received his word with joy,
became endowed with power ; but the skeptical, and
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swelled up with their own importance and burst asun-
der, dying in his presence. So says the sacred Bible
of the Buddhists. Apollonius of Tyana was another
who possessed magic power. He lived at the time
of Jesus, and according to heathen history performed
as many miraculous cures as Jesus did. He lived
mainly in the desert — preached and healed the sick
by a word or a touch, and was clairvoyant. Of Christ
I have already said enough. He was simply God in-
carnate. He gave us the purest doctrines of a true
life, and taught the superiority of man over the realm
of disease and death — a true immortality on earth/
He not only taught it by precept, but he lived it ; and
died to illustrate and prove what he had taught, viz.,
the power to render matter imperishable.

Gautama, Apollonius, Plato, Pythagoras, and
a host of others, taught pre-existence and a future life,
but none but Jesus taught and demonstrated immor-
tality in the flesh. He was the only begotten son of
God, or Love — not that there are not other sons of
\God, but he is the only one begotten of a woman.
Buddha says that a man strong spiritually, can im-
pregnate a very sensitive and pure woman by the
manipulation of his hand over the umbilicus. This,
by the greatest sage and philosopher of any time,
must have weight with every true thinking man ; es-
pecially when corroborated by modern developments.
If his assertion be true, and one in the form can by
magnetic touch produce pregnancy without copulation,
how much less wonderful the idea contained in the

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New Testament, of "the immaculate conception,"
becomes ! An angel, by his presence, without even
contact — by a word spoken, quickens the procreative
powers of a virgin ! An idea — no matter how sug-
gestive, is all that is required. These bodies are mere
receptacles of spirit ; and well it is for us, when the
spirit flowing into us is divine, instead of devilish.
Modern materializations ; the overflowing of hospitals
with the insane ; the obsessions that stalk the streets
of the world unseen, and seen, prove the above to be
true. Ideas are all that can do us good, or be of any
harm spiritually; for they enter in, being conceived,
gestate and personify themselves within us. In this
domain the procreative functions are involved ; and
ideas of love become paramount.

Human love is a magnetic effect, but the why and
the wherefore have never yet been satisfactorily ex-
plained. But it is simple enough to one of com-
prehension. All things are male and female, and
the sex that distinguishes the individual is the active,
or visible expression — while the negative or invisible
half is mainly latent — or manifests itself ideally.
Thus every one of any sensibility has an ideal of one
of the opposite sex that they imagine suits them ;
and when they see one who corresponds thereto, they
are attracted. We love only that which corresponds
to some invisible and unknown being within our-
selves. And they in whom this Ideal is well defined,
and strong, seldom or never love a second time.
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stances the ideal goes forth clothed in flesh exactly
like the person — who is partly or wholly uncon-
scious at the time. Magnetism quickens and accel-
erates the development of this counterpart. This
explains why some people are more susceptible to
magnetism than others — and explains to a certain
extent trance mediumship — and the resemblance
that has been noticed sometimes between a medium
and a materialized form. In marriage the parties too
often awaken to the realization that there is little or
no correspondence between the wedded parties and
their ideal — this makes them unhappy and often
checks the growth of the ideal, or in some cases
drives it totally out of recognition. They cease to
magnetize each other — hence they cease to love.
This is prostitution, in which there is no ideal, and no
worship of the one true and only God. This ideal in
some rare cases comes to life in the individual, i.e.f
comes so close to the consciousness of the individual
as to be heard to speak in plain language within the
person — of course unheard by outsiders. Not only
this — but the time comes speedily when from many
the counterpart shall come forth an objective being,
as Eve came forth from the side of Adam. Recol-
lect, Adam was in a deep sleep when the rib was
extracted. In other words he was an extraordinary
materializing medium — and Mary, the mother of
Jesus, was another, more remarkable still.

I am not without evidence of these things, in actual
existence, even now} in this degenerate and unbeliev-

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ing age. If marriage was as it should be, and will bey

we should have angels walking this earth. We

\ believe in angels ! Then, cultivate your ideal love.

Love only one of the opposite sex, and then let your

soul, mind and body rest. Keep before your mind's

/ eye the radiant image that crossed your path, and

] lured you to marriage, in life's young dream ! — And

/ let no changes, nor wrinkles, nor gray hairs, glide

/ between your youthful counterpart and you, on life's

( rough voyage. So may you remain young, and full

\pi love and joy.

We do not have to depend upon churches and
lodges for initiation into the grandest mysteries of
God ; for the heavens are open — and in the spaces
above are countless multitudes, that with thought,
and act, are baptizing earth with all you are capable
of receiving. Then arise in your thought and meet
them. We, of the Rosy Cross, believe in "the
double," in dreams and visions. We hold that the
soul goes out of the body, sometimes in sleep or
trance, or in very rare cases, by an effort of the will.
That when out it is enveloped by the spirit, of which
it sometimes forms an exact counterpart of the body
it has left, and journeys to other worlds, or other parts
of this one ; mingles and holds converse with other
beings when it is enlightened in many ways — and
often the future is shown to it in symbols. But these
things are mainly lost when the soul resumes its body,
or remembered vaguely as dreams. Sometimes some
little thing will recall something learned in this man-

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ner, and we are astonished at what we suppose are our
own thoughts. Many persons are instructed in this
manner. One such experience has left its stamp
upon me. At the risk of being called garrulous I
will relate it.

Many years ago I had become somewhat soured at
the rough treatment I had received from the patterns
of religion and morality, and I determined to let the
dead world bury its dead, or in other words, I did not
think I " amounted to anything, anyway," and that I
would not teach any more. So I quietly went about
making daily bread for those dependent upon me.
But one night in a deep sleep I was in an immense
amphitheatre. I stood in the little space in the
centre, where were a few chairs with people seated in
them, from this space seats ascended in circles around
me, tier above tier, high up towards the dome-like
ceiling. These seats were literally crowded with
people. I was speaking to them, and they were very
attentive, though I have no idea of the subject I was
speaking upon, but I know I was very earnest and
wished the audience to believe something — and I
recollect saying, " Now all you want to convince you
of this truth is the evidence ! " As I said this a
shock and cold wave poured over me and I raised my
hands above my head and shouted, "Behold the
evidence ! " And as I held my hands aloft out-
stretched, there came " the stigmata " in the palms
thereof, out of which blood oozed slowly and dropped
on the floor. The audience sat fixed and spellbound

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for a few moments, then broke forth such shrieks,
groans, and cries of " Mercy ! Mercy ! Oh God,
have mercy on us ! " Some fell down, others rose
up — and such a scene ! I cannot describe it. But
I stood there a minute, then said, " Let us thank God
for this evidence ! " and dropped on my knees, and
the whole audience prostrated themselves with me.
This was an experience — it was no dream. I was at
a loss for the meaning of it. But then came a series
of events, commonplace and trifling of themselves,
which have assumed great magnitude in my life,
forcing me from seclusion and silence. It remains to
be seen whether I have the audience or not — or
whether I give the evidence or not. Blessed are they
who believe from beholding " The Stigmata ! " but
thrice blessed is he who believes from feeling it in
his own person.
For you, reader

Lovingly written,

F. B. DOWD.

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the Rosy Cross, and who are sincerely desirous of further infor-
mation in regard to its aims and objects, or who desire to apply
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dressed to the undersigned, and enclosed within another envelope
addressed to the publishers.

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Neutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide
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