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( U N I V E R S A L C A B L E A ND T E L E •
G R A P H A D D R E S S : A M O R C O )
R A D I O S T A T I O N ! W 6 H T B
L O N G D I S T A N C E T E L E P H O N E S
B A L L A R D 8 2 9 S , 8 2 9 6
THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER
Known as "THE ANCIENT, MYSTIC ORDER ROSAE CRUCIS" throughout the world
A Non -Sec tari an Fra tern ity Devo ted to the Inv estig ation and Stu dy of the High er Prin cipl es of Lifeas Found Expressed in Man and Nature
SUPREME TEMPLE FOR NORTH AMERICAR O S I C R U C I A N P A R K S A N J O S E . C A L I F O R N IA . U . S . A .
A Special Communication
to the Seeker of Light
Respected Seeker:
Perhaps you were curious when you wrote to us.
If so, we are pleased. Strange? No ; for curiosity is an
indication of the exciting of your interest. Like a magnetic
attraction, something pulled you toward the Rosicrucians. There
was a sympathetic bond even though but for a moment. It might have
been a word, read or heard, a leaflet received, or a public an-
nouncement seen. What concerns us both, NOW, you and ourselves,
is why the bond has not become stronger.
Having had your interest centered on SELFADVANCEMENT and
the method whereby you may attain MASTERSHIP OF LIFE, why have you
not availed yourself of these? No longer interested? Hardly. Our
fundamental interests do not change so easily. May we assume that your hesitancy in bringing into your life the profound and helpful
teachings of the Rosicrucians is for one of these three reasons:
1. That the claims of the Rosicrucians are pretentious
and extravagant. That the organization is not capable
of aiding the student in the way and with the means
proclaimed, and you are perhaps dubious.
2. That circumstances and conditions which seem uncon-
trollable are limiting you— limitations in finance, in
employment, lack of privacy, or doubt as to the neces-
sary time for the hourly period of study.
3. Perhaps you do not sense at the moment the ultimate
purpose of the Rosicrucian teachings. Do you ask
yourself these questions: "What will I accomplish
by the study of Rosicrucianism? How will my indi-
vidual life be benefited? What will I add to my under-
standing that will successfully improve my spiritual,
intellectual, business, and material status?
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Frankly, if these three reasons can logically be removed
to your satisfaction by the Rosicrucians, there could be little
objection to your being one of this worldwide Brotherhood. We
can and will remove these three reasons to your satisfaction.
I. First, the Rosicrucian Brotherhood for years has been known
to historians, writers, and prominent teachers of the profound
laws of life. Hundreds of books have been written about the
Order. It is not a newly organized, fantastic society, spring-
ing into existence today and dormant tomorrow, having neither re-
sponsibility nor concern for the welfare of its students. It does
not pretend to be a worthy school or university, actually lacking
in facilities or complete staff. It is not represented by an in-
dividual, expounding impossible claims, here today and gone to-
morrow. There are now, and have been for years, hundreds of
eminent men and women who are students of the organization. The
Brotherhood is equally known and recognized by thinkers and by
the practical business men and women who have contacted its
lodges and Grand Lodge. Its buildings and staff and its outer
activities are known to such institutions as the post office,
telegraph companies, Chamber of Commerce, and Better Business
Bureau.
II. As to the second reason, if we, each of us, you and I and
thousands like us, were the acme of perfection, had ample wealth,
knowledge, time, and happiness, the Brotherhood could offer us
naught. But it is comprised of men and women who lack one or
all of these, and it is the duty of the Rosicrucians to aid
them to attain it. So, if you are faced with the lack of any
of the above conditions, that is your qualification to enter the
portals of the Order.
III. Man has in him the union of two planes: One from whence
he came and to which he will ultimately return; the other, the
plane of his daily world. To deny one is but to half live.
Rosicrucianism recognizes these two planes ; it aids man in solv-
ing the mysteries and phenomena of life, free from creed or sect.
But, on the other hand, it prepares him to MASTER his PROBLEMS of
HERE and NOW, TODAY.
This may be interesting— yet you wonder. Can you test
these things, try them before affiliating with the Brotherhood?
You are tolerant, ready to be convinced, and HERE IS THE OPPOR-
TUNITY.
The enclosed leaflet will explain to you about the maga-
zine, "The Rosicrucian Digest." The wonderful articles contained
therein will present to you the PRACTICAL principles of the Rosi-
crucian teachings. This is an exclusive magazine, not sold on
all newsstands. We permit those who are thinking of affiliating
with the organization, yet hesitating, to subscribe to it BEFORE
becoming members; and later, if they wish to become active
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student, they are privileged to have the subscription price applied
on their registration fee for membership, according to the explana-
tion in the enclosed leaflet. This is a genuine opportunity to be-
come better acquainted with the Rosicrucian teachings. Renew your
interest in the better things, the important things of life through
the pages of this magazine. Hoping this may be your key to the
chamber of inner membership in this Brotherhood, I am
RML:EZ ROSICRUCIAN ORDER (AMORC)
b-ou~*A^
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THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER • SUPREM E TEMPL E FO R NORTH A ME RICA
R O S I C R U C IA N P A R K S A N J O S E . C A L I F O R N I A
Wra. L . D428 So. Main St.,
Urbana , Ohio
Dear Mr. Dirnond:
Harch 22 1935
Just three weeks ago, in response to your request, I sent
you the book, "THE WISDOM OF THE SAGES."
When you asked for the hook I know you were sincerely
interested in attaining HAPPINESS and PERSONAL POWER. You were
ambitious to achieve the desires of your life, whether they be
spiritual, intellectual or material. You reached out for the
promised help of the ROSICRUCIANS in the hope that you would find
the key to release your inner powers and realize your secret
aspirations.
YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. The key to selfunfoldment
is the invitation in that little book. Men and women in all
parts of the world have been led by it to a study of the natural
and spiritual law3 and through these laws to understanding and
mastery of life.
I wish you could sit here with me this morning and read
some of the letters that lie before me. Letters that PROVE what
the booklet promises. Letters of new hope, new life, new suc-
cess! If you could read the stories of achievement that flow in
from every corner of the globe you would not hesitate to ACT upon the invitation we have extended to you. You would not lose a
single moment in accepting the opportunity presented to you with your copy of "THE WISDOM OF THE SAGES."
Here is a letter, for example, from Dr. H. Gordon Hargett
of 1417 7th Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Hargett is a special-
ist and well known in the city where he lives. In this __
letter he says: "I am more convinced than I was a
year ago that the Rosicrucian teachings and simple system will reveal to the sincere seekers the great
truths that will enable them to perfect their lives.
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111 have tested all of the simple laws explained in your in-
structions and have put them into regular practice, and find that
they never fail, especially the law of 'Ask and ye shall Receive.1
I find in the Rosicrucian Organization everything that will make
life better and more prosperous and happy. I have been able to
go through the business depression with no worry and it is remark-able how I have been helped from unseen and unexpected sources
ever since I adopted the Rosicrucian methods, and have followed
your advice and help.'1
Dr. Hargett has tested the simple fundamental laws of success
and finds that THEY DO NOT FAIL. What a message this letter car-
ries for those who fight against a world of obstacles and adverse
conditions without apparent progress! What encouragement for
those who appear to be tied down by some invisible, strange power which seems to hold them back from the happiness they seek! What
a lesson for those who look OUTSIDE OF THEMSELVES for the cause
of failure when all the while the real trouble is lack of under-standing of simple fundamental powers which lie within themselves.
Perhaps you are one to whom the application of the Rosicru-
cian teachings in a material way makes no appeal. Perhaps there
is a longing in your soul to know, to fathom the mysteries of the
universe. To you, perhaps, there is no greater joy than MENTAL
AND SPIRITUAL CONQUEST. If so, then the pure mysticism of the
Rosicrucian principles will intrigue you. It is only the ignor-
ant who wrongly associates mysticism with superstitions of past
ages. True mysticism is the seeking of the knowledge of infinity
through man to God. Even the greatest MODERN DAY SCIENTISTS ARE LxSTlCS.
Recently the "New York Times" interviewed Sir Arthur Edding
ton, scientist and astronomer, who expounds a MYSTICAL COSMOS.
Says the "New York Times": "He is the mystic among relativists.
Mathematical equations proclaim to him not only the glory of God,
but the crying need of mysticism. There is not only a world of
the senses to him, but an unseen world, which can no longer be
ignored." Sir Eddington says, "Physical science cannot give us the whole truth. No one should even believe that a leaf is green.
The leaf sends out waves that splash on the retina of the eye with
the result that we see green. But what is sent out from the leaf
to produce the sensation of green no one knows. We behold these
innumerable suns rolling on: trees, flowers, oceans that heave in storms. What does it all mean? We cannot answer in terms of
leaping electrons and mathematical equations. So when we seek
the meaning of consciousness, we find that it is about a spirit, within which truth has its shrine.
"We cannot say that the atom has a will of its own. But I
BELIEVE THAT THE MIND HAS THE POWER to affect groups of atoms and
even tamper with the odds of atomic behavior." Sir Eddington
further states, "I believe that the mind has the power to set
aside statistical laws that hold good in organic matter. The
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course of the world is not predetermined by physical laws. It
may be altered by the uncaused volition of human beings.*'
This is the view of a modern, mystical scientist. MYSTICISM
IS ALIVE TODAY. It is alive in the Rosicrucian teachings and it
continues to afford explanations about man's being and the uni-verse in which he dwells, that physical science concedes as the
nearest approach to truth.
To further reveal the growing tendency among prominent people
in the world to recognize the value of the spiritual powers of
man, allow me to quote the words of Charles F. Steinmetz. He was
one of the most critical scrutinizers of material laws, a master
of electricity and the other hidden, secret powers of the material
universe. He seemed almost Divine in his ability to create arti-
ficial lightning. A distorted, crippled, and grossly unpleasant
being to look at, physically, one would have been inclined to
believe that with his personal regret at God's gift to him of a
crippled figure, and with his close study of nature's material
forces, he would have been so steeped in materialism that the
spiritual powers of man would have meant nothing to him.
Yet in answer to a question as to what would be the next great field of research and revelation for the human mind, he said, "I
think the greatest discoveries will be made along spiritual lines.
History clearly teaches that spiritual forces have been the great-
est power in the development of men and nations. Yet we have been
playing with them, merely, and have never seriously studied them
as we have the physical forces. Some day, people will learn that
material things alone do not bring happiness and are of little
use in making man and woman creative and powerful."
Remember, those who now enjoy the success, and mastery you
covet did not achieve these things by accident. At one time they
had nothing more to guide them than the opportunity that is now offered to you. A copy of "THE WISDOM OF^THE SAGES" fell into
their hands, and they responded to its invitation. They united
with the Rosicrucians, READ and APPLIED the simple, easily under-
stood monographs sent to all members of the Brotherhood, and FOUND
THE KEY to Health, Happiness, and Understanding.
What these men and women have done YOU CAN DO. Have you
the determination to make the start, to grasp the opportunity,
to work out your destiny as they have worked out theirs?
For your convenience we enclose another invitation. Do not
lay it aside. This application may be the turning point in your
life. The present is NOW. The future YOU can make.
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THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER * SUP REM E TEM PLE
R O S 1C H U CI AN P A R K S A N J O S e .
FOR NORTH C a l i f o r n i a
AMERICA
Ti m. L D Feb.28, 1935
428 S . wain S t .Urbana, Ohio
Dear ^r.Dimond:
Before writing this letter to you and a few others I was
alone in my study. All my assistants had gone home for the day,
as had other officers and members that compose the staff here
at the Grand Lodge. Everything was quiet, still and dark at
Rosicrucian Park; just the one light in my study, myself, and
my thoughts. The deep shadows cast by the single light made the
outline of the room quite indistinct. It was an ideal occasion
and atmosphere for reflection.
I thought of the many, like yourself, to whom I was to write
those interested in the Rosicrucians, interested enough to have
written for information about this old worldwide fraternity.
What more could I write to convince you of the benefit and sheer
happiness that could come from affiliation with the Rosicrucians?
Suppose you were grouped about me here in the study. How could I have you see or feel what I and thousands have gained
from these studies? Of course, I could take from the archives
old, yellow manuscripts written by illustrious persons of the
past, or crisp new stationery of prominent persons of the pres-
ent, and read to you what they say of the Rosicrucian teachings.
These recommendations, however, though interesting to hear, would
not give YOU a firsthand experience with these teachings and
principles. It would be like comparing the description of a
beautiful painting to the sensation that actually comes from
really seeing it.
If you were here it would seem more logical
to have you TRY THESE THINGS YOURSELF. Because of
distance and other personal reasons it is impos-
sible for you to be here for a demonstration, so I
decided to bring to you some of these principles.
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I want to convince you that these mystical laws and principles
do exist, and that they are practical.
Enclosed you will find a simple experiment and a test.
This experiment will reveal to you in a fascinating manner ONE
FUNDAMENTAL LAW. The test will indicate that there are forces
and powers which you can use that are of tremendous assistance
in life.
In your own home, your own environment, IN YOUR OWN WAY,
try these things today. If they are demonstrable, do you need
further proof that the Rosicrucian teachings can help you to
use your own latent powers? Frankly, the reason why so many persons do not accomplish their aims in life is because they
are using but ten per cent of their Godgiven faculties.
Now, READ THE ENCLOSURES CAREFULLY, and then proceed. With the satisfaction that will come from the doing of these
things will also come the sincere desire to SEND IN YOUR APPLI-
CATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
If, after demonstrating these principles to yourself, you
don’t become a member to learn more about these natural laws and
phenomena, then I won't have to tell you WHAT YOU'RE MISSING be-
cause you, yourself, will know.
You are on the threshold of a greater life— one that will
make it possible for you to ACCOMPLISH THINGS, mentally and ma-terially, that you did not believe possible before.
Written this day in faith by,
P. S. Set aside an hour AT ONCE if possible and try the experi-
ment and test. On back of the experiment card are the instruc-
tions for its performance. Read the test folder through first before answering its questions. REMEMBER, first the experiment,
then the test.
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( U N I V E R S AL C A B L E A N D T E L E
G R A P H A D D R E S S ! A M O R C O )
R A D I O S T A T I O N : W 6 H T B
L O N G D I S T A N C E T E L E P H O N E S
B A L L A R D S 2 0 5 , 0 2 9 9
THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDERKnown as "THE ANCIENT, MYSTIC ORDER ROSAE CRUCIS" throughout the world
A Non -Sec taria n Fra tern ity Devot ed to the Inves tigat ion and Stud y of the Hig her Pri ncip le* of Lif eu Found Expressed in Man and Nature
SUPREME TEMPLE FOR NORTH AMERICAR O S I C R U C I A N P A R K S A N J O S E . C A L I F O R N IA . U . S . A .
To Those Who
Appreciate Something New:
Now you will be able to plan your future and
avoid mistakes.
You can know which days of the week, month, and
year are most fortunate for you in anything you
wish to do.
The enclosed circular describes the new system
that has been awaited for many years. Each day you
are without it — is a day of risk. Each day you use
it is a day that will count in the building of success,
happiness, and prosperity.
Read the cicular very carefully. It has a
message for you that is as personal as any letter or
communication that we could send.
There is nothing fanatical about this new
system but it is startling and fascinating. Fur-
thermore, it is absolutely dependable.
I will be glad to have you order this book, and
see for yourself what it will do in changing your
career. This is the most important book announcement
we have ever made.
Very sincerely,
MANAGER ROSICRUCIAN SUPPLY BUREAU.
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P. S. Before it is forgotten, let me call this to your atten-
tion. You have read considerable literature which we have sent,
in which we have spoken of the merits of the Rosicrucian teachings,
and what you would derive from them. However, through the mail at
times you have received much literature from other sources, ALSO
PROMISING MANY THINGS, and you are naturally SKEPTICAL — you have
a right to be in this day and age.
This organization is wellestablished, and has an enviable
reputation to maintain; therefore, it desires to prove to you in
FACT, not alone by word, the value of these inspiring teachings. To
prove what the organization has said of itself, we introduce to you
a TEST MEMBERSHIP. This test membership, explained in the enclosed
folder entitled "With the Handclasp of Fellowship," gives you the
opportunity of receiving each month one copy of "The Rosicrucian
Digest" magazine, also a special lecture of any series you select,
and the publication, "The Rosicrucian Forum, " when it is off the
press, all for the TRIFLING SUM OF $1.00 PER MONTH. By reading these,
you have the opportunity to acquaint yourself with what the organi-zation expounds.
When later CONVINCED of the value of the Rosicrucian studies,
you can assume, if you wish, complete student membership. Is this
not fair? The dollar a month merely pays postage and printing
costs. YOU ARE THE JUDGE. Read these magazines and supplementary
lectures ; analyze them carefully. Try one month or two — but at
least try it !
If you are already receiving the magazine entitled, "The Rosi-
crucian Digest," then you need not avail yourself of this unusual
opportunity; but if you do not receive the magazine then TRY THIS ECONOMICAL TEST MEMBERSHIP with all of the things it includes and
convince yourself of what Rosicrucianism can mean in your life.
Remember, read carefully the folder entitled, "With the Hand-
clasp of Fellowship," and see what it offers for merely one dollar.