Rosicrucian Digest Vol 93 No 2 2015 Centennial

100 Pages·2015·6.84 MB·English

No. 2 - 2015 Vol. 93 - No. 2
Imperator’s Opening Statement 1
Christian Bernard, FRC
2015 AMORC World Convention Opening Ceremony 3
Time Capsule Display at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum 5
Rosicrucian Time Capsules Around the World 7
The Appeal 9
Julie Scott, SRC
Unio Mystica 15
Klaas-Jan Bakker, FRC
The Master Within 21
Roland Brisson, FRC
Cosmic Mission 28
Hélio de Moraes e Marques, FRC
Members Enjoying Rosicrucian Park 33
Influencing the Cosmic and the Mystical Toolbox 35
Akos Ekes, FRC
Above All — Act 38
Maria Metzler, SRC, Ph.D.
Vitalis Rosae Crucis: The Vital Rose on the Cross 42
Live S derlund, SRC
The Alchemy of Life: As Above, So Below 46
Hugo Casas, FRC
Mystical Attitude to Change 51
Kenneth U. Idiodi, FRC, Ph.D.
Ainu: The Indigenous People of Northern Japan 58
Atsushi Honjo, FRC
Awakening the Heart Center 65
Ilkka Laaksonen, FRC
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The Unified Self 68
Paul Panikian, FRC
Members Enjoying the 2015 AMORC World Convention 71
Our Footprints 73
Michal Eben, FRC
Rosicrucian Healing 81
Maximilian Neff, FRC
The Rosicrucian Utopia 85
Claudio Mazzucco, FRC
Russian Cosmism 90
Vladimir Koptelov, FRC
Laughter, an Element for the Improvement of Human Consciousness 93
Iakovos Giannakopoulos, FRC
2015 AMORC World Convention Closing 96
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Imperator’s Opening Statement
Christian Bernard, FRC
Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC
Opening of the Sphinx and of the 2015 AMORC World Convention
Dear Fratres and Sorores,
We have now, at long last, arrived at the
solemn moment that all of us have been
waiting for.
Welcome to you, and may I express
appreciation for your energy in giving your
all on the mystical, human, and material
planes in order to be here at this World
Convention, which I declare officially
open.
I am very moved by being here, in
Rosicrucian Park. I was fourteen years old
when I visited this remarkable place for the
first time. Since then, I have come back for
different events on many occasions. What
moves me all the more is that I know this
is the last time I shall preside over a World principles. Frequently in recent years, I
Convention in San Jose as Imperator. If, in have thought about these records and
years to come, an international Convention wondered what they contained, and also
comes to be organized here again, and if whether they had come down through
my age and my health permit it, I shall be the years in good condition. I had no idea
taking part as just a member of AMORC. what these documents were, as we have
But in the meanwhile, other Grand Lodges found no trace of a list in the archives of
will be having the honour of organizing the Supreme Grand Lodge.
this wonderful fraternal gathering.
Such questions resulted in my
Members of AMORC, friends and supporting the proposal made by Grand
guests, I now invite you all to be witness Master soror Julie Scott, to open up the
to the solemn act that I am going to carry the Sphinx at our World Convention. I
out, just as did Harvey Spencer Lewis in had concerns, however, about what we
his time. On July 11, 1934, our Imperator were going to find, and for this reason I
Rosicrucian placed in this Sphinx some documents— asked our soror to carry out a check on
Digest not secret or mysterious ones, but ones the contents in advance. In accordance
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bearing witness to the Rosicrucian with my instructions, and with great care
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I shall then be putting in new documents,
contained in a special capsule designed to
last at least 100 years, as follows:
• A copy of the Mastery of Life;
• The Rosicrucian Code of Life;
• The two Rosicrucian Manifestoes
the Positio and the Appellatio, and
the sealed monograph of the first
mailing.
In addition, there will be a certificate
signed by all the Grand Masters and
Administrators at the most recent meeting
of the Supreme Grand Lodge in October
2014.
I shall then be calling forward each
Grand Master and Administrator, and
giving them a capsule already containing
some documents, but with the task of
adding texts in their own respective
languages to these; they are then to place
and discretion, this was done. My intuition these documents somewhere within their
had been right, because unfortunately it Grand Lodge or Administration, just as I
was very difficult to draw up an inventory. am now going to do here; I am entrusting
The writings had not withstood the them with choosing the most suitable
passage of time and the climate. Having place for Rosicrucians of the future to be
been examined, they have been put back able to find them.
in their original place, and are awaiting
my symbolic opening of the Sphinx’s
repository.
From what we have found and been able
to work out, there were some monographs
on the basic Rosicrucian principles, and a
Rosicrucian Digest from 1934.
In a few moments, I am going to remove
the capsule and give it to the Colombe
standing by me. Then at the end of our
Ceremony it will be passed on to the
Grand Master, whose task it will be to
officially place the capsule containing the
documents on display in the Rosicrucian
Egyptian Museum, so that you can view it
over the next few days.
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2015 AMORC World
Convention Opening Ceremony
Imperator Christian Bernard at Rosicrucian Park, about to officially open the 2015 AMORC World Convention.
Rosicrucian
Digest Grand Master Julie Scott indroducing Imperator Christian Bernard at the 2015 AMORC World Convention
No. 2 Opening Ceremony.
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Photo of the 1934 time capsule ceremony with Imperator Christian Bernard removing the historic
H. Spencer Lewis on the left. time capsule from the Sphinx in front of the
RCUI building, which had been placed there by
H. Spencer Lewis in July 1934.
Imperator Christian Bernard and Grand Master Julie Scott installing the new time capsule in the Sphinx.
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Time Capsule Display at the
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
The historic time capsule on display in the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, along with copies of what was included
in the new time capsule.
HISTORIC TIME CAPSULE:
• Original 1934 copper time capsule with contents
• November 1933 Rosicrucian Digest—in historic time capsule
• Photo of installation of historic time capsule, 1934. H. Spencer Lewis on the left.
COPIES OF ITEMS PLACED IN THE NEW TIME CAPSULE:
• Positio Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis
• Appellatio Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis
• “Rosicrucian Code of Life” in English.
• A certificate signed by the Imperator and all the Grand Masters and Administrators
acknowledging the 100 year anniversary.
• The first set of Rosicrucian monographs in sealed folder
• Copy of letter from U.S. President Barack Obama congratulating the
Rosicrucian Order, AMORC for 100 years of service.
Rosicrucian
• Rosicrucian Digest featuring the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC.
Digest
No. 2 • 2015 AMORC World Convention program in English.
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More than 2,200 members participated in the 2015 AMORC World Convention.
Frater Eugenius Idiodi and World Convention Imperator Christian Bernard and his
Chairperson Karen Wark. grandchildren at the Opening Ceremony.
Chris, Alysson, and Reese Mayer with Mohamed Grand Master Live Söderlund of the Scandinavian
Nazmy, President of Quest Travel Egypt, and Grand Lodge and Frater Irving Söderlund,
Egyptologist Emil Shaker. retired Treasurer of the Supreme Grand Lodge of
AMORC and former Grand Master.
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Rosicrucian Time Capsules
General Administrators Akos Ekes
and Iakovos Giannakopoulos with the
time capsules that they will take back to
Hungary and Greece to be installed there.
Grand Master Julie Scott
with the time capsule to be
installed at Rosicrucian Park.
Grand Master Julie Scott, Grand
Administrator Kenneth Idiodi of the
West African Jurisdiction (holding time
capsule), his wife, Soror Bridget Idiodi, on
Rosicrucian
his left, and Nigerian members in front of
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the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
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