8/2/2019 AMORC the Triangle October 1921 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/amorc-the-triangle-october-1921 1/4 PUBLISHED M ONTHLY BY THE SUPREME LODGE ANCIENT AND MYSTICAL ORDER ROSAE CRUCIS 1255 MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. No. 7 OCTOBER 29th, 1921 Price 5 Cents And our work goes merrily along! Work is right; it is work now at headquarters, and it is merry. In- quiries by mail, personal inquiries, heavy general cor- respondence, special instructions to new Lodges and organizing committees, research work, foreign cor- respondence, advice to those who are perplexed, help to those who need individual assistance, periods for reading, consultation and lecturing at special meetings, — all these things with a little relaxation for art, music, drama and Church, m ake life worth living, and the days are filled, the hours often overcrowded. The utmost satisfaction and joy is indicated in all letters and reports received from those new applicants who are being prepared in the new way for Initiation. This plan is proving to be the most helpful, inspiring and encouraging feature we have added to our work in late years. The increase in initiation fee has not deterred many from seeking admission and the plan appeals to reason. Those lodge officers who were most dubious about the plan are now enthusiastic. Even in Mexico and Puerto Rico, where the work is translated into Spanish, the new plan appeals strongly, and more applications have come from Puerto Rico under this plan in three months than in any previous threemonth period. Again let us say to our members that if they write us letters making reports or statements which do not require an important answer they must kindly take our silence as meaning that we are pleased, agree- able with what is said, and have no changes or m odi- fications to make. We cannot possibly answer all the letters we receive. If, however, remittances are made to us and no acknowledgment is made, please inform us at once so that if the letter is lost, it may be traced. In six years only a few remittances have been l o s t, but we do wish to make acknowledgment each time. Members from Boston and Philadelphia have visited us during the summer and fall months. We are al- ways glad to have them come and participate in the many degree sessions, lectures and meetings held in Headquarters. There is every reason for our members to feel sure that business and financial conditions generally will improve early in the spring and a normal condition will prevail again. Supplementary lectures for each of the early de- grees are being prepared containing a simple review of the fundam ental of each degree, so that mem bers may review them before examinations. Furthermore, official key books to each degree, containing the prin- ciples that should be in each m em ber’s note book, are also being prepared for members to preserve. A A A INTERESTING NOTES From a news item in the New York World we learn that another method of reaching thousands with our Light has entered into the general activities of our Order. Several years ago when the Supreme Lodge established its first Temple the Imperator installed a wireless station with the intention of keeping in touch with the various branch Lodges. In the second Tem- ple in New York a similar wireless station was in- stalled, but the participation of our country in the great war brought an end to these plans, for the Im- perator and his unusually large private station were listed with the Radio League of America and sub- mitted to the patriotic pledge of holding the wireless staiton for exclusive military service. A fter the ar- mistice was signed interest in these matters was re- vived and at the Supreme Lodge in California another station was installed. It is hoped that some day all our permanent Temples will be equipped in the same manner so that wireless communication will be pos- sible day and night. But at the Grand Lodge Tem ple of New York, Brother Marcritta of the Supreme Council, with the assistance of one or two others, has perfected the installation of a wireless telegraph and telephone station of great efficiency. The New York World article indicates the great value of a transmission station in our work. Not only will the station in our Temple in New York re- ceive music, messages and other sounds from great distances and make them audible through a great horn to all the mem bers assembled in the Temple, but through a similar station, our lectures and teachings may be given to a m ultitude. The W orld article further relates how on the evening of October 31st, “Dr. Richard J. W ard, Secretary of the Rosicrucian Order in New York,” delivered a lecture through the wireless telephone on the subject of “Seven Principles of Success.*’ After some music had been played and 17814
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PUBL I SHED M ONTHLY BY THE SUPREME LODGEA N C I E N T A N D M Y S TI C A L O R D E R R OS A E C R U C I S
1255 MAR KET STREE T SAN FRANCISCO, CALI F.
No. 7 OCTOBER 29th, 1921 Price 5 Cents
A n d o u r w o r k g o es m e r r il y a l o n g ! W o r k is r i g h t ;
i t i s w o r k n o w a t h e a d q u a r t e r s , a n d i t i s m e r r y . I n -
q u i r i e s b y m a i l , p e r s o n a l i n q u i r i e s , h e a v y g e n e r a l c o r -
r e s p o n d e n c e , s p e c i a l i n s t r u c t i o n s t o n e w L o d g e s a n d
o r g a n i z i n g c o m m i t t e e s , r e s e a r c h w o r k , fo r e i g n c o r -
r e s p o n d e n c e , a d v i c e t o t h o s e w h o a r e p e r p l e x e d , h e l p
t o t h o s e w h o n e e d i n d i v i d u a l a s s i s t a n c e , p e r i o d s f o r
r e a d i n g , c o n s u l t a t i o n a n d l e c t u r i n g a t s p e c i a l m e e t i n g s ,
— a l l t h e s e t h i n g s w i t h a l i tt l e r e l a x a t i o n f o r a r t ,
m u s i c , d r a m a a n d C h u r c h , m a k e l if e w o r t h l i v in g , a n d
t h e d a y s a r e f i l l e d , t h e h o u r s o f t e n o v e r c r o w d e d .
T h e u t m o s t s a t i s f a c t io n a n d j o y i s i n d i c a t e d i n a l l
l e t t e r s a n d r e p o r t s r e c e i v e d f ro m t h o s e n e w a p p l i c a n t s
w h o a r e b e i n g p r e p a r e d i n t h e n e w w a y f o r I n i t i a t i o n .
T h i s p l a n i s p r o v i n g t o b e t h e m o s t h e lp f u l , i n s p i r i n g
a n d e n c o u r a g i n g f e a t u r e w e h a v e a d d e d to o u r w o r k
i n l a t e y e a r s . T h e i n c r e a s e i n i n i t i a ti o n f e e h a s n o t
d e t e r r e d m a n y f r o m s e e k i n g a d m i s s io n a n d t h e p l a n
a p p e a l s t o r e a s o n . T h o s e l o d g e o f f ic e r s w h o w e r e
m o s t d u b i o u s a b o u t t h e p l a n a r e n o w e n t h u s i a s t i c .
E v e n i n M e x i c o a n d P u e r t o R i c o , w h e r e t h e w o r k i s
t r a n s l a t e d i n t o S p a n i s h , t h e n e w p l a n a p p e a l s s t r o n g l y ,
a n d m o r e a p p l i c a ti o n s h a v e c o m e f r o m P u e r t o R i c o
u n d e r t h i s p l a n i n t h r e e m o n t h s th a n i n a n y p r e v i o u s
t h r e e m o n t h p e r io d .
A g a i n l e t u s s a y t o o u r m e m b e r s t h a t i f t h e y w r i t e
u s l e tt e r s m a k i n g r e p o r t s o r s t a te m e n t s w h i c h d o n o t
r e q u i r e a n i m p o r t a n t a n s w e r t h e y m u s t k i n d ly t a k e
o u r s i le n c e a s m e a n i n g t h a t w e a r e p l e a s e d, a g r e e -
a b l e w i t h w h a t i s s a id , a n d h a v e n o c h a n g e s o r m o d i -
f i c a ti o n s t o m a k e . W e c a n n o t p o s si b l y a n s w e r a l l t h e
l e t t e r s w e re c e i v e . I f, h o w e v e r , r e m i t ta n c e s a r e m a d e
t o u s a n d n o a c k n o w l e d g m e n t is m a d e , p l e a s e in f o r m
us a t once so tha t i f the le t te r i s lo s t , i t may be t raced .
I n s ix y e a r s o n l y a f e w r e m i t ta n c e s h a v e b e e n l o s t,
b u t w e d o w i s h t o m a k e a c k n o w l e d g m e n t e a c h t i m e .
M e m b e r s f r o m B o s t o n a n d P h i l a d e l p h i a h a v e v i s i t e d
u s d u r in g t h e s u m m e r a n d f al l m o n t h s . W e a r e a l -
w a y s g l a d t o h a v e t h e m c o m e a n d p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e
m a n y d e g r e e s e s s i o n s , l e c t u r e s a n d m e e t i n g s h e l d i n
H e a d q u a r t e r s .
T h e r e i s e v e r y r e a s o n f o r o u r m e m b e r s t o f e e l s u r e
t h a t b u s i n e s s a n d f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n s g e n e r a l l y w i l l
i m p r o v e e a r l y i n th e s p r i n g a n d a n o r m a l c o n d i t i o n
wi l l p reva i l aga in .
S u p p l e m e n t a r y l e c t u r e s f o r e a c h o f t h e e a r l y d e -
g r e e s a r e b e in g p r e p a r e d c o n t a i n i n g a s im p l e r e v i ew
o f t h e f u n d a m e n t a l o f e a c h d e g r e e , s o t h a t m e m b e r s
m a y r ev i ew t h e m b e f o r e e x a m i n a t i o n s . F u r t h e r m o r e ,
o f fi c ia l k e y b o o k s t o e a c h d e g r e e , c o n t a i n i n g t h e p r i n -
c i p l e s t h a t s h o u l d b e i n e a c h m e m b e r ’ s n o t e b o o k , a r e
a l so b e i n g p r e p a r e d f o r m e m b e r s to p r e s e r v e .
A A A
I N T E R E S T I N G N O T E S
F r o m a n e w s it e m i n t h e N e w Y o r k W o r l d w e l e a rn
t h a t a n o t h e r m e t h o d o f r e a c h i n g t h o u s a n d s w i t h o u r
L i g h t h a s e n t e r e d i n t o t h e g e n e r a l a c t i v i t i e s o f o u r
O r d e r . S e v e ra l y e a r s a go w h e n t h e S u p r e m e L o d ge
e s t a b l i sh e d i t s f i rs t T e m p l e t h e I m p e r a t o r i n s t a l l e d a
w i r e l e s s s t a t i o n w i t h t h e i n t e n t i o n o f k e e p i n g i n t o u c h
w i t h t h e v ar i o u s b r a n c h L o d g e s . I n t h e s e c o n d T e m -
p l e in N e w Y o r k a s i m i l a r w i r e l e s s s t a t i o n w a s i n -
s t a ll e d , b u t t h e p a r t i c i p a t i o n o f o u r c o u n t r y i n t h e
g r e a t w a r b r o u g h t a n e n d t o t h e s e p l an s , f o r t h e I m -
p e r a t o r a n d h i s u n u s u a l l y l a r g e p r i v a t e s t a t i o n w e r e
l i st e d w i t h t h e R a d i o L e a g u e o f A m e r i c a a n d s u b -
m i t t e d t o t h e p a t r i o t i c p l e d g e o f h o l d i n g t h e w i r e l e s s
s t a i t o n f o r e x c l u s iv e m i l i ta r y s e r v ic e . A f t e r th e a r -
m i s ti c e w a s si g n e d i n t e r e s t i n t h e s e m a t t e r s w a s r e -
v i v e d a n d a t t h e S u p r e m e L o d g e i n C a l i f o r n i a a n o t h e r
s t a t i o n w a s i n s t a ll e d . I t i s h o p e d t h a t s o m e d a y a l l
o u r p e r m a n e n t T e m p l e s w il l b e e q u i p p e d i n t h e s a m e
m a n n e r s o th a t w i re l e ss c o m m u n i c a t io n w i l l b e p o s -
s i b le d a y a n d n i g h t . B u t a t t h e G r a n d L o d g e T e m p l e
o f N e w Y o r k , B r o t h e r M a r c r i tt a o f t h e S u p r e m e
C o u n c i l , w i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f o n e o r t w o o t h e r s ,
h a s p e r f e c t e d t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n o f a w i r e l e s s t e l e g r a p h
a n d t e l e p h o n e s t a t i o n o f g r e a t e f f i c i e n c y .
T h e N e w Y o r k W o r l d a r ti c l e i n d i c a te s t h e g r e a t
v a l u e o f a t r a n s m i s s i o n s t a t i o n i n o u r w o r k . N o t
o n l y w i ll th e s t a t i o n i n o u r T e m p l e i n N e w Y o r k r e -
c e i v e m u s i c , m e s s a g e s a n d o t h e r s o u n d s f r o m g r e a t
d i s ta n c e s a n d m a k e t h e m a u d i b l e t h r o u g h a g r e a t
h o r n t o a l l t h e m e m b e r s a s s e m b l e d i n t h e T e m p l e , b u t
t h r o u g h a s i m i l a r s t a t i o n , o u r l e c t u r e s a n d t e a c h i n g s
m a y b e g i v e n t o a m u l t i tu d e . T h e W o r l d a r t i c l e
f u r t h e r r e l a t e s h o w o n t h e e v e n i n g o f O c t o b e r 3 1 s t ,
“ D r . R i c h a r d J . W a r d , S e c r e t a r y o f t h e R o s i c r u c i a n
O r d e r i n N ew Y o r k , ” d e l i v e r ed a l e c t u r e t h r o u g h t h e
w i r e l e s s t e l e p h o n e o n t h e s u b j e c t o f “ S e v e n P r i n c i p l e s
o f S u c c es s .* ’ A f t e r so m e m u s i c h a d b e e n p l a y e d a n d
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t r an s m i t te d t h e c h a i r m a n o f th e p r o g r a m m e a n -
n o u n c e d i n t o th e r e c e i v e r t h a t D r . W a r d o f t h e R o s i
c r u c i a n O r d e r w o u l d g i v e h i s l e c t u r e . T h e l e c t u r e i n
i t s fu l l n e ss w a s t r a n s m i t t e d 8 0 0 m i l e s i n a ll d i r e c t i o n s ,
r e a c h i n g f a r i n to N o v i a S c o t ia , C a n a d a , M i c h i g a n a n d
t h e S o u t h e r n S ta t e s, a n d a t t u n i n g w i t h a b o u t 1 0 5 , 0 0 0
w i r e l e s s r e c e i v i n g s t a t i o n s w i t h a n a u d i e n c e k n o w n t o
b e a b o u t 6 0 , 0 0 0 . A p l a n f o r a w e e k ly , M o n d a y
n i g h t , w i r e l e s s c o n c e r t a n d l e c t u r e h a d b e e n p r e v -i o us ly d e v e l o p e d, a n d a s B r o t h e r W a r d l e c t u r e d a n d
e x p o u n d e d o u r p r i n c i p l e s h e w a s c l o s e l y f o l l o w e d b y
h i s h e a r e r s , a s i s i n d i c a t e d b y t h e b a t c h e s o f p o s t c a r d
c o m m e n t s a n d i n q u i r ie s b e i n g s e n t t o h im f r o m t h o s e
w h o w e r e a t t h e v a r i o u s s t a ti o n s . E a c h M o n d a y n i g h t
h e r e a f t e r h e i s t o l e c t u r e , a n d h i s s e c o n d s u b j e c t , a s
a n n o u n c e d o v e r t h e e t h e r ic s p a c e , w a s “ A n A n s w e r
t o E d i so n ’s T h e o r y o f S p i r i t C o m m u n i c a t io n . ” P a r t
o f t h e g e n e r a l p l a n i s t h a t i n e a c h s m a l l c i t y w h e r e t h e
l e c t u r e i s r e c e i v e d a n e w s p a p e r r e p o r t e r s h a l l b e p r e s -
e n t t o t a k e d o w n a n d p u b l i s h i n t h e l o c a l p a p e r t h e
l e c t u r e a s g i v e n . T h i s w i l l a d d t o t h e n u m b e r o f p e r -
s o n s w h o w i l l b e r e a c h e d b y t h e p r i n c i p l e s e x p o u n d e d .
T h e ' w o n d e r f u l l y e f f i c i en t a n d r e a l l y m a r v e l o u s s y s -
t e m a n d i n s t r u m e n t s u s e d in t h i s w o r k a r e t h e i n v e n -
t i o n o f W a l t e r J. G a r v e y , w h o i s w i t h u s in b e n d i n g
e v e r y e f f o r t t o u t i l i z e t h e p o w e r s a n d l a w s o f n a t u r e
f o r m a n ’ s p e a c e f u l a d v a n c e m e n t .
A l l o u r L o d g e s s h o u l d e n c o u r a g e s o m e o f t h e i r
m e m b e r s t o t a k e a n i n t e r e s t i n w i r e l e s s w o r k f o r t h e
L o d g e s a k e .
A A A
S p e a k i n g o f r e a c h i n g m a n y w i th a s in g l e d i sc o u r s e ,
w e h a v e l e a r n e d t h a t a t t h e P r i s t i n e C h u r c h o f t h e
R o s e C r o s s i n S a n F r a n c i s c o , t h e S u n d a y e v e n i n g d i s -
c o u r s e g iv e n b y t h e I m p e r a t o r o f o u r O r d e r i s t a k e n
d o w n i n s h o r t h a n d b y t h r e e , r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f a n e w s -p a p e r b u r e a u a n d t h e d i s c o u r se , a s a s e r m o n , i s s y n -
d i c a te d t o s e v e ra l h u n d r e d s m a l l c o u n t r y p a p e r s a s
t h e i r w e e k l y s e r m o n . T h e s e p a p e r s c o v e r o r g o i n t o
n e a r l y 3 5 0 t o w n s a n d c o m m u n i t ie s i n 3 2 S t a t es a n d
r e a c h m a n y t h o u s a n d s o f r e a d e r s . E a c h d i sc o u r s e is
h e a d e d : “ S u n d a y S e r m o n f r o m t h e P r i s t i n e C h u r c h o f
t h e R o s e C r o s s in A m e r i c a . ” S u r e l y t h i s i s a g r e a t
h e l p i n b r i n g i n g L i g h t t o t h e s m a l l e r c o m m u n i t ie s
w h e r e f ew o r n o c h u r c h e s a r e t o b e f o u n d a n d w h e r e
o u r l e c t u r e s o r l e s s o n s r e a c h b u t a n o c c a s i o n a l m e m -
b e r .
A A A
I n s o m e w a y t h a t p a s s e s u n d e r s t a n d i n g a s t o r y h a s
p a s s e d a r o u n d i n s o m e s e c t i o n s o f t h e c o u n t r y t h a t a
f ew o f o u r L o dg e s , o r p e r h a p s a n u m b e r o f t h em , c o n -
t e m p l a t e c lo s i n g d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d o f f in a n c i a l d e -
p r e s s i o n i n t h e E a s t. T h i s i s n o t t r u e . N o n e o f t h e
L o d g e s o r T e m p l e s i n t h e E a s t e r n S t a t e s i s c l o s i n g
o r e v e n t h i n k i n g o f c l o s i n g f o r a n y p e r i o d o r c a u s e .
N e a r l y al l o f th e m a r e a c t i v e ly w o r k i n g w i t h a u g -
m e n t e d p r o p a g a n d a a n d i n c r e a s i n g m e m b e r s h i p , a n d
i n s e v e ra l c a s e s p l a n s a r e u n d e r w a y f o r n e w T e m
p l es . S u c h r u m o r s a r e o n ly in t e n d e d to b e t r u e a f t e
t h e d e s t r u c t i v e p r o p h e c y h a s h a d i t s e f f e c t , b u t e v e
i n t h i s th e y f a i l. D o n o t l e n d y o u r a id t o th e d e
s t r u c t iv e m i n d s b y r e p e a t in g su c h ru m o r s . T h e O
d e r a s a w h o l e i s g r o w i n g t o o r a p i d l y , to o w o n d e
f u l ly , t o w a r r a n t t h e l e a s t s u s p i ci o n t h a t t h e r e i s a n
s h u t t i n g d o w n o f o u r a c t i v i t i e s i n e v e n t h e s m a l l e s
L o d g e .
A A A
F r o m a l l r e p o r t s t h e D e l t a L o d g e N o . I i n P h i l a
d e l p h i a i s b e a u t i f u l l y s i tu a t e d i n a w o n d e r f u l T e m p l
o f i ts o w n . A d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e i r r e a d i n g ro o m s , r e
c e p t i o n r o o m s w i t h o p e n f i r e p l a c e s a n d b a y w i n d o w s
h a l l s a n d s y m b o l i c a l l o d g e r o o m , s o u n d s l i k e a p i c t u r
o f s o m e T e m p l e of o r i e n t a l s p l e n d o r. O p e n m e e t i n g
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