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e-Pentagram Electronic Bulletin of the Lectorium Rosicrucianum

The Lectorium Rosicrucianum

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Of the Great Awakening

400 years of the Rosycross

February 2014 e-Pentagram

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The Lectorium Rosicrucianum

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Of the Great Awakening

400 years of the Rosycross

Volume 8.1 February 2014

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Twitter twitter.com/lectoriumusa twitter.com/lectoriumcanada * The text of this issue is from Meetup Groups Pentagram magazine articles published by the Lectorium New York, NY: meetup.com/goldenrosycross-NYC Rosicrucianum. Albany, NY: meetup.com/goldenrosycross-albany St. Albans, VT: meetup.com/Lectorium-Rosicrucianum-Vermont Oakland, CA: meetup.com/Lectorium-Rosicrucianum Toronto, ON: meetup.com/The-Spiritual-School-of-the-Golden-Rosycross Cork, Ireland: meetup.com/goldenrosycross-ireland LECTORIUM ROSICRUCIANUM

here exists a golden thread, which leads out of the labyrinth of our broken reality and towards the Truth. T The Lectorium Rosicrucianum, or International School of the Golden Rosycross, aims to help seekers find and form a living connection with this shining filament, which is woven of love, wisdom, knowledge (gnosis) and action.

Most importantly, this golden thread is a Path that can actual - ly be walked, a Path shown by all religions in their original form. No Master or Initiate can give the Truth to another. It can only be approached by our own efforts, and by persevering throughout all the obstructions and difficulties we encounter on the way. And it can only be reached through an inner process of transformation called 'soul-rebirth', or 'transfigura - tion'. A bonafide School points out the Path of transfiguration and teaches its pupils how to follow it.

It is not the I-central self, or personality, that profits from the process of transfiguration as meant here, but the inner, divine Self, which is awakened and enabled to become increasingly active. This has tremendous results for the personality: he or she becomes an instrument, a servant, of another Order, the Divine Order, the 'kingdom not of this world', and in that state is able to stand right in the midst of the world in the service of every human being.

The Lectorium Rosicrucianum is a modern organization in the sense that its message is adapted to the strongly individualized consciousness of twenty-first century humanity. However, it has deep roots in the past, for it is part of the long and ancient tradition of Mystery Schools, and is a development of earlier impulses of spiritual awakening such as those of the gnostics, Cathars and classical Rosicrucians of the 17th century. CONTACT INFORMATION

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Feb 5, 12, 19, 26 - 7:00 pm Gnosis Today 6 Fairfield Hill Road St. Albans, VT Tel: 802-524-9706 | [email protected]

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The whole of humanity is standing at All distress, agony, fear, darkness and the outset of a great cosmic event, a ‘cos- desolation, all thorns of the dense hedge mic spring’, in which humanity will be around the dilapidated palace yield, dis- solve, melt and disappear in the light of able to develop in a totally new way. the spiritual sun. Nothing can withstand The first requirement for this is to bid this light. This is the reason that we can farewell to the old structures and ap- acknowledge that all appearances, fear, proach a new ensoulment with an open doubts and death are unreal in a holy uni- mind. verse. Thus, it can happen that true life opens forth in the heart as an eternal We who have suffered the ‘loss of the di- spring. This breath of love is the ‘kiss of vine centre’ and have become aware of life’ of the spiritual king ^ the universal the hopelessness resulting from this loss, Christ ^ who awakens the soul. simultaneously behold the macrocosm and the microcosm, and for the first What matters is inner change time, glimpse a light beyond the grief, des- pair and hopelessness. Weglimpse an infi- The first careful attempts are taking nitely subtle, yet clear and unassailable shape, certainly in Europe with its in- light. It is the light of the eternal spirit. It creasingly closer community of nations. touches our deepest nucleus, which has Thus, the initial contours of a new ensoul- been lying hidden within us as a lost, but ment that concentrates on a spiritually precious pearl for so long. understood Christ, are appearing in And we have become aware that this is many places. Ever more people will dem- the one link withGod,the eternal covenant onstrate this ensoulment in the first stages of the human child with the divine spirit. of the Age of Aquarius,. Change is in the

Ruins are the only things left of this once majestic temple. Photo Pentagram.

30 air. Many sensitive people have been wait- awakening human child carries a three- ing a long time for the new possibilities fold seal, the seal of the spiritual law: the now presenting themselves. In this con- trinity of light, love and life in heart, head text, it is irrelevant as to whether they and hands. This trinity is the primordial even know the word ‘Christ’. What mat- spiritual formula for freedom, and it is ters is a new soul quality; this is the deci- found wherever freedom rules. sive factor. It is the awakening of the inner As soon as we understand that this for- human being that has been predicted by mula is the highest human task and des- teachers, seers and prophets for thou- tiny, and webeginto strive and act accord- sands of years. It is the result of countless ing to it,we approachthe cosmic aspect of life experiences of those who have been the Christ.Then our thinking, feeling and striving for a Christian experience, with acting are no longer powerlessly at the their soul and their whole consciousness mercy of the vagaries of external circum- focused on the inner requirements. stances, or the blows of fate. No, thinking, What does this awakening mean to us? feeling and acting concentrate around the Nike', the goddess How can we perceive it? Whatare its char- rediscovered eternal centre, a central, uni- of victory.The acteristics? What kind of process of be- versal, spiritual power,which is light, love palm branch and coming conscious is it? and life. laurel wreath The possibilities of the divine spirit are symbolise the joy of the human unlimited. In the process of becoming The pure stimulus conscious, an abundance of possibilities being, who has found the centre and forces can be manifested, just as the As long as people remain under the of original life exuberant, abundant wealth of flowers spell of their old patterns of feeling, think- again. Photo can blossom in a spring meadow. Every ing and acting, due to their blood state, Pentagram.

31 karma and external influences and cir- will then be liberated from confusion, cumstances, this spiritual power will not and the human being will be able to de- come any closer. Many people’s emo- velop towards his true destiny ^ light, tional nucleus has been turned into a love and life. frightened, unbalanced emotional life The soul is touched by a ray of light that lacks a pure, spiritual stimulus. from the eternal being right through its When this is the case, our thinking can suffering. And it is only in this light, that only be confused and I-centred. And in the soul can gain insight into the limited our society, without a pure stimulus ema- usefulness of its bipolar thinking, the ab- nating from a sincere unity of the heart surdityand fragmentation of the old I, and and head, this inevitably leads to a succes- the deep chasm that separates it from life sion of absurd actions and automatic reac- in the sprit. And the human being will re- tions. cognise the miracle of this mercy, and be able to surrender his very soul to this ray A ray of light from the eternal of light from eternity. For it is in this very being surrender, in this ascent into the spiritual light, that the divine gift of freedom will Every humanbeing,who still has at his come over him. From then on, his disposal the last radiant spark in his heart, thoughts and feelings will be linked with is experiencing the influence of the spiri- the nucleus of eternal being, the benefi- tual sun of the current time period and is cent principle that we call ‘the Christ’. able to wake up. The rigid thinking, feel- Everything wilful, blind and powerless, ing and acting is broken up and old me- which was at the mercy of the arbitrari- chanisms are affected from within. Then, ness of matter, will yield. In the surrender in this ‘ruin’,a radiant new shoot can ger- to the universal spirit nucleus a totally Among the ruins minate.The new thinking, feeling and act- new soul is vivified, right through the pro- of the old life, the new life is ing will, from then on, be concentrated cess of ‘dying’, right through the extinc- welcomed. Photo around, and vivified by, the eternal, ra- tion of egocentric life. From then on, our Pentagram. diating nucleus. Heart, head and hands intellect, emotional life and actions will

32 also be purified, because the ceaseless sur- tual sun is reflected. He is: the coming render to the spirit of the pure life is always new man. accompanied by purification, by becoming simple and clear. The old conscious- Theroseofthecosmiclight ness progressively disappears and is taken up into a new spirit-soul conscious- When Dante writes about the rose of ness, and nothing of it will ever be found the cosmic light in his ‘Divina Comme- again. A new human being is born dia’, he envisions the concentric all-mani- through the vivifying powers of the spirit. festation with its immeasurable wealth of light. He creates a representation of the Grail bearer macrocosmic, cosmic and microcosmic solar life in the Spirit, as a pure idea, just This is a total renewal. We might ask as the earthly human being perceives it whether a human being notices this with his new soul consciousness. He calls change. Certainly, because he experiences this mighty image the ‘grail’.He strives for this renewal as inwardly being young this pure, divine idea, and his conscious- again.The impulses and suggestions from ness is completely assimilated by its love, another dimension, from another field of even though it takes thousands of years. consciousness, are now projected into Then, like Jesus, he is able to testify from thinking, feeling and acting faculties that his inner, central rose of Light: ‘I am one are balanced and tranquil. with you, Father; thanks be to you for this And the person’s whole state of being mercy.’ rises into a higher vibration that is in subtle harmony and attuned tothe universal laws of the Christ: light, love, and life. The immortal consciousness structures and light creations can continue to be formed. And the old human being becomes a ‘grail bearer’, in which the spiri-

33 400 years of the Rosycross

The language of Aquarius

In all its statements, the modern Rosy- eration from conservative structures. The cross points to the demand made of hu- pitcher is charged with a dynamic energy man beings at the dawn of the Age of intended for an inner revolution. This Aquarius. The familiar image of the power of manifestation, which is poured out over everyone, always has an effect, man emptying a pitcher of water ^ the and we must make a choice. Waterbearer ^ has, since ancient times, Aquarius guarantees free choice. We been used as a symbol of the living cannot do anything but react, that is not water, the new energy being poured out free. But we can choose how to do it. Re- into the atmosphere. This living water acting with theI results in an expansion of stimulates a process of change and re- the ego. We can see how this leads to nar- cissism, hedonism and an unrelenting newal. Since the 17th-century Rosicru- drive for consumption. cians went public, each period has the If we listen to the calling voice of the appropriate priorities placed at the out- spiritual essence, we will walk the path of set of this process. the rose and the cross. In both cases, all the old standards and values become un- settled. But while the I-being turns to Aquarius is the spirit that makes every- ever lower ‘liberties’, his brother or sister thing transparent. The content of old va- makes another choice and is striving for a lues is examined. There is an urge for lib- higher level ofexistence. Aquarius then in- spires an awareness of the Other, and when this happens, higher ideals like Although, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are now known, brotherhood, socialjustice, solidarity, rea- and their orbits described, it appears that only a very few sonableness, understanding and public are able to read and understand the Book of Nature, even spirit, which are always associated with though, in truth, it lies open for all to see. Uranus, Neptune Aquarius, take on a totally different per- and Pluto, those three divine forces, are not simply lofty spective. ideas, to which mankind will gradually be raised, but As the sign of Aquarius is controlled powerful laws, fundamental principles,which will be by the spirit of freedom, the I-conscious- fulfilled,which will break right through what is nessmightatanymomentrunawaywith degenerate, barbarian and criminal so that, as the these ideals. Moreover, such ideals can be- Confessio says: ‘...as soon as the world has slept off the come fixed in systems, dogmas, totalitar- stupor of its cup filled with poisons and intoxicants, and ian structures and imposed new standards merrily and joyfully,with open heart, bare head, and and values. Seen astrologically, this re- unshod feet, steps forth early in the morning to meet the newal then falls back to Saturnian values; rising sun.’ it crystallises in fixed structures and J van Rijckenborgh,The Confession of the Brotherhood of the comes to nothing. Rosycross, p.14. Rozekruis Pers, Haarlem,The Netherlands, 1989. What is the freedom of the ing. What matters is a completely new re- Wat e r b e a r e r ? sponsibility that can only be realised in absolute freedom, just like the pilgrim in From the perspective of the I, freedom Flammarion’s well-known illustration is entails uncertainty and chaos in the sense able to break through the limits of the ex- ofa lack oforder. But fromthe perspective isting cosmos and perceive a new one. of renewal, freedom is connected with If the human being does not go this creativity and responsibility. Aquarius is path, if he clings to old patterns and incli- connected with the planet Uranus, and in nations, the fiery power of Aquarius will Greek mythology, the god Uranus is re- constantly cause crises. He may then try presented as freedom and chaos.The new to shield himself from this uncertainty Observed from the earth, a human being needs this combination of by falling back on standards and values comet in the sky freedom, creativity and responsibility, to that are no longer valid, but which can offers a be able to be autonomous and self-realis- protect him from slipping further down. fascinating sight.

35 Then he locks the door for which the dy- it was a pure consciousness impulse, namism of Aquarius is intended, the door which developed the flavour of hedonism to renewal,. This development will then and egotism during the so-called I-period have to be passed through at a later stage. of the 1980’s. The striving for solidarity, Whoever seeks negative freedom, unlim- adopted by politics, was a positive result ited freedom for the I, will notice that of this impulse. this only gives rise to the greatest danger We can see the influences of the Aqua- for the ego. In his craving for stimuli,theI- rian impulse on society. Yet, human human being becomes a danger to himself beings often react unconsciously, superfi- and his surroundings. The Aquarian en- cially. And this is logical, as the impulse is ergy drives us to a renewal that ultimately not intended to be ‘cosmetic’, but to be demands the total dissociation from the profound, for the inner human being, culture of the I. and hence for the microcosm. If we try to In the 1960’s, the Aquarian radiation implement these values outwardly, with- was expressed in revolutionary move- out any inner change, the laws of nature ments and ideals. They pounded against will come into effect ensuring that all the limits of the existing standards and va- worldly values ultimately turn into their lues and destroyed them. There was a cry opposite. The ruin of what is best then for peace, love and solidarity.The tension produces the worst: lawlessness and in the atmosphere was critical and dis- amorality; the lowest form of violence, charged into the atmosphere like a flash such as suicide commandoes and using of lightning. As an air sign, the domain of children as hostage. Aquarius is the atmosphere. This is counterbalanced by improve- The Spiritual School of the Golden ments like the unmasking of many pre- Rosycross organised five powerful Aqua- tences: the human being is not good by rian Conferences in different places in nature, as has been believed for quite a Europe between 1963 and 1967.These spe- long time, nor is he bad. Good and evil cial conferences emphasised that being are aspects of the human being. There are aware of the need for a revolution is the many people who are striving for the high condition for true human genesis, wholly Aquarian ideals in their own lives. It is in the spirit of The Alchemical Wedding of said that the Aquarian influence, a period Christian Rosycross, a manuscript from of approximately 2160 years, heralds a the 17th-century Rosicrucians. In this time of brotherhood, freedom, harmony, profound short story, Christian Rosy- mutual understanding, unselfishness and cross is the prototype of the new human creativity. Whoever looks around him, being, the Aquarian human being. will not see much of this as yet, but gradu- Nowadays, it is generally acknowl- ally all illusions will be unmasked. In the edged that the revolutionary changes, in- end, the truth catches up with all the lies, itiated in the second half of the last cen- and how many scandals and secrets have tury, have been decisive for today’s so- not already been uncovered? ciety. Today’s politicians ascribe the cur- What is the significance of 400 years rent upheaval, lawlessness and amorality of the Rosycross in the light of Aquarius? directly to these changes, primarily to At the beginning of the 17th century, the the tendency toward individual freedom. Brotherhood of the Rosycross went pub- But this impulse did not concern politics: lic in Europe with manifestoes and pro-

36 clamations. The astronomer/astrologer risk of chaos remained limited. The ten- Kepler had discovered a supernova in the dency to order was strong in those days constellations of Serpentarius and Cy- and formed a solid bedrock for the stream gnus, and the Rosicrucians considered of living water. A new impulse can de- this to be a sign of ‘God’s Counsel’, as velop in any direction, but if it is received they mentioned in the Confessio (1615). It by conscious souls, it will form a strong was an impulse to renewal, manifested in bedrock to lead the stream in the right di- the sky, that would affect both the world rection. and our small world, the microcosm. European culture had also reached a level at which it was able to assimilate the Guided by Reason universal insights. People were guided by the awakening Reason, expressed by the During the same period, possibilities philosopher Bruno, a precursor of Spi- for an inner renewal and for the renewal noza and Descartes. If this impulse had By N, Kepler of the general spiritual climate in Europe not been received, both the human and marked the place were released. The Brotherhood of the cultural developments would have be- in the sign of the Rosycross advanced the possibilities for come stuck in an adolescent phase. Eur- Swan,where,in renewal despite the inherent risk of doing ope would not have reached maturity. 16 0 4, he saw a so.They did this, because in their opinion The formation of a new human being ‘new star’ it was necessary for the further develop- with true spiritual faculties and the in- (novam). In: De ment of humanity and human culture on spiration ofa culture withuniversal values stella nova in pede serpentarii. a purely Christian basis. The possibilities had become necessary. The promise of Prague,1606. presented themselves. At the time, the cir- freedom and the promise of creation, Amsterdam, cumstances in Europe were such that the which the Bible heralded, so full of hope, Ritman Library.

37 would be fulfilled. So the appearance of a has the seeker been able to work on him- new light in the constellations of Serpen- self in a meaningful way, as the Piscean tarius and Cygnus not only proclaimed influence wanes, and then only if he has this renewal in Europe, but at the same realised the requirements of the Age of time introduced the signature of the Pisces, as it offers the right starting point. Aquarian human being: Christian Rosy- A period of cleansing and purification of cross. He is the human being who is stand- the heart precedes this new phase, during ing in a dynamic process of change. Aqua- which he learns to listen humbly to the rius makes the manas possible, the Spirit- higher reason. Soul human being with the higher think- This first renewing impulse of the se- ing faculty, the androgyne, true man. venteenth century came to a dead end dur- Characteristics like unselfishness, solidar- ing the bloody religious wars inGermany, ity, friendship, reasonableness, integrity, between Protestants and Roman Catho- openness and creativity will begin to de- lics (the Thirty Years’ War). Only after a velop on a new basis. But the most impor- comprehensive European peace, signed in tant aspect of the process of new human Mu«nster in 1648,was it possible to pick up genesis is the birth of a new soul: an en- the impulse again. The French Revolu- tirely new directedness. It is the founda- tion, which aroused Europe in 1789 with tion for the alchemical wedding, the its declaration of human rights and the synthesis of the Spirit and the soul, from ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity, which a new body can arise. formed an important transition in this context: it was the first clear foreshadow- Three significant phases since 1604 ing of the influence of Aquarius. It is no coincidence that Uranus, the planet that This element, which remained under- controls the sign of Aquarius, was discov- exposed or was even absent in European ered in 1781. This foreshadowed influence culture until then, is now highly relevant is also marked with Mozart’s 1791 compo- for all of us. The development of a higher sition Die Zauberflo«te (The Magic Flute), type of human being is not an automatic in which the process of the Alchemical aspect of a culture, but a dynamic process Wedding of Christian Rosycross is set to of becoming conscious; it is not an evolu- music. Mozart considered the dawn of the tion led by secular or church authorities, Age of Aquarius to be a sunrise: symbo- but a revolution in our own microcosm: lism, magic and spirit-soul consciousness a step toward another starting point. musically represent a wedding feast that This new synthesis cannot take place has lost none of its power of expression on the basis of reward or punishment, to this day. but only on the basis of a positive decision During the 18th century, many im- to workontrue enlightenment,because of pulses stimulated alchemical self-realisa- a deeply felt invitation to the royal wed- tion, through freemasonry, among other ding, and without knowing in advance things. But counterforces also arose, such where this process will ultimately lead to. as the bloodbath that accompanied the This uncertainty and tension belong to French Revolution, which tainted and the process of growth to the maturity of bartered away the Aquarian values of lib- the soul. erty, equality and fraternity. Aquarius signifies a great new possibi- The period between 1787 and 1966 lity for the spiritual seeker. Not until now, was marked by numerous revolutions

38 and renewals, which began with high The truth is that the world cannot in ideals, but ended in totalitarian systems any way be made acceptable in the light that claimed countless victims. of eternity, and that untruthfulness and However, there were also joyful Aqua- hypocrisy rule supreme. We often take rian renewals. On the spiritual plane for part in it whether from economic motives instance, theosophy developed with the or for the ‘sake of peace’.This ‘peace’ cor- motto ‘there is no religion higher than responds exactly with the swooning con- the truth’, a true Aquarian motto. Also, text of ‘our good Lord’ in which the Son Max Heindel’s movement, the Rosicru- of God is often placed: it is appearances cian Fellowship, at the beginning of the and untruthful. 20th century, had, as its motto: ‘A clear intellect, a loving heart, a healthy body’. The glow of the monad In the last phase of the Age of Pisces ^ during which the Aquarius energy be- Although we know that I-culture is a comes noticeable ^ there is a strong focus dead end,we often take part in it. Another on the truth again. Seen astrosophically, way of thinking becomes then impossible. the Age of Pisces has entered its last We learn to live with the ‘obesity’ of the I. phase, the phase of the Fishes, the Two We suppress the idea of the need for spiri- Fishes. Pisces (Fishes) is controlled by tual change. We shrink from the change it the mystery planet Neptune, which J van requires and think that there is an immea- Rijckenborgh called the renewer of the surable distance between us and the true head sanctuary. human being.The I has taken us prisoner. The truth that becomes visible by un- Long before the 1960’s, yet still in the masking is often not a truth that human Aquarian phase of the Age of the Fishes, beings appreciate. What is uncovered these wise words resounded: the develop- confronts, and it brings our crisis of con- ment of the I, the nature ego, should be re- Impression of the sciousness fully to light. placed by the development of the monad. planet Pluto.

39 The monad is a much deeper nucleus than comes unassailable from the inevitable de- our ego and is not open to the temptations generation of cultures in the world. The that bind us to matter, habits and addic- Aquarian idea of ‘brotherhood’ plays a tions. The monad corresponds with the decisive role in this. Aquarius demands original field,with the Love that is perfect. the courage to engage inthe group process This is not the love we know. Love, which ^ but now on a new level, on the level of is the spirit of freedom, cannot be dealt the soul. The requirement is absolute, but with by our I. The love emanating from can be realised in the spirit of perfect love the I is of a much lower vibration. The and freedom. The power of the whole Love that the Letter to the Corinthians group will benefit all of its members, ac- speaks of, is of a different realm, and only cording to the adage: liberty, equality the monad has affinity with it and, via it, and fraternity. The true human being has can begin to ‘radiate’. then risen from the earth. He is an inhabi- The nucleus radiation of the monad tant of the original solar body,the cosmos. envelops its surroundings ^ that is us ^ with an unearthly glow.Through it,we experience an alienation from this world and we feel like strangers here. This spirit-spark, which experiences perfect love and freedom, drives the human being to intense activity. The dri- ven human being knows that this energy is not intended to be enlightening for a short while, but that it imposes an obligation. The spirit of love demands that the person give and spread the new energy. Through this, the inner construction con- tinues. In this way, the human being is confronted with the wisdom of Hermes: receiving everything, relinquishing everything and in this way renewing everything. If the striving person falls back into the actions of the I, he will arrive in no man’s land. The limits have been wiped out, and he no longer has anything to hold on to. If he tries to revivify the old values in a forced way, he gradually lapses into the realm of fundamentalism.Then a cultural degeneration begins and the at- tendant phenomena of fear, suppression and terror are profoundly upsetting and far from uplifting. The Aquarian impulse is not free from obligation. What matters in the sphere of Aquarius is to form such a strong mag- netic system or power field that it be-