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NEXT MEETING – February 26th at years, she has given many classes, seminars, Elks Lodge – 444 W Alma Ave., San Jose, and sermons on a variety of topics. CA 95110 Right after she retired from paid employment, she served with her husband Pre-Paid Buffet Lunch at 11:15 – No admission with Habitat for Humanity for three years in before 11:15am. The flyer for the February lunch was sent out in January Newsletter Eastern Europe. Later they served on (payment due date February 20th). March lunch numerous shorter term HFH trips to help flyer is enclosed in this newsletter. Admission for build in many countries, including the members attending only the meeting will be at USA. Yes, she was privileged to work 12:15 pm. alongside Jimmy Carter in several countries. Meeting will begin at 12:30 pm. She remains active locally with several HABITAT for HUMANITY organizations focused on affordable housing AROUND the WORLD for all. These include: Rebuilding Together BARBARA BODE SNYDER Silicon Valley and Habitat for Humanity East Bay Silicon Valley. Internationally, rs. Snyder she stays abreast of the activities of Habitat and her for Humanity International. She lives with husband her husband, Don, in Silicon Valley, San M Don have Jose, California. lived and worked She just returned from two weeks skiing and volunteered on at Alta in Utah, where she skis as an Alta six continents, much Senior Skier, for which you must be 80+ years of age. of that with Habitat for Humanity. She will tell you briefly of some of her own A VERY WARM WELCOME TO personal experiences volunteering on many OUR NEW MEMBERS! continents and in Silicon Valley while ollowing are the names of new members working with HFH. – Diana Armenta, Marilou Dano, Caceres Barbara Bode Snyder was the author of Seguara Guillermo, Jose Esteves, Carl numerous technical manuals and textbooks F Kirsch, Paul Klunder, Gary Linafelter, during her ten-year career as a Faaiutalausage Mauga, Noeung Nguon, Marcel mathematician / programmer / system Pajuelo-Schwart, Rukhmani Ram, John engineer at IBM and later during her twenty Roukema, Amy Thompson, Mong-Hoa Ton and years as an electronics and computer Thai-Hoa Tran. technology instructor at San Jose City Welcome Everyone! College. A Sunday school teacher for 25 Chapman where we parked in the large free lot for the museum. Walking across the street, I noticed a new area developed on the grounds that I hadn’t SANTA CLARA COUNTY seen before. We went over to explore, and were INFORMATION DESK delighted to find and walk through the Labyrinth. It is a meditative walk based on the Chartres hank you to the following members who Labyrinth, planted in native plants and surrounded staffed the Information Desk in January: by a new grove of oaks. It is wheel-chair accessible TLinda Baum, Mary Chaboya, Gloria and has ground-level guide rails, making this the Courtney, Sara De Leon, Sue Farr, Kris Fisher, first fully accessible labyrinth in the world! This Judy Frey, Bob Hagele, Tom Heim, Connie corner of the Park is open from 8 am to sunset for Jimenez, Georgia Leanis, Laura Levin, Brian everyone to enjoy. Mark, Sherrill Martinez, Kathy Miller, Alan Another outdoor area is a walled Miramon, Mary Mitchell, Gerri Nedley, Thu medicinal/alchemy garden with a koi pond and an Nguyen, John Avery Palmer, Jean Platner, Josie open-air pavilion. Walking on, we came to the Rice, Rachel Subega, and Cathy Weisbrick. Peace Garden where you are encouraged to reflect on the tenets of peaceful living. This garden is authentic to the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Two wonderful large statues we came across were IN MEMORIAM: Our deepest sympathy to Cleopatra with her young son, and Pythagoras. the families and loved ones of Lowell Berge, There is a large game board on the ground where Remedios Correos, John Gallagher, Betty you can play the ancient game of Senet. We Manwell, and Joseph Rodriguez. enjoyed seeing people sitting in and walking There was an error made in the January through the gardens. The Grand Temple is near the listing. Mr. Dale Frase was listed as deceased. Peace Garden. Its exterior is modeled after the It was his wife, Mrs. Vera Frase, who have Temple of Dendera. There is a central court which passed. I wish to send Mr. Frase my heartfelt is open to the sky, and then there is the inner temple condolence for the loss of his wife and an with beautiful murals. apology for having included him on the list. The Research Library is open to all, and houses a They will truly be missed. rare books room. The collection began in 1916 and the current building dates from 1939. There you can find alchemical manuscripts, Rosicrucian Manifestos of the early 1600’s, and first and early THE HISTORY CORNER editions of scholars such as Paracelsus, Francis MARIANNE DAMON, Bacon and Isaac Newton. Books, from ancient to RPEA CHAPTER 031 HISTORIAN current, on philosophy, nature and science are COME WALK WITH US THROUGH available for study. ROSICRUCIAN PARK We then walked past the Planetarium and admired lovely its Moorish design which was chosen to honor the January important contribution of Arab astronomers to our morning. celestial knowledge. It is currently closed for AClear renovations. This planetarium is the fifth one to be blue sky, cool built in the United States, and it is the first one to refreshing air, have a star projector built in the U.S. In fact, the good company person who built the projector is the person who and a fascinating founded this very park, Harvey Spencer Lewis! H.S. place to go visit. Mary Mitchell, our newsletter Lewis traveled to France and was initiated into the editor, and I took a trip to the San Jose landmark, Rosicrucian Order in 1909. He founded the The Rosicrucian Park. We drove down Park American branch in 1915 and in 1927 moved the Avenue, past Hoover Middle School (with its headquarters to San Jose. He was a supporter of famous gem, The Historic Hoover Theater) on the several Egyptian archaeological expeditions and a left, and the imposing entrance to the Rosicrucian collector of artifacts. Very quickly, he established Museum on the right, turned onto Naglee, then onto Continued to page 3 Continued from Page 2 child mummy in the collection. She was a museum, at this current site, for the public’s determined to be a 6 to 7-year-old girl who had education and enjoyment. Of interest, he also suffered no trauma, had good nutrition, and was operated an educational radio station from these well-loved as evidenced by how she was cared for grounds. after death. A forensic re-creation of her head, What is the Rosicrucian Order? The Ancient displayed next to her wrapped and mummified and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC) has its body, makes her very real and dear. Her name origins in the ancient Egyptian mystery schools, unknown, she has been given the name Sherit which with additional knowledge from the Greeks and means “Little One” in ancient Egyptian. medieval Alchemists. It is a “world-wide The museum is closed on Mondays and philosophical and humanistic, non-sectarian and Tuesdays. We went on a Wednesday and enjoyed apolitical fraternal order devoted to the study of the being there with two middle-school groups. We elusive mysteries of life and the universe.” Any couldn’t help but notice that, in general, the boys person of legal adult age (usually 18) can join. were very active and needed to be directed, and the Rosicrucian Park is the headquarters for the girls were more interested and were noting details English-Speaking Grand Lodge for the Americas, and calling friends over to observe something. If one of 23 Grand Lodges. And now, we’re ready to you go on the weekend, you can participate in free visit their gift to the public, the Rosicrucian workshops (how to play Senet, Egyptian jewelry, Museum! Walking in, we paid our $7 senior fee, perfume, cosmetics…). Check the website before and noted that people in wheel-chairs can be you go for more information: accommodated via stair-rail elevator lifts. https://egyptianmuseum.org/ The Rosicrucian Museum houses the largest Our time at the museum was coming to a close. collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in We had arrived around 10 am. We had walked the western North America. At 1660 Park Avenue, the grounds for about 45 minutes and we explored the façade is modeled after the Temple of Amon at museum for about two hours. It was time for lunch! Karnak. The artifacts and professional replicas We walked cross-corner over to Park Station stretch from the pre-dynastic through the early Hashery and were very happy with our selections. Islamic eras of Egypt’s history, and exhibits also Our heads were full of wonders! include objects from Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian epochs. The museum is laid out in four Correction: In the December 2019 Newsletter main galleries: The Afterlife (which includes the date of the Volunteer Luncheon was stated mummies, sarcophagi, and a tomb and burial as May 8. It took place on October 8, 2019. chamber replication), Daily Life (where school kids listen to a docent before they go on their “treasure hunts”), Rulers (where you can see an original CORONAVIRUS , COLD OR FLU? statue of Cleopatra VII), and Religion. There is an F Y I (Please check with your doctor for more info) area near the restrooms where you can sit on Common Symptoms can include: comfortable, padded benches and watch short films Fever, Dry cough, Shortness of Breath, Aching on various subjects.

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