Proposal to Found Rose-Croix University (1934)

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SUPREME GRAND LODGE OF AMORC

NCRTH AMERICAN JURISDICTION

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P R I N T E D I N J . . A . Y T H E R O S I C R U C I A N P R E S S L T D . . S A N J O S E . C A L I F O R N I A


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PREFACE

FEEL SURE that our members throughout North America willmanifest a deep interest in the proposal of a typical Rosicrucian

University for this jurisdiction. If for no other reason each oneof us should unite in working to bring this about so that a greatmonument symbolical of the principles of Rosicrucianism will beestablished in this Western World to stand in the future as a

landmark of the Order.The officers and members of the Board of Trustees of AMORC have had

this in mind for many years. From month to mouth additional featureshave been added to the plans and ideas for such a university and graduallya large amount of scientific equipment has been accumulated, and some ofit stored away while the remainder has been tested and used experimentallywith the sole purpose in mind of donating these things to the work of theuniversity in the future. In the laying out of the grounds of RosicrucianPark and in the arrangement of its various buildings now completed spacehas been left for the erection of the future university building and variousinteresting manuscripts dealing with higher scientific, metaphysical, andmystical principles that have come to us from various countries have beenput away in the vaults to be saved for the day when these things could be

given properly in personal class instruction to those members who lookforward to devoting their entire lives to Rosicrucian research and Rosi-crucian unfoldment.

The time is coming when there will be a great demand on the part ofthousands of profound, sincere students for additional instruction undervarious specialists so that these students may go out into the field of humaneffort especially qualified to deal with certain problems of life, and cotvtribute to the greater evolution of the nations of peoples in this WesternWorld. W e may rightly take pride in such a plan, and we may rightly be

proud of our part in laying the foundation for such a university. Each andevery member of the Order at the present time and in the future will beable to point with just satisfaction to the fact that back of their organization,back of their graded studies at home, back of their membership, and theiraffiliation with the Order, is this great university representing the highestspiritual, mystical, and Cosmic ideals of Rosicrucianism. This will immediately place the Rosicrucian activities in this Western World beyond the paleof any criticism or comment on the part of those persons who think that theorganization is a mere fraternal body of like-minded individuals seeking for

some ethereal goal or searching for mysterious knowledge. The RosicrucianOrder today in the Western World has attained a high degree of respecton the part of intelligent-thinking men and women and these persons anticipate that some day the Rosicrucian Order will reveal its great objective andgreat plan by classifying itself as one of the great university systems ofeducation in the Western World.

The officers and members of the Board of Directors of AMORC arewilling to make every sacrifice and make every contribution of time, money.

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and effort to bring this university into a realization. The plans will becarried out, and the great building will be constructed, and the classwork

begun as quickly as possible, regardless of whether the members of theOrder generally throughout the continent are able to give their financialsupport to the construction of the building or not. Personally, as Imperatorof the Order, I am pledged to see that the university is constructed, and ifit requires every material thing within my possession and every other assetof the organization to bring about the realization of these plans, it willbe done. But we feel that the members themselves desire to have some partin the laying of the foundation of this university by contributing to theconstruction of its first large buildings. Afte r the building is completed

AMORC and its officers will see that it is properly equipped and properlymaintained. AM ORC is willing to assume the tremendous obligation andexpense of the interior equipment and the maintenance, and to provide thespecialists who will give their time to the instruction and in every waycontribute to making the university welh known, honored, and respected inNorth America and other lands as are other Rose Croix Universities inother jurisdictions. I feel sure, however, that the average member of theOrder feels like those who were present at the Convention in San Jose in1933. There was a tremendous, spontaneous expression of desire to help

in such a plan, and the members seemed to vie with one another in want'ing to be among the first to contribute something toward the university.Letters received during the past months have continued to express that samespirit of cooperation. I think that such a monument to the Rosicrucianideals should contain somewhere on its walls and in its records the list ofnames of those who are founders of the university and who have contributedto its material foundation and structure. The Supreme Secretary, with theassistance of others as an advisory committee, has worked out a plan

whereby each member may conveniently assist in a material way and havehis or he r name recorded as one of the founders of the university. I amhappy to endorse that plan, and to recommend it to you, and ask thatyou give your sincere attention and careful consideration to the other partsand pages of this pamphlet. From time to time we will announce in thepages of The Rosicrucian Digest or the Forum just what is being ac'complished in carrying out this plan and what help we have received, andwhat progress is being made in our approach to the goal we have set.

Assuring each of our members that all of this is in the spirit of service to

our members and the perpetuation in the Western W orld of the Rosicrucianprinciples that have moved thousands of human beings forward in theirpersonal evolution, and with good wishes to each and every member for

Peace Profound, I amFraternally,

H. SPENCER LEWIS, P h . D., Imperator.

SANCTUM SANCTORIUM, ROSICRUCIAN PARK,

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 5, 1934.

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PROPOSED SCIENCE BUILDINGROSE-CROIX UNIVERSITY

The above structure is proposed as the first unit of the Rose-Croix University buildings. It will house a referencelibrary of philosophical and scientific records, chemical, solar spectrum, and physical laboratories, also an especiallydesigned classroom, a radio and high frequency laboratory, and the special feature of a sound motion picture projectionroom for illustrated lectures. The architectural design is Egyptian, to harmonize with the other buildings in RosicrucianPark. The architect is an officer and member of the Grand Lodge staff.


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T SEEMS most befitting that the Rose'Croix University of NorthAmerica is founded by Rosicrudans who are members of thisjurisdiction. Throughout the world in times past the lamp ofknowledge was frequently lighted. Its rays have dispelled dark'ness under the protection and guidance of the Rose and Cross.The areas bathed in its sdntillation gave rise to new jurisdictions

of the time'honored Rosicrucian fraternity. The crusade of Light invokedthe wrath of its enemies; intolerance, ignorance, superstition and envymobilized their nefarious forces, and sought to oppose it. Light and itscompanions, truth and knowledge, persevered, but the ordeal was mostsevere. Always at the end of each ray of illumination, like a spectre, wasdarkness, a creature crouching, waiting to spring forward to extinguishLight, if its bearers should lose faith or courage.

The Light has slowly conquered. The limit of its radiance today con-stitutes the boundaries of the civilized world. This greater Light that has

come with the years has made visible to all the sites of the earlier struggles.Recent histories and encyclopedias abound in accounts of the early persecu'tions of the leaders of this great movement. The sacrifice made by earnestsouls who dared to make inquiry into the hidden mysteries of life are lookedupon in horror by a more just humanity of today. There remains through'out the world today venerated structures that centuries ago sheltered thesegroups of courageous souls who dared defy the prejudices of the times tomeet together in secrecy so that they might free their minds from thenoxious existing chimeras.

In a city of Southern France is a massive stone structure, sombre andmajestic, that in centuries past was hailed by the brethren as the SEE ofhermetic knowledge. Its massive, resisting walls have withstood countlesswaves of human fury manifest in battle and blood. Behind its bleak ex'terior through its long passageways have many neophytes marched insolemn procession. Across its threshold into the outer world with lipssealed, with sacred oath, and hearts afire with enthusiasm for the cause,have passed many whose later deeds are the mile'stones in mankindsadvancement. In Basel, Switzerland; London, England; Athens, Greece;

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A university should be a place of light, ofliberty and of learning.

Speech, House of Commons,

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Brussels, Belgium; Germany, Russia and Austria stand these glorious monu-ments to the great work that shall continue as long as man is man.

These edifices were built and maintained by Rosicrucians. High ideals

mixed with human blood have made them endure. No Rosicrucians of thejurisdiction in which they exist can look upon them without mixed feelingsof pride and remorsepride for a symbol so typifying the exaltedprinciples of the Order, and remorse for those who pass in memory's reviewas having given their mortal body that the cause might become immortal.

W hat greater honor could be bestowed upon these shrines than thatthey be retained as centers of great learning? In contrast with their formershroud of secrecy, most of them today wave the banner of welcome andfreedom. Alive is kept their former ideal that only the unusual, theenigmas of life, be studied and their solution sought. Though the way totheir portals is now well-defined, yet but a meager number travel it. Feware those, however, once having entered, who do not return wealthy inmind and abounding in happiness.

Is not the North American jurisdictionyour jurisdictiontohave suchlandmarks? W hy should not we endow an institution and dedicate it tothe same noble purposes as the jurisdictions of our predecessors? Is ourdevotion and sincerity any less substantial? Shall it end with the body and

mind that gave them birth? W e, too, are duty-bound to leave behind usfor posterity a testimony of our accomplishment. Our era should go downin Rosicrudan history as a continuance of the creative spirit. We, too,must add a stone to the foundation started centuries before. Is our nichein time to be referred to as a period when Rosicrudan progress wassuspended, or that we rested upon the labors of our earlier brethren?Certainly all the fruit of knowledge has not been picked, nor all the seedof inner development sown. It is still a time for sacrifice, not of body orpeace of mind, but of material means. Shall we, brethren, establish the

Rose-Croix University of North America? W e have conceived it!

AN APPEAL TO YOU

Each Rosicrudan should become a founder of this institution. Thepossibility of the establishment of this center of sdentific research andinvestigation of nature s laws rests with you. Eventually it will become areality even if you do not assist in its founding at present, but the delaywould be costlycostly in the loss of time and the unavailability of truth.This university shall be yours! It must be the result of your effort, the

consequence of your desire. It is to be a Rosicrudan center of learning and

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Very late in life, when he was studying geometry, someone said to Lacydes, Is it then a time

fo r you to be learn in g now?1 I f it is not, hereplied, when will it be?

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research, not alone in name or dedication, but in co-operative accomplishment and contribution.

Appropriately framed, placed upon the walls of the research library ofthis institution will be the honor roll of its founders, the names of those whomade the Rose-Croix University a reality. Every student of the futurewhile availing himself of the facilities of its unique library may gaze uponthose names with deep respect, and there will be engendered within theirbreasts the urge to do their best. This institution must be a credit to theRosi crucian Order, even in its physical aspect. Beauty must be combinedwith practicability. Every device, instrument, appliance and form ofequipment necessary to assure the mastery of the subjects taught must be

acquired. This will necessarily mean an expenditure of a considerablesum of money. It is the solemn duty of the Supreme Grand Lodge ofAMORC to purchase this equipment after the physical structure of thebuilding has been erected. It shall procure the best scientific equipmentthat is obtainable. The Supreme Grand Lodge shall further provide afaculty duly qualified and proficient to impart their comprehension of thetruths of nature to the students, and they shall be capable in directing thestudents further inquiry into the realm of unknown knowledge.

But before the Supreme Grand can do this a ph y s ic a l s t r u c t u r e is n e e d e d one that will adequately house all the present necessary facilitiesof the university, and become the nucleus for further growth. To makethis building, this beautiful and utilitarian structure possible, shall be yourshare of the burden in the great work. The erection of this building islogically the first necessary step to be taken, and the funds for this mustcome from the Rosicruoian members. You must found this institution;the individual effort must be sincerewhole-heartedly made; you shouldfeel as though you are really contributing, that you have made a sacrifice

to bring into existence this new great channel for Rosicrucian expression.If in the days of yore you had been one of the brethren actually buildingone of the great temples or mystery schools, you would have done your

physical best. You would have expended all the strength that was yours inhelping to lift great stones in place. You would have gone the limit ofyour endurance in shaping in the quarries the great blocks of stone. True,there might have been some stronger or more skilled, but you would havehad the inner satisfaction of knowing that within your power you didyour best. Shall you do less today? Your conscience, then, would have

been the measure of the limit of your effort, and so it is today.

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Heaven is not reached at a single bound;But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted s\ies,A nd we mount to its summit round by round.

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C|oto to ContributePa r t Tw o

E a c h Frater or Soror who contributes will receive a certificate acknowledging him or her as a founder of the Rose'Croix University. Eachfounder shall have his or her name inscribed on the great scroll to bepreserved in the University for posterity. For your convenience in con'tributing, we have arranged the amounts of contributions asked for intofour distinct divisions. Please read very carefully the explanation accom'

panying each division. Please try to make your contribution come withinas high a division as possible. Remember the cause.

This is a humanitarian venture untainted by any form of commercialism.Upon the erection of the Rose-Croix University an accountants auditedstatement o* all moneys received and expended for this purpose will be

published, also a photostatic copy of the builders contract, revealing theactual cost of construction. Every Rosicrudan founder will receive this

published information.

FOUNDERS CONTRIBUTION OF $100 OR MORENaturally, if every contribution is of the lowest division, it will not be

possible to effect our plans for the erection of the Rosicrudan University.Every Rosicrudan is asked, therefore, to try to make his contribution comewithin this particular division.

To every member who gives $100 or more will be given a receipt forone terms tuition, fully paid. In other words, as an act of appreciation,those who make a generous gift of $100 or more will receive a certificateentitling them to attend one semester at the university with all tuition feespaid.

FOUNDERS CONTRIBUTION OF $25To the Rosicrudan who makes a contribution of $25 or any amount

between $25 and $100, a paid certificate for one-half term tuition will begiven. In addition to founding the Rose-Croix University, those who makethis contribution will hold a receipt for a half terms tuition, which shall

be acceptable at any time within a period of two years. W e hope thatmany Rosicrudans will avail themselves of this investment in learning, andat the same time further the establishment of the university. Try and

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A gift should be like unto a mirror, and re'fle e t the gen eros ity o f the giver.

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FOUNDERS CONTRIBUTION OF $10

This division includes all remittances between the amounts of $10 and$25. It naturally will require many contributions of this amount to make

the physical structure of the university possible; but these contributionswill be highly appreciated. Every Rosicrucian whose contribution fallswithin this division will receive an attractive, neat medallion to be worn,signifying he or she is one of the Rose'Croix University founders. Thishonorary medallion will be given in addition to a founders certificate, whichevery contributor will receive. Nearly every Rosicrucian, by a slight sacri'fice, can make a contribution that will come within this division.

FOUNDERS CONTRIBUTION OF LESS THAN $10

That every Rosicrucian everywhere in every circumstance might sharein the great work of making this Rose'Croix University an actuality, thisdivision has been established. Your humble contribution will be receivedwith deep appreciation. So that the university may be realised as soon aspossible. Please do not make your contribution come within this divisionif it is possible for you to give within one of the above divisions. Every con'tributor of this division will also receive a founders certificate.

ATTENTION, PLEASE Final InstructionsSo that actual construction may start just as soon as possible, every

Rosicrucian is urgently requested to make his or her contribution withinthirty days after the receipt of this appeal. Your contribution wheneverreceived will materially help the cause, BUT delay in forwarding the con'tribution will necessarily delay actual starting of the construction of theUniversity. Do not send remittances in cash without registering your letter.All checks and money orders should be made payable to the Ro sE'C r o ix

U n iv e r s it y Fu n d. The envelope containing your remittance should beaddressed to the Rose'Croix Foundation, c/o Rosicrucian Order AMORC,San Jose, California, U. S. A. On the back of every founders certificatesent to a contributor will be receipted the amount of money he or 6hecontributed. ON PAGE SEVEN IS A CO NTR IBU TIO N FORM whichcan lx: removed from this booklet without destroying it. Fill out the form and be certain you SEND IT W IT H YOUR C ONT RIBUTION.

No more worthy enterprise has ever been promoted by the RosicrucianOrder, AMORC, and it is hoped that the Cosmic will open the way for

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Behold, how good and how pleasant it is forbrethren to dwell together in unity.

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Founder s Contribution FormKindly accompany your contribution with the form below. Be sure that you have

carefully given all of the information required. Please have your contribution comewithin the highest division possible. To remove form below, tear on scored line onleft side. Be certain to make your remittance payable to ROSE-CROIX UNIVER

SITY FUND, and send to proper address below.

I wish to share in the foundation of

The Rose'Croix University

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I am heartily in accord with the proposal that the Rosicrucian

Order AMORC of the North American jurisdiction of this

cycle, erect a suitable edifice, housing such facilities as will not

alone perpetuate the knowledge now in the archives of the Order

but which will afford the Pratres and Sorores the opportunity of

research and inquiry into the works of the Cosmic, so they may

through their findings add to that which is now known. You will

therefore find enclosed my foundation contribution which shall

be used for the purposes of the Rose'Croix University.

NAME............................................ ......................... ....................... ........

ADDRESS............ ...................

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Enclosed please find contribution of $.

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1 B H W M m iM d M

SIR FRANCIS LORD BACON, F. R. C.

This eminent Rosicrucian during the Bloody Sixteenth Century was a pioneer in therevolution of methods of education. He was to his era. like Aristotle was to the ancient

world. He challenged the antiquated system of knowledge and advanced human learninga century beyond the mass understanding of the time. He was also founder of the


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