The International School of the Golden Rosycross, Lectorium Rosicrucianum

Kedron, into the garden called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray yonder And the commencement of the ‘last supper’ symbolises the moment when the primeval golden pranic light part of a mystery school: the inner path can only be followed in service, where the higher serves the lower

At midnight came a cry, A child is born in yonder cave among the beasts. It is the story of Jesus who grows up, who heals and works wonders, who chooses his disciples, and whose

Sublime contradiction in a single flower! Perfect image of the striving human!

Orpheus < Back Orpheus Volume 29 nr 4 July/August 2007 Introduction Orpheus, the singer-poet, wandered

This involution, this descent through areas with an ever-lower frequency, is guided by angels, as symbolized Before the prince descends, he has to leave behind two garments: the shining garment and the golden robe after a long path of experience, dressed in the soul (the shining garment) and the spirit-soul (the golden

. - beyond life, on yonder side of death - a contribution from France 18 Creation as mirror - a contribution

From olden times it was ordained that you should be with us, and in this sacred school be taught. There are two selves; the higher and the lower self. The higher self is justice, mercy, love and right; the lower self is what the higher self is not. The only devil from which men must be redeemed is self, the lower self. The higher self of man arouses in the lower self the desire to walk a spiritual path.

‘Some men have climbed on those mountains; circle above circle of bare rock they have scaled; and, wandering

The ant constructs her home, the bee its sheltering comb, the spider weaves her web, and flowers breathe Sometimes it can be said of a person that youth is like a flower and old age like a bouquet. been fathomed: life itself, with all its aspects that seem to us to occur aimlessly, has initiated the lower

[Chap. 8, verse 14] ‘He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of the world, and knows of blessed is the man who has made purity and love his very own; he has been ransomed from the perils of the lower