A Special Message From Tibet to Dr. H. Spencer Lewis by Frater Nicholas Roerich, Legate of the Great White Brotherhood.

A Special Message From Tibet by Frater Nicholas de Roerich, Legate
of the Great White Brotherhood

[From The Rosicrucian Digest July 1933]

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The latest communication from our beloved Frater Nicholas Roerich, dated at the monastery in the Himalayas May 7, 1933. It is directed to the Imperator, H. Spencer Lewis, and reads as follows:)


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"ESTEEMED friend and Frater: Your valuable letter of March 24 gave me much joy both because of its deeply significant contents, and because of the date on which it was written. It was dated the 24th of March, which is not only the time of the annual Rosicrucian New Year Celebration, but is our annual memorable day in Tibet in the Name of our High Protectors. I was also glad that my former message to you was read to the members at the New Year feast in the Supreme Lodge.

"In these days of Armageddon all servitors of Light should be closely united spreading widely beneficial sparks of the Brotherhood.

"Complying with your request it gives me great pleasure to send to you for your museum in San Jose eight very rare and sacred Tibetan objects from our most holy monastery, the sublime temple of the High Protectors of the Great White Brotherhood. The first of the eight packages now on their way to you contains four sacred images sent to you as blessings from the monastery and most holy temple. The second package contains a charm box from a temple in Little Tibet, Ladakh. The third package contains a sacred stone with the inscription, 'Aum Mani Padme Hum'. The fourth package contains a hand-engraved image on Tibetan paper of the Supreme Ruler of Shambrala, the blessed Rigden-Jalpo. The rare paper contains at the bottom of the engraving a special salutation and greeting from the Supreme Ruler. The fifth package contains one turquoise silver ring from the hand of one of the masters whose name and personality will be indicated on the ring. The sixth package contains a sacred, sacramental Tibetan ring with sacred scarlet stone, sent as a blessing from one of the great masters for the personal use of the Imperator for North America. The seventh package contains one of the sacred Tibetan temple beads. These are extremely rare and their mere intrinsic value places them very highly among jewelers, while, of course, their esoteric and mystic value because of their vibrations places them beyond any price.

"I am also enclosing another article for your Rosicrucian Digest entitled Rigor Mortis. Verily it is time to warn the Western world against the fears and so-called dangers of attempts to practice Black Magic. Truly the most ancient of all organizations of Light must be vigilant at their watchtowers. Please convey to all the Brothers and Sisters of the North American jurisdiction my hearty greetings, and accept for yourself my sincerest fraternal wishes.


In spirit with you,

Nicholas de Roerich.

Roerich’s connection with AMORC has been disputed by some.
Gary Stewart now Knight Commander of the Order of the Militia Crucifera Evangelica, claimed that Roerich was never AMORC member and that he did not sign his MCE card, which was offered to him by Harvey Spencer Lewis and countersigned by Ralph Lewis. Please note that I refer here to AMORC’s most inner organization the MCE (Militia Crucifera Evangelica) and not to Stewart’s OMCE created by him in 1990. Considering Roerich’s long friendship and association with Lewis this attitude does not seem to be very realistic to me.

“TIBET WILL BE FREE” March 10: Tibetan National Uprising Day

Banner of Peace by Nicholas Roerich and his painting Lhasa

Alles van waarde is weerloos...

Today 10 March 2009, we are engaged in a deadly global struggle with those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction. - Barack Obama

"Cultuur is de liefde van de Mensheid; zij is de synthese van de realisaties die verheffen en inspireren… Uit cultuur kan de ware kennis bovenkomen die op werkelijke verdraagzaamheid wordt gegrondvest; uit deze werkelijke verdraagzaamheid komt absoluut begrip; uit dit absolute begrip ontstaat de vervoering voor vrede die de wereld verlicht en zuivert" - Nicholas Roerich, rozekruiser, kunstenaar en filosoof.

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies of the world and that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

“If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny.”- Martin Luther King

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise see in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws. - Walt Whitman

"Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free." - 14th Dalai Lama

Human Beings, indeed all sentient beings, have the right to pursue happiness and live in peace and freedom. - Dalai Lama

Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom. - Dalai Lama

"Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free."

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - Abraham Lincoln

"There is no road to freedom, freedom is the road." - Mahandas Ghandi

"You can raise pigs to be very strong and very fat. But a pig is still a pig. And a pig has no rights." - Liu Suli, 49-year-old book seller who spent 20 months in prison for his involvement with the Tiananmen protesters.

"Our country is like our national animal, the panda. It is slow to change, but change will come. We're making sure of it — but just quietly." - Anonymous 25-year-old Chinese office worker

"Please use your freedom to promote ours." - Aung San Suu Kyi

Wed Jun 3, 2009 Dalai Lama begins Dutch visit
AMSTERDAM (AFP) – Amid Chinese outrage, Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, arrived in the Netherlands Wednesday for a three-day visit he described as "non-political".
"My visit is non-political. I am here simply to share with the public about two things: human values and religious harmony," he told reporters upon his arrival at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.
The 73-year-old exiled Buddhist spiritual leader, due to meet Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen on Friday, said he was unfazed by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's decision not to receive him.
"No problem, I have no political agenda," he shrugged.
Asked whether he thought Balkenende had been influenced by Chinese pressure, he responded: "Ask him", and burst out laughing.
China on Tuesday warned that countries receiving the Dalai Lama on his European tour will "severely damage" relations with Beijing.
"Any irresponsible moves by any country over this issue will constitute gross intervention in the internal affairs of China and will severely damage relations with those countries," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing.
Chinese ambassador Zhang Jun had also written a letter to the Dutch parliament to protest against lawmakers' plans to meet the Dalai Lama. That meeting is going ahead on Friday morning.
The 14th Dalai Lama, winner of the 1989 Nobel peace prize, kicked off a European tour in Denmark last Friday which also includes Iceland, Poland and France.
Beijing accuses him of seeking independence for Tibet from Chinese rule and considers any official meeting with the leader as meddling in China's internal affairs.
The Dalai Lama denies the accusation and says he wants only meaningful autonomy for his homeland.
In the Netherlands, he would meet Verhagen not at the foreign ministry, but as part of an "inter-faith dialogue" in The Hague between the minister and leaders of religious communities.
The Dalai Lama would give a public lecture in Amsterdam on Thursday and open a concert entitled "Night of Tibet" on Friday evening.
He has been living in exile in India since 1959.
This is the Dalai Lama's fifth visit since 1986 to the Netherlands, which he described Wednesday as a "very, very low country" compared to Tibet -- also known as the Roof of the World.

Amsterdam June 4th, 2009: the Dalai Lama gives a public lecture and Buddhist teachings in the Europahal of Amsterdam RAI for a crowd of 10.000...

accompanying music: Simeon ten Holt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9L6Sz1H9go&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfI_4hITc5s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2s8L_8276o&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8GDSJ2jlS0&feature=related

OM MANI PADME HUM!

http://www.dalailamanederland.nl/site/

http://www.peaceconsciousness.org/resources/index.html

http://www.roerich.org/index.html

Rosicrucian Questions & Answers...

Some things are just black and white...

"Jongeman, eens zul je lid worden van deze Orde".

Wo sind die dann jetzt André, diese Rosenkreuzer von ihnen?
- Commissaire Ménardier in Belphegor

The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it. - Stanley Kubrick

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King

A READER OF MY BLOG, YES I HAVE ONE, SUBMITTED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS:

Q: : What lead you to become a rosicrucian?
A: Older people sometimes will tell you the strangest stories, on how they once joined the rosicrucian order. Well, things were so different in these days before the advent of the internet. If you now google the word rosicrucian you will score about 464.000 hits.
How different were things before the internet as you shall soon see, if you hear my story.
Past Dutch GM Eduard van Drenthem Soesman always used to tell us the story that once an old lady on a bus in Canada handed him an AMORC leaflet, foretelling him, young man, one day you'll be a member of that order! Was it precognition or a self-fulfilling prophecy? You tell me!
In 1966 as a young boy I watched a French television series called "Belphegor the Phantom of the Louvre". I could never explain the fear and excitement that I have felt watching this! This was by far the scariest and at the same time the most fascinating serial I have ever watched. It was fantastically well done, even by today’s standards, with a great and unsettling musical score. The series was about a secret of the Rosicrucians! This was the first time I ever learned the word rosicrucian and from that moment on I decided that I wanted to be one. However, where on earth could I find those mysterious rosicrucians? Did they still exist, I just didn’t know…
In the local library I located some very old books of the Rosicrucian Fellowship, which I started studying. Well I couldn’t even have joined them anyhow, since I was still living with my parents and coming from am orthodox Christian family this just wasn’t an option.
In 1974, meanwhile married, I saw in of all places my favourite car magazine, an AMORC advertisement. I watched to logo and I immediately knew that this was what I’d always been looking for. Applied and joined and stayed ever since.
Q: How long have you been a rosicrucian?
A: Since February 1974
Q: What principles did you apply in your life?
A: Probably most, on health, wealth etc. It permeates every aspect of my life.
Q: How can other fratres and sorores find your blog?
A: Well accidentally perhaps, by googling on certain rosicrucian themes. Well of course there’s no such thing as chance. Those who should find it for whatever reason, will find it.
Q: What is the purpose of your blog?
A: It first started as my personal rosicrucian notebook. In stead of making notes and writing them down on a piece of paper, I discovered that I could just as easily put them in a blog. I didn’t ever or don’t care about the number of visitors. If it helps one or two, I’m satisfied.
Gradually it started developing as a counter balance against the vicious and baseless attacks on AMORC so prevalent on the internet. Especially after the unholy Gary Stewart Affair, the true story of which you’ll find on my weblog.
I just don’t mind when ignorant people spread stupid tales on the rose cross, as you’ll also find a lot of nonsense about the Freemasons. But there’s a category of people, who’ve been longer or shorter with AMORC and who therefore ought to know better. They couldn’t live with it and apparently can’t live without it, and who in stead of getting a life of their own use all their energy and spare time to discredit AMORC.
Just to give you an example in this category, this moron Freeman, who wrote the Prisoner of San Jose, and in which he claims that AMORC mind controls and remotely indoctrinates its members! I’ve seen one or two things in life, but never anything as stupid as this one…
This is so unjust, and it perhaps keeps many people from joining who otherwise would, if they’d done so, benefit so much from it.
Right now we’re not just facing a credit crunch. But perhaps the most dangerous crisis we’re actually in, is the spiritual, mental crisis, yes existential crisis of humanity. So many people, who have no direction at all in life and religions are not always able to provide them with the right answers.
This crisis a.o. stems from the separation of science and religion. It is these people who without any spiritual basis for their life, those who hold no moral and ethical code of life and who in their recklessness and blind greed, and with their anti-social and irresponsible behaviour are guilty in the current financial crisis.
Q: How has it changed your life?
A: Yes, it made me so much happier and complete than I otherwise would have been, stronger in every respect.
Q: Have you ever been initiated in a temple?
A: Yes
Q: What is your philosophy of life?
A:Well the rosicrucian of course. There’s an afterlife, but don’t sit and wait for it. Enjoy every day and don’t worry about the things you can’t change. Don’t waste your time waiting for the right time. The time’s never right. TRY.
Q: Frater, can I get your permission to post this interview of a rosicrucian on my radio show blog?
A: You have my blessing bro* and best wishes for Peace Profound!

P.S. This was the scariest serial I have ever seen then and since! I was completely mesmerized with fear and excitement. Modern films cannot be compared to the brilliant 60ies version! So forget about the 2001 remake which is worthless, you can now watch the original 1965 version in its entirely on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCBE5418ED359944E

BELPHEGOR. Paris 1965...

1.Le Louvre (6 mars 1965)
2.Le Secret du Louvre (13 mars 1965)
3.Les Rose-Croix (20 mars 1965)
4.Le Rendez-vous du fantôme (27 mars 1965)

Aux plus Grands des Serviteurs de l’Humanité; un Sourire c'est peu de chose, mais sa ressemble à une Rose.*.

De anderen dat zijn wij! - IBF

"The present illusion of man is the overrating of the intellect."

"Dienstbaarheid en standvastigheid zijn de hoekstenen van waaruit ik mijn werkzaamheden zal verichten" - IBF

Wij moeten gevoelens van spijt vermijden, want ze kunnen het verleden niet veranderen, maar wel het heden vergiftigen en de toekomst verduisteren. - IBF

Un martiniste est martiniste à vie : il n'y a aucun pouvoir sur terre qui puisse défaire ce lien! Le temps altère et efface la parole de l'homme, mais ce qui est confié au Feu perdure indéfiniment...

De notre vie vous ne voyez que l'écorce, qui est au-dehors mais vous ne voyez les forts commendements, qui sont au-dedans.

De Rozekruiser is een dienaar, hij doet hetgeen hem opgedragen wordt en wanneer zijn missie is volbracht, trekt hij zich terug. - IBF

Today 14 February 2009 is Valentine’s Day & the birthday of our former Grand Master Irène Beusekamp-Fabert. For me she’ll always be the embodiment of the perfect Grand Master, always in the background, silent, very modest, but always present when she was needed. Un vrai Serviteur Inconnu! Happy birthday Irène!

Irène Lucie Marie Beusekamp, née Fabert, was born into a traditional French family, at Eaubonne (near Paris), France, on February 14, 1915. In 1937 she married G. Beusekamp, a Dutchman. G. Beusekamp went through transition in 1978. Soror Beusekamp has three children—one boy and two girls—and two grandchildren. While her children were young Irène Beusekamp looked after them and gave them support in their education.
Soror Beusekamp is a Romanist and has an MA in French, a degree which qualifies her to teach the French language, literature, and philosophy. She also studied the Ancient Egyptian language at the University of Leiden. She was an instructor in these subjects from 1961 to 1980.
In 1977 Soror Beusekamp became a member of Isis Chapter (later Lodge) in The Hague, where she held two officer positions. In 1982 she was appointed Regional Monitor and in 1983 Grand Councilor. In October 1983 Imperator Ralph Lewis appointed her Grand Master of the Dutch Language Jurisdiction in The Hague.

DISCOURSE:
If we are to believe the ancient Greeks, Harmonia (Harmony) was the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, or to put it differently, she was the fruit of passionate contacts between the God of War and the Goddess of Love. This may only surprise those who do not realize that Harmony is created by two opposing forces trying to reach a balance. The dictionary defines harmony as, "a conjunction or connection of a number of things into an orderly and agreeable whole; unanimity, concord and harmony."
Harmony is a familiar concept in Rosicrucian philosophy. It is mentioned in the monographs and it indicates balance in our Inner Self, harmony between our Self and our environment, and harmony between our Self and the Cosmic.
People usually define harmony in relation to themselves. We tend to call something "harmonious" when it is agreeable to us, when it contributes to our Peace Profound. But is harmony always so agreeable, is it always connected with Peace Profound?
Mystics go beyond defining harmony as simply something that is agreeable. The mystical definition of harmony indicates an impersonal connection according to natural law between two things or conditions. "A" added to "B" produces "C." Here we see the law of the triangle at work. Indeed, the human personality can distinguish between all sorts of situations which may be harmonious in themselves, but which may not be in accord with our personal, individual preferences. The important thing is that we must regard ourselves as one of the points of the triangle, that is, one of the points of the dialectical process, for everything corresponds to Nature’s laws and is in harmony according to natural law.
Certainly harmony reigns in Nature because Nature voluntarily turns towards its Creator and accepts the Creator’s laws: the wind that causes the tree to bend, the rain that is absorbed by the earth, the sun that ripens the wheat, the white frost and snow under which Nature goes to sleep when winter has arrived after months of intense work. Nature submits and adapts, and its beauty is the result of a never-ending harmony. Those who have the good fortune to live in communion with Nature are conscious of this.
It has been said that harmony is the mysterious voice of nature inspiring the poet. If all human beings were to hear this voice, as does the poet, Nature could be satisfied with the creature sent by the Creator to shepherd it. However, as we observe humanity becoming increasingly tumultuous, we realize that although our scientific knowledge and understanding of the forces of the universe have increased exponentially, we have somehow lost our knowledge of Nature’s equilibrium. We would do well to be guided by our increased scientific knowledge back to a harmonious relationship with Nature.
Harmony with our surroundings has its origin in our deepest being. Nature and "simple folks" are sensitive to this. Let us be such simple folks. Let us work so that our Self becomes a perceptible energy which each of us should channel intelligently in order to restore the equilibrium of human society, for this equilibrium will return the lost harmony to the human heart.
May harmony take root in and reign over the human heart. May harmony rule throughout the entire world and bring people the love and wisdom necessary for their welfare and the welfare of the world.

So Mote It Be!

Each day we intentionally, or indifferently sow a seed.

These seeds are our daily thoughts and actions.

Nature nurtures them alike.

Time will revel their harvest.

Will it be what we sought from life?

Therefore, it is my wish that during the forthcoming year,

each day for you will be a planting of a seed of thought and action,

that will provide you the Golden Harvest of health, happiness and Peace Profound!

Ralph Maxwell Lewis FRC

P.S.:
Where the Dutch word “roze(n)kruiserdom” is very likely a germanism (Rosenkreuzertum), the word “rosicrucianisme” is most definitely a gallicism and it does not exist in the Dutch language. Surprisingly or not, these days you see it emerging more and more, in books, articles, and theses etc. So does this bother me? Hell no!
On the contrary I’d even like to propagate the very word, though the correct word here should be “roze(n)kruiserij” imho.
Why (not)? Because it was introduced by our former Grand Master Irène Beusekamp-Fabert (or should I say Grand Master Emeritus?). So with the word I’d like to honour her for her great contribution to Rosicrucianism(e) in The Netherlands.

Rozekruiser or Rozenkruiser?

Where the AMORC adherents invariably designate themselves as “Rozekruisers”, the Lectorium Rosicrucian followers, though they once started as “Rozekruisers Genootschap” now call themselves “Rozenkruisers”.

IN MEMORIAM: Irène Beusekamp-Fabert (14/2/1915 - 6/9/2012)
LA GRANDE DAME DU ROSICRUCIANISME!

Last Thursday, September 6th 2012, our beloved Grand Master Emerita sr. Irène Beusekamp - Fabert passed away peacefully in her home in The Hague, the esoteric capital of The Netherlands.
Soror Beusekamp was personally acquainted with many of the great French Martinists of the pre-WWII era. She received her Martinist Initiations in Brussels, Belgium. She was Grand Master of the Traditional Martinist Order and the Rosicrucian Order AMORC for the Dutch speaking countries for almost 25 years and under her inspiring leadership more than 500 members were received in the Traditional Martinist Order on three continents: in Surinam, the Netherlands & Belgium and the Netherlands Antilles.
Irène Beusekamp was 97.

I am forever in your debt soror Irène. La sincérité persuade toujours!- André

Geliefde fratres & sorores,

Evenals de vorige jaren was 2012 intesssant en rijk aan ervaringen. Maar voordat ik u een overzicht van al mijn activiteiten als officiant van onze Orde geef, zou ik graag de nagedachtenis aan onze soror Irène Beusekamp-Fabert willen eren die op 6 september jongstleden is overgegaan. De oudsten onder u zullen zich zullen zich herinneren dat ik herhaalde malen heb verwezen naar onze soror die Grootmeester was van de Nederlandse jurisdictie van 1983 tot 2007. Tot aan het einde van haar aardse voorgang die zij in 1915 in Frankrijk aanving, toonde zij zich onverschrokken, mystiek en loyaal. Vanwege haar huwelijk was het Nederlands haar eigen taal geworden en zo trad zij na verscheidene jaren van Rozekruiserschap, na de overgang van frater Van Drenthem Soesman, toe tot de functie van Grootmeester.

Wij stonden gevoelsmatig zeer dicht bij elkaar. Zij heeft mij altijd gesteund en mij haar gehele vertrouwen geschonken. Tot op de leeftijd van 92 jaar werkte en reisde zij en nam deel aan de bijeenkomsten van de Opperste Raad in Québec. Zij is enkele weken voor een tweetalig Convent (Nederlands - Frans) in Brussel heengegaan. Ik heb haar aanwezigheid tijdens deze dagen heel sterk gevoeld. Zij zal voor altijd in mijn hart aanwezig blijven en in dat van al degenen die contact met haar hebben gehad en die haar hebben liefgehad. - Christian Bernard