Category: Fourth Temple Degree

  • WHERE SHADOWS MAY FALL

    I do not believe that these exercise that resemble the one described in my last three blogs generally lead someone to Cosmic Consciousness. I believe, in fact, there is a profound difference between watching a travelogue of Puerto Rico and actually going there. In general, I think that AMORC basically…

  • THE ELUSIVE COSMIC PRESENCE

    In our preceding log, we described the core dynamics of an exercise- or ‘practical application’- described in the Master Monograph #6 from Degree 4, which is designed to lift the member to Cosmic Consciousness, described as a ‘state of infinity and eternity.’ This exercise is very much an exercise in…

  • A STRANGELY DISCORDANT MIND

    In one of my last three blogs, I have analyzed a few strange elements in Monograph No. 4 of the 4th Degree in the Initiate Section. The first alluded to the viewpoint of John Butler Burke, who, though characterized as a mystic by AMORC, really writes like an agnostic, although…

  • A STRANGELY DISCORDANT CITATION

    When reviewing Monograph No. 4 of the 4th Degree in the Initiate, I was initially baffled by the incongruity of Burke’s discourse on the transition of the human soul and the basic precepts of mysticism. But, when I passed onto the core content of the monograph, I became further baffled.…

  • THE SIXTH LAW

    In Master Monograph No. 3 of the Fourth Degree, Initiate Section, the Sixth Law of Nodin’s Manuscript is enunciated: The Sun is the source from which emanates the positive polarity of Nous; the Earth is that from which is propagated its negative polarity. On the surface, this seems rather straightforward:…

  • AMORC IS A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING

    As one looks at various cosmological systems, it is not unusual to see various terms and ideas used somewhat differently. Although the Master Monograph, Fourth Degree No. 2 is utilizing the Nodin Manuscript, it quotes from Anaxagoras, the Pre-Socratic Philosopher, 500-428 B.C., saying that the manuscript quotes the Pre-Socratic, utilizing…

  • AMORC IS A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING

    According the Master Monograph Degree 4, No.1, the Nodin Manuscript is dated “SUN in Capricorn, 9 degrees, Lux R+C, in the city of Lyons, France.” The Monograph says it is therefore to have been written in A.D. 720. R+C is a designation for the Rosicrucian order. It is interesting to…

  • A STRANGELY DISCORDANT CITATION

    When reviewing Monograph No. 4 of the 4th Degree in the Initiate, I was initially baffled by the incongruity of Burke’s discourse on the transition of the human soul and the basic precepts of mysticism. But, when I passed onto the core content of the monograph, I became further baffled.…