Category: First Temple Degree

  • RITUAL – SET-UP FOR MIND CONTROL

               Covert mind control is not just a slap-dash process. A person doesn’t just read a book or say a prayer or chant something and suddenly slip into an enhanced state of suggestibility that eventually completely changes his personality and make him a compliant slave of his cult superiors. …

  • STATIONS OF THE TEMPLE

    Now, these happy souls are told to rise by the Conductor who says he will now guide them through the stations of the Temple. On the North is the dismal darkness where superstition and ignorance prevails. Terror reigns in the dismal North and there is a strange sense of evil…

  • PASSING THE THRESHOLD- FINALLY!

    Now the moment is at hand! The new brood of Neophytes will be salted into the fertile ground inside the Holy Temple. Before that, though, here is a quick back and forth from some of the Holy Custodians of the Temple Rituals. The Masters asks if they are ready and…

  • DEATH TAKES NO HOLIDAYS

    After giving the candidates a clear warning, Death steps forward and looks at them for a few seconds then returns to his place. Personally, I think it is a bit of stretch to think that anyone is actually scared by all this. Were you ever scared when you visited a…

  • COLOMBE

    Now, before entering into the Master’s Temple, the initiates must listen to the voice of their conscience as embodied in Colombe, a female figure garbed in brilliant white. In the so-called esoteric tradition as promoted by AMORC, the girl must be under eighteen and a virgin. The word, “colombe” is…

  • THE TERROR OF THE THRESHOLD

    After much formality and solemnity, the sheep to be sheared enter the Threshold Chamber in single file following the Herald. The Herald follows the Torchbearer with the Conductor that last in line. Inside, the Torchbearer takes care not to shed too much light on Colombe and Death while facing himself…

  • ENTERING THE ANTECHAMBER

    Having professed that he has found some Neophytes who seek the Greater Light, the Conductor asks if they are truly worthy of that Light? The Deputy replies in an affirmative way but also affirms that must be “tried and tested.” He is then asked if, indeed, they are ready to…

  • Are Religions Just Dogma Factories?

    It should be noted here that in Mandamus 1, AMORC’s view of religion, as “perpetuating dogmas established originally by one or two individuals” could be said to be an over-simplification. For one thing, there are some very real questions- just in regards to Christianity, if any of the dogmas perpetuated…

  • Dogma and Religion

    In Mandamus No. 1, AMORC comments on the difference between religion and a mystical order. Regarding religion, it says that -is intent upon perpetuating dogmas that were established originally by one or two individuals. When these dogmas reflect the Universal Good, the behaviors dictated by the religion are valid. Yet…

  • THE HAPPY POSTULANT

    As I return to my roots as a happy postulant, reviewing the first Monograph, Mandamus 1 in the Postulant Section, I begin to understand the springboards of my self-destruction.  If one carefully reads The Prisoner of San Jose, it is easy to see that, given the poverty of my family-…