Category: Temple Degree-ONE to THREE

  • ONLY A TRANSITION

    We return to the idea of the first breath in, Degree 3, No. 9 of the Initiate Section, which is fixated on the idea of death. AMORC says in a section labeled “The Last Breath”- You now know that at the moment the fetus inhales for the first time, these…

  • A HARRY POTTER EXPERIENCE

    As we mentioned, Degree 3, No. 9 of the Initiate Section, talks about educational ideals for children and the need for special sensitivity when the child is young. Still, despite the fine talk about how a child is closer to the spiritual realms than he is in latter stages of…

  • PROPOUNDING AN EDUCATIONAL IDEAL

    We have seen how AMORC clearly wishes to establish that the first breath corresponds to the moment when the soul enters the human body. This point of view is commenced immediately at the opening of Degree 3, No. 9 of the Initiate Section, when it says, From the moment infants…

  • REBELS

    For those interested, Krishnamurti may have come to rather strong ideas about education, but he is remembered as a spiritual teacher who rebelled against his Theosophical Masters. As a child, Krishnamurti, an unknown Indian boy, was chosen by Anne Besant, the successor to Madame Blavatsky, the controversial founder of Theosophy…

  • PEDAGOGUE

    Continuing our look at the Initiate Section, we now turn to Degree 3, No. 9. This monograph begins with a Concurrence of long quote from Krishnamurti, who is described as a “great pedagogue.” According to the Houghton Mifflin dictionary a “pedagogue” is a schoolteacher; an educator with a secondary meaning,…

  • THE IMPACT OF THE FIRST BREATH THEORY

    As I describe in The Prisoner of San Jose, my earliest ambition was to become a Catholic Priest. As I say in the book- Acceptance into the Catholic seminary was an almost perfect ticket out of poverty and into an Ivy League school.  Many young boys and girls were coached…

  • THE DIVISIVE LITTLE BREATH

    An infant breathes for the first time? Is that the beginning of life? AMORC insists it is, yet as cited in the The Master Monograph from the Initiate Section, Degree 3, No. 8, AMORC actually developed a prenatal course, called THE CHILD CULTURE SERIES. Why bother so much if the…

  • WHY ABORTION?

    I now will try and speculate a bit about why AMORC makes such a big deal out of defending an argument about the beginning of life that would justify abortion. This had baffled me for awhile- because there is such an emphasis on the life beginning with the “first breath”…

  • THE MYSTERIOUS ARCHIVES

    As I proceeded through the monographs for the first time, I was always awed by the rich mystery traditions that were represented their foundation. In the last monograph, we were told that the Rosicrucian archives clearly show that serious involvement with creating positive pre-natal influence was found in the Greek…

  • Analyzing the “27- MANIFESTO No. 1-Section INITIATE Degree1-Master Monograph-AMORC” By AMORC Whistleblower Pierre S. Freeman

    “Unlike the official monographs, the Manifestos are not strictly confidential and private. You may lend them to persons interested in scientific, literary, or artistic pursuits. In this way, you will respond to their desire to learn, while also permitting them to appreciate the interest that Rosicrucians have always devoted to…