Category: Seventh Temple Degree

  • Guided Imagery

    According to scientific estimates, 55% of the world strongly favors visual concepts and imagery, while the remaining population is more geared towards kinesthetic and auditory information processing. Guided imagery is a mind-body intervention technique that was developed to take advantage of this collective preference for interpreting external experiences through internally…

  • Examining the Provenance of the Silver Cord Theory

    William Walker Atkinson and Yogi Ramacharaka Although the monograph makes no mention of it, the idea of silver cord which links the body’s psychic form to its physical reality isn’t solely confined to the teachings of the Rosicrucian order.   In 1904, a mysterious occult figure known as Yogi Ramacharaka gained…

  • Experiment No. 43 – Psychic Awakening

    According to Rosicrucian Order AMORC, a rigorous study of the teachings and theories within these monographs combined with consistent observance of certain ritual practices should enable a student to project physically to far-flung destinations of their choosing. At these locations, the student should be able to “see” or “hear” as…

  • Analyzing the Master Monographs: Degree 7, Monograph 4-6: Part 2

    “This is what happened a short while after I went to bed. After following the method indicated in the Seventh Degree and, I admit, without much belief that I would succeed, I suddenly found myself out of my body. I was thus able to see my husband who was asleep.…

  • Theosophical Beliefs

    In the intervening years to the modern era, reams of occult literature and multiple systems of thinking have emerged regarding the possibility of achieving communion with the “higher planes.” Of course, this is one of the main promises of supernatural power that Rosicrucian Order AMORC offers to its intrepid recruits. …

  • A Brief History of Astral Projection

    Early Traditions Out-of-body experiences form a core part of various mystic belief systems and shamanistic traditions across time. In fact, according to leading anthropologists, scattered references to astral projection can be found in up to 95% of world’s religions.  In early manuscripts from Ancient Egypt, we find detailed descriptions of…

  • Analyzing the “60- Master Monograph Section Initiate Degree 7 Nos. 4-6”-Part 1” By AMORC Whistleblower Pierre S. Freeman

    From Christian Bernard Monographs  “Dear Fratres and Sorores, After having devoted the previous monographs to an examination of the body and psychic consciousness, we can now approach the study of projection. However, before discussing the techniques that will enable you to put this faculty into practice, we must first answer…

  • Contradictions Strengthen Belief

    Once someone has drunk the Kool-Aid so to speak, it becomes increasingly difficult to challenge their ingrained beliefs. True believers will simply reinterpret conflicting information to make it fit into their existing world views. In other words, when science and rationality doesn’t work, there’s always mysticism and magical thought to…

  • Experiment No. 43 – Psychic Awakening 

    From Section Initiate Degree 7 According to Rosicrucian Order AMORC, a rigorous study of the teachings and theories within these monographs combined with consistent observance of certain ritual practices should enable a student to project physically to far-flung destinations of their choosing. At these locations, the student should be able…

  • Conclusions Moving Forward

    If we apply the principal of minimum astonishment at this point, then we can safely conclude that the possibility of achieving clairvoyance or astral projection has been completely disproven. After all if the considerable resources of world superpower weren’t enough to achieve any sort of consistent results then what hope…