No. 2 - 2015 Vol. 93 - No. 2 Imperator’s Opening Statement 1 Christian Bernard, FRC 2015 AMORC World Convention Opening Ceremony 3 Time Capsule Display at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum 5 Rosicrucian Time Capsules Around the World 7 The Appeal 9 Julie Scott, SRC Unio Mystica 15 Klaas-Jan Bakker, FRC The Master Within 21 Roland Brisson, FRC Cosmic Mission 28 Hélio de Moraes e Marques, FRC Members Enjoying Rosicrucian Park 33 Influencing the Cosmic and the Mystical Toolbox 35 Akos Ekes, FRC Above All — Act 38 Maria Metzler, SRC, Ph.D. Vitalis Rosae Crucis: The Vital Rose on the Cross 42 Live S derlund, SRC The Alchemy of Life: As Above, So Below 46 Hugo Casas, FRC Mystical Attitude to Change 51 Kenneth U. Idiodi, FRC, Ph.D. Ainu: The Indigenous People of Northern Japan 58 Atsushi Honjo, FRC Awakening the Heart Center 65 Ilkka Laaksonen, FRC Rosicrucian Digest No. 2 2015 Page i The Unified Self 68 Paul Panikian, FRC Members Enjoying the 2015 AMORC World Convention 71 Our Footprints 73 Michal Eben, FRC Rosicrucian Healing 81 Maximilian Neff, FRC The Rosicrucian Utopia 85 Claudio Mazzucco, FRC Russian Cosmism 90 Vladimir Koptelov, FRC Laughter, an Element for the Improvement of Human Consciousness 93 Iakovos Giannakopoulos, FRC 2015 AMORC World Convention Closing 96 Official Magazine of the Worldwide Rosicrucian Order ® Established in 1915 by the Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC. © 2015 Supreme Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis. All Rights Reserved. This publication is provided for your personal, private use only, on an “as is” basis, without warranty, and may not be used for any commercial purpose. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, displayed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, without the express written permission of the Supreme Grand Lodge. ROSICRUCIAN DIGEST (ISSN #0035-8339) is published bi-annually for $12.00 per year, single copies $6.00, by the Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction of the AMORC at 1342 Naglee Avenue, San Jose CA 95126. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Rosicrucian Digest at 1342 Naglee Avenue, San Jose CA 95126. Printed on 100% recycled post-consumer fiber using soy-based ink. Page ii Imperator’s Opening Statement Christian Bernard, FRC Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC Opening of the Sphinx and of the 2015 AMORC World Convention Dear Fratres and Sorores, We have now, at long last, arrived at the solemn moment that all of us have been waiting for. Welcome to you, and may I express appreciation for your energy in giving your all on the mystical, human, and material planes in order to be here at this World Convention, which I declare officially open. I am very moved by being here, in Rosicrucian Park. I was fourteen years old when I visited this remarkable place for the first time. Since then, I have come back for different events on many occasions. What moves me all the more is that I know this is the last time I shall preside over a World principles. Frequently in recent years, I Convention in San Jose as Imperator. If, in have thought about these records and years to come, an international Convention wondered what they contained, and also comes to be organized here again, and if whether they had come down through my age and my health permit it, I shall be the years in good condition. I had no idea taking part as just a member of AMORC. what these documents were, as we have But in the meanwhile, other Grand Lodges found no trace of a list in the archives of will be having the honour of organizing the Supreme Grand Lodge. this wonderful fraternal gathering. Such questions resulted in my Members of AMORC, friends and supporting the proposal made by Grand guests, I now invite you all to be witness Master soror Julie Scott, to open up the to the solemn act that I am going to carry the Sphinx at our World Convention. I out, just as did Harvey Spencer Lewis in had concerns, however, about what we his time. On July 11, 1934, our Imperator were going to find, and for this reason I Rosicrucian placed in this Sphinx some documents— asked our soror to carry out a check on Digest not secret or mysterious ones, but ones the contents in advance. In accordance No. 2 bearing witness to the Rosicrucian with my instructions, and with great care 2015 Page 1 I shall then be putting in new documents, contained in a special capsule designed to last at least 100 years, as follows: • A copy of the Mastery of Life; • The Rosicrucian Code of Life; • The two Rosicrucian Manifestoes the Positio and the Appellatio, and the sealed monograph of the first mailing. In addition, there will be a certificate signed by all the Grand Masters and Administrators at the most recent meeting of the Supreme Grand Lodge in October 2014. I shall then be calling forward each Grand Master and Administrator, and giving them a capsule already containing some documents, but with the task of adding texts in their own respective languages to these; they are then to place and discretion, this was done. My intuition these documents somewhere within their had been right, because unfortunately it Grand Lodge or Administration, just as I was very difficult to draw up an inventory. am now going to do here; I am entrusting The writings had not withstood the them with choosing the most suitable passage of time and the climate. Having place for Rosicrucians of the future to be been examined, they have been put back able to find them. in their original place, and are awaiting my symbolic opening of the Sphinx’s repository. From what we have found and been able to work out, there were some monographs on the basic Rosicrucian principles, and a Rosicrucian Digest from 1934. In a few moments, I am going to remove the capsule and give it to the Colombe standing by me. Then at the end of our Ceremony it will be passed on to the Grand Master, whose task it will be to officially place the capsule containing the documents on display in the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, so that you can view it over the next few days. Page 2 2015 AMORC World Convention Opening Ceremony Imperator Christian Bernard at Rosicrucian Park, about to officially open the 2015 AMORC World Convention. Rosicrucian Digest Grand Master Julie Scott indroducing Imperator Christian Bernard at the 2015 AMORC World Convention No. 2 Opening Ceremony. 2015 Page 3 Photo of the 1934 time capsule ceremony with Imperator Christian Bernard removing the historic H. Spencer Lewis on the left. time capsule from the Sphinx in front of the RCUI building, which had been placed there by H. Spencer Lewis in July 1934. Imperator Christian Bernard and Grand Master Julie Scott installing the new time capsule in the Sphinx. Page 4 Time Capsule Display at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum The historic time capsule on display in the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, along with copies of what was included in the new time capsule. HISTORIC TIME CAPSULE: • Original 1934 copper time capsule with contents • November 1933 Rosicrucian Digest—in historic time capsule • Photo of installation of historic time capsule, 1934. H. Spencer Lewis on the left. COPIES OF ITEMS PLACED IN THE NEW TIME CAPSULE: • Positio Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis • Appellatio Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis • “Rosicrucian Code of Life” in English. • A certificate signed by the Imperator and all the Grand Masters and Administrators acknowledging the 100 year anniversary. • The first set of Rosicrucian monographs in sealed folder • Copy of letter from U.S. President Barack Obama congratulating the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC for 100 years of service. Rosicrucian • Rosicrucian Digest featuring the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. Digest No. 2 • 2015 AMORC World Convention program in English. 2015 Page 5 More than 2,200 members participated in the 2015 AMORC World Convention. Frater Eugenius Idiodi and World Convention Imperator Christian Bernard and his Chairperson Karen Wark. grandchildren at the Opening Ceremony. Chris, Alysson, and Reese Mayer with Mohamed Grand Master Live Söderlund of the Scandinavian Nazmy, President of Quest Travel Egypt, and Grand Lodge and Frater Irving Söderlund, Egyptologist Emil Shaker. retired Treasurer of the Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC and former Grand Master. Page 6 Rosicrucian Time Capsules General Administrators Akos Ekes and Iakovos Giannakopoulos with the time capsules that they will take back to Hungary and Greece to be installed there. Grand Master Julie Scott with the time capsule to be installed at Rosicrucian Park. Grand Master Julie Scott, Grand Administrator Kenneth Idiodi of the West African Jurisdiction (holding time capsule), his wife, Soror Bridget Idiodi, on Rosicrucian his left, and Nigerian members in front of Digest the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. No. 2 2015 Page 7