Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-07
ANCIENT AND MYSTICAL
ORDER ROSAE CRUCIS Is
TO HAVE ALODGE HERE
Society to Which Madame
Curie, Discoverer of Radium,
Belongs to Form New
Branch
1T DATES FROM 1910 B. C.

The Ancient and Mystical order Rosae
Crucis is to have Philadelphia lodge.
which will be the third lodge in America
OF this most exclusive and strange so
ciety. The Rosae Crucis is the oldest
society in the world according to its
members, who say II was founded bv
Thothmes Nv. King Of Egypt about 1850
B.C
Since NThothmes, the most important
member OF the so9iety Is probably
Madame Curie who did more than any
one else to discover and de elop the pos
bers have been FIVE Kings OF England,
six Kings Of France aud several OF the
old German Emperors
There have been chapters OF the order
In every country Of the world, and there
are about 6.OO0,O00 members In Europe
but not until one year ago would the
Rosaecrucans consent TO give n charter
to an American lodge. The New York
lodge is the governing body Of the order
In America, and It has granted charter
to a State lodge, with headquarters in
Pittsburgh. II, Spencer Lewis is the Most
Worshipful Imperator and Grand Master
Of the order in America.
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN.
The order Is the only secret society In
the world that gives to women equal
rights Of membership. Women can take
all IL of the degrees. II Is said that this
was always the case; i'm the first assem-
bly, held in Egypt one of the most power
full queens that country ever had was
made an officer.
Women says the official pamphlet
Of the order, do realize and appreciate
the sacredness OF their vows, the serious
ness of the work, the necessary broad |
mindedness of views and the bonds which
unite all mankind. The archives T,
OF the order, wherein are recorded the
~ NIfe1,t, &c .,f hfnf fhaT
and sisters in the fields of art. literature, |
medicine. law, science and research, |
show that sex has placed no limit upon |
the heights which the members Of the or |
der may reach in these fields after hav- |
ing completed the prescribed RosaCcru- |
clan course of instruction and research" |
II Is the Intention of the order to |
establish an American Rosaecrucian Col |
lege. to be affiliated with the United |
Rosae ecrucian Colleges OF the world |
Plans have been drawn for a college and !
monastery buildings in pure Egyptian
architecture, to occupy a spacious site !
in the suburbs OF either New York city /
or Washington. AS in Europe. there will
be established here in the near future
a Junior Order Rosae Crucis for boys and
girls over eight years OF age. They will
have limitations of their own, passwords,
grips, signs and symbols.
Members of the order must believe in
God. AS the order is mystic and secret
there Is little more for the uninitiated to
learn, although the pamphlet eXclaims
that "Rosaecrucianism Is philosophy, Il
science. an art and secret-all OF these.
inseparabe and one! The Alpha and
Omega OF all learning" There is also this
curious statement:
THE great man known as Christ was
another OF the high members OF the order,
but he refused TO become a grand master.
preferring to work with the people as He
did. His doctrines, His work and His
life were all according to the teachings
IL is said that among those who are in
vited to belong are Catholics.
EMBLEM is A CROSS.
The emblem. a cross with rose at the
point of intersection of the upright and
the arms, suggests n Christian origin. but
this Is not the case for Rosaecrucians
say they antedate Christianity and that
Freemasonry is an offshoot of their order,
The Latin words "Rosae Crucis" mean
literally "of the rose of the cross" Be
yond that there is evidently no delving.
Lord Edward Bulwer Lytton said this of
the order. of which he was a member:
"An august fraternity-most Jealous of
all secret societies, whose doctrines( s(hlnted
1T by the earliest philosophers) are still
a mystery to the greatest scholars not
Its members still prosecute their
research, into natural sciences
and occult philosophy and no monastic
order is so severe in the practice of
moral precepts."
More definitely It is said that the order
''makes plain ontology and biology; re-
veals life and death In a different light
from that generally understood" The
stars are consulted for horoscopes of
Those who want to know more
are referred by members to Thor Kiima-
Iehto, so 5th avenue, New York. The act
ing secretary in Philadelphia is Mrs, b. j.
Musser. 46l4 Ludlow street.