The Temple Service

The Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple Service

by

Max Heindel

Order of the Sunday Devotional Service at Headquarters and in Rosicrucian Fellowship Centers


1. Sing the Rosicrucian Fellowship opening Hymn (see separate card).

2. Unveil the Emblem.

3. A member reads aloud the following Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple Service.



My Dear Sisters and Brothers:

Once more we have withdrawn from the material world and are entering into the living temple of our own inner natures in spiritual conclave. As a symbol of this withdrawal from the visible world we have darkened our meeting place.

We are looking for spiritual light along the lines of the Rosicrucian teaching, and we therefore reverently fix our eyes upon the Rose Cross while we listen to the Rosicrucian greeting:

"My dear sisters and brothers: May the Roses bloom upon your Cross."

(The members respond: "And upon yours also.")

One coal will not make a fire, but where a number of coals are heaped together the heat which is latent in each may be kindled into a flame emitting light and warmth; and it is in obedience to this same law of nature that we have gathered here tonight that by massing our spiritual aspirations we may light and keep ablaze the beacon light of true spiritual fellowship which is the balm of Gilead the only panacea for the world's woe.

The Bible has been given to the Western World by the Recording Angels, who give to each and all exactly what they need for their development. They are above mistakes, and if we seek the Light, we shall find it there.

Let us read from the first epistle of John, and from Paul's letters to the Corinthians and Philippians, where fellowship is the theme:

God is light; if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, but he that hateth his brother is in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth, for though I speak with the tongues of men and of Angels and have not love, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal and though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

Love suffereth long and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up, doth not behave herself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil rejoiceth not in iniquity, but in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, and endureth all things.

Love never faileth; but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail, and whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away, for now we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part will be done away; for now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. Now we know in part; but then we shall know even as we are known; and now abideth Faith, Hope, and Love, but the greatest of these is Love.

If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him; but if a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he prevaricates, for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from Him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort in love, if any fellowship in spirit, look not every man on his own things but also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who made himself of no reputation and took upon himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death upon the cross Wherefore God hath highly exalted him and given him a name that is above every name; that at the name of Christ Jesus every knee should bow, and that every tongue should confess that Christ Jesus is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

My dear sisters and brothers, let us strive to follow the example of Christ and live up to His definition of greatness, namely, He who would be the greatest among you, let him be the servant of all.

Loving, self-forgetting service to others is the shortest, the safest, and the most joyful road to God. The recognition of the fundamental unity of each with all, the fellowship of the spirit, is the realization of God. To reach that realization let us endeavor each day to forget the open unprepossessing exteriors of our brothers and seek to serve the divine essence hidden within, which is the basis of fellowship.

We will now enter the silence together and concentrate on SERVICE for a few moments.



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(After the concentration the emblem is veiled, the lights are turned on, and the lecture for the day is delivered by a member who is of the opposite sex to the reader, if possible.)

4. Lecture

5. At conclusion of lecture the reader returns to the platform and reads --



THE ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIP PRAYER


Not more of Light we ask, O God,
But eyes to see what is;
Not sweeter songs, but ears to hear
The present melodies;
Not greater strength but how to use
the power that we possess;
Not more of love, but skill to turn
A frown to a caress;
Not more of joy, but how to feel
Its kindling presence near,
To give to others all we have
Of courage and of cheer
No other gift, dear God, we ask,
But only sense to see
How best the precious gifts to use
We have received from Thee
Give us all fears to dominate,
All holy joys to know,
To be the friends we wish to be,
To speak the truth we know,
To love the pure, to seek the good,
To lift with all our might,
All souls to dwell in harmony
In freedom's perfect light.

6. All rise and sing the Rosicrucian Fellowship Closing Hymn (see separate card).



THE PARTING ADMONITION
And now my dear sisters and brothers, as we part to re-enter the material world, may we go out with a firmer resolve to express in our daily lives the high spiritual ideals we have received here, so that day by day we may become more worthy men and women, more worthy to be used as self-conscious channels for the beneficial workings of our Elder Brothers in the service of humanity.




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The Rosicrucian FellowshipAutumn Equinox Service

Music
Third stanza of Rosicrucian Opening Hymn sung by audience
( Tune: Sweet Hour of Prayer )
Let’s strive to know that we may do.
What lift’s, ennobles, is right and true.
With love to all and hate to none,
Let’s shun no duty that should be done.
For knowing how to act aright,
And doing it from morn till night,
From day to day and year to year,
We conquer self and sin and fear.

Reader unveils the Emblem and gives salutation:

“ My Dear sisters and brothers, may the roses bloom upon
Your cross.” ( Answer from the audience: “And upon
Yours also.” )
“God is Light”
Each time we sink ourselves in these three words
We lave in a spiritual fountain of inexhaustible
Depth, and each succeeding time we sound more
Thoroughly the divine depths and draw more closely
To our Father in heaven.
To get in close touch with this subject, now that
The Christ Light is beginning to permeate the
Earth , let us go back in time to get our bearing
And the direction of our future line of progress.
The first time our consciousness was directed to-
Ward the Light was shortly after we had become en-
Dowed with mind and had entered definitely upon our
Evolution as human beings in Atlantis, the land of
The mist, deep down in the basins of the Earth, where
The warm mist emitted from the cooling Earth, hung
Like a dense fog over the land. Then the starry
Heights of the universe were never seen, nor could
The silvery light of the Moon penetrate the dense,
Foggy atmosphere which hung over the ancient land.
Even the fiery splendor of the Sun was almost totally
Extinguished, for when we look in the Memory of
Nature pertaining to that time, we find that it was
Exceedingly dim, having an aura of various colors,
Very similar to those we observe around an arc light.
But this light had a fascination. The ancient Atlan-
Teans were taught by the divine Hierarchs who
Walked among them to aspire to light, and as the
Spiritual light was then already on the wane, they
Aspired all the more ardently to the new light, for
They feared the darkness of which they had become
Conscious through the gift of mind.
Then came the inevitable flood when the mist cooled
And condensed. The atmosphere cleared, and the
“ chosen people” were saved. Those who had worked
Within themselves and learned to build the necessary
Organs required to breathe in an atmosphere such as
We have today, survived and came to light. It was
Not an arbitrary choice; THE WORK OF THE PAST CON-
SISTED OF BODY BUILDING. Those who had only gill
Clefts, such as the fetus still uses in its prenatal
Development, were as unfit physiologically to enter
The new era as the fetus would be to be born were
It to neglect to build lungs. It would die as those
Ancient people died when the rare atmosphere made
Gill clefts useless.
Since the day when we came out of ancient Atlantis
Our bodies have been practically complete, but
From that time and from now on THOSE WHO WISH TO
FOLLOW THE LIGHT MUST STRIVE FOR SOUL GROWTH. The
Bodies which we have crystallized about us must be
Dissolved, and the quintessence of experience ex-
Tracted, which as “SOUL” may be amalgamated with
The Spirit to nourish it from impotence to omnipo-
Tence. Therefore, the Tabernacle in the Wilderness
Was given to the ancients, and the LIGHT OF GOD DE-
SCENDED UPON THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE. This is of great
Significance: The Ego had just descended into its
Tabernacle, the body. We all know the tendency od
The primitive instinct toward selfishness, and if we
Studied the higher ethics we also know how sub-
Versive of good the indulgence of the egotistic tend-
Ency is; therefore God immediately placed before
Mankind the Divine Light upon the Altar of Sacrifice.
Upon this altar they were forced by dire necessity
To offer their cherished possessions for every trans-
Gression, God appearing to them as a hard task-
Master whose displeasure it was dangerous to incur.
But still the Light drew them. They knew then that
It was futile to attempt to escape from the hand of
God. They had never heard the words of John, “God
IS LIGHT,” but they had already learned from the
Heavens in a measure the meaning of infinitude, as

The Summer Solstice Service

THE ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIP
THE SUMMER SOLSTICE SERVICE

Music.

Third stanza of Rosicrucian Opening Hymn sung by audience.
Words by Max Heindel
(Tune: "Sweet Hour of Prayer.")

Let's strive to know that we may do.
What lift's, enobles, is right and true.
With love to all and hate to none,
Let's shun no duty that should be done.
For knowing how to act aright,
And doing it from morn till night,
From day to day and year to year,
We conquer self and sin and fear.

The Service
Reader unveils Emblem and gives salutaion: "My
dear Sisters and Brothes, may the roses bloom upon
your cross." (Answer from the audience: "And upon
yours, also.")

We are now at the time of the Summer Solstice,
the season during which physical manifestation on
Earth reaches its height.

Each year a spiritual wave of vitality enters the
Earth at the winter solstice to impregnate the dor-
mant seeds in the frozen ground, to give new life to
the world whereon we live, and this work is done
during the winter months while the Sun is passing
through the zodiacal signs Capricorn, Aquarius, and
Pisces.

Cosmically the Sun is born on the longest and
darkest night of the year when Virgo, the Celestial
Virgin, stands upon the eastern horizon at midnight
to bring forth the immaculate Child. During the
months next following, the Sun passes through the
violent sign Capricorn where, mythically, all the
powers of darkness are concentrated in a frantic en-
deavor to kill the Light-bearer, a phase of the solar
drama which is mystically presented in the story of
King Herod and the flight into Egypt to escape death.

When the Sun enters the sign Aquarius, the water-
man, in February, we have the time of rain and
storms; and as the Baptism mystically consecrates the
Saviour to His work of service, so also the floods of
moisture that descend upon the Earth soften and
mellow it so that it may yield the fruits whereby the
lives of those who dwell here are preserved.

Then comes the Sun's passage through the sign
Pisces, the fishes. At this time the stores of the pre-
ceding year have been almost consumed and man's
food is scarce. Therefore we have the long fast of
Lent which mystically represents, for the aspirant,
the same ideal as that cosmically shown by the Sun.
There is at this time the 'carne-vale', the farewell to
the flesh, for everyone who aspires to the higher life
must at some time bid farewell to the lower nature
with all its desires and prepare himself for the
Passover which is then near.

In April, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator
and enters the sign Aries, the Lamb, the cross stands
as a mystic symbol of the fact that the canidate
to the higher life must learn to lay down the mortal
coil and begin the ascent of Golgotha, 'the place in
the skull'; thence to cross the threshold into the
invisible world. Finally, in imitation of the Sun's
ascent into the signs of the northern heavens, to
foster with its warming rays the growth of the seed
in the soil which has been revitalized by the Christic
wave during the winter months, he must learn that
his place is with the Father and that ultimately he
is to ascend to that exalted place.

So it is that at the present time, during the season
culminating June 21st. the Great Christ Spirit has
reached the World of Diving Spirit, the throne of
the Father. During July and August, while the Sun
is in Cancer and Leo, He is rebuilding His Life Spirit
vehicle which He is to bring to the world and with
it rejuvenate the Earth and the life kingdoms evolv-
ing in and upon it.

Without this annual mystic wave of vital energy
from the Cosmic Christ, physical life would be an
impossibility. There could be no physical bread and
wine, nor the trans-substantiated spiritual tincture
prepared by alchemy from the heart blood of the
disciple. Physical existence is the school or labora-
tory in which we learn to transmute the base metal
of our lower natures into the shining luster of the
Philosopher's Stone, and thus make possible our lib-
eration into the higher spheres, where our exalted
Ideal, the Christ, is at present.

There are factors behind all manifestations of
Nature----intelligences of varying degrees of conscious-
ness, builders and destroyers, who perform important
parts in the economy of Nature. Midsummer is the
sporting time of the earth-goblins and similar enti-
ties concerned in the material development of our
planet, as shown by Shakespeare in his "Midsum-
mer Night's Dream."

The semi-intelligent action of the sylphs lifts the
finely divided vaporized particles of water prepared
by the undines, from the surface of the sea and carries
them as high as they may before partial condensation
takes place and clouds are formed. These particles
of water they keep until forced by the undines to
release them. When we say it storms, battles are
being fought on the surface of the sea and in the
air, sometimes with the aid of salamanders to light
the lightning torch of separated hydrogen and oxy-
gen and send its awe-inspiring shaft crashing zigzag
through the inky darkness, followed by ponderous
peals of thunder that reverberate in the clearing at-
mosphere, while the undines triumphantly hurl the
rescued raindrops to earth that they may again be
restored to union with their mother element.

The little gnomes are needed to build plants and
flowers. It is their work to tint them with the in-
numerable shades of color which delight our eyes.
They also cut the crystals in all the minerals and
make priceless gems that gleam from golden diadems.
Without them there would be no iron for our machin-
ery nor gold wherewith to pay for it. They are
everywhere and the proverbial bee is not busier. To
the bee, however, is given credit for the work it does,
while the little Nature Spirits that play such an
immensely important part in the world's work are
unknown save to a few so-called dreamers and fools.

At the summer solstice the physical activities of
Nature are at their apex or zenith, therefore "Mid-
summer Night" is the great festival of the fairies
who have wrought to build the material universe,
nourished the cattle, nurtured the grain, and are
hailing with joy and thanksgiving the crest wave of
force which is their tool in shaping the flowers into
the astonishing variety of delicate shapes called for
by their archetypes and tinting them in unnumbered
hues which are the artist's delight and despair.

On this greatest of all nights of the glad summer
season, they flock from fen and forest, from glen and
dale, to the Festival of the Fairies. They really bake
and brew their etheric foods and afterwards dance in
ecstasies of joy---the joy of having brought forth and
served their important purpose in the economy of
Nature.

It is and axiom of science that nature tolerates
nothing that is useless; parasites and drones are an
abomination; the organ that has become superfluous
atrophies, and so does the limb or eye that is no
no longer used. Nature has work to do and requires
work of all who would justify their existence and
continue as a part of her. This applies to plant and
planet, man and beast, and to the fairies as well.
They have their work to do; they are busy folk and
their activities are the solution to many of Nature's
multifarious mysteries.

These are points which we should endeavor to
realize thoroughly in order that we may learn to
appreciate this season of the year as keenly as we
should. What a cosmic calamity should our Heavenly
Father fail to provide the means for our physical
existence and sustenance each year! The Christ of
last year cannot save us from physical famine any
more than last year's rain can drench the soil and
swell the millions of seeds that slumber in the Earth
and await the germinal activities of the Father's life
to begin their growth; the Christ of last year cannot
kindle anew in our hearts the spiritual aspirations
which urge us onward in the quest any more than
last summer's heat can warm us now. The Christ of
last year gave us His love and His life to the last
breath without stint or measure; when He was born
into the Earth last Christmas, He endued with life;
the sleeping seeds which have grown and gratefully
filled our granaries with the bread of physical life;
He lavished the love given Him by the Father upon
us, and when He had wholly spent His life, He died
at Easter-tide to rise again to the Father, as the
river, by evaporation, rises to the sky.

But endlessly wells the divine love; as a Father
loveth his children, so doth our Heavenly Father love
us, for He knows our physical and spiritually frailty
and dependence.

May we take advantage of the opportunities
offered us during this season that the coming of the
Christ Spirit again in the autumn shall find us with
greater facility for responding to the powerful spir-
itual vibrations with which we shall be infused at
that time.

We will now concentrate on Divine Love and Service.

Concentration

Music. (Stanza of Closing Hymn.)

Words by Max Heindel
( Tune: "God Be with You Till We Meet Again.")

God be with you till we meet again;
In His love each day abide you,
That His wisdom's Light may guide you;
God be with you till we meet again.

Refrain:

Till we meet, till we meet,
Till we meet, the Rosy Cross to greet,
Till we meet, till we meet,
God be with you till we meet again.

Reader veils the Emblem and gives parting admonition:

"And now, my dear Sisters and Brothers,
as we part to reenter the material world, may we go
out with a firmer resolve to express in our daily lives
the high spiritual ideals we have received here, so
that day by day we may become more worthy men
and women, more worthy to be used as self-conscious
channels for the beneficial workings of our Elder
Brothers in the service of humanity."

Spring Equinox Service

The Rosicrucian Fellowship
Spring Equinox Service

Music;

The Third stanza of Rosicrucian Opening Hymn is sung by the audience.
(Tune: "Sweet Hour of Prayer.")

Let's strive to know that we may do what lifts, ennobles, is right and true.

With love to all and hate to none,lt's shun no duty that should be done.

For knowing how to act aright,and doing it from morn till night,

From day to day and year to year,we conquer self and sin and fear.

Reader unveils the Emblem and gives salutation: "My dear Sisters, and Brothers, may the roses
bloom upon your cross." (Answer from audience:"And upon yours, also.")

We are again at the time of Easter. Once more we have reached the final act in the cosmic drama involving the descent of the solar Christ Ray into the matter of our Earth, the mystic Birth celebrated at Christmas, and the Mystic Death and Liberation. The life impulse from the Cosmic Christ which entered the earth last fall came to mystic birth at Christmas, performed its wonderful magic of fecundation during the months between autumn and the present Easter time, and is now liberating itself from the cross of matter to rise again to the throne of the Father, leaving the Earth clothed in the verdant glory of Spring ready for the physical activities of the summer season. The Spiritual Ray sent out by the Cosmic Christ each fall to replenish the smoldering vitality of the Earth is about to ascend to the Father's Throne. At this time of the year a new life, an augmented energy sweeps with an irresistible force through the veins and arteries of all living things, inspiring them, instilling new hope, new ambition, and new life, impelling them to new activities whereby they learn New lessons in the school of experience. Consciously or unconsciously to the beneficiaries, this outwelling energy invigorates everything that has life. Even the plant responds by an increased circulation of sap, which results in additional growth of the leaves, flowers, and fruits whereby this class of life is at present expressing itself and evolving to a higher state of consciousness.
Wonderful as these outward physical manifestations are, and glorious though the transformation may be called which changes the Earth from a waste of snow and ice into a wonderful, blooming garden, it sinks into insignificance before the spiritual activities which run side by side therewith. The salient Features of the cosmic drama are identical in point of time with the material effects of the Sun in the four cardinal signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, for the most significant events occur at the equinoctial and solstitial points.
It is really and actually true that "in God we live and move and have our being." Outside Him we could have no existence; we live by and through His life; we move and act by and through His strength; it is His power which sustains our dwelling place, the Earth, and without Hie unflagging, unwavering efforts the universe itself would disintegrate. We are taught that man was made in the likeness of God, and we are given to understand that according to the law of analogy we have certain power latent within us which are similar to those we see so potently expressed in the labor of Diety in the universe. This gives us a particular interest in the annual cosmic drama involving the death and resurrection of the Sun. The life of the God Man, Christ Jesus, was molded in conformity with the solar story, and it foreshadows in a similar manner all that may happen to the Man God of whom this Christ Jesus prophesied when He said,"The works that I do shall ye do also; and greater works shall ye do; whither I go thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me afterwards."
Nature is a symbolic expression of God. She does nothing in vain or gratuitously. There is a purpose behind everything and every act. Therefore we should be alert and regard carefully the signs in the heavens, for they have a deep and important meaning concerning our own lives. The intelligent understanding of their purpose enables us to work much more efficiently with God in His wonderful efforts for the emancipation of our race from bondage to the laws of Nature, and for its liberation into a full measure of the stature of the sons of God crowned with glory, honors, and immortality, and free from the power of sin, sickness, and suffering which now curtail our lives by reason of our ignorance and nonconformity to the laws of God. The divine purpose demands this emancipation, but whether it is to be accomplished by the long and tedious process of evolution or by the immensely quicker pathway of Initation depends upon whether or not we are willing to lend our cooperation.
During the last six months we have been more thoroughly impregnated with the spiritual vibrations which predominate in winter. There came to us in the fall a new impulse toward the higher live; it culminated on Holy Night and has worked its magic in our natures according to the way in which we have embraced our opportunities. According to our diligence or dilatoriness in the past season, progression will be accelerated or retarded in the next, for there is no truer word than that which teaches us that we are just what we have made ourselves. The service we rendered or failed to render determines whether a new opportunity for greater service will give us added impulse heavenward ; and it cannot be said too often that it is useless to expect liberation from the cross of matter until we have used our opportunities here and thus earned a
larger sphere of usefulness. The "nails" which bound the Christ to the cross of Calvary will fetter you and me until the dynamic impulse of love flows out from us in waves and rhythmic swells like the tide of love which yearly enters the Earth and imbues it with renewed life.
During the winter months the Christ suffers agonies of torture, "groaning, travailing, and waiting for the day of liberation," which comes at the time we speak of in orthodox churches as the passion week. But we realize according to the mystic teaching that this week is just the culmination or crest wave of His suffering and that He is then rising out of His prison; that when the Sun crosses the equator, He hangs upon the cross, and cries: "Consummatum est!"_It has been accomplished. It is not a cry of agony. It is a cry of triumph, a shout of joy that the hour of liberation has come, and that once more He can soar away a little while, free from the fettering clod of our planet.
We should rejoice with Him in that great, glorious, triumphal hour, the hour of liberation when He exclaims: "It has been accomplished." Let us attune our hearts to this great cosmic event; let us rejoice with the Christ, our Saviour, that the term of His annual sacrifice has once more been completed; and let us feel thankful from the very bottom of our hearts that He is now about to be freed from the Earth's fetters; That the life wherewith He has now endued our planet is sufficient to carry us through the time until next Christmas.
Life is a school, and through learning its many lessons humanity is slowly evolving from a divine spark to Godhood. Had we learned life's lessons as they were given to us there would have been no necessity for the great sacrifice which was made and is annually being made by the Christ Spirit, who is the embodiment of love. Through selfishness, disobedience to law, and evil practices we were fast crystallizing not only our own bodies, but also the Earth on which we lived, to such a degree that as means for evolution both were fast becoming unusable. When nothing else could save us from the results of our own wrongdoing the compassionate Christ offered Himself and His great love power to break up the crystallized condition of man's bodies and the Earth, and He does not leave the Earth at Easter until He has given of Himself to the uttermost.

For those who have chosen to work knowingly and intelligently with cosmic law, Easter has a great significance. To them it means the annual liberation of the Christ Spirit from the cramping confines of the Earth and His joyful ascent into His true home world, there to remain for a season resting in the bosom of the Father. It is also the annual sign given the aspirant of the cosmic basis of his hopes and aspirations. And if the eyes are truly open, one beholds angelic hosts waiting, ready to accompany Him on His heavenward journey; if the ears are attuned to heavenly sounds one hears celestial choirs chanting His praise in glad hosannas to the risen Lord. When taken as a cosmic fact in connection with the law of analogy that connecte the macrocosm with the microcosm, it is symbolical that some day we shall all attain the cosmic consciousness and know positively for ourselves by our own experience that there is no death, but that which seems so is only a transition into a finer sphere.
With these ideals fixed firmly in our minds, Easter time becomes a season when it is in order to review our life during the preceding year and make new resolutions for the coming season to serve in furthering our soul growth. It is a season when the symbol of the ascending Sun should lead us to a keen realization of the fact that we are but pilgrims and strangers upon the Earth, that as Spirits our real home is in heaven, and that we ought to endeavor to learn the lessons in this life school as quickly as is consistent with proper service. Easter Day marks the resurrection and liberation of the Christ Spirit from the lower vibration of the Earth, and this liberation should remind us to look continually for the dawn of the new day which shall permanently free us from the meshes of matter, from the body of sin and death, together with all our brethren in bondage. No true aspirant could conceive of a liberation that did not include all who were similarly placed.
This is a gigantic task, the contemplation of it may well daunt the bravest heart, and were we alone it could not be accomplished; the divine hierarchies who have guided humanity upon the path of evolution from the beginning of our career are still active and working with us from their worlds, and with their help we shall eventually be able to accomplish this elevation of humanity as a whole and attain to an individual realization of glory, honor, and immortality. Having this great hope within ourselves, this great mission in the world, let us work as never before to make ourselves better men and women, so that by our example we may waken in others a desire to lead a life that brings liberation.

We will now concentrate on Divine Love and Service.
Concentration (10 or more minutes)

Music

Closing Hymn
(Tune:"God Be With You Till We Meet Again.")

God be with you till we meet again;

In His love each day abide you,

Tha1t His wisdom's Light may guide you;

God be with you till we meet again.

Refrain:

Till we meet, till we meet,

Till we meet, the Rosy Cross to greet,

Till we meet, till we meet,

God be with you till we meet again

God be with you in your hour of joy;

With life's choicest gifts to bless you,

With no sorrow to oppress you,

Then may service give you added joy.

God be with you in your hour of pain,

When temptations surge around you,

With helpful thoughts we will surround you,

Till your darkness turns to light again.

God be with you till we meet again

At the Cross with Roses garnished;

May our lives be pure untarnished,

Till the Rosy Cross we greet again.

Reader veils the Emblem

Parting admonition

"And now, my dear Sisters and Brothers, as we part to re-enter the material world, may we go out with a firmer resolve to express in our daily lives the high spiritual ideals we have received here, so that day by day we may become more worthy men and women, more worthy to be used as self-conscious channels for the beneficial workings of our Elder Brothers in the service of humanity."

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Notes: The Rosicrucian Fellowship will be celebrating the "Spring Equinox Service" on March, March 19, 2009 at 6:30 PM Standard Time in ALL Time Zones Worldwide. Make no adjustment for Time in your area.

The above service was published by:
The Services was copied from Max Hiendel’s book named: The Rosicrucian Fellowship Solstice and Equinox Service, in a small booklet format. It can be purchased at the Rosicrucian Fellowship by going to their website: http://www.rosicrucian.com/, or by calling them at:

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A collection of Max Heindel’s works (he founded the Rosicrucian Fellowship) is available to view on the web or as a “free” download to your computer at: http://www.rosicrucian.com/ebooks/ebooks.htmhttp://www.rosicrucian.com/ebooks/MH_Books.exe
(all of Max Heindel's books - this is a direct link and this link does not appear on the above page)http://www.rosicrucian.com/ebooks/Cosmo-Conception.exe
(Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception by itself)http://www.rosicrucian.com/ebooks/mh_lts.zip
(Letters to Students by itself)http://www.rosicrucian.com/ebooks/rf_pamphlets.zip
(all the Rosicrucian Fellowship's pamhplets - this is a direct link and this link does not appear on the above page, but this link is on the pamphlet page at http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamentoc.htm)

Healing Dates: 2009

THE ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIP
YEAR 2009 HEALING DATES CARD
FRIENDS, STUDENTS, AND PATIENTS

Each week, when the Moon is in a Cardinal Sign, we gather together for the purpose of gener-ating HEALING POWER by earnest prayer and concentration. This power may then be used by the INVISIBLE HELPERS who work under the direction of the ELDER BROTHERS, to strengthen and heal the sick and afflicted. About 6:30 P.M.* by your own clock, on the dates given below, sit down and relax in the quiet of your own home or wherever you may be. Close your eyes and make a mental picture of the Pure White Rose in the center of the Rosicrucian Emblem on the west wall of our Temple at Mount Ecclesia. Then read the HEALING SERVICE. During the concentration on DIVINE LOVE AND HEALING, put all the intensity of feeling possible, so that you may become a living channel for the Divine Healing Power that comes direct from the Father. *During Daylight Saving Time-7:30 P.M. After the Healing Service, send the deepest feelings of Love and Gratitude to the Great Physician for the blessing of past and future Healings.

HEALING DATES FOR 2009

January 4-10-16-23-31
February 6-13-20-27
March 6-12-19-26
April 2-8-15-23-29
May 6-13-20-27
June 2-9-17-23-29
July 6-14-20-26
August 3-10-17-23-30
September 6-13-19-26
October 4-10-17-24-31
November 7-13-20-27
December 4-10-17-25-31

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Interpretation of Rosicrucian Fellowship Hymns

The Rosicrucian Fellowship Opening Hymn

Words by Max Heindel

(Tune: "Sweet Hour of Prayer")
Each star that in its orbit goesLaw steadfast and eternal shows.Expressions, are the stars, of God,Unchangeable as ebb and flood.The marching orbs in circle dance,Through time and space each year advanceThe harmony of rolling spheresResounds in cosmos through the years.
Man's ignorance of Cosmic LawCaused discord, then came death and woe;Now trouble, sorrow, grief must reignTill harmony prevails again.We've met to study Nature's Law,We seek eternal truth to know,And with such truth as we may findWe hope to serve and free mankind.
Let's strive to know that we may do.What lifts, ennobles, is right and true.With love to all and hate to none,Let's shun no duty that should be done.For knowing how to act aright,And doing it from morn till night,From day to day and year to year,We conquer self and sin and fear.
With reason's torch we search for truthTo restore the harmony, life, and youth;For reason's torch when thus appliedIn wisdom's quest is safest guide.If we persist' though oft we fail,In time our efforts shall prevailTo end the discord and dispelAll evil with harmony's rhythmic swell.

Interpretation of Rosicrucian Fellowship Hymns
The Sunday Evening Service at Headquarters always begins with those in attendance singing what is called the "Rosicrucian Opening Hymn." The music of this hymn is written in the Key of D Major, two sharps. This key sounds the power of the Libran life wave, the Lords of Individuality; consequently it assists the individual in acquiring balance, justice, courtesy, and hopefulness. This life wave is dominated by the vibratory power of the planet Venus, which embodies love, harmony, and unity and carries a binding, cohesive force.
The key of D Major, dominated by Venus love, may be likened to a tuning fork. When its tone is struck all other tuning forks within radius of its vibratory waves (those in the audience) will sing in unison if of identical pitch.
Note that the key power of Venus, which dominates the Libran life wave, is i>love. Love is correlated to the second aspect of God and man. Man therefore responds to this love power when it is sounded in the keynote of Libra, probably very faint at first; but gradually this continually sounding force will awaken the love power in man, and in time will develop its full expression, which includes harmony and unity. This much to be desired result accounts for the reason why every Sunday evening without fail the Rosicrucian Opening Hymn is sung.
The words of this hymn were written by Max Heindel and contain much illuminating information. Let us examine its stanzas and find just what they do contain:
"Each star that in its orbit goes." Here we are told that each star (the body of a mighty individual) has a separate and distinct path in the heavens all its very own.
"Law steadfast and eternal shows." Here we learn that the path of each star is directed and governed by cosmic law, unvarying and steadfast in nature.
"Expressions are the stars of God." Now we learn that each star expresses not only some particular power of the God by Whom it was created but that there was a definite purpose for its creation.
"Unchangeable as ebb and flood." The path of these stars in the sky does not change, neither does the particular power which it embodies; but on and on, unvaryingly, it expresses the God power within itself, thereby accomplishing the spiritual results for which it was created.
"The marching orbs in circle dance." Although apparently stationary in the sky the stars are continually changing their positions, and their general path takes the form of a circle around a central point which is the center of the consciousness of God, the Creator.
"Through time and space each year advance." These star paths, although circular, are also spiral, for they continually advance through space.
"The harmony of rolling spheres." Their true form is spherical and they revolve each on its own axis. Each star emits a harmonic tone which is in perfect accord with the tones produced by all the other stars.
"Resounds in Cosmos through the years." The music of the spheres goes on and on as long as manifestation lasts, and it permeates the entire solar system. Furthermore, should the harmony fail for one single moment the whole solar system would crumble and disintegrate.
"Man's ignorance of Cosmic Law." Man does not know all of the laws pertaining to the Cosmos, but he has persistently refused to obey those that were made known to him. See the Ten Commandments, for example. Cosmic law has been made known to him as fast as he was able to comprehend it.
"Caused discord, then came death and woe." Man's refusal to obey the Ten Commandments is the principal source of all discord and sorrow, and the cause of death as we know it today.
"Now trouble, sorrow, grief must reign, till harmony prevails again." Harmony cannot prevail until man has incorporated the Ten Commandments into his being and lives them in his daily life. He must also learn of the Law of Cause and Effect, coupled with that of Rebirth.
"We've met to study nature's law." It is only when we begin in real earnest to study Nature's laws, when we learn to understand these laws and why it is necessary that we live in accord with them, that we begin to make real spiritual progress.
"We seek eternal truth to know." Meaning all things which are in exact accordance with actual facts, the unchanging, ever operative laws of Nature all of which are animated by the wili of Deity and are ceaselessly working toward bringing about perfection in all that has been created in embryonic form.
"And with such truth as we may find, we hope to serve and free mankind." When we have acquired an understanding knowledge of God, His laws, the various processes of creation, what we are, why we are here, the process of spiritual development, the eternal Life of the spirit, the oneness of all created beings, then and then only are we fairly well equipped to serve mankind. We may then become teachers ready and willing to carry the message to all who are able to receive it and free themselves from the false delusions which hold them ensnared.
"Let's strive to know that we may do what lifts, ennobles, is right and true." This knowledge cannot be gained without effort. We must strive diligently if we would acquire it; and when once it is acquired, it behooves us to live it if we desire to be of real value in spreading the Light.
The words of this song as written by Max Heindel when analyzed reveal as many deep spiritual truths as are to be found in the opening hymn.
Nearer My God to Thee, when played in the key of F Major, one flat, strikes the keynote of Sagittarius, the Lords of Mind, who radiated from their own beings into mankind the germ of mind. Any music played in this key will help to develop the mind of man. When this song is played in G Major, one sharp, which is the keynote of Capricorn, the archangelic life wave of which Christ was the highest Initiate, the vibration set into action has a direct effect on the further development of the desire body, as the Archangels are experts at building form out of desire stuff, and are now working with man from the invisible plane, influencing him subconsciously in the way to build his desire body and how best to use it. Twice a day those at Headquarters have an opportunity in united effort to take advantage of the impetus given to mind development when Nearer My God to Thee is being sung in the Chapel, as the key used in there is F Major, which is one flat.
The Doxology sung in the chapel at the close of the daily morning service is tuned to the key of G Major, which has one sharp, F, the keynote of the Capricornians, who are Archangels. The morning service thus closes with praise to God the Creator of our solar system from all creatures here below and the heavenly hosts above, not forgetting to remember the Father, highest Initiate of the Sagittarians, Lords of Mind, the Son, Christ, highest Initiate of the Capricornian lifewave, the Archangels, and the Holy Ghost, Jehovah, the highest Initiate of the angelic life wave, all of which are working faithfully to assist man in furthering his evolutionary development.

It is a custom in churches or at lectures to go up to the speaker at the close of the lecture and compliment him. To follow this custom, many people feel forced to make hypocrites of themselves, and if the compliments are not forthcoming, the speaker feels he has not been appreciated. This is entirely wrong. There is some good in the feeblest effort, and that good we should take. The one who speaks usually gets the most benefit from the lecture, which should be sufficient for him or her without expressions from others.... Many a good and worthy man (or woman) has been lost because his (or her) appetite for adulation grew as it was fed to them. Applause, when it is spontaneous, shows that we have spoken to the emotions but when our innermost soul has been touched we are speechless, for there are no words adequate to express what we then feel. Therefore, a speaker should discourage expressions concerning his effort, and auditors should refrain from giving them.... Here on Mt. Ecclesia no word is spoken, either of praise or blame, no matter who the speaker. We are learning not to discuss lectures, but to take that which has been given regardless of the source, for what we think it is worth to us.
--Echoes, March, 1914
"For knowing how to act aright, and doing it from morn till night, from day to day, and year to year we conquer self and sin and fear." It is not only necessary that we know how to act right, but we must practice right action -- not just off and on, when we feel like it, but each and every day, year after year When we have proved diligent in service, lovingly rendered, the just reward is most surely ours, for by conquering self, and sin, and fear, we have at last gained freedom from our physical body and have become indeed and in truth free -- the Initiate who is free to travel at will wherever he desires, untrammeled by the weight of a cumbersome physical body. Even the Initiate, however, is not free from giving loving service in the Physical World; he is only better equipped to render it, for: "With reason's torch we search for truth to restore the harmony, life, and youth." Equipped with the light of true reason (will power attribute) the Initiate sets about to use his increased powers to restore harmony, life, and youth to the world, by teaching that a knowledge of God and the cosmic laws governing our solar system assists each individual to live in harmony with his fellow man, prolongs his life, and restores his buoyant youthful perspective on his future attainments.
"For reason's (will's) torch (light) when thus applied, in wisdom's (love's) quest (search) is safest guide." Loving self- forgetting service to others is the shortest, the safest, and the most joyful road to God.
"If we persist, though oft we fail, in time our efforts shall prevail to end the discord and dispel all evil with harmony's rhythmic swell," Blessed assurance! If we persist, even though we may fail in our tests (learning our lessons) from time to time, our efforts shall prevail, and all discord and evil in ourselves and all the world will be overcome by the orderly application of the power of love (harmony's rhythmic swell.)
The words of this song when carefully analyzed are found to contain the entire formula of Initiation.
Our closing hymn, God Be With You Till We Meet Again, is tuned to the keynote of D flat Major, which sounds the tone of the Aryan life wave, which is the most advanced of the twelve, including our own, and this tone leaves the audience at the very throne of God. Is there any wonder that Max Heindel, who knew an this, requested that the friends leave the Chapel without disturbing the vibration by talking?

Rosicrucian Fellowship Closing Hymn Words by Max Heindel (Tune: "God Be With You Till We Meet Again")
God be with you till we meet again;In His love each day abide you;That His wisdom's Light may guide you;God be with you till we meet again.
REFRAIN:
Till we meet, till we meet,Till we meet' the Rosy Cross to greet,Till we meet, till we meet,God be with you till we meet again.
God be with you in your hour of joy;With life's choicest gifts to bless you,With no sorrow to oppress you,Then may Service give you added joy.
God be with you in your hour of pain,When temptations surge around you,With helpful thoughts we will surround you,Till your darkness turns to light again.
God be with you till we meet againAt the Cross with Roses garnished;May our lives be pure, untarnished,Till the Rosy Cross we greet again.

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