First Neophyte Initiation

I have done my first Neophyte Initiation into CR+C. I won't detail the procedure or the exact thoughts I've written down to be sent to Imperator Gary Stewart. I wish to relate what, as a skeptic committed to non-attachment, the materials and initiation showed to me individually.

The Rosicrucian material, as I see it, is not so much a set doctrines which form the basis of a profession of faith. It does not constitute the teachings of a Church, but another source of illumination on who you might be and what you think, and the relationship you might seek between yourself and the world you encounter.

Even the most strict materialists are capable of awareness of mind, that is to say, capable of seeing reflections of themselves, of their self-conception, in other people and in nature. The source that you choose to attribute this awareness to, whether it be strictly the evolutionary processes which have shaped the organic brain, or the soul which you share in some sense with God and the whole of God's creation, you are capable of focusing that awareness for the better treatment of yourself and your surroundings.

The Rosicrucian teachings may be couched in a language which you find overly mystical or unscientific, or contrary to the dogma of a particular religion in which you were raised or to which you belong. Let go of that attachment and you will still be able to find meaning in them.

This is not only conducive to peaceful coexistence, but perhaps to a better cohabitation of your mind and your body, your passing thoughts, your convictions, and the autonomic functions that keep you alive. I can see where taking Rosicrucianism as a religion would lead to either accepting or rejecting it. But taking it as a philosophy of religion or philosophy of the body may lead to a more harmonious indwelling of its concepts.

The Rosicrucian tradition is expressed now in many orders, groups and among solitary seekers. There are many rooms in "my father's house" into which you may freely move and accommodate yourself. It is a path forward for humanity, and a better preference than the regressive paths which are offered to us as binary choices.

Pax et amor vobiscum