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HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUCIANS.
the first shall conclude with Crucis. After they have
thus discovered their position, they shall say one to
another, Benedidus Dominus Deus noster qui
signum, and shall also uncover their seals,
name can be falsified the seal cannot.
dedit nobis
because if the
XII. It is commanded that every brother shall set to
work after he has been accepted in our large houses, and
has been endowed with the Stone (he receives always a
sufficient portion to ensure his life for the space of sixty
years). Before beginning he shall recommend himself to
God, pledging
himself not to use his secret Art to offend
Him, to destroy or corrupt the empire, to become a tyrant
through ambition or other causes, but always to appear
ignorant, invariably asserting
secret arts is only proclaimed by charlatans.
that the existence of such
XIII. It is prohibited to make extracts from the secret
writings, or to have them printed, without permission from
the Congregation ; also to sign them with the names or
characters of any brother. Likewise, it is prohibited to
print anything against the Art.
XIV. The brethren shall only be allowed to discourse of
the secret Art in a well-closed room.
XV. It is permitted for one brother to bestow the Stone
freely upon another, for it shall not be said that this gift
of God can be bought with a price.
XVI. It is not permissible to kneel before any one, under
any circumstances, unless that person be a member of the
Order.
XVII. The brethren shall neither talk much nor marry.
Yet it shall be lawful for a member to take a wife if he
very much desire it, but he shall live with her in a philoso-
phical mind. He shall not allow his wife to practise over-