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ROSICEUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
sophical Society and the R03 icrucian fellowship
is a com-
plete reversion of method. For, whereas the Theosophical
Society aims to form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood
by the study of comparative religion and only take
up the development of the hidden side' of man's nature
last- and many even decry development of the hidden
powers the Eosicrucian teaching urges the pupil first of
all to live the life, to concentrate all the powers of his being
to so walk that he may be fitted for possession of the soul-
powers absolutely essential to the investigations
tamplates.
QUESTION No. 179.
he con-
Is the White Lodge of the Theosophical Society the same
as the Temple of the Rosicrucians?
Answer: N"o, the Theosophical Society is simply an
exoteric organization for the dissemination of a certain philosophy,
mostly derived from the Eastern Religions, while
the Rosicrucian Fellowship aims to promulgate the teach-
ings of the Western Mystery School, the Order of Rosi-
crucians, which is secret and not accessible to anyone except
upon
direct invitation.
As to the relation of the Order of Rosicrucians and kin-