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Events of InterestThe Rose Circle presents an Academic and Artistic Symposium in New York Citytitled: 'Freemasonry & the Secret Work of the Rosicrucians'Saturday, October 4 at 2 p.m. at 71 W. 23rd St. (Grand Lodge of NY) in Manhattan.Tickets available now at: http://rosecircle.org/cms/catalog/1/ticketsFine Art Installation by David Lindez titled 'Ambiance.' Art Gallery opens at noon.The Salon de la Rose Croix will begin at 6 p.m.R.A. Gilbert's talk is titled: 'Beyond the Image - the spiritual reality behind the symbolof the Rose and Cross.' Gilbert considers the nature and impact of the visual symbols of Rosicrucianism,and just what the creators of these images were trying to convey - encapsulating the incommunicable (i.e. the'real presence' in its true sense, not as postulated in flawed doctrines).R. A. Gilbert is the British author of numerous masonic, historical and rosicrucian books, journals and articles(most recently having co-authored 'Freemasonry: A Celebration of the Craft" with John Hamill, Director ofCommunications for the United Grand Lodge of England.) Bob Gilbert is England's foremost book antiquarian(not being at all limited to things Masonic or occult related), and he is just days away from defending his doctoralthesis at Oxford. As former Librarian and Archivist to the SRIA, he became well known for his numerouscontributions to Rosicrucian Scholarship.Gilbert is an expert on Freemasonry and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and Christian Esoterica ingeneral. He is a Past Prestonian Lecturer(1997) and former editor of Ars Quatuor Coronatorum (AQC) while currentlyserving as chairman of QCCC Ltd.Articles by Gilbert:http://www.mastermason.com/luxocculta/westcott.htmhttp://www.mastermason.com/luxocculta/hermetic.htmBooks by Gilbert:http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=R.%20A.%20Gilbert&page=1http://www.bookfinder.com/author/r-a-gilbert/(Continued on page 24)23 ON THE WEB AT WWW.TWTMAG.COM 23