By the liberal use of water and the expenditure of much labor,
Mount Ecclesia is gradually being transformed into a luxuriant tropical park. There is a
deep spiritual purpose in this attempt to make the visible centre of the new world movement
beautiful, for it fosters in the workers a poise and peace which are absolutely essential to
the proper performance of their work. Without that they cannot escape being disturbed by the
flood of sorrow and trouble which flows into Headquarters from[pg 202]members all over the world; without that they cannot continue to put heart
into the letters of help, hope and cheer which continually go out to souls who are groaning
under the burden of sickness, but by bathing their souls in the beauty of the surroundings,
whether consciously or not, they gain in strength and grow in grace, they become better and
better fitted for the Great Work in the Master's Vineyard.
In order to aid those who feel the upward urge, to prepare
intelligently and reverently for the unfoldment of their inner latent spiritual powers, the
Rosicrucian Fellowship maintains two correspondence courses which furnish instruction to
students all over the world. One deals with Astrology, the other withChristian Mysticism.
The Astrology to which we refer is not to be confounded with
fortune-telling; it is a phase of the Mystic Religion, as sublime as the stars with which it
deals, and to the Mystic they are not dead bodies moving in space in obedience to so-called
blind natural law, but they are the embodiments of “The Seven Spirits before the
Throne,” mighty Star-Angels who use their benevolent influences
to[pg 203]guide other less exalted beings, humanity included, upon the path of
evolution.
There is a side of the moon which we never see, but that hidden
half is as potent a factor in creating the ebb and flow, as the part of the moon which is
visible. Similarly, there is an invisible part of man which exerts a powerful influence in
life, and as the tides are measured by the motion of sun and moon, so also the eventualities
of existence are measured by the circling stars, which may therefore be called
“the Clock of Destiny,” and knowledge of their import is
an immense power, for to the competent Astrologer a horoscope reveals every secret of
life.
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