1. Francesca simon, FRC Rosicrucian Order, amorc
What is mysticism?
Francesca simon, FRC
Rosicrucian Order, amorc

3. What is mysticism? DEFINITION from Rosicrucian manual
Mysticism—The intimate and direct awareness of God or the Cosmic through Self, that is, through the domain of the subconscious. The ideal of mysticism is the ultimate attainment of conscious union with the absolute, or the Cosmic. Jesus was a mystic.

4. What does mysticism teach?
Mysticism teaches cosmic laws and principles by which man is brought into closer consciousness of his divine power. The mystical experience of union with the One imposes upon the mystic a moral obligation: he must utilize his knowledge for the welfare of other men.

5. Difference between mystery and mysticism
Mysticism is not mystery. Mystery is commonly related to magic, deception, and delusion. The mysteries of Egypt and the Orphic and Eleusinian Schools of Greece alluded to a hidden gnosis or wisdom, not to be profaned by divulging it to the masses. To the ancients it was a sacred knowledge to command the spiritual response of the individual.

6. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF OCCULT?
WEBSTER’S DEFINITION
not revealed secret
not easy to apprehend or understand
abstruse, mysterious
hidden from view : concealed
supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena. synonyms: the supernatural, the paranormal, supernaturalism, magic, black magic, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, wizardry, the black arts, occultism, diabolism, devil worship, devilry, voodoo, hoodoo, white magic, witchery, mysticism;
rare theurgy

7. AMORC AS A MYSTERY SCHOOL
This international organization retains the ancient traditions, teachings, principles, and practical helpfulness of the Order as founded centuries ago. It is known as the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, which name, for popular use, is abbreviated into AMORC.
The Rosicrucians have existed for centuries and have included some of the most illustrious names in human history.
Sir Francis Bacon, head of The Order in the 17th century
Sir Isaac Newton, discoverer of the law of gravity
Walt Disney, creator of an animation empire
Edith Piaf, renowned singer and performer

8. What is the Rosicrucian order?
The Order is primarily a humanitarian movement, making for greater Health, Happiness, and Peace in people's earthly lives, for we are not concerned with any doctrine devoted to the interests of individuals living in an unknown, future state. The Work of Rosicrucians is to be done here and now, not that we have neither hope nor expectation of another life after this, but we know that the happiness of the future depends upon what we do today for others as well as for ourselves.

9. WHAT IS THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER?
Therefore, the Order is a School, a College, a Fraternity, with a laboratory. The Members are students and workers. The graduates are unselfish servants of God to Humanity, efficiently educated, trained, and experienced, attuned with the mighty forces of the Cosmic or Divine Mind, and Masters of matter, space, and time.
This makes them essentially Mystics, Adepts, and Magi—creators of their own destiny.

10. The purposes of The Order are to enable men and women to live clean, normal, natural lives, as Nature intended, enjoying all the privileges of Nature, and all benefits and gifts equally with all of humanity; and to be free from the shackles of superstition, the limits of ignorance, and the sufferings of avoidable Karma.

11. THE WORK OF THE ROSICRUCIANS
The Work of the Order, using the word "work" in an official sense, consists of teaching, studying, and testing such Laws of God and Nature as make our Members Masters in the Holy Temple (the physical body), and Workers in the Divine Laboratory (Nature's domains). This is to enable our Members to render more efficient help to those who do not know, and who need or require help and assistance.

12. Symbolism in mysticism
A symbol is a device or object such as a sign to represent an idea. A symbol is the embodiment of a thought which it concisely suggests. Symbols are of two general kinds, natural and artificial.

13. NATURAL SYMBOL
Natural symbols are those things in nature which by experience have come to represent a phenomenon — such as dark clouds symbolizing a storm.

14. ARTIFICIAL SYMBOL
Artificial symbols are those which men devise to depict some idea for a particular class of people or for universal acceptance. Symbols in mathematics and the different sciences fall in this category.

15. AMORC EMBLEM

17. ROSE CROSS EMBLEM

20. THE EMERALD TABLET

22. THE PRINCIPLE OF CORRESPONDENCE "As above, so below; as below, so above.“ The Kybalion.
This Principle embodies the truth that there is always a Correspondence between the laws and phenomena of
the various planes of Being and Life. The old Hermetic axiom ran in these words: "As above, so below; as
below, so above." and the grasping of this Principle gives one the means of solving many a dark paradox, and
hidden secret of Nature. There are planes beyond our knowing, but when we apply the Principle of
Correspondence to them we are able to understand much that would otherwise be unknowable to us.

23. PRINCIPLE OF CORRESPONDENCE
This Principle is of universal application and manifestation, on the various planes of the material, mental, and spiritual universe it is an Universal Law.
The ancient Hermetists considered this Principle as one of the most important mental instruments by which man was able to pry aside the obstacles which hid from view the Unknown.
Its use even tore aside the Veil of Isis to the extent that a glimpse of the face of the goddess might be caught. Just as a knowledge of the Principles of Geometry enables man to measure distant suns and their movements, while seated in his observatory, so a knowledge of the Principle of Correspondence enables Man to reason intelligently from the Known to the Unknown. Studying the monad, he understands the archangel.

24. DEFINTION OF HERMETIC
Hermes Trismegistus = Thrice great Hermes
Greek name for Author of Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the basis of Hermeticism.
The name given by the Greeks to the Egyptian god Thoth or Tehuti, the god of wisdom, learning, and literature. Thoth is alluded to in later Egyptian writings as "twice very great“
of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries A.D. and attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
relating to or characterized by occultism or abstruseness : recondite.

25. TEHUTI – The heart and tongue of ra
Tehuti represents Divine Intelligence, the Universal Mind with all its powers of speech and creation.
The divine knowledge is said to be divided into four parts, but humans while living can only access three, and Tehuti is the one who gives that knowledge.

27. THE PRINCIPLE OF VIBRATION
"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates." The Kybalion.
This Principle embodies the truth that "everything is in motion"; "everything vibrates"; "nothing is at rest"; facts which Modern Science endorses , and which each new scientific discovery tends to verify. And yet this
Hermetic Principle was enunciated thousands of years ago, by the Masters of Ancient Egypt. This Principle explains that the differences between different manifestations of Matter, Energy, Mind, and even Spirit, result largely from varying rates of Vibration. From THE ALL, which is Pure Spirit, down to the grossest form of Matter, all is in vibration the higher the vibration, the higher the position in the scale.
The vibration of Spirit is at such an infinite rate of intensity and rapidity that it is practically at rest−just as a rapidly moving wheel seems to be motionless. And at the other end of the scale, there are gross forms of matter whose vibrations are so low as to seem at rest. Between these poles, there are millions upon millions of varying degrees of vibration. From corpuscle and electron, atom and molecule, to worlds and universes, everything is in vibratory motion. This is also true on the planes of energy and force (which are but varying degrees of vibration); and also on the mental planes (whose states depend upon vibrations); and even on to the spiritual planes. An understanding of this Principle, with the appropriate formulas, enables Hermetic students to control their own mental vibrations as well as those of others. The Masters also apply this Principle to the conquering of Natural phenomena, in various ways. "He who understands the Principle of Vibration, has grasped the scepter of power," says one of the old writers.

28. LAW OF VIBRATION
Vibrations are a periodic impulsion or wavelike oscillation of forces. Vibrations occur in solids, liquids, air, and in electromagnetic phenomena. According to Rosicrucian ontology, all being is vibratory.

29. VOWEL SOUNDS
The oldest form of ceremonial formula known to man employed sounds and syllables to bring about attunement. Spoken properly, these syllables produce unusual results. They start certain rates of vibrations in the room which harmonize with other vibrations of the universe and affect a certain condition connected with the aura. Vowel sounds produce vibrations that pass through one's own being to stimulate the psychic centers and to produce the beneficial effects explained in our teachings.

30. The kybalion The Seven Hermetic Principles
1. The Principle of Mentalism
2. The Principle of Correspondence
3. The Principle of Vibration
4. The Principle of Polarity
5. The Principle of Rhythm
6. The Principle of Cause and Effect
7. The Principle of Gender