Mystic Light
How I Found the
Rosicrucian Teachings
It all started about seven years ago when I found myself in
Madrid, Spain for my summer vacation visiting my mother and sister
who live there. One morning the daughter of my mother's closest
friend (Rosa), with whom my sister and I had shared many adolescent
years together, came to visit. We were both very pleased to see
each other after many years of separation.
I don't know how, but all of a sudden, there we were, talking
about life after death and the many things she had learned and
experienced since she had become a member of the Rosicrucian Fellowship.
She was the happiest I had ever seen her and, although I knew
very little about the Rosicrucians, I was impressed and somewhat
shocked to see that I shared her same enthusiasm and eagerness
to learn about the esoteric side of life's mystery.
When I returned to the United States, I began searching for
Rosicrucian books to learn more about their past and present history,
but I was not very successful in finding them in our "conventional"
bookstores. By the time I had finally given up looking, my sister
called me to inform me that she had purchased two texts of the
Rosicrucian Philosophy in Questions and Answers by Max Heindel
(in Spanish) that appeared to answer many of the questions that
I had so long been asking. I was filled with joy and anticipation!
Since then, my sister has become my Rosicrucian book provider
and supporter with The Cosmo-Conception, Simplified Scientific
Astrology, The Message of the Stars, and many more. But there
was one big problem: these books were from the 1920's, and I had
no way of knowing if everything taught by Max Heindel in these
books was still practiced today
One night while reading, I saw in the back of The Cosmo-Conception
that there was an address for the Rosicrucian Fellowship in Oceanside,
California. I couldn't believe my eyes! I had lived all this time
only forty minutes away from the International Headquarters in
Oceanside, and my poor sister had been sending these books across
the Atlantic Ocean for two years!
Needless to say, soon thereafter I made a "special"
trip to Oceanside to appease my curiosity, and I was very pleased
to see "Mount Ecclesia" still standing and in operation.
As you can guess, my first stop was the bookstore and information
center, where an extremely patient and soft-spoken lady answered
all my questions. After enrolling in all the correspondence courses,
subscribing to the Rays, and purchasing several books, I left
filled with happiness and satisfaction.
I know today that Rosa's visit was not accidental, nor were
the events that took place later that aroused my curiosity and
led to my subsequent discovery of the Rosicrucian Fellowship Headquarters
in Oceanside. One phrase comes to mind when I think about my personal
quest for enlightenment: "Those who seek shall find."
— MFH
— Rays from the Rose Cross Magazine, September/October, 1995
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